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Download Festival
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Location(s) | Donington Park, Leicestershire, England |
Years active | Since 2003 |
Date(s) | Usually second weekend in June |
Genre | Heavy metal, rock |
The Download Festival was conceived as a follow up to the Monsters of Rock festivals which had been held at the Donington Park circuit between 1980 and 1996. The first Download Festival was created by Stuart Galbraith and Andy Copping in 2003 in the same location.[1][2][3] Rather than run as a single day event Download was initially a two-day event, expanding to three days in 2005.
The name Download was chosen for the festival for two reasons. Downloading was a dirty word in the music industry at the time, due to file sharing, and rock is seen as a rebellious genre of music. Also Download was to be a Monsters of Rock for the 21st century and the internet would provide connectivity with its audience.
The 2003 festival tickets had a code on them, which would allow festival goers to download tracks from bands which had played. Although this idea has been dropped in subsequent years, the festival organizers have nurtured an online community through the Download Festival Forums. Initially a sounding board for the fans (and critics) of the festival, the boards have become an integral part of the festival organization with regular contributions from Festival Director John Probyn and Promoter Andy Copping. The forums also provide face to face feedback through the Fan Forum meetings (started in 2006) and organise the Boardie BBQ (2006 on) and the Boardie Takeover night (2009), football tournaments and a pub quiz for the R.I.P. campers who arrive on a Wednesday night.
When Download began, it took place on the Donington Park circuit infield as had Monsters of Rock. However in 2008 developments for Formula One meant that the infield was no longer suitable as a festival site. 2008 saw a move to the "Sunday Markets" site to the west of the circuit. Although adequate, numbers were limited and the location of the campsite meant that getting from tents to the arena was quite a hike. 2009 saw the festival move to a much more suitable location to the south of the circuit. Security for the festival has constantly been undertaken by professional crowd management specialists Showsec, although the campsite area has had various contractors throughout.
Since 2009 there has been on-site radio broadcasting from Rock Radio on 87.7FM. This RSL broadcast has aired music from festival bands, interviews and news to the festival site and the surrounding area, with the signal reaching as far as Nottingham.
The Download Dog[edit]
The Download Dog is the official mascot of the Download Festival,[4] and appears on a wide range of material related to the festival, such as tickets, stage banners and merchandise.
Each year, the dog is changed to a different colour:
- 2005: Pink[5]
- 2006: Red[6][dead link]
- 2007: Green[7]
- 2008: Pink/Yellow[8]
- 2009: Blue/Green[9]
- 2010: Pink/White[10][dead link]
- 2011: Pink/Black[11]
- 2012: Red
- 2013/2014: Flames
Download 2003[edit]
The first Download Festival was held on 31 May – 1 June 2003. The headliners were originally Iron Maiden and Limp Bizkit, although Limp Bizkit pulled out and were replaced by Audioslave. Metallica attempted to step in as headliners, but were unable to due to already being headliners at that year's Reading and Leeds Festivals. Instead, they played an unannounced "secret slot" in the afternoon on the second stage, with no sound check and after playing an exclusive club show in London the night before. Chevelle were scheduled to play the Scuzz stage on Sunday but pulled out at the last minute. Instruction, playing their second set of the festival, stepped in as the replacements.
Saturday 31 May | |
Main Stage | Scuzz Stage |
Iron Maiden |
Download 2004[edit]
The 2004 edition of the festival was held on 5–6 June. Another stage was added to the festival, bringing the total to three. Seventy-two bands played over the two days. The 2004 event was also notable for several last minute hitches. First, Soil got lost on the way to Donington and missed their main stage appearance on Saturday (they later joined Drowning Pool on stage to perform Drowning Pool's "Bodies" and their own song "Halo"). Static-X missed their slot due to a bus breakdown. On Sunday, Slayer arrived on time, but their equipment did not, leading to a slot change from the middle of the afternoon on the main stage to a later slot (and longer set) on the second stage. Slayer were replaced on the main stage by Damageplan, who were scheduled to play the second stage. Their setlist ended with a rendition of Damageplan founders Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell's most recognisable song from Pantera, "Walk."
The biggest news came from the headliners Metallica, when Lars Ulrich was rushed to hospital.[12] Taking to the stage an hour and a half late, James Hetfield explained the situation with Ulrich and the show then began with Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo playing on "Battery" and "The Four Horsemen." Slipknot's Joey Jordison played the rest of the set apart from Fade to Black which was played by Metallica's drum technician, Flemming Larsen.
The full line-up included:
Saturday 5 June | ||
Main Stage | Snickers "Game On" Stage | Barfly Stage |
Linkin Park |
Pennywise |
Peaches |
Sunday 6 June | ||
Main Stage | Snickers "Game On" Stage | Barfly Stage |
Metallica |
Suicide Girls |
In June 2004 a two-day Download Festival was held on Glasgow Green, several days before the Donington event. This had a limited line up with only nine bands performing over a two-day period. The bands which did play included the headliners, Metallica and Linkin Park. Download Scotland also saw an appearance from the Welsh rock band Lostprophets who did not perform at Donington.
Acts which also appeared over the two days at Download Scotland were Korn, Slipknot, Iggy and The Stooges, Machine Head, The Distillers and HIM.
The running order went as follows:
Wednesday 2 June | Thursday 3 June |
Linkin Park |
Download 2005[edit]
Download 2005 was held again at Donington Park, on 10–12 June 2005. This festival was different from previous years as the Saturday was officially dubbed Ozzfest 2005, as well as an "Indie day" on the first day of the festival.
Billy Idol performed on the Snickers stage on the Friday night, his first UK gig after a lengthy hiatus, performing songs such as White Wedding, Rebel Yell and a cover version of Van Halen's anthem, Jump.
Feeder's frontman Grant Nicholas was so relieved the band won the crowd over (there were concerns that they would be received badly by the traditional attendee to the festival), he decided to smash his green Fender Jazzmaster guitar after "Descend" was performed. He later said that he regretted it, but also said he kept the neck and the tremeloes, and might use what was left to make a new guitar. In a July 2010 interview with Kerrang!, it was suggested to Nicholas that destroyed the guitar as he was frustrated at trying to win the crowd over, as their music was different from the Download demographic, but claimed himself in reply to this that he "Wanted to do the most rock and roll thing after eventually winning over the crowd". In the same interview, Nicholas said that they were "Guineapigs" at the festival as part of the organisers experiment to make it an alternative festival, but said it was a moment of the band's career he is still proud of.[citation needed]
Lemmy also took to the stage, with former MC5 members, and Gilby Clarke, to perform Back in the USA.
Initially, Bert McCracken of The Used and Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance were asked to perform their cover of Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie, but the former friends refused the offer to perform the cover as they had recently fallen out.[citation needed]
The official line-up included:
Friday 10 June[13] | |||
Main Stage | Snickers Stage | Napster Stage | Snickers Bowl Stage |
Feeder |
Billy Idol |
Napalm Death |
Tat |
Saturday 11 June[13] | |||
Main Stage | Snickers Stage | Napster Stage | Snickers Bowl Stage |
Black Sabbath |
In Flames |
Helmet |
Sunday 12 June[13] | |||
Main Stage | Snickers Stage | Napster Stage | Snickers Bowl Stage |
System of a Down |
Motörhead |
Therapy? |
Electric Eel Shock |
Download 2006[edit]
The 2006 Download Festival was held at Donington Park, England on 9–11 June. The three days comprising the headlining acts (Tool, Metallica and Guns N' Roses) have sales of approximately 200–250 million albums between them, more than the entire line up of 2006's V Festival.
