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ROSWELL, Ga. - Two boys were reported missing in metro Atlanta on Thursday when they did not return home from a visit with their father.
Ben and Henry Cleary - ages 9 and 7 - were with their father, Daniel Cleary, and were supposed to return Wednesday. Cleary, 46, had been visiting with his sons since Dec. 19 and planned to take the boys to an aquarium in Tennessee, Roswell police Sgt. James McGee said Thursday. The boys were supposed to return to their mother, who is divorced from Cleary, police said.
An Amber Alert was issued for the brothers Thursday afternoon.
Daniel Cleary is described as a 46-year-old Caucasian man who weighs about 220 pounds. He is 6 feet tall and has medium-length gray hair and brown eyes.
Ben Cleary is 4 feet 8 inches tall, Caucasian and 66 pounds. He was last seen wearing a light blue winter vest, authorities said.
Henry Cleary is 4 feet 5 inches tall, Caucasian and 60 pounds. He also was last seen wearing a light blue winter vest, authorities said.
Daniel Cleary is believed to be driving a silver 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee with a temporary tag and may be in the Nashville vicinity, authorities said.

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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The first game since being named the nation's No. 1 team in the most recent Collegiate Baseball Newspaper poll went off without a hitch, as Georgia College baseball (14-2) scored 13 first-inning runs off Benedict College (5-4) and beat the Tigers 16-3.
GC pounded out 19 hits for 16 runs, and batted around twice in the first inning.
First baseman Benton Yaun (Marietta, Ga.) was 3-for-3 with six RBI, including a grand slam, scoring three runs. Rightfielder Shawn Ward (Evans, Ga.) was 3-for-6 with three RBI and two runs.
Patrick Daugherty (Kennesaw, Ga.), Ikaika Anderson (Austell, Ga.), Tanner Funk (Kearney, Mo.), Jim Moreland (Suwanee, Ga.) and Matthew Robinson (Hull, Ga.) each recorded two hits, Funk driving in two and scoring twice.
The Bobcats put six pitchers on the hill, with reliever Michael Jeanes (Peachtree City, Ga.) picking up the win, the first of his college career. Jeanes went three innings, allowing four hits and just one run, fanning one.
GC baseball improves to 10-0 at home this season, the last home loss coming April 28, 2010 against Erksine College. The Bobcats also have won 11-straight games, the best since a 20-game streak in 2009.
The Bobcats are back in action Friday, March 4 at 6 p.m. beginning a three-game set at No. 11 North Georgia (10-3, 1-2 PBC).
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern men's basketball team got back to its winning ways Friday evening with an 88-62 victory against Berry College in Bill Battle Coliseum.
The Panthers move to 13-4 overall and 6-1 in the Southern Athletic Association; the Vikings fall to 4-13 overall and 1-6 in the league.
The teams played to five ties with four lead changes in the opening eight minutes, culminating in an 11-11 tie at the 12:28 mark, after which the Panthers pulled ahead for good. BSC led by as much as 10, twice, but Berry fought back, cutting the lead to one, 27-26, at the 3:15 mark, after which the Panthers responded with a 12-0 run to pull ahead by 13. BSC expanded its lead to 15, 43-28, before taking a 43-30 lead into the locker room at halftime.
BSC kept a comfortable double-digit lead for the duration of the second half, leading by as much as 26 at both the 7:39 mark and at the final buzzer.
Sophomore Larry Thomas led the Panthers with 14 points, shooting 6-8, followed by freshman Ross Welch with 13 on 6-10 shooting, senior Zac Richards with 12 points on perfect 5-5 shooting, and senior Kevin Kegarise, also with 12 points. Rebounding was balanced, with junior Schylar Freeman leading with five of the team's 36 boards. Senior Blaise White led all players with five assists and five steals.
Mac Whalen led Berry with 13 points, followed by Lake Graham with 11 and Jonathan Abrams with 10.
BSC shot 35-69 (.507) from the field and 7-23 (.304) from the three-point line, and was 11-15 (.733) on free throws. The Vikings were 20-42 (.476) from the field, 4-11 (.364) from beyond the arc, and 18-26 (.692) from the line.
The Panthers led on the boards, 36-27, while committing 17 turnovers to the Vikings' 32.
BSC is at home again this Sunday to face Oglethorpe at 3 p.m. in Bill Battle Coliseum.


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Recently, my 14-year-old son announced he was leaning toward attending a Christian university, which sounded good to me. But I was troubled by his reason: "I don't want to sit in some biology class in a secular school and be told I descended from apes."
I was surprised. Although I was a keen young-earth creationist as a teenager, my understanding has evolved (pun unavoidable) to the point where the notion of gradual creation over eons isn't a threat to my faith. "Have you considered the possibility that God may have used evolutionary processes in his creation of the world?" I asked.
"No! Mom! I believe the Bible!"
"Me too," I assured him. "But I think it's possible that Genesis 1 and 2 are more about the who of creation than the how."
Later that night, I read him something Billy Graham wrote in 1964:
I don't think that there's any conflict at all between science today and the Scriptures. I think … we've tried to make the Scriptures say things they weren't meant to say …. The Bible is not a book of science. The Bible is a book of Redemption, and of course I accept the Creation story …. I believe that God created man, and whether it came by an evolutionary process … makes no difference as to what man is and man's relationship to God.
"Maybe you're not a total heretic," said my son.
After we both exhaled some relieved laughter, I whispered, "I believe God created the world and holds it together. Just how he did that is up for debate, but whatever conclusions you come to about the earth's origins, God did it. Okay?"
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'Transformers 4' Filming Begins in Chicago
Michael Bay didn't wait long to break out the special effects during Transformers 4 filming.
The action director delivered explosions and flipped cars on Friday, which was the first day of filming in Chicago. The scene was shot on the plaza in McCormick Place but was set in Hong Kong. The taxis, buses and Coca Cola truck parked on the streets had Chinese writing, as did the signs and advertisements in the area, including one for a Hong Kong Opera.
