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Drought conditions contribute to decline in monarch populations
Monarch butterfly populations have been fluttering away in the last decade, and a local expert points to Texas' drought conditions and recent wildfires as key factors in the decline.
The number of monarchs as well as milkweed plants, which are key to the insects' survival, are in low supply, said Craig Wilson, a Texas A&M university researcher with the Center for Mathematics and Science Education.
Wilson said reports from Mexico, where the monarchs have a breeding ground, show that in the last decade their numbers have been dropping significantly.
The area of forest occupied by the butterflies in their winter refuge in Mexico dropped 59 percent this year, the lowest level since comparable record-keeping began 20 years ago, according to a survey by Mexico's National Commission of Natural Protected Areas that was disclosed this week. It is the third straight year of declines for the butterflies that migrate from the United States to Canada after spending the winter in Mexico, scientists said this week.
Wilson points to dry conditions in Texas and Mexico as a key reason for the decline. He said it takes four generations of the insects to make it to Canada. He said the lack of milkweed plants along the way impedes their journey north from their breeding ground in Mexico.
"The severe drought in Texas and much of the Southwest continues to wreak havoc with the number of monarchs," he said.
Milkweed is the only type of plant the monarch will digest. Dry conditions and changing farming practices, such as an increased use of pesticides, have contributed to a drop in the growth of the plant. Texas' wildfires in recent years also hampered the growth of the plant.
Thirty types of milkweed grow in Texas, but currently the numbers cannot sustain the monarch's 2,000-mile migration to Canada.
"It is important to have a national priority of planting milkweed to assure there will be monarchs in the future," Wilson said. "If we could get several states to collaborate, we might be able to provide a 'feeding' corridor right up to Canada for the monarchs."
Wilson said people can help by buying milkweed plants at a local farmer's market or grocery store and planting them.
The monarch even has won an endorsement from former President Jimmy Carter. He recently visited the monarch sites in Michoacan, where the insects breed during the winter, according to a statement released from Texas A&M.
"The monarch butterfly unites the three countries of North America in peace," Carter said in the statement. "It is an ambassador of peace which requires protected areas and ecosystems that are preserved through sustainable agricultural and forestry practices. We need to work together to maintain a healthy and balanced ecosystem for all North America."
Wilson is working on adding a variety of milkweed plants to a garden on Texas A&M's campus, the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Garden.

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CTBC Financial Holding Co announced on Oct. 31 that it would acquire Taiwan Life Insurance Co. CTBC plans to buy a 100 percent stake in the life insurance company through a share swap scheme. Initially, it will keep both CTBC Life Insurance and Taiwan Life, and retain the latter's more than 6,000 employees, keeping their salaries and business operating system unchanged for two years.
Since CTBC is planning to merge the two insurance brands after the two years, the buyout could spark another wave of mergers in the financial industry. However, unlike previous mergers, this is likely to promote share participation among financial institutions on either side of the Taiwan Strait, backed by the proposed cross-strait service trade agreement.
For CTBC, obtaining a ticket to China's life insurance industry through the buyout is a key incentive. Taiwan Life is one of four Taiwanese life insurance companies that have joint ventures in China. Founded in 1947, the 66-year-old company has total assets of NT$430 billion (US$14.5 billion). The deal can help CTBC meet the China Insurance Regulatory Commission's rules on foreign investment in the insurance industry.
This buyout is just the beginning. The trade agreement will loosen regulations on mutual share participation in the banking, insurance and security sectors. Once the agreement comes into effect, a series of financial institution mergers are likely.
For the about 400,000 Taiwanese employees in the domestic financial sector, there are concerns that there will be more layoffs and labor conditions will worsen following a new wave of mergers. Take CTBC for example: Although it promises that both salaries and the business operating system will remain unchanged for two years, what will happen afterward?
Taiwan Life will be the third insurance company that CTBC has acquired. It says that it wants to recruit more sales staff, but after the two insurance brands are merged, their internal systems are likely to be integrated. Will this affect employees? Will labor conditions change after the two operations are integrated? If CTBC transfers some employees to China, the impact on their lives and families might become a thorny issue.
Lin Jia-he (林佳和), assistant professor in the College of Law at National Chengchi University, quoting Article 16 of the Business Mergers and Acquisitions Act (企業併購法), says: "Any surviving company, newly incorporated company or transferee company shall serve a written notice expressly describing labor conditions to any and all workers staying after the merger according to the negotiations between the existing and the new employers. All workers shall notify the new employer on whether they accept the conditions in writing."
Existing and new employers are thus able to lay off whomever they want. As for those who choose to stay, employers can change the labor conditions after the merger. This completely ignores employees' collective bargaining right, which allows employers to exploit them.
In the past, waves of financial institution mergers translated into waves of layoffs. Even if the total number of workers remained unchanged, companies sometimes took the chance to lay off senior workers to save on personnel costs.
Not long ago, the Democratic Front Against Cross-Strait Trade in Services Agreement held a press conference to push for an amendment to the act to protect workers' collective bargaining right during the merger process. The ruling and opposition parties should make the amendment a precondition for the legislature's review of the service trade agreement.


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Here are a few facts to help homeowners protect themselves from stinging insects over the next few months:
- Stinging insects send more than 500,000 people to the emergency room every year. They can swarm and sting en masse, which can be life threatening especially for anyone who has an allergic reaction.
- Unlike some stinging insect species, wasps are known for their unprovoked aggression. A single colony of wasps can contain more than 15,000 members, so an infestation should not be taken lightly.
- Common nesting sites include under eaves, on ceiling beams in attics, garages and sheds and under porches. Some stinging insects can build their nests in the ground, including yellowjackets and velvet ants (which are actually a species of wasps). Over-seeding the yard provides more coverage and discourages these pests from nesting around the property.
- Painting or staining untreated wood in fences, decks, swing sets and soffits will help keep stinging insects such as carpenter bees out. Carpenter bees create nests by drilling tunnels into soft wood, which can severely compromise the stability of a structure over time.
- Only female carpenter bees have stingers. Female carpenter bees will only sting if threatened, but reactions to these stings can range from mild irritation to life-threatening respiratory distress.


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20 Tech Boards to Follow on Pinterest
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After a too-quick scroll down Pinterest lane, you might conclude the site isn't for you. Sure, those red velvet pancakes make your mouth water and those crockpot recipes could save you time, but you tend to prefer software over cookware and point-and-shoot cams over polka dots.
While categories like Home Décor, Food & Drink, and DIY & Crafts are among the most popular, the virtual pinboard site does have dedicated Geek and Technology sections for those of a more PCMag-persuasion.
No doubt, the majority of content reminds us that Pinterest is dominated by women. In fact, a Pew study reports that 19 percent of U.S. female Internet users are on Pinterest, while only five percent of male users have accounts. Those numbers were initially much more skewed, but have balanced out since Pinterest graduated from invite-only beta to open registration last August.
In 2012, social media use exploded, led by Pinterest. According to Nielsen's Social Media Report, Pinterest boasted a 1,047 percent increase in unique U.S. PC visitors, a 1,698 percent increase in unique U.S. app visitors, and a 4,225 percent increase in unique U.S. mobile Web visitors over the last year. During that year, the site made its first acquisition, Punchfork, and added secret boards to keep some pinning private.
Many tech brands and individuals are now discovering that the breakout social networking site can work for them too. Mark Zuckerberg, Samsung, Microsoft Windows, and even President Obama have accounts. (Sammy Sosa is playing the game too, but still seems to be learning the rules.)
So what's a techie on Pinterest to do? Users can follow their favorite companies, startup stars, or individual boards to keep content relevant to their specific interests. We've spent hours combing through pins (which really isn't that hard to do…) to identify boards that you, a loyal PCMag reader, will find compelling. Some feature popular consumer electronics, others awesome infographics, and still more spotlight innovative ideas.
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Vacuum cleaners
Vacuum Cleaner manufacturers are driven by consumer needs for increased efficiency, more compact and value for money devices. To meet this challenge producers have looked at ways to:
- improve suction through increased motor power
- introduce higher speed motors (above 50 000 rpm)
- improve air circulation giving increased ventilation efficiency and more compact machines
- reduce noise levels
- review ways to reduce power consumption
- reduce the number and weight of components so that machines can be lighter and more versatile in their uses
- improve filtering systems to combat the growing concern about allergy sufferers
The effect of the higher power requirement has been an increase in temperature (above 110 deg. C). Friction torque therefore needs to be as low as possible.


