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1. Verify use requirement: Before starting the installation, you must be sure of how you are going to use in-ceiling speakers . For example, if you operate the speakers in dinning room, it will be used as background music for the parties, so it might be preferred to install in-ceiling speakers around the perimeter of your room.

2. Use measuring tape to make certain that speakers are fixed evenly around the room. You should mark each location with a pencil.

3. Use a stud finder prior to cutting away your ceiling, to be certain that you will not hit any studs or other obstructions.

4. Center the cutting template (this may have been included with your speakers) at the location of each in-ceiling speaker and trace an outline with pencil. Drill a small hole in the center of that outline.

5. Take apart a wire coat hanger. Bend it at an angle of 90 degree about 6 inches from end. Insert the tip into the hole you made in the wall until you reach 90 degree bend. Turning the wire will ensure there are not obstructions within the speaker area. If no obstructions are found, remove the hanger and cut the outline with dry wall saw.

6. Prepare a diagram to run the wires of your speaker.

7. Use fish tape to pull wire from the speaker hole to an access hole where your receiver will be located.

8. Be especially careful when connecting the wires.

9. Finish the installing process as recommended by the instruction manual that came with your in-ceiling speakers.

Follow these simple steps to install your in-ceiling speakers without any problem.

There’s nothing quite like the cash cows that Hollywood science fiction and fantasy movies turn out to be when thousands of Web sites ramp up their “fannish” content in anticipation. Disney’s “John Carter of Mars” movie won’t be released until 2012 and yet throughout 2009 every fanboy site, cool media site, and science fiction archive has managed to stake a claim in what is now a highly competitive name space.

The search results for “John Carter of Mars” reveal of mixture of database-driven made-for-advertising sites and semi-journalistic blogs from the gaming and entertainment industries. Buried deep in the search results are real fannish John Carter of Mars sites that lack the power to compete with the big commercial sites. If you look hard enough, you may find a John Carter of Mars discussion in a Web forum somewhere.

Only a few years ago pre-movie enthusiast articles were 99% written by the fan community and largely ignored by big media sites. But the need for eyeballs to power advertising-driven revenues has led to a feeding frenzy of rehashed rumors about every celebrity, proposed movie project, and anecdote writers can wrap their plastic, cliche-laden fingers around. And if that doesn’t provide enough fodder for the fan-kiddies, a retrospective or “Top Ten” list of books, movies, and moments will usually fill the gap.

The hype and hysteria around the Disney/Pixar flick is especially heated despite a “B-list” cast. Taylor Kitsch plays John Carter and Lynn Collins plays his love, Dejah Thoris. James Purefoy, Willem Dafoe, and a few other solid, established actors round out the cast but there are no Bruce Willises or Natalie Portmans in the lineup. Andrew Stanton and Michael Chabon are writing the screenplay. Stanton will direct the live-action movie.

Hoping to cash in on the fannish search frenzy, independent film studio The Asylum has rushed a direct-to-DvD production called “A Princess of Mars” toward a December 2009 release. Starring Traci Lords as Dejah Thoris. The movie updates the storyline by making Carter a 21st century warrior rather than the Civil War veteran in the original books.

Those who are on the Speaker’s Bureau Circuit cannot get to all those who desire to have them speak to their groups. It is unfortunate these great people in demand cannot get to all these locations fast enough, as it means that their knowledge is not passed onto others. But what if there were a way to make sure that their best presentations and speeches were preserved and could be shown to others. That would be great you say, but don’t we already do this now with videotaping? Yes, surely we do, but what if we could take this to a whole new level? How so you ask?

Well, what if we used the latest HDHI Technologies to make it even more life like. What is HDHI? Well it stands for High-Definition Holographic Imaging, which incorporates the latest holographic 3D and 4D technologies along with synthesized light and particle manipulation to render the object opaque rather than translucent. In other words you are looking a colored light in the form of an object, which appears to be solid.

As these Holographic Technologies and specifically HDHI becomes more readily available to commercial industry thru transfer technology programs from the United States Military, the applications for civilian use will be endless. I believe that perhaps there could be no better use of this technology than to supplement the supply and demand issue of those on the Speaker Bureau List. Additionally thru careful use and proper copyrights HDHI syndicated speaking engagements will be a killer application indeed. Think on this.

