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Next week, PointOfLaw.com will have an Election 2004 special as its third featured discussion. In this space, we've certainly criticized the Dems for their trial lawyer ties, especially those of former personal injury lawyer John Edwards (see here, here, here, here, and many others). But we're concerned about policies, not politics, and we certainly want to hold the GOP accountable, too (see here).
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Arlington National Cemetery, "the nation's most hallowed military burial ground," was born in an act of theft: The U.S. government confiscated it in 1861 from Gen. Robert E. Lee and his wife, Mary Custis Lee, after he took command of the army of Northern Virginia. The first of the Union dead buried there was Pvt. William Christman, a member of the Pennsylvania regiment who saw as much combat as did now-disgraced Ambassador M. Larry Lawrence–none.
Of the United States' 114 national cemeteries, only Arlington is administered by the Department of the Army. All the rest fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Arlington contains the remains of 240,000 dead. It also contains several monuments, including the Tomb of the Unknowns and the Tomb of the Unknown Dead from the Civil War, the latter a granite tomb that holds the remains of 2,111 Civil War soldiers. There are also monuments honoring women in the military, the victims of the failed Iran rescue mission, the slain Kennedy brothers, the victims of the space shuttle Challenger mission, the Rough Riders, and the victims of the USSMaine (its mast was salvaged from Havana harbor and brought to Arlington).
"The event that thrust us into the national spotlight was the burial of President Kennedy in 1963," says cemetery superintendent John C. Metzler Jr. Only 1 million people visited the cemetery the year before JFK was assassinated, the Washington Post reports. During the six months following the assassination, 9 million came, and by 1968, the Kennedy shrine was attracting 7 million people a year.
"Requests for burials rose by 400 percent" following JFK's televised burial, the Post continues. As late as 1967, any veteran with an honorable discharge was eligible for burial in Arlington, and the cemetery had only a year's worth of plots in reserve. To conserve space, the government adopted new eligibility rules that made the cemetery a more exclusive–and therefore more attractive–address for the dead.
Although Arlington remains the prestigious address, any veteran with an honorable discharge automatically qualifies for burial–with military honors–in one of the nation's veterans cemeteries.
Last month, the Associated Press reported the arcane rules currently in effect for who can be buried in Arlington:
Military personnel who died on active duty;
The heavily decorated, including those who won the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, Air Force Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, or Purple Heart;
Long timers with 20 years of active duty or active reserve service who qualify for retired pay upon retirement at age 60;
Those retired for disability reasons;
Those honorably discharged before Oct. 1, 1949, for at least 30-percent disability.
The other rules read like the fine print on an insurance policy:
The spouse or unmarried child (21 years or younger) of those listed above or those already buried in Arlington. An unmarried dependent student qualifies before age 23, as does any adult child who acquired a physical or mental disability before age 21;
A veteran who is the parent, brother, sister, or child of an eligible person already interred. Interment must be in the same grave as the primary eligible, the veteran's spouse must waive his or her eligibility for Arlington, and the veteran can have no dependent children at the time of death.
Those not eligible include:
The remarried widower/widow of an eligible person, unless he/she is no longer married at death;
Those whose last discharge was less than honorable.
After adopting the new eligibility rules, the government established a waiver system for exceptions granted by the president, or by the secretary or high-ranking officials of the Army. Secretary of the Army Togo West has granted 58 exceptions since November 1993. High-ranking Army officials have granted seven during that time. President Clinton has granted four. The Carter administration granted 17 exceptions in four years, the Reagan administration 53 exceptions in eight years, and the Bush administration 34 exceptions in four years. West explains that the increased demand for Arlington plots helps account for the record number of waivers he has approved.
Ambassador Lawrence apparently lied about having served in the Merchant Marine during World War II. (Besides, the Merchant Marine is not a part of the armed forces.) Other ambassadors who did not serve in the military but are buried in Arlington anyway: Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John A. Scali (1995) and Arnold L. Raphel (1988; he died in an air crash while serving as ambassador to Pakistan). Other envoys who received burial waivers but did serve in the military: William R. Rivkin (1967), Cleo A. Noel Jr. (1973), Phillip K. Crowe (1976), and Adolph A. Dubs (1979).
Clinton's four waivers: Justice Thurgood Marshall; Elvera Burger, the widow of Chief Justice Warren Burger; Army veteran and Drug Enforcement Administration agent J.W. Seale, killed in Peru while on a mission; and Marine veteran and Washington, D.C., police officer Henry J. Daly, killed in a shootout.
While not a secret, the waiver program is not publicized, Secretary West has acknowledged. He outlined the waiver rules in a November press conference. Ambassadors who die in office merit consideration for a space in Arlington. Cemetery superintendent Metzler told the Washington Post that he would have recommended a waiver for Lawrence, "given the fact he died in office" and was "serving actively in a post at the time of his death." Also qualifying under waivers are U.S. government employees who are "killed in the course of their service to America," those who have performed "unique service" to the nation, and reservists who die while on active duty for training. "Humanitarian concerns" for the family requesting an Arlington burial are also acknowledged, said West, citing a World War I veteran who didn't automatically qualify under the rules but whom he would have waived in, and a Tuskegee airman who had flown 22 combat flights.
Waiver requests often are forwarded to the superintendent and the secretary of the Army from members of Congress, although individuals can make the requests directly. Because corpses have a short shelf life, the decisions are made quickly.
The Los Angeles Times reports that Clinton issued an Arlington waiver-in-advance for former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, who is still alive. Koop is the only person to have been so honored.
Arlington's 612 acres will be filled with corpses by 2020 if the rate of 20 burials a day continues. According to West, one Arlington gravesite can hold three caskets. Of the 58 burials approved by West, 42 were in existing graves.
There is plenty of room for cremains: Arlington added a columbarium in 1980; it accepts the cremated remains of any veteran who received an honorable discharge.
The cemetery overlooks the Potomac River and has more than 14,000 trees. Most graves are marked with simple tombstones. The major exception: the turn-of-the-century Officers Section, which is crowded with lavish markers. These stone angels, huge crosses, marble cannonballs–and even a cannon–were paid for by soldiers' families.
