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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Society cannot tolerate random acts of violence

Michael Pravica, HendersonSaturday, June 25, 2011 | at 2: 02

Recently, which I am biking to work, I was the victim of a random act of violence that someone threw a bottle of watered-down drinks in me trying to knock me off my bike.

My quick reflexes and conditioning was apparently, far superior to the antagonist that nothing happened to me.

This pathetic and childish incident caused me to reflect on the problems with random anonymous violence which cost many Americans their lives. Gone are the days when "men were men," and faced each other on a. Today honor many lost souls with inner demons lack, dignity and decency, while hiding behind their cars, guns, gangs, freeway overpasses, etc., and protrude their anger on innocent, unsuspecting victims.

In my case, instead of realizing that by bicycle traffic, I reduce petrol consumption (which reduces costs for all), road congestion and pollution and threw angry and deranged person quite good, chilled and nearly full drink at me because either he was jealous that I can bike 20 miles in 100 plus degree heat or just because he could do it anonymously and get away with.

We cannot survive as a society with this type of behaviour and must identify, report and prosecute persons who unpunished crimes encourage antisocial more vicious crimes.

It is also time for many drivers to behave more civilly on the roads and for our law enforcement authorities in order to improve this crisis/epidemic here so more people are seeking alternative forms of transportation.

Public enemy No. 1 for America is on Wall Street

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Public enemy No. 1 for America is on Wall Street Dale Quale, Las Vegas

Saturday, June 25, 2011 | 2:01 a.m.

With Osama bin Laden at the bottom of the sea with SpongeBob SquarePants, I nominate Goldman Sachs as the next existential threat to America. They are hiding out in EasyMoneystan on the island of Manhattan. Since their “perfect crime” of 2008, which they got away with, they continue to innovate. Speculative commodity bubbles in corn and oil, resulting in higher food and gas prices, repackaging of toxic Greek bonds that threaten all of Europe with a euro-destroying debt crisis, and the sale of our state and city parking meters, toll roads and other public infrastructure for 75 or 100 years to foreign sovereign funds are just the most visible and recent examples of their amoral pursuit of profit.

Let’s send SEAL Team 6 to Wall Street!

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Only trusted comments are displayed on this page. See all Comments ? By uddeboda June 25, 2011 3:23 a.m. Flag

Actually you had 2 Nr ONES as public enemies.

Osama and Wall Street

Both have cost more than $1 trillion each, and still the war continues in Agrostan, and the Wall street bankers continue to do very very well on the backs of the US taxpayers, with huge salaries, huge huge bonuses, they really must be laughing all the way to the banks....................just when will you people ever ever learn

By Future June 25, 2011 3:46 a.m. Flag

Obama uses Wall Street

A month ago Obama and the DNC invited Wall Street Mogules to the WH for a campaign Fund raiser.

This week Obama went to Wall Street for another load of money.

75% of all wall street money goes to Democrats

By dipstick (dennis williams) June 25, 2011 3:58 a.m. Flag

if wall street collapsed tomorrow. i wouldnt shed one tear over its demise. another power point of how capitalism is someones delusion like communism was karl marxs wet dream. its all about greed and how those OUTSIDE the system, get fleeced and raped in the name of gross national product .( GNP)

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To help those in need

Saturday, June 25, 2011 | at 2: 01

Charitable giving is an integral part of the American spirit, if there is a donation of canned goods to the local soup kitchen, volunteer work to rebuild a community ravaged by a tornado or hurricane, or economic aid and medicine be sent abroad to stem the spread of hunger and disease. This generosity has its limits, especially during economic experiments. But there is fresh evidence that the country's economy is growing gradually from the great recession, at least as far as donations are.

Evidence of this, it was reported Monday by the Foundation giving in Chicago and his research partner, the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, United States. They found that the charitable contributions by American individuals, companies and foundations in 2010 totaled more than 290 billion dollars, a 3.8% increase compared with the previous year in actual dollars and a 2.1 percent increase for inflation.

After the 2008 and 2009 witnessed the sharpest declines in American offers in more than 40 years, it is a welcome relief to see an uptick in donations. There was an increase for education, art, culture and public-society benefit organisations such as United way. As Edith Falk, President of the United States, to give these increases came despite the fragile economic recovery. " To the Americans should be proud of.

But the News is not all the light. Patrick Rooney, Executive Director of the Center on philanthropy, said "the sobering reality is that many donated is still wounded." He also said that if only grows at the rate it did in 2010, "it takes five to six years only to return to the level that we saw earlier great recession."

Boston Globe columnist Derrick Jackson also correctly identified another sad reality: the increase in charitable giving "pales in comparison to what will be removed in the current siege of cuts in the budget." Jackson was referring to how social service budgets in Washington. But Nevadans knows how it is that inadequate social service program since population growth never pays for itself.

Now that the State is enduring prolonged economic difficulties, as evidenced by record layoffs, foreclosures and bankruptcies, are even greater demand in Nevada to a stronger social safety nets. The cruel reality is that the State has been unable to give much support. Nevada's outdated tax system has enabled many companies to go virtually untaxed in years, and has submitted important services without adequate funding. Efforts to change the system over the years have failed, and has submitted a little Government help for Nevadans who need it most.

The who expect charities to compensate for the difference is very wrong. But since donations are needed more than ever, all of which contribute in a charitable manner deserves nothing but the highest praise from a grateful community.

Monday, June 27, 2011

Get outside of Las Vegas: free urban, suburban sites to visit

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The Lewis Avenue Pedestrian Corridor next to Centennial Plaza in downtown Las Vegas Monday, June 20, 2011.

Saturday, June 25, 2011 | 2 a.m.

