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"Hell called…they want their weather back." It's usually a joke, but after today's grueling temperature combined with monsoon humidity and brilliant sunshine, they can have it.
Vans Warped Tour serves a right of passage of sorts for the youth of the moment and those who relive their younger years at the fests. This all day touring music festival that has its roots back to 1994, brought its infectious energy to Glendale today. The line-up of bands represented many genres of alternative music from the smooth soul of reggae, through ska, all the way to hard core punk. Highlighting the day were bands such as Streetlight Manifesto, Taking Back Sunday, Yellowcard, New Found Glory, and more. In fact, 90 bands were scheduled to grace the many stages at Camelback Ranch Stadium at the beginning of today. So, yes, this is the ultimate concert day here in the valley, and across the country as they tour. People came dressed in band shirts waiting for signatures and meet and greets. Acoustic sets happened at various locations. Music continually played all through the day. It's fantastic and shouldn't be missed.
What I did hear today, I absolutely loved. Pierce the Veil rocked the field immensely. New Found Glory played a Green Day cover as a nod to why they formed in the first place, Bless the Fall rocked a packed lot, and Streetlight Manifesto kept the field dancing to their unique ska beats. In fact, I feel sorry for anyone arriving later in the day because these bands were unbelievable!
That being said, today was far short of what I have experienced in years past. Oh, not in the music category…that was amazing, what parts I heard. And the day's line-up was sure to prove equally great. The bands definitely showed up to rock their hearts out for the dedicated crowds. It was more the venue experience that left a bitter taste. Perhaps if it was unseasonably cool, the annoyances wouldn't have been what they were, but that was definitely not the case today. No, today it was 108 degrees and higher within the crowds. The monsoon has kicked into gear bringing its humidity. The sun remained unblocked by any wisp of cloud cover. Now, that in and of itself is usual for the Warped Tour here in Phoenix. So, you may be asking yourself (or not…maybe you could give a crap and loved it all anyway), what made today so different? In my own little humble opinion, the venue is the wrong choice for this tour.
So to keep this rant on the shorter side, (so not possible for me!) here's what I liked about the stadium: the shade covering the top walkway deck and on the seats once the sun actually started setting, the food choices were okay and the bathrooms were plentiful and clean – at least in the early afternoon.
Here's what I didn't like:
The main stages were too far from the stands in the scorching sunshine, the merch tents were scattered along the whole field and then lined the walkways to the other various stages, the tunnels and walkways were frequently jammed, the side stages were quite difficult to crowd into, there was no water on that huge field for sale (just one shaved ice tent that had a line half way across the filed), the small water bottles for sale were $3 each, only low-calorie G2 was offered for sale as an electrolyte replacement beverage, and the parking was atrociously far from the entrance gate.
Now I've been told in the past by some pretty smart people that if I'm gonna complain I better dang well have a solution to offer or I should just keep my comments to myself. So, here are the corrections I would implement:
Consider a different venue such as Tempe Beach Park which has been used for multiple stages in the past during the Tempe Music Festivals and it has a water splash zone that could be utilized to help keep people cool, bring in another sponsor like vitaminwater that is nearby and routinely provides free beverages to concert goers to help keep them hydrated naturally, lower the price on the bottled water so the kids attending can actually afford to stay hydrated – some of the free water lines took 20 minutes to get through; keep the stages in open areas and don't pen them in so that air can still flow through the crowd, have more hydration stations throughout the venue so people don't have to go too far to get to water, have shuttles for bringing people to their vehicles if the parking is far away from the entrance and exits, have a cooling station and water stations on the field if you're going to keep this location, and lastly have all the merch tents on the fields in rows or something and make more room for the side stages for this venue.
Honestly, even though the two main stages were on grass, I couldn't tell the difference between that and the pavement out at the Ashley Home Furniture Pavilion where it's been held since 2006. At least out at the pavilion, the firetrucks blasted water into the air much to the delight of those braving the heat of the day. They had slip and slides of the pumped up variety where friends could race each other to the end keeping them cool. (If either of these things were at the stadium today, I never found them. It wasn't a venue easily navigated. And even the maps were difficult to follow for the $2 they charged.) The pavilion itself had covered, shaded seats all day long for those who needed a break from the sun. And people could listen to bands while sitting there because the stage was divided in half allowing music to continually play there. All the other stages were a walk, but that walk was never crowded and a breeze, even if it felt like a blow drier, swept through the venue inside and out. Oh, and vitaminwater was there handing out hundreds upon hundreds of free drinks, both regular and zero varieties, to help hydrate everyone. Water was there for sale and was a little pricey, but the bottles were larger. And when the day was done, your car wasn't a mile from the exit forcing you to walk the perimeter of the building and then across a field to get to it.
Last, but certainly not least, move the Phoenix date up on the tour calendar before the humidity kicks in from the monsoon. Start. Here. June 17th would have been fine. The heat is so much more tolerable when it's dry. Or move the location entirely to Flagstaff, but that would severely limit ticket sales as other tours have discovered.
So there you go. My two cents. Take it for what it's worth. I'm sure lots of kids had an absolute riot today watching their favorite bands old and new (which were seriously rockin' the park), heading to meet and greets, hanging with friends and making new ones, leaving their parents at the adult daycare tent, and maybe wishing they remembered the sunscreen. And refuse-to-grow-up-cause-it's-way-more-fun "kids" probably enjoyed it, too, but a little reluctantly. Me? I'm sturdy as anything, but old enough to have sense to get out of the sun and heat. It was just too much today. As I exited the park at 2:25pm, I saw two ambulances coming in and one leaving with a few people inside it. I felt I made a wise choice. So I leave with humble apologies of no band photos from the pits, but a few from the shade up above. I look forward to next year's Vans Warped Tour that comes through Phoenix. I love this tour and all it represents. I just hope it's under slightly better conditions next time.


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However, my daughter and I saw almost everything on our bucket lists, which included following the Snake River and that part of the Oregon Trail, the Tetons (which spoke to me powerfully), Yellowstone and bison and elk, massive stone walls that harbored native Indians tens of thousands of years ago (these rock and cave formations spoke to me as well), Cody Wy, the Badlands of Wy and SD, then a race across SD & NE to Minnesota where we zigged and zagged to visit old family haunts, and finally to Wisconsin and the Reunion (which was all that I had hoped for -- at least people wise. Can never get enough family history.) Then it was westward bound, homeward bound.
One of the things that struck me as we followed first the Lewis & Clark trail, then the Oregon Trail , and finally the route that my grandfather and family followed out to California, was the part the rivers played in their journeys; the Mississippi, Missouri, Platte, Green and, of course, the Snake River. I also had renewed respect for my ancestors' bravery, tenacity, and toughness to make those treks. No air conditioned cars, no air condition motels with WiFi and TV. No rest areas with good water ever so often. When we came to Chimney Rock and Scott's Bluff, I was astounded to realize that the Oregon Trail folks were but 1/3 of the way to Oregon. When we arrived in Green River, which was extolled by my Uncle Ralph as a great place to camp for a few days before heading out into the high desert to Salt Lake Citiy, I was equally shocked that it wasn't "green" but wonderfully warm tan hills and rock formations heralded every horizon -- but the river was cool and the water good.
We made it home in 15 hours from Green River, WY, nearly 1000 miles and having to stop several times so Colldubh (my black shepard) could run and such. According to my Uncle Ralph they were doing good to average 25 to 30 miles and hour in the Overland due to the road being not much more than a track in the desert. So they probably covered somewhere between 75 to 150 mile a day. The trek to Califonia --- thru the desert and it was hot in the summer time -- would have taken them at least two weeks with no breakdowns -- which they did indeed have. Tough folks to pile 7 kids, one dog, and all of their belongs and supplies piled into, tied onto and under the auto and heave off from northern Minnesota to Calipatria, California -- with no map, just that it was south and in California. Tough folks indeed.
And to end this Sunday Synopsis, I am sharing a picture of Colldubh after a long hard day of travel.
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text: Family Birth Center At Lake Charles Memorial Hospital for Women, we believe it is important for women to have choices and to be in control of their pregnancy and birth experiences, which is why we provide family-centered maternity care. Close attention is paid to personal preferences. The Lake Charles Memorial Hospital for Women's Family Birth Center offers 24 modern labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum suites specially designed to accommodate women through every phase of the delivery process in southwest Louisiana. The Family Birth Center, staffed with registered nurses who are skilled in high-risk deliveries, also includes three surgical suites for cesarean section deliveries. Take a virtual tour of our hospital here. A portable bassinet, equipped with oxygen and warming lights, is located in each suite. Except when medically necessary, the baby never has to leave the mother. Family Birth Center Encourages The Use Of Birth Plans: Birth plans help a mother make choices about her care and communicate these choices to her physician and the Family Birth Center staff long before the day your baby arrives. Gives Individualized Labor Support: Activity, positioning, walking and special techniques, such as the birth ball, hydrotherapy, aromatherapy and massage, can shorten labor, reduce stress and decrease the need for pain medication. Favors Your Decision To Choose Your Method Of Pain Control: Whether a mother chooses natural childbirth, pain medication or an epidural, the Family Birth Center supports her decision. Supports Your Decisions About Breastfeeding: Should you decide to breastfeed, our nurses are specially trained to enhance the breastfeeding experience while promoting the healthiest beginning for each baby. Allows You To Decide Who Is Present For The Birth: Our private, spacious labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum (LDRP) suites allow a mother to choose who - and how many - will be present at her baby's birth. View the virtual tour here. Offers A Baby Lounge Nursery: Each mother can choose to keep her baby in the room or have the baby brought to the Baby Lounge Nursery, our well-baby nursery. The length of time is completely up to the mother. Prepares Families For The Entire Birth Experience: From a Prepared Childbirth Class to Breastfeeding Class to Infant CPR, expectant parents have a variety of classes to choose from, making the journey to parenthood more rewarding. Tours are also offered every first Thursday of each month at 1:30pm promptly in the front lobby and tours are also offered after each Prenatal Class. If these times do not work for your schedule, please call 337-480-7243 to make an appointment for a tour. Provides The Highest Level Of Care Should Complications Arise: Physicians who specialize in high-risk pregnancies and premature babies are on staff, and Memorial for Women's facilities are equipped for high-risk and cesarean births. Labor, Delivery, Recovery and Postpartum Suites For the duration of your delivery and hospital stay, your birthing experience takes place in a spacious, modern, private labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum suite. The LDRP suite is designed to provide a nurturing, supportive, and home-like environment for you, your baby, and your family, yet is equipped to handle your personal and medical needs. View the virtual tour here. Customized Birth Plan At the Family Birth Center we want your birth experience to be based on your choices. To achieve this goal, we have created an outline to assist you in developing your very own Birth Plan. Please use this guide to define exactly how you want your birth experience to be. Once you have completed your Birth Plan, make a copy and bring it to your next doctor's appointment. You will want to discuss this plan in detail with your physician so that there are no surprises on your big day. Once you and your doctor have agreed on all the particulars, have your doctor sign your Birth Plan and bring it with you when you arrive at the Family Birth Center for your delivery. Please note that the Birth Plan you create is not a binding agreement. You may change your decisions at any time you wish. However, a well thought-out plan is the best guarantee that the delivery of your baby will go according to your wishes. With the exception of an unexpected medical emergency, we will work very hard to ensure that your plan is followed as closely as possible. Tours of the Family Birth Center can be scheduled by calling our Childbirth Educator at 337-480-7243. Click here for your hospital bag checklist. Memorial for Women 1900 W. Gauthier Road Lake Charles, LA 70605 (337) 480-7000


