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Henri Paul (3 July 1956 – 31 August 1997) was the Deputy Head of Security at the Hôtel Ritz Paris. He was the driver at the time of the car accident at the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris that killed him along with Diana, Princess of Wales and her companion Dodi Fayed on 31 August 1997. Bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones was the only survivor of the crash. Subsequent official investigations conducted by French and British police concluded that the cause of the crash was Paul who was intoxicated with alcohol and driving recklessly at high speed.
Paul had worked for the Fayed family for 11 years. He received his private pilot's licence in June 1974 and was said to enjoy hiring aircraft to fly over to Lorient. On 28 August 1997, three days before the car accident he successfully passed his annual pilot's physical examination. The examination includes a certification which tests for any alcohol problems (including a blood and liver test). Henri Paul's parents claim that this test would have shown if Henri Paul had problems with alcoholism. The original document Certificat D'Aptitude Physique et Mentale was shown on Diana - Geheimnisse der Todesnacht German-Television ZDF in 1998.
The Operation Paget Inquiry, however, received Europe-wide standards for pilots' medicals that were in force in 1997 from the Civil Aviation Authority that suggest no specific medical test for alcoholism was undertaken and a self-certification of alcohol problems was required from individual pilots. Henri Paul made no certification of alcohol problems and none were externally apparent to the doctor who examined him. As part of security training, Paul was known to have been to Stuttgart, Germany, two times on specialist courses run by Mercedes-Benz on how to handle their cars; these included anti-terrorist and anti-kidnapping evasion techniques.

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RICHMOND, Va. (March 14, 2012) - Old Dominion's Garth McGee(Bangor, Northern Ireland) received CAA Men's Golfer of the Week accolades after a second place finish at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate.
McGee, a junior, was runner-up by six strokes to Villanova's Michael Kania. McGee shot 70 in the first two rounds and finished the final round shooting 76 at the 6,819-yard, 71 par Pinehurst No. 6 Golf Course in Pinehurst, N.C. The junior led the Monarchs to a tournament title by four strokes over Eastern Kentucky. VCU and UNCW also participated in the same event finishing eighth and ninth, respectively, in team scoring.


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NASCAR is more than just a car racing event. It's a subculture, and the audience of 6 million who tuned in to June's FedEx 400 is a testimony to its popularity. Camping World CEO and serial entrepreneur Marcus Lemonis of CNBC Prime's new reality series "The Profit" knows the value of having these fans in your corner.
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BEIJING (Aug. 23, 2008) – The U.S. Olympic Women's Indoor Volleyball Team had its run toward a first-ever Olympic Games gold medal end just short of the target with a loss to top ranked-Brazil 25-15, 18-25, 25-13, 25-21 Saturday evening in the Olympic Games title match at Beijing's Capital Gymnasium.
The U.S. silver medal matched its previous best finish from the 1984 Olympic Games. Team USA, ranked fourth in the world by the FIVB, also finished with a bronze in 1992, its last time reaching the medal round.
"We knew the match was going to be very difficult," U.S. Olympic Women's Indoor Head Coach 'Jenny' Lang Ping (Beijing) said. "Brazil is definitely the best team in this tournament. I'd like to congratulate Brazil. It was a wonderful performance. They've been working so many years. Actually they had lots of chances, but this time they got it.
"I'd like to congratulate my team, my assistants, my players. I think they had a very good tournament. I'd also like to congratulate China. They won a medal, too."
The Americans defeated second-ranked Italy in the quarterfinals and third-ranked Cuba in the semifinals to reach the gold-medal match, but ran into a hot Brazil squad that had not lost a single set in the tournament before the night started. Despite recently winning their seventh World Grand Prix title, though, the South Americans had never won the Olympics, FIVB World Championships or FIVB World Cup.
"The gold-medal match is always bittersweet for the loser," U.S. setter Lindsey Berg (Honolulu) said after the match. "We've got to look at it as, 'We got here and won a silver medal.' Nobody expected it. We knew deep down inside that we were that good. We came out here in this tournament and fought our hearts out."
China, the 2004 Olympic Games champion, captured the 2008 bronze medal with a 25-16, 21-25, 25-13, 25-20 victory over Cuba earlier today.
Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah) tallied a team-high 16 points in the loss with 15 kills and an ace. Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Laguna Hills, Calif.) added 12 points via nine kills and three aces .Heather Bown (Yorba Linda, Calif.) contributed 10 kills and two blocks for 12 points. Danielle Scott-Arruda (Baton Rouge, La.) charted five kills and two blocks for seven points, while Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.) added four kills, an ace and a block for six points. Ogonna Nnamani (Bloomington, Ill.) rounded out the scoring with three kills.
Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.) tallied a team-high 14 digs and 15 excellent receptions on 35 errorless attempts. Lindsey Berg (Honolulu) and Robyn Ah Mow-Santos (Honolulu) handed out 10 and nine assists, respectively. Tom added nine digs in the match.
Brazil dominated the block with a 16-5 advantage that assisted in holding the Americans to a 15.71 hitting efficiency (kills minus errors divided attacks). The U.S. served a 5-1 ace margin, but 11 service errors were part of 23 overall errors by the Americans. The Brazilian attack produced a 31.45 hitting efficiecy despite a 20.31 excellent success percent on service receptions.
Brazil, which was playing for its first gold medal-match after bronzes in 1996 and 2000, was led by Sheilla Castro's 16 kills and three blocks for a match-high 19 points. Paula Pequeno charted 16 points, while Marianne Steinbrecher recorded 15 points.
Brazil finished the tournament with a 24-1 set record, the only loss coming in the final against the U.S. Meanwhile, Team USA finished the Olympics with a 6-2 record, with its only other loss to Cuba in pool play.
USA and Brazil have now played 32 times in major FIVB competitions (Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup, World Grand Prix), and the Brazilians hold a slim 17-15 advantage. However, Brazil has won eight of the last nine meetings of FIVB/Olympic Games meetings. The Americans topped Brazil at the 2007 FIVB World Cup to aid them into qualifying for the 2008 Olympic Games.
Tom finished the tournament as the Best Scorer with 124 points (96 kills, 19 blocks, nine aces) to out-distance second-leading scorer Yimei Wang's (China) 120 points. She also ranked eighth in Best Blocker with 0.58 blocks per set. Haneef-Park finished with the sixth-most points with 102, while Bown and Scott-Arruda finished 10th and 11th, respectively. Davis averaged 2.88 digs per set to rank sixth overall in Best Digger.
Lang Ping, head coach of the U.S. Women's National Team, made a third appearance in an Olympic Games gold-medal match. She was a star outside hitter for the Chinese national team that won the gold medal over the U.S. at the 1984 Olympic Games. She later went on to coach China to a silver medal at the 1996 Olympic Game.
Glass and Haneef-Park scored aces to give the U.S. leads of 3-1 and 6-4 in the opening set, but both times Brazil came back to tie the score with consecutive points. After Tom nailed a kill at 10-all, Brazil rattled off a 10-1 run taking a commanding 20-11 advantage en route to the 25-15 victory.
Team USA rebounded with a 5-1 start to the second set with kills from Scott-Arruda, Tom and Haneef-Park. The U.S. extended the advantage to 8-3 with a Bown kill and Haneef-Park ace followed by a Brazil error. Haneef-Park scored a kill followed by a Brazil error to push the lead to 14-9. After Brazil close to within three at 16-13, Tom and Glass connected for consecutive kills at 18-13. Haneef-Park put up a block to follow a Brazilian error to jump the lead to 23-16 as the Americans went on to win 25-18.
Brazil inched a 7-5 lead in the third set to a 12-6 advantage with five of the next six points. It gained an eight-point lead at 19-11 as it scored two 3-0 runs around a Tom and Nnamani kill on consecutive plays. Brazil went on to score six of the next eight points to pocket a 25-13 victory.
The U.S. grabbed an 8-6 lead going into the fourth set's first technical timeout as Bown hammered a slide followed by a Tom ace and Brazil error. Brazil came back to tie the set at 10-all and led 15-13 with three unanswered points. After a Brazil error, Bown put up a block and slammed a kill to put the U.S. back in front 16-15 at the second technical timeout. Bown collected a kill to put the U.S. in front 18-16, only to have Brazil answer with two straight points to tie it at 18-all. Brazil regained the lead at 21-20, and after a Haneef-Park kill tied the set, ran off the final four points including two blocks for a 25-21 victory.