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We all rejoice in the movies, so why not think about popping over to the capital and discover lots of the places in the picture? This metropolis appeared in endless wonderfully distinguished movies and presently, for well over 10 decades, it has welcomed principle movie makers to bring out their movies in. This metropolis is considered to be one of the planet’s most widely and also world class film locations. There are primary locations for filming based in the city; quite a few of the most recognisable areas have been filmed repeatedly. Many of the planet’s foremost film producers, both old & new, are also from London. First class motion pictures were set in London & routinely receive outstanding critical reviews.

This city is considered to be the third most hectic production spot on the planet. Behind the City of Angles and NY, Westminster, London is the principle borough with more than 2 thousand, 2 hundred shooting days for ‘05. As well as the capital’s movies there is also the capital’s festivals. These take place each & every year on approximately the a similar week. They are extremely distinctive, which means there is a great festival for everyone. There’s more than 60 picture festivals in this metropolis and such festivals exemplify each one of the capital’s separate ethic fusions. Such festivals in London vary from anime to digital, crime thrillers to Africa and of course their catalog just continues to grow.

One of the greatest considerations in respect to the capital’s motion picture scene, are the actual silver screens themselves. Together with the poor pits there are fabulous movie theatres that will doubtless help you lose yourself in the movie. Our capital offers in excess of 5 hundred film houses, that range from high-ended silver screens, inc. Vue and the Odeon, which play the most current releases and of course blockbuster hits, to the more small silver screens which there are snug and of course sometimes show the classic and often cultural movies, perhaps shows which couldn’t be shown at the mainstream cinemas. Watch trailors for up and coming films at film with Time Out.

There exist silver screens nowadays that offer a totally different experience from your standard cinema. You’ll watch the flick from within the warmth of your settee or armchair; you are also able to request nosh from their waiters. There seem to be a handful of these movies houses around. London’s Roxy Bar and Screen is considered to be an attractive establishment found in the vicinity of the acclaimed Borough Market. The establishment is thought to be a union of indie films, a lovely bar and also a food area. The famous Electric Cinema found around the borough of Kensington has shown flicks for years and screens a variety of artistic films in addition to the very best films of average cinemas. With the comfy leather seating, their foot stools & the bar area in the very rear, everyone will relish in watching any screening. The city’s Rex Cinema is located in the Soho region of the city & is presently advertised as one of the foremost places to go to. On account of the building’s cosiness and it’s cocktails to savour in, this movie theatre claims to be an establishment you’ll have to drop into.

It’s always going to be trying, when deciding what to view at the the big screen, all the same, the warmth of a good location manifestly enhances a person’s trip.

In a time where very few of the products we buy in this country are made in this country there is a TV show on the air that makes everything own their own. That show is the Discover Channel’s highest rated show, “American Chopper”. There is a tremendous following for this show and I think it is easy to see why. This show is not just about motorcycles, it is the ultimate in reality TV.

Even people who are not into motorcycles enjoy this show and I think it is because they can relate to the show in one way or another. Either they are fascinated by the workmanship displayed by Paul Jr. and Vinny, on the theme bikes they build. Or they have been a part of a dysfunctional family at some point in their life. Or, maybe they even work for a boss that thinks he/she knows what he/she is talking about all the time, even when he/she really does not.

I started watching this show because I was always amazed at how the bikes turned out. Paul Jr. comes up with some amazing ideas for his bikes. The paint jobs on the bikes are unbelievable as well. It is simply amazing what they are able to do with some metal and tools. After a few episodes I found myself laughing at the people and enjoying that part just as much as I enjoyed the end result of the bikes. If you examine the family, they are a real life family. They fight like some families, if not worse. Paul Sr. has been divorced, he has used drugs in the past, he has one son that helps run the business and build bikes while the other one shows up to work late, has no motivation to succeed or get ahead. I understand we only get to see what the editors want us to see but if you have seen them in an interview they basically say that what you see is what you get. They are a typical real-life family. (except now they are famous and get to give their mother/grandmother the opportunity to meet the Yankees which has been a dream of hers.)