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Blackstone and Stone Tower alumni launch boutique
Four former senior executives from Blackstone and Stone Tower Capital have launched a boutique credit investment group called Fair Oaks Capital.
The company has offices in London and New York. It has been launched by Anthony Edson and William Sheoris, two of the original founders of Stone Tower Capital, which was acquired by Apollo in 2012, and Miguel Fuentenebro and Roger Coyle, formerly of Blackstone's GSO Capital Partners business.
In a press statement today, Fair Oaks Capital said it will shortly launch the Fair Oaks Income Fund on the London Stock Exchange.
The fund will acquire the collateralised loan obligation portfolio of AIM-listed GLI Finance. It will also seek to raise an additional $200 million for investments in US and European CLOs or structures which give exposure to US and European floating rate senior secured loan portfolios.
Returns will be paid as quarterly dividends.
Anthony Edson, co-founder of Fair Oaks Capital, said: "We continue to see encouraging investor interest in the US and European secured loan investments as they offer significant value versus other credit assets.
"The premium that unsecured bondholders should be paid has been eroded with the spread between high yield bonds and senior secured loans now in negative territory. However, we are already starting to see the volatility in loan prices that can be caused by loan fund outflows."
Edson and Sheoris were senior executives in the credit group of Apollo Global Management following its acquisition of Stone Tower Capital. Fuentenebro was previously a managing director of GSO Capital Partners International, part of the Blackstone Group, while Coyle was a principal at GSO.
There has been increased interest in CLO portfolios in recent months.
At the end of March, TwentyFour Asset Management confirmed it had built a number of positions in "a few vintage CLO deals", having sold a number of positions in European residential mortgage-backed securities, which had tightened significantly.
Alistair Wilson, head of institutional business at TwentyFour Asset Management said: "The CLO market has seen some issuance this year which has piqued interest. It is quite liquid. There is certainly good valuations as the economy picks up. Loans are likely to perform pretty well."


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I was delighted to see the handsome Shemar Moore and his beautiful mother on the July/August cover. Having been an ardent fan of his for years, I am now a fan of his mother, Marilyn Wilson-Moore, as well. May God grant her nothing but good days. I'm rooting for her!
I began reading Neurology Now to understand my friend's condition, multiple sclerosis (MS). She was diagnosed at 45 and died this past May at 76, but not from MS. Her death and your article have inspired me to call the local chapter of the National MS Society to see if I can't do some volunteer work in honor of my friend, Elsie Schmitz, and the Moores.
Best of luck to the Criminal Minds team in their bike tour for 2008. Here's hoping they raise twice what they raised last year for the National MS Society. Thank you for publishing such a touching, informative story.
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In the 1920s and early 30s, Berlin was a roiling cauldron of creative energy where avant-garde art movements intersected with popular culture, birthing theatrical and musical forms that continue to influence our world today. Walking a narrow line between madcap kitsch and sublime musicality, Max Raabe and Palast Orchester evoke the heady, dancing-on-knife-point mood of the Weimar Republic.
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- Cotton insect pests taking backseat to weed, disease problems
- Time of boll damage
- Stink bugs
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- Insect problems in Alabama cotton are taking a backseat to weed and disease issues.
- Stink bugs still could pose a threat under certain conditions.
- Determining an accurate threshold is important in stink bug management.
AUBURN UNIVERSITY EXTENSION Entomologist Ron Smith discusses cotton insect pests with a participant at the recent Cotton & Soybean Scout School held in Autaugaville, Ala.
Time of boll damage
The life cyle of these pests is about 15 days, so they've got a lot of feeding to do when they go to bolls, and that's when they do the real damage, he says.
"There are other caterpillars besides the budworm and bollworm, but we haven't had any of these on cotton in a number of years.
"One of these is the fall armyworm. We've had a lot of armyworms on grasses, peanuts and soybeans in recent years. But it's a different species of armyworm from what we see on cotton."
Even though there's an abundance of grass or rye armyworms on cotton, it doesn't mean anything because it's a different strain, says Smith.
"There are currently a lot of armyworms in Florida feeding on corn, and we're not sure what this means, but they don't like cotton at all," said Smith in late June. "And they're easier to kill on these other crops."
Armyworms do not lay eggs individually but in masses, and the masses normally are underneath the leaves, he says.
"If I was a cotton scout, I'd stay informed of the 'big picture,' but I wouldn't spend a lot of time looking for armyworms on cotton unless I had heard they were somewhere nearby on cotton.
As they get larger, they'll go to white blooms, or they'll be underneath red blooms. If I heard we were having armyworms this year, I'd look for etching on boll bracts. Then I'd look inside there to find the small fall armyworms. We haven't seen them in a number of years now.
Initially, they're very green when they're feeding on this boll bract, but later, they'll develop some color."
Alabama growers haven't seen beet armyworms since 1994 or 1995, says Smith.
"It takes several things to get a huge population of beet armyworms going, and we don't expect to have those conditions anymore.
"They're a dry weather pest, but you've almost got to be making area-wide applications and suppressing parasitic wasps to get an outbreak.
"On field-by-field applications, you don't get that total suppression of the parasites that control the beet armyworm. When we had the boll weevil eradication program, we were making applications that were taking out the parasites. Beet armyworms also are more foliage feeders than fall armyworms."
Another sporadic cotton insect pest is the yellow-striped armyworm, says Smith.
"We see very few of these thanks to Bollgard II cotton, and they're seldom an economic pest. The Southern armyworm also has been taken out of the picture by new hybrid technology.
The cabbage looper or the soybean looper hasn't been a problem either since the advent of two-gene cotton. But they were statewide on soybeans this past year."


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Range DescriptionSympetrum fonscolombii is a widespread and common species found from the south to the north of Africa, including Madagascar, southern Europe and eastwards to the Middle East, Central Asia, the Indian Subcontinent and the Indian Ocean Islands. Its African range is oftenexaggerated(Dumont and Martens 1988). The species becomes scarcer towards the north but has expanded its range considerably in the last decades and is now common in most of Central Europe. It has a nomadicbehaviourand shows a strong tendency to migrate, and has been found northwards as far as Scotland, the Swedish island of land and Latvia. It is likely that climate change will promote a further northwards expansion in the future.


