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Those who thrive on discovery and adventure, arts and culture, fascinating day trips and extraordinary nightlife will find that every step they take in Bangkok, the City of Angels, is rewarded with an exuberance not found anywhere else in the world. We recommend that you plunge into our exotic and breathtaking city – and promise that your journey will be unforgettable.
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Bangkok Art and Culture Center
This new venue for cultural exchange and Bangkok's window on the international art scene is only six stops away (National Stadium station) from lebua on the SkyTrain. In addition to a number of spacious galleries, the center offers all the cafés, restaurants and bookshops required for a very civilized afternoon.
Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 10am–9pm
Website: www.bacc.or.th
Jim Thompson House
In the course of his 22 years in Thailand, Jim Thompson reinvented the Thai silk industry, became a world-renowned authority on Thai art, built this magnificent traditional Thai-style house out of six teak structures sourced from various parts of the country, and disappeared in 1967 without a trace. Located in the center of town, the historic house is conveniently reached by car, taxi, tuk-tuk or SkyTrain (National Stadium station).
Hours: Daily 9am – 5pm
Website: www.jimthompsonhouse.com
Lumphini Park
Bangkok's "Central Park" was created by King Rama VI in the 1920s and, despite the development of the thriving business district that surrounds it, has managed to remain a rare 140-acre open space in the heart of the city with trees, playgrounds and a lake where visitors can rent a variety of boats – all in a green, smoke- and dog-free bit of urban paradise that is easily accessible by foot, SkyTrain (Sala Daeng station) and subway (Lumphini station).
Hours: Daily 4:30am – 9pm
Website: www.bangkoksite.com
The Temple of the Emerald Buddha and the Grand Palace
The Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew) and the adjoining Grand Palace together form what is perhaps the city's most extraordinary spectacle with more than a hundred brightly colored buildings, golden spires and glittering mosaics that date back to 1782, the year Bangkok was founded. The bad news is that the SkyTrain and subway don't go there; the good news is that you get to take a river boat and Sathorn Pier is just a 10-minute walk or a quick ride from the hotel. Take the orange-flag express boat to Tha Chang Pier and walk directly inland until you come to the entrance of the Grand Palace. We advise you to ignore any 'friendly strangers' who may approach you in the area.
Hours: Daily 8:30am – 4:30pm
Rules: Please dress respectfully
The National Museum and Sanam Luang
Right across the Royal Field ('Sanam Luang') of the Grand Palace, you will find the National Museum, one of the largest and most comprehensive museums in Southeast Asia and a great place to learn about Thai culture, history, and the significance of Buddhism in daily life. The adventurous may want to take a stroll through Sanam Luang to get there.
Hours: Wednesday-Sunday 9am – 4pm
Website: www.thailandmuseum.com
Wat Pho
As long as you're in the old Royal part of town, why not visit the city's oldest and largest temple? Officially known as Wat Phra Chetuphon Vimolmangklararm Rajwaramahaviharn, 'Wat Pho' is easier to say and will get you there just as fast. Once inside the 20-acre grounds, you'll be treated to more than a thousand Buddha images, including the impressive Reclining Buddha. Wat Pho is also known as the birthplace of traditional Thai massage, so seize the moment and reward yourself for a day well spent with an invigorating rubdown.
Hours: Daily 8.30am – 6pm
Website: www.watpho.com
Wat Arun
To get to Wat Arun, which is on the left bank of the river, take the orange-flag express boat from Sathorn Pier near the hotel and hop off at Tha Tien Pier. From there, just take the ferry across the river. The famous Temple of the Dawn, as Wat Arun is generally called, is one of the best-known landmarks in the city and briefly hosted the Emerald Buddha, which is now at Wat Phra Kaew. Insider tip: this temple, which sparkles in the sunlight, really looks better from a distance than up close, and your view from the boat will probably suffice.
Hours: Daily 8:30am – 4pm
Vimanmek Mansion
Vimanmek Mansion on Ratchawithi Road has grown from a single restored royal residence to a complex of more than 20 structures from the old Dusit Palace displaying everything from ancient artifacts to contemporary photographs donated by His Majesty the King. Its uniqueness lies in the buildings themselves, which form part of the collection on display. While numerous tours to the museum are available, they rarely allow the time required to visit the entire complex, so it's best to go on your own and give allocate half a day.
Hours: Daily 9:30am – 4pm, closed on holidays
Website: www.vimanmek.com
Rules: Please dress respectfully, and no shoes or photos inside
Dusit Zoo
You have half a day left and there's nothing like an afternoon at the zoo. Dusit Zoo, right next door to Vimanmek Mansion, offers relaxation and fun for all ages, with its colorful landscape, large ponds with foot-paddle boats, playgrounds for the kids and shady picnic areas. More than a zoo, this is a theme park with more than 280 mammals, 290 reptiles and 1,000 birds – plus the world's finest collection of gibbons. Two and a half million visitors a year can't be wrong.
Hours: Daily 9am – 6pm
T: +66 2281 2000 or +66 2282 7111-5
Website: www.dusitzoo.org
Chatuchak Weekend Market
There's no excuse for not spending a day at the country's biggest market with its 30+ acres lined with some 10,000 shops and stalls selling everything from household items, clothing, religious artifacts and collectibles. It's crowded, hot, bizarre, exciting, and a one-stop-shop-till-you-drop destination where you can buy enough souvenirs to last a lifetime and ship them home on the spot from one of the international courier booths. A huge selection of food and drink stalls will keep your body going, and the bargaining game, which you are expected to play, will keep your wits about you – bring lots of small bills.
Hours: Saturday & Sunday 9am – 6pm
Website: www.chatuchak.org
Asiatique The Riverfront
Bangkok's first large-scale riverside community mall, which is a 15-minute taxi ride from the hotel, combines shopping, dining, sightseeing, activities and events under one roof, with over 1,500 boutiques selling souvenirs, clothing, textiles, accessories and home décor in addition to over 40 Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Italian and seafood restaurants that are open all night. What sets it apart from other malls, however, is its cultural roots that date back to the reign of King Chulalongkorn in the 1900s and the construction of East Asiatic pier, which is being restored to its original glory at Asiatique The Riverfront.
Hours: Daily 4pm – midnight
Website: http://www.thaiasiatique.com
For more information on the numerous activities and attractions around Bangkok, including family and child-oriented excursions, please have a look at the guides below.