The route through the Olympic Games has been an emotional roller coaster for the American squad. On its first day of competition on Aug. 9, Team USA was informed of the tragic death of Todd Bachman, father-in-law of the U.S. Men's Olympic Indoor Volleyball Team and father of 2004 U.S. Olympic volleyball player Elisabeth "Wiz" Bachman. Less than five hours of learning of the death, the team won an emotion-filled four-set match over Japan. However, the team suffered a letdown the following match on Aug. 11 against Cuba before bouncing back to defeat Venezuela on Aug. 13.
Team USA defeated host China in five sets on Aug. 15 to clinch a spot in the quarterfinals. It concluded the five-match round-robin pool with a five-set come-from-behind victory over Poland. For the third straight match, the U.S. fell behind 2-1 in sets only to rally to defeat second-ranked Italy in the quarterfinals. During the quarterfinals, the Americans executed nearly perfect in a three-set victory over Cuba.
Team USA is ranked fourth in the world by the FIVB taking into accounts results of the 2008 FIVB World Grand Prix, 2007 FIVB World Cup, 2007 Continental Championship, 2006 World Championships and 2004 Olympic Games.
The U.S. Women qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games by finishing third at the 2007 FIVB World Cup, the first qualifying event for the Olympic Games. Team USA has earned a silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games and a bronze medal at the 1992 Olympic Games.
For additional information on the U.S. Women's National Team, click here.
U.S. Women's Indoor Volleyball Olympic Roster
# - Name (Pos, Ht, Hometown, Colloege)
1 - Ogonna Nnamani (OH, 6-1, Bloomington, Ill., Stanford)
2 - Danielle Scott-Arruda (MB, 6-2, Baton Rouge, La., Long Beach State)
3 - Tayyiba Haneef-Park (OPP, 6-7, Laguna Hills, Calif., Long Beach State)
4 - Lindsey Berg (S, 5-8, Honolulu, Hawaii, Minnesota)
5 - Stacy Sykora (L, 5-10, Burleson, Texas, Texas A&M)
6 - Nicole Davis (L, 5-4, Stockton, Calif., Southern California)
7 - Heather Bown (MB, 6-3, Yorba Linda, Calif., Hawaii)
9 - Jennifer Joines (MB, 6-4, Milpitas, Calif., Pacific)
10 - Kimberly Glass (OH, 6-2, Lancaster, Pa., Arizona)
11 - Robyn Ah Mow-Santos (S, 5-7, Honolulu, Hawaii, Hawaii)
12 - Kim Willoughby (OH, 5-10, Napoleonville, La., Hawaii)
15 - Logan Tom (OH, 6-1, Salt Lake City, Utah, Stanford)
Head Coach: "Jenny" Lang Ping
Assistant Coach: Sue Woodstra
Therapist/Trainer: Li Yong
Technical Consultant: Tom Hogan
Technical Coordinator: Diane French
Team Leader: Joan Powell
Past Olympic Games Women's Champions
1964: Japan (USA 5th)
1968: Soviet USA (USA 8th)
1972: Soviet Union (USA did not qualify)
1976: Japan (USA did not qualify)
1980: Soviet Union (USA did not play due to boycott)
1984: China (USA Silver)
1988: Soviet Union (USA 7th)
1992: Cuba (USA 3rd)
1996: Cuba (USA 7th)
2000: Cuba (USA 4th)
2004: China (USA 5th)
2008: Brazil (USA Silver)
Women's 2008 Olympic Games Indoor Volleyball Schedule
Tuesday, Aug. 19 – Quarterfinal Round at Capital Indoor Stadium
1A Cuba def. 4B Serbia, 26-24, 25-19, 26-24
1B Brazil def. 4A Japan, 25-12, 25-20, 25-16
3A China def. 3B Russia, 25-22, 27-25, 25-19
2A USA def. 2B Italy, 20-25, 25-21, 19-25, 25-18, 15-6
Thursday, Aug. 21 – Semifinals at Capital Indoor Stadium
USA def. Cuba, 25-20, 25-16, 25-17
Brazil def. China, 27-25, 25-22, 25-14
Saturday, Aug. 23 - at Capital Indoor Stadium
China def. Cuba 25-16, 21-25, 25-13, 25-20 (bronze medal)
Brazil def. USA 25-15, 18-25, 25-13, 25-21 (gold medal)
Pool A:
Cuba 5-0
China 2-2
Japan 2-2
Poland 1-4
Venezuela 0-5
Pool B:
Brazil 4-0
Italy 4-0
Russia 2-2
Serbia 2-2
Kazakhstan 1-4
Algeria 0-5
Saturday, Aug. 9 - at Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
Pool B: Italy def. Russia, 25-20, 17-25, 25-16, 25-23
Pool B: Serbia def. Kazakhstan, 25-21, 25-17, 23-25, 25-21
Saturday, Aug. 9 - at Capital Indoor Stadium
Pool B: Brazil def. Algeria, 25-11, 25-11, 25-10
Pool A: Cuba def. Poland, 21-25, 25-17, 25-20, 25-17
Pool A: China def. Venezuela, 25-13, 25-13, 25-18
Pool A: USA def. Japan, 25-20, 20-25, 25-19, 25-21
Monday, Aug. 11 - at Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
Pool B: Serbia def. Algeria, 25-14, 25-13, 25-13
Pool B: Italy def. Kazakhstan, 25-19, 25-15, 25-21
Monday, Aug. 11 - at Capital Indoor Stadium
Pool A: Cuba def. USA, 25-15, 26-24, 25-17
Pool B: Brazil def. Russia, 25-14, 25-14, 25-16
Pool A: China def. Poland, 22-25, 25-15, 25-20, 25-22
Pool A: Japan def. Venezuela, 25-12, 25-17, 25-12
Wednesday, Aug. 13 - at Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
Pool B: Italy def. Algeria, 25-7, 25-20, 25-12
Pool A: USA def. Venezuela, 25-17, 20-25, 25-14, 25-18
Wednesday, Aug. 13 - at Capital Indoor Stadium
Pool B: Russia def. Kazakhstan, 25-19, 25-18, 25-11
Pool B: Brazil def. Serbia, 25-15, 25-13, 25-23
Pool A: Cuba def. China, 18-25, 14-25, 25-23, 32-30, 15-13
Pool A: Japan def. Poland 25-21, 25-20, 18-25, 23-25, 15-11
Friday, Aug. 15 - at Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
Pool B: Russia def. Algeria 25-11, 25-19, 25-10
Pool B: Brazil def. Kazakhstan, 25-13, 25-6, 27-25
Friday, Aug. 15 - at Capital Indoor Stadium
Pool A: Poland def. Venezuela 25-12, 25-12, 25-20
Pool B: Italy def. Serbia, 25-23, 25-20, 25-19
Pool A: USA def. China, 23-25, 25-22, 23-25, 25-20, 15-11
Pool A: Cuba def. Japan 25-17, 25-22, 25-22
Sunday, Aug. 17 - at Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
Pool B: Kazakhstan def. Algeria, 25-18, 25-20, 17-25, 25-16.
Pool A: Cuba def. Venezuela, 25-20, 25-20, 25-19
Sunday, Aug. 17 - at Capital Indoor Stadium
Pool A: USA def. Poland, 18-25, 25-21, 19-25, 25-19, 15-13
Pool B: Brazil def. Italy, 25-16, 25-22, 25-17
Pool A: China def. Japan, 26-24, 25-16, 25-14
Pool B: Russia def. Serbia, 25-21, 25-16, 25-20


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The European Parliament has elected former Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker as the new leader of the 28-nation bloc's executive arm.
Lawmakers in Strasbourg on Tuesday voted 422-250 for the 59-year-old who will take over as European Commission President in November from the incumbent, Jose Manuel Barroso of Portugal. The results were announced by the parliament's president, Martin Schulz.
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LONDON (Reuters) - More women are going under the knife to achieve the kind of toned upper arms earned by the stars' vigorous gym workouts but plastic surgeons warn the operation comes at a cost - scarring.
