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Opening the Box Five veteran performers from Masquerade Theatre, Houston's repository of Broadway musicals, have left that company to form their own: Music Box Theater. The five artists — Rebekah Dahl, Brad Scarborough, Luke Wrobel, Cay Taylor and Colton Berry — use the cabaret format to showcase their formidable talents, and they plan to produce four original shows each year. The music's an assortment of Broadway, the great American songbook, Hollywood, and contemporary pop and rock. As musical performers, these artists are unimpeachable. With diverse talents, they fit so comfortably together when all of them harmonize that they're an ideal boy/girl group. Since they no longer have fictional characters to play, the five play themselves, or some persona they want us to believe them to be. Inevitably, they overplay. Even solo cabaret acts can get bogged down in personal patter, but since this is the troupe's first original show, and details must be worked out, they are forgiven — this time. More singing, less talk. Dahl, a Houston treasure and ultimate Broadway baby, has given us indelible performances in Sweeney Todd, Guys and Dolls and Gypsy. She's completely comfortable onstage, and she happily satisfies our craving when, Valkyrie-like, she rides joyously through Wicked's powerhouse anthem "Defying Gravity." Easygoing with charm to spare, Scarborough proves it with his crooner's smooth rendition of the Beach Boys' "Don't Worry Baby." He's a comic foil for dramatically dark Wrobel, who oozes intensity. His idiosyncratic, affecting take on "Over the Rainbow" is reason enough to see this show. Taylor belies her stature with a ringing, rich soprano and piquant humor. Singing a cappella, she floats above McCartney's "Blackbird," accompanied by the other four. Berry has a lively, hipster's presence with a knockout wail of a voice, used to superb effect on Aerosmith's "Dream On." Using richly colorful arrangements, the musical direction under Glenn Sharp (keyboard), with Mark McCain (lead guitar), Long Le (bass guitar) and Donald Pain (percussion), is a cool, jazzy earful. As a first romp without the spine of a book musical to buoy them, Music Box Theater delivers the vocal goods with inspiring results. Keep the intros short, the songbook as varied, and the future, as Momma Rose belts in Gypsy, will be comin' up roses. Through August 7. Music Box Theater, 2623 Colquitt. 713-522-7722. — DLG
The Great American Trailer Park Musical There's nothing wrong with fried food, except when it stains your pants and you can't get the smell off your fingers. Stages uses the best oil — the production boasts a dream cast with smooth direction and movement by Leslie Swackhamer and Krissy Richmond, while Kevin Holden's production design is all corrugated wall panels and stuffed fish trophies, simply irresistible — but deep-fried is still deep-fried. The musical is a cartoon, and there's nothing else to do with this material except play it broad like the worst TV variety show imaginable. But two hours of Hee Haw is impossible. The Nashville-lite music by David Nehls is instantly forgettable, as are his crude and unfunny lyrics. Betsy Kelso's lame book is one stereotype stumbling over the next, except for the wittiest line, "He reeks of permanent marker," which is positively Shavian next to the riot of F-bombs she sprinkles throughout, as if those are cues for laughs. Bright rays of stagecraft manage to shine through in the unhappily married couple sensitively played by Holland Vavra Peters and Brad Goertz, who bring needed heart and fine voices into this dull affair. They actually invent characters out of their caricatures. The trio of low-life trailer trash is enlivened by comic overplaying from Susan O. Koozin, Jessica Janes and Melodie Smith, but somewhere during Act I these three are turned into a background chorus and they never recover. It's indicative of the show, where bra headlights are the summit of visual puns. Unassailable and unconquerable, Trailer Park rolls on and on. If you don't want to become road kill, it's best to just get out of the way. Through July 24. Stages Repertory Theatre, 3201 Allen Pkwy., 713-527-0123. – DLG
Murder at the Howard Johnson's The title says a lot — this play has no pretense to glamour, like Murder on the Orient Express, but instead suggests a middle-brow, ho-hum, minor effort. And that's what Theatre Suburbia delivers. Farces are not meant to be taken seriously, and this apparently gave authors Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick the idea that nothing need be plausible — they followed this misdirection off the cliff of comedy. Murder is treated as a lighthearted lark, as a potential victim offers to be tied up, and another cheerfully mounts a chair to be hanged. As you might expect, antics interrupt actual mayhem, so the title might better be Poorly Imagined Musings about Murder at the Howard Johnson's. I'd hate to live in this unnamed town, where the first thought about any problem is the gun or the noose. Two of the three actors managed to give interesting performances, and made the most of their material. Bob Galley plays a dentist having an affair with a married woman, and I believed in his infatuation and liked his way with delivering a comic line — though I did wish there were more of them. Mike McDermott played the cuckolded husband; he brought a strong stage presence and some acting chops, creating a human being with dignity caught up in a situation beyond his control. Only Suzanne King, miscast as a femme fatale and the object of adoration, failed to convince. She carried the narrative but not the heart. She may have sensed that she was traveling on a freighter and not an ocean liner, and that a genuine effort wasn't worth the trouble. Whatever the reason, the part calls for a zany enthusiasm à la Goldie Hawn, and instead we get a fairly ponderous approach, without much charm. The direction by Paul Hager, assisted by Judith Mallernee, served the production well, though the tendency of actors to walk downstage to face the audience at crucial moments — to make sure we see the acting? — might be curtailed. As usual with Theatre Suburbia, the set is handsome and works well, and the lighting is unobtrusive and effective. The company's last two productions created strong interest and some theatrical magic, so this production looks like a temporary departure from a high standard. Through July 2. 4106 Way Out West Dr., 713-682-3525. — JT
