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"This is actually our last stop on the promotional tour and it makes it all the more special that the last stop is here; home," Jackman toldThe Australian.
Crowe, meanwhile, spoke highly of his co-star. "I saw Hugh lead a very complex group of actors through their paces, put an example before them everyday," Crowe said. "No matter how intense things got for me I just looked over and looked at his level of responsibility and just went 'what am I complaining about'."
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And another grand plan by major publishers bites the dust. Tribune, Gannett, the New York Times Co. and Hearst have shut down quadrantOne effective immediately. The agency was an attempt to scale local for national display advertising, harnessing the power of the four owners and others. The abrupt website notice:
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One cause, according to sources, was bickering among JV partners, including over the investment they would be willing to contribute to the company going forward. …
The disintegration could – in part – be attributed to growing internal programmatic strategies that create better yield than the assumed scale of the co-operative. Also, this may be a sign that exchanges are creating better yield these days. Why manage a separate exchange when you can go through existing exchanges such as Google's DoubleClick Ad Exchange, PubMatic, Rubicon Project, AppNexus and so on, and receive comparable or better CPMs.
See comment above about JVs being "notoriously difficult" — then add in the usual problems of startups and the rapidly changing ad marketplace.
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The global financial crisis was a product of the affluent West, but its effects have been felt the hardest in developing countries. Since 2008 the number of undernourished people in the world has risen by 115 million – including more than 30 million in India.
Associate Professor Bill Pritchard, an economic geographer at the University of Sydney, is looking at the reasons behind this food security calamity by collaborating with researchers from Australia and India to survey Indian families and track their diets.
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Professor Pritchard hopes his findings will provide the Indian government with useful information when it drafts new legislation to remedy its hunger crisis. "Through producing research that people can trust," he says, "we can start to change the world. I'm an internationalist at heart and I believe we can all work together."
Professor Pritchard was among a delegation of more than 20 academics and researchers from the University of Sydney who visited India this week. Led by Professor John Hearn, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor International, they met with academics from various Indian universities to discuss areas of collaboration.
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Los Angeles — UCLA Anderson announces the advancement of four faculty members in the areas of finance, human resources and organizational behavior, accounting and marketing:
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Prof. Chowdhry, who joined the faculty in 1988, previously served as area head of the finance department at UCLA Anderson. Last year, he was named director of the School's Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). Chowdhry is associate editor of the four scholarly finance journals and has most recently published, "Information Aggregation, Security Design and Currency Swaps," Journal of Political Economy, 2002, (with Mark Grinblatt and David Levine) and "Resources, Real Options and Corporate Strategy," Journal of Financial Economics, 2002, (with Antonio Bernardo). His research interests are in the areas of international finance and corporate finance and strategy. Chowdhry has also organized and taught executive education programs on financial derivatives, corporate risk management and valuation in Los Angeles, Singapore, Hong Kong, Mumbai and Hyderabad.
An UCLA Anderson faculty member since 1991, Prof. Erickson teaches courses on negotiations, industrial relations and human resource management, and is currently focusing his research on comparative industrial relations systems, recent innovations in union organizing and employer training practices. Erickson is also associate director of the UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations. Some recent publications include: "Change and Transformation in Asian Industrial Relations," Industrial Relations, April 2002 (with S. Kuruvilla); "Justice for Janitors in Los Angeles: Lessons from Three Rounds of Negotiations," British Journal of Industrial Relations, September 2002 (with C. Fisk, R. Milkman, D. Mitchell and K. Wong); and "The Effect of Employer Networks on Workplace Innovation and Training," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, forthcoming (with S. Jacoby).
As one of the nation's foremost experts on pension plans, Prof. Benartzi serves the school in many ways as a researcher, teacher and expert on 401(k) plans. He serves on the U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Advisory Council. Benartzi most recently developed (along with Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago) the well-received Save More Tomorrow or "SMarT" plan, which enables employees to contribute a specified percentage of upcoming pay increases to their 401(k), while minimizing the confusion often involved in determining one's contribution to a pension plan. His most recent paper, with Richard Thaler, is "How Much Is Investor Autonomy Worth?" Journal of Finance, August 2002. Benartzi is the 2001 winner of UCLA Anderson's George W. Robbins Assistant Professor Teaching Award.
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White House Cheat Sheet: What Crist Means
UPDATE, 9:35 a.m.: Crist made it official moments ago -- issuing a statement declaring for the Senate. "Here in Florida, we've shown that when we put people first and work together much can be accomplished, and I intend to bring that same approach to Washington," Crist said. "That is why, after thoughtful consideration with my wife Carole, I have decided to run for the U.S. Senate." Crist quickly picked up the endorsement of National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn (Texas) who called the governor a "dedicated public servant and a dynamic leader." And, former state House Speaker Marco Rubio, who is already in the Republican primary, has already launched a response video to the Crist announcement -- seeking to link Crist and President Obama for the former's support of the economic stimulus program.
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Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is set to announce his Senate candidacy today, a decision that has national implications and says a great deal about the current political landscape, from Republicans rebuilding efforts to the treacherous political position for governors heading into 2010.
Crist is, without question, the star of the Republican recruiting efforts to date -- a well known and popular chief executive who also happens to be running in one of the largest and most politically competitive states in the country.
He is also someone with unabashed interest in playing at the national level -- pushing his way into the vice presidential talk for Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) last year and regularly mentioned as a presidential candidate in his own right in 2012.
What does Crist's Senate candidacy mean for observers of national politics? Here are five things his decision represents:
• A Vote for Moderation: With Sen. Arlen Specter no longer in the Republican Party and former governor Tom Ridge (R-Pa.) not running, Crist is the most recognizable face of GOP moderates in the mix in 2010. While Crist allies note that he is a conservative on social issues like abortion, his emphasis during his first three years as governor has been on redefining Republicanism with attention being paid to traditional Democratic issue like the environment. And, no one who knows Crist thinks he will run -- either for the Senate or for president in 2012 -- as anything but a new sort of establishment Republican; former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee or Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin he is not. Should Crist get elected next November, he will immediately surge to the top (or close to it) of the group of moderate Republicans calling for a change in the way the party defines itself.
