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*In December 1992 Fey scalped 2,000 tickets earmarked for a Grateful Dead show. Representatives of the band found out about it, but because of their long relationship with Fey, they ultimately chose to overlook the matter.
Fey's response: "Absolutely not. Besides, I don't have to skim tickets. It's my show. All I have to do is take them."
*The MGM-Grand Casino in Las Vegas caught Fey on videotape taking tickets from the box office prior to a Rolling Stones concert in 1995 and then calling a well-known scalper in Los Angeles, where the tickets were ultimately traced. Again, MCA covered up for Fey.
Fey's response: "There were some problems at those shows, but they had nothing to do with me."
*At a 1994 Pink Floyd show, Nate Feld, who had worked with Feyline and Fey Concerts on and off since 1968, was running the T-shirt concession when he discovered that Fey's son Geoffrey had stolen approximately $2,000 from the proceeds. For this sin, Feld fired Geoffrey--and when Fey found out about it, he sacked Feld. Shortly thereafter, Feld filed a lawsuit against Fey that was ultimately settled in Feld's favor. (Feld, who now runs an area liquor store, confirms that he sued Fey and won, but he declines to comment further, citing an agreement not to discuss the case that was part of the settlement.)
Fey's response: "I can't talk about the settlement, but I can tell you that it didn't have anything to do with Geoffrey. During intermission, Nate went on the P.A. and started hawking the T-shirts, and Pink Floyd was livid about it. So when I found out about it, I got Nate on the phone and said, 'What the fuck was on your mind?' And I ended up firing him. He then in turn sued for age discrimination. MCA decided they didn't want to fight it, so they made a settlement with him."
*At an Olympics-themed event in 1996, Fey arrived at a backstage area without the proper passes. Security personnel on hand did not recognize him and refused to grant him access, so he walked to his car, grabbed an automatic weapon and brandished it at the security guards. Fey's own people had to restrain and disarm him.
Fey's response: "Nonsense. I don't even have an automatic weapon. And I've never pulled a weapon on anyone in my life."
*Fey regularly carried a loaded pistol into his office with him. Given his proclivity to throw violent tantrums, the presence of the gun terrified his employees. The situation wasn't resolved until MCA ordered him not to bring the weapon to work with him anymore.
Fey's response: "That's almost true. I've had a permit since about 1971, and then when Alan Berg got killed, I was told basically that it would be a good idea as a high-profile Jewish member of the community to carry it with me. But MCA's risk-management department had a policy against weapons, so I stopped carrying it. They wrote me a little letter, and that was that. But I don't think anyone in the office was ever scared of it."
That may be, but Fey certainly frightens plenty of people not employed by him. The only Fey critic contacted for this story who would allow his name to be used was Rob Marshall, the head of Road Home Productions, the most prominent promoter of Christian musical events in the area. He once worked regularly with Fey and says, "Doing dates with Barry and Chuck Morris basically exposed me to the mainstream, through B.J. Thomas and Amy Grant and Stryper. But I was also exposed to their way of doing things. And my eyes were opened when I saw how Fey abused his employees--really good employees who he subjected to verbal abusing and unbelievable screaming and yelling. So many of his people have quit over the years because they just couldn't take it anymore. And I understand why. I took my children to his office with me one day, and he really frightened them. When the building began to shake, they jumped from the reception area into the elevator. I guess they were very sheltered children; they had never seen an adult act that way. But most people haven't."
For Marshall, who refers to Fey as "the anti-Christ," the last straw was a Michael W. Smith concert approximately four years ago for which he had agreed to serve as a consultant. "But Fey reneged on the deal--a signed deal. And that was it," he says. "Everyone in the industry encouraged me to sue him, but I didn't. I just walked away, because I hadn't lost any money. But so many of his partners aren't that lucky. Barry Fey doesn't share the pie like a regular partner should. His profit centers and streams of revenue are extraordinary, and they're not shared with the venues, the artists or the partners the way they should be. And at a certain point, that just can't be ignored. He's the most self-centered, out-of-control, egotistical person on the planet."
When told about Marshall's comments, Fey denies treating him unfairly and seems unconcerned about the other characterizations. "I always thought Rob Marshall liked me," he says with affected surprise before dismissing him as "an absolute flake." But he concedes that he was not always so magnanimous when he heard such criticism.


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Rolling Hills Country Club in Wichita, Kan. serves as at the exact location where it all began for the LPGA Tour. Following the 1950 U.S. Women's Open held at Rolling Hills Country Club, 13 historic women united to form a Tour that would give female golfers the opportunity to make a living while fulfilling their dreams. In the clubhouse of the historic golf course, Alice Bauer, Patty Berg, Bettye Danoff, Helen Dettwelier, Marlene Bauer Hagge, Helen Hicks, Opal Hill, Betty Jameson, Sally Sessions, Marilynn Smith, Shirley Spork, Louise Suggs, and Babe Zaharias founded one of the longest-running women's professional sports associations in the world, the LPGA Tour.
On Tuesday, Rolling Hills Country Club hosted the LPGA Legends Tournament which consisted of 26 two-person teams playing a gross and net event. Immediately following the ladies invitational, a dedication ceremony took place for the Founders Plaque which commemorates the site where the LPGA Tour was founded and its 13 founding members. Will Muirhead, a member of Rolling Hills Country Club, kicked off the ceremony by playing the bagpipes while walking down the "walk of fame" leading to the plaque. Immediately following, Don Farquhar, PGA Head Professional and Director of Operations at Rolling Hills Country Club, retold the now famous story of how the LPGA was formed at Rollins Hills Country Club.
"This is a great day for Rolling Hills," said Farquhar. "For too long there has not been the recognition of this being the birthplace of the LPGA. What these 13 women did on that September day in 1950 paved the way for all of the women playing professional golf today. And just think- it all started right here."
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In this issue: *V-O-T-E on Nov. 4th!!! *Don't Impeach Obama.. Arrest Him! *Betrayal in Benghazi *Support the Benghazi Investigation *Open Range and Agenda 21 in Nevada *In Memory of John Sheely *Who Are Our Domestic Enemies? *Wake Up, America.... or Die! *ChristianNationUSA has arrived: *Hear! Hear! Progressives Trying to Give Obama a Third Term!! The slimy DemocRATS are at it again. New York Democratic Congressman, Jose Serrano, submitted a proposition (H.J. Res. 5) in the House to repeal the 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution which limits a president's service to two terms. The progressive/Democrats/commies want to promote their dictator for another term - and with their voter fraud tactics, this could happen. Imagine! The worst, ineligible, illegal pResident for another term??!! We confirmed his intention by calling his local office. Call Serrano, tell him you oppose this move. There is a procedure for amending the Constitution, and it is not by legislating amendments or repeals. He does not mention H.J. Res. 5 on his website, so this is another progressive "under the radar" sneaky move! Call Serrano, give him hell on this, and then do call Congressmen in your state and tell them, "No! To H.R. Res.5. Ph: 718-620-0084 Local Office Ph: 202-225-4361 Washington Office Find your Representative: http://www.house.gov Don't Impeach Obama... Arrest Him! by Combined Staff As we were about to publish this edition, events began pouring in to reinforce everything in this article, and more. Obama released 5 of the worst Taliban leaders from Guantanamo Bay prison in exchange of an Army deserter and Islam convert, on his own... that is without the 30 day notice to Congress required by law. Reports were coming in daily about him, Obama, giving weapons and military supplies to radical Muslim jihadists - terrorists - to include shoulder fired missles which can take down a commercial airliner. Now, Iraq is on fire and being asssaulted by Sunni radical terrorists where captured Iraqi government soldiers are being executed and beheaded. The carnage is unbelievable. And what is the master Obama doing? Off to California for a fund raiser and to play golf!!!! Can you believe it?? No more cover - Obama is a Muslim operative and a traitor to America. There is no doubt that he is willfully committing high treason, for which he must be arrested. Benghazi was a clandestine gun running operation to the ISIS terrorists in Syria like Fast & Furious was a gun running operation to the drug cartels in Mexico! This man is America's public enemy number 1 and must be arrested, tried, and imprisoned. And now, information is coming in that Obama set up the illegal immigration flood of children across our southern border! This criminal must be arrested. Here is what every American who still cares about, and loves America must do. Barack Hussein Obama is not eligible to be president. To our loyal readers, this information comes as no surprise. We have been repeatedly stating this about Obama's ineligibility since 2010. We present this here for our fellow Americans who need to know so that we might finally begin to end this reign of terror by this corrupt, inept, gang of criminals and start the dismantling of the progressive/communist machinary which has been working against American interests for over 100 years! If you don't know what we mean by the term, "progressive," you