How to set up your new HDTV

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Geoff Morrison , HD Guru

It?s not possible for a TV to be set at the factory with the best settings possible for your home. Take 20 minutes or so on your end, and you can drastically improve the picture quality. If you just bought a TV, or just haven't found the time to mess around with your set,?here are tips for doing it right.?

If you really?want to nail it,?we suggest a?setup Blu-ray. They?re cheap, and the?Disney WOW?disc is especially helpful and easy to follow. (A step-up from that would be the $30?ISF HDTV?Calibration Wizard.)

Straight?out of the box
All HDTVs generally?have a start-up?screen that lets the user to choose between a home mode and a store demo mode.?This is extremely important. The store mode is designed to produce the brightest image ? at the expense of black level, contrast ratio and energy efficiency. To obtain the best picture select the home mode. You will still be able to make fine-tuning?adjustments to maximize image quality.

The screen will also ask you to choose your?language, and will ask about using over-the-air antenna or cable/satellite. If you don?t use an antenna, make sure you select cable/satellite.?You don?t want the TV to go into the tuner mode,?because?you won't see an image.

Special instructions for smart TVs
If your new HDTV has Internet connectivity for streaming movies and other content, the next step should be connecting to the Internet. All smart TVs have an Ethernet connection if you want to wire the TV directly. Many also have Wi-Fi for wireless set-up. Follow the on-screen instructions or the?owner?s manual for the proper steps.

Once completed, you should make sure you have the latest version of the TV's software, by performing a firmware update as per your TV's instructions. The update may add new features, Internet services and even apps, and will assure you have the latest and best version of your new HDTV. Don't skip this:?Nearly every TV we test has newer firmware waiting for it when we connect it to the Internet.

Picture modes
Nearly all TVs have picture modes that adjust multiple settings to create a certain look to the image. The best idea is to start with the most accurate setting, then adjust as you see fit. With nearly all TVs, this mode is called ?Movie,? ?Cinema,? or something similar. If these aren?t options, ?Standard? is likely closest.

If you?ve already?been watching your TV for more than a few minutes, switching to one of these modes is going to be a shock. It will seem red (warm) and soft. It isn?t, which I?ll explain as we go.

Contrast
This control adjusts the bright parts of the image: Clouds, white shirts, snow, etc. The idea is to set this control high enough that the image ?pops,? but not so high as to mask detail, like cloud?textures or shirt?wrinkles. All TVs have a maximum contrast setting, above which you?re not making the image any brighter,?you?re just making near-white objects totally white.

If you?re using a setup disc, the contrast pattern will have a ramp of progressively whiter bars. The idea is to be able see most of these (but not those labeled ?above white?).

If you?re not using a setup disc, find a TV show (ideally a live sporting event) that takes place outside. Skiing works great for this, though baseball does as well (fly balls, any shot of the sky). The idea is to be able to set the control so that you can still see detail in bright white objects. There should almost never be bright white blobs on the screen. If there are, turn the contrast control down until those blobs get their detail back.

There is no average number to use as a guideline for setting?contrast, but it?s almost never 100 percent,?or anything close. Start somewhere around 80 percent and go from there.

Brightness
This is the opposite of the contrast control. Despite its name, brightness control adjusts the dark parts of the image: Shadows, black hair, black leather jackets. The idea here is to set it low enough that the picture has lots of contrast (as in, the difference in the light and dark parts of the image), but not so far that there?s just huge swaths of blackness on screen during any night scene.

If you?re using a setup disc, the brightness pattern will have a ramp of progressively darker black bars. The idea is to be able see most of these (but not those labeled ?below black? or similar).

If you?re setting this by eye, any night or darkly lit scene will do. Set the control fairly low, down?past the point where you lose detail. Now gradually increase it until you see detail in the darkness. If the picture looks gray or washed out, you?ve brought your brightness too far up.

Color?and?tint
Generally speaking, you shouldn?t have to adjust these at all. These are holdovers from the old tube (CRT) TV days. With component and HDMI connections, the TV shouldn?t need adjustment to color or tint.

But so you know, color is color saturation. Set too high, people will look sunburned, and everything will seem cartoony. Tint adjusts the green/red in the image (Martian/lobster). Without specific color filters (that usually come with setup discs), you can?t adjust either of these settings these correctly. Skip.

Sharpness
This is a highly misleading control. Generally speaking, sharpness control adds enhancement to the image to make it appear sharp. Ironically, by doing so, it?s actually masking true fine detail in the image. This setting should be set as low as possible. Some TVs actually?soften?the image if you set it too low (bizarre, to be sure), so watch out for that. Look for dark lines on a bright background, like the?edges of buildings for instance. Lower this setting so there isn?t any ghost line next to the dark edge. This ghost line is called ?edge enhancement,? and goes a long way in making the image look artificial.

Once you get used to the naturalness of the image without edge enhancement, you?ll never go back.

Color temperature
This one is going to be tough. Not because it requires any labor on your part, it?s just going to do something to the image that at first is going to seem bad.

Color temperature is how bluish or reddish the image looks. Picture a typical scene of people walking down a street. Set the color temp too cool, and it will look like they?re walking down the street in winter, with that season?s normal bluish tones. Set the color temp too warm, and it will be a reddish warm day instead.