President Obama declared June 2011 as Great Outdoors Month, an awareness campaign and celebration of outdoor recreation and preservation with a nod to natural landscapes and neighborhood parks. While Southern Nevada is noted for its designated conservation areas and national recreation sites, it also has urban and suburban spots worthy of visiting for those dying to get outside in 100-plus temperatures but have no cash for gas, are commuting by foot or bus passes.

Leila Navidi Lewis Avenue Poets Bridge

The Lewis Avenue Pedestrian Corridor has a great little footbridge featuring poetry by 20 writers who have, at some point, called Nevada their home. Located in Downtown Las Vegas across from the Foley Federal Building, next to the Historic Fifth Street School, under the beating sun and amid the urban soundtrack, the Poets Bridge is a fitting place to meditate on life in Las Vegas while inspired by the words of Gregory Crosby, Dayvid Figler, German Santanilla and others.

Completed with formal landscape — desert plants, a shallow river and decorative stone — the pedestrian area, (also a popular hangout for the city’s homeless people), is a result of a Centennial Plan beautification project and includes Crosby’s “The Long Shot,” a poetic account of the unimaginable Las Vegas story, a city built on dreams in the most unlikely of places. That story continues in adjacent Centennial Plaza where artist Stephen Hendee’s “Monument to Simulacrum,” an angular and formidable 12-foot-high stainless steel sculpture embodying Las Vegas’ perseverance in an extreme and hostile environment.

The Lewis Avenue Pedestrian Corridor is located at Fourth Street and Lewis Avenue, Downtown.

Kristen Peterson Heritage Street

The homes lining Heritage Street, a tree-lined gravel stretch of local history at Clark County Museum, tell stories of noted residents, decades and events of the 20th century. The five homes include a Tudor revival decked in swank ’50s design and a 1912 California Bungalow, depicting life in the 1920s for the Beckley family, who owned a Las Vegas clothing store. A stand-alone room from a motor court (with a 1946 Plymouth parked outside), The Boulder City Depot, a print shop and the Candlelight Wedding Chapel are part of the walk-through collection. And yes, the structures are air-conditioned for your comfort (as opposed to historical accuracy).

The homes are open 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily, 1830 S. Boulder Highway. Call 455-7955 for more information.

Flamingo Arroyo Trail

The Flamingo Arroyo Trail that lines the Las Vegas wash includes art enhancements designed by noted artists Kevin Berry of Phoenix, Barbara Grygutis of Tucson and Buster Simpson of Seattle. Sit under the Pauite-inspired steel shade shelter at the Pecos-McLeod trailhead for a meditative experience, wander through the desert landscape designed in response to the environment, then walk the pedestrian trail.

Seating areas were made of discarded rubble, including stairs from the imploded Stardust swimming pool.

The trail is located off McLeod Drive, south of Desert Inn.

The St. Andrew Catholic Community church labyrinth in Boulder City

The grounds of St. Andrew Catholic Community include a labyrinth accompanied by benches, a desert garden and sculptures. Walk its path in the daytime or stroll it in the evening. The labyrinth is lighted until 10:30 p.m. daily. Even in extreme temperatures, it’s a worthwhile trip for anyone looking to get away and get inward. Make a day of it and visit Boulder City’s shops and restaurants.

St. Andrew is located at 1399 San Felipe Drive, Boulder City.

Neon Boneyard

Take a guided tour through the Neon Museum’s outdoor collection of large-scale and historic metal neon-and-bulb signs. The 150-plus sculpted iconic signs and their scripts forming the Boneyard’s gravel walkway provide a visual narrative of Las Vegas. The collection includes signs from Downtown Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Strip and local businesses. Again, worth the journey no matter how hot it gets in the summer.

For scheduled tours, call 387-6366 or visit neonmuseum.org.

Sam Morris Michael Heizer’s “Double Negative”

If you’ve found some extra cash to fill the gas tank and want to explore the outdoors while pontificating the idea of a doubly negative space, head 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas to see Michael Heizer’s “Double Negative.” The 1,500-foot-long, 30-foot-wide, 50-foot-deep earthwork near Overton is one of the largest sculptures in the world, and was completed in 1970 by scooping away 240,000 tons of rhyolite and sandstone to create trenches that are connected by a center canyon. The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles owns the sculpture that is worthy of visiting if you don’t mind a bumpy drive into the rugged desert.

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Man wounded in shooting outside the convenience store

By Conor Shine (contact) Friday 24 June 2011 | 11: 39 p.m.

A man was in serious condition Friday night after being shot outside a convenience store in northwestern Las Vegas, said Metro Police.

The shooting occurred about 10: 15 p.m. outside a 7-Eleven store on 870 n. Rainbow Blvd. near Washington Avenue, said police.

The man was shot once in the hand and was transported to University Medical Center with serious but non-life threatening injuries, said Lt. Dan McGrath.

McGrath said investigators believe the shooting may be gang-related. No suspects were in custody, he said.

Witnesses gave only a vague description of the shooter and the investigator may determine if the shooting was captured by the store's surveillance cameras, McGrath said.

Las Vegas councilman deals with high-achieving students with pizza, prices

Paul Takahashi Las Vegas Councilman Ricki Barlow serves pizza to third grader Yovanni Palma, 9, and fourth grader Alejandro Aceves, 9, at McCall Elementary School in North Las Vegas on Friday 24 June 2011. Barlow donated pizza, backpacks and bicycles to students to improve their scores on State standardized tests for reading and mathematics.By Paul Takahashi (contact) Friday 24 June 2011 | 16: 00: 19

800 e. Carey Ave., North Las Vegas

Earlier this year, gave Las Vegas Councilman Ricki Barlow students at a North Las Vegas elementary school a special challenge.

Improve performance on standardized test criterion referenced and Barlow would treat high-performing students to a pizza party and prices as bicycles and backpacks full of school supplies.

This Friday rejoined Barlow to Quannah McCall Elementary School, 800 Carey Ave., congratulate the few dozen summer school students to achieve the highest score in school history.