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- n. The quality or condition of being exotic.
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- n. The state of being exotic.
- n. Something exotic.
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- n. The state of being exotic; also, anything foreign, as a word or idiom; an exotic.
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- n. The state of being exotic.
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- n. the quality of being exotic
The line we push, especially our chapter on exoticism, is that the counterculture sees technology as a homogenizing force, and is afraid of that.
And then this exoticism is shrink-wrapped and packed and sold right back to an Asian audience.
Underlying these eighteenth - and nineteenth-century visual images of the East's exoticism is the impulse to preserve the reassuring sameness found in any representation of difference.
During the campaign, Obama's "exoticism" - both real (his childhood in Jakarta) and imagined
Both types of people were highly admired for one reason or the other but what one might call exoticism is very different from primitivism.
The allure of the latter location (s) brought Gérôme into his most famous - perhaps infamous - body of work, capitalizing on Orientalisme, the French taste for the "exoticism" of the Middle East and the Maghreb.
The allure of the latter location (s) brought Gérôme into his most famous - perhaps infamous - body of work, capitalizing on Orientalisme, the French taste for the "exoticism" of the Middle East and the Maghreb.
The issue with the former cover is that it unintentionally reinforced the meme -- that Obama is an Agent on The War Against Terror or, if you prefer, to allow his "exoticism" as a proxy for any remaining legacy of racist bias.
The Democratic Convention Day One: To Know Him (and Her) is to Vote Obama
A tongue-in-cheek way to reflect their 'exoticism'?
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FORMER Tasmanian Labor premier Paul Lennon has become an ongoing consultant to the nation's timber industry as it negotiates with conservationists, attending high-level meetings with federal ministers.
Mr Lennon confirmed his role to The Weekend Australian, but insisted he was not acting as a lobbyist or on behalf of Gunns, whose pulp mill project he controversially fast-tracked when in office.
He confirmed he had attended meetings with federal ministers, including Environment Minister Tony Burke, who leads forestry negotiations.
The involvement of the former pro-logging, pro-pulp mill premier in the forest "peace process" as a consultant to the National Association of Forest Industries has spooked conservationists.
Mr Lennon helped secure the support of the Forest Industries Association of Tasmania for last year's interim "statement of principles" that is guiding the current talks. Even so, conservation groups are suspicious of Mr Lennon, whose conduct as premier in fast-tracking Gunns' mill led to critical findings by a parliamentary inquiry and a recent Integrity Commission complaint.
NAFI chief executive Allan Hansard said Mr Lennon was well respected in the timber industry and was helpful in "facilitating aspects" of the forestry peace talks with green groups.
Mr Lennon said he attended meetings with federal ministers in Canberra as part of a delegation involving NAFI, including a meeting with Mr Burke. "There wasn't any lobbying going on it was just a report back, from industry point of view, where they saw the situation at the time," he said.
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• Russian log and lumber exports increased substantially in 1Q/11 thanks to higher wood demand in China, Finland and Japan, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly
The world's largest log exporter, Russia, increased the shipments of logs in the 1Q/11 after having declined for four years, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Russian exports of softwood lumber have also gone up substantially, especially to China, Uzbekistan, Japan and Egypt.
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Just when the denizens of Connecticut thought the debate over Common Core was caustic.
Now there's this.
Jonathan Pelto, a relentless opponent of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's education agenda and former state representative, is entertaining a run for the state's highest office, Hearst Connecticut Newspapers has learned.
The 53-year-old from Storrs, who has expended significant bandwith on his "progressive" blog and on Facebook railing against Malloy, could run either as a Democrat or a third party candidate, a person familiar with Pelto's thinking told the newspaper.
"We are looking at a variety of options," Pelto told Hearst by email Friday afternoon.
A campaign spokesman for Malloy, who is considered by political pundits to be vulnerable in the midterm elections this November, declined to comment on the prospect of a Pelto candidacy.
On his blog, "Wait What?" Pelto penned an April 13 entry titled "the growing list of reasons to vote against Dannel "Dan" Malloy's re-election."
"Malloy's "education reform" legislation has earned him the title of the most anti-teacher, anti-public education, pro-charter school Democratic governor in the nation," Pelto wrote. "When it comes to the issue of economic development, Malloy's rhetoric about creating jobs has been little more than a cover for a massive corporate welfare program that gave hundreds of millions of dollars to extremely profitable companies."
A political operative who is on the outs with the state Democratic Party machine, for which he once worked, Pelto is said to have approached union figures about running for governor.


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Liquor sales okayed during 4/20 event at Civic Center Park but public pot smoking illegal
As we've reported, city officials expect organizers of this weekend's 4/20 event at Denver's Civic Center Park to actively discourage public pot smoking -- an activity that's illegal under Colorado law. However, liquor will be sold and can be consumed at the McNichols Building on the Civic Center complex during the festival.
Among those who sees this situation as contradictory is Miguel Lopez, the 4/20 weekend's organizer who applied for the right to sell beer in the first place.
According to Lopez, the beer-sale request was submitted to Denver Arts & Venues, the city department that oversees the McNichols Building -- and it has been approved.
A photo of the McNichols Building from the venue's Facebook page.
Lopez adds that "the beer and liquor will not be allowed outside the McNichols Building" during the two-day event, taking place Saturday and Sunday, April 19-20. "People can't just get it and go outside. It's in a controlled area."
Still, drinkers should be able to see what's going on outside through the structure's large windows and probably hear a muffled version of performances on the main talent stage, where artists such as Wyclef Jean and B.o.B. will be holding forth.
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Meanwhile, a series of speakers are slated to address assorted marijuana-related issues at the Civic Center's Greek Theater. While much of the media has started referring to this year's happening as a festival rather than a rally, Lopez stresses that it hasn't abandoned its activist roots.
"We maintain a strong political course and direction," he allows, and he pledges to funnel a percentage of the proceeds from the more commercial aspects of the gathering into good works.
Among the topics certain to be addressed by guest commentators is public marijuana smoking. As Lopez points out, "the 4/20 rally opposed Amendment 64" -- the measure that made it legal for adults age 21 and over to use and possess small amounts of cannabis -- "knowing that the [no-public-smoking] regulations would be a problem not just for the rally, but for everybody in general."
Another photo from the McNichols Building's Facebook page shows the venue's interior.
In fact, he says the application for the 4/20 event stated that its purpose was in part to "protest federal prohibition and public-consumption laws."
Afterward, those who light up in the park could face citations from the Denver Police Department. But anyone who's thirsty can amble over to the McNichols Building and belly up to the bar.
Send your story tips to the author, Michael Roberts.
More from our Marijuana archive circa March 11: "Marijuana: City expects 4/20 rally organizers to discourage pot smoking at festival."
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The offseason is a time of movement, whether it is experienced players changing teams in free agency or new players coming in through the draft.
For some players, their new teams will be a temporary arrangement until they move on to greener pastures in their careers. Others will stay with the franchise, but will never become remarkable players.
Only a very few players who move to a new team or enter the league for the first time will be the type of cornerstone that a franchise can build a dynasty around in the NFL.
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Old Blue Last
Catch the latest new bands and DJs seven nights a week at The Old Blue Last in Shoreditch. Simian Mobile Disco, Hot Chip, Klaxons, Noisettes, Arctic Monkeys, Lily Allen, Foals, Kate Nash, Florence and the Machine, Amy Winehouse and Mumford and Sons have all played here. Best of all, entrance is often free!
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Owned by Vice...so be warned expect hipsters! Lots of them. However, two floors mean however packed it is, and it is on weekends mean I can venture between each and pick which vibe I want.
Downstairs more conversion and buzzy atmosphere. Upstairs more live music (mostly indie) and dancing.
It's also free every night bar some events for music (upstairs) that charge. I really like it. Been...more
Well. I'm not sure what to think. I mean, it's a pub, and not a bad one at that; the drink selection is rather nice, it's not too crowded, prices are okay.
But is it an especially exciting place? Not really.
They do have live music upstairs for free on weekends though, which could be of interest if it's your thing...more
The best thing this pub has got going for it is location. Most people know it so it's useful for a meeting place.
There's a room for live music upstairs but I've never been along to any of the gigs there so this is something that I'll need to rectify soon as I've heard good things.
There's a happy hour most nights up until 7 where you can get a pint/wine/house spirit & mixer for £3.33 which...more
This is a nice pub/bar with a relaxed feel to it, good range of music and an upstairs for live music gigs.
Unfortunately missed the Reds BBQ pop up but hope it comes back so I can try that.
Bit pricey on some of the drinks though, £5.80 for Sharps Pilsner! You're taking the BEER!more