With most TVs, the ideal setting is ?warm? or ?low.? In some cases, this is too warm, and ?normal? is closer. If you?re changing the settings for the first time, and the TV was set in the ?cool? color temp mode, everything will look wrong, and even??normal? will appear to your eye as too warm. Give your eyes time to adjust. Watch on ?normal? for a few hours, and then ?cool? will seem incredibly blue.

Backlight
This is an LCD-specific control ??plasma TVs don?t have backlights.?Think of the backlight setting as a volume control for the image. Turn it up, and the entire picture (bright whites and dark blacks alike) get brighter. Turn it down, and everything gets darker.?

If you leave this turned all the way up, not only are you wasting energy, but at night your TV can be hard to watch. Modern LCDs are extremely bright, and watching such a small bright object in a dark room can create severe eye fatigue.

For critical viewing, or watching at night, the idea is to get the best black levels, while still creating a watchable image. Once you set contrast and brightness correctly, turn the backlight control all the way down. This will likely be too dark for most viewing. Turn it up to the point where it looks the best. Often, at night, this could be as low as 20 percent, depending on the TV.?During the day, you can?set this as high as you want.

Interestingly, no setup disc offers instructions on how to set this control.?Read more on this in our?buyer-beware article on TV backlights.

For more on what your HDTV?s controls do, read our?Guide to HDTV Settings.

You can catch up with?Geoff Morrison on Twitter at?@TechWriterGeoff. His novel, "Undersea," is now in paperback.

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Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/gadgetbox/how-set-your-new-hdtv-1C7657756

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the feminist librarian: in praise of pen-friends [a year-end post]

As the year 2012 draws to a close, I've found myself thinking about the value of my long-distance friendships.

Such relationships have been a fixture of my life, beginning when I initiated my first "pen pal" correspondence at the age of three.*?This was in 1984 and while computers were a thing in the world, Internet access for the commonfolk was not. (Actual paper and writing implements were used, and my personal papers will hopefully make some future historians weep with joy in that several major life relationships are documented almost entirely in analog.)

This year has seen the deepening of some long-distance relationships I've developed through blogging, and the initiation of a few more, and thus I'm prompted to once again give thanks for these friends with whom I experience mutual support and intellectual stimulation -- despite the fact that we rarely (in some cases have never yet) meet face to face.

I'm a person with limited in-person social energy -- at the end of the workday I generally want to come home to my wife and my two cats and curl up on the couch with a book, a cup of hot cocoa, my laptop, my handwork, whatever, and just be.

We get home around six and retire to bed around nine. Weekends are for chores, recuperation and for being together as a family. There's not a lot of time for social activity in our lives right now -- it was a major achievement this fall that we managed to see two of our friends on Thanksgiving, and finally have breakfast with a friend and mentor with which we'd been trying to schedule a date for three months.

But conversation doesn't take it out of me the way getting together in person does. So email conversations are a brilliant way for me to bridge the gap between my limited energy for social interactions and my boundless energy for relational connection, for intellectual and emotional engagement and?sustenance.

Sometimes, these relationships have been long-distance by necessity: I was politically and culturally isolated in my conservative hometown and finding kindred spirits genuinely took a lot of patience and a search without geographical boundaries. Yes, I had (still have) a handful of friends who happened to live in geographical proximity -- but that was the exception rather than the rule.

And while we generally privilege those next-door-neighbor relationships in our culture over long-distance/virtual ones, I've often found those long-distance connections just as (and at times more) meaningful than the "people in my neighborhood" ones.

So thank you, Elise and Joseph and Molly and Anne and Stephanie and Fannie?for your willingness to put energy into creating and sustaining a friendship with me across the miles and time zones. It takes mindfulness to be present with a person when they are not there before you in your day-to-day life of hectic, well, living, and I'm grateful that all of you have, over the years, been willing to commit to connecting with me.

I look forward to years of friendship to come.

*to be fair, at three years old my fellow correspondent and I mostly exchanged drawings and dictated random text to our parents to forward on. But that relationship developed into a sustaining friendship that lasted well into my teens, and we remain in occasional contact today.

Source: http://annajcook.blogspot.com/2012/12/in-praise-of-pen-friends-year-end-post.html

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5 Ways to Improve the Reputation of Your Business Online by joeLL ...

Any business that wants to thrive in today?s world must have a vibrant online presence. It all starts with a quality website, but it surely doesn?t end there. You?ve got to be active on quality social networking sites, you?ve got to have products that translate to apps and mobile platforms and you must have positive visibility on sites like Yelp. You can hire programmers, IT experts and a social media team to do all of that work, but you cannot control your customers. And many entrepreneurs have made the mistake of underestimating how just a few negative reviews online can impact their business. The fact of the matter is that people pay more attention to the recommendations of friends and associates than they ever do to traditional advertising. Facebook and Twitter are tools of discovery, and if you have a negative reputation online you could find yourself closing up shop before long. Here are five ways to avoid that fate by improving the reputation of your business online.