-I am here today to live up to the end of my favourable because more than 124 students have surpassed CRT exam, "said Barlow. "I am very proud of these kids."

According to unofficial CRT scores, McCall still has room for improvement, with two thirds of the fourth and fifth graders passing the math portion of the CRT and about half of the fourth-and fifth-v?ghyvlar cross section reading. In third class, only 53 percent passed math and 34% passed reading.

This year's points, however, a major improvement from the previous year, according to Principal Maria Chairez. When she joined McCall 2005, Aino only 11 fifth-v?ghyvlar cross section, the treatment of the CRTs.

This year's better scores 42% in reading and mathematics from 56% in the last year, Chairez said, adding that she feels confident McCall will meet its annual yearly progress designation again on the no child left behind.

"We are very proud of our growth," said she. "Quannah McCall is on the move. We hope that a turnaround school in North Las Vegas. "

Students log as they rushed to the scene to take free backpack and cheered as the names of the highest peak was called out and given complimentary bicycles and helmets.

Fourth-stone grader Christian Gonzalez said she was happy about his new bicycle. His old bicycle had rust and a flat tyre and missing streamers, she said.

"I feel really good," said Gonzalez, 9, that she wants to become a veterinarian someday. "When I discovered my points, I was really, really proud. My parents were proud of me, too. "

Five-stone grader Guadalupe Urbina, 10, published second highest score in her class this year. She said that she felt encouraged by his teachers and Barlows challenge.

"I thought I would get a lower score than I got," said she. "I have worked so hard, but I never thought it would do."

Barlow said he planned to continue to donate to schools in the future.

-I am a product of Clark County School District, "he said. "This is my home, where I was born and raised, so I understand the importance of giving back to the community. Someone has to take my site so I will do my part to ensure that the future generation will soon will be a great opportunity to succeed. "

Jon Huntsman on Mark Amodei "red alert" ad: we'll see how efficient it

By Anjeanette Damon (contact) Friday 24 June 2011 | 18.00: 32

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, who recently resigned as the United States's Ambassador to China to run for President, demonstrated his diplomatic tone of the day when asked about Republican congressional candidate's Mark Amodei campaign latest ad that envisioned a world to take over by the Chinese.

"Everyone has the right to do what they want to do in a free market system," said the Huntsman. "That's what is great about America because in China, you would never be able to do this."

Huntsman said he saw the "last part" of Amodei's ad, which contains a mock Chinese newscast describes a Chinese Empire financed by American debt. The final image is Chinese troops marches on the u.s. Capitol. Amodei, who oppose raising the debt limit, said he used the inflammatory images to provoke a conversation about the dangers of the country's growing debt.

"We see how effective it is," said the Huntsman.

The advertisement has been criticised as racist and potentially damage Nevada trade relations with China. Nevada's exports to China have grown exponentially over the last decade and is still an important tourism market for the State.

Huntsman said he has doubts about the Chinese will be offended by the ad.

"I believe that the time they learned to understand how the free-wheeling our political system, which, deep, envy," he said.

Righthaven compare to patent enforcers

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As it works to continue its lawsuit campaign, Las Vegas newspaper copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC is saying that case law in the patent field supports its litigation-driven business model.

In one of the first Righthaven court filings signed by Dale Cendali, Righthaven’s new star attorney with the law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP in New York, Righthaven this week urged U.S. District Judge James Mahan to uphold its right to sue over Las Vegas Review-Journal material.

Righthaven faces an uphill battle, as U.S. District Judge Philip Pro this week ruled Righthaven doesn’t have standing to sue even with recent amendments to its lawsuit contract with the owner of the R-J.

The problem with the contract and copyrights assigned to Righthaven is that Righthaven still doesn’t gain an exclusive right in the copyrighted material — and that exclusive right is needed to have standing to sue, Pro ruled.

Nevada’s Chief U.S. District Judge Roger Hunt adopted Pro’s interpretation of the amended contract in dismissing two Righthaven cases this week. Last week, Hunt threw out another case based on the original lawsuit contract.

And Mahan has been openly critical of Righthaven and its policy of using copyrights for lawsuits.

Righthaven disagrees with Hunt and Pro about its standing to sue, the company’s attorneys wrote in a filing Wednesday with Mahan.

“Righthaven undoubtedly owns the copyright under the recently executed amendment,” the filing said.

“Righthaven respectfully disagrees with Judge Hunt’s decision.” About Pro’s ruling, it said, “Righthaven disagrees with that decision and intends to appeal.”

In defending Righthaven’s lawsuit-driven business model, Cendali and another Righthaven attorney, Shawn Mangano, cited case law that found patent assignments made for the sole purpose of filing lawsuits are valid; and that a patent grant for litigation was valid even with the grantor retaining several rights related to the patent.

“It is well-established that in copyright law, as in patent and trademark law, parties other than the original owner-creator may acquire the intellectual property rights and sue for infringement,” Righthaven’s filing said.

If this were not true, “countless nonpracticing entities would be deprived of standing to bring patent infringement claims,” Righthaven’s filing said.

“Nonpracticing entities” are known in the intellectual property law field as entities that use patents for licensing and litigation purposes. Although some are considered legitimate, well-capitalized companies, others are considered opportunistic “patent trolls.”

Righthaven’s likening of its business model to the patent field will no doubt be of interest to one of its main litigation foes, the Electronic Frontier Foundation in San Francisco.

The foundation has its own patent law experts and a “Patent Busting Project” aimed at fighting illegitimate patents, particularly in the software and Internet fields that target individuals and that the foundation says threaten free expression.