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Yeah, he has it!After spending nearly four days in bed, the last thing Ella wanted was to be horizontal again.Though, her bed was a good bit more attractive right now.She couldn't stop her brain from resurrecting the image of Zeph tearing off his shirt as he sat on the edge of her bed. As if the man's broad shoulders and bulging biceps weren't impressive enough. As if the ridged muscles of his abdomen didn't just call out to be traced. She had absolutely never seen with her own eyes, on a real man, that incredible cut of muscle just above his hips—but, yeah, he had it, and then some.
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Dark Void: Developer Walkthrough
Posted: August 20, 2008
Lead Game Designer Jose Perez III takes you through the backstory to Capcom's highly anticipated action title, Dark Void. Get ready to enter the Bermuda Triangle later this year.
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When I addressed the issue to my father, as in what qualities he expected an ideal mate of my to have, he said:
"All he has to be is Muslim and very ambitious…and passive, because you are a very dominant personality. You can't have two dominants. It's like electricity. You need a negative and a positive charge."
After belabouring the point that my father called me a "negative charge" and trying to guilt-trip him about that metaphoric comparsion (I failed, foolishly ignoring what Patai knew all too well, that Arabs can't be guilted into anything, because they don't have a conscience, and thus you need to appeal to their sense of shame to get to do what you want*), I decided to move on and tackle the other part of what he considered ideal Husband credentials. Knowing fully well that my father had a much more specific portrait of the ideal or acceptable mate for me-I pushed him further by testing him:
"So, you would be happy if I married a white or Latino Muslim?"
"No, they have to be Arab. You have to relate to your mate culturally. That is the only way you are going to have a successful marraige."
Rewind to a week ago when my father dumbfounded by my Arab-philia, inquired: "Why are you Arabicized-we didn't raise you that way?"
Knowing again, that my father had an even more specific and constricted definition, I pushed him again:
"So, you would be fine if I married a Moroccan?"
"No, they are not real Arabs."
After objecting to and debating this unfounded claim for a good ten minutes, I moved on to the next part of my interrogation. Knowing the position of Yemenis in the intra-arab racist hierarchy, I pushed once again:
"How about a Yemeni"
"No, they are not real Arabs."
"But Dad, they are from South Arabia-they are the "realest" Arabs."
After naming every one of the member countries of the Arab league (with the exception of Syria), and being met with resistance, I sought to confirm what I thought my father believed considered an acceptable mate:
"How about someone from Damascus?"
"No, they are different."
So, there you have it, what I an initially suspected that my father refused to commit to was true:
The only acceptable mate in my father's eyes would have to be an ambitious, type-B Muslim from a "good family" from Halab. Apparently that's what "ambitious, passive Muslim" is code for.
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Lubbock Christian (6-3) at ENMU (5-5), 4 p.m. today at Greyhound Arena.
Radio: KSEL-FM 95.3.
On the Net: www.enmusports.com.
Notes: ENMU's last game was a 90-63 win at New Mexico Highlands on Dec. 18. The Chaparrals haven't played since winning their Sooner Conference opener over Wayland Baptist 72-63 on Dec. 7 in Lubbock. … LCU's leading scorers are 6-3 senior G Max Eding (17.6 ppg) and 5-10 senior G Jonah Broussard (11.1). Both are shooting above 50 percent from the floor. … Broussard also leads the team in assists with 40. … ENMU beat the Chaps at Lubbock for the first time in several years last season, winning 62-56 in the 2005-06 opener for both teams.
Lubbock Christian (9-1) at ENMU (7-3), 2 p.m. today at Greyhound Arena.
Radio: KSEL-AM 1450.
On the Net: www.enmusports.com.
Notes: The Lady Chaps have won eight in a row since a five-point loss at Fort Lewis on Nov. 17, and have been ranked as high as No. 5 in the NAIA this season. Their last outing was a 90-47 drubbing of UT-Permian Basin at home on Dec. 12. … ENMU has lost two of its last three, including an 85-65 defeat at the hands of Lone Star Conference South Division rival West Texas A&M on Dec. 20 at Greyhound Arena. … Lubbock Christian has four players averaging in double figures, led by sophomore G Jordan Hampton (14.6), who is shooting 50 percent overall from the field and 45 percent from 3-point range. … LCU is holding opponents to 53.5 points a game and 33 percent field goal shooting, including 21 percent on 3-pointers. … The teams have one common opponent — Lubbock Christian defeated Adams State 84-71 on Nov. 18 while the Zias beat the Grizzlies 68-36 on Nov. 24, both on neutral courts.
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One of the things that both Kelly Siegler and Yolanda McClary mentioned when I interviewed them recently about their work on Cold Justice was that for them, it all came down to getting justice for the families and the victims.
They also mentioned that many fans have asked them for updates on prior cases, and when you consider just how much they've managed to make happen, there are definitely some results to report.
Their search for truth and the public's need for answers prompted the newest episode of Cold Justice, airing Friday, July 18, titled "Justice Served." In it, victims' advocate and crime fighter John Walsh (former host of America's Most Wanted and current host of The Hunt with John Walsh) sits down with Kelly and Yolanda to catch up on previous cases and what's happened since they aired.
I had a chance to speak with John and hear more about "Justice Served," and it's clear that he still has the passion to help others, and to help victims and their families get justice.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY COMMUNITY: What made you decide to host the new Cold Justice special, "Justice Served"?
JOHN WALSH: Two reasons: I'm a fan of the show and I really think it does a real service. Having done America's Most Wanted for 25 years and turning hundreds and hundreds of cases. I was asked by the producers to do it, and with my new affiliation with CNN, I thought it was two great reasons. They asked, it is a Turner product, but most of all, I'm a real fan of the show.
It took 27 years to reopen my son's case. Adam, my 6-year-old son, was murdered in 1981. All those years I attempted through different chiefs to reopen the case. We finally got a new chief after 27 years, named Chad Wagner, a really great guy, and he said, "What do you want to do?"
I said I'd like to bring in my own former homicide investigator who was doing it and did it pro bono, and a former prosecutor by the name of Kelly Hancock from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, who was an undefeated prosecutor. The chief said, Even though this is an unsolved homicide, I'll reopen it. And then one month later, after those two guys looked at it, they solved the case. The chief had a press conference live on CNN and Fox News and front-page USA Today about them apologizing for the mistakes they had made way back in the day, errors that were made, et cetera, and ended that chapter of our lives. The main suspect had died eight years before that press conference, but we needed to know so badly that he would have been indicted and convicted and that huge mistakes were made. So I became a fan of Cold Justice, because I experienced all that firsthand.
Dick Wolf is a friend of mine, and when the show came on, I watched it and I thought these two ladies are kicking ass. They're really taking no prisoners here. Kelly and Yolanda had great experience. Kelly was a top-notch prosecutor in Houston, and Yolanda was a crime scene investigator—like Marg Helgenberger's character on CSI—so I was fans of them. And then I was in the middle of shooting The Hunt, which premiered last Sunday to wonderful incredible ratings—I'm lucky and grateful and thankful for that—so I was really busy and I could only shoot it for a day. It was a terrific experience. I wanted to meet those two ladies, and several of the investigators that they used are what I did on AMW—retired, experienced cops that would come into small towns and reopen those wounds—but so many of the people they do on Cold Justice are just desperate to get someone to look at the case. Now with DNA and all the new techniques, and you know, in a lot of the cases it is really shaky police work, so it was a very interesting experience for me. I met several of the victims of the cases that they had closed, and some of the cases they were still working on that are in that special, and it was very powerful. There was a woman who had been accused of killing her own parents, and they proved she had nothing to do with it. That's a tough thing to live with for your life. It's a pretty powerful special. I admire the work they do. There's a lot of garbage on television. You're in the business, and you probably have to look at tons of it, but Cold Justice is a very interesting way that they open these old cases.
You just answered two questions I was going to ask you! I have been a huge fan of the show and both women for quite some time. It is unlike anything I have seen. I was going to ask you which of the Cold Justice stories stuck out most for you, and it sounds like the one you mentioned, about the woman with her parents.
That was really incredible to meet her and talk to her about how she and her husband fought their way through all the gossip in the town and police saying, but not really saying, that she was the main suspect. It was really powerful. And then I met the daughter of a woman who was murdered many, many years ago, and she and her little sister, who are both grown women now, they were little girls, I think 4 and 8. They were forced by the murderer to watch the hours of torture while this horrible creep tortured their mother and raped her. Single mother. In front of them. They've been in counseling. People just don't really know the level of violence that exists in America and how many thousands of cold cases, particularly homicides, there are. That was very powerful. The women said, "I hope someday, maybe through this show, we'll find out who did it." There were a couple of suspects through the years; one of them is still alive. There just never was enough evidence to indict anybody. I can't imagine what she and her little sister went through as little girls, to watch their mother tortured and murdered for hours.
It's a pretty heavy-duty special, but what they deal with is beyond heavy-duty. It's that search for justice. It's not about closure. As I said to many of the victims that day, none of us will ever get closure. I'll always be the father of a murdered child. They will always be whatever crime happened to them. It's about ending that chapter. It is about getting justice and seeing that horrible person who wrecked your life or did something horrible to a close loved one pay for it. It's not about revenge, it's about closing that chapter. It is about justice. There's no such thing about closure. Everybody in the media banters that word around, but I'll always be the father of a murdered child. One of the things that keeps motivating me to keep doing what I do is that I think about Adam. He was the victim.
You see these horrible guys like the first guy I profiled on The Hunt last Sunday night, I'd known about before I ever agreed to do The Hunt: He had allegedly murdered his wife and shot his two little girls, 5 and 8 years old, in the face. What the hell kind of a guy is that? That guy has to pay. He's dangerous, and he's out there.
It was a really great experience doing this. I got to meet the whole cast; they had several of the detectives there. These people are very real, very tough, very smart. These people are very passionate. The two ladies are very impressive.
When Adam was murdered in 1981, the cop world was a very chauvinist world. A lot has changed in those 33 years. But it was very much a "good old boys" club. I ran up against that and so many things were done wrong, done improperly, lazy, incompetent, poor training. I love cops, I've gotten every award from every police agency in the world, but you know I love cops. Way back in the day, a lot of them were very poorly trained and incompetent. … So to see these two ladies, Yolanda and Kelly—man, they're tough. They really get on the boys and get them out there investigating. It was a very rewarding experience for me.
I think it will be interesting for any fans of cold cases or any fans of Cold Justice, they're gonna see what this show has really done. People always say to me "Wow, look at what you did on AMW for 25 years …"
I read that something like 1,100 people were brought to justice?
1,231, I think. We have caught 17 guys from the FBI most-wanted list. The thing I am most proud of is we got 61 missing children back alive. Elizabeth Smart is probably the most famous. I could only do so many cold cases, because I was always looking for the latest horrible bastard and putting him on that show. So I did cold cases. But I always thought over the years, my God, there are tens of thousands of unsolved cases, murders, in the United States that no one will ever look at. Police agencies are so swamped. Big cities like Philadelphia and Chicago—Chicago had 11 murders last Fourth of July weekend. Their cold case squads are never going to get to these cases. So again, the power of television.
You have advocated for victims for such a long time, and so many people are still waiting for that justice. Do you have any advice for them?
I say to them, never give up. The harsh reality is that the only person that will really keep your case alive is you. If you have the wherewithal to do any media, whether it is print, radio, television, online, whatever with social media now—on The Hunt I tweet and do things online. On America's Most Wanted, we caught 40 guys on the website alone. So with the digital world, don't give up. Keep picking and asking someone to look at it. You have every right to call up the detective—maybe it is the third, fourth detective or five chiefs later—ask them where your case stands and to keep you up to date. You need them to solve the case. You have every right to be the squeaky wheel and ask what is being done. I did it for 27 years, and I had brought in an Assistant Attorney General from the Justice department, lots of different people, and my wife finally said, "If John Walsh can't get his case reopened, who can? Where does the average citizen stand that is not on television?"
I had a very hard time getting Adam's case reopened. But we never gave up. Like Elizabeth Smart. That case, according to the Salt Lake City PD and the FBI, when they arrested this carpenter that worked on the house and he had a heart attack in jail, they were going to close the case. They said she was probably dead in the desert and we have the guy. I didn't believe they had the guy. Certainly Ed and Lois Smart didn't. I kept profiling Elizabeth and new information I got, and a composite the police ignored, and wouldn't you know, we got Elizabeth back, and we caught the guy, and she speaks very loudly when she can for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, a nonprofit that we have in D.C., and she tells them, "You were going to give up on my case. You were going to close it. When you thought you didn't have any evidence, you didn't have the guy, you didn't know I was still alive."
It was her mother and father who convinced me to keep doing it. For some reason, they just believed in their hearts that Elizabeth was alive, even against the advice from the FBI and the Salt Lake City police. So I say to people, don't give up. Talk to anyone you can. Go online. Start a web page. Talk to bloggers. Go to the cops. It is a very different media world than existed when Adam was kidnapped and murdered and we got no help. The FBI refused to get involved. It was a different world back then. … I say to people, "Unfortunately, it is really up to you to try to keep your loved one's memory and the case alive."
Speaking of that brave new world, can you tell me more about your new show, The Hunt?
It is very different. It premiered last Sunday on CNN. I was off for about a year and a half; I just could not keep getting hundreds of Facebook [messages] and people would tweet me cold cases and FBI and marshals saying to me there are cases and cases stacking up here. You caught the uncatchable in 45 countries; when are you coming back on the air? So I made a great deal with CNN. It had great ratings, way more than anyone anticipated, I guess. [Indeed it did. The Hunt debuted as the highest-rated original series that CNN has ever had, according to The Wrap.]
Anyway, it's very different. I do one case or two cases, not like AMW, where I used to jam 10 guys or 5 guys in with a couple of missing children and cold cases. And I speak like I always wanted to speak. When you're on network TV, you've got standards and practices and lawyers and this and that. Jeff Zucker said to me, "I see you on so many talk shows—and you're on here on Wolf and Anderson Cooper. Talk like you really talk. Talk like when you're testifying. Talk like when you're passionate about things."
So instead of me on motorcycles and jumping out of planes and whatever I used to do, I sort of reflect on each of the cases and gave it my personal feelings. An unscripted show. They are recreations, the first whole hour was about one horrible guy that murdered his family and is still at large. This coming week will be about two pedophiles.
When I left AMW, I got that wonderful Emmy for excellence in television that they gave to Walter Cronkite and Johnny Carson. I thought, "Well, this is a good way to go out. This is a great run, 25 years." But I just couldn't sit by the sidelines, as a father of a murdered child. The guy I profiled last week, the marshals kept calling me and saying, "John, you could catch Shane Miller. You could catch this bastard. He had a bunker with 100 assault weapons and 100,000 rounds of ammunition and cop-killer bullets. He's dangerous."
So I saddled back up. It's a very different-looking show. Very lush recreations. Zero Point Zero won an Emmy last year for cinematography. It is an interesting partnership. Jeff Zucker was the one who said I should team up with these guys and make some interesting TV, but I had to come on with a news channel. The hard thing is to keep the viewers going.
I think you're gonna find that there's an audience for you for sure. I don't think they've gone anywhere. I think what you do is pretty tremendous, and I think a lot of people think that. I really appreciate you taking the time to talk to me. Is there anything else you want to put out there?
No, I just really really loved doing this special. I'm an old guy, and I was ready to hang up my boots, but I'm back, and I was glad to do this because I got to meet these nice people. It's nice that you're covering this special, because I think fans of Cold Justice or anyone who turns us on will really see the pain and suffering of not having your case solved, how much violence there is in America. Really, it's incredible for the richest country in the world. I've said it in every state capital many times and before Congress nonstop for 33 years, still trying to get some reasonable gun control. You'll see a very special Cold Justice, and you'll see what a lot of Americans go through. And then the incredible good job when this retired prosecutor and crime-scene investigator and these wonderful cops who hung up their spurs years ago come into small-town America and solve these horrible crimes. It's really pretty interesting.
Cold Justice airs Fridays at 9/8C on TNT.


