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(Part of UPI's Special Report reviewing 2002 and previewing 2003)
LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- The movie business was dominated by sci-fi and fantasy in 2002, with "Spider-Man" leading the way as it grossed $403.7 million, climbed to No. 5 on the all-time list of U.S. box-office hits and prompted Sony Pictures Entertainment to commit to two sequels.
"Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones" was the second-biggest domestic grosser of the year, taking in $308.8 million and taking No. 12 on the all-time list. The fifth of producer-director George Lucas' "Star Wars" pictures was still playing on close to 200 U.S. screens in early December, so it stood a chance of vaulting past "The Return of the Jedi" and "The Lion King" into the all-time Top 10.
Six movies grossed more than $200 million in 2002, and seven cracked the all-time Top 50 list -- helping establish the movie business as one of the stronger components of an otherwise struggling economy.
Mel Gibson had his biggest hit ever, starring in "Signs" ($226.8 million), the supernatural thriller from writer-director M. Night Shyamalan ("The Sixth Sense"). Mike Myers struck gold with "Austin Powers in Goldmember" ($213.1 million), the third and most successful in his series of James Bond spoofs about a goofy, randy, time-traveling British spy.
One of the biggest hits of the year, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," was also one of the biggest surprises of the year. Made for a reported $5 million, the independent comedy about a young woman who comes to appreciate her ethnic identity was still in the weekly Top 10 in December after more than seven months in release, and had taken in an astonishing $210.6 million.
The second of the "Harry Potter" movies, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," easily topped $200 million in its first three weeks in theaters in November, and appeared to be on a straight line to join 2001's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" on -- or near -- the Top 10 all-time list.
"Men in Black II" -- the sequel to the 1997 Tommy Lee Jones-Will Smith hit -- grossed $190.4 million as one of the major summer releases of 2002, and landed at No. 49 on the all-time list.
Seventeen other titles grossed more than $100 million, including two animated hits ("Ice Age," "Lilo & Stitch"); the latest James Bond picture ("Die Another Day"); and the winner of the 2001 Oscar for best picture "A Beautiful Mind."
Some of 2001's breakout stars continued their hot streaks in 2002. Reese Witherspoon ("Legally Blonde") proved her box-office worth this year in "Sweet Home Alabama" ($124.2 million), and Vin Diesel ("The Fast and the Furious") burnished his action-star image with "XXX" ($141.2 million).
"Scooby-Doo" enjoyed a successful bigscreen adaptation, taking in $153.3 million, which prompted Warner Bros. to move ahead with plans for a sequel. Another family film, "The Santa Clause 2," was at $113.6 million and counting as Christmas drew near.
The first pairing of Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg and superstar actor Tom Cruise, "Minority Report," was a box-office hit, with $132 million. And a Christmas 2001 release, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," finished 2002 with $313.4 million -- good for No. 9 on the all-time list of U.S. box-office hits.
Adam Sandler ("Mr. Deeds"), Matt Damon ("The Bourne Identity") and Ben Affleck ("The Sum of All Fears") kept their star credentials in order, and rapper Eminem became a movie star in his first outing, as "8 Mile" took in upwards of $107.4 million.
Tom Hanks and Paul Newman pulled off a neat trick, turning the somber "Road to Perdition" into a $104.1 million hit. And Jodie Foster -- a late replacement for an injured Nicole Kidman" -- helped lead "Panic Room" to a take of more than $95.3 million.
"Red Dragon" -- Anthony Hopkins' third time around as Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lechter -- took in $92.9 million, and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson scored a $90 million hit in his first starring role as "The Scorpion King."
Other sizeable hits included "Spy Kids 2," "Blade 2" and "Snow Dogs" -- a Disney comedy starring Oscar-winners Cuba Gooding Jr. and the late James Coburn that overcame brutal reviews to reach $81 million.
"The Rookie" -- starring Dennis Quaid as a high school baseball coach and his long-delayed trip to baseball's big leagues -- was the feel good hit of the year. "Barbershop," set in a black barbershop in Chicago, generated $75 million at the box office -- and untold amounts of free publicity thanks to a controversy over some dialogue that Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton complained was disrespectful to civil rights icons Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr.
"Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron," "John Q," "Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood," "Insomnia" and "Changing Lanes" weighed as modest box-office hits. Some titles that fell short of expectations -- or at least fell short of studio hopes -- included "Stuart Little 2," "The Time Machine" "The Tuxedo" and "Windtalkers."
"Treasure Planet," the latest animated entry from Disney, was developing a reputation at year's end as one of the studio's most notable failures -- and was being largely blamed for a steep drop in the company's stock price during the week after Thanksgiving, when it opened with just $16.6 million.
Joining Eminem in the ranks of pop stars enjoying movie success in 2002, Bow Wow -- formerly Lil Bow Wow -- headlined "Like Mike" and Mandy Moore shared top billing with Shane West in "A Walk to Remember."
Veteran stars Eddie Murphy, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Harrison Ford had a rough year.
Murphy had a modest hit with "Showtime," co-starring Robert De Niro, but "I Spy" and "Pluto Nash" were not so well received. Schwarzenegger's "Collateral Damage" -- postponed from a 2001 release because of sensitivity over the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks -- grossed just $40 million. And Ford's "K-19: The Widowmaker," topped out at $35.1 million.
A 20th anniversary reissue of "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" grossed that much, and ran the movie's overall total to $434.9 million. Steven Spielberg's sci-fi fantasy now stands at No. 3 on the all-time list -- behind "Star Wars" ($460.9 million) and the all-time champ "Titanic" ($600.8 million).
The release schedule for the final weeks of 2002 included several long-awaited titles -- most of which were generating Oscar buzz before they even reached theaters.
"Adaptation," paired Oscar-winners Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep in an off-beat adaptation of Susan Orlean's best-selling book "The Orchid Thief." "About Schmidt," with Jack Nicholson getting some of the best reviews of his career, promised to catapult Alexander Payne into the top tier of Hollywood writer-producers.
"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" promised to be as spectacular are "The Fellowship of the Rings."
Director Spike Lee was getting good reviews for his latest movie, "The 25th Hour," and Denzel Washington's directorial debut, "Antwone Fisher," was the subject of serious Oscar speculation.
Perhaps the biggest Oscar showdown featured four movies set for release during the final week of 2002 -- Martin Scorsese's "Gangs of New York," Steven Spielberg's "Catch Me if You Can," the movie version of Bob Fosse's Broadway hit "Chicago" and the Meryl Streep-Nicole Kidman-Julianne Moore drama "The Hours ."
It will be interesting to see where the year-end blue-chip releases figure when the U.S. box-office story for 2003 is written.