First and foremost, you?ve got to be honest. You may think that a bit of spin and passing the buck will put a band-aid on things. But if it doesn?t pass the sniff test it will actually make things worse. It?s too easy for people to dig up dirt or uncover the truth online, and apologies that aren?t honest or information that is inaccurate will always come back to bite you later. Your best bet is to admit a mistake was made, and do whatever is necessary to remedy things. People aren?t looking for perfection, just accountability. If you step forward in an honest way you may actually win over some new customers.

It?s also important to be transparent. Today?s marketplace is all about building trust. There are hundreds of companies out there competing with you, and they could take your customers even with an inferior product. People want to deal with individuals, with folks they have some sort of actual relationship with. You can?t be everyone?s friend, but you can be open and transparent about your business practices. Don?t ever hide costs, underplay fees or promise results you cannot deliver. It?s much better to manage your customers? expectations and respect their intelligence.

You should also attempt to run a responsible business. Since the internet has truly joined the world into one international community people are much more aware of how their decisions impact others. Environmental sustainability has become a core aspect of many people?s decision-making around purchases. Today?s consumers obviously want a good deal, but they also don?t want to support companies that exploit third world workers, bend laws to maximize profits or harm the environment through their actions. And if you run a socially responsible company, make sure you tell people about your efforts. You will find fans this way, and consumers will even be willing to accept slower delivery and slightly higher prices if they know they are supporting a positive company.

Don?t forget to also be consistent with your message. Promoting your business online is an every day activity. Once you get started down one strategic path you must maintain it, or risk losing whatever momentum you built. People will begin to rely on your communications, and they will be seen as more authentic if you keep up a consistent pace and delivery.

Finally, make sure your social media work is not a one-way street. You?ve got to engage in the community. That comes not only from offering up value, but also answering questions and interacting as often as you can. For example, some people may have strong options about?physician reputation management best practices. They will respond to your posts, and you should use that as an opportunity to start a conversation. The more you show a true connection and care for your audience, the more loyal they will be.

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Vocre for Android Translates Your Speech into Another Language in Almost Real Time

Android: We discussed Vocre when it launched for the iPhone last year. Now, the app has also landed on Android with more features, like a tabletop mode that translates and displays what you're saying and what the person you're speaking to is saying so you both can read, and a slimmer price tag.

Vocre has always been a great translation tool, but the launch of the Android app brings 39 different languages with it, and the ability to translate into them much faster than in previous versions of the iPhone app. The new "desktop" conversation mode is the real draw here though: put the phone on the table, select your language and the language of the person you're speaking with, start talking. The app will translate what each of you you say into the other's native language and display it on the phone's screen so you both can read it. Check out the video above to see what we mean, but it's really cool in action.

Vocre now has a set $2.99 price at Google Play, and no longer forces you to pay per-translation like the old version of the app did. Some astute commenters and reviewers note that some of the languages aren't perfect?for example languages with highly gendered syntax may only reflect one gender (for example, Arabic is currently male-only) but the developers are constantly improving Vocre, and it's a great investment if you're planning a trip.

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Both SKorean presidential hopefuls promise change

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? The liberal son of North Korean refugees faces the conservative daughter of a late dictator in South Korea's presidential election Wednesday. For all their differences, they hold similar views on the need to engage with Pyongyang and other issues.

One big reason: Voters are deeply dissatisfied with current President Lee Myung-bak, including with his hardline stance on the country's authoritarian rival to the north. Park Geun-hye, who belongs to Lee's party, has had to tack to the center in her bid to become South Korea's first woman president.

Polls showed Park and Moon Jae-in in a dead heat ahead of elections to lead Asia's fourth-largest economy and an important U.S. security bulwark in the region.

There's deepening worry about the economy and disgust over the alleged involvement of aides close to Lee in corruption scandals.

Many voters blame Lee's hardline views for encouraging North Korea to conduct nuclear and missile tests ? including Pyongyang's rocket launch last week. Some also say the chill in North-South relations led to two attacks blamed on Pyongyang that killed 50 South Koreans in 2010.

The effort to create distance with Lee has been difficult for Park, whose popularity rests on a staunchly conservative, anti-North Korea base.

Both candidates propose pulling back from Lee's insistence that engagement with North Korea be linked to so-far-nonexistent nuclear disarmament progress by Pyongyang. Park, however, insists on more conditions than Moon, who wants to restore large-scale government aid.

Moon is a former chief of staff to Lee's predecessor, late President Roh Moo-hyun, who championed the so-called "sunshine policy" of no-strings-attached aid for Pyongyang.

Moon said on the eve of the election that he envisions a "politics that integrates all people. Politics that does not divide."

He wants an early summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Park has also held out the possibility of such a meeting, but only if it's "an honest dialogue on issues of mutual concern."

Whoever wins the presidential Blue House will set the initial tone for new North Korea policy not just in Seoul but in Washington, Beijing and Tokyo. All those governments have recently undergone an election, a change of leadership or both, and they have been waiting for a new South Korean leader before making any big decisions on North Korea policy.

A Moon election could lead to friction with Washington if new engagement with Pyongyang comes without any of the reciprocal nuclear disarmament progress that Washington demands from the North.

Moon and Park also agree on the need to fight widespread government corruption, strengthen social welfare, help small companies, close growing gaps between rich and poor, ease heavy household debt and rein in big corporations that have grown so powerful they threaten to eclipse national laws. They differ mainly in how far they want to go.

