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How to explain annuity surrender charges to avoid complaints
By John L. Olsen, CLU, ChFC, AEP
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Surrender charges are the single most cited factor in annuity complaints. Many — too many — agents gloss over these in their sales presentations. That's not only dishonest, it's just plain dumb! An annuity buyer who becomes aware, only after the sale, of the impact of surrender charges is likely to feel cheated and may file a complaint. But when a prospective buyer is told not just how and when these charges will be imposed, but why they exist in the first place, he or she will often happily consent to these charges.
Here's how I explain them:
Mr. Prospect, we've talked about these surrender charges which will cost you money if you take money from this annuity in the first few years, but not why those charges exist. Let me explain.
Insurance companies know that when they issue a deferred annuity contract — or a life insurance policy, for that matter — it will take time before it can recoup the initial costs of putting that policy on the books. These so-called "acquisition costs," including the company's regular overhead costs (salaries, operating expenses, agent commissions, etc.), always exceed the first year's premium. The company will literally lose money if the policy is not kept in force for long enough to see the insurer's investment return for investing the premiums equal those acquisition costs.
There are three things the insurer can do to make sure it doesn't lose money. It can impose an initial sales charge — say 6 percent — and credit your contract only with 94 percent of your premium and credit interest only on that 94 percent. Does that strike you as something you'd like to buy?
OK, I thought so. The second thing the insurer can do is pay you less interest that it could afford or impose annual fees. How's that sound to you?
Right. The third thing the insurer can do is to recognize that it only loses money when some buyers cash in the product early, and that it can simply impose on those buyers — and only those buyers — an early surrender charge, which will not be imposed on those buyers who do not cash in early. How's that sound? Does that strike you as a fairer arrangement?
Well, that's why I'm recommending an annuity that does that. If you don't cash it in early, you won't ever pay these charges. But let's make sure that you won't. Is there any chance that you'll need the money in this contract in the first [insert length of surrender charge period] years, given that you have the other liquid assets you've told me about?
I believe that this process produces valid sales and, if an agent follows this procedure and documents that he has done so, that evidence could be powerfully exculpatory in a court case or arbitration. Better yet, it should reduce the likelihood that complaints will even be filed, because consumers who understand why a restriction exists and have explicitly agreed to be subject to that restriction are less likely to complain than ones who didn't understand that restriction because an agent hurried past it in the sales presentation.

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The Lamar University men's and women's track teams closed out the Southland Conference men's and women's outdoor track and field championships Monday evening by winning three individual titles, one in the men's competition and two on the women's side.
In the team competition, the Lady Cards placed sixth with 63 points, while the Cardinal men finished in tenth place with 23 points.
Clerc Koenck picked up the first title of the day for the Lady Cardinals by winning the 1,500 meter run with a time of 4:36.60. She pulled ahead of the field with 200 meters to go, and held off a late charge by Texas State's Yulia Stashkiv for the title.
Immediately following Koenck's championship performance, Danny Shaw captured the 1,500 meter crown in the men's competition with a time of 3:57.65. Shaw and UT-Arlington's Jacob Cedertun pulled away from the pack in the final 400 meters, and Shaw outlasted Cedertun to the finish line for the victory.
Ewan Simpson and Austin Turnbull picked up ninth and 11th place in the 1,500, running times of 4:04.90 and 4:13.73 respectively.
Chinelo Nwobu successfully defended her title in the women's 400 meter dash, running a 54.10. The 400 was a closely contested race, as Nwobu edged out Tiffany Singleton of Sam Houston, Katrina Roundtree of Stephen F. Austin and Liudmila Litvinova of Texas State for the championship. The top four runners in the race all ran regional qualifying times.
Toni Sylvester also ran well for the Lady Cardinals in the 400, grabbing a sixth place finish with a 55.18 performance.
In the women's 5,000 meter run, Renee Graham posted a third place finish with a time of 17:08.93, while Amanda King took fourth place with a 17:20.61. Also scoring in the event for Lamar was Koenck, who finished in seventh place with a time of 17:54.20.
Hamish Meacheam scored for the second time in the meet for the Cardinal men, grabbing a fourth place finish in the 5,000 meter run with a time of a 15:05.03. Meacheam added the fourth place finish to his fifth place finish in the 3,000 meter steeplechase
In the men's 4 x 400 meter relay, Damien Broomes, Philip Thornton, Stephen Boone and Johnny Lennon ran a season-best time of 3:14.33, good for fifth place place.
The women's 4 x 400 relay team of Sylvester, Porsche Williams, Kayla LeBlanc and Nwobu ran a 3:52.23, coming in eighth place.
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Resident Evil: Retribution
Milla Jovovich is a sweetheart! She is a cute, bubbly, excitable, and nice person. I will see Resident Evil: Retribution and I will enjoy it the same way I enjoy most of the others: by fully acknowledging that it's pretty stupid.
Director Paul W.S. Anderson told us that this film starts off delivering the epic battle the end of Resident Evil: Afterlife promised, before finding a way to bring back a lot of old characters, like Michelle Rodriguez, and some new characters from the video games.
In the footage we saw, Alice (Jovovich) is armed with a pistol and a nasty length of chain and is kicking zombie ass down a Tron-esque white-lit hallway. We see plenty of slow-motion, lots of outrageous kicks and cool moves, along with a lot of opportunity for 3D.
Anderson told us that his Director of Photography had some custom rigs made specifically for this movie, allowing him a greater degree of movement. As this is Anderson's, and his crew's, third 3D film, he promises to deliver on the effect.
All indications are that this movie will be cartoony, violent, silly, and ultimately moderately enjoyable.
The Amazing Spider-Man
We were shown some of the same footage from San Diego Comic-Con, which was some cool-looking Spider-Man stuff and a few spots of unfinished effects. The Amazing Spider-Man is looking pretty good. Lizard is huge, but mostly lizard-like. We'll definitely be getting more info on Peter's parents and it looks like the manner in which Parker indirectly causes Uncle Ben's death is a bit different.