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Worksop College pupils have produced outstanding A-Level results and two students are off to Oxford.
More than 35 per cent of of exam entrants at the college achieved an A/A* grade.
The college had a 20 per cent improvement on last year's A*-C results with more than 80 per cent of entries obtaining a grade C or above.
99 per cent of entries achieved an A*-E.
Two of Worksop College's students are off to study at Oxford. Megan Clothier from Blyth and Josie Levick from Saundby will be taking up their places as they got the A grades they needed.
Megan will be studying Classics, she said: "I am relieved and excited that I've got what I needed so I can get excited about going now."
Josie will be taking up her place on the university's Law course.
She said: "I am really really pleased and I couldn't ask for anything better. I am so excited about going to Oxford, no-one in my family has ever been to university before so I'm pleased."
The excellent results have meant that large numbers of students have secured the grades they needed for their first choice universities. Students will now be moving to study at the likes of London School of Economics, Durham and Warwick. Gavin Horgan, headmaster at Worksop College said: "The team at Worksop College are absolutely delighted that the hard work of our students has produced such an incredible set of results."
"Many pupils will now be heading off to some of the best Universities in the world, with many now being in such strong position they can reconsider their options."
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Los Angeles seafood Restaurant Reviews
Welcome to our Los Angeles seafood restaurant reviews guide where you'll find top restaurants off the beaten path, both locally owned and chain. In fact, some of the best restaurants in the Los Angeles just might be the little mom and pop operations flying under the radar. For some of the best picks in Los Angeles, you've come to the right place.
Our Los Angeles restaurant reviews guide can help you make sense of the thousands of options out there. Happy eating!
Also check out our Best Restaurants in Los Angeles 2016 Guide
Displaying 1 - 14 of 14
H Salt Esquire Fish & Chips(06/16/2012)
"My wife and I eat here regularly, and the new personnel raise our rating of the place significantly. The previous staff were morose and sloppy, the new guys are alert and spot-on. The food is better, too. I especially love their fried perch and fried oysters. Yum, yum, yum!!"
El Corita Restaurant(02/20/2012)
"Confirm it with the site before you buy a certificate for this awful place. I chose this restaurant from restaurant.com and planned to eat lunch with my family after lunch. Unfortunately, the server who seemed like she did not want our presence in their place told me that she has not seen any certif... "
C W & Chris Fish & Shrimp(12/04/2010)
"cw& chris fish & shrimp the people are very nice and kind It a small place in the community with the best fish in town I love going here my order always ready when you call in one of my favorite place to eat"
Ocean Seafood Restaurant(07/19/2010)
"This was one of the best dim sum I've had in a long long time. Ocean Seafood had a lobster dumpling that was excellent. If you are like me and order your desserts along with your savory items then you will truly enjoy the baked custard buns! They were amazing! Not only were they huge but very tas... "
C W & Chris Fish & Shrimp(03/16/2010)
"Consistently great fish for the past 10 years!!!"
Mariscos Las Palmas De Colima(03/06/2010)
"Baja Fish Tacos just don't satisfy me. The Fish Tacos at this place SATISFY ME. They are addictive, extremely tasty, ALWAYS FRESH, Hugely Portioned (you can be full off of one). The dining area is perfect during the summer months. Bring your own avocado. Get the Horchata to create a nice sweet and... "
C W & Chris Fish & Shrimp(10/04/2008)
"My goodness, C W & Chris Fish has the best fish & chicken, to die for!!!! But, most of all.....the potato salad is the best I have ever had, it's homemade........made with love!!! I recommend this place to anyone who is looking for southern fried fish and chicken!"
Mariscos Las Palmas De Colima(04/16/2008)
"My response is in regards to the Lynwood, CA location (2901 Imperial Hwy). The Fish Tacos are TO DIE FOR. I have been all over LA proper. I have yet to find a Crispy Fish Taco that can rival. The portions are large, for the price. I actually get HAPPY when I eat one. Only down side, they don't p... "
C W & Chris Fish & Shrimp(03/01/2008)
"LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!! great chicken and great fish words can not express this. please try it you won't regret it!!!!!"
C W & Chris Fish & Shrimp(01/11/2008)
"this seafood and fish dining is the best in LA. Yes, you must try it for yourself!Every worker is always friendly with a smile which makes the experience much more worth it."
C W & Chris Fish & Shrimp(09/17/2007)
The Water Grill(02/20/2000)
"I took my date there last Saturday and she was blown away. I really liked the Char a lot and the vanilla cheese cake was wonderful. My date had oysters and the scallops and she loved it. Our server was very nice too and knew what he was doing."
The Water Grill(02/04/2000)
"My dinner at Water Grill was the best I have had in Los Angeles. The French Seabass was better than in Paris. I have never had seafood of this quality in LA. The service was very friendly and the wine list exceptional. I would definitely recommend it."
The Water Grill(02/04/2000)
"If you love seafood you will love this place. So will your date or your clients. The food is unbelievable, as is the wine. Our server was very knowledgeable and friendly. I am a regular now."


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Google has just rolled out an update to the beta branch of its Chrome browser for Android and it brings a few interesting features. Debuting in this update is the ability to re-open recently closed tabs, more multi-window support, and better HTML5 video controls.
Desktop browsers like Chrome and Firefox have long had the ability to "undo" closing of tabs, but mobile browsers have lagged behind in that aspect. Now, Google Chrome Beta is finally catching up. Closing a tab via the tab manager will show an overlay with an option to undo the action. Like on the desktop, users will be able to go through the stack of closed tabs as long as the overlay is visible. Be careful though as it only stays visible for five seconds after a tab is closed.
Also in this update is better support for HTML5 videos. In particular, videos can now be played fullscreen complete with Subtitles as well as playback controls. This feature takes such videos one step closer to feature parity with Flash videos, which are no longer supported on Android.
The release notes also mention support for some multi-window devices, though it doesn't mention which ones exactly. Chrome, both Beta and final versions, already support Samsung TouchWiz multi-window. We can only presume that this update adds support for third-party implementations and maybe LG's own multi-window feature.
Chrome Beta now also supports casting some videos to Chromecast, though YouTube support is noted to be still incomplete. Even fullscreen video controls are still not complete. The updated Chrome Beta can be download now from Google Play Store and can be installed side by side with the regular Chrome version with no problems.
Download: Chrome Beta on Google Play Store
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For a director about to bring one of Australia's more contentious novels to the stage, Neil Armfield has a surprisingly down-to-earth approach to the theatre. The former artistic director of the Belvoir St Theatre says directing a play is no more difficult than telling a story in a pub.
''If you're telling a story in a pub - you know, a glass of beer, a salt and pepper shaker, a coaster and a bowl of peanuts - with those little props you can tell a story,'' he says.
''If the story is good and your skills are right, you can make a salt shaker represent anything. It's about the way you focus your audience's attention.''
As part of the Sydney Festival, the 57-year-old is bringing his skills to a stage adaptation of Kate Grenville's 2005 novel The Secret River.
Grenville's story of the English convict William Thornhill's conflict with Aboriginal people on the banks of the Hawkesbury River in the early 19th century was inspired by research into her ancestor Solomon Wiseman.
The novel sold many thousands of copies, won literary awards, was shortlisted for the 2006 Booker Prize and provoked fierce debate about the history of white Australia's interaction with the indigenous population.
Armfield sees Grenville's book as part of an artistic outpouring across literature, visual art and theatre in the 1990s, prompted by a series of events including then prime minister Paul Keating's Redfern speech and the High Court's Mabo and Wik decisions recognising indigenous land rights.
''It was suddenly like the lie that had been at the heart of Australian history for 200 years was being revealed,'' he says.
To Armfield, adapting a novel requires an approach to storytelling the audience can understand, ''which can be both simple and thrilling in its theatricality''.
The task was further complicated by the departure of Jack Charles from the cast last month after the indigenous actor had his Aboriginality questioned by the Australia Council in a funding application.
Grenville, who has had no involvement in this Sydney Theatre Company production, says a literal-minded adaptation of The Secret River might be problematic. ''But this great creative team will take the essence of the book and re-imagine it freshly for another medium,'' she says. ''I'm so pleased it will have this other life.''
For the author, the history of the early European settlers' interaction with indigenous people is ''a violent and shameful one. For white Australians, it's easier to deny that anything shameful lurks in our past than to front up to it,'' she says.
Like Armfield, Grenville took part in the Reconciliation Walk across Sydney Harbour Bridge in 2000 - an event she says made her realise how little she knew of ''what had gone on between the Aboriginal people and the settlers in the early days''.
Her novel provoked controversy among historians, some of whom disagreed with her interpretation of events.
Melbourne historian Dr Inga Clendinnen took issue with Grenville moving the time and place of certain historical events.
''The book's shape is made completely different by that kind of casual transposition. It makes the novel not only not history, but in my admittedly very austere view, anti-history,'' Clendinnen told Fairfax in 2006. ''It's a dramatic imagination unleashed on some wilfully selected historical material, used as grist to the novelist's mill.''
Clendinnen questioned Grenville's use of empathy to tell her story.
''We cannot post ourselves back in time,'' she wrote in The Quarterly Essay, The History Question: Who Owns the Past? ''People really did think differently then … How much culture do we really share with British people of 200 years ago?''
Controversial historian Keith Windschuttle questioned the depiction of frontier violence in the early days of European settlement, labelling it a ''black armband'' view of the past. But Grenville says the controversy only ever involved a small number of historians with an axe to grind and a slippery way with the facts.
''Readers were puzzled by it - they knew storytellers have been taking history as their inspiration since Homer,'' she says. ''Novels set in the past are published every day without controversy - the debate, such as it was, has well and truly moved on.''
Armfield is on Grenville's side when it comes to the past. Of the historical veracity of The Secret River, he says Grenville was attempting ''to create a truth which was not necessarily about historical details, but what I think was very appropriately the right of the novelist to create stories based on profound and deep research''.
Armfield does not view Grenville's protagonist, Thornhill, as a villain for falling in love with the beauty of the landscape and the freedom it offered.
''But he shuts his ears and his eyes to what he can see to be the truth of the civilisation that is here and working and living,'' he says. ''The book is about that moment where, out of fear, anxiety and greed, the decision was made to turn the people who own the land into victims, and from that all of our history is derived.''
Grenville has every reason to be confident in Armfield's ability to tackle difficult issues. During his 17 years at Belvoir St, he directed a number of plays dealing with Aboriginal stories, including Aliwa and Gulpilil. And he gave such classics as Medea and The Tempest an indigenous perspective.
Looking back at the history of indigenous theatre, Armfield says the angry political work of the 1970s gradually gave way to a more positive approach. ''But I think the presence of anger, the inheritance of pain, is always being addressed,'' he says.
Life after Belvoir St has been kind to Armfield, who has a number of film and theatre projects under way, and is directing Richard Wagner's four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen for Opera Australia late this year.
''It's very pleasurable,'' he says. ''I'm still finding the pleasure of it. Part of the pleasure is that my relationship with Belvoir is so happy.''
Armfield directed Summer of the Seventeenth Doll for Belvoir last year, and still enjoys watching shows at the former Nimrod Theatre building in the back streets of Surry Hills, which he helped to buy in 1984.
He does not miss the burden of running a theatre company. ''I still wake up once or twice a week surrounded by black terror,'' he says. ''But that's my own issue. I suspect that doesn't go away.''
Armfield says thinking about next season's program was an ''ever-present burden at the back of his mind'', although he always tried to shut these worries out of the rehearsal room.
But now, he says: ''I go into rehearsal without knowing that on the other side of the rehearsal door there is a monster waiting to devour me. I think my evenings are a bit lighter. People say I'm looking better since I left.''
The Secret River is at the Sydney Theatre, Walsh Bay, from Tuesday to February 9.