need to read the adjacent column and order that book and become politically enlightened. By now, 2014, it should come as no surprise when we say that Obama is a pathological liar to the extent never seen before in an American leader. But lying is the hallmark of the progressives, as well as cheating, intimidation, a lack of the ability to debate their ideas and to compromise. It's their way or no way. Anyone disagreeing with them is slandered, or worse. So it is with Obama not being eligible to legally qualify to be president because of the fact that he is not a natural-born citizen. If we are to preserve our excellent Constitution, which has been the law of this land since we won our independence from England, we must not - cannot - let Obama and his progressives get away with this infraction of the law. They hate and want to nullify our Constitution. Holding Obama to the law, is our first step in preserving the Republic and nullifying everything Obama signed, and rendering every political appointment by him null and void. Do you understand the importance of that statement? The Democrats/progressives/communists (take your pick) like to agrue that our Founding Fathers never defined exactly what comprises a natural-born citizen. But, they did! Our Founders, being practical men and farmers who lived close to the land, followed and were influenced by Natural Law. Natural Law dictated that the offspring followed the ancestry of the father. If he was a bona fide citizen of a country, based on his being born there, then his offspring would likewise be natural citizens of that country, or "natural-born," as opposed to "naturalized" which meant being born in anothor country and moving here to become "naturalized" such as, for example, George Soros being born and raised in Hungary and coming to the United States to become a "naturalized" U.S. citizen. Furthermore, the United States Supreme Court addressed what constitutes a natural-born citizen and made a precedent ruling that has never been challenged to this day. In Minor vs. Happersett (1875) , the [US] Supreme Court ruled that a natural-born citizen is someone born to parents - parents!! - who were citizens of the country where the child was born, either in-country or within the jurisdiction of the country. In other words, for Barack Hussein Obama to state that he is a natural-born citizen, he would have had to have parents who were both U.S. citizens at the time of his birth, and be born either in the United States or the legal jurisdiction of the United States. This is where things get interesting. Obama and his entourage never denied that his biological father was Barack Hussein Obama [Sr.]. Jerome Corsi did extensive research into Obama's history in Where's the Birth Certificate , and Where's the Real Birth Certificate , and verified Obama's father and all of the questionable data as to where he was actually born. Furthermore, the pResident confirmed that Barack Obama, Sr., was his father in his book, Dreams From My Father. But Barack Hussein Obama, Senior, was never a citizen of the United States, but an exchange student from the British jurisdication and former colony which would eventually become the country called Kenya. Using Natural Law to trace the blood-line of our current pResident, would make him out to be a British subject or Kenyan citizen, in spite of the fact that his mother Stanley Ann Dunham was an American. Minor vs. Happersett (1875) states very clearly that "a natural-born citizen is one born to parents who are both citizens of the country of birth." So, pResident Obama is not qualified to continue to remain in office under Article II, Section 1.5 of the U.S. Constitution, which states, "No person except a natural-born citizen , or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, (emphasis added) shall be eligible to the office of President..." Obama's half brother in the newspaper, The Blaze: (http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/01/02/obamas-half-brother-reveals-what-the-president-did-the-first-time-they-met-in-kenya-and-talked-about-western-culture/) Asked what he has in common genetically with Barack, Ndesandjo said, "I think that the common link between us comes not from [our] shared father (italics added), rather more from our mothers. Both of us had strong mothers..." Ndesandjo's mother, Ruth Nidesand, Obama Sr.'s third wife, was born in the U.S. to Lithuanian Jewish immigrants. Ndesandjo continues, "Both of us have advantages and disadvantages, and some of them come from our father." He called their father "a boundary-breaking man and to a large extent rebellious. He was a man of great passion and intellect, who attracted many people." We rest our case. Then there is the question of where Mr. Obama was really born. He claims that he was born in Hawaii, but there is conflict as to the hospital of birth. No hospital in Hawaii has come forward to verify his place of birth there. This has been extensively documented in Jerome Corsi's books. Obama's friend, former Congressman Neal Abercrombie, upon leaving the House to become governor of Hawaii, pledged to "get to the bottom of the birth certificate issue" for Obama to set the record straight. However, after nearly a year of digging, with much [mainstream] media fanfare, the matter was [quietly] dropped and no birth certificate was produced. Of course, there is that alleged long form "official birth certificate" produced by Obama in April, 2011, which has since been declared a fraud by numerous calliography experts to include the prestigious Cold Case Posse, made up of veteran law enforcement officials under the direction of Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona. Then, there is the recorded statement by Obama's grandmother that she was present at his birth... in Kenya! Newspaper articles in Chicago, when Obama was running for the state senate there, announced him as being "Kenyan born." Obama's publisher's bio stating that Obama was "born in Kenya and raised in Hawaii." But the most compelling, suspicious, and emminently believable evidence, is the Cold Case Posse's revelation that the records of persons entering the United States from other countries during the first week of August, 1961 - the week that includes the birth of Obama on August 6th - have been deleted. Do you understand what was just said? Entry data of travelers from other countries coming into the United States during the week Barack Hussein Obama was born were deleted!! No other records of entry were touched to our knowledge. Interesting? This issue of Obama's ineligibility has remained unresolved since 2008 - and the progressive left/Democrats/communists are perfectly happy to make you believe that this issue doesn't matter. It does matter if we are to save our Constitution and our country from these gangster usurpers. Our Founders wrote the "natural-born citizen" clause into our Constitution to assure a president who has full allegiance to America and no other country. Can you honestly say that Obama has allegiance to America, to the Constitution, to the American people judging by his behavior since 2008? Even the die-hard Obama-ites who were eager to vote in the "first black president" are having serious doubts by now. If not, then they belong to the hopeless group. Obama has committed so many crimes, so many direct infringements against our Constitution, authors will have a field day when he's removed from power. But the question is, When? We cannot tolerate much more of this boarderline sociopath. He is robbing our wealth and sending it all over the world - to Kenya to improve their schools, to the Muslim Brotherhood and terrorist groups in the Middle East to include weapons and technology. Egypt has brought charges against him in the World Criminal Court for fomenting terrorism and being a secret member of the [Muslim] Brotherhood. He has Muslims in his administration on high levels, wants to destroy our Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms and maintain state militias - and we're just warming up. Then there's Benghazi, Fast and Furious, NSA spying and IRS intervention in our First Amendment rights. What to do? We need to start a campaign aimed at our representatives in the House to form a Special Investigative Committee to examine the ineligibility of Obama to challenge his right to remain in office. We cannot impeach an ineligible usurper and fraud - he is not our president - if he believes otherwise, then prove eligibility! Let's do like the left loves to do, guilty until innocence is proven. His worst crime is that he is killing the spirit of working, patriotic Americans - he is wearing, grinding us down, so that we just give in and give up. We must never give in and give up to this tyrant wannabe! Find the name and contact information of your representative in Congress by going to: If you live in Pennsylvania, you're in luck. Congressman Mike Kelly (R-PA) knows what's needed - American outrage! He told Fox News that members of Congress must hear from the American people... start contacting Congressman Kelly and tell him to start forming that Special Investigative Committee to challenge pResident Obama's eligibility. Contact him even if he's not your Congressman. Call Congressman Kelly at 202-225-5406. Also, contact the Congressmen who are in favor of impeaching Obama; if they're angry enough to be thinking impeachment, they will love the idea of removing Obama without the grueling process of impeachment - direct challenge and arrest! Those to contact are: House Steve Stockman (R-TX), 202-225-1555 Paul Broun (R-GA), 202-225-4101 Steve King (R-Iowa), 202-225-4426 Blake Farenthold (R-Texas), 202-225-7742 Bill Flores (R-Texas), 202-225-6105 Duncan Hunter (R-Calif), 202-225-5672 Kerry Bentivolio (R- Mich), 202-225-8171 Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), 202-225-7751 Michele Bachmann (R-Minn), 202-225-2331 Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), 202-225-3035 Trey Radel (R-Fla), 202-225-2536 Ted Yoho (R-Fla), 202-225-5744 Senate Tom Coburn (R-Okla), 202-224-5754 Ted Cruz (R-Texas), 202-224-5922 James Inhofe (R-Okla), 202-224-4721 Tim Scott (R-S.C.), 202-224-6121 These men and woman in Congress are the kindling; We the People are the spark. Together, we can start