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New Joel Osteen iPhone app takes off quickly in Apple store
By Robert Stanton | June 10, 2013 | Updated: June 10, 2013 3:27pm
Photo By Eric Kayne/For the ChronicleJoel Osteen's Lakewood church is in southwest Houston.(Lana Berkowitz / Houston Chronicle)
Photo By Nick de la Torre/StaffLakewood Church Pastor Joel Osteen welcomes his congregation to his 11 a.m. service Aug. 28, 2011, in Houston. (Nick de la Torre / Houston Chronicle)
Photo By Nick de la Torre/StaffOsteen's church averages about 40,000 people in attendance per week. (Nick de la Torre / Houston Chronicle)
Photo By Nick de la Torre/.Lakewood Church Pastor Joel Osteen's wife, Victoria Osteen, is the church's co-pastor.
In 2009, the church celebrated its 50th anniversary.
When the church opened in 1959, even Star Trek was 7 years from TV. Now Lakewood is on the iPhone.
Photo By James Nielsen
Lakewood Church began it in a converted feed store in 1959, founded by pastors John and Dodie Osteen . From those humble beginnings, Lakewood has grown into the largest church in America.
Look back at the history of both the church and its dynamic leaders.
Photo By Provided by Lakewood ChurchPastor John Osteen - Joel's father - in the early days of his ministry, long before anyone could have imagined today's Lakewood Church.
Photo By Provided by Lakewood ChurchJohn and Dodie Osteen on their wedding day in 1954. The couple had six children, all of whom are involved with ministry.
Photo By Provided by Lakewood ChurchLakewood moved into its first permanent home, this abandoned feed store, in 1959. "We gave up a beautiful church to start out with nothing," said Dodie Osteen recently. "I knew that my husband was led of God and whatever he thought was best for the people, he would do it."
Photo By Provided by Lakewood ChurchDodie Osteen recalls what it looked like: "Well, I remember a little church that had spider webs in it. It had holes in the floor - because it was an old feed store- where the feed would fall though and I just remember excited people," she said. "It was bad and the chairs didn't match and the pews didn't match but it was wonderful. There was just enthusiasm and excitement."
Photo By Provided by Lakewood ChurchIn 1961, Pastor John Osteen felt called to missions in the Philippines. Martin Crow pastored the church in Osteen's absence.
Photo By Provided by Lakewood ChurchPastor John Osteen returned from missions and resumed leading Lakewood in 1969.
Photo By Provided by Lakewood ChurchNeeding more space, the church built this metal building in 1972. It was adjacent to the feed store and sat 700 people.
Photo By Provided by Lakewood ChurchPastor John and Dodie Osteen in front of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
Photo By Provided by Lakewood ChurchPastors John and Dodie Osteen leading a service together. Decades later, Joel and Victoria Osteen address the congregation together just like his parents once did.
Photo By Provided by Lakewood ChurchTo keep up with its growing congregation, Lakewood expanded the building in 1979 to seat 5,000.
Photo By Provided by Lakewood ChurchA young Joel Osteen mans the camera at Lakewood Church. Joel left his studies at Oral Roberts University to begin Lakewood's television ministry in 1982.
Photo By Provided by Lakewood ChurchDodie Osteen suffered from cancer in the early 1980s. She believes she was miraculously healed of the disease and still speaks about the healing often.
Photo By Provided by Lakewood ChurchIn 1988, Lakewood opened a new campus on East Houston Road. Its sanctuary seated 8,200 people.
Pastors John and Dodie Osteen pose for a picture outside of the new sanctuary.
Photo By Provided by Lakewood ChurchPastor John and son Joel meet with a photographer at the church's new 8,200 seat sanctuary.
Pastors John and Dodie cut their 40th wedding anniversary cake in 1994.
Photo By Provided by Lakewood ChurchThe church continued to grow...
Photo By Provided by Lakewood ChurchPastor John Osteen preaches in the 1990s.
Photo By e. joseph deering/Houston ChroniclePastor John Osteen died of cardiac arrest in January of 1999. Here, Dodie Osteen speaks at his memorial service on January 27, 1999, with family members standing behind her in the Lakewood Church sanctuary.
Photo By Provided by Lakewood ChurchAfter his father died, Joel Osteen became pastor of Lakewood Church. His mother Dodie Osteen recalls the experience: The first time I heard (son Joel preach) I heard a young man 35 or 36. At that time he was frightened and he had a lot of hair and he stood up there and you could tell he was shaking inside. I've seen him progress and now I think "He is so mature." Every sermon I think "That's his best."
Photo By Provided by Lakewood ChurchPastor Joel and Victoria Osteen in the early days of thier ministry.
Photo By Kevin Fujii/Houston ChronicleJoel and Victoria Osteen, standing next to Dodie, sing along with their choir to open up their Saturday evening service, Sept. 25, 2004.
Photo By Warner FaithYour Best Life Now, which Joel published in 2004, became a best seller.
Photo By PAT SULLIVAN/APVictoria Osteen, beside her husband Joel Osteen, during services at the church Jan. 9, 2005, in Houston.
Photo By Provided by Lakewood ChurchDodie Osteen was invited to throw out the first pitch at an Astros game.
Photo By Kevin Fujii/Houston ChronicleDodie Osteen is welcomed to share the stage with evangelist Benny Hinn during his service at the Toyota Center on Feb. 24, 2005.
Photo By BRETT COOMER/HOUSTON CHRONICLEVictoria and Joel Osteen pose for a portrait outside the new Lakewood Church on July 9, 2005.
Photo By Provided by Lakewood ChurchIn 2005, Lakewood moved into the Compaq Center, the former Summit and former home of the Houston Rockets. Before they move in, Pastor Joel and Victoria Osteen pose outside the building.
Photo By BRETT COOMER/HOUSTON CHRONICLEJoel Osteen, right, and his wife, Victoria, welcome the overflow crowd to the opening services of Lakewood Church Saturday, July 16, 2005, in Houston. Lakewood Church converted the Compaq Center, the former home of the Houston Rockets, into one of the largest churches in the country.
