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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Apple apologizes in China after service criticism

A man smokes near the logo of Apple in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Apple apologized to Chinese consumers after government media attacked its repair policies for two weeks in a campaign that reeked of economic nationalism. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

A man walks by an advertisement of Apple's iPad in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Apple apologized to Chinese consumers after government media attacked its repair policies for two weeks in a campaign that reeked of economic nationalism. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

A woman walks by an advertisement of iPhone 5 at Apple store in Shanghai, China, Tuesday April 2, 2013. Apple apologized to Chinese consumers after government media attacked its repair policies for two weeks in a campaign that reeked of economic nationalism. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

A man walks by an advertisement of Apple's iPad in Shanghai, China, Tuesday April 2, 2013. Apple apologized to Chinese consumers after government media attacked its repair policies for two weeks in a campaign that reeked of economic nationalism. Chinese on top reads; Drooling over it. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

In this Monday April 1, 2013 photo, a man leaves an Apple store with an iPhone and an iPad in his hands in central Beijing, China. Apple apologized to Chinese consumers after government media attacked its repair policies for two weeks in a campaign that reeked of economic nationalism. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

BEIJING (AP) ? Apple apologized to Chinese consumers after government media attacked its repair policies for two weeks in a campaign that reeked of economic nationalism.

A statement Apple posted in Chinese on its website Monday said the complaints had prompted "deep reflection" and persuaded the company of the need to revamp its repair policies, boost communication with Chinese consumers and strengthen oversight of authorized resellers.

State broadcaster CCTV and the ruling Communist Party's flagship newspaper, People's Daily, had led the charge against the American company. They accused Apple Inc. of arrogance, greed and "throwing its weight around" and portrayed it as just the latest Western company to exploit the Chinese consumer.

The attacks quickly backfired, though, and were mocked by the increasingly sophisticated Chinese consumers who revere Apple and its products. State-run media also inadvertently revived complaints over shoddy service by Chinese companies.

Nonetheless, Apple responded with an apology from CEO Tim Cook.

"We've come to understand through this process that because of our poor communication, some have come to feel that Apple's attitude is arrogant and that we don't care about or value feedback from the consumer," Cook's Chinese statement said, as translated by The Associated Press. "For the concerns and misunderstandings passed on to the consumer, we express our sincere apologies."

Although Apple enjoys strong support from Chinese consumers, the vehemence of the attacks and the importance of the Chinese market appeared to have persuaded the company to appear contrite.

The People's Daily newspaper ran an editorial last Wednesday headlined "Strike down Apple's incomparable arrogance."

"Here we have the Western person's sense of superiority making mischief," the newspaper wrote. "If there's no risk in offending the Chinese consumer, and it also makes for lower overheads, then why not?"

Chinese observers accused People's Daily of gross hypocrisy and pointed out that the newspaper had maintained a stony silence when Chinese companies were implicated over food safety, pollution and other scandals. Meanwhile, CCTV was shamed when it emerged that celebrities had been recruited to blast Apple on Weibo, China's version of Twitter, in what had been billed as a grassroots campaign.

"The public responded in two ways to this incident," popular commentator Shi Shusi wrote on his Weibo account. "One group supports this criticism but quite a number of people felt that there are state monopolies which have severely violated customer's rights, but which are not being exposed."

Popular business magazine Caijing said its readers identified a long list of abusers, including state banks that lend to those with political connections while stiffing ordinary savers with low rates on deposits; a government oil company that sets gas prices and other rates as it sees fit; and state telecom providers notorious for their lack of customer service.

"If media is going to go after Apple, let's hope they spare some thought for those big Chinese communications companies and other monopolies, the ones that enrich special interests in the name of being publicly owned," Cai Tongqi, a lawyer from the eastern province of Jiangsu, wrote on Weibo.

Consumers seem unfazed by the state media's attacks on Apple.

Perusing the wares at an Apple reseller in Beijing's tony China World mall, recent college graduate Zeng Lu said she considered the controversy a sign of the Chinese consumer's growing maturity.

