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A man with a faded, well-worn notebook open in his lap. A woman experiencing a morning ritual she doesn't understand. Until he begins to read to her. THE NOTEBOOK is an achingly tender story about the enduring power of love, a story of miracles that will stay with you forever. Set amid the austere beauty of the North Carolina coast, The Notebook begins with the story of Noah Calhoun, a rural Southerner recently returned from the Second World War. Noah is restoring a plantation home to its former glory, and he is haunted by images of the beautiful girl he met fourteen years earlier, a girl he loved like no other. Unable to find her, yet unwilling to forget the summer they spent together, Noah is content to live with only memories. . . until she unexpectedly returns to his town to see him once again. Allie Nelson is now engaged to another man, but realizes that the original passion she felt for Noah has not dimmed with the passage of time. Yet the obstacles that once ended their previous relationship still remain, and the gulf between their worlds is too vast to ignore. With her impending marriage only weeks away, Allie is forced to confront her hopes and dreams for the future, a future that only she can shape. Like a puzzle within a puzzle, the story of Noah and Allie is just the beginning. As it unfolds, their tale miraculously becomes something different, with much higher stakes. The result is a deeply moving portrait of love itself, the tender moments and the fundamental changes that affect us all. In the tradition of LOVE STORY and THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, THE NOTEBOOK establishes Nicholas Sparks as a classic storyteller with a unique insight into the only emotion that really matters.
[Cecily von Ziegesar]
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Buddha Day
Vesak is an uposatha day of observance for Theravada Buddhists in many Asian countries. It celebrates the birth of Buddha and his enlightenment. Buddhists in all parts of the world can mark this special day in a variety of ways, but the chief of them is following the Eight Precepts. This "Buddha Day", fast and meditate on these principles of conscious conduct.

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By Prince Dornu-Leiku: Former IBF Bantamweight champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko returns to the ring on February 22 against Colombian Luis Melendez for the vacant International Boxing Organisation (IBO) Bantamweight belt when he fights in Accra for the first time in 6 years.
Scheduled for 12 rounds at the Accra Sports Stadium, it will be the former two-time world champion's first bout since losing the bid to unify the IBF Bantamweight and WBC Silver Bantamweight titles against Abner Mares way back on December 3, 2011.
Promoted as the maiden bill of the newly launched Fresh King Entertainment syndicate, the fight against Melendez (34-8-1, 25 KOs) will also be the first time Agbeko, 28-4, 22 KOs will be fighting on the homeland since claiming a 4th round TKO against Baba Nsor on March 23, 2007 at the Azumah Nelson Sports Stadium in Accra.
Also expected to fight different opponents on the night of February 22 are the duo of Emmanuel Tagoe AKA Game Boy and George Ashie alias Red Tiger who recently clashed for the WBA International Lightweight title in what was arguably the biggest and most popular boxing promotion in the history of this country on November 10, 2012 in what was the debut promotion by BabyJet Promotions headed by Ghana national football team captain, Asamoah Gyan.
It a standard Fresh King Entertainment CEO and Promoter, Ebenezer Noye, pledges his outfit are up to exceed all expectations after expressing their excitement at the opportunity to sell a first world title fight of this quality to Ghanaians and the world since 1988.
"Ghanaians have been deprived of quality world title fights in 24 years, well over two decades. We pride ourselves as the true beacon of African boxing with our achievements in the ring over the years so this is great news to rekindle unmatched boxing interest in the country and the continent," Mr. Noye noted in a press release.
Accordingly, the Fresh King Entertainment capo reckons that the two boxers have enough quality to thrill the 40,000 crowd at the Accra Stadium and the millions who will be watching the world over on an expected live beam via Supersport on DSTV.
"Agbeko and Melendez are considered bantamweight greats and it's a rare privilege to watch the two fight live in Accra, Ghana and Fresh King Entertainment is working hard to ensure a good show is delivered on 22 February," Eben Noye stated.
He added: "Ghana and African boxing has so much to look forward to as Fresh King entertainment prepares to deliver one of the most exciting boxing promotions of our time."


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From 0.3 to 81.1: What percentage of each state is owned by the federal government?
JimLynch King George, VAJuly 31, 2015 8:21 a.m.
So-called "federal land" is more aptly described as national lands owned by American citizens, all of them. This seems like a pretty good thing to me. Why shouldn't Americans have some percentage of the US land for us all. Utah has plenty of state lands, owned by Utah citizens. Spend your time and energy taking care of that! On the bright side, maybe in the next BRAC Hill AFB might get closed, then you can have a fine time figuring out what to do with that chunk of real estate.
sjames AMERICAN FORK, UTJuly 27, 2015 8:59 a.m.
To those who favor fed takeover, consider this: 1) When the FEDERAL govt shut down over Obamacare, National Parks were the first thing to go. They don't care abut these projects. 2) The original Enabling Acts dictated that the feds either give Utah the land or fund education with land monies, neither has happened, 3) Even the director of Zion NP< whom I interviewed in person, said that Washington makes his job harder. 4) The state has not sold or leased land for extraction in quite some time, the federal government has. 5) Local BLM officials will tell you, they are understaffed and not supported well enough by Washington. I interviewed people from all walks of life in So. Ut. ALL of them, even federal employees, agree that Washington is the source of problems when managing this land.
If you care about the land. If you care about fairness. If you care about the future, turn the land over to the people who actually live here!
Red Smith American Fork, UTJuly 25, 2015 9:57 p.m.
UTA, Governor Herbert, and GOP lawmakers funded Mountain Accord which is promoting a new National Monument from Murray to Lindon controlled by the BLM - The Wasatch National Monument.
Why do we sue the Federal Government to take state control of Utah Lands, then use state tax dollars to fund a process like Mountain Accord to BLM-ize (Federalize) our canyons.
This makes no sense.
Pacific is Terrific Richfield, UTJuly 25, 2015 9:51 p.m.
PILT payments go to counties not to school districts. Large federal land holdings have a very negative impact on Utah's rural school districts due to the limited revenues they receive from property taxes which are used for school construction and other capital improvements. Utah has an equalization formula for M&0 (Maintenance and Operation) but now for Capital Improvement funding.
Example Wayne School District has less than 5 percent of its land that is taxable. Garfield, Grand, and Kane Counties have less than 10 percent owned privately. It is very difficult to find sufficient revenue for school construction, remodeling, and other capital improvements with such limited tax revenue. To raise the same amount of revenue in many rural districts requires 10 times the amount tax effort as it does in Park City.