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Starting with the Skatalites, Jamaican recordings largely revolved around a select floating pool of the island's best musicians and the top producers were calling on the Revolutionaries in the mid-'70s. But the group's importance extends far beyond providing the music to many roots classics; Revolutionaries backing tracks dominated Jamaican music when dub, the foundation of the mix culture, became a widespread reggae phenomenon. The rise of the Revolutionaries also marked the arrival of Robbie Shakespeare and Sly Dunbar as the next great bass and drums team in Jamaican music. With Carleton Barrett and Aston "Family Man" Barrett on the road with Bob Marley & the Wailers, Sly & Robbie were the rhythm section of choice when reggae emerged as an international force. Along with Shakespeare and Dunbar, the core Revolutionaries included Ossie Hibbert, Ansel Collins, Errol "Tarzan" Nelson on keyboards, Radcliffe "Duggie" Bryan on guitar, Uziah "Sticky" Thompson on percussion, Skatalites veteran Tommy McCook on tenor sax, Herman Marquis on alto sax, and Vin Gordon on trombone. Given the highly fluid nature of studio work, other A-list veterans like Earl "Chinna" Smith and Tony Chin on guitar, Bertram "Ranchie" McLean on bass, Robby Lynn on keyboards, and Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace or Carlton "Santa" Davis on drums might fill in. In fact, the Revolutionaries is only the name for the house band on sessions at Channel One studio with producers Jo Jo Hookim and Ernest Hookim. Many of the same musicians also recorded as the Professionals for producer Joe Gibbs, the Aggrovators with producer Bunny Lee, and the Black Disciples with producer Jack Ruby. By whatever name, in whatever combination, these players played a crucial role in defining roots reggae to listeners outside Jamaica. The Mighty Diamonds' Right Time album in 1976 ushered in the rockers' rhythm and the Revolutionaries soon became Jamaican hit-makers in their own right with singles like "MPLA" and "Angola." Four LPs -- Vital Dub Strictly Rockers (known as Right Time Dub outside the island), Revolutionary Sounds, Revival Dub Roots Now, and Satta Dub Strictly Roots -- came out in Jamaica on the Well Charge label. By the early '80s, Sly & Robbie had toured with Peter Tosh before joining Black Uhuru and many other members of the Revolutionaries were out on the road backing major Jamaican vocal groups. The Roots Radics took over as the chief studio session band but the Revolutionaries' legacy was cemented as the dub phenomenon gathered momentum and prompted the release of the group's music outside Jamaica. The brilliant Revolutionaries Sounds, Vol. 2 served up gloriously simple roots reggae that hearkened back to dub's origins as the instrumental B-sides of Jamaican singles. Negrea Love Dub, Outlaw Dub, and Goldmine Dub all followed in 1979; Black Ash Dub came out in 1980; Reaction in Dub and Macca Rootsman Dub in 1988; Jonkanoo Dub in 1995; and Phase One Dubwise after that. But fans or the curious should proceed with some caution. Between the hazy Jamaican copyright laws and the numerous small British, European, and Jamaican labels that sprang up to release reggae, there's no guarantee of good sound quality or that the same tracks won't show up with different titles on releases bearing the Revolutionaries name. The surest bets are the releases from the archival U.K. reggae label Pressure Sounds, which sprinkled Revolutionaries tracks through its 1997 compilation Well Charged and featured instrumentals and dubs by the group on 2001's Maxfield Avenue Breakdown.