"Part of the movie is set in Chicago, and some of what they're filming here is supposed to be Hong Kong," said Chicago Film Office director Rich Moskal by email.
The many extras involved in Friday's shoot were repeatedly asked to scream and run through the plaza at full speed. From what exactly? I'm not sure, but I'm guessing it involved destruction and was big, judging by the way some of the crowed looked up.
The best stunt, however, was saved for last.
Bay had two cars flip over and catch fire in unison as a series of explosions went off around them in the grassy area of the plaza, much to the delight of the small crowd watching from the lobby of the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place hotel.
Filming on Saturday and Sunday will take place in the Near East Side neighborhood. There is no word on whether star Mark Wahlberg, who didn't appear to be on set Friday, will take part in the weekend shoot.


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Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
Why doesn't conformal radiation therapy for prostate cancer include coverage of the rest of the body with a protective lead shield to protect from x-ray exposure? You get zapped at the dentist's office and wear a vest, why not with conformal radiation therapy?
Richard Whittington, MD, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, responds:
Patients receiving conformal radiation therapy are shielded. The shielding is in the head of the machine. The dentist's office is a smaller room and the machine has to be lighter and portable to move around the patient. The radiation machine head weighs over a ton because of the lead and depleted uranium shielding in the head of the machine. To put a ton of shielding on the patient would crush them. It is like treating a patient through a wall with a hole in it. It is easier for the machine with its motors and steel frame to bear the weight of the wall than it is for the patient. Much thinner shields can stop dental x-rays. 1/2 millimeter of lead absorbs more than 90% of the radiation. 12 millimeters of lead will absorb 50% of what comes out of a radiation therapy unit.


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Classification and Concentrating
Classification is the condition that favors separation by size and not density.
Classification is also method of separating minerals into two or more products based on there different velocities under the effects of gravity in a viscous medium that offers some resistance. Air, water or any other fluid that offers resistance can be equated. under vacuum and under constant acceleration it has an infinite rate of acceleration.
For instance In a vertical tube with a constant stream of resistance moving upwards the lighter particles will float upwards and the heavier will drop or remain stationary in the fluid/air. Could be a new sluice design right here.
Larger particles >5mm do create turbulence and are calculated differently because of the turbulent flow they create.
Stokes law which takes into consideration the viscosity of the fluid, speed of gravity, particle size and density of the fluid is used to calculate the smooth flow of small particles and the laminar flow the generally produce.
in a working plant this is used on particles that could not be efficiently screened and the hydrocyclone that operates under centrifugal force and is typically used today. hydraulic that operates under gravity. similar to a sluice box
The hydro uses mixed ore with water (Generally 40%) and the lighter fraction is shot up and out while the heavier minerals hit the wall and directed down towards the bottom. The biggest advantage with the hydrocyclone is the centrifugal forces are much higher than gravity alone forcing the particles to settle out at a faster rate.
Concentration of minerals is by means of one or more of the minerals characteristics. For gold its specific gravity. Mineral concentration by gravity, flotation, electrostatic, and magnetism.
The 3 factors that describe the extent of concentration are Recovery, Grade and Ratio of concentration.
Recovery is mass of valuable in product stream divided by mass of valuable in input stream x 100
Grade is mass of valuable in stream divided by mass of valuable in stream AND waste in stream x 100
Ratio of concentration mass of feed stream divided by mass of concentrate.
for example a flotation test on Galena Pb (lead)
Head 1500 kg @ 8.55%Pb
cons 220 kg @ 57% Pb
Tailings 0.2% Pb
Ratio of Concentration 1500 / 220 = 6.82
The recovery is a trade off between grinding the nano size for a high con % or hand picking pure ore from the heap at a loss of recovery rate. You can not end up with more than 100% of what is in the feed, Nothing can be created or destroyed. Any loss will be in the tailings. This is all material balancing. And a science type may call it the conservation of matter. Product in = product out.
Gravity Separation This is one we all know. A pan, sluice box etc. Others include spirals, shaker table and an extreme one is the use of Mercury (Hg) to "float away" the light material because of its high SG and allow the gold to settle out while the the light rock floats away. Similar to oil floating on water, because oil is the lighter.
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The science of Turning rocks into Metal. Crushing, grinding, concentrating, pre roasting and smelting of ores into valuable metallic products and biproducts. Covering Hydrometallurgy, Pyrometallurgy, leaching, the environment, thermodynamics and science and energy.
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When state lawmakers return to Springfield on Tuesday, they are expected to take up the future of the state's income tax.
The right thing to do is to keep their word to the public and allow the increase to roll back beginning in 2015.
The history of the tax increase is dubious in and of itself. It was passed in January 2011 with the help of lame-duck lawmakers, some of whom went on to find gainful employment working for the state of Illinois.
The increase hiked the tax on personal income from 3 to 5 percent for individuals, and on corporate income from 7.3 to 9.5 percent.
While this unpopular increase was negotiated, lawmakers decided that it should be temporary, and that by 2015, rates should decline to 3.75 percent for personal income and 7.75 for corporate income.
The argument against allowing the tax to roll back is that it will create budget deficits: Gov. Pat Quinn's office of management and budget projects the state budget deficit would grow to $1.9 billion in 2015 and $4.1 billion in 2016 if legislators keep their word to taxpayers. But that seems more like an argument for the state to adjust its spending priorities, something that is long overdue. Illinoisans haven't been paying the full price of the government they have, which is evident from the $100 billion in unfunded pension obligations and backlog of unpaid bills the state has accrued.
The chief benefit of the income tax increase has been to enable the state to continue spending beyond its means. Despite all-time highs in collected revenue, the unpaid bills remain, as does the pension chasm and the state's lowest-in-the-nation credit rating.
