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text: DC Entertainment Planning 'Green Lantern' Tie-Ins With New Online Game 8:09 PM PST 1/11/2011 by John Gaudiosi FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Future expansions of "DC Universe Online" will focus on other comic book-based film adaptations. After more than five years of development and several delays, Sony Online Entertainment and DC Entertainment have released their first cross-platform massively multiplayer online game with DC Universe Online. The $50 million game is now available for both PC and PlayStation 3, opening a new mainstream audience to the MMO space dominated by Blizzard Entertainment's PC juggernaut, World of Warcraft. This gives DCUO a window to tap into a market that Blizzard literally cannot enter: the console space. "When we were making DCUO, we felt it was important right from the start to bring awesome action-based game play to the MMO genre," said John Smedley, president of Sony Online Entertainment. "We spent a lot of time making DCUO feel totally different than any other MMO on the market. It makes it accessible to the huge PS3 audience in addition to giving PC MMO players something they haven't seen before." With the recent success of Warner Bros. films like The Dark Knight and the buzz building for The Green Lantern, The Flash and Zack Snyder's Superman reboot, the first licensed comic book MMO will serve as more than just an action-adventure game experience. Jim Lee, co-publisher of DC Entertainment and executive creative director for DCUO, said that while the game will remain focused on 75 years of comic book lore, future expansions of the game will tie into film events like Warners' The Green Lantern. "Fortunately, the Green Lantern that debuts in the feature film this June is based heavily upon the same core canon found in the pages of the comics," Lee said. "In that sense, Green Lantern is Green Lantern, so of course, future expansions of DCUO will want to tap into the same well of excitement and passion and awareness that's generated by such big blockbuster motion pictures." In the end, Lee said expansion packs will still be adaptations of the core comic book stories but share thematic links to the stories told on the big screen. "Themes of intergalactic heroism, conquering one's fears and making the galaxy a more just place translate well into both film and games," Lee said. "Fans just want great content, whether it be a hit movie or an awesome game. It's less important to have a game tied into a hit movie than it is to make the game fantastic on its own merits." [pagebreak] With Marvel Entertainment busy on the movie front bringing characters like Thor, Captain America, Spider-Man and the Avengers to the big screen, Lee sees DCUO as a new way to introduce lesser-known DC characters to the broader audience beyond the comic book faithful. "I think it gives us the opportunity to identify other key characters like the Flash and Wonder Woman and really kind of push them forward and show that the DC Universe is not just about Batman and Superman," Lee said. "There are hundreds of great characters." DCUO is also bridging the gap between the traditional print comic book and the video game world with a new series of DC Comics called DCUO Legends. Issue 0 of the comic is included in the Collector's Editions of the PC and PS3 game. Issue 1 hits comic book stores this week. Lee said the comics will introduce the events that set the game in action. The back story was created by DC Entertainment chief creative officer Geoff Johns and elaborated and written by DC Comics veteran Marv Wolfman. "At the start of the game, there's a horrible catastrophe that happens in the future masterminded by villains Brainiac and Lex Luthor," Wolfman said. "Luthor realizes that he's made this horrible bargain with Brainiac, so he comes back in time to the present to warn the heroes and villains and creates a whole new legion of heroes and villains to stop this event from happening." Lee said that the comics will blend game-world events with player-created characters, giving fans the chance to become part of DC Comics lore. While MMO game publisher Gazillion Entertainment is working with Marvel Comics on Marvel Universe Online, that title won't be released for a few years. The real challenge in the MMO space, according to DFC Intelligence president David Cole, is getting consumers to pay the $15 monthly subscription fee on top of the $60 retail game purchase. "The model is all about getting people to stay around for the long haul," Cole said. "It is really about making sure content is engaging for a long time and constantly updated." The only MMO game that has achieved mass-market success is World of Warcraft. Cataclysm, the latest expansion in the fantasy online world, sold a record 4.7 million copies in its first month last year. Blizzard also has more than 12 million subscribers playing the game around the globe. And there the odds are stacked up against DCUO ever achieving that kind of an audience. "I don't think that the branding is particularly powerful because few can name DC characters other than Batman and Superman," said Michael Pachter, video game analyst at Wedbush Morgan Securities. "I'm not sure that the game will have staying power." Said Cole: "DC Univers ehas the potential to do quite well in sales, but probably nowhere near the level of World of Warcraft. Nothing is likely to touch that, and really, to be successful, they don't need to." If DCUO does connect with the PC and PS3 audience, the groundwork has been laid for DC Entertainment to tap into a new test market for lesser-known characters and new story ideas. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME John Gaudiosi email@example.com @thr

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Why the Devil Has the Best Tunes: Rock Music, Satanism, and Religious Fear
They say I worship the Devil / They must be stupid or blind / I'm just a rock 'n' roll rebel.
~ Ozzy Osbourne [1]
In the summer of 1990, heavy rock music went on trial for murder.
Five years before, two young adults named James Vance and Raymond Belknap of the small town of Sparks, Nevada spent a winter evening in December drinking, smoking marijuana, and listening to the album Stained Class by the English heavy metal band Judas Priest. According to the story later told at the trial, something in the music prompted the two young men to make a suicide pact. Armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, Vance and Belknap headed over to a church playground. Belknap, age 18, was the first to follow through with the pact, dying instantly after placing the shotgun under his chin and pulling the trigger. Twenty year-old Vance was not so lucky. He sustained severe facial injuries from his self-inflicted shot but survived, his face permanently deformed for the next three years before finally dying of medication complications in 1988.
The parents of the two young men, with the help of personal-injury attorney Kenneth McKenna, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit in 1990 against the members of Judas Priest, charging the band with being responsible for the deaths. [2] Summoned to a Nevada courthouse in July, the members of Judas Priest found themselves in the midst of a bizarre interrogation in which they were forced to defend themselves against charges of nothing less than supernatural mind control coupled with cult conspiracy. The plaintiffs' lawyers asserted that the young adults' suicide attempt had been triggered by the phrase "Do It," a command they believed to be subliminally embedded in the Judas Priest song "Better by You, Better than Me," the band's cover of a number originally performed by Spooky Tooth.
"In a case like this . . . it's always difficult because you've got the image of heavy metal against you, and it's had a lot of bad things thrown at it in the last few years," Judas Priest guitarist Glenn Tipton said in an interview for the documentary film Dream Deceivers, which chronicled the trial. "I know one thing I've learned from this court case: I'd hate to go into court with something to hide. I'd be scared to death." [3]
In the end, reason prevailed over superstition. Judge Jerry Carr Whitehead ruled in the metal band's favor. "The scientific research presented," Whitehead stated in his decision, "does not establish that subliminal stimuli, even if perceived, may precipitate conduct of this magnitude." The court further concluded, "There exist other factors which explain the conduct of the deceased independent of the subliminal stimuli." [4]
Judas Priest came out of the Reno trial unscathed by the metaphorical fires of the modern-day inquisition. But thousands of rock record albums did not escape the literal flames of zealous religious conservatives in the bonfires held at many fundamentalist churches across America. During the decade prior to the Judas Priest trial, many fundamentalist Christians and other conservative religious believers had made a cottage industry of spreading dire warnings about the evils of rock music. The heavy metal genre was an especially favorite scapegoat of these fundamentalist crusaders, but their polemics were not limited to that easy of a target. Within the emerging youth countercultures of the 1960s, interest in Eastern philosophy and religion invaded Western popular culture, influencing musicians and artists experimenting with avant-garde styles and forms of expression. This wave of interest in Eastern mysticism and the expansive concepts of universalism and inclusiveness that lyricists and album cover artists played with outraged the ultra-orthodox and conservative sectors of Protestant Christianity in America and instigated much of the panic that arose within the fundamentalist ranks about rock music.
