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|Yesterday 08:26 PM
|Ms. Anthropic
Re: Steffi Graf Admiration Thread Vol 2
Technology marches on.
May 1, 1996
Official Wilson Sporting Goods Press Release
CHICAGO -- Wilson Racquet Sports announces that it has developed a new tennis racquet specifically for its top Advisory Staff Member -- Steffi Graf -- currently the number one women's player in the world. The new racquet -- the Pro Staff 7.5si -- offers unmatched directional control and is ideal for players with long, loopy strokes and fast swing speeds. Graf will debut the racquet during the Italian Open in Rome, May 6-12, 1996.
The new Pro Staff 7.5si features filament wound construction (70 percent graphite/30 percent fiberglass) in a flat beam design. At 12.1 oz. strung and 10.4 pts. head light, the racquet offers players a solid, traditional feel that helps them maximize the power of their own swing. In addition, the Perimeter Weighting System, (PWS) added to the sides of the racquet face provides better torsional stability on off-center hits.
The Pro Staff 7.5si is available in a 95" headsize with metallic blue cosmetics and dark burgundy accents. Standard features also include a Cushion-Aire, Perforated grip for maximum cushion and superb feel, and a matching headcover. Wilson recommends stringing the racquet with its Synthetic Gut eXtreme string (16 gauge) at a tension of 50-60 lbs. It will be available at authorized Wilson dealers in August.
"Although Wilson focuses on developing game improvement technology for the average player, such as with our Hammer and Sledge Hammer racquets, there will always be the hard-hitting players that desire the traditional feel and control of a Pro Staff racquet," explains John Embree, Business Director for Racquets at Wilson. "Steffi certainly fits that profile and she has played well with our Pro Staff racquets since she joined our Advisory Staff in 1994. She had an incredible year in 1995, winning three Grand Slam tournaments and losing only 2 matches, and is undefeated in 1996. Now, we look forward to watching her take her game even further with the new Pro Staff 7.5si."
Interested customers can learn more about Wilson's complete line of tennis racquets by calling the company's customer service number at 800/946-6060. Computer users can also inquire directly through America On-Line (mailbox: wilsonracq).
Wilson Racquet Sports is a division of Chicago-based Wilson Sporting Goods, one of the world's leading manufacturers of sports equipment. The company designs, manufactures and distributes sporting goods throughout the world and focuses on making technologically-advanced products which help the average player play better. Wilson's core sport categories include: Football, Basketball, Baseball, Volleyball, Youth Sports, Uniforms/Apparel, Golf, Footwear, and Racquet Sports (Tennis, Racquetball, Squash, Badminton, Platform Tennis).
|Yesterday 08:25 PM
|Ms. Anthropic
Re: Steffi Graf Admiration Thread Vol 2
Originally Posted by djul14 View Post
I still have nightmares about that fedcup match vs Date. Because of the defeat, because 12-10, because 3h 1/2, and beacause it was in the early, like very early morning on my tv
"It's a feeling hard to describe, hard to define. It's a feeling you have to experience.
"How do you experience Graf-fegnughen?
"First, you have to be tired. Somehow, you've persuaded yourself that you actually want to get out of bed at 9 a.m. on a Saturday to watch the women's final at Wimbledon."
|Apr 30th, 2016 09:09 PM
Re: Steffi Graf Admiration Thread Vol 2
I still have nightmares about that fedcup match vs Date. Because of the defeat, because 12-10, because 3h 1/2, and beacause it was in the early, like very early morning on my tv
|Apr 30th, 2016 01:28 AM
|Ms. Anthropic
Re: Steffi Graf Admiration Thread Vol 2
Blowing a set and a break lead -- well, it WAS doubles, but still...
The Advertiser
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
April 29, 1996
Aussies in trouble: Australia slumped 2-0 to the Netherlands on the first day of the group one Federation Cup yesterday with the Dutch winning both singles in straight sets.
Graf upset: Japan outed Germany from the Cup after Kimiko Date, of Japan, issued a warning to the world with the biggest victory of her career by pulling off an upset win over Steffi Graf, of Germany, in their Fed Cup match in Toyko yesterday.
''Of course, it's the biggest victory of my life. I lost to her so many times and I felt she was invincible. But I finally did it,'' said Date after her stunning 7-6 (9-7), 3-6, 12-10 win in three hours 24 minutes.
Germany's No. 2 player Anke Huber made it even 2-2 by beating Naoko Sawamatsu 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 but Ai Sugiyama and Kyoko Nagatsuka came back from one set and 0-2 down to beat Graf and Huber 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the deciding doubles.
FED CUP: Netherlands 2 Australia 0 (M. Oremans d R. Stubbs 6-4, 6-3; B. Schultz d R. McQuillan 7-5, 6-3); Japan 3 Germany 2; Austria 1 US 1; Slovakia 2 Bulgaria 0; Belgium 2 Indonesia 0; France 1 Argentina 1; Spain 2 South Africa 0.
|Apr 30th, 2016 01:26 AM
|Ms. Anthropic
Re: Steffi Graf Admiration Thread Vol 2
The State
Columbia, SC
April 29, 1996
The United States overcame injuries to advance to the semifinals of the Federation Cup, beating Austria 3-2 behind Mary Joe Fernandez's heroics on Sunday.
Fernandez beat Barbara Paulus 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), then teamed with longtime partner Gigi Fernandez to beat Judith Wiesner and Petra Schwarz-Ritter 6-0, 6-4.
Jennifer Capriati, a last-minute surprise choice to replace injured Chanda Rubin and Lindsay Davenport, was beaten 6-2, 6-4 Saturday by Paulus and 6-1, 6-1 Sunday by Wiesner. Capriati failed to hold a single service game and sprayed 43 unforced errors in the 52-minute match.
"I knew going in it would be close, 50-50,'' U.S. captain Billy Jean King said. "Mary Joe played up to her potential. She was definitely the star.''
The United States next plays Japan, a surprise winner over Germany.
At Tokyo, Kimiko Date beat Steffi Graf 7-6 (9-7), 3-6, 12-10 in 3 1/2 hours as Japan advanced to the semifinal for the first time.
"It was the biggest win in my career,'' Date said. "But I can't compare a team win to a tournament victory.''
The semifinal will be played in Japan, meaning Monica Seles, currently sidelined with a shoulder injury, may be available. Seles, stabbed during a tournament at Hamburg in 1993, said she would not travel to Germany.
Date gave Japan a 2-1 lead, but Anke Huber evened the match by beating Naoko Sawamatsu 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. Ai Sugiyama and Kyoko Nagatsuka then beat Graf and Huber 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
"I had so many chances to win in the first set, but then I grew a little bit tired and nervous, and just made too many errors on important points,'' Graf said. "I started playing a little better in the second set but still I didn't feel comfortable. Then in the third set, she played great tennis.''
At Murcia, Spain, the host nation beat South Africa 3-2.
And France beat Argentina 3-2 at Amiens.
|Apr 30th, 2016 01:24 AM
|Ms. Anthropic
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Blowing a 5-0 lead. A great Novotna impersonation.
