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The first trailer for Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained has landed online. The film stars Jamie Foxx as the titular Django, an escaped slave who goes to rescue his wife (Kerry Washington) from sadistic plantation owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) by teaming up with bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz). This trailer is quintessential Tarantino with killer music choices, flowery dialogue, and atmosphere galore. Waltz is actually front and center here, and it's great to see him spouting Tarnatino's words with such cheerfulness once again. Foxx looks to be in fine form as our protagonist, but I'm eager to see more of DiCaprio's performance as the dastardly plantation owner. Nevertheless, I love everything about this first footage and if the trailer doesn't bring a big smile to your face, then you're probably dead inside.
Hit the jump to watch the trailer. The film also stars Samuel L. Jackson, M.C. Gainey, Walton Goggins, Garrett Dillahunt, Dennis Christopher, Gerald McRaney, Laura Cayouette, Don Johnson,and Tom Savini. Django Unchained opens on December 25th.
Trailer via Fandango.
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Set in the South two years before the Civil War, "Django Unchained" stars Academy Award®-winner Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Academy Award®-winner Christoph Waltz). Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. The unorthodox Schultz acquires Django with a promise to free him upon the capture of the Brittles – dead or alive.
Success leads Schultz to free Django, though the two men choose not to go their separate ways. Instead, Schultz seeks out the South's most wanted criminals with Django by his side. Honing vital hunting skills, Django remains focused on one goal: finding and rescuing Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), the wife he lost to the slave trade long ago.
Django and Schultz's search ultimately leads them to Calvin Candie (Academy Award®-nominee Leonardo DiCaprio), the proprietor of "Candyland," an infamous plantation where slaves are groomed by trainer Ace Woody (Kurt Russell) to battle each other for sport. Exploring the compound under false pretenses, Django and Schultz arouse the suspicion of Stephen (Academy Award®-nominee Samuel L. Jackson), Candie's trusted house slave. Their moves are marked, and a treacherous organization closes in on them. If Django and Schultz are to escape with Broomhilda, they must choose between independence and solidarity, between sacrifice and survival…
Written and directed by Academy Award®-winner Quentin Tarantino, DJANGO UNCHAINED is produced by Stacey Sher, Pilar Savone and Reginald Hudlin. The executive producers are Harvey and Bob Weinstein, Michael Shamberg, Shannon McIntosh, and James Skotchdopole. DJANGO UNCHAINED will be released in the U.S. on December 25, 2012, and internationally by Sony Pictures Releasing International.


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Fernando Martinez evens Bisons in 9th
The Buffalo Bisons, Triple-A affiliate of the New York Mets, played to a 4-4 tie against the New Orleans Zephyrs (Marlins) on Tuesday afternoon from Jupiter, FL.
Bisons outfielder Jesus Feliciano went 2-3 with a pair of doubles and two runs scored. Outfielder Fernando Martinez's (pictured right) RBI-single in the ninth inning helped the Bisons pull even with the Zephyrs.
On the mound, RHP Kyle Snyder threw three scoreless innings while Valerio de los Santos and Connor Robertson each chipped in an inning of scoreless relief.
Following Wednesday's camp day, the Bisons return to the field, facing Memphis (St. Louis), on Thursday afternoon.
Just so ya know… Game reports are called in as a courtesy to the Bisons Media/PR department. No official box score and/or game report is available for any minor league spring games.
Today's News & Notes
The Bisons are now 0-2-2 in their 10-game exhibition schedule (one game lost to rain).
There are just 16 days until the Bisons open up the 2009 season on Thursday, April 9 against the Pawtucket Red Sox (3:05 p.m.). Tickets are now on-sale at bisons.com or by calling THE-HERD at (843-4373).
Opening Day will be the first of nearly 40 televised games on Time Warner Cable SportsNet. Get the entire TV schedule: CLICK HERE!
The fourth of five Season Preview Shows will air on WWKB-AM 1520 this Sunday from 5-6 p.m. The final show, April 5, will be broadcast from Coca-Cola Field at the 2009 Bisons arrive for the first time after breaking Spring Training camp. Your calls (716-843-1520) and comments (email@example.com) will be welcome as we broadcast live!
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BEIJING (REUTERS) - China's official Xinhua news agency demanded on Tuesday that the United States live up to its global economic responsibilities, put political infighting aside and sort out the "fiscal cliff" mess.
"Being the world's only superpower and the issuer of the dominant global reserve currency, the United States has a unique role and an unshirkable duty to help cure the ailing global economy," one of its English-language commentaries said.
"In today's economically interconnected and interdependent world, it is more of a benefit than of a burden that Washington honours its global responsibility," the state-run agency added.
"Should Washington fail to pull itself from the escarpment, the repercussions would throw the whole world into a cold winter of stagnant growth and laggard recovery."
A second commentary said the fiscal cliff debacle was a clear example of how poorly the US political system worked.
"These days, both Democrats and Republicans seem more intent on inflicting damage on their political adversaries than working out a better future for their country," it said.
"Americans may be proud of their mature democracy, but the political gridlock in Washington really looks ugly from an outsider's view."
While such commentaries are not policy statements as such, they can be read as a reflection of government thinking.
The United States was on track to tumble over the fiscal cliff at midnight on Monday, at least for a day, as lawmakers held back from supporting an eleventh-hour plan from Senate leaders to avert severe tax increases and spending cuts.