“More and more people are using software and Internet technology to express themselves online. Website and blogging tools are increasingly popular. Video and audio streaming technology is ubiquitous. Email and instant messaging have reached users of all ages. Yet because patents can be anywhere and everywhere in these technologies, the average user has no way of knowing whether his or her tools are subject to legal threats. Patent owners who claim control over these means of community discourse can threaten anyone who uses them, even for personal noncommercial purposes,” a foundation report says.

As for Righthaven likening its business model to “nonpracticing entities” in the patent field, one Righthaven observer was skeptical Friday.

“The invocation of patent law as a guide for a copyright case struck me as a little desperate. While courts sometime cross-pollinate between the two doctrines, the copyright statute has very specific requirements for standing to sue as well as a 9th Circuit (Court of Appeals) case directly on point. Righthaven reached for patent law analogies because the more directly applicable law wasn’t favorable,” said Associate professor Eric Goldman of the Santa Clara University School of Law in California and director of its High Tech Law Institute.

Another attorney said “nonpracticing entities” and patent trolls typically do gain full control of patents — something Righthaven is working to establish it has done with its amended lawsuit contract for Review-Journal material.

Separately involving Righthaven, an attorney representing Righthaven defendant Dana Eiser in South Carolina on Thursday filed a massive, updated answer and counterclaim in federal court against Righthaven.

The new federal filing is similar to a complaint filed on behalf of Eiser and her Tea Party group in state court in South Carolina on June 13 against Righthaven, The Denver Post and others.

The June 13 suit was the first suit or counterclaim to be filed against The Denver Post over its role in the Righthaven lawsuits.

Righthaven charged in a no-warning lawsuit against Eiser that she posted a Denver Post column on her blog, charges denied by Eiser. The column by Mike Rosen was called “A letter to the Tea Partyers.”

The new 119-page federal answer and counterclaim levels 56 charges at Righthaven covering allegations ranging from racketeering to violations of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

The claim charges Righthaven lacked standing to sue over Review-Journal and Denver Post material, that it filed “extortionate lawsuits” to extract settlements from defendants and that these suits had a “dramatic chilling effect on expression on the Internet.”

“Righthaven conducted a pattern of racketeering activity. The racketeering activity consisted of extortion, mail fraud and wire fraud,” the new court filing says. “Specifically, Righthaven engaged in an intentional scheme to extort and defraud its targets and to obtain money or property from them through false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, threats and promises.”

“Right now, we’re just gathering evidence. We want to talk to other Righthaven victims. We are very interested in talking to them,” said one of Eiser’s attorneys, Todd Kincannon of the Kincannon Firm in Columbia, S.C.

Righthaven has not yet responded to this new court filing, but it insists it has standing to sue and in the past it has said its no-warning lawsuits are needed to thwart extensive online infringements of newspaper material.

Also, techdirt.com writer Mike Masnick commented on Righthaven CEO Steven Gibson’s appearance this week on the TV news discussion program “Face to Face With Jon Ralston.”

During the show, Gibson suggested criticism of Righthaven by some judges is, in part, guidance for future copyright cases.

“I think part of what’s happening here is that the federal judges recognize that Righthaven has hired some of the top lawyers across the country. Copyright lawyers. Harvard law professors. And they understand that we’re affiliated with an organization as reputable as Stephens Media,” Gibson said.

“I think what the judges are saying is ‘listen, folks, Righthaven is filing a lot of lawsuits.’ They understand that we’re potentially genuine with respect to upholding copyrights. They don’t want to see Righthaven competitors potentially come on with not-solid documentation, and they’re giving us guidance as to what the documentation should be,” Gibson told Ralston.

These and other comments caused Masnick to write: “Righthaven has lost badly, and it looks like Gibson hasn’t quite come to terms with how much trouble his company may be in.”

Righthaven has been ordered to file a response next week to an order by Hunt that it show cause why it should not be sanctioned.

Hunt in a June 14 order wrote that Righthaven’s failure to disclose Stephens Media LLC, the owner of the Review-Journal, as an interested party in the litigation involved a “flagrant misrepresentation.”

These disclosures are required by court rules so judges can determine if they have conflicts of interest they would need to disclose, or that would prevent them from presiding over a case.

Hunt also said he believed Righthaven had made “multiple inaccurate and likely dishonest statements to the court.”

One of these, the judge suggested, was that a certain Righthaven standing claim is “flagrantly false — to the point that the claim is disingenuous, if not downright deceitful.”

Health District files second complaint against county over funding

Southern Nevada health district filed a second complaint in court Friday against Clark County and Clark County Commission, charging the Commissioners failed to provide US $ 15.9 million in necessary funding for the coming year.

An appeal for "release by mandamus" was submitted to the county of Clark County District Court covering the budget dispute. The petition asks the Court to require the County to fund 15.9 million dollars.

A day earlier, sued the district health County, charging Commissioners fails to cooperate with plans for the development of a new health district headquarters offices.

Friday's court petition proposing the County is hypocrisy to complain about State take the County's money and then turn and take the district health money.

"In 2005 when the district health Southern Nevada became a regional health districts serving several municipalities and Governments in Southern Nevada, Nevada legislature mandated direct financing to the Southern Nevada health district from Clark County Health District in Southern Nevada to provide essential services that benefit the public," said Friday's court petition.

"But for the Southern Nevada health district's 2011-2012 budget, Clark County arbitrarily reduced Southern Nevada health district's direct financing from the prescribed amount of $ 23.80 $ 5.692 million, which represents lack 15.867 million dollars.

"Southern Nevada health district is asking this Court to force Clark County to finance district health Southern Nevada completely and to limit the Clark County from further manipulation with the Southern Nevada health district's direct financing," says the petition.

County budget shows that all revenue sources, health district budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 will be 74.1 million dollars, up from 73 million dollars this year.

Is about the district health should obtain all property taxes attributed to it, 3.5 cents per $ 100 of assessed valuation countywide, instituting proposes.

