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This Compensation Committee Charter (this "Charter") has been adopted by the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (the "Company").
The Compensation Committee (the "Committee") is responsible for formulating, evaluating and approving compensation of the Company's "officers" (as that term is defined in Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulation promulgated thereunder (the "Exchange Act")) and key employees, overseeing all compensation programs involving the issuance of the Company's stock and other equity securities of the Company, evaluating the Company's policies and practices of compensating its employees, including non-executive officers, as they relate to risk management practices and risk-taking incentives, and preparing an annual report on executive compensation for inclusion in the Company's proxy statement for each annual meeting of stockholders in accordance with applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").
The Committee shall consist of three or more members, each of whom must qualify as independent directors ("Independent Directors") under the listing standards of NASDAQ, SEC rules and applicable law, subject to any exception allowed thereunder and any waivers granted by NASDAQ. In addition, each member of the Committee must also qualify as both a "nonemployee director" under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, and an "outside director" under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("Section 162(m)"), or, in each case, any successor provision.
The members of the Committee will be appointed by and serve at the discretion of the Board, upon the recommendation of the Corporate Governance Committee. Except as provided in this Charter, Committee members will be appointed annually for a term of one year or until their successors have been duly appointed and qualified. Committee members may be removed at any time, and vacancies will be filled, by a majority vote of the directors on the Board (upon the recommendation of the Corporate Governance Committee).
Unless a Chair of the Committee is appointed by the Board, the members of the Committee shall designate a Chair by majority vote of the full Committee.
A member shall promptly notify the Committee and the Board if the member is no longer an Independent Director and such member shall automatically be removed from the Committee unless the Board determines that an exception to the Independent Director requirement is available under the NASDAQ and SEC rules and applicable law with respect to such member's continued membership on the Committee and that such exception should be made.
Meetings and Procedures
The Committee shall fix its own rules of procedure, which shall be consistent with the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company and this Charter. In the event the Committee fails to adopt any particular rule of procedure, the comparable provision set forth in the Company's Bylaws applicable to Board committees (or if no such provision exists, applicable to the Board) shall apply to the Committee.
The Committee shall meet at least two times annually and more frequently as circumstances require.
The Chair of the Committee or a majority of the members of the Committee may call special meetings of the Committee.
The Chair of the Committee shall set the agenda of items to be addressed at each meeting and shall, if practicable, circulate the agenda to each member of the Committee in advance of each meeting (at least three days in advance in the case of the annual meeting).
A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum and the Committee may act by a majority of its members unless otherwise specified in this Charter.
The Committee may form subcommittees for any purpose that the Committee deems appropriate and may, subject to applicable law, delegate to such subcommittees such power and authority as the Committee deems appropriate. The Committee may, subject to applicable law, delegate to any member thereof such power and authority to execute documents and carry out actions on behalf of the Committee as the Committee deems appropriate.
The Committee may request that any directors, officers or employees of the Company, or other persons whose advice and counsel are sought by the Committee, attend any meeting of the Committee, meet with any Committee members or representative of the Committee's counsel, officers or experts and/or provide such pertinent information as the Committee requests, except that the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the "CEO") shall not attend any portion of the meeting of the Committee at which their respective compensation is voted on or deliberated.
Following each of its meetings, the Committee shall report on the meeting to the Board, which report shall include a description of all significant actions taken or matters discussed by the Committee at the meeting.
The Committee will keep written minutes of its meetings, which minutes shall be provided to the Board and maintained with the books and records of the Company.
The Committee shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
Establish a compensation policy for executive officers designed to (i) enhance the profitability of the Company and increase shareholder value, (ii) reward executive officers for their Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Compensation Committee Charter, March 2018 Page 3 of 5 contribution to the Company's growth and profitability, (iii) recognize individual initiative, leadership, achievement, and other contributions, and (iv) provide competitive compensation that will attract and retain qualified executive officers.
Establish appropriate compensation and reimbursement policies for non-employee members of the Board and Board committees. Such compensation may include, but is not limited to, the following elements: retainer, meeting fees, committee fees, committee chair fees, equity or stock compensation, benefits and perquisites.
Determine the extent to which (i) any executive officer shall have a role in determining or recommending the amount or form of executive officer and/or director compensation and (ii) any compensation consultant shall have a role in determining or recommending the amount or form of executive officer and/or director compensation.
Review compensation practices and trends of other peer companies to determine the adequacy of the Company's executive officer compensation program.
Review and consider participation and eligibility in the various components of the total executive officer compensation package.