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Denominations Modern Development
Part Two
Part Two - Denominations, Modern Influences
IV Denominational Differences: Modern Influences
1a Liberalism
1b Development
1c It began in the early 20th Century as a reaction to the science revolution
2c Many wanted to make the Church relevant with modern science theory
1d Faith was replaced by sight
1e If there was a disagreement between science and the Scriptures – science was always considered the truth
2e So miracles, creation, the flood, deity of Christ, the virgin birth, the Trinity, historical events were all questioned if not totally dismissed!
2d God's Word was replaced by humanism
1e Human wisdom supplanted divine wisdom – if what the Bible said did not align with current thinking – the Bible was wrong
2e So moral absolutes are replaced by no absolutes, depravity of man is replaced with goodness of man, salvation through Christ alone is replaced by salvation of all religions; no hell, no sin
3c Beginning in the Seminaries, it spread out slowly into the churches leaving a dead and cold religion
1d Sang the traditional hymns
2d Had the traditional services
3d Said the traditional credits
4d But did not know God!
4c By the 1920s and 1930s, liberalism had made major inroads in most of the major denominations except the Southern Baptist
1d Many colleges, seminaries, and universities that at one time taught the truths of God's Word were now rejecting it
"In the book entitled "What if Jesus Had Never Been Born?", authors Dr James Kennedy and J. Newcombe have a chapter that talks about Christianity's impact on education. I'll quote some excerpts:
"Almost every one of the first 123 colleges and universities in the US had Christian origins... Harvard, Yale, William and Mary {Jefferson's alma mater}, Brown, Princeton, New York Univ., Northwestern Univ., and other schools have thouroughly Christian roots. Harvard got its start from the donations of money and books from Reverend John Harvard... Dartmouth was founded to train missionaries to the Indians. William and Mary was created "that the Christian faith might be propagated"31 An early advertisement for King's College, which opened in 1754 and is now Columbia University read: "the chief thing that is aimed at in this college is to teach and engage children to know God in Jesus Christ."32 The president of Princeton. Rev. John Witherspoon, said: "Cursed be all learning that is contrary to the cross of Christ"33... Today, for the most part, God's Word is mocked in the very schools that were founded by the sweat of Christians". (http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=93014)
2d This move by colleges away from the truth has not stopped
2b Distinctives
1c Creation The universe itself has all the data required to explain itself – therefore Science is supreme source of all truth
2c Christ
1d Christ was the most God conscious man who ever lived and as a man
2d He, died on the cross as a martyr, rose again in the minds and hearts of his followers
3d Christ did no miracles or great deeds - these are the results of the myths and embellishments of his followers
3c Salvation: there is no need for salvation – there was no fall and there is no hell
3b Demise: it falls by the very methods it claims as support (Ps. 119:89;152; Isa. 40:8; 1 Pet. 1:23-25)
1c Moral absolutes: - though they teach there are none yet they are absolutely sure that abortion, homosexuality, evolution, murder, etc. are wrong
2c Science is not an absolute: theories that are tested by evidence and experimentations – many things proclaimed as truth by science have not been proven incorrect
1d Dinosaur Sue – blood marrow, DNA found in bones makes her less than 10,000 years old not millions
2d Gay gene – no gene has been found
3d The age of the Universe
4d The speed the Universe is expanding
5d Evolution theory – animals and vegetation thought extinct have been found
6d Speed of sound, trip to the moon, etc
"Rail travel at high speed is not possible, because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia." Dr Dionysus Lardner (1793-1859), professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy, University College London.
"Animals, which move, have limbs and muscles. The earth does not have limbs and muscles; therefore it does not move." Scipio Chiaramonti, Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics at the University of Pisa (1633).
"[Television] won't be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night."Darryl F. Zanuck, head of 20th Century-Fox in 1946.
"What can be more palpably absurd than the prospect held out of locomotives traveling twice as fast as stagecoaches?" The Quarterly Review, England (March 1825)
2a Neo-Evangelicalism
1b Development
1c It began after WW II and has progressed to become a strong and influential movement in the Evangelical church today
2c It has two driving goals
1d To evangelize the world
2d Unification of all churches
2b Distinctives
1c Promote the unification of Christianity (2 Cor. 6:14-18)
1d Avoidance of doctrines which could cause division
1e Doctrine is seen as devise and counter productive to the cause of Christ
2e Emphasis on knocking down the barriers of doctrine
2d The emphasis of loving and accepting one another regarding of doctrinal positions and standards – often no doctrinal statement at all
3d Dialogue with non-evangelical thinkers in order to find common ground - lower the standards of what determines someone who is a Christian
2c Open to Questioning the integrity of Scripture (2 Tim. 3:16-17)
1d Question the doctrine of verbal inspiration of Scripture
2d Question the literal understanding of passages, which contradict modern science or sociological opinion (Creation, historical accounts, headship of the husband, gay movement, divorce and remarriage, acceptable entertainment, acceptable dress, explain miracles, etc.) – Archaeological Bible
3c Focus on numerical results rather than discipleship (Matt. 28:19-20)
1d Services are geared to appeal to the unbeliever
2d Services are geared to entertain and give good experience
3d Ministry are lacking in grounding people in the Word
4c Shift away from discussing prophecy (Rev. 1:3)
5c Allow for the possibility of Charismatic gifts today
6c A shift from objective doctrine to subjective experience - your experience is as valid as mine
3b Examples
1c Promise Keepers, Christian Coalition
2c Seminaries: Fuller, Gordon, and Denver
3c Community services for Easter and Christmas, prayer breakfasts, etc.
4b Application
1c Good intentions never replace God's will!
2c Good results never replace God's will! (Moses struck the Rock - he got the water but was exiled from the promise land)
3a Pentecostal/Charismatic
1b The origins of the movement
1c Stage One of development
1d The miraculous sign gifts of the first century church had passed from existence around 90-100 AD and had not been practiced since (1800 years; 1 Cor. 13:8ff; 1 Tim. 5:23; 2 Tim. 4:20; 2 Cor. 12:7-10)
2d The movement received its modern birth on New Years day, 1900
1e At a small college in Topeka, Kansas, one of the students requested that the school's director lay his hands on her head and pray for her
2e She claimed she experienced the baptism of the Holy Spirit and demonstrated by speaking in "tongues"
3e Encountering resistance from local church leaders, the movement moved south to Houston, Texas and from there to Los Angeles where the Azusa Mission was started which would be the headquarters for the movement for many years to come
4e In the sixty years to follow, it remained isolated from mainline denominations, restricting itself to its own Pentecostal denominations
2c Stage Two of development:
1d With the upheaval of the 1960s, many of the upcoming generation were looking for something real and alive and took up interest in these things
2d The movement reached out and entered all denominations and Christian faiths, often with destructive consequences
1e Directly: inner groups within denominations, local churches, and parachurch organizations that sought to win converts to their causes
