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"It's a rally based on the fact that 'oh we're going to get a fiscal cliff deal,'" he said. "We don't have a deal. It's just that no bad news has come out."
Freeze also warned that any deal may look like exactly what will happen if the country goes off the "fiscal cliff," when a combination of $600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts would kick in in January.
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Freshman Kaitlyn Stoddart shot a second round 80 and finished in a tie for 17th place overall as the Central Connecticut women's golf team completed play in the Brown Bear Invitational on Monday. The Blue Devils finished in ninth place out of 13 teams in the two round tournament, played at Metacomet Country Club in Rhode Island.
Stoddart's round of 80 was the best of the day for the Blue Devils. It was the sixth best score in the entire round. She shot a round one score of 85 for a two round total of 165. There were only five rounds in the 70s for the entire second round on Monday.
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Junior Albrianna Farnum shot a second round 88 and finished in 31st place overall. Freshman Ella Williams shot 89 and finished in a tie for 34th place. Sophomore Sarah Boden shot 95 and finished in 60th place, while senior Nicole Pizzoferrato shot 99 and finished in 63rd place.
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Richter stopped 11 first-period shots, including six on the penalty kill (photo by Kevin Burns).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-No. 10 Cornell scored two goals 25 seconds apart in the second period and got 14 saves from Ben Scrivens in the third before adding an empty-net goal in a 3-0 win against the Harvard men's hockey team Friday night at sold-out Bright Hockey Center.
Tyler Roeszler and Keir Ross scored the quick pair of goals in the second for the Big Red (16-7-3, 13-4-2 ECAC Hockey, 6-3-0 Ivy League). Kyle Richter made 19 of his 23 saves in the first two periods to give Harvard (7-16-3, 7-9-3, 4-5-1) the chance to rally. The Crimson held a 14-5 edge in third period shots but could not solve Scrivens before Blake Gallagher sealed the win with his empty-net tally 21.6 seconds before the final buzzer.
Neither team scored in the opening period, despite consecutive Cornell power plays. Richter made six of his 11 first-period saves during those two Harvard penalty kills, but his best stop may have been on an even-strength Blake Gallagher one-timer from the slot with about four minutes left in the frame. Scrivens stopped six Crimson shots, highlighted by a nice right-toe save on a deflected Doug Rogers wrister on the game's first shift.
The Big Red killed two penalties early in the second period and then grabbed the lead and quickly doubled it. Roeszler had the first goal on a shot from the slot following a pass out of the corner by Nick D'Agostino. Ross tapped in the second from in front off a Riley Nash pass.
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The Lightning's post-training camp free agent signee was traded by Moncton today to Victoriaville for two players, Danick Emond and Jacob Sweeney. The trade was listed on the QMJHL's official website.
Victoriaville is rumored to be after Moncton's biggest prize, defenseman Brandon Gormley who is currently with Team Canada at the World Junior Championships.
A native of Michigan, Milan made the QMJHL all-rookie team last year after he scored 14 goals and 38 points in 68 games. This season he has just five assists in 33 games. He recently broke a personal 14-game scoreless streak.
Lightning General Manager Steve Yzerman said after he signed Milan that he was signed for his defensive abilities and anything on offense is a bonus, though they probably didn't envision Milan to slump this bad statistically.
Milan joins a Tigres team who is 11 points above Moncton in the league standings. With Shawinigan hosting the Memorial Cup this year, two QMJHL teams will get in the tournament, and Victoriaville is pushing for that honor.
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The final ISO ballot on C++0x closed on Wednesday, and we just received the results: Unanimous approval. The next revision of C++ that we've been calling "C++0x" is now an International Standard! Geneva will take several months to publish it, but we hope it will be published well within the year, and then we'll be able to call it "C++11."


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Source: Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts,
Species Profile and Threats Database.
Estimates for 2003 and 2004 are preliminary. Data for 2005 have not been included as the area of land cleared was not re-estimated for the 2005 National Greenhouse Gas Inventory. For further technical information see Endnote 2.