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"Dear Colby,
What professionalism, dedication and commitment!!! Your music, style, attention to detail and fun-loving attitude made Kari's wedding day perfect! I can not believe you showed up 100% the day after your twins were born, but thats what TOP NOTCH PROFESSIONALS do! You were truly a joy for Kari to work with and we sincerely appreciate your commitment.
The McClendon Family"
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As an entertainer, Colby Logan has performed close to 1000 gigs in the course of his life and professional career. At age 35, he enters 2010 as a husband and proud father of toddler twins.
Born and raised in Duncanville, TX and a class of '96 graduate of Texas A&M, Colby first hit the stage as a soloist in first grade at Alexander Elementary in the school play. Encouraged by his teachers to constantly perform in front of his class mates, Colby developed a comfort level with entertaining at a very young age.
Tell us about your very first performances?
"I remember my 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Kidwell...she used to call me in from the playground to where the teachers were sitting in the shade. She would pick up her guitar and have me sing for the teachers right there on the playground during recess...and then send me on my way to play when I finished my performance. My teachers and family basically conspired together to guide me down a path of music and performance growing up. Always at church...always on the third pew or the choir loft."
What makes a good DJ?
To me, a good DJ is a collection of skillsets. He or she is an actor, music programmer, producer, director, announcer, event coordinator, audio technician, salesman, therapist, musician, dancer...oh yeah, and a disc jockey. Top-notch DJs these days will never refer to themself as a DJ, because they wear so many different hats over the course of an event engagement with their clients.
If not DJ, what is your title?
The best title that I can come up with is "Event Entertainment Director". Take, for example, a wedding reception. A DJ simply plays music at the reception. As an Entertainment Director, I care deeply about the personalities of my clients, the order and pacing of events, where the dance floor is placed and where I setup, the lighting in the venue, the vision and constant concerns of my clients before the event, communicating with the other vendors, personalization of announcements...so many things. Basically taking full responsibility for the entertainment of their reception from the very first day they book me. This is the biggest, most important and most expensive event that the majority of people will ever host in their life. An Entertainment Director will plan ahead and ensure that the day is nothing less than perfect.
If you get a chance to see Colby in action, he will most likely be juggling any number of tasks...always looking for a way to improve the current vibe and trying to predict the best direction to go next...and always with a smile on his face. Catch him during the dinner portion of a wedding reception and he might be sitting on a stool playing an acoustic set of old favorites. Catch him during the high-energy dance portion of an event and he'll be dancing behind the DJ booth and leading the guests on an amazing journey.


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Turns out Barack Obama--who has taken pains to woo Jewish voters and donors--has a prominent rabbi in the family. He's Rabbi Capers Funnye, the leader of a Southwest Side Chicago synagogue, Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation.
Michelle Obama and Funnye are first cousins once removed. They have not been in touch since Sen. Obama has been running for president. The Forward first wrote about Funnye last week and the story was picked up in Haaretz, an Israeli newspaper. Michelle Obama spokesman, Katie McCormick Lelyveld confirmed to the Sun-Times that Funnye and Michelle are cousins. "They're not close," she said.
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9 emotes added in the Boutique Info - 2013-06-14 11:00Back to list
What's new in the Boutique?... Emotes! Nothing better than a new pose to make your character look much more original and alive. No matter if you're "In Rage", "In love" or "Laughing", let it know! Discover the Emotes that have just been added to the Boutique.
Emotes everywhere!
Learn to express your feelings with the following emotes, now available on the WAKFU Boutique:
- Beg: Little coin for a Zaap.
- The Art of Booing: Because sometimes it just sucks.
- Cover your Ears: The visual translation of /ignore.
- Keep your Mouth Shut: To make sure not to feed the trolls.
- Cover Your Eyes: There are horrors in this world best kept hidden.
- Thumbs Up: When you want to Like things.
- Rack Your Brains: The real use of this one has yet to be discovered.
- Red with Rage: In the end, this might be the right answer after all.
- Laugh: Oh wait no, this is the right answer!
Have fun with your Emotes!
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TommyTrouble 14 June 2013 18:33
Pitiful move, Ankama. These are all free ingame.
Lazy Bow Meow
Gregor123 14 June 2013 18:54
aim gonna play gobbowl for the first time
Short Strich
Inhibithor 14 June 2013 19:08
Worst joke - ever.
Sundown01 14 June 2013 23:13
Come on guys and gals, we all know these are for the pitiful few would rather PAY for an item than spend the time actually finding or making it.
Featherless Piwi
VulpineEntropy 15 June 2013 00:06
Let's just hope Ankama is just giving us options and not planning on removing them. Any word on this, Troyle?
AlienSpike21 15 June 2013 01:13
I think there needs to be a T-bag emote. Where you knock the other person down and t-bag em in the face. would be awesome.
Sinnatora 15 June 2013 03:56
What!? unbelievable
saphiLC 15 June 2013 04:15
mmm those are in game... why u even....
Madd1 15 June 2013 08:40
Pay for... free emotes?.... am I missing something?
TheFULLM3TAL 15 June 2013 22:25
Um why are you doing this is not very smart...


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Telarc Records
Telarc's central mission is to create outstanding recorded performances using the highest fidelity on its naturalistic recordings; its prominent calling card is acoustical perfectionism, manifested through craftsmanship and progressive technology. The craftsmanship is a result of long experience, attention to detail and a "less-is-best" philosophy towards mic-ing, mixing and related production values. Cultivating a guild-like family atmosphere, Renner and Woods have honed their expertise within a close circle of collaborators, particularly ace engineers Michael Bishop and Robert Friedrich. Pioneering technology has also played a key role. In 1978, it was first to cut direct-to-disc LPs; the same year it was first in the US to release commercial classical music in digital format; in 1983 Telarc co-inaugurated compact discs; in 1988 it introduced audiophiles to 20-bit sampling (made possible by an innovative proprietary analog-to-digital converter) and in 1996 expanded commercial sampling rates to 24-bits.
Elaine Martone, Executive VP of Production, a 27-year veteran and top-shelf classical/jazz producer, observed: "Our musicians always comment on the great sound quality... It's one of the things we're known for and we take a lot of time and care... We bring in piano techs and our own gearall of that takes more time and more moneybut it's one of the things that we just do as a matter of course." Pianist/composer Michel Camilo confirms: "They really care about getting the best possible sound you can ever get. So there's a lot of effort involved in that and a lot of attention to detail...and when you go to the studio and you see all this stuff they bring into the studio to record, the extra gear, it's pretty impressive." Telarc offers Super Audio (SACD) and 5.1 DTS Surround multi-track CDs in continued efforts to satisfy the most discerning ears. Hi-res downloads, asserts Jason Linder, VP of Marketing, are "just down the pike."
Telarc established itself as a preeminent jazz label through releases by Dave Brubeck, Ahmad Jamal, Oscar Peterson and Ray Brown, among others. After Previn's date, Ray Brown approached them to record his trio with Peterson and Herb Ellis live at Blue Note. Telarc's palette expanded in the next two decades to include crooners John Pizzarelli and Tony DeSare, chanteuses Tierney Sutton and Ann Hampton Callaway and up-and-comer Melissa Morgan, Latinos Arturo Sandoval and Michel Camilo, the classically-rooted jazz string quartet Turtle Island String Quartet, fusionist's Hiromi and Al Di Meola and 'mainstream' eclectics Benny Green, Monty Alexander, Geri Allen and Saxophone Summit. Acts like Hiromi have attracted a younger demographic into Telarc's fold, fans more likely to whet their musical whistles in the digital realm via MySpace, artist webpages, iTunes, eMusic, blogs and podcasts. Telarc has even recorded two live albums at Starbucks, bringing jazz to the java generation. Online accessibility is immense, Linder notes, but as more people surf for new sounds, decreasingly reliant on traditional media (magazine reviews, retail stores), it increases pressure on indie labels "to be everywhere, all the time."
New York based publicist Mike Wilpizeski is Telarc's liaison to the many artists and industry professionals who live in or pass through the jazz hub.
He praises the "down-to-earth," artist-friendly nature of his company: "They're very straight-up with their artists...which is refreshing." He contrasts this with the "bottom-line, bean-counting, quarter-to-quarter" mentality of his former major label employers, which created tense working conditions and rapid employee turnover. Telarc, by comparison, is downright cozy: "I've been there ten years and I'm one of the new guys...Bob [Woods, president] knows all of us...so it's family oriented."


text: Kim Cameron pointed to my questions about WS-Mex and Don Box gave his reasons for why WS-Mex is needed over and above simple HTTP. I think it basically comes down to the fact that SOAP and its related protocols are, ideally, transport neutral. WS-Mex is one component of that transport neutrality. In fact, in doc/literal mode SOAP is really nothing more than transport anyway. Like many things in Computer Science, SOAP is simply another layer of indirection and the costs and benefits of indirection layers are well understood. WS-Mex is one way of preserving the SOAP-as-transport indirection.