Photo By Eric Kayne/ChronicleIt didn't take long for the church to pack the former Compaq Center. Lakewood Church has become the largest church in the country. Even more see the services on television.
Photo By Free Press, a Division of SimonJoel Osteen's second best seller Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day (2007), reportedly earned him a $13 million advance.
Photo By People MagazinePastors Joel and Victorial Osteen made the cover of People Magazine in December 2007.
Photo By Steve Ueckert/Houston ChroniclePositive, happy and encouraging have long been the hallmarks of Osteen's message.
Photo By Steve Ueckert/Houston Chronicle"When I talk, I realize I'm talking to an audience that may not understand," Joel Osteen told the Houston Chronicle in 1997. "I have a gift to talk to the everyday person who may not be a religious person. ... A lot of things I talk about are just life, and then I bring the Bible principles in at the end."
Photo By Eric Kayne/ChronicleVictoria Osteen, seen here with her husband Joel in October says congregations respond to couples who are united. "What women tell me all the time is my example up there helps them realize that it's OK to be a strong woman. It's OK to love your family. It's OK to have a place of influence,'' she said. "That's what Joel loves about it. That we're a team.''
Photo By Eric Kayne/ChronicleTheir partnership, she says, is part of Lakewood's appeal to the approximately 38,000 people who attend services weekly.
Photo By Eric Kayne/Chronicle"When you see a family, that's very empowering because we all want that family unit,'' Victoria Osteen said. Their children Jonathan, 13, and Alexandra, 9, participate in praise events around the country with their parents.
Photo By Eric Kayne/ChronicleVictoria and Joel Osteen pray with church members during a Lakewood service.
Photo By Steve Ueckert/ChronicleDodie Osteen looks on as her son, Joel, preaches on Sunday, March 2, 2008. "I know, for one thing, the love hasn't changed," she said. "The people are so full of love that is the most wonderful thing. The thing that has changed is I used to know everybody. I knew their names. Now I know maybe five out of 100. But you know that is growth. That is good."
Photo By Provided by Lakewood ChurchAlways giving thanks for her healing from cancer, Dodie leads a Prayer and Healing Service on the second Tuesday of every month on the 2nd floor from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
Photo By Provided by Lakewood ChurchDodie Osteen does not consider herself a preacher: "My daughters are wonderful preachers. My sons are wonderful preachers, teachers. But I'm not like that. I just have to exhort the people and love them."
Photo By Steve Ueckert/Houston ChronicleJoel Osteen waits in the wings of the stage to deliver his sermon as he and his wife, Victoria, lead a worship service.
Photo By Steve CampbellEl poder de los evangélicos: radica en que es una iglesia con fuerte poder de atracción entre los hispanos, como es el caso de Lakewood Church, en la imagen, la mayor iglesia del país, localizada en Houston y con una fuerte congregación latina. Sólo la Conferencia Nacional Hispana de Liderazgo Cristiano, la mayor organización evangélica hispana del país, tiene más de 30,000 iglesias afiliadas.
Photo By Johnny Hanson/FOR THE CHRONICLELakewood began a Spanish service in 2002. Under the direction of Associate Pastor Marcos Witt, who is well known among Hispanics all over the world for his worship music, the service has grown to approximately 7,000 attending weekly.
Photo By Steve Ueckert/Houston ChronicleJoel and Victoria Osteen, pastors of Lakewood Church, with their son, Jonathan Osteen (age 13) between them, stand alongside former President Bill Clinton (second right) and his daughter, Chelsea Clinton (far right), as they attend early services at Lakewood Church on March 2, 2008. The Clintons were introduced and Pastor Joel Osteen prayed for them and Sen. Hillary Clinton (not in attendance) on Sunday, March 2, 2008.
Photo By Steve Ueckert/Houston ChronicleA 2005 incident concerning a spill aboard an airplane ended up in civil court last year. A flight attendant accused Victoria Osteen of assault. This photo was taken in August, immediately after a jury found unanimously in Osteen's favor.
Photo By Victoria OsteenLove Your Life: Living Happy, Healthy and Whole (Free Press, $25) was published in October of 2008. Simon & Schuster ordered an initial printing of 780,000 copies. Victoria also recently released a series of children's books.
Photo By Robert Seale/© 2009 Robert SealeHaving grown up in an active family, Lakewood Church's Victoria Osteen incorporates her husband Joel, and two kids Jonathan, far left, and Alexandra, far right, into her regimen of healthy foods, exercise and maintaining a positive attitude.
Photo By Ron Wyatt/Provided by Lakewood ChurchThe Osteen family has taken its message on tour. Here Pastor Joel Osteen speaks during 'A Night of Hope' worship service at Yankee Stadium on April 25, 2009.
Photo By Ron Wyatt/Provided by Lakewood ChurchThe service was the first non-baseball event at the new Yankee Stadium.
Photo By Ron Wyatt/Provided by Lakewood ChurchNearly five decades after her husband founded Lakewood Church, Dodie Osteen encourages a huge crowd at Yankee Stadium for 'A Night of Hope' worship service.
Photo By Eric KayneLakewood Church, Nov. 30, 2009 in Houston.
Photo By Nick de la TorreLakewood Church Pastor Joel Osteen, left, stands next to his wife Victoria Osteen, who's the Church's Co-Pastor, as singers and the band perform on stage during his 11 a.m. service, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in Houston. Olsteen's church averages about 40,000 people in attendance per week. ( Nick de la Torre / Houston Chronicle )
Photo By Lakewood ChurchLAKEWOOD CHURCH STAR POWER: Media moguls Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry attend Lakewood Church Sunday.
The Osteens announced in 2011 that they were working with Mark Burnett on a reality show featuring service projects across the country.
Hope these days may seem to be on life support, but a world-renowned Houston pastor is keeping it alive through a new iPhone app that is getting rave reviews.