• A Money Saver: Florida is one of the most expensive states in the country to run a statewide campaign given its size and the cost of its many media markets. An open seat Senate race with a relatively unknown candidate would have cost the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee millions of dollars with no guarantee that they would be able to hold the seat. But, if Crist is able to beat former state House Speaker Marco Rubio in the Republican primary, the NRSC may be spared from spending any significant cash in the general election as polling suggests the governor would be a prohibitive favorite. That means more money for less expensive states like Arkansas, Connecticut and even Colorado where Republicans believe they have a chance to knock off Democratic incumbents.
• The Foil Fight: Any Republican with even the vaguest interest in running in 2012 has a vested interest in emerging over the next year and a half as the most prominent critic of Obama and his policies. Crist's decision to run for the Senate is due, at least in part, to a desire to fight Obama toe to toe in the place -- Washington -- where his agenda will succeed or fail between now and 2012. Unlike former governor Mitt Romney (Mass.) or Palin, for example, Crist clearly believes that a seat in the Senate gives him the best perch from which to engage Obama in advance of a national bid. Is he right?
• Govs Running Scared: Talk to any political consultant -- Democrat or Republican -- about 2010 and the first thing you are likely to hear is that no one -- NO ONE -- is safe because of the collapse of the economy throughout the country. Unlike earlier this decade when everyone wanted to be a governor -- budget surpluses, ideas incubator etc. -- the money has run out, forcing chief executives to raise taxes, slash services or both. Crist, faced with a dire budget situation in Florida between now and his 2010 reelection, saw an opportunity to side-step it and took it. Keep an eye on governors like Ted Strickland (D-Ohio), Jon Corzine (D-N.J.) and Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) who are -- or could -- struggle to overcome the economic dissatisfaction in their states.
• The Stimulus Set-To: Crist was, by far, the most prominent Republican elected official to speak out in favor of President Obama's $787 billion economic stimulus package -- even appearing with the president at an event in the Sunshine State touting the plan. Republican base voters expressed outrage at such spending by the federal government -- taking out their frustration at a series of town halls nationwide on April 15. Crist's primary against Rubio will serve as a litmus test for how politically potent the stimulus package will be in 2010 and beyond. Every poll points to a relatively pedestrian primary victory for Crist over Rubio but the latter candidate is on the right side of the stimulus issue in terms of the base.
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There was another governor, Gaston Caperton, who exhibited some similar 'qualities' as Crist.. he even had a second wife who matched up with Crist's socialite cover girl.. the rumor and innuendo surrounding his loafer lightness never got in the way of his political ambitions, nor did the press ever get too excited about his preferences.
Posted by: newbeeboy | May 13, 2009 9:35 AM | Report abuse
Why doesn't the media report on this guy being gay? It seems everybody in Washington and Tallahassee knows so why isn't the media interested? He is the governor of one of the most populous states in the Union and a Republican. Doesn't this sound like a good story to break?
not really a story until you hire your fellow corn holer as Homeland Security "secretary", or gayly tap dance on your toilet stool at the airport for an under cover cop.
Posted by: angriestdogintheworld | May 12, 2009 11:01 PM | Report abuse
I wonder if he REALLY, I MEAN REALLY.... wants to move this country forward. Seems more of a Veepster, in a the mold of Agnew, not Dead Eye Dick.
Posted by: angriestdogintheworld | May 12, 2009 10:57 PM | Report abuse
Why doesn't the media report on this guy being gay? It seems everybody in Washington and Tallahassee knows so why isn't the media interested? He is the governor of one of the most populous states in the Union and a Republican. Doesn't this sound like a good story to break?
Posted by: aviscardo | May 12, 2009 5:17 PM | Report abuse
Here take a look at Jake's "party affiliation"
* We Acknowledge the Creator's Gracious Gifts
* Declaration of Independence Rights are God-Given
* God-Given Duties to Individuals
* Our Constitution Enables Us to Protect Our Rights and Fulfill Our Duties
* Rights and Duties of Association, Including that Forceful Association—Government
* The Constitution: the Original Contract that America has with Itself
* Freedom from "Liberalism"
* The Protection of Life, and the Duties and Rights of Families
* Marriage Between a Man and a Woman
* The Individual and Common Defense
* Opposition to Illegal Immigration and
Our Great Pro-Life Constitution
* Public Servants, Not Public Masters! All Governments Under God
Yer basic shopping list of gooper issues.
I wonder how long before humanity was extinct if these guys ever got any power?
Posted by: chrisfox8 | May 12, 2009 5:14 PM | Report abuse
jakey = zoukie?
Hmmm........the lack of intelligence IS remarkably similar............
Posted by: jasperanselm | May 12, 2009 4:39 PM | Report abuse
on another thread, jasper..
maybe the Petroleum Institute and the Club for growth stopping paying zouk. maybe jake is a replacement.
Posted by: drindl | May 12, 2009 4:29 PM | Report abuse
Pretty quiet in here today without jakey.
Whatever happened to my pal zoukie? Anybody know? Drindl? Nemo?
Posted by: jasperanselm | May 12, 2009 3:55 PM | Report abuse
Does being Crist being gay hurt his chances in a GOP primary? Surely the Club for Growth candidate (Marco Rubio) won't be happy about that.
Posted by: DrainYou | May 12, 2009 3:51 PM | Report abuse
What would Wanda Sykes say about Crist?
Posted by: newbeeboy | May 12, 2009 3:21 PM | Report abuse
well, he does look real skinny
Posted by: TheBabeNemo | May 12, 2009 2:54 PM | Report abuse
Why does WaPo persist in ignoring the Pink Elephant in the room, regarding the documentation of Crist's dubious heterosexuality in Kirby Dick's OUTRAGE? A closeted Senator with access to sensitive information is a security risk to this country.
Posted by: bigolpoofter | May 12, 2009 2:49 PM | Report abuse
Wow, Chris,
Talk about fast service! Great piece on Crist, although not partisan enough to placate the 'commentocracy', apparently.
Someone suggested that Debbie Wasserman-Schultz might be roped into opposing Crist. Is that really possible? Would her recent bout with cancer be a limiting factor? Is she too much of a Liberal to have traction in FL? Let's not forget the Panhandle voters.
I must say, the times I've seen her, she has been extraordinarily articulate and on the 'qui vive', but one wonders if she is 1., interested in getting into the race in the first place and 2., what her prospects against Crist would be. If Rubio somehow wins the primary, Wasserman-Schultz would likely be able to triumph easily. Fascinating race already!
Back to Crist. I couldn't care less if he has relationships with men, or women other than his wife, or both, but it's SO dangerous for a high profile politician to have a 'secret' like that--if indeed there is any truth to the swirl of rumours.