Paul Sr. as a boss? I think most people can see things in him that they see in their boss. He always thinks he knows it all. He likes to remind people that it is his way or the highway and that he is the boss. And, he really does not appear to do any work himself, while always professing he is so busy. Once again, I realize we only see what the editors want us to see. In order for him to make his business as successful as it has become he must be doing something right. But, we are watching the show and the dynamics involved on the show and this is what the audience gets to see. We see Paul Sr. yelling, swearing, hitting things, and then he goes into his office and sits back in his chair and puts his feet up on the desk.

All the things mentioned above are factors in why the show is so popular, in my opinion. There is one other reason I feel it is so popular and that is because it shows that it is possible to become a success in this country if you work at it and make good decisions. It gives hope. You do not need to graduate from Harvard to become rich. You can be a steel worker, a painter, an electrician, or an accountant. Opportunity is endless in this country. American Chopper’s success was “Made In America” and yours can be too. This shows supports the motto I live by which is; “To be a success you do not always have to work the hardest, you need to work the smartest.”

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When Channel 4 wanted to reward and excite the Big Brother contestants with a gala dinner who did they call? London’s Flying Chef - the City and West End events division of The Chelsea Events Company. Not a fine dining restaurant or one-man/woman private cook, but a professional events operator who could deliver their service within the constraints of a live television broadcast and impress a disparate bunch of contestants who’ve spent 37 days isolated from reality.

The challenge for Chelsea Events was to secretly enter the Big Brother house without alerting the contestants and maintain their complete isolation from contact with the outside world, then, within 30 minutes, set up a fine dining feast for the contestants to enjoy. The set up - within 23 minutes - and meal were a complete success! Contestant Makosi said “It’s awesome, all we need now is music and we’ll have the perfect night” The meal was also a major feature in the Sunday papers.

To meet the brief of ‘a wow factor in both visual impact and taste’ the menu included: Salad of Cellophane Noodles, Lemongrass and Chervil, with Marinated Prawns and Crayfish Tails, Mizuna, Soured Cream and Caviar or (V) Caesar Salad with soft Quails Egg and Chargrilled Asparagus
Main Course Fillet of Beef with Purple Basil, Virgin Olive Oil and Deep-Fried Capers
or (V) Aubergine Charlotte
Dessert Croquembouche with fresh strawberries (profiterole tower, with fresh cream and rich chocolate sauce)

Veronica Goff, Executive Chef, Chelsea Events commented, “We’ve worked in some inaccessible locations and under severe time constraints but this was a challenge to beat them all. Not only do Endemol (series producer) set a tough agenda for the Big Brother contestants they also ensure Chelsea Events operated to the extremes of its abilities. An experience we enjoyed achieving and an interesting success to add to all our CVs.”

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Television advertising will always be with us, but the growth of the internet and other communication technologies has certainly changed it. Many feel that prime time commercials are not as effective as they once were, and viewers often “tune them out” or zip past them on TiVo. As a result, television networks are looking for new, creative ways to generate ad dollars, including selling some of their best shows to online outlets for people to enjoy on their computers, cell phones, or iPods.

The good news is that these new forms of online and internet programming offer a great advertising opportunity for small businesses. Although online programming contains fewer commercial breaks than television programming, these breaks can feature multiple commercials from the same advertiser, allowing the message to have a better chance of “sinking in.” Marketers also hope that having fewer commercials will be very popular with audiences, and that the ads shown will then have a stronger impact.

Although television networks depend on commercials, viewers are often frustrated with the number of ads they must view during a program. An average half-hour show contains about eight minutes of commercials, making it seem “cluttered” to both audiences and advertisers. With online programming, fewer commercials can feel like less of an interruption to viewers, and feel like less competition for advertisers, too. And since the audience for online programming is typically smaller than for television, the cost can be less expensive, yet reach a more targeted market segment.

As the networks continue their efforts to sell ads across various platforms (the internet, mobile phones, iPods, web sites, etc.), small businesses should watch for opportunities to reach their markets through these new methods. Television advertising isn’t what it used to be, which may turn out to be good news for small businesses. Stay tuned.