Since its June 4 release, the Joel Olsteen iPhone app has registered more than 50,000 downloads and it debuted at No. 2 in Apple's App Store, according to Andrea Davis, senior director of media relations at Lakewood Church.
"It reached #41 overall out of over 400,000 free apps, ranking ahead of Spotify, Netflix, Facebook, Groupon, Pinterest and Pandora, among others," she stated in an email. The free app is also rated at 5-Stars in the Apple App Store.
With a few clicks, readers can read the Today's Word Devotional from Pastor Joel Osteen, check out Lakewood Church's event schedule, and find partner churches to visit, among other benefits.
"Our goal for the app is to allow the millions of people who watch Joel on TV to have real easy access to his messages, the inspiring content that Joel has for them on a daily basis," said Jerry Cooley, creative director at Lakewood Church.
"A great thing about the app is that wherever they are, they can just stop, pull up the app, watch Joel and listen to his messages," he said.
Especially popular, Cooley said, is the easy access to the Today's Word Devotional, which offers spiritual insights into daily life. Some recent messages include "Remember Your Victories," "God's Protection," "Excel in Giving," "Letting It Go," and "Seeing His Glory."
Customer reviews on the App Store give the new app a thumbs-up.
"I've been waiting for this for a long time! Absolutely Wonderful!!" wrote BeckUniversity.
David346890 wrote, "Thank you so much for work and effort to make this world a better place. We need more Apps like this as a tool to enrich our lives in Jesus Christ."
Comments like that, Cooley said, show that Osteen and Lakewood are on the right technological track.
"It's one more way for Joel to connect with people and encourage and inspire them, and to help them reach their potential that God has asked for them," he said.
There are three other apps available for download - Joel Osteen for iPad, Lakewood for iPhone, and Hope for Today Magazine for iPad.
For now, the phone apps are available only for iPhone, but plans are in the works to offer them for Android smartphones, Cooley said.
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Video surveillance may prove key in solving a robbery in La Crosse on Thursday.
Police say the Clark station on Rose street was robbed at about three in the afternoon. A guy demanded money, pushed the store clerk out of the way, grabbed some cash and took off. Witnesses saw the guy run away. Police recovered a weapon at the scence and they say they're reviewing surveillance video of the crime. In the meantime, cops are searching for a white male, approximately 5 7 and thin build. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black stocking cap, sunglasses, dark colored pants and black shoes with white stripes. No work on how much cash the perp grabbed from the store.


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|Dress Your Age
|Written by Nicola Hyland
Ever been told to act your age? How about dressing your age? Are you sick of seeing women dressing like young girls? Or maybe just sick of seeing little girls dressed like women. AskBronny explores if fashion really does have an age limit.
Age Limits in Fashion
Imagine this scene: two people are walking down the street. One is wearing knee-high boots and a seriously short skirt. The other is in a see-saw pinafore with pigtail plaits and lace-trimmed kid socks. They are a picture-perfect mother and daughter team except that Mum is the one in the pigtails. This may sound like an unrealistic scenario but is it really all that unbelievable? The fashion age-boundaries are increasingly becoming blurred as young girls strive to dress like much older celebrity idols, while mature-aged women seek to recapture their more youthful days. Then there are those of us in the middle torn between not wanting to look like a nana, while also fearful of being mistaken for a tarty teen.
So are you wearing your age on your sleeve?
Here are a few questions you should ask yourself:
If you answered yes to any of the above, then you are probably guilty of blurring the fashion age boundaries.
How do we know if we are really dressing our age?
While there are no set rules as such, there are definitely fashion phases in our lives that should be 'phased out' as our lifestyles change. What is 'cute' on a pre-teen is generally viewed as 'sad' when you are past thirty. Remember Lara Flynn-Boyle going to the Golden Globes in that pink ballerina outfit? That was a prime example of an age-inappropriate fashion choice. You can generally tell if you are dressing 'your age' by taking notice of what others in your peer group are wearing do you stand out for the wrong reasons?
Identifying what isn't appropriate often depends on context and environment. Many workplaces have basic dress-codes, stipulating both smart and modest apparel. If you work with children, for example, you probably shouldn't wear an outfit that reveals exactly where babies come from. Aside from curbing thigh-high hemlines, there are also unwritten codes of professionalism in many workplaces that require a sense of uniformity in a staff environment. Employers want their staff to project a mature and intelligent attitude, which expands most noticeably into their physical presentation. While there are no definite age-boundaries, there are definitely lifestyle changes which demand a maturity in both attitude and appearance.
On the flipside, while you should perhaps restrain some of your youthful inclinations, you really don't need to resort to the sensible Granny twin-sets yet. There definitely is still plenty of room for fun in your wardrobe as you get older. Just because you work in a corporate environment doesnt mean your cleavage has to go into retirement! There are ways to make an outfit look smart and sophisticated without resorting to something ultra-conservative keep in mind 'classic' doesnt have to mean 'classic fit'. Weekends are a great time to let your hair down (literally) when you can don those short shorts and teeny tank tops in the comfort of your own back yard/shopping mall.
Each retailer has a target market and it is usually made pretty clear by the advertising, the models used in their campaigns and even the music pumping out of the store. Increasingly disturbing are the ways in which the fashion industry is pressuring young girls to 'grow up' fast. From padded bras for pre-teens, to slinky nightclub tops in the playground, the industry consistently plays on the pressures on little girls to become boy-crazy temptresses. The most extreme and controversial example of what is being coined 'corporate paedophilia' was in the Lee Lolita Campaign and the ways in the models were portrayed as pre-teen sexpots.