text: Show Hide image Culture 6 June 2012 The Second World War by Antony Beevor - review The horror that followed. Sign-up The Second World War Antony Beevor Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 880pp, £25 On 18 February 1943, Goebbels spoke at a mass meeting in the Berlin Sportpalast. From the podium he screamed: "Do you want total war?" The audience jumped to its feet and screamed back that it did. An anti-Nazi journalist covering the event commented that he, too, leapt to his feet and only just stopped himself from joining the audience in shouting: "Ja!" Later he told friends that if Goebbels had shouted, "Do you all want to go to your deaths?", the crowd would have roared back its enthusiastic assent. This memorable vignette is one of hundreds in Antony Beevor's utterly absorbing history of the Second World War. Beevor is justly celebrated for recounting the human realities of war. In his Stalingrad (1998) and Berlin: the Downfall (2002), where he re-creates two of the most dramatic episodes in the Second World War, he showed how armed conflict is experienced by those who are involved in it: not as a succession of military strategies, successful or otherwise, but as a breach with everyday existence that changes one's life for ever. Moving on to the big picture, he presents the war in the same terms: With its global ramifications, [it] was the greatest man-made disaster in history . . . No other period in history offers so rich a source for the study of dilemmas, individual and mass tragedy, the corruption of power politics, ideological hypocrisy, the egomania of commanders, betrayal, perversity, self-sacrifice, unbelievable sadism and unpredictable compassion. A former officer who trained at Sandhurst, Beevor is committed to telling the truth about war, with all its painful contradictions – a commitment that has provoked some virulent attacks, Russian historians complaining bitterly about his rigorously accurate description of mass rapes committed by Soviet forces when they occupied Berlin. Now, as then, Beevor does not flinch: this is as comprehensive and objective an account of the course of the war as we are likely to get, and the most humanly moving to date. We think of the war as starting when the Germans invaded Poland in September 1939, but Beevor suggests it may have begun with the Battle of Khalkhin-Gol on the Mongolian border with Manchuria in August that year, when Soviet forces defeated those of Japan in a long-standing border conflict, leading to a Soviet-Japanese non-aggression pact that was signed a few weeks before Germany invaded Russia and ended when Soviet forces swept into Manchuria in August 1945. The global scope of the conflict is illustrated by the story he tells of a young soldier surrendering to US paratroopers during the Allied invasion of Normandy. Judging by his appearance, the Americans thought he was Japanese. He was in fact a Korean who had been forcibly conscripted into the Japanese army in Manchuria, captured by Soviet forces and sent to a labour camp, drafted to serve in the Red Army, then taken prisoner by the Germans and forced to serve in a battalion. Despite his experience, the young Korean was lucky. After spending time as a prisoner of war in Britain, he moved to the US, where he died in 1992. Tens of millions of others were less fortunate. One of the most harrowing aspects of the war was the displacement it forced on civilian populations. Non-combatants almost beyond number – "rivers of frightened humanity" – poured out of cities that were bombed or occupied. When the German forces marched into Poland they burned more than 500 towns and villages to the ground. "In some places," Beevor writes, "the line of German advance was marked at night by the red glow on the horizon from blazing villages and farms. As they occupied the country, which the Poles were defending fiercely despite obsolete weaponry and a lack of radio equipment, German forces raped and looted at will and began the summary executions and massacres that they were to employ, on an expanding scale, when they invaded the Soviet Union. This was the actuality of the total war that Goebbels's audience would later greet with such wild enthusiasm." For this reader, the most arresting passages in Beevor's story are those that detail the fog of incomprehension through which the world viewed the Nazi threat. Hitler never made any secret of his goal of European domination or of his intention to create a slave empire in the east. In Beevor's words, "the chief architect" of a conflict more terrible than the one that had left Europe in ruins 20 years earlier, Hitler complained about being frustrated in his push for war in 1938 because "the British accepted all my demands at Munich". In the spring of 1939, he told the Romanian foreign minister: "I am now 50. I would rather have the war now than when I am 55 or 60." But at the time most people in Europe and Britain did not want to face the prospect of fighting, and Hitler's declared aims were not taken seriously. It was not understood that agreements meant nothing to him. Neville Chamberlain's view of the world was largely shaped by his experience as a successful mayor of Birmingham. As Churchill's ally Duff Cooper commented, Chamberlain "had never met anyone in Birmingham who in the least resembled Adolf Hitler . . . Nobody in Birmingham had ever broken his promises to the mayor." Even Stalin could not believe that Hitler would betray him. Ignoring over 80 clear indications of a German invasion, including several from Churchill and many from his own diplomats and spies, he increased the deliveries to Germany of fuel, grain and metals with which he continued his appeasement of Germany. When warned of the impending invasion by the German ambassador in Moscow, an anti-Nazi who was later executed for his part in the July 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler, Stalin exploded: "Disinformation has now reached ambassadorial level!" When Germans launched their invasion Russian fortitude prevailed, making an indispensable contribution to defeating the Nazi war machine; but this was despite Stalin, not because of him. The war did not begin with the aim of destroying Nazism. Britain's avowed objective was to liberate Poland, a goal forfeited when the country was swallowed by Stalin. The allies made many problematic decisions, such as strategic bombing of German cities and appeasing Stalin when he demanded the forcible repatriation of Soviet POWs. Yet none of these can outweigh their great achievement – the destruction of the Nazi regime. As Beevor shows, the Nazi programme of extermination emerged in stages, reaching its full development only with the Wannsee conference in January 1942, when "the prospect of victory in the late summer of 1941 had contributed to the dramatic radicalisation of Nazi policy". But the horror that followed was not an accident of war. A deadly combination of racism and faux-Darwinian pseudo-science, Nazi ideology had genocide at its core. When the SS tried to destroy the evidence of Auschwitz, it left behind hundreds of thousands of men's suits, nearly a million women's coats and dresses and seven tonnes of human hair. The Second World War may have been the greatest man-made catastrophe in history, and yet the world would have been unimaginably darker without it. John Gray is the New Statesman's lead book reviewer. His latest book is The Soul of the Marionette: A Short Enquiry into Human Freedom. Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 11 June 2012 issue of the New Statesman, A-Z of Iran SUBSCRIBE More

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(CNN) -- Andrea Pirlo played a starring role against his former club AC Milan to keep Italian champion Juventus in touch with the Serie A leaders Sunday.
The veteran midfielder scored a free-kick and hit the bar with another, allowing Giorgio Chiellini to volley what would be the decisive goal for a 3-1 lead.
AC Milan, down to 10 men by that stage after defender Philippe Mexes was sent off for protesting his initial booking, reduced the deficit through Sulley Muntari's second of the match at the end.
It left Juve in third place on goal difference behind Napoli, which also remained unbeaten following a 4-0 win at home to Livorno.
Both clubs trail Roma by two points, following the capital club's Saturday win at Inter Milan.
Former Inter midfielder Muntari gave Milan the lead inside 30 seconds, but Pirlo -- who spent a decade at the San Siro -- equalized after 15 minutes with a set-piece that goalkeeper Christian Abbiati could only deflect into the net.
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Substitute Sebastian Giovinco put Juve ahead in the 69th minute from Arturo Vidal's pass, soon after his arrival on the pitch, and then Mexes' moment of madness was to prove vital for Milan as Chiellini immediately capitalized.
The defeat left the seven-time European champion languishing in 12th place, some 13 points adrift of Roma.