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Wonderland! The Misadventures of a Girl Named Alice Don't tell anyone that I had a good time at a musical for children, but the truth is I did — and so will you. The book for Wonderland! is by James DeVita and the music by Bill Francoeur, and it is very definitely for adults as well as children. The courageous Dionysus Theatre's production of Wonderland! The Misadventures of a Girl Named Alice ranges from tacky to professional, with a lot of stops in between. The professional part is due largely to Erika Brunson, who plays the Red Queen and Tweedle-Dum with great comic timing and expressive grace. Less experienced but wonderfully talented Scott Florence is hopeless as the Red King (too young and enthusiastic for a regal air), but he captivates as a train conductor who also sells and takes tickets, and has a nice voice in the musical number "Choo Choo." And he floored me as a defeated Red Knight — yes, I was the patron who couldn't stop laughing — sorry! Renee Miura nails Tweedle-Dee, and she and Brunson are great as a song-and dance team. Ben Grafton, the talented musical director, does double duty as Humpty-Dumpty, morphing into a rock star and coming close to stealing the show. Noriann Doguim plays Alice, and she has the requisite looks and youth, but I would have liked a bit more spunk and authority. Una Lau is weak as the White Queen, but comes to life in her downstage song. Joshua Sims dances well and has a good voice — and a deft hand with a magic glove — but he can barely be heard over the music. Cherie Samuel handles the choreography, and much of it is very good indeed. Given a necessarily limited budget, Claremarie Verheyen's costumes are inventive, but range from merely tacky to "you've got to be kidding." I did admire the Dixie Chicken costumes, but wish I hadn't seen the Lion and the Unicorn. This extravaganza has an amateur feel to it in most of the large ensemble numbers, but when the individual artists are given their chance to shine, they deliver compellingly. The direction is by Raymond A. Deeb, who must have had his hands full with such a large cast, but his perseverance has created flawed but nonetheless admirable entertainment, with nuggets of gold. Through June 30. Jewish Community Center, 5601 S. Braeswood, 713-728-0041. — JT


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Press Releases
- July 18, 2013 -- Cisco Adler Releases The Music Video for Cannibis Protest Song, "Free Tree," From His New EP, Mahalo
- July 15, 2013 -- Cisco Adler, The King Of Southern California Summer Jams, Releases A Six-Song EP, Mahalo, On July 16 Through Bananabeat Records
- February 28, 2013 -- Cisco Adler Extends North American Tour
- January 31, 2013 -- Cisco Adler Hosts First Annual Bananabeat "Athletes & Influencers" #ThinkBig Event
- January 3, 2013 -- Cisco Adler Kicks Off The New Year In Stride By Announcing Two Tours
- October 17, 2012 -- Cisco Adler Premimered His New Video For "Boom Boom Boom," Featuring G-Eazy, On Vevo Today, Wednesday, October 17
- August 28, 2012 -- Bananabeat Records Announces Details Of Cisco Adler's Debut Solo CD
- July 2, 2012 -- Cisco Adler To Release His Aloha EP On July 3, The First Portion Of His Full Debut Album Due Out In September
- May 30, 2012 -- Cisco Adler To Release Debut Solo Album Aloha
Maui, Hawaii, and Malibu, California-bred artist/producer/entrepreneur Cisco Adler first caught the public's attention in 2006 as the frontman for rock band Whitestarr, known for its wild live shows and legendary after-parties. After Whitestarr disbanded in 2007, Adler began a partnership with hip-hop artist Shwayze. Their collaboration, produced and written by Adler, on Shwayze's 2008 self-titled debut album hit the Top 10 on Billboard's Album Charts, while the 2009 follow-up, Let It Beat, hit No. 3 on Billboard's Top Rap Albums chart, securing Adler's position as a hip-hop/pop producer to be reckoned with. After years of producing and writing hit songs, and singing his signature hooks for the likes of Shwayze, Mike Posner, Mickey Avalon, Yelawolf, Wiz Khalifa, G. Love, Unwritten Law, Lil Jon, and Mod Sun, Cisco Adler dropped his first solo album, Aloha, in late October 2012, on his Malibu-based indie label, Bananabeat Records. The album was produced and engineered by Adler and mixed by Shane Stoner. It followed the July digital-only release of his six-song summer EP of the same name. The EP was one of iTunes' Top 10 Pop Albums. Track highlights include "You're A Fool," featuring G. Love (of G. Love & The Special Sauce), "Boom Boom Boom," featuring reggae legend Don Carlos and G-Eazy, "California in the Winter," co-produced by Jim Jonsin (Beyoncé, Kanye West, Lil Wayne), and laid-back pop single "Classic." A year later, Adler released the self-produced Mahalo EP, an extension of Aloha, featuring six easy-flowing tracks: "Love You I Do," summer party song "Head Ringin' Like A Telephone," "Shangri La," protest song "Free Tree," "Motorbike," featuring Reeves from Aer, and love anthem "There For You," featuring Huey Mack.


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Emerging Industries
Unconventional oil & gas
The unconventional gas potential of South Australian basins include shale gas, tight gas, coal seam gas, in situ gasification and syngas.
Exploration for these new resources is at an early stage. In consideration of the enormous economic and other potential benefits of unconventional gas to the State, the Department of State Development has established a roundtable to explore the issues and progress development of these resources. This has led to the production of a Road Map for unconventional gas projects in South Australia and the establishment of five working groups to address the challenges and maximise local opportunities. SACOME has a representative on each of these working groups and will continue to represent large and small industry members to address the issues of our petroleum members, including:
- A regional hub for training to meet Australia's and South East Asia's skill requirements for deep onshore petroleum operations, co-located with regional corporate headquarters
- Efficient and fit-for-purpose supply hubs, roads, rail-links and airstrips to/in the Cooper-Eromanga basins
- Efficient and fit-for-purpose water use in the Cooper-Eromanga basins
- An industry-government partnership to maintain safe and sustainable transport and reduced red tape along SA-Qld 'wharf to well' corridors to the Cooper-Eromanga basins
- Innovation towards cost-effective and trustworthy GHG detection
What is unconventional gas?
Unconventional gas is 'trapped' natural gas that cannot be extracted by conventional means. Shale gas has the most significant potential in South Australia, particularly in the Cooper Basin. South Australia also has gas in tight sandstone and lesser amounts in deep coal, all at depths below 2000 metres.
Unconventional activity in SA
In 2012, the Cooper Basin produced Australia's first shale gas at commercial flow rates at the Santos operated Moomba 191 well. Exploration work is continuing in the Cooper Basin by a number of Australian entities together with global oil & gas companies including Drillsearch, BG and Chevron. South Australia's unconventional gas is deep and requires specialist technology to access. This is still being developed and refined; recent advances include the 3D seismic data, horizontal drilling and new fracturing technology.
South Australia has several unconventional plays being explored by over 20 joint ventures.
South Australia's unconventionals have many advantages:
• South Australia's world-leading regulatory environment
• Extensive infrastructure in place
• Proximity to export facilities and Asian markets
• Australia's technical expertise and excellent research facilities
"With unconventional gas, the volumes are so great that once enough work has been done it's possible to produce a tight curve in the 'factory' phase. Costs are predictable, returns are predictable." – Reg Nelson, Beach Energy, 2013
"In the Cooper we have a really good layout of infrastructure …That gives us a unique ability to commercialise gas." David Knox, Santos 2013
Offshore prospects
South Australia does not produce oil or gas from offshore facilities but exploration is intensifying in the Great Australian Bight.
Companies exploring in the Bight include BP, Statoil, Chevron, Bight Petroleum, Santos and Murphy Australia Oil. All petroleum exploration and development activities in Australian waters are subject to stringent environmental standards and reporting requirements.