Those of you wanting more federal ownership of land or maintaining exiting holdings need to lobby to get rural schools federal assistance such as a form of PILT (Payment in Lue of Taxes) for rural school districts. Rural students are entitled to an equitable education and access to good facilities as much as our Eastern State neighbors.
BubbaDude Richfield, UTJuly 25, 2015 9:10 p.m.
Large federal land holdings have an enormous negative impact on rural public schools ability to make capital improvements due to such a limited revenue from property taxes. Example Wayne County has less than 5 percent of its land in private ownership. Garfield, Grand, and Kane Counties have less than 10 percent. To build or remodel schools is extremely difficult due to limited capital revenue.
If the Feds continue with such high land holdings, they need to provide financial support to these rural school districts similar to the PILT payments they make to rural counties.
jwdegel Malta, MTJuly 25, 2015 6:57 p.m.
According to the Constitution, the Federal Government can't own more than one square mile in a state... how the government ever got around that ought to be a topic of discussion.
Ironeye Idaho Falls, IDJuly 25, 2015 6:41 p.m.
The federal government doesn't "own" any land. They "manage" the land owned by the public.
DEW Sandy, UTJuly 25, 2015 5:20 p.m.
Is there such thing "Area 51?" Must be all over in Nevada of 81.1%
JoCo Ute Grants Pass, ORJuly 25, 2015 12:22 p.m.
What no comments about the economic benefits to the states from Federal land? Utah receives over $613 Million in economic benefits. Those who posted that the Federal government can't own land in a state without the states permission. . . you've got that one backwards. The land in the west wast purchased by and is owned by the Federal government . . . before. . .the western states were formed. The Feds gave the land to the states. This article should be about how much federal land was ceded to territories to create states. Utah was created by the Federal government and was done so under strict guidelines and signed agreements.
Healthy Skeptic Saratoga Springs, UTAug. 6, 2014 3:20 p.m.
When the States created the Federal Government, they granted them a district of land not to exceed 10 miles square, and land necessary for military applications. These are the only "Federal Lands". Anything else is usurpation. Period.
worf Mcallen, TXMarch 9, 2014 8:16 p.m.
The same feds who can't balance a checkbook to control our lands?
K Mchenry, ILMarch 9, 2014 2:50 p.m.
Silverbear I hope you are a Native American. If not, much food for thought.
The Rock Federal Way, WAMarch 9, 2014 12:53 p.m.
Article 1 Section 8 Paragraph 17 of the US Constitution prohibits the federal government from owning any land in any state unless the state legislature specifically voted to sell the land to the feds.
The same paragraph also enumerates the purposes for which the feds can own land in a state. None of them include National Parks, Monuments, etc. Post Offices, Post Roads and military facilities are pretty much the only allowed uses for Federal ownership of land in states.
If you want to be free, read the constitution and only vote for men that support it.
woolybruce Idaho Falls, IDMarch 9, 2014 12:31 p.m.
What Federally owned land means to the common citizen is open access. It means having 60,000 acres dedicated to motorcycles, four wheelers and off road vehicles, in comparison to say like North Dakota which has little Federal lands and an entire 100 acres for such things. It means deciding Friday to leave for the weekend in BLM, rather than like Texas, which has vast open spaces and little Federal Lands. In Texas one much plan months in advance to get reservations and pay big bucks to use a four wheeler or motorcycle. Federally owned lands in Utah means that a citizen can through his camping equipment in the back of a 10 year old Honda or SUV and drive into the Mountains or into the Slickrock and set up a tent. Try that in Pennsylvania's open spaces that had little Federal Land and end up in jail for trespassing.
How interesting it is that the common citizen in Utah is driven to give away a huge benefits that enriches their life style. Willing to give away these beautiful resources to the highest bidder and deprive the common man of open spaces, or limit them to the parking lot of Walmart. Rather than having full access to a beautiful mountain meadow, or a stream cascading over a beautifully carven slick rock canyon.
MLRP Heber City, UTMarch 9, 2014 12:18 p.m.
BLM and National Forest lands are not Federal Owned they are public lands owned by the public. Our state has wasted millions of our tax dollars in attempt to steal these land from us, the public. When the state does get land they sell to private interests. The so called "Sagebrush Rebellion" is a complete public rip-off. We all pay taxes on this land and we all own it. Not the federal government.
Reg. Joe layton, UTMarch 9, 2014 11:24 a.m.
"No offense, silverbear, but part of the reason that so much land west of the Mississippi is dry and unproductive. Beautiful wilderness, yes, but lacking water compared to the nation's breadbasket. That's probably why Nevada leads the nation in federal lands. Not much out there."
"Unproductive","Not much out there"? How about one of the worlds largest gold mines, not to mention the silver. The western states contain: Shale Oil, Gold and Silver. This is the real reason for the Feds holdings.
K Mchenry, ILMarch 9, 2014 9:41 a.m.
I would have loved to see the list without paging through 50 pages.
Midwest Mom Soldiers Grove, WIMarch 8, 2014 10:05 p.m.
No offense, silverbear, but part of the reason that so much land west of the Mississippi is dry and unproductive. Beautiful wilderness, yes, but lacking water compared to the nation's breadbasket. That's probably why Nevada leads the nation in federal lands. Not much out there.
wrz Phoenix, AZMarch 8, 2014 9:56 p.m.
"I have an idea: Since Utahns have such a keen interest in the deficit and national debt, perhaps the US could sell off all the federal lands in Utah to the Chinese government..."
You're hitting on an interesting point...
Our national debt has grown to such proportions that China may well ask for/demand title to some of our national lands to continue loaning money to us... such as the Washington Monument in DC or Yellowstone Park in Wyoming. They may even ask for title to the White House or Capitol. And if the federal government sez 'no,' the Chinese may say 'well then, looks like that's the end of our funding ya'lls debt.'
Our economy then tanks!
john@sneekee draper, UTMarch 8, 2014 8:40 p.m.
the national park service is the last entity that one should use as factual.
Mrs T Coalville, UTMarch 8, 2014 8:03 p.m.
