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Dear Bishop Christopher,
Permit me to introduce myself. I have served for the last twenty years with Overseas Council, an organization that helps theological seminaries and universities around the world. Before that I served with World Vision International for twenty years as one of the international vice-presidents living in Africa and Europe. I presently live in Nova Scotia, Canada, but I continue to travel to many parts of the world with Overseas Council.
I have seen correspondence about the accusations made against a colleague and friend of mine, the Reverend Dr. Stephen Sizer.
I have travelled with Dr. Sizer. I have spoken at significant conferences at which he has spoken, and I have published some articles to which he has made some important contributions. I have never heard Dr. Sizer make any statements that could be labeled anti-Semitic.
In fact, I recall numerous occasions when he spoke very positively about the Jews as the "people of God". His presentations and his theology are devoid of any anti-Semitic thoughts or ideas whatsoever. I am more than willing to testify to these facts.
If you need or if it is appropriate, I can elaborate in more detail.
I wish you a blessed Advent and Christmas season.
Fraternally in Christ,
Manfred W. Kohl, Th.D.
Ambassador Overseas Council
See also letters from:
Right Revd Riah Abo El Assal, 13th Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem
Dr Mark Braverman, Author of the Fatal Embrace
Rabbi Professor Dan Cohn-Sherbok, Lampeter University
Jeremy Corbyn MP, Islington North
Katherine Cunningham, Moderator, IPMN, Presbyterian Church USA
Professor Scott Elias, Royal Holloway, University of London
Tony Greenstein, Founding Member of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Professor Mary Grey, Patron, Friends of Sabeel UK
Dr Jeff Halper, Co-founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
Revd Phil Hill, Nazareth Evangelical Theological Seminary
Canon Garth Hewitt, Founder of the Amos Trust
Dr Ghada Karmi, Exeter University
Manfred W. Kohl, Ambassador Overseas Council
Venerable Michael Lawson, Chairman, Church of England Evangelical Council
Jeremy Moodey, Chief Executive, Embrace the Middle East
Diana Neslen, Jews for Justice for Palestinians
Professor Ilan Pappe, Exeter University
Rabbi Dr Stanley Howard Schwartz, Hospice Chaplain and retired Army Chaplain
Revd Dr Donald Wagner, National Director, Friends of Sabeel North America
Revd John Woodger, Retired vicar of St Mary's Watford
Anthony Julius is chairman of the London Consortium and a Visiting Professor at Birbeck College, University of London. His book Trials of the Diaspora, is a magisterial 800 page examination of the history of Anti-Semitism in England. In the final chapter which deals with the distinction between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, Julius writes,
"He has recently explained, however, that he 'categorically reject[s] any position that threatens the territorial integrity of Israel as a sovereign nation.... Stephen Sizer's work has the merit of clearly setting out the issues that divide the two sides, and furthermore doing so without the rancour or sheer nastiness of tone typical of the polemics in the conflict." (p.571)It is ironic that much of the "rancour or sheer nastiness" comes from Zionists unable to distinguish between two.
And see also these articles from other sources:
Phil Groom (member of CCJ): Jeremiah's Underpants
Phil Groom (member of CCJ): Dr Sizer is cleared
Church of England Newspaper: Sizer complaint
Church Times: Vicar is not Anti-Semitic
Church Times: Rabbi Clears Vicar of Anti-Semitism
Jewish Chronicle: Bishop: anti-Zionist vicar 'no antisemite'
Jewish Chronicle: Sizer: I am ready to meet the Board of Deputies any time
Phil Groom (member of CCJ): Dr Sizer is cleared
Church of England Newspaper: Sizer complaint
Church Times: Vicar is not Anti-Semitic
Church Times: Rabbi Clears Vicar of Anti-Semitism
Jewish Chronicle: Bishop: anti-Zionist vicar 'no antisemite'
Jewish Chronicle: Sizer: I am ready to meet the Board of Deputies any time


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Frank Martin paid his former players
Kansas State coach Frank Martin, who spent seven years at the helm of three high school teams in the 1990s before joining Northeastern University as an assistant coach, says he regularly paid collegiate players who had played for him in high school when they had nowhere else to turn.
Martin, speaking during Sunday's broadcast of the NCAA tournament on CBS, for which he was working as an analyst, seemed to be making a case for better compensating collegiate players in need as he defended Kansas State senior Jamar Samuels, who was held out of the Wildcats' final game because of an eligibility concern.
They don't have an option. It's not like they can work while they're in college. They can't find ways to make money. When there is no money at home, who is going to help these guys?" -- Kansas State's Frank Martin, who says he regularly gave money to his former high school players as collegians
"I coached 16 years in the same inner city in Miami that I grew up in. Do you know how much money I sent to kids that played for me in high school when they were in college because I knew where they came from?" Martin said, according to a transcript of the broadcast published by the Kansas City Star. "I knew they didn't have a father figure."
Martin, who the Star reported Monday will become South Carolina's next coach, citing an unamed source close to the coach, has sided with Samuels, saying he wasn't in the wrong.
Curtis Malone, the founder of the DC Assault AAU organization, has said he sent money to Samuels before this year's NCAA tournament but said it wasn't an impermissible benefit because he already had developed a relationship with Samuels and his mother. A source told the Topeka Capital-Journal that Samuels received $200 from Malone.
"Jamar walked into an unfortunate situation, because like I've told everybody, he didn't ask an agent for money," Martin said during Sunday's broadcast. "He didn't ask a booster for money. He didn't take advantage of being a student-athlete, because he asked someone he met (before) he got into an NCAA institution for money.
"He asked a person who has been a father figure in his life since he was about 12 years of age. What is he supposed to do?"
The Wildcats were unable to make up for Samuels' absence in their round of 32 loss to Syracuse, falling 75-59. Even with Samuels, who averaged 10.0 points and 6.6 rebounds this season, the Orange likely still had too much for Martin's squad.
