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Is something stopping you from starting a new church plant? |
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Rural America and Trump, evangelism, small groups, a couple of creative church signs, and more. |
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THREE Days Grace? Three words: meat and potatoes. |
In late November, the Toronto-based alt-metal kings postponed five Canadian shows, citing a family emergency. But the quartet was back on the road by Nov. 26 -- plenty of time to rev up for their MTS Centre date Saturday night. |
And if that show wasn't a big ol' gravy-drenched slab of rock 'n' roll, then we don't know what is. |
All the elements were there, starting with a time-tested and true opening howl from frontman Adam Gontier: "Are you ready Winnipeg?" Then there was the rack of blinding white spotlights, flashing on and off to Neil Sanderson's throbbing bass drum, the urgent calls to "make some noise." |
Three Days Grace bassist Brad Walst performs at MTS Centre as part of their Life Starts Now tour with Default and Dreadnaut. |
In late November, the Toronto-based alt-metal kings postponed five Canadian shows, citing a family emergency. But the quartet was back on the road by Nov. 26 — plenty of time to rev up for their MTS Centre date Saturday night. |
Oh, Winnipeg made noise, all right. From the time the set started, the crowd seethed on the floor and screamed in the stands. They went berserk for the show-opening Break, which is the first single from TDG's new album Life Starts Now, and slammed their fists in the air as they broke into 2006's Pain. |
Seriously though, if the sentiment is genuine, it's no surprise. Winnipeg has long held a rabid appreciation for guitar-drenched blue-collar rock, and these guys have been the embodiment of that genre since busting onto U.S. and Canadian charts in 2003. |
Yes, yes, it's all a little predictable. Cue blinky lights, cue crushing sound, cue the foot planted on the stage monitor and the repeated reminders that the band wants the crowd to "be real f in' loud," or some volume variation thereof. Cue the jets of flame during the final crashing conclusion of Home. |
But the performances were slick and for the thousands of hyped-up fans who almost drowned out the speakers chanting along with enduring rock-radio fave I Hate Everything About You, the band's energy was contagious. |
Really, it was an "A" grade in Arena Rock 101. At mid-set, TDG even stepped out of the box for a trippy electronic-plus-drum solo, which showed off Sanderson's impressive kit chops while allowing Gontier to slip to the back of the arena. |
Once the spotlight found him, Gontier started growling I Don't Care, rounded up some bodyguards, and wove through the crowd until he was back on the big stage. Let's just say this went over well. |
Thirteen people have been arrested in Dublin's south inner city during a garda operation targetting crime in the area. |
Twelve properties were searched by gardaí from Pearse Street Garda Station yesterday morning. |
The searches resulted in 13 people being arrested as part of investigations into offences including robbery, and assault, as well as public order and drug offences. |
Ten of those arrested were charged and have appeared before the District Court, while three were detained for questioning. |
Some of the players involved feel that the Bears-Packers rivalry is not as intense as it once was. |
It’s not the Bills, Lions or Raiders, though, it’s the Packers, so others headed into tonight’s matchup at Soldier Field beg to differ. |
But no matter which direction the two teams are headed — and they both appear to be headed in the right direction so far this year — there is still something there that stirs up the players on both sides. |
Both teams head into tonight’s game with a 2-0 mark, and the winner will come out with the NFC North division lead. The Bears have done most of their damage through the passing attack and with a defensive resurgence. The Packers, without starting running back Ryan Grant for the rest of the year, have climbed on Rodgers... |
“This is going to be a big test for us,” Bears QB Jay Cutler said. |
The Bears will go up against the NFL’s third-ranked defense, which is allowing 253 yards a game and 116.5 through the air. Linebacker Clay Matthews leads the league with six sacks and the team has an NFL-best 10. |
The Bears, on the other hand, have the No. 3 passing attack in the league (316 yards a game) with Cutler, the top-rated (121.2) passer through two weeks, leading the way. |
Cutler, who led the league with 26 picks last year, has thrown for 649 yards and five touchdowns with just one interception. |