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First look: Army investigation into ex-head of Mass. National Guard
Team 5 Investigates obtains report officials refused to provide
Team 5 Investigates has uncovered exclusive new details that led to the downfall of the man in charge of the Massachusetts National Guard.
Adjutant General Joseph Carter resigned from his post in September amid allegations of rape.
NewsCenter 5's Kathy Curran has obtained the army's report on their investigation that government officials didn't want the public to see.
Team 5 Investigates obtained an exclusive copy of the U.S. Army's report of investigation into the activities of Carter, a report that both the Army and Patrick administration refused to release to Team 5 upon request.
It contains almost 100 pages of interviews, including the words of the man at the center of this investigation. It also exposes a secret that has been kept under wraps for almost thirty years.
Team 5 reviewed the report with Susan Pelletier who said she was raped by then Lt. Carter during a training mission at Ft. Eglin in Florida back in 1983.
"The next thing I knew he was on top of me, brutally assaulting me. He raped me, he raped me," said Pelletier.
According to the report, the army's criminal investigative division found probable cause that Carter committed indecent assault, conduct unbecoming of an officer and made false statements but investigators didn't find probable cause on the rape allegation.
"What Joe Carter took away from me can never be replaced. I can never be the soldier I wanted to, I can never serve my country the way I thrived to and I don't see how he can look in the mirror every day and live with the negative things he did to me," said Pelletier.
Team 5 has also learned Carter declined a polygraph on two separate occasions during the investigation, claiming "I did not rape anyone; it would be out of my character."
During questioning, Carter denies hugging Pelletier, kissing Pelletier and even knowing Pelletier.
But witnesses interviewed recalled there was heavy drinking during the night in question. One said Carter started kissing Pelletier and said Pelletier had bruises after the alleged rape, and the zipper on her pants were broken and she had bruises after taking a walk on the beach with Joe Carter.
A National Guard attorney said he recommended the Guard act quickly and conduct a board and/or court martial when the allegation surfaced years later but that never happened.
"I think the National Guard and the army should have stepped up and done something themselves, absolutely. They didn't want to obviously," said Pelletier.
"Why do you think they didn't want to?" asked Curran.
"Because he was a rising star, according to the report," said Pelletier.
Captain Susan Baldwin is the sexual assault response coordinator for the Massachusetts National Guard. She says the way the Guard handles sexual assault allegations has drastically changed during the past seven years.
"There's been a large culture change and everyone is starting to come around and realize this is a crime and we do need to take it seriously," said Baldwin.
A former National Guard JAG said Carter was never court martialed back in the 80's because the Guard felt the punishment for the crime was inadequate. The maximum punishment back in the 80's was a $200 fine, dismissal or dishonorable discharge from the service. They referred Pelletier to civilian authorities.
In a written statement, Carter told Team 5 Investigates he never assaulted anyone; he cooperated fully with the investigation and told the truth.


