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...retired at 35 with a reported $2 billion in his pocket. Like most other entrepreneurs who have made their first billion before 35, the boyish-looking Skoll is an intensely driven man. Exhausted employees say he is rarely out of touch and never without his Sidekick, Treo and cell phone. These days Skoll's primary objective is not to make money but rather to spend what he has pursuing such lofty ideals as government accountability and social and economic justice...
...ready to graduate from treadmill to triathlon, consider Carmichael Training Systems (CTS). Run by Chris Carmichael, Lance Armstrong's coach, CTS offers hard-core online regimens and personal coaching via phone and e-mail. First, the center's trainers assess your fitness level and goals, preferably in person. Then they provide nutritional advice and guide you remotely through every workout. Clients log in to trainright.com to track progress. This type of élite coaching doesn't come cheap. Depending on the level of supervision, the cost ranges from $39 to $1,500 a month...
...What happened next in Dongzhou, though, was far from ordinary. Just after 7 p.m., say two locals reached by TIME by phone, riot police opened fire on the villagers, who responded by throwing homemade explosives. By the time the smoke had cleared, Lin and at least five others were dead, according to the two eyewitnesses. "We never imagined that they would shoot people," says a Dongzhou housewife surnamed Huang, whose father was injured in the fight. On Saturday, a government report said three villagers had died, adding that the police were forced to shoot in self-defense. But three locals...
...unconventional use of the umbrellas injects a layer of inventive visual interpretation into the entire production. While holed up in his room, Berenger receives a threatening phone call from the rhinoceroses—there is no sound, but the audience watches with trepidation as he frantically unscrews the receiver to reveal a miniature red umbrella within the phone. In the chilling final set, hundreds of umbrellas, motionless and silent, provide an unsettling backdrop for Berenger’s anguished cries...
...first associate dean of advising programs in February. The post, an attempt to coordinate Harvard’s advising resources and foster more interaction between students and their advisers, was included among recommendations from the Harvard College Curricular Review’s Committee on Advising and Counseling. On the phone from Princeton yesterday, Rinere said she plans to conduct a “talking tour” of the campus to better understand Harvard’s academic and cultural landscape before she begins to make changes. She even got a jump start on her talking tour by asking this...