Gwen Stacy is now the focus in terms of love life and comments from actress Emma Stone about knowing how Stacy's story ends before hand seems to indicate that we'll get the ending we expect for her character – which is a good move, considering it is the second most life-defining moment of Parker's life.
There is an extended scene of Parker (Andrew Garfield) asking Stacy out that is decently awkward, though I actually wish Parker was even worse at dealing with women and far nerdier. On the positive side, Parker does use his science skills to build web-shooters, rather than having them be organic, which leads to some laughs, and Spider-Man definitely has his attitude back.
In dealing with a carjacker, Spidey teases that the criminal "shouldn't dress like a car thief" and sasses him when asked if he's a cop, asking if cops generally wear red and blue pajamas. When the wanna-be thief pulls a knife, Spidey almost has a nervous breakdown, before doing all sorts of silly web-shooting tricks, laughing at the criminal's expense.
My only hesitation of this film came during the Parker-Stacy sequence which had a whole lot of emo music played over it. I don't want director Marc Webb to lean heavily on the soundtrack to portray emotion, as he did in 500 Days of Summer. That aside, this movie is definitely showing some strong potential.
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Palace should explain Spratlys seismic survey--Golez
MANILA, Philippines--The burden of explaining the agreement among the Philippines, China and Vietnam to conduct a seismic study in the disputed Spratly islands should rest on Malacañang, Parañaque City Rep. Roilo Golez said on Monday.
Golez said that while former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. negotiated it, it was the state-owned Philippine National Oil Co., which signed the Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking (JMSU) with government authorization.
"Joe de Venecia may know a lot of things, but the final approval was not by Joe de Venecia. It's still the PNOC, authorized by the government, who signed this," he said at a press forum at the Manila Hotel.
This was an "agreement on a government to government basis," he pointed out.
When asked if President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should be held accountable for the agreement, he said: "That's the very objective of the inquiry. To find out whether this is advantageous or disadvantageous. If this is advantageous, who should we congratulate? If not, who should we sanction?"
The Philippines and China inked a bilateral agreement in 2004 to conduct a joint seismic study of areas in the Spratlys. After another claimant Vietnam objected to this, the JMSU was forged among the three in 2005.
Both the Senate and the House of Representatives are seeking separate inquiries into the JMSU that would zero in on charges this was a precondition for the granting of some $8 billion in loans from China. Despite severing his ties with her, De Venecia said he would defend President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo from criticisms of the deal, which he initiated to avoid wars with China and Vietnam, and to ensure energy security.
"Even if we're fighting, I will defend the President on this issue," he said in an interview over dzMM, arguing that the JMSU was thoroughly studied by the Cabinet, and did not violate any law.
"I thought of that agreement so we won't have to wage war with China and Vietnam [over Spratlys]. We have a very puny Navy and Air Force," he said.
After he was ousted as Speaker in early February, De Venecia turned from a staunch ally to a bitter critic of the President, calling for her resignation and her expulsion from the ruling Lakas-CMD party.
Golez warned that the JMSU was "dangerous" because the bid to conduct the seismic survey in the area was won by an affiliate of the China National Offshore Oil Corp., which signed the agreement on China's behalf.
"This is very dangerous because we open an area to data gathering that they (China) would have full control of," he said. He, however, forgot the name of the winning Chinese company.
"Are they going to fully share the information that they will be gathering? Do we have access to the information?" Golez asked.
This was on top of the fact that the agreement undermined the country's territorial integrity, and national security, the lawmaker said.
Golez agreed with observations that the agreement weakened the country's claim to the Spratlys.
"If you ask me, entering into this kind of cooperation weakened our position. If it covered the entire Spratlys, yes [it would have strengthened]. That would have been equitable. But this covers only our part of Spratlys, not China's or Vietnam's," he said.
"God help us if there's really oil in that area. We can't even defend Pugad island. We can't defend a small reef, the Mischief Reef," he said, referring to the islets claimed by the Philippines but taken over by Vietanemese and Chinese troops in the past years.
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As is i drink a lot of soda. I know i need to cut that out. A lot of the times i will continue to eat even when im full because of liking the the taste of what im eating. So that needs to change as well. I also find that i eat when im board even when im not hungry. These are all bad habits that need to change.
Here is a queston, when a musician is on the road or playing a lot of late night gigs where its not so easy to eat healthy what can they do to eat well? I know that Bobby Rock, who is also vegan, somehow manages to eat well and stay in shape. And i assume that he gigs and tours a lot. So i believe it can be done.
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Metroid for Gamecube... H.Q. Game?
I played the Gamecube Metroid theis weekend, and found it to be thoroughly enjoying... There seems to be some really slick gfx tricks employed in this... Decent controls, and very "nintendo-Y" music... I think it's one of the better fps' released this year.
For those that have played it, whaddyou think?
i've been playing it at my friends house, he has a dolby pro logic ii receiver with klipsch speakers, and the sound out of that game is the best i've ever heard. the graphics are pretty good. it is easily a hq game. nintendo sure knows how to make their flagship games. mario/metroid/star fox/zelda. they have that special touch that other game developers just don't have.
disp. goodies...
Lemme guess... nintendo never descibed the fx in the game in tech terms... and won't even allow the "flipper chip" specs out...
<i'm checking on the web to see if I can contradict myself>...
<let me know if I'm wasting my time;) )
ATI Flipper
162 MHz
4 pixel pipelines
1 texel per pixel pipeline
4 texels per clock cycle (4 pixels with 1 texel per pixel)
Maximum of 8 texture layers per rendering pass (done in 8 clock cycles)
650 megapixels per second
650 megatexels per second
Point, Bilinear, Trilinear, Anisotropic Mip-Map Filtering
Perspective-Correct Texture Mapping
Bump Mapping
Environment Mapping
24-bit Z Buffer
S3TC Texture Compression
Subpixel Anti-Aliasing
Geometry and Lighting Engine
33 million polygons per second (peak)
6 million to 12 million polygons per second (with effects)
Hidden Surface Removal (HSR) based on early Z-test
Virtual Texture Design
2MB Embedded Frame Buffer
1MB Embedded Texture Cache
10.4 gigabytes per second texture cache read bandwidth
scene texture data stored in 24MB 1T-SRAM main memory
hmm... missing something...