The Union had buried about 7,000 soldiers on the Lee estate by 1864, deliberately planting tombstones in Mrs. Lee's rose garden right up to the Lee house's back door. After the war, a freedmen's village was established on the Lee plantation, and included a hospital, a school, and a church. More than 3,800 former slaves are buried at Arlington under headstones that say either "civilian" or "citizen."
Arlington National Cemetery expansion, which pushed the freedmen's village out, may also claim a 24-acre plot of woods around Lee's old home. The parcel would add 10 years' worth of burial space. Also eyed for annexation is part of Fort Myer, adjacent to Arlington, and a parcel owned by the Department of Defense.
Robert E. Lee's son, George, sued the U.S. government in the 1870s for the return of the family estate. The Supreme Court upheld his claim, and the government paid him $150,000 for it. The general never returned to his plantation. He is buried in Lexington, Va., in Washington and Lee University's Lee Chapel.

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Dear Doctor,
I'm writing in regard to the research findings today posted on The Body web site regarding average lifespans for the HIV-infected with CD4s above 350 at time of initiating therapy versus less than 350. The study reports that those starting above 350 may expect a normal or above-normal lifespan. This seems like good news, but what I find so maddening about this and similar reports periodically appearing on this web site is that they leave out the important qualifying information, thereby rendering the findings useless for a reader except as generalized feel-good or feel-bad "lite" reading.
For instance, I'm 53, have had HIV for 29 years, am currently undetectable, and take Atripla as my only therapy. Clinically, I'm doing well. I started Atripla therapy in 2005 with CD4 of 210, and most recently it was around 750. I've never been ill from HIV, and do not have Hep C, nor have I ever injected drugs, etc. Now to the point: what exactly are the factors that should make my lifespan shorter than normal while having initiated therapy with a CD4 of less than 350? The study cited on this web site very coyly, vaguely alludes to "other variables" (I'm guessing injection drugs, hep C, mental issues, homelessness, etc.) without ever addressing how any of this should be considered when assessing the significance of having started therapy with an initial CD4 count of more or less than 350.
This kind of report, although well meaning, is almost worse than nothing because it doesn't offer information that one could relate to a real-life situation. It's just empty numbers. So what do you think? How should an average reader such as myself with a starting CD4 count of less than 350 make sense of this news? Is starting with CD4 of less than 350 but no history of injection drugs, hep c, or HIV symptoms functionally equivalent to starting with CD4 over 350? If not, then what are the negative factors? Insofar as you are publishing this on your web site as an research summary, and setting up hierarchies of clinical outcomes, I think you should be a bit more clear about what you are trying to communicate to the public.
Thanks for your attention on this.
Response from Dr. Young
Hello and thanks for posting.
You're referring to the North American ACCORD study that reported last year that life expectancy among positives in the US and Canada has increased steadily in recent years. This is entirely great news, and is true whether one starts treatment "early" (with CD4s greater than 350) or "later" (with CD4s below 350).
But whoa there. What you're at issue with is the observation that populations of people who start treatment later have a lower average life expectancy than those who start earlier. I'm sorry that you're upset about the reporting about this- it's merely the data that was presented.
There are some obvious reasons why this would be the case- first off, populations of people who start treatment later include people who are also diagnosed with AIDS complications. This later group is at much greater risk of death from these complications, so by simple math, would tend to drag down the average life expectancy of the group. There may be other reasons too- those who access care late also tend to have difficulty staying productively in care once diagnosed, so many social issues can also cause problems- the very issues that you've mentioned. The difficulty in these studies is that not every contributing research group was able to faithfully capture these data, so it's difficult to draw any detailed conclusions.
This doesn't (as you suggest) make the study useless. On the contrary, knowledge that the pathway that we're taking-- to try to get people to test earlier, stay in care and on treatment is have dramatic impacts-- in these studies, minimally measured by life expectancy. These are studies of tens of thousands of real people, with real lives. I wouldn't so quickly dismiss the conclusions. I wouldn't be so discouraged by the report- this report is a cup way full, not meaninglessly empty.
Life expectancy is improving and is normal on average. It's overly dismissive that you don't think that knowledge of late diagnosis and initiation of treatment isn't important for the thousands of people who are not tested or not productively engaged in their health care.
Remember the study that we've discussed (and others) are population-based studies. Other studies have and do address factors that negatively affect health risk. Many of them conclude that for people like you with normal-range CD4 counts and on treatment have very similar disease risks as the general population. Different types of studies look at individual risk- a relevant one shows that current CD4 count is important too. Risk of complications (including heart disease and death, for example) are now essentially the same as the HIV negative population once one has recovered a CD4 count to above 750 or so-- these conclusions meaningfully apply to you.
How should you interpret these results? It means that if you have risks factors noted in a population of people in one study, one should look carefully if any of these risks apply to you. To the extent that late initiation is a factor, you can't control that. But making sure that you stay engaged in your care, adherent to your medication and involved in as much preventive medical care (diet, exercise, smoking cessation, vaccinations) as possible.
In the end, while you may disagree with the reporting, but know that if you're on treatment, adherent, have an undetectable viral load and normal CD4 count, I'd be plan on an average, if not longer than average life expectancy.
Hope that's helpful. BY
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Mandiant responded to an incident in 2017 at a critical infrastructure organisation where an attacker deployed malware designed to manipulate industrial safety systems. The targeted systems provided emergency shutdown capability for industrial processes. This malware, called TRITON, is an attack framework built to interact with Triconex Safety Instrumented System (SIS) controllers.
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The fairer sex in India is ahead of men when it comes to capturing intimate moments on video or sending personal text messages, e-mails and photos, security software maker McAfee said today.
In its '2014 Love, Relationships & Technology' survey, McAfee found 59 per cent women saying they send personal or intimate text messages, e-mails or photos compared to 57 per cent male respondents.
About 30 per cent women said they filmed sexual video content as compared to 27 per cent Indian men.
The survey, conducted across 1,008 people among people aged between 18-54, examined how Indian consumers are sharing and storing intimate data on their mobile devices, especially with current or former significant others.
It also highlighted how sharing personal content such as suggestive texts, naked photos, suggestive video and passcodes on these devices can potentially lead to cyber-stalking and the exposure of private content leaking online.