a brush fire in Congress that will reach into the Oval Office. Don't minimize this effort! Everyone can make the weekly call. Do it from work in the morning on your coffee break! Congressmen respond when the voters start banging down their doors demanding action. We have all had enough of this Evil Empire and the rage is building across America. Funnel that rage through Congress to demand accountability from this pResident. We all like to talk about what's constitutional and what's not. Obama and his Democrats have been in violation of the Constitution since 2008. Can we finally use our Constitution, our national law, to oust the illegal usurper Obama? We can, and we must make the effort. Why? If we let this matter of Obama's ineligibility go, the Constitution will start being ignored - which is exactly what the radical left [progressives] want. We must not allow this to happen! And now, the usurper added the crime of treason to his resume. Send e-mails, call, write every week - more often if you can - and tell these and your Congressman that you want a reply. This is for starters. Check back to our site and we will be adding updates. A huge rally is ongoing in Washington, D.C. which began on May 16th, of the same type the Egyptians staged to throw out of office Obama's protoge, Muslim President Morsi last year. We must do that here, and it must happen this year. Wouldn't it be nice if we have a Congressional challenge ongoing to reinforce the OAS demonstration in the street? Arrest Obama for fraud, sedition, and high treason for aiding our enemies while endangering our troops in the field. We have had enough of this half-black pResident and his demented policies. It's not about racism, that is the cover for the progressive-left which they scream about, it's about the severe character disorder of Obama and his lefty minions that is holding back America's recovery and endangering our safety. These are the most stupid and irresponsible people to hold office in American history. They must be removed! We now know what must be done. May we all have the courage and conviction to do it! "Imagine... if you will. A pResident who orders the collection of virtually every fact about American citizens, yet... has all of his own records sealed by Court Order before running for President." To contact your Senators, go to: Benghazi From A USAF Fighter Pilot Perspective So There Was No Time to Send Help? Betrayal in Benghazi by Colonel Phil "Hands" Handley, USAF (Ret.) Reprinted with all rights reserved for the author The combat code of the US Military is that we don't abandon our dead or wounded on the battlefield. In US Air Force lingo fighter pilots don't run off and leave their wingmen. If one of our own is shot down, still alive and not yet in enemy captivity, we will either come to get him or die trying. Among America's fighting forces, the calm, sure knowledge that such an irrevocable bond exists is priceless. Along with individual faith and personal grit, it is a sacred trust that has often sustained hope in the face of terribly long odds. The disgraceful abandonment of our Ambassador and those brave ex-SEALs who fought to their deaths to save others in that compound is nothing short of dereliction-of-duty. Additionally, the patently absurd cover-up scenario that was fabricated in the aftermath was an outright lie in an attempt to shield the President and the Secretary of State from responsibility. It has been over a year since the attack on our compound in Benghazi... The White House strategy, with the aid of a "lap dog" press has been to run out the clock before the truth is forthcoming. The recent testimonies of the three "whistle blowers" have reopened the subject and hopefully will lead to exposure and disgrace of those responsible for this embarrassing debacle. It would appear that the most recent firewall which the Administration is counting on is the contention "that there were simply no military assets that could be brought to bear in time to make a difference" mainly due to the unavailability of tanker support for fighter aircraft. This is simply BS, regardless how many supposed "experts" the Administration trot out to make such an assertion. The bottom line is that even if the closest asset capable of response was half-way around the world, you don't just sit on your penguin ass and do nothing. The fact is that the closest asset was not half-way around the world, but as near as Aviano Air Base, Italy where two squadrons of F-16Cs are based. Consider the following scenario (all times Benghazi local): When Hicks in Tripoli receives a call at 9:40 PM from Ambassador Stevens informing him "Greg, we are under attack!" (his last words), Hicks immediately notified all agencies and prepares for the immediate initiation of an existing "Emergency Response Plan." At AFRICON, General Carter Ham attempts to mount a rescue effort, but is told to "stand down." ( By whom? The answer to this question is critical to determine who initiated the "stand down" order and, if a subordinate, who was the person giving the order? Comment added by USIntel.net staff ) By 10:30 PM an unarmed drone is overhead the compound and streaming live feed to various "Command and Control Agencies" so everyone watching that feed knew damn well what was going on. At 11:30 PM Woods, Doherty and five others leave Tripoli, arriving in Benghazi at 1:30 AM on Wednesday morning, where they hold off the attacking mob from the roof of the compound until they are killed by a mortar direct hit at 4:00 AM. So nothing could have been done, eh? Nonsense. If one assumes that tanker support really "was not available" what about this: When at 10:00 PM AFRICON alerts the 31st TFW Command Post in Aviano Air Base, Italy of the attack, the Wing Commander orders preparation for the launch of two F-16s and advises the Command Post at NAS Signorelli to prepare for hot pit refueling and quick turn of the jets. By 11:30 PM, two F-16Cs with drop tanks and each armed with five hundred 20 MM rounds are airborne. Flying at 0.92 mach they will cover the 522 nautical miles directly to NAS Signorelli in 1.08 hours. While in-route, the flight lead is informed of the tactical situation, rules of engagement, and radio frequencies to use. The jets depart Signorelli at 1:10 AM with full fuel load and cover the 377 nautical miles directly to Benghazi in 0.8 hours, arriving at 1:50 AM which would be 20 minutes after the arrival of Woods, Doherty and their team. Providing that the two F-16s initial pass over the mob, in full afterburner at 200 feet and 550 knots did not stop the attack in its tracks, a few well placed strafing runs on targets of opportunity would assuredly do the trick. Were the F-16s fuel state insufficient to return to Signorelli after jettisoning their external drop tanks, they could easily do so at Tripoli International Airport, only one-half hour away. As for those hand-wringing naysayers who would worry about IFR clearances, border crossing authority, collateral damage, landing rights, political correctness and dozens of other reasons not to act -- screw them. It is time our "leadership" get its priorities straight and put America's interests first. The end result would be that Woods and Doherty would be alive. Dozens in the attacking rabble would be rendezvousing with "72 virgins" and a clear message would have been sent to the next worthless POS terrorist contemplating an attack on Americans that it is not really a good idea to "tug" on Superman's cape. Of course all this depends upon a Commander in Chief more concerned with saving the lives of those he put in harm's way than getting his crew rested for a campaign fund raising event in Las Vegas the next day. It also depends upon a Secretary of State who actually understood "What difference did it make?", and a Secretary of Defense who was watching the feed from the drone and understood what the attack consisted of making an immediate response that "One of the military tenants is that you don't commit assets until you fully understand the tactical situation." YGBSM! ("You Gotta Be Shittin' Me!") Ultimately it comes down to the question of who gave that order to stand down? (Italics and emphasis added by USIntel.net ) Whoever that coward turns out to be should be exposed, removed from office, and face criminal charges for dereliction of duty. The combat forces of the United States of America deserve leadership that really does "have their back" when the chips are down. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE ACTUALLY TAKEN THE TIME TO READ THIS, DO ONE THING FOR ME AND FORWARD IT TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!! TO AVOID THIS HAPPENING AGAIN, WHOEVER GAVE THE "STAND DOWN" ORDER NEEDS TO BE EXPOSED!!!! Handle it....!! Air Force expert on Benghazi, Colonel Phil "Hands" Handley is a well-respected USAF fighter pilot. He is credited with the highest speed air-to-air gun kill in the history of aerial combat. He flew operatonally for all but 11 months of a 26 year career, in aircraft such as the F-86 Sabre, F-15 Eagle, and the C-130A Hercules. Additionally, he flew 275 combat missions during two tours in Southeast Asia in the F-4D and F-4E. His awards include 21 Air Medals, 3 Distinguished Flying Crosses, and the Silver Star. He wrote this essay in response to Panetta and Dempsey's claims that there was no time to send help to Benghazi. Editor's note: So, there you have it. Another excuse for inaction by the corrupt Obama clan proven to be false. This is a perfect example of what happens when you put inexperienced people, who hate America and have no military experience, in responsible positions. There is no plausible excuse for the deaths of our Ambassador the brave ex-SEALs except criminal negligence and betrayal. Now that a Special Investigative Committee has been formed in Congress, Obama, Clinton, Panetta, et.al., need to be subpenaed and interrogated relentlessly for the truth. All three, and possibly others, are guilty of criminal negligence and/or first degree murder. We are all veterans on this staff, and you never - never! - leave men who are under attack in the field unsupported. This terrorist attack on our personnel was because of some anti-Muslim video, and there was no time to send help?? YGBSM!!! Support the