In this way, it IS like Edwards in the sense that it's politically explosive. I wish the US electorate were more mature about politicians' private lives (even that scum David Vitter's), but there's a long way to go before sexual orientation and infidelity become 'ho-hum' subjects.
Posted by: sverigegrabb | May 12, 2009 2:37 PM | Report abuse
Crist is what some call a RINO. His attitude towards gay right is "live and let live." As a Floridian, I can't imagine any megachurch pastor supporting Crist. Yes, he won last time. But the Florida GOP, like the national party, has moved even farther to the right. Yes, he can win the general election. But the GOP primary against an extreme right Cuban Catholic?
Rubio will beat him to death with Terri Schiavo and gay rights. As well as that Muslim socialist Obama.
So the real issue is whether any RINO can win the GOP primary.
Posted by: Garak | May 12, 2009 2:33 PM | Report abuse
I don't think it really matters if Crist is gay or not. The anti-gay message coming from him is repellant enough all by itself, some hypocrisy or self-hatred really doesn't make that much difference. Too many Americans have moved past that ancient bigotry, too many Americans know someone gay or have seen gay characters in sitcoms and all the old canards about threatening marriage or recruiting children don't matter a hill of beans outside the 21-percenters.
He'll fail on his own two feet.
Posted by: chrisfox8 | May 12, 2009 2:33 PM | Report abuse
i'm pausing for laughter....
chris - what's wrong with the FIX today?
Posted by: TheBabeNemo | May 12, 2009 2:26 PM | Report abuse
Crist is gay. His recent marriage of convenient is silly. He needs to come out and call it a day.
Posted by: Simon2 | May 12, 2009 2:14 PM | Report abuse
I think the reason Chris did not "out" Crist is that he is married to a woman and he has not being proven to be of a different orientation. However, last I checked Edwards was proven to have an affair so you are comparing apples and oranges. I would also note that I have seen people on this blog refer to Chris as having another orientation so maybe he can feel for a guy who is potentially wrongly accused.
You mentioned yesterday the outrage over why Rush never spent any time behind bars for his illegal activities; however, I was wondering why you are not so concerned about Patrick Kennedy's lack of jail time in his addiction and poor driving skill. And while we are act it, why did Ted not spend any jail time when inadvertently killing someone. The reason these men spent no time behind bars is that they all have money and influence…imagine that…please spare me your silly outrages Chris does an excellent job trying to be as non-partisan as he can.
Posted by: sltiowa | May 12, 2009 2:08 PM | Report abuse
The new movie "Outrage" is a real problem for Crist. Not only the movie, but even some Florida newspapers are exposing Crist's hypocrisy as a closet case who supports anti-gay legislation.
The Radical Right is responsible for waging the culture war, but they're losing because it's mostly phony and hypocritical. For example, the main reason closeted politicians like Charlie Crist endorse stridently anti-gay policies (such as Florida's Amendment 2, which outlawed BOTH gay marriage AND civil unions) is that they're anxious to conceal their sexual orientation. The anti-gay closet cases take such insincere positions on gay rights because they'll do whatever it takes to preserve their power and careers, and to ward off suspicions about their personal lives. They also use a marriage of convenience (Crist's fake marriage reminds me of Larry Craig's phony marriage) to cover up the truth.
When such hypocrisy is exposed to evangelical voters, they realize they're being duped and exploited by the Republican Party.
Posted by: fugitivenyc | May 12, 2009 1:48 PM | Report abuse
Great - the guy who took the H out of Christ is running for Senate? There's no I in team, but there is me!!!
Posted by: DontGetIt | May 12, 2009 1:45 PM | Report abuse
i think crist is toast. Too sane for his party...
"Rubio began telegraphing his attacks against Crist even before the governor's formal announcement. In an interview with POLITICO, he singled out Crist for abandoning conservative principles and compared the governor to moderate Republican Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine and Republican-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania.
"If we're offering the same thing as the Democrats, but with different packaging, what's the point in having a Republican Party?" Rubio said."I'm going to offer Floridians a clear, consistent, authentic small-government choice in the primary."
Indeed, Rubio expects the primary to receive national attention as a referendum between the party's moderate and conservative wings. He just received a glowing profile in the Weekly Standard, which called him the "perfect recruit for statewide office."
I really, really hope the GOP continues to cast Snowe and Collins as being Judas like turncoats.
Please, please keep demonizing and alienating them at every turn. Also, try please, please get rid of those nasty RINOs during the next applicable GOP primary. The Democrats could always use a 61st and 62nd senator!
I swear I sometimes think that the push to purge RINOs from the GOP - even if that means an electoral loss - was a scheme hatched by Democrats who managed to infiltrate the GOP at the highest levels.
It would have been an absolute brilliant bit of Machiavellian political maneuvering.
Sadly, however, I think it's just due to group think, false consensus bias, and the echo chamber effect. In which case, there's nothing brilliant about it.
Posted by: cjpotter19 | May 12, 2009 1:37 PM | Report abuse
i think crist is toast. Too sane for his party...
"Rubio began telegraphing his attacks against Crist even before the governor's formal announcement. In an interview with POLITICO, he singled out Crist for abandoning conservative principles and compared the governor to moderate Republican Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine and Republican-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania.
"If we're offering the same thing as the Democrats, but with different packaging, what's the point in having a Republican Party?" Rubio said."I'm going to offer Floridians a clear, consistent, authentic small-government choice in the primary."
Indeed, Rubio expects the primary to receive national attention as a referendum between the party's moderate and conservative wings. He just received a glowing profile in the Weekly Standard, which called him the "perfect recruit for statewide office."
Posted by: drindl | May 12, 2009 1:21 PM | Report abuse
It will be fun to watch the GOP theofascists' and wing nuts' spasms of apoplexy when Crist is finally outed once and for all. Bwaaahaaaa.
Posted by: checkered1 | May 12, 2009 1:17 PM | Report abuse
The cult's chief programmer speaks:
"Earlier today, ThinkProgress highlighted NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions' (R-TX) claim that President Obama is intentionally trying to "'diminish employment and diminish stock prices' as part of a 'divide and conquer' strategy to consolidate power." Sessions' paranoid theory got a powerful endorsement today from the de facto leader of the conservative movement, Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh declared that "the objective is unemployment." "Think forced reparations here if you want to understand what actually is going on," added the right-wing talker."