2006 was the first time the festival was mirrored in the Republic of Ireland, as Download Festival Ireland. 2006 was also by far the warmest year download has ever had.[citation needed]
During the festival Korn vocalist Jonathan Davis was rushed to hospital.[15] Similar to 2004's Metallica set, Munky, Fieldy and David Silveria arrived and explained to the fans why Davis could not make it and played with guest vocalists Corey Taylor from Slipknot, Dez Fafara from DevilDriver, Jesse Hasek from 10 Years, Benji Webbe from Skindred, M. Shadows from Avenged Sevenfold, and Matt Heafy from Trivium. Lyrics from the song "Blind" were displayed on the screen for Matt Heafy. Metallica played the album Master of Puppets in its entirety in honour of its twentieth anniversary. Guns N' Roses also performed material from the long forthcoming Chinese Democracy album.
Main Stage The main stage was situated in the centre of the arena with crowd control moving around it, and was the largest of all three stages, the safety barriers used at this stage were in a T shape so as to avoid crowd crush in the middle. The stage was open-air and named in honour of the 25th anniversary of Kerrang! magazine. Down played an unannounced set on Saturday (With the laminates showing ??? in their time slot); opening up the Main Stage.[16]
Snickers Stage The Snickers Stage was situated in a tent, behind the main stage and was the second largest stage at the festival. Access to the stage was via a one-way system which attempted to spread people around the site, rather than all attempting to push through a rather small space.
Soilwork were scheduled to play on Sunday, but were replaced by DevilDriver (playing their second set of the festival).[17]
Gibson/Myspace Stage The Myspace stage was the smallest of the three and under a smaller tent. It was positioned across from the front of the main stage.
Friday 9 June[18] | |||
Main Stage | Snickers Stage | Gibson/Myspace Stage | Snickers Bowl Stage |
Tool |
The All-American Rejects |
Ginger & The Sonic Circus |
Gay for Johnny Depp |
Saturday 10 June[18] | |||
Main Stage | Snickers Stage | Gibson/Myspace Stage | Snickers Bowl Stage |
Metallica |
Alter Bridge |
Killing Joke |
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly |
Sunday 11 June[18] | |||
Main Stage | Snickers Stage | Gibson/Myspace Stage | Snickers Bowl Stage |
Guns N' Roses |
The Prodigy |
Sick of it All |
During the Sunday headline set of Guns N' Roses, bottles were thrown at the band. This caused problems after the band's lead singer, Axl Rose, slipped on the wet surface and a bottle hit bassist Tommy Stinson. Stinson threw his bass, hitting one of the cameramen, and left the stage. He returned after the song and apologised, but warned the crowd that if this activity continued, he would leave for good. There were some disturbances but they eventually died down, and later in the set Rose commented "I'm actually having quite a good time now! I couldn't have said that an hour ago!"[19]
On the final night, fires were started by some festival goers and police were called, arresting twelve people.[20] At around 4 am, the fire brigade arrived to put out a large fire at the gold campsite. A number of people had taken the railings that had been used to separate the campsite area from the path and used them to barricade the road to prevent the fire engines from reaching the main fire. At this point a number of police assembled in riot gear stormed the campsite. The festival director, John Probyn, posted a message on the official website stating that "About 150 people spoiled the end of what had been a great weekend for over 75,000 of us."[21]
Download 2007[edit]
The 2007 Download Festival took place on 8–10 June 2007.[22]
The three bands that headlined the 2007 festival were My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park and Iron Maiden.
Through February, March and the beginning of April, more bands were announced in small groups of five or six,[23] and on 17 April this lineup was arranged into days and stages on the official website.[24] A further announcement of fifteen bands on 24 April added to this lineup, and announced the names of the second and third stages – The Dimebag Darrell Stage, and The Tuborg Stage.[25]
Korn's Jonathan Davis stated that the reason for the band returning this year was because of his absence due to illness last year. He stated on the official Download Festival website, "I am so looking forward to coming to the Download Festival this year. I was heartbroken to pull out last time. So this time I am very happy to be coming back and we promise to rock the place! I will definitely make-up for missing the last one. You can expect an amazing Korn show!"[26]
Download 2007 was Dimmu Borgir's first ever festival appearance in England. Hardcore Superstar pulled out of their slot on the Tuborg stage on the Sunday because their tour bus broke down in Germany. Download 2007 featured an Indian band Parikrama. They became the first band from India as well as Asia to make it to Donington.
Download 2007 also featured the first band to officially perform on the Thursday of the festival. Scumface played on the Tuborg Stage during the boardie barbecue.[27]
Lamb of God's DVD Walk With Me in Hell features the band's full performance at the festival.[28]
Friday 8 June[24] | ||
Main Stage | Dimebag Darrell Stage | Tuborg Stage |
My Chemical Romance |
Korn |
Suicidal Tendencies |
Saturday 9 June[24] | ||
Main Stage | Dimebag Darrell Stage | Tuborg Stage |
Linkin Park |
Mötley Crüe |
Head Automatica |
Sunday 10 June[24] | ||
Main Stage | Dimebag Darrell Stage | Tuborg Stage |
Iron Maiden |
Billy Talent |
Reel Big Fish |
Download 2008[edit]
The 2008 Download festival took place on 13–15 June. The 2008 festival had a significantly different layout to that of the previous years in that the festival arena area was situated in land to the west of the race track instead of the traditional venue of the race track infield area. Notable amongst numerous changes is that the second stage became larger and moved from a marquee to an open-air format, located on a tarmac car park.[29] Chris Cornell was originally scheduled to play the festival, but he cancelled his European tour so he could focus on a new album. Twin Method, and Finger Eleven were announced to play but were removed from the official websites lineup. On the Friday of the festival, Kid Rock was meant to appear between Seether and Disturbed on the Main Stage but pulled out at the last minute, much to the pleasure of the festival crowd. At first it was announced that this was due to illness.[30] Rock later claimed he left the festival grounds after becoming dissatisfied with the amenities.[31] But, the following year, Download's booker theorized that it had been due to a broken heart.[32] Rock's no-show allowed the two bands following him on the bill, Motorhead and Judas Priest, to have longer sets.
The 2008 Boardie BBQ took place on the Gibson stage on Thursday 12 June and included a performance by Forever Never.[33]
Friday 13 June | ||
Main Stage | Tuborg Stage | Gibson Stage |
Kiss |
Simple Plan |
The Dillinger Escape Plan |
Saturday 14 June | ||
Main Stage | Tuborg Stage | Gibson Stage |
The Offspring |
Testament |
Sunday 15 June | ||
Main Stage | Tuborg Stage | Gibson Stage |
Lostprophets |
Cavalera Conspiracy |
Jonathan Davis and the SFA |
Download 2009[edit]
The 2009 Download Festival took place on 12–14 June at Donington Park with an estimated attendance of 120,000 over 3 days. The arena had once again changed location, this time to an open field area south of the race track which was more suitable and less of a walk from the camping areas than last year.