This fear was exacerbated by the founding in the late 1960s of the Church of Satan by a carnival musician named Anton LaVey. And while the Beatles were promoting Eastern philosophy and mysticism, The Rolling Stones were coming out with album titles like 1967's Their Satanic Majesties Request and 1973's Goats Head Soup, and singing songs expressing "Sympathy for the Devil." It was enough to make the fundamentalists' proverbial heads explode. The anti-rock crusaders were fond of pointing out that the Stones performed the latter song at the Altamont Speedway Free Concert in December 1969, a notoriously violent event in which four people died and dozens more were injured. Footage of the Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" piece at this concert, culled from the 1970 documentary film Gimme Shelter, featured in the presentations of several anti-rock lecturers who attempted to make a connection between Satanism and violence. They saw great significance in Mick Jagger's offhand comment, spoken to the Altamont Speedway crowd in an attempt to lighten the growing unease and tension, that, "Something very funny happens when we start that number." [5]
LaVey's Satanism did not believe in or worship a literal Prince of Darkness, but rather revered Satan as a libertarian symbol of freedom from the herd mentality. They also denounced murder and senseless violence, and LaVey's Satanic Bible contains an explicit condemnation of literal human sacrifices. [6] But this did not stop the Christian fundamentalists from convincing themselves that LaVey and his followers were taking guidance and direction from a very real Satan who was out to destroy the human race. They saw the world in black and white; instead of recognizing and acknowledging the variety and complexity of the melting-pot of religious and spiritual beliefs that had invaded American culture, everything was to them divided into one of only two camps: Christ and Satan. In their imagination, the Eastern mysticism that became popular in the 1960s counterculture movement was a front for Satan's grand conspiracy for world domination. This view did not diminish in intensity in the ensuing decades. In 1991, fundamentalist preacher Joe Schimmel told an audience at Tetelestai Church in Torrance, California that "Krishna is basically, I believe, just another term for Satan." [7]
During the 1970s, the fundamentalists' written and spoken attacks against rock music had very little impact on the wider culture, being heeded for the most part only by the already-converted. The 1980s, however, suddenly saw a sharp and dramatic increase in anti-rock literature, lectures, and media presentations that affected the wider culture in profound ways. Mark Sullivan, writing for the journal Popular Music, suggests that the new political environment was primarily responsible for this dramatic increase. "The incoming Reagan administration signalled an atmosphere conducive to numerous conservative causes, including Christian fundamentalism . . . various right-wing organisations seized the opportunity, tapping what they, at least, saw as a new market." [8] The same black-and-white "us versus them" mentality was stronger than ever, as fundamentalists continued to see Satan in every kind of secular music. For example, in his 1989 documentary film Hell's Bells: The Dangers of Rock 'n' Roll, evangelist Eric Holmberg laments the popularity of new and alternative forms of musical expression that emerged on the scene in the 1980s, epitomized by such artists as The Cure, Nick Cave, Diamanda Galás, and Lords of the New Church:
Like other artists within this genre, and unlike the jackbooted flagrancy of heavy metal, the message is married to the most dangerous catalyst for satanic insurrection: a sense of religious and poetic transcendence. In this, the Devil may lose an occasional human sacrifice, but he gains something that, from his perspective, is of much greater value. [9]
The concern felt by Holmberg and other fundamentalists was borne of a fear of losing their imagined monopoly on transcendent truth. Like the Priests of Syrinx in Rush's 2112 rock suite, the anti-rock preachers feel threatened by all forms of artistic expression that strayed from what their ideology dictate because they know they cannot exercise the control over human creativity that they crave.
The new anti-rock market reached a frenzied peak in the early-to mid '90s as moral denouncements of rock spread beyond the fundamentalist religious sector and affected the beliefs and attitudes of secular legislators and activists, who began to take notice of all the connections being made by the fundamentalists between social taboos and rock music. Fundamentalist preacher Fletcher Brothers, for example, concluded his 1987 book The Rock Report with the following bit of pious arithmetic:
Sex and drugs equals rock and roll. Rebellion, Satan equals rock and roll. Homosexuality, incest equals rock and roll. Sado-masochism, mutilation equals rock and roll. Suicide, alcohol equals rock and roll. Hopelessness, anti-godliness equals rock and roll. Murder, occultism equals rock and roll. The list goes on and on. [10]
It is little wonder then that Brothers declares at the outset of his book, "I make no apology when I say that I believe that rock music . . . is public enemy number one of our young people today." He goes on to complain, "I can't think of one good thing to come out of the recent trend in rock music other than the revenue it provides to our free enterprise system." [11] For Brothers, the capitalistic benefit is not enough to counteract the harmful effects he perceives rock music to be wreaking upon society. He openly and explicitly advocates censorship in The Rock Report, a book he intended to serve as a "quick, ready reference guide" for knowing which music parents and activist organizations should work toward banning." Religious conservative David Noebel flatly states, "Rock music is evil because it is to music what Dada and surrealism are to art – atheistic, chaotic, nihilistic." [12] And in 1989, a 400-page anti-rock polemic written by evangelist John Muncy was published with the title, The Role of Rock: Harmless Entertainment or Destructive Influence? Muncy, founder and president of Jesus Cares Ministries, maintains that the latter is true of his subject. He charges rock music of being primarily responsible for an increase in society of rebellion, sexual promiscuity and deviance, alcohol abuse, drug use, "false religions," violence, suicide and Satanism. [13]
The last item in that list is by far the most common bogeyman of Christians who rail against rock music. In the documentary Hell's Bells, Eric Holmberg has this to say about the ties between occultism and rock music:
Like an invisible cancer that inevitably leads to death, so the satanic seed in rock and roll has culminated in a blatant obsession with the occult. Cryptic allusions to the Devil in the music of Blues artist Robert Johnson a generation ago have given place to an open worship of Satan and hell that comes complete with the symbols, liturgies, rituals, and messianic personalities that attend any religious order. No longer the stuff of small underground cults, millions of young people have been caught in its evil sway.
Spoken over footage of Ronnie James Dio performing his metaphor-heavy song "Heaven and Hell" in a 1984 concert at The Spectrum arena in Philadelphia, this statement by Holmberg is a consequence of taking artistic expression in popular culture far too literally. It also constitutes a classic case of projection. Conservative anti-rock alarmists who complain about the lyrics and imagery in rock music being replete with bloody violence and supernaturally-oppressive themes never apply these same criticisms to several of the most well-known hymns of the Christian faith. For example, any objective assessment of the lyrics contained in the famous hymn "Are You Washed in the Blood?" will not fail to call to one's mind a mental image of people bathing themselves in human blood. Using the metaphor of a lamb sacrifice, the hymn makes reference to Christianity's literal doctrine of a human sacrifice. Similarly, the hymn "There is Power in the Blood" contains a clear reference to a flow of literal blood which possesses occultic power to erase "sin stains." Coming just short of raising images of gushing blood, the hymn speaks of blood that was shed on a crucifix from a literal human sacrifice. Again, the well-known and much-beloved hymn "Nothing but the Blood" makes reference to a "fount" of human blood that flows from Jesus' body. Fanny Crosby's hymn "Saved by the Blood" tells us "We're saved by the blood that was drawn from the side of Jesus our Lord, when He languished and died." Here too, Crosby's hymn describes that blood as a fountain, "where the vilest may go and wash their souls." All this bloody and occult imagery in Christian hymns, which actually are sung as liturgy in the context of the Christian ritual of communion, would fit right in with the motifs of any black- death- or heavy-metal rock band.
Themes of the occult and of Satanism in rock music, especially heavy metal and associated subgenres, are almost always nothing more than a theatrical act as a money-making gimmick or simply a case of the rock artists being poetic. Only fundamentalist Christians and "cult cops" tend to take the imagery and lyrics in metal music seriously. One reason they do so is because they feel a psychological need to imbue everything, secular or not, with the same religious significance they afford to their own religious rituals. Their interpretations of secular rock music are filtered through a specific religious orientation with the result that the original intent of the artists is distorted and taken out of context. Vance Ferrell's book Inside Rock Music claims, "The rock group, Black Sabbath, has been known to make altar calls to Lucifer in some of their concerts." [14] But it is highly doubtful that Ferrell has been "inside" rock music sufficiently enough to actually attend a Black Sabbath concert to confirm his unfounded suspicions. Besides, Ferrell seems to forget that freedom of religious expression is constitutionally protected in the United States, so even if it were true that the band members in Black Sabbath were bona fide Satanists, they have a constitutional right to make altar calls to Lucifer.
But of course, the band members in Black Sabbath are not and never have been Satanists. "Satanism as practiced by most heavy metallers had very little to do with black candles and incantations," writes heavy metal historian Ian Christe. "In fact, their beliefs were astoundingly in tune with red-blooded American values – only their voices were more self-aware and honest." [15] When rock and heavy metal artists sing about sex, drugs, rebellion, violence, and hopelessness, they are merely being more forthright in confronting the issues and concerns of postmodern society in the throes of disillusion about the upheaval of an evolving culture. And when these same artists incorporate images and references to Satan, they are merely putting a face to all these cultural and social fears.
Thus, when Ozzy Osbourne performed the song "Suicide Solution" on his Blizzard of Ozz album, he was neither encouraging nor glorifying the act of suicide, as many conservatives believe. The perceptive listener, as well as anyone who takes the small effort to actually read Bob Daisley's lyrics, will find that the song's title actually refers to alcohol as a liquid solution that leads to self-destruction when addiction to the bottle sets in.
Wine is fine but whiskey's quicker
Suicide is slow with liquor.
Take a bottle, drown your sorrows
Then it floods away tomorrows. [16]
The fact that the song clearly has nothing to do with suicide itself did not stop the parents of John McCollum from filing a lawsuit against Osbourne in 1986, alleging that their 19 year-old son was listening to the song "Suicide Solution" when he shot and killed himself. [17] The parents were legally represented by Kenneth "Do It" McKenna when the case went to court two years later.
Pop and rock music of all kinds has always prided itself in pushing socially-tolerated boundaries by being provocative and often euphemistically, if not overtly, sexual. This has been the case since the inception of "rock and roll" music, and little has changed in this regard. In an earlier generation, sexually repressed conservatives denounced musicians like Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley as an evil influence on the youth. When Elvis performed for his third and final appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on January 6, 1957, television producers were pressured into avoiding showing any footage of him below the waist. His gyrations were that offensive to the millions of concerned and repressed conservatives in the viewing audience. Back in the 1930s, English clergyman Montague Summers, who professed belief in witches, vampires and werewolves, noted that "some acute observers have shrewdly scented the devil's own orchestra" in jazz music. [18]
If the moral crusaders of bygone generations looked askance at unconventional forms of musical expression because of cultural and ethnic prejudices, the offense felt by modern moral crusaders went far beyond mere prudishness. They showed their disapproval of the rock culture by painting it as being even more radically "other" – they convinced themselves that rock music originated in a supernatural realm of spiritual darkness. For example, Pastor Schimmel warned his Tetelestai audience about the satanic influence of Elvis: "You would have never heard of Elvis Presley as a rock star if he was not demon possessed. I believe that one hundred percent. People that are being moved by Elvis are not being moved by the man Elvis."