Statistics released by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) this week showed that arm lift surgery on women has soared more than 4,400 percent in the past decade, fuelled by sleeveless fashions and a focus on well-shaped celebrities.
An online poll of 1,219 women commissioned by the ASPS in March/April found women are paying closer attention to well-toned arms, most admiring those of Michelle Obama and Hollywood actresses Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Biel and Demi Moore.
"Women are paying more attention to their arms in general and are becoming more aware of options to treat this area," ASPS President Gregory Evans said in a statement.
He said 98 percent of 15,000 arm lift patients in the United States last year were women and more than 75 percent of these were aged over 40.
The United States performs the most aesthetic/cosmetic surgical procedures followed by Brazil, according to the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, and tends to pioneer new trends in the industry.
Evans said there were two ways to remove what have come to be known as so-called "bingo wings" - originating from the idea that women playing the game wave their winning cards, causing the flabby skin hanging from the upper arms to flap.
These were liposuction or a surgical procedure known as brachioplasty in which an incision is made from the elbow to the armpit and loose skin is removed from the back of the arms.
Plastic surgeon Keith Allison, speaking on behalf of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, said UK surgeons had also seen a rise in demand for arm surgery, although the numbers remain small.
Allison said the scarring that came with a brachioplasty was a deterrent for many people.
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Allison said liposuction could work for younger patients with good skin elasticity while severely overweight people who slimmed down might opt for a brachioplasty.
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NEW MILFORD -- Litchfield Crossings, once planned to be the jewel at the entrance to New Milford, is striving to live up to that reputation.
The long-stalled shopping plaza at 169 Danbury Road (Route 7) is under the new ownership of ECCO Development, and eight new retailers and restaurants have been announced as coming to the site.
Construction on Panera Bread restaurant has resumed. Petco, Famous Footwear, and GNC all are under construction at this time.
Sleepy's and Harvest Field Market are signing leases in coming weeks, and Ninety Nine restaurant and Jake's WayBack restaurant have sent letters of intent.
Litchfield Crossings, which has some 1,800 feet of frontage on Danbury Road, is the site of 127,136 square feet of retail space, including Big Lots, Kohl's, HomeGoods, Union Savings Bank, Western Connecticut Medical Group, an AT&T mobility store and Webster Bank.
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ECCO Development, owned by the Gizzi family, took over the 41-acre plaza in October 2013 from Danbury Road Developers under the limited liability partnership of Litchfield Crossings.
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2005 Danbury Road Developers buy 169 Danbury Road parcel; plan 282K-sqaure-foot retail/office plaza
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2008 Economic downturn causes Target anchor to pull out
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2012 Kohl's department store opens as anchor; Big Lots, HomeGoods open; construction starts on Panera restaurant then stalls
2013 Webster Bank opens in January; Gizzi family takes over ownership for $18.2 million
Original partners in the plaza, Paul Scalzo, Joe Sisca, Hal Kurfehs and Danny LeTourneau, had purchased the site in 2005 under the business name Danbury Road Developers. By 2012, they ended their partnership, and Scalzo was looking for a new partner. Enter the Gizzi family.
Calls to Scalzo Monday were not returned.
"It's a good thing. This will make the plaza a lot more attractive, benefiting the businesses that are already there," said New Milford Mayor Pat Murphy. "Residents will have more local shops and not have to go out of town to find what they need."
Problems plagued Litchfield Crossings development starting with the economic downturn. Target, a major retailer expressing interest in being the anchor store, pulled out in 2008.
The parcel sat vacant, clear cut of trees for nearly three years, with local residents referring to it as "the dustbowl." And when construction finally started in 2011, Greenwich-based Urstadt Biddle Properties took legal action against Danbury Road Developers regarding the driveway location of Litchfield Crossings.
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Electronics Measurement: Inductance and Henrys
Inductance is only a momentary thing. Exactly how much of a momentary thing depends on the amount of inductance an inductor has. Inductance is measured in units called henrys.
The definition of one henry is simple: One henry is the amount of inductance necessary to induce one volt when the current in coil changes at a rate of one ampere per second.
As you might guess, one henry is a fairly large inductor. Inductors in the single-digit henry range are often used when dealing with household current (120 VAC at 60 Hz). But for most electronics work, you'll use inductances measured in thousandths of a henry (millihenrys, abbreviated mH) or in millionths of a henry (microhenrys, abbreviated μH).
Here are a few additional things to know about inductors and henrys:
The plural of henry is henrys, not henries.
The letter L is often used to represent inductance in formulas. Inductors in schematic diagrams are usually referenced by the letter L. For example, if a circuit calls for three inductors, they will be identified L1, L2, and L3.
The henry is named after Joseph Henry, the person who discovered self-inductance and invented the inductor.
This is the symbol used to represent inductors in a schematic diagram:


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Boys' Life is a general-interest magazine published monthly in three demographic editions for boys from first grade through high school. Boys' Life is the flagship youth publication of the Boy Scouts of America—many stories and articles in Boys' Life reflect the program themes of Cub Scouting and program features of Boy Scouting.
The mission of Boys' Life is to entertain and educate America's youth and to open their eyes to the joyous world of reading. This is accomplished through a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.
Boys' Life magazine reaches 1.1 million Scout subscribers and 200,000 non-Scout subscribers. Pass-along readership means that over 6 million people read Boys' Life each month.
Demographic editions
Boys' Life publishes three demographic editions to meet the reading-level needs of subscribers from first grade through high school. The covers are the same, but each edition has its own 16 to 20 age-specific pages.
- Ages 6 Through 8 - This edition goes to all Tiger Cubs and Cub Scout subscribers through age 8.
- Ages 9 and 10 - This edition goes to all Cub Scouts and Webelos Scouts 9 and older and to all Cub Scout leaders who subscribe.
- Ages 11 and Up - This edition goes to all Boy Scout-age subscribers and to all other Boys' Life subscribers.
In 1911, George S. Barton founded, edited, and published the first edition of Boys' Life magazine. He called it Boys' and Boy Scouts' Magazine. At that time there were three major competing Scouting organizations: the American Boy Scouts, New England Boy Scouts, and Boy Scouts of America (BSA).
The first issue of Barton's Boys' Life was published on January 1, 1911. 5000 copies were printed of that first issue. Very few of those copies actually reached the public. The widely accepted first edition was published on March 1, 1911. With this issue, the magazine was expanded from eight to 48 pages, the page size was reduced, and a two-color cover was added. In 1912, the Boy Scouts of America purchased the magazine, making it an official BSA magazine. Boys' Life circulation has grown from 6,000 in 1912 to 1.3 million today.
In September 1995, Boys' Life began publication of a "demographic" edition for Cub Scout-age subscribers. In September 1999, Boys' Life began a third demographic edition--this one for Tiger Cubs--by adding an eight-page poster pullout insert to the Cub Scout demographic.
How to Subscribe
Scouts should see their Scout leader or call their BSA local council (find "Boy Scouts of America" in the white pages of the telephone book). Persons not members of the Boy Scouts of America should call 972-580-2088. Subscription cost is $24 per year ($12 per year for BSA members).
External links
- "Boys' Life promotional materials". Scouting.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- "Boys' Life Magazine Fact Sheet". Scouting.org. Archived from the original on May 20, 2009.
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BALTIMORE – UMBC freshman thrower Vincent Rentzsch (Oranienburg, Germany) of the track and field team was named the UMBC Athlete of the Month for May 2013, in a poll conducted from June 3-11. Rentzsch won the vote over women's track's Mercedes Jackson (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown), men's lacrosse's Scott Jones (Port Coquitlam, British Columbia/Terry Fox), and baseball's Kevin Lachance (Clifton, Va./Centreville).
Renztsch opened the month in fine fashion, winning both the javelin event and the decathlon at the America East Outdoor Track and Field Championships, earning the Most Outstanding Rookie award. After participating at the IC4A Championships at Princeton, the freshman advanced to the NCAA East Regionals for the javelin. Moving on to the finals of the meet in North Carolina, Rentzsch recorded his best ever throw of 70.88m (232'6") in his final attempt, to jump from 15th overall to fifth and earn a spot at the NCAA Championships in Oregon.