Note: This graph will be updated after release of data from the 2006 National Greenhouse Gas Inventory.
Source: Australian Greenhouse Office 2007, Australian Greenhouse Emissions Information System.
No single indicator can hope to encapsulate biodiversity, so we focus on two aspects: the numbers of extinct and threatened Australian birds and mammals; and the clearing of native vegetation.
Although the number of birds and mammals is only a small part of overall biological diversity, a decline in these groups of species threatens ecological processes and can point to a wider decline in biodiversity. The list of threatened species is not definitive since species can be added to or removed from the list as their status changes or due to improved knowledge (see Endnote 1).
Between 2000 and 2007, the number of terrestrial bird and mammal species assessed as extinct, endangered or vulnerable rose by 14% from 153 to 174 (of which 69 were birds and 105 were mammals). At 31 December 2007, just under half (46%) of these species were vulnerable, just over one-third (36%) were more seriously threatened (endangered) and the remainder (18%) were presumed extinct. There were increases in the number of both endangered and vulnerable species. The rise in species assessed as endangered was higher (an increase of 34%) than those assessed as vulnerable (an increase of 7%).
Land clearing is a key threat to biodiversity. It destroys and degrades the habitat on which native species rely. Clearing also allows weeds and invasive animals to spread, contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and can lead to soil degradation, such as erosion and salinity, which in turn can affect water quality. The land clearing estimates presented in MAP include information about forest conversion (land cleared for the first time) and total land cleared (forest conversion plus reclearing) (see Endnote 2).
The estimated 424,600 ha of Australian land cleared in 2004 is 1% less than the 430,900 ha cleared in 1994. Of the land cleared in 2004, just under half (195,900 ha) was 'forest conversion' (forest cleared for the first time). This was 26% less than the area converted in 1994 (266,000 ha). The annual area of land cleared declined after 2001 before rising again in 2004 (see Endnote 2). (Note: Data in this paragraph will be updated after release of data from the 2006 National Greenhouse Gas Inventory.)
For technical information see Endnote 3.
Source: National Land and Water Resources Audit 2001,
Australian Dryland Salinity Assessment 2000.
Australia's soils are old and shallow and are susceptible to degradation by agricultural activities. Dryland salinity for example, occurs when trees or other deep-rooted vegetation are replaced with vegetation that use less water. This causes the water table to rise bringing natural salts to the surface. These salts, in sufficient quantity, are toxic to most plants and thus can reduce agricultural productivity. Dryland salinity threatens biodiversity, through loss of habitat on land and in water, and also impacts on water resources. The salt contained in rising groundwater levels can damage bitumen and concrete and so affect roads, footpaths, housing, pipelines and other assets. Areas near water are often worst affected because they occupy the lowest parts of the landscape where saline groundwater first reaches the surface.
In 2000, about 46,500 km˛ (4.65 million hectares) of agricultural land had a high salinity hazard or were at high risk from shallow watertables. About 11,800 km of streams and lake edges, as well as 1,600 km of rail and 19,900 km of roads were at risk.
The effects of dryland salinity are still considered an important measure of environmental progress. However, the salinity data presented above for this headline indicator have not been updated since the first release of MAP in 2002, as there is no more recent data available.
Inland waters
For technical information see Endnote 4.
Source: National Water Commission, Australian Water Resources 2005.
Apart from drinking water, much of our economy (agriculture in particular) relies on water. The condition of freshwater ecosystems has a critical impact on the wider environment. Water is fundamental to the survival of people and other organisms.
In the year ending June 2005, 1% of the 256 Australian surface water management areas that were assessed were overallocated. A further 17% of these areas were developed to a high level. About 5% of the 356 groundwater management units that were assessed were overallocated and another 24% had a high level of development (see Endnote 4).
Urban air quality
For technical information see Endnote 5 and Endnote 6.
Source: State environmental protection agencies, 2007 and 2008;
Regional Population Growth, Australia (cat. no. 3218.0).
