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Raytheon Receives Seventh Consecutive ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award
Company recognized for superior energy efficiency
WALTHAM, Mass., June 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) with a 2014 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year - Sustained Excellence Award for continued leadership in protecting our environment through superior energy efficiency.
This is the seventh consecutive year Raytheon has received this specific award and the tenth time in 14 years the company has been recognized by the ENERGY STAR program.
"Energy efficiency is a cornerstone of Raytheon's Sustainability program, which seeks to implement programs that protect our environment and conserve natural resources," said Thomas A. Kennedy, CEO of Raytheon. "With guidance and support from the ENERGY STAR program, Raytheon and its employees have implemented hundreds of energy-efficiency projects, which have reduced costs and our carbon footprint."
Together, through Raytheon's sustainability program, the company and its employees have achieved many sustainability energy goals, including:
- Reducing energy consumption by 19 percent since 2002, cumulatively reducing energy costs by $123 million
- Cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 35 percent since 2002, cumulatively preventing 1.3 million metric tons of emissions
- Achieving its 2008–2015 energy reduction goal of 10 percent ̶ two years ahead of schedule
- Completing hundreds of energy projects with estimated annual savings of over two million kWh
- Assisting customers, suppliers and contractors in reducing operating costs and carbon footprints
In addition, the company was a charter member to U.S. EPA's Climate Leaders Program and has received two Climate Leadership awards from the Environmental Protection Agency in 2009 and 2013 for achieving reduction goals.
ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the EPA and the U.S. Department of Energy to help businesses and individuals save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices. Raytheon has participated since 1999 in this voluntary partnership between the private and public sectors to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through increased energy efficiency.
For more about the ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Awards, click here.
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2013 sales of $24 billion and 63,000 employees worldwide, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, security and civil markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 92 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as cyber security and a broad range of mission support services. Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham, Mass. For more about Raytheon, visit us at www.raytheon.com and follow us on Twitter @raytheon.
Media Contact
Raytheon Company
Tina Martineau
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Keeping Score programs, designed to make classical music more accessible to people of all ages and musical backgrounds, pair in-depth documentary worldwide explorations of composers and their music with concert performances by Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony as captured at Davies Symphony Hall. Engage in the compelling stories of Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Ludwig van Beethoven, Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copland, Hector Berlioz, Charles Ives, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Gustav Mahler. The Keeping Score television documentary and concert programs are available for digital rent or purchase as well as on DVD and Blu-Ray.
Visit www.keepingscore.org.
"…hands down, the best classical music programs of their kind to be aired nationally in the U.S. since Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts."
—Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal
Funding for Keeping Score is provided by the Evelyn and Walter Haas., Jr. Fund.
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The Secret Handshake is the musical project of self-taught musician Luis Dubuc, who began performing under the name in the early 2000s. Dubuc first got his start playing in a couple of bands with his friends, most notably spending time as the drummer for metallic hardcore unit Thirty Called Arson, who released the album You're Only a Rebel from the Waist Down through Pluto Records in 2003. Inspired by artists like Michael Jackson and Daft Punk, he eventually began writing and recording some songs on the side in his Dallas-based bedroom with just a laptop and Wurlitzer to assist him. By November 2004, Dubuc had self-released his first full-length album, entitled Antarctica. Less than a year later, he followed up with the EP This Is Bigger Than You and I, which was issued through Doll House Recordings. Momentum began building around his quirky electro laptop pop/rock, at times resembling Hellogoodbye's antics and resonating with emo kids looking for a good time. Another EP, Summer of '98 (as in the summer before he started high school), was released in early 2007 through New York's Triple Crown Records, anchored by the vocoder-heavy title track. Dubuc worked closely with his friend Cory Kilduff (from the Rise) on the album, which also contained remixes by acts like the Dillinger Escape Plan and Spank Rock's Ronnie Darko. The Secret Handshake, whose live show includes a full band, spent fall 2007 on the road with Jonezetta. ~ Corey Apar
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Am I registered for RootsTech? Yes. Will I still be attending? Yes. Am I unhappy about the book dealers not being there? To a point. RootsTech can set its own parameters but apply them equally. Do I like the way this has all been handled? Nope. I am in favor of RootsTech. RootsTech and its parent, FamilySearch, are important to the family history community. We need them. They need "us" too. In today's social media (tech!) world news both good and bad spreads quickly and takes interesting twists and turns.
I was not at RootsTech last February but have read first-hand accounts and talked with many people about the wonderful experience they had. When the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy changed the dates to be closer to RT I decided that I might stay for RT. At another genealogy conference I was urged by several FamilySearch employees to sign up for RT and I did. I am looking forward to it.
Recent first-hand reports from some of our field's important book dealers dismayed me. Some have told about being strongly encouraged to sign up for booth space at the 2012 RootsTech. They did and recently were informed they were not being provided the space. Huh? They were told (quoting from Leland Meitzler's own blog):
"Leland,I am not sure what "genealogical studies" means but then checked the RootsTech website and found this description:
RootsTech exhibit hall is for technically related products and services. We are purposefully not accepting applications from genealogical studies, book publishers, book resellers or arts and crafts dealers.
Please call to discuss if you like.
Gordon Clarke
RootsTech Exhibit Hall Coordinator"
"Don't miss the Expo Hall where you can experience high-tech product demos in the Demo Theater, as well as relevant and exciting genealogy and technology exhibitors. You can also explore the Family History Library mini-lab, RootsTech Playground game area, get some refreshment and take advantage of networking opportunities."
I was more confused. Then I looked at the map of the Hall and found hotels, genealogical societies, and other entities that really don't seem to fit in this hall the way it was described to the rejection note book sellers have received. Were those organizations told they could not bring any of their book inventory to sell or could not take book orders? Hmmmmm. I have stayed in both of the hotel vendors in Salt Lake City and like them both but just can't figure out their tech connection. By the way, many of our genealogy booksellers also sell CDs, flash drives, and tech equipment. Why are organizations or businesses that promote professional genealogists for hire OK for the Hall? They must be relevant genealogy exhibitors but book sellers are not?
I think it's more that they are letting in other organizations and businesses that are not strictly tech. There is a double standard.
I have chaired large genealogy related conferences and know that there are a few things said, written, planned, or done that we wish we could take back or had done differently. I hope RootsTech does as it now says on its FaceBook page and revisits how this was handled. Why encourage and then take away? Why not apply the guidelines the same to all vendors? Why lump our devoted booksellers with arts and craft dealers? How many of the booksellers have been ramping up inventory for RT, made hotel, shipping, airline, and other other arrangements? Ouch. Do the speakers who are authors know they won't be available in the Expo Hall? Speakers are not paid for this event nor is their travel covered. They do it at their own expense and I am guessing some of them hoped to sell some books.
It's their conference and they can make whatever guidelines they want, but apply them equally. And inform the people you are encouraging to vend or attend that you are changing your mind. Now, let's support RootsTech and encourage the organizers to think this through and let's all get along. I have been so pleased that most comments I have read online have been civil but also pointed. Let's play nice and keep RootsTech alive. See you there in February!
More on the subject: (Many others have blogged about this, too! Just search on RootsTech and limit your search to the past day or so.)
- Leland Meitzler's Genealogy Blog with comments from individuals and other turned away vendors: http://www.genealogyblog.com/?p=15788#comments
- RootsTech Facebook comments page: https://www.facebook.com/RootsTech?sk=wall
- RootsTech Expo Hall map with vendors names: http://rootstech.org/files/rootstech-expohall.pdf


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Salman Sarwar Butt, managing director of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), gave the figure and said more overseas players were "likely to sign up shortly", in a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) statement.
He revealed neither any players' names nor their nationalities but said the overseas interest showed the league, due to start on March 26, was "attractive both in terms of cricket and financial gains".
No international cricket has been played in Pakistan since militants attacked the Sri Lankan team bus during a Test match in Lahore in 2009 and the country is still rocked by almost daily bombings and shootings.
Adding to the difficulties for the PSL, the head of the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations warned players last week not to take part in the two-week tournament.
Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa have also hinted they might not allow any players to feature in the PSL.
However, Pakistan last week confirmed South Africans Mike Proctor and Rudi Koertzen along with Zimbabwean Russell Tiffin had signed up as match officials.
PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf has offered foreign players insurance worth $US2 million ($1.9 million) and up to $US100,000 ($97,000) tax free income to play in the league, and Butt insisted in Thursday's statement top-level security would be provided.
"The safety of each and every participant including the audiences is a responsibility that the PSL is not taking lightly," he said.
Organisers were looking at bringing in private firms with "proven credentials" to bolster the security provided by the Pakistani state, he added.
Butt said players will have to seek leave from their home boards to participate, a pre-requisite from the International Cricket Council for Twenty20 leagues around the world. (AFP)


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IPY Activities
Homepage for Feb 09 activities and events
IPY Celebrations
International, national, and regional celebrations.