The headliners were Faith No More (Friday), Slipknot (Saturday) and Def Leppard (Sunday).[35] A notable feature was that Sunday had a strong classic rock theme on the main stage which attracted many Monsters of Rock festival goers. Other notable performers included Limp Bizkit, who were playing in the UK with their original line-up for the first time since 2001, Trivium returning for their third appearance and first head lining spot, Anvil, the band featured in the 2008 film Anvil! The Story of Anvil, and Steel Panther, who were making their first appearance in the UK on the Tuborg Stage. A fourth stage, the "Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage", also made an appearance at this year's festival. This stage was also present at other UK festivals, such as T in the Park in Balado, Scotland, and the Underage Festival in Victoria Park, London.
The 2009 Boardie BBQ took place in the Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage on Thursday 11 June. This year the band was Attica Rage.
The Thursday night of the 2009 festival also saw the Boardie Takeover night. Four bands, three DJ's: Cyst, Dave KC and Gabber Fox, two singers, a stand-up and a burlesque dancer – all members of the Festival Forums – performed to a full house in the End Tent. These bands were Scumface (returning after a successful appearance at the Boardie BBQ in 2007), Orestea, Echovirus and headliners, Silent Descent.[36]
On Monday 18 May the festival confirmed on its official website that Camping tickets had completely sold out.[37]
On 19 May, it was revealed in an interview with Andy Copping on Music Channel Scuzz that there would be secret sets. It was later revealed the bands would be Enter Shikari and Thunder.[38]
On Wednesday 3 June, one week before the campsite opened, Download released a further 2,500 camping tickets. These limited tickets sold out within 24 hours of being released.
The winners of the "Red Bull Bedroom Jam Competition" was Gravesend-based band After the Ordeal. This set was a 'virtual gig', with the band playing live from their bedroom and this footage being streamed live onto the Main Stage at Download Festival, between Pendulum and Marilyn Manson.
The winners of the "Tuborg Battle of the bands" was Leeds punk band Acid Drop and they opened the Tuborg stage on Saturday 13 June.
The Ghost of a Thousand were scheduled to headline the Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage on Saturday but the band cancelled. The Blackout stepped in to play their slot, thus giving them two slots on the festival's bill.
Slipknot's performance is available in their new DVD (sic)nesses. It was released on 28 September 2010 and served as a tribute to their late bassist Paul Gray. It was also Slipknot's last performance in the UK before his death.
Friday 14 June | |||
Main Stage | Second Stage | Tuborg Stage | Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage |
Faith No More |
Mötley Crüe |
Meshuggah |
Blackhole |
Saturday 15 June | |||
Main Stage | Second Stage | Tuborg Stage | Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage |
Slipknot |
The Prodigy |
Anvil |
The Blackout |
Sunday 16 June | |||
Main Stage | Second Stage | Tuborg Stage | Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage |
Def Leppard |
Trivium |
Go:Audio |
We Are the Ocean |
Download 2010[edit]
The Download Festival was confirmed to return to Donington on the weekend 11–13 June 2010, the campsites opening on 9 June. On 25 January, nine bands were announced at the official Download website, including AC/DC as one of the main stage headliners.[39] On 15 February Rage Against the Machine and Aerosmith were confirmed as the other two main stage headliners, as well as 5 more bands confirmed a few hours later.[40]
22 bands were added on 22 March.[41] This announcement confirmed that Bullet for My Valentine, 30 Seconds to Mars and Stone Sour would be the headliners of the Ronnie James Dio Stage. Stage splits were also confirmed. [4]
Saxon performed their 'Wheels of Steel' album in its entirety to commemorate its 30th anniversary.[42] Download 2010 was also the 30th anniversary of rock festivals at Donington Park, since the first one – which Saxon performed at – in 1980.
It was announced on 16 May that the second stage would be renamed "The Ronnie James Dio Stage" in tribute to the singer who died of stomach cancer on the same day.[43] It was also announced that the main stage would be called The Maurice Jones Stage after the co-founder of Monsters of Rock who also died the previous year.
28 May saw 15 more bands added, as well as the official announcement of the Jägermeister-sponsored fifth stage, which would host acoustic acts including bands already performing usual sets at the festival.[44] Sum 41, who were initially announced, then cancelled their appearance due to drummer Steve Jocz being involved in an accident.[45] On 30 May 2010 it was announced that Wolfmother had to cancel their set due to illness and they were replaced by Killswitch Engage.[46]
Aside from Ronnie James Dio, the year was also sadly memorable for other deaths. Y&T performed the Pepsi Max Stage to a jam-packed audience, marking the band's long-anticipated return to Donington since performing at Monsters of Rock, Castle Donington in 1984. Sadly, Download 2010 would be bassist Phil Kennemore's last show in the UK, as he passed away from lung cancer six months later. Killing For Company drummer Stuart Cable, previously of Stereophonics, died the week of the festival at which the band were scheduled to play.
Ratt were scheduled to play on Sunday, but cancelled due to illness of lead vocalist Stephen Pearcy. On 9 June, FM were announced as Ratt's replacement.
The Boardie Takeover ran for the second year in a row on Thursday 10 June. It featured the bands Silent Descent, Fallen Fate, Jacknife Holiday and Cyster Scalpel, as well as singers, DJs and a burlesque dancer.
AC/DC played their set on an exclusive stage positioned next to the Maurice Jones stage, allowing the band to bring their full stadium show to the festival. As announced on 28 May. This marked the first time a headlining band had brought their own stage to Donington. All of the other headlining bands on the other stages had finished their sets before AC/DC began their performance. The AC/DC stage was used only for the actual band, the runway at the front was taken down the next day and the stage remained empty and unused for the rest of the festival once their headlining set was over.
Friday 11 June | |||||
AC/DC Stage | Maurice Jones Stage | Ronnie James Dio Stage | Pepsi Max Stage | Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage | Jägermeister Acoustic Stage |
Them Crooked Vultures |
Bullet for My Valentine |
Job for a Cowboy |
Devil Sold His Soul |
Skin |
Saturday 12 June | ||||
Maurice Jones Stage | Ronnie James Dio Stage | Pepsi Max Stage | Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage | Jägermeister Acoustic Stage |
Rage Against the Machine |
Thirty Seconds to Mars |
Michael Monroe |
Breed 77 |
Reckless Love |
Sunday 13 June | ||||
Maurice Jones Stage | Ronnie James Dio Stage | Pepsi Max Stage | Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage | Jägermeister Acoustic Stage |
Aerosmith |
Stone Sour |
Suicidal Tendencies |
Panic Cell |
Ginger |
Download 2011[edit]
The Download Festival was confirmed to return to Donington on the 10, 11, and 12 June 2011. Linkin Park and System of a Down were the two main stage headliners officially announced, with Saturday subheadliners Avenged Sevenfold and Sunday second stage headliner Rob Zombie announced a short while later.
On 22 February, Def Leppard were announced as Friday's main stage headliner,[47] with Twisted Sister, Down, Duff McKagan's Loaded and Trash Talk also added to the line-up.
15 March saw The Darkness unveiled as the widely-speculated Friday subheadliner, with Funeral for a Friend, Plain White T's, Framing Hanley and Hyro Da Hero also added. In April, the Red Bull Bedroom Jam stage and Jägermeister Acoustic stage's acts were revealed.