For the year, Rentzsch broke the UMBC school record in the javelin six times, with his distance from the East Regional currently setting the pace. Upon reaching the national meet, he became just the fifth Retriever track athlete to ever advance to the NCAA Championships and after placing 21st in Oregon, Rentzsch was named an Honorable Mention All-American by USTFCCCA.


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8:25 p.m. On a summer Saturday, three bikes are in La Montañita Co-op's rack. The grocery's green patio furniture is empty except for a burly man with an egg-shaped piece of pink piñata taped to his helmet. The crepe-paper conehead smiles, extending a hand. "I'm Joe. Here for the poker ride?"
8:45 p.m. The rack is full. Bikes lean everywhere. There are ancient 11-speeds, carbon fiber frames, dual-suspension bikes, disc-braked mountain bikes and sleek fixed-gears ("fixies")
Two riders eat cement at the tunnel's mouth next to Gecko's Bar and Tapas patio. Neither are hurt, but both are harassed with an eruption of cheers and jeers as they disentangle. "What, no brakes? Oh wait, it's a fixie," someone shouts.
Twice a month, a clan of cyclists besiege the Co-op's horseshoe parking lot, gathering for a night ride powered by cards, laughs and cranks. This is the poker ride.
9:05 p.m. The pack congeals and rolls onto Central, turning left at Carlisle. Riders shout, "Clear!" giving those behind the go-ahead. A swarm of strobing red lights and pumping legs fills the street. Cars keep their distance.
Everyone is hanging in Hidden Park. The group has grown to 30, and it's time to buy in. Dave Lawless, aka the "Lawless Assassin," is one of the poker ride's founders. He explains the guidelines: five-card stud, no wilds and five bucks to play.
A card is drawn at each stop on the ride, two personal cards and three community cards. At the last station, best hand takes the pot. Winners have hauled anywhere from 30 to 150 clams depending on how many people play.
"Whoever wins is privileged and obligated to plan the next week's ride," Lawless says. "If you copout, you pay double to buy in next time."
This rule creates a situation where nobody owns the poker ride, yet everybody owns the poker ride. If you win, you must lead.
The ride was born from a friend's farewell. Three years ago, Lawless and some buddies sent off a friend who was moving out of state with a last-hurrah night ride. Someone suggested spicing up the excursion with a game of cards. The friend left, but the group continued meeting for Saturday night rides. Word spread, others joined, and over the years, the poker ride grew from a handful of handlebars to a mob often counting 20 heads.
"This is inclusive to all bike denominations, and we're welcoming to new people," Lawless says, "but if you show up, be ready to ride hard."
Last week's winner, Jeremy Brown, a fellow with a hefty beard and short-brimmed cycling cap, unwraps a fresh deck of cards and calls for players. A few feet away, a group of people use bike lights to illuminate someone swapping out a flat tube. The cards are dealt, and the pot reaches a hundred bucks. This reporter holds an ace of diamonds.
10:05 p.m. Brown leads the pack down Monte Vista toward UNM, flowing left onto Richmond and left again on Central. The line in front of Imbibe, full of collared shirts and high-heels, gawks at the blinking spectacle. Tonight the cyclists don't hug Central's shoulder to avoid cars whipping past. They take the entire right lane with a group the size of a semi-truck.
Carl Levine burns a wheelie three blocks long before turning toward the Fixed and Free bike shop on Tulane, tonight's first stop. A small shindig is going down behind the store, which is doubled in size by our arrival.
Joe Sandberg, with the piñata brain-shield, squats on a cinder block at a low, makeshift table. Yesterday was his daughter's ninth birthday, he explains.
"She severed the ice cream cone piñata perfectly and dared me to wear it to the poker ride," says Sandberg, a self-described "sexy older rider," who commutes to his job at REI every day via bicycle.
"This ride is about having fun, getting out on a community ride, taking care of people if they get flats and riding as a group," says Sandberg. "Having traffic see us is a good thing."
Brown yells into the crowd, "Five minutes. Poker riders, get your cards." This reporter draws a Jack of spades and starts to like his odds.
The pack has lost a few members to the party but remains sizable as the blinking swarm huffs up Constitution. Reaching Louisiana, everyone turns onto the East-West bike path that parallels I-40 before crossing over the freeway near Winrock Mall. The overpass is tonight's third stop.
Rain begins to drizzle as headlights rush underfoot. Some riders are still huffing from the hill as others fire up cigarettes. Two guys relieve themselves through the chain-link fence, drawing a laugh. The first community card is dealt: five of spades. Upon departing the bridge, a few more people opt out and head back toward Nob Hill.
11:43 p.m. The group is taking shelter under an awning at Los Altos Skate Park. A police car sidles up, blasting them with the spotlight. The loudspeaker booms, "Move along. Park's closed."
When cyclists instead of skaters emerge from the bleachers the officer is audibly confused, "Oh, are you guys just hiding from the rain? You're all right then."
The 5-0 pulls into the parking lot to investigate. He walks up with a puzzled expression and asks, "What are you guys doing?"
"This is the poker ride!"
Johnny Sanchez, the group ambassador and a registered EMT, steps forward to explain. The officer is also a bike cop and gets to chewing the fat about cycling. After a cop-talk session, the lawman departs and the second community card pulled is the 10 of hearts.
En route to the last stop, someone's chain breaks. Sanchez, unwilling to leave a comrade behind, instructs the rider to grab onto his backpack and tows the guy a couple miles to the last stop. Lawless has a couple extra links, Brown produces a chain breaker, and the bike is repaired at the next stop. The poker riders roll prepared.
The final destination is Snow Park, on Indian School and Moon, which has a large cement-floored gazebo. The cement is slick; someone slides out and smashes an elbow. Missing some skin, the rider stands up with an embarrassed smile.
There have only been three serious injuries in poker ride history. One disastrous night, a guy broke both elbows, and 10 minutes later another rider compound fractured his elbow. This is why the group verbally shouts out obstacles and uses lights. Helmets are praised but not mandatory.
A hundred bucks is a hefty pot, and it's time for the last card. Everyone huddles around Brown with a little bit of money fever. He holds up an Ace of clubs and says, "Show your cards."
Those with a hand worth shouting about do so. Someone produces a pair of aces, with a seven of diamonds high card. This reporter, slightly astonished, holds up his pair of aces, jack of spades high. No one beats the hand, and the hundred big ones are handed over.
"You better show up in two weeks!" yells Levine.
This reporter is instantly changed from this week's follower into the next ride's leader, and another Burque biker becomes addicted to the poker ride.


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Costume Designers Honor Princess Hathaway & Anna Karenina
The last (I think?) guild has spoken. And they have announced the movies (and tv) that were 'CLOTHED IN IMMENSE POWER' for 2012. Apologies to Lincoln for stealing their line ...but at least they were nominated!
The evening included Career Achievement Awards to Eduardo Castro a frequent Emmy nominee with shows like "Ugly Betty" and "Once Upon a Time" under his belt and Judianna Makovsky who made waves this past spring with Hunger Games and costumed films as diverse as the original Harry Potter, Seabiscuit, and Reversal of Fortune. There was also a special award, the LACOSTE Spotlight Award to Anne Hathaway because Guilds generally find a way to honor a movie star or famous director during their ceremonies.
Her award seems to be a crystal alligator of some sort and it looks like she's inviting it to eat Russell Crowe's diaphragm in the photos. Hey, anything to stop him from singing at the Oscars on Sunday!
Television Movie/Mini-Series Lou Eyrich for "American Horror Story: Asylum"
Commercial Costume Design Judianna Makovsky for "Captain Morgan Black"
Contemporary Television Molly Maginnis for "Smash"
Period/Fantasy Television Carolina McCall for "Downton Abbey"
Their series awards are hard to argue with, right? Although "Smash" has an unfair advantage over other contemporary shows in that it can also work in period and fantasy wear without stretching the boundaries of the show.
Contemporary Film Jany Temine for Skyfall
Period Film Jacqueline Durran for Anna Karenina
Fantasy Film Eiko Ishioka for Mirror Mirror
...which sets up the Oscar contest in brief.