Special Committee on Benghazi The leftist-progressives are already lining up their attacks against the investigation into exactly who is responsible for the deaths of four Americans, to include our Ambassador there on September 11, 2012. Please call the Chairman, Congressman Trey Gowdy often to let him know we support him completely. Call his Washington office: 202-225-6020 Open Range and Agenda 21 in Nevada The Cat's Out of the Bag! For those who have been paying attention, we saw a raw example of our Shadow Government's motive in Nevada last month when federal agents from the Bureau of Land Management (sic!) tried to muscle another Nevada rancher off of his property for alleged "violations." Cliven Bundy is one of the last ranchers in Nevada refusing to cave in to the land-grabbing feds. Fortunately, the BLM goons were surprised when armed militia units arrived to defend the Bundy family. We all were witness to the dynamics of Agenda 21 in the works. You're still not familiar with the U.N. plan for America named Agenda 21? It is every patriotic, America-loving, true blooded American's job to know exactly what is the globalist plan for us under Agenda 21. Get a cup of your favorite beverage, sit down at your computer and do a search using your favorite search engine for Agenda 21. There will be plenty of material to read - read it! Too lazy, or don't have time? Get the DVD titled "Open Range" with Kevin Costner and Robert Duvall which will give you a good idea about what's going on. In any event, get informed, support those fighting Agenda 21, and get active. Resist Agenda 21 like the Bundys did against the hired guns of the globalist-banksters. We must never allow these criminals to take our land and relocate us. The fight begins when they draw first blood. Keep your powder dry! A new website is here to unify, support, and give hope to the Christian majority of America. Here's the link: |
"Throw all the Democrats out, along with Obama... This is America, not the damned Titanic." Lee Iacocca Had enough of this ineligible, illegal gangster residing in our White House? He has crossed the "red line" by bringing into our country diseased illegal aliens who are now in our schools, infecting our children, putting our troops in danger by sending them to Ebola-infested countries, and refuses to act responsibly to protect American citizens. He has gone from being an embarassing disgrace, to being a danger to our lives and our children. Make no mistake, this criminal is doing this intentionally by unleashing biological warfare upon America. Short of a civil war, our option now is to vote out all Democrats running for office. We must keep the House and take over a substantial majority in the Senate and depose of Obama's other criminal accomplice, Harry Reid. Please, fellow countrymen and women: 1. Don't sit this election out! Remember what happened in 2012!! 2. Vote against all Democrats on all levels. Don't be stupid! Democrats gave us Obamacare, want amnesty for illegal - illegal - aliens! Are doing nothing to improve the economy. And they support the policies of this vulgar excuse of a pResident who hates America. Does any intelligent person still doubt these charges? 3. Christians - you comprise 77% of the population. Please do not sit home twiddling your thumbs. We need all Christians to come out and vote against any and all progressive/communist/Democrat/liberals. Vote for the Republican or Independent candidate. This is a start - we'll weed out the RINOS from the quality people in the future. The progressive slime are already trying their voter fraud tactics in tight states like North Carolina. Have some time? Get a group of citizens together and monitor your voting site - like the Black Panthers did in 2007. Watch for busses driving up unloading hoards of people or anything that looks suspicious. Talk to the site supervisor about your presence and that you're watching. DON'T ENGAGE ANY VIOLATORS - CALL THE POLICE OR STATE TROOPERS TO REPORT WHAT'S GOING ON. HARASS THESE GANGSTERS, BUT BE CAREFUL FOR YOUR SAFETY. LET'S MAKE IT AS DIFFICULT AS POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO CHEAT!! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!!! VAST NUMBERS OF THE GOOD GUYS WILL DEFEAT THESE CRIMINALS. JUST A THOUGHT: IF WE DO NOT TURN OUT EN MASS ON NOVEMBER 4TH, WE WILL HAVE TO TURN OUT WHEN THE OBAMA-INDUCED VIOLENCE UPON US BEGINS. "Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening? Where the hell is our outrage with this so called president? You can't call yourself a patriot if you're not outraged. We should be screaming bloody murder!" Lee Iacocca In Memory of John Sheely by William Homolka, Editor & CEO In November, 2007, I travelled to Kentucky to be with my son who was serving in the Army at Fort Campbell. It was Thanksgiving, and he couldn't come home along with a few of his friends who had to stay behind. The base was a ghost town, as well as the barracks. I met with him and his friends one evening where we shared drinks, cigars and conversation. He introduced me, and learning that John was from Wyoming, I blurted out, "I like him already!" As a young man, after being discharged from the Marine Corps, I travelled around the country, and was instinctively drawn to the people in Wyoming and Montana. I knew at the time that his friends would soon be deployed overseas, and my heart went out to them. Early this year, through the Army grapevine, my son found out that John was killed in Afghanistan. John was a fine, respectful, courteous young man and the news of his death saddened me profoundly. My heart goes out to his mother and father and family for their loss. I mention his passing here because I want people to know his name, and what a fine young man he was - one of too many of our finest youth sent into hell to suffer and die too soon. This strengthens my resolve even more to see to it that we stop sending our best young men and women into harms way to fight political wars. We must learn to be selective in the wars we enter based on immediate national threat, not profit or nation building, and get in to win and get out. God bless you, John, and I wish your parents strength. We are with you. Who Are Our Domestic Enemies? Learn About the Progressives. by Combined Staff We have been pummeled for the past five years by a group who hates the Constitution, hates America, ignores the rule of law, has done nothing - nothing! - to improve the economy and create jobs, spent our money as if it's going out of style, and are scaring the daylights out of the American people about the uncertainty of our future. And just who is responsible for this, besides Obama? It is a political group of Senators, Congressmen, White House staff, local public servants in cities and states, and international thugs who have plenty of money such as socialist George Soros and other globalists and banksters who want to weaken and take down America. The [domestic] enemy has a face, and that face belongs to... progressives. It is the duty of every liberty loving patriotic American to become informed about this dysfunctional group so you know exactly what's going on and isolate this enemy within. Now, the task is easy because of a free book entitled, The Great Withdrawel: How the Progressives' 100-Year Debasement of America and the Dollar Ends , by Craig R. Smith. Yes, these people have been active against our Republic since 1913 when they illegally formed the Federal Reserve bank, which is not federal and has no reserves, to meddle with our money supply. The progressives also gave us the present day income tax and - you guessed it - the IRS! Aside from Obama, names such as Biden, Reid, Pelosi, Schumer, Cuomo, DiBlasio, Coons, both of the Cintons, etc., all belong to the progressive bunch of gangsters who are working very hard to give amnesty to illegal aliens, give us gun control and gut the Second Amendment, limit our First Amendment rights, destroy Christianity, and these are they ones who gave us Obamacare and more suffering. And much more. We urge all concerned Americans to get and read this book. Pass it on to others to read, and tell everyone who loves America to order their free copy, no strings attached. We make no money by promoting this book because we, as they, are doing this as a public service for our countrymen. Ask for the book by name, and tell them you heard about them on USIntel.net Read how the wonderful progressives gave us - The Federal Reserve, the Income Tax and the IRS, Economic Stagnation, High Unemployment, Endless Lying and Fabrication of the Truth, Failing Public Schools, Dumbed Down School Programs Like Common Core, Attacks on Our Constitution, SEIU Union Thuggery & Voter Fraud, Drone Killings, Crony Corruption, 8 Million Fewer Jobs, Detroit, The Destruction of the Black American Family, Illegal Immigration, $17 Trillion Debt, Solyndra, Food Stamps, Fast & Furious, NSA Snooping, IRS Harassment of Tea Party Groups, Stolen Elections, Firing of Our Best Military Leaders, Muslim Brotherhood Members in the White House and Pentagon, Aid to the Muslim Brotherhood and other Terrorist Organizations in the Middle East, The Benghazi Killings of Americans, Anti-Liberty and Unconstitutional Obamacare, Our First Ineligible pResident, the Lowering of American Exceptionalism.... Hillary Rodman Clinton The difference, dear Hillary, is that your dysfunctional group of America-haters were/are the cause of America's problems and misery for 100 years, and are the villains responsible for maintaining our stagnant economy and preventing our economic recovery. And the American people are suffering because of your juvenile group and your inability to lead. It is not the American people, not our magnificent and honored veterans, not the Tea Party who are the terrorists, it's the progressives who are America's public enemy number 1!! This is the group to dismantle. by William Homolka, Editor & CEO Fifty percent of the American people are asleep and unaware of what is potentially heading our way. Can you honestly list any positive things that Obama has done for America in the past 5+ years? The economy has been on life support since 2009. Record numbers of Americans are unemployed and on food stamps. Worse - he is killing our spirit! There are those who hate