No pixel/vs shaders?
Dang! Maybe there's other unpublished trick that work around this fact...
I haven't played it myself, but it's getting the best reviews I've ever seen.
You'd think controlling movement and direction would be hard with one analog (unlike xbox games' config), but it's not, and once you get used to it, it seems very fluid and intuitive.
I freakin love Metroid Prime.
Best FPS game on any console right now. Period.
Metroid Prime has taken up about every spare minute I've had for the last few days. This game is easily one of the best games I've played. The atmosphere, controls, sound...everything is top notch. The graphics are great, hardly any slow down at all, though I did notice a bit when I was fighting quite a few things and trying to morph all at once. I had always been skeptic about a first person metroid, but they pulled it off very well. Ranks up there with the two system shock games in my book, but not nearly as frightening. I don't need new shorts every half hour with Metroid. :)
Haven't tried MP yet...still diggin into Mario Sunshine, and I never did finish Luigi's Mansion, but I didn't enjoy it like I'm enjoying Mario...maybe I'll pick it up when I'm done with the little Italian guy...
ah well.
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Tuesday was a pop punk/emo band formed by three ex-members of influential Chicago ska punk band Slapstick after the latter's 1996 breakup. Dan Andriano (bass/vocals), Matt Stamps (guitar), and Rob Kellenberger (drums/vocals) released their first EP Early Summer on Asian Man Records in 1997. Later in the year, they released their first and only LP, Freewheelin, acquired a second guitarist, Tyler Wiseman, and toured the U.S. in support of the album. Shortly thereafter, Andriano was asked by Matt Skiba to join the Alkaline Trio, and accepted. Although Mike Park was a help in writing a few songs, he has never done anything with the band. Alkaline Trio gained popularity very quickly, and their hectic schedule gave Andriano very little time to devote to Tuesday. Andriano continued to play with Tuesday for almost another year, although shows became more and more sparse. Tuesday went on hiatus in 1998.
Kellenberger went on to play drums with Duvall, Colossal, and briefly for the reunited Smoking Popes. Wiseman went on to play with The Honor System and Whale|Horse.
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- Mailorder is Still Fun, Asian Man Records (1999) - song: "So Awake"
- Mailorder For the Masses, Asian Man Records (2000) - song: "Another Disco Party"
- Living Tomorrow Today: A Benefit for Ty Cambra, Asian Man Records (2001) - song: "Everybody Was in Love"
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I would rather watch these guys race around in go karts then be lied to by race manipulation. Put all the drivers in the same make of go karts, and lets see some real action


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Who is Slender Man?
WAUKESHA - The Slender Man Stabbing has made headlines around the world. Even the creator himself has been taken aback by the shocking story.
Thursday, through his publicist, TODAY'S TMJ4 received a written statement from Slender Man's creator, Eric Knudsen.
"I am deeply saddened by the tragedy in Wisconsin," the statement reads, "and my heart goes out to the families of those affected by this terrible act."
The two suspects in the case were under the impression that Slender Man lived in the woods in northern Wisconsin, and they intended to find him and live with him.
A man who has done research on Slender Man Skyped with TODAY'S TMJ4 Thursday. He says when it come to the paranormal, followers can certainly believe that stories are real. He was surprised to hear of the stabbing because the original Slender Man stories allegedly were not violent.
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By Army Spc. John CrosbySpecial to American Forces Press Service
CAMP ATTERBURY Ind., May 19, 2009 As tornado season approaches it is time to be more aware of the possible dangers these violent storms can pose.
More than 3,500 people were on this installation in Edinburgh, Ind., when a tornado struck the camp in June. National Weather Service officials said wind gusts reached upward of 135 miles an hour. The damage extended to military and civilian vehicles, power and gas lines, fences and more than 50 buildings.
The tornado caused about $50 million in damage, including the cost of repairs and construction.
The damage from tornadoes comes from the strong winds they contain. It is generally believed that the most violent tornadoes can produce wind speeds of up to 300 mph, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Wind speeds that high can cause automobiles to become airborne, rip ordinary homes to shreds and turn broken glass and other debris into lethal missiles.
Despite all of the damage and devastation here, the tornado caused no injuries. This success can be directly credited to the Camp Atterbury command and the 205th Infantry Brigade, officials said.
Army Col. Barry Richmond and Army Col. Christopher M. Holden -- the post and 205th Infantry Brigade commanders, respectively, when the tornado struck -- spent hours before the storm preparing for the worst by adjusting training and moving servicemembers to safe areas, according to a news article written after the tornado by Army Sgt. 1st Class Mark Bell, a public affairs soldier here.
"We mitigated the effects of the thunderstorm by finishing up our outside transportation training early," Holden said. "We got [servicemembers] in hardstand buildings prior to the storms due to the installation's severe storm warnings, which were truly the primary reason we were able to successfully prevent any injuries."
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You know Eagle. Since we dont have a time that Kyron went missing exactly. How do you think coming up with a 9AM specific alibi is going to clear anyone? You ramble so much. But were not talking about such a narrow window and you KNOW it. You are so full of nonsense and try to pass yourself off as someone who knows law in a courtroom. Yet your smoke and mirrors is so transparent. Get a grip and stop you over and over rants. Saying it like a broken record doesnt make it true. Just like your rediculous claims that Terri would get to see Kiara and get custody at the end of June 2011. You dont know what your talking about as a whole. You obsess over one tiny aspect you think might give you and supporters hope... but then you fall flat on your face and dont even feel embarassed when it happens.