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LED Lights vs HID Lights
LED lights have been a very efficient way of producing light for the last 4 years and each year the technology gets better. The LED manufacturing companies themselves have really increased the Lumen per watt ratios and are now increases the available applications of LED lights with the advent of globes, tubes and LED grow lights. These new LED applications not only replace the inefficient incandescent lights they also replace fluorescent lights and HID grow lights as well with lower wattage and less heat.
Power Savings
LED lights are known for their drastic reduction in power used to produce the same effective light when compared to HID (High Intensity Discharge) lights. The LED is the most efficient way to produce light and can be used with power from the grid or off-grid applications such as solar and battery power. The reduction in power is usually hard to see with the sticker price of an average LED application well over the price of a regular incandescent or HID light. This high cost can be offset by the long life of the LEDs however.
LED Lifetime
The average life of a florescent light is around 1 year before the bulb needs changed. The average life of an HID grow light is or incandescent light is about 6 months with daily use of more than 12 hours. Compare this to the average life of a quality LED light at more than 5 years. This long lifetime is another benefit of LEDs over others but is almost completely reliant on the quality of the LEDs themselves. If you buy a low cost LED light and save money upfront it is almost certain you will be losing some of the time the light will be usable due to the lower quality parts and workmanship.
Quality vs Cost
The most important factor when you purchase an LED light is the quality of the LED and the quality of the heat sink used in the light. A heat sink is a finned aluminum part used in LED lights to dissipate heat from the LED chip itself. All LEDs need some sort of dissipation device (heat sink) or the LED would burn out very quickly. When you look at LED lights you should look for the heat sinks fins, or lack thereof. If the LED light has a simple flat aluminum sheet, this is a sign of poor quality and inferior parts that will lead to a lesser quality of light in a shorter period of time.
The Latest LED Technology
The latest advancements in LED technology have been in two fields, high powered LED grow lights and LED street lights. Although there are many new applications these two types of LED lights are growing quickly and have some top quality suppliers that offer great warranties. These new types of LEDs feature long lasting components that make the initial investment a win for municipalities, retailers (Wal-Mart is testing LED lights in there parking lots), and greenhouses that can now use LED grow lights that replace HID lights.
LED lights are a great choice to replace your old lights but only if you are able to purchase a quality light that will pay for the large upfront cost of LED lights.


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Ted Smith Teacher
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
The Plight of Ted Smith
Ted Smith Teacher
2 comments:
- Tom Forbes said...
I wish Teddy best of luck. It is unfortunate you have to wage the battle solo. Our union is completely ineffective in protecting members rights in regards to abusive or just incompetent administrators.
- March 28, 2012 at 4:17 PM
I know of Ted's plight for ages now since Betsy Combier championed his case and cause. I noticed that there is no mention of her. If not for her expose on behalf of Ted, the abuse, arbitrary, capricious and malicious would have been hardly known. Now it's "Mr. Smith oes to Washington", we hope. Anyhow, like David Pakter, myself and so many others, the teacher bashing abuse is rampant, wanton and gone mostly unchecked. The AGWs (Administrators-Gone-Wild)are still running amok, administrative terrorism goes fairly unchallenged and incompetents like Walcott, Klein, Black and Bloomberg go unscathed along with their tentacles, OSI, SCI, OEO, the PEP, ATU, UFT, NYSUT et cetera, ad naseum. Justice is for sale here in the New Tamany Hall, the New Banana Republik of New York, run by the Mob and the Gangs of New York along with the corrupt justice system, enabled by the likes of Bloomberg's cronies, Arne Duncan and his enablers, like Randi Weingarten, Mike Mulgrew, Barack Obama and so maqny ignorant others. check out the first revelations on Ted's case at http://nycrubberroomreporter.blogspot.com/search?q=Teddy+Smith
Take them to the bank and to the court of public opinion, Ted, as eventually, their house of cards will fall apart and the naked emperors will have no place to hide!
- March 29, 2012 at 1:11 AM


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Station facelift
SHENZHEN West Railway Station will get a facelift this year or next year after receiving criticism for its poor condition, station operator Pingnan Railway Co. said.
The station will be an important terminal for the Shenzhen-Xiamen Railway and inter-city rail between Pearl River Delta cities.
The station opened as a terminal for freight trains in 1993 and began handling passenger trains in 1996. The station is expected to handle 450,000 passengers during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday. Passengers have criticized its use of temporary sheds.
Road completed
THE Gonghe section of Meilong Boulevard was completed and put into use Monday, cutting the travel time from Meilin Checkpoint to Guanlan Subdistrict in Longhua New Area to 10 minutes from the previous 40.
It will also relieve congestion on Heping Road, Minzhi Boulevard and Minqing Road. Work on the section was halted for six years to allow removal of cultural relics.
In 2012, the city's transport commission completed 13 unfinished roads that had been delayed for various reasons.
Lavish hall
A GOVERNMENT employee accused of suspiciously extravagant spending on an ancestral hall in the Guangdong Province city of Lufeng said in a letter that only his father and uncles had paid for the hall.
Lin Jianquan also said the lavish ancestral hall shown in pictures online is not the hall that belongs to his family. Lin said his parents and uncles have been in the construction business since the 1980s.
Recent media reports said Lin spent tens of millions of yuan on an ancestral hall and gravesite in his hometown in Lufeng's Tanxi Township.
Luohu Wi-Fi
LUOHU District will install 841 hotspots providing free Wi-Fi access, according to a Monday ceremony that celebrated Luohu's efforts to become an "intelligent" district.
The hotspots will cover business areas, hotels, hospitals and office buildings.
Users can access CMCC-eLuohu for free Wi-Fi service.
Chickpea genomes
A GLOBAL research team has completed sequencing of 90 genomes of the chickpea, the second-most-cultivated legume in the world, in a scientific breakthrough that will help chickpea farmers better face emerging challenges from climate change.
The chickpea genome sequencing project was undertaken by the International Chickpea Genome Sequencing Consortium and led by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, the University of California-Davis (U.S.A.) and BGI-Shenzhen (China), with key involvement of national partners.
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It's called an MRAP, or Mine Resistant Armored Personnel vehicle.
"Everybody knows [in Iraq and Afghanistan] we have IED's, and the MRAP is designed to combat the IED's and the affects they put on soldiers," said Captain Anthony Fatula, A Battery 3rd-13FA.
IED's, or Improvised Explosive Devices, are the number one troop killer in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Made from almost any explosive device, the danger from IED's doesn't just come from their explosive power, but the fact the enemy can hide them almost anywhere.
"I was over there right before the IED's started becoming prevalent," said SSG Matthew Lyons, A Battery, 3rd-13FA, "and we were using just basically whatever we could find, sandbags and scrap metal, to make armor out of that."
One of the primary design features of the new MRAP vehicles is a slanted under carriage, which funnels the explosion from IED's away from the soldiers inside, protecting them and saving lives.
"They're very necessary," said Captain Fatula, "I was [in Afghanistan] about two years ago and it was right when [IED's] first started coming to Afghanistan and the MRAP's definitely helped save some lives."
MRAP's can come in many different configurations, and depending on layout, can carry up to seven soldiers.
This is the first time troops from Fort Sill have had the opportunity to train with the vehicles, and according to Army Personnel, the training is invaluable.
"You don't want a soldier to deploy and the first time he's seeing the MRAP's is when it's for real in Afghanistan or Iraq," said Captain Fatula.
The exact specifications of just how thick the armor is, how fast the MRAP can go, or what type of technology the behemoths have on the inside is classified.
One thing that is for sure, not only can they take a beating, but they look tough too.
"It's a big huge truck with guns sticking out of it," said SSG Lyons, "so, I would be intimidated."
Around 65 soldiers trained on the MRAP's Tuesday.
Officials at Fort Sill said this type of training will become standard for all soldiers being deployed overseas.
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Today show interview that Kanye West called "VERY BRUTAL" on Twitter yesterday aired in part today, letting the world see the exchange that made West tweet, "I feel very alone very used very tortured very forced very misunderstood very hollow very very misused."The
After introducing the segment this morning, Today host Matt Lauer played West's remarks about accusing George W. Bush of racism after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. "As far as it being the worst moment of his presidency, you know, I can't really speak to that," the rapper said. "But his take, his explanation, I completely agree with and I empathize with totally."
The trouble in their interview began a moment later, when the Today show cued footage of Lauer's recent interview with Bush. "I didn't need you guys to show me the tape in order to prompt my emotions or whatever," West said in an annoyed tone. "I don't need all the jazz…Can we be quiet for a second?"
Pressed by Lauer to further explain his thoughts on the Bush incident, West went back on message. "I want to give it the exact perfect wording, because everything I say gets taken and drawn into headlines," he noted. "I'm here to man up to different mistakes that I made, and speak to the moment when I pegged George Bush as a racist. I came here to say that I made mistakes and I've grown as a person."
But when Today cued another clip of West interrupting Taylor Swift at the 2009 VMAs, he complained again. "Yo, how am I supposed to talk if you're going to run the thing in the middle while I'm talking?…Please don't let that happen again. It's ridiculous."
In this morning's segment, Lauer defended the practice of showing old footage during interviews as standard. Watch the interview after the jump and let us know what you think: Was West right to be bothered by Lauer's interviewing technique?
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Here are the pics..
Here are some pics of a dozer we found at a mine were doing some work at located at the Arizona New Mexico border. Drive sprockets hardly look warn? The bench seat inside the cab was big enough for six people and a dog to sit on. Why did they put such large seats in these things? I talked to the operator and he said there is only about three gallons of water on the pistons. Saving fuel I guess?
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Don' t ever trust a man that doesn't cuss.:
Here are the pics..
Don' t ever trust a man that doesn't cuss.:
My guess for the giant seat is they were there so the operator wouldn't have to stand up too see. or to give the operator left or right handed the ability to see whichever side they were on. since ergonomics is a fairly new field that kind of rules out the second one.
Looks like they got about all the life out of the sprockets that they had to give
I dont even see how it moves with sprockets so slick!
Is it a TD-25? And that ripper is huge!
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If their no good in the seat, put them on their feet.
Great machines back in their time, I still own a td 20E. Anyone know where to get a DVT 800 international motor? I need one bad. My email is email@example.com
love the old stuff... seen a electrical sidmatic for a 78 tractor. nothing to it, all mechanical back then.
As for the ih motor, check with f.p. smith out in california. I used to deal with a bruce, not sure if he still works there, but I'd see what he knows first.
TD-25's gave the company I worked for a good run.
We had 25B's with Cat 463's behind them and a fairly late TD25C as a push tractor.
It had an Ateco ripper on the back.
CRC-Kelly made rippers to fit ALL track type tractors, not just Cat.
BigDuke, this is The IH forum, register and ask about the engine there. Hope this helps,
I'll bet they'd like to see the dozer pics there too, JoeDirt.