"Indiscriminate usage of mobile phones to share photos and videos reiterate the realities of digital privacy — or lack thereof," McAfee Marketing Head (India and SAARC) Rupa Roy said.
Ultimately, users are increasing the risks of these photos becoming public and possibly jeopardising their identity and reputation, she added.
"It is critical therefore to take proactive measures to make sure their personal data is safe and secure," she added.
While respondents trust their partners to not share their sexually explicit content, about 6 per cent said they did not fully trust their partners.
About 68 per cent respondents said they have checked their partners' mobiles to check their messages and photos, while 31 per cent said they check their partner's activities by logging into their partner's Facebook profile.
About 44 per cent admitted to cyber stalking or following their significant other's ex on social media, while 43 per cent said they track their partner's ex on Facebook.
"It's majorly 'women' who carry out the above mentioned revengeful acts, which is mostly because their partner cheated on them (47 per cent)," McAfee said.
Interestingly, 28 per cent respondents said their ex had threatened to release their risqué images online but did not. However, 17 per cent said their ex carried out the threat.
McAfee said consumers should not to share passwords and avoid weak passwords for mobile phones with others to help keep their content secure.
Also, users should use security solutions especially for smartphones to ensure private information is kept safe even if the mobile phone is lost or stolen.
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In Japanese culture, the crane is a symbol of good fortune and longevity and has played an integral role in art and literature. Chances are you've seen cranes depicted in some form or other in popular Japanese art (if you're anything like me, when you were young, you also may have read—and been slightly traumatized by—Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes). Those (non-origami) depictions were likely copied—or at the very least heavily influenced by—Maruyama Okyo (1733–95), a painter who revolutionized the practice and taught or influenced generations of Japanese painters.
Through the perseverance and diligence of Robert T. Singer, curator of Japanese art, LACMA recently acquired a pair of Japanese screens depicting cranes (read the Los Angeles Times article that explores the acquisition of Cranes in depth) by Okyo that has never before been displayed in the United States. In fact, the pair of screens, created in 1772, has almost never been shown in public anywhere. They were displayed in Japan twice, in 1996 and 2004, and even then only for a matter of weeks. Measuring five-and-a-half feet tall and twenty-two feet long, the screens are in immaculate condition and represent the highest achievement in Japanese painting.
Okyo's screens are so rare and valuable, in fact, that the Japanese government has registered four out of the artist's last five pairs of screens as National Treasures, making it impossible for them to leave Japan except for on loan.
And the fifth pair? Now at LACMA. After Singer's two-year campaign to acquire the screens, LACMA was granted an official export license by the Ministry of Culture of Japan in honor of the museum's concerted effort to strengthen and highlight its collection of Japanese art.
In addition to Cranes, LACMA's has other paintings by Okyo, including the adorable Five Puppies.
The screens are on view now in the Pavilion for Japanese Art.
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Lon Johnson needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 114 designs submitted by 46 freelance designers.
SwitchToClean, SwitchToClean.com
SwitchToClean is a for-profit company dedicated to switching the United States to a clean energy economy and helping to solve the climate crisis by creating and increasing consumer demand for clean renewable electricity. SwitchToClean is both a business and a mission.
The SwitchToClean logo will serve as a direct to consumer clean energy marketing campaign, as well as a consulting firm to electricity companies who wish to increase their clean energy sales.
This brand look and feel is designed to inspire people to take action and spread the word about personal actions they can take to switch America to clean green energy. It is a brand that has a specific progressive point of view and therefore should feel authentic, energetic and action-oriented. This is not a corporate mainstream brand but also not a brand that is for crunchy hippies. It is clean, comfortable, modern, cool and totally accessible brand.
25-54 year-old progressive Americans who:
-are online
-belong to environmental organizations
-are likely registered Democrats
-interested in taking personal "green" actions
-activists and advocates
SwitchTo Clean:
-is authentic
-is energetic
-is effective
-is for people like me
-is fresh and cool
The url should be part of the logo.
Colors we like:
Cool colors.
Ocean Blue
Sky Blue
Fonts styles we like:
not futuristic
not all-caps
we like serifs with modern twist (Fast Company)
unique but not distracting
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Metallica Talk Orion Music + More Festival in Behind-the-Scenes Rolling Stone Video
Metallica were recently featured in their very own addition of Rolling Stone's 'Big Issue.' Each individual member of Metallica was interviewed for the 'Big Issue,' where they spoke about their upcoming Orion Music + More Festival, the 3D concert movie and more. Now, Rolling Stone has posted a behind-the-scenes video from the 'Big Issue' cover shoot.
As Metallica went through the process of taking pictures for Rolling Stone, drummer Lars Ulrich spoke about how the Orion festival was inspired by European festivals the band had played throughout their career. "Getting your own festival off the ground is not something you do overnight," says Ulrich. "What we're trying to do with the Orion festival is certainly rooted in our European festival experience over the last three decades. The main thing you get at these festivals is diversity and variety, and it's really exciting because the whole experience of the weekend is about discovery."
Kirk Hammett spoke about Orion in his one-on-one interview with Rolling Stone. "Let me let you in on a little secret. Whenever we go on these kinds of endeavors, it's never to make money," says Hammett. "We want it to be fun and exciting. Maybe we break even. Or lose money. Whatever. It's not a financial thing. We're trying to come up with something cool."
Bassist Rob Trujillo's former band Suicidal Tendencies will be jamming at the Orion festival, and the bassist spoke about the dream acts they were unable to book. "If it were up to me, Bootsy Collins and Parliament-Funkadelic would be there," reveals Trujillo.
The Orion Music + More festival takes place June 23 & 24 in Atlantic City, N.J. Check out the Metallica interview on Rolling Stone's website and watch the behind-the-scenes video of the cover shoot below:


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Oklahoma deputy fatally shot; authorities seeking suspect
An Oklahoma sheriff's deputy has died after being shot by a suspect Tuesday morning.
Authorities said Logan County Sheriff's Deputy David Wade was serving an eviction notice when he was shot by the suspect, 45-year-old Nathan Aaron LeForce.