In one sense, this tinfoil-hat assertion is a testament to the artistic talent of Elvis and all the other singers and musicians who have been accused of being possessed by a supernatural entity. Fundamentalists like Schimmel are apparently so impressed and awestruck by the performances of rock and roll artists that they feel compelled to attribute their talent to a force more powerful than the artists themselves, namely Satan himself. In his Hell's Bells documentary, Holmberg states that "both the Scriptures and church traditions suggest that music comes quite naturally to Satan, that very possibly before his fall, he was in charge of music in heaven." [19] Pastor Jacob Aranza, one of the most vocal anti-rock evangelists of the 1980s, went even further and asserted that rock music was specifically invented by the angel Lucifer at the time of his rebellion against God in heaven, presumably before the earth was created. "Lucifer is the only angelic being mentioned in the Bible to possess a musical ministry," he writes. "At one point in time, he used his musical abilities for God's purposes, but now he uses them to exalt evil and draw men away from God. Having been created with musical abilities, it is not hard to believe that Satan indeed influences music today . . . Party music goes back a long way! Ever since Lucifer's fall, music that incites the flesh to fulfill its lusts, and encourages mankind to sin has always been played." [20] Aranza even cites the account of the Israelites singing to and worshiping the golden calf in the absence of their desert-wandering leader Moses (as told in the Old Testament's Book of Exodus) as one of the very first rock concerts in human history! [21]
Pastor Fletcher Brothers agrees with this highly-imaginative interpretation. He notes that in Exodus 32:17, Moses is said to have heard the Israelites shouting as he descended the mountain on which he had sojourned alone with the desert god Yahweh. The verse also speaks of the "noise of war in the camp." Brothers wonders to what this passage could possibly be referring, since there were no guns or bombs at that time in history. He proceeds to speculate that the verse referred to the beating of drums, such as those used in war. He notes the references to "dancing" in verse 19 and to "singing" in verse 18. He also highlights the passages that speak of the mischief and corruption of the Israelites and concludes,
Could this have been the first recorded "rock concert?" Who knows? But we do know it was music or singing. We do know that the people had "corrupted themselves." They were naked, and . . . leave the rest to your imagination. We know the "singing" sounded more like "screaming" and "screeching." Whatever was going on was "bad news", because as you read on you will find that many people lost their lives. [22]
One wonders if Aranza and Brothers had spent a bit too much time listening to the thrash metal band Exodus while high on the drug of religious fundamentalism (I am sure metal lovers would love to see a music video in which the bloody massacre of the calf-worshiping heretics at the hands of Moses' soldiers is set to Exodus's song "Bonded by Blood" – I know I would). The "first recorded rock concert" interpretation of the 32nd chapter of Exodus is a prime example of an all-too-common practice among biblical inerrantists and literalists, that of superimposing ancient biblical narratives onto modern-day issues and interpreting said issues accordingly.
Holmberg, Aranza, Brothers and company are of course wrong about music's origin. Music is a human invention, the product of creativity and emotions stemming from experiences that ultimately have physiological bases, however transcendent they may subjectively feel. The devoutly fundamentalist believer cannot bring himself to acknowledge this, because to deny the emotional high he feels from worshiping his personal deity in sacred song would be highly problematic to say the least. He finds it unpalatable and distasteful to think that he and his fellow humans are nothing more than "bags of matter creating musical art," to quote the caricature employed by one evolution-denying fundamentalist on YouTube. [23] So these believers convince themselves that the emotions felt while worshiping in music are transcendent and supernatural. And when they encounter raucous and provocative rock music, their natural inclination is first to recoil in horror and then to denounce such music as the work of Satan himself. To these believers, rock and heavy-metal music cannot simply be the harmless product of human imagination. It must be transcendentally evil and a danger to the eternal souls of the youth whose attention they feel they are competing with secular forces to capture. Thus, the anti-rock crusaders try to find ways to connect social ills such as teen suicide, murder, or substance abuse to the music they fear.
But the imagined connections are almost always dubious or nonexistent, and otherworldly influences are a poor substitute for human responsibility. No supernatural force, good or evil, was subliminally whispering the words, "Do It" in the ears of overzealous parents, teachers and pastors who brought hundreds of rock albums to their churches, threw them together in large piles, and burned them in collective fits of righteous indignation. The directive to toss music records into the flames was a product of the religious torch-wielders' own irrational fears. Perhaps they were ultimately afraid of perceiving a distorted but nevertheless distinct image of themselves in the lyrical imaginations of rock artists. At one point in his Hell's Bells documentary, where he brings up the specter of the pagan god Pan and what he sees as its connection to rock music, Eric Holmberg was in one sense unwittingly talking about himself when he said,
Half-human and half-goat, Pan remains one of the most enduring and compelling symbols for the Antichrist. . . . It's worth noting that possession by Pan, from which we get the word "panic," often results in an obsession with sex and a need for immediate gratification.
Throughout the three-hour Hell's Bells presentation, it is Holmberg who exhibits panic about his subject. He is just as obsessed with sex, if not more so, than the rock artists he spends a considerable time denouncing as sexually perverse and promiscuous. And while Holmberg explicitly states that he does not condone record burning, his own need for "immediate gratification" is reflected in the numerous impatient and unreflective leaps of logic and in the sloppy research he presents in his narration.
Recall Ian Christe's point about heavy metal musicians being more self–aware and honest in their voices than the fundamentalists who denounced them. The bands who made use of satanic imagery in their lyrics and performances understood that they were simply being theatrical. Meanwhile, fundamentalist Christians sang hymns about the literal blood of Jesus being used in a rite of human sacrifice. They also partook of bread and wine that symbolize cannibalistically consuming the flesh and blood of their scapegoat messiah. But they were unwilling to admit that what they were doing was just as theatrical as using satanic imagery and symbolism for dramatic effect.
And this is why the devil has always had the best tunes.
[1] Ozzy Osbourne, "Rock 'n' Roll Rebel," on Bark at the Moon (Epic Records, 1983).
[2] Ian Christe, Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal (New York: HarperEntertainment, 2003), pp. 296-97.
[3] David Van Taylor, Dream Deceivers: The Story behind James Vance vs. Judas Priest (First Run Features/Tapestry Intl., 1992).
[4] Vance v. Judas Priest WL 130920, 2nd Nevada District Court, 1990. Quoted in Anthony R. Pratkanis, "The Cargo-Cult Science of Subliminal Persuasion," Skeptical Inquirer 16, no. 3 (Spring 1992): 260-72.
[5] David Maysles, Albert Maysles, and Charlotte Zwerin, Gimme Shelter (Maysles Films, Inc., 1970).
[6] "Under NO circumstances would a Satanist sacrifice any animal or baby! . . . There are sound and logical reasons why the Satanists could not perform such sacrifices. Man, the animal, is the godhead to the Satanist. The purest form of carnal existence reposes in the bodies of animals and human children who have not grown old enough to deny themselves their natural desires." Anton Szandor LaVey, The Satanic Bible (New York: Avon Books, 1969), p. 89.
[7] Joe Schimmel, Rock 'n' Roll Sorcerers of the New Age Revolution (Fight the Good Fight Ministries, 1993).
[8] Mark Sullivan, "'More Popular than Jesus': The Beatles and the Religious Far Right," Popular Music 6, no. 3 (October 1987): 319.
[9] Eric Holmberg, Hell's Bells: The Dangers of Rock 'n' Roll (Reel to Real Ministries, 1989). Gratifyingly enough, and against the intentions of Holmberg's ministry, this documentary has become something of a cult classic among rock music enthusiasts.
[10] Fletcher A. Brothers, The Rock Report (Lancaster, PA: Starburst Publishers, 1987), p. 141.
[11] Ibid, p. 13.
[12] David A. Noebel, The Legacy of John Lennon: Charming or Harming a Generation? (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1982), p. 42.
[13] John Muncy, The Role of Rock: Harmless Entertainment or Destructive Influence? (Canton, OH: Daring Books, 1989).
[14] Vance Ferrell, Inside Rock Music (Altamont, TN: Evolution Facts, Inc., 2006), p. 85.
[15] Christe, Sound of the Beast, p. 244.
[16] Ozzy Osbourne, "Suicide Solution," on Blizzard of Ozz (Epic Records, 1980).
[17] McCollum v. CBS, Inc., California Court of Appeals, 2nd District, 3rd Division, 1988.
[18] Montague Summers, A Popular History of Witchcraft (London: Kegan Paul, 1937), p. 153.
[19] Actually, nothing in either the Jewish or Christian Scriptures even hints that a being called Satan was once an angel who rebelled or that he invented music.