I'm sure we'll soon be hearing about 'reparations' -- for slavery no doubt -- on this board from our koolaid drinkers.
Posted by: drindl | May 12, 2009 1:01 PM | Report abuse
Crist is not the beginning of anything, he's the end of the trend.
He's the last Specter Republican to advance, a dying breed.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, last Sunday, said given the choice between agreeing with a man who served his nation in Vietnam, rose to the rank of general, was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and served as the Secretary of State of the United States of America, and a talk-radio host, Cheney said he'd go with the talk-radio whutshizname.
In that environment, Crist is counter-trend, not the trend.
Crist may even win, but his seat in the Senate will not be a school of moderate Republican politics, but a museum to it.
He'll not be remembered as the first moderate Republican of a new breed, but the last of an extinct species.
Posted by: 1EgoNemo | May 12, 2009 12:54 PM | Report abuse
"[now] is as good a time as any for citizens to dig in their heels, and demand that our views, values and interests, and not those of the politicians and business interests, be listened to."
Newsflash soldier, you guys are in no position to demand anything. It's your party that's gone off the cliff and the only ideas you guys bring to the table are the ones that got us into this mess in the first place. Just take your seat and mutter to yourselves about tyranny and teleprompters and free markets and stay out of the way while the reality-based community mops up your incontinent messes.
Posted by: chrisfox8 | May 12, 2009 12:52 PM | Report abuse
Charlie Christ is known for being a moderate voice of reason in a hyper-partisan political environment.
Therefore, he doesn't have a chance in the Republican primary.
One only has to read the comments of hard right supporters on this board to realize that he is deeply unpopular with the increasingly radical Republican base. They want an arch-conservative who treats the word "compromise" as if it were a four letter word. They want a rigid ideologue, not a flexible pragmatist.
I have no doubt in my mind that Fox News, Limbaugh, and their fellow travelers will do everything within their power to scuttle Crist's nomination so that a more radical conservative will get the nomination - a person who will please the base but will be as electable as say, Toomey in PA. It will be a nice symbolic gesture but an exercise in futility.
As a Democratic supporter I'd like to say this to all the hard right Republicans who are dead set on purging their party of moderates - thank you.
By cutting off your nose to spite your face and by turning on each other to an unprecedented degree, you're making things incredibly, incredibly easy for the democrats. They just have to sit back and let the right devour itself and then swoop in and pick of the pieces.
So for all your hard-right Republicans out there, Purge On!
Posted by: cjpotter19 | May 12, 2009 12:51 PM | Report abuse
"Conservatives, at least true conservatives, won't vote for Charlie. Indeed, following the Spector betrayal, RINO's like Crist would be better served to run under their true color (liberal)."
As a democrat, i'm going to love watching this. The conservative movement seems destined to condemn itself to the dustbin of history. And that is exactly where it belongs.
Posted by: drindl | May 12, 2009 12:50 PM | Report abuse
It's truly bizarre (but coming from an Austin Resident, totally understandable) that anyone would suggest that KBH would be the best candidate in Texas Gubernatorial race. Even Kinky Friedman, now running as a Democrat, would be a better choice than RINO Hutchison. Indeed, I'd suggest that Governor Perry, despite all his many, many, many,,,,flaws, would still be e better candidate for "real Texans" (and not just those yankee's who migrated to Austin so they could oppress their Texas bretheren)! Better the moron you know than a self serving, bottom dealing old hag!
Posted by: edweirdness | May 12, 2009 12:48 PM | Report abuse
Interesting - appears that if he wins we have another Gay Governor. Now if he would just open the closet a little and let some fresh air and new ideas in I am sure he would feel so much better.
Posted by: peterdc | May 12, 2009 12:47 PM | Report abuse
Conservatives, at least true conservatives, won't vote for Charlie. Indeed, following the Spector betrayal, RINO's like Crist would be better served to run under their true color (liberal). This man's lust for power is only exceeded by his willingness to walk over anyone who get in his way. My real concern is how John Cornyn expects to get re-elected in Texas after licking down the likes of Spector and Crist? Folks it may take a few legislative sessions, and all our citizens will doubtless suffer enormously at the hands of Democrats, but conservatives are no longer the lackey's of the Republican party, and we will not vote Republican simply to keep Democrats from doing even more damage. Our failures have been in electing officials who "talk" but never seem to "walk" the walk. Now, with the economy falling off a cliff, and Democrats and RINO's bulldozing trillions over the same cliff, is as good a time as any for citizens to dig in their heels, and demand that our views, values and interests, and not those of the politicians and business interests, be listened to.
Posted by: edweirdness | May 12, 2009 12:38 PM | Report abuse
The Orlando Sentinel is polling its readers about the senatorial race in Florida. At this time, Crist is coming in third put of the four major candidates.
Posted by: marmac5 | May 12, 2009 12:31 PM | Report abuse
Maybe Charlie can get in the Senate in time to pay for the huge liability Crist has placed on the public with his terrible Hurricane insurance.
I am glad that people in Virginia and Maryland will help rebuild my beachfront home in Florida.
Posted by: jdcw | May 12, 2009 12:29 PM | Report abuse
I must admit I am really confused. Crist is the favorite to win the Florida Senate seat, hmm are we all sure the poll's are not fixed for a republican??? It would seem to me that if a favorite was out in the field it would be Debbie Wasserman. Woman are great candidates, & Debbie is an outstanding House member as well as an outstanding person.(OK she backed Hilary, one mistake is allowed :) Bottom line is I hope the religious Confederate right wing republican wins the nomination because it will make Debbie an even more contrasting person to run & win then she wold against Crist.
Posted by: MrReal | May 12, 2009 12:00 PM | Report abuse
Chris: I forgot to ask if his press conference was held at the Bill Clinton Presidential Library? The sign in the background clearly says the BILL HISTORY SYSTEM.
Posted by: bulldog6 | May 12, 2009 11:53 AM | Report abuse
The press seems to be happy with the word moderate when it comes to elected officials. True be known a moderate is someone with out the courage to act as they should & is more interested in pleasing the money people who help then get elected then acting for the benefit of the people. I really have nothing good or bad about Chist except to say he stands for being elected, that much I am sure of. When we have in our do nothing Senate people like Specter or Crist we have more of the water it down, lets do nothing, staus stays the same going on. This nation needs progressives elected into office that will for the first time in many decades do something to bring this country around to a place where the lower & middle income earners have something to look forward t rather then watching the wealthy become more & more wealthy.
