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Pablo Picasso famously once said that art is the lie that tells the truth. It is up to us as the viewers of that art – the painting in a museum, the film on screen, the music on our iPods – to discern whether or not the work speaks to us with veracity or rings false. That is why each person can look at a work like Pica... |
In American Sniper we do not get Eastwood banging the drum of war – far from it. I know the film has been compared to Hurt Locker, and those who saw that film believed it was anti-war and many think American Sniper is pro-war, but it is not. Eastwood goes to great pains to depict the baggage that Kyle carries, the way ... |
The love story in the film helps to make Kyle a deeper and richer character. |
The best parts of the film for me are when Kyle comes home to Taya and then later to his children. We get to see his love for them, but his allegiance to the purpose of his mission is never far from his thoughts. This film does not promote war; rather, it rings the bell that tolls for all soldiers who live on borrowed ... |
The debate will always rage on regarding films such as American Sniper. In my mind most so-called “war films” are anti-war by the very nature of what is depicted. Films as diverse as Full Metal Jacket, The Red Badge of Courage, and All Quiet on the Western Front tell the horror of war from different perspectives, but a... |
American Sniper is a deftly crafted film that shows the journey of its protagonist during the difficult days of the Iraq War and on the home front where little is understood about what soldiers are going through over there. Miller’s Taya Kyle is our qualifier, with her reactions to her husband’s ever changing dispositi... |
The debate will no doubt never end regarding art and truth, with the line between fiction and reality tattered by those who cannot or will not allow one to exist distinctly divorced form the other. This may not have been the exact story of the real Chris Kyle as some have argued, but it is the tale of the Kyle that Eas... |
Cooper’s nuanced and emotional portrayal of Chris Kyle rightly earned him a nomination for the Best Actor Oscar. Perhaps the only thing keeping him from winning it are those who don’t think that art is a lie telling the truth and rather see this film as an art that tells a false story. That’s not only an unfortunate at... |
Clint Eastwood directs this drama then thriller 'The 15:17 to Paris' based on real life events where three friends who stopped a terrorist attack on an Amsterdam-Paris Thalys train in 2015. |
It doesn’t matter to me if the film depicts the exact truth or not. To me Chris Kyle is and will always be an American Hero. I hope this movie will bring to light what our soldiers past and present have dealt with as far as emotional scars as well as physical. PTSD is real and our soldiers come home from war needing he... |
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Andrew Tate is a fourth-generation unlimited hydroplane racer driver from Canton who is atop the American Power Boat Association points standings. |
Like the Earnhardts were to stock car racing and the Andrettis were to Indy cars, the name Tate has long been synonymous with power boat racing. |
"My father raced unlimited hydroplanes, so as a little kid I got to grow up in the pits and follow his career," said the 28-year-old Tate, a Canton native who now resides in Walled Lake. "It's something you always kind of imagined yourself doing and it's a childhood dream. But the reality of it as ever happening ... it... |
The 2007 Plymouth High grad has captured two of the first three races on the APBA schedule. He is coming off a win at the Columbia Cup in Tri-Cities, Wash., and would like nothing better than to make a splash when he returns home Aug. 24-26 for the Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers Hydrofest on the Detroit River. |
Going into the fourth race, Tate has racked up a sizable lead with 5,660 points, followed by his nearest competitor at only 3,577. |
"So far, we couldn't be happier with the U-9 Delta/Realtrac race boat," Tate said. "So far, it's gone really well. We really couldn't ask for anything better. We've won three out of the four races and we look forward to continuing that success and building momentum as we head towards Detroit and the Gold Cup." |
The Gold Cup in Detroit is the equivalent of Daytona and the Indy 500, for sure, as a fleet of eight H1 Unlimited teams, along with 10 boats from the Hydroplane Racing League, will compete. It's also the oldest active motor sports trophy, which was first contested in 1904 on the Hudson River in New York. |
"Detroit presents kind of a unique challenge, because at one end of the race course you have the biggest, essentially widest turn in the circuit and then, at the other end, you have the narrowest, sharpest turn in the circuit," said Tate, who started racing boats at age 9. "So that in itself presents a unique challenge... |
For Tate, there are other obstacles. |
"The river presents a challenge, because the depth of the river changes and there's a current there," he said. "As the depth changes, basically, there are shells in there. And as the current is pulled downriver, when it hits those shells, it changes the water level and creates, basically, speed bumps or potholes, which... |