Wayne Static was scheduled to open up the main stage on the Sunday, but he pulled out a month prior. Masters of Reality were scheduled to perform but pulled out on 30 March and Karma to Burn were to play the second stage on Sunday but were replaced by Hyro Da Hero, thus giving him three sets over the course of the festival; the most in Download history.
Steward 836 was manning the main stage at the festival, when he caught the attention of fans waiting for Sunday's bands to appear. Some friendly interaction led to cheers from the audience, then one of the giant stage-screens showed him making the "devil horns" gesture, which was applauded by tens of thousands of rock fans. The official Download Festival website even featured him as an artist on their site.[48][49][50]
Friday 10 June | ||||
Main Stage | Second Stage | Pepsi Max Stage | Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage | Jägermeister Acoustic Stage |
Def Leppard |
Pendulum |
Danzig |
Modestep |
Skindred |
Saturday 11 June | ||||
Main Stage | Second Stage | Pepsi Max Stage | Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage | Jägermeister Acoustic Stage |
System of a Down |
Alice Cooper |
Funeral for a Friend |
Dangerous! |
Bowling for Soup |
Sunday 12 June | ||||
Main Stage | Second Stage | Pepsi Max Stage | Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage | Jägermeister Acoustic Stage |
Linkin Park |
Rob Zombie |
Frank Turner |
Dave McPherson |
Download 2012[edit]
On 12 July 2011 it was confirmed via Twitter, and the Download official website that the festival would be staged in 2012 between 8–10 June. Limited early-bird tickets were put on sale on 15 July. It was announced on 10 November via BBC Radio 1 that Metallica would headline the main stage on the Saturday and also that they would be playing their self titled album in its entirety.[51] The next day Black Sabbath were announced to headline the main stage on Sunday 10 June, closing the festival.[52] On 18 November, The Prodigy was announced as the headliner for Friday 8 June.[53]
On 12 April 2012, Download Festival announced on their website, official Facebook page and official Twitter page that the main stage will be named after Jim Marshall who died a week earlier.[54]
Due to the wet and windy conditions on the site, there was a delay in opening the arena on the Friday, resulting in the cancellation/postponement of certain performers.
American heavy metal band Machine Head reportedly broke the festival record for the most circle pits happening during one song, with a reported 29 pits happening at once.[55]
Comedian Bob Slayer, who is a regular on the comedy stage at Download, broke his neck doing a wheelie bin crowd surf stunt whilst entertaining at the festival.[56]
The line-up won an award in the 2012 UK Festival Awards, and festival director John Probyn won a "Lifetime achievement award".[57]
Friday 8 June | ||||
The Jim Marshall Stage | Zippo Encore Stage | Pepsi Max Stage | Redbull Bedroom Jam Stage | Jägermeister Acoustic Stage |
The Prodigy |
Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators |
The Devin Townsend Project |
Cancer Bats |
Yashin |
Saturday 9 June | ||||
The Jim Marshall Stage | Zippo Encore Stage | Pepsi Max Stage | Redbull Bedroom Jam Stage | Jägermeister Acoustic Stage |
Metallica |
You Me at Six |
The Mission |
Cockney Rejects |
Tyla |
Sunday 10 June | ||||
The Jim Marshall Stage | Zippo Encore Stage | Pepsi Max Stage | Redbull Bedroom Jam Stage | Jägermeister Acoustic Stage |
Black Sabbath |
Rise Against |
Periphery |
William Control |
Saint Jude |
Five Finger Death Punch were scheduled to perform on Sunday on the Main Stage between DevilDriver and Kyuss Lives! but on 5 April they pulled out due to "logistic difficulties". Anthrax, who were initially set to play on the Zippo Encore Stage, were brought up to the main stage (later dubbed the Jim Marshall stage) due to Five Finger Death Punch's cancellation.
T. Mills was scheduled to perform on Saturday on the Red Bull stage but pulled out in May and also Porter Robinson, who was also set to play on the same stage on the Friday pulled out due to the recording of a new album. He was replaced by Voodoo Six.
Due to the wet and windy weather, Download did not open its Arena gates on Friday 8 June until 14:00 whilst laying down straw in the Arena and removing potentially dangerous signs and banners which could prove hazardous in high winds, meaning some of the bands were shifted around. Cancer Bats were moved from second opening band on the Jim Marshall Stage to a headline slot on The Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage, with Rise to Remain and Six Hour Sundown missing out on a slot entirely. Fear Factory were also given an additional 10 minutes of performance time due Cancer Bats being relocated to a different stage and Rise to Remain being cancelled. Europe were scheduled to play the Zippo Encore stage on Friday before Little Angels, but it was announced at the last minute that they will not be able to perform due to traffic and transportation issues.[58]
Download 2013[edit]
The eleventh annual Download festival was confirmed for 14–16 June 2013. Early bird tickets went on sale 15 June 2012, where a newly implemented deposit scheme was introduced; which allowed customers to pay for their ticket(s) over three payments rather than one. Iron Maiden were announced as the Saturday headliner on 20 September 2012.[59] Rammstein let slip on the same day that they will be headlining Download on the Sunday,[60] which was confirmed by the festival organisers the following morning. Seven days later it was confirmed via Andy Copping (festival promoter) that Slipknot would be the Friday headliner.[61] From 5 November, bands started to be announced sporadically via Facebook, Scuzz TV, BBC Radio 1, Kerrang! Magazine and the personal Twitter account of Andy Copping.
Goldsboro were due to be playing at the festival, but on 19 February they confirmed they would not be able to perform. After the Burial were scheduled to perform on the Red Bull Studios stage, but pulled out on 17 May in order to focus on their new album.
On 28 May, Skin and Red, White & Blues cancelled their appearances at the festival. Both acts were to perform twice over the weekend, on the Zippo Encore and Jägermeister Acoustic stages. On 3 June, Andy Copping confirmed that Buckcherry would be pulling out of the festival and that they would be replaced by Black Star Riders.
Friday 14 June | ||||
Main Stage | Zippo Encore Stage | Pepsi Max Stage | Red Bull Studios Stage | Jägermeister Acoustic Stage |
Slipknot |
Black Stone Cherry |
Fearless Vampire Killers |
We Are the Ocean |
Saturday 15 June | ||||
Main Stage | Zippo Encore Stage | Pepsi Max Stage | Red Bull Studios Stage | Jägermeister Acoustic Stage |
Iron Maiden |
Enter Shikari |
The Hives |
Last Witness |
Devin Townsend |
Sunday 16 June | ||||
Main Stage | Zippo Encore Stage | Pepsi Max Stage | Red Bull Studios Stage | Jägermeister Acoustic Stage |
Rammstein |
Limp Bizkit |
Satyricon |
Sonic Boom Six |
Heaven's Basement |
Download 2014[edit]
The twelfth annual festival will be held 13–15 June 2014. Earlybird tickets went on sale 21 June 2013. Between 4–6 November, all three main stage headliners were confirmed, along with all the sub-headliners. Linkin Park will be performing their Hybrid Theory album in its entirety.
Reactions to Avenged Sevenfold being announced as headliners were very mixed. After a Facebook user suggested that Dying Fetus headline the festival instead, a social media trend titled #WhyNotDyingFetus was started as a joke. However, this actually led to the band being booked to play, although not in a headline slot, and they were officially confirmed on 6 November.