Oversee and provide recommendations to the Board on the Company's submissions to shareholders on matters relating to executive compensation, including advisory votes on executive compensation and equity compensation plans.
Review the results of any advisory votes on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers and consider whether to make any adjustments to the Company's executive compensation policies and practices in light of such results.
Annually review and approve corporate goals and objectives relevant to the Chairman, the CEO and other executive officer compensation, evaluate the Chairman's, the CEO's and other executive officers' performance in light of those goals and objectives, and approve the Chairman's, the CEO's and other executive officers' compensation levels based on this evaluation (the approval of the compensation of executive officers other than the Chairman and the CEO may be done in consultation with the Chairman and the CEO, who may not vote on such matters).
Establish and review policies with respect to management perquisites and other non-cash benefits.
Approve employment contracts, severance arrangements, change in control provisions and other compensatory arrangements with executive officers.
Approve and administer cash incentives and deferred compensation plans for executive officers (including any modification to such plans) and oversight of performance objectives and funding for incentive plans in which executive officers are eligible to participate.
Approve and oversee compensation programs and arrangements involving the use of the Company's stock and other equity securities and make grants thereunder.
Review and analyze the Company's policies and practices of compensating its employees, including non-executive officers, as they relate to risk management practices and risk-taking incentives.
Monitor compliance by management and directors with the Company's stock ownership requirements, if applicable.
Review the Company's compensation recoupment or "clawback" policy, and its methods of enforcing such policy, and recommending to the Board any changes required by applicable law, SEC rules or NASDAQ listing requirements.
Periodically review executive supplementary benefits and, as appropriate, the Company's retirement, benefit, and special compensation programs involving significant cost.
Review matters relating to management succession, including, but not limited to, compensation for terminated executive officers.
Prepare the Compensation Committee Report, and prepare and consider whether to recommend the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, for inclusion in the Company's proxy statement for each annual meeting of stockholders in accordance with applicable SEC rules and regulations.
Annually review an assessment of any potential conflict of interest raised by the work of any compensation consultant (whether retained by the Committee or management) that is involved in determining or recommending executive compensation and, as necessary, review and discuss the disclosures relating to any relationships with such persons that are required to be disclosed in accordance with applicable legal authority or regulatory guidance.
Annually evaluate the Committee's performance, including by reviewing the Committee's compliance with this Charter, and cooperate with the Corporate Governance Committee in its evaluation thereof.
Review and reassess the adequacy of this Charter annually and recommend to the Board any appropriate changes, and cooperate with the Corporate Governance Committee in its evaluation thereof.
Report regularly to the Board and other committees, as applicable, with respect to compensation matters, policies and practices of the Company or any of the foregoing matters, and make recommendations to the Board or such committees, as appropriate.
Perform any other activities or functions consistent with this Charter, the Company's Bylaws, the listing standards of the NASDAQ, SEC rules and applicable law as the Committee or the Board deems necessary or appropriate.
Investigations and Studies; Outside Advisors; Reliance
The Committee may conduct or authorize such investigations into or studies of matters within the scope of the Committee's duties and responsibilities, and may retain, at the Company's expense, such experts and other professionals, as it deems necessary or appropriate to carry out its duties. Without limiting the foregoing, the Committee shall have the sole authority, in its discretion, to decide whether to retain a compensation consultant to assist in the evaluation of executive officer and/or director compensation pursuant to this Charter. The Committee may retain such consultants only after assessing such consultant's independence in accordance with applicable NASDAQ and SEC rules and regulations. If the Committee decides to retain such a consultant, the Committee shall have the sole authority to approve the consultant's fees and other retention terms, with such fees to be borne by the Company, and to terminate the consultant at any time.
In carrying out its duties, the Committee may act in reliance on management, the independent public accountants, the internal auditors, internal and outside counsel and such other outside advisors and experts, as it deems necessary or appropriate. Prior to retaining any external firm, advisor, expert or the like, the Committee Chair will consult with the Company's General Counsel in order to ensure that there is no conflict of interests due to a prior and existing relationship between such party and the Company; provided that the Committee shall have the final discretion to retain any such accountants, auditors, counsel and other advisors.
This Charter is in all respects subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company. This Charter may be amended from time to time upon the approval of the Board.
Michael Dornemann J Moses Michael Sheresky Roland Hernandez


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Youth program quality, the experience of youth.
The Bridge Conference was Monday and Tuesday of this week. I was pleased to be presenting both days. It is such a wonderful time to meet with all my colleagues from around the state who are working to improve quality across the afterschool and youth development (AYD) field.