The Bears’ run game is off to a slow start, but running back Matt Forte is fifth in the league with 267 total yards because he’s stayed involved in the passing attack. The entire team hopes to get the ground game going soon, but will continue to do whatever nets a victory. |
With weapons like wideouts Donald Driver (9 catches for 68 yards with 2 TDs) and Greg Jennings (8-118 and 1TD) and tight end Jermichael Finley (8-150) at his disposal, Rodgers has thrown for 443 yards with four TDs and two interceptions. He’s also rushed for 29 yards and a TD. |
The Bears defense has three interceptions, three fumble recoveries and are plus-2 on the year in turnovers. It is No. 1 against the run (28 yards a game), but is 27th (261 yards a contest) against the pass. |
According to middle linebacker Brian Urlacher, however, everyone will be up for tonight’s game. Even Tillman. |
The Hotel Normandie, a mid-Los Angeles inn with a checkered past, is on the way to becoming respectable again as its new owners labor to restore its Jazz Age charms. |
It's a testament to how fortunes have improved in one of the city's oldest neighborhoods that investors are eager to spend millions of dollars restoring a beaten down building with a modest pedigree. |
The squat brick structure at Normandie Avenue and 6th Street drew attention in 2010 when its then-owner vowed to turn it into a "pot-tel" catering to medical marijuana smokers. Decades before that, long before the area had been dubbed Koreatown, the hotel saloon was known for its B-girls, women who worked for the bar a... |
The bar and the rest of the first-floor businesses were closed by the time new owner Jingbo Lou came on the scene. He has launched a $5-million makeover intended to turn the Normandie into a 100-room boutique hotel for travelers who want to stay in the middle of town. |
Lou, a Pasadena architect and preservationist, had stopped by early last year as a consultant for a potential buyer trying to figure out how to improve the Normandie. Lou and his partners ended up buying the building themselves for $4.4 million. |
"The architectural elements were very interesting," Lou said. "I was shocked at how grand the lobby was, how many original details were still intact." |
Like many older Los Angeles buildings, the hotel completed in 1928 was a mash-up of architectural styles — Renaissance Revival on the outside and Spanish Revival on the inside, said Lou's partner Niall Kelly. |
The architects were Albert Walker and Percy Eisen, who also designed such architectural treasures as the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills and the Fine Arts Building in downtown Los Angeles. |
The Normandie was more broad-shouldered, an unassuming four-story residence hotel intended to serve men living on their own. It was also a gathering spot for local women's clubs that met for lunch and a game of bridge. On Sundays in 1930, the turkey dinners prepared by Mrs. H.F. Bruner sold for $1 in the Normandie dini... |
The hotel's most famous resident was a legendary drinker. English author Malcolm Lowry worked on his masterpiece novel "Under the Volcano" while living there in the late 1930s. His father sent checks directly to the manager to make sure the family money was spent on rent and meals from the Normandie's kitchen, not on b... |
"It's never been a glamorous place," Lou said. "We can add some romance to it." |
Early steps have included undoing a lot of "improvements" added through the years, such as stucco plastered over the bricks on the street level. Worn carpets were pulled up to reveal terrazzo tiling in the lobby and hardwood floors in the guest rooms. |
Windows at the entrance had been covered with drywall and most of a grand fireplace was shrouded. A tall arched doorway in the lobby was cemented shut and the ballroom was shrunk to make more room for shops. |
"Some of the improvements were unthoughtful," Lou quipped. |
Five skylights that have been covered for decades will be restored, and workers have been re-creating tiles that were removed from the roof perimeter in the 1960s to prevent them from falling in an earthquake. New technology and materials enable the faux mansard roofs that once graced many Los Angeles buildings to be s... |
Regional demand for hotel rooms is growing, said hospitality consultant Bruce Baltin of PKF Consulting. Occupancy in Los Angeles in 2012 is projected to approach the peak of 2007 and Baltin expects demand to hold for at least the next few years. |
"A boutique hotel can really work in today's market," Baltin said. "It's an urban experience." |
When the makeover is completed at the end of the year, the Normandie stands to pull visitors coming to Koreatown or east Hollywood, as well as conventioneers willing to ride the subway downtown, he said. |