I've said for some time that I think that Anna Karenina will be winning this statue (the other nominations for the film show some cross-branch interest and, no small matter, the costumes are also beyond gorgeous and memorable). But Mirror Mirror does pose a formidable threat if the Academy is feeling silly and adventurous (bunny ears on top hats, stilt legs, supersized bows, etcetera) or merely feeling misty about the passing of the great Eiko Ishioka.
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Sweden is actually the third largest country in Western Europe, with an area approximately twice that of Britain, and with a length stretching 1600 km from north to south.
More than half of Sweden's land surface is Pine and Birch forest amongst which there are an amazing 100,000 beautiful lakes. The majority of Sweden's towns and cities are to be found in the southern third of the country, where most Swedes live, 1.8 million of them in her capital city, Stockholm.
Stockholm is easily one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, and is often referred to as 'Beauty on Water' due to her situation covering 14 connected islands. Stockholm's breathtaking archipelago begins just outside the city and comprises 24,000 islands which are the perfect place to relax and unwind.
A holiday in Sweden promises to be one of the most relaxing and 'laid back' you may ever have!
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Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers has officially won NBA Rookie of the Year.
"To miss my entire first year and then be able to be up here today is definitely satisfying," Griffin said. "My teammates, every single one, did such an amazing job helping me in a year that was filled with ups and downs, when I was learning a lot about the game."
The announcement made Wednesday afternoon should come as no surprise. He was the obvious lock, and is the first player to win unanimously since David Robinson in 1989-90, according to the NBA. He accepted the award Wednesday at the Clippers' training complex, the Associated Press reported.
Washington's John Wall finished second and Sacramento's DeMarcus Cousins finished third.
Griffin led the Clippers with 22.5 points per game (12th in NBA), 12.1 rebounds per game (fourth in NBA) and 63 double-doubles (third in NBA).
"He had an absolutely incredible season, and he quickly became a leader for this team. After missing all of last season, it is obvious how much work he put in throughout the course of the year," said Clippers Head Coach Vinny Del Negro.
Griffin fans looking to celebrate the award, may want to check out this NBA montage of the forward's 214 regular season dunks, or this slightly less exciting interview:


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Coping in a Temporary Office/
By Wells H. Anderson
A disaster may force you out of your office temporarily or permanently. You lose your old routines and face doing things in new ways. Here are tips on how to adjust to relocation and how to prepare now to survive the disruption.
What to Do in Your Temporary Office
If your damaged former office is accessible, take comprehensive photographs and submit insurance claims as soon as possible.
If you find yourself working from home or in unimpressive temporary space, make arrangements with a nearby building for access to an attractive conference room for client meetings.
Some office suite companies offer conference room services, telephone answering and forwarding, and mailbox services to non-tenants and short-term tenants alike.
Communicate to all your clients, explaining what necessary delays they may expect, giving your realistic timetable for resuming normal operations and telling them how to reach you.
Keep the money flowing. Be sure to send out bills promptly and follow up on any overdue accounts receivable.
Isolation and overload often follow in the wake of a disaster. Make some time to talk with friends and colleagues outside of work and family responsibilities.
How to Prepare Now for Disaster Relocation
Write up a disaster recovery plan that sets forth a schedule of who does what. It brings order to chaotic situations.
Make arrangements for temporary office space and services.
Review and test your data backup procedures and off-site backup media and equipment.
Consider acquiring a backup server, laptops, and network equipment, synchronizing data between your main office and the off-site emergency equipment.
Stockpile supplies, equipment, and mobile phones off-site.
For insurance purposes, schedule quarterly photo shoots to document the equipment and furnishings in your office.
Add insurance coverage to cover property loss, loss of revenue, reconstruction of records, and configuration of computer systems.
Plan how you will determine the current status of each active matter and communicate with your clients about them.
Take the planning process seriously. Most businesses do not plan and most fail when severely struck by disasters.
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Wabash Salutes Bob Burkardtby Tom Runge • June 14, 2005 Share:
June 13, 2005. Over twenty alumni and friends gathered for lunch at the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Indianapolis to visit with Bob Burkardt, Head Athletic Trainer at Wabash from 1975-1984. Bob was in Indianapolis to attend a conference and the opportunity was a golden one. The group told many stories of Wabash athletic victories in an era when Wabash was a powerhouse in several sports.
In addition to alumni involved in Wabash's athletic programs, the crowd included long-time friends of Wabash athletics Fran Hollett H'85, Ginny Hays H'37, and Sharon Terry; past Wabash football coach Mark Deal; current Wabash coaches Mac Petty and Rob Johnson; and friend Joe Altott.
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Liberty News
Liberty prays for nation's students at See You at the Pole rally
Hundreds of Liberty University students gathered inside Arthur S. DeMoss Learning Center for the annual See You at the Pole (SYATP) rally on Sept. 25, the night before millions of students of all ages across the country met at their schools' flagpoles to pray.
SYATP rallies started in 1990 when 10 students desired to pray for their high school in Texas. Now millions of students gather around the world on the fourth Wednesday in September.
Liberty has participated in the event since 1990.
Seven years ago, Liberty started the unique tradition of holding SYATP the night before in order to pray for the students who attend rallies nationwide the next morning.
Daniel Bolton is a junior at Liberty and is a Resident Assistant with the Office of Student Leadership. He participated in SYATP and led a prayer during the event.
"We lead through example by meeting the night before, as a student body, to pray for the millions of students who will be attending SYATP the following morning," Bolton said. "I attended because prayer works. It shows our dependence on God."
Due to rain, the rally was held in the Grand Lobby of DeMoss instead of its traditional location in front of the flagpole. Liberty packed out the space with representatives from all 50 states and several countries to pray for their neighbors and for local needs.
The hour opened with worship from the Campus Praise Band as students prepared their hearts to petition the Lord. Students from the Student Government Association and the Office of Student Leadership guided prayer for government, school athletics, teachers, administration, youth pastors, school outreach, and salvation of friends and families back home.


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Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is under "tight medical supervision," as his struggle with bipolar disorder has been compounded by recent legal troubles, his father, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, said today in a statement.
"He is struggling with the highs and lows of his bipolar disorder," Jackson said. "Please pray for him, Sandi and their children."
Jackson Jr.'s legal troubles came to a head on Friday, when federal prosecutors accused him of misusing more than $750,000 in campaign funds, and accused his wife Sandi of filing false tax returns.
They are both expected to sign plea deals with prosecutors.
The Jackson family has heard from "so many ministers" who have offered their prayers in the wake of a "difficult and painful ordeal," Jackson said.
Noting that his son issued a statement of apology on Friday, Jackson said, "our hope is that his sincere apology will be well received."
"This is a storm, within time storms pass over," Jackson said.
"There are other storms," he continued, noting that four shootings took place in Chicago on Friday, just hours after President Obama delivered a speech at a local high school.
"As I pray for my own family, I also pray for the victims of shootings and violence," Jackson said.
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"Please continue to pray for our family," Jackson concluded. "Let's pray for each other; let's pray for hope and change. Through it all, prayer, forgiveness and redemption still matter."
Jackson Jr., a Chicago Democrat, has been largely out of sight since last June, when he began a leave of absence from the House. He won re-election last November but resigned his post later that month.
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iD4Media necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 44 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
This client works with HUGE steel parts. We need a brand that embodies quality, massive parts and precision and remains professional.
"The Monarch Companies" - tagline: "Bigger Done Better"
We need a logo that can be used for a website, stationary, business cards and in color and B&W in a range of sizes. This company does precision machining, fabrication and assembly of parts that can weigh 50 tons and more. The parts are typically huge mining equipment (dredges, shovels...), hydroelectric pipes large enough to walk through and such.
A sample of an initial attempt can be viewed at http://www.id4media.com/tSemB7aB/mo…C_logo.png plus tagline "Bigger Done Better".
Photos of various sample products worked on by this company can be found here: http://www.id4media.com/tSemB7aB/monarch/.
Starting ideas for this logo include:
- Ground, machined steel
- Heavy, thick font
- Words "The" and "Companies" can be treated differently.
- Tagline fits below and may be separated from brand.
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- 4 star - design is being considered
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- Brand - "The Monarch Companies" and Tagline "Bigger Done Better"
- Must fit context of steel, concrete, welding, massive size... but symbolize quality and precision.