Defeat for weary Graf sees Germany slip up
The Times
London, England
April 29, 1996
KIMIKO DATE overcame a leg injury to beat Steffi Graf, of Germany, the world No1, and help Japan to reach the Fed Cup world group semi-finals of tennis in Tokyo yesterday. Graf, looking weary, went on to lose the doubles with Anke Huber, her partner, as Japan secured a 3-2 victory over the former champions in the first-round tie.
Date, who had lost all her previous seven encounters with Graf, came back from 0-5 down in the first set and then saved six set points during the match before winning 7-6, 3-6, 12-10. ''I had one of the greatest matches of my career today,'' she said.
Date played with her left leg heavily taped and several times during the 3 1/2-hour match she needed treatment. After Graf's defeat, Huber levelled the tie at 2-2, beating Naoko Sawamatsu 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, before the Germans lost the deciding doubles.
In Monaco, Thomas Muster rallied to beat Alberto Costa, of Spain, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6,
6-3, 6-2 to win his second consecutive Monte Carlo Open title and seventh successive clay-court tournament. The match became an endurance trial, with both players hitting heavy shots from the baseline.
After Muster had recovered to level sets at 2-2, the turning point of the match came in the fifth game of the final set. A double fault and an unforced error left Costa 0-30 down. Muster capitalised with a winning volley and went on to break service and hold on for victory, earning his third clay-court title this year.
Britain's hopes of a third successive title in the Korean Open were dashed when Tim Henman lost 6-2, 6-4, to Byron Black, of Zimbabwe, in the semi-finals. Black beat Martin Dam, of Czechoslovakia, 7-6, 6-3 in the final.
|Apr 28th, 2016 02:49 PM
|Ms. Anthropic
Re: Steffi Graf Admiration Thread Vol 2
Germany's big problem might have been having a player on the squad who could have been a little ambivalent about winning, between the accusing media types accosting her and the potential U.S. at Germany meeting in the next round.
Huber beaten but Graf levels for Germany
April 27, 1996
Reuter Information Service
TOKYO - Kimiko Date did her country proud on Saturday, coming from behind to beat Anke Huber as Japan held Germany to 1-1 at the end of the first day in their Fed Cup World Group first round clash.
Date, ranked seventh in the world, delighted a home crowd with a 4-6 6-4 6-1 victory over fifth-ranked Huber.
But world number one Steffi Graf had little trouble beating 28th-ranked Naoko Sawamatsu 6-1 6-3 to even the score for Germany.
"We are satisfied with the results," Japan's head coach Toshiro Sakai said. "I thought a 1-1 tie on the first day would set up a chance for us to beat Germany overall."
Huber, losing finalist at the Australian Open in January, broke Date's serve in the fifth game of the first set to take the early lead.
Date fought back to win the second set by breaking Huber twice and the match became one-sided in the third set when Huber was unable to hold any of her serves.
"It's going to be a big problem for us if Kimiko plays (in her Sunday's reverse singles against Graf) like she did today," Huber said.
Graf, who shares the number one spot with Monica Seles of the United States, faced some resistance by Sawamatsu, who broke her twice in the second set.
"I lacked concentration at the end of the match," Graf said.
Date has never beaten Graf in their previous seven encounters.
The reverse singles and the doubles will be played on Sunday. Japan will pit Ai Sugiyama and Kyoko Nagatsuka in the doubles against Graf and Huber.
The winners of the tie advance to the World Group semifinals in July and will face either the United States or Austria.
|Apr 28th, 2016 02:45 PM
|Ms. Anthropic
Re: Steffi Graf Admiration Thread Vol 2
And to top it off: Fed Cup. You know, supposedly playing for your country. In Steffi's case, it just happened to be a country that seemed like it wanted to see her ruined. There might just have been a "conflict of interest" or two going on here somewhere.
Injury-weakened U.S. splits Fed Cup matches vs. Austria
The Dallas Morning News
April 28, 1996
Associated Press
Weakened by injury, the U.S. Fed Cup team split the opening singles Saturday against a newly invigorated Austria.
In the opening match in Salzburg, Austria, American Mary Joe Fernandez put on a fine display of baseline tennis to defeat fellow baseliner Judith Wiesner, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5).
But then Jennifer Capriati, making a comeback after two years off the pro tour, was no match for 17th ranked Barbara Paulus, who triumphed, 6-2, 6-4, in just 70 minutes.
"It was difficult playing Barbara," said Capriati. "She played so well. I've got to improve."
"Barbara just played too well. Austria should be very proud of her," said U.S. team captain Billie Jean King.
Capriati was a surprise last-minute choice for the U.S. team in this women's equivalent to the men's Davis Cup after injuries sidelined Chanda Rubin, Lindsay Davenport and Monica Seles.
While showing flashes of the huge talent that earned her the 1992 Olympic gold medal against Steffi Graf, Capriati could not keep pace with Paulus, although she did save three match points in the final game.
Paulus looked vulnerable in the second set, dropping serve three times and making a number of unforced errors. She said the mistakes were due to nerves.
Against Wiesner, the 14th-ranked Fernandez played the big points more precisely and pulled out a strong serve when it counted in a match of two skilled baseline tacticians.
"I was satisfied with my game, but she played the big points very well,'' a dispirited Wiesner said afterwards. Saturday's defeat gives her a 1-8 career record against the American - almost all close matches.
"It was another close match against her, and in the end she always does emerge the winner.''
Spain 2, S. Africa 0
Elsewhere, three-time defending Fed Cup champion Spain swept the first two singles against South Africa with Arantxa Sanchez Vicario defeating Joannette Kruger, 6-3, 6-1, and Conchita Martinez beating Amanda Coetzer, 7-5, 6-3.
Sanchez Vicario is ranked No. 2 in the world and Martinez is No. 3.
Japan 1, Germany 1
Japan and Germany split their opening singles. Kimiko Date, No. 7 on the WTA Tour, came from behind and upset fifth-ranked Anke Huber, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, after top-ranked Steffi Graf pounded out a 6-1, 6-3 victory over No. 28 player Naoko Sawamatsu.
Date said, "I've never seen her playing so well before," in the first half of the match.
Graf said she will have a tougher match against Date on Sunday.
"She already was playing very well in the Lipton {Championships}, and I had a very close match against her. She has been improving in the past year and a half and is getting more and more confident out there."
Netherlands 2, Australia 0
The Netherlands got wins from Brenda Schultz-McCarthy and Miriam Oremans for a 2-0 lead over Australia. Schultz-McCarthy defeated Rachel McQuillan, 7-5, 6-3, and Oremans had little trouble defeating Rennae Stubbs, 6-4, 6-3.
France 1, Argentina 1
France and Argentina split their opening singles.
Argentina's Florencia Labat took the opening singles over France's Nathalie Tauziat, 6-3, 6-4, and then Julie Halard-Decugis evened it for France by downing Paola Suarez, 6-4, 7-5 (9-7).
The match was played without the highest ranking players of the two countries. Gabriela Sabatini withdrew late last week with a torn stomach muscle and Mary Pierce was not named to the French starting lineup with an elbow injury.
Slovakia 2, Bulgaria 0
Slovakia took a 2-0 lead over Bulgaria when Karina Habsudova defeated Lyubomira Bacheva, 6-0, 6-1, and Katarina Studenikova came back from early deficits in both sets to defeat Svetlana Krivencheva, 7-5, 6-4.
|Apr 28th, 2016 02:41 PM
|Ms. Anthropic
Re: Steffi Graf Admiration Thread Vol 2
Supremely defiant. And also surprisingly fair, as she will directly state she thought the general public supported her and could see how unfairly the German media was treating her.