As usual people have been indoctrinated that the federal government can do something right. Our state rights have been robbed by an ever expanding federal government they are still taking land from the states. Our national parks in many cases are embarrassing in the maintenance and upkeep any of you been to Washington D.C. That is our nations capitol and it is embarrassing in it's up keep of our monuments when they decide to let us visit them. Wake up and give us our land back.
silverbear Goshen, UTMarch 8, 2014 9:57 a.m.
It is interesting that the vast amount of land owned by the government lies west of the Mississippi river. Looking at Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Alaska,Nevada,California, New Mexico,Arizona, Oregon and Washington and its well over 80% of federal owned land. Tell the US Government to give us back our land! I Hope more Westerners agree.
robtal bordentown, NJMarch 8, 2014 8:41 a.m.
Land belongs to the profiteers. The American Indians no longer hold any interest in much land and we know why. So all that remains is to take the land from the American people who paid to maintain it and keep these eco systems intact. Getting federal land into private hands is just a function of lawsuits, court de scions, and political energy. No property is anything other than the potential that profit can be made off of it. Federal lands are no different ,the courts and politicians will sell them as easily as we took the land from the Indians. Your heritage and birth rights have a monetary value and they will be taken.
UtahBlueDevil Durham, NCMarch 8, 2014 6:51 a.m.
I love the complaining here about eastern states. Lets completely ignore that these were settled land way before they were states, and way before they came together to form the US. My wife has family out here that you can track to the same towns clear back into the 1600's - way before we even knew there was a Utah. Much of this land has been in private hands going way back to before there was a USA.
Utah, the state I do come from, was largely empty when it petitioned to become a state. At time of that petitioning, the federal government already owned the land - it was not something the "state" owned. Those who lived here had no title to these lands. To say the lands should be returned is a complete and total misrepresentation of the history of the ownership of the lands that make up the current state of Utah.
So lets stop debating facts that we all know are not true... the whole "return" these lands chatter is based on a false narrative.
pat1 Taylorsville, UTMarch 8, 2014 6:25 a.m.
I object to the title of this article which sets a bad tone. Sorry folks, I don't feel the federal government is the enemy. The "federal ownership" title is reminiscent to me of "Communist takeover" rhetoric during the Cold War and seems to promote fear rather than information.
There are some advantages to being part of a republic and having national parks/monuments is definitely one of them. Not only do they preserve interesting topographical features of this country but also our country's history. Thanks to President Teddy Roosevelt for promoting the national parks.
We spent 18 months in northern Virginia and are very thankful for all of the historical sites available in Virginia and Maryland,including the Civil War battlefields that are maintained by a national system.
Park rangers provide very illuminating presentations of not only geographical areas but historical information that enrich visitor's the of our country. Places like Mt. Vernon, Monticello, Ft. McHenry in Baltimore, Antietam,Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania and Bull Run Battlefields are worth visiting and learning about. And there are many other places in this country that are preserved in this same way. Thanks to all of those wonderful people in the national park system who help keep our history alive.
jjtotten Washington, UTMarch 8, 2014 5:47 a.m.
Let me understand this more clearly. The Feds want to take control of the lands in Utah so they can among other things control the mining or oil production or other development that might take place. Then in return they provide some funds from the Feds which was taken from the states via taxes. The states are paid with money that they took from the states in the form of Federal Taxes. What is paid to the states contains a large percentage of borrowed money which will eventually have to be paid back with interest paid by people who live in the states. It just does not make a lot of sense to me, why not just keep the lands in the states and let the states control them in the first place. If we just kept all the money that was going to the Feds for parks in the first place the states could do a great job of administering the "national" parks and would have control of the lands and in most cases do a better job of administering the parks.
Howard Beal Provo, UTMarch 7, 2014 11:04 p.m.
Most of Nevada was once a nuclear test site, that is the biggest reason the Feds own most of it.
Mike Johnson Stafford, VAMarch 7, 2014 7:43 p.m.
Technically, a national park is designated as such in an act of congress and administered by the US National Park Service. There are 59 national parks, including 5 in Utah. National parks are to preserve natural beauty for the enjoyment of visitors.
The US National Park Service administers over 400 "protected areas" (national parks, some of the national monuments, some of this national historic trails, and the like). National monuments are portions of federal land declared by the President as a national monument, usually for an archeological or natural beauty reason. The President directs the owning agency (e.g., National Park Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, US Forest Service) to protect the monument. There is no requirement to provide for the enjoyment of visitors when it comes to national monuments.
The 13 so-called national parks in Utah are protected areas administered by the National Park Service and include national parks, national monuments, and national historic trails.
county mom Monroe, UTMarch 7, 2014 5:53 p.m.
The state does not own land either. What the state owns belongs to the people of Utah!
Get it straight, we own this land.
If we do not like what our government is doing we have the power to vote them out.
We the people, can protest, we can revolt, as a whole we are still far greater in numbers them the government. Maybe not for long with the current political climate, but we still can tell them what we think with our votes and our petitions. The government has no power that we have not given them. They can do nothing we do not allow them to do.
Our very silence is a sign of our approval. So if you don't like it speak up and vote!
county mom Monroe, UTMarch 7, 2014 5:08 p.m.
Not one person alive purchased this land! Not one!
This land was bought by the blood and sweat and tears of the generations that came here long before we were even born. Those pioneers worked hard to make peace with the Native Americans and came here seeking refuge from those in the east who persecuted them!
It was paid for just like all the land in this entire country was paid for.
How dare anyone suggest that the land we all own is not ours.
The colonists did not pay for New York state, they should pay for it.
The federal government bought the entire western US so does that mean that it has not been paid for?
The problem is that federal land is not the governments, it is the peoples! The government owns nothing. We do so stop letting them run over us.
We the people have the right to our land!
sjames AMERICAN FORK, UTMarch 7, 2014 4:48 p.m.
You have some valid points but you seem to be forgetting a piece of history in regards to land ownership between states and the feds. That is the Enabling Acts, or agreements between the states and the federal govt at the time of statehood.
While most of these contained contradicting language regarding which entity the land belonged to, most EA feature agreements as to how lands are appropriated. For example, by law, portions of profits from land that go to the Fed govt in Utah are supposed to be going into an education fund for the state govt.
If either party doesn't live up to it's end of the contract, technically it should be considered null & void.
10CC Bountiful, UTMarch 7, 2014 4:34 p.m.