The Offspring appearance marks the first time in Download's history that a previous main stage headliner will return to play a lower slot. Joe Bonamassa was originally booked to play on the Zippo Encore Stage Saturday before Status Quo but he was moved to the Sunday Main Stage due to a double booking. Trivium were initially confirmed to be headlining the Red Bull Studios Live stage on the Sunday, but following a generally negative response from fans due to the size and limited capacity of the tent, the band was moved to Zippo Encore Stage headliner.
In Flames were scheduled to appear on the Main stage on the Sunday, but they were quietly removed from the line-up poster on February 26. It was later revealed that they had cancelled all of their Summer shows to finish recording their new album.
Friday 13 June | ||||
Main Stage | Zippo Encore Stage | Pepsi Max Stage | Red Bull Studios Live Stage | |
Avenged Sevenfold |
The Offspring |
Opeth |
Dan Reed Network |
Saturday 14 June | ||||
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KINGSTON, Sept. 19, 2008 – Registered nurses at Benedictine Hospital believe they've won their union election, but their votes aren't being counted.
All ballots were impounded Thursday night by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Whether they will be tallied depends on a decision by the board on an appeal by Benedictine management.
Benedictine nurses are seeking to join the New York State Nurses Association because they want a unified voice to help them address workplace issues such as insufficient nurse staffing, non-competitive salaries, and lack of incentives to retain experienced nurses.
Management has asked the NLRB in Washington, DC, to review an August ruling by the board's regional office that granted the RNs the right to an election. That ruling ended hospital management's attempt to prevent the election through a series of NLRB challenges. Management still contends the potential bargaining unit would be inappropriate because it does not include RNs from Kingston Hospital, a separate employer.
The board in Washington had not ruled on management's appeal by election time, which necessitated impounding of the ballots.
Benedictine nurses are incensed that management is still trying to silence them.
"This is a last, desperate attempt to deny our right to have our votes counted," said Mary Sue D'Orazio, RN, a member of the nurses' organizing committee. "Management knows we want a union and they'll do anything to prevent it. We believe our voices deserve to be heard."
"Management has done everything it can to manipulate this election," said committee member Ann Krom. "Now it's trying a last-ditch effort to tie it up through legal maneuvering. This is a waste of money that could have been used to improve patient care. We're being denied our right to make a free choice."
In the meantime, the nurses will move ahead with the process of establishing their bargaining unit in anticipation of a successful outcome. They will draw up a set of rules for the bargaining unit, elect officers, form committees, and develop proposals for a first contract.
The New York State Nurses Association is the voice for nursing in the Empire State. With more than 36,000 members, it is the state's largest union and professional association for registered nurses. It supports nurses and nursing practice through education, research, legislative advocacy, and collective bargaining.


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Stephen V. Monsma
Putting Faith in Partnerships: Welfare-to-Work in Four Cities
University of Michigan Press, 268 pages, $35.
Dave Donaldson and Stanley Carlson-Thies
A Revolution of Compassion: Faith-Based Groups as Full Partners in Fighting America's Social Problems
Baker Books, 201 pages, $14.99.
The recent presidential campaign season included some pretty negative coverage of its religious dimension. There was talk about the so-called "God gap," "values voters," and the four million evangelicals Karl Rove said did not vote in 2000. After the election, there was plenty of hand-wringing about the end of the Enlightenment and the "theocracy" of the Bush Administration. One source of particular worry to Bush Administration critics is an expansion of the so-called "faith based initiative" which allows government money to go to faith based groups to promote secular social improvements. After the election, one columnist went so far as to suggest, the expansion of this program would usher in a new era of intolerance and theocracy.
As usual, the reality is much more complicated—and more reassuring to friends of religious liberty—than the superheated rhetoric of the campaign season suggests. The Stephen V. Monsma's Putting Faith in Partnerships seeks to explain the role of faith-based organizations in the universe of public and private, for-profit and non-profit welfare-to-work programs. Donaldson and Carlson-Thies address A Revolution of Compassion to evangelical leaders with a heart for service, encouraging them to think carefully and creatively about how their missions can be promoted or diverted by partnerships, not only with government, but also with foundations and other social service agencies. Taken together, the two books provide a richly-textured picture of the motives that animate social service providers, the programs they offer, and the complicated relationships they have with government, with philanthropic donors, and with one another.
Monsma's survey covers welfare-to-work programs in four cities—Philadelphia, Chicago, Dallas, and Los Angeles—and represents information gleaned from questionnaires and two-day site visits. He examines government programs, those offered by corporations, large secular non-profits, small community-based non-profits, and faith-based organizations. Monsma breaks down the faithbased organizations into two types: "faithbased/segmented" where the religious elements are separated from the secular programs and "faith-based/integrated" in which secular and religious elements are seamlessly interwoven.
In terms of size and professionalism, Monsma found a clear divide between the governmental, secular non-profit, and forprofit programs on the one hand, and the faith-based and community-based programs, on the other. The former tended to be larger, more professionalized, and better-funded, the latter smaller and more reliant on volunteer
assistance. In 2002, when the survey was taken, over 80% of full-time employees in the welfare-to-work field could be found in either government agencies or large secular nonprofit organizations. Barely 10% worked for community-based or faith-based organizations.
Although the current capacity of the faith-based and community-based sector is small, Monsma found great willingness to expand and, more importantly,"the capacity to handle the paperwork and other demands put on organizations receiving government funding." He concludes that "[i]f policymakers should decide to move in the direction of relying more heavily on community-based and
faith-based providers, they would find providers who are eager to expand and to serve their communities more fully."
Monsma also noted significant differences between the faith-based programs and the others. The former tended to offer a higher proportion of "life-oriented services," like work preparedness training and mentoring, than did the other organizations, which tended to offer more "job-oriented services," like ESL classes, job search services, and client assessment. Put another way, the smaller community-and faithbased organizations tried harder to focus on the root causes of an individual's specific problems and offer solutions where appropriate. The different mix of services provided may bespeak a difference in orientation, captured in this comment by a formerly homeless client of a Los Angeles faith-based program, who said that "at the welfare office, they just try to get you in and get you out, while at the faithbased
program, they really try to help. She said that if the welfare office finds you a job, there is no follow-up, but the people of the faithbased program are still there for you." Still, Monsma also observed that "welfare-to-work
service providers tend to attract staff members who have a sense of personal commitment, often even rooted in religious values, no matter in what setting that person works" (emphasis mine).
In short, Monsma describes a diverse "ecology" of service providers, offering varying mixes of programs, with substantial potential for expansion, especially in areas and with respect to needs that are relatively underserved.
Among the principal barriers to expansion are those erected by opponents of the faith-based initiative, who fear government support for proselytization and religious discrimination in hiring.
Monsma's research suggests that this fear is misplaced.The following statements by program administrators are, Monsma argues, representative of the attitudes of those working in
faith-based organizations:
Our call is for life transformation; we do not proselytize, do not say if you get saved everything will be OK. But we say you are precious—you reflect God's image and…you need to find the good work that God created for you to do.
What we have here is an extension of our individual faith. We as a group do not feel we need to go evangelize or proselytize. If someone asks questions, we will talk to them about faith matters. We do not hide it. But neither do we lead with it. That is not our purpose. When we take this approach, there is no hidden agenda to shove your beliefs onto others.