IPY Science Focus
Latest media releases and links from IPY projects
Feb 2: I-TASC
Feb 3: CAVIAR
Feb 4: THORPEX
Feb 5: KINNVIKA
Feb 6: PHOENIX
Feb 9: EBA
Feb 9: PPS Arctic
Feb 10: IASOA
Feb 11: SALE-UNITED
Feb 12: NOMAD
Feb 13: Antarctic meltwater
Feb 14: Crater Lake Drilling
Feb 15: CAML & ArcOD
Feb 16: SCAR-MarBIN
Feb 17: Greening of the Arctic
Feb 18: ICECAP
Feb 18: CFL-IPY
Feb 19: DAMOCLES
Feb 19: IAOOS
Feb 20: ANDRILL
Feb 20: GAPS
Feb 21: Students On Ice
Feb 22: POLENET
Feb 23: APECS
Feb 23: AHHI
Feb 24: Permafrost
Feb 24: AGAP
Feb 25: State of Polar Research
Ongoing: Svalbard diversity
Ongoing: PLATES & GATES
Resources for Media
Images, footage, factsheets and more
International Polar Days
A great way for educators and the public to get involved in IPY
IPY Projects - a chart
The chart lists all IPY projects, classified by topic and country
IPY Science Focus
The strength of IPY lies in its variety: extraordinarily diverse in disciplines as well as international representation. Some IPY projects operated on enormous budgets and required massive infrastructure, transport, and technological support. Others were relatively small in size but large in ambition. Please take some time to explore the IPY projects in the following pages:
IPY Project Pages - search by name, discipline, or country
IPY Charts by Country
Below are a some IPY projects who are gathering media-friendly material in the lead-up to IPY celebrations on February 25th. On the dates listed below, or shortly before, they will each issue a press release among other media materials, and also be available for interview. Please contact them directly to develop your story.
image taken from Linda Mackey artwork.
Feb 2: I-TASC
ICEPAC IPY station has been deployed at Vesleskaervet Nunatak, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, to enable crews of up to six artists, scientists and engineers to conduct remote field research in polar environments. Research projects underway include Catabatic Cell, a blue ice field experiment to test the possibility of creating transient habitable spaces beneath the snow using solar and wind power, and The Polar Project, a series of immersive and sensory environment-based installations. The projects at ICEPAC are part of the 2nd Bienal del Fin del Mundo, an art exhibition focused on weather, climate and Antarctica currently taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Ushuaia, El Calafate and the Antarctic base SANAE IV.
Interpolar website
The Polar project website
I-TASC project page
Fieldwork: December 2006 - March 2009, Dronning Maud Land sector of Antarctica
Countries: Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Argentina; Germany; New Zealand; South Africa; Slovenia; Swaziland; U.S.A.; Zambia
Press materials: Press Release, images on request.
Contacts: LIVE FROM ANTARCTICA
Ntsikelelo Ntshingila, aka. Firstborn, email: email@example.com, ITASC 0809 Expedition Leader and ICEPAC base commander tel: +27 21 405 9450 (after 19h00 GMT)
Alfons Hug, email: email@example.com, Curator of the 2nd Bienal del Fin del Mundo, available at above number until Feb 9th
Thomas Mulcaire, email: firstname.lastname@example.com, Artist and ICEPAC crew member, tel: +27 21 405 9450 (calls routed through SANAE IV)
Erika Blumenfeld, email: firstname.lastname@example.com, Artist and Project Director of The Polar Project, tel: +8816 3167 1200 (ICEPAC satellite phone)
Feb 3: Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in Arctic Regions (CAVIAR)
The aim of CAVIAR is to increase understanding of how Arctic communities are affected by climate and other changes and to contribute to the development of adaptive strategies and policies. Case studies in communities across the Arctic provide a basis for synthesizing knowledge of how communities experience changes in environmental, social and economic conditions and factors that influence adaptation to these changes. By using a common methodology, results are compared and provide critical, generalizable knowledge of vulnerability and experiences with adaptation to climate and other changes in the Arctic countries that can be exchanged both locally and internationally.
CAVIAR on Cicero
CAVIAR at Global Environmental Change Group
CAVIAR project page
CAVIAR at the Arctic Centre
Fieldwork: Ongoing from 2007 to 2009 (and possibly longer)
Countries involved: Canada, Denmark (Greenland), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, USA (Alaska).
Press materials: Press release, Poster (PDF), Flyer (PDF). Contact information for researchers involved with specific community case studies can be provided upon request.
Barry Smit, Lead Investigator
phone: +519 824 4120 ext.53279
Grete Kaare Hovelsrud, Lead Investigator
phone: +47 22 85 87 69
Mark Andrachuk, Coordinator for CAVIAR Canada, contact for Canadian case studies
phone: +519 824 4120, ext. 58961
Bob van Oort, Coordinator CAVIAR Norway, contact for European case studies
phone: +47 22 85 87 51
Feb 4: IPY-THORPEX: THe Observing system Research and Predictability EXperiment
IPY-THORPEX: Flying into Arctic storms: The weather conditions in the Polar areas are among the most extreme on the planet. In IPY-THORPEX, scientists fly through hurricanes to study the nature of Arctic weather phenomena and thus improve the weather forecasts in the Arctic. Commercial activities in the North (e.g. fisheries, oil industry and shipping) become increasingly vulnerable to extreme weather as their activities in these areas increase, partly as a result of global warming. Recent research in the IPY-THORPEX project suggests that the occurrence of extreme weather will increase as the Arctic ice cover declines.
THORPEX webpage
Thorpex project page
Fieldwork: Arctic Winter 2008, aerial region above the Norwegian Sea and Arctic Ocean
Countries involved: Norway, Denmark, Japan, UK, Australia, France, New Zealand, USA, Belgium, Germany, Russia, The Netherlands, Canada, Iceland, Sweden
Press materials: Press release
Erik Kolstad, email: email@example.com, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Phone: +47 55 58 26 40, Cell: +47 41 12 24 57
Erlend Hermansen, email: email@example.com, + 47 99 64 36 01, media enquiries
Feb 5: Kinnvika
Kinnvika provides a platform for scientists that study change and variability in the High Arctic, with a focus on processes related to the presence and/or vicinity of the large ice cap Vestfonna, using the old IPY3 station Kinnvika on Nordaustlandet, Svalbard.
Kinnvika website
Kinnvika project page
Fieldwork: April-May 2007; August-September 2007; April-May 2008; April-May 2009; August 2009. Nordaustlandet, Svalbard.
Countries: Sweden, Finland, Poland, Germany, Norway, UK, USA, Canada
Press materials: Illustrations of the expedition on request; Press release; information folder
Dr. Veijo Pohjola, leader, Uppsala University, Sweden
Professor Paula Kankaanp��, vice-leader, Arctic Centre, Finland
Arto Vitikka, public relations officer, Arctic Centre, Finland. Email use: firstname.lastname@example.com
Eva Gr�nlund, public relations officer, Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
Feb 6: PHOENIX Mars Mission
In May 2008 the Phoenix Mars Lander safely touched down in the northern arctic plains of Mars, finding evidence of frozen water ice. Phoenix assessed the habitability of the Martian arctic soil and the data continue to reveal clues as to how a planet's polar regions help regulate its climate. In December of 2007, mission scientists set off on an Antarctic Dry Valley expedition to gather analog samples for Mars from one of the coldest and driest environments on Earth. By studying the polar past on both planets, scientists may gain insight into the potential for life in extreme and changing climates.
Phoenix Webpage
Phoenix project page
Fieldwork: Antarctica/US; Antarctic analog mission (Dec 2007-Jan 2008), Phoenix mission surface operations (Summer 2008).
Countries: US, Canada, Finland, Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland
Press materials: Press release and Video Release: Simultaneous Solstice
Three video podcasts on iTunes: one, two and three. You can also see additional videos of the Phoenix Mars Mission on IPY.org here.
Peter Smith, email: email@example.com, Principal Investigator, Phoenix Mission, University of Arizona
Leslie Tamppari, Phoenix Mission Project Scientist, JPL
Leslie Tamppari, Phoenix Mission Science Team Lead (via JPL Media Relations Office)
Carla Bitter, email: email@example.com, Education & Public Outreach Manager, Phoenix Mission, University of Arizona
Guy Webster, email: email@example.com, JPL Media Relations Office, +1 818 354 6278
Feb 9: Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic (EBA): The Response of Life to Change
EBA is an international interdisciplinary programme. We are trying to do 4 main things: 1. Understand how Antarctic life evolved over time; 2. Work out how this process of evolution influenced what we see now on land and in the ocean; 3. Make predictions on how organisms and communities are responding and will respond to current and future environmental change; and 4. Identify specific areas of research that we can apply to conservation policies � to help preserve Antarctica for the future. EBA brings together many marine, terrestrial and aquatic projects under one framework. Many of the marine projects will be covered by The Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML) that will be highlighted on February 15th & 16th in the IPY Focus.'
EBA Website
EBA project page
IPY Germany page on CAML
Fieldwork: IPY period and beyond, in many ice-free areas around Antarctica and several marine areas.
Countries involved: Italy, Australia, Germany, The Netherlands, UK, Spain, Brazil, USA, Ukraine, Japan, New Zealand, Belgium, Russia, Norway, Canada, Argentina, Poland, Czech Republic, Malaysia, France, Chile, Sweden
Press materials: Newsletters: Issue 1 March 2008; Issue 2 October 2008. Contacts, Press release, photos/footage upon request
Guido di Prisco, Italy, Project Lead
Pete Convey, UK, Project Lead
Ian Hogg, email: email@example.com, New Zealand, Terrestrial Leader
Takashi Naganuma, email: email@example.com, Japan, Terrestrial Leader
Please contact Shulamit Gordon at email@example.com , New Zealand, for contacts in a specific country or research area of interest.