China sits on the world's biggest pile of foreign exchange reserves worth US$3.3 trillion (S$4 trillion) and as much as 70 per cent of the holdings are still invested in US dollar assets, including US Treasuries, according to analysts.
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On Saturday we celebrated our daughters 3rd birthday. She's a funny one, our 3 year old little girl is spider obsessed and insisted on a spider cake. So to make the party theme a little more "normal" we ran with the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" theme. The week prior, we decided to look into a water slide to help entertain the 16 children attending the water party. To my surprise, there is a company local to me in Downingtown, PA! BouncyRoo is a family-owned business that started out by simply buying a bounce house to entertain their three young children- ages 10, 8 and 2 1/2. The owner, Rich, was quick to respond to my email and to offer me the Slippity Slide rental for the August 3rd party.
The insured and certified crew delivered the inflatable slide at about 9:30am on Saturday and didn't pick it up until 7:30am on Sunday! So we had it for the party as well as a spontaneous neighborhood gathering. My husband and I were thinking, this would be a fantastic idea for neighbors to chip in on, maybe for our next block party! The children of all ages had so much fun on the slide. Aside from the slide, BouncyRoo has 11 other inflatable moon bounces and slides. In addition, they have a dunk tank, popcorn machine, and provide face painting entertainment.
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Students and their path to success are at the heart of what we do. The College of Arts and Humanities takes great pride in cultivating a broad range of student/faculty scholarly, professional, honor, and artistic communities.
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NYC Weekend Picks: A Civil Rights-era photo exhibit and more
Our picks for what to do in the city this weekend.
"THE UNAVOIDABLE DISAPPEARANCE OF TOM DURNIN" David Morse stars in Stephen Levenson's drama about a white-collar criminal's struggle on the outside.
WHEN | WHERE Friday night at 7:30, Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m., Laura Pels Theatre, 111 W. 46th St.
INFO $71-$81, 212-719-1300, roundabouttheatre.org
"BUYER & CELLAR" Jonathan Tolins' celebrated one-man play, starring Michael Urie, imagines an unemployed actor who takes a job in the artifact-strewn basement of a star who might be Barbra Streisand.
WHEN | WHERE Friday night at 7:30, Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Barrow Street Theatre, 27 Barrow St.
INFO $75, 212-868-4444, buyerandcellar.com
"CHOIR BOY": Can an outsider make it in a gospel choir at a black prep school for boys in this new play by Tarell Alvin McCraney?
WHEN | WHERE Friday night at 7:30, Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Manhattan Theatre Club's Stage II, 131 W. 55th St.
INFO $30, 212-581-1212, nycitycenter.org
"A BAND CALLED DEATH" A documentary on Detroit's Hackney brothers. In 1971, they formed what was surely the first African-American proto-punk band, Death, and waited nearly 40 years for recognition.
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"TIME OF CHANGE" Acclaimed photographer Bruce Davidson went to the Deep South in the early 1960s, just as the Civil Rights movement was making breakthroughs. The black-and-white photographs in this show, taken from 1961 to 1965, comprise a poignant portrait of a tumultuous era.
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LAFAYETTE Although it bills itself as an "everyday French restaurant," Lafayette is much better than that. Led by executive chef Andrew Carmellini of Locanda Verde and The Dutch, this large NoHo newcomer serves up pitch-perfect, market-driven renditions of bistro classics such as duck au poivre ($29).
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BIG STAR'S THIRD The classic Big Star album "Third" gets the full performance treatment with the likes of Marshall Crenshaw, Pete Yorn, Reeve Carney, Mitch Easter, Mike Mills and many others. If only Alex Chilton were still with us.
WHEN | WHERE Sunday at 7 p.m., Central Park SummerStage, 69th Street at Fifth Avenue.
INFO Free, cityparksfoundation.org
BLOWOFF Former Hüsker Dü and Sugar guy Bob Mould joins producer-remixer Richard Morel for one of their Blowoff parties. Get ready to dance to a mix of indie rock, electro and house.
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"If I say Yes, my child says No. If I say to run into the street, my child looks at me and runs into the street. It is like this all day. I'm angry and don't know what to do."
You and your child are in a power struggle that can easily turn to revenge. The more you try to force your will with your child, the more she will defy you and the more deeply discouraged you will both become. Defiant children are a gift sent to parents who need to practice inviting cooperation instead of practicing power over others.
1. The first thing to do is to look at your own behavior. Defiance is usually a direct response to parents who are excessively controlling or overly protective.
2. If your child is an arguer, she may have someone nearby who gives her arguing practice. If it is you, practice letting your child have the last word. (This is harder than you think. Try it.)
3. Get into your child's world and make some guesses to learn what is behind the defiance. For example: Could it be that you are angry because you think I boss you around too much? Could it be that you feel hurt because the baby gets so much attention? You can usually guess what is going on in your child's life that may be provoking defiance. Your child will feel validated and understood when you guess correctly. If you guess incorrectly, try again.
4. Let your child take the lead whenever possible by offering limited choices. For instance, ask your child, "Do you think you are ready to cross the street by yourself, or would you like me to hold your hand?" "Would you like me to hold onto the back of your bike and help you practice, or can you ride it by yourself?" "Would you like to set the table or carry the dishes to the table so I can set it?"