First off I want recognize Brooke Beckwith, my co-facilitator and soon to be partner at the Restorative Justice Center of the Northwest. This was our first time collaborating and working together in a real way. I will speak more about Brooke in an upcoming post. Before I move on I want to say, we will both be using the youth program quality frame work to support AYD programs in King and Pierce Counties as well as in our own work.
The question that was raised several time over the conference was "what is the experience of youth?" When you work in Restorative Justice it is essential to maintain the perspective of the youth. Not just by adult self reflection but by engaging in real dialogue with those youth most impacted by the system. It is not enough to develop a well meaning system, it is not enough to work hard at balancing power, only those who are experiencing the system in real time have the true perspective on the system. So practitioners need to be mindful of not only how they set up the system but how the system allows for true and honest feed back and adaptation. This work leads to the high quality programs that increase post-secondary outcomes across the board.
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The call came on March 12th. "I don't want to worry you, but Alan Johnston has not been heard from for a couple of hours." He had not conformed to his regular daily routine of calling his colleagues after he arrived home from leaving work.
It was a routine which had been implemented after the Fox News crew were taken last year. Only a few weeks previously, the Head of High Risk and the World Newsgathering Editor had visited Alan to look at his security in Gaza.
Alan had even written a kidnap plan which contained his express wishes about the involvement of his family, and a duress code – a word which he would use if he had to make a video to show he was being forced to say things.
I wondered about the value of this when Alan's two videos came out. I felt proud of him for his calmness and composure. But I didn't suppose that he was voluntarily saying all that stuff about Tony Blair and George Bush being responsible for all the world's ills.
We also had a Proof of Life question worked out – which we asked the kidnappers to put to Alan. If the correct answer came back, it would have meant they had him and he was alive. Ours was: "What was the name of cat in South Africa."
We later understood that the Arabic had become somewhat garbled and this had become "What is the national cat of South Africa". We had visions of Alan desperately wracking his brains – is it a Siamese, or a Persian?
BBC News has dealt with a number of staff crises over the years. A kidnap however was new territory for us, with no blueprint to work from. We sought advice from those who had dealt with kidnaps in the recent past, including the Fox team, who we believed had been taken by the same group.
Three of our team went straight to Gaza in the initial hours and stayed for the next three weeks. They were joined by Fayed Abu Shammala, a Gazan who had been the BBC Arabic Service correspondent and a close friend and colleague of Alan's. He demonstrated his courage over the course of the weeks in meeting many dangerous characters, at great personal risk to himself.
Fayed was vital in gathering information, quickly establishing who might be holding Alan. But the reasons why, and what it was the kidnappers wanted, proved maddeningly and frighteningly elusive. A Foreign Office crisis team was formed, they flew staff out from London and we met them virtually every day to share information and devise strategies.
Early in the process, it was obvious that this was a more complex kidnapping than had taken place before in Gaza. Alan was the victim of rapidly disintegrating political structures. We had established that it was probably the Dogmoush clan who were responsible.
Those of us previously not well-versed in Palestinian politics rapidly became expert. The Dogmoush is a 9,000-strong clan led by a 29-year-old warlord, Mumtaz Dogmoush.
In the complex Gazan world of clans, blood feuds, killings and the need for retribution, his motive appeared to be attempting to shore up his position against Hamas and Fatah, both of whom he had reportedly fallen out with after conducting military operations for them both.
So began our campaign of trying to exert pressure on Palestinian politicians in the hope they could persuade the gang to surrender their trophy. The Palestinians themselves launched a huge local campaign, led by local journalists, to resolve the case. The problem though, was that we had no way of assessing whether this was actually helping Alan, by putting his case on the map, or making things worse, by pushing his price up to the kidnappers.
After three weeks of silence from the kidnappers, on Good Friday, the case took a more ominous turn. The British government received a set of political demands. They called for the release of prisoners in Jordan and of Abu Qatada – the al-Qaeda cleric in jail in the UK – demands which could never be met. We now began to wonder whether we were in fact dealing with a bunch of criminals or al-Qaeda.
Sections of the Israeli press were keen to push the view that "al-Qaeda Palestine" was now firmly established. Over the course of the four months it was never entirely clear who was in charge in Alan's kidnapping. In Jerusalem, where the investigation end of the operation was largely being handled, we would gather on the terrace of the Ambassador Hotel, desperately analysing the information, trying to make sense of it.