Even in the "faith-based/integrated" programs, the religious content is not,strictly speaking "sectarian." The religious content of most faith-based programs usually
deals "with attitudes toward work, personal responsibility, individual hope, and self-esteem. "Where secular programs might use trite motivational plaques and posters to inspire success in their program, faith-based
programs use Scripture and speak of being created in God's image. While some, Monsma concedes, might regard such
appeals as sectarian proselytization undeserving of government support, that understanding—I would argue—requires exceedingly expansive definitions of both sectarianism and proselytization. Such definitions
might be embraced by a judge here or there, but they are
unlikely to win in the court of public opinion. In short, if we can get beyond the inside-the-beltway rhetoric and look at what actually is happening in America's communities, the public would likely embrace the programs and support further government funding for them.
Monsma also provides ammunition for those who would defend the rights of organization to hire only those who support their mission. Beyond effectively marshalling the relevant
legal precedents, he offers the following observations:
It is not a matter of churches or denominational groups wanting to hire persons from their own specific church or denomination…. Instead, it is usually a matter of such groups wishing to hire persons whose religious values and commitments fit within their religious commitments, broadly conceived…. In the real world the issue is not whether a particular religious tradition may only hire from within its own narrowly
defined tradition. Rather, the issue is, for example, whether or not a Christian agency must hire a total non-believer….
If faith-based organizations have a role to play in addressing America's social needs they should be entitled to hire employees who support their mission as secular agencies are. We should think of religious hiring preferences not as government-funded job discrimination, but rather as government accommodation of religious freedom.
Writing in full awareness of how contentious the faith-based initiative has become, Monsma concludes by offering a series of recommendations calculated to turn down the heat. Two in particular are worth highlighting. First, where possible, government assistance should be offered in the form of vouchers to individuals, rather than grants or contracts to organizations. This maximizes individual choice, weakens the perception of direct government support for religious entities, and leaves organizations free to do what they will to assist their clients. Of course, because they provide income rather than "seed capital," vouchers can't readily be used to start new programs.
Monsma suggests that faithbased organizations look to
philanthropic sources for startup funding, adding yet another element to the rich mosaic of partnerships.
His second suggestion is that government only provide
funding to free-standing nonprofit organizations, not
directly to churches. Once again, this weakens perceptions
of church-state entanglement and protects churches from inappropriate governmental scrutiny. And since he finds
ample evidence to suggest that faith-based non-profits are no less faithful than actual congregations, clients lose none of the benefits faith can provide.
While Monsma's work will no doubt be interesting to those working in the trenches of faith-based service providers, the Donaldson/Carlson-Thies volume may be of more direct use to this audience. Addressed to evangelicals—a group that, according to Monsma, is increasingly prominent in the landscape of faith-based social service providers the Donaldson/Carlson-Thies book accessibly summarizes the case for President Bush's faithbased initiative and addresses many of the practical concerns new entrants into the field might have. There is good reason for this. Donaldson is the founder and CEO of We Care America,
an organization that assists social service ministries,
and Carlson-Thies worked in the Bush Administration and currently works for the Center for Public Justice, a prominent evangelical think tank. The authors seek to encourage and reassure evangelicals that they do not need
to sell their souls to serve their communities. Likewise, non-evangelical readers ought to come away from this book reassured that there is no hidden "theocratic" agenda, that evangelicals are genuinely looking to help heal the
wounds in the society in which they live, and that that they do not practice only "faith healing."
The most interesting and illuminating sections of the book deal with the complex web of relationships necessary to provide effective service. It is easy, for example, for those in the nonprofit world to forget the centrality of business to their endeavors. Businesspeople are not enemies
or even rivals, but partners, providing, among many things, the very work toward which welfare recipients are supposed to move. The authors urge "kingdom diplomacy"—an evangelical catch phrase for advancing cooperation over confrontation—upon their readers, demonstrating that miscommunication and misunderstanding on both sides have hindered effective partnerships. They offer as one example of fruitful collaboration that faith-based organizations can provide life skills and a network of mentors and supporters that will contribute to the success and productivity of the employees a business hires.
Donaldson and Carlson-Thies also discuss the challenges of remaining true to your evangelical mission, using the struggles of the Salvation Army as a case study. They note that while some secularizing pressure comes from government funding, there is perhaps even greater pressure from the norms of the social service professions.And the temptation to compromise one's mission comes not only from
these sources, but also from a too-heavy reliance on any single source of support, private or public.
Of course, their focus here is revealing. They and their audience have a genuinely defensive concern about losing their way, about abandoning their faith for merely worldly
effectiveness and success, which is an acknowledgement
of the power of a secular society. They do not propose to transform that society fundamentally—the city of man will always be the city of man—but rather to find a way of working with secular partners on behalf of genuinely common purposes. Hence no one should feel threatened by the willingness of evangelicals to bring their substantial resources and energies to bear on pressing social problems. If there is any danger of "contamination" here, the risk weighs heavier with the faith-based group in its confrontation with the secular than with the confrontation of the secular with religion.
The mission here, the authors make clear, is, above all,"to help neighbors and neighborhoods in need." Yes, some flexibility will be required. Yes, evangelicals might occasionally find that their neighbor-love is more effectively expressed not by founding new organizations
but by working within old ones. "The key," they remind us,"is help that really helps, and not the growth and glory of the faithbased group."
From the evidence that these two books provide, that sentence could serve as the watchword of the Bush Administration's faithbased initiative. In a pluralistic society such as ours, everyone has at least the opportunity to learn the lesson of mutually respectful cooperation. If states and localities are better able to
respond in innovative ways to particular local needs, then leaders everywhere should be open to the various kinds of partners our authors describe. Members of faith-based
organizations are willing and able to learn how to navigate the shoals of genuinely loving and faithful service to a diverse community. People in the public and secular arenas can learn that their religious neighbors desperately want to pitch in and that they're not just
trolling for proselytes. All these two groups have to do is to find one another and to begin the conversation, preferably without the a priori interference of organizations like the Freedom from Religion Foundation, the Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, and the Interfaith Alliance, all of whom seem devoted to throwing up barriers to genuine interfaith and public-private alliances.
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Hey, guys. This is Brian Bennett for CNET.com and right now, we're talking a first look at the Nike Plus FuelBand SE. Now, this device costs $149 and goes on sale right now for pre-order but also will hit the market on November 6th. So, basically, this device is a follow up to the original FuelBand fitness gadget that became really popular from Nike and has very engaging color LED screen here which shows your basic fuel status, how many points you have in Nike's Fuel system. So, Nike also says that the Nike FuelBand SE is also more water resistant, so you can take it in the shower and will also connect to iOS devices only just like the predecessor. Unfortunately, there's no Android support at the moment. So, what's really interesting about the new platform for the Nike Plus FuelBand SE is that the new Apple encouraged you to get motivated and move every hour hopefully five minutes out of each hour and essentially ensure that you are active throughout the day and that will hopefully lead to a better lifestyle and better health. Other things that are nice about this Nike FuelBand SE is that it comes in four different colors, it will come in black, a crimson color, electric blue, as well as a green sort of hue, and it's all inside the band here. So, another really interesting feature that Nike has added to its latest fuel band is the ability to log sessions or activities for your workouts. So, essentially, what you do is just press this button, hold it down and that will kick off the recording feature. So, if you go, say play tennis or go to yoga class, you could just press that button and record that activity and log it later. Also, you can log your sleep by doing the same thing, hitting that button, holding it now right before you go to sleep that will log the session that will begin sleep recording and when you wake up, just hit that button again and you have recorded how long you slept that night. So, the Nike Plus FuelBand SE will sync over wireless Bluetooth connection. It uses the profile version, Bluetooth 4.0 and if you don't wanna sync it that way, you can basically unhook the hinge and plug in to your Mac or PC using a USB port that's right here on the edge of the band. So, there you have it, folks. You've just taken a first look at the Nike Plus FuelBand SE. I am Brian Bennet for CNET.com.