- Colors: if it works with logo, company primary color is RGB (154, 255, 255).
- "Monarch" is the primary word in the brand.
- Attributes: tough, precision, massive but not "fat"
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- Should work with both light and dark backgrounds or have multiple versions to facilitate
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A classic, timeless piece turns into a tea infuser. "T-Timepiece", designed by young Dutch designer Titus Wybenga, resembles a pocket watch with a novel function. An evocative design that suites us to carry "T-timepiece" always with us, to "stop the time" to have a break wherever we are.
Dutch designer Titus Wybenga (Ipswich, 1990) graduated at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in 2016. During his studies he worked as an intern at Joris Laarman Lab and assisted in the course Design for Cultural Impact. Titus is deeply engaged in social design. His graduation project sought to promote understanding between cultural groups in his hometown of Rotterdam. He co-founded design and production studio De Staalslagerij.


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Online shoppers, the taxman approacheth.
On Monday, the U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote on and expected to approve the Marketplace Fairness Act, the first step toward requiring online retailers to collect sales tax on online purchases.
E-tailers have been exempted from collecting the tax for decades because the courts deemed it too difficult for them to calculate all the thousands of different tax rates imposed by cities and states. Large retailers including eBay and Salt Lake City-based Overstock continue to argue that point.
But Main Street shopkeepers and others argue that new software and technology simplify the math, and online retailers need to do what they've been required to do for years: procure sales tax.
State Sen. Wayne Harper, R-Taylorsville, who has pushed for the change for the past 12 years, says it's a matter of fairness.
"Online non-local business has had a competitive advantage over local business," Harper said. "Finally this discrimination should be dealt with and should go away this year."
But what would the change mean for consumers?
If the bill passes, you'll definitely pay a bit more at the online checkout. Still, Utah State Tax Commissioner Bruce Johnson emphasizes this is not a new tax.
"The sale has always been taxable," he said. "Most consumers have been blithely unaware of the obligation."
Indeed, we're all supposed to be paying tax when purchasing a song on iTunes or buying a sweater from the Lands' End catalog. It's called a "use tax" and the rate depends on where you live (for example, Salt Lake County residents pay 6.85 percent while those in Washington County pay 5.95 percent). There's a line at the bottom of the state tax form asking if you have any use tax to disclose for online and catalog purchases.
Because e-tailers haven't been doing the calculations, Johnson admits it's been tricky for consumers to figure out just how much use tax they owe, noting that he recently downloaded two books on his Kindle. One was taxed, the other was not.
"You've got to look at every invoice," he said.
And the fact is, not many of us are. Just 13,800 of Utah's 1.2 million taxpayers remitted taxes on about $650,000 worth of online purchases in 2011. That amounted to about $50 in use tax on average.
Kate Bradshaw is "one of the less than 1 percent" who pays use tax for her family's online goods. She acknowledges she likely wouldn't belong to that elite group if she wasn't also vice president of the Utah Retail Merchants Association.
Bradshaw only started paying the tax when she found out about it three years ago when she got the job.
"Once you know, I feel like you have a duty to pay," she said. "If you're a consumer in the state of Utah, the tax is due."
She says members of the Utah Retail Merchants Association have voiced "zero" opposition to the bill. She also says she hasn't heard negative comments from Utah consumers either and doesn't expect to.
"If all of the sudden consumers had a several hundred dollar tax bill due, that would get consumers' attention," she said. "But this is one of those taxes that's paid in little bitty bites through purchases made over the course of the year. I think initially [consumers] may notice, but eventually they'll just go about their business."
University of Utah family and consumer studies professor Robert Mayer says shoppers need to take the long view, pointing to the benefits he thinks the online sales tax revenue would bring to local business owners and state budgets.
"What is it about the Internet that means you shouldn't have to pay taxes?" he asked. "I think [online shoppers] realize they've been lucky but consumers should not want the free lunch."
Under the proposed legislation, small businesses bringing in less than $1 million in remote sales won't have to collect.
While the bill is expected to pass in the Senate, it will likely face tougher opposition in the House of Representatives, where anti-tax and small-government advocates are pushing hard for a defeat.
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Marketplace Fairness Act
• The Marketplace Fairness Act would require online retailers to collect sales tax.
• Supporters say it would level the playing field between online and brick-and-mortar retailers. Opponents say the thousands of different tax rates makes collection too hard.
• The U.S. Senate votes on the bill Monday. The House version is before the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.


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Dennis Prager likes to say (and I'm paraphrasing here) that liberals and conservatives have entirely incompatible world views. They understand facts in such a different way that there are few points of intersection. I had a reminder of that truism the other day when I watched Oliver Stone's World Trade Center with a liberal friend.
As you may recall, WTC, which came out last year, tells the true story of two Port Authority police officers (John McLoughlin and Will Jimeno) who got trapped in an elevator shaft when the Trade Center buildings collapsed. The movie traces their day from its ordinary beginnings, to their bewildering mission into the building, to their entombment, survival in the wreckage and ultimate rescue. It also looks at how their families cope with both the news and the complete absence of news, and how they are discovered and extricated. I found it a very moving experience to watch. My friend did not. He thought it was sentimental and pedestrian, despite learning at the end that much of the dialog was lifted right out of newspaper stories and quotations from the people actually involved in the events.
My friend's perception in that regard could just be an artistic, movie-making quibble. What was more interesting was his emotional response to the movie. As I watched events unfold, especially when the planes hit the buildings and people began to realize that America had been attacked, I became furious all over again at those who had attacked us, and at those who masterminded and funded the attack. I was sorry that the Saudis in the plane died, and that they died fulfilling their hearts' desires, because it would have been so much more emotionally satisfying to subject to them to some horrible medieval style torture. (And, in that way, it's probably good for America's soul that we didn't get the opportunity to flay them alive, and remove their intestines and burn them before their eyes, which is what they richly deserved.) That was my response.
My friend's response was this: "Bush is going to go down in history as the worst president ever. He squandered the opportunity to go after the terrorists." I didn't want to talk politics during the movie, so I let it drop, but I had a few thoughts: As to the source of this attack, which was Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, Bush didn't squander the opportunity. Instead, he went in and destroyed the Taliban. And as to the fact that it was Saudi Arabia that provided the manpower, the money and the ideology, I doubt my friend seriously believes anyone could attack Saudi Arabia without destroying the West in a single, oil-dripping stroke. In other words, once Bush went after the Taliban, which was a low level player in world Islamism, although a high level players in this single attack, what should he have done vis a vis the Twin Towers?
There will be, for a long time, debate about the wisdom of Bush's next responsive choice — invading Iraq. I'd like to avoid the justification given for the war — violating UN sanctions, creating a Potemkin nuclear village (although some of the village's real components seem to have drifted into Syria), funding terrorism, etc. — and focus on the strategic benefit of going into Iraq.
George Friedman, who is the founder of Stratfor, a company that produces intelligence analysis, wrote a book in which he opined, based on information available to the public, that Iraq was a proxy attack on Saudi Arabia. That is, Bush used information available at the time built up a credible and honest case that Iraq was a threat (and I say honest because most of the information was, in fact, true and, as for that which was untrue, there was no way to know at the time that it was false). Neutralizing Iraq, though, was only one goal and, perhaps, even a secondary one. What he really wanted to do was to create a strong American military presence, both short and long term, that was breathing over Saudi Arabia's shoulder. Saudi Arabia got the message, by the way, and after the War began, Saudi Arabia instantly stepped up its own attacks against Al Qaeda within Saudi borders.
Bush also hoped to create– and, in fact, may have created — a stable pro-American bulwark in the heart of the Middle East. He almost incidentally created a honey pot that attracted Al Qaeda fighters from all over the Muslim world (especially Iran, Syria, and Saudi Arabia), men who rendered themselves useless by becoming dead. While there may be other fervent anti-American Muslims around the world, not all are willing to die for their beliefs, so the fact that they hate America (as they have done for decades) may be less important than the fact that they're suddenly not so willing to throw themselves in front of American bullets to demonstrate their hatred.