Poor air quality has a range of negative impacts: it can cause health problems, damage infrastructure, reduce crop yields and harm flora and fauna. Air pollution occurs both naturally and as a result of human activities. Australians consistently rank air pollution as a major environmental concern. The concentration of fine particles in the atmosphere is the form of air pollution about which many health experts in Australia are most concerned. The headline indicator summarises data from continuous air monitoring stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane to report on the number of days when the National Environment Protection Measure (NEPM) for fine particle (PM10) concentrations in the air was exceeded (see Endnote 5 and Endnote 6).
In general, the common air pollutants are found at higher levels in urban and industrial areas than in rural Australia. It is important to note that daily changes in air quality depend on ambient conditions, like wind direction and the monitoring station's proximity to pollution sources. Further, high concentrations of fine particles from irregular events, such as bushfires, can obscure the longer trend in levels produced by regular sources like car emissions.
Overall, air quality in Australia is relatively good. Fine particle health standards (see Endnote 5) were exceeded in the selected urban areas on average between one and two days each year between 1997 and 2006 with the exception of 2002, 2003 and 2006. In 2002 and 2003, standards were exceeded more often, mainly because of severe bushfires and dust storms around the Sydney and Melbourne areas, which caused the NEPM to be exceeded on 13 days in Sydney (Liverpool) in 2002 and 10 days in Melbourne (Footscray) in 2003. The NEPM was also exceeded on eight days in Brisbane (Rocklea) in 2002. In 2006 the standards were exceeded on 11 days in Adelaide (Netley), mostly due to smoke haze from bushfires and strong winds and windblown dust. The standards were also exceeded on 11 days in Melbourne in 2006, with fire the likely cause for 10 of those days.
Net greenhouse gas emissions
Estimates for 2003, 2004 and 2005 are preliminary. For further technical information see Endnote 7.
Note: This graph will be updated after release of data from the 2006 National Greenhouse Gas Inventory.
Source: Australian Greenhouse Office 2007, National Greenhouse Gas Inventory 2005.
Climate change is widely perceived as one of the most significant international environmental concerns. The main gases in the atmosphere, nitrogen and oxygen, are almost completely transparent to the sun's rays. But water vapour, carbon dioxide and other gases form a blanket around the Earth, trapping heat - a process called the greenhouse effect. Human activity is increasing atmospheric concentrations of existing greenhouse gases (such as carbon dioxide and methane) and adding new gases such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
Net emissions of greenhouse gases are estimated using information about total emissions, less any credits from forest sinks. These credits are estimates of how much carbon dioxide has been absorbed by new and expanding forests established in Australia since 1990.
For 2005, Australia's net greenhouse gas emissions were estimated to be 559.1 megatonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent (CO2-e) (see Endnote 7). Australia's net emissions in 2005 were the same as 2004 emissions, 2.6% higher than in 2003, and 2.2% above 1990 levels (the year 1990 is the base period for the reporting of emissions under the Kyoto protocol). Emissions tended to rise gradually over the period from 1993. The sharpest rise was between 1997 and 1998 when emissions from land use change rose rather than fell. The energy sector is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. Emissions from this sector rose steadily from 1990 to 2005. (Note: Data in this paragraph will be updated after release of data from the 2006 National Greenhouse Gas Inventory.)
Australia's coastal and marine regions support a large range of species, many of them found only in Australian waters. These regions are also important to Australian society and the economy. Although this dimension has no headline indicator, it does have important aspects which different organisations have attempted to measure.
One such aspect is the sustainability of fish stocks. Australia's major fisheries target prized species such as lobsters, prawns, abalone and tuna, which despite modest production tonnage in world terms, are subject to high fishing pressure. Overfishing occurs when the fishing pressure is too heavy to allow the fish population to replenish itself, or when too many small fish are taken, and therefore too few grow to a size that provides the largest yield from that fishery. Overfished species are those for which the current stock is below a reference point set by scientists and managers.