"I'm not going to tell you who they were," Martin said of the former high school players, "but I sent them a lot of money over the years to make sure they could take their girlfriend out to the movies, make sure they could wash their clothes and do all the things that scholarship money don't cover. They don't have an option.
"It's not like they can work while they're in college," Martin added. "They can't find ways to make money. When there is no money at home, who is going to help these guys?"
Martin also addressed media rumblings from over the weekend that he was a candidate to take the head coaching job at South Carolina.
On Monday, Martin's agent, Richard Katz, told the Kansas City Star "we have had conversations" with South Carolina but stopped short of confirming a deal was in the works. The State of Columbia, S.C., has also reported Martin's pending hire.
The Gamecocks fired coach Darrin Horn earlier this month after his team finished 10-21.
"In the age of social media that we live in right now, it's crazy," Martin said Sunday. "I was scheduled to be at a press conference today in South Carolina and I was sitting watching a show in New York City last night. And obviously I'm sitting here with you guys today, so it's. ... The stuff that gets out these days, I look at it as a compliment that we're doing our job the right way at Kansas State that these sort of things get out."
Sixty-eight teams had their sights set on New Orleans. Only four made it to the Big Easy.
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Where to Party for Thanksgiving Eve 2012 in South Florida
Spend Thanksgiving Eve with the Copa girls.
It's a given that Wednesday, November 21, is going to be a non-stop party. After all, Thanksgiving Eve is one of -- if not the -- biggest bar night of the year. While you're pretty much guaranteed to find a crowd (and lots of college kids) where ever you go, there are a few places in Broward and Palm Beach counties that are planning a little something extra. After the jump, find a roundup of pre-Thanksgiving parties, because what would Turkey Day be without a little hangover.
See Also:
- Restaurants Open on Thanksgiving Day 2012 in Broward County: Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, and Davie
- Restaurants Open on Thanksgiving Day 2012 in Palm Beach County: Boca Raton, Delray Beach, and Boynton Beach
- Copacabana in Fort Lauderdale: Try It and You'll Never Want to Go to a Rave Again
19th Annual Cranberry Jam at Bimini Boatyard
If your college kid days are long past, the Young Professionals for Covenant House and Riverwalk Fort Lauderdale host a pre-Thanksgiving bash that's catered to grownups. A $30 cover charge (it's $25 if you pre-pay) gets you two drinks, appetizers, and entertainment. The party is 7 to 10 p.m. at Bimini Boatyard in Fort Lauderdale.
Copacabana Supper Club
The night club that shocked Clean Plate Charlie with its non-cheesiness is doing Thanksgiving Eve all classy-like with "Models and Bottles" featuring a sexy lingerie show. DJ RZ SPINZ will be getting things going on the dance floor and there will be a live percussion show.
Blue Martini
The Blue Martini bars in Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton typically host a ladies' night on Wednesdays and this week will be no exception. The Fort Lauderdale bar will offer free wine tasting at the door for women, with giveaways and drink specials continuing through the night. Both bars will have music and entertainment.
Rocco's Tacos and Tequila Bar
The Rocco's Tacos in Boca Raton is celebrating its third-year anniversary on Wednesday night from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. The party will throw down with live music by The Edge, a DJ, mariachi band, and lots of booze and dancing. Margaritas are $7 and pitchers will be $20, and Dos Equis are $4. Get a free shot of Patron every time owner Rocco Mangel is on the bar doing his "tequila dance."
Living Room inside the W Fort Lauderdale Hotel
The Living Room bar in the luxe W Fort Lauderdale will have live music from 7 to 10 p.m. and DJ Danny Stern from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. There's no cover to get in and valet parking is $5 with validation. Call for a table reservation; 954-414-8300.
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Bimini Boatyard
1555 SE 17th St. Causeway, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Category: Music
Copacabana Supper Club - CLOSED
219 S. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL
Category: Restaurant
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5250 Town Center Circle, Boca Raton, FL
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There is a reason why academic institutions require their students to use one style or another for writing papers and citing sources. The key purpose of a style guide is to make your life easier.
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Created: 02/03/2014 12:19 PM KSTP.com
By: Leslie Dyste
A 20-year-old man has been charged in an unusual homicide that happened Friday in North Minneapolis.
Devon Derrick Parker was charged with second-degree murder in the death of 69-year-old Thomas Sonnenberg.
According to the criminal complaint, officers responded to a report of a man who had gone to a home on the 3700 block of North Aldrich Avenue, asking the homeowner to call the police because people were chasing him with a bat.
Sonnenberg allowed Parker to enter his home, and locked the door. According to the complaint, both men were in the kitchen while Sonnenberg called 9-1-1.
An officer arrived at the scene at about 11:51 a.m. The door was locked and no one answered. The officer saw Sonnenberg through the window. Sonnenberg was slumped over in a chair and appeared to be dead.
Sonnenberg's wife came to the door and told the officer she couldn't unlock the door. According to the complaint, the officer noticed Parker come up behind the woman and place both hands on her shoulders. The officer ordered Parker to the floor at gunpoint. The woman was able to unlock the door, and Parker was arrested.
The woman told police she was home when Parker came to the door. She said he appeared to be frantic, paranoid and in some sort of distress. After her husband called police, she heard Parker ask him for a gun, knife, hat and gloves. She then heard a gunshot.
Parker came out of the kitchen and ordered the woman to the floor. He choked her with his hands and held a gun to her head, according to the complaint. She said the gun belonged to her husband, and that he always carried it on his hip.
Parker had the woman go upstairs to lock them in the bedroom, according to the complaint. When police arrived, they went downstairs.
Officers later recovered Sonnenberg's revolver underneath the bed in the upstairs bedroom.
On Monday, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner announced the cause of Sonnenberg's death was a gunshot wound to the head.
Sonneberg's family members said he and his wife lived in their North Minneapolis home for more than 30 years.
