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...advisers helping train a 9,000-man Iraqi Army battalion near Ramadi. Garza said he's working on the second half of his fourth tour in Iraq. "It's a beautiful thing," he said from his spot on a wall outside Government Center, which was the focus of al-Qaeda attacks for most of the last four years. "We wouldn't have been sitting here doing this in January. No way," he said. "But just in a blink of an eye you could see this place change. The people just switched and wouldn't let [al-Qaeda] back into their...
...scientists from 13 nations - and here's the important part - it was commissioned by the governments of China and Brazil, two future energy superpowers. The recommendations made in the report aren't exactly earth-shattering - you may have heard that we should conserve more - but what matters is the focus on the developing world, as both a market for and a center of energy innovation. "The new frontiers of energy are much more likely to be in China and India and comparable places than in the [developed world]," said Ged Davis, one of the report's panelists and a British...
...date. Grants of $180,000 each will go to five education-oriented non-profits in the Greater New York area. The gift will provide another $200,000 for need-based scholarships at Harvard Business School (HBS), as well as full scholarships for two Harvard MBA students who focus on non-profit management. The club’s members provide about $1 million worth of pro bono consulting every year, but this year marks the first time that HBSCNY will offer a gift approaching this size, along with its consulting services, according to HBSCNY President Bruce T. Marcus. The extra money...
...best boat in the world for 99 percent of the race.”Harvard’s strongest and most experienced rowers typically comprise the championship four, a tactic of coach Harry Parker’s that differentiates the Crimson from the majority of collegiate rowing programs that focus their efforts on the championship eight entry. “It’s really an opportunity,” Kitovitz said. “Obviously, the college program relies on racing eights the whole time, but the Head of the Charles is kind of different, so it?...
...Rick’s Café Boatyard. TD Ameritrade CEO Joseph H. Moglia said in an interview with The Crimson that U.S. companies will have to undertake a balancing act to remain competitive.“At the end of the day, American businesses will do well if they focus on understanding how to care for their clients, providing a reasonable rate of return to their shareholders, and understanding that you deliver through your employees,” he said. “They need to understand the mission.” The students who went on the trip, which...