[20] Jacob Aranza, More Rock, Country and Backward Masking Unmasked (Shreveport, LA: Huntington House Inc., 1985), pp. 18-19, 20.
[21] Ibid, p. 20
[22] Brothers, The Rock Report, p. 140.
[23] NephilimFree, "Bags of Matter Creating Musical Art" (video), YouTube, October 10, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMegqJseoKw (accessed October 16, 2016). The creationist fundamentalist in this video encourages his viewers to watch a video of Simon and Garfunkel performing their song "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" in a 1969 concert. He calls this performance "astonishing" and states, "I believe even every atheist in this world, if they were to watch this video, and see the creativity and thoughtfulness of these two human beings performing this song, they would feel ashamed, whether they would admit it or not . . . they will feel shame for telling people and wanting us to teach our children that we're merely soulless bags of matter that arose from pond scum."
This statement essentially denies that humans are by themselves capable of doing "astonishing" things and thus betrays a very low regard for human potential that is more demeaning to human worth than anything any atheist evolutionist has said. As an atheist myself, I felt quite the opposite of shame when I watched this performance. The realization that through the entirely unguided and eons-long natural process of evolution, we as a species have developed the cognitive tools necessary to undergo cultural evolution in addition to biological change and thus to manipulate abstract concepts into works of art is far more awe-inspiring than the small-minded belief that such ability was merely programmed into us by a supernatural designer. At best, the latter scenario reduces our creative talent to mere robotic mimicry. Arising from pond scum (which does not accurately represent what any evolutionary scientist thinks about our origins) is by far a more dignified origin than that.


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Bluestacks (2021 Latest) Download for PC Windows 10/8/7 | The download Bluestacks 4 2021 for PC Windows 32-bit/64-bit Application Player was launched today in an early alpha version, and I have actually been utilizing everything day.
While the ability to run most Android apps on a Windows system behaves, the real tale is the Cloud Connect app for Android devices which allows you shoot apps from the phone or tablet to the Windows PC. It deserves noting that using Bluestacks 4 calls for having a physical Android device for getting apps. You could not simply utilize Bluestacks as the single Android "gadget".
Mounting the Bluestacks Player is a basic process, as long as you have a PC with existing hardware. I attempted filling it on an older notebook as well as the setup would not complete. As soon as I got a ThinkPad X1 with a Core i5 processor the installment ran with no worry.
Here are some screenshots and Features of Bluestacks
Screenshots and Features of Bluestacks: Game Controls
The first thing you notice after setup is a Bluestacks for Mac gizmo (image over) that is mounted on the desktop. This is the only method to run Android apps, so it is essential to leave it on the desktop. Clicking this icon slides a home window open with a few Android apps and also games that are run by clicking one.
The Android apps run just in full display, which is unsatisfactory as running windowed makes more sense on a large screen like a laptop. The apps present faultlessly on the PC, and the computer mouse and keyboard make working with the PC fairly excellent, even though Android apps are developed to be run by touch.
Screenshots and Features of Bluestacks: Shooting Mode
A lot of apps I tried functioned fine, with a couple of exceptions. Some games suggest they will only run on a Pro variation of Bluestacks that is set up for the future. Other apps just never ever started appropriately, including Pocket Source which I had excellent wish for.
Bluestacks Download consists of a symbol in the gizmo for Obtain More Apps, when clicked it opens up the Windows default internet browser to access the Cloud Attach website. Obtaining even more apps needs permitting Bluestacks for Windows to access the customer's Facebook account, something some will certainly discover frustrating.
As soon as authenticated there are apps that can be fired OTA to the Windows PC for use in Bluestacks. The majority of the apps offered online are video games or news apps.
How to Play Android Games on your PC / Mac with BlueStacks
The actual tale is the Cloud Attach application in the Android Market, that makes it an easy procedure to send any mounted Android application on the phone or tablet computer to Bluestacks on the PC. I checked this on both my Nexus S 4G phone as well as the Galaxy Tab tablet.
Running the Cloud Connect app results in a checklist of installed apps, any of which can be clicked to sync to the PC.
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User Mick O'Donnell posted this question 30776122 on stackoverflow portal, which is about getting stack dump or thread dump from WebLogic server.
Thanks to Brett Walker that he addressed WLSDM. Absolutely, he redirected to the right place.
Now, we're going to explain how it's easy to do this by using WLSDM which is aimed to monitor WebLogic domains naturally :)
Normally, it's easy to do by shell and WLST scripting; but getting thread dump continuously can be challenge and risky. It can create an overhead on your WebLogic domain.
Let's say you're familiar with WLSDM. It's really easy to install WLSDM and use it. If you're not introduced with WLSDM for WebLogic just follow this blog post on WLSDM community portal. WLSDM Intorduction
Step-1: Go to "Configuration / System" Page and focus on "system.metric" tab. There are two important properties on WLSDM configuartion/system page. Metric harvest frequency and number of alarm count till alarm situation is valid. Screenshot is below and values are default.
The harvest frequency and number of alarm count can be changed. For the continues thread dump, just set it more than 1. Let's set the value to 10. Which means 10 alarms would be generated if the situation is still valid.
Step-2: Go to "System / Metrics" page. For instance, find ActiveExecuteThread MBean record, then click on "Edit" button. There is Actions button for each servers on WebLogic domain (Screenshot Number-1). Click on actions button and select "Thread Dump" action (Screenshot Number-2) and save. Check below screenshot:
Step-3: The alarm must be enable by setting a threshold value which is less than current ActiveExecuteThread MBean value in ThreadPoolRuntime.
After all, WLSDM would start notifying you via email by attaching "WebLogic Server Thread Dump" or "Dump Stack" files continuously. Check below screen shot.
WLSDM created ALERT notifications every 30 seconds by attaching thread dump files. See pointer.
Also the thread dumps are listed on "Profiling Dumps" page on WLSDM console.
It's possible to analyze thread dumps by using WLSDM's thread dump viewer and analyzer module.
Besides thread dump action, there are even more actions available on WLSDM. These are:
- Java Flight Recorder (JFR)
- Heap Dump (.HPROF)
- WebLogic Diagnostic Framework (WLDF) Image (.ZIP)
If you want to learn much about WLSDM actions, there is a good tutorial on Youtube. Here is link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec-MccMPCqY (WLSDM Actions)
Hope, you enjoy this detailed answer on WLSDM community portal.
WLSDM Support Team
Source Links:
1- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30776122/retrieve-the-current-stack-information-from-a-weblogic-server
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The "Smoked By Windows Phone" marketing drive has seen over 250,000 head-to-head handset battles so far, with many hits for Redmond and also a few embarrassing misses. The campaign is now changing tack to embrace a slightly safer, less physical tone, under the banner of "Meet your Match." The side-by-side comparisons with rival phones will remain, but the spotlight has been broadened to cover features like camera work and sharing, among others, instead of focusing only on speed. While it's likely the offer of free phones as prizes that will light up faces in the promo vids, regardless of the strengths of the OS itself, the overall pitch certainly feels more on-point than some others we've seen.
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3 Night Ultima Cena A Milano
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Package Includes:
Private Car Transfer from Milan Malpensa Airport to Hotel.
3 nights Flora Hotel 3* or similar, Milan
1 x Double/Twin Standard Room
Full Breakfast daily
Start Time: 10:15am (Wed & Fri) and 14:15pm (Tue, Sat & Sun)
Duration: 3 Hours
The tour starts with a visit inside the famous Duomo. The next stop is the impressive Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. The tour then continues towards Piazza della Scala, the square which houses the world renowned Scala Theatre, Milan's Opera House. Next it is through the Brera District. Rich in historical buildings, the area has long been home to artists and intellectuals. Walking through its picturesque and winding streets the tour reaches the Castello Sforzesco. This imposing medieval Castle and fortress was once seat and residence of the ruling family of Milan. The final stop and culmination of this walking tour is none other than Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper, hidden away at the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie.
Start Time: 08:15am (Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat)
Duration: 10 Hrs
Our first destination on your great escape is Lake Como, just an hour away from Milan and close to the Swiss border. Upon our arrival in the lovely waterside town of Como, you'll begin the walking portion of your tour. Explore the medieval-walled historical centre and the Cathedral in the company of your guide. Next up is a scenic cruise on Lake Como. Your guide will accompany you throughout the cruise, pointing out their mansions and other historic landmarks as well as answering any questions along the way. Back in Como, you'll have free time to enjoy lunch in a local restaurant, an espresso in the historic San Fedele Square or stroll through the lakeside park as you bask in the relaxing atmosphere. After your break, we'll take a scenic drive to the foot of the Alps and the "Monte Carlo of Switzerland". Spectacular Lugano is situated on the beautiful lake of the same name. This Italian speaking town is one of Switzerland's top tourist destinations and favourite playgrounds for celebrities, athletes and entertainers. Make your way over to the beautiful downtown shopping area, brimming with inviting shops, rich Swiss chocolate, and fine luxury goods. The choice is yours. Once you've had a chance to take some photos and enjoy the town's worry-free atmosphere, we'll get you back on your air-conditioned coach to Milan's city centre. This service ends at Milan Cadorna (Stz Nord) around 18:30pm.
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Sarah Rafferty Teases Suits Flashback Episode, College Hair and That Can OpenerJim Halterman at .