Moon wants to drastically expand welfare, while Park seeks more cautious improvement in the system, out of concern that expanding too much could hurt the economy, according to Chung Jin-young, a political scientist at Kyung Hee University in South Korea.

Both candidates also have promised to strengthen the traditional alliance with the United States while boosting economic ties with booming China.

Park is aiming to make history as the first female leader in South Korea ? and modern Northeast Asia. But she also works under the shadow of her father, Park Chung-hee, who imposed his will on South Korea as dictator for 18 years until his intelligence chief killed him during a drinking party in 1979.

"I will become a president of the people's livelihoods, who thinks only about the people," Park was quoted Tuesday by the Yonhap news agency. "I will restore the broken middle class."

Park's father is both an asset and a soft spot. Many older South Koreans revere his strict economic policies and tough line against North Korea. But he's also loathed for his odious treatment of opponents, including claims of torture and snap executions.

"Nostalgia for Park Chung-hee still runs deep in our society, particularly in the older generation," Chung said.

A Park win would mean that South Korean voters believe she would evoke her father's strong charisma as president and settle the country's economic and security woes, Chung said.

Moon, on the other hand, was a young opponent of Park Chung-hee. Before working for Roh, whom Lee replaced in 2008, Moon was a human rights lawyer. He also spent time in jail for challenging the government of Park.

Moon's parents lived in the North Korean port city of Hungnam before fleeing to South Korea aboard a U.S. military ship in December 1950, six months after the Korean War broke out. They were among an estimated 100,000 North Korean refugees transported by the United States from Hungnam to South Korea in daring evacuation operations that month.

Moon's parents lived in an interim shelter on South Korea's southeastern Geoje Island and later moved to a nearby village where Moon was born in 1953. Moon's father, a former agriculture official at Hungnam city hall, did manual labor at the camp while his mother peddled eggs.

A Moon win would be a clear judgment against the Lee government, said Hahm Sung Deuk, a political scientist at Korea University in Seoul. Moon's appeal is that he "appears to be nice, honest and clean."

With South Korea's economy facing a 2 to 3 percent annual growth rate for this year and the next, the presidential candidates have focused on welfare and equality and fairness issues. Neither, however, has matched Lee's campaign promise to boost South Korea's economy by an ambitious 7 percent growth annually, apparently aware of the global economic challenges that beset the country's export-driven economy.

Economic worries may be the focus of many voters, but North Korea has forced itself as an issue in the closing days of campaigning with its rocket launch last week, which the United States and others call a cover for a banned test of technology that could power a missile to the U.S. mainland. North Korea says it sought only to put a peaceful satellite into orbit.

The launch won't be a major election influence, but it will consolidate conservative votes in favor of Park, said Hahm. He said the launch will remind South Korean voters that "the North Koreans are unpredictable and belligerent."

The rocket launch could make it harder to quickly mend relations with North Korea, especially if Park wins.

"She has a firm stance on national security, but she has few ideas on how to establish a peace regime and lacks the determination to do so," said Cheong Seong-chang, a North Korea analyst at the private Sejong Institute in South Korea. "If Park becomes president, South-North relations would get better, but a big improvement in ties would be difficult."

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AP writer Youkyung Lee contributed to this story.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/both-skorean-presidential-hopefuls-promise-change-123527627.html

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Hatch seeks to re-invent the digital pet for the iPhone age

Digital pets are nothing new. Tamagotchi were a craze in the 2-bit, low-res days. Yet, back then, they were hindered by technology that was insufficient to fully realize the visions of their creators or the imagination of their users. Flash forward to 2012 and Impending, in collaboration with RealMac, aim to make the genre what it was always meant to be -- with Hatch.

If those names sound familiar, it's because they're the folks behind Clear, the delightfully simple, gesture-based task management app for the iPhone and Mac. Impending's Phill Ryu has long spoken about the potential for apps like this on modern platforms like iOS, and it's fantastic to see he's really going for it. With RealMac, and the talent of people like David Lanham from the Iconfactory behind him, it's got all the pieces in place to make just exactly what the tag line promises:

An app that loves you back.

Hatch won't ship until next year, but the video teaser above shows wonderful animation, engaging interactions (including tying into the built-in background music system), and a smart focus on building the app-to-user connection.

Digital devices have become emotional possessions. Pet apps have been tried before, and have worked before, but the connection has deepened with the capabilities of our devices. They know time, they know location, they know us.

It'll be interesting to see how much of that Hatch captures at launch, and how much of us the little creatures capture over time.

Head on over to the website below for an extra sneak-peak, and a way to started with the fun.

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Discovery Cancels ?American Guns? After Newtown Tragedy

Discovery Cancels “American Guns” After Newtown Tragedy

Fans of the popular Discovery show “American Guns” are pissed after learning the reality series has been given the axe. A rep for the show confirms the cancellation, which apparently was brought on by the recent shootings at a Connecticut elementary school. The program’s rep said, “American Guns concluded earlier this year. Discovery Channel chose ...

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A new update was posted today with some interesting new capability including a rewrite of the Places Workspace with a new hierarchical view. It works well. I like the new lifespan view in the index.