While High Fashion caters to anyone who can afford it, we can agree that popular outlets such as Supre, Bardot and Dotti target a more teen-oriented market then stores like Review, Portmans, Que or Witchery. You can often tell a target market by the age of the people selling the clothes. This does not mean that you can't take advantage of the generally more reasonable prices in the youth-orientated market, just make wise choices. If you are in a shop trying on the same outfit as someone fifteen years younger/older then you, perhaps then you might want to start questioning your fashion preferences. Unless, of course, you look far better in it, in which case you should instantly buy it and laugh all the way home
I guess the most essential word here is grace we should dress as we hope to age - gracefully. The ultimate mantra should be "What would Audrey do?" As Audrey Hepburn is one of AskBronny's style icons, it is fitting that she should be sought as a role model for maturing with poise. If you would rather someone think "She looks great" than "She looks like a cheap slapper", then this is an important adage to remember.
Having fashion maturity means knowing the difference between 'sexy' and 'slutty'. Penelope Cruz is Sexy. Paris Hilton is [something starting with an s and rhyming with nutty] well, you know. You can still make jaws drop without dropping your drawers. If what you wear makes you, or those around you, uncomfortable, then is your outfit really a good idea?
My own problem is that all of the women in my family have very youthful genes. While I should consider myself lucky that I'll probably be a hot Nana, the fact is that I have always looked more than five years younger than I actually am. I still get ID-ed in clubs and liquor stores and have recently been mistaken for a high-school student in one of the classes I teach. Nothing makes me more paranoid than sitting on a train next to a fourteen year old who is wearing the same outfit as me. The flipside of this is that I have this luminous mother who looks as though she is in her mid-thirties and if I try too hard to look my age, I end up looking like her conservative older sister. I really cant win.
While many of the ideas about age-appropriateness in fashion are pretty general, often it is more about how you wear something that defines its suitability for you as opposed to your 'age-group'.
Victims of Wardrobe immaturity
Britney Spears
Paris Hilton
Demi Moore (Okay, so maybe just in terms of her much-younger Man-accessory)
Emma Bunton (Baby Spice, about to have an actual baby)
Pamela Anderson (Just think about her poor sons!)
Victims of Nana Fashion
Katie Holmes (definitely an older-man-accessory thing)
Julia Roberts
The Olsen twins (one in particular, cant remember which)
Nicole Kidman
Ugly Betty (at least, crazy-nana fashion)
Fabulous Age-appropriate Fashionistas
Audrey Hepburn
Jessica Alba
Penelope Cruz
Mischa Barton
Carrie from SATC
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For years, Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., waged a lonely crusade in the House to try to kill earmarks, those special provisions that lawmakers regularly slipped into spending bills to benefit their districts or political allies. Flake, a one-time Mormon missionary in Africa, disavowed earmarks for his own constituents, but like the famous bridge, his repeated efforts to get others to follow suit went nowhere.
That is, until now.
In the wake of a midterm election that demonstrated the strong influence of the Tea Party and anti-spending forces, spurning earmarks is now politically fashionable — with politicians as disparate as President Obama, House GOP Leader John Boehner of Ohio and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky all aggressively endorsing a temporary moratorium on the measures.
Obama cited the now-infamous "Bridge to Nowhere" project in Alaska when calling for an end to the practice recently. "Earmarks like these represent a relatively small part of overall federal spending," Obama said in a radio address. "But when it comes to signaling our commitment to fiscal responsibility, addressing them would have an important impact." McConnell — an earmark devotee for many years — announced his change of heart in a floor speech last week after feeling the heat from Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., and other Tea Party allies. "Banning earmarks is another small but important, symbolic step we can take to show that we are serious, another step on the way to serious and sustained cuts in spending and to the debt," he said.
"I have listened to my constituents," McConnell said, while cautioning that Congress may be ceding power to the administration over how federal funds are spent. "Over the years, I have seen presidents of both parties seek to acquire total discretion over appropriations. And I have seen presidents of both parties waste more taxpayer dollars on meritless projects, commissions and programs than every congressional earmark put together," he said. "So I am not wild about turning over more spending authority to the executive branch."
But Flake, a true believer in his mission against what he considers wasteful pork barrel spending, betrays little doubt about the wisdom of putting an end to the earmark process — at least for a while. And after operating for years on the political fringes — sponsoring amendments to delete specific earmarks — Flake now has a good chance of winning an appointment to the House Appropriations Committee, which has been responsible for lacing spending bills with earmarks.
In the greater scheme of things, earmarks have accounted for a tiny fraction of the federal budget. Individual projects, like the $2 million spent to refurbish the statue of Vulcan that stood above steel town Birmingham, Ala., for year, or the $50,000 spent on a tattoo-removal program in San Luis Obispo, Calif., have drawn derisive remarks from critics. But earmarks overall have cost about $16 billion annually, or about one percent of the federal budget.
fact we've given up oversight over the other 98 percent of spending."
Even if earmarks were wiped out, it would do little to reduce the $1.3 trillion annual budget deficit. And even if members of Congress can no longer dictate how that money is spent, those funds would remain in the budget, to be spent one way or another — the very argument McConnell was making.
But Flake insists that "Senator McConnell is just wrong" in asserting that the elimination of earmarks shifts too much authority to the administration. "The worst part about earmarks is not the money wasted; it's the fact we've given up oversight over the other 98 percent of spending," he said in an interview with The Fiscal Times.
Flake noted the massive Homeland Security appropriations bill traditionally carries few earmarks but still spends money in ways he considers suspect or irresponsible. One appropriations project Flake questioned was for street light synchronization in Apache Junction, a fast-growing community in his own district.
He also wants Congress to return to the process of reauthorizing federal programs on a regular basis to limit appropriators' discretion in spending money on them. Congress must periodically review the work of federal agencies and departments and pass new legislation spelling out their responsibilities and mandates. But most existing federal programs have not been reauthorized in years.
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Carol has developed quite a backbone over "The Walking Dead's" three seasons. Melissa McBride's character is now one of the toughest in Rick's group, and is a fan-favorite because of it. "The Walking Dead" fans also are dying to see her hook up with Norman Reedus' Daryl Dixon, which is why the above Season 3 deleted scene between Carol and Merle is such a treat.