BP has completed seismic testing in four exploration licence areas and is currently determining targets, with a view to commence drilling in late 2015. Norwegian oil & gas giant Statoil has invested heavily in this project.
Read about BP's $1.4 billion petroleum exploration project
South Australia has no Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) projects but will be impacted by the facilities that are set to revolutionise the export of gas from Australian acreage, including the world-class Cooper Basin which is connected to the Gladstone LNG facility, set for completion and first exports in 2015, through existing pipeline networks.
Massive gas demand from Australia's 10 LNG projects (which include seven of the world's 12 largest) could see the nation's gas exports triple to over 63 million by 2017. Seven Australian LNG projects have secured contracts with countries including Japan, Korea and India, with the first to become operational in 2014/2015.
Initial gas requirements for LNG contracts are likely to be met by existing conventional and coal seam gas supplies, but other unconventional sources will be necessary to offset domestic shortfall and increasingly meet international export demands.
Coal to liquids
Coal to liquids in South Australia is in the early stages with no production at present. The Arckaringa project North of Cooper Pedy is focused on developing a mining and production facility to convert coal to methanol, as an alternative fuel supply.


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Mature students
It is never too late to get back into education. The University of Leicester welcomes students of all ages and from all walks of life. Our mature students bring invaluable experience to our student body.
You might already have A-levels, BTECs or other qualifications from attending school or college. In this case it is a good idea to email the Department you are interested in studying with and ask them if you need to top up your qualifications or if you are ready to apply for the course. If you don't have the right qualifications, don't panic. Many local colleges offer one-year full-time Access to Higher Education courses accepted on almost all of our degrees and foundation years.
If you are currently studying at a college, you will have support from your tutors on the application process and other important aspects of getting into university.
Regardless of your route in, your work and life experience is an important factor to take into account when you are writing your personal statement, attending any interviews and meeting tutors and other students.
Other opportunities to visit the University
We hold Open Days (for potential applicants) and UCAS Visit Days (for those who have applied and received an offer) to provide you with all the information you will need. You are also welcome to visit the University at any stage of your application. Visiting the campus will allow you to get a feel for the University and to meet some of the people you will be spending your time with.
Open Days take place in July, September and October. These are general open days where you can visit the campus, speak with academics and students and visit the accommodation. The programme for these days is flexible to allow you to choose what you want to see and when. You might be interested in more than one subject; taster lectures are available to help you make your choice.
Once you have applied and have an offer from us, you will be invited to a UCAS Visit Day. These are subject-specific days on various dates and have a more structured schedule. They usually take place in February and March. This is a second opportunity to visit and meet other potential students in your subject area.
Each year we organise a two-day Mature Student Welcome Event a few days before term starts to help you settle in to University life.


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|Delta Dental Patient Direct is not dental insurance. The program provides discounts on dental services performed by dentists participating in the Patient Direct network. Enrollees are obligated to pay for all dental services provided, and no payments will be made by Delta Dental of Oklahoma to providers of dental services.


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So it was one big, long lie after all.
We were right.
The BCS was wrong.
But then we knew that all along, didn't we? And so did they, which makes it that much worse.
The BCS is doing an about-face. The Good Ol' Boys of college football have announced that they will switch to a four-team playoff. Next month they will meet to decide on the details of how it will work. Whatever it is, football is finally going to change and the BCS in its current form will die and not a minute too soon. As Karl Malone might put it, they're doing a complete 360-degree turn.
Just like that, the BCS has reversed field after 14 years of holding the sport hostage. They finally got the message. And hell just froze over.
What next? Will Philip Morris announce that cigarettes are bad for you and, sheesh, sorry about all the lies and the cancer?
College football, under the direction of various, ever-morphing organizations a la the BCS, has been selling its lie in the face of common sense for 14 years, that lie being that playoffs are not right for the college game and that the current system is fair. They did this despite widespread criticism and calls for reform coming nearly unanimously from every corner — fans, media, Congress. They did this while cheating fans, schools, coaches and players, and they did it simply because they had a moneymaker that benefitted a few and not the many.
And now that's changing. Bill Hancock, the BCS Executive Director and Chief Dispenser of Crapola, is actually using the P word. He's saying college football is headed for "seismic change."
SEC commissioner Mike Slive told Associated Press, "I think what's in the best interest of college football is a four-team playoff. I think it's better for everyone involved in the game."
News flash: We know.
This reversal is tantamount to saying they were wrong all along because nothing else has really changed.
The BCS has been trying to indoctrinate the country with the good-old-boys bowl system for decades. The Pre-Coalition Bowl Postseason, the Bowl Coalition, the Super Alliance, the Bowl Alliance and the Bowl Championship Series tried everything to make it work, except the obvious — playoffs. Now they have seen the light and become born-again playoff advocates, although one suspects that in their heart of hearts they knew this was the right thing all along. That makes this all a little hard to swallow. We're supposed to believe that they suddenly changed their minds after all the self-serving nonsense they have fed us over the years?
Hancock, the spokesman for the 12 commissioners who run the game, is the same guy who liked to say, "The fact is what we have right now works."
And now it doesn't? Hancock is the guy who once described his job this way: "Educate people about the benefits of the system we have on a day-to-day basis. That's the most important thing, just make sure it keeps moving forward and celebrate this game."
He's also the same guy who, when asked what he would tell undefeated Cincinnati after it was left out of the BCS bowls, "I would say to Cincinnati, 'You guys had a great season and you're to be congratulated for it.' "
Hancock was drinking the Kool-Aid and he wanted the rest of us to drink it, too. When asked last summer why a whopping 81 percent of the revenue from the five BCS bowls went to the six BCS conferences ($115 million) and the rest ($24 million) went to the five coalition conferences, Hancock used his dizzying BCS logic to explain it this way: The six BCS conferences accounted for eight of the 10 teams in the BCS bowls; therefore, those conferences deserve the big payout. Great, first the BCS creates an inequitable system that makes it almost impossible for non-BCS schools to get into a BCS bowl, then they use their absence in those bowls to justify the inequity in the payouts.
"It's a fair and appropriate distribution of the revenue," Hancock concluded.
(And here we are compelled again to recall what the great George Costanza once told his friend: "Jerry, just remember, it's not a lie if you believe it.")
Well, a four-team playoff is a welcome change, although it is almost certain to have inequities and flaws. It's a shame they didn't see the light sooner.
The list of those who were robbed by the BCS is long. Just pick a year, any year.
In 1999, one-loss Kansas State was ranked third in the final BCS standings but was passed over for a BCS bowl in favor of No. 4 Ohio State and No. 8/two-loss Florida.
In 2002, Nebraska, which failed to win its conference and was ranked No. 4 in the polls, played in the title game where it lost to Miami.