Tate began racing H1 Unlimited hydroplanes in 2016, when as a rookie he earned his first winner-take-all final at the Albert Lee Appliance Cup in Seattle driving the U-9 Sound Propeller Service/Les Schwab Tire boat. |
And just three years into his young career, Tate claimed three race victories and one non-point exhibition race win. One of his wins came at the prestigious President’s Cup that he won in 2017 near his home in Walled Lake. |
Last season, Tate broke through, posting the two fastest qualifier poles, winning eight preliminary heats and taking two winner-take-all finals. But he fell just short in the overall points standings, settling for second place (by only 425 points). |
Andrew's grandfather Joe drove an H1 Unlimited hydroplane in 1996 and also a 7-litre powered hydroplane until he was 70, but never qualified as an H1 Unlimited driver. |
Mark Tate, now 69, drove from 1990 to 2004, securing 12 H1 Unlimited hydroplane victories including two APBA Gold Cups and four H1 Unlimited national championships. He and Andrew are one of only six other second-generation father-son combinations to race H1 Unlimited hydroplanes competitively. |
"Anytime I have a question or he seems to think I'm doing something wrong, he's always there to kind of guide me and point me in the right direction," Tate said of his father. "It's been a huge help in my career and the learning curve." |
Tate got his start on the water racing small wooden kneel-down outboard hydroplanes. He moved into the inboard hydroplane classes in 2006 and has racked up a total of 100 wins in various APBA hydroplane categories, including nine national titles. He was also inducted into the APBA’s Hall of Champions twice (2010 and 20... |
Tate, however, had another passion athletically as a youth. |
"It's funny, I grew up playing hockey," he said. "I started skating when I was 2. That was kind of my other love. Boat racing season was the summer and spring time and it was always ice hockey in the fall and winter. I had a semi-successful hockey career. I played for Little Caesars AAA Midget Major program out of Detr... |
During the off-season, Tate helps run the family business at Sun Coating Co., located in Plymouth. |
"The coating business that my grandfather started 60-odd years ago is definitely a big part of my life," Tate said. "Racing is something that we're all passionate about. (Joe) raced boats as well as my father (Mark) and my great-grandfather, so most things have been passed down through the generations and it's kind of ... |
The Jones Racing U-9 Les Schwab Tires H1 hydroplane that Tate drives features a Lycoming T-55/L-7 Turbine engine built by Ron Jones Jr. while, Mike Campbell, who served 12 years with the Miss Budweiser organization, serves as crew chief. The boat's home port is Kent, Wash. |
"Mike and Lori Jones are just great people that have been around the sport and my family since I've been around, so I've grown up with them and always had a good relationship," Tate said of the owners. "Their relationship with my family goes back three generations to my grandfather ... so they kind of kept tabs on my c... |
Creative visualization is a way to focus your thoughts and use your imagination to create positive changes in your life. You can focus on healing a health issue, learning a new skill or building self-confidence. Far from being simple daydreaming, research shows that creative visualization is surprisingly effective. |
Psychologists believe that your subconscious mind is built by your daily thoughts. And your subconscious is in charge of your behavior patterns, habits and feelings. So, if you regularly think negatively about the world, it’s likely your mood and behavior will reflect this. Whereas, if you regularly visualize the posit... |
Also, creative visualization works well even if you don’t consider yourself a “visual” person, because the process actually uses all your senses. It’s an easy technique that anyone can do. Read on to find out the proven benefits of creative visualization and how to use it in your life. |
Creative visualization has been shown to benefit many different areas of physical and mental health. Research has found that a single, 10-minute session of visualization can reduce blood pressure, lower blood glucose and cholesterol, and increase short-term immune cell activity. Visualization can also lessen headaches ... |
Visualization may also assist with weight loss. Visualizing yourself as thinner has been shown to improve your motivation to lose weight. Also, a Carnegie Mellon University study found that imagining every detail of food actually caused people to eat less. |
Another study showed how visualization can help to quit smoking. After attending four guided imagery sessions, participants were almost twice as likely to abstain from smoking as those who had no visualization. They also felt a greater readiness to quit and less anxiety about the process. |
Mounting research is showing that creative visualization can have a significant impact on physical function and motor skills. |
One review found that people were able to increase their muscle strength and performance by over 60 percent by using only visualization techniques. Other studies have found similar gains in sports and athletic performance, muscle fatigue reduction, physical recovery after injury and even learning fine motor skills. |