And when it was all over, did any of what we did actually help Alan? We are still not sure. The press campaign was hugely valuable: to the BBC and its staff – who magnificently threw their whole weight behind it; and to Alan – for the comfort it gave him during those terrible months. But in the end it was probably local politics that brought about Alan's release. Hamas, having taken Gaza by force, saw a huge prize in attempting to establish themselves as a political movement to be taken seriously.
And what of the wider lessons?
It is clear that assessing risk is no longer about simply watching out for bombs and bullets in conflict zones. Radical Islam has now become one of the major issues facing us. We need to learn a great deal more of these groups and how they operate if we are to keep our people safe.
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"I know there are all kinds of theories out there about how often you should weigh yourself when you're trying to lose weight."
I returned from three days of cold and rain on Cape Cod to my beloved Thinner, though truth be told he did not welcome me with open arms. In fact he greeted me with a weight of 220 pounds. That freaked me out.
So as the week progressed, I looked for signs of life. I got down to 218 pounds by Thursday, so I had a chance of at least minimizing the damage caused by not having Thinner with me.
In fact, I really didn't go crazy on the Vineyard without Thinner. I managed to avoid Mrs. Blake's pies, though I must admit we did stop at Pepe's in New Haven for lunch on our way there. But I have come to one inescapable conclusion: I need a Thinner in my daily life to continue to carefully monitor my weight. Thinner is my Serious Diet blankey.
I'm not particularly proud of that fact. But it's the truth.
I know there are all kinds of theories out there about how often you should weigh yourself when you're trying to lose weight. And I've read up on a lot of them. But in the end it all comes down to what works for any given person. For me weighing myself daily on Thinner has worked, and that's really all that matters, isn't it?
Thinner has not been particularly kind to me this week, though, as I noted, I have made slow but steady progress as the week went on. Tasting charcuterie, salumi, and sliders yesterday with my friends Michael Ruhlman and Brian Polcyn, co-authors of the fantastic book, Charcuterie, certainly didn't help, but I think I succeeded in just tasting everything that was put before us. But we are about to find out if in fact I did: 217. Up two pounds from two weeks ago. But with my trusty Thinner back by my side, I'm confident that I'll get back on track.


With the cooler nights we have seen in late August, we can begin to taper off our 'hamisu,' the misting of the leaves in the summer evenings. Now the dew is doing that.
We might also begin thinking about fall fertilizing. I think fall fertilizing is more important for bonsai, particularly developed ones, than spring fertilizing. In Japan more fertilizer is sold for bonsai in the fall than in the spring. If you live in the Pacific Northwest or other areas with a long, mild fall, re-fertilizing the trees is very wise as it is as long and nearly as productive a growing season as spring.
Don't discount at least some nitrogen in the fall…there is a lot of talk out there about cutting out nitrogen in the fall, but if you've been fertilizing with nitrogen fertilizers throughout the year the trees will shut down naturally due to shorter day length and cooler temperatures by themselves, regardless of nitrogen. Nitrogen is used in all cell processes; don't cut it out of your fall fertilizer.
That's an interesting side note about fertilizer sales in Japan. Living where I do, the falls are usually long, and I believe in the late fertilizing as well with Nitrogen in my home made mix. Thanks for sharing.


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New York: At least two people were killed and 22 injured when a powerful explosion levelled two residential buildings in New York's East Harlem neighbourhood Wednesday morning. Over 12 people remained missing, authorities said.
The blast struck a building at 116th Street and Park Avenue in Upper Manhattan at about 9:30 a.m. local time (1330 GMT), blowing out windows in surrounding buildings and sending debris crashing down onto nearby streets, Xinhua reported.
Two five-storey residential buildings next door to each other collapsed in the incident, with one essentially gone from the blast.
At least 12 people remained missing so far, and two of the wounded had life-threatening injuries, fire officials said, indicating that the death toll could rise further.
Hours after the explosion, smoke and ashes from the explosion can still be seen pouring into the neighbourhood where about 250 firefighters were battling to extinguish heavy blaze.
Preliminary investigation suggested that the only warning came before the blast is a call about a gas leak.
Utility company Con Edison said it received the call from a resident in an adjacent building about 15 minutes before the explosion. The company said it sent two crews to the scene after the call, but they arrived just after the explosion.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said that "the explosion was based on a gas leak. The impact affected buildings around the two that were destroyed, very heavy impacts on the surrounding buildings. A heavy fire has ensued as well."
"There will be a search through the rubbles of the building as soon as the fire is put out looking for those who are missing," de Blasio said.
In the immediate aftermath, witnesses described a chaotic scene with people in panic and a serious fire spewing out thick smoke.