"It's great to see Chinese consumers standing up for their rights, but it's ridiculous for the People's Daily to get involved," Zeng said. "They should be criticizing state companies instead."

Apple's popularity flies in the face of China's ardent attempts to push its own brands and develop internationally competitive companies. The company also has resisted trends to enter joint ventures and move research and development to China. It also ignores big state media such as CCTV and People's Daily. Apple relies on Chinese factories, though, to make iPads, iPhones and other popular products.

Sales of Apple products in the region, which includes Taiwan and Hong Kong, grew 67 percent to $6.8 billion in the first three months of 2013, compared with the same period a year earlier, according to the company. Apple sold 2 million iPhone 5s during the first weekend it was available in China, in December.

The region is Apple's third largest market, accounting for 13 percent of all sales last year. More than 17,000 outlets sell its products in mainland China, a figure that includes 11 Apple stores and 400 premium resellers. In January, Cook said he expects China to replace North America as its largest source of revenue in the foreseeable future.

The attacks on Apple center on complaints over Apple's repair policies in China ? specifically its practice of only replacing faulty parts rather than providing new iPhones, as it does in other markets. Critics say that allows Apple to avoid having to extend its service warranty by another year. Until Monday, the Cupertino, California-based company had kept silent apart from issuing a statement March 23 explaining its repair policy and pledging its deep respect for the Chinese consumer.

Yet consumers and analysts say the complaints hardly justify Beijing's campaign of vilification. Such nationalist outbursts are not uncommon, although previous campaigns against foreign companies have often been tied to perceived national slights, as often befalls Japanese firms in China. Beijing accused Google of being an arm of American "information imperialism" after the company announced in March 2010 that it would cease censoring its search responses inside mainland China and instead send visitors to its uncensored search engine in Hong Kong.

Beijing is also angry over Washington's efforts to exclude Chinese high-tech firms Huawei Technologies Ltd. and ZTE Corp. from the U.S. market, amid worries over security. A spending bill signed by President Barack Obama two weeks ago includes a clause barring NASA, the National Science Foundation and the Justice and Commerce Departments from contracting with firms tied to the Chinese government.

Washington and Beijing have also sparred over more recent hacking attacks, including a forensically detailed report by cybersecurity firm Mandiant that tied Chinese hacking to a unit of the People's Liberation Army based in Shanghai.

Apple, however, may have been singled out simply because it is "the biggest open target," said Jim McGregor, senior counselor at consultancy APCO Worldwide.

"We're still seeing a lot of things wrapped up in economic nationalism," McGregor said.

Even before Monday's apology, he had predicted Apple would make a show of contrition to get its relations with the Chinese authorities back on track.

Duncan Clark, managing director of BDA China Ltd., a Beijing research firm, said the assault probably stems from a combination of factors, including the failure of Chinese companies to make breakthroughs in high-end consumer electronics.

"There's a general sense of frustration that China can't move further up the value chain," Clark said.

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Apple statement (in Chinese): http://www.apple.com.cn/support/warranties

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Jay and Jimmy team to sing of 'Tonight' turmoil

FILE - This Jan. 13, 2013 file photo shows Jay Leno, host of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," left, and Jimmy Fallon, host of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" backstage at the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. As Jay Leno lobs potshots at ratings-challenged NBC in his "Tonight Show" monologues, speculation is swirling the network is taking steps to replace the host with Jimmy Fallon next year and move the show from Burbank to New York. NBC confirmed Wednesday, March 20, it's creating a new studio for Fallon in New York, where he hosts "Late Night." But the network did not comment on a report that the digs at its Rockefeller Plaza headquarters may become home to a transplanted, Fallon-hosted "Tonight Show." (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, file)

NEW YORK (AP) ? Jay Leno and Jimmy Fallon poked fun at the late-night rumors swirling around them in a music video that aired between their back-to-back NBC shows Monday night.

In a spoof of the romantic ballad "Tonight" from "West Side Story," Leno, who was backstage at the "Tonight" show on the West Coast, and Fallon, in his "Late Night" office in Manhattan, serenaded each other by cellphone.