him, and those who still are hanging on to his lie of "hope and change." Change to what? Marriages and friendships have broken up or are strained because of Obama. I lost a lifelong friendship because my friend still defends Obama and I never liked him from day one. My friend, like the 38% (or whatever Obama's approval statistic is now) are in denial. The time is overdue to end this experiment in American socialism/communism and this ineligible presidency. I don't want to see the impeachment of the first [half] black pResident, I want to see him arrested for fraud and high treason and put in prison for the crimes committed against America and the citizens of the world. Listen closely, my fellow countrymen and women, Obama is not our legal president - he's doing as he's told by his backers. He's taking money from the American people, and is not doing his job, and he's also being paid by others. He works for them and is throwing us under the bus. This is why he's playing golf and fundraising in California while Iraq burns, and has become a killing field - it's part of the globalist plan and our usurper is on perpetual vacation with their blessings. Who are these people? They are the international, filthy rich globalists and banksters, the fascist goons in the so-called United Nations (to whom Obama has turned often - think Arizona and how he whined to them about how a sovereign state was "violating" the "rights" of illegal aliens), his prime wallet and mentor, international financial terrorist, George Soros, a FOREX currency trader who nearly crashed the British economy when he shorted the pound several years ago. Soros is the most prominent of the globalists who loves the spotlight. There are many more influential players in this assault on American sovereignty who prefer to remain in the shadows and out of sight - but they are there, pulling the strings of Obama-the-puppet. In the White House, there is Valerie Jarrett (born in Iran and Muslim influenced, and a communist), John Podesta (communist America hater and trouble maker), George Soros, again (socialist/communist America hater, opportunist) - when was he elected or appointed and approved to be in our White House? - and various high ranking members of the Muslim Brotherhood (aren't we at war with jihadist, radical Muslims?). Two years ago, World Net Daily began reporting about Muslim jihadist "training camps" inside the U.S. in various states. Recently, one was confirmed to be in Texas, and there is one in upstate New York. These camps are estimated to number 10 to 30 in various states throughout the country. Why are they there? Why do our governments - federal and local - allow them to exist? For about three years now, we've been recieving intel of Russian troop presence inside our borders. There were unconfirmed reports of Chinese troops camped in Mexico on our southern border. We view these reports with guarded skepticism. Putin of Russia is not stupid. I don't think , he'd risk the lives of Russian troops while Americans are armed to the teeth. He must remember what happened in Afghanistan, and we are better armed, organized and as highly motivated. But one should assume nothing, and suspect anything. The Chinese may or may not know better. They're arrogant and think they're invincible. So, our enemies are the progressives/communists who I like to refer to as the American Bolsheviks (Obama being the most prominent), radical Muslims, international globalists and banksters to include the U.N., and they are inside our country - inside the henhouse, so to speak. And there are plenty of countries who want to see us fall - Iran and all Muslim Middle East countries, North Korea, and Obama's "allies," Russia and communist China are suspect. [We have our work cut out for us] And what do these characters want with us? Energy resources and an ample labor force! We have reported before of the vast crude oil in the ground on the U.S. mainland, as well as offshore in our waters. We also have vast supplies of natural gas that the world needs and wants, AND our vast coal deposits the Chinese drool over. Remember, Obama all but shut down the use of coal in the U.S. Could his bosses have told him to save it for the Chinese and others? We have said this before, we have more oil in the ground than all of OPEC combined! The wealth of our crude oil alone is estimated to be worth over $60 trillion (that's trillion) dollars NOT including the wealth of our vast natural gas and coal reserves. And we have over 200 million able bodied men and women to form a labor force to deliver these resources to our fine enemies. Do you think that they will let us unionize and pay us a comfortable wage, or, as in the Soviet Union, we will be kept in gulags and forced to work until we drop? Are you awake yet? These greedy thugs are after our wealth in natural resources. Do you really believe that the U.N.'s Agenda 21 is about saving the environment? If you do, I have some cheap beachfront property to sell you in Iowa! In case you haven't heard, Obama has armed Homeland Security with over a billion rounds of hollow point ammo(so deadly, NATO has disallowed it on the battlefield), loads of automatic weapons and armored vehicles. He's arming the postal service, education department, and other agencies, is training a corps of young troops under FEMA, has forced over 200 highly decorated and qualified military officers into early retirement and replaced them with people who agree with The King, signed extensive executive orders giving him power in the event of a crisis [which he surely won't let go to waste], and has in place the National Defense of America Act which violates the Bill of Rights by allowing him to arrest and detain indefinitely any American deemed a threat without trial. Sounds like the government is preparing for war - against whom? These are scary times. We have two options: (1) We can wait and see how all of this plays out, or (2) We can use the Constitution to remove this ineligible bum from office. The first option will surely end badly - martial law, war, or worse. The second option will undoubtedly set the left's hair on fire, but with enough backing from We the People, we can end this Obama nightmare once and for all. ALSO, we need to reaffirm the clout and existense of our Constitution which is the law of this land - the first step in the right direction (no pun intended). We must hope for the best by taking the legal and peaceful approach (option 2), or prepare for the worst by doing nothing (option 1) which will invariably lead to war and violence. There may be some violence when we move to arrest this illegal usurper as the left will desperately scream racism and spread lies to no end, but I predict that the violence will be short as with the Israelis' Six Day War. These are dangerous times for all. The suspicious disappearance of that Malaysian jumbo jet several months ago - without a trace? - is highly suspect considering Iranians were on board with stolen passports. I don't believe that it crashed in the Indian Ocean because there was no debris, and no satellite imagery visible. Rather, since it flew off course for several hours, there were no "May Day" calls by the [Muslim] pilot, it landed somewhere and is being prepared for a suicide mission. Israel is certainly within its flying range. Israel closed all of its embassies worldwide last week, so something's in the air. If we move to arrest Obama, there may be terrorist attacks rising in America. Again, will we wait until it's too late, or do we move now while there's still time? Obama and his globalists are frantically trying to disarm us and trash the Second Amendment. If you are fortunate enough to own guns, hide them. Protect them. Refuse to surrender them. If you don't own a firearm, buy one. Buy at least a 12 gauge pump action shotgun for your home protection. Our domestic enemies fear an armed America. If they disarm us, we are dead! This happened in Nazi Germany and in Russia before the Soviets grabbed power. And over 130 million (million!!) people perished under their rule. Are you fully awake by now?? Rural communities are starting to organize. It is more difficult in the cities because that's where the sleepwalkers live. But get to know some leaders on your block. Organize. Get some leaders together on each block - you will have to start talking to your neighbors. Get together some canned food items, water and maybe 50 pounds of rice or pasta to last at least a month. Get a medical kit, medications to store, flashlights and batteries. A crank radio will be helpful for news which Newsmax.com makes available from time to time, as well as World Net Daily ( WND.com ). These are very basic steps to be taken now. Plan to participate in the ongoing May 16th, Operation American Spring in Washington, D.C. Info can be found by going to this link: Work for the removal of Obama by badgering your Congressmen. We have discussed the tactics in another article ( Don't Impeach Obama... Arrest Him! ) along with the links and people receptive to getting the investigation going in Congress. Share this website with your friends, family and e-mail network. In this manner we will build a movement of Americas to give us hope and strength to overcome this [minority] of domestic trouble-makers that have usurped our government. Keep the faith and keep hope alive by action and keeping informed. Someone asked me, just how far will we need to go to take back our country. To him, and to my readers, I offered a quote from the movie, Boondock Saints . This is a story of two Irish brothers who believe they are chosen by God to rid the world of evil men by sending their souls back to Him to be re-worked. In the final scene, the brothers are in a motel with their vigilante father after executing a Boston Mafia Don. One son asks the father: "How far are we going to take this, Da?" The father's response is prophetic and appropriate to our cause. He ponders his son's question for a moment, then leans forward: "The question is not how far. The question is, do you possess the constitution (emphasis added), the depth of faith, to go as far as is needed?" |


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By: Lyn Ross
Posted: June 29, 2012, from the July 2012 issue of Skin Inc. magazine.