Rather than focusing on retaining a "temporary" tax increase, legislators instead should spend the time before the tax increase rollback to create a government we can afford. We also need to find revenue streams beyond the old standbys of "sin taxes" on tobacco, booze and gambling, gambling and more gambling.
One surefire way to generate more revenue without raising taxes is to grow the economy and attract new jobs. To do that, Illinois needs a tax policy that makes it more attractive to outside investment, not less. High taxes on people and companies are not a selling point.
Lawmakers included a sunset clause in the tax increase legislation for a reason. Now is the time for them to make the tough decisions they did not make in 2011.


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PARIS (AP) -- The recession across the economy of the 17 European Union countries that use the euro extended into its sixth quarter -- longer than the calamitous slump that hit the region in the financial crisis of 2008-9.
Eurostat, the EU's statistics office, said Wednesday that nine of the 17 eurozone countries are in recession, with France a notable addition to the list. Overall, the euro region's economy contracted 0.2 percent in the January-March period from the previous three months.
Though that's an improvement on the previous quarter's 0.6 percent decline, it's another unwelcome landmark for the single currency bloc as it grapples with a debt crisis which has forced governments to slash spending and raise taxes.
These austerity measures have inflicted severe economic pain and social unrest. Unemployment across the eurozone is currently at a record of 12.1 percent -- in some countries, such as Greece, it's as high as 27.2 percent.
Though this recession is not nearly as deep as the one in 2008-9, it is the longest in the history of the euro, which was launched in 1999. A recession is officially defined as two straight quarters of negative growth.
"The eurozone is facing a double blow from necessary restructuring of its domestic economy and somewhat disappointing growth in world trade, in particular demand from emerging markets," said Marie Diron, senior economic advisor to Ernst & Young.
There was also bad news for the wider 27-country EU, which includes non-euro members such as Britain and Poland. It too is now officially in recession after shrinking by a quarterly rate of 0.1 percent in the first quarter, following a 0.5 percent drop in the previous period.
With a population of more than half a billion people, the EU is the world's largest export market. If it remains stuck in reverse, order books for companies in the U.S. and Asia will be hit. Last month, U.S.-based Ford (NYSE:F) lost $462 million in Europe and called the outlook there "uncertain."
Other major economies have faltered this year but none are in recession. The annualized contraction in the eurozone of around 0.9 percent contrasts with the equivalent expansion of the U.S. of 2.5 percent. Meanwhile, China, the world's number 2 economy, is growing around 8 percent a year.
For many analysts, that discrepancy highlights Europe's flawed economic approach since the end of the financial crisis. Instead of keeping the spending taps on -- as the U.S. has largely done -- the region concentrated on austerity even though companies and consumers weren't able to plug the gap left by the retrenching state.
However, there have been some recent indications that Europe's leaders are willing to ease up on their adherence to cuts and tax rises at a time of recession. Some countries, for example, are being given more time to meet certain economic and financial targets.
Despite the latest relaxation of some deficit-reduction targets -- and an easing of concerns over the debt crisis in financial markets -- most economists think the eurozone will remain in recession in the second quarter.
Growth is expected to emerge in the second half of the year -- but it isn't expected to amount to much. Many economists warn of a lost decade ahead for the eurozone similar to Japan. It, like the eurozone, has zigzagged its way in and out of recession over the past few years. In the fourth quarter of 2012, the last set of available figures, Japan's economy was flat.
The eurozone's recession since the fourth quarter of 2011. Initially it was just the countries at the forefront of its debt crisis, such as Greece and Portugal that were contracting.
But the malaise is now spreading to the so-called core countries. Figures Wednesday showed Germany, Europe's largest economy, grew by a less-than-anticipated quarterly rate of 0.1 percent, largely because of a severe winter.
Germany's paltry growth still allowed it to avoid a recession following the previous quarter's 0.7 percent fall, when orders for the country's high-value good from its struggling euro neighbors declined.
However, France, Europe's second-largest economy, has not avoided that fate. On the first anniversary of Francois Hollande becoming president, figures showed that the country's economy contracted by a quarterly rate of 0.2 percent for the second quarter running.
"We are in Europe, the eurozone countries are our main clients and our main suppliers, and when the environment around us is depressed, well, that's the main factor in the slowing of the French economy," French finance minister Pierre Moscovici said.
This marks the third time that France has been in recession since 2008, when a banking crisis pushed the global economy into its deepest contraction since World War II.
Guillaume Cairou, CEO of the consultancy Didaxis and president of France's Club of Entrepreneurs, said the news that the country is in recession merely confirms the difficulties its businesses have long experienced.
"The situation of companies on the ground is grave and more serious today than in 2008," Cairou said in a written statement.
Whatever problems France is experiencing at the moment, they pale in comparison with the continuing contractions in countries that have either been bailed out or are trying to avoid a financial rescue.
The country has faced the most acute economic difficulties and it remains mired in a six-year recession that is commonly being referred to as a depression. The Greek economy has been ravaged by a series of austerity measures, such as wage and pension cuts and tax rises, demanded by international creditors in order to return the country's public finances to health.
In the first quarter, the Greek economy was 5.3 percent smaller than it was the year before — quarterly figures are not provided. Though that is an improvement compared to the past two quarters — in the third quarter of 2012, the annual rate of contraction stood at 6.7 percent — the country's creditors and the Greek government have recently voiced hopes that the recent calmer financial backdrop may herald a return to growth.
Much worse is projected for Cyprus, which recently accepted a bailout following a damaging crisis that saw its banks close for nearly a couple of weeks. Many economists fear that the small eastern Mediterranean island nation will see its output shrink at Greek-style levels over the coming couple of years as its economy readjusts. Capital controls remain in place, two months after the crisis that gripped the country. In the first quarter, the island's economy shrank by a quarterly rate of 1.3 percent.
Portugal, which has also been bailed out, remains in recession, though the quarterly decline of 0.3 percent in the first three months of the year is substantially lower than the previous quarter's 1.8 percent drop.
