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Moving Digital Media Into Future

LOS ANGELES - It's the natural cycle of media: DVDs are on their way out, and Blu-ray Discs are on their way in, with better image quality and increased storage capacity.

But for Valencia resident Erick Hansen, it's about more than just the cutting edge. It's about America.

At present, high-definition Blu-ray Discs are solely manufactured overseas. Within the next few months, production will be under way at BlueRay Technologies Inc.'s Spokane, Wash., plant.

"I think people are concerned. They see jobs and their kids' futures being exported," said Hansen, president and CEO of BlueRay Technologies, whose hand in the research and development of the discs goes back to the late 1990s. "America should profit by this (technology).

"Any politician that approves outsourcing of American jobs should move right up to the front of the line and volunteer."

Hansen expects the factory to initially create about 20 jobs, growing to 100 in the future.

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Good Friday walker waiting

GROTON -- Despite a setback in his health, a local man said that he would not let a recent stroke slow him down for more than a couple of years before rejoining the annual Good Friday walk sponsored by the Devens-based charity, Loaves & Fishes.

"I'm not walking this year but I'm still asking for an appeal," said 91-year-old Bayard Underwood, a resident of Main Street. "I'm going to rest up for next year. What I'm doing instead of walking is manning the rest station at the half-way mark. It has an umbrella and some bottled water and I'll be at there checking off the mileage for the walkers."

A fixture of the Good Friday walk since its inception in the early 1970s, Underwood suffered a stroke last year that has forced him onto the sidelines.

"I was locked in the hospital and the nurses wouldn't let me out!" claimed Underwood as his reason for not making the walk last year.

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Tour of Cars and Charity Gala Kick Off Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach ...

PALM BEACH, Fla.--Palm Beach became a hotbed of automotive passion as Craig Jackson and Steve Davis of the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company hosted a private tour and sneak peak of the event on Wednesday evening for select South Florida media and VIPs at the 5th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event in Palm Beach, Fla. Renowned designer Chip Foose and executives from Metalcrafters and Unique Performance, the dynamic team behind the Foose Coupe, joined Jackson and Davis to highlight the auction's premier vehicles and discussed their love of collectible automobiles. Over 600 of the world's finest collector cars will cross the block at No Reserve from Thursday, March 29 – Sunday, April 1, 2007, in Palm Beach, Fla.

"South Florida has become the East Coast epicenter for world-class automobile collectors, which has validated our commitment to bring in and offer the most diverse group of vehicles ever in South Florida," said Jackson, CEO of the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company.

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Craigslist.com Makes Your Car Dreams Come True - With a Little ...

/24-7PressRelease/ - DALLAS, TX, March 17, 2007 - As the worldwide web gets wider and wider, consumers have more choices than ever for what they can buy online. And now, thanks to DFW Elite Auto Rental.com, they can even buy time behind the wheel of a Ferrari F430 Coupe. The coveted red car - which carries a price tag of $175,000, but typically brings $40,000 over list has a top speed of 195 MPH - is offered on Craigslist for a mere $1,568. For that, buyers will get a weekday rental of the car, which was inspired by the engineering research carried out at Ferrari's Gestione Sportiva F1 racing division. The 485-horsepower engine is sure to get the heart of any auto enthusiast racing; this beauty is designed for outstanding performance and maximum driving pleasure, and those who have driven it say that it more than lives up to those lofty ambitions "This is the car that everyone sees and falls in love with," says Ron Sturgeon, owner of DFW Elite Auto Rental.com.

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Were they the cat's meow? Auditioners for Renaissance production hope it was purr-fect

MANSFIELD -- Casting for "Cats" started Sunday with a parade of wannabe felines singing and dancing on the Renaissance Theatre stage.

Mariah Cheyney, a speech and hearing major at The Ohio State University, drove up for the first of two days of auditions for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical to be staged this summer. The 19-year-old, who had spotted the casting call online, prepared "I Move On" from Chicago for her audition. She was stretching in the back of the theater as other teenagers, pint-sized girls and middle-aged moms came in for their moments behind the microphone.

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