Feb 9: PPS Arctic
PPS Arctic, "Present day processes, Past changes, and Spatiotemporal variability of biotic, abiotic and socio-environmental conditions and resource components along and across the Arctic delimitation zone", investigates causes and consequences of changes in the circum-arctic treeline zone, using fieldwork and remote sensing to examine and model temporal and spatial aspects of ecological, social and climate factors. Changes in the zone affect Arctic ecosystem processes, resource availability and the Arctic climate through changes in tree and shrub cover and subsequently albedo, with global consequences.
PPS Arctic Website
PPS-Arctic project page
Fieldwork: summer 2007, 2008, 2009 ; circumpolar arctic
Countries involved: Norway, UK, Canada, Russia, US, Sweden, Belgium,
Press materials: Interviews, Press release
Annika Hofgaard, email: firstname.lastname@example.com, project leader and coordinator
Gareth Rees, co-coordinator
Karen Harper, national leader Canada
(for contact details please see the PPS Arctic webpage)
Feb 10: International Arctic Systems for Observing the Atmosphere (IASOA)
The main mission of the International Arctic Systems for Observing the Atmosphere (IASOA) is coordination of atmospheric data collection at existing and newly established intensive Arctic atmospheric observatories. This effort supports IPY, but is also intended to establish a continuing network consortium into the foreseeable future. Measurement categories at IASOA stations include standard meteorology, greenhouse gases, atmospheric radiation, clouds, pollutants, aerosols, and surface energy balances.
IASOA website
IASOA IPY project page
Field work: IASOA stations are permanent atmospheric observatories
Countries: IASOA stations are located in Canada, Greenland, Finland, Norway, the Russian Federation, Sweden, and the United States. Numerous other countries are involved in the IPY through collaborative research at many of the IASOA stations.
Press materials: A press release and contact information for station managers, scientists and outreach specialists available for interviews will be posted on our IPY Media Day Page.
IASOA Contacts: Taneil Uttal and Lisa Darby
Feb 11: Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments; Unified International Team for Exploration and Discovery - SALE-UNITED
SALE-UNITED brings together an international federation of scientists dedicated to understanding the interplay of biological, geological, chemical, glaciological, and physical processes within subglacial environments. Scientific objectives for subglacial lake environment exploration and research are: to understand the formation and evolution of subglacial lake processes and environments; to determine the origins, evolution and maintenance of life in subglacial lake environments; and to understand the limnology and paleoclimate history recorded in subglacial lake sediments.
SALE-UNITED web page
IPY Project page
Fieldwork: On-going and project-dependent � see the web site
Countries: US, ITAL, UK, GER, BEL, CHINA, JPN, FRA, RUS
Press materials: Press release, report, contact to scientists
Mahlon "Chuck" Kennicutt II
John Priscu, email: email@example.com
Cynan Ellis Evans, email: email@example.com
About Lake Vostok: Valery Lukin
About Lake Ellsworth: Martin J.Siegert
Feb 12: NOMAD
This project sets out to examine the links between reindeer and humans by following the annual migration of semi-domesticated reindeer in Kola Peninsula, Northwest Russia. This is a novel effort, putting social and other scientists on the reindeer trek on a long-term basis.
NOMAD webpage
NOMAD project page
Fieldwork: March 2007-February 2008. Central part of Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Region, NW Russia.
Countries: Bulgaria, Germany, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Press Material: Illustrations of the expedition; press release
Meet NOMAD scientists
, Professor of Social Anthropology, Bulgaria/Norway
, NOMAD Coordinator, Germany
, NOMAD researcher, Germany/Norway
, NOMAD Research Assistant, Russia
Feb 13: Summer-Winter transitions in Antarctic meltwater ponds
A team of scientists remained at their field site on the McMurdo Ice Shelf in Antarctica after the traditional close of the field research season to find out what happens as meltwater ponds transition from summer liquid to winter frozen states. For many years, our understanding of such ponds, which are widespread and common in continental Antarctica, has been largely confined to summer months. This project opened a window on what happens to these ponds as the sun sets and temperatures plunge below -30 C.
Fieldwork: Jan-April 2008; October 2008; McMurdo Ice Shelf, Ross Sea Sector
Countries: New Zealand
Press materials: photographs, interviews, press release
Dr Ian Hawes; Up to 4 Feb: +677 87821; after 6 Feb: +64 21 02281494
Brian Sorrell
Feb 14: Crater Lake Drilling Project
In an effort to uncover secrets the Arctic reveals to no one without a fight, a team of international scientists has battled the worst Siberia has to offer for the sake of ground breaking discoveries in climate and impact science. Crater Lake provides an unprecedented 3.6 million years worth of accumulated sediment containing clues of past Arctic climate. It is also the only known terrestrial meteorite impact site located in bedrock of volcanic origin. The project will yield five cores in total, in addition to shock metamorphism the team will focus on the evolution of Arctic climate change during glacial/interglacial transitions.
Web site
Fieldwork: Previous teams in 1998, 2000, and 2003, current team: December 2008-May 2009 in Chukotka, Northeast Russia.
Countries Involved: United States, Russia, Austria, Germany
Press materials: Images, video, press release, frequent web updates of field work, weekly drilling progress reports, interviews and more.
Julie Brigham-Grette, Univ. Massachusetts, US
Martin Melles, Univ. Cologne, Germany
Pavel Minyuk, RAS-FEB NEISRI Magadan, Russia
Christian Koeberl, Univ. Vienna, Austria
Feb 15: Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML) and Arctic Ocean Diversity (ArcOD)
CAML is a five-year program that draws together all known data on Antarctic marine biodiversity and ocean change. Research undertaken via CAML is producing fascinating images of the Southern Ocean and its rich biodiversity via remote sensing. These images are also transmitted to a wide audience via a vigorous public outreach program.
ArcOD is a six-year international collaborative effort to inventory biodiversity in the Arctic sea ice, water column and sea floor from the shallow shelves to the deep basins. ArcOD is the cluster lead project for the Arctic Marine Biodiversity cluster of IPY which includes 14 funded projects.
CAML and ArcOD are part of the Census of Marine Life, a global network of researchers engaged in a 10-year scientific initiative to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the oceans. The world's first comprehensive Census of Marine Life will be released in 2010.
CAML webpage
CAML project page
ArcOD webpage
ArcOD project page
Fieldwork: CAML: 2007-8 & 2008-9, Southern Ocean; ArcOD: 2007-2009, Arctic
Countries CAML: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Ukraine, UK, USA
Countries ArcOD: Canada, France, Germany, Norway, Poland, Russia, USA
Press Material: Images, Video, Interviews, press release
CAML Lead Scientist
CAML Lead Scientist
ArcOD Lead Scientist
ArcOD Lead Scientist
, ArcOD Lead Scientist
media enquiries
media enquiries
Feb 16: SCAR-MarBIN: free and open access to Antarctic Marine Biodiversity Data
Antarctic marine biodiversity information has to be widely published, instantly accessible, and carefully checked. SCAR's Marine Biodiversity Information Network (SCAR-MarBIN) manages a dedicated portal that provides free and open access to Antarctic marine biodiversity information. SCAR-MarBIN has developed the first authoritative Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS) and a distributed network of interoperable databases holding information on Antarctic marine biodiversity. SCAR-MarBIN now offers access to 115 databases, including almost a million distribution records, and detailed information on more than 13,000 taxa. SCAR-MarBIN works hand-in-hand with the Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML), acting as its information component and data legacy.
SCAR-Marbin website
IPY Project page
Fieldwork: 1926 - recent, Southern Ocean
Countries: Belgium, Australia, Germany, Brazil, Japan, USA, France, Netherlands, Poland, Uk, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Ukraine, Russia, Italy, Spain, Argentina
Press materials: A version 2.0 of the webportal is on its way, with many new features to improve data access. It will also include new tools such as identification keys, field guides, experts and expeditions database.
Release Date: Spring 2009
Dr Bruno Danis, Scientific Coordinator, +32 2 6274318
Dr Claude De Broyer, chair of International Steering Committee, +32 2 6274127
Feb 17: Greening of the Arctic
The Greening of the Arctic IPY initiative examines how the retreating sea ice impacts land areas of the Arctic by analyzing sea-ice, land-temperatures, and greening patterns along arctic coastlines; by looking at how reindeer herding, resource development, and climate variations affect vegetation; and by conducting a 1800-km transect across all five Arctic bioclimate subzones in Alaska and Canada. There is also an "Arctic Geobotanical Atlas", a major education and outreach component of the project.
Greening of the Arctic IPY Initiative
Synthesis and models to examine pan-Arctic vegetation change: climate, sea-ice, and terrain linkages
The NASA Yamal
North American Arctic Transect
Arctic Geobotanical Atlas
Fieldwork: Summers from 2007-2010; Yamal Peninsula, Russia; North Slope of Alaska, USA; and Canadian Archipelago (Banks Island, Prince Patrick Island, Ellef Ringnes Island)
Countries: USA, Russia, Canada, Finland, China, Switzerland
Press materials: Additional material will be on the press page.
Contact: D.A. Walker, Alaska Geobotany Center
Feb 18: ICECAP - Investigating the Cryospheric Evolution of the Central Antarctic Plate
Scientists have become increasingly concerned about the potential impacts of climate change on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, the largest remaining body of ice on Earth. They warn that ice filled basins within the ice sheet could melt in a warmer world and release large volumes of the ice sheet into the sea, raising global sea levels. Researchers with the ICECAP project are flying an upgraded World War II-era DC-3 aircraft with a suite of geophysical instruments to map the thickness of the ice sheet and measure the texture, composition, density and topography of rocks below the ice. The data will help them model East Antarctic ice stability, forecast how the ice might react to climate change, and show its potential impact on global sea level.