5. Some children will push and push until they get a spanking. Then they settle down. They have been trained not to settle down until they are spanked. Instead of spanking, hold the defiant child firmly on your lap. No matter how much she struggles, do not let go until she settles down. With an older child say, "I'm not going to spank you or use any form of physical abuse with you. I am sorry I have used those methods in the past and wish to change our relationship." "I'm not happy with what you are doing, but I love you and would like your help so we can stop fighting with each other and work things out together."
6. Instead of telling your child what to do, try asking her what needs to be done. "What do you need to do before you cross the street?" This often invites a child to think and use his/her power to solve the problem instead of defying your direct orders.
7. Let your child know that you need her help and say, "I would appreciate anything you could do to help." This often invites cooperation instead of defiance.
8. Emotional honesty is another help. Remember to use the "I feel _____ because _____" and "I wish _____" formula.
This is an opportunity for you to learn how to invite cooperation. Pay attention to how much talking you are doing. Are you barking orders, nagging, and scolding? Your child may be parent deaf because you talk more than you act. Talk less and act more if this is the case.
1. Don't say anything unless you mean it, and if you mean it, give the matter your full attention. Say what you mean kindly and firmly; then follow through on what you say.
2. For a child who has a pattern of defiance, create time for training. (This includes training for yourself in kindness as firmness.) Take your child someplace such as the park. The moment he starts defiant behavior, take him by the hand and take him home, saying, "We will try again tomorrow." If you are with other people and don't want to spoil their fun, take the defiant child to the car. Have a book handy so you will have something to do while you wait for him to say, "I'm ready to try again." Let your child know in advance that this is what will happen.
3. Give limited choices and ask questions instead of giving lectures. Ask for your child's opinion and input. Really listen to what he tells you.
4. Get your children involved in the planning of events and in problem-solving during family meetings. Children are seldom defiant when they have been respectfully included in the decision-making process.
5. Watch out for the "No" monster. Are you saying "No" without thinking every time your child asks you a question or makes a request? Do you say "No" every time your toddler touches a forbidden object? When children are very young, use distraction to show them what they can do instead of teaching them to say "No" through your example. When they are older, find a way to say "No." For example, when your child says, "I don't want to do what you say", reply with "Yes, I can understand that. How about putting the item on the agenda for the family meeting or telling me your idea of what you think would work better so I can think it over?"
6. Often preschool-age children will say "No" to everything. If you don't find this cute and adorable, stop asking them questions that can be answered by a "Yes" or "No."
7. Choose your battles and let things go that aren't that important. Ask yourself if you will remember or care a week or month or year from now about the issue that seems so important to you in the moment. It takes a lot of energy to plan ahead and follow through to make real changes, so don't waste your energy on issues that aren't that important.
Children can learn that cooperation works better than arguing when everyone is treated respectfully. They can learn that parents mean what they say, but also allow and respect appropriate choices.
Children prefer to cooperate and do what's in their own best interest, but if you treat them disrespectfully, they are willing to suffer great personal pain to show you that you can't boss them around. If you wait and watch before jumping in and controlling, kids will usually do the right thing. If they make a mistake, it's okay to help them correct it or ask how they might do it differently next time. Often it's enough to ask, "Would you like to try again?" instead of becoming controlling or punitive.
Children who defy see punishment as an excuse to defy more. Natural consequences work best whenever possible.
Thirteen-year-old Billy was often called a defiant child by people who spent time with him. He did act like a know-it-all, refusing to listen to anyone. The more others yelled at him, the more he tuned them out and did the opposite. (He did listen long enough to hear what they wanted, so he could do the opposite!) Billy, his family, and friends went skiing. The ten people in the group spent a lot of time looking for Billy, who took off ahead of everyone.
Everyone was angry with Billy and alternated barking orders at him, threatening him, or whispering behind his back how difficult he was. No one was having any fun. His older cousin rode up the lift with him and said, "Billy, there's something I want you to think about as you ride up the lift. I'd like your opinion about an idea I have, but I don't want you to tell me what you think until we get to the top of the hill. I was thinking that it might work best, since we're such a large group, to suggest that everyone wait at the top of the hill for the entire group before starting down. I'm not sure if this is a good idea, so please give it some thought and let me know your ideas at the top of the lift."
The two boys continued up the long lift talking about baseball, school, and friends. Billy never said a word at the top of the lift, but the rest of the day he waited patiently for the group to assemble before skiing. He stopped more frequently to look back and wait for stragglers. He had a big smile on this face. His cousin invited cooperation, and Billy felt important because his cousin asked for his opinion instead of telling him what to do or scolding him one more time. Inviting cooperation works wonders.
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Just a short train ride south from Dresden, on the border with the Czech Republic, a stunning landscape of dramatic rock formations awaits walkers, mountain climbers and nature lovers.
As the birthplace of free climbing, Saxon Switzerland National Park offers a climbing environment that is second to none. A total of 1,106 free-standing sandstone peaks make this area in Saxony the most varied outdoor climbing location in Germany. And with 21,000 different climbing routes to choose from, there's every chance you'll have the rock face to yourself. But if you're not yet ready to scale the rocky crags, you can learn the art of climbing at a local climbing school.
Sustainable nature conservation
The climbing regulations enforced in the Saxony region show that recreational climbing and nature conservation do not have to be mutually exclusive. They ensure that this natural climbing paradise is not subjected to any damage and prohibit anything that takes the place of strength or skill or that puts undue strain on the soft rock.