The Sunday Mail
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
April 28, 1996
WORLD tennis No 1 Steffi Graf has called off her boycott of tournaments held in Germany.
The 26-year-old, who at the start of the season said she would not play in Germany because of the ongoing investigation into her tax affairs, now will compete in the German Open in May.
Prosecutors have said they will not charge Graf, but her father Peter has been in jail since August awaiting trial for concealing his daughter's fortune in secret bank accounts held in Liechtenstein.
German papers claim Graf is on the verge of financial ruin and is likely to go bankrupt paying her enormous tax debt.
IN Monaco, teenage Dutchman Sjeng Schalken gave clay-court specialist Thomas Muster a scare before the No 1 seed fought back from a set down to win through to the semi-finals of the Monte Carlo Open.
Muster had to battle for nearly two hours -- plus a 90-minute break due to rain -- to dismiss his 19-year-old opponent 5-7, 6-1, 6-4.
Promising clay-court specialists Marcelo Rios of Chile, seeded 13th, and Spain's Alberto Costa, the 16th seed, also won their quarter-final matches to set up an intriguing semi-final.
It took Rios just over an hour to dismiss Sweden's Magnus Gustafsson 6-3, 6-4.
Costa, a quarter-finalist at the French Open and the first player to beat Muster on clay last year, was even faster, ending compatriot Felix Mantilla's promising path from the qualifying rounds 6-3, 6-3 in 67 minutes.
Muster's semi-final opponent is in-form Frenchman Cedric Pioline, who beat Spain's Carlos Costa 6-2, 6-3.
|Apr 28th, 2016 02:39 PM
|Ms. Anthropic
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I still wonder about what was really behind the German media's spitefulness and/or irrationality. This went far beyond sore feelings stemming from "Steffi wouldn't give us interviews" or Tall Poppy Syndrome. It was like ... like she was running for political office.
Germany turns on its tainted golden girl - World News
The Sunday Times
London, England
April 28, 1996
Mark Franchetti, Berlin
THE halo is beginning to slip. The adoration heaped on Steffi Graf by her once-loyal countrymen is waning fast as public opinion in Germany turns against its golden girl of tennis.
A picture of Graf biting her lip in the mass-circulation Bild newspaper last week under the headline ''Steffi severely incriminated" has signalled what could be the beginning of the end of Germany's love affair with the six-time Wimbledon champion. The ultimate symbol of German sporting success, Graf has until now been cocooned from the scandal surrounding Peter Graf, her father. He is accused of faking the star's tax returns and hiding Pounds 18.5m abroad.
Since he and Joachim Eckardt, the family's tax adviser, were formally charged 10 days ago with tax evasion by siphoning the star's earnings into a series of banks and companies abroad, there have been growing signs that Graf's desperate attempts to distance herself from the scandal have failed. Investigators say they will continue looking into her affairs until they are convinced she had no knowledge of her father's activities.
The German media have been relishing the affair. ''The mood in Germany is changing," said Hans Leinen Decker [sic] of Der Spiegel magazine. ''Being famous was still a plus when investigators first searched the Grafs' home last May. But as the evidence piles up, the ordinary taxpayer is starting to lose patience.
''The higher the taxes Germans have to pay, the less the man in the street is prepared to tolerate the rich man's trickery. The days when famous people could get away with tax evasion are over."
Last summer Graf was described as ''the model sportswoman clean, decent, wonderfully German". Her endorsement of German products brought her millions of pounds a year but those days have gone.
Last week the news magazine Stern claimed it had uncovered new evidence which might lead to Graf's imprisonment. Prosecutors dismissed the report and the player's lawyers accused the media of launching a witch-hunt.
The negative publicity, however, is said to be prompting Graf to consider moving abroad, either to America or Monaco. The scandal does not seem to have adversely affected her performance on the court. She has been in Tokyo for the past week preparing for Germany's Federation Cup series against Japan. By the time she walks off court today, she will probably have routed her opponents in straight sets.
Heinz Gunthardt, her Swiss coach, expressed little surprise last week that Graf could have remained ignorant of her father's financial dealings. ''Her greatest strength is, in this instance, her greatest curse ... she has this incredible ability to block things out. On a tennis court it is terrific because she concentrates better than anyone I have ever known. There can be pandemonium and she doesn't notice. But she carries it into her everyday life with disastrous consequences."
Even Graf's supporters argue that she was desperately naive to leave her financial affairs to her father, a former second-hand car salesman. Der Spiegel once said that for Peter Graf, ''deception and disguise seemed to be the elixir of life". Even his daughter once described him as a domineering and egocentric man ''eaten by distrust and driven by the desire for profit".
Tennis tournament organisers and companies whose products Graf promoted were often assailed with demands by Peter Graf for huge cash payments. One irritable tournament organiser described him ferrying around hundreds of thousands of D-marks, often in plastic carrier bags, ''like a drug courier". When tax investigators raided the tennis star's mansion they are said to have found more than Pounds 100,000 tucked away in drawers, cupboards and clothing.
The charge sheet lodged against Peter Graf, 57, runs to 237 pages and is contained in 170 folders. He has been held in a prison in Mannheim, southern Germany, since August: prosecutors fear he might try to flee the country if he is granted bail.
He is expected to go on trial with Eckardt later this summer and faces a maximum sentence of 10 years.
Graf, who has always been close to her father, visits him regularly in jail but relations are said to be tense.
As a result of the allegations against her father, Graf is expected to have to repay at least Pounds 14.8m in tax, Pounds 1.14m in interest, Pounds 1.37 in fines and Pounds 1.3m in lawyers' fees. She could face bankruptcy.
Graf's coach laughs at suggestions that she might be financially embarrassed. ''That's the least of her worries," said Gunthardt. ''She has such a great image, despite everything that has been happening. Companies will still want to employ her and she still has plenty of tennis left in her."
However, her game has been hampered by a serious back problem. She is taking longer rests between tournaments to recover from the pain and to seek advice from specialists in the United States and Germany. Doctors have confirmed that an operation would end her career as a top player and friends say she is afraid of the consequences of extensive surgery.
''She will play as long as she can stand the pain," said Ulrich Kaiser, a tennis expert who has known Graf since she was 14. ''It sounds crazy, but she needs the money. She has earned millions but will now have to play to earn that extra million to go towards her old age. It's very sad."
|Apr 27th, 2016 12:50 AM
|Ms. Anthropic
Re: Steffi Graf Admiration Thread Vol 2
For the curious, Steffi won Eastbourne's Under-21 tournament in 1985, over Elizabeth Minter in the final, 6-3, 6-2. No idea about the rest of the draw.