Spain, Italy, Ireland
Spain, which has sought help for its banks, remains in recession, as is Italy, which has also embarked on the austerity path. Both countries' economies shrank by a quarterly rate of 0.5 percent in the first quarter.
Quarterly figures for Ireland, which hopes to exit its bailout program this year, have yet to be released.


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Venus Williams' fashion collaboration with retailer Steve & Barry's — EleVen — drops in stores today. You may remember the high profile announcement of the line on the eve of this year's U.S. Open.
The 120-piece collection — all priced under $20 — features graphic T-shirts, down jackets, jeans, sport socks, visors, and gym bags in all shapes and colors. (Venus has been previewing the line by wearing pieces from the collection during matches. See all the looks here.)
The line will also feature jewelry:
"For the line, Williams has also crafted jewelry, ranging from a white bangle bracelet with "EleVen" in black print for younger fans, to a more sophisticated linked circle pendant for those in their early to mid-20s ("You can go out and wear this at a dinner or the club," she says). "
And don't forget about the disbelief-suspending V-Court sneakers, the collection's signature item, which comes in a variety of colors (including teal, purple, pink, and silver). I'd like to think that my shoes need more than $20's worth of protection when I play tennis, but hey I'm no expert.
There's a Steve & Barry's local to me so I'll be checking out the store later this afternoon. Hopefully it won't be a madhouse; I'll try to take a peek at the clothes and possibly talk to some shoppers. (I'd buy some clothes but, alas, the guys have been snubbed yet again. Perhaps there are sunglasses or a tote bag in my future…)
(photos via EleVen)


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I guess he actually thinks he's good for something. Mitt Romney I mean. Here he goes blaming the people for choosing good government and the general welfare over his magnificent offer of his leadership:
Earth to Mitt -- it turned out most of us didn't want you. You had nothing to offer to the majority of the people. Your only accomplishment has been making yourself rich by destroying other peoples' livelihoods and bilking deluded donors. Go hang out with your car elevator and shut up. It's over.
Mitt Romney told his top donors Wednesday that his loss to President Obama was a disappointing result that neither he nor his top aides had expected, but said he believed his team ran a "superb" campaign with "no drama," and attributed his rival's victory to "the gifts" the administration had given to blacks, Hispanics and young voters during Obama's first term.
Obama, Romney argued, had been "very generous" to blacks, Hispanics and young voters. He cited as motivating factors to young voters the administration's plan for partial forgiveness of college loan interest and the extension of health coverage for students on their parents' insurance plans well into their 20s. Free contraception coverage under Obama's healthcare plan, he added, gave an extra incentive to college-age women to back the president.
Romney argued that Obama's healthcare plan's promise of coverage "in perpetuity" was "highly motivational" to those voters making $25,000 to $35,000 who might not have been covered, as well as to African American and Hispanic voters. Pivoting to immigration, Romney said the Obama campaign's efforts to paint him as "anti-immigrant" had been effective and that the administration's promise to offer what he called "amnesty" to the children of illegal immigrants had helped turn out Hispanic voters in record numbers.


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Mauritius Population: 1,348,242NO VISITORS FROM HERE YET!
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|Although known to Arab and Malay sailors as early as the 10th century, Mauritius was first explored by the Portuguese in the 16th century and subsequently settled by the Dutch - who named it in honor of Prince Maurits van NASSAU - in the 17th century. The French assumed control in 1715, developing the island into an important naval base overseeing Indian Ocean trade, and establishing a plantation economy of sugar cane. The British captured the island in 1810, during the Napoleonic Wars. Mauritius remained a strategically important British naval base, and later an air station, playing an important role during World War II for anti-submarine and convoy operations, as well as the collection of signals intelligence. Independence from the UK was attained in 1968. A stable democracy with regular free elections and a positive human rights record, the country has attracted considerable foreign investment and has one of Africa's highest per capita incomes.
The main island, from which the country derives its name, is of volcanic origin and is almost entirely surrounded by coral reefs; former home of the dodo, a large flightless bird related to pigeons, driven to extinction by the end of the 17th century through a combination of hunting and the introduction of predatory species
|Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, about 800 km (500 mi) east of Madagascar
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 2,040 sq km
land: 2,030 sq km
water: 10 sq km
note: includes Agalega Islands, Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint Brandon), and Rodrigues
Size comparison: almost 11 times the size of Washington, DC
|Land Boundaries:
|0 km
|177 km
|Maritime claims:
| measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
|tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May)
|small coastal plain rising to discontinuous mountains encircling central plateau
|Elevation extremes:
|Natural resources:
|arable land, fish
|Land use:
| agricultural land: 43.8% arable land 38.4%; permanent crops 2%; permanent pasture 3.4% forest: 17.3%
other: 38.9% (2011 est.)
|Irrigated land:
|190 sq km (2012)
|Natural hazards:
|cyclones (November to April); almost completely surrounded by reefs that may pose maritime hazards
|Current Environment Issues:
|water pollution, degradation of coral reefs
|International Environment Agreements:
| party to: Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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| noun: Mauritian(s)
adjective: Mauritian
|Ethnic groups:
|Indo-Mauritian 68%, Creole 27%, Sino-Mauritian 3%, Franco-Mauritian 2%
|Creole 86.5%, Bhojpuri 5.3%, French 4.1%, two languages 1.4%, other 2.6% (includes English, the official language, which is spoken by less than 1% of the population), unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)
|Hindu 48.5%, Roman Catholic 26.3%, Muslim 17.3%, other Christian 6.4%, other 0.6%, none 0.7%, unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)
|1,348,242 (July 2016 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 20.44% (male 140,808/female 134,826)
15-24 years: 15.06% (male 102,593/female 100,465)
25-54 years: 43.87% (male 295,794/female 295,719)
55-64 years: 11.37% (male 72,733/female 80,621)
65 years and over: 9.25% (male 50,888/female 73,795) (2016 est.)