Here is the deal. The "find Kyron first" mantra has an out of the guilty partiers. Or so they believe. Just like a certain individual claimed she wasnt part of the elder abuse she was able to testify to protect herself. Another words they made a deal. If Kyron is found the DA and Houze will start trying to work out a deal. However (until Desiree filed this suit) there was an off chance they wouldnt find hide nor hair of Kyron and this could possibly just disolve because it couldnt resolve. However, Desiree's actions made sure that is not going to happen. EVERYONE should be thrilled with this action. It gets us closer to the truth. Just read that a $2500 donation was made tonight to help Desiree with the legal costs associated with taking this necessary step. Since ALL of us should be thrilled it might get us a step closer I hope you will all donate to the Justice4Kyron fund. What better way to show Kyron we wont give up looking for him? If you want to "find Kyron first" helping out this way is a new and fresh way to get this done.
Well and we all know the Principal appeared before the Grand Jury. So EFF claims are more smoke and mirrors.
It's a family reunion. How much fun will it be when we all get together for the civil case.?
Of course she will be called.
Hello Izzy,
Glad to see your still interested in finding out the truth about Kyron. I applaud Desiree for making a firm decision to not allow this case be placed on the back burner. Of course at the AML site they are telling us were about to learn the "whole truth" and it is going to blow our minds. Sounds like a Hollywood movie with unexpected twists and turns. If the game wasnt so darn evil it would almost be humorous.
So tell Terri to file a lawsuit against Krisitina Porter and PPS. Tell her to do whatever it takes to get the truth out to find Kyron. Tell her to take her cause to the courtroom and clear her name.
If I had to weigh the risk of never figuring out what happened to my child because I wouldnt cooperate to protect my freedrom from possible wrong convictions..... I would still choose my child over my freedom. A child only has one life. Our legal processes have many avenues of appeal. The child would have to come first both from the emotional and logical aspects. Terri is not acting in the protective nature of a "real" Mother. It doenst mean she is solely or directly responsible. If this were James and Kaine clammed up what would Terri be spreading on the internet about that?
Well to be honest I believed the step Father all those years ago. I cant even tell you why. Something about his story rang credible to me. I am not getting that same confident feeling from Terri. I honestly would like to believe that Kyron had the benefit of 4 parents who would do whatever they could to find him. I have had incredible step parents. Not everyone is that lucky. I wish I had confidence in Terri and her activities. I just dont see why she is not willing to fight tooth and nail to find him. She is more worried about her rivate life and freedom. I wouldnt even be considering those issues if my child was missing. It certainly would not rank higher on my list of priorities if I did consider it.
She is welcome to come forward ands start the lawsuits anytime now.
The difference was LE cleared him and his story remained consistant. He didnt have secrets from his wife. He didnt hire a high power attorney to protect his 5th amendment right to remain silent from self incrimination. He didnt play mind games prior to and after the abduction. He cried as many tears and fought just as hard to find Jaycee and her Mother did. Huge difference. Worlds apart. Anyone that says he remained a suspect didnt follow the case close. LE cleared him early on. If stupid people continued to suspect him in spite of LE clearing them then that is just how stupid people think and it has nothing to do with this case. LE hasnt cleared Terri. I wish they could because it is double painful that this woman was trusted to care for this child. I am willing to say that it is possible Terri is just odd and not guilty of this. But considering everything she appears to be involved on some level. If she isnt she needs to clear her name or at least try to clear her name just like the Ramseys did. Even though they hired an attorney and were frustrated with LE and the investigation those interviews happened. And when they said LE was barking up the wrong tree they told why and they faced scruitny. Terri hasnt even tried to clear herself or find Kyron.
Why dont you stop spinning the focus of this case on those who are victims of a crime against a child? Why not that Eagle. How about showing some integrity.
Beautifully written and educational for those of us who empathize but will never fully experience the intense fear and pain that can only be known by parents who have made the painful journey. My heart hurts for you. My heart hurts for Desiree. My heart hurts for Kaine. My heart hurts for Tony. And my heart hurts for Desiree's other Son. Think of what he lost that day. Most certainly his Mother is emotionally crippled by this experience. I am sure he wants to be her hero and fix all this and help his Mother but there is nothing he can do but hurt for her.
Isnt this where this all started? Making Kaine pay????
Why not Eagle? Has Terri ever paid her own bills? I would expect nothing less than she and her friends to start looking at ways to make someone else pay.
Wrong. Either side just has to request discovery of what will be presented. I know I just sued someone and we were both asked what we would present and asked the other side what they were going to present. Discovery still applies. Perhaps not in a small claim case but this is no small claim case.
Oh havent you read that "poor Terri" is deaf and had that look and reaction because she couldnt hear what was being said at the press conference? The information was released on the support page set up for Terri. It is called A Mothers Love and it is about as entertaining as it gets if your into reading fiction.
lanasnana. You are absolutely correct but they are wound up over this step and dont want Desiree to have this as an option. No one cares about Kyron anymore. Its all about Terris "rights" to avoid prosecution. I agree I am not ready to send her to prison because I dont know what evidence that LE hasnt released. But sooner or later I want the evidence presented and we either clear her name or convict the woman of a crime. The truth is ..... she is either involved on some level or she is just plain innocent. I hate it that we have a system that provides loop holes and someone can be guilty and also free. I know that no system is perfect and the innocent project has proven we have made mistakes the other way as well. But these idiots running interference for the sake of being wise asses is annoying. Some day something will happen in their lives when they feel they could not get justice and it wont be worth shrugging off when it directly affects them or someone they love. I read al the crap about karma they keep spouting and it cracks me up.
The case is custodial interference. They havent charged her with murder. Try to keep up Malasada.
She can file bankruptcy but they can still attach her future income if they so decide its appropriate to pay this judgement.


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Steven Van Zandt, a huge fan, reunites The Rascals
FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2012 file photo, musician and actor Steven Van Zandt attends the premiere of a Netflix original series "Lilyhammer" at the Crosby Street Hotel in New York. Van Zandt has found a way to repay The Rascals for their influence on his music by taking the original four-man band to their biggest and most unlikely stage, on Broadway. The reunited band will play 15 performances at the Richard Rodgers Theatre beginning in April 2013, a show combining live performance, video reenactments, archival concert and news footage, op-art backdrops and psychedelic lighting. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)
NEW YORK (AP) — Do you remember your first live concert? Steven Van Zandt certainly does, almost 50 years ago.