Interestingly, researchers have measured people’s physical responses during visualization sessions and found they have stronger brain activity, higher muscle excitation, greater nervous system activation, and increased blood pressure, heart rate, and respiration rate while doing nothing but visualizing. |
This demonstrates how thoughts can in fact trigger the same mental and physical responses as actions, which researchers suggest is a key factor behind the power of creative visualization. |
Visualization is an excellent way to relax and relieve stress. It’s also been shown to help reduce anxiety as well as musculoskeletal and other types of pain. |
Guided imagery is a particularly helpful technique for relaxation. During your visualization session, you would focus on a pleasant or relaxing scene rather than focusing on a practical goal. You can do this by yourself using the tips given below, or you can purchase recorded guided visualizations that are specifically... |
This helps to put your subconscious mind into a more receptive state. Quietly sit or lie down and take some deep breaths. Pay attention to relaxing all your muscle groups from your head to your toes. |
Gently start imagining your intended outcome. Imagine skiing with superb balance and agility, confidently asking your employer for a raise, or successfully beating a health issue. If you want to simply relax, perhaps imagine yourself in nature, feeling a gentle breeze across your skin and warm sun on your face. |
Research has shown that visualization is most effective when you imagine yourself actively involved in the situation rather than watching it. For example, if you want to learn how to rock climb, imagine being on a rock face and physically moving your feet and hands to grip the rock as you climb. Whereas, visualizing th... |
Take a moment to get in touch with how you would feel in your desired situation. How would it feel to ski like an expert, communicate with ease, or relax on a beach? Vividly imagine your emotions and the physical sensations involved in the experience. This has been shown to be a very important step in creative visualiz... |
In his famous book Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill claimed that without emotional involvement and belief behind your intentions, you will experience no desirable results. He went on to say not to be discouraged if this doesn’t happen right away. Effective visualization takes practice, and the more you do it, the mor... |
Once you’re finished your visualization, take a deep breath and move on with your day. Don’t start making plans or stressing about how to achieve your goal. Allow your subconscious mind time to process the best actions to move forward. Then keep an open mind about what steps to take next. Inspiration will most likely s... |
Try to make a habit of visualizing for about 10 to 15 minutes at least a couple times a week, or more often if possible. You can work on one goal at a time, or have a different topic for each visualization session. It may also be helpful to keep a notebook of your goals and periodically take note of your progress to se... |
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This rendering shows a possible development for the currently undeveloped 19-acre site at Dutton and Bald Mountain roads in Auburn Hills. The property was purchased by developer Cunningham Limp. |
Developer Cunningham-Limp Co. has purchased 19 acres of commercial property in Auburn Hills from Kensington Church. |
The Troy-based nondenominational church sold the property to the Farmington Hills-based developer after it was rezoned for industrial use, said Doug Fura, senior vice president of NAI Farbman, the Southfield-based real estate agency that brokered the deal. |
Sale price of the Auburn Hills lot was not disclosed. |
The property, at Dutton and Bald Mountain roads, is one of the largest parcels in the area zoned for research, technology and industry, Fura said. |
Kensington sold the property after sitting on it for about 10 years, Fura said. The church originally planned to build a new complex on the lot but abandoned the project when the recession hit, he said. It broke ground last month on a $14 million, 61,000-square-foot worship center in Clinton Township. |
Fura said rezoning of the property for industrial use facilitated the sale, as there is a shortage of industrial property in the area, with a vacancy rate of about 2.6 percent and less than that for land larger than 100,000 square feet. |
"There's so little product available. I've never seen the market this tight," said Fura, adding that he's been in the business for 35 years. |
The site can accommodate single or multiple buildings, from 85,000 to 200,000 square feet, he said. |
There have been a few proposals for the property, including a corporate headquarters and high tech facility, but nothing has been finalized, Fura said. |
The city of Auburn Hills is offering tax abatement — up to 50 percent off property tax for up to 8 years — as incentive to develop the property, a city spokeswoman confirmed. |
NAI Farbman will serve as a leasing agent. |
In the world of comic book movies, the key element that should separate James Wan's upcoming Aquaman from every other title in the genre will be the underwater setting. Given that the titular character is the King of Atlantis, we expect that most of the action will be taking place in the kingdom beneath the waves. Howe... |