A unique landscape to explore at your own pace
This rocky national park is also considered one of the most spectacular walking regions in Europe. The 112 kilometres of the Painters' Way, for example, offer ever-changing scenery and sensational views. You can also see the dramatic rock formations from the saddle of your bike, for example on the Elbe Cycle Route that runs alongside the national park. Many paths within the Saxon Switzerland National Park are also suitable for bikes.
A dramatic backdrop for film and opera
Because of the uniqueness of the landscape, Saxon Switzerland has been used as a film set by many international film directors. Famous operas are also performed amid the rocks and crags on one of the most beautiful open-air stages in Europe.
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Designed with oilcloth on the outside, lined with a 10 oz canvas liner and solid brass hardware, these Retriever Chaps will last and last. The "One Leg At a Time" adjustment is accomplished with belt loops that are adjustable using Velcro to establish your initial leg length and then you simply loop through your belt and snap. A perfect fit every time.
The Retriever Chaps can be customized with an e-collar pocket, flap pocket and leather cuffs in your choice of brown or nutmeg suede calf skin leather. The e-collar pocket will hold various transmitters, in either an antenna up or down position and is made of mesh and oilcloth, which makes it possible to operate the transmitter while in the pocket.
The flap pocket is perfect for a small writing tablet such as a judge's book or note book.
Please allow 2 - 3 weeks for delivery.
This style of chap fits with the oilcloth leg falling 2" below the crotch at the inseam.
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Wow: so there is more than one of me. It is really hard to ignore 800,000,000 Facebook members. But I am pretty much doing it.
When gistr.com was launching, as I considered the social media strategy, LinkedIn groups and Twitter were a no-brainer. But, Facebook? When I realized that most folks spend 55 minutes a day on Facebook, I was concerned I would never get them to leave and click on gistr.com. Now the amount of time the average person spends on Facebook is still growing. Five minutes ago, I had yet another Smart Brief article hit my email why we should all get social. (This translates to spend yet more time and marketing energy on…….Facebook!)
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But in general, I think it is very freeing to know you can participate in social media without being on every platform in existence. Yes, even one with 800,000,000 members. In my case, the primary platforms are LinkedIn, Twitter and Shareology. In the case of gistr.com and Shareology, most traffic has been generated by 1. LinkedIn groups and 2. Twitter.
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Halloween is just two weeks away, and most parents are worried about the frightening amount of sugar children consume. That's understandable. But Halloween is just one day. What really scares me are the meat and dairy products lurking in children's diets every day and everywhere—from fast food to school lunches. Unfortunately, some parents don't share this fear. Some parents may not yet realize how healthful a plant-based diet can be for their children.
Meat and dairy products are loaded with fat and cholesterol that lead to childhood obesity, diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. A new study in the British Medical Journal found that obese children as young as 5 years old were already showing signs of heart disease that could seriously increase their risk of heart attacks and stroke as they get older. Now that gives me nightmares.
But time and again, evidence-based science shows that plant-based diets can help prevent these unnerving consequences. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics—the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals—says that "appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the lifecycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence, and for athletes."
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Arma 3 project lead Daniel Musil said the Alpha will be "quite limited in terms of the assets it includes, with the goal of providing enough content to experiment with the brand new bits of gameplay and technology."
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Most memories fade over time. This one remains razor-sharp.
Mike Grojean now works at Rice University's Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, but on Sept. 11, 2001, he was an Army major assigned to the Pentagon as a leadership policy officer.
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his way to a meeting at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, but headed back
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"At the Pentagon, a lot of officers have televisions on," said Grojean, a professor in the practice of management and executive director of executive education. "It's a way of keeping situational awareness, to see what kind of breaking news is going on. Somebody said, 'Hey, look at this.'"
The first jet had hit the World Trade Center, and as Grojean watched, another crashed into the second tower. "Those of us who had combat experience said, 'That's not a coincidence. Something's going on,'" he recalled.
Minutes later he left his office for a scheduled 9:45 meeting in another part of the building. He heard a shout from behind.
We got a call, a colleague yelled. "Your meeting is canceled." Grojean started back. At 9:37 a.m., Flight 77 out of Washington Dulles International Airport slammed into the Pentagon. Grojean felt the shudder and turned to see the building's fire doors burst through the ceiling tiles.
"The only thing I can liken it to is if you're standing in New York and a subway goes by on the other side of a solid wall," he said. "You feel that shaking and rattling; the lights shake. It was as if a train had rolled through on the other corridor."
The Pentagon is divided into five rings and wedges connected by 10 corridors that run from the center courtyard to the perimeter. Grojean had been walking down a corridor on the second floor to meet with his boss, Lt. Gen. Tim Maude, the Army's senior personnel officer. They were supposed to discuss deployment of their small team in times of national emergency, natural or otherwise. Grojean did not yet know Maude was dead.
Grojean returned to his office, where a co-worker told him the building was being evacuated. The corridors filled quickly as most of the 25,000 workers, mostly civilians, streamed toward the exits.
He didn't evacuate. Instinct kicked in.
"Your character will carry you through anything," Grojean said. He observed it in the officers and colleagues who took charge at the Pentagon on 9/11.
"Folks went above and beyond for those around them. I saw folks who had a strength that carried them through fear — not just during the attack but for months after. Character is a relatively intangible aspect of who we are, but it is central to how we act."