Posted by: MrReal | May 12, 2009 11:47 AM | Report abuse
Why is it OK for you to mention John Edwards affair in your post Chris but not any of the story of Crist being a closet case? Double standards, which is the basis of the film Outrage. Shame on you sir.
Posted by: PatrickNYC1 | May 12, 2009 11:41 AM | Report abuse
The best card in the Democrats' hand is the GOP primaries--particularly those in states with high media costs.
With Crist in the race, Rubio will have to decide whether the stimulus support, the state's shaky finances and questons about his personal life will be sufficient ammo to overcome Crist's name recognition.
I don't know how old Rubio is, but my impression is he might withdraw to fight another day. That would save Crist the bother and cost of the primary, making him a prohibitive favorite in the general. But egos are involved, and Crist has given any primary competitor quite a number of issues on which to attack him to the conservative base.
If the Crist-Rubio primary campaign happens, it will be interesting to see which candidate nearby leaders like Barbour and Jindal and Sanford (or Larry Craig) will support--or demur.
Posted by: bulldog6 | May 12, 2009 11:41 AM | Report abuse
Well, you're right about that, chrisfox-- it really is an alternate reality which rightwingers inhabit. They really do beleive in stuff that has absolutely no factual basis whatsoever. it's a religion -- a cult, actually. And they are able to maintain this belief system precisely because an entire media structure exists to maintain it. Not only Fox and talk radio, but many element of the mainstream media treat what they say as if it were simply another point of view rather than a complete illusion, and that imbues it with credibility. Even Cilliza here contributes to the idiocy by bleating nonsense like this:
"The dearth of conservative groups that do the same is one of the major problems for the GOP right now."
There are literally thousands of talk radio shows, blogs, newspapers, [hello, WASHINGTON TIMES] that exist for no other reason than to catapult the propaganda.
The 'major problem' for the GOP is that since they managed to collapse the economy, a LOT more people are seeing the conservative movement has no clothes. Nor any ideas, values, principles or anything else but greed and selfishness.
Posted by: drindl | May 12, 2009 11:34 AM | Report abuse
Once again, Chris Cillizza's hopes and wishes for a GOP comeback shines through. When will the WaPo get over it and realize that the GOP isn't coming back? This talk of another GOP "moderate" saving the party is bordering on delusional.
Posted by: PutDownTheKoolaid | May 12, 2009 11:32 AM | Report abuse
Crist is a superb manager and a pragmatist in policy. I'm a democrat who is glad he is running. I have no doubt he will buck to obstructionist wing of the Republican senate, and attempt to work with the administration on matters of substance.
Far more fascinating will be the reaction of the Republican party base to his inevitable victory. Crist is just to the left of McCain in ideology; look for Powell to publicly endorse him - and it is likely in a national spotlight, that his sexuality will become an issue. Will Republicans chug the kool-aid again and disavow a popular Republican candidate for violations of litmus? I can't wait to find out.
Posted by: bidalah | May 12, 2009 11:31 AM | Report abuse
LOL -- we sure get some of the most brainwashed cultists over here. It would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic. But, hopefully morons from the base like this will ensure a Democratic victory in Florida.
Posted by: drindl
Remember when some swaggering Bush enabler sneered at people who "study reality" and went on to say that his idiot administration "created their own reality," and while the scholars of reality were studying it, they would be busy creating yet another new reality?
Well, they done created their own reality, a parallel universe alongside the actual one, only problem is that it isn't physically real, it resides only in the 21-percenters' addled heads.
Make no mistake, these yahoos believe this crap. They really do believe that Obama is some sort of über-leftist tyrant, that there are peasant collectives being set up in the "heartland," that Obama is handing all the nucular secrets over to that guy Al Kaida.
Hook, line, and sinker. It's called Obama Derangement Syndrome, and we'll probably have to set up federal clinics to treat it, wards full of wild-eyed goopers thrashing against their restraints and hallucinating socialism, yapping about teleprompters and birth certificates.
Posted by: chrisfox8 | May 12, 2009 11:24 AM | Report abuse
"The only thing that a Crist candidacy signals is a another tax and spend politician is running to take more of our money for their pet rocks (projects) BHO's Alinsky-aligned, Chomsky-blessed, Marxist, Leninist, Maoist social welfare collectivism"
LOL -- we sure get some of the most brainwashed cultists over here. It would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic. But, hopefully morons from the base like this will ensure a Democratic victory in Florida.
Posted by: drindl | May 12, 2009 11:02 AM | Report abuse
The guy who stands to lose face in Florida politics is Jeb Bush, an early Rubio backer.
Posted by: Samson151 | May 12, 2009 10:54 AM | Report abuse
What "The Fix" you DIDN'T mention is the continuing shadow of rumors about Crist's true sexual orientation - many in the gay community call his marriage a "sham" for political reasons, and true or not, they will go after him on it.
Posted by: wooflix | May 12, 2009 10:32 AM | Report abuse
Well, this is the worst news the Democrats have gotten in a while. I'm holding on to hope that Crist gets primaried out. Let's see.
Posted by: DDAWD | May 12, 2009 10:21 AM | Report abuse
What it means is that we have another idiot repugnican running for office in a state full of morons.
Posted by: adrienne_najjar | May 12, 2009 10:21 AM | Report abuse
BHO's Alinsky-aligned, Chomsky-blessed, Marxist, Leninist, Maoist social welfare collectivism...
Oh shut up you fool
Posted by: chrisfox8 | May 12, 2009 10:03 AM | Report abuse
"Here in Florida, we've shown that when we put people first and work together much can be accomplished, and I intend to bring that same approach to Washington,".
Oh really? How does your hypocrisy put people first when you're working from your dark, secret closet to deny Constitutional rights to OPENLY gay, responsible, honest and proud Floridians Charlie??
Posted by: Rich393 | May 12, 2009 10:01 AM | Report abuse
Watch the GOP excoriate Crist for not being crazy enough. The GOP has settled on ideological purity instead of winning elections and they don't like their members moving to the left of Limbaugh and Cheney. With both these uh men inviting as respected a figure as Colin Powell to leave the party, Crist's slight nudge toward the center will be greeted with bared teeth and howls of rage.
Especially if he starts sounding environmental. Nothing seems to enrage the filth like a desire to slow down the destruction of our world.