In 2006, for fish stocks managed by the Australian Government, 19 of the 97 principal species that are classified were overfished and/or subject to overfishing. This compares with 3 species (of 48 species classified) in 1996 (see Endnote 8).
Measuring the condition of estuaries not only reports on the state of our oceans, it also sheds light on how land use in the estuary's catchment is affecting the sea. The Estuarine Condition Index, developed by the National Land and Water Resources Audit (NLWRA), provides a snapshot of estuary health. The more modified an estuary, the greater the pressures on it. There is no recent data for this measure but in 2002 the NLWRA assessed the condition of about 1,000 estuaries and found that 50% were near-pristine, 22% were largely unmodified, 19% had been modified and 9% had been extensively modified.
1. Excludes seabirds, marine mammals and animals living on islands far offshore. Subspecies are included. Extinctions data have been backcast to take account of rediscoveries. There is likely to be a time lag between a species being identified as threatened and being listed. Data have been compiled from schedules to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. Changes in listings can be the result of taxonomic revisions and improved information from field investigations. In previous editions of MAP, the data for this indicator have been compiled from schedules to the Endangered Species Protection Act 1992 as well as schedules to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. As the two Acts are not strictly comparable, only the latter Act has been used to compile data for this edition of MAP.
2. Forest conversion is land that has been cleared for the first time and total land cleared includes forest conversion plus reclearing (clearing of land which has previously been cleared). Reclearing only refers to land areas where a conversion was previously identified. Areas in scope of this indicator are those cleared as a result of deliberate human activities. The figures do not distinguish between the type of vegetation (whether native or non-native) that was cleared.
Data for 2005 have not been included as the area of land cleared was not re-estimated for the 2005 National Greenhouse Gas Inventory. Estimates for 2003 and 2004 should be considered as interim only and will be revised when areas of forest conversion are confirmed in the next update of the National Carbon Accounting System. For further information, see the National Inventory Report 2005 Vol 2 Part A on the Australian Government Department of Climate Change website.
3. The National Land and Water Resources Audit 2001 (NLWRA) defines land as being at high risk of dryland salinity if groundwater levels are within two metres of the surface or within two to five metres with well demonstrated rising watertables. Remnant vegetation includes planted perennial vegetation.
4. Australia has 340 surface water management areas and 367 groundwater management units (hydraulically connected groundwater systems). However some of these areas and units were not assessed or did not have data available in 2004–05 and these have been excluded from the calculations.
A water source with a high level of development is one where the sum of water access entitlements is between 70% and 100% of sustainable yield. An overallocated water source is one where the sum of water access entitlements is more than 100% of sustainable yield. In this context, 'sustainable yield' is the 'level of water extraction from a particular system that, if exceeded, would compromise key environmental assets, or ecosystem functions and the productive base of the resource'. There is no standardised method across Australia for the determination of the sustainable yield.
5. Fine particles in the atmosphere come from a wide variety of sources, including soil (dust), vegetation (pollens and fungi), sea salt, fossil fuel combustion, biomass burning (including bushfires) and industry. Particles suspended in air have the ability to penetrate the lower airways of the lung if smaller than 10 micrometres in diameter (referred to as PM10). Increasing evidence suggests the acute health effects may, in fact, be the result of exposure to very fine particles, such as those smaller than 2.5 micrometres in diameter (referred to as PM2.5). It is these finer particles that are the main cause of urban haze, which typically appears white. Most of these particles are generated by people, rather than occurring naturally. The human health effects are many and depend on the size and chemical composition of the particles. Particles can aggravate existing respiratory and cardiovascular disease and asthma, can affect eyesight and cause allergies.