If you have your FTM set to automatically detect updates, it should see it and offer to update your program. Or go to help>Check for Updates.

The new build version is 21.00.704

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Lord Smith backs UK green growth

17 September 2012 Last updated at 09:28 ET By Mark Kinver Environment reporter, BBC News

The Environment Agency's chairman has used a visit to Europe's largest soft drinks plant to promote the business merits of green growth.

Lord Smith said greening business behaviour was one of the "unsung successes" of environmental regulation.

Progress made by the food and drink sector is one of the areas that the agency is promoting to show how green growth is helping the UK economy.

Lord Smith was visiting Coca-Cola's facility in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.

"What we are doing over the course of this month is to highlight good environment practice in a whole range of different businesses across the country," Lord Smith said.

"One of the unsung successes of environmental regulation over the past 20 years is a steady progress in achieving better environmental performance from businesses of all kinds."

He told BBC News: "This is not just good for the environment, but it is good business sense as well because - very often - reducing waste, energy use and the amount of water used makes financial sense."

Food for thought

The food and drink sector is the nation's largest manufacturing industry, with an estimated annual turnover of ?73bn, employing more than 15% of the UK's workforce.

But it's size also means it has a sizeable environmental impact.

It accounts for about 5% of all industrial water use, and carbon accounts show that as a result of operations, 2.5m tonnes of carbon were released into the atmosphere and produced 3m tonnes of waste.

The Environment Agency said the sector was "generally compliant", with more than 80% of audited businesses being rated as "A&B" - meaning the vast majority were considered "good performers".

"This is a very intensive, waste producing, water guzzling sector," explained Lord Smith.

"Having said that, a large number of companies within the sector have been making huge progress in improving their performance.

"There is good progress but because it is such an impactful industry, there is scope to improve."

The site chosen for Lord Smith's visit, which employs 520 people and covers an area the size of 33 football pitches, has cut its energy consumption by 16.5% since 2006 and was the first plant in the global food and drink sector to achieve ISO 50001 - an international standard for energy management.

The facility, capable of producing 6,000 cans and 3,200 bottles of soft drink every minute, has also cut its water use and has not sent waste to landfill since 2009.

Ian Johnson, director of Supply Chain Operations at the Coca-Cola's Wakefield plant, said: "Our company philosophy is to continue to grow more while using less.

"A great deal of consideration is given to the environmental footprint of our products," he observed.

"We also recognise that water is a precious resource, and work towards greater efficiency throughout our operations with our 'reduce, recycle and replenish' policy."

'Economic sense'

Lord Smith acknowledged that it was easier for major multinational firms "with deep pockets" to invest in improving environmental performance that it was for many smaller businesses.

"However, the case I would make for many small and medium sized enterprises is that doing the wise thing environmentally is also, in many cases, doing the wise thing financially," he said.

"Reducing your energy use will save money; reducing waste and sending less to landfill, thinking about how you can recycle and reuse - all of that makes economic sense."

He also said that companies were also obliged to abide regulatory requirements.

He warned: "Where there is bad and environmental damaging practise, we will come down hard on the villains. We will intervene as is our duty."

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Multi-talented Filmmaker Shannon Lanier, CEO of DARK RONIN Films

?CHINA WHITE?, New Suspense Thriller from DARK RONIN Films, Is Scheduled for November 2012 Production in New Jersey

Shannon Lanier of Dark Ronin Films Shannon C. Lanier, Founder and Executive Producer of DARK RONIN Films, revealed that the company?s new suspense thriller, ?China White,? will begin production in November 2012, with an anticipated release date of early 2013.? Lanier discussed ?China White,? his philosophy of film making, his other film successes and his future plans for a segment of ?Eye on Entertainment? hosted by Dawna Lee Heising.? Lanier told Heising that prize-winning director Todd E. Braley is not only set to direct ?China White,? which begins filming in New Jersey in November, 2012, but that Braley also wrote the story? and co-wrote the screenplay with Cassandra Bryson.

About DARK RONIN?s current project ?November Lies,? which is wrapping production this fall, Lanier said that he characterizes the film? as a ?personal story, but a very relatable one.?? He noted that the story is one that needed to be told, saying he hoped that the audience would come away from the film with a ?new approach to life and a better understandings of themselves.?? Lanier proudly mentioned that ?November Lies,? though not being released until 2013, has already garnered much critical praise not only in the United States and Canada, but overseas as well. Discussing the film, he said that while he had read numerous scripts, he wanted to do a work of his own ?? believing that if you write about something you know, you can create something truly ?real, organic, and powerful.?? So, he said, he sat down and took events from his own life, combined them with countless hours of research and created ?November Lies,? the first feature film produced under the DARK RONIN Films label.

Lanier additionally revealed details about other upcoming DARK RONIN production, ?The Battle of Ripcord.? The film, he said, is set in Vietnam and centers on an actual battle that has all but been forgotten.? In fact, he notes that he is using actual soldiers involved in the battle as advisors on the film.? Discussing his philosophy of film making, Lanier noted that early on he realized that the key to making a successful mark in the film industry is not to limit himself to just one side of the camera and not just to big budget productions. Commensurately,? he said he had been attached to over 35 projects in the past two years alone -- from big budget films to low budget works and independent productions.? Lanier mentioned that? his resume also includes theater and film acting, producing, directing, a black belt in Karate and a venture into the music industry.? ?Becoming versatile and learning every aspect of filmmaking,? he noted,? ?has opened up more possibilities than he could have imagined.?