Previous records show Parker had been previously convicted of assault and possession of drug paraphernalia in a public place, among other convictions.
If convicted, Parker faces up to 40 years behind bars.
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With the new year, the Downtown Camden Guild (DCG) is renaming itself the Camden Business Alliance (CBA) and will no longer limit membership to downtown business owners or even to just merchants. The original DCG formed in September 2009 with the purpose of giving downtown merchants a stronger voice in local matters.
Following the January tax law changes made by Congress under the American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA), the Internal Revenue Service announced today it plans to open the 2013 filing season and begin processing individual income tax returns on Jan. 30.
Sheheen, Hancock & Godwin LLP, a leading professional accounting firm in Camden, is pleased to announce that Marc A. Quigley, CPA, has joined the firm. Quigley will develop and manage client relationships with individuals and businesses throughout South Carolina, providing assurance, accounting, tax and consulting services for the firm's growing practice.
Mark A. Nash, son of Charlie and Pat Nash of Camden and Myrtle Beach, was recently appointed to the Georgetown Hospital System (GHS) Board of Trustees. Nash is president and CEO of Nash Oil Co., a Georgetown area marketer of petroleum-based products and services.
SAFE Federal Credit Union members received extra benefits Dec. 31 when bonus dividends and loan interest rebates totaling $2.5 million were posted to accounts. Deposit accounts, including certificates, received a 15 percent bonus based on dividends received in 2012. Loan accounts (except credit cards) received a 10 percent interest rebate based on total interest paid in 2012.
First Palmetto Bank recently purchased the tallest office building in Camden. The four-story brown brick building Located at 1111 Broad Street sits adjacent to the bank's operations center and is ear-marked to house future operation functions.
After more than $33 million in new investment and an estimated 100 jobs brought to Kershaw County in 2012, Kershaw County Economic Development Director Peggy McLean believes 2013 will be another active year in her office.
The Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce will vote on the state chamber's 2013 Competitiveness Agenda at its Dec. 20 meeting. The S.C. State Chamber of Commerce presented the new agenda at the chamber's Nov. 15 meeting.
The Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce unanimously voted to adopt two resolutions at its monthly board meeting last Thursday. President Chip Galloway, of Galloway Enterprises, presented one resolution on the John Hardee Expressway and one on sequestration.
Through a $20 million capital investment, INVISTA's Performance Surfaces and Materials business is set to grow its Camden production facility and add approximately 50 new jobs by the first part of 2014. The company believes the investment will allow it to better serve its carpet mill customer base located throughout the U.S. as well as specifically in the southeast region.
The Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce unanimously voted to approve a two-year strategic plan at its board meeting Thursday.
Despite cars, trucks and vans being moved around, temporary buildings erected and construction going on, the owners and managers of Lugoff Toyota want the public they're not only open for business, they're at full capacity to serve customers.
The Internal Revenue Service has some important information for those who have sold or are about to sell their home. If you have a gain from the sale of your main home, you may be able to exclude all or part of that gain from your income.
AgSouth Farm Credit recently reported second quarter earnings totaling $11.09 million, bringing year-to-date income, as of June 30, for the cooperative to $21.5 million. This compares to $9.0 million for the second quarter of 2011 and $17.07 million year-to-date on June 30, 2011.
Wateree Boat Club, a new membership club offering recreational boating, has opened at Wateree Marina on Lake Wateree. "Wateree Boat Club is a private club designed for people who enjoy boating but prefer not to own a boat," Manager Cook Young said.
Each year, more than 800 purple martins flock to INVISTA's wildlife reserve to hatch their young in one of 200 white gourds atop poles on INVISTA's Camden property in Lugoff. It's the job of 15 employee volunteers to make sure INVISTA's 640-acre wildlife habitat is ready to house these dark-feathered swallows, along with many other species of animals.
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Swiss National Bank (SNBN) Governing Board member Fritz Zurbruegg said the central bank doesn't see inflation strains in the economy.
"We do not see imminent inflation pressures," Zurbruegg said in a speech in Zurich today. "You have global growth which is only gradually, gradually recovering, on the other hand you have spare capacity in many countries including Switzerland, so from that point of view there is no immediate upward pressure on inflation rates."
The SNB, which has kept its benchmark interest rate at zero percent since August 2011, predicts consumer prices will drop 0.1 percent in 2013, before rising 0.4 percent in 2014. It expects the economy to grow in a range of 1 percent to 1.5 percent this year.
"I remain convinced that we will be moving up as soon as economic fundamentals once again come bear," Zurbruegg said, speaking of interest rates. "The turning point is economic growth, once we get economic growth back going, we are going to see things normalize," he said, adding that the SNB "is absolutely committed to low and stable inflation rates."
Zurbruegg said that "negative interest rates in form of policy rates are definitely not in the cards in Switzerland."
UBS AG (UBSN) and Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN)'s decision to charge financial institutional clients for cash balances held in Swiss francs was a "logical business decision," Zurbruegg said.
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Casualties of War
|Casualties of War
Theatrical poster
|Directed by
|Brian De Palma
|Produced by
|Art Linson
|Screenplay by
|David Rabe
|Story by
|Daniel Lang (writer)
|Michael J. Fox
Sean Penn
|Music by
|Ennio Morricone
|Stephen H. Burum
|Edited by
|Bill Pankow
|Distributed by
|Columbia Pictures
|Release dates
|Running time
|113 minutes
|United States
|$22.5 Million
|Box office
Casualties of War is a 1989 drama film directed by Brian De Palma, with a screenplay by David Rabe, based on the actual events of the incident on Hill 192 in 1966 during the Vietnam War. It stars Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn. An article written by Daniel Lang (writer) for The New Yorker in 1969, and a subsequent book were the movie's primary sources.[2]
The story is presented as a flashback of Max Eriksson, a Vietnam veteran. In November 1966, a squad of American soldiers is on patrol when they are suddenly attacked by the Viet Cong. The ground cracks under Eriksson while he walks above a Viet Cong tunnel, and he is stuck in the hole while enemy mortar shells land near him. Unknown to him, a Viet Cong soldier in the tunnel below him prepares to silently kill him with a knife. Sergeant Tony Meserve hears Eriksson, pulls him out of the hole, and shoots the Viet Cong soldier dead. Eventually, the Americans stave off the attack.