It was 1965, and he was at a skating rink in Keyport, N.J. Headlining that night: The Young Rascals, who were promoting their hit "Good Lovin'." The price was $2.50.
"I'll never forget it. It was the most exciting night ever," says Van Zandt, the guitarist for Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band. "They were phenomenal live, really quite different than anybody else. And very, very influential to this day."
Making that night even more special? A young Bruce Springsteen was also there. The two New Jersey natives would meet soon after and bond over the classic American blue-eyed soul band.
Forty-eight years later, Van Zandt has found a way to repay The Rascals by taking the original four-man band to their biggest and most unlikely stage — on Broadway.
The reunited band will play 15 performances at the Richard Rodgers Theatre beginning next month (performances start April 15), a show combining live performance, video reenactments, archival concert and news footage, op-art backdrops and psychedelic lighting.
The quartet — singer Eddie Brigati, keyboardist Felix Cavaliere, guitarist Gene Cornish and drummer Dino Danelli — left a rich legacy of songs including "It's a Beautiful Morning," ''How Can I Be Sure," ''People Got to Be Free" and "I've Been Lonely Too Long."
"The musical depth is astounding when you get into it," says Van Zandt, who runs his own record label and hosts a radio show. "The Rascals are something else. They're up there with the Beatles, and Stones and Byrds. That level of musicality."
The show has some 30 Rascals songs but also finds time to explore their influence on more than music. The band was known to fight discrimination by demanding that a black act appear on the bill at each of their concerts.
Van Zandt, who shares directing duties with visual designer Marc Brickman, says the show marks a new phenomenon for Broadway: not a musical like "Jersey Boys" and also not a concert by, say, Frankie Valli.
He calls it a "bio concert" and thinks it could be the wave of the future. "This could be a new form and a new industry," he says. "We got 'Jersey Boys' with the Four Seasons in it."
Brickman, who has worked with Pink Floyd and The Black Eyed Peas and on the opening and closing ceremonies for two Olympic Games, has built a 50-foot-by-25-foot LED screen that draws in the audience.
"Stories are more important than they've ever been," says Brickman. "So now we're able to have a story told by the band about the band and they're standing right there in front of you as they play. There's an amazing synergistic quality that happens."
Getting The Rascals — The Young Rascals dropped the adjective from their name when they ditched their schoolboy outfits, knickers and knee socks — back together has been a labor of love for Van Zandt.
In 1982, after he had success reinvigorating Gary U.S. Bonds' career, he was approached to try to see if he could get The Rascals back together. It was a dead end.
"They were not ready to reunite. And I wasn't in the frame of mind to really go through all the incredible, complicated machinations to figure out why they weren't ready," he says.
Van Zandt kept in touch and in 1997 his efforts to get them into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame paid off. In a humorous speech, complete with a Little Lord Fauntleroy outfit, Van Zandt brought down the house: "To sound that black, you had to be Italian," he joked.


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Most fellowships don't start with a raft trip down the Colorado River, but Trevor Findley '06 got lucky.
His El Pomar Fellowship started with a team building exercise that included negotiating 30 sets of rapids --with names like Capsize and Big Drop -- through Canyonlands National Park in Utah. The 90-mile stretch is known as one of the swiftest river passages on the continent.
"It was exciting because we were learning rafting skills, but also team building skills that we can apply to our work," Findley says.
That work revolves around the El Pomar Foundation's Community Stewardship programs in urban and rural communities in Colorado. The El Pomar Fellowship, a highly competitive, two-year program, nurtures leadership skills as fellows fan out across the state, working on the front lines of philanthropy. Fellows are assigned to different foundation programs; Findley's program addresses needs specific to each region of the state.
"I've been assigned to the High Country, which includes a lot of the resort towns," says Findley, who works with a regional council to focus on health care. "Service workers in the resort communities often don't make a living wage and there are a surprising number of uninsured children."
Findley's role with the council is to identify organizations that address specific needs -- including a lack of providers and the difficulty of enrolling children in the state health care program -- from multiple angles. He has researched physician loan repayment programs that may attract providers and collaborated with community organizations to create plans to enroll children.
Findley has also worked with the Empty Stocking Fund, an annual community fundraiser that supports 14 human service agencies in the Pikes Peak Region. Last year's campaign raised more than a million dollars to help families with housing, emergency food and other needs.
"I enjoy this work," says Findley, who is completing professional development courses in nonprofit management and grant making as part of his fellowship program. "Wherever I choose to go after this experience, this knowledge will help," he says.
It's not his first exposure to nonprofit work. After graduation he taught children in inner city Las Vegas with Teach for America, an organization that places high-achieving college graduates in schools in underserved areas, where they work with the nation's most needy children.
"I loved my experience at Willamette," says Findley, who majored in international studies, minored in politics and economics, and served as president of his Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He was also an Associated Students senator and played lacrosse.
He hopes to pursue youth development and advocacy, and will probably head back to school for studies in law or policy -- or both -- after his fellowship ends.
For information on this scholarship and others, contact Monique Bourque in the Student Academic Grants and Awards office on the third floor of the University Center, or visit www.willamette.edu/dept/saga/.


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When Facebook's new privacy settings were rolled out yesterday, many privacy gurus complained that the default setting was for "Everyone" to have access to your Facebook profile, meaning users had to be proactive about limiting access to their accounts. The Electronic Frontier Foundation said the "new 'privacy' changes are clearly intended to push Facebook users to publicly share even more information than before."
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg either missed that article or doesn't care. Back in October, I checked the Facebook profiles of the Facebook executive team, and found their privacy settings to be quite high. I wrote of Zuckerberg's profile at that time:
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO – You can see his photo, his networks (Facebook and Harvard alum), and a list of his 889 friends, but that's it. You can't add him as a friend, but you can send him a message.