Meanwhile, unbeaten Oregon was shipped off to the Fiesta Bowl, where it crushed Colorado.
In 2004, Texas coach Mack Brown openly lobbied pollsters to leapfrog his No. 6 Longhorns past No. 4 Cal and the 'Horns did just that to land in the championship game.
In 2005, Auburn and Utah were undefeated at the end of the season and never had got a shot at the championship game. Utah got stuck playing an outmanned team from the Big East, Pitt, and won 35-7.
In 2007, the Orange Bowl chose No. 8 Kansas over No. 6 Missouri, even though the Tigers had just beaten Kansas.
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In 2009, Utah routed Alabama in the Sugar Bowl in one of the most perfectly executed games ever played in a BCS game to claim its second unbeaten season in four years, but the Utes were never allowed to compete for the national title.
In 2011, we had 8-4 UConn — another gift from the lame Big East — playing Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl.
With Bud Selig-like speed, the BCS/college football has finally seen the light and will take a major step toward a more equitable system.
It's a welcome move, but it's difficult to applaud them for doing something that so obviously needed to be done a long time ago.
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The misperceptions many people have about the health care overhaul law leave a wide-open space for crooks to slither through and scam unwary consumers.
That's what's happening as the federal Affordable Care Act inches closer to full implementation in January and open enrollment for health insurance exchanges kicks off in October.
Sadly, seniors are prime targets for the scammers.
"There's been a rapid increase in scams exploiting the confusion over health care reform," said Jim Quiggle, spokesman for the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud.
"People are uncertain what it means to them and swindlers are going wild on the telephone, calling seniors and others with scams that are aimed at stealing their identities," he said.
First, let's lay out the climate that's making consumers sitting ducks for crooks.
Six months before open enrollment begins, many Americans remain unaware of, or confused about, the health care law, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, a private, nonprofit foundation that explores health care issues.
Some believe Congress repealed the law and some believe the U.S. Supreme Court overturned it. But Congress hasn't repealed it, and the high court left its basic provisions standing.
In the scams currently circulating, crooks will often ask for your bank routing number and Social Security number.
The routing number is a nine-digit identification number located at the bottom left corner of your personal checks. The number is used when you set up a direct deposit to a checking account or an automatic bill payment from a checking account.
With this number and your Social Security number, it's easier for the bad guys to get their hands on your money, so guard them carefully.
Here are the types of health insurance scams floating around. They may have some overlap:
"Obamacare" scams — Quiggle said these scams "come in many, many flavors," but the pitch usually goes like this:
"They will call you and tell you, 'We're here to sell you Obamacare coverage. You'll go to jail if you don't buy it,'" Quiggle said.
First of all, open enrollment for the health insurance exchanges hasn't even started yet, so be skeptical about anyone today trying to sell you policies related to the Affordable Care Act.
Secondly, you won't go to jail if you don't have health insurance. Starting in January, however, U.S. citizens and legal residents will be required to have qualifying health coverage or face an income tax penalty.
Medicare scams — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has warned seniors to be on the watch for thieves posing as Medicare officials in an attempt to steal identities.
"Identity thieves are calling Texas seniors at home and claiming to be affiliated with the federal Medicare program," Abbott's office said in a consumer alert. "The callers falsely tell seniors that the Medicare program's current identification cards — which are well known for the red, white and blue stripes across the top — are being phased out and that replacement Medicare cards must be obtained in order to continue receiving benefits."
Seniors are told they must confirm their Medicare number and bank account information over the phone in order to receive a replacement card.
Since your Medicare number is also your Social Security number, it's obvious what the crooks are after.
Scammers often soften up targets with polite conversation and innocent questions such as, "What senior center do you belong to?" Quiggle said.
Once your guard is down, they go in for the kill and ask for your personal information.
"It's the scammer version of the foot-in-the-door sales tactic, where you get them answering pretty innocent questions at first," said Miranda Perry, staff writer at Scambook, a website that fields consumer complaints.
Remember this: Major federal agencies, such as the Internal Revenue Service and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will never call you or email to ask for personal information. They communicate by snail mail.
So keep your guard up and get informed about the Affordable Care Act so the scammers can't scam you.
Follow Pamela Yip on Twitter at @pamelayip.


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At Colorlines, Brentin Mock writes that the only good news about Florida's colorblind trial against George Zimmerman is that it now allows the U.S. Department of Justice, which has broader resources and authority, to build a stronger case against the former neighborhood-watch captain without excluding race.
Veteran civil rights attorneys and advocates are convinced that enough evidence of wrongdoing remains from the George Zimmerman case to allow the U.S. Department of Justice to file additional charges against Trayvon Martin's killer. Over a million people have signed an NAACP petition in agreement. The Justice Department has responded by reopening the investigation they started early last year, when the Sanford police still were figuring out for weeks if they would even arrest Zimmerman.
"I am concerned about this case and as we confirmed last spring, the Justice Department has an open investigation into it," U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told the NAACP at their national convention in Orlando yesterday. "While that inquiry is ongoing, I can promise that the Department of Justice will consider all available information before determining what action to take."
Civil rights division attorneys in the Justice Department are working with the FBI to evaluate the Zimmerman case above and beyond what was argued in state court. There are two main differences between this federal investigation and the state's: One, the federal government has broader resources and authority to examine everything that went wrong in the Zimmerman case; and, two, unlike the state's prosecution, they have no reason to leave race out of it.
Read Brentin Mock's entire piece at Colorlines.
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DON'T you just love owls... fluffy creatures with over-sized eyes dominating big, round, oh-so pretty faces?
Cute isn't the word to describe such ornithological perfection.
So you can imagine unassuming young children everywhere will be leading their parents into cinemas for this weekend's half-term, blockbuster-sized animation.
After collecting their tickets and 3D glasses, they'll guide mums and dads to the concessions stand for a holiday treat they so deserve.
And it will be just as well on this occasion if you do let them have something to chew on like popcorn.
Based on American author Kathryn Lasky's Guardians of Ga'Hoole novels, the screen adaptation will take younger children by complete surprise.
More sensitive youngsters, not used to the level of intensity and ferocity that's in store, might need more than fingers over their eyes. They might also need a parental arm around them.
Far from being a child-friendly, fluffy animation made by 'the producers of Happy Feet', Legend of the Guardians features heavy-duty action bolted on to heavy-going fantasy.
And, more than once, there's some mind-numbing violence in store, too.
The fact that this film features armour-plated owls reenacting Predators meets Alien crossed with JRR Tolkien, Kill Bill and 300 is not readily apparent from either the cinema 'stand-easy' displays nor the trailers.
