<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><DIV>From the master: </DIV>
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<DIV>"<SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none">An understanding of communication is necessary, as the <STRONG>communication failures of the Obama administration </STRONG>have made clear. The environmental movement as a whole shares such failures, which is why the conference is being held. The importance of communication in politics has not been recognized sufficiently by environmentalists, and by progressives in general."</SPAN></DIV>
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