|Dependency ratios:
| total dependency ratio: 40.6%
youth dependency ratio: 27.2%
elderly dependency ratio: 13.4%
potential support ratio: 7.4% (2015 est.)
|Median age:
| total: 34.8 years
male: 33.9 years
female: 35.8 years (2016 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|0.61% (2016 est.)
|Birth rate:
|13.1 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Death rate:
|7 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Net migration rate:
|0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
| urban population: 39.7% of total population (2015)
rate of urbanization: -0.08% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Major urban areas - population:
|PORT LOUIS (capital) 135,000 (2014)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.9 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2016 est.)
|Maternal mortality rate:
|53 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 10 deaths/1,000 live births male: 11.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 75.6 years male: 72.2 years
female: 79.2 years (2016 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|1.75 children born/woman (2016 est.)
|Health expenditures:
|4.8% of GDP (2014)
|Physicians density:
|1.62 physicians/1,000 population (2013)
|Hospital bed density:
|3.4 beds/1,000 population (2011)
|Drinking water source:
| improved:
urban: 99.9% of population
rural: 99.8% of population
total: 99.9% of population
urban: 0.1% of population
rural: 0.2% of population
total: 0.1% of population (2015 est.)
|Sanitation facility access:
| improved:
urban: 93.9% of population
rural: 92.6% of population
total: 93.1% of population
urban: 6.1% of population
rural: 7.4% of population
total: 6.9% of population (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
|0.88% (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
|8,200 (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - deaths:
|400 (2015 est.)
|Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
|18.8% (2014)
|Education expenditures:
|5% of GDP (2015)
| definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.6%
male: 92.9%
female: 88.5% (2015 est.)
|School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
| total: 15 years male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2014)
|Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
| total: 25.1% male: 20.1%
female: 32.6% (2014 est.)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: Republic of Mauritius
conventional short form: Mauritius
local long form: Republic of Mauritius
local short form: Mauritius note: island named after Prince Maurice VAN NASSAU, stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, in 1598
|Government type:
|parliamentary republic
| name: Port Louis
geographic coordinates: 20 09 S, 57 29 E
time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
|Administrative divisions:
|9 districts and 3 dependencies*; Agalega Islands*, Black River, Cargados Carajos Shoals*, Flacq, Grand Port, Moka, Pamplemousses, Plaines Wilhems, Port Louis, Riviere du Rempart, Rodrigues*, Savanne
|12 March 1968 (from the UK)
|National holiday:
|Independence Day, 12 March (1968); note - also became Republic Day (1992)
|several previous; latest adopted 12 March 1968; amended many times, last in 2015 (2016)
|Legal system:
|civil legal system based on French civil law with some elements of English common law
|18 years of age; universal
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: President Ameenah GURIB-FAKIM (since 5 June 2015); Vice President Paramaslyum (aka Barlen) Pillay VYAPOORY (since 4 April 2016)
head of government: Prime Minister Sir Anerood JUGNAUTH (since 17 December 2014)
cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers (Council of Ministers) appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister elections/appointments: president and vice president indirectly elected by the National Assembly for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 4 June 2015 (next to be held in 2020); prime minister and deputy prime minister appointed by the president, responsible to the National Assembly
election results: Ameenah GURIB-FAKIM (independent) elected president by the National Assembly - unanimous vote
|Legislative branch:
| description: unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (70 seats maximum; 62 members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and up to 8 seats allocated to non-elected party candidates by the Electoral Commissioner's Office to ensure fair and adequate representation of each community and party in the Assembly, as outlined in the Constitution; members serve 5-year terms)
elections: last held on 10 December 2014 (next to be held by 2019); note - the National Assembly was dissolved on 6 October 2014, resulting in early elections
election results: percent of vote by party - Alliance Lepep 49.8%, PTR-MMM 38.5%, FSM 2.1%, OPR 1.1%, other 8.5%; elected seats by party - Alliance Lepep 47, PTR-MMM 13, OPR 2; appointed seats Alliance Lepep 4, PTR-MMM 3
|Judicial branch:
| highest court(s): Supreme Court of Mauritius (consists of the chief justice, a senior puisne judge, and 17 puisne judges); note - the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London) serves as the final court of appeal judge selection and term of office: chief justice appointed by the president after consultation with the prime minister; senior puisne judge appointed by the president with the advice of the chief justice; other puisne judges appointed by the president with the advice of the Judicial and Legal Commission, a 4-member body of judicial officials including the chief justice; all judges serve until retirement at age 62
subordinate courts: Court of Civil Appeal; Court of Criminal Appeal; Public Bodies Appeal Tribunal
|Political parties and leaders:
|Alliance Lepep (Alliance of the People) [Sir Anerood JUGNAUTH] (coalition including MSM, PMSD, and ML) Labor Party (Parti Travailliste) or PTR or MLP [Navinchandra RAMGOOLAM] Mauritian Militant Movement (Mouvement Militant Mauricien) or MMM [Paul BERENGER] Mauritian Social Democratic Party (Parti Mauricien Social Democrate) or PMSD [Xavier Luc DUVAL] Mauritian Solidarity Front (Front Solidarite Mauricienne) or FSM [Cehl FAKEERMEEAH, known as Cehl MEEAH] Militant Socialist Movement (Mouvement Socialist Mauricien) or MSM [Pravind JUGNAUTH] Muvman Liberater or ML [Ivan COLLENDAVELLOO] Rodrigues Peoples Organization (Organisation du Peuple Rodriguais) or OPR [Serge CLAIR]
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|Lalit Political Party Rezistans ek Alternativ (Resistance and Alternative) Say No to Coal! other: various labor unions
|International organization participation:
|ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, C, CD, COMESA, CPLP (associate), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, SAARC (observer), SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
|National symbol(s):
|dodo bird, Trochetia Boutoniana flower; national colors: red, blue, yellow, green
|National anthem:
| name: "Motherland"
lyrics/music: Jean Georges PROSPER/Philippe GENTIL