Fallon plaintively asked Leno if they're still friends, despite reports that Fallon will soon displace Leno as "Tonight" host. Leno assured him they are.

Then the number began, with the duo warbling, "Tonight, tonight, who's gonna host 'Tonight'? ... Why do they say we fight?"

And the big finish: "Tonight, tonight, who cares who hosts 'Tonight'? People just watch online the next day!"

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No, you can't re-sell digital music online, judge tells start-up ReDigi

Jonathan Stempel and Alistair Barr , Reuters ? ? ? 38 min.

(Reuters) - In a major lawsuit testing the legitimacy of music downloads, Capitol Records LLC has won a court ruling that the start-up ReDigi Inc has infringed its music copyrights.

U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan in Manhattan said ReDigi was not authorized to allow listeners to use its platform to buy and sell "used" digital music tracks originally bought from Apple Inc's iTunes website.

The decision made public on Monday is a blow to early efforts to create online marketplaces for used digital goods, akin to how used books, for example, might be sold in stores.

It is also a victory for Capitol, a Vivendi SA unit that had sued ReDigi in January 2012 to protect its copyrights on works by artists like Beastie Boys, Coldplay, Norah Jones, Lady Antebellum and Katy Perry.

"This will profoundly affect the economics of any digital re-sale marketplace," by limiting what can be sold as "used" or forcing sellers to obtain copyright holders' approval before transacting business, said Bill Rosenblatt, president of consulting firm GiantSteps Media Technology Strategies.

According to Nielsen SoundScan, which tracks sales of recorded music, digital music sales accounted for 55.9 percent of U.S. music sales in 2012, after surpassing physical purchases for the first time in the prior year.

ReDigi did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Lawyers for both companies did not immediately respond to similar requests.

Sullivan said some open issues remain over Capitol's performance and display rights, as well as damages and injunctive relief that could result in ReDigi being shut down. He directed both companies to advise in writing by April 12 on the next steps in the case.

Detrimental impact found
Created by technology entrepreneur John Ossenmacher and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Larry Rudolph, ReDigi was launched in October 2011, and calls itself "the world's first pre-owned digital marketplace."

The platform allows listeners to swap music tracks at a fraction of the cost of buying them on iTunes. ReDigi makes money from fees on each transaction.

Capitol complained that the platform allowed the unauthorized reproduction and distribution of its music, including through the streaming of 30-second clips. It sought damages of $150,000 per infringement.

In February 2012, Sullivan denied Capitol a preliminary injunction to shut down the service, saying the label failed to show irreparable harm.

But in his new decision, which is dated March 30, Sullivan said ReDigi's service "infringes Capitol's reproduction rights under any description of the technology," and does not deserve protection under the theory of fair use.

"ReDigi facilitates and profits from the sale of copyrighted commercial recordings, transferred in their entirety, with a likely detrimental impact on the primary market for these goods," Sullivan wrote. "It is beside the point that the original phonorecord no longer exists. It matters only that a new phonorecord has been created."

First sale doctrine inapplicable
Sullivan also said ReDigi was not protected by the "first sale" doctrine, which lets people buy and sell copyrighted works after the creators first put them into the marketplace.

He distinguished the case from a March 19 U.S. Supreme Court decision, in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons Inc, that said U.S. copyright holders cannot block products they make elsewhere from being resold in the United States.

To sell music bought from iTunes on ReDigi, a user "must produce a new phonorecord on the ReDigi server," Sullivan wrote. "Because it is therefore impossible for the user to sell her 'particular' phonorecord on ReDigi, the first sale statute cannot provide a defense."

Amazon, Apple
E-books, MP3 songs and digital videos bought from iTunes or Amazon.com Inc are effectively rentals, which means they cannot be re-sold once used.

Earlier this year, Amazon was awarded a patent for an online mechanism to allow customers to sell or transfer digital goods. Apple has applied for a patent covering a similar system.

Joe Wikert, general manager and publisher at O'Reilly Media, Inc., described the Capitol Records ruling as "not a good first step" in the development of marketplaces for used digital goods.