Gregory Garcia, who was just a block away from the scene before the explosion, said he was shocked by a huge explosion. Everyone was running in panic unsure what had happened, he said.
The two collapsed five-story buildings had a piano store and a Spanish Christian Church on the ground floor and apartments on the upper, Garcia said.
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Written by Bob Hunt
Period-accurate CL Combat models gather in New Jersey
As seen in the March 2016 issue of Model Aviation.
If you were to study the top competitive models in any modeling discipline, you'd discover that they were developed and honed over the years to be finely tuned instruments that are capable of producing amazing performances. You'd also probably note that most of the designs for a specific discipline are similar in appearance. Long-term, focused development of any type of model generally yields a homogenous result. In other words—what works, works!
If you look back to the early days of development of a specific model type, you'd see that many avenues were tried in an effort to improve the breed. Some of the early ideas had merit and worked well, and some were blatant failures, but at each stage of development, the good traits were incorporated into the next generation's designs, while less successful ideas were discarded.
Still, it was just that "cut and try" process that produced some memorable model designs. Early design pioneers had no hard-and-fast rules, they simply tried whatever came into their minds. The result was a generation or two of original-looking, memorable designs.
This process is most evident in early Control Line (CL) Combat model development. From the early 1950s through the late 1960s, there was a bonanza of original-looking models. Interestingly, many of the design aspects of certain early Combat models are identifiable in some of today's advanced competition aircraft.
In 2013, two lifetime CL enthusiasts from New Jersey, Tom Hampshire and Tom Schafer, decided to organize a Vintage CL Combat fun-fly event. Their hope was to attract six or eight local fliers and have them show up with their favorite Vintage Combat models. Well, they attracted 50 fliers and models that first year!
The event was a joint venture of the Garden State Circle Burners (GSCB) CL club and the Middlesex Modelers. It was held at the GSCB club's field in Lincoln Park, New Jersey. The event was so successful that they held another equally successful fly-in in 2014 and a third in 2015.
On September 20, the 2015 version of the Vintage Combat Fly-In, directed by Tom Schafer, drew approximately 50 participants—spectators and fliers—with one coming from Oklahoma to attend. Andre Ming had read about the fly-in on the Stunt Hangar Internet forum and decided that he had to make the trip! There were more than 50 models on the field last year, and they ran the gamut from a 1952 vintage Ringmaster to early 1970s twin-boom aircraft.
Here are a few of the many participants and models seen at the third annual Vintage Combat Fly-In. The event is cosponsored by the GSCB and the Middlesex Modelers, and was held at the GSCB field in Lincoln Park NJ.
The whole idea of this event is to come with your favorite-design Combat model and enjoy flying, exhibiting, or simply visiting. There were no matches scheduled, although a few impromptu ones were flown on the back circle at the GSCB field with no casualties.
One fun event at the fly-in was the Larry Scarinzi Top Speed Challenge. Larry is known for his many exceedingly fast CL Combat models (see the sidebar), and sponsors an unofficial top speed event at the fly-in. The prize is an autographed picture of Larry holding his famous Super Satan.
The 2015 winner was Tom Schafer. Tom flew his Riley Wooten-designed VooDoo that is powered by a Fox .36X BB and fitted with a custom-made Brian Gardner ABC piston and liner set. Tom posted a speed of 125 mph for the win. Close behind at 123.5 mph was Al Ferraro flying his Larry Scarinzi-designed Super Satan, featuring the same motor setup as Tom's winning entry.
Placing third was Jim Vigani. Jim flew his original-design Double Diamond to a credible 118 mph. Jim must have had too much fuel in his aircraft because after it was officially timed, it kept running for what seemed like several minutes. He managed to keep it flying until the engine quit, but I'll bet he never again puts that much fuel in it!
There were many Larry Scarinzi designs at the fly-in. I counted no fewer than nine Killers, five Super Satans, two Greased Lightnings, and one each of Larry's Lethal Blast, Blitz, Sting Ray, Giant Killer, and Werewolf designs. There were also two Bill Netzeband-designed Half Fast flying wings, a Consolidated Wow, a Sterling T-Square, several Riley Wooten-designed Sneakers, VooDoos, Demons, a Top Flite Combat Streak, a Terry Prather-designed Winder, a Veco Renegade, a Sterling Super Swoop, a Midwest Hornet, a Scrambler, and even a magnesium belly-pan-equipped Count Clipper! I'm sure I might have missed a couple of airplane names, but each era was well represented.