About DARK RONIN Films
Shannon C. Lanier is the Founder & Executive Producer of DARK RONIN Films, a studio that creates original film productions.? DARK RONIN Films believes in ?making films that matter and that make a difference.?? DARK RONIN film projects currently in development include:? CHINA WHITE, REMINISCE, HOUSE OF ADELYN, THE BATTLE OF RIPCORD, AND WE WAIT, SU CASA, BUFFALO, THE RIGHT, THE BATTLE OF RIPCORD, AND WE WAIT, NEW HOPE and POLITICO.? For more information on DARK RONIN Films go to:? info@darkroninfilms.com.?? Producer Suzanne Breitenbach runs the West Coast office of DARK RONIN Films and can be reached at:?? suzanne@darkroninfilms.com.? The International office is based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and is run by producer Christine Berry.? Berry can be reached at:? Christine@darkroninfilms.com

About Eye on Entertainment
"Eye on Entertainment", a division of Eye on Excellence? Productions, is broadcast weekly on Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, Comcast and Verizon across the nation. ?The EOE team covers entertainment events, film festivals, red carpets, award shows and filmmakers, with special emphasis on the Indie film industry.? Dawna Lee Heising, EOE executive producer and host, is a member of SAG-AFTRA, has a B.S. and MBA from Pepperdine University and was Ms. World 2008. ?The EOE team includes producer Jerry Moore, director & cinematographer John Cox, editor Renah Wolzinger, graphic designer Mark Schrimmer, composer Richard Myles, guest host Stan Goodrich and talent manager Matt Chassin. Visit:?www.eyeonexcellence.tv?and www.imdb.me/dawnaleeheising

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Federal Reserve?takes path of least resistance

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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks at a press conference Wednesday.

By Roland Jones

Rather than doing nothing, the Federal Reserve decided Wednesday to do as little as it possibly could.

The Fed?s decision to extend its ?Operation Twist? economic stimulus program represents the path of least resistance for a central bank contemplating a raft of economic troubles, including a financial crisis in Europe and a weakening U.S. economy, analysts say.

At the conclusion of its two-day policy meeting, the Fed said it will prolong the program until the end of the year. The $400 billion program was launched last fall and was due to expire later this month. The extension adds another $267 billion, according to the Fed.

At a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said that there has been a great deal of new developments since the Fed?s last meeting in April and that a lot of the incoming data were ?disappointing.? He added that while the step the Fed has taken is substantive, further quantitative easing is still on the table, if needed.

When pressed by reporters why the Fed hadn?t done more to stimulate the economy, particularly in light of the Fed?s reduction of its growth outlook Wednesday, Bernanke said additional asset purchases ?would be something we would consider if we need to take further steps to help the economy.?

Many analysts had expected the Fed to announce something to signal to the markets that it is willing to provide further support to the economy. In its policy statement the Fed didn't adjust interest rates, but said that growth in employment has slowed recently and unemployment remains elevated.

The ?Operation Twist? program adjusts the composition of the government bonds held by the Fed by swapping short-term assets for longer-term assets. The idea is to push down long-term interest rates, making it easier for businesses and consumers to get credit, supporting the recovery.

Operation Twist is likely to have a limited impact on the economy at this point, analysts say.?The Fed had been painted into a corner last week, however,?when the stock market rallied strongly on the expectation that central banks around the world would provide more stimulus in the event of a Greek exit from the eurozone following a crucial election last weekend.

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?This is the minimum the market would accept,? said J.J. Kinahan, TD Ameritrade?s chief derivatives strategist. He said the Greek election, which eased fears of an imminent financial disaster in the eurozone by handing?victory to a party that supports Greece staying in the currency union, meant the Fed didn?t have to do anything more radical to boost the economy.

?They had to do something, and by extending Operation Twist they?ve given the markets confidence that they are ever watchful,? he said. ?They maintained the status quo in a way that the market would be comfortable with.?

?And to their credit they kept their power dry,? he continued. ?It?s not like this Greek election has solved the problems in Europe. They kept themselves in a position of reacting in case of worse news from Spain or Italy.?

Recent reports, including two straight months of weak job growth, suggest?economic growth is slowing again after a tepid recovery. The Fed reiterated its plan Wednesday to hold down rates until late 2014 to sustain the recovery, and in?testimony earlier this month Bernanke said the Fed is ready to act if needed.

Others had hoped for something stronger from the Fed, such as another massive bond-buying program known as ?quantitative easing,? or QE, in which the Fed essentially?prints?money to buy long-term mortgage or Treasury bonds.

That would be?controversial?because past efforts have had a?questionable success rate, and it brings with it the risk of inflation down the road because it increases the money supply. Also, economists say the Fed is likely to want to keep something in its arsenal in case the?economic outlook worsens?over the summer.

The Fed is likely to want to hold some of its arsenal in reserve. Earlier this month, Bernanke told Congress it must take decisive steps to repair U.S. policies on taxes and government spending, noting that tax increases and government spending cuts that are supposed to start in 2013 -- also known as the ?fiscal cliff? -- could push America into recession if they are not addressed.