Lauren Hobson is the Editor of Biz Talk Newsletter, a free monthly publication designed to provide small businesses and non-profits with tips and techniques to help them make the most of their web sites and marketing efforts without spending a lot of money. Biz Talk is published by Five Sparrows, LLC

The upcoming third installment of the popular “Resident Evil” movie series has been retitled from “Resident Evil Afterlife” to “Resident Evil Extinction”, this according to Variety. The film will begin production later this year in Australia prepping for a 2007 release. The film has also landed a new director in Aussie helmer Russell Mulcahy, who directed “Highlander II:The Quickening”.

“Resident Evil Extinction” will return Sienna Guillory, Milla Jovovich, and Mike Epps in their roles as Jill Valentine, Alice, and LJ from “Resident Evil Apocalypse”. The current plot synopsis for “Resident Evil Extinction” has the film set in a post apocalyptic world plagued by zombies.

Current rumors surrounding “Resident Evil Extinction” include the introduction of the video games main villain, Albert Wesker. As well as one of the games main good guys Leon Kennedy. At the moment it is unclear if Oded Fehr and Sophie Vavasseur will return in “Resident Evil Extinction” as Carlos Olivera and Angela Ashford.

“Resident Evil Apocalypse” was made on a 43 million dollar budget and managed to rake in almost 51 million dollars at the end of it’s theatrical run. This is not counting the large sum of money the film made on dvd sales and rentals. It’s box office intake is on par with the first “Resident Evil” film which was released in 2002 on a 32 million dollar budget, and ended up taking in nearly 40 million at the end of it’s theatrical run.

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I really do not go to the movies often, maybe three times a year, usually for big screen productions like Lord of the Rings or any Star Wars episode or the new King Kong, once in a while for an off-beat drama or comedy. That’s not to say I don’t watch flicks—I do, just in the privacy of my own place. The problem is that audiences annoy me with the talking and the chewing and the crunching and the snorting already. I have a control issue about my viewing environment, okay?

Anyway, I can count on one hand, assuming none of my digits have been hacked off, the number of so called horror movies I have seen in a theater in my life. The last one—Alien, 1979. The last one I purposely rented to see was The Blair Witch Project, 1999. Of course, I have tuned in on the usual stuff around Halloween to get my fill of Freddie, Michael and the gang. It’s like anything else, when I want to laugh, I watch comedy; when I want to think, I watch a documentary. I know what I want to experience, when I want to experience it. And once in a blue moon, I want to be scared.

Such was the case this past weekend. So I went to see “Hostel”. That seemed to be the movie to see for horror.

A couple of things. First, I’m not good with the gore stuff; “Reanimator” comes to mind as a great example of gore gone nuts. Second, I’m not big on the shock scene; you know—bump in the night shots. But that is exactly what I look for when I want to be frightened. They work. They scare the living crap out of me. So I have a few uneasy nights afterwards, maybe a diminished appetite for a few hours. Eventually, I’m able to dismiss the movie’s reality and I’m good to go for another two or three years.

Not so with “Hostel”.

I should have known something was up when the ticket guy at the box office warned me about the content and offered a money-back refund if I left before the end. But no, I figured it was all part of the hype, sort of like when theaters handed out vomit bags for “Mark of the Devil” back in 1970.

I was wrong, really wrong! I should have heeded his words.

My rating system for movies is quite simple: two eyes wide opened (great; i.e., never blinked), two eyes opened (good; i.e., stayed awake all the way through), one eye opened (fair; i.e., moments of drowsiness) and finally two eyes closed (poor; i.e., fell asleep).

“Hostel” got two-eyes-shut-so-tight-I-had-to-have-them-opened-with-a-tire-iron. My lids involuntarily closed soon after a long steel drill bit gouged its way into the bare thigh of a screaming pleading young male torture prop. It was only five seconds into what would be about a five minute long—felt like a lifetime—assault of pure, unadulterated, uncompromising, unapologetic gore. I almost didn’t make it; my stomach swirled. But eventually the darkness and screaming ceased. There was a momentary break to race the plot along and propel the hero into the inevitable final twenty-five minutes of salacious slaughter and desperate depravity. My armpits were dripping like an uncapped fire hydrant.

