AptarGroup, Inc. ATR lost money when we started worrying less about how we look and more about our bank accounts. Luckily, the stressed-out world will always be sick--making the plastic snap-top maker continue to be profitable.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] My shooting buddy Steve Kukowski is a veteran police officer, currently a captain with his department, a PPC Grand Master and member of the 1490 club (out of 1500). He has won many state championships and that skill translates to other shooting activities. He tried IPSC,...
Army Soldiers, Pfc. Vincent Hancock and Spc. Glenn Eller, proudly announce, "Mission accomplished." Their assignment: bring home a gold medal from the Beijing Olympics. Both Soldiers are members of the US Army Marksmanship Unit based out of Fort Benning, Georgia. "Representing the United States is the ultimate honor....
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The 2008 Olympics have drawn to a close in Beijing. The US Olympic team for shooting turned out an outstanding performance at the Games. earning six medals to double the medal count from Athens four years ago. Arguably the most successful showing for the USA in...
The Beijing Olympic Games are over! What spectacular opening and closing ceremonies! What performances! How many World and Olympic records were broken? What great stories we have heard--of hardship, endurance, perseverance, effort and attention to detail. What attitudes we have seen from athletes towards excellence, competition and fellow athletes. Can...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] RECENTLY I attended a presentation by a famous scientist and Olympic gold medallist. It promised to be an interesting motivational address, but was marred by several errors which could have been easily avoided if there had been more preparation and rehearsal. First, the chairperson's...
If you have ever been hunting and plugged or fouled the barrel of your long gun, you know it is quite the rodeo to find the right willow branch to shove the crud from your barrel. I recall in my younger days a ground hog expedition where I traveled some...
Whatever your reasons for skipping cardio at the gym--it's bloody tedious being the topper--we have just the solution: jump roping. Getting your cardio with a jump rope allows you to do it anytime and almost anywhere. And a good place to start is with Buddy Lee's Aero Speed Jump Rope....
IN THE STEAMY NIGHT OF A SOUTH TEXAS Saturday, a day after July 4, 2008, Silvio Samuel, a seminal bodybuilder 33 years of age, perpetuated the pyrotechnics of the weekend by winning the Houston Pro contest with other-worldly muscle that exploded from deep within. The sport...
Let's say you want to reshape your physique into something bigger, stronger, more defined. While tools such as dumbbells, benches, a power rack, cable and selectorized machines, a Smith machine and a locker room are nice to have, they're not absolutely required. You see, you can train your entire body...
News in brief In yesterday's early editions we published an article about the arrest of Bradley Saunders ("Olympic boxer held over '12,000 cocaine stash' ") and due to a captioning error by the picture agency included a picture of the boxer Tony Jeffries, above, by mistake....
2Five connected to ticket agency are arrested by Serious Fraud Office Five people allegedly connected to an online ticket agency suspected of scamming thousands of visitors to the Beijing Olympics have been arrested by the Serious Fraud Office SFO. Four men and one...
COVER STORY Children's work, behaviour and even health can be improved by getting them involved in playing table tennis. Could the transformation seen in Glaswegian schools be replicated elsewhere? Gordon Cairns reports Table tennis, that most understated of Olympic sports, has been introduced in one of...
The director of the third "Transporter" movie has given himself the name "Olivier Megaton." Too easy, you say? Very well. Make your own "bomb" joke. It's enough to say that Megaton and producer Luc Besson finally drive the wheels off this action franchise with "Transporter 3."...
Podium I AM SOMETIMES asked, and I am sure Lord Coe is tired of the question: "How can London possibly outshine Beijing?" The answer, which I have repeated many times, is that it doesn't need to - London just has to be London. And asking me...
COLORADO SPRINGS AP -- Jenny Lang Ping, who guided the U.S. women's volleyball team to the silver medal in the Beijing Olympics, has decided not to extend her contract with the team. Lang, who as a player led China to a gold medal in the 1984 Los...
The Commissioner of Official Languages is releasing a study on the steps taken by the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games VANOC to ensure that the Games reflect Canada's linguistic duality. Mr. John Furlong, VANOC's CEO, Mr. Jacques Gauthier, member of the Board of Directors...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-25 November 2008-BT to provide free Wi-Fi at new Adidas Sports 'Zones' in LondonC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com BT, a UK based telecomms operator, announced on 25 November that, in conjunction with Adidas, it will be supplying free Wi-Fi at the three adiZone's being built around London as...
CORPORATE IT UPDATE-C1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD BT, a UK based telecomms operator, announced on 25 November that, in conjunction with Adidas, it will be supplying free Wi-Fi at the three adiZone's being built around London as part of Adidas' GBP1m sponsorship of the London 2012 Olympic Games. ...
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