Posted by: chrisfox8 | May 12, 2009 10:01 AM | Report abuse
A Crist campaign will be very interesting once the outing process has been finished (yes, he's gay or bi-sexual) and the GOP is faced with having to support a gay man for a Senate seat.
If he plays it right (and depending on his past comments on gay issues) Crist may still have a shot at winning. BUT the GOP will be between a rock and hard place. Support the Gov. and lose more of the base? Or keep up the Limbaugh/Cheney strategy and do everything possible to defeat Crist in the primaries?
The party can come off either as hypocrites or bullies. But I guess that's what you get when your party is run by hypocritical bullies. Or bullying hypocrites.
It's fun watching the GOP squirm with discomfort.
Posted by: bigbrother1 | May 12, 2009 9:56 AM | Report abuse
If the Reublican Party's qualification for its Presidentiabili now is to be a permanent vocal critic and opponent of the current President, nobody who is serious about running for President in 2012 should even let his name be whisperred in the corridors of the Party's small mansion. He also ought to stay out of the Big Tent as much as possible. Assuming Obama is somewhat successful in turning around the decline of the economy, and continues his success in returning America's standing in the world community, having been an unsuccessful nag in service to the republican Party is unlikely to give any cred to whoever has to run against Obama in the next Presidential election.
So any front runner who buys into the current un-loyal opposition business must be hoping for abject failure, again not a position from which to launch a campaign based on being for the people in general.
These are all meaningless preliminary bouts between has been and never will be low level pugs. The heavyweights scheduled for the main event are sitting quietly in their private waiting rooms, hoarding cash and letting the never will bes beat each other's brains out for the pittance purses and minor notoriety they get for entertaining the rabid masses waiting for the real thing.
Posted by: ceflynline | May 12, 2009 8:50 AM | Report abuse
One of his nicknames in FL:
Chaingang Charlie
Posted by: newbeeboy | May 12, 2009 8:33 AM | Report abuse
Yes, Crist is a popular governor here in Florida. But, he doesn't run the state -- the legislature does. And the legislature has run it right into the ground.
Posted by: marmac5 | May 12, 2009 8:15 AM | Report abuse
Crist's popularity will free fall in the Sunshine State. Residents will think that Crist is simply abandoning them for his own political ambitions. Wait...he is!
Posted by: parkerfl1 | May 12, 2009 8:10 AM | Report abuse
Crist would certainly be a formidable candidate, but he has to get through the Republican primary and Rubio first. It should be a telling assessment for the Florida Republican party, not only because of Crist's moderate views but because of the open "secret" that Crist is gay. How long before Rubio's campaign starts trying to pull off Crist's beard?
Posted by: RookNYC | May 12, 2009 8:09 AM | Report abuse
Crist is in his 50s.
Stormy Daniels would be a change agent, and LA is probably the only state where she might be taken seriously by a significant portion of the electorate because she IS a porn star. Otherwise, LA will probably re-elect Vitter, who is a closet porn star.
Posted by: mark_in_austin | May 12, 2009 8:08 AM | Report abuse
So what happened to the GOP's rebirth with "new blood" and "new ideas" to capture younger voters (under 75 years old)?
How old is Crist, 75?
Yup, that Michael Steele is a genius!
Heck, even that "Joe the Plumber" has jumped ship.
Palin-Jindal 2012!
Posted by: free-donny | May 12, 2009 8:03 AM | Report abuse
While TX is not yet suffering like the other big states and may avoid a sharp downturn altogether, Gov. Goodhair, elected most recently with 39% of the vote, is in deep trouble. Sen. KBH should win the R Primary and the office of Gov.
Posted by: mark_in_austin | May 12, 2009 7:33 AM | Report abuse
The only thing that a Crist candidacy signals is a another tax and spend politician is running to take more of our money for their pet rocks (projects). He'll be another facilitator for BHO's Alinsky-aligned, Chomsky-blessed, Marxist, Leninist, Maoist social welfare collectivism where individualism and initiative are being crushed by the current set of politicians.
Posted by: BeanerECMO | May 12, 2009 7:27 AM | Report abuse
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Releases: Winter 2009
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Max Payne 3 begins 12 years after the events of Max Payne 2, with Max visibly older, more violent, and more world-weary from the events of his own life. Having left the NYPD, Max has been taking odd jobs in security and consulting, and when we find him he is providing personal protection for a wealthy family in Sao Paolo, one of the world's deadliest and most crime-ridden cities. At absolute rock-bottom, Max discovers that trouble still dogs his every step, and he finds himself drawn into the brutal heart of the Brazil's dark underworld.
About The Game
Max Payne 3 retains many trademarks of its predecessors; a focus on story and character-driven action, a large number of sophisticated weapons with dual-wield capabilities, Bullet-Time, an addiction to painkillers, mature themes and Max's ever-present internal monologue. Max Payne 3 also utilizes Natural Motion and Rockstar's own RAGE engine, working with brand-new particle physics technology to deliver spectacular, highly advanced close-quarters combat, an intelligent cover system, and constantly varied gameplay in every level.
About Brazil
Brazil is the fifth-largest country in the world, by area and population, and is notoriously known to house a number of the world's worst drug traffickers, street gangs and kidnappers. The number one cause of death among the youth is murder.
Sao Paolo's young gangs are amongst the most violent in the world, and the most dangerous of those is said to be the Primeiro Comando da Capital. The PCC has organized prison breaks, prison riots, drug trafficking, highway robberies and kidnappings since it was formed in 1993. With one gun for every 75 people in the country and 95% of those firearms obtained illegally, Max will need every skill he has in order to survive.


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New MEMS handbook is comprehensive, practical resource for academics, engineers, students
Academic and industrial research scientists and engineers, as well as students working in micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) commonly encounter an unnecessarily steep learning curve for the development of common MEMS fabrication processes. A fundamental, comprehensive MEMS-focused reference book just published by Springer promises to be an important game-changing asset for the field.
The new MEMS Materials and Processes Handbook (ISBN 978-0-387-47316-1) is an exhaustive design reference for researchers searching for new materials, properties of known materials, or specific processes available for MEMS fabrication. It will be valuable for seasoned researchers and engineers as well as students and other newcomers working in MEMS and materials processing.
The handbook is co-edited by Reza Ghodssi (ECE/ISR), Director of the Institute for Systems Research and Herbert Rabin Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, Md.; and Pinyen Lin, Chief Technologist and VP of Business Development, Touch Micro-System Technology Corp. Taoyuan, Taiwan. It features 35 international contributing authors who are MEMS leaders in academic, industrial and government laboratory settings.