Director Zack Snyder's background is hardly the stuff of Tweety Pie and I doubt if he could make a subtle movie if he went to work dressed in feathers himself.
As well as directing the beheadings of 300, he's also made a flesh-eating zombie fest called Dawn of the Dead and the intense adaptation of vigilante thriller Watchmen from the mind of graphic novelist Alan Moore.
Even the voice-work in Legend is over the top and aggressive from the start, with too many indistinguishable, unsubtle Aussie accents confusing the early visual mix.
Noctus (Hugo Weaving) tells his offspring Soren (Jim Sturgess) and his chick sister Eglantine (Adrienne DeFaria) all about the legendary guardians, their unseen protectors for generations.
Trying to learn to fly, Soren and brother Kludd (Ryan Kwanten) are captured by sentry owls controlled by Metalbeak (Joel Edgerton) and Nyra (Helen Mirren).
They are brainwashing young owls because they want an army to overthrow the guardians led by Boron (Richard Roxburgh) and battle-scarred Ezylryb (Geoffrey Rush, the only actor adding real character).
But when Soren escapes with a little elf owl called Gylfie (Emily Barclay) can they find the guardians to save themselves?
Trying to keep up with such a mixture of bizarre names on top of this degree of hocus-pocus mythology is not easy.
If every owl looks the same to you in feathers, imagine them beneath armour.
The animation, the eyes and feathers are often marvellous and some of the flying sequences outperform Avatar, which didn't always feature creatures which looked like they could fly as smoothly as a bird.
Some of Legend's purely cinematic images are breathtaking, but the whole package doesn't truly satisfy like you'd expect.
Not when the story becomes so tedious, not when the music seems to belong to another movie, not when you wonder how many younger viewers will be terrified by some of the more intense hunting and battle sequences.
As an all round cinema experience, few will doubt they've had their money's worth in terms of special effects, but overall Legend is not in the same emotional league as How To Train Your Dragon.
Just like The Social Network at 12A, it also pushes the PG envelope as far back as it will go (see www.pbbfc.co.uk for more details).
Don't miss the short at the beginning. Fur of Flying (U) is a real blast from the past, a high-energy adventure for Wile E Coyote and Road Runner dodging all sorts of mayhem just like they first did back in the 1940s. Beep, beep!


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O's upcoming rotation starting to take shape
BALTIMORE -- The Orioles' rotation for the week is slowly starting to take shape, with manager Buck Showalter saying prior to Sunday's game that Chris Tillman will start Wednesday, and he's leaning toward Wei-Yin Chen for Thursday.
The O's optioned Kevin Gausman on Friday for him to finish out his 10-day assignment in the Minors, and he could come up as early as Tuesday. But now that the Orioles have set Wednesday's starter -- and won't use Gausman on short rest Tuesday -- he could wait in the Minors a little longer, especially with the team set to play a man down because of Manny Machado's suspension.
Showalter said his "educated" guess was that the decision on Machado's appeal for his June 8 bat-throwing incident would come shortly and a suspension could kick into effect as early as Monday.
If the O's stay on turn and use Chen on Thursday, they could also get by with their current group of starters and not need Gausman at all, if starter Bud Norris is activated from the disabled list when he's eligible on July 7. Norris is on the DL with a groin injury, and the team will know more about his timetable when he takes a work day early next week.
Brittany Ghiroli is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Britt's Bird Watch, and follow her on Facebook and Twitter @britt_ghiroli. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Emirates SkyCargo has announced that it has met a record achievement of over $1 billion in revenue and 1 million tons of cargo with the announcement of this year's annual financial results for 2005-06 fiscal year.
The announcement is a new record for Emirates SkyCargo: one million tons of cargo represents an increase of more than 180,000 tons, or 21.5% from last year's 838,400 tons. The figures reflect strong growth from across the network. The cargo division's revenue of $1.2 billion was $274 million or 29.2% higher than the year before, and contributed 21.2% to the airline's transport revenue.
Commenting on the results, Tim Clark, President of Emirates Airlines said, 'Meeting the milestone of $1 billion and 1 million tons is a direct reflection of our ability to meet the demands of our discerning customers, provide the necessary capacity for our growing network, and stand behind our reputation for delivery on a very high standard of service. Our achievement was made despite a host of challenges faced by the aviation industry last year, which makes us particularly proud.'
Emirates SkyCargo's region-wise performance clearly indicated the dominance of the Asia-Pacific region, which contributed 41.6% of the revenue; while Europe and Americas contributed 19.3%; the Indian Sub-continent 14.6%; and the Middle East & Africa 24.5%.


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Hyundai leverages mobile, social to engage Super Bowl XLVII viewers
Hyundai created a social experience specifically designed for mobile to support its Super Bowl marketing strategy for the new Santa Fe viia a second-screen engagement.
The Find Your 7 social experience enables users to create a team from their Facebook friends, with each assigned a character archetype such as the bully or the brains. The goal is to harness Facebook to provide a second-screen experience enabling users to create their own dream team and have fun with friends across social media sites during the Super Bowl game.
?People use their mobile phone and tablet to stay connected across social media sites every day,? said Steve Shannon, vice president of marketing at Hyundai Motor America.
?And with the amount of social activity anticipated during the Big Game it was important for us to develop a platform and social experience that was designed with mobile in mind first," he said.
?In fact, data from last year?s Super Bowl shows that more than 15 million tweets took place during the game which was up from 3 million the previous year."
Hyundai worked with Innocean and Facebook to develop the effort.
Digital companion
The mobile social experience extends the theme of Hyundai?s 30-second Super bowl commercial in which a boy recruits a team of friends to take on some troublemakers with the new seven-passenger Santa Fe playing a key role in helping gather the team.
The mobile social experience serves as a digital companion to the Team TV spot, which highlights the seven seats in the new Santa Fe.
Consumers can go to FindYour7.com and login with their Facebook profile to the Find Your 7 program.
Once signed in, users are able to assemble their Super Bowl dream team online.
A user?s team members are not selected at random. Instead the program determines candidates that are a fit for each archetype based on intelligence gathered from a user's connections on Facebook, including frequency of friend interactions and likes.
Once the team has been chosen, the vehicle is pre-populated for the user, with teammates assigned to a seat based on their character archetype: the muscle, the brains, the prankster, the motivational speaker, the technician and the loose cannon.
Custom video experience
After users lock in their friend configuration and create a team name, a custom video introduces their dream team. The video, which is designed to have the look and feel of an action movie trailer, dynamically incorporates elements such as the friends' names, profile pictures, hometowns and interests to create a custom experience for each person that can be shared on social channels.
By participating in the program, users will be entered into a drawing to win seven tickets to the 2014 Super Bowl.