note: adopted 1968
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Sooroojdev PHOKEER (since 3 August 2015)
chancery: 1709 N Street NW, Washington, DC 20036; administrative offices at 3201 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 441, Washington, DC 20036
telephone: [1] (202) 244-1491 through 1492
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Melanie ZIMMERMAN (since 2016); note - also accredited to Seychelles
embassy: 4th Floor, Rogers House, John Kennedy Avenue, Port Louis
mailing address: international mail: P.O. Box 544, Port Louis; US mail: American Embassy, Port Louis, US Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-2450
telephone: [230] 202-4400
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Since independence in 1968, Mauritius has undergone a remarkable economic transformation from a low-income, agriculturally based economy to a diversified, upper middle-income economy with growing industrial, financial, and tourist sectors. Mauritius has achieved steady growth over the last several decades, resulting in more equitable income distribution, increased life expectancy, lowered infant mortality, and a much-improved infrastructure. The economy currently rests on sugar, tourism, textiles and apparel, and financial services, but is expanding into fish processing, information and communications technology, and hospitality and property development. Sugarcane is grown on about 90% of the cultivated land area and accounts for 15% of export earnings. The government's development strategy centers on creating vertical and horizontal clusters of development in these sectors. Mauritius has attracted more than 32,000 offshore entities, many aimed at commerce in India, South Africa, and China. Investment in the banking sector alone has reached over $1 billion. Mauritius' textile sector has taken advantage of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act, a preferential trade program that allows duty free access to the US market, with Mauritian exports to the US growing by 40% from 2000 to 2014. Mauritius' sound economic policies and prudent banking practices helped to mitigate negative effects of the global financial crisis in 2008-09. GDP grew in the 3-4% per year range in 2010-14, and the country continues to expand its trade and investment outreach around the globe. Growth in the US and Europe fostered goods and services exports, including tourism, while lower oil prices kept inflation low in 2015.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
| GDP (purchasing power parity): $25.85 billion (2016 est.) $24.97 billion (2015 est.) $24.12 billion (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $11.74 billion (2015 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|3.5% (2016 est.) 3.5% (2015 est.) 3.6% (2014 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
| GDP - per capita (PPP): $20,500 (2016 est.) $19,800 (2015 est.) $19,200 (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|Gross national saving:
|15.8% of GDP (2016 est.) 16.3% of GDP (2015 est.) 17% of GDP (2014 est.)
|GDP - composition, by end use:
| household consumption: 74%
government consumption: 14.4%
investment in fixed capital: 17.3%
investment in inventories: 3.4%
exports of goods and services: 50.7%
imports of goods and services: -59.8% (2016 est.)
|GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
| household consumption: 74%
government consumption: 14.4%
investment in fixed capital: 17.3%
investment in inventories: 3.4%
exports of goods and services: 50.7%
imports of goods and services: -59.8% (2016 est.)
|Agriculture - products:
|sugarcane, tea, corn, potatoes, bananas, pulses; cattle, goats; fish
|food processing (largely sugar milling), textiles, clothing, mining, chemicals, metal products, transport equipment, nonelectrical machinery, tourism
|Industrial production growth rate:
|2.8% (2016 est.)
|Labor force:
|624,700 (2016 est.)
|Labor force - by occupation:
| agriculture and fishing: 9% construction and
industry: 30% transportation and communication: 7% trade, restaurants, hotels: 22% finance: 6% other
services: 25% (2007)
|Unemployment rate:
|7.8% (2016 est.) 8% (2015 est.)
|Population below poverty line:
|8% (2006 est.)
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
|Distribution of family income - Gini index:
|35.9 (2012 est.) 39 (2006 est.)
| revenues: $2.478 billion
expenditures: $2.95 billion (2016 est.)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|21.1% of GDP (2016 est.)
|Public debt:
|66% of GDP (2016 est.) 63.7% of GDP (2015 est.)
|Fiscal year:
|1 July - 30 June
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.1% (2016 est.) 1.3% (2015 est.)
|Current account balance:
|-$509 million (2016 est.) -$562 million (2015 est.)
|$2.676 billion (2016 est.) $2.685 billion (2015 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|clothing and textiles, sugar, cut flowers, molasses, fish, primates (for research)
|Exports - partners:
|UK 13.2%, UAE 12.4%, France 11.9%, US 10.7%, South Africa 8.6%, Madagascar 6.5%, Italy 5.4%, Spain 4.4% (2015)
|$4.355 billion (2016 est.) $4.526 billion (2015 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|manufactured goods, capital equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals
|Imports - partners:
|India 18.7%, China 17.8%, France 7.1%, South Africa 6.5%, Vietnam 4.4% (2015)
|Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
|$4.526 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $4.26 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
|Debt - external:
|$10.89 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $10.62 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
|Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
|Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
|Market value of publicly traded shares:
|$7.239 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $8.751 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $8.942 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
|Exchange rates:
|Mauritian rupees (MUR) per US dollar - 35.56 (2016 est.) 35.057 (2015 est.) 35.057 (2014 est.) 30.622 (2013 est.) 30.05 (2012 est.)
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|Electricity - production:
|2.8 billion kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - consumption:
|2.6 billion kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|0 kWh (2013 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|0 kWh (2013 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|1.1 million kW (2014 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|96.5% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|3.3% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|0.2% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|0 bbl/day (2015 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|25,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|25,960 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|0 cu m (1 January 2014 es)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|5.4 million Mt (2013 est.)