Napoli, like Juve, has six wins and a draw from seven matches, continuing new coach Rafael Benitez's fine start.
Former Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain was again missing due to injury, but the Neapolitans had too much firepower for Livorno.
Striker Goran Pandez followed up last weekend's double against Genoa with another goal, while midfielder Gokhan Inler's speculative long-range shot went through keeper Francesco Bardi before Jose Callejon and Marek Hamsik netted in the second half.
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Verona moved up to fifth with a 4-1 win at Bologna, climbing above Fiorentina and Lazio -- who drew 0-0 in Rome.
Udinese claimed eighth with a 2-0 win at home to Cagliari, while Alessio Cerci went top of the Serie A scoring charts with a penalty in ninth-placed Torino's 2-2 draw at Sampdoria.
The Italy winger now has six goals, putting him one ahead of Hamsik and Fiorentina's Giuseppe Rossi.
In Spain, Diego Costa moved to the top of the La Liga scoring charts with both goals in Atletico Madrid's 2-1 win over Celta Vigo on Sunday.
The Brazil-born striker, who is hoping to qualify to play for his adopted country, moved two clear of Barcelona's Lionel Messi on 10 goals but could have had more after missing a first-half penalty.
Atletico kept pace with Barca, as both clubs have eight wins from eight this season.
Getafe moved up to fifth place with a 3-1 win at home to Real Betis, as winger Pedro Leon scored twice in the first 22 minutes before striker Adrian Colunga added another soon after.
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Athletic Bilbao and Valencia also have 13 points following a 1-1 draw in the Basque capital, but trail Getafe on goal difference.
Sevilla moved away from the relegation with a 2-1 win over bottom club Almeria.
In France, defending champion Paris Saint-Germain kept level on points with this season's leader Monaco after battling to a 2-1 win at third-placed Marseille.
PSG had Thiago Motta sent off for a foul that allowed Andre Ayew to net a 34th-minute penalty, but equalized on halftime through Maxwell's header.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic then scored a second-half spotkick after Ayew fouled Marquinhos, extending his team's unbeaten run to 20 league matches.
In Germany, Hamburg moved out of the Bundesliga's bottom three with a 5-0 win at Nuremberg to give former Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk his first win since taking charge.
Germany under-21 striker Pierre-Michel Lasogga netted a hat-trick in eight second-half minutes.
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Dan Graham transformed the roof of 548 West 22nd Street into a small-scale urban park for the Chelsea neighborhood. The project was accessible to the public from 1991 until 2004, when Dia's Chelsea exhibition space closed. The project included a large-scale architectural glass pavilion designed by Graham in collaboration with architects Mojdeh Baratloo and Clifton Balch. Constructed from a two-way mirrored glass, the walls of the pavilion shifted between transparent and reflective states as the intensity of light changed, creating changing and complex visual effects with the sky, surrounding landscape, and interactions with people on the roof. The project also encompassed a small shed on the roof which was converted into a cafe/video viewing room. The video program was organized around themes chosen by Graham.
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LOS ANGELES — Economists with the UCLA Anderson Business Forecast see even more clear indicators of a recession for the nation in 2001 and project a 90 percent chance that the nation's longest economic expansion will come to an end no later than the first quarter of 2002.
"The year 2001 is a transition year that will take the U.S. economy from the Internet Rush of 1996-2000 to a lower level of sustainable economic growth in 2002," said Edward Leamer, UCLA Anderson Business Forecast director and UCLA Anderson professor. However, getting from here to there will involve some painful adjustments, he warns, and "monetary medicine" from the Fed won't stop the pain this time.
According to the econometric model used by UCLA's forecasters, the probability of a 2001 recession has increased nearly 30 percent since December 2000. Just three months ago, Dr. Leamer's forewarning of a recession was the most pessimistic — and, as it turns out, the most accurate forecast made that quarter.
"The expansion of 1999-2000 was driven by 'New Economy' investment opportunities. Firms rushed pell-mell to be the first kid on the block to have a cool website. Fear was a big motivator. Internet firms feared losing first-mover advantage. Bricks-and-mortar firms feared they would lose out to pure Internet business models. Almost every enterprise in the U.S. invested heavily in IT equipment and software, and hired the associated personnel," said Dr. Leamer. "Things are different now."
The national recession and slowdown in investment in information technology and software has different implications for the principal regions of California. A recession is quite likely for the Bay Area, while Southern California will experience many economic stresses though skirting an outright recession.
Dr. Tom Lieser, author of the California Forecast, expects to see a "high-tech" recession in California that will have a disproportionate impact on the San Francisco Bay Area. "We will most likely see not only a slowing of demand for electronics, communications equipment and related products, but also a weeding out of the less well-capitalized firms in these industries," said Dr. Lieser.
The UCLA economist also expects a weak expansion in employment through 2002, with a corresponding rise in unemployment rates. A substantial slowdown in the California service sector — a mainstay of the state's economic growth — is also quite likely.
"The strong increase in residential building permits seen during the November-January period will likely be short-lived," said Dr. Lieser. "We expect to see declining home prices in the Bay Area this year. Southern California will also experience slower home sales and a lower rate of price increases."
Higher energy prices, the economists argue, may pose a greater problem for other states than for California, because of the state's lower per capita consumption. On a per capita basis, California ranked 49th out of 50 in electricity consumption and 26th in natural gas consumption, both in 1999. Even with the state's notorious dependence on the automobile, it still ranks only 15th out of the 47 reporting states in per capita gasoline consumption. And while the recent brownouts and blackouts may not perceptibly affect California incomes and employment in the short term, a prolonged electricity crisis could discourage business expansion significantly in the longer run.
The UCLA Anderson Business Forecast is the most widely followed and often-cited forecast for the state of California, and was unique in predicting both the seriousness of the early-1990s downturn in California and Southern California, and the strength of the state economy's rebound since 1993.
The Forecast was presented at an all-day conference at Korn Convocation Hall at UCLA Anderson. In addition to providing the outlook for the state and national economy, the conference examined the economic impact of California's energy crisis through a series of panels led by some of the nation's most prominent authorities. Speakers included Loretta Lynch, president of the California Public Utilities Commission, Mark Bernstein, senior policy analyst at RAND Corporation, Barry Sedlik, manager, economic and business development, Southern California Edison, and Joseph M. Otting, executive vice president, Union Bank of California.


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What is a coinfection?
Coinfection means infection with more than one disease at the same time. Some coinfections commonly seen in people infected with HIV include:
People infected with HIV should be tested for HBV, HCV, and TB.
What are HBV and HCV?
HBV and HCV are two different viruses that both cause liver disease. They are also among the most common causes of liver cancer. Some of the ways HBV, HCV, and HIV are spread are similar.
HBV is spread through the blood, semen, or other body fluid of a person infected with HBV. Having unprotected sex or sharing drug injection equipment (such as needles or syringes) with a person infected with HBV are the main ways people get HBV. (To prevent HBV infection, people infected with HIV receive the HBV vaccination.)