Most of the airplanes at the fly-in featured period-accurate engines, construction techniques, materials, covering, and finish (although a few were covered with modern shrink-film material). There were a number of outstanding transparent, silk-covered models that were beautiful to look at.
Tom Schafer is seen here with his Larry Scarinzi-designed Killer and his Bill Netzeband-designed Half Fast flying wing. The Half Fast was timed at 103 mph. That's not bad for this period-accurate, 1958 Fox Combat Special-powered model!
Jim Vigani designed these two CL Combat models: the 1961 vintage Double Diamond (L) and the 1962 vintage Up'n At'm. Jim placed third in the Larry Scarinzi Speed Challenge with the Double Diamond.
There were nine Larry Scarinzi-designed Killers at the fun-fly. They belonged to (clockwise from L) Tom Hampshire, Tom Luciano, Paul Rizkalla, Tom Schafer, Andre Ming, Larry Scarinzi, and in the center of this circle, Frank Imbriaco.
Here's a gaggle of Super Satans. In the back row are the designer, Larry Scarinzi (L), and Andre Ming. Tom Luciano, kneeling, displays a tapered-wing Super Satan and a straight-wing version.
Paul Rizkalla (L) fires up the Fox .36X in his Larry Scarinzi-designed Killer, while Frank Imbraco holds the aircraft and prepares to launch. This design was published in the August 1958 issue of Flying Models.
GSCB club president, Ron Testa, made a pizza run at noon so that no one had to leave the fun at the field to get lunch. The hosting GSCB club members went out of their way to ensure that everyone had a great time. And, from all accounts, this was another successful fly-in.
I received the following note from Tom Hampshire about the Vintage Combat Fly-In:
"I have been active in Control Line for about 30 years in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. I thought I pretty much knew everybody who flew CL in this area, but now I find out that's not the case. About five or six guys that I had never met or even heard of showed up at the fly-in, and they were really knowledgeable about the hobby/sport. They appeared to really enjoy themselves. I was very pleasantly surprised.
"I'd suggest that other regions try this as a way to maybe draw a retread or two out of retirement. It's a fun day, and unlike a serious contest, the work in putting one on pretty much ends with getting the sanction."
Join the fun this year. The date for the 2016 Vintage Combat Fly-In has not been set, but you can check the "Contest Calendar" in Model Aviation for that later on this year. The fly-in is typically scheduled for mid-to-late September.
This report is humbly and gratefully dedicated to that great CL Combat flier and Model Aviation columnist, Rich Lopez. Rich's passing has left a void in the CL Combat world and in the modeling community that can never be filled.
Godspeed, Rich. The matches in heaven just got tougher.
—Bob Hunt
robinhunt@rcn.com
Larry Scarinzi: a CL Icon
For those who are not aware of CL lore, Larry Scarinzi is one of the most prolific designer/builders of top competition Combat and Aerobatics (Stunt) designs in what we now refer to as the Vintage era. Larry produced at least seven notable Combat models that were either published in major modeling magazines or kitted by major manufacturers. He also designed several experimental models that were not published and/or kitted, but had an impact on future Combat model design philosophy.
Larry's first original-design competition Combat model was the Lethal Blast, and it set standards on the East Coast for speed and maneuverability. It featured a thin, constant-chord wing and a long fuselage. A K&B Torpedo Green Head .35 powered that aircraft as well as his next design, the Greased Lighting.
AMA Model Aviation Hall of Fame member and East Coast modeling icon, Larry Scarinzi, poses with a few of his many CL Combat designs. He's been at it since the late 1940s, and is still going strong at 82 years young.
Larry admitted that he "borrowed" some of the design parameters for the Greased Lighting from Harold "Red" Rinehardt's unique Stunt Wing—a model with which Red won the Stunt event at the 1954 New York Mirror Meet.
If you were to compare the overall layout of Larry's "Greaser" (as it is known in New Jersey) to the modern FAI Combat aircraft of today, you'd be amazed at how similar they are in design. Were Red and Larry really that far ahead of the crowd? Many of us who knew Red, and know Larry still, certainly think so.
Other notable models designed by Larry include the Killer, Giant Killer, Junior Streak, Werewolf, Hatchet, Blitz, and Super Satan. Larry developed engines that produced amazing amounts of power, and with his Blitz and Super Satan series he routinely reached speeds in excess of 120 mph! And, that was back in the 1960s …
Larry is a master at the lost art of silk covering, and most of his Combat models have finishes that rival those on contest Stunt models. Most of Larry's designs feature 1/2-inch square main spars that extend through the fuselage. The ribs are positioned on the main spar and glued.