The then-21-year veteran worked his way through the anxious crowd and left the main corridor. He found a staircase and descended to the subbasement Army operations center. In normal times, a crew of 35 to 40 mans the center, but their numbers grow tremendously during a crisis. Grojean, still thinking the explosion was from a truck bomb, was one of the few on the expanded team to arrive shortly after the attack. He walked into a scene of muted pandemonium as officers tried to figure out what had happened.
"The general officer down there was Pete Chiarelli, who went on to become a division commander. I think he's a three-star (general) now. He did a fabulous job. He took control and we calmed down.
"That's the core essence of crisis leadership. People watch you, and how you behave tells them how to behave."
Grojean and his colleagues spent much of 9/11 manning the phones, opening secure communications channels to the Army chief of staff, the National Command Authority and the other Pentagon-based operation centers and assessing the local and international situation for the senior command. (The Navy operation center, on an upper floor, had been destroyed.)
Before any of that, he called his wife.
"I said, 'Something's happened. I don't know what it is. I'm fine. Tell the kids I'm fine.' That was the last time I talked to them until the next morning."
Some survivors, trapped in the impact zone by the fire doors, made it out the hard way, he recalled. They broke through thick windows and leaped to the loading docks between rings. Many had burns and broken bones and were taken to safety by others who had escaped to the Pentagon's central courtyard.
Other survivors called in from the parking lots to say who was with them — and who wasn't.
"The first thing you do in combat is take accountability of your folks," Grojean said. "You make certain who you've got who's hurt and who's missing. That's the natural instinct for a combat leader, and that's what we began doing. It took weeks.
"Within days, we had a good feel of who went to hospitals, where they were. Some folks who lived locally got a taxi and went home. So we had to find them. It probably took us 48 to 72 hours to get to a point where we were reasonably certain that the folks we weren't in contact with weren't to be found."
The first day, Grojean arrived home at 4:30 a.m., showered, changed clothes and went back to work an hour later.
"The most emotional sight was coming back across the bridge. I could see the glow in the sky. They hadn't put all the fires out," he said.
He logged 120 hours on duty in the first week and survived on three hours of sleep a night. In subsequent weeks, as the situation eased, the days got shorter, but the operation center was his home for the next five-and-a-half months.
Of the thousands who died on 9/11, 125 were inside the Pentagon. "Roughly 20 percent of my office mates were killed in the attack," Grojean said. "I can go down the list of names and see their faces."
He doesn't talk much about 9/11 these days, but his memories are "blindingly sharp."
"I can't just see it; I can feel it," he said. "Talking about it, I can feel my heart accelerating a bit. I can feel my hands tremble just a bit. And the postgame analysis, the thoughts that come afterwards, reinforces the memories.
"The experience brings home a lot of the things I know about the right way to act, the right way to lead."
That has informed his teaching at Rice. "It allows me to understand that leadership is contextual," he said. "Your situation gives you cues on how to behave."
And that, he said, goes back to one's character. "Your character is a currency that you can't get wrong. You have to get that right. You consistently have to work at character."
Grojean retired after a 23-year Army career that took him through linguistic training in California to postings in Europe as a Russian specialist with the National Security Agency, as a tank unit commander during the first Gulf War, as a leadership teacher at West Point and, after the Pentagon, back to Europe as a senior staff officer in the First Infantry Division (the famed Big Red One) in the run-up to the second Gulf War.
He became a lecturer at the Aston Business School in Birmingham, England, where he set up a center for leadership research and rose to the position of associate dean.
A consulting project with British Petroleum brought him in contact with former Rice Provost Gene Levy in 2008, and that led to the opportunity to join Rice and return to his native Texas. Grojean's father, a Vietnam veteran, was in San Antonio and had been diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer.
"I got to spend time with my dad before he passed away, and I get to do what I love, which is make a difference in people's lives," he said. "Another takeaway message for me is that every minute of our lives that we spend is gone forever. So spend them well."


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Snowfall for the Chicago metro area as of late Saturday afternoon ranged from about 2 inches in the far northwest suburbs to 8 inches in northwest Indiana, according to the National Weather Service.
The storm that began Friday night did not add enough to snow totals to top the snowiest January on record – 42.5 inches in 1918. But with 33.7 inches, January remains the third snowiest month in Chicago since records first began in 1884, according to the weather service. With a total of 51.9 inches of snow so far this season, the winter was in fifth place for overall snowfall up to Feb. 1 as of 6 p.m. Saturday, said weather service meteorologist Gino Izzi.
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The next chance for snow will come Tuesday, National Weather Service meteorologist Charles Mott said. As of about 6 a.m. sunday, it was 9 degrees at O'Hare, with more cold temperatures expected as February continues.
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Electric Light Parade and Opening Ceremony
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Lights are turned on 7 days a week from 5 p.m. to Midnight through January 1st. During and immediately following very wet storms, water gets into the electrical boxes and may cause some of the lights to not work. Crews work diligently to dry the electrical connections and get the lights turned back on.
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Mrs. Claus
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Take a ride aboard the "Christmas Village Express" Miniature Train. This restored train is the original train used in the 1960's at Lorin Farr Park.
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Visit "Santa's Store" to help raise funds for Christmas Village! Located at the north entrance to Christmas Village, Santa's Store features gifts, souvenirs and curios to help commemorate and share the Christmas Village spirit. Proceeds from the sale of Christmas Village toys, stuffed animals, sweatshirts, posters, and Christmas cards will help fund new lights and displays for years to come.