HCV is spread through the blood of a person infected with HCV. Sharing drug injection equipment with a person infected with HCV is the main way people get HCV, but HCV can also be transmitted during unprotected sex. (Before widespread screening of the blood supply began in 1992, HCV was also commonly spread through blood transfusions and organ transplants.)
Having unprotected sex or sharing drug needles are also ways people get HIV. That is why some people become coinfected with HIV and HBV or HCV (or both) at the same time.
What is TB?
TB is a disease caused by germs that spread through the air when a person with active TB coughs, sneezes, or talks. TB usually affects the lungs.
There are two forms of TB: latent TB infection and TB disease. Latent TB infection is the inactive form of TB. The TB germs in the body are "sleeping" and don't make the person sick. A person with latent TB infection can't spread TB to others.
Without treatment, latent TB infection can advance to TB disease, especially in people with weakened immune systems. The TB germs in the body multiply and become active, making the person sick. A person with TB disease of the lungs can spread TB to others.
Because HIV weakens the immune system, latent TB infection is more likely to advance to TB disease in a person infected with HIV. In a person infected with HIV, TB disease is considered an AIDS-defining condition, and TB treatment should be started immediately.
Are coinfections more serious in people infected with HIV?
Yes. Coinfections can become serious more rapidly in people infected with HIV than in people who are not infected with the virus.
HBV and HCV both lead to liver damage more quickly in people infected with HIV. People co-infected with HBV or HCV also have a higher risk of developing liver damage from anti-HIV medications.
TB disease is more likely to spread beyond the lungs in people infected with HIV than in people who do not have HIV.
Can coinfections be treated?
Yes, but the effectiveness of treatment depends on the coinfection.
Are HIV and coinfections treated at the same time?
Yes, but what medications to take and when to start them depend on the coinfection. Some anti-HIV medications are effective against both HIV and HBV. Treatment for HCV or TB involves taking other medications in addition to anti-HIV medications.
Health care providers closely watch people receiving treatment for coinfections for any side effects from anti-HIV medications or medications used to treat coinfections. They also watch for drug interactions between the medications. Changing medications can be helpful to avoid side effects or drug interactions.
Talk to your health care provider if you have questions about HIV and coinfections.
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Contact an AIDSinfo health information specialist at 1-800-448-0440 or visit http://aidsinfo.nih.gov. See your health care provider for medical advice.
This information is based on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents.
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The Michigan Municipal League identified eight essential assets that make communities vibrant places in the 21st Century. Helping Michigan's leaders grow these assets in their own communities serves as the focus of 21c3. Research continues to show that "place-making" matters more than ever, as an increasingly mobile workforce seeks out neighborhoods before finding jobs and opening up businesses.
Our purpose is to help local officials identify, develop, and implement strategies that will grow and strengthen Michigan's communities in the coming decades. You will find a lot to get you started right on this website, including comprehensive resources, solutions, 21c3's calendar of education opportunities and events, multimedia, and the latest breaking news.
Technical services and assistance are available to the League's member communities, including diagnostic community audits and prescriptive consulting. We will provide assistance in implementing your strategy, help identify grants and funding, and offer other useful information. 21c3 also works to identify solutions and best practices in these eight asset areas, and offers samples, models, and tool kits aimed at inspiring local leaders to learn from the successes of other communities in Michigan and around the globe.
The 21c3 website is a one-stop shop for free news and information on Michigan's eight assets. Our effort to bring you the latest news and resources benefits from the feedback that you give us. We intend the 21c3 news blog and the League's Facebook page to inspire Michigan residents in all sectors of society to participate in our mission. We are listening to your feedback. Click here for a PDF of the 21c3 brochure.
21c3 Mission Statement
Local officials play a primary role in setting forth policies that can help to achieve community sustainability and improve quality of life as they relate to creating places that are attractive to live, work, learn and play. Capacity building of local officials and community leaders in this effort is of keen interest to the Michigan Municipal League and its members. The League's Center for 21st Century Communities will assist local officials in identifying, developing and implementing programs and strategies that will enhance the state's communities as vibrant places for the 21st century.
Michigan's Eight Assets
Through our Public Policy forums, research, and education, the League identified the eight assets that Michigan's communities need to grow and strengthen, for our state to sustain and prosper in coming years. A grant from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) allowed the League to feature expert speakers with cutting-edge, creative solutions for creating better communities in Michigan. Research shows that Physical Design & Walkability, Green Initiatives, Cultural Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Multiculturalism, Messaging & Technology, Transit, and Education are essential to a community's livelihood.
Placemaking Book
The League feels so strongly about the 21c3 program and related assets, that we published a book about placemaking as an economic development tool. Learn more about The Economics of Place: The Value of Building Communities Around People here and on a blog by League CEO Dan Gilmartin here. You can also order it here on Amazon.com.
Prosperity Agenda
21c3 shares the ideals and supports the legislative goals of the League's Prosperity Agenda. If approved, it would create thousands of new jobs in the state, generate billions of dollars in new commercial and residential investments, and create the types of communities Michigan needs to prosper once again.
Placemaking Video Profiles
Placemaking is the art of identifying the unique assets of a community to create and develop strategies and outcomes around quality of life and economic sustainability that best connects people with their place. It is an intuitive, emotional and organic process that returns responsibility to the community.
mml.org/placemaking is where you'll find video profiles of local communities that have put the placemaking philosophy into action.
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Experts from around the world agree that investing in communities is one of the most critical elements of any long-term economic development strategy. We believe this is especially true in Michigan, and that "place" matters more than ever.
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NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - MIT women's cross country took its first step toward a conference championship and a national berth with a dominating victory at the Smith College Invitational, which also served as the annual race for the Engineer's Cup between MIT, WPI and RPI. Freshman Nicole Bucala secured the individual win, while sophomore Maria Monks finished on Bucala's shoulder to earn runner-up honors.
The Engineers finished well ahead of second-place Wellesley College for the top spot in the standings, with Connecticut College finishing third. RPI and Smith rounded out of the top five in the 12-team field.
Bucala covered the rolling 5000-meter course in 19:46.78 to break the tape, while Monks' split of 19:46.80 was nearly identical. The Engineers secured another top-10 finish as sophomore Jacqui Wentz finished ninth with a clip of 20:44.16.
MIT separated itself from the rest of the field with great depth. Freshman Katie Gordon finished 12th overall, while Jennifer Doyle and Elizabeth Finn finished 13th and 14th, respectively, to round out the scoring. Rookie Elizabeth Ohrt also finished well in her first collegiate invitational, taking 16th place to provide the Cardinal and Gray with additional insurance.


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London: Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko will not be leaving the Premier League champions during the January transfer window, according to the player`s agent.