The handbook's content is separated into distinct sections covering materials and processes (fabrication techniques). In the materials section, the extensive "Material Selection Guide" and a "Material Database" takes the reader through the selection of appropriate materials for the required task at hand. The processes section of the book is organized as a catalog of various microfabrication processes, each with a brief introduction to the technology, as well as examples of common uses in MEMS. The effects of processing conditions on material properties are covered where applicable, illustrating the interdependence and multidisciplinary nature of MEMS fabrication. There are also chapters on general MEMS design and MEMS process integration.
Unique feature: step-by-step fabrication recipes, tricks, arts and secrets
As a particularly diverse and multidisciplinary field of research, MEMS presents a vast set of challenges relative to typical integrated circuit fabrication and design. While a wealth of knowledge exists in the MEMS community, much of it is most readily accessed by informal, non-methodological means such as discussions with colleagues at conferences. Much effort is focused on characterization runs and developing in-house recipes and specific processes to develop and manufacture MEMS structures, each time at the risk of wasting research efforts and "reinventing the wheel."
The book addresses this by including case studies at the end of each chapter that give step-by-step examples and recipes prepared by seasoned MEMS experts. Readers will benefit from the identification and explanation of MEMS fabrication tricks, arts and secrets. This unique concept will be helpful for both academics and industrial researchers.
"The most important aspect of MEMS activities is the choice of materials, processes, integration and fabrication of complex homogenous, heterogeneous and hybrid structures," Co-Editor Ghodssi says. "In addition to introducing the reader to micro/nano fabrication and materials, we also have designed the book to emphasize the most difficult and practical issues researchers experience in the lab but often are hesitant to share with their colleagues at conferences and in publications."
About the MEMS Reference Shelf series
About Springer
MEMS Materials and Processes Handbook, ISBN 978-0-387-47316-1. Available in print and electronic versions at the Springer website, as well as through bookstores in the U.S., Europe and Asia. 1185 pp, 200 illustrations. Retail price: $269.00. Publishing date: April 1, 2011.
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Genetic contributions to variation in general cognitive function: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in the CHARGE consortium (N=53 949)
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General cognitive function is substantially heritable across the human life course from adolescence to old age. We investigated the genetic contribution to variation in this important, health- and well-being-related trait ...
Human cognitive ability is influenced by genetic variation in components of postsynaptic signalling complexes assembled by NMDA receptors and MAGUK proteins
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Differences in general cognitive ability (intelligence) account for approximately half of the variation in any large battery of cognitive tests and are predictive of important life events including health. Genome-wide ...


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We've seen this sort of thing before, at least with the 16-3 record after 5 June. 1984: Rick Sutcliffe won 16 of 17 after being traded to the Cubs. 1985: John Tudor won 20 of 21 after June 3 for the Cardinals. It was a one-time deal for them, so I naturally assumed 2009 was a one-time aberration for De La Rosa.
It might still be. It wasn't yesterday. De La Rosa made the Padres look silly (7IP, 1 ER, 9K), as the Rockies won their home opener 7-0.
I don't want to belabor the point - you've probably read all about it elsewhere - but I wanted to point out a couple of things.
Clayton Richard pitched well. He gave up 2 runs on a one out single by Ian Stewart in the third. Richard broke Stewart's bat on the pitch, and the ball still landed in the outfield. What can you do? The other was a solid single to Todd Helton in the fifth. Helton isn't the hitter he was 10 years ago, but he's still very dangerous, and his .427 career OBP is the best in the majors right now.
Everth Cabrera. He saved a run in the third on Dexter Fowler's hit up the middle. By getting to it, he was able to hold Carlos Gonzalez at third. Helton then grounded out to first and ended the threat. It's also been a long time since I saw someone steal a base so cleanly he was on the base before the throw arrived, as Cabrera did in the eighth. Too bad he couldn't stop his momentum and got himself tagged out. Tulowitzki did what all middle infielders are taught to do: he kept the ball on the baserunner until the umpire made a call. Cabrera kept going, Tulo kept tagging, and the umpire got the call right.
Hit and run on 0-2? The Padres talked all spring about being aggressive. With Kyle Blanks on at first and two out, Manager Bud Black started Blanks while Headley faced an 0-2 count. This is completely against conventional widsom.
- You don't start a runner who is slow,
- You don't start a runner with two out, because if he's thrown out that ends the inning (unless its a full count)
- You don't start a runner 0-2. 2-0, 2-1? Sure. But not 0-2.
This is a fine example of why Bud Black is the manager and I'm not. I sure wouldn't have the cojones to put that play on in that situation of a scoreless game. Well done, Mr. Black.


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The 6th annual Keeping the Dream Alive Committee Peace and Unity March was held along the walking trail on U.S. 17 North to Thompson Street to remember the late civil rights leader, who would have turned 84 on this year. Participants carried signs bearing King�s image, held hands and sang in unison along their journey,
A sea of ages and races came together on Monday morning to honor the memory and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
The 6th annual Keeping the Dream Alive Committee Peace and Unity March was held along the walking trail on U.S. 17 North to Thompson Street to remember the late civil rights leader, who would have turned 84 on this year. Participants carried signs bearing King�s image, held hands and sang in unison along their journey,
Keeping the Dream Alive Committee founder Mary Louise Pearson Moore said that this year�s march was particularly special as the nation celebrated the holiday and President Barack Obama�s public inauguration on the same day.
�If it weren�t for Dr. Martin Luther King, I don�t think that Obama would be up there this morning,� Moore said. �We are following what Dr. Martin Luther King wanted us to do, and that is by keeping this dream alive by holding hands, loving one another, reaching out and just making this legacy keep going on.�
Moore said that she participated in her first marches in Raleigh and Morehead City several years ago before bringing a similar event to Jacksonville. The committee has since grown from 10 members to more than 20 and gained more than 200 participants for the march. Several honorary members were also recognized, including Sheriff Ed Brown, who participates in the march every year.
�Onslow County is a beautiful county because it has beautiful people, and those people come from all nationalities and all backgrounds,� Brown said. �I have not missed a march since it started. Ms. Mary Moore is a lively lady and has adopted me as part of her family.�
Following the march, residents gathered for a ceremony at the Disabled American Veterans building that included music, praise dance and special tributes to King and Obama. Keynote speaker Dr. Deborah Houston, assistant professor of management for Mount Olive College, addressed race relations across the country and the importance of respect among people of diverse races and backgrounds, something that King emphasized in his speeches and during demonstrations.