It's striking that California has far, far more federal land than Utah, in fact California's allocation of federal land is almost as big as Utah as a whole. Yet the Californians aren't wasting time on this dead-end topic. The California Legislature isn't playing basketball instead of listening to less fortunate constituents describe their healthcare access problems.
I have an idea: Since Utahns have such a keen interest in the deficit and national debt, perhaps the US could sell off all the federal lands in Utah to the Chinese government, to pay off as much of the national debt as possible, and Chinese corporations could move into Utah, (perhaps) supplying jobs for Utahns, and paying tax money the Legislature can use for whatever it is that they think is important.
The rest of the nation will appreciate Utah's sacrifice to pay down the national debt, Utah will have many new extractive businesses (even if foreign owned) and our conservative citizens and politicians can stop whining about what a raw deal they've gotten from the US government.
Shimlau SAINT GEORGE, UTMarch 7, 2014 3:01 p.m.
No wonder all the easterners want to manage the western lands. they can't manage their own lands because they are private. makes you think about the desire of the states to control their own land.
Steve G. NORTH SALT LAKE, UTMarch 7, 2014 3:00 p.m.
Very well said So-Cal Aggie! The federal land we have is a great asset to Utah. The feds maintain it and the state of Utah and its businesses benefit from it. All you have to do is look at what happened when the Sen. Lee and company shut down the National Parks. It was devastating to Utah's economy until our governor got them opened back up. Utahns should be glad was have as much federal land as we do!
So-CalAggie Park City, UtMarch 7, 2014 2:07 p.m.
Virtually all of the states with the highest Federal Government ownership were actually purchased by???? you guessed it, the Federal Government. This included most of Utah. If you just thought Brigham waltzed in here and said this is the place and voila, you are mistaken. Most of Utah was actually part of Spain and Mexico until we agreed to purchase the land (including most of California, Arizona, New Mexico) during the negotiations for the treaty of Hidalgo. Alaska was purchased from Russia. And now we want to cry because the State wants the land so they can lease it out to the highest bidder (aka the buddies of the politicians who line their coffers with campaign donations) for mineral extraction and all sorts of dubious industrial uses? Ha! That land is owned by the Citizens of this great Nation! Not the State. The State didn't buy it, WE did, the US citizens. Utah's contribution? Sure Brigham sent some soldiers to San Diego, big whoop. This country fought a war for those lands, it belongs to US, not the bro-in-law of some state lawmaker.
JimInSLC Salt Lake City, UTMarch 7, 2014 1:51 p.m.
States had better regain control of their lands. When China and other countries holding massive US debt want their money, you will see these federal lands being turned over for payment. The federal govt. EPA started under Nixon controls this land. Nixon also took the US off the gold standard. These "federal" lands are collateral to back the US dollar. The FED under the ongoing QE3 is still printing tens of billions of dollars monthly, continuing to slowly debase the currency.
Dragline Orem, UTMarch 7, 2014 1:46 p.m.
@ Vanceone "bribes to local democratic politicians to introduce a bill to allow you to build your shed"
Being from Utah County, how many Democratic politicians do you run into needing a bribe?
LDSareChristians Anchorage, AKMarch 7, 2014 1:21 p.m.
May I add, the Village of King Cove Alaska has been seeking permission from Federal government for over 20 years to put 11 miles of road through a wild life refuge. The state of AK has even offered to swap 56,393 acres of state land in exchange for the 1,806 acres to get this road put in.
King Cove needs this road to access an all weather airport in Cold bay. In the intervening 20 years several lives have been lost because king Cove peoples could not access the airport in inclement weather. Hence, the reason for the road, to save lives.
With ownership of 58% of AK, the current Government seeks/desires death over common sense.
Macfarren Dallas, TXMarch 7, 2014 1:18 p.m.
DNews needs to change the way they publish these online lists. Firstly, having to click through an entire list is just simply unnecessary. Publish your entire lists on one page, each one linked elsewhere if desired. This methodology of multiple-page lists was old immediately after it began to be used a couple of years ago.
Secondly, this article is about percentages, and yet the list is in alphabetical order. Does this make sense to anyone? Anyone? Someone interested in this article is going to want to see the list in an ordered % format (either high to low, or low to high), not alphabetical, which makes no sense for a numeric-drive article.
LDSareChristians Anchorage, AKMarch 7, 2014 1:03 p.m.
Wow. I had always thought Alaska was in first place. This shows Alaska 3rd place after Nev and Utah, Perhaps from a different perspective Alaska is.
My alternate source shows 58.6% of Alaska is Federal own, 28.5% state owned, 12.5% Native corporations. .4% is left in Private hands.
I suspect Alaska is in 1st place for lowest percent in private hands.
Johnny Triumph American Fork, UTMarch 7, 2014 10:48 a.m.
So did I read this correctly that only Nevada has more Federal holding than Utah?
andyjaggy American Fork, UTMarch 7, 2014 10:40 a.m.
Not to mention that a certain professional photographer decided to light a bonfire under the arch to teach a night photography workshop and permanently scorched the arch in the process.
I love our national parks, I think all of our federal land is one of the best things we have going for us here in Utah. The opportunities it provides an average citizen like me is phenomenal.
I'm curious how the land grab would effect areas such as the Wellsville mountains. Earlier in the century residents of the area had severe problems with erosion and flooding due to overgrazing and timber harvesting. Eventually they got so fed up they pooled their money and purchased the lands, and then donated them to the forest service. How can Utah just take those lands now? Frankly Utah's federal lands never at any point belonged to Utah. I suggest if we want them Utah somehow finds the money to purchase them. That's the only logical course of action to me.
Utah might be able to do a better job managing it, but I doubt they can afford it, and frankly I don't trust all of the real estate developers in our legislature.
GaryO Virginia Beach, VAMarch 7, 2014 10:35 a.m.
The Tea Party takeover of state governments proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Federal Lands should NEVER be transferred over to State Control.
State Governments are too-easily purchased by well-heeled would-be plutocrats like the Koch brothers, who would knock down Delicate Arch and build a parking lot in its place if they thought they could make some money off of it.
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Bret Webster's photo of Landscape Arch and the Milky Way is pretty awesome. I teach "NightScape" photo workshops in the national parks, and I know that taking a photo like this is quite difficult and requires a lot of skill and artistry. However, everyone needs to know that a shot from this angle (under the arch) is against park regulations. An area about 100 feet around the arch was roped off many years ago due to a large rock fall that happened in 1991. Photographing under the arch is considered dangerous by the park service and is against their regulations.
