OK . . . That was only partly sarcastic . . . It is interesting, though, how we view current events against the backdrop of a decade or two of record keeping. Is the planet warming? Quite possibly it is . . . Still, quite possibly, it was, but is now correcting itself.

?EUR??,,????'?????<National Geographic magazine wrote a cover story on the coming blitz of hurricanes and how we had entered a time of unstoppable hurricane inundation . . . The next year no hurricane made land fall and last year was about the same . . .

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I think it is easier being in the landscape business than the weather business . . .

And speaking of business . . .

There are a few new things happening in and around LCN these days and I thought now would be a good time to fill you in . . .

?EUR??,,????'?????<Classified Ads section of landscapearchitect.com. We have begun a promotion offering discounted rates to those who wish to sell something or hire someone.

LCN now has three ways for you to communicate with the industry.

1. You can run a classified on the section at landscapearchitect.com, which is now directly linked to landscapearchitectWeekly and its 33,000 weekly recipients. 2. You can also send an instant E-Classified through landscapearchitect.com and reach up to 20,000 industry professionals in a matter of minutes. 3. Or you can run the classified in the pages of LCN or its sister publications?EUR??,,????'?????<

?EUR??,,????'?????<Annual LCN Buyer?EUR??,,????'?????< which is about 276-pages of landscape products and services in 10 categories: Business Services; Equipment; Erosion Control; Irrigation; Landscape Lighting; Pavers, Masonry, Blocks & Rocks; Plant Accessories; Plant Materials; Site Amenities; and Water Features. It also features lots of consultants to every imaginable industry association. This annual directory is the largest and most comprehensive resource directory in the market.

Not only that, but with the sister publications already mentioned and with landscapearchitect.com being the largest landscape-oriented database on the web, if you are looking for any kind of landscape product or service you can pretty well find it through LCN . . .

?EUR??,,????'?????<Attention advertisers, suppliers and consultants . . . There is still time to be listed and participate in the 2008 LCN Buyer?EUR??,,????'?????<, but don?EUR??,,????'?????<

?EUR??,,????'?????<landscapearchitect Weekly? To date, of Landscape Communications?EUR??,,????'?????<Landscape Contractor National, Landscape Superintendent and Maintenance Professional, Landscape Architect and Specifier News) roughly one-third receive landscapearchitect Weekly.

In that E-Magazine, you will find articles, products and resources from all three publications and a few that haven?EUR??,,????'?????<To sign-up simply complete the Reader Service card found on page 93 and send it in. Give us a week or two to get you hooked up and then watch your e-mail every Tuesday night . . .

?EUR??,,????'?????<2008 Western Turfgrass and Landscape Expo held Nov 5-6 in Pomona, Calif., just outside of L.A. Last year more than 3,500 people showed up for 525 exhibit booths and some 40 seminars . . . This year the WTLE will be even better than last year?EUR??,,????'?????<

So that?EUR??,,????'?????<

God Bless