Lou also has his eye on nearby residents as customers for shops along Sixth Street and Normandie Avenue. He hopes to land such tenants as a high-end bakery, a restaurant and a coffee bar. He also wants to open an electric bicycle rental facility serving guests and neighbors. |
"The neighborhood is incredibly diverse," he said. "It's young, urban and pedestrian friendly. Places are open super late." |
The emerging signs of trendiness in the wider area often referred to as Wilshire Center, such as new apartments, nightclubs and restaurants, mark an economic comeback from lean years around the 1992 riots when the area fell out of favor with corporate office tenants and educated young renters. |
Though it's now in the center of a giant metropolis, the neighborhood emerged in the early 20th century as a suburban addition to Los Angeles. |
"You had the car culture, so all of a sudden you didn't have to be downtown," said Linda Dishman, executive director of the Los Angeles Conservancy. The Ambassador Hotel, Bullocks Wilshire department store and the Brown Derby restaurant were among landmarks built in the 1920s in the well-heeled neighborhood of single f... |
It's now the densest neighborhood in Los Angeles and home to a large portion of the city's Korean Americans. Lou, who was born in China, hopes to attract overseas visitors and locals interested in a glimpse of what life was like in an earlier era. |
"It's our hope to use the hotel also as a history book," he said. |
Electronic rockers Nine Inch Nails have announced their “Cold Black and Infinite” North American tour dates. |
The tour begins in September with support from Scottish noise-pop veterans The Jesus and Mary Chain at all dates. The “Cold Black and Infinite” tour includes stops at some of the country’s most iconic venues, including Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre, New York City’s Radio City Music Hall and Chicago’s Aragon Ballroo... |
One thing that separates this large rock tour from many others is that the band is only allowing fans to purchase tickets in person at the box office. Nine Inch Nails are employing this ticket sales method “to get tickets directly into the hands of fans instead of resellers,” per a press release. The band will be selli... |
This seems like a strange way to get around ticket scalpers and bots, and many fans have expressed their annoyance with this ticket purchasing caveat. Fans pointed out that it’s a massive inconvenience for disabled fans, fans who want to come to a show from out of town, or fans who work during the day. However, some fa... |
Nine Inch Nails will release Bad Witch on June 22, which completes their EP trilogy that began with 2016’s Not The Actual Events and 2017’s ADD VIOLENCE. |
Check out the band’s upcoming “Cold Black and Infinite” tour dates below, beneath their new EP’s album art and tracklist. You can preorder Bad Witch now here. |
A Funko Pop movie? It's happening. |
Over time, the brand that cashes in on other brands can become its own brand. |
Plot details are scarce, but the Funko! movie will reportedly center around Wonder Woman, the Care Bears, Hellboy, Deadpool, Hello Kitty, Harley Quinn, Darth Vader, and My Little Pony. |
It practically writes itself! Seriously, though, it’s great that these obscure characters will finally be getting some screentime, even if it’s only in Funko Pop form. For instance, if you wanted to lean about this “Wonder Woman” via something other than the comic books she’s appeared in since the 1940s, right now you ... |
MUMBAI: Ogilvy and Mather shined at Kyoorius Creative Awards 2016, with 17 wins across category, including a much coveted Black Elephant for their work on ‘Beauty Tips By Reshmi for clients Make Love Not Scars. The agency was closely followed at heel by BBDO India with the second most number of wins. |
Early Man Films’ Ambuja Khali for Abuja Khali was the second agency to take home the prestigious Black Elephant as winners. |
Black Elephants are reserved for work that represents the best of the best, work that takes risks, creates a new conversation with the audience or has a lasting impact on the industry. |
Kyoorius, in association with D&AD announced and celebrated the winners of the Kyoorius Creative Awards 2016 at DOME@NSCI, in Mumbai on June 3. The third edition of Kyoorius Awards was attended by more than 1500 professionals including CEO’s, Marketing Directors, Brand Managers, Creative and Media gurus from the advert... |
Looking at it category wise, 40 Blue Elephants were awarded in the Advertising category alone, with Ogilvy & Mather leading the category with 10 Blue Elephants. In the Digital category, a total of 18 Blue Eelephants were awarded where DDB Mudra led the category with 5 wins. Media category secured 10 Blue elephants with... |