The squad takes a break outside a river village in the Central Highlands. While relaxing and joking around, one of the squad members SPC 4 "Brownie" Brown who is a close friend of Meserve, is shot in the neck by Viet Cong across the river. The squad kills several enemies until they realize there's Viet Cong running through a flooded field behind them. One throws a grenade at Eriksson, but in a miraculous shot he blows up the grenade in mid-air with his M-79 grenade launcher. Brownie is evacuated but Meserve later informs the squad that he died at the hospital. Shortly afterward, Private Antonio Diaz arrives as Brownie's replacement.
The unit is then re-deployed to a nearby village, which is believed to be an ally to the Viet Cong. Because of their reassignment, the unit has their leave time cut short. Frustrated because his squad has been denied leave for an extended period, Meserve orders the squad to kidnap a Vietnamese girl, Than Thi Oanh, to be their sex slave. Eriksson strenuously objects, but Meserve silences him and ostracizes him from the rest of the squad, with Corporal Thomas E. Clark threatening to kill Eicksson with his knife if he dares an attempt to stop the rape. Diaz at first did not want to take part in the rape, but goes along with the rest of the men in the crime. The girl is forcibly taken to the squad's next command outpost and is repeatedly beaten and raped by all the men but Eriksson. Oanh grows ill and develops a persistent cough.
The squad is later ordered to take up a position near a railroad bridge overlooking a Viet Cong river supply depot. Meserve and Clark realize Oanh's coughing might give them away. Meserve has Diaz order air support for an assault on the depot, then orders Eriksson to kill Oanh. Eriksson staunchly refuses despite Meserve's death threats. Clark looks out in the sky and sees a unit of Huey helicopters passing a mountain and then turning towards their position. Fearing the helicopters will somehow see their rape victim, Meserve first orders PFC Herbert Hatcher to kill Oanh, but Hatcher begs Meserve not to, so then Meserve orders Diaz. Before Diaz can kill her, Eriksson fires his rifle into the air, exposing them to the nearby Viet Cong.
As the battle rages, Eriksson, who is carefully picking off Viet Cong hiding behind a supply sampan on the river bank, doesn't realize that Clark has brutally stabbed Oanh more than twice with his knife. Things become desperate when the Viet Cong move mortars up to the river and begin lobbing shells onto the bridge trapping the squad. Meserve is able to kill many of the enemy with his M-60 machine gun. In the midst of the firefight Oanh, whose wounds were not immediately fatal, walks onto the bridge to try to escape. Eriksson charges at her, trying to catch her but is stopped by Meserve, who knocks Eriksson down with the butt of his M-60. Eriksson watches helplessly as the entire squad shoots Oanh numerous times until she falls off the bridge, dead. The helicopter gunships then strafe the supply depot with rockets blowing it up but accidentally setting a passing American River Patrol Boat (PBR) on fire when the sampan explodes, killing some of the crewmen.
After the battle, Eriksson wakes up in a hospital. Meserve and the squad cover up the murder but Eriksson refuses to let the secret die. He jeopardizes both his life and military career (thanks in large part to indifferent superiors, who prefer to bury the matter) to expose the crime. Eventually, an attempt on Eriksson's life is made by Clark, who tries to kill Eriksson while he is using the latrine. Eriksson takes action by confronting Meserve and his men, and using a shovel, strikes Clark across the face, scaring the rest of the men and informing Meserve that he "told everyone and they don't care", Meserve calls him "dinky dow" (an Americanized Vietnamese phrase derived from the Vietnamese phrase "điên cái đầu" meaning crazy head) before Eriksson exits the tent. Eriksson meets a chaplain at the bar and tells him the story of the girl. There is an investigation and the four men who participated in the rape and murder are court martialed: Meserve receives ten years hard labor and a dishonorable discharge, Clark is sentenced to life in prison, Private Herbert Hatcher receives fifteen years hard labor, Diaz receives eight years hard labor. As the four exit the court room, Meserve whispers something in Eriksson's ear, most likely a threat suggesting what Meserve might do to Eriksson once he is free from the stockade.
At the end of the film, Eriksson wakens from a nightmare (apparently a flashback of all the audience has just seen) to find himself on a MUNI J-Church in San Francisco, just a few seats from a Vietnamese-American student who resembles the murdered girl. She disembarks at Dolores Park and forgets her scarf, and Eriksson runs after her to return it. As she thanks him and turns away, he calls after her in Vietnamese. She surmises that she reminds him of someone, and adds, "You had a bad dream, didn't you? It's over now, I think. Chào Ông [as a response to his greeting to her 'Chào Cô' in Vietnamese]". They go their separate ways, Eriksson somewhat comforted.
- Michael J. Fox as Private Max Eriksson
- Sean Penn as Sergeant Tony Meserve
- John C. Reilly as Private First Class Herbert Hatcher
- Dale Dye as Captain Hill
- Don Patrick Harvey as Corporal Thomas E. Clark
- John Leguizamo as Private Antonio Diaz
- Thuy Thu Le as Oanh
- Erik King as Specialist 4th Class "Brownie" Brown
- Ving Rhames as Lieutenant Reilly
- Dan Martin as Hawthorne
- Steve Larson as agent
- Vyto Ruginis as prosecutor
- Wendell Pierce as MacIntire
- Sam Robards as Chaplain Kirk
- Maris Valainis as Streibig
- Darren E. Burrows as Cherry
- Sherman Howard as court martial president
- John Marshall Jones as military policeman
- Holt McCallany as Lieutenant Kramer
- Kwan as child villager
- Donal Gibson as soldier
- Niran as VC in tunnel
- Stephen Baldwin as soldier
- Amy Irving as voice of girl on the train (uncredited)
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The film was based on the real-life incident on Hill 192, and on Daniel Lang's book of the same title, but all names and some details of the story were altered. The bridge location was filmed in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, which was the same as the famous Bridge on the River Kwai.