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Harvard will look to advance to the WNIT Sweet 16 for the first time in Ivy League history (Gil Talbot).
The Storyline
The Harvard women's basketball team will face Temple Saturday, March 17 at 6 p.m. in Philadelphia, Pa. with a trip to the WNIT Sweet 16 on the line. Saturday's game will mark the first meeting between Harvard and Temple after the Crimson became the first team in Ivy League history to win a game in the WNIT.
Fans unable to attend the game can follow all of the action live online via a free video stream and live stats through OwlSports.com.
Where No Ivy Has Gone Before
Harvard became the first Ivy League program to win a game in the WNIT when it knocked off Hofstra, 73-71. Harvard is also the only Ivy League program to ever win a game in the NCAA Tournament, and became the only No. 16 seed to upset a No. 1 seed on either the men's or women's side with a 71-67 victory over Stanford on March 14, 1998.
Postseason Perennials
Harvard is making its third appearance in the WNIT in four years, and its Ivy League leading ninth postseason appearance in 17 years. The Crimson has also competed in six NCAA Tournaments during this span, and owns a 2-8 record in the postseason.
Senior Brogan Berry is making her third run through the postseason, a feat which has been accomplished only once before when Harvard went to three straight NCAA Tournaments from 1996-98.
Harvard in the WNIT
The Crimson earned the first WNIT win in Ivy League history on Thursday with its 73-71 victory at Hofstra. The win improved Harvard to 1-2 all-time in the tournament after falling to St. John's, 83-60, and Syracuse, 87-68, in its first two appearances.
Harvard's 73-points scored against the Pride marks the highest scoring output for an Ivy League team in WNIT history. Brogan Berry set the conference's individual WNIT scoring mark with her 26 points, while Emma Golen matched the Ancient Eight rebounding record with 10 and Christine Clark matched the conference's highest field goal percentage with her 9-of-15 performance (60.0). The Crimson also set Ivy League records with 42 rebounds and a shooting percentage of 46.8 percent.
Against the Field
Harvard is 32-52 all-time against the WNIT field and entered the tournament 1-1 this season against teams competing. The Crimson took down Boston University, 62-57, before falling at Hartford, 72-61.
The Crimson faced three teams which are playing in the NCAA Tournament, and posted a 1-3 record with a win over St. John's and losses to Iowa and Princeton.
All-Ivy Accolades
Brogan Berry, Christine Clark and Victoria Lippert were named to the All-Ivy League teams on March 9 after leading Harvard to the program's third WNIT appearance in four years. Berry and Clark garnered first team honors while Lippert was named to the second team.
Berry joins Allison Feaster '98, Hana Peljto '04 and Reka Cserny '05 as only the fourth student-athlete in Harvard history to be named All-Ivy League four times in her career. She was an honorable mention selection as a freshman in 2009, a second team honoree as a sophomore in 2010 and has earned first team honors in each of the least two seasons.
Clark's first team selection was the first of her career after being named to the all-rookie team in 2011. She and Berry are just the ninth set of teammates in school history and first since 2004 to be named to the first team together.
Lippert, meanwhile, was named to the conference's second team for the third consecutive season. The junior was also an all-rookie selection in 2010.
Last Time Out
Brogan Berry and Christine Clark combined for 49 points as the Harvard women's basketball team knocked off Hofstra Thursday night, 73-71, to become the first team in Ivy League history to record a win in the WNIT. With the victory, Harvard advances to the tournament's second round and will now face Temple Saturday, March 17 at 6 p.m. in Philadelphia, Pa.
Berry dominated the game in the first half, scoring 19 of her 26 points on 7-of-8 shooting while going 4-of-5 from three. She finished the game shooting 9-of-16 from the field and 5-of-9 from three, and added five rebounds and four assists.
Clark went 9-of-15 from the floor and 3-of-5 from three for her 23 points, and added seven rebounds. Victoria Lippert chipped in nine points while Emma Golen led the efforts on the glass with 10 boards. Elle Hagedorn grabbed seven rebounds to go with her three assists.
Hofstra was led by Shante Evans' 24-point, 16-rebound double-double. The Pride held a 38-30 edge in points in the paint and a 20-5 advantage in second-chance points, but shot 36.5 percent to Harvard's 46.8 percent. Candace Bond and Nicole Capurso added 18 points and 13 points, respectively.
History in the Making
Brogan Berry became the first Ivy Leaguer to surpass both the 1,400 point and 500 assist plateaus this season, and just the 49th student-athlete in NCAA women's basketball history to do so. Berry has scored 1,437 points entering Saturday's game, ranking her sixth in Harvard history and 27th in Ivy League history, while her 521 assists are second in the school record book and fourth in the conference's.
Click here to visit the Media Center on GoCrimson.com to access Harvard's most up-to-date career records.
Career Scoring (Harvard)
1. Allison Feaster '98 2,312
2. Hana Peljto '04 2,109
3. Reka Cserny '05 1,863
4. Tammy Butler '95 1,605
5. Erin Maher '93 1,582
6. Brogan Berry '12 1,437
Career Scoring (Ivy)
1. Diana Caramanico '01, Penn 2,415
25. Jeannie Cullen '06, Dartmouth 1,481
26. Ula Lysniak '87, Columbia 1,447
27. Brogan Berry '12, Harvard 1,437
Career Assists (Harvard)
1. Jennifer Monti '02 558
2. Brogan Berry '12 521
Career Assists (Ivy)
1. Jennifer Monti '02, Harvard 558
2. Kerry Kelley '87, Brown 549
3. Kathleen Offer '96, Yale 546
4. Brogan Berry '12, Harvard 521
Career Free Throws Made (Ivy)
1. Allison Feaster '98, Harvard 505
10. Diana Caramanico '01, Penn 409
11. Do Stevens '02, Cornell 394
12. Brogan Berry '12, Harvard 391
Career Free-Throw Percentage (Ivy)
1. Angela Soriaga '06, Dartmouth 89.9
5. Brogan Berry '12, Harvard 82.7
Haven't We Seen You Before?
Senior Brogan Berry has started a program record 114 games, and on Thursday tied former teammate Christine Matera's '11 record of 115 career appearances.
Head Coach Kathy Delaney-Smith, in her 30th season at the helm of the Crimson, has coached in 804 career games and reached the 800-game milestone Feb. 25 at Penn. Delaney-Smith has been on the sidelines for 408 Ivy League contests, and coached her 400th conference game Feb. 10 at home against the Quakers.
Defending Home Court
The Crimson went 8-4 at Lavietes Pavilion this season, marking the sixth straight year that Harvard has posted a winning record at home. The Crimson is 53-17 in Lavietes in that time, including a near perfect 12-1 mark in 2009-10.
Just Like Home
Harvard is 9-6 in road games this season, marking the program's first winning road record since 2008-09. The Crimson enjoyed a five-game road winning streak from Jan. 3 to Feb. 4, marking the program's longest road winning streak since a seven-game stretch in 2008-09.
Players of the Week
Junior Christine Clark and senior Brogan Berry combined to earn five Ivy League Player of the Week honors this season, second most in the conference. Clark was named player of the week three times after earning three Ivy League Rookie of the Week awards last season. Berry, meanwhile, owns five career player of the week honors, putting her one shy of the Ancient Eight's all-time top 10.
Welcome to the Club
Junior Victoria Lippert became the 16th member of Harvard's 1,000 point club on Feb. 10 against Penn and is only the sixth student-athlete in Crimson history to do so as an underclassman. Lippert enters Saturday ranked 14th in program annals with 1,099 points. Senior Brogan Berry is also a member of the 1,000 point club and was the fifth student-athlete to eclipse 1,000 points as an underclassman. She currently ranks sixth in the Harvard record books with 1,437 points.
Harvard won its 300th game in Ivy League play at home against Penn, becoming the second program after Dartmouth to reach 300 wins against Ancient Eight opponents. The Crimson has won 284 Ivy League games under Head Coach Kathy Delaney-Smith, and has won at least 10 games in the conference 17 times, including six times in the last seven years.
Doubling Up
Harvard has notched nine double-doubles this season, including three over a two-game span against Columbia and Cornell. Both Elle Hagedorn and Victoria Lippert recorded their first double-double's of the year Friday against Columbia, with Hagedorn registering 11 points and 13 rebounds and Lippert tallying 13 points and 10 boards. The pair became the first Crimson duo to notch a double-double in the same game since Lippert and Emma Markley '11 did so on Dec. 9, 2009.
Miriam Rutzen also got into the action on Saturday with a 12-point, 11-rebound effort against Cornell for her second double-double of the year. Christine Clark leads the team with three double-doubles while Brogan Berry and Emma Golen have registered one.
Seeing Crimson
Freshmen Kaitlyn Dinkins and Erin McDonnell starred in three editions of GoCrimson.com's video series, "Seeing Crimson." In the videos, Dinkins and McDonnell gave fans a first person perspective of what it takes to be a Crimson.
20/20 Vision
Christine Clark and Brogan Berry combined for six consecutive 20-plus point performances from Feb. 3 to Feb. 18, a feat which the Crimson had not achieved since going 15 straight games with a 20-point scorer in 2003-04.
Berry and Clark combined for 49 points at Hofstra in the first round of the WNIT, with Berry notching a game-high 26 points and Clark registering 23. This marked the first time Crimson teammates had scored 20-plus in the same game since Berry (31), Victoria Lippert (21) and Emma Markley '11 (20) did so on Dec. 9, 2009 against Northeastern.
Nationally Known
Harvard enters Saturday ranked eighth in the NCAA in free-throw percentage (77.6) and 30th with a +5.8 rebounding margin. The Crimson also ranks 11th in personal fouls (13.1), 82nd in field-goal percentage (40.8) and 84th in three-point field goals per game (5.8).
Individually, Brogan Berry owns the 34th best assist-to-turnover ratio (1.8) in the land while her 4.3 apg are good for 78th. Berry also ranks 23rd in free-throw percentage (85.9) while Christine Clark is 35th (84.4).
They're on Fire
Harvard enters Saturday ranked second in the Ivy League in field-goal percentage and first in free-throw percentage, connecting on 40.8 percent of its attempts from the floor and 77.6 percent at the line. The Crimson has led the league in free-throw percentage each of the last two seasons while finishing second in field-goal percentage over that same span.
Individually, Victoria Lippert ranks seventh in the conference in shooting percentage (44.2) with Emma Golen coming in ninth (43.7). Brogan Berry has the best percentage at the line (85.9) with Christine Clark ranking third (84.4).
From Way Down Town
Emma Golen enters play Saturday second in the Ancient Eight in three-point percentage (40.8) while Brogan Berry ranks fourth (37.0) and Victoria Lippert eighth (35.0). Lippert's 1.7 three-point field goals per game, meanwhile, are good for sixth in the conference as Golen ranks eighth at 1.5.
Cleaning the Glass
The Crimson has outrebounded its opponents in 24 of 29 games this season, including 10 straight from Nov. 22 to Jan. 7. Harvard had not outrebounded opponents in 10-straight games since the 2006-07 season, when it went 15 straight games with a rebounding advantage. Harvard enters Saturday ranked second in the Ancient Eight in rebounding offense (40.2), rebounding defense (34.3) and rebounding margin (+5.8).
Individually, Miriam Rutzen ranks sixth in the Ancient Eight with 6.2 rpg after having grabbed 10 or more boards in six games this season.
Triple Threat
All-Ivy selections Christine Clark, Brogan Berry and Victoria Lippert are each averaging over 10 ppg and are among the Ivy League's leading scorers. Entering Saturday Clark has netted 15.5 ppg, which is good for third in the conference, while Berry ranks seventh with 12.6 ppg and Lippert 10th with 11.8 ppg.
The Crimson is 13-1 this season when allowing less than 60 points and has held eight of its last 13 opponents to under that total. Harvard held both UMass (47) and TCU (44) to under 50 points, marking the first time it has done so in consecutive games since March of 2008. Both the Minutewomen (26.6) and Horned Frogs (23.7) also shot below 30 percent, a feat which the Crimson had not accomplished since at least the 2001-02 season, the last season for which complete game-by-game records are available.
You Can Count on Clark
Christine Clark has scored in double-figures in 27 of 29 games this season, and had a streak of 21 consecutive double-digit performances dating back to last season. In her first 57 career games, Clark had scored at least 10 points 48 times and has been limited to under five points only three times.
In the Clutch
Harvard has played several games this season which have been decided down the stretch, and two of the team's leading scorers have stood up to the challenge. Christine Clark enters Saturday shooting 62.5 percent (10-16) with less than two minutes to play while going 35-of-42 from the line for a total of 56 points. Brogan Berry, meanwhile, had totaled 42 points on 47.1 percent shooting (8-17) while going 27-of-33 at the charity stripe.
BIG Time Win
Harvard's 63-56 win over St. John's on Dec. 22 was the team's first over a BIG EAST opponent in exactly eight years, following a 73-59 win at Providence on Dec. 22, 2003. It was also Harvard's first win over a BIG EAST opponent at Lavietes Pavilion since a 79-76 triumph against Syracuse on Nov. 22, 2002, and its first over a BCS conference school since an 82-81 win over Boston College on Nov. 14, 2009.
And the Award Goes To...
Christine Clark was named the College Sports Madness Ivy League Player of the Week on Feb. 19, marking the fifth time this season the award had gone to a Crimson student-athlete. Clark earned the award three times while Brogan Berry and Emma Golen were each honored once.
Player to Watch
Senior co-captain Brogan Berry, who has posted 12.6 ppg and 4.3 apg season, was featured on Graham Hays' list of mid-major players to watch on ESPN.com.
"The 5-8 Ohio native averaged 4.6 assists per game as a junior and ranked ninth in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio. She's not all pass, holding onto the ball often enough to lead the Crimson by averaging 13.6 points per game and shoot 39 percent from the 3-point line."
Captaining the Ship
Seniors Brogan Berry and Lindsay Louie were chosen by their teammates as captains for the 2011-12 season. Berry is a three-year starter and two-time team MVP, while Louie earned the Harvard Pride Award following the 2009-10 season.
Inside Ivy League Basketball
"Inside Ivy League Basketball," an online radio show dedicated to talking basketball in the Ancient Eight, launched Thursday, Nov. 10 on BlogTalkRadio.com. "Inside Ivy League Basketball" takes an in-depth look at all the news and notes surrounding Ivy men's and women's basketball on and off the courts. Click here to listen now.