ICECAP website
ICECAP project page
Fieldwork: Antarctic summer field seasons 2008/09, 2009/10, and 2010/11.
Location: East Antarctica, including Aurora Subglacial Basin, Totten Glacier, Astrolabe Basin, Wilkes Subglacial Basin, Law Dome, and Dome C. See map and descriptions of flight patterns
Countries: Australia, UK, US
Press materials: Images, Videos, press release
Marc Airhart, Public Affairs Representative, University of Texas at Austin, 512-407-9425
Catriona Kelly, Press and PR Officer, University of Edinburgh, T: +44 131 651 4401 or M: 44 7791 355940
Marion O'Sullivan, Senior Press Officer, Natural Environment Research Council (UK), T: +44 (0)1793 411727 or M: +44 (0)7917 086369
Patti Lucas, Press Officer, Australian Antarctic Division, (03) 6232 3514 or 0439 639 227
Feb 18: IPY-CFL - Circumpolar Flaw Lead System Study
The Circumpolar Flaw Lead (CFL) system study is a large Canadian-led international project designed to examine the importance of climate processes in changing the nature of a flaw lead system in the Northern Hemisphere, and the effect these changes will have on the marine ecosystem, contaminant transport, carbon fluxes, and greenhouse gases. The project involved the overwintering of the CCGS Amundsen, Canada�s research icebreaker, in the Cape Bathurst flaw lead in the western Canadian high Arctic. The project also aims to integrate Traditional Knowledge (TK) with science through a series of TK interviews and Inuit led policy initiatives and workshops.
IPY-CFL website
Fieldwork: Over 350 investigators from 27 different countries participated from October 2007 to August 2008 (293 days). TK interviews, and analysis of field data are ongoing.
Countries: Canada, USA, Spain, Russia, Germany, China, UK, Norway, Belgium, Sweden, France, Netherlands
Press materials: press release
David Barber Project Lead, University of Manitoba, Canada
Dan Leitch Project Coordinator, University of Manitoba, Canada
Feb 19: DAMOCLES: Developing Arctic Modeling and Observing Capabilities for Long-term Environmental Studies
The Arctic is a very important indicator of climate change, and Arctic sea ice is diminishing at record speed. The main objective of DAMOCLES is to better understand and predict climate change, as well as to provide more accurate weather predictions. The project is specifically concerned with the potential for a significantly reduced sea ice cover, and the impacts this might have on the environment. The Arctic has been peppered with instruments that are central components in an integrated Arctic Ocean Observation System (AAOS); these measure ocean temperature and salinity, sea-ice drift, sea-ice thickness, ocean currents and winds, air temperature and pressure, providing indispensable information for understanding the Arctic. DAMOCLES is one of the most important European contributions to IPY, and among the largest EU research project to date.
DAMOCLES webpage
DAMOCLES project page
Fieldwork: 2007 - 2009, Arctic Ocean
Countries involved: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, UK, USA
Press materials: Press release
Jean-Claude Gascard, email: firstname.lastname@example.com, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Tel: +33 144 27 70 70
Erlend Hermansen, email: firstname.lastname@example.com, Tel: + 47 99 64 36 01, media enquiries
Feb 19: iAOOS Norway - Closing the Loop
In order to enhance our understanding of the Arctic and climate change, a state-of-the-art observation system is required. iAOOS-Norway contributes by broadening the existing observation system geographically, technologically and in scope. iAOOS-Norway focuses on monitoring the transport of heat and freshwater in and out of the Arctic ocean, as well as sea ice changes and biological activity. New data provided by iAOOS-Norway and related projects improve operational now-casting and forecasting of the state of the ocean and sea ice. iAOOS-Norway builds on, and supplements, other ongoing components of this observation system, such as DAMOCLES and NABOS.
iAOOS Web site
iAOOS project page
Fieldwork: 2007 - 2009, Arctic Ocean
Countries involved: Norway, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom, USA
Press materials: press release
Cecilie Mauritzen, email: firstname.lastname@example.com, Tel: +47 22 96 33 45 Cell: +47 90 74 85 74
Erlend Hermansen, email: firstname.lastname@example.com, Tel: + 47 99 64 36 01, media enquiries
Feb 20: Antarctic Geological Drilling - ANDRILL
ANDRILL is a multinational collaboration comprised of more than 200 scientists, students, and educators to recover stratigraphic records from the Antarctic margin. The chief objective is to drill back in time to recover a history of paleoenvironmental changes that will guide our understanding of how fast, how large, and how frequent were glacial and interglacial changes in the Antarctica region.
ANDRILL webpage
ANDRILL project page
Fieldwork: 2006-7, 2007-8, 1008-9 Antarctic Seasons, (location)
Countries: Germany, Italy, New Zealand, UK, USA
Press Material: press release
Contacts--ANDRILL Science Management Office
, Executive Director
, Research Director
, Asst. Staff Scientist
, Education & Outreach Coordinator
, IT Specialist and Data Manager
, Office Manager and Subawards Associate
, Media Specialist
Feb 20: GAPS
The GAPS project examines the effects of oil and gas activities on peoples in the Arctic from a human security perspective, which provides a comprehensive and holistic approach. Human security is achieved when individuals and communities have the freedom to identify risks and threats to their well-being and the ability to determine ways to end, reduce or adapt to those risks and threats. Furthermore, this perspective takes into consideration the cumulative effects of oil and gas development and climate change. The purpose is to identify and document risks and survival strategies through the participation and collaboration of Arctic communities, and to share these insights with other Arctic communities as well as with other researchers.
GAPS Project Page
Fieldwork: Ongoing from 2007 to 2009 (and possibly longer)
Countries involved: Canada, Norway, Russia, USA (Alaska).
Press materials: Press release, Newsletter.
Dawn Bazely, Principal Investigator, York University
phone: +1 416 736 2100 ext. 33631
Gabrielle Slowey, Co-applicant, York University
phone: +1 416 736 2100 ext. 22564
Julia Christensen, Co-applicant, McGill
phone: +1 514 766 2412
Alana Kronstal, Co-applicant, University of Victoria
phone: +1 250 857. 4814
Feb 21: Students on Ice International Polar Year Antarctic University Expedition 2009
An initiative led by the Canadian-based Students on Ice Expeditions, this ship-based field-course is an opportunity to encourage interdisciplinary University-level education, research and training in Antarctica. The expedition will involve an international team of 71 students and 18 world-class scientists, environmentalists, researchers and educators. Participants have the opportunity to earn one of three course credits and will consider how to be better stewards of the global environment. Research will be conducted on Antarctica�s physical, biological and human environments.
Antarctic University website
Students on Ice website
Students on Ice project page
Fieldwork: February 14�27, 2009, Antarctic Peninsula and Tierra del Fuego
Countries involved: Argentina, Australia, Bhutan, Canada, England, Germany, India, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, Sweden, United States of America
Press materials: Daily website updates during expedition, interviews before, during and after expedition, Contrasting the Poles documentary film description, expedition photographs and HD video content, expedition participant journal entries, Press release.
Contacts:Reina Lahtinen, Operations Manager, Students on Ice Expeditions
Feb 22: POLENET: The Polar Earth Observing Network
The vast ice fields of Antarctica and Greenland cloak many mysteries of how the underlying bedrock has responded to the growth and retreat of crushing ice sheets. Up to now, scientists have gleaned slivers of insight by collecting seasonal data from exposed mountain ranges and isolated rocky outcroppings. During IPY, researchers are instrumenting the length and breadth of Antarctica and Greenland to form a network of sensors that will continuously monitor the earth beneath the ice. Scientists will thus be able to piece together the history of polar ice sheets. Combining ground-based data with information gathered by satellites will help determine where, and at what rate, the ice sheets are changing in response to recent climate change.
POLENET website
POLENET project page
Fieldwork: 2007-2012 Antarctica, Greenland
Countries involved: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, UK, United States
Press materials: Press release, images, video, podcasts
Terry Wilson, email: email@example.com, Lead Scientist, Ohio State University, USA
Reinhard Dietrich, email: email@example.com, Lead Scientist, Technische Universit�t Dresden, Germany
Kelly Carroll, email: firstname.lastname@example.com, Education and Outreach Coordinator, Ohio State University, USA
Feb 23: Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)
The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), one of the major legacies of IPY, is an organization of young researchers and others with interests in the Polar Regions and the wider cryosphere. APECS began in 2006 as a small group of researchers and has quickly grown to a network of over 1400 polar researchers from across the disciplines and over 40 countries who meet, share ideas and experiences, and develop new research directions and collaborations. Through workshops, meetings and field schools APECS provides career development opportunities and promotes outreach as an integral component of polar research.
APECS web site
Countries involved: Over 40 countries
Press material: Interviews, documents on website, conference videos 1 and 2, press release.
On Feb 23, all the APECS Executive Committee members will be meeting in Geneva, Switzerland prior to the IPY Celebrations and release of the "State of the Poles"
Main Media Contact:
Dr. Jenny Baeseman, Director, +47 776 46593
Additional contacts:
Daniela Haase, President, New Zealand, +64 3 352 7868
Liz Thomas, UK, +44 1223 221658
Matt Strezlecki, Poland
Jose Xavier, Portugal, +351 936728419
Ben Beall, Canada
Tina Tin, France
APECS has representatives in over 40 countries. If you would like talk with a national representatives, please contact Dr. Jenny Baeseman for more information.