"Both Amazon and Apple have been working on patents, which are insurance policies for both of them in my view." Wikert added. "They have been sitting on the sidelines watching the ReDigi case."

Asking all copyright holders for permission to re-sell digital content would be "impractical for all intents and purposes," he said.

The ruling was disappointing because ReDigi planned to give a cut of proceeds from re-sales to copyright holders and the firm was escrowing money for record labels from digital music transactions that had already happened on its nascent service, Wikert explained.

The case is Capitol Records LLC v. ReDigi Inc, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 12-00095.

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Four more diagnosed with new bird flu in China

By Maggie Fox, Senior Writer, NBC News

Four more people have been diagnosed with a new strain of bird flu in China that?s killed two people, officials said on Tuesday.

That makes seven human cases of H7N9 bird flu, all in the eastern part of the country around Shanghai.This is a different strain of bird flu from H5N1 avian influenza, which has killed 371 people out of 622 infected in 15 countries since 2003.

The four new cases are reported in China's eastern Jiangsu Province, including a woman in Nanjing who works killing poultry, a man in Suzhou, a woman in Wuxi and a woman in Suqian. The official Chinese news agency Xinhua says 167 people who were in close contact with the four don?t appear to have any flu symptoms.

A total of 167 people who had come into contact with the four showed no symptoms of fever or respiratory illnesses, it said. That suggests -- but doesn?t prove -- that the virus isn?t passing from person to person, experts say.

On Sunday, China reported three H7N9 bird flu infections: two in Shanghai and one in Anhui. The two Shanghai victims died and the third patient is in critical condition, Xinhua says. There?s no suggestion yet that they infected any of their friends or relatives, either, Chinese officials have said.

Doctors keep a very close eye on cases of animal flu that pass into humans. Seasonal flu causes an annual pandemic that kills tens of thousands of people globally every year. But if a new virus starts passing from animals to humans, it can cause far more serious disease.

For instance, H5N1 kills about 60 percent of the people it infects. Luckily, it doesn?t pass easily from person to person, either, and most people who got it appear to have been directly infected by sick chickens.

But flu can mutate very quickly and it?s possible that a bird or animal strain of flu could develop the ability to pass quickly from one person to another. H1N1 swine flu appears to have done this in 2009. It killed a greater than usual number of young adults and children that year, and has now joined the mix of annual human flu strains.

And H1N1 is an indirect descendant of the 1918 ?Spanish flu?, which killed anywhere between 50 million and 100 million people. So public health experts take the risk of another such pandemic seriously.

Chinese officials have not said what they are doing to see if the H7N9 virus is spreading among poultry flocks. H5N1 pops up among chickens regularly, forcing mass culls.

?Since its widespread re-emergence in 2003 and 2004, this avian virus has spread from Asia to Europe and Africa and has become entrenched in poultry in some countries, resulting in millions of poultry infections, several hundred human cases, and many human deaths,? the World Health Organization says.

?Outbreaks in poultry have seriously impacted livelihoods, the economy and international trade in affected countries.?

H5N1 infects ducks without causing any symptoms. As long as an influenza virus exists in an animal, it will be steadily mutating and also swapping genes with other viruses.

That?s what happened with H1N1 swine flu in 2009. It was a never-before-seen mixture of human, pig and bird viruses. It wasn?t nearly as deadly as other new flu viruses that cause pandemics, something that could lead people to believe that flu pandemics aren?t that big a deal. But H5N1 and H7N9 are completely new to the human body and appear to be more deadly than seasonal flu.

While there are vaccines against seasonal flu, there are only experimental human vaccines for H5N1 and none for H7N9. Flu mutates so quickly that it?s impossible to formulate vaccines until a strain is actually circulating. Researchers are working to develop a universal flu vaccine that could protect people against a range of strains, or even all strains of influenza.

But most types of flu appear to be helped at least a little by two antiviral drugs -- oseltamivir or Tamiflu, and zanamivir or Relenza. Neither is a cure, but given early enough can relieve the worst symptoms, WHO says.