The Palm Beach Post
April 26, 1996
Palm Beach Post Wire Services
Alberto Costa of Spain routed second-seeded Andre Agassi, 6-2, 6-1 in only 54 minutes Thursday in the third round of the Monte Carlo Open. Marcelo Rios, an up-and-coming Chilean, beat Boris Becker 6-4, 6-3. Becker was playing his first tournament in six weeks while Rios had lost in the Barcelona final to Thomas Muster, who has won his last six clay court tournaments in a row. The No. 1-seeded Muster also advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) victory over Spanish teen-ager Carlos Moya to run his clay-court streak up to 32. (Results, 9C). . . In a change of her routine, Steffi Graf has entered the Eastbourne grass-court tournament the week before Wimbledon. Graf, who has won Wimbledon six times and is the reigning champion, played in Eastbourne's under-21 event in the mid-1980s but has never played in the main tournament.
|Apr 25th, 2016 07:30 PM
|Ms. Anthropic
Re: Steffi Graf Admiration Thread Vol 2
At least the correction followed swiftly in the English language media -- although some outlets, mostly tabloids, didn't get the memo or chose to ignore it. The German press was not nearly as interested in the correction as in the initial sensationalist garbage; they will hang on to it through the beginning of Peter's trial, even though Steffi will clearly explain that this is a big bunch of nothing to "Bild" itself.
Prosecutor rejects report that tennis star knew about tax evasion
The Record
Kitchner, Ontario, Canada
April 25, 1996
Associated Press
FRANKFURT, Germany -- A prosecutor on Wednesday disagreed with a report that Steffi Graf knew what happened to her earnings, allegedly funneled out of Germany for years by her father to avoid paying taxes.
Asked about the story that is to appear in the weekly Stern magazine Thursday, prosecutor Peter Wechsung in Mannheim said that based on his office's investigation, "we disagree with its conclusions."
The story says that Graf family tax adviser, Joachim Eckardt, who is in jail and charged in the case, had provided prosecutors with information that Steffi Graf knew the details of what was happening to her money.
The magazine also said that former Graf family confidant, Horst Schmitt, informed Steffi about where her money was deposited in 1991, although the tennis star has told prosecutors she paid little attention to her financial affairs to concentrate on her game.
Wechsung said that Eckhardt had never been able to incriminate the tennis player in repeated questioning, and in one session he declined to discuss Steffi Graf's role in the case.
Prosecutors a week ago charged Eckhardt and Graf's father Peter Graf with failing to report $28 million of his daughter's earnings to evade $13.3 million in taxes between 1987 and 1993.
Wechsung also said Wednesday that former family confidant Schmitt did not incriminate Steffi Graf during questioning, but rather told investigators that she was unaware of details on her financial situation, which were managed by her father.
Despite disagreement with the Stern report, Wechsung said the nearly year-long investigation continues.
The trial of Peter Graf and Eckhardt is expected to begin in late summer or early autumn, which could prevent the reigning and four-time U.S. Open champion from playing in that tournament.
|Apr 25th, 2016 07:28 PM
|Ms. Anthropic
Re: Steffi Graf Admiration Thread Vol 2
And then "stern" added its mustard. You would think that they would have learned their lesson from their little "Hitler Diaries" mistake, but no...
Allegation that Steffi Graf knew about tax fraud
The Sports Network
April 25, 1996
From News Wire Services
A published report in Germany says tennis star Steffi Graf knew about the tax fraud her father was committing that has him in jail awaiting a trial. The weekly magazine "Stern" says another defendant in the case, the Graf family tax adviser, is apparently working on a plea-bargain deal that would have him supplying information that claims the tennis star knew part of her earnings were being transferred out of Germany without any taxes being paid.
The story comes as there is increased speculation in Germany that authorities may soon file tax evasion charges against Steffi Graf. There have been several reports attempting to link her to the tax fraud, and she has been questioned by police several times. When the charges against her father, Peter Graf, and the Graf family tax advisor, Joachim Eckardt, were announced earlier this month, prosecutors again stated there was no evidence that Steffi Graf was involved. However, they also pointed out that the investigation into the case was continuing.
Peter Graf has been in custody since last August, accused of failing to pay as much as $13 million in taxes on $28 million in unreported income. Although he wasn't formally charged with income tax evasion until earlier this month, he had been in custody for several months because authorities feared he would flee the country.
Peter Graf, who has served as his daughter's manager, is accused of failing to file a tax return from 1989 through '92. When he did file a return on his daughter's estimated income in 1993, Graf allegedly paid only about one-fifth of what she made, although Germany's normal tax rate is about 50 percent for her tax bracket.
|Apr 25th, 2016 12:47 AM
|Ms. Anthropic
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"Who knows what's going on inside her?" Probably NOT severe heartburn. Probably finely controlled rage.
Fault: Graf's Father Latest To Instigate Tennis Racket
Chicago Sun-Times
April 24, 1996
Rick Telander
Tennis fathers, tennis daughters.
If there is a more volatile familial mix in the sporting world, it could only be football stars and the wives and girlfriends they so often slap around.
Top-ranked Steffi Graf, 26, is the latest female tennis star to be undone by her male parent.
In a case that has been proceeding for nearly a year, Graf's imprisoned 57-year-old father, Peter, has been charged with evading taxes on his daughter's huge financial holdings. According to reports from Germany, Steffi Graf is not clear of suspicion in the case, even though she basically turned all her financial dealings over to her father. In any event, she seems likely to have to pay up to $32 million in back taxes, interest, fines and legal fees in the matter.
Because her savings have been estimated at $28 million, such a punishment would leave her bankrupt.
Through it all, Graf has been stoic on court and as successful as ever. She only lost twice last year and has told friends that the lined court has become her island of peace, her refuge from the other court and its swirling legal storm.
"It's a wonder what she's accomplished. Phenomenal, really," says Jim Fuhse, the director of publicity for the Women's Tennis Association and a friend of Graf's since she was 13. "It's been very hard for her to see her father in jail, and for almost a year there has been this shadow hanging over her. Who knows what's going on inside her?"
Probably severe heartburn.
Her love for her father is now tempered by the final and painful knowledge that he has used her, that he is deeply flawed, and that much of what she is surely has been created by him.
The back-and-forth tugs that Graf clearly feels toward her father are typical of the feelings of tennis daughters toward domineering, single-minded and often abusive dads who pushed their girls to success and nearly destroyed the two of them in the process. Tennis boys often have pushy parents, too - Jimmy Connors' mom was a classic - but it is still the young female athlete's burden in this society to be perceived as needing a man's touch to move her forward.
Nor are the tennis fathers always subtle about their manipulative techniques.
Peter Graf allegedly beat and kicked his daughter at various times in her training process. According to a friend of Peter's, the father would sometimes come from Steffi's hotel room and state, "I've just now smacked her." The friend told the German magazine Der Spiegel that he saw Peter Graf kick Steffi and that the elder Graf "treated her like a dog."
Tennis star Mary Pierce can understand such accusations because her father, Jim, a felon who served five years in prison, often abused her and her mother as he pushed her to greatness. Her ambivalence toward her father was the thing that prevented Mary from breaking away from his clutches until his behavior became so bizarre he was banned by authorities from attending her matches.
"One reason I hesitated to break away was that you just don't know what he might do," she said in 1993.
Graf could not have known what her father was capable of, either. She is so tough and has overcome so many physical injuries during her career, that it's no surprise she has needed the law to intervene and make her aware of the mental injuries she has been dealt.
When she broke down at the 1995 U.S. Open and cried in front of reporters who had asked about her father, it was the first time she had shown that she was a normal, fragile person and not simply a machine that mowed down opponents 6-1, 6-1.