The 26-year-old had been linked with a move to Serie A giants Inter in recent weeks, while the striker himself did not rule out an Etihad Stadium exit in the near future - adding that he would "love" to go back to the Bundesliga at some point in his career.
However, Dzeko's representative Irfan Redzepagic has claimed to have no knowledge of the Nerazzurri's interest and ruled out a move for the striker during the current window.
"I do not know anything about (Inter`s interest)," Irfan Redzepagic told a website.
"Inter never contacted me, but they would have been rebuffed."
"Edin is happy at Manchester City and has no intention to move from there. Neither Inter nor any other club called me."
Redzepagic was also quizzed on a possible move in the summer, but again the agent underlined his client's happiness and determination to remain at City for the foreseeable future.
"I repeat, Edin will not move," he insisted. "He still has two-and-a-half years left on his contract so there is no reason to talk about the future."


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DDJ: One of the big problems with wikis today is their complete non-portability. Do you have any thoughts about having some kind of standard markup or markdown format across wikis, or that they could all convert to, so that people could move wiki entries from one wiki to another? Do you have any thoughts on that?
Cunningham: Well, I do consider that a problem. I will point out that the wiki markup was completely portable until the second guy implemented a wiki. [Laughter.] But there was a time when wiki was young, and I was surprised at how often and how varied it was when cloned. Then I discovered 25 different ways to specify boldface. Do we need 25? Probably not. On the other hand, HTML had a completely adequate way to specify boldface and I chose not to use it. Actually, it had two ways, and I chose not to use either one of them. So I guess I'm not devoid of blame. As long as people have talked about the Tower of Babel, they've been wondering why we can't have just one language.
DDJ: I could extend this conversation to the back end, to the database entries for a wiki. It certainly seems like there should be some standard format that you could convert back and forth from.
Cunningham: I think there is a standardization project that got started, and then they approached me and I said, "You know, we're never going to get a standard, but we might come up with an interchange format. A little bit of everything, and good enough that you can communicate even if it isn't faithful to everything. And suggested the word "creole," which is kind of mixed language, you know, the native language and the enslaving oppressor language getting mixed together. So a couple years of effort, maybe more, went into defining that interchange format, including the strict and generous parsers of it. And it's been adopted in a number of places. It's just one more markup. So the only thing I can conclude is that as nice as having a universal or portable markup would be, it's not nice enough to cause people to give up what they're working on when they work on their wiki. I accept that as the state of nature and don't worry about it too much anymore.
DDJ: So is there, somewhere floating around in the universe, that interchange format for wikis?
Cunningham: Well, we ask that wiki implementers be able to read Creole and convert it to their format, and maybe export Creole. But if it ends up looking a lot like a mediawiki format, and maybe even a broken one at that, so if you didn't like mediawiki and you like something else, you want to do that. It had a fair shot at success and it didn't succeed. I will say that I'm trying again, and this time the hot new format that all the web kids do is JSON. So I'm saying, "Well, you know, at the higher levels, at kind of the page layout level, I'm happy with JSON. I'll use JSON. It's kind of a backend representation. And I'll have back ends talk to back ends passing JSON around. I think that that will be interesting. It's not going to replace mediawiki format, but for a new class of data wikis, I think it's just fine.
In the blogosphere, everybody gets their own blog site however they want to do it, and we all read each other's blogs. But that doesn't have the sharing characteristics of a wiki.
DDJ: So, what are you working on?
Cunningham: I'm wondering, where do all the wikis go to die? Or can they be immortal? In the document-preservation world, they say the only way to make something last forever is to let it duplicate without bounds. So I'm very interested in massive duplication of content. Of course, whenever you say prolific duplication, you've got to say, what gets duplicated? And it's kind of like gossip. And it puts out content out in kind of a Darwinian space, where the people who are paying to keep the disc spinning get to keep as much content streaming as they want. And the wiki aspect of this, of course this is exactly how the blogosphere works, right. In the blogosphere, everybody gets their own blog site however they want to do it, and we all read each other's blogs. But that doesn't have the sharing characteristics of a wiki.
And what I'm asking is, "What can I do to make something that has the storage and ownership sort of feel of a blogosphere but has the sharing capacity and the forming of consensus, as opposed to going off into our corners and talking to ourselves?" It's that consensus that you find in a wiki, and I believe I can do that by basically adhering to the formula that the Creative Commons gave us years ago, which is attribution, share alike. So I'll put my stuff out there and you're free to take it and make great stuff out of it, but just give me attribution, and when you're done, just share it the same way I am. And that's a formula.
Now if I back that up with software that makes that attribution automatic and makes that sharing, that creativity, let's call it refactoring. Let's say you write an article and maybe you write an article about me, and then I grab it and I say, that's not quite right, and I rearrange it because this week I think this is more important. And then my buddies look at it and say Ward is so vain, that's not important, these are the only three things he's ever done, and rewrite that article again. And it could bounce around a long time. And I wouldn't have much say about what they write, but I would be proud that they're writing about me. My notability will be measured by the number of people who bother to waste this space on me. So I call that the federated wiki, and the federation is the protocols that let us share effortlessly. So you have to kind of be OK with sharing, and kind of stamp that creative commons license on the page.
Now I call my project the smallest federated wiki, and that's just my excuse for really focusing on federation to the exclusion of a lot of other things. If I call it a wiki and I don't have any way to resolve conflicts, well, that's because I don't anticipate a lot of conflicts. If somebody else wants to put some conflict avoidance stuff or resolution into my wiki, that's fine. And I'll no longer be the smallest one. I have kind of a reputation for making systems that barely work but are always interesting.
DDJ: The smallest thing that could work, right?
Cunningham: Yes.


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I learned about tonka beans last year during my first trip to Montrèal. I bought some from Olives et Épices, a fantastic specialty store selling spices, oils, vinegars and a host of other wonderful ingredients. The store, and pastry friends, instructed me that tonka must be heated (eg. through infusion in a cream or baked in a cake). I experimented with tonka crème brulèe and tonka ice cream, and although good, neither product stood out for me. During the past few years, I have seen tonka used in the desserts of several fine restaurants, both in Toronto and during my travels: I started to believe tonka had become trendy. I hadn't appreciated the flavour of tonka until I returned to Montrèal in January. On the trip, I had an amazing tonka pot de crème (served with an orange salad and cocoa nibs) at la Montèe de Lait. I liked the dessert so much that I thought I would recreate it at home. The result turned out very well, and I am enthusiastic to share the recipe. Instead of garnishing the pots de crème with cocoa nibs, I used a 70% dark chocolate, which also worked well. If you want to try the recipe with cocoa nibs, check out Whole Foods Market: they sell small bags of it.
Tonka Pots de Crème
2 cups 10% cream (light cream or half and half)
1 tsp grated tonka bean
6 egg yolks
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C)
1. In a medium saucepan, heat 1 3/4 cups of the light cream with the grated tonka bean until cream is scalding. Do not boil. Remove from heat and set aside.