LeForce then drove away in the deputy's vehicle. Authorities said he may have carjacked two more vehicles since then. LeForce reportedly drove the deputy's car to Smitty's Gas Station near Coyle, where he carjacked a woman.
LeForce is described as a white male wearing a black shirt with tattoos on his neck.
The stolen vehicle, a gray 2010 Mazda with an Oklahoma tag AEN-616, was believed to have been traveling south on Henney Road from HWY 33, according to Oklahoma City police. That vehicle was found near County Road 76 and Jaxton Road northeast of Guthrie. But police said LeForce is not in custody.
Authorities are looking for him in the area of Jaxton and Post.
Langston University, Mulhall-Orlando schools and Coyle schools have been placed on a lockdown.
The deputy was shot at least three times, once in the face, authorities said. He was taken to OU Medical Center, where he later died from his injuries, family members confirmed.


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Author: Leslie Edwards,Jonathan Ambrose,L. Katherine Kirkman
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Category: Nature
Page: 704
View: 9240The Natural Communities of Georgia presents a comprehensive overview of the state's natural landscapes, providing an ecological context to enhance understanding of this region's natural history. Georgia boasts an impressive range of natural communities, assemblages of interacting species that have either been minimally impacted by modern human activities or have successfully recovered from them. This guide makes the case that identifying these distinctive communities and the factors that determine their distribution are central to understanding Georgia's ecological diversity and the steps necessary for its conservation. Within Georgia's five major ecoregions the editors identify and describe a total of sixty-six natural communities, such as the expansive salt marshes of the barrier islands in the Maritime ecoregion, the fire-driven longleaf pine woodlands of the Coastal Plain, the beautiful granite outcrops of the Piedmont, the rare prairies of the Ridge and Valley, and the diverse coves of the Blue Ridge. With contributions from scientists who have managed, researched, and written about Georgia landscapes for decades, the guide features more than four hundred color photographs that reveal the stunning natural beauty and diversity of the state. The book also explores conservation issues, including rare or declining species, current and future threats to specific areas, and research needs, and provides land management strategies for preserving, restoring, and maintaining biotic communities. The Natural Communities of Georgia is an essential reference for ecologists and other scientists, as well as a rich resource for Georgians interested in the region's natural heritage.


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Welcome to the Community Policing Section of the Eaton County Sheriff 's Office.
Community Policing is a philosophy which embodies numerous programs enabling it to benefit the community and law enforcement. It consists of two major components which work in conjunction with each other; developing and nurturing community partnerships and problem solving techniques. The goal of Community Policing is to reduce crime and disorder by carefully examining the characteristic problems within communities, then applying appropriate problem solving techniques to reduce and/or eliminate these problems. crime-prevention is our aim, in lieu of "after the fact" responses to crime.
The law-abiding, the young, the old and the innocent deserve and must be given the highest level of professional service we can provide. Our mission is to do just that. At the same time, criminals must fear that their guilty acts will be discovered and prosecuted. As a result, the criminals will become an object of our relentless attention.


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Doctoroff Gives Chicago Law School $5 Million Gift for New Business Program
The University of Chicago is using a $5 million gift from Bloomberg LP chief executive Dan Doctoroff to start a new business program at its law school.
The elite law school announced the gift on Wednesday, the latest example of how the rougher legal job market is prompting law schools to rethink legal education.
Chicago says the idea for the program came from one of its alumni, Mr. Doctoroff, a 1984 graduate of the school. Mr. Doctoroff, a former investment banker, was a pivotal figure in New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration, leading the city's failed quest to host the Olympics.
The new program will offer courses on finance, accounting and financial management, microeconomics, and business strategy. . . . .


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Sioux Falls Man Cut With Paring Knife; Suspect in Custody
A Sioux Falls man was injured late Tuesday when he was cut with a paring knife, and another man is in custody.
Officer Sam Clemens says police were called around 11:45pm to the 500 block of North Cliff Avenue, where the 30-year-old man had been in a room with a 24-year-old woman.
Clemens says when they began arguing, a male relative of the woman came into the room with a paring knife.
He swung the knife at the man, cutting him several times on his head and one arm.
Clemens says the victim got out of the house as fast as he could, but the assailant was still there when police arrived.
Edward Thomas Theobald, 47, was arrested for aggravated assault. The victim was treated for his cuts.


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Hedge funds' combined holdings in gold futures (COMEX:GCZ13) rose the most this month as continued U.S. monetary stimulus spurred investors to sell short contracts and sent prices toward the first quarterly advance in a year.
The net-long position in bullion jumped 12% to 78,654 futures and options in the week ended Sept. 24, the most since Aug. 27, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data show. Long wagers gained 1.8% and short bets fell 17%, the biggest drop in four weeks. Combined net-long holdings across 18 U.S.-traded commodities climbed 1.7%, the first gain in September.
Gold rose 8.2% this quarter after a slump into a bear market in April spurred sales of coins, jewelry and bars. The Federal Reserve refrained from trimming bond buying this month, surprising investors. The pace of purchases could remain steady at $85 billion a month into January as policy makers wait for more signs of economic recovery, Fed Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans said Sept. 27. Bullion rose 70% from December 2008 to June 2011 as the central bank bought debt.
"The Fed has made it clear that the economy is weak, and the stimulus spigot will be open full-bore," said John Stephenson, who helps oversee about C$2.7 billion ($2.6 billion) at First Asset Investment Management Inc. in Toronto. "That means they're continuing to inject more into the money supply, and that is a bullish argument for gold."
More Gains
Futures rose 0.5% to $1,339.20 an ounce on the Comex in New York last week. Gold rebounded 12% since reaching a 34-month low on June 28. It is still down 21% for the year, poised for its first annual retreat since 2000, as some investors lost faith in the metal as a store of value. The contract for delivery in December slid 1.1% to $1,324.60 at 9:23 a.m. in New York.
Seventeen traders and analysts surveyed by Bloomberg expect prices to rise this week, with seven bearish and three neutral. That's the second consecutive bullish weekly survey, the first back-to-back positive outlook since July.