"People embraced her after that," Fuhse says. "She is now much more reflective and more thoughtful than before. All of this has moved her more and more to become her own person."
The same, basically, is true of Jennifer Capriati, the onetime child wizard whose tennis dad was instrumental in leading her to a similar meltdown of the soul. Capriati is back now, older - and wiser, we hear. It was no accident that before she returned to the tour some months ago, Capriati visited Graf in Boca Raton, Fla., and talked some serious turkey with the mega-star about everything.
Psychological traumas have been the catalysts for a number of women tennis players to break away from the clutches of those who shaped them. Those same traumas helped the young women become more complete human beings.
In the case of Monica Seles, it was a knife in the back that propeled her into adulthood. But that jolt could not have been much worse than the mental wounds suffered by the other female stars at the hands of their own flesh and blood.
For Steffi Graf, the gift from her father is mental and financial. She now has the rest of her career to work it off.
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This is the kind of speculation and wishful thinking I would expect from the Sorority Sisters and the IMG Machine at their private ice cream socials, not from a "serious" publication.
Graf still under tax investigation
Tennis star might miss U.S Open if charged with evasion
Austin American-Statesman
April 24, 1996
Associated Press
FRANKFURT, Germany -- Steffi Graf, whose father Peter is jailed on tax evasion charges, also remains under investigation and might miss the U.S. Open, plus another tournament in New York, according to Der Spiegel magazine.
The Hamburg-based weekly, which has regularly carried reports on the Grafs' tax evasion case, said in Monday editions that after 50 weeks of investigation, prosecutors are renewing their efforts to determine if there are grounds to charge Steffi Graf.
The report said the 26-year-old player was disappointed that the investigation against her wasn't dropped when her father and family tax adviser, Joachim Eckardt, were charged last Wednesday.
Peter Graf, who has been jailed in Mannheim since Aug. 2, and Eckhardt, jailed since Sept. 25, were charged with evading $13 million in taxes on $28 million of the World No. 1 player's earnings between 1987 and 1993.
Spiegel said investigators discovered that the 56-year-old Graf had access to his daughter's German bank account and that he withdrew up to $350,000 annually, part of it for his private use. Steffi Graf was supposedly not aware of the withdrawals.
Quoting Mannheim state prosecutor Peter Wechsung, Spiegel said that if it can be determined that Steffi Graf knew more about the tax evasion than has thus far come to light, she would also "be charged but not arrested.''
At least $26.6 million of her earnings was slipped out of Germany and deposited in foreign accounts to avoid taxes, according to the report.
Insiders estimate that another $13.3 million are still hidden in undisclosed deposits and that Steffi Graf faces money problems if it isn't found, Spiegel said.
"It is currently unknown if Steffi will be able to play the U.S. Open in late summer, and later, the Masters final, to refill her empty accounts,'' Spiegel said.
Mannheim prosecutors have said they expect the tax evasion case to go to court sometime in late summer or early autumn. The U.S. Open is scheduled from Aug. 26 to Sept. 2, and the WTA Tour Championships, previously called the Masters [sic], at Madison Square Garden the week of Nov. 18.
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A man is facing assault charges after allegedly threatening three women with a gun and barricading himself in a home. Police responded to a report of a disturbance on 7th avenue just before 6 p.m. on October 29th.
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"The boyfriend was highly intoxicated and threatened several members of the household with a loaded firearm. He ordered them to leave the house, loaded up a firearm and pointed it at them," said Achee.
The man was identified as John Lloyd Japhet. The women left the home and had a cab driver call 911. Police called in additional forces, blocked off the street, and evacuated neighboring homes. Officers tried to contact Japhet by phone and blasting a loudspeaker, but were unable to do so.
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Madison, WI– The need for secure and reliable financial services is not a unique one in the international community but the availability of these services often is challenging. This is especially true in primarily Muslim countries, such as Iran, where traditional interest bearing accounts and credit practices are forbidden by religious doctrine. That is where the World Council of Credit Unions, Inc. (WOCCU) steps in to build a bridge between people of countries, spreading the guiding philosophy of the credit union movement; people helping people.
This past December, Dr. Mo Vaziri traveled to the capital city of Tehran on a mission for the World Council of Credit Unions. Dr. Mo Vaziri, who on a typical day presides over a subsidiary division of Arrowhead Credit Union. Vaziri was chosen for this role because of his prior experience consulting for the Iranian Central Bank on the restructuring of the Tehran Stock Exchange three years ago.
There are 1,579 credit unions in Iran with 419,069 members. Some of these credit unions serve across the country, such as Samen Alaemeh, with 500 branches nationwide and Mola Almovahedin with 300 branches. With growth of the credit union sector, the credit unison have asked for advice in the establishment of a regulatory agency over the credit union system.
"Vaziri's unique perspective, having worked with financial agencies in Iran as well as other countries, coupled with his educational background and credit union expertise made him the perfect choice to assist with this auspicious undertaking," states Larry Sharp, President/CEO of Arrowhead Credit Union. "We were happy to donate his time to make this event happen."
According to Brian Branch, Chief Operating Officer at WOCCU, who helped to organize the trip, "credit unions are one of the most active community based means by which ordinary people exercise democracy and economic self help around the world. Credit unions provide members with a means by which they can improve their lives through their own collective actions."
Vaziri adds, "It was a great experience to visit Iran as the role of financial cooperatives throughout the country is expanding. By participating in WOCCU, the Iranian credit union system will have access to the technology and processes to assist them in providing more financial services to their members with better oversight from the new regulatory agency."
"To help in the development of the global credit union community is a testimony to the viability of the credit union message; as we establish these bonds and learn from other cultures, they learn from our financial practices, and we can be ambassadors of goodwill around the world," states Sharp.
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Laurus Wing at Usula Hall has been constructed from shipping containers. Photo: Jamila Toderas
Shipping containers, whether you love them or loathe them, are definitely here to stay.
There are ''tens of thousands'' of them across the ACT in front and backyards and on building sites, churches, nursing homes, hospitals, schools, commercial premises and sportsgrounds ''in lieu of purpose-built sheds'', according to the Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate.
And dozens of ANU students are currently residing in shipping containers, at the Laurus Wing in Ursula Hall.
Cooma Diesel's Jane Lynch opens the door of their shipping container which they use for storage at their business in Fyshwick. Photo: Rohan Thomson
There are few controls on the demountable structures. The directorate said there was no blanket law that prohibits the use of shipping containers in residential areas, and a shipping container on a front yard is not prohibited.
They can be up to 12.2 metres long, 2.5 metres wide and 3.2 metres high, and range in condition from freshly painted and pristine to rusting hulks that have covered hundreds of thousands of nautical miles.
And surprisingly, despite their number, shipping containers have prompted relatively few complaints.
Natasha Purvis inside her accommodation at ANU. Photo: Jamila Toderas
''Between 2008 and 2013 at least 19 complainants listed their complaint as being shipping containers,'' a spokesman said.
Residents, aesthetically challenged by a shipping container on a block of land in their immediate neighbourhood, do not have an automatic basis for a complaint.
And it would be inappropriate to impose additional specific regulations on shipping containers in the ACT, former National Capital Authority chief Annabelle Pegrum believes.