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What percentage of each state is owned by the Federal Government? According to the liberals and Obama: Not enough, not until it's 100 % owned or controlled.
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The information regarding the number of national parks in each state is taken directly from the National Park Service website. According to the National Park Service website's section, "Utah By The Numbers," Utah has "13 national parks."
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There is information in the above report that is not accurate. The most obvious to me is that the number of "National Parks" in each state is incorrect (If one assumes that the same methodology for calculating Utah's National Parks in the article was applied to other states). Utah has 5 National Parks (Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Canyonlands, and Capitol Reef) - not 13. We may have 8 other Federal areas such as National Monuments, but they are not National Parks. A very quick Google search indicates the other states have far fewer National Parks than stated in the article as well. Perhaps the category could be adjusted to state "National Parks, National Monuments, National recreation areas, National Forests, and other Federally controlled areas" or whatever the truth actually is. It may seem as though I'm nitpicking, but it makes me wonder if the other numbers and data presented in the article may be off by the same margin - if things may have been lumped together into a category and the data is inaccurate. It is simply sloppy data gathering and reporting. Make everything accurate and the reliability of the entire story is enhanced.


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Several conservative foreign policy and military experts have agreed with President Obama's decision to apologize to Afghanistan for the burning of Qurans by U.S. military personnel. Ignoring these experts, Fox News' conservative hosts and pundits have tried to flame outrage over Obama's apology.
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AP: "President Barack Obama Apologized To Afghans ... For The Burning Of Qurans At A U.S. Military Base." The Associated Press reported:
President Barack Obama apologized to Afghans on Thursday for the burning of Qurans at a U.S. military base, trying to assuage rising anti-American sentiment as an Afghan soldier gunned down two American troops during another day of angry protests.
The U.S.-led military coalition says the Muslim holy books were sent by mistake to a garbage burn pit at Bagram Air Field and the case is under investigation. [Associated Press, 2/24/12]
Even Conservative Foreign Policy And Military Experts Believe Obama Was "Absolutely" Right To Apologize
Former Pentagon Official And AEI Scholar Michael Rubin: Obama "Was Right To Apologize" For Quran Burning. From the February 25 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends Saturday:
DAVE BRIGGS (co-host): Should the president have apologized considering the fact that two Americans were killed in what appears to be retaliation and at least another this morning?
MICHAEL RUBIN: Well, I think the president should have apologized. This wasn't like bowing down to the Saudi king or apologizing to Iran, but the president didn't go far enough. More than 70 percent of the civilian casualties in Afghanistan are caused by the Taliban. The Taliban have bombed Mosques in which Qurans have been then burned. And so the president should have said "this is the real problem in Afghanistan" and gone on the offense.
BRIGGS: Now we should point out that this was a mistake. We were not intending to burn these Qurans. They were supposed to be disposed of in another way. It is also thought that in these Qurans were messages from extremists passing them to others. Charles Krauthammer on Special Report last night said this about the apology.
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER (video clip): This is a world in which nobody asked the Islamic Conference, the grouping of the 56 Islamic countries, to issue an apology when Christians are attacked and churches are burned in Egypt or in Pakistan. And have we heard a word from any Islamic leader anywhere about the radical Muslims in Nigeria, who not only are burning churches but burning women and children who are Christian in the churches? When I hear that I'll expect my president to start issuing an apology.
BRIGGS: Michael, your response to Charles.
RUBIN: Well, Charles is right in one aspect, but two wrongs don't make a right. I do think that the president was right to apologize, and when we look at Kabul, for example, the capital of Afghanistan, a city of 5 million people, the protesters have only managed to have a thousand people come out on the streets. That's pretty pitiful even by rent-a-mob standards. So, it seems that despite the radicals being fanned up by Iran and Pakistan and the Taliban, most of the Afghans have put this behind them and want to concentrate on something else. [Fox News, Fox & Friends Saturday, 2/25/12, via Media Matters]
Retired General Jack Keane Repeatedly Told Fox That Obama Was "Absolutely" Right To Apologize For Quran Burning. From the February 24 edition of Fox News' America Live:
MEGYN KELLY (host): General, I want to talk about the response to this because there is no question that burning the Quran in Afghanistan is a severe and very controversial thing. That's clear. But why did we apologize, and were we right to do so?
GENERAL JACK KEANE (Fox News military analyst): Oh yeah, absolutely. I mean, we made a boneheaded, insensitive mistake dealing with this significant holy book representing one of the great religions of the world. I mean, all the holy books represented in religions are very sensitive, but in -- the Quran is even more so for the Muslim people, so there's always going to be charged situation as a result of it.
And make no mistake. I mean, the political agendas in Afghanistan are complex. All those people you see on the street there demonstrating, they're not all just reacting viscerally to something that they feel insulted about. There's stakeholders here that are trying to undermine Karzai's government, there's stakeholders on the street trying to undermine the United States of America. The president is trying to give Karzai a tool to help him defuse the situation. That's what the apology's all about.
Yesterday, Karzai goes before the Parliament and asks all the parliamentarians to help him with the situation and quotes from the letter the president's statement. And obviously he's using the president of the United States as leverage to accomplish what he's doing. Karzai's not the strongest leader we've ever dealt with, quite the contrary; he's a very mercurial figure, and at times it drives us nuts, you know, trying to keep him in the box. But frankly he does need some help here and the president, that's what he's trying to do, help him. [Fox News, America Live, 2/24/12, via Media Matters]
- Keane Reiterated His Support For The Apology Two Days Later. Keane reiterated his support for Obama's decision to apologize on the February 26 edition of Fox News' America's News HQ. Keane said: "As it pertains to the president, I think his actions are appropriate. He knows Karzai has got a weak hand. He's just trying to strengthen it." [Fox News, America's News HQ, 2/26/12, via Media Matters]
Conservative Foreign Policy Pundit Victor Davis Hanson: "It Is Unfair To Criticize Obama For Apologizing." From a February 27 National Review Online post by conservative foreign policy pundit, Victor Davis Hanson, a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution:
A final note. It is unfair to criticize Obama for apologizing; Bush did it on an occasion or two, given the worry over attacks on American lives in a world of instant communications. But it is very fair to remind him that the wages of bowing to the Saudis, apologizing abroad for various supposed long-ago American sins, and, in this case, having officials compete for the honor of "we're sorry" finally do come due. The war in Afghanistan is not just predicated on winning hearts and minds there, but winning them here too; obsequiousness abroad might in theory win a brief respite, but it will most certainly ensure that most Americans at home are so exasperated as to sigh, "I've got enough problems without trying to help people who prefer living in the 7th century." [National Review Online, 2/27/12]
AEI Expert On Afghanistan Ahmad Majidyar: The U.S. Is Taking The Right Approach By Stressing The Sincerity Of Its Remorse. A FoxNews.com article reported that Ahmad Majidyar, a senior research associate with the American Enterprise Institute focusing on South Asia and the Middle East, stated that "the U.S. is taking the right approach by stressing the sincerity of its remorse." From the article:
Ahmad Majidyar, senior research associate with the American Enterprise Institute, said the U.S. is taking the right approach by stressing the sincerity of its remorse. And he suggested the protests are not as widespread as they're made out to be.