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BBC America, Cineflix Studios, and Shaw Media Announce Lead Cast and Production Team for Original Series "Copper"
Tom Weston-Jones, Anastasia Griffith, Kyle Schmid and Franka Potente To Front 2012 Crime Series
Steve Cosens, John Blackie, and Delphine White Join Production Team
Toronto, January 4, 2012 - BBC AMERICA, Cineflix Studios, and Shaw Media today announced lead cast for their original scripted series, COPPER. Tom Weston-Jones (MI-5, aka Spooks) is set to star as rugged Irish-American cop Kevin Corcoran. Alongside Weston Jones is Canadian Kyle Schmid (Blood Ties, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) as Robert Morehouse, a handsome bon vivant and part of Manhattan aristocracy, and Anastasia Griffith (Royal Pains, Damages), as the sophisticated and spirited Elizabeth Haverford. Rounding out the cast is Franka Potente (The Bourne Supremacy, Run Lola Run) who is set to play Eva Heissan, a shrewd businesswoman and the Madam of Eva's Paradise.
Additionally, the talents of three top production pros have been secured to develop and execute the look and feel of mid-1800s New York - the setting for COPPER. Steve Cosens (Durham County) has signed on as Director of Photography, John Blackie (Hell on Wheels) is Production Designer, and Delphine White (Breakout Kings) is Costume Designer.
COPPER is a gripping crime series set in 1860s New York City, and centers on Kevin Corcoran, an intense, rugged Irish-immigrant cop working the city's notorious Five Points neighborhood. Corcoran is struggling to maintain his moral compass in a turbulent world, while on an emotional and relentless quest to learn the truth about the disappearance of his wife and the death of his daughter. His friendship with two Civil War compatriots - the wayward son of a wealthy industrialist and an African American physician who secretly assists Corcoran with his work - takes him to the contrasting worlds of elegant Fifth Avenue and rural Harlem. The three men share a secret from their experience on the battlefield that inextricably links their lives forever.
"We're thrilled to have Tom Weston-Jones, Kyle Schmid, and Anastasia Griffith - all stars in the making - join the cast of COPPER," said Christina Wayne, President, Cineflix Studios. "Franka Potente brings her undeniable talent and feature experience to the mix."
"COPPER is a visually rich, unflinching drama that requires a gifted and experienced production team," said Vlad Wolynetz, President of Production, Cineflix Studios. "Steve, John, and Delphine are perfectly suited to meet this challenge."
The series is created by Tom Fontana (Oz, Homicide: Life on the Streets, St. Elsewhere) and Will Rokos (Monster's Ball, Southland). Among the co-executive producers on the series are Fontana, Rokos, Barry Levinson (Good Morning, Vietnam, Rain Man, You Don't Know Jack) and Christina Wayne, President of Cineflix Studios (Broken Trail and executive in charge of Mad Men at AMC).
The series premieres on BBC AMERICA in the summer of 2012 and in Canada on Shaw Media's Showcase in fall 2012.
About BBC AMERICA
BBC AMERICA delivers U.S. audiences high-quality, innovative and intelligent programming. Established in 1998, it has been the launch pad for talent embraced by American mainstream pop culture, including Ricky Gervais, Gordon Ramsay, Graham Norton, and successful programming formats including ground-breaking non-scripted television like Top Gear and top-rated science-fiction like Doctor Who. Owned by BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, BBC AMERICA has attracted both critical acclaim and major awards including an Emmy, four Golden Globes and ten Peabody Awards. The channel attracts one of cable's most affluent and educated audiences and is available on digital cable and satellite TV in more than 73 million homes. It broadcasts in both standard and high-definition, with content available On Demand across all major digital platforms. Online, www.bbcamerica.com is the place to go to dig deeper into pop culture with a British twist.
About Shaw Communications Inc.
Shaw is a diversified communications and media company, providing consumers with broadband cable television, High-Speed Internet, Home Phone, telecommunications services (through Shaw Business), satellite direct-to-home services (through Shaw Direct) and engaging programming content (through Shaw Media). Shaw serves 3.4 million customers, through a reliable and extensive fibre network. Shaw Media operates one of the largest conventional television networks in Canada, Global Television, and 18 specialty networks including HGTV Canada, Food Network Canada, History Television and Showcase. Shaw is traded on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges and is included in the S&P/TSX 60 Index (Symbol: TSX - SJR.B, NYSE - SJR). For more information about Shaw, please visit www.shaw.ca.
About Cineflix Studios
Cineflix Studios combines global broadcast and production partners, major talent, and key executives to develop and produce high quality scripted programming for cable and broadcast in the US, Canada and around the world. Cineflix Studios has offices in New York, Toronto, Vancouver, and Los Angeles and is a division of the international production and distribution company Cineflix Media.
About Cineflix Media Inc.
Cineflix Media Inc. is a leading international media company that brings together global broadcast and production partners, major talent, and key executives to create top quality original content produced and distributed for television and other platforms. Producing more than 400 hours per year of multi-genre television for international broadcasters, and with a rapidly expanding library of 2500 hours, Cineflix Media is a recognized leader with offices in Montreal, Toronto, London, New York, Los Angeles, Vancouver, and Dublin.


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Audit report highlights delays in U.K. air transport and air-to-air refueling programs
The U.K. faces capability gaps in tactical air transport and air-to-air refueling as it prepares to pull troops out of Afghanistan. Delays in the introduction of the Airbus Military A400M airlifter and A330 Voyager tankers purchased through the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) program as well as budgetary constraints have created "critical shortfalls in some capability areas," according to the U.K. National Audit Office (NAO).
In its annual Major Projects report, which looks at the 16 largest procurements being undertaken by the British Defense Ministry, the NAO says both air transport programs along with the development and construction of the Queen Elizabeth II aircraft carriers are responsible for the biggest cost increases. The report states that expenses for FSTA rose by £257 million ($412 million) between 2011 and 2012, while those for the A400M program went up by £163 million during the same period. However, the NAO points out that these costs were caused by higher fuel prices and contributions to export levy facilities, respectively, over which the ministry has little control.
Delays in the two programs have forced the ministry to find expensive workarounds as it prepares to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan at the end of 2014. According to the NAO, £787 million has been spent on air transport and air-to-air refueling aircraft to support current operations and address capability gaps. The late arrival of the A400M has led to the life extensions of several increasingly elderly and maintenance-intensive Lockheed Martin C-130K Hercules models to meet tactical transport needs, while extra capacity will come from the purchase of two BAe 146-200 airliners now being converted for operations in Afghanistan in the coming months.
The NAO also states that there will be a one-third gap in tactical air transport starting in 2022 when the Lockheed Martin C-130J is retired. Strategic airlift provided by the Royal Air Force's fleet of eight Boeing C-17s will "essentially be able" to meet the requirements, the report says. The C-17 fleet was boosted in 2012 by the arrival of an eighth aircraft, and work is progressing on the possible addition of a ninth before the expected closure of the C-17 line in Long Beach, Calif.
Ongoing issues to clear A330 Voyagers for air-to-air refueling has forced the RAF to retain the Vickers VC10 fleet beyond its March 2013 retirement date until September at least, the NAO says, while the Lockheed Martin TriStar tanker/transport's retirement has been moved to March 2014 from July 2013 at a cost of £7 million. The Voyagers are expected to achieve full air-to-air refueling capability in May 2014.
But in an open letter to the NAO, Phill Blundell, CEO of AirTanker Ltd., which provides the Voyager tankers under the FSTA contract, says that although the report highlights that the program is on time and on schedule, the report "significantly distorts perception of its performance, especially against other programs where those same inflationary costs are not considered."
Blundell's letter also states that "the suggestion made in the report that the [Defense Ministry] is extending the service life of its VC10 and TriStar fleets because of perceived risk of 'delays' in the FSTA program is disappointing given the report's acknowledgement that the program, in actuality, is very much on schedule."
In the letter, Blundell asserts that the report is a "detraction from a program that continues to make good progress toward full service capability. This includes our expectation of imminent release to service from the [Defense Ministry] to begin air-to-air refueling operations ahead of substantial buildup of capability throughout this year and next."
Three Voyagers have entered service with the RAF, but they are only cleared for use in the air transport role because of issues with their hose-and-drogue refueling system. After problems were discovered with the basket, AirTanker says a new one has been "trialed and successfully tested and is waiting for 'paper' approval from the [Defense Ministry]." The company says it expects this "imminently."
The NAO report also focused on helicopter lift, in particular updating of CH-47 Chinook avionics and the introduction of the AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat. Project Julius is a £280 million effort to achieve a common avionics standard among the 46 Chinooks now in operation with the U.K. armed forces and the 14 extra aircraft ordered from Boeing. Due to delays in the software integration process for the Thales TopDeck cockpit, officials pushed service entry back 19 months to April 2013 from September 2011. However, the first Julius aircraft were able to reenter service last summer and were deployed to Afghanistan in December, reducing the delays by 10 months.
Introduction of the Wildcat into British Army service has been shifted to August 2014 from January 2014, while the naval version is still expected to enter service in January 2015.
Less clear, though, is progress in co-developing with France the naval Wildcat's primary weapon, the Future Air-to-Surface Guided Weapon (FASGW) (Heavy). According to the NAO, decision points for the new weapon, which will replace the Sea Skua anti-ship missile, were delayed last year because of the need to secure approval from France.
"Discussions are still ongoing, but are dependent on the outcome of the French government's spending review that is currently being undertaken," the NAO says. "There will now be at least a 19-month gap between the existing capability leaving service and the new missile being available." The NAO adds that the Defense Ministry is examining whether it can extend the life of the Sea Skua until the FASGW weapon is operational.
The in-service date of the new Meteor air-to-air weapon has been pushed back to June 2017 because of delays in the completion of the Eurofighter Typhoon's Future Capability Program 1, which is now expected to enter operation in December 2013, boosting the type's multirole capabilities in the air-to-air and air-to-ground role.
Meanwhile, costs for the development and introduction of the Queen Elizabeth II-class aircraft carrier also increased by £217 million between 2011 and 2012. The NAO points out that the increased expenses are a result of the ministry and industry "having greater understanding of the costs and not being able to fully deliver agreed cost-reduction opportunities."
Amyas Morse, NAO comptroller and auditor general, says the Defense Ministry "faces a difficult task of striking a balance between delivering the capabilities it wants and those it can afford. There will always be factors over which [it] has limited control, but it must do more to learn from previous projects."
While the NAO report focuses on program management problems, several former senior commanders have expressed concern that defense is seen as a "sacrificial lamb," suffering larger cuts to meet austerity measures than other government departments.
In a report for lobbying group the U.K. National Defense Association, former Air Chief Marshal Michael Graydon writes that "mass matters, and all the armed forces, the Royal Navy and RAF in particular, will have to find a better balance between the demands of high-tech warfare and the simple fact that quantity has a quality of its own; it will require an honest recognition that without the United States we are severely restricted in what we can actually achieve."