Ms Pegrum, who headed the National Capital Authority from 1998 to 2008, says the structures have "pluses and minuses'' and their use needs to be managed as part of the broader issue of preserving and enhancing Canberra's streetscapes.
On the plus side, the containers play a valuable role in commercial precincts and, as structures, have characteristics that allow them to be repurposed in creative ways that can contribute to the city's art and culture.
"Creative and innovative design should respect an object's intrinsic qualities,'' she said.
"In the case of a shipping container that includes portability and robustness. An example of the excellent use of containers was the transformation of two containers into a "pop up'' bar and "pop up'' gallery during the Centenary Year as the Walt and Miz project.''
Australian National University postgraduate law student Natasha Purvis said that as long as designers think outside the square containers can create a positive and comfortable environment.
She has been living in one since 2010 as the first resident to move into the Laurus Wing of the ANU's Ursula Hall.
The 70-unit accommodation block was completed in just six months thanks to the utilisation of stackable purpose-built shipping containers made and fitted out in China.
While not necessarily cheaper than a conventional building, the Laurus Wing has a number of advantages.
These include the speed of construction and the fact that unlike normal college accommodation it can be dismantled and reused on another site.
Ms Purvis, who is due to move out in July after completing her studies, will miss her container home.
"It has been very nice to have my own space even though it is tiny,'' she said. "When it is only you it is fine and I've had parties with up to 12 people inside. There is a lot of hidden storage. I describe it as 'Japanese living'.''
The structure is very energy efficient. "It is light and airy. All the units face Black Mountain so the views are good and we get the afternoon sun.
Her rent, of about $240 a week, is reasonable by Canberra standards and covers all utilities including power and the Internet.
"It would be very hard to find a room in a shared house which offered as much for similar money.''
Nikki Butlin, who masterminded Walt and Miz, said the bar had since been acquired by Lonsdale Street Roasters.
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Jane Lynch, of Responsive Engineering, is another fan. In her case a container is used to store components for the locally developed Water Watch system that protects diesel four-wheel-drives from water fuel contamination.
The product was a winner on the ABC's New Inventors in 2011 and Responsive Engineering ships up to 100 units a month.
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Five European Airports to Avoid for Flight Connections
Zach Honig
1. London Heathrow (LHR)
It's no surprise that Europe's busiest airport is also the most inconvenient for transfers. A hub for British Airways, BMI, and Virgin Atlantic, London's Heathrow Airport offers direct flights to nearly every major city on the globe, but the airport's enormous size and confusing security procedures make for a very complicated, and time-consuming transfer. For several years, Heathrow also had a single carry-on bag policy in effect, allowing only one bag per passenger to pass through security checkpoints regardless of airline policy. This carry-on restriction was lifted in 2008, and is now at the individual airline's discretion. Several of my personal air travel records were made at Heathrow, including most expensive bagel breakfast (about $15 with orange juice), and longest gate-to-gate connection time, at over two hours in 2007.
In addition to being a major airline hub, LHR made news when it became a hub for stranded passengers in 2010, for nearly a week in April during the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland, and again just before Christmas, after heavy snowfall resulted in all flights being cancelled for several days. If you have no choice but to connect at Heathrow, allow at least two hours for your connection, especially if you need to transfer between terminals.
2. Paris Charles De Gaulle (CDG)
Years before I visited the city of Paris, I had several opportunities to breathe the crisp winter air outside the French capital's largest airport–Charles De Gaulle–thanks to its bizarre overuse of air stairs and secure-area buses. Rather than utilizing jet bridges, many passengers are transported from their arriving aircraft to the terminal, and back to their departing aircraft by bus, but only after passing through immigration and walking a mile or two between terminals, of course. On one occasion, I was driven from my arriving aircraft to one terminal, then driven from another terminal to my departing aircraft, located just a few feet from where my first flight had pulled in several hours before.
3. Madrid Barajas (MAD)
If you're flying into Madrid on Iberia or another One World airline, chances are you'll arrive in terminal 4, which Barajas airport boasts as being one of the largest in the world. Unfortunately, enormous terminals and seamless connections don't go hand in hand, so allow plenty of time for a connection at Barajas. And then add another hour, just in case. Ceiling-mounted signs guide passengers from gate to gate in terminal 4, which, based on its size, should really be divided into several smaller terminals linked together by a rail system. MAD may just drive you mad, as it did during my first visit in 2006. I missed my flight, despite having over an hour to make my connection. Fortunately, Iberia agents in the secure area of the airport rebooked me on the next flight to Barcelona without issue, but my bags didn't arrive until the day before my return to the U.S. - apparently a common complaint among MAD T4 passengers.
4. Milan Malpensa (MXP)
A hub for European airline giants Lufthansa and EasyJet, passengers flying from one European destination to another are more likely to make a connection at Milan's Malpensa airport than those flying from the United States. If you're planning to connect at MXP, pack a sandwich or two - restaurant options are incredibly limited after your pass through security, and food is overpriced, if you're even able to find something appealing. Common complaints include overcrowded terminals and dated, poorly maintained restrooms - depending on the terminal, you may even find your in-flight lavatory to be more comfortable and sanitary. Milan may be the design capital of the world, but its largest airport is in desperate need of a makeover.
5. Moscow Sheremetyevo (SVO)
Moscow may seem an unlikely city for connections in Europe, but as a hub for Aeroflot, tourists visiting cities in Eastern Europe and the Middle East from U.S. cities served by the Russian airline may find themselves connecting at Sheremetyevo. Like the even less desirable airports to the west, connections at SVO should be avoided, unless you happen to stumble upon an unbeatable airfare on Aeroflot. The airport suffers from a terrible layout, confusing signs, and an unhelpful staff. Transfers within the same terminal are less painful than those between terminals, since you'll need to pass through Russian immigrations to change terminals, which requires a transit visa for citizens of most other countries. Additionally, because of visa requirements, visits to Moscow are impractical during long layovers or delays.
What do you think is the worst European airport for connections?
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I question how recently the author has visited Charles De Gaulle. I used to call CDG the ninth circle of hell (I live in Italy and often connect there), but in the last two years it has improved so far as to be unrecognizable. It used to be the kind of place that was so maze-like that you suspected it was trying to make you miss your flight, but the last time I found only clear and easy-to-follow signage. The bus transit has improved enormously as well, with a helpful fluent English-speaking employee who asks you if you have any doubts while you're waiting, and only two stops (it goes back and forth between the two terminals). The new terminal is BEAUTIFUL--like a wood-panelled hangar, with cushy seating. Generally I've always left a good 2.5 hours to make a connection and have come close to missing it, but the last time I ended up waiting at my gate for 2 hours as a result--could have made the tight connection comfortably. And Air France's transatlantic flights (complimentary champagne, tasty food, personal TVs, wide seats) is the most comfortable I've found (though I've heard that Swiss is pretty nice as well).
And I swear they're not paying me! Just thought that real change for the better should be noted and rewarded.
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Regarding Heathrow for transfers you have to keep in mind that if you fly British Airways and arrive at Terminal 5 the transfers are easy once you know where the gate is you are transfering from. However do not ask the BA workers e.g maintenance etc for help with luggage as they are rude and either ignore you or refuse to by making excuses. They do have shuttle buses that are easy to come by right outside the terminals to transfer to other terminals or to hotels.