6. Data are from representative sites in Sydney (Liverpool), Melbourne (Footscray), Brisbane (Rocklea), Perth (Duncraig) and Adelaide (Thebarton from 1997 to 2002 and Netley for 2003 to 2006), and have been averaged in proportion to each city's population. The data are the number of days when the National Environment Protection Measures (NEPM) average daily PM10 (see Endnote 5) standard is exceeded. The NEPM standard is a maximum concentration of 50 micrograms per cubic metre with a maximum allowable exceedence of five days per year. The PM10 data from each state environmental protection agency (EPA) was obtained using the Tapered Element Oscillation Microbalance method, which continuously monitors PM10 levels in the air averaged over a 24 hour period. 1997 was the first year all of the five EPAs used this method. Compliance with the standards can only be demonstrated if data capture is at least 75% in each quarter of the year. Data capture did not meet the target for Footscray in 2006 as this performance monitoring station did not operate continuously during the year. It was taken off-line for upgrading.
7. The indicator measures million tonnes (megatonnes) of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent emissions. Different greenhouse gases have different effects and remain in the atmosphere for different periods of time. A tonne of methane, for example, contributes as much to global warming as 21 tonnes of CO2. To assess the impact of the different gases together, emissions of each gas are converted to a common CO2 equivalent scale and added. For example, a tonne of methane and a tonne of CO2 would equate to 22 tonnes of greenhouse gases CO2 equivalent.
Estimates for forest conversion, a component of overall greenhouse gas emissions, should be considered as interim only for 2003, 2004 and 2005, and will be revised when areas of forest conversion are confirmed in the next update of the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory 2006. In particular, the forest conversion component was not re-estimated for 2005 and, as an interim measure only, was assumed to be unchanged from the 2004 estimate. For further information, see the National Inventory Report 2005 Vol 2 Part A on the Australian Government Department of Climate Change website.
The data are based on estimates produced using Kyoto accounting methods.
8. Larcombe, J. and McLoughlin, K. (eds) 2007, Fishery Status Reports 2006: Status of Fish Stocks Managed by the Australian Government, Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra.
The natural landscape
Australian Greenhouse Office 2007, "Land Use Change" Activity Query Table, Australian Greenhouse Emissions Information System.
Australian Greenhouse Office 2007, National Greenhouse Gas Inventory 2005, Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, viewed 22 June 2007.
Australian Greenhouse Office 2007, National Inventory Report 2005 Vol 2 Part A, Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, viewed 22 June 2007.
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts 2008, Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act List of Threatened Fauna, viewed 10 January 2008.
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts 2008, Species and ecological communities removed from the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act threatened list, viewed 10 January 2008.
National Land and Water Resources Audit 2001, Australian Dryland Salinity Assessment 2000, National Land and Water Resources Audit Canberra.
National Water Commission 2007, Australian Water Resources 2005: Level of groundwater entitlements relative to sustainable yield, viewed 8 January 2008.
National Water Commission 2007, Australian Water Resources 2005: Level of surface water entitlements relative to sustainable yield, viewed 8 January 2008.
The air and atmosphere
Australian Bureau of Statistics 2007, Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2005-06, cat. no. 3218.0, ABS, Canberra.
Australian Greenhouse Office 2007, National Greenhouse Gas Inventory 2005, Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, viewed 22 June 2007.
Australian Greenhouse Office 2007, National Inventory Report 2005 Vol 2 Part A, Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, viewed 22 June 2007.
Department of Environment and Conservation (NSW) 2007, Quarterly Air Quality Monitoring Report, various issues, Department of Environment and Conservation (NSW), Sydney, viewed 14 January 2008.
Department of Environment and Conservation (WA) 2006, Air Quality Tools, Systems and Data, Department of Environment and Conservation (WA), Perth, viewed 15 January 2008.
Environmental Protection Agency South Australia 2007, South Australia's Air Quality 2006, Environmental Protection Agency South Australia, Adelaide, viewed 14 January 2008.
Environmental Protection Agency Victoria 2007, Air Monitoring Report 2006: Compliance with the National Environment Protection (ambient air quality) measure, Environmental Protection Agency Victoria, Melbourne, viewed 14 January 2008.
Queensland Government Environmental Protection Agency 2007, Queensland 2006 Air Monitoring Report, Queensland Government Environmental Protection Agency, Brisbane, viewed 14 January 2008.