Well, that's changed. His profile is now on uber-public settings. I can see his wall, his photo albums, and his events calendar. Zuckerberg recently became a fan of Taylor Swift, uploaded graphic photos of "The Great Goat Roast of 2009″ three months ago, and plans to attend the Facebook holiday party on Friday night. I can even tell you where it's going to be held.
You can check out his profile here. Here are some screen grabs:
Zuckerberg's profile to a non-friend. It looks like most of his activity is public:
Here's Zuckerberg's event calendar. He's RSVPed yes for the Facebook holiday party, Cirque Fantastique, at the SF Design Center Galleria in San Francisco Friday night:
And Zuckerberg's photo albums. I was able to access them all, as I assume you will be able to if he leaves his privacy settings as is. Did he really intend for the world to see him eating goat in someone's backyard?
Is Mark Zuckerberg's reaction to privacy complaints to lead by example and let 350 million Facebook users peruse his Facebook activity? Or is the company's own CEO confused by the changes, and exposing more to the world than he intended?
Hat tip: To a friend I won't identify for fear of his being subjected to the wrath of Facebook. Thanks, n!
P.S. I have a rule against publishing Facebook photos… but Gawker doesn't. Ryan Tate gives you his favorite picks from Zuckerberg's gallery here. Or you can just browse yourself. Zuck's gallery is still public as of 10 a.m. EST on December 11.
UPDATE: Mark Zuckerberg claims he did this on purpose. His profile remains public, but only to "friends of friends."


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Plymouth factory supplies world's top car brands
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ASTON Martin, Bugatti, Audi. They're among the crème de la crème of the motor industry and when they want to equip their showroom garages they look to a firm in Plymouth.
Dura Ltd's factory, in Plympton's Newnham industrial estate, is producing thousands of metal cabinets, storage systems and workshop modules for the world's leading up-market motor brands and well-heeled individuals.
The cabinets can contain everything from space for tools, to gloves and towels, and even plugs for diagnostic laptops.
The manufacturer also prides itself on having brought classy interior design to domestic garages and automotive industry workshops.
Aston Martin, Bugatti and Audi use Dura products across their network of dealers and service departments.
Among other firms using Dura products are Mercedes, Porsche, Harley-Davidson, BMW, Honda and Toyota.
"It's a product that goes all over the world, is admired by top brands – and is built in Plymouth," said managing director Dominic Wishlade.
"When we started people thought it was odd, but now it's the norm.
"What used to be seen as an indulgence people now see the worth of. It makes a statement, sets a professional standard."
Dura has 39 people in Plymouth and 20 at its head office in Brackley, Northamptonshire.
Products are designed at HQ and then engineers make the prototype in Plympton, and then go to full production.
About 75 per cent of the garage products go to automotive companies, the remainder goes to the private residential market.
"It's high quality, high end and fairly niche, and quite complicated," Mr Wishlade said.
"We go from start to finish, from plan to delivering and installing.
"It's great to have an idea and the facilities to turn it into something."
Dura produces upwards of 50,000 cabinets a year. Its turnover is now £6.5million and about 65 per cent of products are exported.
"We go everywhere, all over Europe, Chile, China and Vietnam," Mr Wishlade said. "And we are looking at a big dealership in Australia.
"It's gone really well, but hasn't been easy, we've had to work for it."
Indeed, the company's huge success came about after a combination of circumstances, including a predecessor at the Plympton factory, Westwood Automation, falling into difficulty.
Mr Wishlade was working as a designer for an Oxford garden tractor manufacturer when he decided to set up his own firm in 1998.
Dura started designing high-quality fitted garage equipment and Mr Wishlade approached Westwood Automation to manufacture the products.
But Westwood found itself in difficulty after a customer defaulted, and Dura stepped in to buy its assets and take on the staff.
By that stage, Dura had grown to 10 people and a £1.5million turnover, but found it now has another 18 workers in a Plymouth factory – 200 miles from its HQ.
"It was a pretty scary time," said Mr Wishlade.
But it was the prelude to an amazing success story, as the firm grew and saw more clients demand its products.
The Plympton factory was extended by 30,000sq ft in 2009, now covering 80,000sq ft.
In addition, £3million has been invested in equipment since 2009.
In 2012 Dura won the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise – the highest honour the monarch can bestow on a business in the UK.
"That was a big deal for us," Mr Wishlade said.
The plant actually manufactures hundreds of products, and can produce batches of anything from 10 to a few thousands of any one product.
In the case of some cabinets, hundreds of thousands can be produced.
The Plymouth plant also carries out manufacturing for other companies, as a sub-contractor.
Among products coming out of Plympton at the moment are huge outdoor vacuum machines, used by local authorities across Germany.
The firm is constantly looking at new products and is this year pushing its all-in-one service pod, which needs no installation but is just "plugged in".
This is already being supplied to Kwik Fit in its own colour scheme.
Mr Wishlade said Dura is emblematic of Britain's manufacturing industry, re-positioning itself as a purveyor of quality against the cut-price products coming from emerging markets.
"We have to accept we can't manufacture goods cheaply, but we can do quality goods, value and innovation," he said. "We have some of the best manufacturing in the world.
"But it's not just about making things; there are companies around the world that can make things, but we can solve problems."
He said that despite the challenges posed by having two bases in different part of the country, there is no way production would move from Plympton.
"In Plymouth we have a really proud workforce, great atmosphere and team spirit," said Mr Wishlade. "I wouldn't dream of moving."


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By Kathleen T. RhemAmerican Forces Press Service
NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, Feb. 24, 2005 Army Staff Sgt. Kevin Bowe and his wife, Sgt. Brandy Bowe, spent their "honeymoon" on a Caribbean island. There was plenty of sun and stunning views of crystal-clear, blue-tinted waters.
But this couple didn't visit Jamaica or the Bahamas. In fact, the only home the two Army Reservists have shared so far in their short marriage has been in Cuba at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.
Kevin, who is responsible for the tools in his unit's motor pool, and Brandy, a military police officer, were married in December 2003, while she was home on leave from her unit's deployment here. Kevin soon found out his unit, the 783rd Military Police Battalion from Inkster, Mich., would soon replace his wife's unit, the 384th MP Battalion from Fort Wayne, Ind.