Without the strength of the silk covering, these wings would probably not hold up under the flight stresses imposed upon them. Larry's models were engineered from the beginning to use the silk covering as a structural component. This is not surprising, considering that at one point in his life, Larry was a structural analyst for Lockheed!
One of Larry's most interesting designs is the Sting Ray, which featured a side-mounted engine fitted with a racing-style helmet cowl, and a swept-forward leading edge wing. This aircraft is reputed to have exceeded 120 mph, and it is still a beautiful airplane.
Larry brought the Sting Ray, and examples of many of his other designs, to the Vintage Combat Fun-Fly. And, he still knows how to fly them at amazing speeds, even at 82 years young.
Larry is truly a modeling icon!
Bonus photos
Larry Scarinzi's biography
www.modelaircraft.org/files/scarinzilarry.pdf
Submitted by Randy A. Dailey (not verified) on March 23, 2016 - 8:40pm
1966 Nats
Frank Imbriaco and I flew Combat in the Senior Div. at the 1966 Nat at Glenview Naval Air Station. Although I do not remember him I do remember a girl by the name of Christine Thusulin. (not sure of spelling) I am from Ponca City Okla. and I placed First in Senior Combat that year. I have many great memories and some interesting stories about the 1966 NATS.
Hope Frank, or anyone else that was there will give me a call at 580 716-5532. PS I am a one finger typist
Submitted by Ken Burdick (not verified) on June 11, 2016 - 12:12pm
Combat Graffiti July 9th
All are cordially invited to Combat Graffiti on July the 9th 2016 In Vancouver B.C.
Please see Flying Lines magazine for details.
Submitted by Mike Tufano (not verified) on November 12, 2016 - 9:43pm
Vintage Combat Fly-in
My Dad, Brother and I use to compete at NJ events, Flushing Meadow and Forrest Park. I would like to attend some combat events and others. I would like to get my old AMA numbers back if I could.(59170) We lived on L.I. and participated in events from '73 to '79 (Tufano, Tufano,Tufano Team)


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CNA Case Studies
Hidden Dangers, Hidden Answers
In 2004, an ever-growing number of coalition forces were falling prey to a hidden danger in Iraq. Concealed behind guardrails and road signs, under piles of debris, even within animal carcasses, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) had killed 145 coalition forces in just the first half of the year. Gen. John Abizaid wrote in a memo, "IEDs are my number one threat in Iraq. I want a full court press on IEDs." Within months, CNA would join that effort with a major analytical push to find solutions in the data—solutions as deeply concealed as any camouflaged explosive.
That summer, three CNA analysts were visiting a Marine Corps base in Arizona when, Ed Michlovich recalls, an officer "practically grabbed us by the collar." His fellow Marines were getting blown up every day in Iraq, and he pleaded for analysis to demonstrate whether a secret counter-IED effort was saving lives. The tactic was expensive and at risk of being cancelled.
"It was that moment of perfect clarity one sometimes gets," says Michlovich. "I thought to myself, 'this is why I joined CNA.' So I pummeled him with questions for two hours."
The officer had four months of data on the dates and times of IED detonations with and without the defeat tactic, but no clear answer as to whether it had made any difference. Other experts had dismissed the idea that any analysis of such data could confirm his hunch that the preventative tactic helped. "You can't prove a negative," they had argued.
If anything, hearing of those naysayers steeled Michlovich's determination to take on the challenge. This was CNA's reason for existence: to tackle the problems that were too complex, too ill-defined, or simply too hard for others to solve.
Michlovich returned to CNA's headquarters to mull over a spreadsheet of "sketchy" data, most notable for what it was missing. How would he determine how this intervention compared with no intervention at all? It was as if he had the results of a medical experiment in which all the data on the control group had been deleted. "There was a hidden meaning in that spreadsheet," Michlovich believed, "if I could just find the key to unlock it."
He figured that key lay in statistical analysis. Michlovich had used it for his physics Ph.D. dissertation, to compare concentrations of rare elements in meteorites. Now, he wanted to use it to find the "signal" of effectiveness in the "noise" of war. This required developing a suitable statistical approach for these unique circumstances, and the way to do this was not obvious. For weeks, the question followed him everywhere. It swirled through his head as he lay in bed.
At last Michlovich thought of a method for creating his control-group data. On the computer, he plotted the dates and times of all detonations, with each IED explosion represented by a dot on a grid. Then he stripped out the data for all times when the secret counter-IED tactic was in effect, and let the computer resample the remaining data to fill in the dots. Each resampling would show a probable array of detonations that would have taken place without any intervention.