Suits will take viewers back a decade on "The Other Time," revealing new details and tidbits related to various characters - and we're not just talking about Donna's different hair style!
The flashbacks not only fill in some gaps in the backgrounds of Harvey, Mike, Donna and Jessica... they also feed into ongoing storylines that have been brewing throughout Suits Season 3.
With that in mind, I jumped on the phone with Sarah Rafferty to talk about the unique episode; the current relationship between Donna and Stephen; and, of course, what we might find out about that infamous can opener...
TV Fanatic: Let's talk Donna's hair circa 2003 and how much went into what your look would be in the flashbacks.
Sarah Rafferty: I think a lot of talk went into it that I'm not aware of, that I'm not privy to. I just sit down and they try things on me, take pictures, and they get sent around and opinions happen, but it was funny because sort of at the last minute I was like, I don't know about the bangs. We did bangs for the flashback five years ago, maybe 10 years ago she didn't have bangs, but way before we shot we put them back on because we thought that it was maybe more of a change and that she sort of is coming out of high school hair, I think. So 10 years ago, she hasn't necessarily fully lost the college hair.
I think it's harder for the male characters to make a huge change. It's easier for the female characters so if anybody was going to make a bit of a change that would show us that we were going back in time it would be me. Although Gabriel would probably rock a long wig, he wasn't going to. I think he could wear any hair and pull it off. I just don't know if it would really be Suits anymore.
TVF: Did you already know a lot of their past or was what happens in the episode a surprise to you, too?
SR: Just initially when we were in season one and season two I was creating a lot of the back story for Donna and for Donna and Harvey. It was funny to me to see a lot of it being sort of written in, in a way and I had some conversations with our creator [Aaron Korsh]. I especially had conversations after the episode in last season when Donna agrees to come back to work at Pearson Hardman. She makes reference to the other times. I had had some conversations about that with Aaron.
TVF: How much of Harvey's success as a lawyer is due to Donna?
SR: I think what's interesting about the flashback episode is that his character is really put to the test primarily professionally but also personally and he gets to really establish his moral compass and their original dynamic is established [which] I definitely appreciated when I read the episode.
I was thrilled by her strength and that 10 years ago she was still the person who she is and she doesn't apologize for who she is. She is a straight shooter and she has never wavered from being that. She says it like it is and I really admire that in her and I'm really grateful to the writer for that quality in her.
TVF: I love it! Let's talk about present day and the Donna/Stephen thing. How do you sum up that relationship?
SR: I think it started physical, which was pretty fun and funny. It was very funny for me to see that side of Donna. She's always been very confident about all her gifts. So when she says to Rachel, 'I was awesome' I do think that's so funny; she's that girl.
I think that we learned in last week's episode that when Stephen says, 'I'm feeling more for you than I originally anticipated and I want to extend the terms of our agreement,'…I think that maybe they both thought that it was turning out as fun and physical. They established that they would not be expecting too much from each other, but I think that they're a little bit surprised by how they're feeling and that it's becoming more significant.
TVF: Do you think that we, and/or Donna, should trust him at this point?
SR: I can say that Donna believes she always has her eyes wide open. So for the most part she hasn't gone totally easy on Stephen. She's a straight shooter, she told him, 'When you brought up my name to Harvey, you crossed the line,' and that was practically a deal breaker for her. I think that she's cautious but at the same time she would never be with him at all if she believed that he posed any threat to Harvey.
TVF: How are things moving forward with Donna and Rachel? I love the scenes with you and Meghan. Do we get more of those scenes?
SR: Yes, there is more. I think it's great that in the third season so much came up in the personal lives of Rachel and Donna so they need each other, they need a BFF, and that's really satisfying for Meghan and I to play, I've got to say.
TVF: Do we get any kind of answer about the can opener in the episode? We still don't quite know its origins…
SR: The can opener makes an appearance. I can't guarantee that everybody's questions will fully be answered but we take a step into every character's back-story. So we're taking a step into the can opener's back-story too. He deserves just as much attention as all the characters of the series.
TVF: Maybe there's a can opener spinoff in the works…
SR: An animated series!
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Fuz Caforio - 'Rooikat' Caracal
Artist: Fuz Caforio
Title: 'Rooikat' Caracal
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 60cm x 70cm
Fabrizio Caforio, or "Fuz" as he prefers to be called, was born from Italian parentage in Johannesburg, South Africa.
From his home in Africa, close to the creatures of nature that grace his art, he can trace his creative roots to Florence, Italy, where his Great Grandfather was a sculptor. Recognizing his artistic gift from a young age, Fuz has been painting for more than half of his life. Fuz has devoted the last nine years of his career to the study of large cats, refining technique and style to capture these magnificent felines on canvas.
The exquisite detail and life-like quality of his art comes from painstaking research. Much time is spent in the wild bush and at breeding research stations collecting the necessary reference before he goes into the studio to paint. Fuz Caforio's style can be described as painterly realism, the medium being acrylic on canvas, and the studies done in true life size. He has refined his skill and technique over the years to a point where fur patterns and textures are vividly and authentically reproduced.
Through his work, Fuz has helped to raise funds for many non-governmental conservation organizations.
These include:
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The Railway Control room states that delays are being experienced in scheduled trains today since locomotive operators who had obtained leave in view of the festive season had not returned to serve in their respective capacities.
According to the railway control room delays in train services are being experienced on the main track, the Kelaniweli line, Northern railway line, the coastal line & the Batticaloa line.
However according to the Railways Department steps have been taken to summon those on leave.
The Railway Control room expects that train services would resume as per normal tomorrow.
Railways Chief Controller Gunapala Withanage speaking regarding the matter had this to say.
Moreover the National Transport Commission states that steps have been taken to deploy extra buses in order to facilitate the transport requirement of commuters returning to the capitol subsequent to their festive vacation.
According to Chairman of the NTC, a rather dense commuter presence is being experienced in bus services which are being attributed to delays in the railway sector.


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When it comes to vineyards in the United States, there are few that can compare to the vineyards of Napa Valley, California. The vineyards of this area have a history that goes back to immigrants who brought their knowledge from far places and passed on this dedication and love of the craft to their family, and often to friends and colleagues. The "secrets" of wine making were passed on generation-to-generation and the resulting pool of knowledge has grown with the addition of sustainable farming, organic growing practices, and renewable energy sources. These additions have expanded the craft and allowed vintners to get creative while maintaining the outstanding quality of their premium Napa Valley wines.
Napa Valley is a great place for growing grapes. Many vintners that immigrated to the United States realized this when they arrived and saw the potential for their wines to thrive in this young and vibrant country. They began to source vines from different areas of the world to grow in the lush area and currently the area features nearly every variety of grape in existence.
That is not to say that the soil types or climate are perfect for every single variety of grape. There are many varieties that simply do not do as well as they would in other climates. However, with modern technology, many varieties can be grown in controlled environments as well, allowing for small batch runs of the more sensitive types to be produced.
Napa Valley features over 400 vineyards and wineries, covering over a dozen grape varietals and hundreds of labels. This means that wine lovers have an outstanding selection of premium Napa Valley wines to choose from. Whether you enjoy a luscious Cabernet or a delicious Zinfandel, you are sure to find one that hits exactly the right notes for you. In addition, there are plenty of sparkling wines for you to choose from, as well as many blended wines that we've found taste absolutely outstanding.
Grape varieties in the area include, but are not limited to:
There are literally dozens more varieties grown in the area and throughout the state of California that are not mentioned on the list, but we wanted to give you a quick idea of how much the varieties vary in Napa Valley. The result is an outstanding region that offers enough varietals that you could not possibly try every single one even if you opened one bottle a day for an entire year. Pretty amazing right?
Napa Valley wines have taken the country by storm and even different parts of the world are sitting up and taking notice of the premium quality being produced in the region. This has been building up for quite some time and is mostly due to the many outstanding vintners that moved to this country from regions of Italy, France, and elsewhere whose reputation followed them to the Napa Valley region.
We love Napa Valley wines and are proud to see their popularity increase throughout the world over time. We hope to see this trend continue in the coming decades as it has for decades before this. Check back here regularly to see what Napa Valley wines we feature and don't hesitate to leave a comment with any wines that really caught your interest in your travels.
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Intel has added 11 new SKUs to its mobile processor portfolio for all budgets, with three Celeron, one Pentium, three Core i5 and four Core i7 models.
The first two familes are BayTrail based while the others are Haswell-based; they are all manufactured using a 22nm manufacturing process.
There's a quad-core Celeron model, the N2940, with a 7.5W TDP, 2MB of L2 cache and a base clock speed of 1.83GHz which is likely to be a favourite amongst laptop makers.
On an even lower TDP is the Celeron N2808 which has a 4.3W TDP, two cores, 1MB L2 cache and can clock at up to 2.25GHz; it is a slight improvement on the N2807, a sign perhaps that Intel has tweaked its manufacturing process even further.
Although Intel hasn't killed the Atom brand completely, the fact that it doesn't list them in its pricelist pretty much means that it is gone, at least for client-side products.
Atom still exist for smartphones, server/storage and communications products but on desktop and laptops we reckon that it is all but a foregone brand.