The Standard & Poor's GSCI Spot Index of 24 commodities fell 0.4% last week and the MSCI All-Country World Index of equities slid 0.6%. The Bloomberg Dollar Index, a gauge against 10 major trading partners, slipped 0.1%, and the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Bond Index gained 0.5%.
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Lady Antebellum Take Target Practice at Army Base
Prior to last week's show in Columbus, Ga., Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood of Lady Antebellum took a few of their bandmates to learn the skills of a sharp-shooter at the US Army base at Fort Benning. In their most recent 'Webisode Wednesday' episode, fans can watch highlights from their afternoon.
It's not clear if Haywood — in his best pair of 'Ellen' underwear — or Kelley was the better marksman, or why Hillary Scott decided to skip out on this trip. Both men get lessons from a trained instructor, who shows off his talents near the end of the two-minute clip. Unfortunately, someone sticks a Lady Antebellum guitar pick on a target 250 meters away, and the instructor puts a bullet through Scott's heart.
This weekend, the trio has shows in Chicago, Omaha, Neb. and Minneapolis, Minn. before a day off on Monday and a tour leg in Canada next week. They're nominated for four 2012 ACM Awards, including Vocal Group of the Year and Album of the Year for 'Own the Night.' That broadcast airs on CBS on April 1, and it's one you won't want to miss.
Watch Lady Antebellum Take Target Practice at Ft. Benning


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Tri-State Dharma is an organization designed to promote the study and practice of Insight Meditation in the Buddhist Theravadin tradition in the geographic areas of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. As such, it is actively engaged in facilitating the existing Sangha (community of practitioners) in both study and practice. The organization sponsors retreats and other related activities throughout each calendar year in an effort to bring the teachings to the public.
Our weekly Sunday gatherings and our retreats are open to anyone interested in using meditation as a means of spiritual growth.
Sunday meditation begins at 9:30 at Earth Connection at 370 Neeb Road, Cincinnati, OH (across from the college of Mount St. Joseph). Click here for directions. All are welcome.


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We all know that fashion is continuously changing. Styles go out, new styles come in, old styles come back again etc. We thought it would be interesting to take a look at some vintage college swag compared to what we see today. Remember all of these pieces you can find on ebay!
First we have a Purdue University vintage men's satin jacket from the 1980's.
This is a Swingster, gold and black satin jacket that snaps up the front. While this particular jacket is from the 80's this style is classic and is still being used by many college apparel designers.
In contrast, we have a modern day Purdue University pullover jacket.
Besides the obvious style difference you can also see the color scheme has been changed slightly. The gold used in this jacket is nowhere near as vibrant as the gold used in the 1980's jacket.
Next up is Iowa State. Also from the 80's is this Iowa State snap button jacket.
This is a back view of the jacket so the Iowa State is shown. While a similar style to the vintage Purdue jacket, the coloring is really what screams vintage.
Nowadays an Iowa State jacket looks a lot more like this Element full zip jacket.
Here again you can see the color change that has happened over the years. Both the "red" and the "gold" colors are very different shades now. Keep in mind wear and tear on the 1980's jacket but there is still quite a difference.
Last we have a Kent State Flock Print athletic sweatshirt from the 1960's!
Besides being a little worn (which makes it so comfy) this Kent State sweatshirt is still very in. We've seen a lot of styles lately who have been copying this older, but never dated, look. The coloring might not be perfect but the shape and the very visible seams makes it fashion forward no matter the decade.
And finally a more modern Kent State piece. This midweight full zip hoody can be find anywhere and for any school.
This hoody really is everywhere. Something about its simple design and quality material makes it the perfect sweater to go to a game in or to hit the books in the library. There is quite a style difference between this hoody and the sweater from the 60's, but I have to say I would wear both of them.
Which do you prefer? Today's gear or the vintage collection?
Also don't forget, everything on this post can still be found on ebay!


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Miner's Electric Cap Lamp
Miner's Electric Cap Lamp
- Description (Brief)
- First manufactured in 1912, the Edison Safety Mining Lamp was powered by a battery enclosed in a self-locking steel case worn on the miner's belt. A flexible cord, protected by a steel cover at both ends, connected the battery to the cap lamp. The battery could power the six-candlepower lamp for 12 hours and was recharged at the end of a miner's shift.
- Location
- Currently not on view
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- accession number
- 240639
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- National Museum of American History


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A Rewarding Experience
Spectrum Athletic Clubs, Los Angeles, uses a rewards program to reach people inside and outside its clubs' four walls, a move that has helped increase revenue by $40 million in three years.
Matthew Stevens, CEO, Spectrum Athletic Clubs
Interview conducted by Pamela Kufahl, editor
Q: How would you describe Spectrum Athletic Clubs?
A: We operate 12 facilities in Southern California and now 10 in San Antonio. Our clubs are geared in the mid- to upper-scale, athletic club category. If you use the hotel industry as an analogy, we try to deliver a product consistent with Westin Hotels. We look at everything—all the components in our offerings. Like with the locker room, we look at the locker box, the size, the lock. How do we make that experience a little more special? That's what the hotel industry does with the bathroom. What does my shower look like? What does the shower head look like? Is that what's going to make a difference in them being willing to pay $179 per night instead of $79?
On our fitness floor, our audio-visual is upgraded so at least 50 percent [of members using the equipment] have their own personal TV. We have a stretch area with a flat-screen TV with a running loop of a stretching program.
Other amenities are that we focus heavily on the safety side. When you walk in, we have large cabinets that say Safety Zone on them. Inside are complimentary bandages, ice packs, anything members would need, plus an AED (automated external defibrillator), crutches, wheelchair—everything you would need to take care of a member. You don't walk into many clubs that have a basketball court that have a wheelchair to transport members [if they hurt themselves].
We work hard to find a vendor [for our cafés] that makes it a perfect fit for our members with an excellent menu. To have that as an extra component takes it up a notch.
So everything is a little bit touched up.
A typical club might make people find a basketball at the front desk. On our court, there's a rack of basketballs that get replaced every three months. Four days of the week, we provide a referee for regular pick-up games—not just league games—and this is not a regular profit center. It takes it up a notch. It keeps the game organized. It turns the court over on a regular basis. We will see 50-75 people on the court at any given time.