?It?s still a bit early, but as we move forward in the year we do anticipate seeing some effects,? Bernanke told reporters Wednesday. The effects will hurt employment in many localities and states and affect the pace of growth in the overall economy, leading to slower economic growth, he added.

The ongoing financial crisis in Europe is another potential problem for the U.S. economy, Bernanke said.

?We are hoping that European policymakers will take the additional steps they need to take to stabilize the situation but we are prepared in case things get worse to protect the U.S. economy and the U.S. financial system,? he said.

With major events in Europe looming, including a European Union summit in late June and a meeting of the European Central Bank in early July, the Fed is likely to want to keep something up its sleeve, said former Fed governor Larry Meyer.

?If things get really bad, then I believe we will see coordinated central bank action, and I think the Fed wants to be able to do as much as possible, consistent with what other central banks are doing,? Meyer said.

Peter Fisher, head of investment manager BlackRock?s global fixed income portfolio worth $1.2 trillion, said it would have been better for the Fed to hold fire Wednesday.

?I don?t think either twist or balance sheet expansion has much more room to be effective here,? he told CNBC. ?If they keep taking long-term treasuries out of the market, they?re denying the banking system the best collateral in the banking system, and that doesn?t provide credit.?

?Monetary policy works though changing our expectations, so they?ve got o shock us; do something we don?t expect,? he said.

Randall Kroszner, a professor at The University of Chicago?s Booth School of Business and a former Fed governor, told CNBC that the Operation Twist asset-purchase program is likely to have a limited impact on the economy, and particularly on housing -- the biggest drag on the recovery.

?I think the Fed has done almost all it possibly can do,? Kroszner said. ?It really has to be other polices that try to get the housing market moving.?

In a statement Wednesday, the Fed shaved its forecast for economic growth in 2012, projecting that the economy would grow at a range of 1.9 percent to 2.4 percent, down from an April projection of 2.4 percent to 2.9 percent. It also cut forecasts for 2013 and 2014.

As for unemployment, the Fed said it now expects the jobless rate to stick around 8 percent for the rest of this year.

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Knowing what to do in time of adversity is the first step towards victory in life's battles. The Bible informs us that it's not the beginning of something that really matters but how it ends. In essence, the conclusion should be drawn . Many people start well yet can't finish well. Such experience and examples are around us every day. Life is a journey and every Christian and non-Christian takes this journey. The final earthly destination is death (the grave).

The road you travel on, how you travel, and with whom you travel will determine your position . The critical elements of the journey of faith are (A) Knowledge - of the will of God and the devices of the devil against you (B) Understanding - having proper perspective of the challenges that confront you each day (C) Patience - the grace to carry on in the face of success or failures and (D) Steadfastness - remaining calm and settled with your focus set .

The scripture reminds us that there's a great cloud of witnesses around us each passing day. I see this great cloud as humans, angels, circumstances and demons. All these have impact on our finish line. Over the years many have started out well, living for the Lord but unfortunately they have fallen away never to come back. We must know that how we begin can impact the end but in reality, it never justifies the end. See Hebrews 12:1-3.

To finish well, we must stay the course and travel light with no undue burdens. Here are three keys that can make you a champion .

1) You must be totally focused on running the race.

You can't achieve success unless you can see it from where you are. It's written, "Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God" (Hebrews 12:2, KJV). Jesus knows our end from our beginning. Therefore, it's of a necessity that our hope and trust be placed in him.

We've so much going on in our future if we can see the finish line and forget about yesterdays' "could nots, would nots, can nots and do nots." Focus on finishing well, on your healing, on your deliverance, and on your success with God's help. The spirit of winning is ignited when we can see ourselves .

2) Let Jesus Christ be your example.

As much as we can, be a blessing and benefit to one another, it's absolutely necessary that our trust be on the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus said, "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you" (John 15:7, KJV). Philippians 4:13 tells us that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.

The things behind us have taken their course and effect already. How we see and handle them now is consequential . You can draw strength and hope in Christ or you can wallow in your defeat, set-backs, and unfortunate past. The choice is yours.

3) Guard your thoughts.

If you ever thought of winning, you must begin to think and act like a winner. When you walk in victory in your thought life, you'll be victorious in your daily life. As I said in my book, "My Mind, Lord," your thoughts go before your actions. The seeds of thoughts you sow will produce its kind.

We're born again for victory not defeat. Our various trials have many solutions if we're living for Christ. "Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all"(Psalms 34:19).

Set your eyes and he that has gone before you will grant you the grace and the desires of your heart. For more uplifting articles follow the link below.

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A Review of the Foremost Personal Finance Software

May 27, 2012 Posted

You do not require to be dealing on forex working with one of those places: read more in order to require financial application to put all the things in place. If you?re striving to figure out which personal finance software are the most excellent, there are actually multiple answers for that question. What you really need is to figure out which programs are ideal for you, originated from your present needs and state of affairs. Before you buy any software, it?s a wise idea to meticulously check out the elements and examine the customer analyses to determine if it has any protests against it. To aid you in comprehending this software, we?ll be reviewing some of the more trendy programs and their characteristics.