The County's decision to withhold 15.9 million dollars breaching "law and order in Nevada are prohibited to Governments, such as Clark County, arbitrarily with the financing of other units," says the document instituting the proceedings.

Erik's father, a county spokesman, said county officials could not immediately comment on the dispute because they had not had the opportunity to fully review whether Thursday's lawsuit or Friday's petition.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

The afternoon fire destroys Henderson campervan

By Conor Shine (contact) Friday 24 June 2011 | 21: 00: 26

A fire in Villa Hermosa trailer park in Henderson destroyed a mobile home Friday afternoon, 10,000 damage, fire officials said.

Henderson Fire Department responded to the blaze near Boulder Highway and Equestian drive about 3: 30 p.m.

The fire was reported by mobile home owner, who escaped unharmed, officials said.

The fire was caused by a smoking incident, fire department reported.

Obama is not lead fuel, he

Robert Gardner, HendersonSaturday, June 25, 2011 | at 2: 03

With 17 months until the next presidential election is the fuel already in full force. As President Barack Obama's approval rating tanks, more than 60 percent of Americans believe we are headed in the wrong direction, 80 percent believe the economy is bad, and after spending nearly $ 1 trillion on stimulus, unemployment is still over 9 percent. He should feel a little insecure about his job security.

But the number of frightens him above all? Fewer than 50 percent believe that he deserves re-election. What is Obama doing? Do not wait until next year, pull out all the stops now.

Like the war in Afghanistan? Not to worry: he will remove 33,000 troops by next September against – I might add — of their military commander. Gasoline at $ 3.60 per gallon? Not to worry: he will release 60 million barrels of strategic oil reserve. His approval rating among Hispanics drops, again if you don't want to worry about, he and his cohorts once again bringing up democratic Dream Act. Do we change the definition of marriage to same-sex marriages? Not to worry: Obama is developed on the subject.

If I were even remotely thinking about voting for him, I would warn him: do not get too big a hurry with freebies, you may deplete your arsenal too early.

Oh, one last thing, instead of calling him Commander in Chief, perhaps we should be calling him Commander-in-Chief panderer.

New store at the cannery is short on gifts, long on spirit

Sun file photo The cannery in North Las Vegas.

2121 East Craig Road, North Las Vegas

You see them on almost every casino: gift shop.

Most have a plethora of overpriced snacks, some shows logo wear, soft drinks and water in the bottle.

But a North Las Vegas locals casino will try something else next week when the cannery open dining room on the fourth of July weekend. Cannery customers will be able to use loyalty Club points for purchases.

"It will look like a miniature, liquor store," said Josh Killian, the cannery, the Director of marketing. "Guests can still pick up toothpaste and deodorant and various sundries. But above all the rows and aisles liquor products. "

Killian said the company makes the move as a Service to customers, both hotel guests and loyal locals.

"In this current economic environment, we're looking for ways to better serve our customers and grow our business," Killian said.

The shop will be open Sunday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., and on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. members of Club loyalty card property can use points from casino play on purchases.

The cafeteria will be located outside the cannery valet parking area, and customers will be able to park in the area, Valet to make quick purchases.

The company hopes to capture customers who cash checks at the property, located at Losee and Craig road, using the dining hall as a convenience store.

Killian said the cafeteria would offer monthly specials, some with points purchases, others with discounts on popular products for can cardholders. One of the first special offers which will be offered to become a six pack of bud light for $ 3 for may Club members. There will be a boundary for a six-pack purchase per day.

"We were not to get what we thought we could get out of that space," he said. "Lots of things stayed on the shelf. In some cases cutting not old ideas there. surcharges and resort fees help Strip properties, but we knew we could not do this. "

The company did not disclose how much it invested to transform an existing gift shop to the dining room where the redesigned space and installed several new drink cooler.

Killian said cannery and the Eastside cannery operated independently and a similar concept is not intended in the location that Boulder Highway – yet.

"I am confident that we'll look at it, but right now, this is something we should try to just at cannery," he said. "If it works well, we'll get to try Eastside cannery."

Photos: Electric Daisy Carnival wraps preparations for tonight's opening

Tom Donoghue/DonoghuePhotography.com Las Vegas Motor Speedway before 2011 electric Daisy Carnival on June 24, 2011, By Robin Leach (contact) Friday 24 June 2011 | 5: 00 p.m.Check out VegasDeLuxe.com for more celebrity and art and entertainment.

With less than three hours to go, the final preparations for tonight's Las Vegas premiere of 15th annual Carnival for electric Daisy. It looks now empty, glancing at Tom Donoghue Photography Gallery, but over the next three nights--from 8 p.m. to sunrise tonight, tomorrow and Sunday--this will be the scene of the biggest electronic dance music festival in North America.

Some predict a time-record turnout of up to 250,000 fans through the gates to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 1,000-Acre site will display more than 200 performers works for and of the six stages. Thurston Moore opened EDC at 8 tonight and Vegas DeLuxe will cover it with a team of writers and photographers led by Editor Don Chareunsy.

A preview of the EDC by Anisa Buttar was posted on yesterday morning.

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has over the past decade to give readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world's leading Platinum playground.

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Deadlines can shelve the renewable energy projects

Leila Navidi Copper Mountain Solar One, a thin film photovoltaic solar facility outside the United States 95 in Boulder City, Thursday, February 10, 2011, By Karoun Demirjian (contact) Saturday 25 June 2011 |

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Steven Chu Harry Reid

The Department of energy has been teaming with Nevada legislator on the basis of almost every month to announce loan guarantees for renewable energy projects across the Silver State, which is expected to create several hundred jobs.

It has been a pretty good ride, the congressional also (Democrats, really) comment; but it is something that would soon come to an end.

This is not because the Republicans are threatening to deprive money on a program of incentive: it depends on the program is nearing its expiration date, and it is not clear if there is a politically palatable way to extend it.