When the disfiguring rampage began anew, I slunk my body as far down as it could go without touching the sticky theater floor, squeezed my eye lids tight, and held on as I rode the run amok rollercoaster of bloody body tissue. I soon learned that you can’t get low enough in stadium seating.

I won’t go into details of the finale; well actually I can’t, because quite honestly I didn’t see much. But I don’t need to go into it. I’ll just skip to my opinion: this movie is not horror. It is wrong!

It uses a “true events” premise based loosely on an undocumented practice in Thailand in which poor souls allow themselves to be murdered by paying customers in order to collect insurance money for the families. In this case, it is a poor, remote, lawless Slovakian town whose only commerce is the business of luring young healthy humans to a dank rundown remote warehouse where they are bought as sacrificial lambs for wealthy troubled men who pay handsomely for the opportunity to torture and kill. Live Americans fetch $25,000 a piece, Europeans $15,000, and all others $5,000 for the locals who bring them in; the youth Hostel being a big player in the scheme. Everyone in town is in on it; after all, there seems to be an endless revenue stream coming from a lot of messed up CEO’s—men bored with prostitutes and Vegas. It gives a whole new definition to a cottage industry.

Anyway, the reason I contend it is not horror is because it didn’t scare me. It beat me over the head with lifeless limbs and Dolby dread. If I want horror, I want to watch a ten year girl munching on her dad’s detached bloody arm in “living dead” delight. Or I want to see a slimy alien pop out unexpectedly from an unsuspecting space traveler’s stomach. Now that is horror. I can deal with that. At the end of the day, I can say “it’s all pretend”.

But “Hostel” delights in the graphic detail of man’s worst inhumanity to man. It cashes in on the reality of snuff films. It profits from the truths of Dr. Josef Mengele. It fills male teenage heads, the primary (and possibly only) target audience, with the most unimaginable of actual human potential. It finds and scrapes the bottom of what I thought was a bottomless pit of DNA gone bad. And it ends with a hopeless sense that nothing has been righted; that it will be torture business as usual.

And the movie is lucrative and that is wrong! The only thing more wrong is its rating. I am astounded that the movie did not receive an NC-17 rating. Astounded! The MPAA was either asleep at the switch or under the lobby thumb of Abramoff.

As far as Tarantino’s endorsement is concerned, what is he thinking about? I just don’t know. I mean he has a right to do whatever he wants, as long as it isn’t harmful. But somehow this movie seems harmful. It’s not about scaring. It’s about indulging in the worst of the worst.

And by no means am I off the hook on this either. I paid to see it. I was wrong too!

Look, I’m a First Amendment lackey. Lion’s Gate, the production company, has every right to create and promote what they want. But that doesn’t mean that what they choose to do is exempt from being judged right or wrong, and boy are they wrong.

It will be a long time before I see a horror movie in a theater again. Maybe never. I think I’ll just dust off “Plan Nine from Outer Space” the next time I have an urge for a scare.

Pathetically, that’s more my style.

This article was written by humorist Robert Crane. If you like what you read and want a bit more, please visit his popular website at: http://www.cranelegs.com

M*A*S*H is one of my all time favorite TV shows. In fact, an old repeat is on while I write these words.

I’ve had the good fortune over the years to meet both Alan Alda who played Hawkeye Pierce and Wayne Rogers who played Trapper John.

Life lessons from M*A*S*H

1. Humor heals

Can you think of a more stressful and debilitating situation? Thousands of miles from home, in a war zone, putting wounded bodies back together again.

One of the main coping techniques as laughter. Wise cracks, practical jokes, and more kept them going. Humor is a fantastic source of stress relief.

2. An off the rack world

There is a scene in which Hawkeye and Margaret are talking about their struggles with relationships. From this conversation came a great line - “You know what your problem is? You keep looking for a tailor made fit in an off the rack world.”

3. The joy of being really good at something you love

The happiest people I know are the ones that get to do something they love for a living each day.

Even though they were in horrible conditions, you could tell that the surgeons enjoyed what they did and were committed to be the best they could be, no matter what.

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