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|Cellular Phones in use:
|total: 1.762 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 132 (July 2015 est.)
|Telephone system:
| general assessment: small system with good service
domestic: monopoly over fixed-line services terminated in 2005; fixed-line teledensity roughly 25 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular services launched in 1989 with current teledensity roughly 130 per 100 persons
international: country code - 230; landing point for the SAFE submarine cable that provides links to Asia and South Africa where it connects to the SAT-3/WASC submarine cable that provides further links to parts of East Africa, and Europe; satellite earth station - 1 In (2015)
|Broadcast media:
|the government maintains control over TV broadcasting through the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), which operates 3 analog and 10 digital TV stations; MBC is a shareholder in a local company that operates 2 pay-TV stations; the state retains the (2007)
|Internet country code:
|Internet users:
|total: 672,000 percent of population: 50.1% (July 2015 est.)
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|5 (2013)
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 2
over 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 3
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2013)
| total 2,149 km
paved: 2,149 km (includes 75 km of expressways) (2012)
|Merchant marine:
| total 4
by type: passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 1 (2010)
|Ports and terminals:
|major seaport(s): Port Louis
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|Military branches:
|no regular military forces; Mauritius Police Force, Special Mobile Force, National Coast Guard
|Military expenditures:
|0.19% of GDP (2012) 0.16% of GDP (2011) 0.19% of GDP (2010)
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|Transnational Issues
|Disputes - International:
|Mauritius and Seychelles claim the Chagos Islands; claims French-administered Tromelin Island
|Illicit drugs:
|consumer and transshipment point for heroin from South Asia; small amounts of cannabis produced and consumed locally; significant offshore financial industry creates potential for money laundering, but corruption levels are relatively low and the government appears generally to be committed to regulating its banking industry
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Cornerback Aaron Ross is back with the New York Giants after an uneven, one-year stint with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
"It was a nice paid vacation to Florida," Ross admitted on "NFL AM" on Friday.
The Jaguars came out of the woodwork last offseason to offer Ross a three-year, $15.3 million contract -- far more than what the Giants were willing to fork over for the 30-year-old defender.
"I had to think about the family, setting us up long-term, so of course the money comes to mind," Ross said. "But winning is everything, man. It takes the joy away when you're losing, and the only thing to get you through it is the paycheck when you're losing."
On the field, Ross started just nine games for the 2-14 Jaguars, battling through injuries and struggling in coverage. He was released in March before re-signing with the Giants on a one-year, $715,000 contract, yet another example of how none of these big-money deals are what they seem.
The vacation is over -- and he's no guarantee to start in New York -- but Ross is content to come home.
"I'm very happy," he said, "to be back with the Giants."
UPDATE: Ross later apologized for his statements. "I really apologize if Jag nation took offense to it," he said, via ESPN. "I loved the opportunity that they gave me, they gave me a second chance to live my dream. They accepted me and my wife (Sanya Richards-Ross) with open arms and they were a fun crowd to be around and the organization was first class and treated us really nice."
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Celebrating The Centennial Of Lyricist Sammy Cahn
2013 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of lyricist Sammy Cahn, who was born Samuel Cohen, on the Lower East Side of New York City, on June 18, 1913. We didn't want the year to end without celebrating this centennial.
Cahn had his most successful and enduring partnerships with composers Saul Chaplin, Jule Styne and Jimmy Van Heusen. Several of his songs were written for Frank Sinatra. Cahn died in 1993, at the age of 79.
He spoke with Fresh Air's Terry Gross in 1985, and — as you'll hear — he'd sing his songs at the slightest provocation. And when he was commissioned to write a song for a particular singer, he would insist on performing it to show what he had in mind. When it was time to demonstrate a song for a great singer, Cahn never lacked confidence, even if the singer was Sinatra.
This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies in for Terry Gross. This year marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of lyricist Sammy Cahn, who was born Samuel Cohen on the Lower East Side of New York City on June 18th, 1913.
We didn't want the year to end without celebrating this centennial. Let's start with just a small sampling of his songs.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: (Singing) Hey there cutes, put on your dancin' boots. Come dance with me. Come dance with me, what an evening for some Terpsichore.
THE ANDREW SISTERS: (Singing) Bei mir bist du schn, please let me explain. Bei mir bist du schn means you're grand.
DAVIES: Sammy Cahn had his most successful and enduring partnerships with composers Saul Chaplin, Jule Styne and Jimmy Van Heusen. Several of his songs were written for Frank Sinatra. Cahn died in 1993, at the age of 79.
Terry spoke with Sammy Cahn in 1985, and - as you'll hear - he'd sing his songs at the slightest provocation. And when he was commissioned to write a song for a particular singer, he would insist on performing it to show what he had in mind. When it was time to demonstrate a song for a great singer, Cahn never lacked confidence, even if the singer was Frank Sinatra.
SAMMY CAHN: I sing this song for the first time. And I stand in front of Sinatra and I am a lethal demonstrator. I'm lethal.
CAHN: I don't know if you understand the true meaning when I stand in front of you and take my posture, I'm ready. One of the most memorable moments of demonstrating a song was when I sang the song to "Our Town." When I sang to him it was kind of quiet with no one around, just him sitting in an easy chair. When Sinatra reflects, he rolls the bottom of his thumb over his lower left, and that's how he reflects. And his highest praise is: Yeah. Yeah.
CAHN: High praise. And he doesn't turn down to song - never has.
Do you want to change a lyric that you wrote?
CAHN: Only one time.
GROSS: Which one was that?
CAHN: That's in the song, one of my very, very favorite songs, "The Last Dance." We started the idea of writing an opening song for an album and a closing song for an album, like "Come Fly With Me," of course, and the closing song, which is, "It's Nice to Go Traveling." And then we wrote "Come Dance with Me." And then we needed a closing song. And we quickly discovered that Irving Berlin, the legendary Irving Berlin, I discovered that he had written every song you can possibly write about dancing. "Cheek to Cheek," "Change Partners," "I'm Putting On My Top Hat." And usually, I write a song very, very swiftly. But here I am and I can't come up with the last song. Finally I turned to Van Heusen one day. I said, has there ever been a song called "The Last Dance?" And Van Heusen, who is very, very familiar with the literature of songs, said no. There's been "Save the Last Waltz For Me," but not the last. I said sit down.