2. Beat egg yolks until they are pale in colour. Beat in the sugar, salt, and the remaining 1/4 cup of the light cream.
3. Gradually beat the hot cream into the egg yolk mixture, stirring constantly.
4. Strain the mixture into a large measuring cup for easier pouring
5. Place pots de crème cups in a large pan with sides high enough to create a water-bath. Divide the mixture evenly into the cups. Pour hot water in the pan to come halfway up the sides of the cups. Cover the pan with aluminum foil or cover with the pot lids. Place in oven and bake at 350°F (180°C) until the custard is just set around the edges, approximately 30-35 minutes.
6. Carefully remove the pan from the oven. Leave pots de crème in pan in water bath, and allow them to cool to room temperature. Remove the pots de crème from water bath; cover them with plastic wrap and chill in refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
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In season 20, the all-female teams have never placed higher than 4th.
Here is a really odd one:The last time teams had to travel by plane on the 5th leg was Season 15. Seasons 16-21 had no flying on the 5th leg.16: bus transported them to France for start of leg17: drove over border into Norway18: took train back to Kunming19: took bus to Bangkok20: took train to Austria, drove over border to Germany21: Stayed in BangladeshIs that an odd pattern or what
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For the 2nd time ever in TARUS,the teams that finished on top 3 positions on leg 2 were the same as leg 1.That season was 10. In both seasons,one of the teams was a M/M,the other was a father/children team and the third team was a dating couple.In S10,the M/M won the first leg and finished 2nd on leg 2. In S22,the M/M finished 2nd on leg 1 and won the second leg.In S10,the father/children team finished 2nd on leg 1 and 3rd on leg 2. In S22,the father/children team finished 3rd on leg 1 and 2nd on leg 2.In S10,the dating couple finished 3rd on leg 1 and won the second leg. In S22,the dating couple won the first leg and finished 3rd in leg 2.
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McLane ends spring as GSU's #1 quarterback | News
ATLANTA-As Georgia State concluded spring practice with a final scrimmage Friday morning, redshirt freshman Ben McLane emerged as the Panthers number one quarterback.
McLane, from Snellville, Ga., has been running with the first offense the last two weeks, moving in front of junior returnees Kelton Hill and Bo Schlechter. A former state championship winner at Brookwood High School, McLane overtook the two veterans, who combined to start nine of GSU's 11 games in 2011, with consistency and accuracy.
"Ben was the most consistent quarterback and the most accurate quarterback this spring," said offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach John Bond. "Day-in and day-out, he did a good job completing passes and managing the offense.
"In the offseason, he needs to continue to work hard on his game and he needs to continue to study the offense - all the things he's been doing that have allowed him to play beyond his years."
One of the standouts in GSU's final scrimmage was cornerback Nate Anthony, a junior from Conley, Ga., who had two interceptions and a fumble recovery.
"Nate has always been a great effort guy and one of the best citizens and leaders on our team," said head coach Bill Curry. "He's moved positions a few times, so it's really nice to see him getting a feel for cornerback and making big plays."
Senior Qwontez Mallory had two more sacks in the scrimmage as he continues a very successful transition from linebacker to defensive end.
"We played Qwontez at linebacker last season because we needed him there, but, as he told me, he loves to play football with his hand in the dirt," said Curry.
Another player that Curry mentioned for his progress this spring is junior offensive guard Harrison Clottey, who moves into a starting role.
"Harrison really made strides in improving his technique this spring," said Curry.
The Panthers open the 2012 season by hosting South Carolina State on Thursday, Aug. 30 at the Georgia Dome.


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OMAHA, Neb. -- Ole Miss has scored three runs over its first two games at the College World Series. All three came in pinch-hitting opportunities.
The first was an RBI groundout from sophomore Holt Perdzock in Sunday's 2-1 loss to Virginia. The second and third came from Perdzock and senior John Gatlin, the latter of which lifted the Rebels to a 2-1 win over Texas Tech in walk-off fashion.
"Yeah, we've done that throughout the entire season," Gatlin said. "One through 27 contributes each week in some form or fashion. And Coach Bianco does a great job making sure late in the game when it's getting tight like that, be swinging, get your legs loose and be ready to go. Like I said, we're expected to get it done, and we've been pretty successful at it."
Perdzock delivered the big hit in a 10-4 win over Louisiana-Lafayette to send Ole Miss to the College World Series, as he cleared the bases with a double to right to score two run while a fielding error allowed a third run to score. Against Texas Tech, his two-out, RBI single in the seventh looked to be game-winning run before the Red Raiders tied the game in the ninth.
He has perfected his role as a pinch-hitter this season with 12 hits in 35 at-bats with six RBI, including three hits in five at-bats with four RBI in the NCAA Tournament.
"I have been doing it all year, so I'm used to it," Perdzock said. "I try to stay clam and do what I do. When I was up there, I tried to hit one the other way because the ball was tailing a little bit. He ended up throwing it, but it sneaked through, so I'm happy about it."
For Gatlin, it was his second walk-off hit of the season. He lifted Ole Miss to a 4-3 win over UCF in 13 innings back on Feb. 28, but Tuesday's walk-off takes on a special meaning, not only because of the stage in the College World Series but also the recent passing of his grandmother.
"You saw he was tearing up afterwards," fellow senior Will Allen said. "That's every kid's dream, to hit a walk-off in Omaha. He did it. He's been a huge part of this on the bench and in the locker room. I was proud for him."
"I wouldn't think of anything else that she could be more proud of," said Gatlin of his deceased grandmother. "And Coach (Cliff) Godwin asked me if I needed to go home. And I said, 'Are you kidding me? She'd kill me if I came home right now.' But, yeah, game's on the line like that, so much going through your head, she was definitely part of it."
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U.S. multinational companies sidestep a whopping $90 billion in federal income tax annually, according to a study released this month by the Citizens for Tax Justice and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. Some companies are so successful at skirting taxes that they end up making money from the government: 26 of the 288 profitable companies examined paid a negative tax rate over the five-year period from 2008 to 2012.
While this may sound bad, these corporations are usually just taking advantage of tax loopholes in a completely legal manner. And many people say that those tax savings may help boost the economy, as corporations use that saved money to expand their companies and hire new workers. But others think that letting corporations off the hook when it comes to taxes may hurt the average American, as those tax dollars could be used to fund everything from infrastructure to education to health care. And some people go even further than that: "Any tax these companies don't pay is tax revenue the rest of us have to make up," says Gardner. "Lower taxes on big multinationals inevitably mean higher taxes on middle-income families and small businesses."
Also see: 7 top nations for dodging taxes
But good or bad, corporate tax dodging likely isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Here are 10 companies that have gotten their tax rates well below zero (the full list is here on page 41) – meaning that, over a five-year period, they ended up getting a tax refund from the government, CTJ estimates.