1f Universities: Methodist (Oral Roberts University), Catholic (Notre Dame University), and Mennonite (Goshen College)
2f Parachurch: Awana, CEF, Intervarsity, and Youth for Christ
3f Missions: Wycliffe
2e Indirectly: mass media
1f Television and Radio: TV and Satellite Networks (PTL, Pat Robertson, Jimmy Swaggert, , Dollar, Tilton, Etc.)
2f Music: Doug Oldham, Pat and Debbie Boone
2b The movement began to change in its view of the Scriptures and doctrinal teaching
1c Scriptures were no longer the final authority: revelation through "prophecy, tongues, and visions" were now added to it
2c Doctrinal truth was now supplanted by personal experience and a quest for unity
1d Demonstrated in worship
1e Ex.: holy laughter
2e Ex.: slaying the spirit
2d Demonstrated in practice
1e Catholics, evangelicals, and liberals now had a unifying force: the baptism of the Spirit and speaking in tongues
2e All now are considered true believers because only two conclusions can be draw from this phenomenon
1f The experience is not of God and reproducible by anyone
2f The experience is of God and those who practice it are true believers
3b The movement began to embrace the middle and upper classes of society
4b The concerns of the movement
1c Danger #1: subjecting God's final authority (Scriptures) to human experience
1d Leads to weak and immature Christians (1 Cor. 3:2; Heb. 5:12-14)
2d Leads to Christians going astray after false and harmful doctrine (2 Tim. 3:16-18; 2 Tim 4:2-4)
1e God wants you healthy and wealthy
2e God wants you focusing on prayer, tongues, and prophecy - doctrine divides
2c Danger #2: may lead to psychological and physical damage and even death
1d The emotional state and the level of emotions that these individuals often practice on a regular basis has been proven to have long term and permanent psychological damage
2d The avoidance of medical treatment has lead to unnecessary illness and even death
3c Danger #3: cause splits in Bible-believing churches.
4a Radical Fundamentalism
1b Defined: Bible believing Christians who mistake personal conviction for biblical truth
2b Described
1c Usually a reaction to the changes that take place in society
2c They impose their own man made laws as if they are Biblical Truth (Matt. 15:1-9; Mk. 7:6-8)
1d Hair length of males
2d Dress are mandatory for church
3d KJV is the only inspired version
4d Rock and Rapp music are sinful
5d Other: no celebration of Christmas, movies and television are taboo; inter-racial dating, etc.
3c They enforce strict separation from anyone who does not believe as they do
V Denominational Differences: Additional Content - Charismatic Movement and is Validity
1a The Focus on the Tests of Special Gifts
1b The matter at hand are select group of gifts given to various Saints that stand out from normal gifts
1c All believers receive gifts from God at Salvation (1 Cor. 12)
2c Most of these gifts are those things which might be identified as talents in others
2b These select gifts have been called sign or miraculous gifts because they stand out from ordinary experience
1c Speaking in tongues
2c Ability to heal
3c Prophecy or revelation from God
4c Knowledge
5c Visions
6c Miracles
7c Protection from inflicted harm
8c Resurrection of the dead
9c Exorcism of demons
2a The List of the Tests of Special Gifts – 7 tests that must be passed if these gifts are to be practiced by the church today
1b Test #1: Purpose: what are the divine purpose of these gifts? If they do not have a purpose they can not be of God (Isa. 14:14, 26-27; 46:10-11; Rom. 8:28; Eph. 1:9-10)
1c God's use of miracles and miraculous gifts are always exercised to fulfill a specific purpose
2c When the purpose can not be accomplished, the gift will not exercised
1d Ex.: Christ lived for 30 years without doing one miracle, including the prevention of the death of his father, Joseph (John 2:1-4, 12; 19:26-27)
2d Christ refused to do miracles at Nazareth because of the people's unbelief (Matt. 13:58; Mk. 6:5-6)
3d Apostle Paul could not heal himself (2 Cor. 12:1-10) nor Timothy (1 Tim. 5:23; 2 Tim. 4:20)
2b Test #2: Fulfillment – have these gifts fulfilled their purpose? when the purpose of the miraculous gift is fulfilled, the gift is retired for an unspecified period known only by God Himself
1c Adam to Noah – 1600 years (exception of Enoch)
2c Noah to the tower of Babel - no miracles (100 years)
3c Tower of Babel to Abraham - no miracles (200 years)
4c Joseph to Moses - no miracles (400 years)
5c Malachi to Matthew - no miracles (400 years)
6c Close of the NT to 1900 – no miracles (1800 years)
3b Test #3: Consistency - are the practice of God's gifts consistent with the record and practice of these gifts in the Scriptures?
1c True of the non-miraculous gifts: pastor/teacher, helps, hospitality, faith, etc.
2c True of the miraculous gifts as well thus no difference between their use in Acts, Corinthians or today
4b Test #4: Control – are these gifts under the control of the one who practices them?
5b Test #5: Order – are these gifts practiced according to God's rule of order? (1 Cor. 14:32-33)
6b Test #6: Imitations – can these gifts be duplicated by those who are non-believers?
7b Test #7: Glory – is the practice of these gifts Glorify God?
3a The Application of the Tests of Special Gifts
1b The purpose and fulfillment of these Special Gifts: there were two purposes for these gifts
1c Sign Gifts: a sign or miraculous proof to the Jewish people that Jesus was indeed the Christ (Messiah) and His offer of the Kingdom was valid (1 Cor. 1:22)
1d Purpose expressed
1e Declared in the OT: Miraculous works were foretold as a sign of the coming the Messiah King in the OT (Isa. 32: 15-16; 33:24; 35:5-6)
2e Demonstrated in the Lord's Ministry
1f Answer to John the Baptist Question (Matt 11:2-6)
2f Great works and miracles (Matt. 4:17, 23; 10:5-8; 9:35; Jn 6:14-15; 10:25, 37-38; Lk. 7:18-23)
3f Commission to the 12 and 70 (Matt. 10:5-8; Lk. 10:9)
4f Refusal to heal (Matt. 12:38; 13:58; 27:39-44; Mk. 6:5)
3e Demonstrated in the Apostle's Ministry
1f Preaching of Peter (Acts 2:15-40; 3:12-20)
2f Ministry of Paul
1g Proof of Jesus as Messiah (Acts 191-7)
2g Proof of the Extent of Jesus Kingdom - Gentiles saved (Acts 10:44-48)
3f Fulfillment of Messianic Prophecy
1g Healing of the sick (Acts 3:1-10; 19:11-12 w. Isa. 35:1-10)
2g Physical wonders (Acts 4:31 w. Joel 2:28-32)
3g Outpouring of the Spirit (Acts 2:1-4 w. Joel 2:28)
4g Visions (Acts 7:55; 9:3, 10; 11:15 w. Joel 2:20-32)
5g Judgment of Sinners (Acts 5:1-11; 12:23; 13:11 w. Ezek. 11:13)
2d Purpose Applied
1e The Jews rejected their Messiah and His Kingdom at the His First Coming
1f They had plenty of statements (Christ – Luke 9:20-21; Matt. 27:`17, 22) and witnessed many signs
2f But they refused to hear or see and so God temporarily withdrew the offer (Acts 28:25-31)
2e With the purposed gone, the sign gifts no longer served any purpose
3e This is the testimony of both the Scriptures and the Church
1f Only in the earliest epistles and the book of Acts are such events recorded
2f The use of sign gifts begins to wane in the ministry of the Apostle Paul ((1 Tim. 5:23; 2 Tim. 4:20; 2 Cor. 12:7-10)
3f The record sign gifts in the church ends at the end of the first century AD in all Church historical records
4e These gifts will come back when the offer of the Kingdom is once again offered following the rapture of the Church
3d Purpose Evaluated
1e Some might argue that we are in the last times and thus they have resurfaced but we have no official word from the Lord that this is the case
2e Some might argue that they are tools of evangelism however the Scriptures are very clear that at present people are brought to Christ not by signs and miracles but by the "foolishness of the preaching of the gospel" (1 Cor. 1:21-23)
2c Purpose #2: Divine revelation
1d Purpose Stated: some miraculous gifts were used not as signs but rather as instruments of God's truth to the Church (1 Cor. 14:22-25)
2d Purpose Identified (1 Cor. 13:8)