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The Breakfast Exchange Club has a concession stand next to Santa's Castle. They offer warm drinks and sweet snacks. All proceeds benefit the "Shoes for Tots" program.
The Corner is also open and has warm drinks, concession food and sweets. Open Monday through Saturday, 6-9pm. A portion of the Hot Chocolate profits will be donated to "Shoes for Tots," all other profits benefit Amphitheater programming.
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There's only one response to the news that Liz Lemon's getting married: I want to go to there. Thankfully, NBC was kind enough to invite us.
How will Liz's weeding compare to some of TV's most memorable nuptials?The network sent out a save the date for Liz's wedding to Criss Chross (no, not that Kriss Kross) for 30 Rock's Nov. 29 episode.So what can we expect of a Liz Lemon wedding? Sandwiches? Bras held together with tape? A self-indulgent cover of "Muffintop" by Jenna? (We already know that Dean Winter's Dennis Duffy will be back. Will he cause trouble at the ceremony?)
Fifty Shades of Lame! Check out TV's unsexiest sex scenesLooks like we'll have to wait until the end of the month to find out. One thing we do know: In typical Lemon-fashion, the affair is BYOS (bring your own snacks).Liz will walk down the aisle Thursday, Nov. 29 at 8/7c on NBC. Are you happy to know Liz really can have it all?


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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy says leading receiver Randall Cobb is too valuable to take off of kick returns for safety reasons.
McCarthy says Monday that if Cobb is healthy, he will be the Packers' full-time punt and kick returner, even in the wake of the ankle injury he suffered in Sunday's 55-7 rout of the Tennessee Titans.
Cobb was injured when tackled by Tennessee's Tracy Wilson while returning a punt with 8:38 left in the third quarter - a game in which Cobb set the franchise single-season record for all-purpose yardage. On his previous two punt returns, Cobb had gained 14 and 17 yards.
``I'll be honest with you: I don't have a really high tolerance for this (line of questioning) because I don't understand how you play scared in the game of football. I don't get that,'' McCarthy said sternly. ``I think it's convenient questioning. I understand the risk involved in every single play. Some plays are higher risk than others, and I'm fully aware of that.
``But you can't sit here and say special teams is important if you don't put a guy like Randall Cobb out there as a returner. Now, if we're sitting here next year, we might be having a different conversation. But the way our team is built for 2012, Randall Cobb is a huge part of our success on special teams.''
McCarthy didn't have any update on Cobb's health, although he said Cobb seemed optimistic and the team's medical staff wasn't overly concerned, either. Cobb was scheduled to undergo further testing Monday.
``He may be in there as we speak. Then the doctors will determine what scans (are) needed, and we'll get that information sometime today,'' said McCarthy, who held his day-after-the-game news conference at 8 a.m. CST because of Christmas Eve. ``The medical staff does not have high concern. Randall's so positive, so he doesn't seem very concerned. But you go through the process and scans and so forth and make sure we get all the information.''
Even with quarterback Aaron Rodgers' not-so-subtle post-game suggestion that Cobb is too valuable to risk on returns, McCarthy said Cobb remains the returner, including in next Sunday's regular-season finale at Minnesota if he's available. After Cobb went down, first-year wide receiver Jeremy Ross had a 58-yard punt return that set up Ryan Grant's 7-yard touchdown run on the next play.
After the game, Rodgers was asked about Cobb's overall performance, and spoke of Cobb's role on returns.
``He's a big time player,'' Rodgers said. ``He's fun to watch. Just trying to get him the ball in space. He makes some big plays. He's got incredible preparation habits. He's always ready to play, knows where he's supposed to be. He's like a seven or eight-year veteran out there, it feels like at times. I feel like we've played together for a while. He understands the concepts we're running, where to get open. He's a big-time player.''
Then, after a brief pause and with a slight grin, Rodgers added, ``(I) hope we can get him off special teams soon.''
Although McCarthy responded in his post-game press conference with ``We'll see'' when first asked about Cobb staying on returns, the coach wasn't coy a day later.
``Randall Cobb is a big part of our success on special teams. Our special teams has been our most consistent unit of our football team from Week 1 to Week 15. You don't establish the way you play, the vision of the way you play, and then all of a sudden change going into the last week of the season,'' McCarthy said. ``We'll see what happens here with Randall and we'll evaluate his injury and then we'll make decisions as we go forward. The philosophy of him playing on special teams has not changed.''
Since McCarthy took over as head coach in 2006, the Packers have not been afraid to use starters and key contributors on offense or defense as returners. Defensive backs Charles Woodson and Tramon Williams have been in that role, as has wide receiver Jordy Nelson.
McCarthy has never back down from that stance, even when Woodson suffered a toe injury on a punt return against Detroit during the 2007 season. Woodson missed a critical game against the Dallas Cowboys the next week.
Woodson returned 74 punts during the 2006 and 2007 seasons.
As a rookie second-round pick last season, Cobb's primary role was as the team's kick and punt returner; he finished the season with a 27.7-yard kickoff return average (second in the NFL, including a team-record 108-yard return for a touchdown) and 11.3-yard punt return average (seventh in the NFL, including an 80-yard return for a touchdown).
But Cobb has unexpectedly emerged as the Packers' No. 1 receiving threat this season, leading the team in receptions (80) and yards (954), while Nelson and Greg Jennings have been sidelined for lengthy spells with injuries. Cobb has returned 38 kickoffs for a 25.4-yard average with a long of 46, and he's returned 31 punts for a 9.4-yard average, including a 75-yard touchdown.