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Poultry Recipes
Chicken Pad Thai Noodles
Pad Thai noodles is my kind of comfort food. It's filling, flavorful and easy to make in veggie and non-veg versions. The noodles used in this dish are large rice noodles that are soaked until softened. They are sautéed in a thick, syrupy sweet sauce made of tamarind, sugar, chile and limes.
To complete the meal, I added chicken sauteed in oyster sauce and fish sauce, which balances the saltiness of the Pad Thai sauce. This rice noodle dish freezes very well, so you will never order take-out again!
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Sweet Mango Pickle Relish (Hot Dog Condiment)
The last time I served hot dogs, I made sure to put out a spread of relish, mustard and ketchup. But I also made a beet goat cheese sauce that tasted out of this world. Last night, we grilled smoked apple chicken sausages and I felt like preparing another unique condiment.
I settled on giving a tropical twist to ordinary relish. I mixed diced mangoes, red onions, jalapeño pepper and capers with the pickles. The sweetness and explosion of flavors from the mango and capers were an instant hit.
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How To Make Pad Thai (Vegetarian Pad Thai Recipe)
We made an enormous pot of phở over the weekend and called everyone who likes this Vietnamese beef soup. I think my eyes were a little bigger than my stomach because I soaked 6 packages of dried rice noodles (bánh phở) and ended up with a ton of leftovers. Even though all the beef broth was gone, I managed not to waste the soaked rice noodles by making Pad Thai noodles. The dish is composed of rice noodles, tofu, limes, fragrant kaffir lime leaves, tamarind, palm sugar, peanuts and cilantro.
For a meat version, you could add skinless chicken breasts, whole shelled and de-veined shrimp and shredded thin omelette along with the tofu and then finish the dish with fish sauce.
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Vietnamese Chicken Rice with Ginger Fish Sauce
If you're Vietnamese, you probably heard your mom telling you when you were a child not to waste food because it's "tội chết" (dreadfully sinful). Yesterday, I made gà muối ớt (salt and chile chicken) and there was no way I would toss the precious, flavorful chicken broth. So what to do with all the leftover broth? I made chicken rice with it.
The preparation is similar to making basmati rice, with the main difference being that jasmine rice is used. Jasmine rice is a lot trickier to cook though, because the rice will get mushy very quickly if you don't keep an eye on it.
I served the rice with nước mắm gừng, which is ginger-flavored fish sauce. I wanted to make the flavors more intense so I used pure sugar cane juice instead of regular water. This dipping sauce is so good, I could drink it all by itself!
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Ga Muoi Ot: Vietnamese Chicken Salad Recipe
As you may have noticed, I love sharing cooking tips. I recently told our family friend Cô Hoa that chicken salad tastes so much better if the chicken is boiled in fried-onion flavored broth. She invited us over to her house and we made a món ăn Miền Trung, "Central Vietnamese dish" in Vietnamese, called gà muối ớt (salt and chile chicken). The recipe is ultra simple. Cô Hoa assured me that all you need is the freshest chicken possible, ginger, a little chile and salt. Nothing more, thing less. The chicken is cooled to room temperature, then shredded and mixed with rau răm, a fragrant Vietnamese coriander.
You could either store the leftover chicken broth in the freezer for future use, or on the next day make cơm gà Hải Nam, which is a flavorful chicken rice. Nothing goes to waste!
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This is obviously a large undertaking and can be incredibly expensive. It is important that I begin exploring all options. I've relocated to the areas surrounding catastrophic care hospitals in the past such the Shepherd Center for outpatient therapy ? but this is a different circumstance and I would not have the resources of a large catastrophic care hospital.
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1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.This applies to us in a straightforward manner, with one caveat: philosophers are entitled to assume that the stranger is a total nerd with bizarre views about what would count as a waste of time.
2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.Give the reader at least one view he or she can identify with. Then explain why he or she should reject that view and adopt yours.
3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.I don't know how this would apply to what we do.
4. Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action.Here I substitute "explain the view or advance the argument."
5. Start as close to the end as possible.This carries over without modification.
6. Be a Sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them—in order that the reader may see what they are made of.No matter how plausible and obvious your view, subject it to brutal attack—in order that the reader may see what it is made of.
7. Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.Hmm. He paints a picture, doesn't he?
8. Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To hell with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.I find this one very helpful. I have a tendency to try to build suspense and reader interest by not showing my cards until the very end of the paper. As a result, nobody can tell what I'm up to and everybody gets confused. It works better to be entirely up front about what you're doing. You can save the details for later, but the reader should know right away that this is your preferred view or solution to the problem. The rest of the paper should be devoted to explaining why you like it, not building up to a big reveal at the end.
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Route: 40I-I19-40I
Weather: Clear, 40 degrees, wind 250 degrees at 13 knots gusting to 20
The skies were finally clear after what felt like days upon days of precip, but a front was still moving through leaving behind some very gusty winds. I had hoped to fly down to Portsmouth (PMH) with Gina for a $100 lunch but we had to sit on the ground for a bit until the wind calmed down so that plan got scrubbed. Even though CFI Joe came in with a student from a lesson in the 172 and said it was pretty smooth, I went up solo for two laps around the pattern to check it out for myself before sticking anyone in the seat next to me. Aside from a few bumps it was indeed a decent day up there so I picked Gina up and we took to the sky for an hour and a half.
Seeing as how it was now about 2:30 in the afternoon (I had originally planned to take off around 1:00) there wasn't time to fly over to Portsmouth. While the strong tailwind aloft (around 30 knots) would have pushed us there in record time for the 150, we wouldn't have had time to eat and make the return trip. So in place of the XC hours I had hoped to log today, we just did some sightseeing around the local area and I got in some practice to boot. We departed Stewart and then flew over to Greene County Airport (I19) for a couple landings. I was waaay high on the second one (over-compensated for the winds and turned base too soon) so I kicked in 40 degrees of flaps and pulled the throttle to idle and showed Gina just how quickly that little 150 can descend when you want it to. I actually had to add in some throttle as we approached the threshold and I brought it in for a soft landing.
That's about 32 mph ground speed where the track is yellow!
After that we flew over top of my apartment and then over towards Caesar Creek Lake. She was curious what a stall was like so I climbed up to 3,500 and did a power-off stall. Her response was "wheeee!" which actually made my heart jump a second since I'm not used to hearing anyone say much when the nose pitches over, unless it's Dave yelling at me about something. But she thought it was fun and we did two more over the next couple of minutes along with some steep turns. I also chugged along in slow flight pointed directly into the wind for some fun - and it completely looked like we were hovering when you looked down on the ground below. Thanks to my new GPS (UPDATE: my review is here) I saw that I managed to get our ground speed down to a scorching 28 knots. Oh the things we pilots do for fun. In case you're curious, I also pulled 108 knots groundspeed in level flight flying with a direct tailwind. Not bad for a 1969 Cessna that cruises at 80 knots indicated. I then flew us back to Stewart and set up for a short field landing and had us stopped in under 300 feet once I touched down on the threshold. Chalk up another good flight - and my last of 2008. Certainly has been quite the year for me aviation-wise!
Flight Track: Google Earth KMZ File
Today's Flight: 1.5 hours
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He got eliminated before the finals of the slopestyle competition, but Russian snowboarder Alexey Sobolev is already one of the big winners of the Sochi Olympics.
The 22-year-old painted his cellphone number in giant blue numbers on his helmet during slopestyle qualification. He ended up getting thousands of texts, including "dozens" of naked pictures from women.
At one point he was getting so many messages at once that his iPhone stopped working.
"I'm definitely going to call them," Sobolev told Yahoo's Jeff Passan.
"The battery didn't die. The thing just gave up," Yahoo reports.
A gleeful Sobolev showed some of the pictures to Passan:
"Eventually, [the phone] mustered the courage to restart, which gave Sobolev a chance to share its contents with a reporter. He turned the brightness of the screen to full blast and focused on one particular girl in what can only be described as the tightest dress in human history.
"And where was she from?
"'Russia,' he said. 'Yesterday, some guys from USA and Canada sent (text messages). Some girls sent me photos. But Russian girls: The best!'"
Sex stories in the Olympic Village are well documented. But this might be a first.
Here's the helmet that started it all:
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As we gather around the Thanksgiving table, it's hard not to think about food. What we don't pay much attention to are the scraps. We can do a better job at putting our food, including scraps, to good use.
As a nation, we throw away close to half the food we buy. Last year, some 33 million tons of food, with a value of about $165 billion, were thrown into landfills.
We simply cannot afford to waste this much food.
We should remember that more than 50 million Americans go hungry each day. Food can be donated to local food banks, soup kitchens, pantries and shelters.
In California, more than 30 organizations supply donated food directly to communities.
The Alameda County Food Bank serves about 49,000 people a week. Let's step up efforts to donate during the holiday season.
Unfortunately, much of the food that goes to waste cannot be readily donated to those in need.
That's why it makes sense for us to think about food waste at the beginning of the cycle — production and purchasing.
Growing and distributing food requires enormous resources, from the electricity used to can and freeze food to the trucks that stock grocery stores.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 15.7 percent of national energy consumption goes toward producing and distributing food.
Through its Sustainable Materials Management program, EPA helps businesses, nonprofits and other groups track the amount of waste they generate, in part so they can get a better handle on the right amount food to produce, order and buy.
We also need to stop sending food to the landfill. When we do, it rots and creates methane, a greenhouse gas with 21 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide.
Food in landfills contributes one-fifth of our nation's methane emissions. Luckily there is a solution: composting.
Curbside composting is offered in Oakland, Berkeley and many other Bay Area cities and universities, such as UC Berkeley, UC Davis and Stanford.
A study at Keene State College in New Hampshire found on average each student wasted one pound of food per day.
By composting, residents and businesses help local farms improve soil health and structure, increase drought resistance, and reduce and even eliminate the need for supplemental water, fertilizers and pesticides.
If we donate food that we don't need, we can go a long way to solving our nation's hunger challenges and, by composting food, we can make a dent in reducing greenhouse gases.
Not a bad start for Thanksgiving!
If you are interested in learning how to reduce your food waste, the Environmental Protection Agency's Food Recovery Challenge can help: http://epa.gov/smm.
Jared Blumenfeld is regional administrator for the Environ-mental Protection Agency, Region 9.