1e Prophecy
2e Tongues: both sign and revelation gift
3e Knowledge
3d Purpose fulfilled
1e As declared in the NT (1 Cor. 13:8-12)
2e As evidenced in 2 Tim. 3:16-17
4d Purpose Applied: since this purpose for these gifts has been fulfilled in the completion of the NT so they ceased even as they did at the completion of the OT.
2b The Consistency of these Special Gifts
1c Consistency stated:
1d Those who claim that these special gifts are for the church today just as they were in the early church must show that they truly are the same gifts
2d This can be done by comparing them to the description given to us in the New Testament
2c Consistency applied
1d Tongues
1e Human languages (Acts 2:1-13): not known by the one who is speaking
1f Not babbling
1g Rather than foreign, human languages, they are rather random gibberish brought on by an emotionally induced state or repetition
2g So strong is this argument against tongue speaking that in recent years there have been great attempts to change this with little or any success
2f Not a heavenly language (1 Cor. 13:1)
3f Human language unknown to the individual who is speaking it
2e Selectively practiced
1f Not all believers were given this gift though most in this movement seek to obtain it (1 Cor. 12:27-31)
2f Though often associated with the baptism of the Spirit, yet to be baptized in the Spirit does not always result in tongues speaking (1 Cor. 12:7-13)
2d Healing: the Saint has the ability to bring about healing
1e Heal all types of health issues (Matt. 8:16; 12:15; 14:35; Lk 4:40; 6:19; Acts 5:16)
1f Modern healers do not heal all diseases: screen them out and they do not visit the hospitals
1g Quadriplegics
2g Mental retardation
3g Cerebral palsy
4g Muscular dystrophy
5g Missing parts: arms, legs, etc.
6g False teeth
7g Weathered hand
2f Modern healers are not able to heal themselves
1g False teeth
2g Eye glasses
3g Hang nail
4g Heart attacks
5g Cancer
2e Faith was not a necessary pre-requisite to a healing (Acts 3:1-10)
3e Healings were immediate and complete (Matt. 8:3; Lk. 5:25)
4e Healings were not preceded by emotionally charged services
5e No money was ever charged for a healing (2 Kings 5:15-16)
3d Prophecy: forth telling of revelation from God
1e New revelation:
1f Purpose of revelation is to give to man information that he does not possess
2f If man already had the information there would be no need to reveal
3f Much prophecy today is just a regurgitation of what is found in the Scriptures
2e Needed revelation
1f Information that the individual needs in order to carry out the will of the Lord
2f However, 2 Tim. 3:17 tells us that all that we need to serve the Lord has already been given
3f Much prophecy today is superfluous fluff that exists the soul but accomplishes little
3e Biblical revelation
1f It must not contradict the Scriptures in any way
2f Much controversy today has elements that clearly go contrary to the teachings of the scripture
4e Factual revelation – it is true
4d Protection from physical harm
1e Those who consume poison or are bitten by a poisonous snake will not be harmed by such a bite
2e Believers today, even in the serpent handling groups, suffer deaths from poisonous bites
3b The Control of these special gifts
1c Tongues
1d The gift of tongues was under the control of the speaker as is true of all gifts of the Spirit
1e The individual can choose between tongues or preaching (1 Cor. 14:1-12, 18-19)
2e Likewise the individual could halt what he was doing
1f What he has to say must be edifying to the church (26)
2f Not more than one at a time and no more than 3 a service (27)
3f Only if an interpreter is present to interpret what is said (27-28)
4f Women were not to speak in tongues in church (34-36)
2d Tongue speaking in churches today is anything but under control
2c Prophecy (1 Cor. 14:29-33)
1d Not more than 2 or 3 per service
2d If one is prophesying and another receives a prophecy, he is to stop and wait
3d All should be carefully weighed and understood (test the Spirits (1 Jn 4:1)
4b The Order of the Special Gifts ((1 Cor. 14:32-33)
1c Whether they be tongues, prophecies, knowledge, hymns, and whatever else, they are all to be done in a matter that brings about order and edification (33, 40)
2c The modern charismatic services are anything but orderly – too often they are more a disorder than an order
5b The Imitation of the Special Gifts
1c The very nature of these gifts implies they are possible because God is working through the individual (Egyptian magicians and Moses)
2c Therefore if the gifts can be imitated by others who know not God they must be fake
1d Practiced among the ancient religions of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Hittites, Arabs, and etc.
2d Found today among the Mormons, Hindus, Buddhists, Eskimos, African medicine men
6b The Glorification of the Special Gifts
1c They did not charge money (Acts 3:1-10) nor were they wealthy
2c They did not hold healing rallies nor was healing in every meeting
3c They do go to where the people have the greatest needs such as in a hospitals, nursing home, and clinics
4a The special circumstances of the special gifts
1b The Health of the believer – it is not God's desire for all believers to be healthy in this life
1c Sickness is a normal part of the human existence
1d It is a part of the curse of sin (Rom. 5:12)
2d It is a part of our sinful behavior
1e Neglect the body's needs or protection
2e Sin against the body: smoking, over-eating, alcohol and drug, immorality
2c Sickness is a tool of God to accomplish His purposes
1d God's glory (Job 1:6-2:10; John 9:1-3)
2d Humility (2 Cor. 12 7-9)
3d Teach (Job; Daniel 4)
4d Edification (2 Cor. 12:9-10)
5d Discipline (1 Cor. 11:30-32)
3c Sickness is healed by God in several ways
1d Medical treatment (Isa. 38:21; 1 Tim. 5:23: Matt. 9:12)
2d Change and rest (Mk. 6:31; John 11:11)
3d Direct intervention
4d Prayers of the Saints (James 5:13-16)
5d Bodies own healing mechanism
4c What is going on with faith healers?
1d Misleading reports: people are mislead by the what they see and feel because they lack all the facts - like the illusion of a magicians act (Nolan #2)
2d Deliberate Fraud (Mayhue 90, Randi Article)
3d Satanic involvement: we know he has great power and loves to imitate God (2 Cor. 11:13-15)
4d Healing capacity of the body: the body heals itself if given enough time
5d Wrong medical diagnosis: the prescribed medicine is ineffective so in the meantime he gives up on the medication goes o a healer and his body cure itself
6d Psychosomatic illness: a change in the mind can change the illness
7d Emotionally induced illness: "stress" is believed to be involved in 50-80% of illness in the US and often causes symptoms of illness; the meetings alleviate that stress for a time (Psa. 32:3-7)
8d God intervenes in spite of the error
2b The Wealth of the believer (James 2:5): our wealth is in our inheritance
3b The Baptism of the Spirit
1c All believers are baptized with the Spirit at the moment of salvation (1 Cor. 12:12-13)
2c Filing is not to be confused with the baptism of the Spirit (Eph. 5:18)
1d Argued: baptism with the Holy Spirit, filling of the Spirit, and speaking in tongues all take place at the same time (Acts 1:5; 2:1-4)
2d Answer: Though the two works can occur at the same time, does not mean they are the same thing
1e Filling is commanded but baptism is not (Eph. 5:18)
2e All are baptized but not all are given the gift of tongues (1 Cor. 12:4-13)
3e No believer is baptized more than once but there are records of believers being filled more than once
4e One can be filled without speaking in tongues (Acts 4:8; 9:17-18)
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On Tuesday, November 18, The National on CBC began airing a two-part story by Ionna Roumeliotis entitled Forever Child, (part two, which aired the next night, was called Desperate Choices). It chronicled two Sarnia-area families that are facing a growing problem prevalent across Canada: Aging parents still caring for adult children with disabilities.