Food is expensive but it is at every airport
Thanks for sharing this news,In future i keep all this in my mind and avoid all these airports which are explained in the post. don't even aware about these airports to be avoided
Paris' CDG isn't bad at all. Chicago's ORD and JFK in New York are worse. Definitely need longer layovers in those. I also didn't mind Milan's airport.
I did not, however, like Amsterdam's. It gave me a bad impression of the city, just inside the airport (which is unfair).
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The Power of Independent Thinking
Developing the Developed World
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In his #1 New York Times bestselling book, Zero to One, Peter Thiel presents his often contrarian ideas about competition, progress, technology, and finding value in unexpected placesto build a future that we have yet to dream, but that may someday become reality. In Developing the Developed World he brings these ideas to life, including his insights on how to create true innovations in the world of atomsnot just digits and bitsand how to foster a peaceful, prosperous and freer future marked by globalization in a world of limited resources.
Peter Thiel is Founder and Managing Member of Clarium Capital Management, LLC; Co-Founder of Paypal, Palantir Technologies, Mithril Capital Management, and Valar Ventures; Managing Partner of Founders Fund; and past President of Thiel Capital International and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Confinity, Inc. He has been a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, and he is the author of the books:
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He co-founded PayPal in 1998, led it as CEO, and in 2002 sold it to eBay and founded Clarium Capital Management, a global macro fund. In 2004 he made the first outside investment in Facebook, where he serves as a director. The same year he co-founded Palantir Technologies, a software company that harnesses computers to empower human analysts in fields like security and global finance. He has provided early funding for LinkedIn, Yelp, RoboteX, Spotify, and dozens of successful technology startups. He is a co-founder and partner at Founders Fund, a venture capital firm that has funded companies like SpaceX and Airbnb. And in 2012 he co-founded Mithril Capital Management, an international technology investment fund.
Mr. Thiel started the Thiel Fellowship, which ignited a national debate by encouraging young people to put learning before schooling, and he leads the Thiel Foundation, which works to advance technological progress and long-term thinking about the future. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University, where he received an A.B. in philosophy and a J.D. from the Stanford University School of Law. He further co-produced the film, "Thank You for Smoking," he was rated a master by the United States Chess Federation, and he received the Innovation Award from "The Economist" in 2010.
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April 9, 2014
In this clip from "Ron Paul: Liberty Defined," Dr. Paul talks about how governments instill fear in populations through propaganda.
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Recorded: Thursday, July 18, 2013
Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism: A special evening with our "Challenge of Liberty Summer Seminars" students and featured by C-SPAN's Book TV. Watch this eye-opening, timely discussion on the recent revelations of systematic government spyingincluding NSA accessing of phone records, USPS photocopying the exterior of all mail, and the dangers posed to liberty and security by these and other such unchecked and unconstitutional powers.
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Recorded: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
February 12, 2008
The Independent Institute, Oakland, CA
The 1967 Outer Space Treaty designated space for peaceful purposes as the province of all mankind. Virtually all spacefaring nations now favor a new treaty to accommodate major changes in geopolitics and military technology. The United States, however, has blocked negotiations, citing potential threats to U.S. rights, capabilities, and freedom of action. Some self-proclaimed space warriors even argue that U.S. military dominance in orbital space will be the only guarantee for international peace. But in Twilight War: The Folly of U.S. Space Dominance, Mike Moore, former editor of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, argues that such American exceptionalism, Will not guarantee American security; it will guarantee conflict, and possibly, a new cold war. Come join us for a stimulating forum on what could be the most crucial national security issue of this century.
Mike Moore is Research Fellow at The Independent Institute, former editor of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and author of the book, Twilight War: The Folly of U.S. Space Dominance. He is the author of many articles on national security, conflict resolution, nuclear weapons and proliferation, space weaponry, and related topics. Mike has spoken at many professional conferences and meetings sponsored by scientific organizations and policy institutes.
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- The present study sought to investigate whether differences in Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) need for achievement (n Achievement) scores were a function of three experimental conditions: stimulus cues presented as a picture, a slide projection, or a sentence lead describing the picture. Measures were taken from 47 males ofn Achievement (TAT), perceptions of the stimulus cues (Perception of Stimulus Cue Scale), and perceptions of the test condition context (Perception of Test Condition Scale). As predicted, differences were found in n Achievement scores between the three experimental conditions, with the scores of subjects in the slide condition being significantly higher than those of subjects in the picture and sentence conditions. Analyses revealed no consistent pattern of differences in perceptions of the cues responsible for the differences in n Achievement scores. Rather, n Achievement score differences were in a large part due to perceived differences in the atmosphere or ambience of the slide condition. The results of the study led to important recommendations being made to standardise TAT measurement. These included the development of a standard set of sentence leads to accompany TAT pictures and standard test instructions for persons taking the test and those administering it.
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- Conference abstract
- Source
- Paper presented to the 21st Annual Experimental Psychology Conference, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1994, p. 86
- Publication year
- 1994
- Keyword(s)
- Achievement; Cues; Motivation; TAT; Thematic Apperception Test
- Publisher
- Australian Psychological Society
- Publisher URL
- none


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Press Release
Statement on Falsehoods in the Media
January 21, 2013
Online and media reports claiming that the U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, Anne W. Patterson, made statements to the website of the Israeli newspaper Maariv asserting that Israel has the right to Egyptian land are completely false. The Ambassador has never conducted an interview with Maariv and never made any of the reported statements. We encourage journalists to call our press office (which is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week) to check the facts about U.S. Government policies, activities and statements before publishing stories about the United States.


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May 6, 2016
36 year old Wesley Allen Shelton of Santa Rosa Beach has been arrested by Walton County Sheriff's Investigators for embezzling almost 25,000 dollars from where he worked.
Shelton was employed at Sandcastle Escapes in late April when Deputies say she developed a scheme to defraud by writing several checks to himself totaling almost $25,000 from the firms business account.
An arrest warrant was issued on Wednesday and Shelton was arrested and charged with Engaging in a Scheme to Defraud, a second degree felony, and Grand Theft over $20,000, also a second degree felony.
Shelton was booked into the Walton County Department of Corrections in DeFuniak Springs with a bond amount of $25,000.
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System Security Standard Find out the standard ways to secure a system at UW Medicine
New Data Stewardship Training Know your Role and Responsibilities for Confidential Information
How to Encrypt Computing Devices and Electronic Data How do I encrypt?
Information Security Policies Home of the Information Security Policies
Departmental Training Materials Training materials for use in departmental education
Self Service Vulnerability Assessement Find your Vulnerabilities
Frequently Asked Questions Find Security related answers
Glossary of Terms Information Security Term Definitions
Contact the Information Security Team We are here to Help
Secure Remote Access UW Medicine Networks Team
UW Office of the CISO UW Chief Information Security Officers Website
Protection of confidential information is of the highest priority in UW Medicine. Confidential information includes protected health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII). If possible, users should avoid storing PHI or PII on laptops, USB memory sticks, and other mobile devices since any information on a mobile device is at elevated risk for unauthorized disclosure secondary to loss and theft. If storage of PHI or PII on a mobile device is necessary, UW Medicine requires that these devices be encrypted.
Encryption is the process of converting data into an unreadable format that is reversible with the use of a security key or password.