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U.S. New-Home Sales Plunge 14.5% in March
Last Month's Figure Marks Lowest Annual Pace Since Last July
A surge in prices helped drive down sales of newly built homes in March, the latest indication that the housing market is struggling to regain traction.
Sales of new single-family homes fell 14.5% from February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 384,000, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. That was the lowest annual rate since last July, though the pace for January and February was revised higher.


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I finished Kingdom Hearts! Wh00t! (Last night, about 30 minutes before the power went out.)
I think there is a sequel in the future. One that looks a LOT different from the first game. It looks good! =^_^= I have freed myself from the addiction. The only cure for the symptoms of the KH player is beating the game.


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Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
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From poignant ballads to certified bangers, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil can write anything.
The songwriting duo has placed a hit in nearly every genre. We can't say that their hit "You Lost That Lovin' Feeling" is the best song of the century, but BMI certainly has.
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil are among the premier songwriters of the modern era.
They're also one of the longest-running teams in the music business, having been collaborators since 1960. Their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame occurred during the fiftieth year of their personal and professional collaboration.
In addition to longevity, they have exhibited great stylistic range in their work, from epic ballads ("On Broadway," "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'") to outright rockers ("Kicks," "We've Gotta Get Out of This Place"). They are also among pop's most prolific songwriters as well; Mann has nearly eight hundred and Weil nearly six hundred works registered with Broadcast Music, Inc.
It's estimated that Mann and Weil's songs are responsible for the sale of 200 million records. They've received seventy-six "Million-Air" awards from BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.), denoting airplay of 1 million or more. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," the blue-eyed soul classic by the Righteous Brothers, is radio's most-played song of all time, with 14 million airplays. It is also a Grammy Hall of Fame song and topped the list of BMI's "100 Songs of the Century."
It all began in New York City, where Cynthia Weil (born and raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan) teamed up with Barry Mann (born Barry Imberman and raised in Brooklyn). Before they began writing together, Mann partnered with other writers. He started with Jack Keller, and a few of their songs were cut by Neil Sedaka. The first hit song he wrote was "She Say (Oom Dooby Doom)." Written with Mike Anthony and recorded by the Diamonds, it reached Number Eighteen in 1959. With Hank Hunter, Mann wrote "Footsteps," a Number Seven hit for Steve Lawrence in 1960. With Larry Kolber, he came up with "I Love How You Love Me," which producer Phil Spector turned into a Number Five hit for the Paris Sisters in 1961. Mann scored a sizable hit under his own name with "Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)," a spoof of doo-wop that he wrote with Gerry Goffin. This novelty tune entered the charts in August 1961—the very month that Mann and Weil got married—and peaked at number Seven. A Barry Mann album, Who Put the Bomp..., followed, but his solo career would be put on hold in deference to Mann and Weil's booming career as songwriters.
In the early Sixties, Mann and Weil settled into their writing partnership and married life. They worked in the Brill Building at Aldon Music—a hybrid of the first names of its founders, music-business legends Al Nevins and Don Kirshner. Alongside such fellow Aldon teams as Gerry Goffin and Carole King, and Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield—not to mention songwriting colleagues Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector—they helped write many of the most memorable words and melodies of the Sixties, creating a veritable soundtrack for a generation. They were craftsmen, assembling songs rich in meaning and melodic detail.
Mann recalled those heady, chaotic days for writers Greg Shaw and Dawn Eden in their essay for The Brill Building Sound box set, saying, "It was insane. Cynthia and I would be in this tiny cubicle, about the size of a closet, with just a piano and a chair; no window or anything. We'd go in every morning and write songs all day. In the next room Carole [King] and Gerry [Goffin] would be doing the same thing, and in the next room after that, Neil [Sedaka] or somebody else."
"Sometimes when we all got to banging on our pianos," noted Mann, "you couldn't tell who was playing what."
With Weil writing the words and Mann the music, they were not afraid to address serious subjects in pop songs, such as racial and economic divides ("Uptown," a Number Thirteen hit for the Crystals), the perils of drug use ("Kicks," a Number Four hit for Paul Revere and the Raiders) and the trials and tribulations of trying to make it in the big city ("On Broadway," a Number Nine hit for the Drifters in 1963). The original lyrics for "Only in America" tackled segregation and racism, making it rather too controversial for the Drifters, whose version of the song remained unreleased. A version with amended lyrics became a Number Twenty-Five hit for Jay and the Americans. "We Gotta Get Out of This Place," a Number Thirteen hit for Britain's the Animals, became an inadvertent anti-war anthem when soldiers and protesters adopted it during the Vietnam era. (As a footnote, the song came to the Animals' attention via a publisher's demo, although Mann and Weil initially had the Righteous Brothers in mind.)
Mann and Weil did some of their best writing for the Righteous Brothers. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," co-written with Phil Spector, is a pinnacle of the rock and roll era—a perfect union of song, arrangement, production and performance that carried popular music to a new level of sophistication in the mid-Sixties. "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration"—written by Mann and Weil and produced by the duo's Bill Medley in a Spector-esque style—was nearly as good and also went to Number One. Other notable Mann-Weil numbers penned for Phil Spector's stable of artists include "Walking in the Rain" (Ronettes) and "He's Sure the Boy I Love" (Crystals).
The hits kept coming as Mann and Weil continued to thrive in the Seventies and beyond. Working in a more adult-contemporary vein, they wrote "Here You Come Again," which helped Dolly Parton cross over to the pop charts in 1977. That same year Mann collaborated with British singer Leo Sayer on "How Much Love" (Number Seventeen) and with Canadian singer/songwriter Dan Hill on "Sometimes When We Touch" (Number Three). In 1978 singer/guitarist George Benson's revival of "On Broadway" charted even higher than the Drifters' original, reaching Number Seven.
In 1983 Weil co-wrote "Running in the Night" (Number Seven) with superstar Lionel Richie. The Mann-Weil team helped launch R&B singer/pianist James Ingram at the start of the Eighties with "Just Once" (Number Seventeen) and revive Aaron Neville's career with "Don't Know Much"—a duet with Linda Ronstadt that went to Number Two—at decade's end. Weil also co-wrote "Wrong Again," a chart-topping country hit in 1998 for singer Martina McBride. The breadth of Mann's and Weil's success spans six decades, with success in the rock, pop, soul, R&B and country fields—"Somewhere Out There," written for the film An American Tail (1986), even won Mann, Weil and co-writer James Horner a pair of Grammys in 1987, including Song of the Year.
Mann and Weil were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987. In 2000 Barry Mann released Soul and Inspiration—his first album since 1975's Survivor—in which he performed some of the greatest Mann-Weil songs with assistance from such friends and colleagues as Carole King and Daryl Hall. In 2004 the musical revue They Wrote That? The Songs of Mann & Weil opened in New York. Mann sang and played piano, and Weil related stories about the songs and their personal history.
Inductees: Barry Mann (songwriting, vocals, piano; born February 9, 1939), Cynthia Weil (songwriting; born October 18, 1940)