Renewable energy project manager has known since the 30 billion dollars in loan guarantees as created by section 1705 of the stimulus became available, they would have to break ground on or before Sept. 30 to keep funding.

The program was meant to strengthen a fledgling industry and boj private investor confidence so that when the program expired, the markets would have to be subjected to such companies. But it is not exactly how the recession has come.

Recovery has been slower than expected, particularly in terms of liquidity in the financial markets. And having the builders tell the Government: the keep these programs, or their corresponding around for the next few years, or we'll have to go elsewhere.

"Financial markets have not been recovered yet, so, you should see a decrease in the renewable energy industry no matter where these projects comes to an end," said Kevin Smith, CEO of SolarReserve, who are building Crescent dunes 110-megawatt solar-powered storage plant in Tonopah. The project, he says, not threatened – but they are not sure whether they should be able to break the ground within the time limit of a similar facility in California, and there are other compromised and, Smith said.

The problem with that, these developers to the open market is one of price comparison. Wind power and geothermal energy – another large market for Nevada — can compete with the more conventional power production, such as coal-fired plants and natural gas. But solar's not quite it.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu has said that he believes that the price of solar energy will be able to compete with coal energy sources over the next 10 years – a figure developers say is a conservative estimate: they plan to be players in the open market much earlier. But they point out that there is a fair fight right now.

"Incumbents have been appreciated for many years," said Ian Rogoff, Executive Chairman of HelioPower, an integrated energy development company. "Oil and gas tax benefits has been renewed, meaning State aid of these industries has been renewed ... for the most part, these incentives are only letting these new technologies and new industries to compete effectively and compete against incumbents."

Rogoffs company puts equal shop in renewable energy-orientated research and development tax credits – known as the section 1603 points, which are outside the table in December – which is also necessary to shore up if Nevada to remain, as Senate majority leader Harry Reid put it, "well on the way to becoming a world leader in clean energy creation."

"We are trying to develop technologies in the United States, and we are struggling to compete against the Germans and the Chinese and the French and others who have strong Government programme," Smith said, pointing out that 5 percent interest rate that he pays for his Government loans is higher than what he pays on certain commercial loans. but the Government will lend to renewable energy projects in which others do not.

Preserve Government lifeline for these projects in this situation is likely to be up to Reid.

Government budget negotiations this week, after imploderade the Republican participants House majority leader Eric Cantor and the Senate minority whip Jon fridge, withdrew from the Group of six lawmakers who had been meeting regularly with Vice President Joe Biden to hash out a way to reduce the budget and raise the ceiling debt before August. Cantor and Cooling said they could see any way forward with the Democrats in the group insists on raising taxes they felt could never pass Congress.

It is the second part-making group to have failed — the first is the "Gang of six", which still meets as a Gang of five but fizzled after conservative Republican Tom Coburn pulled out earlier.

"It is past time for the bunch of five or six," said Reid to journalists this week. "With the cold and Cantor has done, I think it is (budget) in the hands of the speaker and the President, and, unfortunately, probably me."

It is a role that Reid has that have been used for the last few months of haggling by a tax compromise in December and barely evade a closure by the Government in April. But then he tried mainly conservation programs, not drum up new ones.

Incentive program is not popular price among Republicans. As Nevada's Republican elder Dean Heller has explained, not necessarily the Government's role is to buoy all industries, but a stimulating projects can create several hundred jobs, the number of jobs as the economy has lost during the recession is in the tens of thousands.

Democrats point out that the losses of jobs would have been much worse without the stimulus program.

But the Obama administration seems to be turning a little from the plan stimulus. President Barack Obama asked to about 200 million dollars to back up to 2 billion dollars in loan guarantees in section 1705 the budget he submitted to Congress, but it is a steep decline from the $ 2.5 billion, which was supposed to 30 billion dollars in loans two years ago. Although it may be easier for Obama, and it seems, Reid, to preserve politically also means there will be a lot less to go.

What replaces them cannot look. Obama administration seeks far more money to back a green jobs Innovation Fund, a national infrastructure bank and other initiatives to allocate money for research projects and development initiatives where sustainability is a major factor.

However, applications for new funding is not the most delicious proposal at a time when Congress seems fixated on the Government's cuts to avoid rampant debt.

Lawmakers are talking about changes in Medicare, the future of Social Security, scale down military spending and increase government revenue.

In the midst of all this, developers don't care was their State aid comes from, just as long as the case — if they are to deliver these projects.

"We have another five or six projects in late stage development that will go to commercial markets in 2012 and 2013," said Smith. "But if the American market do not step up and place the program so that we can build these projects, then we take our activities internationally."

Q&A: Palms resident DJ Pauly D

Christopher DeVargas DJ Pauly D, known for his role on MTV's Jersey Shore, kicks off the weekend launch of their stay at Palms Resort and Casino. Friday, June 24, 2011Aida AhmedSaturday, June 25, 2011 | 2 a.m. http://www.lasvegassun.com/videos/2011/jun/25/5276/DJ Pauly D begins his term on Palms.

The Sun sat down with the Palms resident DJ Pauly D and talked about everything from how he got into DJ-scene for his new MTV Show which will be filming in Las Vegas. This is the "Jersey Shore" star had to say:

Las Vegas Sun: how long have you been a DJ?

Pauly D: since I was 14 years old. I had my first real DJ gig.

LVS: how many nights you are performing as a DJ in Rhode Iceland prior to the Jersey Shore?

P: there were six nights a week that I was DJ's ing of Rhode Iceland — all the various lounges and clubs away.

LVS: is it true that there will be a new MTV show that follows you as a DJ, and if so will you be filming at the Palms?

P: Yes, it is very true, and they come to the Palms. Signed, sealed and delivered. MTV signed on it, and I am happy to.