In it, Carol makes a peace offering to Merle that quickly changes into something more serious. It's always fun when Carol's claws come out, especially when she's doing so to protect Daryl. What makes the scene even better is the fact that Daryl is standing right behind her when she makes her threat to Merle. Precious!
This scene was taken from Season 3 episode 11, and will be included on "The Walking Dead's" Season 3 Blu-ray and DVD release, which comes out Aug. 27. "The Walking Dead" returns with Season 4 on Oct. 13.


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MPEG announced the completion of parts 5 and 6 of MPEG-21, a member of the MPEG family of multimedia standards that defines how audio and video files can play in a wide range of digital environments.
The digital rights management (DRM) capabilities are crucial to MPEG-21, as they are to other emerging multimedia standards, so that publishers in the recording and movie industries will adopt the standard without fear of losing control of copyrighted works.
Part 5 of the standard, the Rights Expression Language (REL), lets multimedia publishers designate rights and permissions for how consumers can use their content. The REL expression "play," for instance, would let the consumer use the material in a "read only" mode, while other expressions could allow more flexibility in playback and reproduction.
REL also lets consumers establish privacy preferences for their personal data.
Part 6 of the standard, the Rights Data Dictionary (RDD), defines terms that publishers can use when working with REL.
Other important standards from MPEG, a working group of the International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC), include the MPEG-4 group of technologies, which have gained momentum in the past year after winning support in recent products by Apple Computer and RealNetworks.
Digital rights management methods remain high on the to-do list for other MPEG projects as well. In March, the Internet Streaming Media Alliance, whose members include Apple and RealNetworks, published for public comment an encryption method for MPEG-4 DRM.


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Van Halen – 1983 Live in Devore, CA
Other than Dave forgetting or simply omitting lyrics here and there, it's a pretty darned good show. I liked this concert, and hard core VH fans will enjoy it as well. Diver Down Tour, so no stinkin" keyboards, only guitars!


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According to Coming Soon, via a report through Variety, the creators of the films American Pie and Final Destination have purchased the film rights to Nintendo's Metroid series. Warren Zide and Craig Perry, both of whom were producers on those films, are currently searching for writers as well as a director for the project.
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Vietnam-era veterans sue for PTSD-related benefits
NEW HAVEN – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder was not recognized as a medical condition until 1980, leaving behind some 80,000 Vietnam War-era veterans who were likely suffering from the ailment when they were incorrectly handed less than honorable discharges, a lawsuit claims.
That status has kept them from receiving medical, disability and educational benefits that accrued to other veterans and left them in limbo, according to a class action suit filed in U.S. District Court Monday by the Veteran Legal Services Organization at the Yale Law School.
John Shepherd Jr., 65, of New Haven, the lead plaintiff, was awarded the Bronze Star with valor device for his actions in Vietnam, when he single-handedly rushed a Viet Cong bunker in 1969 in the Mekong Delta, killing several enemy soldiers, according to the suit.
This incident, in addition to Shepherd seeing his platoon officer killed as he was trying to pull Shepherd out of a ditch, "gravely wounded him with what we know as PTSD," said Ivy Wang, one of the law student interns working on the case.
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Nice job Rich, well deserved. Congratulations!
Total Shock and Awe...!
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Posted 04 March 2013 - 08:58 AM
Thanks very much again to all who commented. Yes,any awards that any of us win at contests or shows are definitely the icing on the cake..!! Especially when they are unexpected... not that I EVER expect ANY awards. They're always a very nice surprise and make all the extra efforts, time and patience put into the builds worth it.
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Posted 04 March 2013 - 05:58 PM
Congrats Rich!
Sorry we didn't get to meet at the show, I never made it out of the vendor area
There's an IPMS show in Allison Park on March 23rd too, are you going?
Posted 04 March 2013 - 06:04 PM
Way to go Rich.........well deserved......... that Merc. is AWESOME man.
Posted 04 March 2013 - 07:18 PM
Thanks very much Richard.
Thanks Jeff. Were you a Vendor at the show?? No I don't think I'll do the IPMS Show.
John, thank you so much. I can't believe YOU are complimenting ME after seeing the outrageous work that you're doing on your FREAKSHOW build...!!!
Posted 05 March 2013 - 07:39 AM
Rich, you do fine work. Congratulations on the win.
Posted 05 March 2013 - 07:52 AM
Heck of a day for you. CONGRATULATIONS, Rich.
Posted 08 March 2013 - 10:59 AM
I can see why your Plymouth won. Congratulations !


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Miami-Dade County Commissioner Dennis C. Moss serves as Breakfast Event Chair for the National Black Railroader's Historical Society (NBRHS)
Recently, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Dennis C. Moss, who served as the official breakfast event chair, welcomed a host of enthusiastic guests and pioneers of the National Black Railroader's Historical Society (NBRHS) Board Installation Breakfast held at the Marriott Biscayne Bay in Downtown Miami.
After a scrumptious breakfast, Commissioner Moss, joined by Judge Teretha Lundy Thomas, 11 Circuit Judicial District, Miami-Dade County, was given the privilege of installing the Charter Board of Directors of the NBRHS. The event included special guests, such as noted author Mr. Theodore Kornweibel, Jr., Ph.D., (Professor Emeritus of San Diego State University) author of Railroads in the African American Experience; noted railroad historian Linda Bradford, Carlyle Smith, who engineered the Obama Express and other notable Miami railroad families and pioneers.
The event also included a slideshow presentation by Dr. Theodore Kornweibel who shared and honored the significant legacy of past railroaders in an effort to preserve their history through written memoirs, memorabilia and photographs. Following the slideshow presentation, Commissioner Moss presented a Miami-Dade County proclamation to Ms. Femi Folami-Browne, a Co-Founder of the NBRHS.