Special teams coordinator Shawn Slocum was not available to reporters Monday. But before the season, with the offensive coaches planning on using Cobb more extensively, Slocum said the risk to Cobb on returns is no greater than it is on plays from scrimmage.
``It's all in the perspective, of how you look at the return game. It is the first play of the offense? It's vitally important to setting up field position, the potential to score, things of that nature,'' Slocum said. ``
``It's no different than when he catches a pass on offense and people tackle him (as far as the risk). He can have great production in the return game. What happens is, when you have a returner who can score, he can affect how the ball is kicked to you as well, which can give you favorable field position.
``Here's the thing: There are really three areas of special teams that directly influence winning and losing statistically: made field goals, explosive returns, and keeping opponents from having explosive returns against you. If you take care of those three areas, and you win in those three areas, you're giving yourself a better chance to win as a football team.
`` So special teams play, the way we look at it, is very important.''
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At the end of 2011, federal regulators slapped a shutdown order on Double Happyness, a private, super-low-cost bus line running from Wilmington to New York's Chinatown, for what they called "a management philosophy indifferent to motor carrier safety."
But buses kept running from the station, a spartan storefront at 3 W. Fourth St., under the name New Everyday Bus Tour, a company owned by the brother of Double Happyness' owner.
Last month, after racking up a long list of violations of its own, New Everyday's authority, too, was revoked by the U.S. Department of Transportation after it did not provide proof of insurance. And, once again, buses are still running from in front of the station, to the same terminal in New York that both New Everyday Bus and Double Happyness used.
They are now operating under a separate company named Rockledge Bus Tour, which also has a long list of safety citations by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, including failure to make repairs. Although it is still authorized to run, the administration has ranked Rockledge in the bottom 5 percent of U.S. bus carriers for driver safety and fitness.
The issue of bus safety became more prominent after a March 2011 crash of a motorcoach serving New York's Chinatown, operated by World Wide Travel. It overturned and collided with a highway sign in the Bronx, killing 15 and injuring 18. Federal officials shut down that company, but the owner was later found to be operating the company's old buses under a different company name.
A look at government records shows multiple connections among the various bus companies. New Everyday and Rockledge have similar license plate numbers, and both filed with the State of Delaware to do business at the same Wilmington address on July 11, 2011.
"That's a red flag there's legal gamesmanship at work," said Joseph Schwieterman, director of the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development at DePaul University.
In January 2012, a U.S. assistant attorney general asked for a court order to close down bus service at that address, noting that that Double Happyness unlawfully directed the activities of other lines, including Rockledge. A Rockledge bus in New York also was found to have Double Happyness brochures on its dashboard during that investigation two years ago.
The safety administration enacted new rules in 2012 aimed at establishing links between bus lines it has closed and new ones that take over their routes. The agency shut down 26 bus lines in 2012, including some that "reincarnated" under new names, and then another 52 lines in December.
New Everyday was cited for 237 violations between February 2010 and July 2013, according to a 442-page inspection report obtained through Freedom of Information Act.
During a June 2013 compliance review, New Everyday was cited with serious violations for failing to keep a record of each driver's qualifications, failure to implement an alcohol and drug testing program, failure to make needed repairs after numerous maintenance citations, and failure to seek periodic inspections.
But the government did not shut down New Everyday Bus Tour over safety matters, despite its conditional safety rating. A DOT spokesman, Duane DeBruyne, said the line's authority to operate had been revoked Feb. 10 for failure to show proof of insurance. If that proof could be shown, any line in that situation would be free to resume operations, he said.
An assistant at the bus station in New York, Randy Lin, said insurance had cost too much and the line had closed.
Rockledge's safety record on the FMSCA's website contains a lot of the same themes. During a June 2013 compliance review, Rockledge was cited with serious violations for using a driver before checking their background, as well as failing to promptly make needed repairs, and failure to submit to periodic inspections. Nevertheless, the company's safety rating was listed as "satisfactory."
Riders continue to line up to ride the bus, which offers from nine to 11 round trips per day between Wilmington and New York.
Kiara Smith, a Delaware State University student who had taken a DART bus up from Dover, said she takes the bus three or four times a year, appreciating its $35 roundtrip price. Just before she boarded the bus, she said she felt safe for the most part, but "it's just really cramped," and wished there was a seat belt.
Valerie Cherrin of Wilmington, who boarded the bus from Wilmington on Thursday, said she wanted to see more proof the problems were dangerous before changing her travel plans.
"All I hear about is technicalities," Cherrin said. Neither Rockledge nor New Everyday had any crashes on their FMCSA safety records.


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Lindsay Lohan and her mom Dina grabbed their running shoes ... their track suits ... and a couple of bottles of Coca-cola as they hit the streets of New York today.
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Lilo and DiLo rented bikes and cruised the West Side Highway in NYC ... then ditched the bikes and worked up a sweat during a quick run -- sodas in hand -- before hopping into a waiting SUV.
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Scattered Thoughts
By Rev. Charles T. "Skip" Weatherford
I am a member of an "A Search for God" Study Group in Snydersville, Pa. We were interested in synchronicity and decided to study Mark Thurston's book on the subject. We ordered a dozen copies and dove right in. Mark's explanations are quite clear and our members began to bring in examples of their own experiences each week.