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Inspired by the the Nike+ FuelBand and the Fitbit Ultra, Molly Wood decides to train for a half marathon. But which device will pass the test and be her constant companion through training?
The FuelBand is actually a clever motivational tool -- for some people. It's the casual person's fitness tracker, and Nike employs tricks like awards and badges and color LEDs to keep you moving. For someone used to watching television, or better yet, playing video games, the FuelBand can be very effective in getting them off the couch. But the FuelBand isn't for everyone. Anyone who already has an exercise routine and is looking for a better way of tracking their workouts won't be satisfied with this wristband
Prizefight: Get that summer bod with tech!
Fitness tech is an emerging trend, and we're facing off the Nike+ FuelBand and Fitbit Ultra. Is Nike's branding power alone too much for the Fitbit? Let's get it on!
Episode 5: We get physical with the Nike+ FuelBand and the Fitbit Ultra
Molly takes on the biggest physical challenge of her life with the aid of the Nike+ FuelBand and Fitbit Ultra; the knives come out to unbox the Personal Rover; and Sharon Vaknin creates a DIY NFC Phonedock. Plus, we merge the physical and digital worlds with a look into augmented reality.
Nike FuelBand SE: New colors, new tools, same concept
The newest FuelBand fitness tracker adds Bluetooth 4.0 and some new motivational tools. And guess what? You can wear it in the shower more worry-free.
Razer takes stab at meshing smartwatch and fitness band
Imagine a Nike Fuelband that got text messages like a Pebble. Did we mention it has dual screens?
Track fitness and sleep with Jawbone's updated Up
The $129.99 Jawbone Up is durable, water-resistant, and syncs with iPhones to track your activity and sleep 24-7.
The Fitbit Flex is one of the newest fitness trackers with a sleek design. It tracks steps, sleep, and calories; offers Bluetooth syncing; and is water resistant.
The network is set to become a publicly traded company on Thursday, Nike pumps Fuel into a new iPhone chip, and Google Search adds new tricks for its iOS app.
Path: Privacy, Nike, and Sleep
Molly Wood talks to Path CEO, Dave Morin on privacy issues, his popular app, and a new partnership with Nike.
Nike+ FuelBand SE Review
The good: The Nike+ FuelBand SE adds Bluetooth 4.0 for continuous syncing, more water resistance for wearing in the shower, hourly motivational reminders, and solid social connectivity with other Nike+ users.
The bad: No Android support; only works with iPhone 4S and later; Bluetooth syncing can get quirky; no vibration for silent alarms or hourly reminders; app's toolset is a little simplistic; doesn't track sleep.
The bottom line: The Nike+ FuelBand SE is a minor upgrade to last year's FuelBand, adding Bluetooth 4.0 and a few new motivational wrinkles to its software, but the band's design is more successful than its package of features.
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Steven P. Brown joined the faculty of the C.T. Bauer College of Business as Bauer Professor of Marketing in June 2002. Professor Brown previously served on the marketing faculties of Southern Methodist University and the University of Georgia. He has also taught at the University of Texas at Austin, where he received his Ph.D. in marketing in 1990. Professor Brown's research interests focus on identifying ways of building and sustaining competitive advantage through effective sales and service organizations. His research has investigated how organizational climate and managerial leadership motivate and facilitate the efforts of front-line sales and service personnel, and how these, in turn, impact customer satisfaction and organizational performance. Other research interests include customer-perceived service quality and satisfaction, buyer-seller relationships, consumer information processing and decision making, and methods of meta-analysis. His research has been published in leading marketing and psychology journals, such as the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Research, Psychological Bulletin, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Retailing, among others. He has been recognized by the Journal of Marketing Education as one of the most productive scholars in the field of marketing during the 1990s. He is a past winner of the Jagdish N. Sheth Award for the best article in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science and the American Marketing Association's best article of the year award for marketing communications. He has also won many other research accolades from the institutions he has served. He serves on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Retailing, Journal of Service Research, and Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Social Science Research Network's Managerial Marketing journal. Prior to his academic career, he worked as Regional Sales Manager for Latin America for the Wadsworth International Group of Belmont, California, where he was responsible for sales and distribution throughout Latin America. He also served as a top-producing sales representative for Science Research Associates of Chicago.
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NFL Players Build Home With Habitat For Humanity
Americus, Ga. San Francisco 49ers Quarterback Jeff Garcia and San Diego Chargers Defensive End Marcellus Wiley teamed up with the Brooks family Thursday morning to help them build their Habitat for Humanity NFL house in New Orleans. It's part of Habitat for Humanity and the National Football League's Super Bowl Blitz Build to construct a house in one week with a News Orleans family in need just in time for Super Bowl XXXVI.
"It's a blessing from God," said Malcolm Brooks, the Habitat partner who will move into the home with his wife, Clara, and three of their five children. "It's a blessing and it's not in disguise because you can see it."
Wiley said he was moved by helping the Brooks family get a hand up out of poverty and into homeownership, something they might not have been able to do without the help of Habitat for Humanity. "I grew up in a little apartment, probably the size of the bedroom they're gonna get, and 'til the day I got drafted by the NFL, it was home,'" Wiley said. "I know how valuable a home is and I know how I felt when I moved into my first home."
Garcia said he feels it is important to give back to the community, no matter where you are. He signed the drywall that lines the front porch of the Brooks' home: "Wishing you the very best and thank you for giving me the opportunity to hammer in some nails!"
The Brooks family will receive the keys to their new Habitat NFL home Saturday afternoon. They will move from a three-bedroom home they rent for $500 a month into the home on Mandeville Street, which is part of the Super Bowl St. Roch Initiative to build ten homes in the neighborhood. Because of Habitat's policy of no profit on the construction and no-interest financing, their mortgage payments will be almost half of what they now pay in rent.
"I always wanted to own a home," said Clara Brooks, "And now God is coming through."
NFL Charities donated $50,000 to Habitat for Humanity International to build the Brooks' home. NFL Charities, created in 1973, is a nonprofit organization created by the member clubs of the National Football League to enable the clubs to collectively make grants to charitable and worthwhile causes on the national level. Since its inception, NFL Charities has made more than $45 million in grant commitments to more than 250 different organizations.
Habitat for Humanity International is an ecumenical Christian ministry dedicated to eliminating poverty housing. Founded by Millard Fuller, along with his wife, Linda, Habitat for Humanity International and its affiliates in more than 2,000 communities in 83 nations have built and sold more than 100,000 homes to partner families with no-profit, zero-interest mortgages.


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Good luck!!!! Looking forward to reading future posts
Looks like information about the trip is scattered around several sites, none of which is complete or up to date. That's unfortunate, as many ExPo readers would like to follow the trip more closely than the quarterly updates planned for Overland Journal.