The work of the NBRHS is in its early stages of connecting with railroaders and their families, collecting oral histories, sponsoring educational seminars, encouraging curatorial career development, literary and visual arts all under the auspices of the NBRHS and by collaborating with organizations including the A. Phillip Randolph Institute of Miami-Dade (FL), the Gold Coast Railroad Museum, The Virginal Key Beach Trust and other black history cultural institutions.
"We have a wonderful opportunity to join the NBRHS in maintaining our rich black railroad history here in Miami-Dade County," stated Commissioner Moss. "It is important to support groups like NBRHS who are trying to help
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> > easy to just 'move' the '/' parition over, run LILO to make the newer
> > drive bootable, and then remove the dying drive? (Obviously setting
> > the 2nd drive as "Master" now, since it's currently "Slave")
> >
> My current plan (thanks to Steve Wormley for some tips) is:
> * single user mode
> * Move "/usr/local" into a subdir on that partition:
> * mount the "/usr/local" parition on HDB as "/mnt"
> * mkdir /mnt/usr/local
> * mv /mnt/* /mnt/usr/local/
sounds... self-referential... I think this would lead to a full partition.
You need to copy everything except those things that are already in
/mnt/usr/local... the easiest way to do this might be to just move the top
level and /usr-level directories one at a time.
> * cp -a --one-filesystem / /mnt/
> * Use the newly built "/" parition on HDB as "/" (chroot)
I don't think this helps a lot... the underlying devices are still in the
wrong places. I think you will find this more straightforward if you use
a rescue disk to make these changes ... after the hardware has been moved.
I would switch hardware at this point, and boot with, say, knoppix.
> * Edit /etc/fstab
mount -t ext3 /dev/hdaX /mnt
vi /mnt/etc/fstab
> * Run LILO
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Dear Wawa,
I was so inspired by Willi$'s tales of the Gobbler sandwich that I called Brit a hater because he didn't want to try it. The idea of eating Thanksgiving dinner on a 6″ hoagie roll got me excited, and your incessant advertising keeps telling me that I want to try it for a mere $2.99 on sale. No longer willing to wait on Willi$ to post the conclusion to his Gobbler saga, I set out on my own tonight.
The first and closest Wawa brightly advertised the Gobbler sandwich and bowl on its computer touch screens. I pressed my index finger down to select the Gobbler, and it took me to the next screen, where it showed me my size options. Only there were no size options available. In desperation, I went back a menu to select the bowl version, only there was no cranberry available. As in, there was no Gobbler. And when your heart and stomach are set on an idea of a sandwich, or even a bowl version, nothing else quite fills the void. I thought about ordering something else, but instead I wandered aimlessly through the store before leaving empty-handed.
The second Wawa had the same on-screen advertising, to entice or perhaps taunt me. I selected the Gobbler, but, again, nothing further happened. And this time, there was no bowl option on the screen. Again, no Gobbler.
At the third Wawa, I was starting to fear that this was a futile struggle, my dream deferred endlessly with no sign of hope. The Gobbler advertising was intact, but there was no Gobbler sandwich listed on the display. I selected the Hot Turkey with Gravy sandwich, not believing that would really work, but it moved on to the cranberry sauce selection screen. The only option available was a bright red "No" button, as in "No, I don't want cranberry sauce." How presumptive, and how very wrong. I back-tracked, this time going with the Hot Turkey with Gravy bowl, and it did let me select both Gravy and Cranberry. Jackpot! Now, dear Wawa, it seems to me that something was awry, as you had the ingredients to make the Gobbler sandwich – after all, you clearly had the ingredients for the Gobbler bowl. Your evasiveness did not prevent me from getting that bowl and taking it home.
My quest had not prepared me for this. I had assumed that obtaining the Gobbler Bowl meant success, but just look at the photo. This thing looks like human-sized cat food with a dollop of cranberry sauce on the side. I overcame the unappetizing appearance and dove in with my fork. The turkey was actually quite tasty, but the gravy was a little too salty and unappealing. The cranberry sauce did help a bit in balancing out the flavors. The entire bottom of the bowl was covered with stuffing. I think that was probably way too much and was ultimately the Gobbler Bowl's downfall. I am a fan of stuffing, but this particular type of stuffing was too moist, and while it had a nice flavor, the texture was hard to avoid. Of course, encountering everything slopped together in a black plastic bowl wasn't probably the best experience. These kinds of thing always remind me of my one uncle who liked to take his Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner and stir it all up on his plate with his fork. I guess this bowl trend is for people like him. Or for stoners in some special state of enlightenment.
My cat Oscar was watching me eat this thing. I thought some bits of turkey in gravy might be just the dinner he needed, so I scooped a few pieces out into the plastic lid and watched him go to town. He seemed to love it. He was a little annoyed because the plastic lid kept spinning around on the tile floor, but he was able to wolf it down. He was so fast that the photos of him are blurry. This appears to lend further support to my "human-sized cat food" suspicion.
I should mention that the one defensible thing about the Gobbler Bowl is that there is a lot of food in that bowl. For $3, there is a mound of turkey with gravy and lots of stuffing. Unfortunately, it's not really all that good, and the mixing of food in a bowl isn't very appealing to me. The cranberry does help redeem things, but it isn't enough. This poor Gobbler Bowl just doesn't cut it.
So, Wawa, why the Gobbler shortage at so many of your locations? Maybe enterprising Wawa employees, afraid to sell these to unsuspecting consumers, try to remove them from the ordering system. Or maybe the idea of Thanksgiving dinner in a bowl or on a bun really is just so appealing that you can't keep enough of these things in stock. I may never know.
Thank you for a frustrating night.
Sincerely yours,
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Wagner's Josh Thompson brought the ultimate prop to the court for a slam dunk contest during Friday's Midnight Madness: His mom.
Check the video below of Thompson, who Terez Owens said thanked his mom for her support before hurdling her for the slam.
We like the move; who is going to give a poor score to someone willing to put his mom in danger like that? Thompson averaged 7.3 PPG and 4.1 RPG last season as a sophomore for the Seahawks. Clearly the bar has been raised for his junior year.