"Many other people, they accepted the apology by the Americans ... and they're just moving on with their lives," he said.
The test, Majidyar said, will be Friday sermons. Fiery sermons, he warned, could lead to more violence -- he urged the United States to go beyond apologies and make sure it's reaching out to all corners of Afghan society to calm down the backlash and avoid that outcome. [FoxNews.com, 2/23/12]
Heritage Foundation Expert On Afghanistan Lisa Curtis: Obama Dealt With Quran Burning "Appropriately." The FoxNews.com article also reported that Lisa Curtis, a senior research fellow in the Asian Studies Center of the Heritage Foundation, said the Obama administration dealt with the Quran burning incident "appropriately," and that Obama's apology was a "sincere demonstration of respect for the Afghan people and their religious sentiments." From the article:
Lisa Curtis, a senior research fellow with the Heritage Foundation, also said in an email that the Obama administration dealt with the mistake "appropriately," and described the president's letter as a "sincere demonstration of respect for the Afghan people and their religious sentiments."
Going forward, she called on Karzai to try and calm the protests and "expose" the Taliban's role in "exploiting the situation." [FoxNews.com, 2/23/12]
Furthermore, Obama's Reaction Is Perfectly Consistent With Precedent
Huffington Post: President Bush "Apologized To Iraq's Prime Minister For An American Sniper's Shooting Of A Quran." A May 21, 2008, Huffington Post article reported:
President Bush has apologized to Iraq's prime minister for an American sniper's shooting of a Quran, and the Iraqi government called on U.S. military commanders to educate their soldiers to respect local religious beliefs.
Bush's spokeswoman said Tuesday that the president apologized during a videoconference Monday with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who told the president that the shooting of Islam's holy book had disappointed and angered both the Iraqi people and their leaders.
"He apologized for that in the sense that he said that we take it very seriously," White House press secretary Dana Perino said. "We are concerned about the reaction. We wanted them to know that the president knew that this was wrong." [Huffington Post, 5/21/08]
But Fox Still Blasted Obama As "Weak" After Issuing Apology For Quran Burning
Karl Rove: Obama Has "Unnecessarily Apologized" And It "Show[ed] Weakness" On Behalf Of The U.S. From the February 27 edition of Fox News' Hannity:
SEAN HANNITY (host): The contraceptive controversy, gas prices now going through the roof, no end in sight, and then we've got this apology to Karzai by the president of the United States. Meanwhile, we -- I think we ought to be demanding an apology for dead Americans and injured Americans as a result of all this, and I wanted to get your reaction to how the president, how the White House is handling all of this stuff.
KARL ROVE (Fox News contributor): The president has, I think, unnecessarily apologized, you know, abjectly apologized to the Afghan government for this. And look, it was a mistake, but we made it worse by showing weakness and we've already shown plenty of weakness in Afghanistan and elsewhere around the globe because of this guy. [Fox News, Hannity, 2/27/12, via Media Matters]
Fox's Kimberly Guilfoyle: Obama's Apology Was "Irresponsible And Unnecessary." From the February 27 edition of Fox News' The Five:
KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE (co-host): I feel very strongly about this, I think what the president did was irresponsible and unnecessary. I have no idea why we are apologizing to terrorists. Already these Qurans were desecrated. This was also inadvertent, everybody knows that, they didn't specifically go to be disrespectful to someone's religion, they were trying to properly dispose things that were given to them.
So the fact -- now who's apologizing to us for the Americans that have been killed. I find this to be really dangerous what we're doing here. The apology, constantly bending over backwards for things that we haven't even done that are wrong. That's the problem here, and why is our president doing this on our behalf, why is he putting out troops in danger and at risk by undercutting the military in terms of the support that we need there, for the people that are over there fighting to protect us against these terrorists? It's really irresponsible. [Fox News, The Five, 2/27/12, via Media Matters]
Fox's Michael Goodwin: "Not Necessary" For Obama To Apologize For "Something Some Soldiers Did." During a Fox & Friends appearance, Fox News contributor and New York Post columnist Michael Goodwin said:
GOODWIN: I think the apology was a mistake for two reasons. Basically, the president doesn't have to get involved on this level. There's not -- not necessary for the president of the United States to apologize because something some soldiers did in Afghanistan. This is not murder.
They didn't mow down a village. This is no My Lai massacre or anything like that. This is a simple mistake. And I think for the president to apologize elevates it. He also talks about holding those accountable. I mean, this is silly. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 2/27/12, via Media Matters]
Fox's Mike Gallagher: It's "Outrageous" For Obama "To Go Crawling To Karzai" And Say "We're Sorry." During an appearance on America Live, Fox News contributor Mike Gallagher chastised Obama as "this apologist president" and said:
GALLAGHER: No one is justifying, by the way the burning of the Quran. Nobody's defending that. I'm certainly not going to, but ultimately for President Obama to go crawling to Karzai and say, "we're sorry that this Quran was burned," where is the apology from the Afghan president? Where is any apology for the death of these Americans? It's outrageous. [Fox News, America Live, 2/24/12, via Media Matters]


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Toyota Canada announced pricing on the 2013 Camry today, enhancing the Camry and Camry Hybrid with a standard back-up camera. Toyota Canada also introduced a new Value Package for the popular Camry LE now, offering the premium features most requested by drivers.
The 2013 Camry offers the choice of three powertrains and seven models:
The Toyota Camry LE starts at just $23,700 MSRP – the same as on 2012 models, while adding, new for this year, a standard backup camera.