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Documents: Texas DA, wife had many gunshot wounds

KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) ? Documents in the slayings of a Texas district attorney and his wife indicate that the couple had been shot multiple times when they were found dead in their home.

A search warrant affidavit says deputies were called to the home Saturday by relatives and friends who'd been unable to reach Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia.

Authorities found cartridge casings near their bodies.

Investigators have not discussed a motive. The slayings came two months after Kaufman County Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse was killed in a parking lot near the courthouse.

No arrests have been made in Hasse's Jan. 31 killing.

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Writing and Speaking: How Does Article Marketing Benefit You?

For anyone who is used to doing offline sales and marketing, it can be a surprise to learn that online article marketing works in a way that the main portion of the article submission is not about the author's business or website.
I know, it's frustrating. You want to market your website. You want to tell the world about how great your products or services are, and you naturally assume that article marketing works by you writing articles about your business.
In this article I'm going to outline how article marketing works so that you'll understand why it's not a good idea to write articles that are half-veiled sales letters. I'll also tell you how article marketing can benefit your website and your business.
The Publisher's Perspective
Here's how it starts: An online publisher is looking for content to post on his or her website. The reason why publishers look for content that other people have written is:
1) So that they do not need to write all of the content themselves, and
2) To add value to their website and to provide content that will help their readers
So, the publisher accepts articles for his own benefit. If an article is not in line with what he wants his readers to see or he does not think that his readers will benefit from the article, he will not choose to publish the content. For this reason, authors (that would be anyone who is doing article marketing) make it a point to create content that publishers will find desirable.
I've met some newbie article marketers who had the mistaken impression that it was their article and their website, so they should be able to write about their business and have it published.
Unfortunately it just doesn't work like that. In order to have articles be picked up for publication, you need to create articles that are in line with what publishers want. Publishers do not want content that appears to be sales oriented, so it's to your benefit to resist the urge to try to sell anything or promote anything associated with your business in your article.
What Does The Author Get Out Of This?
There is a part of an online article submission that you might not have heard about--it's the resource box. The resource box is meant to accompany the article and will often appear alongside or beneath it. It is usually 2 to 3 sentences in length and will contain information about the author. The author can talk about his business in the resource box, bring attention to his products, and try to get the reader to visit his website. One crucial element of all resource boxes is also the clickable link that leads to the author's website.
When you submit articles, you enjoy these benefits:
1 - When someone reads your article and likes it, he or she can also read your resource box and click the link leading to your website. In this simple way, your articles are vehicles that can lead your potential customers to your website.
2 - By writing articles on the general topic of your website, you help Google and the other search engines to associate your website with this topic that you're writing about. When people do searches on Google (or another search engine), it makes it more likely that the pages on your website (and your articles) will appear higher in the search engine rankings. The higher that your web pages appear in the search results, the more traffic that you'll receive from search engines.
3 - Each article that you write is like a display case for your knowledge on your topic. You are teaching in your articles, and by doing so you subtly convey to your reader that you know what you're talking about, you're a trusted source of information, you really do want to help people who are interested in your niche, and you're someone who is professional. All of these factors go a long way to making a reader feel like he or she would be comfortable enlisting your services or using your products.
Article marketing is a subtle tool that accomplishes much more than just "spreading the word" about your business. You are providing content that publishers and readers find valuable and are building an online reputation for being knowledgeable about your field. Additionally, you're impacting where the pages on your website are listed in search engine results rankings, which can dramatically impact the number of visitors your website receives. You're also building relationships with potential customers and helping them to warm up to the idea of working with you.
By being subtle with your articles, you can accomplish much more than you would have if you had been much more obvious by writing articles about your business.

Source: http://writing-asadeszw.blogspot.com/2013/04/how-does-article-marketing-benefit-you.html

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Wyoming Hero Died for Tragic Reasons | SheridanMedia.com

The name Lester Hunt is not that prominent in Wyoming these days.