Our kids' programming is off the chart. We focus on all the fun activities kids would want to do. We recruited kids club directors from schools. We pay them above what they get paid at the schools to bring in the most creative people we could have.
So it's all the little things to make a difference and to provide the experience that a person says, "Well, if I'm going to go to a Westin, what do I expect? If I go to a Marriott, what do I expect?" The hotel industry has done a good job of defining that. We've used that as our guide on how we make decisions on putting together the programming and components in our clubs.
Q: You have clubs in Texas and California. Why are you focused on those two areas of the country?
A: Spectrum Club Inc. came about because of two acquisitions by our parent company, Brentwood. They bought Racquetball and Fitness in 1999 and then Spectrum from Sport Club Co. about six months later. We've made a decision to make the brand all the same using Spectrum. We've worked on bringing all the clubs up to the same level of a Westin Hotel.
Q: How have you defined your target market?
A: Our target market is predominately 30 years old to 65. Household income varies between Southern California and San Antonio—it's $50,000 in Texas and $75,000 in Southern California. We have programming for the different groups—programs for families and for seniors. We don't dial in any deeper than that.
Q: Do you plan to purchase or build more clubs in the next two years?
A: We plan to stay dialed into both markets. We've projected out a mid-market in San Antonio and a larger market in Los Angeles. We have plenty of growth plans in each market. We will fill in so we have complete control of those markets. As far as further growth from there, we will see after our three-year plan.
We have some expansion plans. We have about $12 million of capital going into our facilities. That includes adding to some clubs. So we have good capital going into existing clubs. We will add three clubs in 2008 and three in 2009 in San Antonio.
In Los Angeles, we are in an opportunistic mode.
Q: Who do you see as your competitors?
A: In both markets, we have good, strong competitors—and that's good. It makes us do a better job. We compete with Gold's in Texas. They have 10 stores in San Antonio. Life Time Fitness has two stores. So we compete directly with them, and they are both good competitors.
In Southern California we compete with everyone. This is a hotbed of a market. This is LA Fitness' home. Equinox has a big presence. Sports Club Co. has a big presence. We know how to compete. We understand our niche, and we stay true to our strategy and deliver our product. Our revenue speaks for itself.
Q: Can you talk about the Health Miles program that your company offers to corporations for their employees and, more recently, that you began offering to your club members?
A: We've been one of the lead companies working on Health Miles, a software product with [a rewards company]. Health Miles is a Web-based product that allows a member or employee to track all their [health and exercise] data associated with measurements and activities. It creates "miles" that are converted to a rewards program. (Editor's note: This program is similar to the rewards programs that airlines have in place.)
Today, our members can upgrade and add miles to their memberships. They can earn over $1,000 in prizes over the year. It means taking their blood pressure once a month, doing a fitness assessment twice a year, tracking activity onto the Web site using a Go Zone—a computerized pedometer that's downloaded at a kiosk at our clubs. You earn miles, and you hit levels and earn money. You can put these miles back into things at the club or [use them at] one of 40 major participating retailers. It might be a gift card—up to $250 worth, or 12 personal training sessions, two fitness assessments, an extra $100 worth of club services or a year's executive guest pass privileges, which allow members to bring in guests for free.
It doesn't reward you if you are a fantastic athlete vs. a non-athlete but for tracking your activities. The concept is if you do this on a consistent basis and if you have a red flag pop up for something—diabetes, heart disease—it will trigger you to see a doctor. The challenge in the health club side of the world is that no one sees those red flags because people don't take their blood pressure once a month. So it's only when a shock situation takes place that people realize they are diabetic.
Health Miles is rewarding you for doing these things. So you can do that as a member or as an employee [of a corporation that has enrolled in the program]. The employer can see that they have 135 employees of whom 35 percent are in the obese category, 22 percent are classified as diabetic. Then, you can decide what you are going to do to remedy that—either a diabetic program, quit smoking program or something else.
We've been working with [the rewards company] for three years. We rolled it out in 2006 in San Antonio. We landed a school district with 10,000 employees in San Antonio as our first big client. Health Miles was included in their health care services. So if you signed up for health care with the school district, you signed up for a membership in Health Miles.
A typical wellness program gets 10 percent to 20 percent participation. The school district is averaging 58 percent participation in the program. That's the lowest participation rate that we have. The average company [enrolled in Health Miles] has 90 percent participation. We have about 32 companies enrolled in it now.
We have a software and hardware growth plan here. On the software side, we are talking to companies with 25 employees and some with 400,000 employees to put Health Miles in. They can bundle the package as they'd like. They can choose from a menu of services.
So it changes the look of an athletic club program. Here's the hardware (the physical clubs) and then here's our software (the Health Miles program).
When we started diving into this and executing the rollouts, we found it was so easy to get the high levels of participation because we employ the gym teacher of the 1980s. They work for our industry. You have an entire world of people who want to work in our space, but the only option—if you don't want to be on the business or sales side of it—you have is to be a personal trainer. If we can do this, you have opened a whole other area to a whole new group of people to recruit to our space. That takes our industry to a different level.
So we tested this Health Miles program with our company. We allowed our employees to do Health Miles and we paid for it for them and their families. We sat down with the five major insurers. We have 500 employees, which was $1.5 million per year for health care. We asked for pricing from all five insurers. All came in at a 17 percent increase year over year. Then, I held a meeting with each one of them. I walked them through Health Miles and our claims history. Then, they resubmitted their plans. All came through with a lower price.
Instead of taking our savings to the bottom line, I upgraded all the services that we provide to our employees on the medical side. So we went up 6 percent in costs, but their co-pay costs went down and we got them a 100 percent co-insure match on a PPO. We did this because if we can show the world that the preventive side is the way to go, then our employees have themselves a career path that will rank up there with the computer industry.
Q: How does the Health Miles program affect your corporate fitness?
A: I've been in the industry since 1985. I started in New York selling corporate memberships to investment firms. The challenge we've had in the past is, how do you track the [employee health] data? You can tell employers that exercise is great for morale and reduces absenteeism. They say great, but how do I know that? We'd give them attendance reports, but the data was hard to track. This program now allows us to capture the data, so I can show them the activity. Users go to a kiosk to get their data, and it's captured into the system. The cholesterol and all of their results download on the Web site for them. They don't have to input it themselves. Now, I have the data to work with the companies. Now I can help build a roadmap on how to take charge of their health care costs, and carriers can help manage disease with employees.