The mobile social experience builds from the understanding that Super Bowl viewers are no longer tethered to their TV during the game and are sharing and staying connected with friends via mobile phones, tablets and other devices.
?We recognize that people are doing more than just watching the game,? Mr. Shannon said. "They are sharing videos and pictures, posting comments, having discussions and simply staying connected with friends and family through various digital devices.
?We wanted to be a part of those moments and conversations and provide viewers with another way to have fun while engaging with our brand and commercial,? he said.
Final Take
Chantal Tode is associate editor on Mobile Marketer, New York


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This paper, "Economic Growth and the State of Humanity," by Indur M. Goklany, emulates and builds upon the contributions that Julian Simon made in reporting on the progress of humankind.
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Boon or bane for the environment?
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Putting it TogetherThe idea began quite a while ago when I realized how close the Wind River Range actually was to where I live. The range has a reputation of being spectacular, but long approaches always kept me away. The short approaches and short drives to the Tetons and Lemhis kept me going to those ranges.
Gannett Peak, the Hard Way – In One Day". Fremont Peak is less technical and ten miles shorter round-trip, so I ran the idea through my head.
I began to look for partners that I knew personally and most were not interested in a long trek. Others on the internet were too busy to be available for a break in the weather or they lived too far away. Finally, SPer gjagiels showed interest, experience, and a flexible enough schedule.
Since snow fell early this year, I wasn't sure if we could ever get around to heading up. I was afraid that the summer season had already ended in the Wind Rivers for the year. After watching the forecast and the Pinedale webcam, hope returned. The entire week was going to be sunny, and the snow up high was melting fast. By the end of the week, the weather would still be great and hopefully the snow would not be an issue at all. Making a call to someone in Pinedale who could see the route the day before sealed the deal. They said they could see rocks sticking out through any light snow that was up on the peak.
Setting OutI met Greg by the general store at the bottom of Fremont Lake Road at 1:00 am that morning. I had slept in the parking lot on an air mattress in the back of my car for a couple short hours, and Greg came right up from Salt Lake. After doing some last minute sorting in the cold night, we headed up to the Elkhart Park trailhead.
Headlamps on, we started up the trail at about 2:00. Surprisingly, it was not as cold as we had anticipated. It was comfortable enough to keep cool while walking at a good pace and not freeze. Along the lower portions of the trail, we ran into a bit of ice and snow among the trees, and hoped that snow would not be a major obstacle further along the trail in the alpine basins. At this point, we really didn't know what we were heading into. We just kept going. I predicted a conservative pace of two miles per hour along the approach. We kept a good pace and reached Photographers Point in an hour and a half. Ahead of schedule, the success of this crazy day hike seemed more assure, even at this early hour. But there were many miles left to go.
The Mountains Reveal Themselves
After miles of headlamp use and tunnel vision on the trail, the sky began to give a soft glow to the area around us. We were on the trail along Seneca Lake, and across the lake the mountains were lighting up as well. At this point the light was still too soft to tell if the slopes were covered in snow or granite. We hadn't run into snow since way down near the trailhead, however, so we really didn't have any concerns about making it to the Southwest Buttress.
Light slowly began to fill the sky, and the mountain skyline emerged. At this point we were excited to be where we were. These were real mountains. Glaciers glowing white before dawn, still miles to go before we would be on the taller mountains themselves. The landscape around us was glacially scoured and rugged in all directions. Right on track, we kept walking. Climbing out of Island Lake, the sun finally rose. We were already twelve miles into the trip.
Approaching FremontTurning the corner into Titcomb Basin, we realized we were off track and had passed the trail into Indian Basin. Greg whipped out the GPS and led toward the route he had marked. The ascent into Indian Basin would be up to that point the longest uphill section before the summit push. We still hadn't seen the sun yet, and when we entered Indian Basin, we were glad to see the sun hitting the rocks a few hundred yards away. We took out first substantial break once we made it to the sun. I shed a layer of clothing and had a little to eat.
Greg didn't want to waste much time and was ready to get up to the base of the buttress. Rock hopping along the edge of the lakes in the basin, the mountain gave a subtle reminder of who was in charge… Clack, Click, Clack, Clack!... the sound that makes a climber's hair stand on end. Rockfall. From Fremont's south face, refrigerator sized boulders tumbled down, bringing lots of other boulders along with them. We were out of range and at a safe distance, but it was still an event to get the adrenaline pumping. I didn't see many rocks myself, but the sound enough got the point across.
Climbing safely out of range of any more rockfall, we arrived at the col before the Southwest Buttress. Slightly breezy, we gazed up at the final scramble as the peak towered above.
Summit PushThe scramble on Fremont Peak is one of the most pleasant scrambles I've done. Solid rock and many route options, the route became easier when we ran across steps already kicked into the snow higher up. The snow was not an issue, and even made the route to the top easier. From this point to the summit, it was one foot in front of the other. Getting above 13,500 the altitude took its toll, and we slowly made our way up the last 200 feet until the summit suddenly appeared and hundreds of feet below the Upper Fremont Glacier filled your view.
The rest of the high peaks of the Wind River Range come into view. The vastness of the range presents itself in full fashion from the summit of Fremont Peak. Huge glaciers, deep canyons, and an endless horizon of glacially carved granite spread out in all directions. The Wind River Range may be the prime range of the American Rockies. And here we were, in the middle of it all.
Breezy and cold, we decided that after all that effort to get here, it was time to head back.
DescentThe descent on the Southwest Buttress was uneventful. The steps that we had taken up were beginning to soften in the sun. It didn't take nearly as long to descend to the col as it did to go up. Reaching the base of the Buttress, the way back from here was going to be easy. We had successfully ascended and descended the most difficult part of our day, and it would be straightforward from here.
Greg suggested that we descend into Titcomb Basin. The way down didn't look any more challenging than what we had already done, and there was a climbers trail leading down. I was all for shaving a bit of time on the way out.
Things began to look a little more difficult the further down. Between slick grassy ledges and smooth granite, our little shortcut became more complicated. Greg navigated down to Mistake Lake pretty well. Somewhere between the summit and here, however, I began to experience pain in my right ankle. Any dorsiflexion, bending my foot back to take a step, would hurt. Favoring my ankle, halfway down to the basin my calf began to cramp up. I slowly made my way down the slopes while Greg patiently waited.
I was pretty upset. I knew I had a lot of traveling left to do today, and we were now a few hours behind schedule by the time I finally made it to the lakes below. I took a quick break, changing socks and reenergizing, figuring I would be back up to speed and ready to book it out to the trailhead. The air was warm, surprisingly like summer weather, and the afternoon sun made the range look as great as ever.