We meet every Tuesday night at a local center, and our lively group consists of young as well as older members. We all became more and more aware of the things happening around us every day and began to share our synchronistic stories.
Two sisters reported missing their exit off the interstate on their way home and having to get off at the next exit and work their way back on the side roads. Suddenly in the headlights appeared one of their cats, and they stopped to pick her up. At the next meeting we discussed the fact that what seemed like a simple mistake of missing an exit led to the discovery of the straying cat, and without that mistake the cat might not have been found.
Most of the group had no experience using the I Ching, and we began to ask questions and read the results of the coin oracle given in the book. It surprised the group how useful the answers seemed to be. I asked the first question about what direction I should take with the work I was presently preparing. The answer warned me not to push forward but instead to pay attention to others' needs in order to allow time for things to come about in a natural way. It suggested I look at problems as opportunities and show patience. It has proved to be a good answer. We next asked about the coming changes foretold by so many, and were told that we should expect an increase in burdens and strong pressure from the outside but we were also cautioned against becoming pessimistic or allowing negative thinking to slow our progress into the next phase of our lives.
Some of the group asked questions about family members who were not in the best of health, and one of our members asked about the prospects for a new business he was intending to start. They all confirmed that the answers were useful.
Then the question arose of what our group should be doing to help others in our community. We were told to become lights in our community by spreading positive energies. For our group to grow, we were to look outside ourselves and see our role in the greater order.
We were a little shaken by the demands this seemed to place on us and asked ourselves whether we felt strong enough to start along that path, which seemed to be rather large and not a little frightening.
The Cayce readings came to the rescue as we remembered statements like: "As ye apply ye are given the next step." And "What ye find to do, with willing hands do ye."
Next we asked, "How do we start?"
We have always had fun sharing interesting sayings with each other via email and in person. So we thought we might be able to include others in the fun. The discussion led to the idea of introducing synchronicities by scattering our little sayings in such a way that people would be caught by surprise and stop for a moment to consider the wisdom of some of our favorite aphorisms.
Someone mentioned scattering thoughts about and there it was—let's call them "Scatter Thoughts." We could have these sayings printed on little slips of paper and scatter them everywhere. Leave them in the condiment tray at the diner, on supermarket shelves, in banks and filling stations. One of our ingenious members stuffed one into the pocket of each coat hung on the coat rack at her doctor's office.
As a nod to Sacred Geometry we decided to have them printed on slips of paper whose length and width is in the proportion of the Golden Mean.
We agreed we should remain anonymous and not to take credit for the Scatter Thoughts so that the mystery might coax a little more attention to the thoughts from the recipients. "Hmmm! Where did this come from?"
Here are a couple of examples of the slips we are distributing:
It is not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived.brought to you by SCATTER THOUGHTS
You are precisely as large as what you love and as small as what you allow to annoy you.
-Robert Anton Wilsonbrought to you by SCATTER THOUGHTS
We are experiencing so much joy from this idea that I thought it might be appropriate to pass it on to other groups. Anyone can reach our group through me: Rev. Charles T. "Skip" Weatherford at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Consult the I-Ching, an ancient Chinese text widely used for divination. Our version compares the traditional wisdom to the teaching of Edgar Cayce. The text of the 64 hexagrams was adapted from the book, Synchronicity as Spiritual Guidance, by Mark Thurston, PhD.


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A Los Angeles jury found the Dodgers 25 percent responsible for the permanent brain damage suffered by Giants fan Bryan Stow during a parking-lot assault in 2011. They'll owe him $4.5 million of the $18 million he was awarded for his injuries.
Stow was beaten into a coma by two men after the Dodgers-Giants opening day game on March 31, 2011 and spent more than six months in the hospital. He will require round-the-clock medical care for the rest of his life. At trial, a doctor testified that the father of two's IQ now stands at 75, near the borderline for mental disability.
Louie Sanchez and Marvin Norwood, who pleaded guilty to Stow's assault, were sentenced to eight and four years in prison, respectively. The jury today found them each 37.5 percent liable for Stow's injuries.
Stow's lawyer had argued that the Dodgers' lax attention to security and poor control of alcohol sales contributed to the assault.
"Dodger Stadium got to a place where it was a total mess," Stow's attorney, Tom Girardi, told jurors during the monthlong trial. "There was a culture of violence. Beer sales were off the charts."
Defense attorney Dana Fox said blame for the attack lay with Sanchez and Norwood, not the Dodgers. He contended that the security presence at the game was greater than at any other Opening Day in the Dodgers' history, and that Stow's beating could not have been prevented.
He also suggested Stow had played a role in the attack, relating a witness account of him yelling at Dodger fans in the parking lot and citing testimony that his blood alcohol level was 0.18 percent - more than double the legal limit for driving.
Stow's suit had also sought to hold former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt liable, accusing him of spending on himself rather than on security. But the jury absolved McCourt of responsibility, and awarded Stow just $18 million of the $50 million he had been seeking.


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Late nineteenth-century Australia claimed one of the world's highest standards of living and was seen as one of the most successful examples of the transplantation of British culture. Yet beneath the surface prosperity, there lay a great deal of uncertainty and conflict, including clashes among churches, the crash of the 1890s, pressure for federation, and the challenging of traditional views of education, women's roles, and the family. This volume takes a skeptical look at many of the common perceptions of Australia in the Victorian era, concentrating on human values rather than on the rhetoric of national achievement.
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