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...more fan-friendly major sports in the country. The drivers are often remarkably accessible, even signing autographs for fans on race days. NASCAR may need to get even cozier with them. As NASCAR raced to the top of the American sporting scene, it might have taken its base a bit for granted. "We need to engage the fans with more passion," says driver Jeff Burton, a 17-year Sprint Cup veteran. "We need to be creative, to come up with better ideas." One thought officials are kicking around right now: sending drivers to local markets weeks, even months, before race...
...some areas, tackling the militias can backfire. In the northeastern province of Badakhshan, local commander Nazir Mohammad runs the provincial capital, Faizabad, as one big protection racket. Foreign humanitarian organizations that don't hire his security services face attacks. When organizers at the German-run regional military-assistance base attempted to dismiss his men because of a compelling accusation of murder, the base was firebombed; Taliban militants were blamed even though they are not known to operate in that area. Says a former prosecutor at the Attorney General's office: "Mohammad is such a powerful person in Badakhshan that...
...billion this year and up to $3 billion next year. In Montana, which earned big bucks last year from its natural resources, education is funded primarily through property taxes, and many fear that the closing of mines and aluminum plants could trigger a mass exodus and redistribute the tax base. "It doesn't look good," says Eric Feaver, who heads the MEA-MFT, a union of teachers and state employees. "People around here are starting to ask themselves what will happen if people leave...
Circa 2005 the Canadian music scene began to be stirred up and investigated by American indie lovers intrigued by discoveries of The Arcade Fire, The Dears, or Broken Social Scene, among others. Malajube has certainly benefited from the heightened interest, but unusually so, acquiring an international fan-base without catering to an English-speaking audience. Characterized by epic orchestration and multilayered instrumentation, Canadian indie rock bands have developed a cohesive sound that Malajube employs, but to an much brighter end overall. The band’s third release, “Labyrinthes,” is driven by poppy, upbeat...
...culture”).Now, it is time to introduce yourself. Everyone knows that first impressions count—so make a big one. If your TF asks for an interesting fact about you, claim to have (made out with Lady GaGa/been a contestant on Global Guts/gone to second base with Golda Meir/seen Tom Selleck in an airplane museum/lost your virginity to Lil’ Bow Wow…’s cousin).But you can’t rest on your laurels for long. Before you know it, you are going to have to make a cogent argument, like...