Aside from impulse buys or necessary purchases, sales typically take place over a period of time and through a series of steps. The majority of clients are cost-conscious, especially during the current economic climate. They look for value before they make significant purchases. During the first meeting with potential skin care clients, find out what they want and what results they are seeking, and then make recommendations for their skin care goals based on your assessments during the first appointment. It is important not to bombard clients—especially first-time clients—with too much all at once. Keep a record of your assessment of their skin, what concerns they discussed with you and their comments after their treatment. This information will be very important when it comes to following up.
Follow up with your clients to encourage them and remind them to comply with their goals. This practice demonstrates your determination to build relationships with them, and most significant sales are the end-result of a relationship. Your best clients stay with you due to consistent follow up. Following are some reasons skin care professionals may be hesitant to follow up.
1. You don't want to seem pushy. It may be true that following up too frequently will come across as being pushy. However, very few people ever come close to crossing this line. A weekly call is more than enough to keep in touch, providing you make sure the call is short and to the point. Don't waste your client's time by droning on and on. Also, if possible, provide some additional value by offering tips during your follow-up call.
2. You forget. It's easy to forget considering how busy you are. You may have every intention of calling your client, but you get caught up in your business. This is a common dilemma, but one that can be avoided by treating the follow up like a scheduled appointment. Keep an appointment book just for your follow-up calls or e-mails. After a client's treatment, schedule in a follow-up time along with notes about their treatment and skin concerns to be sure you don't forget to call, and remember what to discuss with them when you do.
3. You make false assumptions. When someone doesn't immediately return your phone call or e-mail message, you may assume the worst, even if this assumption is not verified. A lack of response can often be attributed to the fact that the other person is just too busy to respond or does not have an answer for you. It does not mean that they are not interested in your products and services. Continue to try and make contact with your client in a timely fashion.


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LEGO Universe is now free-to-play
Brick-based MMO navigates into the popular model.
Starting from now, the brick-based MMO will no longer be charging you to enter the digital world of LEGO Universe, as the game has crossed into the free-to-play trial stage.
The free offer of the massive multiplayer title grants access to a slice of the game, including a single property area to build your Lego models wherever you seek, two adventure zones, and the ability to get into thousands of player's properties.
Here's the full list of stuff you can expect from the free portion.
• Custom build one LEGO hero
• Interact with in-game friends
• Collect up to 10,000 coins
• Earn Universe Score to level up
• Play through The Venture Explorer
• Play through Avant Gardens
• Join the Nexus Force
• Sample Faction Gear
• Play the Survival mini-game
• Claim the Avant Gardens Block Yard Property
• Fight the Spider Queen
• Place LEGO models you have collected
• Build LEGO models of your own
• Bring LEGO models to life
• Visit thousands of other players' Properties
Of course, there's a paid offer as well. In order to upgrade, you have to shell out $10 per month, and thus unlock the whole thing, which allows access to five property worlds as well as 15 adventure zones.


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A benchmark compilations comparing average media mix across websites
Naturally all digital marketers want more (quality) traffic. This begs the question where do we find this traffic? What is our optimal mix of online media? One approach to answering this question is to turn to the traffic sources report in Google Analytics.
This will show you a pie chart showing the relative importance of your different traffic sources. If you find one source of traffic like direct traffic or search traffic dominates, then there may be an opportunity to work to build other traffic sources like using out reach to other sites to build referral traffic. There's a risk if "too many of your eggs are in one basket", particularly as Google changes it's algorithms…
How does my traffic mix compare?
Even once you've reviewed your traffic mix, there's always the question of how does my mix of traffic sources compare. Well, thanks to the recently published Google Analytics Benchmarking Newsletter you can now get an idea of how your mix compares based on the global average below:
Note that this was published mid 2011 and as of 2013 Google hasn't published any other more recent benchmarking updates although they say they will recreate the benchmarking service.
If you're not familiar with these, the four main traffic sources reported at this level in Google Analytics are:
- Search traffic – This groups both natural and paid search (Adwords)
- Referral traffic – This is traffic from other sites which have direct links to your site
- Direct traffic – Direct traffic results from URL type ins, bookmarks or when email marketing isn't tracked. These days direct traffic will also include non-browser traffic from visitors clicking on apps for reading social messages like Hootsuite or Tweetdeck or other mobile apps linking to a site. See the details from Tim Leighton Boyce in the comments for why "direct traffic" isn't really an appropriate term today or in his excellent post "If social media marketing is so big – where is all the traffic".
- Other/campaigns – Campaigns include Adwords when linked to the Google Account and any other campaigns like affiliates, display ads and email campaigns when these have had marketing campaign tags attached. In this compilation Adwords is included under search engines.
Bear in mind that the mix will vary dramatically according to any number of factors, that's the problem with averages… In particular large brands tend to have a much higher proportion of direct traffic, often >> 50% in my experience as people enter the URL direct. You'll also see that direct traffic is higher if email campaigns haven't been tagged when they are then added to the campaign or other category of sources.
Site traffic mix according to Outbrain
Another view on the mix is provided by Outbrain who provide sharing widgets and content recommendations for publishers. Although may be are embedded on smaller blogs, they're also used by many large online publishers. So there is a greater reliance on direct traffic, but they have also identified traffic direct from social and content-related sites. It's noteworthy that direct social traffic is relatively low (of course there is also social traffic from apps which will be included in direct).
Here is a breakdown of referring sources in terms of the type of referrer represented:
Excluding direct and in-site traffic, an adjusted breakdown of traffic share is illustrated by the following pie chart:
How does your mix compare?


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I received this note from Patricia Thornton, who curates the art exhibits at the Catalyst downtown. I'm passing it along because I think Patricia does such a fantastic job of bringing shows into that space, and I think First Friday is such a great monthly happening, that I'd hate to see the local tradition lose one of its downtown anchors.
Hello Everyone,
Last week i found out that this Friday may be the last First Friday opening at The Catalyst. The new owners want to keep the art rotating every month nix the opening receptions for the artists. I am trying to get them to honor the verbal agreements i've made w/ artists, before they took over. My hope is once they experience a few openings, they will see the value of this time honored event. Septembers artist is Marcy James. Is there anyone else out there that wants to celebrate Marcy's show as much as I do? If so, give the Catalyst a call or stop by and chat with the new owners. They're names are Jim and Dennis. They are nice guys and their food is delicious.
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Connoisseurs of loutish behavior among the rich could hardly mask their disappointment when Magness family members agreed to drop their lawsuits against each other and a host of other Denver movers and shakers ("Dynasty: The Lost Episode!" January 15, 1998).
In June 1997, Bob's widow, Sharon Magness, contested his will, which left most of the $1 billion estate to his sons, Kim and Gary. They in turn sued TCI and its chairman, John Malone, as well as the executors of the estate--including University of Denver chancellor Daniel Ritchie--claiming they had been shortchanged by up to $200 million when the executors sold $529 million worth of TCI stock back to the company.
There were smiles all around in January 1998, however, when an agreement was announced. Many of the financial details were sealed by the court, but it was widely believed that Sharon got more than the $35 million Bob had originally left her; Kim and Gary reclaimed most of the TCI stock the executors had sold; and Malone was able to keep his control of the company.
When the $48 billion sale of TCI to AT&T closed in April, the Magness estate became worth even more than it had been in 1998. While neither Sharon nor her former stepsons are talking to the press, behind the scenes there is reportedly still a flurry of out-of-court negotiations under way to settle the estate.