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You aren't grasping the concept of circumstantial evidence, it's wide use, and it's significance. People have been put to death on nothing but circumstantial evidence. Most of science is circumstantial evidence.
You are clinging to the notion that since there isn't absolute, definitive, direct evidence, there is no evidence. It's a thin thread that is easily seen through. It's weak.
If this was a court of law you might be able to make a case but in the realm of science no one in the scientific community is saying here is evidence of life and we base this off what you have listed above. If it were truly that simple, you would be able to find a scientific article based on peer reviewed journals supporting said claim. You don't find that because a claim like this is to big to make on just circumstantial evidence alone. Science, while not exact does it's best to get damn close. Even still they mess up from time to time and some screw ups can be big. Do I need to remind you of NASA's arsenic based life announcement that turned out to be false. Finding actual evidence beyond our planet would be one of, if not the biggest events in human history. Right now all we have are bit's of pieces that, in part, that make up life, not even a whole piece itself that is part of a great set of pieces. So yet again, we do not have evidence of alien life.
I also dont have a notion that there isn't absolute, definitive evidence, what I believe is that we haven't found it yet. If anything is weak it's your reading comprehension.


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What has made Fayette even more upset than the forced retirement is that a representative of the state shared a detail account of Fayette's employee history and disciplinary actions on the radio on Thursday.
After the Adirondack Daily Enterprise published a story on Wednesday describing Fayette's forced retirement, Howard Glaser, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's director of state operations, was a guest on an AM radio show, "Fred Dicker Live From the State Capitol." Glaser described how Fayette used 2,400 emails "to conduct personal business," some of which were sexually explicit, and he was disciplined for "theft of service" and "falsification of time sheets."
As a state employee, Fayette's employee history is public record, but Fayette thinks Glaser's actions were "malicious."
"It was never ever my intention to embarrass the governor of our fine state," said Fayette, adding that he has met the governor previously.
With over a year between his last indiscretion and speaking with the media about Hurricane Irene, Fayette said it seemed contradictory if the straw that broke the camel's back -- speaking to the media -- was actually permissible under agency policy.
Fayette said it seemed Glaser's intent in the radio interview was "to be malicious and intent to be hurtful to me."
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Mohsin Cooper are Lead Consultants providing interior design and architectural services for the partial refurbishment of this Grade II listed Embassy building in central London.
The completed project will allow the administration to better serve visitors with new learning and meeting spaces, residential accommodation and dining areas.
We worked closely with the client, a local product designer, on the refurbishment of this apartment at Medina Terrace in Hove, to create a stunning three bedroom duplex apartment.
The top floor opens out onto a roof terrace with folding sliding doors with commanding views across Hove Lawns and the seafront. The kitchen includes a feature central island unit with cherrywood folded worktop, bespoke slate tiling and high gloss finish kitchen units.
Another key feature of the apartment is an open tread steel and glass staircase, linking the two storeys. We liaised directly with Building Control on site to negotiate this feature, to allow for a very open plan feel to the duplex.
The interiors have been finished to a very high standard by local contractor Coe Construction.
We took this mixed use new build scheme from inception to completion, gaining planning consent first time round. It regenerates a challenging brownfield site upon which was a redundant and dilapidated public house.
The scheme includes office space to the ground floor and a mix of nine 1, 2 & 3 bedroom flats above.
The palette of materials includes blue engineering brick to the ground floor, buff multi-stock brick to the upper floors and natural zinc bays to the residential accommodation.
The building sets back from the public highway to create defensible landscaped space and planters, which assist in softening the edge of the building from the streetscene.
The project was completed on time and on budget in September 2014.
Kingston Council have created a framework for the potential redevelopment of the area behind New Malden post office, adjacent to the High Street.
As architects and masterplanners with a vested interest in our local community, we have designed our own high level conceptual masterplan that we believe creates a deliverable, sustainable and economically viable solution for the area.
High quality place-making is at the heart of the scheme. We are proposing the creation of a new public courtyard off the main High Street, which creates useful and vibrant public space, with a rich mix of residential, commercial and public uses. The challenges of constrained site conditions and land values are maximised by a design solution that combines a vision for the 'place' with a robust urban design strategy.
We are lead design architect and contract administrator for this covered multi-purpose atrium space within the heart of Boundstone Nursery & Daycare Centre, West Sussex.
The site is currently a central open courtyard and the completed project will provide much needed additional space to allow the Nursery to increase intake, as well as creating a new 'heart' to the existing building.
The design includes an elegant glu-laminated timber structure to support the new roof, with natural light and cross ventilation provided by rooflights.
Work has started on site and is expected to complete by October 2014 in order to meet the very tight timeframe requirements to keep the Nursery operational.
We were commissioned to design this one-off highly bespoke contemporary eco house on a stunning site on the edge of the South Downs National Park near Brighton.
The proposal is to replace a derelict house on the site and create a dwelling that responds to the characteristics and nature of the site, which has a natural axis with an apple orchard at the far end of the garden.
The house provides comfortable family accommodation of some 3000 sq ft and relates positively to the nature that surrounds it.
We achieved planning consent for this contemporary two bedroom part basement house to occupy a site in South London that currently houses three garages.
The design responds to the constraints the site has to offer: overlooking from the adjoining houses, security / amenity as it is close to the street and provision of adequate levels of daylight.
The design overcomes these issues with an innovative cross section, that carves out a double height courtyard to the front of the dwelling, with a two storey high wall of glazing to bring natural light into the plan and a parabolic curved roof.
The scheme should add considerable value to a challenging and tight site.
We have secured full planning consent for a pair of contemporary new build houses on this unusual end of terrace site in Raynes Park, London. The design is a positive and contemporary response to a tight urban site.
The site presents a number of challenges including adjoining terraces and protected trees. The palette of materials includes a pale brick, dark stained vertical timber boards and a standing seam pre-patinated zinc roof.