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FCC has recently approved the latest Klipsch Room Groove Wireless Speaker using wireless KipschCast™ Technology. It can broadcast and accept CD-quality audio signals to and from other KlipschCast apparatus.
The Room Grave wireless speaker comes with an iPod® port and secondary input for connecting your most favourite equipments to enjoy them locally anywhere in your room with ease. It is basically designed to work with Apple universal Well inserts.
The Room Grove is a two-way stereo sound system that incorporates two large-fling woofers and two MicroTractrix™ Hom-loaded tweeters in ported attachments. You can get a wonderful music experience with accuracy with this wireless speaker.
The customers can easily connect it to an auxiliary device with the help of its integrated 3.5mm stereo auxiliary input feature. You can plug the power cord into the rear of the RoomGrave and then into usual wall channel. The customers can also have access to CD/DVD drive and AM/FM tuner of the cinema system connected to the KlipschCast network.
It is expected that the Klipsch Room Groove Wireless Speaker would be cheaper cost and you can buy it to have a wonderful sound experience in your home. So avail it soon with one year warranty!
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- Apologies for infrequent Newsletters - - CARM has become a monster of sorts. It is requiring more and more of my time just to do administrative work. Boy, do I need a staff! Anyway, please bear with me as I muddle through the many things I have to do.
- Regarding this newsletter - I am interested in knowing how many people read the newsletter and if you would like it sent out more regularly. WE NEED TO KNOW. If you want to continue to receive the CARM Newsletter please click this email link firstname.lastname@example.com and hit send. You don't have to type anything - you can just hit reply and send. It'll be automatically counted by a sorter.
- Note: we are going to trim the email list. So, if you don't respond, you will probably be deleted.
- Faith and Reason Radio - - We are probably going to move the show one hour earlier to 5pm MST. We also have someone working on raising advertising support for the show so we can expand it into other markets. More on that later.
- Debate with Atheist in San Antonio, Texas - I am scheduled to debate an atheist in San Antonio, TX on April 21, 2010. We are still working out the details. They have been dragging their feet on this a little, but if/when it comes to fruition, I'll let you know. But it may not happen since they are narrowing the prep time I have by not committing to a topic.
- Living Waters Headquarters - Last month I paid a visit to the Living Waters headquarters in Southern California (livingwaters.com), the ministry run by Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron. When I was given a tour of the place and introduced to various people, I was surprised to find that most of them knew who I was. Apparently, they use a lot of CARM material and reference the cite frequently. So, praise God for that. Ray was a nice guy. He brought me into his office and we talked for about 20 minutes (Kirk wasn't there). Ray is so dedicated to the Lord and is working tirelessly to promote the gospel message. Keep him and his staff in your prayers. They do great work.
- The Garden - Finally, the Christian Evangelism novel I've been working on for so long is almost ready for release. We've got a cover picked out and the final edit is almost done. (I couldn't help going through it once last time.) Not sure how to official release and distribute it yet, but we'll be making it available through an online order service. So, bear with us.
- CARM Blog Anyone? - someone is recommended to me that I should begin a blog for the CARM website. I've been entertaining the idea and, though I already have plenty to do, this person said it could be a good way of expanding the CARM ministry. More or less, all it would entail is me getting on the blog once a day and making a comment about something. I don't know how many would be interested in such a thing. Some blogs are open to applies and others are not. I fear that instituting a blog with applies would require someone supervising it. We just don't have the manpower for that. What do you think? Good idea?
- Things we need for CARM
- Project Manager - There are so many things to do with/for CARM, that I can't keep up with it all. It seems that most of my time is spent fixing, figuring out such things as what shopping cart to use, contacting people about a Drupal addon, talking to one guy about radio advertising and expansion, to another about the CARM site navigation system, another about the online schools and their development, another about publishing options, another about doing key-word and description update work on the CARM site, etc. So, I'm asking if someone might be interested in being a kind of Project Manager. You'd work with me, follow my direction, carry out requests for information (on such things mentioned above), and report the findings to me. This could be a paid position depending on how many hours per week he or she could work -- or we might just offer a small monthly salary. I figure that it would only take a few hours each week.
I am looking for a mature individual, experienced in this kind of thing, with some technical know how and excellent organizational skills. You'd need to be a Christian, of course. It would help, but isn't necessary, to be familiar with Drupal. You'd need to know how to research, be self directed, and able to write brief summations of what you find and send them to me via email and occasionally have phone conversations with me.
We haven't decided to create and fill this position yet, but it is something that needs to happen. So, I'm collecting information to give to the Board of Directors. This position is depending upon their approval.
- Drupal Expertise and/or Ecommerce System Integration - We need an expert who can take a look at the CARM website structure, the payment integration system (PayPal, authorize net), and make recommendations for improvements and/or provide a way to implement them. We want a user to be able to log into the site, make contributions (with or without logging into site), be able to sign up for schools from in and outside the login, be able to order from the store (with or without logging into site), be able to see their past orders, running donation amounts, etc. In addition, we would like to possibly integrate at a latter date the ability for such a person who has logged to be able to have favorites of CARM articles, a place to place notes, etc. There are a lot of drupal add-ons that available for implementation. This would be, of course, a paid gig. We could talk about what someone would charge for such an examination and recommendation.
- Project Manager - There are so many things to do with/for CARM, that I can't keep up with it all. It seems that most of my time is spent fixing, figuring out such things as what shopping cart to use, contacting people about a Drupal addon, talking to one guy about radio advertising and expansion, to another about the CARM site navigation system, another about the online schools and their development, another about publishing options, another about doing key-word and description update work on the CARM site, etc. So, I'm asking if someone might be interested in being a kind of Project Manager. You'd work with me, follow my direction, carry out requests for information (on such things mentioned above), and report the findings to me. This could be a paid position depending on how many hours per week he or she could work -- or we might just offer a small monthly salary. I figure that it would only take a few hours each week.
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- My name is Darcy, 24 yrs(male) from lynden Washington. A cow town 2 hours north of seattle. I love what you do. I listen to you when I work at UPS in the morning on my ipod from 330am -830 am then when I mow lawns from 9am -2pm. Then I go to work at Starbucks. And talk about what I've learned. I switch between you, pirate Christian radio and wreched radio formally known as way of the master radio. Then of course the good teachers, piper, mcarthur, paul washer among many. I want to start something like what you do, or apprenticeship to someone like you. Great Job. I'll pray for you and your ministry. Thank you for all you equip me with. I concider and tell people you are my teacher.
- My name is Richard, and just wanted to thanks Carm over and over again. I've spoken with Matt Slick on the phone about a year ago, concerning my issues that i had with my girlfriend.......well which now is my ex of course, about her Jehovah's witness belief and about my true Christian belief that Jesus Christ is GOD. And i got to say this, but ever since i found out about this website, i've learned alot, and it brings me into a closer relationship with Jesus.......now nothing, and nobody rob the truth from me or try to even tell me anything else beside what i've learned. Thanks alot Matt......its a great life changing for me. Don't really know whatever happened to my ex, but doesn't really honestly. The Lord Jesus Christ is with me and loves me, there's nothing greater than that...Thanks a lot again.. And God bless Carm.