There are three parts to encryption: restricted and confidential data to protect, an encryption cipher or algorithm and an encryption key. We have sensitive data to protect so encryption software uses an approved encryption algorithm to "scramble" the data and make it unreadable. The data is stored or transmitted and when someone needs to view the data they use the key or password to "unscramble" or decrypt it.
If you access, store or use Protected Health Information (PHI) or Personally Identifiable Information (PII) or other confidential data on a laptop or a mobile device you must encrypt the data.
Protecting patient data is of primary importance to the organization. We all need to take due care with patient data and ensure that their privacy is not compromised. Mobile devices pose a unique problem as they are easy targets for theft and loss. The data stored on these devices needs to be protected because of this problem. Encryption is a standard solution and is an effective tool to prevent unauthorized access to data.
**Here is a flow chart to help you determine your encryption needs** (pdf version)
We have put together a list of options based on the operating system and popular solutions available today.
UW Medicine promotes the use of full disk encryption for laptops and mobile devices wherever possible. Some of the solutions listed below are not full disk.
Before installing any of the solutions listed below BACK UP YOUR DATA. If something happens to your password or key, or if the installation goes wrong you could lose all the data on your laptop or mobile device. Once the encryption solution is installed you should routinely back up your data to make sure you have the most current set of data available to you in case something happens to your device.
Any pay solutions listed below are up to the end user to determine how to pay for.
The product listed below will work on all Microsoft and Mac operating systems. It is also a full-disk encryption solution with vendor support.
This product was chosen because the University of Washington already has an agreement in place with the vendor for their anti-virus solution.
If you are going to be putting any RESTRICTED or CONFIDENTIAL electronic data on your Android device, then you must encrypt it. This can be done in multiple ways.
If you must put the files on your Android device then there are encryption applications that you can use to encrypt images, notes, and files on your Android device.
Two top encryption applications for Android are:
If you have Android version 4.0 or above than you can encrypt your phone using the new built in "Encrypt your phone" functionality.
You can find more about this new feature on the Google site located here: Android Encrypt your phone Support page
iOS device running iOS 3.0 or higher have built in encryption for the hardware on the device. This does not mean the data on your device is secure. If the device is jailbroken then the unauthorized individual could have access to most of the data on the device.
If your iOS device is running iOS 4.0 or higher and has a passcode set, the iPhone will automatically encrypt all the data.
If you can't protect data by encrypting your laptop, saving it to an alternate storage device is another option.
Alternate storage devices include USB flash drives, also called thumb or jump drives, and external hard drives. Using alternate data storage devices requires more care on your part. Only use storage devices that are encrypted or are physically secured. While you are working, you must double-check that you are saving data only to the alternate storage device.
These devices are more vulnerable to theft and loss than larger devices. If you choose to use an external hard drive, it should not leave your work area and it should be physically secured with a cable lock. If you store data on a USB drive you should attach it to a lanyard to reduce the risk of loss. Another portable storage device solution is BitLocker to Go, available on Windows 7 Enterprise.
Note that the software provided to encrypt and decrypt alternate storage devices might require administrative privileges on your computer. Check with your system administrator for assistance if you do not have administrator rights.
Encrypting USB Storage Devices using BitLocker To Go - Printable PDF Instructions
If your question was not answered on this page, we have compiled a list of questions frequently asked about Laptop and Mobile Device Encryption here: FAQ
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FCC Proposes Licensing New Wireless Spectrum for Flexible Use
By J. Bradford Currier and Marc Martin
The spectrum band used for mobile wireless service would be extended by 10 MHz under a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking recently released by the Federal Communications Commission. Under the proposal, the FCC would license the so-called "H Block" spectrum for flexible use through a system of competitive bidding expected to occur in 2013. The licensing of the H Block was a requirement of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, and the proceeds from the H Block auction will be used to support the buildout of a nationwide interoperable public safety network and reduce the national deficit. The FCC stated that its proposal is necessary to meet the growing demand for wireless broadband and follows other recent FCC efforts to make more wireless spectrum available.
Under the proposal, the FCC would license H Block spectrum for use in exclusive geographic areas. H Block licensees would be required to provide signal coverage and offer service to: (1) at least 40% of the population in each licensed area within four years and (2) at least 70% of the population in each licensed area at the end of a 10-year license term. New licensees would be required to reimburse a portion of the costs incurred in prior efforts to clear incumbents from the H Block and may disaggregate, partition, and lease their spectrum, subject to the FCC's rules. Mobile and low-powered fixed transmissions would be authorized in the lower H Block spectrum, with base and fixed transmissions permitted in the upper H Block spectrum.
The FCC seeks comment on the above proposals as well as the appropriate interference mitigation techniques to ensure that the lower H Block spectrum does not cause interference to existing adjacent wireless operations. The FCC asserted that the power and emission limitations offered in its proposal would be sufficient to ensure that new and existing licensees can operate harmoniously but reserved the right to allocate the lower H Block spectrum to unlicensed use should interference issues become unmanageable.
Comments on the proposal are due by February 6, 2012, with reply comments due by March 6, 2013.


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Police say they have detained the driver of a train that crashed in northwestern Spain and killed 78 people.
Galicia region National Police Chief Jaime Iglesias says driver Francisco Jose Garzon Amo was officially detained in the hospital where is recovering.
Iglesias said Friday that Garzon Amo would be questioned "as a suspect for a crime linked to the cause of the accident."
He says the driver is being guarded by police and cannot yet testify because of his medical condition. Iglesias said he did not have details of the medical condition but that it could delay the driver's statement.
Police scientists examining the remains of those killed in Spain's worst train crash in decades lowered the death count from 80 people to 78 on Friday and said the count could change as they continue their work identifying body parts and associating them with others.
Investigators, meanwhile, have taken possession of the "black boxes" of the train, which hurtled at high-speed along a curve and derailed, court spokeswoman Maria Pardo Rios said Friday. The boxes record train's trip data, including speed and distances and braking and are similar to flight recorders for airplanes.
The revised death toll came as forensic scientists matched body parts with each other at a makeshift morgue set up in a sports arena in Santiago de Compostela, in the northwestern Galicia region, where the train crashed Wednesday just as it was entering the outskirts of the city, said Antonio de Amo, the police chief in charge of the scientific service for Spain's National Police.
De Amo said police are still working to identify what they believe are the remains of six people.
Analysis will be performed to determine why the train was traveling far above the speed limit when it crashed near a station in Santiago de Compostela, Rios said. She declined comment on how long the analysis will take.
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May 2, 2016
Associated Press Release
CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. (AP) -- A family out scalloping in the Gulf of Mexico spotted a missing fisherman and pulled him to safety.
Tampa television station WTSP reports 51-year-old Efstathios "Steve" Moumouris treaded water for nearly 24 hours after a bad storm tossed him from his boat on Wednesday afternoon. He was not wearing a life jacket.
Todd Hoy and his family had heard about the missing boater when they headed into the Gulf on Thursday. So, they were keeping an eye out for him while scalloping. They spotted him about 7 miles offshore of Crystal River.
Hoy says Moumouris was fairly coherent when they got him on board. They called his wife, who called his rescue a miracle.
He was taken to Seven Rivers Medical Center in Crystal River suffering from dehydration.
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