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Citrus College Dental Assistant Program Earns Seven-Year Accreditation Status
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Citrus College's Registered Dental Assisting Program has been accredited for another seven years by the American Dental Association, earning praise for effectively demonstrating positive student achievement outcomes and maintaining its upward trend in program completion.
The Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) granted Citrus College – which has been offering the dental assistant program since 1966 – with an accreditation status of "approval without reporting requirements," meaning that the program achieves or exceeds the basic requirements for accreditation.
"Our dental program has enjoyed a long-standing reputation for excellence in the dental community since its inception almost 50 years ago," said Superintendent/President Geraldine M. Perri, Ph.D. "It has taken great work to get to this point, and I congratulate the faculty and staff for receiving this outstanding validation of their efforts from the Commission."
The evaluation of the program was conducted earlier this year by a CODA committee, which noted in its report that Citrus College has seen positive student achievement trends and is working to identify how to increase course completion rates and student retention.
The visiting committee praised the college for making enhancements to its program based on student achievement and data collected, including instituting student counseling and support recommendations for those who demonstrate low assessment test scores; developing an alternative part-time program; and developing assessment tools to identify those students who are at risk of not completing the dental assisting program.
"With the employment rate for graduates of the college's dental program at 85 percent, it speaks volumes about the high quality education that we are providing," said Susan M. Keith, president of the Citrus Community College District Board of Trustees. "I want to commend our dental faculty and staff for maintaining such a well-respected dental assisting program at Citrus College, for continually building on its success, and for identifying creative ways to strengthen the program as we continue to be a College of Completion."
There are currently approximately 55 students in the Citrus College Registered Dental Assisting Program, which graduates between 25 and 35 students annually.
The program is presented in four, eight-week modules that prepare students for the Dental Assistant National Board Examination and the California State RDA Exam, which are taken when students graduate and receive a Certificate of Achievement.
Citrus College's average pass rate on the State Board Exam is 100 percent on the written exam and 93 percent on the practical exam – the state average is 80 percent.


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| September 14, 2012
Fieldrunners 2 HD Finally Reaches The App Store
Announced earlier this year and released in July, Fieldrunners 2 was totally worth the wait. However, the summer launch was only for iPhone and iPod touch, And now, six weeks later, iPad owners can finally get their hands on Fieldrunners 2 HD. As you would expect and have likely read about by now, the sequel includes additional enemies, towers, gameplay modes, greatly improved graphics, and AI enhancements. To give you a quick overview, here are the key features of noted by Subatomic Studios:
- Retina display support for gorgeous artwork!
- Tons of levels - hours of action!
- 25 unique, upgradable weapons!
- Revolutionary AI - stunning realism!
- Pick the perfect weapons for each battle!
- Air strikes, mines, and powerful items!
- Time Trial, Sudden Death, and Puzzle maps!
- Trenches, bridges, and tunnels!
- Elite enemy types!
- Pint sized invaders seeking revenge!
- A tower that launches bee hives!
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AUSTIN — For the first time in six years, former state Rep. Joe Heflin won't be on the ballot.
The Crosbyton Democrat, who represented House District 85 for two terms but was defeated by Plainview Republican Jim Landtroop in the 2010 election, said he considered running in District 68, where his home county of Crosby was placed. He ultimately decided to sit out this year's election.
"I feel that I was redistricted out," Heflin said in reference to the drastically redrawn district stretching from as far north as Wheeler County to as far south as Fisher County in the South Plains and then all the way to Cooke County in North Texas.
"This map is disproportionally unfair to the Panhandle and to the South Plains, so it would be very difficult for me or someone else from this area to win," Heflin explained. "I am very disappointed that the Legislature threw West Texas under the bus because all these rural counties will be represented by someone living 200 or 300 miles away."
Although it was a federal court in San Antonio that drew the interim maps for the 2012 election, the boundaries of District 68 and of other House districts in West Texas are the same as the Republican-dominated Legislature drew in last year's session.
Heflin's decision is not unique.
Though more than a half-dozen state legislators defeated in the 2010 election — including Republican Delwin Jones of Lubbock — are running again this year, quite a few others aren't, for the same reason Heflin gave.
In Corpus Christi, for example, former Rep. Solomon Ortiz Jr. — who also served two terms before being ousted by a Republican — announced recently that he would sit out this year's election.
In Heflin's case, this is what led him to sit out this year.
Although 14 of the 22 counties in District 68 are in the Panhandle/South Plains region, the two easternmost counties account for nearly 40 percent of the district's population, putting him at a huge disadvantage.
In addition, since there are more than 300 miles of distance from north to south or from east to west in the district, name identification in the South Plains and possibly in the Panhandle wouldn't help Heflin much in the rest of the district, political experts said.
Then there is the fact that, like all other legislative districts in West Texas, District 68 is heavily Republican, which also explains why no other Democrat bothered to file.
"It's very unlikely that any Democrat could win," said Robert Bezdek, a Texas redistricting expert and retired political science professor at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi.
"Party identity is almost the same as religion," Bezdek said. "We tend to view the world based on our party ID, and in districts like these, unless the Republican candidate is convicted of a major crime or is a sex offender, there is little or no chance a Democrat can win."
Heflin said he hopes that if the Legislature takes on redistricting again in next year's session it will draw a more voter-friendly district for the area where he lives. If that's the case, he said he will seriously consider running again.
In the meantime, he looks forward to at least two more years of practicing law and making money.
"My law practice is doing well, and the two-year break will be good because I can make some money and have fun practicing law," he said. "I have five or six energy projects, and, who knows, the way things are going, the political climate may look much better in 2014 than it looks now.
"So, this will be a good time to regroup," he said. "I am at peace with my decision."


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Using SEO techniques can boost the effectiveness of your cause marketing campaign. For example, AdWords are a great way of getting attention for your website. For those who are unfamiliar with AdWords, they are ads that appear on the right side of a search results page when the user types in relevant keywords.
Companies have to pay to appear in these ads, but there is a program which allows non profits to appear in the ads for free. The goal of the program is to support non profits who are dedicated to community service in a wide variety of areas. This is an excellent way for non profits to increase their visibility in search results and enhance their overall web presence.
AdWords delivers a highly targeted audience thanks to the fact that they have already indicated their interest in your cause based on the search terms they entered. Cause marketing campaigns can benefit by using this program via their non profit partner, which can qualify to take advantage of the free credits based program for as much as $10,000 per month in ad credits.
If you plan to go this route, it's recommended that cause marketers work with SEO professionals who are experts in optimizing AdWords accounts for non profits using the grants program. Surprisingly, research shows that many non profits are not taking full advantage of this grants program, with the average non profit only using about $300 per month of the available credits. It can be expensive to hire SEO marketing professionals, but another option is to look for SEO experts from large agencies who are willing to volunteer their services to charities.
When you are considering applying for the grants program for your cause marketing campaign, you should also keep in mind some of the limitations of this program. For example, the AdWords grant program can only be used for paid search ads which means that there is not contextual network ads allowed when using the grant.
Also, paid search advertising can only be used on one search engine, so search partners will not display the non profit AdWords ads like they would for a paid advertising campaign. In spite of these limitations, the benefits to non profits and cause marketing campaigns of using AdWords grants will typically outweigh the costs. These ads can be used creatively to promote everything from donations to events and memberships.