She volunteered to spend an extra six months here, and the two were allowed to reside together for the final four months of that period before she redeployed. Though they've spent only six of the 14 months they've been married together, neither is upset, Kevin said.
"We understood all of this prior to even getting married," he said. He explained that he did an active-duty stint before joining the Reserves and Brandy's father is a retired soldier, so both already were familiar with the trials of military life.
Instead of resenting the time he's been separated from his bride, Kevin -- an unbelievably upbeat individual with an infectious smile -- is grateful for the time they've been able to spend together. "My chain of command has been very supportive," he said, adding that he and his wife work together as a team to solve problems.
In fact, Kevin comes up with a positive side to just about every aspect of his life.
At home in Michigan, he is a caseworker for veterans' issues on the staff of Sen. Carl Levin. He said his deployment here has given him a clearer view of how American policies affect people at the ground level. "I'm understanding more what goes on in Capitol Hill -- at the ground level as a soldier, compared to being in Washington, D.C., and just looking at the paperwork and hearing politicians argue about issues," he said.
Kevin said he strongly believes he's making a contribution to the war on terrorism in his role here at Guantanamo Bay. That's very important to him for an intensely personal reason: Kevin lost a dear friend in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. "I've been affected by terrorism," he said, referring to his friend who died and to his roots in New York. "I like what I'm doing, which is providing support for Operation Enduring Freedom here. The overall mission here is dealing with terrorism."
He also said he believes his 11-year-old daughter, Kara, understands the importance of the work her dad does. "She understands after 9/11 about how important this is for overall national security," he said. Bowe also has a 3- year-old son, Ryan.
He's upbeat about the future too. Bowe's unit redeploys to Michigan in May, but he's requested to extend here for an additional year. Brandy has been working to secure a job with a civilian contractor on the island, and the couple hopes she will rejoin him here soon.
In the longer term, Kevin said he hopes someday to work with the FBI or the Drug Enforcement Administration. He said it's important that he remain in public service. "I have a history in my family (of working in public service)," he said. "So I think it's sort of a learned behavior -- giving back to society, because I've really been fortunate."
Like many people, Kevin Bowe has lived through hard times and misfortune -- the death of his friend on 9/11 and shortly thereafter the death of his beloved stepmother took a hard toll -- he just prefers always to look for the positive and not dwell on the negative. "Some people have sad stores; I have sad stories. But I'm triumphing over them," he said. "Nothing's a handout in life. It's all about what you make in it."
He also has a long list of people he's grateful to, starting with his parents. "Honestly, any success that I have, I attribute it to my parents who set the foundation in me," Kevin said.
Second on his list are "people that instilled military values in me when I first came in." He said he owes much of his success to the senior soldiers who showed him the ropes as a young troop.
And more than anyone else, Kevin said he is grateful to his wife, particularly for volunteering to extend at Guantanamo Bay to spend time with him. "This isn't an easy duty station for most people," he said. "So I'm just fortunate that I have a wife that's in the military and also supportive and made the sacrifices for her country and also for me."
During an interview, Kevin continually brought the conversation back to Brandy -- and glowed each time he mentioned her name. "Those who know her, they will tell you she is a superstar, a real winner," he said. "And that's why, fortunately, God has brought us together."
Speaking briefly about his faith, Kevin said he's not a very spiritual person. "But I believe God puts people together to help them out," he added.


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Like a buoy, one finds peace at sea
There are 176 miles from where I sit to the 41036 sea buoy, out in the lonesome, sometimes desolate and occasionally stoic, western Atlantic.
On my phone, my thumb and index finger navigate me to the application that provides real-time information about this particular buoy. I check the wind — sometimes I frown, a few times I smile and I always wonder. I check the wave height — sometimes I doubt, a few times I anticipate but I always wonder.
It is but a single part of my passion to fish and explore this canvas of blue.
Out here, the water flows from way south and is tinged with Caribbean soul and cobalt in heart and color.
I love it here. It is where my place on this earth feels right, even though I cannot touch the ground.
Oh, fish have been caught from these waters — dolphin, tuna, wahoo, marlin, barracuda, grouper, trigger's, albacore and amberjack. Yet that is not why I come here.
I am here, between this buoy at sea and the buoy in my life, because I can be who I am. Born in the red clay and familiar with dirt between my nails, my toes and my eyes and my senses yearn for this place.
I know waypoints, courses and channels, and the sun has never will rise from the same place in the same manner.
I am different here. I used to think it was the fish. There is thrill, excitement and adrenaline, and when a reel screams, one might feel it is because of a fish. Perhaps it is the progression of the tide, but I am here because there are no loads I bring to the sea that float and remain.
I am here because the rain is temporary, the clouds drift and the wind at sea sometimes is perfectly therapeutic.
It is here that time slows, days merge and the sight of a flying fish, skimming across the sea, is poetically profound.
I am different here because we all must find the place where our soul is cleansed and burdens are properly rinsed, for I am not immune to the infections of life and my antibodies occasionally are slow.
I have lived with dirty hands and cleansed when I should. On a vessel at sea, with land a dissipating image, I have contributed a tear into this water and found silence amongst an abyss of noise.
There is purpose here. There is reflection here, and there is a time and place where all of my life feels connected. Buoys and channel markers are not just beacons that guide a boat.
We had fished that day, and my hands smelled of fish, bait and the sea. Somewhere out there, burdens, demons and pirates of a man's life were left to drift and find peril at sea. The rods, reels and fish were cleansed, and I excused myself to cleanse.
Upon the bow and hull of this vessel, the remnants of sea needed to be washed. My bare feet, back and chest — and my bare soul — took to the bow with brush, hose and soap.
There was a rhythm in the air — music, lyrics and a breeze — and for a moment, I, too, was a buoy. I felt free and enchanted.
Though I came here to fish, I came here to be cleansed. As the salt and seawater are hardened by the wind against this vessel, so am I.