I can tell you that not all of the action takes place underwater. Some of the most fun action in the movie actually takes place on dry land. |
While it certainly would have been cool to have a comic book movie that is entirely set underwater (maybe they can save that idea for a sequel?), this is probably good news for the film and the treatment of its titular character. While Aquaman's main domain is the sea, he is also a diplomat who has a very important rol... |
Given that it's not scheduled for release until the middle of summer in 2018, Aquaman is still very much in the early stages of development, but with production planned to start next year, we should start hearing a lot more updates about the project in the coming months. The series already has some key pieces in place,... |
In the meantime, how do you feel about the Aquaman splitting its time between the sea and land? Do you agree that it's the right choice, or would you have rather seen a story play out entirely underwater? Hit the comments section below with your thoughts! |
Tempe History Spotlight: Arizona State University has proposed three massive projectsin the past 15 years for the 13-acre defunct Tempe Center site. |
When is tall too tall? |
There was remarkable irony in Republic reporter Parker Leavett's recent story, "Tempe, ASU (are) at odds over high-rise towers." |
Arizona State University President Michael Crow has written a letter to Mayor Mark Mitchell decrying a proposed project on a privately owned, square block bounded by University Drive and Seventh Street, and Myrtle Avenue to Forest Avenue. |
The proposed development features three towers – a 240-foot, 20-story apartment building, a 12-story residential unit, and a 14-story hotel. |
All too much for Crow, who expressed his, "…overriding concern." Troubled by the heights of the buildings dominating the intensely developed site, Crow wrote, "In that regard we believe that tall, dense projects ... are better suited for the Rio Salado corridor and the lakefront, and not on parcels interior to the down... |
The irony arises from three massive projects proposed by ASU in the past 15 years for the 13-acre defunct Tempe Center site on the southeast corner of University and Mill — property the school has owned since 1989. |
The earliest was announced in 2000, two years before Dr. Crow's arrival at ASU. |
University Town Center was envisioned as a mixed-use development that included classrooms and five acres of commercial activities. |
Two retail buildings were planned, along with a five-to-six-story office building, and a seven-story parking structure. |
Amidst considerable controversy between the school and city, the proposal died. |
In 2003, Crow announced a design competition for his grand dream of repurposing the Tempe Center land into a "gateway" connection between downtown and ASU. 16 talented teams submitted their innovative ideas. |
With great fanfare on Tuesday, July 27, 2004, Crow announced the winner. |
An ASU press release revealed, "Concord Eastridge was selected … for rights to the project, which will house headquarters for the W.P. Carey School of Business, additional space for the Herberger College of Fine Arts and the College of Architecture and Environmental Design. A hotel, a grocery store and a host of busine... |
Costing up to $600 million dollars, the Concord Eastridge team planned a massive 2.2-million square foot development of towering buildings. |
Crow called it a "grand scale project." |
Lack of funding and the 2008 recession killed that ambitious dream. |
Then in July 2013 a new ambitious plan for the site was announced. Anchored by the relocated USA Basketball, the massive $436 million project featured a 14-story "Omni Hotel and conference center, luxury apartments, retail and office space and underground parking." |
Speaking on behalf of the university, Kevin Galvin, vice-president of strategic communications, said about the project, a virtual mirror of the proposal across the street, "it has been a longtime goal of the school to see a four-star hotel and conference center near the Tempe campus." |
Which leads us to our initial question, "When is tall too tall?" |
Reach historian Jay Mark at jaymark@twtdbooks.com. |
With the countdown to the first public trailer for Pacific Rim in full swing, the Guillermo del Toro-directed film has begun to unleash a barrage of viral marketing material onto the Internet. So far, the Kaiju-tracking Pacific Rim website has released a slew of memos, false news footage, and emergency alert tests. |
In the last two days, that website has also released a bevy of images that will appeal to the giant robot lover in all of us: A series of blueprints for the Kaiju-battling, humanoid vehicles known as Jaegers. |
So far, Pacific Rim's promotional materials have dealt largely with the scale of the disaster associated with the titanic, extra-dimensional Kaiju. Now, fans thirsty for details about the much-hyped production are finally getting a glimpse at the other side of the fight – several images of blueprints for the human-pilo... |
These giant robot designs reveal little about the plot of Pacific Rim, but certainly give an idea of its design aesthetic. The mech models range from bulky monsters (such as the towering, Russian-designed Cherno Alpha) to the sleeker, almost Iron Man-esque Gipsy Danger. Despite Guillermo del Toro's previous insistence ... |
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