Feb 23: Arctic Human Health Initiative (AHHI)
The Arctic Human Health Initiative (AHHI) is an IPY coordinating project that highlights the human health concerns of northern communities. The AHHI will advance and expand the joint research agenda of the International Union for Circumpolar Health and the Arctic Council. The goal of AHHI is to increase the awareness and visibility of human health concerns of Arctic peoples, foster human health research, and promote health strategies that will improve the health and well-being of all Arctic residents. As part of AHHI, researchers from around the world have submitted project proposals addressing different health issues of the Arctic people.
AHHI web page Fieldwork: 2007-2009, Internationally
Countries involved: Canada, United States, Greenland, Russia, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Sweden
Press materials: press release
Contact: Stephanie Rolin, email: email@example.com
Feb 24: Permafrost Observatory Project: A Contribution to the Thermal State of Permafrost
Permafrost (perennially frozen ground) occurs in over 25% of the Earth�s land regions and extends to depths from a few meters to more than 1500 meters. Thawing of permafrost can cause building collapse, landslides and the release of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide and methane) to the atmosphere. During the IPY, scientists are measuring the thickness of the surface seasonally thawed layer at 165 bipolar sites and ground temperatures in 500 drill holes in both hemispheres to determine the present Thermal State of Permafrost. Permafrost is thawing at some sites, warming is occurring at others and modeling indicates that both trends will continue into the future.
NSIDC permafrost site
IPA permafrost site
CALM sites
Permafrost Young Researchers Network drilling page
IPY project page
Permafrost outreach programs
Interview with Dr. Vladimir Romanovsky
Permafrost Laboratory
TSP Norway
Geological Survey of Canada: Permafrost
Fieldwork: Arctic, Antarctic and mountainous regions: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, U.S.A., Canada, Iceland Switzerland, Germany, Austria, China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, France, Italy, Romania, Year-round
Countries involved: Argentina, Austria, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany , Iceland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Portugal, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States of America,
Press materials: The December 2008 issue of Frozen Ground, on the web, will report on IPY and TSP projects of the 26-member International Permafrost Association. Press release, and a brochure about the International Permafrost Association.
Prof. Vladimir Romanovsky, +1 907 474 7459
Dr. Hanne H. Christiansen +47 79 02 33 20
Prof. Hans-Wolfgang Hubberten +49 331 288 2100
Dr. Sharon Smith +1 613 947 7066
Dr. Hugues Lantuit +49 331 288 2162
Dr. Jerry Brown
Feb 24: Antarctica Gamburtsev Province Project - AGAP
Two teams of international scientists ventured deep into the interior of East Antarctica to capture information on a subglacial mountain range hidden several miles beneath the thick ice sheet! Using airborne geophysical surveys to peel away the layers of ice, scientists gathered information on the formation of this large mountain range and the early history of the Earth, their role in the formation and ongoing stability of the East Antarctic ice sheet, and their connection to the areas with subglacial lakes.
AGAP South webpage
AGAP North webpage
AGAP project page
Fieldwork: 2008-9 Antarctic Season
Countries: Australia, China, Germany, Japan, UK, US
Press Material: Images, video, interviews, press release
Release date:TBC, late Jan 2009
; AGAP Lead Scientist, USA
; AGAP Lead Scientist, USA
; AGAP Coordination, USA
; AGAP Press Office, UK
Feb 25: IPY State of Polar Research Report
On February 25th, 2009, as the formal observational period of IPY draws to a close, the IPY Joint Committee will issue a report on the State of Polar Research. In conjunction with this release, IPY sponsors ICSU and WMO are pleased to announce an IPY Celebration, including a press conference and presentation, in Geneva, Switzerland. The State of Polar Research report will present an overview of the collective impact of international and interdisciplinary research that has been achieved through the International Polar Year 2007-8, and will outline the future for polar research.
Dr. David Carlson, email: firstname.lastname@example.com, Director, IPY International Programme Office
Press materials: Press release
To register for the press conference, please contact the WMO press Office:
Media Advisory in Word
Ms. Carine Richard-Van Maele, email: email@example.com, Chief, Communications and Public Affairs, Tel: +41 22 730 8315
Ms. Galle Sevenier, email: email@example.com, Press Officer, Tel. +41 22 730 8417
Biological and climate diversity of the central part of the Svalbard Arctic archipelago
Arctic climate and biological diversity is an interdisciplinary (biology and climatology) research project, part of the Network for ARCtic Climate and Biological DIVersity Studies (ARCDIV), an international research initiative. The project explores the diversity of the ecosystem on the central the Svalbard archipelago, central part of Isfjorden, Billefjorden and Petuniabukta. The project is co-ordinated by the Norwegian Polar Institute.
Report (PDF) on field activities of the Czech research group in the central part of the Svalbard archipelago (Isfjorden, Billefjorden, Petuniabukta) during the summer 2008
ArcDivNet website
IPY Project Page
Fieldwork: Svalbard archipelago, summer 2008
Countries: Czech Republic (17 countries in ArcDiv)
Contacts:Dr. Josef Elster, Associate Professor, University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany
Ongoing: Plate tectonics and polar gateways in the Earth system - PLATES & GATES
This network project consists of numerous individual projects with a particular focus on the Earth's climatic transition from greenhouse to icehouse conditions. Because motions of the Earth's tectonic plates have constantly altered the geometries of the Polar ocean basins and distribution of land masses, reconstructing these geometries allows the creation of models that look at the tectonic effect on climate changes.
Plates and Gates website
IPY Project Page
Project page on Germany's IPY website
Fieldwork: Arctic and Sub-Arctic: central Arctic Ocean, Lomonosov Ridge, Siberian shelfs and coasts, Franz Joseph Land, Svalbard, Fram Strait, Barents Sea, Greenland, Baffin Bay, Ellesmere Island. Antarctica and Southern Ocean: Drake Passage, Scotia Sea, Antarctic Peninsula, Patagonia, Southern Atlantic, Cosmonaut Sea and Prydz Bay, Davis Sea, George V Coast, Ross Sea, Marie Byrd Land
Countries: Argentina, Austria, Australia, Brasil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, UK, Ukraine, USA
Karsten Gohl, karsten.gohl (at) awi.de (coordinator), Alfred Wegener Institut for Polar and Marine Research, Germany
Alan Haywood, a.haywood (at) see.leeds.ac.uk (coordinator), School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, UK
March 18- 26th: Polar Oceans Activites
Every three months, IPY celebrates International Polar Days, focusing on a different aspect of polar research. Previous Polar Days have focussed on Sea Ice, Ice Sheets, Changing Earth, Land & Life, People, research Above the Poles and Polar Oceans.


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The Crimson varsity eight lost one race, by just one second, during the dual season (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
Harvard EARC Sprints Notes (PDF) | Heats Schedule (PDF) | Finals Schedule (PDF) | Lightweight Preview
Harvard's heavyweight crew will compete in the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges Championships Sunday, May 17 on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. Racing begins at 8:20 a.m., as the Crimson, ranked fourth nationally and seeded second in the EARC, seeks its fifth Sprints varsity eight title in eight years.
Follow From Home
Click here to listen to live audio coverage of Sunday's racing.
Racing Schedule
Click here for a full schedule of heats, with lane assignments, in PDF format. Click here for the finals schedule
Harvard Boatings
Varsity Eight
Cox: Kelly Evans, 8: Patrick Lapage, 7: Matt Edstein, 6: Nick Jordan, 5: David Wakulich, 4: Sam O'Connor, 3: Michael DiSanto, 2: Anthony Locke, 1: Blake Pucsek
Second Varsity Eight
Cox: Joseph Lin, 8: Benjamin French, 7: Noah Bruegmann, 6: Mark Fuller, 5: Connor Griffith, 4: Phil Matthews, 3: Christopher Fuller, 2: Ivan Posavec, 1: Elihu Reynolds
Third Varsity Eight
Cox: Alex Sopko, 8: Jack Morrissey, 7: Robert Stone, 6: Kyle Gordon, 5: Duncan Gilchrist, 4: Lukens Orthwein, 3: Spencer Livingston, 2: Richard Anderson, 1: Alex Soutter
Fourth Varsity Eight
Cox: Tian Feng, 8: Alex Housser, 7: David Paresky, 6: Edward Winters Ronaldson, 5: Karl Hirt, 4: Andrew Stein, 3: Andew Safir, 2: Mihailo Malowany, 1: Andrew Hamm
Freshman Eight
Cox: David Fuller, 8: Peter Scholle, 7: James O'Connor, 6: Parker Washburn, 5: Justin Mundt, 4: Jason Phillips, 3: Eli Shikaloff, 2: Alex MacIntosh, 1: Josh Hicks
Freshman Four
Cox: Colby Wilkason, 4: Matthew Vincent, 3: Nolan Pollock, 2: William Polachek, 1: Tom Hanson
Team Strength
In the six events that contribute to the Sprints team competitions (heavy and light varsity, second varsity and freshman eights), Harvard's boats own a combined 43-4 dual-racing record, as the heavy and lightweight freshman eights join the light varsity with unblemished records. All six are seeded in the EARC's top three, with the three unbeaten boats each seeded first.