Oh, it can be found on a building at the Wyoming Life Resource Center in Lander.? Our local airport is named Hunt Field, although most folks think it was named after the world-renowned One Shot Antelope Hunt.

But Lester Hunt was a great citizen of our state.? At times, he was even heroic.

Thanks to Cheyenne?s Rodger McDaniel, Hunt?s story and his legacy will now be shared with a new generation of Wyoming folks. McDaniel has written a fantastic new book called Dying for Joe McCarthy?s Sins, the Suicide of Wyoming Senator Lester Hunt.? The book tells Hunt?s amazing story.

On Sunday, April 7, at 1 p.m. at the Hunt family?s old St. Mark?s Episcopal Church in Cheyenne, McDaniel has organized a mock trial to help tell Hunt?s story and introduce his book.?

Famous Wyoming people portraying characters include former Gov. Dave Freudenthal as prosecuting attorney.? The judge is retired Supreme Court Justice Michael Golden.? State Public Defender Diane Lozano is defense counsel. A jury of local residents will issue a verdict.

It should also be mentioned that Rodger asked me to portray the famous muckraking newspaper columnist Drew Pearson who was a friend of Hunt?s and is a witness.? The script is entertaining, and the event is a must-see for political types and anyone else who has an interest in learning first hand some critical Wyoming history.

We are also going to do some kind of book recognition event in Lander later, and some of our local folks are hoping this whole trial thing could be reproduced again.? Maybe we should see how the first one comes off?? McDaniel has promised all of us much latitude when it comes to ad-libbing.? I can hardly wait to get cross-examined by Gov. Dave.?

Back to the book.

This is the definitive history of Hunt, who was a Lander dentist.? He gained early fame as a baseball player.? Born in Illinois, he was recruited by two Wyoming towns that fielded professional baseball teams.? The Lander manager won and Hunt found himself a new hometown.

Later, he served in the legislature and was elected to two terms as Secretary of State.? He was the creator of the ubiquitous Wyoming bucking horse logo that first appeared on the license plates he was charged with designing.

Hunt was elected governor twice and headed up our state during World War II.? Then he was elected to the U. S. Senate.?

The Senate was frustrating to him.? As a governor, he was used to getting things done.? All the back room deals in Washington, D. C., often strained his patience to the maximum.

He called himself ?a political middle of the roader with liberal leanings.?? He was always proud to call himself a New Deal Democrat and he did not object to being called an ?Eisenhower Democrat,? which revealed his basic Wyoming conservatism.

McDaniel writes: ?Even as a freshman from a small, rural state, Hunt was more fully involved in issues of national interest than one might expect.? In the few years he served, Lester Hunt was in the eye of several of the most difficult storms of the day.? He was a major contributor to the early 1950s debates over Civil Rights, health care reform, organized crime, foreign policy, Communism and what to do about Joe McCarthy.

But then it ended.

He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his Senate office on June 9, 1954.?? He had literally been hounded to death by the efforts of the famous commie-hunter Sen. McCarthy and his pals.?

With the nation dealing with gay rights issues today, McDaniel?s book comes out at an ideal time.

A key component of that pressure on Hunt was McCarthy?s efforts to expose Hunt?s son who was gay.? McCarthy and his team believed that gay people could not be in the military or work in important government service, because communists could blackmail them so easily.?

Hunt was the second U. S. Senator who killed himself while enduring the stress of McCarthy?s, blackmail, attacks and accusations.? The other was Sen. Robert La Follette Jr.

The Senate had 48 Democrats and 47 Republicans at the time of Hunt?s death.? It was believed if Hunt could be driven from office, the Wyoming governor, a Republican, would appoint a Republican successor.??????????? The book is a very good read and offers a terrific history of our state during the post World War II years.? It is to McDaniel?s credit and Wyoming?s that it has been written and published and is now available.

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Check out Bill Sniffin?s columns and blogs at www.billsniffin.com.? He is a longtime Wyoming journalist from Lander who has written four books. His most recent book is ?Wyoming?s 7 Greatest Natural Wonders? which is available at www.wyomingwonders.com.

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