— By Catey Hill
Pepco Holdings
Tax rate: -33%
Pepco Holdings, which sells power to roughly two million people in Delaware, Washington, D.C., Maryland and New Jersey, earned more than $1.7 billion in profit over a five-year period. But the company's tax rate was -33% (the lowest of all the 288 profitable companies examined) and over five years it earned tax returns totaling $575 million. Gardner says that utility companies tend to "rely heavily on accelerated depreciation" to lower their effective tax rates. Pepco says that they pay all taxes they owe in accordance with the law and that "tax benefits create new investment opportunities and jobs, and the tax savings get passed to our customers in the form of lower rates."
PG&E Corp.
Tax rate: -16.7%
San-Francisco-based utility company Pacific Gas and Electric Company PCG, -3.89% , which serves about 15 million Californians, rakes in loads of profits: In the past five years alone, it has netted more than $7 billion. But it paid a tax rate of -16.7% and got returns of more than $1.17 billion. This is well below the U.S. average for utility, gas and electric companies, which tend to have an effective tax rate of 2.9%. Like Pepco, PG&E Corp. uses extensive asset depreciation to lower its tax rate, the report revealed. A spokesperson for the company says: PG&E did just what Congress intended: we spent billions of dollars on job-creating investments in California infrastructure. Our customers have benefited from the resulting tax savings as well.
Tax rate: -13.6%
Energy company NiSource NI, -0.11% pays a net effective tax rate of -13.6% and over a five-year period got more than $336 million in tax refunds. Meanwhile, the company pulled in nearly $2.5 billion in profits. NiSource used the domestic production activities deduction — which gives a tax break to some companies that do manufacturing in this country — to cut its tax rate, the report revealed. NiSource notes that since 2008, it has invested more than $7.5 billion in capital expenditures to support energy infrastructure projects that helped spur local spending and job creation and that this year is on pace to invest more than $2.2 billion on similar projects.
Wisconsin Energy
Tax rate: -13.5%
Wisconsin Energy WEC, -0.17% provides electric and natural gas service to customers in Wisconsin and Michigan — and that's proved to be highly profitable for the company. From 2008 to 2012, they've made $3.2 billion in profit, though their net effective tax rate is -13.5%. They've also gotten more than $435 million in tax refunds. Wisconsin Energy notes that because Wisconsin Energy and other electric and natural gas utilities are allowed, by law, to claim accelerated depreciation on capital investments, half of the 26 companies on the list were in the utility industry. It also says that "the vast majority of the tax benefits permitted under the country's tax laws have already been passed on to our customers and used to significantly lower their utility rates over the period of this report."
General Electric
Tax rate: -11.1%
GE GE, +2.52% brought in more than $27 billion in profit over the five-year period from 2008 to 2012, but the company got $3 billion in tax refunds and its effective federal tax rate was -11.1%. "GE relies on the active financing loophole to cut its U.S. taxes," says Gardner. "For each year cited by Citizens for Tax Justice, GE paid income taxes in the U.S., as well as billions in other state, local and federal taxes in the U.S. CTJ inaccurately uses the current tax provision — a book accounting number — to make definitive statements about our U.S. income taxes," a GE spokesperson says. "This is not the same as the cash income tax that we pay for a given year.".
Tenet Healthcare
Tax rate: -6%
This health care company received $51 million in tax refunds from 2008 to 2012 and paid a net rate of — 6%; this is significantly below the 29.6% rate that health care companies tend to average. Meanwhile, profits were $854 million. "Deferral explains the company's low tax rates in 2011 and 2012," the report reveals. Tenet THC, +2.00% has not yet responded to a request for comment.
American Electric Power
Tax rate: -5.8%
This 100+ year-old electric utility company AEP, -0.23% , headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, still has plenty of spark: Not only does it serve about 5 million consumers, it raked in more than $10 billion in profits over five years, while only paying a net tax rate of -5.8%. It got $577 million returned to it. "Deferred taxes, driven primarily by accelerated depreciation, explain most of the company's low rates in all five years," according to the report. The company notes that it is "among the many companies that participated in short-term tax policies developed by Congress and the Obama administration to encourage corporations to spend money to create jobs and boost the economy" and that "in the three-year period before the spending incentives were in place, AEP paid more than $1.1 billion in federal income taxes and $61 million in state income taxes."
Tax rate: -3%
The Priceline Group US:PCLN , which includes Priceline.com, seems to have taken its own advice, and named its own price — well, at least when it comes to taxes. The organization, which made $557 million in profits over a five-year period from 2008 to 2012, had a net effective tax rate of -3% and got refunds worth nearly $17 million. "Excess tax benefits from stock options reduced federal and state taxes by $5.2, $21.0, $3.1, $2.1 and $7.0 million in 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008," the report revealed. The Priceline Group declined to comment.
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Tax rate: -1.8%
Of the 26 companies that paid negative tax rates, Internet and phone company Verizon VZ, +0.45% raked in the largest profit (more than $30 billion over a five-year period), even though it paid an effective tax rate of -1.8% — that's compared with an industry average of 22.4% for Internet companies and 9.8% for telecommunications companies — and got a total tax return of $535 million. " A Verizon spokesperson suggests that the CTJ report "grossly overstates our profits over the five-year period by including pretax income that is attributable to Vodafone" and notes that "tax-policy-reform agendas like CTJ often cherry pick disclosures from the company's SEC filings" which "distorts the facts and misrepresents Verizon's commitment to paying its fair share in taxes."
Tax rate: -1%
Aerospace and defense company Boeing BA, +0.68% fuels its bottom line with fat tax refunds from Uncle Sam: From 2008 to 2012, the government paid Boeing $202 million, despite the fact that it saw profits of $20 billion. Its net effective five-year tax rate was -1%; that's compared with an industry average of 16.7%. Boeing notes that its current tax expense has been reduced somewhat in recent years by the very large investment it has have made in jobs and production facilities for its new airplanes, which are taxes that largely are deferred until they begin to deliver the 787 jet (and get the revenue back from their investment) in high volume at steady rates.
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Two D.C. police officers, on not in uniform, involved in the snowball fight controversy during a winter storm on Saturday. (Screen shot from home video of the incident.)
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WASHINGTON, DC – A Washington, D.C. plainclothes police officer accused of pulling a gun after his car was pelted during a Twitter-inspired snowball fight in downtown Washington has been placed on desk duty pending an investigation, The Washington Post reports.
Police initially denied any weapon had been displayed until video footage and witnesses indicated otherwise.
The video footage shows that the unidentified officer drew his gun and exchanged angry words with the boisterous crowd after his Hummer was hit by one or two snowballs, the Post said.
The City Paper reports said the police department, after initially denying a weapon was involved, issued a press release saying it had "subsequently received additional images and statements that would seem to support the allegation that the off-duty member did pull a gun" and was now investigating the matter.
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The snowball fighters, mostly in their 20s and 30s, organized the "fight" at 14th and U street as a break from a huge snowstorm that had paralyzed the city this weekend.