And I said it's "The Last Dance." We've come to the last dance. They're dimming the lights down, they're hoping we will go. It's obvious they're aware of us, the pair of us, alone on the floor. But I want to hold you like this forever more. So Sinatra is recording this song and I had a line that said (Singing) They're wondering just when will we leave. But till we leave, keep holding me tight through the last dance, each beat of the last dance and save me the first dance in your dreams tonight.
So when you speak, you would say they're wondering just when we will leave. You wouldn't say, they're wondering just when will we leave. So he said that one, just when we will leave. I said no, it isn't - hold it. I said they're wondering just when will we leave. But till we leave. He said what kind of cockamamie word is...
CAHN: I said no one speaks like that. I said no. I said no one speaks like that, but we aren't speaking, Frank, are we? We're singing, aren't we, Frank? And that's the only time we ever kind of good-naturedly quarreled about a line.
GROSS: Is there a song that you've written that you're proudest of the ones you were able to come up with?
CAHN: Yes. The one I tell everyone, the one I'm very, very proud of is "Call Me Irresponsible." Simply because I want to say and it's not as facetious as it sounds. It has five syllable words in it. (Singing) Call me unpredictable. Tell me I'm impractical. I said five syllable words from a fellow who came from a one syllable neighborhood.
GROSS: You know what I love in that song? Throw in undependable too. I love the throw in. How did you get that?
CAHN: Well, you...
GROSS: That's a vernacular. I really love that.
CAHN: You say, but every song, the title dictates the architecture of the song. If you say the title is call me irresponsible, da, da,da, da, da, da, da, da, that's the architecture. Call me irresponsible. Call me undependable. Throw in unreliable too. Do my foolish alibis bore you? Well, I'm not too clever. I just adore you. Call me unpredictable. Tell me I'm in practical. Rainbows I'm inclined to pursue. Call me irresponsible. Yes, I'm undependable. But it's undeniably true. I said you know, Jim, if I had unreliable down there, undeniable coming after unreliable would be better, so we switched the two lines on top. I call that neatening up a song. So we changed the two lines. On top of it had (Singing) Call me irresponsible. Yes, I'm unreliable. But it's undeniably true. That's called graceful and very gratifying to the ear.
DAVIES: We're listening back to a 1985 interview with the late lyricist Sammy Cahn. This year marked the 100th anniversary of his birth. We'll hear more after break. This is FRESH AIR.
DAVIES: This is FRESH AIR. Let's get back to our 1985 interview with the late lyricist Sammy Cahn. This year is the centenary of his birth. He told Terry about writing about the song "Be My Love" for the singer Mario Lanza.
CAHN: In this instance, the music was already written in ink: Love Theme for Lanza. De da de, de, da, da, da. Every note was written, not in pencil, which you can erase and make a change written in ink by this very, very talented little Hungarian, Nicholas Brodsky, friend of Joseph Pasternak, another little Hungarian. And I was called in to put a lyric to this melody. But think about it. The title is "Be My Love." They're absolutely singing the words (Singing) Be my love. You can sing everyone of the line. For no one else can end this yearning. This need that you, and you alone create. Every one of those words you can bite them, chew them. Now, I don't know if you realize it. When I wrote that lyric, not a word rhymes.
GROSS: Gosh, you're right. I hadn't realized that before.
CAHN: (Singing) Just fill my arms of the way you fill my dreams. And no rhymes yet. We're halfway through a song. First rhyme. The dreams that you inspire, with every sweet desire. And I'm not ruling my R's the way opera people love to do. Now I rhyme the whole song, be my love in with your kisses, set me burning - yearning burning - one kiss is all I need to seal my fate. Create - fate. Now, listen now every word fits the mouth and it's really singing words. And in a hand, we'll find love's promised land. They'll be no one but you, ooh - ooh sounds very good in the high notes - for me intern...
Now Lanza, who had a voice that you could not believe unless you heard it in person - no mechanical reproduction of this voice does it any gestures. In a room with him it was a staggering experience. So there will be no one but you for me etern - hear that - eternally. If you will be my love. It's a high C. I don't know. It's just... Now, as I say to you, he knew every note of that song. He didn't know the lyric. I had the lyric. And you know what chutzpah is. You know what chutzpah means? That's cheek or gall. Chutzpah, the classic version is, the ancient version is this chap kills his parents and he pleads for mercy because he's an orphan. That's classic chutzpah. But my chutzpah was me singing to Mario Lanza. So Mario looked at me after I talk-sang "Be My Love" for the first time, he took the lyric out of my hand as contemptuously as you can take a lyric out of someone's hand, and he sang "Be My Love" back at me. And I tell you, that was an experience.
GROSS: You've written a rhyming dictionary. Did you actually use one? Would you ever use one when you were writing?
CAHN: I've always had a rhyming dictionary.
GROSS: Yeah?
CAHN: For the composer.
CAHN: That's the truth.
GROSS: Really?
CAHN: I always felt - I, personally, I always felt that if I couldn't think of the word I shouldn't use it. But the composer, he used to say to me - every time I was writing the composer used to say to me you have a rhyming dictionary? I said sure, here it is. Give it to the composer.
GROSS: Right. I get it. Are there words that you really avoid because you know they're un-rhymable?
CAHN: No. Every word is rhymable. Rhymable. Rhymable. Take a simple name like Nicholas you can rhyme it with ridiculous. If you aren't too meticulous. You know, every word's rhymable.
DAVIES: The late lyricist Sammy Cahn speaking with Terry Gross in 1985. This year marked the 100th anniversary of his birth. Here he is singing his song "The Tender Trap" which he co-wrote with Jimmy Van Heusen. It was recorded in 1972 at the 92nd Streetwise Lyrics and Lyricist Series.
DAVIES: Coming up, "American Hustle." David Edelstein reviews the new film starring Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, and Amy Adams. This is FRESH AIR.
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