Long March OutThe rest of the day would be the same pattern as earlier, unfortunately. I would go along at a pace that wouldn't put too much stress on my ankle, and Greg would go at a healthy pace, then wait for me to catch up. Expecting the trail out to be more friendly with my condition than the scramble above, I was disappointed to see that navigating the rocks and roots in the trail would be difficult as I still had to conform my foot to the rough terrain.
The sun was going down. By the time the sun fully set, we still had at least nine miles to go. I had planned to be back to within an hour of the trailhead by this time. At the pace I was going, it would take me another four hours to get there.
The way out was endless. If felt as if Mother Nature had shut down for the night. Ice crystals began to form on branches again. I could see my breath once again. Granite and snow began to glow softly in the low light, just as it had many hours ago on the approach. Headlamps came back out and the tunnel vision of endless trail began once again. Every step would send a little pain through my ankle. I had no choice but to go on.
Every lake on the route would discourage me. I expected every lake to be the last before Photographers Point, but another one would show up along the trail. Soon we reached Photographers Point and the home stretch. Still four miles and at my pace who knew how long before the day would end. "Go, go, go," I would tell myself, every step with my right ankle throbbing. At this point the route entered the snowy and icy portions of the trail. I knew I was getting close, but when? The trail would not end and my foot did not feel any better.
Finally, after a tunnel of forest for what seemed like hours (and it was), I could see the orange parking lights and hear the idling engine of Greg's car. It was over. We drove down to Pinedale. I crashed on the air mattress in the back of my car, and Greg continued on to Salt Lake.
After generous portions of ibuprofen and a few days of rest, my ankle stopped aching. After all is said and done, one question remains… Anyone want to climb some more mountains?


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With a mandate to prepare students for life beyond the classroom, modern education calls for more than simply teaching students the traditional "three Rs" of reading, writing and arithmetic – especially when preparing them for the modern job market.
With that in mind, Indian Land Elementary School, with help from the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce, is considering a new leadership curriculum called "The Leader in Me."
The Lancaster County Democratic Party will hold its precinct reorganization meeting at 10 a.m. Jan. 28 at the following locations:
• Del Webb Library for those in Van Wyck, Belair, Belair II, Pleasant Valley and Pleasant Valley II
• 212 Main St., for those in Antioch, Camp Creek, Chesterfield Avenue, Douglas, Dwight, Erwin Farm, Gooches Crossroads, Hyde Park, Jacksonham, Lancaster East, Lancaster West, Riverside, Springhill, Unity, Wylie Park
Reach Brundrett
The Nerve
When it comes to releasing public e-mails and other internal communications, the governor's office isn't the only place that likes to play secrecy games.
In fact, for more than 30 years, state law has shielded the S.C. General Assembly from releasing documents showing what it does behind the scenes.
Christopher Sardelli
A Lancaster man was sentenced this week for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, more than a year after he was arrested during an undercover sting.
Thomas Brice McManus, 61, was sentenced in federal court in Columbia on two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles.
Jesef Williams
Police have nabbed the man they say stole brass pipe fittings and fixtures from city of Lancaster service trucks Monday.
The Lancaster Police Department has charged John Elliot Montgomery, 40, 352 City Ave., with criminal trespass and grand larceny. He is being held at the Lancaster County Detention Center on bond, according to a press release issued Thursday afternoon.
The bond amount wasn't listed.
Jesef Williams
The Chesterfield County man charged in the December murder of a Kershaw woman will not have a bond hearing.
Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews said Wednesday that Nickolas Miller, 23, of Jefferson, remains at that county's detention center after he waived his bond hearing earlier in the week.
Miller is charged with the murder of Hope Melton, 30, who was beaten and left for dead Dec. 26. Her body was found that same day in a secluded area in the Mount Pisgah area of Kershaw County.
Reece Murphy
A Heath Springs businessman has announced his intentions to challenge incumbent S.C. Rep. Jimmy Neal for the S.C. House District 44 seat representing Lancaster County.
Joseph Coy, 41, a Republican, said Tuesday he's thought about running for the seat for the past three or four years and decided this was the year to act.
Neal, a Democrat from Kershaw, has represented House District 44 since 1999.
Reece Murphy
Despite warnings that law enforcement would be out in force during the New Year's holiday, the S.C. Highway Patrol still made several drunk driving arrests in Lancaster and Chester counties.
Otherwise, the weekend was a safety success, S.C. Highway Patrol Cpl. Billy Elders said.
Troopers made 10 DUI arrests over the New Year's holiday weekend.
MaryBeth Rowell
For the Lancaster News
Generally, babies are born in a sterile environment of a hospital with caregivers around to make sure the delivery goes smoothly. That was not the case for Heath Springs resident Stacie Baker.
Baker was 29 weeks pregnant with twins when she woke about 5:15 a.m. Dec. 13 with labor pains. Thinking it was a false alarm, Baker tried to soak in the tub with hopes it would ease up. But when she got out of the water, the pains were coming on quickly and severely.
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A 26-year-old Lancaster man rushed himself to the hospital Wednesday after he was struck in the neck during an early-morning shooting on Springdale Road.
The man was driving a white Volvo north on Springdale Road about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday on his way to Springs Memorial Hospital with a woman and child in the car, according to a Lancaster Police Department incident report.
The man later told police he was taking the woman to the emergency room because she was having trouble breathing.
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When trying to find Florida cemetery records, there are a few different ways one could go about doing the search. You can find cemetery records online or offline for your genealogy records, or whatever else it is you need the records for. One thing that can greatly improve your online or offline search is knowing the county in Florida where the cemetery records are. If not, there may be ways around it or a way to find the county, but it will make your search take longer and be slightly more complicated.
When you look for cemetery records online, or burial records, death records or death certificates, you can either start with a database for all of Florida or begin the search by including the name of the county in the search. Searching for Florida cemeteries is another way to find data relating to what you hope to find in your search. Florida state death records online actually go back quite a bit as some sites have death records, obituaries and birth records that can be obtained going back to 1900, as well as marriage records and other vital records.
There are also many other helpful records to be found online aside from Florida state death records or cemetery records that can help with your genealogy search. There are ways to view microfilm online, search obituaries in an extensive Florida newspaper archive and view the federal census dating back to 1880. While the census records are free to view, some other types of information are available only for a fee. Usually the fee is not too much, depending on the type of information and the dates involved.
There are databases that have the Florida death index, death records, burial records and more dating back to 1877, though those prior to 1917 are spotty and more difficult to locate or retrieve. That doesn't mean it isn't possible though. Again, many of these services do charge a fee.
There are a few approaches you can take when conducting your Florida cemetery records search offline. This can be slightly more time consuming and require travel, if you are able to do so, but the results can be more specific and rewarding. There is actually a way though, online, to request offline information. This service is provided by volunteers who assist with a genealogy search by retrieving data from different offline locations.