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Donna de Varona, Olympic Champion & Sportscaster
At 14 years of age, Donna de Varona was the youngest swimmer to compete at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Four years later at the 1964 Tokyo games, she won two gold medals, setting an Olympic record in the 400 individual medley and a world record in the 4x100 free relay, emerging as the best known woman swimmer in the world.
By 1965 she had broken 18 world records, collected 37 national titles and became the first female sportscaster in the United States and the first woman to cover the Olympics for television. She has explained her successes in very simple terms: "When I see a barrier, I want to go through it. Why? Because I think that's the next step."
Growing up in San Diego, Calif., de Varona's dream was to be a swimmer. After her success in 1964 Olympics, the Associated Press and United Press International named her "Female Athlete of the Year." In 1965, she chose to retire from swimming and use her athletic successes to launch a career in sportscasting, which at the time was an all-male field. At the age of 17, she was the first female network sportscaster under contract at ABC. She was the first woman to cover the Olympics, and did so for three consecutive Olympic seasons in 1968, 1972 and 1976.
Prior to her professional career in sportscasting, de Varona had tried to obtain a swimming scholarship to attend college. Despite her Olympic medals, de Varona was unable to secure scholarships, because they did not exist for women at that time. As a result of that experience, de Varona became a passionate advocate for women in sports during her tenure as a sportscaster, and worked assiduously for the passage of Title IX of the Equal Education Amendment Act of 1972. De Varona has said of the need to protect the advances of Title IX, ""I grew up in an era when my Olympic medal didn't have the same value as it did if it were on a man." She adds, "We have had to fight for our protections, and we still do.""
From 1976 to 1978, she was a consultant to the U.S. Senate during the preparation of the Amateur Sports Act which aimed to give women and minorities greater and better access to training facilities and money. She also co-founded the Women's Sports Foundation in 1974 and served as the organization's first president from 1979 to 1984. De Varona has been a member of the Women's Sports Hall of Fame, the President's Commission on Olympic Sports, and in 1991 received an EMMY for her work during the Special Olympics.
She served as chairman of the 1999 Women's World Cup Soccer Tournament Organizing Committee, the most successful women's sporting event in history. De Varona was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, Bay Area Hall of Fame, San Jose Hall of Fame, and Woman's Hall Of Fame.


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Almost 365 days after Gov. Andrew Cuomo first announced he would fast-track the replacement of the Tappan Zee Bridge, the state is poised to select a contractor and start construction.
The Federal Highway Administration formally concluded the required environmental review on Sept. 25 and gave the state the green light to proceed with the estimated $5.2 billion project.
Already, an 11-person selection committee and 33 advisers, appointed on Sept. 19, have begun sifting through the 750 boxes that contain the three bids in Tarrytown.
What a difference a year makes
October 2011: Gov. Andrew Cuomo announces the New York State Thruway Authority will fast track replacement of the Tappan Zee Bridge. Public scoping sessions are held for a new environmental review.
November: Prospective bidders are interviewed and a new financial adviser is hired.
December: State lawmakers approve design-build legislation.
January 2012: The draft environmental impact statement is released.
February: Qualified bidders are identified and a letter of interest in a TIFIA loan is filed with the federal government.
February-March: Public hearings are held on the draft environmental impact statement.
March: A request for proposals is released to the four prequalified bidders.
July: Bids are received from three of the four bidders and reviewed for completeness and conformity.
August: The final environmental impact statement is released; the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council includes the project in the regional plan and a new letter of interest in a TIFIA loan is filed.
September: The Federal Highway Administration signs off on the environmental review and issues a record of decision. A selection committee and advisers are appointed and the vetted bids are transferred to them for a recommendation.
"After years of planning and re-planning, studying and re-studying, process upon process, meeting upon meeting, the project has been jump-started," said Jeff Zupan, senior fellow for transportation at the Regional Plan Association and a Rockland County resident. "Now it's moving ahead, and that's good."
The people still await answers
But Zupan and others who have followed process upon process since 1997, when then-Gov. George Pataki appointed a task force to address congestion in the Tappan Zee corridor, point out that the public is still waiting for answers to some basic questions:
How will the bridge be paid for, what will it look like, and when will transit return to the picture?
"I credit the governor's personal involvement for the remarkable speed at which the process has moved over the past year," said Scott Vanderhoef, the Rockland County Executive. "But there are still issues going forward, and they are principally driven by finances."
How will it be paid for?
The New York State Thruway Authority, in the final environmental impact statement filed on Aug. 1, described the financial plan in one sentence: "Funding for the project is reasonably available through toll revenue bonds and other potential sources."
"Other potential sources" have been reduced to one, a low-interest, long-term "TIFIA" loan from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The state, which wasn't successful in snaring one of the loans in February, is taking advantage of new TIFIA rules to ask for the new maximum — 49 percent of a project's cost — the second time around.
The authority is relatively confident — given the Obama administration's support for the TZB project and the consistent investment grade rating of its debt — of getting something, but until it knows how much, it can't predict what will happen to tolls on the bridge or the Thruway itself.
Cuomo, after suggesting tolls on the bridge would rise to $14 from $5, has backed away from specifics and tossed the sticky wicket to an advisory group.
At the same time, the Thruway Authority's plan to boost truck tolls 45 percent to pay for everything else for the next several years has stalled in the wake of widespread opposition.
"It's been a dispiriting 12 months for anybody whose job it is to figure out how to pay for the new bridge, when you look at the macro indicators of economic activity and transportation patterns and automobile use," said Charles Komanoff, a transportation policy analyst in New York City. "Traffic levels simply are not rebounding."
The authority, however, is prepared to use bond anticipation notes to fund the first phase of construction, to keep the project on the fast track and allow TIFIA awards and toll policies to evolve over time.
What will it look like?
The aesthetics of the new bridge have become another leap of faith for a public that has long anticipated having a hands-on role in fashioning its design.
Cuomo, however, realized the Thruway Authority couldn't fast-track TZB construction if it had to rely on the conventional design-bid-build approach, and pressed legislators in December for permission to trial design-build projects for three years.
As a result, the three consortiums vying for the bridge contract aren't just vying to build it; they're vying to design it, too.
"The new process, in some respects, shuts out the public until a design is selected. But we're hopeful we will get a bridge that serves as a majestic symbol of the river and the valley, that enhances rather than detracts from their scenic quality," said Hayley Carlock, an environmental advocacy attorney at Scenic Hudson.
Waddell Stillman, president of Historic Hudson Valley, agreed: "The new bridge should display the elegance of great engineering "» (with a design) that respects and befits the natural beauty and historic significance of the river it crosses."
The inclusion of representatives of Rockland and Westchester counties on the selection committee; and luminaries in art, architecture and engineering among the advisers is a sign that the state wants to get the design right — "right" being a subjective concept at best.
The design-build process, at any rate, doesn't wed the selection committee to the lowest bidder, but rather to the best value — and best value allows it to ask a bidder to tweak a design.
Transit's a big question
Gov. Cuomo, despite his insistence that the state can't afford both a new bridge and new transit services, agreed in August to appoint a transit task force to recommend short- and long-term options for bringing bus rapid transit or commuter rail to the corridor.
The task force was a quid pro quo to secure the votes of Vanderhoef and his Westchester and Putnam counterparts to amend the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council's regional plan to include the TZB project.
Without the unanimous vote, the Thruway Authority couldn't jump the remaining federal hurdles to reach the finish line.
Vanderhoef is optimistic that the as-yet-unappointed task force will be more than window-dressing, as construction of the new bridge proceeds and the financial picture becomes clearer.
"I still want to see some kind of a beginning to a BRT (bus rapid transit) system by the time the bridge opens," said Vanderhoef.
To Veronica Vanterpool, executive director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, the task force is an unknown quantity in terms of its ultimate ability to effect change.
"But it is the best opportunity we have to return to the conversation that Pataki started about reducing congestion in the corridor," said Vanterpool. "Replacing the bridge became part of that conversation, and now it's the only conversation."
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Intelligrated Introduces Fulfillment Execution Systems
Honeywell Intelligrated Posted 03/11/2014New software model optimizes fulfillment operations in real time for high-velocity omnichannel distribution
(CINCINNATI) - Intelligrated®, a leading North American-based automated material handling solutions provider, introduces fulfillment execution systems, a new software model from its subsidiary company, Knighted® (www.knightedsoftware.com). Unlike traditional WMS solutions, fulfillment execution systems optimize fulfillment in real time, providing the efficiency, accuracy and speed required for today's omnichannel retail and e-commerce operations.
The Knighted fulfillment execution system acts as the operational brain, making automated, real-time decisions based on constant analysis of order priority, inventory, labor, process and equipment information to optimize fulfillment operations. This real-time software model contrasts with conventional WMS solutions, which focus on a cycle of planning, executing, monitoring and adjusting as a sequence of discrete events.
Knighted software uses points-based tasking algorithms to fully manage inbound and outbound operations, automation flow, yard, labor and inventory to balance and prioritize workflow throughout the entire operation. Drag-and-drop workflows enable easy software adjustments and process optimization, eliminating the need for complex software coding.
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when i was a little girl, my friends and i used to play "house" (not nate dog's version. RIP), "wedding" (in which some little boy would begrudgingly walk down the sidewalk aisle and have his friends laugh at him only because he liked you — not much changes with that when they reach adulthood, eh? lol), "kitchen" and all those other games that socialize little girls to want to grow up, get married and be a good stepford wife.
only thing is, i never saw myself married, even as a young girl. it was just fun to see if i could really get a grubby little boy who clearly wanted to be anywhereelsebutthere, to stay still long enough to mimic the tired-from-work husband who came home to a dinner of mud pies, rock potatoes, plastic chicken, and grass salad, ready to eat.
as i got older, this really didn't change. even when i started having crushes and daydreaming about some "knuckle-headed little n*gga" as my dad so nicely referred to them, i still didn't see being married as something that i'd ever be okay with. they say every little girl/teenaged girl/woman dreams about her wedding, and this might be true, because i could definitely see some fabulous beach wedding with lightweight white fabric blowing in the wind as i walked towards some faceless man, but the actual marriage? i would nearly break out in hives at the thought of being someone's wife.
i always dreamed of traveling the world with some handsome man that would also be my bestfriend. i dreamed of adopting two (twin) little boys. things one would associate with marriage, but never actually being married. lol
"forever never seems that long until you're grown…" sorry andre, but i realized that at age 14. forever is a very long time.
funny thing is, i've spent most of my dating years in (long) serious relationships, and i actually think i'd be a pretty awesome wife. still, each time a boyfriend would start talking about baby bumps, forever, and what city we should live in to raise our kids in a serious manner, i'd panic. heart and thoughts would race, and before i knew it i was subtly and subconsciously self-sabotaging (that alliteration was not on purpose. lol). eventually, we'd break up. and while there are myriad reasons why the relationships didn't work out, i can't discard the probability that my "freak out" had a small (or big, depending) part in each one, eventually. i've heard it all: i'm not open enough to truly Love someone, i can't accept a good thing (let me just say that the whole "good" part is VERY debatable though), i'm scared to lose, scared to fail … etc.
which brings me to present day. a couple months ago, i was watching some reality show about this married couple and i found myself smiling and admiring how happy they were. even when they argued, i appreciated the way in which they did so, the way in which he genuinely wanted to work out whatever was wrong. it was sweet.
in that moment i dared to look to the future and picture myself married. i did, and i didn't panic. there was absolutely no fear. i must say, i was proud of myself. lol.
one of my favorite books ever is Raising Fences: A Black Man's Love Story, by Michael Datcher. a memoir written like fiction, it bounces back and forth from his childhood to adulthood, slowly (and poetically) piecing together the journey he took in overcoming his psychological barriers to reach the point of being able to accept that he could indeed have the white picket fence and beautiful wife he'd always dreamed of, but never thought possible. (great book. read it, love it, and then tell me what you thought of it if you do.)
i've been a little of the opposite. i've always thought it possible, and maybe even unavoidable, but never had rosy dreams of cooking, cleaning and saying "hello dear" everyday for the rest of my life.
so while i know that any man whom is actually brave enough to marry me will be in for a adventure of a lifetime challenge (a [mostly] pleasant and exciting challenge, but a challenge nonetheless), i can now say i can look and see a picket fence in my future, and not break out in hives. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is progress.