Oceans and estuaries
Larcombe, J. and McLoughlin, K. (eds) 2007, Fishery Status Reports 2006: Status of Fish Stocks Managed by the Australian Government, Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra.
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RALEIGH � The North Carolina legislature has finalized its tax overhaul deal and now will send it to Gov. Pat McCrory's desk for his expected signature.
The Senate voted 32-17 Wednesday for a tax overhaul deal it worked out last weekend with McCrory and House GOP leaders. The House gave its final approval a couple of hours earlier. The initial round of legislative votes was held Tuesday.
McCrory already has publicly endorsed the bill, which would reduce individual and corporate income tax rates and adjust slightly which transactions are subject to the sales tax.
Once McCrory signs the bill, most changes will take place in January 2014 and July 2014, although the repeal of North Carolina's estate tax begins this year.


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UH students and staff return from 24-day research expedition
Exploration of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument completedUniversity of Hawaiʻi
Carlie Wiener, (808) 628-8666
Program Manager, COSEE Island Earth, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Program Manager, COSEE Island Earth, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Posted: Aug 31, 2012
On Friday, August 24, 2012, the NOAA ship Hiʻialakai returned to port following a 24-day research trip to explore coral reefs at Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
The scientific party consisted of staff from NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, the University of Hawaiʻi and Scripps Research Institute. University of Hawaiʻi students also participated in the expedition, including five undergraduate students from the Hilo and Manoa campuses, as well as Windward Community College, and three graduate students all from the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology.
The team visited French Frigate Shoals, Lisianski Island, Pearl and Hermes Reef, and Kure Atoll and conducted ecological assessments of reef fish, corals, invertebrates and algae, and other activities.
Graduate students, Nyssa Silbiger and Johnathan Burns were able to participate on the expedition to conduct their own graduate research. Doctoral candidate Nyssa Silbiger had a very successful trip collecting 75 calcium carbonate blocks that she distributed on several coral reefs in the Monument during the last expedition one year ago. These blocks will help her determine the rates of bioerosion (natural erosion) of the coral reefs both in the Northwestern and Main Hawaiian Islands.
This was Silbiger's third expedition, but she still values every opportunity. "I feel really lucky to have had the chance to go up to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands," she said.
John Burns, another Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology PhD candidate, further reiterated, "You get to go to environments that are so unique, it is pretty amazing to see the different reef structures first-hand."
Raised on Lanai, Windward Community College student and COSEE Island Earth employee Megan Onuma, who experienced the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands for the first time, said, "It has been very cool to be able to go out with so many scientists and learn what they monitor and do. This is a life-changing experience."
Efforts to expand the experience to other educational institutions were made through the COSEE Island Earth Program in conjunction with the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Ten public and charter schools statewide were treated to ship-to-classroom "ask a scientist" sessions via email, and will receive follow-up classroom visits with researchers for a more hands-on experiences.
COSEE Island Earth program manager Carlie Wiener stated, "We hope that the students get an opportunity to understand what a special place the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is, and that the students understand what an honor it is to have this large marine protected area in their own backyard."
For more information on the trip, visit the expedition's blog at www.papahanaumokuakea.gov/education/RAMP2012.html.


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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The sassy, billion-dollar Bratz dolls appear poised to bully Barbie on toy shelves after a jury rejected Mattel Inc.'s claims that rival MGA Entertainment stole the idea for the wildly popular fashion toy and instead slapped Mattel with more than $88 million in economic damages in a stunning rebuke of the toy giant's claims.
The verdict in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana on Thursday came as a staggering blow to Mattel, which has long claimed it held the copyright for the ethnically diverse, pouty-lipped toys that gave platinum-haired Barbie a run for her money after decades of fashion doll dominance.
The jury, which deliberated for nearly two weeks after a three-month trial, also found that Mattel acted willfully and maliciously in misappropriating MGA's trade secrets. That raises the possibility the judge could also add on punitive damages that could bring the total award to three times the jury's initial findings, attorneys for both sides said.