· 178 HP 2.5L 4-cylinder engine and six-speed automatic transmission with combined city/highway fuel efficiency of 7.0L/100KM.
· Choice of three upgrade packages, including new for this year, the Value Package which adds 17" aluminum alloy wheels with locks, 17" all-season tires, a power sliding moon roof, and an electro-chromic rear-view mirror.
· The Camry LE may also be ordered with the leather option, which adds leather seat surfaces and heated front seats.
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Energy comes in many different forms and we use it in many ways. In this section, we will show you why we need energy, the history of how we learned to change energy from one form to another, and some of the characteristics of energy.
Why We Need Energy?
Energy is an essential part of our daily lives!
We use energy to heat and cool our homes, schools, and businesses. We use energy for lights and appliances. Energy makes our vehicles go, planes fly, boats sail, and machines run.
All living things need energy too. Plants use the light from the sun to grow. Animals and people eat the plants and use the energy that was stored. Food is fuel for our bodies' energy needs like muscle power.
We also use our own bodies to make heat energy. When you have been running or working really hard, your body produces heat energy. When you wear clothing like a jacket in the winter, it holds in that heat energy and keeps you warm.
How many things you do in a day that use energy? Write it down.
Copyright © 2009 Apogee | Acknowledgements
Kids Korner is made possible by the creative, talented and dedicated team consisting of the following:
Valerie Williams
Valerie Williams, Apogee's Art Director and Lead Artist is the creator and artistic talent behind Kids Korner. In the late 90s, after producing hundreds of illustrations and animations for Apogee online courses and Internet content over the years, it occurred to Valerie that these expensive art elements could be re-purposed for communicating complicated energy concepts to children. Encouraged by the enthusiastic reaction she received from our utility customers, Valerie undertook the design and began the curriculum development of what has become one of the most elaborate and comprehensive energy education sites around. As the site shows, her artistic flair brings technical topics to life, and her proficiency in Photoshop, Quark, In-Design, Illustrator, Flash and Dreamweaver enable her to create impressive designs in both electronic and print formats.
Margaret M. Aderholdt, a middle school teacher at Wellborn Elementary in Anniston, Alabama, leads Apogee's teacher advisory group. In this capacity, she is the spokesperson for the group, providing input to the curriculum developed for Kids Korner and kid-testing any support materials designed for use with the site prior to them going into production and distributed to customers or schools. With more than 16 years teaching experience, Margaret has been awarded numerous grants and honors for herself and the various schools at which she has instructed. Most recently, she was named the 2004 Teacher of the Year for her outstanding work increasing her student's test scores, expanding their involvement in academic pursuits, and her tireless efforts to stimulate and challenge her students to higher achievement. Margaret spends her summers attending professional development conferences, workshops, and classes to stay abreast of the latest research in science education. Margaret earned her B.A. in Business Administration at Transylvania University and holds a masters degree in International Commerce from the University of Kentucky. After raising two college age daughters, Margaret returned to the classroom herself to earn a masters degree in Elementary Education.
Michael Overstreet is Apogee's Kids Korner Product Manager and the mastermind of the site's programming and navigational design. In his role as product manager, Michael assists utilities with the implementation of their customized Kids Korner application. In addition, he leads Apogee's field testing of all Kids Korner website activities and supplemental material, conducting classroom trials in local schools.
Susan Gilbert brings to Kids Korner and its growing number of support materials her education and experience as an instructional designer and her enthusiasm for energy education. As president and co-founder of Apogee, Susan is the primary architect behind Apogee's online energy courses and web content divisions, effectively translating her nearly 25 years of energy efficiency and training experience into highly interactive, online training courseware and Web site tools. Drawing upon her masters degree in Curriculum and Instruction, Susan directs the instructional design process for all Apogee eLearning initiatives, including her personal favorite, Kids Korner.
Dick Niess is Kids Korner's technical reviewer responsible for assuring accuracy and clarity of the concepts covered on the site. A distinguished Tau Beta Pi graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, Mr. Niess earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering. Mr. Niess is a Fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), is immediate past Chairman of the Applied Heat Pump and Heat Recovery Technical Committee, and serves on the Geothermal Energy Utilization and Centrifugal Machines Technical Committees. He is a repeat contributor to the ASHRAE Systems Handbook, and has authored numerous technical publications for the energy industry.


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LONDON — Ben Roberts, the new director of the BFI Film Fund, will deliver the keynote address as the Film London Production Finance Market on Oct. 17.
Roberts, who is responsible for coin for development, production, distribution and international activity, will share his vision for the future, following the launch Oct. 3 of the BFI's five-year plan, "Film Forever: Supporting U.K. Film."
The PFM is a two-day annual event launched in 2007, which connects international producers and financiers to encourage financing relationships, secure investments in companies and individual projects, and helps producers attach international sales companies to their projects. The event facilitates 800 face-to-face meetings, and an additional 300 financier-to-financier meetings over the course of the two days.
The only event of its kind in the U.K., the PFM runs during the London Film Festival. The PFM takes place on Oct. 17 and 18.
"The PFM offers a very real and successful solution to getting new independent film financed and into production," said Adrian Wootton, chief executive of Film London, which organizes the event. "It is a unique forum for international financiers and producers to do business and forge new cross-territory relationships. Year on year, we have worked hard to make this event truly international, believing better engagement outside of the U.K. will only strengthen our domestic industry."
The event will also include a senior producers panel, which will look at the challenges producers face making films for the international market, and how the U.K. can develop stronger international relationships under the new U.K. funding system. Participants will include Stephen Woolley of Number 9 Films, David Parfitt of Trademark Films, Peter Watson of Recorded Picture Company and Andrea Calderwood of Slate Films.
This year's edition has attracted more than 52 producers presenting projects with Euros 305 million ($394 million) of production value, up from $317 million in 2011. The 54 attending financiers include leading private equity firms, tax-structured financiers, sale companies, distributors and broadcaster reps.
Earlier this year the PFM announced new partnerships with the Nordic Co-Production Market at the Norwegian Film Festival in Haugesund, and Primexchange's Film Bazaar in Goa adding to existing international partnerships with the Melbourne Film Festival's 37ºSouth Market, Ile de France Film Commission and the Toronto Film Festival's International Financing Forum.
The event is supported by the BFI, the Mayor of London, MEDIA, and U.K. Trade and Investment.