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InnerScapes - Internal & Imagined Landscapes
These small 6x12 paintings evolved from a desire to depict the sense of "as above, so below." They are an exploration of these places - landscapes - and emotions which inhabit us all, and which we, in turn, inhabit. They are the borderlands we all reside in. The colors and geometries are intentionally chosen.
A bit about the technique
Oil paints are used in many layers, painstakingly creating smooth, ethereal work with minimal visible brush strokes. Emotion of the artist while painting, is inevitably communicated through brushstrokes and it is my wish that the "internal landscape" the viewer experiences be personal and unique.
The frames are hand-crafted by the artist for each piece. They are carefully measured, cut, sanded and joined. The inside is painted to further set off the floating in space of the piece, and the outside is rubbed by hand with 3 layers of Renaissance Conservation Wax to protect the wood and bring out its natural beauty.


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For almost as long as there have been rich kids, there have been former rich kids determined to make you feel sorry for them, to make you believe that they too suffered same the slings and arrows of adolescence as the rest of us. It's a genre mastered by JD Salinger in "Catcher in the Rye," with "The Art of Getting By ," from writer-director Gavin Weisen, being just the latest entry.
Freddie Highmore stars as George, your classic underachieving loner more focused on his sketches than his schoolwork, doing just enough to move from one grade to the next. But with his senior year in full swing, he becomes further distracted by his newfound friendship with Sally, the pretty, socially connected, even more privileged blond, played by Emma Roberts. Not surprisingly, Freddie falls hard for Sally, and lacks the courage or social skills to pull the trigger.
What makes "Art" so frustrating is that Freddie's not very likable, fun, funny, entertaining, charming… Worse yet, he's a relentlessly fatalistic moper, convinced there's no reason to try to anything 'cuz we're all gonna die. Well if Freddie doesn't care, why should we?
Things don't start to get interesting until George meets Dustin, played by Michael Angarano, an alum from his high school who now lives in a Brooklyn loft where he works on his art, inspiring in George the belief that maybe he, too, could be an artist.
"How can you call yourself a painter if you don't paint?" Dustin asks George—he may as well ask how he can call himself a person if he doesn't live.
Angarano gives the best performance of the film, his Dustin the right blend of older-than-you arrogance, insecurity and tortured "I should know better" misery. He's the only character drawn to feel and process the world at a rate that allows him to emote.
Highmore's Freddie is emotionally constipated, a state he captures well, but makes for a long film, as his surface is only rarely broken by a shy or confused smile. Highmore already proven he can act, but he's never really given a chance to here.
Roberts' gets a little more to work with, as her Sally fights to pull a response out of George, and her pursuit is just obvious enough. That said, this is the second summer in a row she's playing a girl who falls for a damaged boy who is neglecting his artistic talent whom she meets in an institutional building. Maybe mix it up a bit, stretch your chops, Emma.
"The Art of Getting By" is a too aptly-titled film that does little more than its name implies, offering little new or interesting to the story of a poor little rich boy.
"The Art of Getting By" goes into limited release Firday, June 17.


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Attorney says S.C. teacher stomped on flag as part of lesson
By TIM FLACH | The State (Columbia, S.C.) | Published: January 11, 2013
CHAPIN, S.C. — A Chapin High School teacher who stomped on an American flag in classes last month did it as part of a lesson on symbolism, not disrespect, his lawyer said Thursday.
The action was an effort to convey symbolism by showing America "is greater than the material objects that represent it," said Darryl Smalls, attorney for suspended teacher Scott Compton.
Compton sought to generate discussion "using a powerful symbol with which all his students would be familiar," Smalls said. "He made only positive comments about America throughout the lesson."
The Lexington-Richland 5 school board will decide Monday whether to dismiss Compton, an honors English teacher who has taught at the school for seven years.
Superintendent Stephen Hefner recommended the firing after complaints from parents and military veterans.
"The actions that occurred are unprofessional and not consistent with the standards of our district," Lexington-Richland 5 spokesman Mark Bounds said.
School officials overreacted, Smalls said.
"The version of events currently circulating is incomplete," he said.
Compton — on leave with pay — took a flag off the wall and stomped on it during three classes in mid-December.