- I am responding to your article, "Email to churches that affirm women pastors and elders" and agree totally with you. My own Biblical studies have confirmed that. All through the Word of God we see where God dealt with and worked through men primarily. There were a few exceptions but not as leaders of a congregation. Deborah was used because the men were so sorry that God picked her instead. Have we reached that point to day? I think not. Interestingly, George Barna found that one of the main reasons they (the men) did not attend church to day is because of the femininzation of the church; they just did not feel comfortable there. Thank you. Harold
- I am a listener via podcast and I have heard you talk about interviewing pastors before attending a new church. Well understanding how so many in the body of Christ are being led astray by pastors who are teaching either watered down Christianity or just blatant heresy, my senses are now hyper sensitive to such teachings. I thank you for opening my eyes and giving me the tools to recognize this blatant heresy. Thanks Matt for all that you do! You, your family and your ministry are in my prayers. Bryan
- Hello, just read your teaching concerning a christians security in Jesus and I agree totally. Thank you for your work and your great web site, what a resource for the believer. Another text I always utilize when defending a believers security is Eph 1:13,14. It tells what happens the moment each person becomes a believer and is given the Holy Spirit of PROMISE/GUARANTEE that we are God's own possession on the day of redemption. If we could lose our gift of salvation God's promise/guarantee wouldn't be reliable at all and satans power to steal away a believer would be stronger than our Lords power to keep us. Thanks again for your help to the body... best regards, John
- [CARM] is sexist and misogynistic! This is what I said initially. Do you not see how these are shameful attributes? If you are so eager and willing to instigate the casting of stones, that must indicate that you are without sin yourself. You must follow the bible to the letter if you are willing to point out the failures of others. Do you therefore also believe that slavery is acceptable, since there is no specific condemnation of it in the bible? (Leviticus 25:44-46, Exodus 21:20-21) Are you willing to kill a homosexual, support infanticide and child abuse? The bible condones so many awful practices that it is painful to see individuals so bent on upholding the writings of unknown, dubious, and poorly educated writers from the ancient past. It's time to live in the present. That which isn't violent or cruel in the bible is simply fantastical rubbish. Some of the offenses punishable by death in the bible: working on Sabbath, children disrespecting their parents. Why uphold a book that is so cruel, so unforgiving, and clearly a work of fiction? Please, read something from an opposing viewpoint. While you're sitting around waiting for the rapture, you may also want to pick up a science book. Kelley
- Hello Yours Bible explanations are amateurish. Terribly tedious talk. You're a false teacher! Thank you Botond
- The bible is NOT the inspired word of god. This automatically classifies your philosophy and website as biased from the start. The bible,for anyone who has enough brains to research its beginnings, is nothing else but a collection of historical events relating to the jewish nation. Furthermore, that collection of stories were originally handed down from father to son or mother to daughter, unwritten or if you wish, VERBALLY. Over the millennia, and as it was translated and written down, errors in grammar, spelling, linguistics and other problematic conditions(weather conditions, human apttitude,etc) lead to other deformations of the messages being transmitted. The bible is nothing more than a book of often distorted narration of historical events which may or may not have taken place. I recognize those events which are being confirmed by scientific truth! This is based on archeological research and discoveries. Anything which cannot be proven or backed up by scientific evidence is probably an hoax or an attempt by some organization, group or individual trying to impose some value, whether real or unreal, on other masses. Fernando
- I heard your debate with Eddie Tabash and overall no one can really prove God exists because it is "by faith"...the wind exists even though we cannot see it..but we cannot see a supposed god...for "He" has no movement we can see besides believers going crazy and trying to make everyone else miserable before they die...seems like men especially love "religious faith" because they can have that all-powerful authority they crave......I use to believe, but got sick of the mental abuse...anyhow....you sounded arrogant and just ready to argue to prove yourself right..!!! That's not going to "win souls" .....!! Courtney
- I see your point when you say that some have minced the word in the bible to fit their sinful needs about homosexuality. Who wrote the bible anyway? Is it safe to say....a homophobe? This is what I wish for all of those who believe that homosexuality is a choice and that it is wrong...........I wish on all those people who detest homosexuals, I wish that they are all destined to have born to them.......gay individuals. Lets see how loud their voice against homosexuality gets when one of their own is "doomed". Last time I checked lying was a sin, adultery was a sin, cheating was a sin, killing was a sin, divorce was a sin, littering was a sin, swearing was a sin, prostitution was a sin, masturbating was a sin, sex before marriage was a sin, deception was a sin, gossip was a sin, changing ones natural appearance was a sin, using a condom was a sin, having an abortion was a sin, fighting with thy neighbour was a sin, having children out of wedlock was a sin............on and on.................I GUESS WERE ALL GOING TO HELL! Linda.
- You do a lot of damage to a lot of souls with your false teaching leading people astray and turning them off of Christ with your false way of being saved that appeals to the flesh. You need to wake up. You have been in a dark sleep for a very long time.
- Notice if you don't answer exactly how Slick requires, he threatens you with martyrdom. Very abusive personality. That is how the murderous Pope of Geneva acted. I trust the explanation above of our discussion matches the discussion itself. Do you see what Slick has troubles seeing? It's ok for Slick by his will to assume he was irresistibly regenerated and pride himself over others with that, but it is not ok for a person by his will to repent and believe in Christ to be regenerated according to slick's twisted theology by erecting that idol called Total depravity which says he can't. To take of the water of life freely is freely, not forced or made to do it by being irresistibly regenerated. Do you see how Slickster is confusing "will of man" (man's plans) with "free-will" (sovereign choice)? The act of saving itself is God's doing, but God requires our heartfelt response since God is relational and synergistic. He set up this condition in dying on the cross for the sins of the whole world so don't blame me. He wants fellowship and communion with us. We need to use our volition, for we are not automatons, which itself is not the salvation, for the salvation follows our volition, repentance and faith. So you can't plan your salvation nor be saved by the passions of your flesh, but God still requires your response and free-choice. This way there is no doublestandard. But with Slick he has an inherent doublestandard he can never escape because it's ok for him by his will to assume he was irresistibly regenerated, but Christians are not allowed to repent and believe in Jesus to be regenerated according slick. You can't have it both ways. God is the "Savior of all men, specially those who believe" (1 Tim. 4.10) NOT "Savior of all men who believe, specially those who believe" for that is nonsensically redundant. What Savior entails must include salvation.
- Wow! There are so many errors in your web site pages I can't start to go into them. No matter which Christian church a person belongs to they will find mistaken statements. I'll bet you get remarks from every denomination. I will put you on my prayer list. You could be of great value if and when you get your facts straight. God bless. Richard


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09 Mar 2015 Concerns Grow Over Hong Kong Censorship
Posted at 06:36h in Freedom of Speech, Government Transparency 0 Comments
Hong Kong Transparency Report was quoted on Voice of America in the story about police's controversial removal of users' online posts during the Occupy Central period.
Darcy Christ, a researcher with the Hong Kong Transparency Report at the University of Hong Kong, has seen an increase in the number of web sites being taken down.
"There is definitely a spike, but like I say, its mostly in the case of take down requests. That's not to discount that, but definitely user requests are one other important issue especially after the occupy protests," said Christ.
For the full story, please click here.


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– Last year, the District passed legislation requiring cab companies to have wheelchair accessible vehicles. Due to a lack of fares, little training and a host of other issues, these new vehicles are sitting in lots and residents with disabilities still struggle to get around. (WAMU, 2/17)
These developments are frustrating transportation equity advocates. Just a few years ago, only 20 WAVs roamed Washington's streets, leading to legislation by the D.C. Council to increase their numbers. But a new taxicab without a driver is the same as no taxi at all, said Heidi Case, a disability rights activist and motorized wheelchair user.
"Twice in the last week, I had to get a work appointment but they could not find a wheelchair cab at 4:30 in the afternoon," said Case, who blamed the scaling back of a popular District program for the shortage.
– District residents east of the Anacostia River have a longer commute than the rest of the city. (GGW, 2/16)
– Montgomery County residents oppose a new mixed-use development they believe will be built on top of an early 20th century Black cemetery. (WaPo, 2/16)
– D.C. Judge Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Major Affordable Housing Tool (WCP, 2/17)
FOOD/ HEALTH | The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation has announced the winners of the Healthy10 Awards, which is part of an initiative to create a business-led culture of health in America. Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States and DC Central Kitchen's "Healthy Corners" initiative won an award. (U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, 2/16)
HEALTH | Maryland lawmakers consider legalizing 'Aid-in-Dying' medication (NBC4, 2/16)
PHILANTHROPY | A new study of how foundations access and use knowledge for effective philanthropy found that foundation leaders are more likely to go to their peers when gathering information. (The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, 2/13)
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New York is one of the hottest tech hubs globally and attracts a great number of innovative startups. Today we will take a look at 10 most interesting in our opinion New York City based startups. We're excited about their unique products, enthusiastic teams, and the way they are revolutionizing their industries.
WeWork was founded in 2010 with a mission to 'build more than beautiful, shared office spaces' but a community for entrepreneurs, freelancers, startups and small businesses. You can think of it as an office space-as-a-service.
Since 2010 the company has shown tremendous growth not only in the US but across Europe. To date, it has 144 co-working spaces across the world, and more than 74,000 paying members. In 2017, WeWork also launched an online store for services and software for its members. WeWork is now valued at close to $20 billion.
Founded in 2010, now WeWork has over 140 co-working spaces across the world and is valued at close to $20 billion.Click to tweet
Etsy is often called one of New York's most outstanding startup success stories. It was founded in 2005 as a marketplace for handmade or vintage goods, including art, photography, clothing, jewelry, food, beauty products, toys, and more.
Today, it is a global marketplace that helps millions of creators around the world to sell their unique goods. With more than 45 million sales items listed and 31.7 million active buyers, it's annual gross merchandise sales reached impressive $2.84B in 2016.
Etsy is also known for its commitment to sustainable practices. It's global headquarter in Brooklyn, New York is considered the greenest office space in tech. In 2017 the company also announced its commitment to running zero waste operations across its 10 offices globally by 2020.
The company went public in 2015 and now has a $2 billion valuation.
Invision has become a real game-changer in the world of design software. It is the world's leading product design collaboration platform that makes it easy for designers to create prototypes for websites and apps that look like real products. It simplified the process of sharing designs and getting feedback from clients, team members, and stakeholders.
Clark Valberg, company's CEO said Invision was created to make the world of design better. "We think of InVision as the Salesforce of the design world, giving us the opportunity to embrace and integrate and click design customers into one seamless workflow."
Today Invision is used by millions of teams and companies around the world, including Airbnb, Lyft, Netflix, Salesforce and Twitter, Disney, IBM, Walmart, Apple, Verizon and General Motors.
In 2017 the company announced its own InVision Fund and is going to invest $5 million in startups working in the design space, giving $100K to $300K grants to teams building plug-ins specifically for the InVision platform, which will help to facilitate the design community around its platform.
In November 2017, the company has raised $100 million in Series E funding, with a total valuation reaching $1 billion.
ClassPass is a popular fitness membership startup that provides its members access to the largest network of fitness studios in the world. For a monthly fee, members get access to hundreds of boutique fitness classes and gyms in US and Canada can easily look for and book classes with a mobile app, including yoga, cycling, Pilates, running, strength training, dance, and more.