It took nearly a minute for the software to run one iteration, and Michlovich wanted 1,000 for a reasonable distribution of probabilities. He stared at his monitor for the first several, as the dots on the grid were translated into numbers of probable detonations in the absence of any intervention. Over and over again, the iterations came up with numbers that were higher than the actual detonations under the influence of the counter-IED tactic — the first solid evidence that the tactic was actually protecting soldiers. "Good Lord," the analyst muttered to himself. "This actually is a real thing."
The military leadership was so hungry for any insight into the counter-IED fight that Michlovich would soon find himself briefing these results to the Chief of Naval Operations, to Brig. Gen. Joseph Votel — director of the Joint IED Defeat Task Force at that time — and finally to Gen. Abizaid, commander of United States Central Command.
Abizaid appeared almost as a silhouette when Michlovich presented his analysis in the darkened briefing room on MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. The general and his deputy commanders were silent throughout. "Mostly what I noticed was the glistening of all the stars on their shoulders, reflecting the dim lights above them," he says. The analyst finished with a recommendation that the defeat tactic should not be cancelled, but rather expanded — and held his breath for the reaction. Finally, Abizaid thundered: "Why hasn't anyone shown me this before?"
In Iraq, the counter-IED tactic was tripled in scope. And at CNA, the demand for analysis of the counter-IED fight took off. "The more people saw the power of analysis, the more they realized they needed it," Michlovich says.
Ed Michlovich describes briefing his first results to Gen. Joseph Votel
Along with manager Maureen Wigge, he began assembling a team that would include Ciro Lopez, Charles Nickerson, Dave Broyles and Mary Lauer among its key members. Field representatives embedded in Iraq and Afghanistan improved data collection and added on-the-ground impact to the work at CNA headquarters. When Votel transformed his task force into the Joint IED Defeat Organization, he asked CNA to lead its "defeat the device" analysis effort. Dozens of CNA analysts would contribute to the counter-IED fight over the next several years.
The pressure on the analysts built as the number of IEDs targeting coalition forces in Iraq skyrocketed through 2005 and 2006, to more than 3000 a month. U.S. soldiers were dying at much higher rates than they had in the original invasion. Field reps worked feverishly, and headquarters analysts frequently labored seven days a week and into the night, sometimes leaving the office after their colleagues in Iraq had started their next day of work. "It was brutal," says Michlovich, "but days meant lives."
Again and again, insurgents adapted to counter-IED tactics, improving their technology. U.S. forces answered back with new counter-tactics, each demanding analysis to learn which were most effective. "The enemy was changing at such a rapid rate," says Nickerson. "We had to keep up."
Soon the challenge shifted from too little data to too much. "Everyone was like — Boom! — Get this guy data," says Michlovich. Computer models now had to accommodate such details as GPS data on the movements of vehicles in a region.
In one particularly complex statistical analysis, the first iteration was taking so long that the team calculated their standard 1,000 iterations would demand thousands of years of computing time. "We had to do some on-the-fly software development to quicken the process," says Michlovich. "Those were tense days."
One reason for the deluge of data was the input from CNA field representatives in Iraq and Afghanistan. This was the first extended conflict in history in which headquarters analysts had continuous contact with the front lines over secure channels. Some of the first CNA deployers supported Joint CREW Composite Squadron One (JCCS-1), set up to help equip military vehicles with jammers to block the radio signals used by insurgents to detonate most IEDs. Field reps rushed relevant data back home and relayed results to commanders and troops. They also conducted their own on-site analyses to support the command's operations.
Geographical data became invaluable as guerillas constantly shifted the location of their IED activities. So CNA's Mary Lauer taught herself to use geographical information system (GIS) software to map the locations of discovered IEDs in Iraq. Lauer, whose four deployments to the region put her on the ground for well over a year in total, was later deployed with a U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Battalion in Afghanistan. She helped planners use GIS to predict where they should concentrate their IED searches as certain routes became more or less dangerous.
CNA's counter-IED work began to gradually wind down from 2010, but recognition of its significance would linger. The Military Operations Research Society awarded Michlovich the 2007 Rist Prize for the best operations research to influence major decisions, based in part on a recommendation from Gen. Votel. But the real reward for the analysts who committed themselves to the counter-IED fight was the knowledge that they had made an impact. It was the awareness that they had performed, in the words of Votel, "exceptional and life-saving work."


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