Sprinting to Success
Harvard has more Sprints titles than any other school. Adding up the six major divisions at Eastern Sprints, Harvard crews have combined to win 134 titles, including 49 at the varsity level (25 heavyweight, 24 lightweight).
Last Season at Sprints
Led by a runner-up finish for the varsity eight, all five Crimson boats medaled to lift the Harvard lightweights to the Jope Cup as EARC team champion. The third varsity eight won its grand final, and the freshman eight placed second.
The heavyweights placed second in the varsity and team competitions and reached all five heavyweight grand finals with heat wins. The Crimson also recorded runner-up finishes in the freshman eight and the third varsity eight and placed third in the second freshman eight.
Seeing Double
On 12 occasions, most recently in 2005, both the Harvard heavyweight and lightweight varsity eights won Sprints gold medals, a feat that has only been accomplished four times by non???Harvard crews. The Crimson won both divisions in 1947, '59, '66, '68, '69, '74, '75, '77, '80, '88, '89 and 2005.
Gold Standard
Only 11 times in the 64-year history of Sprints and on just six occasions since 1957 has Harvard failed to win at least one major grand final in either the heavyweight or the lightweight division. In one of those seasons (1981), the Crimson did not compete due to final exams. In two others (heavyweight in 1992, lightweight last season), Harvard has won a team cup despite not coming away with a gold medal.
Ivy Implications
The top-finishing Ivy League varsity eights in the heavy and light divisions will win the Ancient Eight title. The Harvard heavyweights have earned 25 Ivy crowns since 1957, while the lightweights have won 23.
Quest for the Cup
Harvard's 2009 Jope Cup victory as Sprints lightweight team champion was its 20th and third since 2004. The Crimson has won the Jope Cup more times than any other team.
The Crimson also owns a league-high 29 Rowe Cup titles as heavyweight team champion. Five of those cup wins have come in the last eight years. Since 2002, the Harvard heavyweights and lightweights have won a combined eight team trophies.
National Aspirations
A top-nine heavyweight varsity finish or top???seven lightweight showing is needed to land an EARC crew in the 108th IRA National Championships June 3-5 on the Cooper River in Camden, N.J. Harvard has won three IRA heavyweight titles in the last seven years and seven IRA lightweight crowns.
Dual Season Recap
The Crimson heavyweight varsity eight enters its championship season and final dual race one second shy of a chance at a second straight perfect dual season. Harvard opened the season with its first dual regatta against Cornell since 1961, winning all five races, including a 4.4-second win in the varsity eight.
The annual early-season clash with fellow Eastern power Brown followed. The Bears won the varsity eight race by one second and won the second and third varsities, while Harvard claimed victory in both freshman events. The Crimson rebounded by taking all four races from Princeton, sweeping the Tigers and MIT for the Compton Cup. The Princeton varsity, trying to come from behind, did not finish the race, as its rudder cable broke and its bow crashed into Harvard's stern and broke off.
Harvard then took five of six races from Navy and Penn and all three from Northeastern. In the highly anticipated varsity matchup with the Huskies, both teams entered having suffered only narrow losses to Brown. The Crimson, however, went up by three seats almost immediately and went on to win by more than six seconds.
Records and Rankings
With its 6-1 record, the No. 4 Harvard heavyweight varsity eight is seeded behind only defending-champion Brown in the EARC. The top-seeded Crimson freshman eight is 6-0, one win away from an unblemished dual record for the fourth straight season. The second and third varsity eights are both 5-1 and ranked second and fifth, respectively. The fourth varsity is 1-3, with all races coming against opponents' third varsities. Harvard defeated Penn in its only freshman four race.
The Harvard heavyweight varsity eight has defeated its last five and 19 of its last 20 dual opponents. The Crimson has defeated its last 15 dual opponents when racing at home on the Charles River and has beaten 37 of its last 38 home dual opponents. Harvard's last home loss was April 15, 2006 against Princeton. The Harvard freshman eight has defeated 26 straight dual opponents since falling to Yale to close the 2006 season.
Coaching Staff
Harry Parker, the Thomas Bolles Head Coach for Harvard Men's Crew, is in his 48th season leading the Crimson heavyweights. He has guided the Crimson to 21 varsity Sprints titles, most recently in 2007, and 17 second varsity crowns. Parker's dual coaching record is 297-44-1, and last season's perfect dual record was his 20th. The third and fourth varsities are led by assistant coach Wayne Berger.
Harvard's freshman coach, in his 12th season, is Bill Manning. He has directed the Crimson rookies to the 1999, 2001, '02, '04 and '08 Sprints titles. A Harvard freshman win against Yale would give Manning his fourth straight perfect dual season.
Heavyweight Captain
The Crimson heavyweights are captained by senior Blake Pucsek (Victoria, B.C.), who has rowed in the varsity eight since returning from a year away from Harvard in 2007-08. Pucsek trained with Rowing Canada during the Olympic year, helping his home nation take the silver medal at the World Under 23 Championships and win the Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta.
The Varsity Eight
Harvard's success this season has come despite just one-third of the athletes in its top boat having raced in the varsity eight last season. The three varsity veterans are bowman Blake Pucsek, junior Anthony Locke (Isle of Wight, England) and junior David Wakulich (St. Catharines, Ont.). Senior coxswain Kelly Evans (East Greenwich, R.I.) was a part of the second varsity eight last season, while sophomores Michael DiSanto (Boston, Mass.), Matt Edstein (Sydney, Australia), Nick Jordan (Princeton, N.J.), Patrick Lapage (Shrewsbury, England) and Sam O'Connor (Christchurch, New Zealand) came from Harvard's 2009 freshman eight.
A Winning Boat
The Harvard varsity eight races in the same shell that Malcolm Howard '05 and the Canada men's eight rowed to a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The boat was dedicated in Howard's honor following the Crimson's April 17 sweep of Princeton and MIT.
Harvard's Major Heavyweight Sprints
Varsity eight: 1947, '48, '49, '59, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70, '74, '75, '76, '77, '80, '83, '85, '88, '89, '90, 2003, '04, '05, '07.
Second varsity eight: 1947, '49, '64, '65, '66, '69, '72, '73, '74, '75, '78, '85, '86, '90, '93, 2002, '03, '04, '05, '06.
Freshman eight: 1949, '50, '55, '58, '63, '65, '67, '72, '76, '80, '83, '84, '85, '86, '90, '99, 2001, '02, '04, '08.
Rowe Cup: 1947, '48, '49, '51, '59, '64, '65, '66, '67, '69, '70, '72, '73, '74, '75, '76, '78, '80, '83, '85, '86, '88, '90, '92, 2002, '03, '04, '06, '07.
More History
Harvard has swept the three major heavyweight divisions at Eastern Sprints five times (1945, '65, '85, '90, 2004). Only three other times has one school swept all three races: 1952 (Navy), '79 (Yale) and '94 (Brown). Harvard has won two of the three races on 14 occasions. The Crimson has advanced to the varsity grand final in 60 of its 64 years racing at Sprints.
Still Ahead
Before competing for a national title, the Crimson heavyweights will face the rival Bulldogs in the 145th Harvard-Yale Regatta, America's oldest intercollegiate sporting event, May 29 in New London, Conn.


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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL -- On Monday, the parents of the late Moshe Nahari made Aliyah (immigrated) to Israel with the assistance of the Jewish Agency for Israel, and were reunited with their four children and twenty grandchildren, including Nahari's children. The two will initially be accommodated in a Jewish Agency Absorption center in southern Israel.
Nahari's murder in 2008 was motivated by anti-Semitism. His parents, Yisrael (Yaish) and Terneja, who are in their seventies, arrived exactly six months after Nahari's widow, Louza, arrived last August.
Nahari, 35, was a father to nine children, and served as a Hebrew teacher and shochet (ritual slaughterer) in the city of Raydah in the Amran District of Yemen. In December 2008, Nahari, 35, was shot and killed by a radical Muslim. After his murder and burial in Yemen, five of his children immigrated to Israel. Last August, his widow and four more of his children also made Aliyah.
After the murder, Nahari's parents remained in Raydah in order to campaign that the killer be brought to justice. Although the gunman was caught and found guilty by a Yemeni court, to this day he has not been sentenced.
Nahari's murder was followed by a wave of Aliyah to Israel; since 2009, 113 Jews have immigrated with the assistance of the Jewish Agency.
At the Jewish Agency Board of Governors meeting held this week in Jerusalem, Arielle Di Porto, who is responsible for Aliyah from distressed Jewish communities, reported on the status of Jews residing in Arab countries.
Di Porto reported that the Jewish community in Yemen numbers approximately 130 people, of whom 40 live in the capital city of Sana'a with the remainder in Raydah.
Anti-Semitic attacks on the community intensified after the ousting of President Ali Abdallah Saleh. Two weeks ago a Jew in Raydah was attacked and severely beaten by radical Muslims in his own house. In May of last year, Aaron Zindani, one of leaders of the Jewish community was stabbed to death in Sana'a.


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The Obama Labor Market
In a recent speech on the economy at Carnegie Mellon, President Obama took great pains to remind us that he inherited an economy that was "shrinking at an alarming rate." Of course his implication was that everything wrong with the economy today is George Bush's fault. While Bush does deserve considerable blame for current recess, a new working paper by economists at the University of Michigan and the New York and San Francisco Federal Reserve Banks paints a picture of a recession that was on par with previous deep recessions until well into 2009, when the labor market started to deviate, for the worst, from past trends.