The Magness family quickly dropped out of the headlines when they left the courtroom, but they have continued to work on a variety of very public projects. When Sharon Magness contested her late husband's will, she said she intended to give her share of the estate to charity--and judging by her busy schedule on the society fundraising circuit, she's a woman of her word. She shows up at a dizzying number of charity events, including benefits for Volunteers of America and the Denver Art Museum. Last month she attended the glamorous opening gala for Ocean Journey, where she bid $150,000 to win the right to hold a New Year's Eve party at the aquarium.
In April Sharon entered the business world--through the kitchen door. She is a minority owner and vice president for business development of Epicurean Catering, the largest catering company in Denver and a favorite at society feeds. With her help, Epicurean's owner, Larry DiPasquale, hopes to conduct a multi-million-dollar expansion. He now has ambitious plans to open a lavish banquet hall in Denver and extend the company's operations to Beaver Creek and out of state.
DiPasquale says doing business with Sharon Magness was easy because he knows her well. "She's been one of the company's best customers for the past ten years. She was very familiar with us." Magness's years of experience organizing charity fundraisers (the company catered the Ocean Journey gala) and her fondness for parties are both invaluable to Epicurean, he adds. Increasingly, caterers are being asked to coordinate events, and DiPasquale says that Magness can help his staff understand what's involved in organizing a huge party. Her celebrity is also an advantage. "Anytime you add someone who enhances the reputation, it helps," says DiPasquale. Many in the catering world agree, adding that the Magness connection will give Epicurean a leg up on other high-end caterers.
"I certainly think her stature would be favorable for that company and take clients away from their competitors," says Tom Stansfield, owner of Cruisin' Cuisine, a Denver caterer that doesn't do the "white glove" parties Epicurean specializes in. "Her social status would have a big impact on people using that service--it would have to."
But most caterers in Denver report that they already have more business than they can handle. Epicurean's competitors say they haven't noticed a difference since Magness joined the company.
"It hasn't had an effect on us," says Sandra Tenenbaum, owner of Occasions by Sandy, which caters many high-end parties. "We're swamped." Tenenbaum says there are many prominent society people in Denver besides Magness, and Occasions by Sandy gets a "fair share" of that business.
"It did cross my mind--'What kind of edge does this give them?'" says JoAnne Katz of Three Tomatoes Catering. "But our sales are up. Denver is a happening city, and there's lots of business for everybody."
While Sharon Magness has settled into a role as an active Denver philanthropist and businesswoman, her former stepsons, Kim and Gary Magness, have gone gambling, investing in a casino now under construction in Black Hawk. However, the two brothers' past brushes with the law may complicate their effort to win a gaming license from the state.
The $60 million Mardi Gras Casino is scheduled to open next winter. With 700 slot machines, it will be among the five largest casinos in Colorado. Under state law, casino owners must be licensed by the Colorado Division of Gaming, which investigates the criminal histories and financial background of potential owners.


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As Drew wrote prior to postseason play last week, the playoffs are about results. To take it a bit further, the playoffs are about magnification. Events taken for granted during the 162-game slog due to the constant repetition — and, lest we forget, the absurd ability and reliability of the major league ballplayer — suddenly jump to the forefront.
This October, and specifically in the Los Angeles-Atlanta NLDS, the magnifying lens could be on one of the littlest of the so-called little things: the pitcher covering first base on ground balls hit to the right side.
In Sunday night's Game 3, Hyun-Jin Ryu's shakiness carried over to his play in the field. In the third inning with the Dodgers up 4-2, nobody out and the bases loaded, Ryu went to cover the bag on a potential 3-6-1 double play. The 3-6-1 is probably the second-hardest double play to turn, only behind the 3-6-3. In both cases, the difficulty is in orientation — finding the bag with a foot and the ball with a glove at the same time can be dizzying, and that sure looks like what happened to Ryu here.
More egregious — at least by degree of difficulty — was Luis Ayala's misplay Friday in Game 2, a play that looked to have grave consequences at the time. Ayala was covering first base on a Michael Young ground ball to the first baseman but simply missed the bag as the throw came in from Freddie Freeman. The Braves led 2-1 at the time, and the play put runners on first and third with one out. Luis Avilan, Ayala's replacement, bailed him out with an absurd double play on a Carl Crawford ground ball up the middle. The Braves' win expectancy was down to 57.1 percent after Ayala's gaffe, the lowest they would face for the rest of the game.
Both teams ended up winning in spite of their pitchers' inability to field their position, but both weighed heavily at their respective points in the game. During the regular season, we could be certain pitchers would make the next 99 of 100, as they usually do, and leave it at that. But with elimination bearing down on Atlanta, the threat of the one exception coming Monday (or Wednesday for either team should Atlanta win) is magnified after the events of the first three games.
Back in April, these plays get a certain treatment from announcers. The PFP drills — pitcher fielding position — are one of the first things teams work on in spring training, and as such any standard 3-1 groundout is always accompanied by praise for the pitcher's spring work and, if we're lucky, highlights of guys in their spring training duds running to cover first base. It's the least intense highlight package of all time.
But there is one thing you'll notice in these highlight packages, if you watch closely: the pitchers don't take a direct line to first base, like Ayala and Ryu both did. Instead, the proper form is to curve up the line in somewhat of a J-shape, as the Ripken brothers (yes, those Ripkens) demonstrate here with the help of Greg Maddux and pals:
The curved route to the base we see from Maddux (Cubs-era Maddux, no less) et. al. gives the pitcher a far easier angle to touch the base and catch the ball at the same time. It also helps injury by allowing the pitcher to touch the side of the base as opposed to the middle, which could easily result in a nasty spike injury — Braves pitcher Tim Hudson has been out since August and will miss the postseason with a broken ankle as a result of a bang-bang play at first where both his foot and runner Eric Young's foot went for the middle of the bag at the same time.
If only Ayala and Ryu (and Hudson) had played The Ripken Way!
But in all seriousness, although the plays Ayala and Ryu biffed were difficult, they likely would have been outs had the pitchers followed the technique drilled in February and March as camp began. As the playoffs approach and bodies are broken down, the time and energy for these drills dissipate. A hiccup in the regular season is just a blip, one note mixed among thousands of defensive chances.
But in a best of five, where it only takes 81 outs to advance, each chance is gigantic, and even something as small as the route a pitcher takes to the base can become the lynchpin of a season. Both teams are just lucky these gaffes haven't cost them a game yet. Chances are they won't be so fortunate should it happen again.


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There's a buzz about the Bayerischer Hof. You feel it the moment you enter the lobby, swirling with guests, guests of guests, and locals. Check-in is strictly business, yet friendly. Seeing that I'm traveling with just a garment bag, the clerk asks if I need any help. When I decline, he simply gives me the key and directions to my room. No need to waste a porter's time, not to mention my money on a tip for unnecessary service.
My room is equally no-nonsense: a small double that reminds me of a cabin on a good cruise ship. I like its well-proportioned marble bathroom, double casement windows, and two sets of doors between the interior of the room and the hall, offering total soundproofing and privacy. And this is just one type among many in the 399-room hotel. There are sumptuous suites furnished with priceless antiques in the adjacent Palais Montgelas, an 18th-century palace that the hotel lavishly restored in the seventies. There are also Laura Ashley rooms with enough chintz to do you for a lifetime, Art Nouveau suites with stained-glass ceilings, and extraordinary Tyrolean cottages, where every available inch is wood-paneled.
Choice is what the Bayerischer Hof is all about. Take dining. You can go posh in the flower-filled Garden Restaurant . . . or go native in the timber-beamed Bavarian basements of the Palais Keller . . . or go crazy in that landmark of American kitsch, Trader Vic's (you'd be surprised how well the blowfish lamps and upside-down outriggers work in Munich—honest). You can even have a night on the town without leaving the hotel, since there's a piano bar, jazz club, and small theater on the premises.
But before I make any decisions, I want to test out the swimming pool, which, like the Mandarin's, is on the roof. An elderly attendant, with perfectly coiffed Marlene Dietrich blond hair and an accent to match, sternly instructs me to remove my shoes before ascending. Needless to say, I do as I am told. The pool turns out to be big and open to the skies, thanks to a retractable glass roof. An attempt has been made at tropical landscaping, with mixed results, but the view of the twin towers of the Frauenkirche cathedral is spectacular. I swim and swim, until it looks as if we're about to have a summer cloudburst. Marlene, now in Earth Mother mode, miraculously appears and informs me that she has moved my towel from the terrace to a protected spot inside.