This film was, in a way, Fox's third major dramatic role. He had previously starred in the dramas Light of Day and Bright Lights, Big City. John C. Reilly and John Leguizamo make their screen debuts in the film, and the latter would again star with Penn in another picture by De Palma, 1993's Carlito's Way.
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The theatrical cut of the film was released on DVD in 2001. This version has the original 113 minute running time. An extended cut of the film was released on DVD in 2006, that contains two scenes cut from the original release. One has Eriksson being interrogated by the two investigators, the other is the defense attorney trying to discredit Eriksson during the trial. This extended version has a running time of 119 minutes.
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Casualties of War opened in 1,487 theatres, ranking at No. 4 at the box office to gross over $18,671,317 making it a box office loss. The film has received mostly positive reception, and has also garnered an 83% on Rotten Tomatoes.
- Political Film Society: PFS Award; Peace; 1990.
- Golden Globes: Golden Globe; Best Original Score - Motion Picture Ennio Morricone; 1990.
- Motion Picture Sound Editors: Golden Reel Award; Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects; Maurice Schell; 1990.
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- ^ "Casualties of War (1989)". Box Office Mojo. 1989-09-26. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (1989-08-18). "Review/Film; In 'Casualties Of War,' Group Loyalty Vs. Individual Conscience". The New York Times.
External links[edit]
- Casualties of War at the Internet Movie Database
- Casualties of War at Rotten Tomatoes
- Casualties of War at AllMovie
- Casualties of War at Box Office Mojo
- 1989 films
- English-language films
- 1980s drama films
- 1980s war films
- Films set in Thailand
- American war films
- Columbia Pictures films
- Films directed by Brian De Palma
- Films set in the 1960s
- Vietnam War films
- Wartime sexual violence
- Military courtroom films
- War films based on actual events
- Film scores by Ennio Morricone


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Hire the Right People (In-House, Freelancers, Contractors)
Who You Work With Matters
If you want to be successful, you've absolutely got to think about who you work with. It's hard to figure out who's right and who's not. You want talented people that can get the job done, but you also want them to fit your culture.
You've got to have people that live and breathe your brand.
When you first start out, you might not have the funds to bring on a whole set of employees, which is why it's a good idea to build a network of freelancers. Even after you've built up the business and hired a bunch of people to run things in-house, you can still call on these freelancers when you need a radio ad, illustration, explainer video, or something else created.
Creating a Network of Freelancers
You're not a multi-million dollar media company, and that's ok. There are talented freelancers out there who can help you out.
Even though Grasshopper is 10 years old, we still call on freelancers all the time!
Remember: when it comes to freelancers, you usually get what you pay for. Make sure you look extensively at the portfolios of the people you choose to work with before making an agreement. When it comes to design and code, flaws don't reveal themselves until someone breaks something—lots of people get burned by this. If someone makes an offer that seems too good to be true (like a blog post for $15), it probably is.
There are tons of things freelancers do:
They Create Illustrations
They Write Blog Posts
They Make Videos
Where to Find Freelancers
Our co-founders swear by freelancers and constantly look for new ones. Start by asking around – your connections might know of a video editor or professional writer that fits your needs.
If you can't find exactly what you're looking by asking around, try these options:
Behance is a platform for showing and discovering all sorts of creative works. You can search the platform's Joblist and sort by individual fields, or post your own job. Our CEO turns to Behance to find the latest and most cutting-edge designs on Behance, dipping in to an international pool of talent (his favorites are the designers in Japan).
If you're in need of a graphic designer or illustrator, dribbble is the place to go. The platform allows you to easily find talent based on the style you're going for. You're guaranteed to find good designers on dribbble as it is invite only. Check out what you get when you search for "modern animals".
If you want to get freelancers by recommendation, Coworks is a great option. You can use the platform to find freelancers for design, writing, photo, and web projects. Unlike many other freelancing sites, Coworks doesn't charge commission. That means you can bring freelancers you already work with on to the site with no charge.
Other places that might work for you:
- Contently – If you're looking for freelance writers alongside a refined editorial process complete with editors, Contently is the platform for you. It can also be used as an editing platform if you've already got writers you like.
- WriterAccess – Writer Access can easily hook you up with professional writers, complete with ratings. They also provide analytics and you only have to pay if you're 100% satisfied.
- Craigslist – It might take you a while to find who you're looking for, but many freelancers can be found on Craigslist at inexpensive prices.
- Elance and oDesk – Like Craigslist, Elance and Odesk (recently merged) require wading through the muck, but prices are reasonable and there's a wide range of talent.
- PeoplePerHour – If you're looking to complete a specific task—whether it be menial or sophisticated-- post it on PeoplePerHour. You can probably find someone to do it.
- Blogs You Love. – If you read an article you love, contact the writer. Many of these writers will take on freelance work, even if they have a day job.
- LinkedIn – The professional networking site is popular for a reason. Visit freelance groups, make searches, and see who your connections know.
- Forrst – Forrst is a designer's enclave for inspiration and support. Top designers post their stuff for feedback and advice. Snag someone you like off the site.
- Amazon Mechanical Turk – Get your tasks done easily and quickly with on-demand scalable work done by people. This is especially good for menial tasks such as compiling lists.
Make Freelancers Want to Work With You
Freelancers don't get the benefits of being full-time employees. They don't have health insurance, aren't guaranteed a paycheck, and have to do a lot of work on their own.