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Gisele Bündchen Could Not Have a More Adorable Lunch Date
Gisele Bündchen had an afternoon of lunch and shopping with her baby daughter, Vivian Brady, in NYC on Saturday. Gisele held on to her little one while greeting a group of friends, and Vivian herself was all smiles while spending the day with her gorgeous mom. While Gisele's football player husband, Tom Brady, and his team are set to play the Jets in New Jersey on Sunday, Gisele has been spending the week in the Big Apple on business. She took to Instagram to share snaps of a photo shoot against the city skyline, including one of her wearing a beautiful purple gown with the caption, "Having fun shooting outside today."
Gisele and her family have been logging lots of sweet quality time between her modeling gigs, most recently on their home turf of Boston. Last weekend, she and her brood hit their neighborhood park for what could easily have been the cutest outing ever — Tom and Gisele poured tons of kisses, hugs, and snuggles on their baby girl, as well as sons Benjamin and Jack.


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With a prime location at the intersection of International Parkway and Dallas Parkway in North Dallas, the JP Morgan International Plaza III combines a prestigious business address with convenient transportation.
This class-A 3-building complex boasts an impressive visual aesthetic and is strategically located near 5-star hotels, diverse lifestyle facilities and access to major highways. All in all, it's no surprise that the building has put together such an impressive tenant list.
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SKILLMAN, N.J. - The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) released its 2009 Region Award Winners with two Bobcats receiving top honors in the Southeast Region. Head Coach Steve Barsby was named Southeast Men's Coach of the Year and Erick Siqueira (Sao Paulo, Brazil) was Men's Senior Player of the Year in the Southeast Region.
Barsby picks up the region honor after taking Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Men's Coach of the Year as well. He coached the Bobcat squad to a 17-3 mark, including a PBC Regular-Season title, the first in program history. The 17 victories rank third in program history, behind 19 in 1989 and 18 in 2005. The three losses are the fewest since the 1987 team lost just twice while going 12-2.
Siqueira, a two-time All-American, was dominant again compiling a 13-5 singles record. He was the No. 8 ranked player in the nation, taking No. 4 in the region.
Both Barsby and Siqueira will move on to the national ballot for both awards, with winners announced at the NCAA Finals in Altamonte Springs, Fla.
Georgia College is fresh off winning the Southeast Regional after defeating PBC rival Columbus State University. The Bobcats advance to the NCAA Division II Finals facing Abilene Christian University Wednesday, May 13.
Visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame. The GCSU Department of Athletics sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports.


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Crytek: Crysis 2 to push PS3 to its limits
Speaking during an interview with Gamasutra, Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli has said that Crysis 2 for PlayStation 3 will push the hardware to its limits.
Following Electronic Art's E3 press conference, which confirmed that Crytek is building the sequel to the popular PC franchise from the ground-up specifically for home consoles, Yerli confirmed that it had tested out the PS3 hardware to find its limitations.
"The interesting thing is we did run a performance analysis on the PS3 devkit, and you know the funny thing is the occupation on all the CPUs, the Cell and the GPUs, is pretty much – the needle is at the limit," he said.
Yerli sat on the fence when asked whether he thought the Xbox 360 or the PS3 version would offer the better performance for its first person shooter. He claims that both platforms will excel in different areas.
"I mean essentially the game we run is about the same," he said. "Probably one's stronger on the GPU side, one's stronger on the CPU side, so depending on what you're doing where, the PS3 does perform here sometimes better, the 360 performs other things better, but overall by the time the game ships it'll be absolutely the same."
We can't wait to see the first gameplay footage. If Crytek is pushing the PS3 to its very limit, we're going to expect something spectacular.


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As expected, Redbox filed a lawsuit against 20th Century Fox this week after the movie studio tried to keep its new releases out of Redbox's DVD rental kiosks. Redbox says that the lawsuit aims to protect consumers' rights to have access to new release DVDs, and that it plans to continue offering all major new releases—including 20th Century Fox's—at its 15,000 rental locations.
Redbox took legal action less than a week after Fox ordered wholesalers to stop supplying Redbox with Fox DVDs until 30 days after release. The Redbox kiosks, which each house more than 600 DVDs, rent out movies for $1 per day and sell used movies for $7. The company has more kiosks than Blockbuster has stores, and each kiosk rents out an average of 50 movies per day.
Fox believes that outlets like Redbox are ruining its business. "Having our [movies] rented at $1 in the rental window is grossly undervaluing our products," News Corp COO Chase Carey said at the time.
Fox also said that it was prepared for a lawsuit from Redbox, and the studio now has what it asked for. In a complaint filed on Tuesday, Redbox said that "Fox seeks to strangle" the low-priced rental market in order to maintain its own "artificially high" pricing scheme. Redbox emphasizes that it has a contractual relationship with the two suppliers in question, Ingram and VPD, but that the two will be forced to stop filling Redbox's orders for Fox DVDs due to coercion from Fox.
As a result, Redbox accuses Fox of copyright misuse by violating Ingram and VPD's first sale rights, violating the Sherman Antitrust Act's Quick Look Doctrine by "restraining trade," and misuse of the Copyright Act by trying to meddle with the distribution rights of third parties. Additionally, Redbox accuses Fox of engaging in unlawful boycotts—"Fox has orchestrated this boycott to artificially restrain output, raise prices and give Fox a bigger cut of rental revenues, or in the alternative to force Redbox out of business," reads the complaint. Redbox demands a jury trial in order to resolve these issues with Fox.
This pattern follows one set by Universal last year when it decided to order wholesalers to stop supplying DVDs to Redbox until 45 days after their release. Redbox promptly sued Universal for engaging in anticompetitive behavior and abusing copyright law, as well as trying to use coercive tactics to get Redbox to shell out 40 percent of its total gross revenues in exchange for new releases. Universal responded by countersuing; a decision on the case is expected to land soon.
While Fox and Universal declare war on Redbox's business, other movie studios are embracing the kiosks. Both Sony and Lions Gate have entered into five-year deals to allow Redbox to distribute their DVDs at release time. Meanwhile, Redbox plans to continue offering new releases from all studios, even if it means employees have to buy the DVDs at retail price the old-fashioned way.
Further reading:
- Search the federal court's PACER system for case number 1:09-cv-00592-UNA in the District of Delaware
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