LVS: why do you Palms is the perfect place for you?

P: of course, the show picked up with my DJ career but I had to show them what I could do, and it is always where I wanted to stop. DJ AM was always a mentor to me and he passed away while I was recording season 1 of the Jersey Shore. It was a dream for me to DJ at the Palms at the rain. They gave me a shot to try and they loved it and they gave me a residency.

LVS: what you want to accomplish with this Palms residence permit?

P: just because you're not labeled as a type of DJ. I am not just a dance DJ. I am not just hip-hop DJ. I am open format. I want to be known as the body rocker. When you leave my club, you had a good time and you remember it.

LVS: as your career where you think you are?

P: this is where I want to be. This is where I am happy. Later down the line, I would like to make some producing and working with other artists.

LVS: what is your favorite part of the Palmer?

P: pool! And rain. Rain is crazy!

LVS: how big is your music library and the type of equipment do you use?

P: I stick with vinyl. I art form, so I have always two turntables. I have a computer with Serato. My library is over two terabytes of music right now.

LVS: are you bringing the Jersey Shore fist-pumping music to Las Vegas?

P: I am known to have fist pump in, so I play a lot of dance music. It is hot right now. And I throw in some hip-hop and rock together.

LVS: what are the five songs that you must have in your mix every night?

P: "Beat dat Beat." It is my tracks, I have to play it. "Give Me everything" by Pitbull, Rihanna-what is my name, say ' take control ' of Afrojack, and my second go-that the song is old-school Usher: "Yeah!"

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Huntsman requires Romneys early lead in Nevada "dag sländornas"

Anjeanette Damon/Las Vegas Sun the former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, who started his presidential bid earlier this week, and his wife, Mary Kaye, campaign at the Reno Rodeo. By Anjeanette Damon (contact) Friday 24 June 2011 | 6: 07

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman campaigned by Reno today tries to explain its position regarding the storage of nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain and put Republican rival Mitt Romney to the statement that he did not leave Nevada to the man who won it four years ago.

"All the conventional wisdom from the last go round has been shattered," Huntsman said when asked about whether Romney, who won Nevada comfortably four years ago, the State which locked. "People are looking for new voices and new faces. Yes, some may have an advantage in fundraising and name recognition, but I think it is insignificant.

"With our game plan in the early States, where Nevada is a, it's going to be OK. I like our odds. "

Huntsman launched his presidential bid earlier this week, stumping through Battleground States and early primary and end its tour in Reno. He met with Republican activists, lunch with Gov. Brian Sandoval and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell, took a tour of the Reno Rodeo and practiced a little shooting.

He argued that a previous Western Governor as he is able to deal with regional issues from water to rural education to budget challenges.

But he waffled a bit on whether the Yucca Mountain should be developed as the country's nuclear waste storage site, "says a Las Vegas Review-Journal early in the day that it" ultimately depends on what the people of Nevada. "

Later in the afternoon, he made it clear to say he believes that the transport of nuclear waste through the Western States are filled with security issues and advocated a "long-term solution of on-site reprocessing."

Huntsman said the race is not and should not be fought on issues of faith. Both he and Romney is Mormon.

"I do not think it will be religious lines. I think it will be down the query lines and has a track record and a world view which will bring this country to where it needs to be, "he said.

With Pauly D continues Palms owner Maloof celebrity DJ trend "for our demographic"

Las Vegas casino has always had its signature entertainment attraction: The Sands had Rat Pack. Hilton had Jumpsuit Elvis.

MGM has today more Cirque than Montreal. And Caesar's Celine.

Palms? It has DJ Pauly D.

No, seriously.

It is not a poke on trendy Vegas casino-turned-Hollywood hangout. It is a sign that resort know their clientele Palms owner George Maloof said.

He compares the new resident DJ – and "Jersey Shore" reality-TV star with four-inch spiked blowout haircut — other resorts big production show. "We certainly see it that way for our demographic," Maloof said.

Palms began to understand the drawing power of big name DJs are some six years ago, "he said. "DJs is that celebrities now. They are rock band was 20 years ago. So it is an important part of the Las Vegas scene. We have been right in the middle of it and we'll continue to be, "he said.

This is where we must make something clear: we are not talking about your wedding DJs, but quite talented music management that takes other artists ' tracks-and even its own musical productions – and samples and combine them to create something new. In the process, the DJ has become so famous as recording artists themselves.

Palms has much created DJ headliner trend in Las Vegas that followed.

The landfill was 2008, when exit landed Elvis DJs, Paul Oakenfold, for a period of its Rain night club.

"I think Vegas is the new Ibiza," said Oakenfold Las Vegas weekly before his party's 30 Aug. 2008, launch, invoking club-heavy Spanish island. "We got to get Vegas on the map internationally. This Club could benefit the Vegas in a global, international scene, and I think it is about time Vegas was. It is a grown-up town now. Now is the time to participate at the global level. "

And that is what has happened. Las Vegas is fast overtaking Ibiza, Spain, as electronic dance music capital of the world ", noted Los Angeles Times in an article of the week.

The success of Las Vegas clubs can largely rise and fall of a DJ.

It is an adaptation, "says Michael Fuller, former vice President of N9NE group, which operates the nightclubs Rain, Ghostbar, Moon and Playboy Club, N9NE Steakhouse restaurants and Nove at the Palms.

Fuller would know. He has long been a significant presence in Vegas nightlife and helped to bring big-name resident DJs Palms, including Oakenfold, late DJ AM and Z-trip.

-There are only around 10 DJs in Las Vegas that sell tickets, "he said. And Pauly D is in that group.

In the matter, which can be between 1,500 and 2,000 tickets per night, said Fuller. To put it in perspective, presented Cirque du Soleil's "Love" show at the Mirage in a theatre with 2,013 locations. Bellagio's o Theatre has 1,800 seats and Theater at Aria where ' Viva elvis ' is performed in locations 2 000.