For instance the authors find that during the first part of the current recession, labor force participation remained high, despite increasing unemployment, yet starting in May 2009 the labor force participation rate fell at its steepest rate since the 1950s.
The authors also focus on what economists call "Okun's Law" — which shows a relationship between GDP growth and employment. Historically Okun's Law has shown that for every 2% GDP falls below trend, unemployment increases about 1 percent. Under the Bush half of this recession, that historical relationship continued to hold. Yet under Obama it broke down, and not in a good way.
The paper also examines the relationship between unemployment and posted job vacancies, called the "Beveridge curve" by economists. They also find that the Obama economy has been far outside of this historical relationship, so there has been growth in vacancies but little improvement in the unemployment numbers.
The paper offers a description of recent labor market trends, without being able to completely explain why current trends have been so different (and worse) than previous recessions. The authors do calculate that the extensions in unemployment insurance have likely increased unemployment by between 0.7 and 1.8 percentage points.
The real story, however, which this working paper misses, is that in the Obama economy, massive uncertainty coming from Washington and the increasingly intrusive nature of government is keeping employers from hiring, even when they are expanding output. President Obama needs to get past the blame game and start moving us back toward a country that rewards private enterprise and values free markets.


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Charlie Hunnam's leaves town ...as Finnick?
Toronto. With a lot of luggage. So presumably he's wrapped on Pacific Rim, at least in Canada, and is heading home to LA where he'll soon begin work on season 5 of Sons Of Anarchy. Two Charlie Hunnam sightings in one week!
A few of you have written lately to suggest Charlie for Finnick in Catching Fire. Physically it's totally right though he may be too old. I don't know if I see Charlie Hunnam as a boyish 25. Still, I don't think that's a dealbreaker. He can do anguish and, as you know, he can do flirtation. In fact, he can do it so well I might want Catching Fire to turn into a porn between him and Jennifer Lawrence.
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Toward a Science of Consciousness 2006
April 4-8, Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, Arizona
Abstracts Now Posted - Click Here
Hotel Accommodations
Pre-Conference Workshops
Plenary Program
Concurrent Talk Program
Poster Sessions
Fee Schedule/Field Trips
Program at a glance
Conference Location
Program Committee
Art Exhibition
Poetry Slam/Zombie Blues
Social Events Book Signings
Toward a Science of Consciousness - The Movie/DVD
Chairing, format and A-V information
Toward a Science of Consciousness- Are we there yet?
This is the seventh in a series of biennial interdisciplinary conferences on consciousness held in Tucson in even-numbered years since 1994. The "Tucson conferences" have helped to catalyze the recent development of scientific research on all aspects of the problem of consciousness.
The Tucson conferences stress interdisciplinary exploration, bringing together perspectives from philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, cognitive science, computer science, physics, biology, anthropology, contemplative traditions, the arts, medicine, and other areas. A continuing focus of the conference is the integration of the first-person and third-person perspectives on the phenomena of the mind.
One may ask: "How much closer are we in moving toward a science of consciousness?" Are we there yet? Or, as in the "Myth of Sisyphus" are we farther away as new, confusing details about brain activities are discovered without revealing the nature of consciousness? We do not yet understand consciousness, but it is fair to say that, at the very least, we understand the problem
far better.
The dictionary defines science as: "The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of
phenomena". Among these, consciousness has clearly been identified, described, experimentally investigated and elicited theoretical explanations (though disagreements certainly exist among various approaches in each category). Regarding observation, consciousness cannot be directly measured or observed by third persons, but first person accounts are prevalent. Thus it appears that,
yes indeed, there may now be a science of consciousness.
Some highlights of the scheduled program include the following:
The plenary program is now complete: the Keynote talk on Wednesday, April 5 will be given by Giulio Tononi M.D., Ph.D. of the Center for Sleep and Consciousness at the University of Wisconsin. Professor Tononi has put forth the "Information integration theory" of consciousness, building upon and quantifying earlier work with Gerald Edelman on the Dynamic Core hypothesis. Tononi and colleagues are pursuing this approach using a variety of experimental and theoretical modalities. Sleep is another key interest of Tononi and his group who have recently shown significant differences in cortical connectivity in sleep versus wakeful consciousness.
His keynote talk should complement both the opening Plenary session on Neural correlates of consciousness (Walter Freeman, Ralph Freeman, Hakwan Lau), and the "Dream Debate" (Alan Hobson and Mark Solms).
Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is the most accomplished autistic person in the world. She is the author of best-selling "Thinking in pictures and other reports from my life with autism", "Emergence: Labeled autistic", "Animals in translation" and other books, videos and DVDs, and an accomplished lecturer who has been featured on major television programs and magazines.
Dr Grandin was one of the "challenged" people featured in Oliver Sacks' book. "Anthropologist from Mars". Sacks described Grandin's first book "Emergence: Labeled autistic" as "Unprecedented because there had never before been an 'inside narrative' of autism; unthinkable because it had been medical dogma for forty years or more that there was no 'inside,' no inner life, in the autistic. . .extraordinary because of its extreme (and strange) directness and clarity. Temple Grandin's voice came from a place which had never had a voice. . .and she spoke not only for herself, but for thousands of others. . ."
Seeming to have unique insight into the conscious minds of non-verbal animals, Grandin is also known for her work in handling and humane slaughter of cattle and other animals. She is an Associate Professor at Colorado State University, and her websites are http://templegrandin.com/templehome.html and http://www.grandin.com/ The abstract for her talk (on Saturday April 8) "I think in pictures instead of language" can be found here.
Dream debate: The significance of dreams and the role of Freud and the unconscious will be the topic of a formal debate between psychiatrists J. Allan Hobson from Harvard Medical School, and Mark Solms from London's St. Bartholomew's and Royal School of Medicine. Hobson maintains that dreams are noise whose bizarre character stems from the same neurochemistry responsible for hallucinations, and that Freud is irrelevant. Solms points to new imaging results showing significant activity in brain regions underlying emotional drives and reward during REM sleep. The debate will reprise Solms' 2004 Scientific American piece "Freud returns" and Hobson's response "Like a bad dream". This should be fun.
The eminent cognitive science pioneer Douglas Hofstadter from Indiana University will also speak at Tucson for the first time. He is Professor of Cognitive Science, Computer Science, History, Philosophy, Comparative Literature, and Psychology. Professor Hofstadter has received (among other awards) a Pulitzer Prize, Guggenheim fellowship and a 1980 American Book Award for "Gödel, Escher, Bach: An eternal golden braid". He has also written "Metamagical themas: Questing for the essence of mind and pattern", and (with Daniel Dennett) "The Mind's I: Fantasies and reflections on self and soul". Professor Hofstadter is now writing a book about consciousness and will speak to us about his new ideas.
At least to date, and as far as we know, consciousness exists only in biological brains, raising the question of whether biology - life itself - holds the key to its understanding. Author/physicist and Templeton award winner Paul Davies from MacQuarie University in Australia will speak on the nature and origin of life. Paul is the author of numerous scientific articles and popular books including"The fifth miracle: The search for the origin and meaning of life", "Mind of God: The scientific basis for a rational world", "About time: Einstein's unfinished revolution", and many others.
And the always to-the-point UC Berkeley's John Searle, Mills Professor of Philosophy and Language will speak on "Dualism revisited", describing his latest views on status of modern approaches to the understanding of consciousness. Originator of the famous "Chinese room argument", Searle is the author of "Mind: A brief introduction", "The mystery of consciousness", and "The rediscovery of the mind".
In the Meditation session, Antoine Lutz and John Dunne will discuss their findings (e.g. their PNAS paper) on EEG in Tibetan monk meditators vs control meditators. They found in the Tibetans the highest amplitude gamma synchrony ever reported!
Other plenary speakers will include philosophers David Rosenthal, Uriah Kriegel, Robert van Gulick and Paavo Pyllkanen, neuroscientists and cognitive scientists Walter Freeman, Michael VL Bennett, Dan Simons, Peter DeWeerd, Ralph Freeman, Susana Martinez-Conde and Steven Lehar, neurologists Nicholas Schiff and Steven Laureys, anthropologist Marylin Schlitz and virtual reality expert Maria Sanchez-Vives.
Plenary sessions will be devoted to topics including the neural-level correlate of consciousness, consciousness and chronic vegetative states, consciousness and emotion, Freud and dream science, cognitive architectures, visual fading, virtual reality, meditation and brain states and self-representational theories of consciousness and the physics of life.
The conference will also feature many concurrent and poster sessions on various topics including mainstream philosophy, brain imaging techniques, quantum theories of consciousness, unconscious processes and assorted first person experiential approaches.
Pre-conference workshops will provide in-depth tutorials in many different areas.
As always the personal interactions among the highly interdisciplinary attendees will be encouraged by social events including an opening reception, evening banquet at the beautiful Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and ever-popular Poetry Slam and Zombie Blues renditions. The conference will conclude with the traditional "End-of-Consciousness" party.


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Anybody who's been wondering why they've been holding on to old vinyl record albums...the 33 1/3 version...can now feel perfectly justified in keeping what some would refer to as clutter—that is, if they're willing to donate them to the library.
Stair Public Library needs a variety of items for use in a craft project for this year's summer reading program. The theme is "Beats and Books! Music in the Library."