Just because a freelancer isn't a fulltime employee doesn't mean that you should treat them as easy come, easy go. To build a network of freelancers that continually give you high quality work, treat them like gold.
Be Decisive
Provide clear guidelines to any freelancer you work with. Be clear about what you want, or else you might not get it. It's not just for you- freelancers hate when they're clients can't decide. If you feel strongly about the way a blog post is written or how your brand is represented in a video, you better say so. Don't change the scope of the project once it's already started.
Pay Fairly and On Time
Freelancers charge what they charge. The best cost more than those who produce mediocre stuff. It can be tough to shell out cash, but once you agree to a freelancer's terms, stick to them. Pay fairly, on time, and without complaint
Don't be this person:
…In every communication (or project switch, as it was), she would work in something like 'I need this to be attention-getting, but of course with your fee you would know that.' I get it if she felt she overpaid after she had seen my work, but this was before I had completed any work at all."– Brian Morris, freelance writer, on CreativeOverflow.
Remember That a Freelancer Is Not a Full-time Employee
Freelancers work for you, but they aren't full-time employees. That means you don't get to dictate their hours and can't expect them to return your calls in five minutes. Freelancers make money by working for multiple people. Sorry -- you are not the center of their universe.
Give Honest Feedback
If you're not happy with a freelancer's work, it can be tough to say so. But, honest feedback is the only way a freelancer is going to understand what you want. Be clear about what you like and don't like so they can refine their work.
Hiring the Right People In-house
You're swamped and you recognize that it's time to get help. If there's an area that you and your co-founder can't fit into your schedule or simply can't do, it's time to hire in-house.
When it's time to hire people, first think about skills. You want people who know what they're doing. Duh.
But you also want people who are dynamic team players, people who set the bar high, and then surpass it. You want people who love what they do. But it's not just that. You also need them to fit into your Brand's DNA.
Before you start the hiring process, make sure you have a well-defined role. Expectations need to be clear from the get-go so that the person isn't surprised about what it means to be a part of your team.
Startup employees, more than any other kind of business, need tremendous amounts of energy and resourcefulness, and will thrive when teammates are focused and driven to see things through until they are complete.– Harris Goodman, Director of Sales and Business Developer at Late Nite Labs(source: Forbes)
So, how do you hire people for culture fit?
Get Referrals
Want people that fit into your mold? Ask people that already understand what your company is about. You're better off asking "who knows who" than sifting through resumes or hiring a recruiting firm. Exhaust your own connections to make sure the perfect person isn't someone you already know!
Consider Past Experience
What did this person do in the past? Did they work for another cool startup? If so, why did they leave? Maybe they have interesting and out-of-the-box experiences, like participating in an improv group or climbing Kilimanjaro. Make sure that the person's past experience fits with what you do and who you are.
Check Out Their Values
If your candidate's values don't match up with yours, that's a red flag. If you think hunting down investors is crazy but it's the only way the candidate thinks about financing, you've got a problem. If you've got different ideas about work-life balance, long-term goals, and general attitude, you're likely to have issues down the line.
Gauge their Passion
A prospective employee might be a fun person to hang out with, but are they passionate about what your company does? Are they jazzed about their specialty? You want people who are bursting at the seams with ideas for how the company can improve. If you've hired a sales guy who mentions that a job is just a means to an end, he might not be the passionate person that you want on board.
Don't Settle for a Bad Fit
After months of searching, it can be tempting to make a hire based on skills alone, even if the person is a bad fit for company culture. Though you may feel desperate, adding a bad fit to your team is like poisoning a well – just one drop can ruin everything! You want to hire those who are easy to work with, positive, and passionate.
Be Open-minded
Just because a prospect isn't what you expected doesn't mean they're a bad fit. Someone might have all the qualities you're looking for but require a little extra training – and they might be worth hiring! Alternatively, someone might have more experience than you're looking for or be coming from a totally different role. It's a little like dating – if you're not open to the world's amazing possibilities, you could end up alone. Remember that diversity is a huge asset.
Don't Get Caught Up in Hiring Your Best Friend
A lot of startups have been criticized for using the term "culture fit" to mask discrimination. This is why it's important to be open-minded. Don't just hire people because you think they'd make a great new best friend. Let's say you and your co-founder absolutely love sports. You live, dream, and breathe football. If you interview someone and they loathe sports, or they just don't care, that doesn't mean they're a bad fit. Just because you can't bring them to a game doesn't mean they're a bad choice.
Outsourcing and Contracting
Outsourcing work to contractors is a good idea for bigger projects. When we first started building our iPhone app, we contracted the work. On a quest to improve our support docs, we contracted the writing. When we were in between SEO specialists, we hired an agency.
Don't outsource any project that's at the core of your business. If the work you're contracting someone to do affects the business you are, you're better off hiring in-house. No outsourced work should compromise the lifeblood of your brand in any way.


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Call of Duty hacker charged with DDoS attacks on UK Universities
Jailed man accused of separate DDoS crimes
By John E Dunn | Techworld | Published: 17:02, 23 November 2012
A 20 year-old already imprisoned for a series of computer-related crimes has been charged with launching separate DDoS attacks on Kent Police and Oxford and Cambridge Universities.
After an investigation by Kent Police, Lewys Martin has been charged with 17 counts of computer misuse, including the intriguing one of failing to provide the passwords to encrypted storage devices.
The accusations are the latest in a long list levelled at Martin. Earlier this year he was sentenced to an 18-month jail term for posting a bogus Call of Duty patch that was actually a data-stealing Trojan.
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Police found details of 300 credit cards in his possession as well as evidence that he'd taken out a fraudulent loan using an assumed identity. Police believed he sold card data to foreign criminals for between $1 and $5.
In an extraordinary twist, while on bail for the Trojan offence, he was caught attempting to steal computer and projector equipment from Walmer Science College in Deal, Kent. He was also reported to have committed other burglaries, including one on a separate college.