That's my view, but I willingly concede that there is room for intelligent disagreement, both about the War's origins, its conduct, and its eventual results. Nevertheless, I still found peculiar that my friend, watching in almost real time a Muslim/Saudi attack on America that killed 3,000 people, rather than venting at the attackers, used the opportunity to vent against George Bush.
My friend also had one other interesting take on the movie. I'm not giving anything away here, since it was well publicized when the movie came out, but the two police officers were discovered because an ex-Marine, living in Connecticut, recognized that the US was at war, pulled on his old uniform, and went down to the ruins to hunt for survivors. And because he was not affiliated with any official organization, he wasn't constrained by orders from headquarters calling the search off for the night. He just went in. Once there, he found another ex-Marine, exactly like himself: someone who pulled on his uniform and did his duty. It was these men who, in the dark, dusty, dangerous smoke, went around yelling for survivors to call out or tap. And it was these men who, when they found McLoughlin and Jimeno, assured them that, as Marines, these survivors had become their mission, and the Marines would not abandon them. Since you know how I feel about the Marines, I was really moved by that moment.
Interestingly, when my friend was talking to my son, and telling him about the movie, he described these two rescuers thusly: "These ordinary guys decided to go looking for survivors." I interrupted to say, "They weren't ordinary guys, they were Marines." My friend insisted that I was wrong. They were ordinary guys, he said, because they weren't fire fighters or police officers or FBI agents or anyone else working with an organization. They just went in on their own. My friend is technically correct — both men were ex-Marines who showed up without orders — but I think he missed something profound, which is that it was their Marine identity and training that drove them there. Strikingly, both of them showed up in their uniforms, which I think was more than just a way to avoid police cordons. I think it was a statement about their identity and their goals: they were Marines, and they were on a mission.
So, one movie, two very different responses.
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Over 30 years and dozens of projects later Melvin Van Peebles brings us his newest creation "Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha� Not only is the film original, trippy, shocking, wise, brilliant and hilarious, it is a call to arms for all who say they long to see a revolution.
[The Pioneer]
My beautiful brothers and sisters:
I want to talk to you today about a great filmmaker, Melvin Van Peebles.
Before anyone ever heard of Tyler Perry, Spike Lee or John Singleton, Melvin was making history.
His most well known movie "Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song" grossed millions, made him the undisputed godfather of independent cinema and introduced the world to a one-man revolution.
Melvin has been a mentor for Black Waxx Multimedia, the company I helped found, and for me personally. I've learned so many priceless lessons from him. First, I learned that while he has an amazing sense of humor, he stresses the importance of Black people knowing the difference between telling a joke and being a joke.
He taught me not to give away my formula in hopes of being accepted, but to pass my formula down to other brothers and sisters in need of the information. He showed me that something is said with action that words cannot pronounce.
And he taught me humility. On a Melvin Van Peebles set you work on every aspect of filmmaking from building the set to rigging costumes. One day we were shooting several green screen scenes in a studio with a black floor. By the time we were done the place was a mess, the floor practically destroyed with scuff marks and dust.
Melvin -The Melvin- grabbed some wet paper towels, got down on his hands and knees and started wiping down the floor. If it didn't hit home before then, I realized at that moment that I was dealing with a singular individual.
He was born to direct not because he was good at telling people what to do--which he is. He's great because he shows people what to do. I'd be a liar if I said he wouldn't curse you out in a minute if you screwed up.
But he was just as quick to take you aside and teach you why he chose to set up a shot a certain way, why he cut certain elements out of the frame. Everyone knows that things rarely go according to plan on set, but rather than reach for his pocketbook to solve every problem, Melvin uses his creativity and his artist's eye. For him, the bigger picture is always in view, shining with clarity in his mind's eye.
Over 30 years and dozens of projects later he brings us his newest creation "Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha", which I had the honor to collaborate with him on through Black Waxx Multimedia, Inc. Not only is the film original, trippy, shocking, wise, brilliant and hilarious, it is a call to arms for all who say they long to see a revolution.
"Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha" illustrates that we can look beyond subject matter for the ways in which a film is political. The manner in which a film is created is often the most political aspect of the film. When he made "Sweetback", MVP- as I like to call him- did it without the unions, the big boys and the accredited associations. Sounds like the blueprint for starting a movement to me.
You can help to build a movement by supporting Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha. Don't just spread the word on your list serve or your blog. That's not enough. You're going to have to buy a ticket and come to see it. You're going to have to demand more showings. We need to show up in droves to prove that we recognize the connection between independent media and a major overhaul of the popular mindset.
I'm glad that MVP's film was accepted into the Tribeca Film Festival and I know he's ecstatic, but he'll be the first one to tell you that it's not enough just to get accepted. We know this very well. We're not in this for acceptance. We're in this to win, to dominate. This is not as much an accomplishment as it is another step in the right direction down a road we've been walking for as long as we can remember.
And for those of us who travel on the left side of that road, we understand that while the Tribeca institution is considered independent it isn't totally off the plantation. And so we have to fight that much harder for success, even in a so called liberal arena. And as has always been the case in any revolution, our strength is in our numbers.
Many will want to know what the film is about. They'll want to know who's starring in it. I could easily say:
"Melvin Van Peebles, still our most playfully inventive filmmaker after nearly 50 years, returns with a boisterous adventure that ranges from Harlem to the high seas, following the exploits of a man (MVP, natch) who's always on the move--but always returns to New York." Starring Melvin Van Peebles, Stephanie Weeks, Mario Van Peebles, Glen Turner, Teddy Hayes and Alfred Preisser.
And that's true. But that's not the point. It doesn't matter what the film is about. What matters is that Black people have taken control over their intellectual property. They have risked it all to bring you a vision that is true and untainted by selloutism or self-doubt. They didn't ask permission to bring their vision to you. Don't wait for permission to do your part to make it a victory for all of us.
We often struggle with the prioritization of culture, resistance and industry. A movement cannot exist without industry. If ever there was a product we controlled it is our own intellectual and creative property. But how do we turn this into industry? We do it by supporting not only the independent ideas that best reflect our culture. We do it by creating our own stars and helping them to prosper.
They in turn feed into the movement and make it stronger. When we are stronger we are able to repeat this process until through all of the different segments that we have supported and strengthened we form an industry that we control.
I'll put it in political activist terms. We're going to have to converge on the Tribeca Film Festival. We need to mobilize all the people that we can to demonstrate that buying not just one ticket but more than one ticket to Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha is a direct action that will result in a mass movement toward the support of independent film and independent thinking. This is one sit in you need to stand up for.
No matter how many films Mr. Van Peebles makes, and no matter how great they are, they will always pale in comparison to what he's done for Black people. At the end of the day, Melvin is greater than the sum of his parts, his resume extends beyond his filmography and his legacy will serve as reminder for us to reach for greatness and to never settle for less.
So I'm asking all the people who know me to support Melvin. I want you to experience what I have. You don't want to miss the opportunity to meet one of the greatest men who ever lived. Melvin Van Peebles has seen to it that the revolution will be televised, whether on an iPod, a flat screen computer monitor, a 60 inch HD set up or the big screen. All the better to see us with.
Revolution then peace.
Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha debuts at the Tribeca Film Festival on Sunday, April 27th at 7:30pm at Pace University. For tickets and directions visit www.tribecafilmfestival.org
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I've lived in Los Angeles long enough now to notice a two-degree temperature drop and the standard grey, morning haze lasting an extra hour and excitedly exclaim, "Fall is in the air!" It's what I have to work with down here.
Autumn is my favorite time of year. I'm eager to cuddle up in coats, drink steamy brews, over-do holiday cooking, celebrate Walrus Day, and frankly, I like the melancholic pallor it casts o'er humanity – makes my fellow man seem more relatable than when they're sweating and spiking balls over nets, behavior which makes me skittish and distrustful.
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Seattle startup Limeade announced today that it will bring its online corporate wellness program to Swedish hospital, continuing a string of new deals for the company. Swedish is the largest non-profit health provider in the Greater Seattle area, with more than 11,000 employees.
"As a leader in the healthcare industry and a pillar in the Seattle community, we are thrilled to partner with Swedish to enhance the well-being and health of their employees. We're excited to energize Swedish employees with fun, social challenges that reward and recognize positive changes," said Limeade CEO Henry Albrecht.