At the core of this problem is a lack of funding; one family, both parents of retirement age, have no choice but to continue caring for their grown son who requires 24-hour supervision. The other featured family, the father of which has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, were forced to technically "abandon" their severely disabled daughter at a respite care facility. In both cases, pleas for government funding to assist in support and care went unheeded, with all levels explaining the money simply isn't there.

Is this a problem confined to the Sarnia area? Marg McLean, director of St. Marys and Area Community Living, doesn't think so. "A lot more people need support than there is funding available," she says. She further explains that 77 people are waiting for some kind of residential or home support in Perth County, while 59 people are waiting for day or participation support, and another 26 people are waiting for respite support.

"Some are in their 50s and still living with their parents," she says, adding that situations such as these can often lead to very difficult family dynamics, especially as parents age.

Locally, this is the case with Linda and her brother Steve (last names withheld). Steve went into an institution when he was nine years old, rejoining society at 24. From then on, he's lived with his mom and dad, his health deteriorating due to severe seizures to the point where he is now, at age 50, confined to a wheelchair. Steve's mother eventually developed Alzheimer's as well, leaving dad, who's in his 70s, to care for both mom and son.

"We applied for social services at home and were approved for $10,000 a year at the time," explains sister Linda. However, due to the difficulty in finding a social worker that proved a good fit, the money went mostly unused for a year, at which point the family was told that if they didn't use the money, they would lose it. "Dad wasn't about to lie, or to use it on something Steve didn't need," says Linda. Hence, Steve saw a reduction in his funding down to $3,500. It's never been re-evaluated.

Since then, Steve and Linda's mother has passed away, and Steve has moved into an accessible apartment. "We took a chance, knowing there wasn't enough support money," says Linda. Her brother has enough funding for supported living to cover two weeks a month. For the other two weeks, Steve's Dad and other immediate family, including Linda's 16-year-old daughter, give Steve the support he needs: meals, personal hygiene, and nights spent monitoring him while sleeping on a futon in Steve's apartment. "It's better than nothing," says Linda.

The fact that Linda makes her living in the support services industry has not made things easier; or, if they have, Linda can't imagine what the process would be like for someone without her connections. "With my background, you'd think it'd be easier than most people, but I find it all very daunting," she says.

This is the case for Jim, currently 64 and still caring for his 35-year old son with special needs. Jim admits the stress of their current living situation is putting strain on himself, his wife, and his son.

"He's dependent on us for everything," he explains. His son, Dave, also experiences frequent seizures and requires constant care and supervision; however, schoolmates of his have told Dave horror stories about living in group homes, so Dave has decided against living in such an arrangement.

"We're working on funding for his own place, but vacancies really only become available when someone dies," says Jim. "It's not (St. Marys) Community Living who's holding up the process, either," he adds, but rather a lack of funding.

"I'm 64, and some day, mom and dad aren't going to be around anymore," he says, noting that it could be years before funding becomes available to support Dave. Meanwhile, Jim says the family is wearing down day by day. "It's not a good setting," he says.

 Often, situations work out based on simply being at the right place at the right time. This is what happened with Eleanor and her daughter. Faced with daunting line-ups for care in the GTA, Eleanor relocated herself and her daughter Emily to St. Marys. Emily has spina bifida, is non-verbal, and confined to a wheelchair.

After an initial plan was mapped out with Community Living, Emily soon found herself living in her own apartment, complete with the support she needs and her own pet. "Here, they gear the programs for the clients...Never once was there any suggestion that she would have to fit into someone else's living situation."

However, Eleanor concedes, "Emily might still be waiting for a spot if there hadn't been a death."

Requests for additional funding have been met with little response. Linda says her family have written numerous letters to both MPs, MPPs, and the Ontario Premier. "The response is always 'Sorry to hear it, but there's no funding,'" she says.

"Although the current level of funding seems like a lot, its not as much as in other sectors," notes Marg McLean. "Families are just not as organized as in other sectors... There's simply a smaller number of people in total being affected."

There may be a light on the horizon, though. On Nov. 29, the office of the Ontario Ombudsman announced that they will be investigating the province's response to people with special needs in crisis situations, including perceived inadequate oversight of the money transferred to agencies providing services. They're asking anyone with information to contact them immediately (info@ombudsman. on.ca.)

To Jim, this is the key to ensuring there is money available for people who need it. "We're in a deficit. They won't find the money until there's a lot of pressure on them to find it," he says.


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Tuck: Giants star says Manning, the older one, makes any team instant powerhouse
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ' Justin Tuck expects Peyton Manning to make any team he signs for an instant NFL powerhouse. The New York Giants defensive end just hopes it's not a team in the NFC East.
The Indianapolis Colts avoided paying Manning a $28 million bonus by releasing the 35-year-old quarterback Wednesday, and his list of suitors is looking long. Tuck is concerned about one potential destination ' the Washington Redskins.
"There's gonna be a lot of teams bidding for the services of Peyton Manning. Even with the injury, I think he's still gonna come back strong and he's going make whichever team he goes to an instant powerhouse," Tuck told The Associated Press while at Barcelona's Global Sports Forum on Thursday. "Hopefully he doesn't come to the NFC East where I'll have to play him twice a year."
Washington is among a bunch of teams interested in signing the 14-year-veteran and former Super Bowl champion who sat out all of last season following multiple neck surgeries.
Tuck expects the four-time league MVP to return to his best, but was also wary about being the player to injure him again amid emerging news of the New Orleans Saints bounty system. The NFL is investigating a topic that Tuck said "has no place in the NFL."
"You know guys' weaknesses, even if they are fully healthy, you know what they are and how to exploit that. But you never go out trying to hurt a guy," the Giants captain said.
Tuck, who was a speaker the annual sports conference held in the Catalan capital, managed to catch Barcelona's 7-1 Champions League victory over Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday night, when he saw Lionel Messi score five times for the hosts.
Tuck got to meet Messi in person on Thursday, swapping jerseys with the diminutive Argentina international nicknamed "The Flea," who he immediately drew comparisons with his own quarterback ' Peyton's brother ' Eli Manning.
"(Eli) reminds me of a lot of Messi. He's just one of those guys who wants to go about his job the best he can, he doesn't worry about the fame, he doesn't worry about the limelight. He's just an old country boy that wants to go out there and throw the football around," said Tuck, who is a two-time Super Bowl champion alongside Eli. "You just know every time he steps on the football field you have a chance to win."
Tuck said the Giants' Super Bowl win over the New England Patriots last month was still sinking in, although he was already sizing up next month's draft, when he expects management to probably select a tight end or offensive linesman with the 32nd pick.


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To look at Philip Glass is to look at what could be a genetic splice of Eric Bogosian and Klaus Kinski. For some, to listen to Philip Glass is the musical equivalent of the same caustic artists. Complex, repetitively chaotic and structurally random, Glass is arguably the pre-eminent American composer of our modern age with threads running from opera to minimalism, chamber music to dance. His involvement with Godfrey Reggio's 1983 statement-as-cinema Koyaanisqatsi (the Hopi Indian term for "life out of balance") was a match made in heaven. As if one could attach such an ethereal description to a film that wordlessly dissects the conflict between nature and technology. TITAS opens its music season with a drone and a moan Tuesday evening at McFarlin Auditorium as Glass and his ensemble uncoil aural textures from the landmark feature while consistently upholding the thematic discord (as in voice and orchestral convention vs. synthesized keyboards). Still, considering the strength and posterity of this particular score, the question of whether either state would be as potent without its foil is raised, and the reconciliation isn't as safe as "Earth good, human bad." Reggio chose his side, but Glass makes you choose yours. His work can be appreciated as an integral part of the Koyaanisqatsi experience or simply as a piece of thoughtful quasi-ambient music, and TITAS' decision to project the film behind the performing outfit is as keen as it is a multimedia necessity. The performance could be akin to Warhol's band/film performance troupe called Exploding Plastic Inevitable...only Glass' creature keeps its head buried knowingly and endearingly in the sand, oblivious to its importance rather than being self-obsessed. The McFarlin Auditorium is at 6405 Boaz Lane on the campus of Southern Methodist University. Call 214-528-5576. --Matt Hursh
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Frozen tundra and prison camps are what we picture when we think of Siberia. Located in North Central Asia and spanning more than 3 million square miles, Siberia is rich with oil and gas, coal, timber and water. In fact, it holds the lion's share of Russia's natural resources. And to think there aren't even highways. There is a unique culture, and the Krasnoyarsk National Dance Company of Siberia wants to express the spiritual wealth of this beautiful land Wednesday with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Founded in 1960, the troupe has been captivating audiences around the world ever since with folk influences intertwining native dance, music, costume and pageantry into a kaleidoscope of artistic energy. The show starts at 8 p.m. at the Meyerson Symphony Center, 2301 Flora St. Tickets are $10 to $65. Call 214-692-0203. --Desirée Henry
Mixed Bill
TITAS offers an arts sampler platter
You might choose to enjoy TITAS' jazzy "mixed bill" performing-arts benefit for the same reason you'd choose "mixed grill" from the dinner menu at a snazzy country club. You get a tasty sampling of everything you like; you don't have to pick just one; plus, you get professionally chosen, prepared and presented tastes of several of your favorite things. Reflections of the Future opens TITAS' new season Friday at 8 p.m. at McFarlin Auditorium, with tantalizing tidbits of aerialist dancers from Lisa Giobbi Movement Theater; Eastern music by Oliver Rajamani; a cappella vocals in African-American tradition by New Arts Six; and the Latin Jazz Ensemble from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Tickets are $10 to $75 at the TITAS box office, 3101 N. Fitzhugh, Suite 301, online at www.titas.org or by calling 214-528-5576. McFarlin Auditorium is located at 6405 Boaz Lane on the campus of Southern Methodist University. --Annabelle Massey Helber
To D'Oh or Not to D'Oh
Shakespeare gets animated, sort of
We have odd fantasies when it comes to casting stage classics. For example, we think The Facts of Life cast could do a bang-up job with Antigone, while the Scooby-Doo gang seems like a perfect fit for Waiting for Godot. "Like, quaquaqua, Scoob." Think those sound weird? Then get a whiff of this: On Tuesday, Fort Worth's Bass Performance Hall, 525 Commerce St., hosts a production of Macbeth performed entirely by The Simpsons characters. Canadian Rick Miller stars in MacHomer, a one-man bastardization of Shakespeare. We're a bit skeptical. One guy imitating 50 character voices while inserting "d'oh" and "woohoo" between soliloquies? Sounds like a cheeseball gimmick, but apparently people have been eating this up for almost 10 years, and his 2002 performance at Bass Hall sold out. It's also approved by The Simpsons creator Matt Groening, which could be good or bad. Cough, cough, Futurama. Tickets are $20 and up. Call 1-877-212-4280. --Sam Machkovech
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Can't really say we remember too much about our 20th birthday. But that probably had something to do with the trash can punch. (A little hint: Watch out for the fruit.) So we're happy to hear that the mature-for-its-age KNON-FM (89.3) is celebrating its 20th in a less forgettable fashion. On Friday, KNON presents its 20th Anniversary Blues Party, featuring Vernon Garrett and the Crossroad Blues Show Band, plus opening act Wanda King. Having the blues for 20 years may not sound like a reason to celebrate, but it's their party, and they'll cry if they want to. The show starts at 9:30 p.m. at The Sons of Hermann Hall, 3414 Elm St. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 the day of the show. Call 214-828-9500 ext. 138. --Rhonda Reinhart