The next day, lunch at the Garden Restaurant—a bastion of the new, light ("lighter" would be more appropriate) German cuisine—is the perfect finale. I have velvety red-pepper soup with baked shrimp before moving on to a pike perch fillet in a mustard-horseradish crust. Despite the waiter's encouragement, I forgo the mocha parfait. But my resolve is tested when my espresso arrives, accompanied by a silver stand holding five little chocolates. I eat every one. 2—6 Promenadeplatz; 800/223-6800 or 49-89/212-0901, fax 49-89/212-0908; doubles from $209, plus required $17 breakfast.


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Jun 19, 2013 5:34 PM by Cameron Polom, KSBY News
A year and a half-long nationwide search finally ended Tuesday night when the Paso Robles City Council selected one of their own as the next police chief.
Chief Robert Burton has lived in the county for 43 years and has spent nearly 20 of them working for the Paso Robles Police Department.
He's gone from the bottom to the top of the department and says he's humbled by his appointment.
"I've been with the department for 17 1/2 years. I started off as a patrol officer and worked my way up through the ranks," said Burton.
He says, as he embarks on a new chapter in his career, the lessons learned from the past will help shape a new future for the city.
"I say communication is the key and getting your community involved with your police department," said Burton.
Since March of last year, Burton has served as interim chief.
"Last year we had the "Operation Crimson Vine", where 22 people were federally indicted on drug charges and they were also tied to gang members," said Burton.
Both of which have become major concerns in the area; however, Burton says he's eager for the challenge.
"You're in a position where you can work with the department, work with the city, work with the community and make a positive difference, and it feels good," said Burton.
Burton actually didn't apply during the first round of the search, but changed his mind when urged by fellow officers.
Burton is to be sworn in during a formal ceremony on July 2nd at 6:30 pm at Paso Robles City Hall.
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Internal Monitoring
During implementation, the Grant Beneficiary should keep an eye on the following aspects:
- eligibility of costs;
- compliance with procurement rules, including rules of origin and nationality;
- correct use of contingency reserve (pre-via request to the Contracting Authority);
- correct use of administrative costs;
- eligibility of in-kind contributions if used, availability of other sources of funding.
The Grant Beneficiary should apply the rules set out in the General Conditions (Annex II) and the Special Conditions of the Grant Contract to comply with administrative and financial contract management. Major attention should nonetheless be given to the effective implementation of the Action in view of achieving the objectives targeted.
The purpose of monitoring is to achieve efficient and effective performance of an operation. Monitoring must highlight the strengths and weaknesses in project implementation, enabling managers to deal with problems, finding solutions and adapt to changing circumstances in order to improve project performance.
Monitoring provides thus for an "early warning system", which allows for timely and appropriate intervention if a project is not adhering to the initial plan. In other words, it is suggested that partners have a preventive approach when planning an intervention. This means at least:
- planning activities at feasibility stage;
- planning administrative monitoring (applications of rules);
- planning operative monitoring (indicators).
Key preparatory steps of an internal monitoring system include:
- filling out the Logical Framework Matrix identifying indicators and sources of verification;
- organising a system for data collection and analysis.
Drawing an internal monitoring planning worksheet might help keeping records of the project progress in terms of expenditure, resource use, implementation of activities, and delivery of results. Similarly, management of risks should be constantly and closely monitored. The column Assumptions&Risks of the Logical Framework Matrix should be completed carefully, making sure that Assumptions respond to the question: "What external factors are not influenced by the operation, but may affect its implementation and achievement of objectives?". The achievement of project objectives is in fact always subject to factors beyond the project manager's direct control (i.e. Assumptions&Risks).
It is therefore important to monitor this 'external' environment to identify whether or not the assumptions that have already been made are likely to hold true; what new risks are likely to emerge; and what actions to take in order to manage or mitigate these risks wherever possible.
Activity and resource schedules are important tools that can help monitor the project logic from programming to final reporting.
The figure below summarises the main features of an internal monitoring system:
Foreseeing the human and material resources - and the correlated costs - necessary for carrying out internal monitoring is fundamental and time for this shall be dedicated before submitting the proposal or at inception stage.
An internal monitoring system is normally provided by personnel already employed within the project. However, particularly in complex interventions, the necessary time devoted to a proper internal monitoring is often underestimated, risking to provoke excessive workload on the one hand and decrease of monitoring efficacy on the other.
The European Commission developed and strengthened its own monitoring system based on a results-oriented approach. The coordination of the Results-Oriented Monitoring (ROM) system has been assigned to EuropeAid (Unit E5). Organisations implementing EC-funded projects must thus meet the EC's interest in demonstrating the achievement of results, and take on responsibility for ensuring that their internal project planning and monitoring systems help generate relevant and useful information. Partner organisations' is particularly important in providing information for ROM monitors to help them make informed assessments of a project's efficiency and effectiveness.
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The vast majority of Aboriginal people live off-reserve in urban and rural areas, not on reserve land. Five percent of BC residents identified as Aboriginal in the 2006 census, but only 0.2% of all dwellings were housing units on band land occupied by band members. The CMHC (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation), Canada's national housing agency, previously supported development of new Aboriginal housing units in urban areas but discontinued its program in 1994. Other organizations continually try to meet the high demand for off-reserve Aboriginal housing by developing and providing affordable off-reserve homes that are sensitive to an Aboriginal cultural identity. For more information, please see the following links:
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- 11-06-2012, 03:59 PM Thread Author #1
Obama leading on AC's Election day poll!
Wow! I had no idea that there were so many Obama supporters among AC readers! While Obama has not been the Best President, I think that he has done his best against many obstacles, including an obstructionist Congress -- House of Representatives, to be more precise. Here's to 4 more years of progress!
Re: Obama leading on AC's Election day poll!
Get real. He had a super majority and still had problems.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2EVO & an Acer A500 tablet. - 11-06-2012, 04:56 PM #3
Re: Obama leading on AC's Election day poll!
Obama has been useless! He has lied to everyone for years and people soak it all up! He blames Bush for trashing the economy, but then he wont give credit to Bush for tracking down Bin Laden! He plays both sides of the coin and no one catches on. He blames congress, and people don't stop to think about him having a Democratic Super Majority for the first half of his term.
Sent from my Galaxy S3Droid Bionic>Droid Razr Maxx>Verizon Galaxy S3>T-Mobile Galaxy S3,Nexus 5, Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 - 11-07-2012, 12:28 PM #4
Re: Obama leading on AC's Election day poll!
It appears the poll data covers all of the Mobile Nations sites, not just Android Central. The straw poll data, along with the actual election results, was not only highly disappointing to me, but surprising. Personally, Obama comes across as a used car salesman, always has from day one. There is also a sense that he's just a puppet and that someone else behind the scenes is pulling the strings (that's a scary thought, who is it and who are they?). I strongly believe a vast majority of people are simply ignorant (my own mother included) and take what the mainstream media (who are in Obama's corner) say at face value and never question it or think for themselves about who this man really is and what he stands for. I�m seriously concerned about what another four years of Obama�s policies are going to do to this country and how long it�s going to take to fix the damage once he�s gone in 2016.
- 11-13-2012, 04:24 AM Thread Author #5
Re: Obama leading on AC's Election day poll!
I have read many conservative sites and media. This new "Obama as a puppet" attack/conspiracy theory is a new one added to the pile that I have seen. Now, I have heard of this from some Blacks who believe that there is still some rich and powerful guy pulling his strings. But, I've never heard this from the opposition.
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HD Tune Pro
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Developer Homepage: http://www.efdsoftware.com
Product Homepage: http://www.hdtune.com
HD Tune is a Hard Disk utility which has the following functions:
Benchmark: measures the performance
Info: shows detailed information
Health: checks the health status by using SMART
Error Scan: scans the surface for errors
Temperature display
HD Tune Pro gives us accurate read, write and access time results and for the last couple of years has been gaining popularity amongst reviewers. It is now considered a must have application for storage device testing.
Starting with a clean drive we start rolling through our tests to move the drive into a dirty state. Reading data sequentially we recorded an average read speed of 415MB/s on the S70.
Our first write test shows a 416MB/s average when writing compressible data across the S70.