Police haven't yet revealed when the DDoS attacks in question took place but Martin will appear at Maidstone Magistrates Court next month to answer the new charges.


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This hotel is located in Warrenville (Aurora - Western Suburbs), close to Arrowhead Golf Club, DuPage Children's Museum, and Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church. Local attractions also include Naper Settlement Museum and Moser Tower and Millennium Carillon.
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Recreational amenities at Hyatt Place Chicago Warrenville include an indoor pool and a fitness center. Other amenities include an area shuttle and a train station pick-up service.
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Hyatt Place Chicago Warrenville features an indoor pool and a fitness center. The hotel offers a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
Business amenities at this 3-star property consist of a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 1200 square feet (111 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers coffee/tea in the lobby, concierge services, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. An area shuttle within 5 mi and a train station pick-up service are complimentary for guests. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Hyatt Place Chicago Warrenville is a smoke-free property.
- Coffee/tea in lobby
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- Free breakfast
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- Total number of rooms - 123
- Number of floors - 5
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- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Train station pickup (complimentary)
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
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- Conference space size (feet) - 1200
- Smoke-free property
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Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast.
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool and a fitness center.
Children under 16 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool or fitness facility without adult supervision.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
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When you arrive
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
When you leave
Check-out time is noon
How you can pay
Your pets
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An entire page about me.
Havi Brooks.
I am a spy. (Probably!)
I love bridges. I own an imaginary chocolate shop.
And the way I speak is by smiling.
Pronunciation guide.
Sometimes it helps to pretend you're saying "Harvey" with a British accent.
The way I speak is by smiling.
Not just the primary way but the only way. So if we meet, I will smile delightedly at you. I love yes-or-no questions, and always have post-it notes.
Should we both happen to be in a hugging mood, I might hug you.
What we talk about around here.
Presence. Except! The kind that's silly and delight-filled. Playful presence. I think we often turn "mindfulness" into this heavy, fraught Thing I Should Probably Be Doing. Pretty tragic because presence can be fun, presence can be thrilling.
We bring attention to things that don't always get enough love. We dissolve stuck and rewrite patterns:
Your relationship with yourself, your internal world, fuzzy monsters who may or may not like cookies. Not to mention time and space, the piles and shhh projects.
Creative self-investigation runs the risk of the usual labels. Blah-self-help-personal-development-time-management-productivity-blah. So yeah. I admit, reluctantly, that we do stuff that kind of falls into some of those categories, except it's SPARKLY. Not preachy and not motivational. We are all equals here. We experiment and play. We have fun. No external sources of authority needed.
I have two weekend rituals that I play with here. Fridays I review the week with a Chicken. Towards the beginning of the week there are Wishes or Very Personal Ads. Join in if you like.
See also: Whee! The People for what the people who hang out here tend to be like.
Interviews, real and imaginary, with me.
1) I agreed to let Colleen ask me questions for 50-for-50.
2) TJ got me to reveal 30 Things I Love Right Now.
3) And this is from several years ago: fewer-than-33-things about me.
Things I believe in.
Love. Love is amazing. And it's inside you which is kind of weird but also really great because it's there when you need it. The generosity of strangers. The practice of really, truly getting to know yourself — with all of your stuck and pain — and like yourself anyway.
I don't believe in:
Mt. Hood. Email.
Things people don't know about me.
I am extremely knowledgeable about beer. I'm trilingual. But silent! And I passionately dislike the word "diphthong". Just typing it is creeping me out.
How long have you been doing this?
Since March, 2005 in Berlin. This site went live that August. I started posting regularly in June 2008. In May 2010, we opened a secret playground in Portland.
I have no idea what you're talking about most of the time!
That's okay. It really is, I promise.
Though there is a glossary for a partial list of words I use.
Life philosophy?*
- Napping is good.
- So are pretty much all forms of quiet, intentional, guilt-free navel-lint-contemplation.
- Use your powers for good. Live by what you teach. When you can't, forgive yourself.
* Just my personal take on things, not something I expect anyone else to live by.
I want to send you lovely things.
Delight! Mailing address at the very bottom of this page.
That's all I want to say for now.
Maybe someday we'll get to meet in real life and that will be beautiful.
In the meantime, I'm right here, and I'm @havi at the Twitter Bar — say hi whenever.


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Bay Area Velo Girls (Road): A Bay Area club that promotes cycling fun, fitness, and holds group rides for women.
Central California Cycling (Road): Very informative list of Sacramento Valley road rides.
Cherry City Cyclists Bicycle Club (Road): Social road rides in Alameda County and the East Bay.
Diablo Cyclists (Road & Mountain): An East Bay club that focuses on fitness, skills, and social riding.
Different Spokes (Road & Mountain): A unique San Francisco based club that holds rides for members of the gay and lesbian community and their friends.
Freemont Freewheelers Bicycle Club (Road): A club that has a race team and an emphasis on fitness and training in and around Alameda County.
Golden Gate Cyclists (Road & Mountain): This beginner-friendly group organizes rides all throughout the Bay Area with an emphasis on fun and socializing.
Grizzly Peak Cyclists (Road & Mountain): A Berkeley based club that does primarily weekend rides throughout the bay area.
Kain Performance Multi-Sport Team: Kain Performance holds weekly Coached Workouts covering swimming, biking and running. There are informal workouts and special events that are not held on a regular basis, so check with the coaches, or check the website for updates on dates and times. Training schedules are published & distributed on a monthly basis for regular monthly paid members.
Marin Cyclists (Road): A club with weekly and scheduled road rides in Marin County.
Oakland Yellowjackets Bicycle Club (Road): An Oakland based club that organizes weekly and scheduled rides that are social and beginner-friendly.
ROMP- Responsible Organized Mountain Pedalers (Mountain): A group highly focused on advocacy and trail maintenance that organizes mountain rides throughout the Bay Area.