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Soul of the Age: A Biography of the Mind of William Shakespeare (Paperback)
"One man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages." In this illuminating, innovative biography, Jonathan Bate, one of today's most accomplished Shakespearean scholars, has found a fascinating new way to tell the story of the great dramatist. Using the Bard's own immortal list of a man's seven ages in As You Like It, Bate deduces the crucial events of Shakespeare's life and connects them to his world and work as never before. Here is the author as an infant, born into a world of plague and syphillis, diseases with which he became closely familiar; as a schoolboy, a position he portrayed in The Merry Wives of Windsor, in which a clever, cheeky lad named William learns Latin grammar; as a lover, married at eighteen to an older woman already pregnant, perhaps presaging Bassanio, who in The Merchant of Venice won a wife who could save him from financial ruin. Here, too, is Shakespeare as a soldier, writing Henry the Fifth's St. Crispin's Day speech, with a nod to his own monarch Elizabeth I's passionate addresses; as a justice, revealing his possible legal training in his precise use of the law in plays from Hamlet to Macbeth; and as a pantaloon, an early retiree because of, Bate postulates, either illness or a scandal. Finally, Shakespeare enters oblivion, with sonnets that suggest he actively sought immortality through his art and secretly helped shape his posthumous image more than anyone ever knew. Equal parts masterly detective story, brilliant literary analysis, and insightful world history, Soul of the Age is more than a superb new recounting of Shakespeare's experiences; it is a bold and entertaining work of scholarship and speculation, one that shifts from past to present, reality to the imagination, to reveal how this unsurpassed artist came to be. From the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
Jonathan Bate is a professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance literature at the University of Warwick. Widely known as a critic, award-winning biographer, and broadcaster, Bate is the author of several books on Shakespeare and principal editor of the Modern Library's and Royal Shakespeare Company's highly acclaimed William Shakespeare: Complete Works. From the Hardcover edition.
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"Enthralling, the most eloquent evocation of Shakespeare one is ever likely to encounter."—Times Literary Supplement, U.K.
"It is almost impossible to write something fresh about William Shakespeare. Yet Jonathan Bate has succeeded, with a sparkling and arresting portrait of the Bard and his world as discovered in his writings."—The Economist (named one of the best books of 2008)
"Thoughtful, well-researched and even playful . . . An excellent resource for students of English literature and the Elizabethan era."—Publishers Weekly
"Soul of the Age is the most artful, intriguing, and satisfying study of the mind of William Shakespeare we now possess. No other biography has used Shakespeare's works so resourcefully to shed light on his life; few have so successfully mined the records of his life to illuminate the works. Each chapter shines with new discoveries, original insights, and dazzling prose. This is a major achievement from a master of Shakespeare studies."—David Armitage, Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History, Harvard University
"Surprising, fresh and anything but le pot rechauffé . . . [Bate] has the gift of a true teacher–able at once to educate and to entertain. . . . After reading Soul of the Age I felt closer to the soul of Shakespeare."—The Guardian,U.K.
"There can only be a handful of people in the world who know as much about Shakespeare as Bate, and it is intensely enjoyable to watch him bringing his knowledge to bear. He has the conjuror's art of suspense, and you find yourself gasping with pleasure at the neatness of his conclusions. Few books pack so much new thinking about Shakespeare between their covers."—Sunday Times, U.K.
"Bate is both a considerable scholar and an excellent writer, and he achieves a resonant and complex portrait, constantly alert to new lines of enquiry and unexpected connections. . . . [This] is a triumph of precision, learning and intelligent innovation."—The Telegraph, U.K.