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Transcript:Remove Ink StainsHi, I'm Jonathon Stewart for About.com Home and Garden with today's 90-second quick tip.
Ink stains are the granddaddies and mothers of all stains, amongst the toughest to remove. Period.
The most important thing to remember is to always keep pens and markers away from your clothes - it's that simple. When it comes to ink stains, just avoid them altogether, and you'll be all set. Got it? Crap.
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Elliott Abrams cautions that we can't be certain whether the SCUD missiles, which can reach major Israeli cities, have in fact been delivered to Hezbollah and whether the Israelis is fact were restrained by the Obami from attacking. What we do know it that such arming is a a plain violation of UN Resolution 1701 :
As the resolution was being drafted and debated, the government of Israel approached the U.S. government to ask for a critical clarification. Suppose Syria violates the resolution, the Israelis asked? Do you agree with us that Israel will have the right to bomb any truck caravan carrying missiles or rockets from Syria into Lebanon for Hezbollah? And the answer was as clear as the question: Yes. With that now understood, Israel said it would go along with Resolution 1701 and begin to withdraw from Lebanon.
Abrams advises that it would be helpful for the U.S. and Israel to make it clear that:
The supply of SCUDs to Hezbollah is a violation of Resolution 1701, and Israel has the right to act to prevent it, both under 1701 and as an exercise of the right of self-defense. It should also be made clear that if Israel strikes, it will have U.S. support, and we will veto any Security Council resolution criticizing Israel for doing so.
That message would no doubt be heard in Damascus but also in Tehran, where Bashar al-Assad's new best friends are assessing how badly U.S.-Israel ties have frayed. A reminder that the administration is ready to enforce UN resolutions and back Israel's right to self defense would come at an opportune time — when there is considerable doubt as to both. Will the U.S. do so? It would be welcomed but entirely out of character. And our silence will, of course, send another powerful signal to the mullahs — just as our quietude on the deaths of Americans in Iraq at the hands of Iranians did: that there is no price to be paid for aggression against the U.S. and its allies.


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BRENHAM, Texas Plans for a nearly 300-foot-tall cell tower were scrapped when residents in the area decided to speak out.
The tower would have been built along a stretch of FM 390 near Brenham. It's also the location of the historic La Bahia Road.
Carole Henry lives just across the street from where the tower was to be built. She said she first discovered the plans in the legal notice section of a newspaper.
"Further down it said Verizon, and even further down it said an address that I knew was close to me," said Parker. "In fact, it's almost across the street from me.
Sandra Parker lives along FM 390. She's a corporate attorney in the Houston area, and she said she knew she had to do something when she heard the news.
"The problem is that this is La Bahia Road," said Parker. "It's part of the Blue Bonnet Trail and it's part of the Texas Independence Trail. There's a lot of history in this area."
Parker and about two dozen of her neighbors got together and formed Citizens Against Verizon's Enormous Antennae Tower (CAVEAT).
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In the end, Verizon officials said it was CAVEAT's input that changed their mind about the location of the tower.
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Gretchen Whitaker with Verizon said they were happy to work with the community to find a solution.
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Members of CAVEAT said they plan to throw a Texas-sized celebration. They also said they plan to send Verizon some Blue Bell ice cream as a show of thanks.
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Every month, five million people move from the past to the future. Pouring into developing-world "instant cities" like Dubai and Shenzhen, these urban newcomers confront a modern world cobbled together from fragments of a West they have never seen. Do these fantastical boomtowns, where blueprints spring to life overnight on virgin land, represent the dawning of a brave new world? Or is their vaunted newness a mirage? In a captivating blend of history and reportage, Daniel Brook travels to a series of major metropolitan hubs that were once themselves instant cities- St. Petersburg, Shanghai, and Mumbai-to watch their "dress rehearsals for the twenty-first century." Understanding today's emerging global order, he argues, requires comprehending the West's profound and conflicted influence on developing-world cities over the centuries. In 1703, Tsar Peter the Great personally oversaw the construction of a new Russian capital, a "window on the West" carefully modeled on Amsterdam, that he believed would wrench Russia into the modern world. In the nineteenth century, Shanghai became the fastest-growing city on earth as it mushroomed into an English-speaking, Western-looking metropolis that just happened to be in the Far East. Meanwhile, Bombay, the cosmopolitan hub of the British Raj, morphed into a tropical London at the hands of its pith-helmeted imperialists. Juxtaposing the stories of the architects and authoritarians, the artists and revolutionaries who seized the reins to transform each of these precociously modern places into avatars of the global future, Brook demonstrates that the drive for modernization was initially conflated with wholesale Westernization. He shows, too, the ambiguous legacy of that emulation-the birth (and rebirth) of Chinese capitalism in Shanghai, the origins of Bollywood in Bombay's American-style movie palaces, the combustible mix of revolutionary culture and politics that rocked the Russian capital-and how it may be transcended today. A fascinating, vivid look from the past out toward the horizon, A History of Future Cities is both a crucial reminder of globalization's long march and an inspiring look into the possibilities of our Asian Century.
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"[An] inspired tour of the postmodern city... Invigorating." "Persuasive and lushly detailed." "Uncommonly interesting and intelligent." "The pleasure in Mr. Brook's unusual history is in his descriptions of the creation of these cities. The deeper message, though, is about the tensions such cities create." "An interesting thesis about the city's role in fomenting political change in the modern era." "'Instant cities' like Shenzhen, China, may seem like twenty-first-century twins of 'disposable cities' like rust-belt Camden, New Jersey. But in this probing new book that is at once both charming and reflective, Daniel Brook tells the story of urban hybrids conceived to fuse Western cosmopolitanism and local culture. His close but never pedantic reading of these metropolises puts the city back at the center of our vision, reminding us that in new and old towns alike, the urban amalgam of creativity, diversity, and mobility offers a key that not only unlocks the past but also opens the door to our future." -- Benjamin R. Barber, author of Jihad vs. McWorld "An intimate, canny comparative study ... Accessible, entertaining... Enormously elucidating and relevant." -- Kirkus Reviews