Sacramento Bike Hikers (Road): A well-established club with weekly and scheduled road rides in and around Sacramento.
Sacramento Wheelmen (Road): An extremely active advocacy non-profit that hosts numerous rides and activities in the Sacramento area.
Sacramento Valley Cycling (Road & Mountain): A Sacramento area site with links to many local cycling clubs and group rides.
Santa Rosa Cycling Club (Road & Mountain): A Sonoma County based club that holds road and mountain rides in the North Bay area.
Silicon Valley Triathlon Club: Being the largest triathlon club in Northern California with over 440 members, this peninsula organization is an incredible resource for Bay Area triathletes.
Stanford University Cycling Club (Road & Mountain): A club that we actively sponsor, they hold weekly and scheduled rides in the Palo Alto area.
Western Wheelers Bicycle Club (Road): A San Francisco Peninsula based club that holds many rides every week for a variety of ability levels.
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Norfolk, VA (AP) -- The Navy says it temporarily lost communication with a submarine off the Florida coast before communications were re-established early Wednesday.
The Naval Submarine Force says in a statement that there were no problems with the USS San Juan. The Los Angeles class submarine is based in Groton, Connecticut.
The communication lag was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn says the incident remains under investigation.
McGuinn says units of the USS Enterprise Carrier Strike Group saw a red flare in the vicinity of the missing submarine Tuesday night. Ships and aircraft immediately started searching the area where the submarine was operating and also contacted the International Submarine Escape and Rescue Liaison Office in Norfolk, Virginia, to assist with the efforts. Family members also were notified.
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Editor's Note
It has been an exciting past few years for Touchstone. With our move to an
entirely online publication, we have been able to expand our selections to
include some of the best works from undergraduate and graduate students
from universities across the country. As we continue to grow, we are also
expanding our genres and awards to include flash fiction and art. This edition,
like those before it, is a representation of the best work submitted in the fall
of 2013. I offer my congratulations to the ten undergraduates whose visions
were selected as the best of Kansas State University for this volume.
While the quality of work submitted added to the success of this publication,
Touchstone would not have been possible without the skills of its devoted
staff, the advisors, and the English department. And for them, I am forever
grateful. In working with new formats and adapting to the every-changing
technology for publication, this edition's staff has been dedicated to providing
the highest quality literary and arts publication that it possibly could. The
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I love these datebooks and have been using them for years. I order to give as gifts. I recently lost mine and ordered a new one. However, when the datebook came it was for 2013-2014 which left me not using until next year. I had to go buy one to hold me over. Would be nice if it specified what years calendar is good for or give you the option to order current year. I ordered online, maybe I should have called. But I look forward to using it in Jan. 2013.


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Why Saul Alinsky, Author of "Rules" for Social Change, Would Probably Break Them Today
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Although Saul Alinsky, the founding father of modern community organizing in the United States, passed away in 1972, he is still invoked by the right as a dangerous harbinger of looming insurrection. And although his landmark book, Rules for Radicals, is now nearly 45 years old, the principles that emerged from Alinsky's work have influenced every generation of community organizers that has come since.
The most lasting of Alinsky's prescriptions are not his well-known tactical guidelines—"ridicule is man's most potent weapon" or "power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have." Rather, they are embedded in a set of organizational practices and predispositions, a defined approach to building power at the level of local communities.
Hang around social movements for a while and you will no doubt be exposed to the laws of Chicago-style community organizing: "Don't talk ideology, just issues. No electoral politics. Build organizations, not movements … Focus on neighborhoods and on concrete, winnable goals."
Alinsky believed in identifying local centers of power and using them as bases for community organizing.
Veteran labor writer David Moberg recently offered this list when reflecting on the work of National People's Action, or NPA, one of today's leading coalitions of community-based groups. Given that NPA's dynamic executive director, George Goehl, was trained by Shel Trapp—a prominent Alinsky disciple—it is no surprise that traditional community organizing principles are still reflected in the bottom-up, door-to-door methodologies of NPA affiliates in 14 states.
At the same time, under Goehl's leadership, National People's Action is also doing many things differently. His coalition is now embracing a big-picture vision (talking about cooperative ownership of business and public control of finance), and it is making forays into electoral politics (forming a lobbying arm to do legislative advocacy and possibly even to run candidates). In pushing beyond Alinsky's traditional rules, Goehl is motivated not only to win concrete reforms within the existing political system but to develop, Moberg writes, the "vision, strategy, and full arsenal of political weapons needed to roll back decades of corporate conservative victories and to create a more democratic economy and government."
Goehl's ambition is not unique. Other community organizers who experienced the Occupy movement were impressed by the massive momentum for change it created—even if much of its force proved fleeting. Efforts such as the 99% Spring and Occupy Our Homes were steps by community-based groups toward integrating their traditional organizing models with the social movement energy that had blossomed in Zuccotti Park and beyond.
The desire to re-examine maxims such as "build organizations, not movements" is an exciting development—one that opens the door to interaction between those focused on building long-term "people's organizations," as Alinsky called them, and those exploring the dynamics of strategic nonviolence and disruptive mass mobilization. It is also one that Alinsky himself may well have supported.
Looking back at the origins of many foundational principles associated with the Alinskyite organizing tradition, it becomes clear that some were not as deeply rooted in the founder's thinking as others—and that he might have pressed for reconsideration of certain commandments that have grown hallowed since the 1960s. These discrepancies raise an intriguing question: If Alinsky were alive today, would he be breaking his own rules?
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(CBS) Prince Harry must have had a really bad craving for a burger and beer to travel 120 miles and two hours for a bite. Captain Harry Wales, as he is known in the in the British Army Air Corps, left his training area in Naval Air Facility at El Centro, Calif. with three friends and some bodyguards and traveled to Coronado Island in San Diego, Calif. to eat at McP's Irish Pub and Grill, according to People.com and the Daily Mail.
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