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I think ages nine and up should read this book because if you are any younger you will not understand the first half of the book. I would not recommend it to grown ups though because it has a childlike story.
A shiver went down my spine when I found out about the soldiers that were basically machines controlled by the bosses mind. Six Days is about girl called Cass and her brother, Wilbur, who are both "Scavs" (scavenger). One day when Cass is out looking for Wilbur they meet up with two alien people who help them find something called the artefact.
I think the characters were realistic because the main characters are not Mr Perfect or Miss Perfect but are more real. However the characters are a bit unrealistic because they can do some crazy things that normal people cannot do. Although the setting started off in London, which was realistic, it ended up in extraordinary places which were not realistic.
Despite this story not having much of a moral, at least that I noticed, it is a book you would probably just read for fun. In addition this book reminds me of a time I had a sleepover at the British Museum and went sleepwalking which scared the daylights out of my mother. Why? Because close to the end they go to the British Museum to find the artefact.
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Paramount Pictures has released the first official trailer for the thriller, Shadow Dancer, which premiered at Sundance 2012. The film is directed by Academy Award winner, James Marsh, and stars Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough and Gillian Anderson. Shadow Dancer is set to be released in theatres on 31st May 2013. Here's the official synopsis:
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Brandon Inge lost his job at third base when Detroit moved Miguel Cabrera across the infield to make room for first baseman Prince Fielder. Instead of sulking, he volunteered to play second base.
He got his chance against the Braves on Saturday, making two putouts before coming out after the fifth. Inge made an impressive stop on his first chance in the bottom of the first inning of the Tigers' 2-0 win over Atlanta.
Brandon Inge made two great plays, Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "He made some athletic plays. I don't think athleticism will be an issue."
Inge is competing with Ryan Raburn and Ramon Santiago for the job.
"I just hope he can get on base, run hard, field, hit, and throw," Leyland said with a smile.
Fielder, the Tigers' big free-agent acquisition this winter, went 2-for-2 with a walk. He is 3-for-3 in Detroit counting Friday's game against Florida Southern College.
The Braves didn't get their first hit until the eighth inning when Jordan Parraz singled off Chris Bootcheck.
Mike Minor pitched two innings for the Braves, allowing one hit while striking out three.
"Our pitchers all had a good day today," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "I just want Mike to feel comfortable, and that is what getting experience is all about. Pitchers have to grow up, and that's what he's doing. If we make the plays, he will be fine."
Minor was thrown into the pennant race last summer and performed well, going 3-3 in eight starts, but with veteran Tim Hudson out with a sore back until May, the Braves are counting on Minor being ready for opening day.
"It's early and the hitters are behind," Gonzalez said. "(Minor) is maturing. He's got good control and we expect things from him."
The Tigers scored in the third when Jerad Head homered to left field. They added another run in the eighth when Audy Ciriaco scored on a sacrifice fly.
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Hunter Pence hit a two-run homer and Jonathan Papelbon pitched a perfect inning in his Philadelphia debut before the New York Yankees rallied.
Pence connected off New York right-hander Ivan Nova. Kevin Frandsen also homered for the Phillies.
New Phillies reliever Chad Qualls gave up a two-run homer to Cole Garner in a three-run seventh. Yankees All-Star Curtis Granderson also homered for New York.
Nova allowed two runs in the first before retiring five of his final six batters.
Papelbon pitched a 1-2-3 fifth. He left the Boston Red Sox as a free agent, signing a four-year, $50 million contract with the Phillies.
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Bryce Harper had a single in his first start for Washington, but Chris Johnson hit a two-run homer in Houston's victory.
Harper, the 19-year-old outfielder who was drafted first overall in 2010, went 1-for-3 with a hit off Astros starter Livan Hernandez in the Grapefruit League opener for both teams.
Free-agent signee Edwin Jackson pitched two scoreless innings for the Nationals.
Johnson, competing for Houston's third base job after a disappointing 2011 season, hit a drive over the center field fence off Ross Detwiler in the fourth inning.
Astros catcher Jason Castro, who missed the 2011 season with a knee injury, played the first three innings.
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau and Denard Span all got hits in their spring training debuts as Minnesota beat Tampa Bay.
The three standouts are all returning from injury-plagued seasons in which they missed a combined 265 games. Span had two hits while Morneau and Mauer drove in runs.
None of the hits came against David Price. The Rays ace pitched a hitless first inning, striking out Morneau and Mauer.
Carl Pavano, set to start for the Twins on opening day, gave up a two-run homer in the first to Matt Joyce. Pavano allowed three hits in two innings.
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Cody Ross hit two homers and Adrian Gonzalez also connected as the Red Sox hit five home runs to rout Northeastern in their first game of a doubleheader against Boston-area college teams.
Ross homered leading off the second inning and hit a grand slam in the fourth. Gonzalez hit a three-run shot in the second. Che-Hsuan Lin added a two-run homer in the fourth and Ryan Sweeney hit a three-run shot in the sixth.
Jon Lester started for the Red Sox, giving up a hit and striking out two in two innings.
The Red Sox hosted Boston College in the nightcap.
Manager Bobby Valentine said the swelling in left fielder Carl Crawford's surgically repaired left wrist has gone down and he has good range of motion.
DUNEDIN, Fla. — Brett Lawrie hit a pair of two-run doubles and Toronto beat Pittsburgh in a spring training opener.
Eric Thames homered for the Blue Jays.
Toronto starter Brett Cecil, who was 4-11 last year after going a combined 22-11 in his first two seasons, pitched a hitless first inning.
PEORIA, Ariz. — Jonny Gomes and Jemile Weeks each hit a two-run homer and Oakland beat Seattle.
Gomes connected in the third off Kevin Millwood. Weeks homered in the fifth against Hong-Chih Kuo.
Carlos Peguero homered for the second straight day for Seattle. He homered against the A's in Friday's exhibition opener.
The Mariners and Athletics start the major league season March 28 with a two-game series in Tokyo.
Mariners starter Hector Noesi, acquired with catcher Jesus Montero from the New York Yankees for pitcher Michael Pineda, struck out two and walked two in two hitless innings.
Montero was out of the lineup, a day after he was hit by two foul balls and left the game.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Chris Young and Ryan Roberts homered to help an Arizona split squad beat Tim Lincecum and San Francisco in the Cactus League opener for both teams.
The two-time Cy Young Award winner, coming off the first losing season of his career, allowed one run and four hits in two innings. He struck out two, didn't walk a hitter and threw 21 of 33 pitches for strikes.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Top prospect Trevor Bauer retired all six batters he faced in his spring training debut and an Arizona split squad tied Colorado in 10 innings.
Bauer, the third overall pick in last year's draft out of UCLA, struck out two. He threw only seven pitches in the first inning.
Rockies left-hander Drew Pomeranz struck out two, walked one and allowed a hit in two scoreless innings.
Colorado catcher Ramon Hernandez had two singles in two at-bats. His second single tied the score 1-all in the fourth.
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Scott Rolen went 2-for-2 in his return to the Cincinnati lineup.
The exhibition opener for both teams was called after nine innings.
Rolen was limited to 65 games last season. The All-Star third baseman did not play after having surgery on his left shoulder Aug. 3.
Todd Frazier helped his chances to earn a utility spot with the Reds by hitting a tying homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth. Joey Votto doubled for the Reds and Neftali Soto homered.
Michael Brantley, expected to move from left field to center to fill in for injured Grady Sizemore, doubled and singled for the Indians.


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If the weather wasn't hot enough for you this week, it's about to get even warmer at the California Sculpture Academy in downtown Fallbrook — 3,300 degrees Fahrenheit, to be precise.
On Saturday night, the academy will host its second "iron pour" of the year, providing the public a rare glimpse of how sculpture is made from molten iron.
Brandon Roy, who runs the school and is an accomplished bronze sculptor, told me on Thursday that the most exciting part of the event will take place between 6 to 9 p.m., when the cast iron is heated in a cupola with a special form of charcoal known as "coke."
Layers of iron scrap and coke are laid within the cupola and set ablaze, Roy explained.
Among other things, it's the hottest exercise in recycling you will ever witness, as he said the iron that will go into the kiln includes discarded items such as sinks, bathtubs and pipes.
Due to the rarity of iron cupolas, Roy said, artists come from all over for an event like this.
"I believe there's a place in Tucson that does it, and maybe a place in San Francisco, but that's it, on the West Coast," he said. "Last time we poured about 900 pounds of iron."
He expects a similar yield this weekend, only this time, visitors are offered an opportunity to make their own "scratch-block" sculpture during a workshop from 2 to 3 p.m. at the academy, 300 East Alvarado St. in Fallbrook.
Each block of sand costs $10 and will be poured later that evening. There is also a $10 suggested donation to view the iron pouring.
"It shoots flames and sparks 15 feet out the top, so it looks like fireworks," Roy said of the cupola in action. "It's a pretty neat thing to watch."
Fireworks: Speaking of neat things to watch, the Fallbrook Beautification Alliance will host its eighth annual fireworks show and fundraiser at The Grand Tradition on Thursday, July 4.
This means that Fallbrook's residents will once again be treated to fireworks on the horizon, visible from many points in town.
But for the best seats, you'll need to pay admission: The 4 p.m. event costs $20 to attend (free for children under 12) and tickets can be purchased through the Chamber of Commerce at 111 S. Main Ave., or (760) 728-5845.
Each year, the event serves as a fundraiser for the nonprofit alliance, which sponsors projects to improve Fallbrook's appearance that are not funded by the county. Its volunteers scrub graffiti off walls, pick up trash and maintain some 17 pieces of public art.
This Fourth, if you attend at The Grand Tradition, expect a military tribute, live music by a band called Old School, a rubber-ducky race and "raft regatta" on the pond, as well as fireworks at 8:45 p.m.
The Grand Tradition is at 1602 S. Mission Road.
Firefighters: In case you haven't yet, July 20 is your chance to meet Alfie.
Alfie is a 101-year-old steam-powered fire engine that will be on display along with eight other antique engines at the Fallbrook Historical Society's "Salute to Firefighters."
The free event, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., will be held at the society museum at 1730 Hill St.
North County Fire Protection District Chief Bill Metcalf will speak, but the kids will be more interested to meet Smokey Bear. Also planned is a presentation on the history of firefighting in Fallbrook.
Hot "Nites": The popular summer series of downtown events continues with "Sports Car Nite" today followed by "Rods & Relics" on July 12, "Taste of Fallbrook" on July 26, and one evening dedicated to off-road and race cars on Aug. 9.
All events are held from 5 to 8 p.m. downtown, and are free and open to the public, although visitors must purchase tickets to participate in the Taste of Fallbrook food-sampling affair.


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