The official Expeditions 7 web site was last updated April 12. It doesn't look like the web site admins have any plans to show the team's progress or current location.
The Expedition Portal front page has one update. Comments here require a Facebook login, for reasons that are unclear.
Expedition Portal has a Facebook page, and there are photos here that don't appear elsewhere. Access requires a Facebook account.
The Expedition Portal forums has the thread you're reading.
Profitts Cruisers has four pages of blog entries describing the trip from the lower 48 to the official starting point of the Expeditions 7 tour.
Sporadic Twitter posts (aka tweets) from the Expeditions 7 team can be found here
I found a placeholder page on Facebook, but no current info there.
I'm sure there are more places around the Web where more information can be found about Expeditions 7. Post up if you find one.
The challenge is that the team is still on the road. Web and cell access is sporadic. We have been posting when we can, with whatever device we have handy. We have a lot of members who follow us on Facebook and Twitter, and those sites are easy to post to from a phone, so a lot of pics have been going there when we only have a few minutes to post.
The best images are being captured in the in-truck storage systems, and at the end of each stage we will aggregate all the imagery from the various sources, as well as the in-truck storage of images, and post them into this thread.
So while information may not hit this thread as fast as some other places (we will try to correct that), this thread will have the most comprehensive coverage.
Ray Hyland
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www.expeditionportal.com www.overlandjournal.com
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1969 Suzuki AC100 Wolf, 2005 YZF250F, 1971 Carabela
Holy crap, can't you guys be a little patient with the team? I mean hell, if all they did was update the website from their expedition they wouldn't be actually DOING any 'expeditioning'. Updating a website, editing images, generating text, this all takes TIME...of which there is precious little to be had at the end of a long day on the road.
If you absolutely have to be as up-to-date as you possibly can, get a Facebook account and quit'cher'bitchin'.
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Here we go. Basic iphone pics for now. Better shots when the trucks are back.
The mass of batteries that need to be charged each night. This is in a camp/hotel in Prudhoe. On the camping nights this happens from the truck's power.
The new Canon C300s we are filming with. Beautiful cameras to work with.
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Departing from the Dock at Haines Alaska
Downtown Skagway. What a cool town.
Ray Hyland
Explorers Club Member, RCGS Fellow, Member of Overland International Inc.
www.expeditionportal.com www.overlandjournal.com
1993 D110 (Diesel), 1991 LJ78 (Diesel), 1954 86" Station Wagon, 1954 86" Pickup
1969 Suzuki AC100 Wolf, 2005 YZF250F, 1971 Carabela
A few more from the phone.
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Scott on the Manley Road (Yes, it is called that).
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The trucks at the Arctic Circle
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Bridge over the Yukon River
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Riverboat pulled up on the shore for the winter
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The view from the bridge
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Ray and Scott by a frozen river near Manley
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Truck by the river
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View driving down the Manley Road
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Ray on the road
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www.expeditionportal.com www.overlandjournal.com
1993 D110 (Diesel), 1991 LJ78 (Diesel), 1954 86" Station Wagon, 1954 86" Pickup
1969 Suzuki AC100 Wolf, 2005 YZF250F, 1971 Carabela
Well done with the updates so far and thanks for sharing. Two years is a long time when you are sitting at home reading about the future adventure on your screen but behind the wheel that time will go by fast. I've got two questions:
1-Any more info on the vehicles besides what was posted on the Proffit's blog: "For the expedition, the team has selected two VDJ78 V8 turbo-diesel Toyota Land Cruisers because of their legendary toughness and reliability. These trucks are a best of breed for overland expeditions, said Greg Miller, the teams lead driver." Edit: Read about the vehicles on your website (http://expeditions7.com)
2-What year do you plan on landing in Australia (2012 or 2013)? The Canning Stock Route is on my wish list so you may have another cruiser join the trek!
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Or maybe there is an intentional delay so people don't know exactly where they are at every given moment? It might not be a huge risk where they are at now, but eventually they will be in spots where they probably won't want everyone to know exactly where they are.
Can you guys shed some light on the costs involved? I assume sponsors are footing the bill? The purchase and outfitting of the vehicles would probably blow most people's budget. Did Toyota donate the vehicles? Do you have a map of the route? sorry if I missed that somewhere. Where do you outline the special equipment added to the vehicles? Looking forward to the updates.


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Common Core has recently become a controversial issue in the area of education.
Shreveport's history of allowing machine politics to influence certain elections is coming home to 'roost.' This influence has too often resulted in electing unqualified and incompetent candidates to public office.
I've always enjoyed a good religious debate. That's why I was excited to sit down on Feb. 4 and watch the 'creation vs. evolution' debate between Bill Nye, 'The Science Guy,' and Ken Ham, the founder of the Creation Science Museum in Kentucky.
The old adage that 'you don't know what you've got until it's gone' is unfortunately, too often true. However, we in northwest Louisiana know better and have long appreciated someone who is a critical member of our higher education and community leadership.
Your editorial talks about several benefits that marijuana legalization can bring to Louisianans. Unfortunately, the severe negative consequences coming from marijuana legalization will offset the minor benefit of marijuana legalization.
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Tell your public officials to enforce the food stamp laws. Those who lie, cheat or steal to get benefits should be prosecuted. This is a principle on which liberals and conservatives should be able to agree.
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Yes, science is objective but not all scientists have been objective. Evolution is a theory. You may know then that theory is not scientific fact; it is just that ... unproven theory, not proven science.
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Bootsie (Wiley Hilburn Jr.) was my older brother and even though more than seven years separated our ages we were alike in many respects and different in a just a few. For instance we both had the same oddities ... no sense of direction, not good with computers, misplacing things, losing our cars in a parking lot, wrecking our cars and drinking too much in our early years.
Evolution is about change over time. Evolution is not about the transformation from non-life to life. That would be the theory of biogenesis. Evolution is the cornerstone of modern biology. It has great explanatory and predictive power and is testable. Creationism fails on all accounts.
We should not continue being fooled. It is time for those among us who care to insist on the truth, face facts, and roll-up our sleeves to finally get this job done. It is a job that matters.
Now, no one is perfect and indeed The Times has championed many wonderful things for our communities, but a gateway drug? I know that it is tough economic times but the stage is set for positive economic activities in northwest Louisiana and the entire state.
On Oct. 1, 2013, the Pew Research Center published a Portrait of Jewish Americans. This comprehensive study indicates that 93 percent older persons (born between 1914 and 1927) were 'Jews-by-religion' but the number of religious Jews drops in the millennial age group (born after 1980) to 68 percent.
You made the right and courageous choice to protect yourself and your family. When I was still in my teen years, I was in Korea fighting in the Korean War, and I still think about it sometimes but without regret for what I had to do.
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As the United States scrambles to maintain our lead relative to other countries in science and technology, we must take every measure that we can to be sure that our science curricula address the field with depth and precision. We must not present our students with religious stances that we label 'science.' We must teach facts, not opinions, and we must teach students how to differentiate between the two.
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Another insane cold wave not the infamous 'polar vortex,' but its evil twin is bringing sub-zero and single-digit temperatures to much of the nation. And global warming may be even more extreme, and potentially more catastrophic, than climate scientists had feared.
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