Limeade, which has more than doubled its staff in the past 12 months, also has inked deals with Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Independent Health, Group Health Cooperative and Puget Sound Blood Centers.
Limeade allows employees to set and achieve goals, tracking the accomplishments online. Employees also can earn incentives along the way for achieving goals, say walking or riding a bike to work or performing a good deed.
"True change – true improvement – happens when the mix of individual motivation, peer support and fun is just right," the company writes on its Web site.
It is one of a number of companies in the Seattle area trying to improve the health of employees, including Habit Labs, Mindbloom and EveryMove.


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Stephanie Regan went 3-for-3 with an RBI in Harvard's season opener against Toledo Friday (Harvard Athletic Communications).
CLEARWATER, Fla. – The Harvard softball team got the jump start to its season that it was looking for, capturing wins in its first two games of the season at the USF Under Armour Invitational Friday. Harvard opened its season with a 2-1 win over Toledo, and followed with a 2-0 shutout of Loyola Marymount in the second game of the day.
The Crimson didn't waste any time scoring its first run of the season, as it plated a runner in the bottom of the first inning against Toledo. Kasey Lange drew a two-out walk and advanced to third when Allison Scott reached on an error. Stephanie Regan ripped a single to the shortstop that allowed Lange to come home for a 1-0 Harvard lead.
Senior Rachel Brown was in her usual fine form, keeping the Toledo bats at bay through the first three innings, and striking out the side in the third. Melissa Rons started the Rockets fourth with a single, and after swiping second, came home on a Lindsey Tobias single, tying the game at 1-1. Harvard had a quick response, however, scoring its second two-out run of the contest when Shelbi Olson singled home Regan in the bottom half of the inning. Brown took care of the rest, allowing just one hit in the final four innings to seal the 2-1 win for the Crimson.
Brown finished with nine strikeouts, scattering three hits, one walk and just the one run. Regan finished the game 3-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.
Pitching and defense were on display in the second game of the day as sophomore starter Laura Ricciardone rode her fielders to a 2-0 shutout of Loyola Marymount. The Lions' leadoff hitter reached base in the first and second innings, but was erased both times via double plays by the Crimson.
Harvard got on the board in the fourth inning when Lange ripped a two-out single to right-center and stole second during the ensuing at-bat. Scott ripped a single right where Lange had hit hers, and Lange came home on Scott RBI base knock. The Crimson gained an insurance run in a similar fashion to start the seventh inning, when a Jane Alexander single and stolen base turned into a run thanks to an Olson single. Ricciardone allowed just three hits in the game, helping the Crimson move to 2-0 on the young season.
Harvard is back in action at the USF tournament tomorrow when it takes on Western Michigan at 11:30 a.m., and Miami (Ohio) at 4:15 p.m.


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Retail banks will see IT spend grow 3.4 per cent globally, reaching $US118.6 billion in 2013, according to research firm, Ovum.
It claimed the growth follows the increased CIO focus on customer satisfaction and revenue growth.
Its latest business trends report, Business Trends: Asia-Pacific Retail Banking Technology Investment Strategies 2013 it stated that the Asia-Pacific banks are the most prolific with their spending (5.1 per cent growth), as compared to European banks (1.8 per cent) and North American banks (3.3 per cent).
Ovum suggested that within Asia-Pacific, the optimistic shift towards greater IT spending signalled a reduction of the cost-cutting measures seen previously by the global banking industry.
Instead, it said a focus on digital channels, such as online and mobile banking, and digital marketing activities will enable them to improve customer satisfaction and revenue growth strategies, as well as fuel cross-selling and upselling opportunities in the short and mid-term.
"The optimistic signs on the economic horizon are driving the shift away from cost-cutting and towards investment strategies within the retail banking sector," Ovum, financial services technology senior analyst, Jaroslaw Knapik, said.
Among the digital channels, Ovum said mobile banking is the clear IT investment priority in 2013, as retail banks attempt to capitalise on the features unique to mobile, such as location-based services.
It forecast that mobile banking will grow 7.5 per cent in Asia-Pacific in 2013, and rise at a compound annual growth rate of 8.2 per cent between 2013 and 2017.
Overall, spending on online channels in this region (including traditional online banking services and mobile-browser-based banking services) is set to grow 7.5 per cent in 2013.
"Whilst regulatory compliance has certainly fuelled a significant amount of the investment predicted in the forecast, it is by no means the sole driver.
"The level of investment in digital channels gives a clear indication that banks are fully cognizant of the growing expectations of their customers, as well as the opportunities they present," Knapik said.


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In light of the news that former Windows head Steven Sinofsky uses an iPhone, Spark Capital partner Bijan Sabet wrote a post asking why former Microsoft employees end up using products from other companies.
Sabet noted how some might say Sinofsky is using the iPhone to evaluate the competition.
Well, that's exactly the case, Sinofsky wrote in the comments.
"I have owned every iphone released (and every ipad and galaxy and kindle)," Sinofsky writes. "It is far better to actually use a product day in and day out so before CES I started using it and will use it for a month or so."
Former Windows Phone boss Charlie Kindel also chimed in.
Kindel says he uses a variety of products from several different companies. His current phone is an HTC 8X with WP8, but has used "at length" all generations of the iPhone and Android devices.
Kindel uses a Macbook Air for personal computing, but runs Outlook for Windows on it using parallels. He says he mostly uses the MacOS for app switching.
Kindel says the best thing about MacOS is the track pad and its ability to switch between apps using gestures. He also appreciates the battery life on MacOS.
"I've tried almost all Windows based Ultrabooks out there and the MBA's hardware simply blows them away ... still," Kindel writes.
Kindel says that ultimately, he cares about having real knowledge and being productive.
"One reason I think a lot of ex-MS people switch to Macs and iPhones is there is very real negative perception of ex-MS people in the startup ecosystem," Kindel writes. "I, personally, get tired of 'defending' Windows Phone (but not enough to want to use an iPhone). Sitting in a coffee shop with a MBA and an iPhone is more 'friction free" in the startup community than with a Thinkpad and a Nokia."
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Casillas gives Real Madrid warning after Dortmund scare
Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas has warned his side they cannot allow a repeat of the mistakes which almost cost them dear against Borussia Dortmund if they are to fulfil their dream of lifting a 10th European Cup crown.
Madrid were given a huge scare in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final clash as Dortmund scored twice through Marco Reus during a rampant first-half performance to cut the Spanish side's aggregate lead from 3-0 to 3-2.
Dortmund then saw Henrikh Mkhitaryan hit the post when faced with an open goal in the second half while Casillas was called upon to deny Mkhitaryan and Kevin Grosskreutz soon after as Jurgen Klopp's men pushed hard for an equaliser.
The German side could not find a third goal to keep their hopes of a famous comeback alive though, and a relieved Madrid were able to celebrate a spot in the Champions League semi-finals for the fourth successive season.
However, if they are to go any further, Casillas knows they cannot make the same errors that plagued them in Dortmund, which included big mistakes from Pepe and Asier Illarramendi for both goals and a missed early penalty from Angel Di Maria which helped galvanise the home side.
Casillas said: "We've had to suffer too much. Maybe it's good to have a wake-up call now and again and to realise things aren't easy.
"The errors at the back have made us suffer all game, but better in this game than in the more decisive ones in the next two weeks."
The Spain captain, whose side play Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final next week, added on his club's website: "The first goal was a mistake from us and the second was where we lost the ball in the middle of the pitch.
"We had mental strength because being 2-0 down in the 37th minute a lot of things go through your head and all this after missing a penalty.
"The positive thing is that we've learnt to suffer in these games. These errors cannot happen in the semi-finals."
On how Di Maria and Illarramendi were feeling after the match, Casillas said: "They aren't feeling great but this is a team and we've got through. You've got to give them every support and fight as a team."
Midfielder Luka Modric echoed Casillas' comments while admitting his side may have been guilty of a bit of complacency.
The Croatia international said: "We're happy to have got to the semi-finals but not for how we played tonight, especially in the first half.
"We cannot allow that and we need to improve. But the most important thing for us is getting into the semi-finals.
"It could be that we relaxed a little after winning the first leg 3-0 and were thinking in our heads that it was going to be easy. We need to learn from this game."


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