If you will be doing the offline search on your own, it is rather important to have an idea of the Florida County where you are hoping to find death records. Narrowing down the search to one county or multiple neighboring counties can still be done online with the in person search within counties done offline.
With some time, patience, in some cases fees, and possibly even the help of volunteers you should be able to find the Florida cemetery records you are seeking.
The Florida Tombstone Transcription Project indexes more than twelve hundred cemeteries. While their base list is fairly similar to the one available on US Gen Web, it is constantly being updated to include new families and records. The goal is to offer families a central clearing house for the records they need. Most records include a birth and death date as well as the name and notes that were on the stone. To learn more click here: Florida Graves
Everyone knows what a wonderful place Florida is to call home, and we all know that the state has served as the premiere retirement destination in the world for years, which means that many people pass away here and cemetery records in this state must be kept very well to keep up with all of the demand. If you are seeking Florida cemetery records, you can start by contacting the state funeral director's association in the state capital of Tallahassee. It is their goal to serve the public with compassion and trust and their services go a long way to ensuring that finding the records you need is possible.
The Funeral & Cemetery Alliance of Florida works to help create the highest standards possible for the funeral industry in this state. Through their hard work, standards at every cemetery and every funeral home are at its highest.
There are no less than seven military burial sites in this state, starting in Jacksonville, going down the coast to St. Augustine and continuing down to Bay Pines. Finding the documents you need in this state is straight forward and easy thanks to the hard work of the organizations mentioned above. Order your Florida cemetery records today.


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'Net roots' activists carry political weight
Published 10:00 pm, Thursday, August 2, 2007
CHICAGO -- With just a hint of I-told-you-so, Redmond blogger-activist Andrew Villeneuve e-mailed me the news last month: "Hillary Clinton to attend YearlyKos."
The candidate, whose husband once courted centrist Democrats, was agreeing to display her wares to the anti-war, insurgent "Net roots" of the Democratic Party. Five other presidential hopefuls will also be on hand here for this weekend's convention. Not one of them made the just-ended convention of the Democratic Leadership Council, the centrist outfit that Bill Clinton used as a path to power.
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Nobody has deployed it with greater skill than Markos Moulitsas Zuniga -- the title of his Daily Kos Web site was taken from his Army nickname -- who has helped elect senators and House members and defeat a former Democratic presidential hopeful, Joe Lieberman, in Connecticut's Democratic Senate primary last year.
The World Wide Web started out as a Republican weapon.
The Drudge Report, a right-wing gossip site, first revealed President Clinton's affair with intern Monica Lewinsky. A flood of Internet donations made Sen. John McCain competitive with the Bush machine in 2000.
Web sites on the right continue to function as attack dogs. One in Seattle is still foaming at the mouth over the 2004 race for governor, but liberal sites have started to serve as effective organizing tools.
In 2004, early, fiery opposition to the Iraq war helped the Web-fueled campaign of former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean raise a phenomenal $41 million.
The "Deaniac" was back here Thursday night in his new capacity as Democratic national chairman and was greeted by the liberal bloggers with an ovation that would have sent Barbra Streisand to bed happy.
Who should care about 2008 politics in the summer of 2007, and pay attention to a meeting held in a city where Lou Piniella has the Cubs in first place in the National League Central Division?
The "Net roots" activists have lately led the Democrats out of a record of futility almost as long as that of the Cubbies.
Last year, Daily Kos spotted and directed dollars to at least 20 Democratic House challengers, initially discounted by the party. Half of them came home winners. Several near-miss candidates, including Darcy Burner in Washington's 8th Congressional District, are already planning rematches. They're here and have pooled resources for a reception to court the estimated 1,500 YearlyKos delegates.
Daily Kos was the first to see the potential of a Choteau, Mont., farmer legislator named Jon Tester. Tester beat a favored primary opponent and went on to upset a three-term Republican, Sen. Conrad Burns.
The same Web site ran with the "macaca" episode in which GOP Sen. George Allen of Virginia insulted his opponent's intern, who was of Indian ancestry and sent by Democrats to tape Allen's speeches. Thanks to calling the kid a word that translates to monkey, Allen was a come-from-ahead-loser to Vietnam War novelist James Webb.
Daily Kos found a new target in 2007 -- the right-of-center Fox News Channel, a branch of Rupert Murdoch's media empire, and mounted an instant campaign among liberal bloggers that persuaded Democratic presidential candidates to boycott debates hosted by Fox. Fox's close ties to the Bush administration were the stated reason.
Even Hillary Clinton, feted by Murdoch at a fundraiser last year, withdrew. John Edwards made a big deal about being the first candidate to shun the "faux" News Channel.
The Murdoch Empire has struck back. Fox loudmouth Bill O'Reilly has launched a bunch of hyperbolic attacks on daily posts and Democratic presidential candidates for attending the blogger convention. He has likened the operators of the Daily Kos Web site to the Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan for displaying vitriolic attacks on the Bush administration. In turn, daily posts combed O'Reilly's Web site and found threats directed at Hillary Clinton. O'Reilly staged a dome-building eruption on the air and cut off the microphone of a guest pointing to extremist posts on his site.
O'Reilly would not be comfortable here. The man's TV audience is largely geriatric. The "Net roots" activists tend to be in their 30s and 40s. Anti-war voices from the military are prominent on the premises; retired Gen. Wesley Clark gives the keynote speech Friday.
Delegates caucused and recaucused Thursday, applying technological jargon to old-fashioned chores of political organizing.
Democratic Leadership Council meetings have tended to be heavy with Washington, D.C., lobbyists, featuring lavish hospitality suites with ice sculptures and attended by centrist Southern officeholders -- of whom there are decidedly fewer these days.
By contrast, the bars at YearlyKos are sparsely populated, but there is a big line at the latte stand. The delegates Thursday took time off to see "The Devil Came on Horseback," a movie about genocide in Darfur. The lineups of seminars Friday include such titles as "Blogging Foreign Policy" and "Networked Public Diplomacy."
It's earnest enough to be a little amusing, but these are serious people intent on taking back their country, with the dream of an America run not through Washington, D.C., spin, but with active participation by the governed.
What a break that would be from George Bush.


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The EIE Curriculum
April 5, 2017 • 8:30 AM to April 7, 2017 • 4:00 PM
Science Museum of Minnesota, 120 West Kellogg Boulevard Saint Paul, MN 55102
Teacher Educators
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Workshop Facilitator: Science Museum of Minnesota
Workshop Address: 120 West Kellogg Boulevard, Saint Paul, MN 55102


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