�I think his legacy is probably more relevant today than it was when he was alive,� Houston said. �I think he would be ecstatic with what we�ve achieved as far as technology and the election and reelection of President Obama, but he also would be saddened at the progress we�ve made in race relations.�
Moore said that she hopes that participants and the community are inspired to keep King�s dream alive through participating in the march and establishing unity between residents for many generations.
�I just hope everyone saw that we came together and that it�s not a race thing,� Moore said. �I just hope that even the kids learned to be together and sing �We Shall Overcome,� and we overcame.�
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Hope to Repeat Last Year's Victory
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale women's fencing team will look to rebound after a tough NYU Invitational last weekend as it takes on Sacred Heart at Payne Whitney Gymnasium on Jan. 28.
In particular, the Bulldogs will look to reprise their strong performance in last year's match-up against the Pioneers; then, the team drew on vocal home crowd support on its way to a powerful 19-8 victory. This year, both teams are among others receiving votes in the most recent national poll of collegiate fencing teams.
That result included 6-3 records for both the sabre and foil weapons squads, and an outstanding 7-2 record for the epee squad. If the team can achieve such results, it would certainly put itself in a strong position in the lead-up to the Feb. 11-12 Ivy League Championships, hosted this year at home at Coxe Cage.
After taking on Sacred Heart, the Bulldogs will face off against Vassar at home on Feb. 4.
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To share your tickets, follow these steps:
Step 1: Access your Ticket Account at soonersports.com
Step 2: Click "Transfer Tickets"
Step 3: Select the event to transfer.
Step 4: Fill in complete transfer details/credit card info.
Step 5: Click "Submit" and Sign out.
Step 6: The recipient will be sent an email notification of the transfer and instantly receives the tickets, which can be printed on-demand or delivered to a mobile device.
To accept shared tickets, follow these steps:
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Step 5: Select your delivery method and check out.
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Learn how MacUpdate Desktop can install apps on MacUpdate with the simple click of the icon. Plus, keep all your apps updated.
FCBBooster is a software tool created to improve the performance of the Behringer FCB 1010 MIDI foot controller. It works as an interface between the pedalboard and whatever MIDI device, hardware or software, you want to drive with it, augmenting the controller's abilities and simplifying its use at once. No, it's not an editor for the FCB 1010.
- Ability to send a virtually unlimited number of MIDI messages to a virtually unlimited number of MIDI devices simultaneously from each foot-switch or expression pedal
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LOS ANGELES — The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is hoping that sweetening financial incentives will encourage residents and businesses to conserve water during the statewide drought.
Metropolitan's Board of Directors is doubling the incentive for turf removal, as well as extending rebates for rain barrels and high-efficiency toilets, to further entice Southern Californians to institute water-saving practices at home and in businesses.
The new measures were adopted in response to Gov. Jerry Brown's emergency drought declaration, calling on all Californians to redouble their conservation practices.
The changes will go into effect before the expected summer period of peak water demands.
"Southern Californians have time and again responded to the call for conservation," said Metropolitan board Chairman Randy A. Record. "By encouraging them with even more financial incentives, we hope to boost participation in region-wide conservation programs."
The incentive changes adopted Tuesday include doubling the per-square-foot rebate for turf removal from $1 to $2, extending funding for rain barrels and the residential high-efficiency toilet program; and increasing funding for private and public property owners to convert potable water irrigation or industrial water systems to recycled water as part of a pilot program launching July 1.
According to Metropolitan, participation in the turf removal program increased by more than 50 percent in the areas where member agencies offered higher incentives to replace grass with drought-friendly plants and alternative landscape materials.
Private or public business owners who convert to recycled systems will now be paid for water savings up to five years, replacing the previous two-year cap instituted when the on-site retrofit pilot program was initially approved by Metropolitan's board in February.
In addition to the longer period for incentivized savings, the board approved a higher program cap to allow for a larger amount of annual recycled water use.
For a full listing of Metropolitan's commercial and residential incentives, consumers are encouraged to visit www.bewaterwise.com.
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a cooperative of 26 cities and water agencies serving nearly 19 million people in six counties.


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The Louisiana Municipal Police Employees Retirement System today sued The Hershey Co. in Delaware's Chancery Court seeking to force the Dauphin County-based chocolate maker to open its books as part of a claim that it continues to benefit from illegal child labor in West African cocoa farms.
The pension fund hired the Wilmington, Del., law firm of Grant & Eisenhofer to press its complaint with the court that hears corporate law in Delaware, where Hershey is incorporated, R. Randall Roche, the pension fund's general counsel, said in an email.
The pension fund is seeking to inspect Hershey's records as a shareholder of the company to further its complaint with the courts, Roche said.
According to the suit, Hershey has continued to benefit from cocoa production in the West African countries of Ghana and Ivory Coast, which produce 70 percent of the world's cocoa and where illegal child labor is rampant.
The suit relies heavily on the 2011 Payson Center report on child labor in West Africa cocoa that found only between 5 percent and 10 percent of child laborers were paid. The suit goes on to list additional information from the report, as well as news reports over the last 10 years outlining illegal child labor in West African cocoa.
According to the court complaint, Hershey has had knowledge of illegal child labor activity in West Africa and has been indifferent, refusing on multiple occasions to disclose or discuss its cocoa suppliers with shareholders.
The pension fund is seeking to have Hershey make its records accessible so the pension fund can inspect its cocoa suppliers over the past 10 years, as well as communications among directors and company officials related to its cocoa supply, any illegal activities and child labor, according to the court complaint.
The pension fund asked Hershey open its books in early October, but the company declined, according to the court complaint.
Hershey deflected the charges in its Oct. 12 response letter, according to the complaint, saying it does not buy cocoa directly from West Africa and instead from multinational companies and third-party suppliers.
The suit alleges that Hershey is in violation of U.S. and international law regarding its cocoa sourcing, which benefits from illegal child labor, according to the court complaint.
Hershey did not respond to a request for comment.
On Oct. 3, the Derry Township-based company said it would commit to purchasing all of its cocoa from certified sustainable sources by 2020, an expansion on its earlier commitment to use Rainforest Alliance certified cocoa for several of its products.
Hershey's shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol HSY.