A lot of these programs will offer a "free trial" so you can try before you buy. If this is your first time attempting a new software you definitely want to consider the free trial period to ensure you really like the program you are considering.

You?ll have limited access to features during the trial period but you?ll be able to tell if it?s the right program for you with the features you can access. In this free period you will be able to discern whether or not the basic setup and ease of use are right for you. It?s important to look for this free trial offer if the program is something you aren?t sure about purchasing. Personal Assistant Premium is not a computer program but a mobile app that works with iPhones and iPod Touch. This is a rather robust app that makes it possible for you to monitor every one of your financial transactions, for example credit cards, investment portfolios, bank accounts, bills and more. For an application that is sold at $6.99, it offers you quite a bit of information. In addition there is a free version, although it is not advised if you are managing financial information that you want to keep guarded. The version that costs money presents you with a password to maintain your privacy, while the free version does not. If you?re unable to find your phone, the account can be disabled for the interim in order to guard your security.

Intuit, which is famous for creating the Quicken software, also offers a free personal finance software called Mint. Mint is an online based application, and is fairly easy to use. This is a program you can use from any internet ready device, whether a computer, iPhone or iPod Touch. You can see your various expenses, accounts and bills using this software, and it even helps you plan your investing. If you use Mint, you?ll have to be willing to look at some advertising in exchange for using this free service. Mint is also limited to U.S. based financial institutions in its operations, so it?s not an international platform. With Mint, you get easy access to financial software for free, so it?s helpful for many people. Personal finance software come in a variety of forms, from software you download, to online services to phone apps. Bunches of these programs are rather authoritative and valuable if you spend the time acquiring knowledge of all their elements. The programs we?ve reviewed in this article are ones you might find practical, nevertheless you should review many of them to figure out which one has all the things you need. Personal finance software can help you understand your finances better, and this can put you at ease.

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Kelly Preston: "Nobody Should Have to Lose a Child"

Kelly Preston survived the unthinkable. In January 2009, the actress and her husband John Travolta faced the death of their 16-year-old son Jett while vacationing in the Bahamas together.

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Murray celebrates birthday the hard way

Britain's world number four Andy Murray celebrated his 25th birthday here on Tuesday with a hard fought 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 victory over veteran Argentinian David Nalbandian to reach the third round of the Rome Masters.

The day session match which ended well into the intended start of night play for top-seeded holder Novak Djokovic, was a struggle for survival on the clay between the pair, with Murray recovering from a break down in the third.

Murray, seeded four and a semi-finalist here last year, frequently hung his head to catch his breath after monster points and could be seen gripping at his lower back at the end of rallies.

It took 2 hrs, 37 min for the Scot to prevail, managing 29 winners and converting eight of his 18 break point chances - and he barely looked as if he had the energy to eat a slice of the birthday cake that was brought onto court.

The match was the first for the pair on clay and left 2004 finalist Nalbandian disappointed after Murray edged a torrid final set to advance on his first match point.

Murray, who stands 5-2 in their head to head series, won his first match since losing in the quarter-finals in Barcelona to Milos Raonic and then skipping last week's Madrid event with back pain.

"I'm very happy to win, considering how the last few weeks have gone," said Murray.

"When you haven't hit that much, it's not so comfortable. Hopefully I can go on from here."

Djokovic didn't seem at all disturbed by the delay and breezed through to the third round with a 6-3, 6-3 masterclass dished out to young Australian Bernard Tomic.

Madrid champion Roger Federer will take to the court on Wednesday to open against Argentine Carlos Berlocq.

The world number two had been unsure of his physical status and had waited until the last minute to decide if he could compete this week with only days to go before the French Open gets underway on May 27.

Rome is one of the few big events the Swiss has not won after losing two finals.

In other second-round matches, Spaniard David Ferrer, the sixth seed beat Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) while Spanish veteran Juan Carlos Ferrero upset 13th seeded Frenchman Gael Monfils 7-5, 6-3.

In the first round, tenth seed Juan Martin del Potro overcame French doubles specialist Michael Llodra 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 while the latter's compatriot Gilles Simon and 11th seed beat American Donald Young 6-2, 7-5.

Juan Monaco, the Argentine 14th seed, won as did 16th-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet, who beat Jurgen Melzer 6-1, 7-6 (8/6).

Past and present Wimbledon champions Maria Sharapova and Czech Petra Kvitova reached the third round with straight sets victories, though the Russian second seed was made to work hard.

Defending Rome champion Sharapova, who won her Wimbledon title aged 17 in 2004, needed nearly two and a quarter hours to get past 36th-ranked American Christina McHale 7-5, 7-5.

Kvitova, the fourth seed, accounted for Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-5, 6-4 in sunny, breezy conditions.

In the first round, two seeds went out as Sorana Cirstea of Romania upset former number one, 2007-2008 winner and 15th seed Jelena Jankovic 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7/4).

Italy's Flavia Pennetta, whose 2006 quarter-final was her best showing at home, beat Russian 16th seed Maria Kirilenko 6-1, 7-6 (7/2).

Serena Williams, winner in Madrid, started with a defeat of Galina Voskoboeva 6-2, 6-3.

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Ohio Governor signs law to repeal voting law changes

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