A total of 1863 entries were submitted this year. Post the jury session concluded successfully by Ralph Barnett, National Creative Director, SapientNitro; R. Balki, Group Chairman, MullenLowe Lintas and Mike Florence, Head of Planning, PHD Media, 164 entries were shortlisted as winners of a baby elephant (in-book winne... |
This spectacular show of Creativity was presented by Colors, powered by Hindustan Times and includes ABP News, Rishtey, Happy Finish & Kinetic as main partners. |
Bob Parker, mayor of New Zealand's second-largest city, says some essential services are down after 7.1 magnitude quake. |
A state of emergency has been declared in New Zealand's second largest city after a powerful earthquake rocked the south island. |
There are no reports of any deaths, but Bob Parker, the mayor of Christchurch, says there is widespread damage, as well as power cuts. |
A very well presented three bedroom home with front and rear gardens, gas central heating and double glazing throughout. With a newly fitted bathroom this home has close proximity to both schooling and local amenities. NO ONWARD CHAIN. |
Front facing double glazed window, stairs to the first floor and a radiator. |
Front facing double glazed window, gas fireplace, television aerial point and a radiator. |
Rear facing double glazed window, door to the patio and garden, fitted kitchen with wall and base units, work surfaces, tiling, 1 1/2 bowl stainless steel sink and drainer, integrated double electric oven and hob, cooker hood, integrated dish washer, plumbing for a washing machine, space for a fridge freezer, under sta... |
Access to the loft and a radiator. |
Front facing double glazed window, cupboard with a radiator, television aerial point and a television aerial point. |
Rear facing double glazed window and a radiator. |
Front facing double glazed window, cupboard over the stairs and a radiator. |
Rear facing double glazed window, bath with a drench shower over and a shower attachment, WC, wash hand basin, heated towel rail, tiling, fitted mirror with a shaver point. |
To the rear the garden is laid to paving and gravel, small area laid to astro turf, timber shed, gate to a path to the front and an outside tap. |
Let me preface this by saying I am genuinely thrilled for all of the ACM nominees . But a big part of me wishes that each category had room for about 10 more names. I love that there are so many newer artists on the lists this year. Seeing nominees such as Jason Aldean (entertainer of the year), The Band Perry (top voc... |
Marketers are paying greater attention than ever to Lifetime Value (LTV) and nowhere is this more important than in mobile marketing. |
Why Isn’t Everyone Talking About Mobile Fraud? |
How much of your mobile app marketing spend is lining the pockets of fraudsters? |
The question for Pelosi’s critics is: Why fire the top woman? |
In Nancy Pelosi’s office, steps away from the House floor, there’s a mahogany cabinet that encloses four separate television screens. They’re tuned to the cable-news networks and C-SPAN at all times. |
Leaning against that cabinet is a stack of baseball bats. It’s the bats, not the screens, that tell the story of Pelosi’s approach to leadership, including maintaining her own in the Democratic caucus. |
I frequently sat in Pelosi’s office when I was the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) in 2012 and again in 2014. I watched her negotiate legislation, manage disparate factions of her caucus, and contemplate her future. There was always an amply filled bowl of Ghirardelli chocolates on an... |
David Frum: Beto’s loss was a blessing in disguise for Democrats. |
The bats are not entirely symbolic. Most people don’t know that Pelosi is an avid sports fan, particularly of the San Francisco Giants. In fact, the only argument I ever saw her lose was over sports. I sat next to her at the final game of the 2013 World Series at Boston’s Fenway Park. In the seventh inning, on the verg... |
In sports and in politics, Pelosi enjoys winning. This week, she guided her caucus to the ultimate victory: a House Democratic majority and an end to Donald Trump’s rubber-stamp Congress. The path included navigating around a dozen or so incumbents and first-time candidates who indicated they wouldn’t support her for s... |
Over the next several days, House Democrats, including some of those incumbents and first-timers who spoke out against Pelosi, will find themselves sitting in her office, enjoying those chocolates while warily eyeing the bats. |
Carol Anderson: Brian Kemp’s lead in Georgia needs an asterisk. |
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