Celebrity DJs residence attract large crowds. Pauly D, for example, before more than 2,000 people at the Palms in March, Maloof said. But these DJs will cost big money.

Typical DJs in Vegas can earn a few thousand dollars a night, but celebrity DJs in residence permits can be from tens of thousands of dollars six figures per appearance, said industry insiders.

Because Pauly D is best known for his antics on MTV's highly rated reality series, has, of course, some asked whether he is a legitimate talent behind the turntables.

Maloof says Yes.

"He is a great DJ. He has been a DJ for 10 years. So it's a special talent that he has and he just so happens to be on the show, "he said.

Pauly d recognises that his success on television has contributed to the DJ side of his career. And Lands a gig at the Palms is in many ways DJ's equivalent of a baseball player making it to the big leagues.

-Course show picked up with my DJ career but I had to show them what I could do, "he said. -It is always where I wanted to stop. A dream for me was that (a) DJ at the Palms. "

Now it has come full circle, will a new MTV reality show focused on Pauly D'S DJ career. Parts of that show will be recorded on the Palms, "he said.

Pauly d run Palms ' latest DJ domicile began Friday. He will spin on the Moon, rain and Palms Pool and Bungalows.

Pauly D, who has been nominated for America's 2011 best DJ award, will join artists such as DJ AM industry royalty, Oakenfold and DJ Jazzy Jeff, who have all had a chance to spin from Palms's DJ booth.

Palmer, in the hope Pauly D will draw packed audiences as he has in the past, have scheduled him for a 12-Show residence permits through the rest of the year.

And this may cause this decade Rat Pack has two turntables and a microphone.

Las Vegas Weekly Editor Sarah Feldberg and Sun columnist John Katsilometes contributed to this story.

Spirit that helps to increase competition on McCarran

Sam Morris/file photo "a control tower at McCarran International Airport is silhouetted against a sunset that one aircraft takes off.

A discount carrier which focuses leisure travelers and call themselves "distinguished leaders in the industry" soon becomes a competitive force at McCarran International Airport.

Miramar, Fla.-based Spirit Airlines nearly doubling their fleet. Its recently announced routes from Las Vegas to San Diego, Oakland, California; and Portland, ore., will make the spirit of the second largest destination McCarran behind his primary hubs, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

"When it first came here in 2002, the spirit had a couple of daily flights to Detroit and Fort Lauderdale," said Clark County Aviation Director Randall Walker. "But in September, 21 flights per day to eight cities. We are glad to have it. "

Announced this week of two daily flights to Portland begins Sept. 22 and two a day to San Diego begins Sept. 7 with third added 22 Sept.. That came on the heels of the announcement of the two daily round trips to Oakland beginning 18 Aug., expand to 3 Sept. 7.

Spirit had routes to Los Angeles International, Chicago O'Hare, Dallas-Fort Worth, Detroit and Fort Lauderdale.

The main part of the airline's routes are in the Caribbean, Florida, East Coast and Mexico, and Central and South America. Recently, spirit moved west when it begins taking delivery of 33 new Airbus jets go with 35 in his fleet.

Michael Pewther, senior sales Director of spirit, said the airline has one of the youngest fleets in the industry and uses twin-A319 (145 seats), A320s (178 seats) and A321s (218 points).

This has created a buzz by offering $ 9 introductory fares. Shall be eligible for the low fares have customers become members of spirit's $ 9 fare Club, which cost $ 60 per year to join. Members are notified of discounted fares, some as low as a penny.

Pewther admitted that the spirit has taken some heat for certain aspects of its aggressive distinction strategy, which includes contributions to check bags, fees for snacks and drinks, and an industry first, a carry on bag fee.

Bag fees range from $ 18 to $ 9 fare Club members who purchase online for the first bag up to $ 100 for the olive-growing buying at the airport for the third through fifth bags checked.

Controversial carry-on fees range between $ 20 online for $ 9 fare Club members and $ 45 at the gate. Passengers can take a free — a wallet, small backpack or Briefcase that can fit under a seat. But anything over 16-by-14-by-12 inch may be assessed a fee.

Pewther said the charge carry-on has done boarding a lot faster and easier for passengers because most people will check the suitcases to avoid costs to carry on and there are less junk in the cabin.

"We were looking for new places to fly, and Las Vegas is perfect for us as a leisure destination," Pewther said. "We are very bullish on Las Vegas and hopefully we can keep it going as we have had here."

Pewther said he did not consider the spirit to be a competitor to Southwest Airlines because their business models are so different.

Spirit's growth in Las Vegas has not been translated into many new jobs. Annette Close, The Manager of airport services in Las Vegas, said, there are four full-time employees, but the airline contracts with DAL global services, a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, for ramp and gate workers.

Walker said he is very happy to have spirit's growth after several airlines have cut flights to McCarran due to the slow economy and the high cost of fuel. The airline's low-cost model is bound to spark competition, "he said.

"The big competition is that the consumer will win," said Walker. "We love Southwest, but look what happened to the ticket prices to Reno. Because there is no competition, allows an airline to dictate price. "

Pricing between Las Vegas and Reno, a popular way for legislators, government workers and Las vegans who attend UNR, has almost doubled over the past two years. A typical flight to Reno costs about $ 200.

With the new spirit has McCarran almost 500 daily one-way flights. A year ago had airport 464 flights. In June 2007, there were 572.

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Photos: Electric Daisy Carnival wraps preparations for tonight's opening

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Saturday, June 25, 2011

Huntsman requires Romneys early lead in Nevada "dag sländornas"

With Pauly D continues Palms owner Maloof celebrity DJ trend "for our demographic"

Spirit that helps to increase competition on McCarran

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