Items needed include:
• About 200 record albums—The records won't be returned; the covers will be put on display if they're in good condition.
• Music CDs for decoration and crafts.
• Large oatmeal containers (42 ounces) are also needed, but smaller ones will work, too.
• Sequins, jewels and gems would also be welcome for use in craft projects.
Items can be brought to the library during regular hours: Monday and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Open house registration day
The Summer Reading Program begins on a new note this year with an open house registration day Wednesday, June 10, from 1 to 3 p.m. Morenci's Band Director Jamie DeVoe will lead a musical instrument petting zoo, children's photos will be taken and games will be available to play.
Summer hours
Starting Monday, June 1, summer hours will be in effect through June, July and August. The only change is the library will close Mondays at 5 p.m. Regular hours resume Sept. 14.
Elizabeth Berg
New York Times best-selling author Elizabeth Berg will visit the library in person Saturday, June 20, at 3 p.m. Copies of her books are on display at the library; patrons are encouraged to read at least one before Berg's visit and to make plans to attend her reading and book signing. Susan Bach of Waldenbooks will have books available for sale. Sign up at the library to order a copy.


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Reel World
Education in Acting—Frank Zuniga, former head of the New Mexico State Film Office, founder of the SouthWest Institute of Film and Television and longtime film director for Disney, is starting up a series of Red Thunder Film Academy Workshops at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. The first is a yearlong Film Acting Workshop starting Saturday, Sept. 17. This 12-week program will explore the spectrum of acting techniques and disciplines used in film acting. Character analysis, subtext, voice, body control, breathing techniques and sense memory will all be integral parts of the introductory program. A comprehensive approach is emphasized in this workshop and participants will walk away with an understanding of agents, lawyers, managers, auditions, networking and other important facets of the actor's life. The fee for the workshop is $200 a month and will be limited to 24 participants. Workshops will take place in the Roy E. Disney Center for the Performing Arts at the NHCC (1701 Fourth Street SW). For more information, contact Frank Zuniga at 898-5838.
Film News
Same-Sex Cinema
Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2005
In only its third year of existence, the Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival has grown by leaps and bounds. You'd be hard-pressed to dismiss this year's epic offering as a tiny fringe festival that caters to a local minority. With its third annual outing, the festival has become the kind of all-inclusive arts gathering that bigger cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston and Miami are lauded for. The festival also goes a long way toward establishing Albuquerque's gay, lesbian and transgender community as a mainstream economic, social and artistic force. In other words: It's huge, it's cool and it's probably good for your property values.
Video Review
Women's Prison Massacre (1983)
When I was but a young lad, I had the good fortune to see The Big Bird Cage at a friend's house. Written and directed by the legendary Jack Hill (Spider Baby) the film resulted in both my lifelong desire to nail Pam Grier, and my enduring affinity for women in prison films. And when it comes to the women in prison genre, few flicks get it done better than Women's Prison Massacre, directed by sleazemaster Bruno Mattei.
Idiot Box
TV's Dramatic Return
New fall shows around the dial
TV is a numbers game, so let's look at some of this year's numbers. Of the 31 new shows hitting the networks this fall, 10 are sitcoms, only two are reality shows and a staggering 19 are hour-long dramas.
Week in Sloth
The Week in Sloth
"Survivor: Guatemala" (KRQE-13 7 p.m.) I haven't seen this season's cast list yet, but I bet we've got the grumpy old guy, the weird middle-aged lady, the gay dude and a whole bunch of Abercrombie & Fitch rejects showing off their abs. ... Ah, TV.
"The Showbiz Show with David Spade" (Comedy Central 8 p.m.) This promises to be the satirical "Entertainment Tonight" to "The Daily Show"'s satirical "NBC Nightly News."
"Twins" (KWBQ-19 7:30 p.m.) Wacky opposite twin sisters (one brainy, one hot) are nothing new. "The Patty Duke Show" had largely the same shtick. ... Although, of course, Patty and Cathy were supposed to be cousins. What was that deal about "identical cousins," anyway? That's not biologically possible. Unless, of course, Uncle Martin was fooling around on the side. ... But I digress. In "Twins," our mismatched sisters (Sara Gilbert, Molly Stanton) are called upon to operate their parent's lingerie business. ... Ah, TV.


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Four cash registers and six-and-a-half hours after his shopping spree began, the benevolent businessman walked away with $200,000 worth of inventory and gave it all over to Clark County Community Services, a nonprofit that helps families in Winchester, Ky., facing crisis situations, WLEX reports.
"It's time to give back," the "Summer Santa" told the news source.
Judy Crowe of Clark County Community Services was blown away by Paynter's generosity and told WLEX that it was the single largest donation her organization has ever received. She also said that this is the first year her organization will have enough coats, hats and gloves to provide all the children it serves during the winter.


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Floyd Mayweather announced Tuesday that he is climbing back into the ring May 4 to face off against Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero. The fight was expected, but the real surprise came with the news that Mayweather would leave long-time partner HBO for a pay-per-view deal with Showtime Networks. The six-fight, 30-month deal was called the "richest individual athlete deal in all of sports" in a press release.
This marks a huge loss for HBO. Mayweather's nine HBO PPV events generated 9.6 million buys and $543 million in television revenue, according to the network. Mayweather has been part of the four biggest non-heavyweight PPV events in boxing history. With the recent struggles of Manny Pacquiao in the ring, Mayweather is the undisputed king of PPV.
Mayweather was the world's highest-paid athlete in our June 2012 list with earnings of $85 million, based on his fights with Victor Ortiz ($40 million) and Miguel Cotto ($45 million). Mayweather is able to command a bigger piece of fight revenues by acting as his own fight promoter through his company Mayweather Promotions. He collects all of the revenue from tickets, pay-per-view and sponsorships and covers the costs, including the purse for his opponent.
Mayweather does not do any personal endorsement deals, but instead signs up sponsors for his fights that will help boost the PPV audience. The Showtime deal, no doubt, will include more promotional opportunities for Mayweather and his fights. The Guerrero fight is expected to get heavy promotion on Showtime's parent, CBS.
So how big is the deal? Financial details are "contractually confidential," but a look at Mayweather's recent fight earnings gives an indication of how lucrative this agreement could be. Mayweather did not leave HBO to go to Showtime for less money. There is a reason they call him "Money."
Mayweather averaged $40 million in earnings his past three fights with the Cotto fight the high-water mark. He earned the biggest guaranteed purse in boxing history ($32 million) for the Cotto bout with Mayweather's share of PPV revenues pushing the total to $45 million. Cotto is arguably the sport's third biggest PPV draw after Mayweather and Pacquiao, but Mayweather's last three fights averaged 1.4 million PPV buys (the Cotto fight was 1.5 million). There are compelling fights to be made after Guerrero. A bout between Mayweather and Mexican fighter Canelo Alvarez would generate huge interest and PPV revenue.
Mayweather is likely looking at a guarantee of around $200 million for the six-fight deal. Pay-per-view revenues will push that total past $250 million. How much past $250 million depends on the quality and marketability of his opponents, as well as Mayweather staying undefeated.
There are no guarantees that Mayweather will fight all six times. If he does it will be huge shift from his recent activity, as he's fought only four times in the past five years. He also turns 36 on Sunday. The biggest athlete contract on the books right now is the New York Yankees' $275 million deal with Alex Rodriguez which spans 10 years. Mayweather has a chance to top that if, and it is a big if, he fights six times over the next two-and-a-half-years.
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PSISF 2010: Palm Springs
The meta-clichés exploiting clichés to the bones are all the rage. Perhaps it's time to start thinking about meta-meta-clichés? Yes, but not before watching Palm Springs, the trailer for the Palm Springs International ShortFest 2010.
It was directed and animated by Andrew Chesworth and produced at MAKE. Other animators: Justin Weber, Aaron Quist, Alec Mueller, Jordan Hill, Ben Bury, Niklas Norman, Joe Kim. Music: Steve Horner.Also tagged Aaron Quist, alcohol, Alec Mueller, Andrew Chesworth, car, ceiling fan, chase, cinema, Danny Robashkin, explosion, glass shards, Horner Music, Joe Kim, Jordan Hill, Justin Weber, Make LLC, Niklas Norman, photos, policemen, shoot out, smoke


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Since we opened in 2001, our philosophy has been to keep the tradition of scratch baking alive. Our goal is to make baked goods that taste just as good as they look, passing along those classic taste memories to all of the folks who come into our shop.
The Dessert Plate is your Main Street bakery in Somerville - the kind of bakeshop you always dreamed of having in your neighborhood. The one where you can stop in for coffee and a scone on your way to work, chat about the weather, get some cookies for a friend, and order a cake for your most special occasion. We love to see familiar faces from day to day. We also look forward to seeing new faces all the time, so stop in and taste true sweetness!


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Tuesday medical aid spawns rumors
Adam Jensen
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – A call for medical aid spawned a series of rumors over the weekend that one policeman called a classic example of how urban legends are started.
A 25-year-old woman with unspecified medical conditions collapsed in the driveway of a home near South Tahoe High School about 10 a.m. Tuesday, Lt. Brian Williams said.
A passing motorist reported the woman to police as a possible dead body, telling them it appeared the woman was tied up, Williams said.
A dog leash the woman had with her when she collapsed ended up draped over her, Williams said.
Police and firefighters responded to the call and the woman received medical treatment, Williams said.