We already have a standing relationship with Humana and now also with United Health Care in taking our data and sharing it with their systems. Working with the corporate world all starts with, can you show them data?
Q: How much participation in the rewards program are you getting from you club members?
A: The club program is broken into three categories. Thirty-three percent of our users are regular users—our group that uses the group on a consistent basis. Thirty-three percent use it two to three times a month, and 33 percent use it less than that. So it evenly breaks across those lines. If we don't move people from the last category, that's where we lose those members, if we don't at least move them into the second category.
To our club members, Health Miles was only rolled out as of Jan. 1, 2007. (Editor's Note: Prior to that, the program had been sold to corporations who offered it to their employees, and the employees may or may not have used Spectrum clubs.) The beauty of Health Miles is that you are engaged in our product throughout your entire day. If you wear the Go Zone, which is where you earn most of your points, then you are using Spectrum all day. You are getting rewarded by us for your activities. So it's no longer dependent on you to walk through our doors to have an interaction with our company.
So if someone comes two to three times a month through our doors, but they use our Go Zone, then they are using us every day. They are thinking, my typical day is only 3,500 steps, but I need 7,000 steps a day. So should I walk someplace for lunch or do I go by the club to get a workout? If I can get into their psyche to change that behavior so they are getting exercise a little bit more all day, then we've had an impact on their world. And they are getting rewarded for this.
It's tearing down the walls. You don't value our product by simply walking through our doors. You value it by a dynamic environment.
We are finding that members are buying Health Miles for their parents who are not even in the cities that we operate in. Maybe their parents are in Waco, TX, and they have a discussion about how many steps they took and they do it in a fun, competitive way. That creates a whole new line for us as far as where we can go with the business.
Q: Can people purchase the program only, or do they have to be a member of your club?
A: We sell Health Miles only for $20 per month–no membership to the club.
Q: Why aren't more clubs offering their members a program like this?
A: We were working on this for two years to get this right. Virgin Life Care and IBM were doing the technology and Humana was providing the health care expertise. Just in the last six months, we've taken it full bore to market but in a correct way. Spectrum and Virgin have tried not to mass market it through the health club industry. We've zoned in our markets in Los Angeles and San Antonio to get this right. If we get this right, it's a win for everyone in the industry. So we aren't trying to get every health club in the industry to jump on board. It'll probably be another 12 months to have a major national launch. We hope to get two more major companies on board.
We need the 100,000-employee company. It could be an entire city workforce. It could be a union group that has 100,000 employees. The 100,000-employee groups are looking at $500 million-health care contracts. Then, we want to have a monster company. We are at the table with companies that have 300,000-400,000 employees. If we can have one pilot at 100,000 and another at 300,000-400,000, then we'll have all the groups tested out and understand what we have to do to deliver the product.
Q: How will implementing a program like this affect clubs?
A: The one major adjustment we made from a programming standpoint was to build out classrooms for workshops. We developed a curriculum to do six-week cooking programs, stop smoking programs, etc. You can do an online program if you are not within the area of our clubs.
Right now, we've had a high success rate of insurance companies picking up the cost of the seminars if you are in the high-risk category.
We've had to make an adjustment in our physical plant to make areas that are fun.
But it's profitable for us because insurance companies are paying for it.
We've also had to build out computer zones in our clubs. We have a minimum of six computers at each club free for members to use so they can check their Life Zone, which is part of Health Miles. They can download their Go Zone, and they can use the Internet for what they want.
It's especially important for our senior members. Often, every seat is taken. It takes about 15 seconds to download their Go Zone. They don't have to download it every day, but they have to download monthly. It will take down all the information and time stamp it from the last download. It puts it into graphs and charts for them to see their progress.
Q: How much profit are you making with this?
A: This year, we creep over the $100 million mark. We grew from $60 million in the last three-and-a-half years. We still have 22 clubs, but we grew $40 million in revenue.
The potential is astronomical. If we can prove out this process, the revenue growth for us and for the industry is fantastic. We have to do this right, not just try to get the quick buck out of it. I need to make sure that we deliver the results. Was I able to help them in the form of dollars by changing their health care cost increase of 15 percent, or did I change the culture of the school system? Did I allow them to stabilize their benefits? This is one of the deepest dives that anyone in the industry has done using the public athletic club sector as the vehicle for delivery.
Q: How could this affect the obesity issue?
A: We are hoping to launch our program by mid summer to allow children 12 and up to be on this. The No. 1 demand we have from school systems and members is to have this program rolled out for kids. Parents want to do this with their kids. We can make this cool. We can make the Go Zones in different colors. Some of our staff wear the Go Zone on their shoes, hips, belts, legs. My staff has found ways to make this an accessory to their outfits. We want to make this in different colors so that you can switch it out depending on your outfit.


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Copenhagen Airport is just 9km from central Copenhagen at Kastrup. There are several options for getting to and from Copenhagen airport by public transport:
Copenhagen metro
The metro runs every 5 minutes during the day and every 20 minutes at night. The journey from the airport into central Copenhagen takes 15 minutes. The station and ticket desks are located in Terminal 3. A single ticket costs 36kr but you can also buy travel cards (Klippekort), details of which can be found on the Copenhagen Metro website.
Copenhagen Airport train
Trains run between Copenhagen Airport and Copenhagen Central Station (Hovedbanegården) every 10 minutes and take around 15 minutes. Trains are operated by DSB and there's a guide on how to book tickets on the DSB website.
The DSB ticket office and platforms are located in Terminal 3. A single ticket costs 36kr and 18kr if you purchase a travel card (Klippekort). There are also direct trains from the airport to Helsingør (Elsinore) and Sweden (Malmö and Ystad), with onward connections to Bornholm.
Buses to and from Copenhagen Airport
Bus 5A runs from Copenhagen Airport (Terminal 3) to central Copenhagen. The fare is 36kr, 18kr with a travel card. You can buy cash tickets from the driver and tickets and travel cards from the DSB ticket counter in Terminal 3.