Related: DC Chief Slams Officer Over Gun at Snowball Fight
The Post says 25-year-old Yousef Ali, a media and technology geek, spent 11 hours using Twitter and other social media to spread the word.
If the final investigation shows the officer pulled his weapon after being pelted with snowballs, D.C. Assistant Chief Pete Newsham, head of the investigative services bureau, said that "would not be a situation in which a member [of the force] would be justified," The Post reports.
"We have to see what the entire circumstance was," Newsham said Sunday. "But just a snowball fight, not in my mind. That doesn't seem a situation where we would pull out a service weapon."


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The blue-chip index narrowly logged a new record close and turned green for the year as traders cheered strong data on the labor market and factory sector.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 45.5 points, or 0.28%, to 16580, the S&P 500 rose 5.6 points, or 0.3%, to 1884 and the Nasdaq Composite advanced 11 points, or 0.27%, to 4115.
Wall Street has pushed higher in 10 of the past 12 sessions, but it's been a shaky ride higher. The economy took center stage on Wednesday as traders parsed through a slew of economic data.
The Commerce Department said the U.S. economy grew at an annual pace of 0.1% in the first quarter, the slowest pace since the fourth quarter of 2012. Wall Street was looking for annualized growth of 1.2% for the world's biggest economy.
Payroll processor ADP reported the private sector added 220,000 jobs in April, more than the 210,000 jobs analysts expected. The data come ahead of the all-important monthly jobs report on Friday.
Meanwhile, a reading on the Midwestern manufacturing sector from the Institute for Supply Management-Chicago topped expectations. The PMI gauge jumped to 63 in April from 55.9 in March, compared to expectations of 56.7. Readings above 50 point to expansion, while those below indicate contraction.
Lastly, the Federal Reserve's policy-setting board unveiled plans Wednesday to taper its long-term asset-buying program by $10 billion a month to $45 billion. The central bank also renewed its vow to keep short-term rates at historic lows until the labor market improves substantially and inflation rises to a roughly 2% year-to-year pace. The moves matched Wall Street's expectations.
A flash reading on eurozone inflation showed prices climbed by 0.7% on a year-to-year basis, weaker than expectations of a 0.8% increase. Economists at Nomura said the persistently low inflation readings are likely to push the European Central Bank to cut interest rates to record lows.
Deflation -- a situation in which prices fall -- is frequently a caustic situation that can take decades to repair. In fact, the Bank of Japan has embarked on an ultra-accommodative monetary policy path in an attempt to escape its own deflation trap. The BOJ renewed that policy Wednesday.
In corporate news, Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) posted headline earnings figures that topped expectations. However, lighter-than-expected user growth sent shares of the micro-blogging site tumbling. EBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) shares also fell on a disappointing full-year outlook.
Energizer Holdings (NYSE:ENR) said it will split itself into two businesses: Household items and personal care products. GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) revealed mixed results, beating on the bottom line, but missing on the top line.
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Ryan Getzlaf chuckles when he reveals where he keeps his gold medal.
"In the drawer of my nightstand," said Getzlaf, the Anaheim Ducks captain who was on Canada's gold-medal winning team at least year's Winter Olympics. "I want to put it in a case. I just moved into a new house in September. It's kind of tough to do anything during the season. I have work to do."
Getzlaf, a Tustin resident, probably won't have his gold medal encased anytime soon. That's because he'll be busy with his inaugural Getzlaf Golf Shootout. It's a two-day charity event for Talk About Curing Autism that will take place in Costa Mesa and Newport Coast next week.
The event is close to Getzlaf's heart.
"I have a cousin who is autistic," he said. "It was something I always wanted to get involved with. The kids need so much attention and I've seen how much it helped him."
Getzlaf would not say the name of his cousin. He is 18 and the son of Getzlaf's mother's sister. Getzlaf said he spent a lot of weekends with his cousins while growing up in Regina, Saskatchewan. He said he always sees his autistic cousin when he goes to Canada.
When Getzlaf goes to visit again, he'll mostly likely share what took place at his Getzlaf Golf Shootout. It begins with a pre-event reception/dinner at Sutra in Costa Mesa Saturday night.
Getzlaf's teammates, Corey Perry, Bobby Ryan and Luca Sbisa, will be among the athletes and celebrities in attendance. There will be a live and silent auction, as well as music provided by DJ Eman and DJ Reflex of Power 106 FM.
Getzlaf and his friends will make sure not to party too much at Saturday's event. That's because the next day, the Getzlaf Golf Shootout Tournament will take place at Pelican Hill Golf Club in Newport Coast. More of Getzlaf's teammates will be there including George Parros, Andy Sutton and Shane O'Brien, as well as NHL players Paul Bissonnette, Brett Festerling andJoffrey Lupul.
Getzlaf even got actors Kevin Dillon and Kevin Connelly of "Entourage" to play in the golf tournament.
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Getzlaf will be sure to have fun next week. He said his life has been like a whirlwind since getting married to his wife Paige nearly a year ago, along with the move to the new home and the birth of his son, Ryder, four months ago.
"Everything has been great," he said. "I'm the happiest guy in Orange County. I definitely didn't want the season to end the way it did. But it definitely motivates you to be better going into camp."
Getzlaf also gained some more motivation while watching Game 7 of the NHL Finals Wednesday night, when Boston beat Vancouver for the Stanley Cup.
Getzlaf, who analyzed the game with a blog for the Los Angeles Times, paid close attention to the action. As the Bruins celebrated the victory with the Stanley Cup, he still couldn't look away.
"It brings back a lot of feelings that I was able to feel in my career," said Getzlaf, a key forward on the Ducks' first Stanley Cup championship team in 2007. "You get that tingling inside. You want to get that feeling again with a new group of guys."
As Getzlaf begins preparation for next season, he'll spend time finding a case for his gold medal. And, there's also his charity event that he would like to see continue past its inaugural year.
"I'm trying to start something here that's going to last for years to come," he said.


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The Miami Herald will produce two live video shows on Monday about the final debate between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
The debate, the last major event of the presidential campaign, will take place at Lynn University in Boca Raton and the focus will be foreign policy.
The Herald shows, special editions of World Desk with John Yearwood, will explore the candidates' views about Latin America and the Caribbean.
The first show will broadcast live at noon from The Herald's video studio. Yearwood, the newspaper's world editor, will be joined by Marleine Bastien, executive director of Haitian Women of Miami (FANM), and Herald Editorial Page Editor Myriam Marquez.
Immediately after the debate, Herald foreign correspondents and international experts will join Yearwood for a 30-minute Google Hangout to analyze the debate and examine the candidates' vision for Latin America and the Caribbean. Panelists include Latin America columnist Andres Oppenheimer, international business writer Mimi Whitefield, South America bureau chief Jim Wyss, attorney and women's rights advocate Lorna Owens and Cuban radio personality Ninoska Perez.
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