The company's roadmap for the next year is pretty impressive: from providing more offerings than boutique fitness and expanding the number of gyms available on the platform, to adding video fitness classes and introducing more outdoor sports.
Classpass is recognized as one of Forbes's Next Billion Dollar Startups. In 2017 the company closed a $70 million Series C funding round, which brings its total funding to $154 million in total and $400 million in valuation.
Blue Apron
Blue Apron is probably the most well-known ingredient-and-recipe meal kit service in the US, which is especially popular with busy, on-the-go New Yorkers.
Blue Apron was a pioneer in delivering food kits to customers for cooking meals at home. For a reasonable subscription fee, customers get boxes of freshly prepared ingredients, with complete cooking instructions that help anyone to cook a delicious meal in under 35 minutes. Home cooking without the hassle of going to the grocery store or deciding what to cook tonight. Sounds amazing, doesn't it?
The company showed enormous growth in the last years, having reached $795.4 million in sales last year. Today it is considered a unicorn, after going public in June 2017 and reaching $2 billion valuations.
Today Blue Apron is considered a unicorn, after going public in June 2017 and reaching $2 billion valuations.Click to tweet
Codecademy is an online platform that offers free coding classes in 12 different programming languages, teaching millions of learners how to code. Additionally, it provides paid services that give learners access to a personalized learning plan, quizzes, and help mentorship sessions.
Codeacademy launched in 2011 and has already signed up about 45 million people to take its free online courses. CEO Zach Sims says he expects that in the nearest future hundreds of millions of people can use their courses to gain new skills and improving their careers, as technology is everywhere now and people need tech skills in all industries and levels of jobs now. The total addressable market for its courses is around 3 billion people.
Digital Ocean
DigitalOcean is a cloud computing startup based in New York, competing with such giants as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. Founded in 2011, it quickly has become the fastest growing cloud computing platform thanks to focusing on smaller developers and startups.
DigitalOcean helps teams and businesses to deploy and scale any application in the cloud. DigitalOcean is a favorite among developers due to the simplicity, pricing, and high-performance virtual servers. Another key feature behind DigitalOcean's success is the unique community resources it provides to its customers, including developer forums, and tutorials.
The company has around a million customers and generated $175 million in revenue (ARR) in 2017. Currently, it has 9 data centers positioned in San Francisco, Singapore, New York, Amsterdam, and London.
The company has raised $123 million from Andreessen Horowitz, Access Industries, IA Ventures, CrunchFund, TechStars and more.
Citizen is an app that sends out local alerts to users when a crime or other major incident is reported to 911 in their neighborhood. According to the company's blog, its mission is to 'build safer communities through transparency' and to keep people informed of crimes in their area.
The app shows a real-time map of incidents in the area. Users can get real-time updates about crimes as push-notifications. The app allows to watch and upload videos of the incident within the app. For now, Citizen is only available in New York City and San Francisco.
The app was just released in March 2017 and has already raised $12 million in Series A funding from Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, and other prominent investors.
Venmo is one of the most popular mobile payment apps in the US that allows users to transfer money to one another with just one tap. Venmo is millennial-focused and more commonly used for payments among friends, who usually say "Just Venmo me" after picking up a lunch bill, for example.
There is an additional feature that sets the app apart from the crowd of competitors and makes it popular among young people – the social feed. Once the money is transferred, the transaction shows up in the app's feed, which becomes a sort of a running record of what your friends are up to. Users can use a private mode too, but most like the social aspect, curious to see who went out for drinks together, and following the feed loaded with custom emojis.
Venmo is also planning is to facilitate more transactions between businesses and their customers. In 2016 they launched Pay With Venmo, a service that lets users easily make purchases in hundreds of different apps, a sports ticket app Gametime and meal-delivery app Munchery just to name a few.
Venmo was acquired by Braintree for $26.2 million in 2012, and in 2013 PayPal acquired Braintree for $800 million.
Anchor is a new app aimed to become 'the easiest way to create, share, and interact with audio'. It makes recording and sharing any audio super simple, from capturing voice to conducting remote interviews to broadcasting full length songs. With Anchor, anyone can start their own podcast, or station, and create episodes just from the app. Anchor is also sometimes called 'a Snapchat stories for audio' because all audio content disappears after 24 hours.
The app provides lots of creative tools for podcasters. One of the recent tools launched in 2017 is a possibility to automatically turn recordings into stylish video clips, complete with voice transcriptions. For listeners, the app has categories to browse and discover new stations: news, tech, life, music, and so on. There is also a personalized station that offers users the day's news and weather.
Whatever process you take — from capturing voice to broadcasting full-length songs — Anchor makes it easy.Click to tweet
In 2017 the company raised $10 million in Series A funding, led by GV (Google Ventures), Accel, Homebrew and others, bringing its total raised to about $15 million.
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text: 2011. Last weekend as I was on the dock in the harbor there it was….a rainbow that wrapped it's arms around our beautiful Island from the bay to the ocean. It represented to me everything that this island is about beauty, hope, love, creativity, and the people that come to give, share, and partake it in all. Thanks Donald for sharing!


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NextGen Email Marketing is here.
Full-scale and fine-tunable, Email Builder and Email Analytics Suite - our NextGen A/B testing and email platform - automatically optimizes your emails for opens, clicks, and conversions.
The first thing you'll notice in the redesign is the ease of navigation. You'll find your A/B experience more intuitive and user-aware, with responsiveness and simple yet powerful customizability that saves time and drives sales.
Other improved features of the latest Email Wizard rollout include:
- Sample-size selection with one simple slider for A/B testing
- Use total opens, total clicks, or link-specific clicks as your primary performance metric
- Variable test duration optimizes 24-hour sales, year-long sales cycles, and everything in between
- Manual or automated selection of best-performing email
- Option to automate whole-list or whole-segment sending of the winning email at the end of the test duration
During your A/B tests and your other emails, the Email Analytics UIX provides efficient and effective real-time monitoring of engagement:
- Geographic location and platform/device information for all engagements
- List- and segment-specific analytics during multi-list/multisegment tests and email runs
- Better data visualization, including progressive and aggregate statistics displayed in easy-to-read charts and graphs
- Robust and responsive filtering function for customizable data table views
- At-a-glance visual measurements for engagements, including user-specific engagement histories available at a click
- Average reduction of 5.6 clicks and page loads compared to the previous framework
Together, the relaunched NextGen versions of Email Builder and Email Analytics Suite can substantially improve ROI on your email campaigns. Crafting reader-friendly and click-friendly emails, and ensuring they've been user-optimized through direct testing, will provide more value for your marketing dollar than anything else - now more than ever.
Your team may have already been in contact with us about adopting and adjusting to these and other changes to our platform. We're always available to help you with onboarding and taking advantage of the full range of capabilities and insights all of our tools provide, so don't hesitate to reach out!


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Battling the - ZZZZ. Smack! -- mosquitoes
By A Treasure Coast essay by Paul Janensch
Fort Pierce, FL – ZZZZ. Smack! Until the 1850s, the stretch of Florida from above Cape Canaveral to below Jupiter Inlet was designated as Mosquito County. Good name. Mosquitoes were so numerous and so bothersome along the coast, that people begged to be buried in the sand up to their chins - or so I've read. They can still be pesky. Especially in the summer after lots of rain, and especially at dawn or dusk. I spray repellant on my exposed skin every day, but some mosquitoes still manage to make their way up my shorts or under my polo shirt to bite me. The word "mosquito" comes from the Spanish for "little fly." To feed, they use long stingers that poke out from the front of their heads. The males drink nectar from plants. It's the females that suck the blood from animals to develop their eggs. Mosquito larvae grow in shallow water. So get rid of it from plastic kiddy pools, tarps, bird baths, upside-down garbage can lids and the like. I once thought that every living thing played a useful role in nature. But some scientists say eradicating mosquitoes would not harm the ecosystem one bit. ZZZZ. Smack! So take THAT, Ms. Mosquito. For 88.9 FM, this is Paul Janensch.
Paul Janensch was a newspaper editor and taught journalism at Quinnipiac University.


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Sale of Finca Cuddly Toys in Montefrio, Granada
Google maps returned a status of REQUEST_DENIED
Price : €280,000 (£253,890)
Reference : Cuddly Toys
This is an amazing deal as you are getting two country houses with a total of 7,000 sqm of productive land. You have one to live in and one to rent out, or ideal for two families wanting to be close. The main house on the left has been totally reformed and now offers 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a lovely fitted kitchen, living room with fireplace, utility room and front terraces on the ground floor and upper floor. It also has about 7,000 sqm land in total with many olive trees. There is a lovely private swimming pool and BBQ area plus garden. The 2nd house on the right just needs finishing off inside. It could offer 2/3 bedrooms plus bathroom, kitchen and a living room. It is about 120sqm build on two floors. It also has stables and a garage.
Really good value for money.
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Release Year: 2013
Video language: English
Hatsune Miku from Vocaloids is in the middle of a concert when a riot breaks out in front of the stage. She tries to get the violence to stop only to have the five very strange men turn on her. They surround her on stage and decide to put on a whole new sort of show for her captive audience.
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