A free shuttlebus service operates between Terminals 3, 2 and 1.
Taxis in Copenhagen
A taxi from Copenhagen Airport to the city centre costs around 200kr during the day and 250kr at night and on weekends. Prices include tax and tip, but if you have large items, such as bikes or luggage that need to be fixed to a rack outside the vehicle, you will be charged more. There is a taxi rank outside each of the Copenhagen Airport terminals.
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During his monthly residence at New York's 20,000-seat Madison Square Garden, Billy Joel, as he usually does, began his encore with his bouncy 1983 biggie, "Uptown Girl." The song hit No. 3 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart and No. 2 on its adult contemporary chart at the time.
However, at a show on Aug. 7, Joel sang the song to a gal sitting down in the front row; the gal who appeared in that song's popular video thirty-one years ago: his former wife, model Christie Brinkley. Brinkley was sitting with their daughter, Sailor, at the concert.
At the time of the music video shoot, Joel was dating another supermodel, Elle McPherson. But after that relationship ended, Joel and Brinkley began dating. They were married from 1985-1994. The couple has remained friendly ever since.
According to WENN and a video posted on YouTube, the singer pointed to the camera crew to get a shot of Brinkley dancing and singing along. Brinkley later posted an Instagram of herself and Sailor with the caption: "He's still got it."
Paul Revere retires
Since 1958, Paul Revere has led The Raiders. Even as late as last year, the then-75-year-old was known for his boundless energy and endless jokes as he banged away on his keyboard with the custom '60s Ford Mustang front. Alas, his year-long battle with cancer has forced the charismatic dynamo into retirement, according to his Facebook page.
The band will now tour as Paul Revere's Raiders and Revere will remain busy with the group members as executive producer of their shows. The current Raiders features Revere's son on guitar, former Buckinghams powerhouse drummer Tommy Scheckel, and front man/guitarist Darren Dowler, who has been a Raider for the past decade (former singer Mark Lindsay, who sang on all the group's '60s and '70s hits, left the group in 1975).
In a Facebook message, Dowler said the group will release the final two songs to feature Revere in October, "We're Still Rocking" and "Still Hungry."
"Paul Revere is one of the most genuine people and best mentors I know," Dowler said. "He brought me into the group and rather than holding me back in any way, told me to go out on stage every night and shine as brightly as I could. I'll miss him every night on the stage, but will rock as hard as I can in tribute to the great rock star that he is. He's a very loved man by the entire band and much of the world."
With hard rocking mid-1960s smashes like "Hungry," "Kicks," "Good Thing," "Him Or Me, What's It Gonna Be" and "Just Like Me" (that reached No. 11 and is the only one of these pounding biggies not to make the Top 10), the group should have been a shoo-in for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but in that organization's infinite wisdom, they've never even been nominated for induction.
Bob Weir cancels all 2014 shows
Former Grateful Dead singer-guitarist Bob Weir — who has lead his "other" band, RatDog, since 1995 after the death of The Dead's Jerry Garcia — canceled the RatDog tour he was to begin this week, according to RatDog's website. Weir and company played the Greek Theatre in L.A. on July 2.
In the post, the 66-year-old Weir gave no reason for the cancellation, only saying: "Circumstances have necessitated that all scheduled tour dates for Bob Weir & RatDog are being cancelled."
Last year, Weir fell on stage forcing the cancellation of a few shows. His Grateful Dead and Further (an offshoot Dead band) bassist buddy Phil Lesh said last September that he'd been suffering from a strained shoulder.
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July 27, 2012: Former President Clinton Calls on World to Scale Up Biomedical Interventions to End Epidemic
Former President William Clinton headlined the Conference's Closing Ceremony, calling on the world to scale up new biomedical interventions to save the lives of people already living with HIV and end new infections.
Acknowledging that scaling the interventions up in whole populations will come with a stiff learning curve, the former President said we can't and don't need to wait until we have learned what are the best practices for each intervention. We can learn as we go, he said. The time to implement treatment-as-prevention, PrEP for high-risk groups, voluntary male circumcision, and legal clean syringe exchanges, he said, is now. He called on governments that stigmatize same-sex sexuality and injection drug use to reverse sex and drug laws and end offical and unoffical harassment so the new interventions can reach the populations that need them most.
Clinton also acknowledged that scaling the interventions up will be costly, but the expense will lead to lower worldwide health care costs in the future. He praised low and middle-income countries for stepping up their HIV/AIDS spending so that it now exceeds the contributions of donor countries. He said that commitment to full implementation of the new interventions would be met by major new funding from governments and foundations.
This article was provided by National Association of People With AIDS.
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Kenny Chesney released a new single, "Come Over," to country radio on Monday (May 14). The track comes from his upcoming album, Welcome to the Fishbowl, due June 19 on BNA Records.
"'Come Over' is about two people who are as broken as their relationship is, when they realize deep down that their time together has probably run its course, but they aren't really ready to emotionally or physically move on to something else," said Chesney. "They keep going back to each other because it's familiar. It's about emotionally feeling wanted in a moment, but it feels impossible to let anybody else fill that void. It's a really sexy song with lyrics that are incredibly universal."
Chesney filmed a music video for "Come Over" in Florida with director Shaun Silva. The song was written by Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne. Chesney and touring partner Tim McGraw are currently in the Top 10 with their duet, "Feel Like a Rock Star."
In related news, Chesney teamed with New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and actor Matthew McConaughey for a charity event in New Orleans on Saturday (May 12). Proceeds will help provide after-school fitness and wellness programs in the New Orleans area, as well as providing care, education and opportunities for children and families in Louisiana and the Gulf Coast.
At the end of his performance at House of Blues, Chesney was joined onstage by Brees and McConaughey for a rendition of "Boys of Fall." In addition, one patron paid $10,000 to sing a verse of "Somewhere With You" with Chesney.
"We've been in tour rehearsals for weeks now, so it was great for us to get onstage and feel the energy and feedback from the crowd," Chesney said. "Tonight was all about playing music to help celebrate this great event. People in this town love music and helping out their neighbor, and I was glad to be a part of it."