A new front courtyard landscape ties the houses together.
We are currently working on the detailed design and production information with the project due for completion during autumn 2015.
The Clients required more space for their family and wanted to improve the appearance of their existing 1950's house. The proposal extends the property to the front, avoiding the cost of a complete re-build and improving the existing condition, to provide light and comfortable family accommodation. Planning permission was secured at delegated powers with the planning officer's report commenting: "The design concept is original yet rooted in the context and presents a modern insertion in an innovative and adept way" & "This is a high quality piece of design".
We decided to extend the existing roof forward to reduce costs and to visually consolidate the house. The design is inspired by the character of the neighbouring properties; a gable elevation and careful use of materials ensure a strong contextual relationship.
The sustainability credentials of the house are notable. The extension is highly insulated and the existing house is thoroughly upgraded. Solar panels combined with a low temperature heating system are proposed throughout. At a later stage photovoltaic cells are to be incorporated. The house will generate electricity sufficient to provide the owner with an income under the local 'feed in tariff' scheme.
We recently secured full Planning consent for this refurbishment of a grand mansion flat on The Drive in Hove.
The proposed further excavation and refurbishment of the existing basement creates new habitable space, which when combined with the existing floor above, creates a two storey duplex apartment.
The quality of space is further enhanced through the introduction of carefully considered lightwells.
The interior design balances classic and contemporary detailing. The character of the Victorian building is retained at ground floor level and a complementary modern approach is adopted in the new basement.
Work has commenced on site with completion due in Spring 2015.
Mohsin Cooper were invited by a prominent Bangalore based landowner and agriculturist to develop design concepts and a marketing study for a lush 117 acre site about 28km from Bangalore, Southern India.
The site is currently an expansive organic farm set within a plantation landscape. At the entrance to the site is a stunning banyan tree around which has been master-planned a cluster of low rise entrance buildings to create a courtyard backdrop to this unique setting.
The landscape will serve as the perfect backdrop for a destination based eco tourist resort, comprising eco hotel, organic restaurant, guest houses, villas and character retreat spa.
The design proposals and high level masterplan have been prepared on the basis of a strong sustainability agenda which seeks to create an ecological connection with the surrounding area.
We were approached by a Surrey based IT Company who are looking to relocate to Sussex to develop a proposal for a new office building to act as their operations and data control centre.
We quickly came to a solution that answered the client brief in terms of speed of construction, quality of build and sustainable design and have developed a design for a modular building that will be predominately fabricated off site, as a 'volumetric' pod.
The building will be delivered to site in a number of sections and assembled together on site then clad in locally sourced timber and metal cladding. The form of the building is very much driven by the context and addresses a south facing view over an existing lake.
We were approached by the property owner, who was looking to increase the size of this existing single storey suburban bungalow and also improve the appearance and energy efficiency of the dwelling.
We came up with a solution that retains much of the existing structure - the existing foundations and most of the internal and external walls are retained.
The existing roof will be removed and replaced with a cut and pitch truss rafter to allow for a second storey. The design proposal allows for three new strong gable forms to the front elevation, with frameless glazing and contemporary detailing. The remainder of the elevation is clad either in render or timber cladding, with the roof clad in slate.
External insulated render to all elevations, insulation within the roof and new high performance windows and doors bring this 1960's bungalow up to current building control standards. As well as a dramatic improvement in visual appearance and energy efficiency, this retrofitting design solution has saved the client money over and above a complete demolition and new build.
We have secured full planning consent for this new build Villa in the Heaver Estate Conservation Area in Balham, South London.
The proposed design is a continuation of the traditional Victorian frontage to create a double fronted 5000 sq ft family home with basement and cinema room.
The rear of dwelling is carved out to create a dramatic contemporary double height living space.
The plot is behind a large Edwardian House in Putney and is currently in use as a garage court with four garages used as storage space.
Our design approach is primarily dictated by the site constraints, two large mature trees are to the south western boundary and the plot is overlooked primarily from the north, east and south.
These challenges led to a partly single and partly two storey solution with most windows facing inwards into a protected courtyard, to create a three bedroom 100 sq m courtyard house.
The sustainability credentials of the house are notable, with proposed locally sourced timber cladding, a sedum roof and mineral lime based render to the ground floor elevations.
We were engaged by the client, who is the property owner, to develop design proposals for a complete re-modelling of this existing single storey top floor flat to create a duplex.
The building is an end of terrace mid period Victorian Villa, located within a Conservation Area. We secured full planning approval for a duplex, by creating a new mansard to accommodate the new floor.
The accommodation comprises two bedrooms (one with ensuite), a bathroom to the lower floor and an open plan kitchen / dining / living space to the new mansard. The mansard addition is sensitively designed to harmonise with the existing Villa. Folding doors to the new living space open onto a terrace with panoramic views across London. Work is due to start on site during summer 2012.
We were approached by the client, a local property developer, to add value to their recently completed flagship development on the Upper Drive in Hove.
The existing development is a striking contemporary four storey apartment development. Their brief was to add value by incorporating a penthouse to the top floor of the completed building.
Our architectural solution included remodelling of one the interior units to the second floor as well as creating a 100 sqm three bed penthouse to the existing top floor.
The proposition required careful negotiation with the Local Authority and the creation of several 'scenario' 3D block models to demonstrate the viability of the proposed scheme, in townscape terms.
We worked closely with Planning Consultant DMH Stallard on the scheme.
Mohsin Cooper Architects were commissioned to design this annexe to a listed property in a Conservation Area within the historic County Town of Lewes.
The design replaces a post-war industrial storage shed behind the existing house and responds positively to the many constraints the site has to offer.
The proposed annexe will provide accommodation for the extended family of the client and is designed sensitively, drawing on the rich context and history of the site.
Sustainable local materials are proposed such as locally sourced sweet chestnut with a super insulated timber frame structure at first floor level. The use of sliding timber screens give privacy and shading to the internal and external areas.