"This was a business move for Mattel," said Jack Lerner, a professor at USC Gould School of Law who specializes in intellectual property and has closely followed the case. "It wasn't necessarily an attempt to seek justice and compensation for being wronged. Mattel wanted to crush the competition. I think the jury saw through that. I think the jury saw Mattel as a big bully."
Mattel attorneys said after the verdict that they would file a motion for a retrial within two weeks and reserved the right to appeal.
Mattel's Chief Executive Officer Bob Eckert, who was present for the verdict, said in a statement the company was disappointed but was committed to protecting its intellectual property.
"Mattel's first priority is, and always has been, to make and sell the best toys in the world," the statement read.
The El Segundo-based company first sued in 2004, claiming Bratz designer Carter Bryant was working for Mattel when he did the initial concept sketches for the provocative, hip hop-inspired dolls with large eyes, heads, lips and feet, and tiny noses. The Bratz doll, introduced in 2001, was a blockbuster hit with "tweens," as Barbie sales declined.
Hundreds of millions of dollars in potential damages and the rights to the fashion doll were at stake in the acrimonious case, which was tremendously costly for both sides.
MGA's Chief Executive Officer, Isaac Larian, said he had spent as much as $170 million on legal fees, while analysts estimate Mattel's expenses at $400 million thus far.
A jury awarded Mattel $100 million in 2008 and found that Bryant had developed the Bratz concept while with Mattel, but that verdict was overturned last year.
The doll line has been in limbo since then and retailers have been hesitant to stock it because of uncertainty about its fate, Larian said.
"Mattel killed the Bratz brand. It is never going to be the same level as it was before," Larian said.
"The retailers and licensees were afraid to buy the product — and for consumers it was out of sight, out of mind."
Whether or not Mattel ultimately appeals, Thursday's verdict could give new life to the Bratz brand, which is currently a shadow of its former self, industry analysts said.
Bratz wholesale sales are now under $50 million, down from $800 million at their peak five years ago, said BMO Capital Markets analyst Gerrick Johnson.
"Retailers are probably going to be more willing to bring the doll in, and MGA is definitely going to be more willing to put resources behind it," he said.
He estimated Mattel has spent $400 million over six years on the litigation.
"In retrospect, it was a pretty bad business decision by management," Johnson said. "They wasted a ton of money."
MGA had also countersued Mattel for misappropriation of trade secrets for engaging in corporate espionage at toy fairs and conspiring to keep Bratz products off retail shelves.
Jurors found that Mattel stole 26 of the 114 trade secrets MGA listed, resulting in the $88.4 million in damages awarded to MGA.
Mattel won a minor point in the case when the jury found MGA and Larian interfered with Mattel's contractual relations with doll designer Bryant and assigned $10,000 in damages, divided between the company and the CEO. But those damages will likely be nullified because the jury also found that Mattel should have discovered the interference and lost a window to make the claim, attorneys said.
Mattel attorneys blamed Larian for poisoning the jury with his testimony, including statements he made that Mattel's lawsuit caused the stress that killed his father, and that doll designer Bryant had a stroke after a day of grueling testimony. That kind of testimony was not allowed in the 2008 trial, they said, and Mattel prevailed.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge David Carter tentatively rejected Mattel's motion for a mistrial because of Larian's testimony but opened the door for attorneys to argue their point in new filings before a May 24 hearing.
Larian said such comments were an insult to a "smart and hardworking jury."
Associated Press writer Amy Taxin in Santa Ana and Associated Press writer Mae Anderson in New York contributed to this report.


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A brutal ice storm made things really shitty for a lot of people this weekend, but these enterprising gentlemen from Vermont found a way to make the best of the situation.
After discovering that the storm had created a layer of ice thick enough to skate on in their backyard, these guys decided to grab their sticks and lace up their skates for a game of backyard hockey. It's like pond hockey, but weirder.
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Dressing from head to toe in a favorite fashion label may well include lashes, lips and nails, as more designers expand into the beauty business. And designer makeup in glamorous packaging puts a piece of the luxury lifestyle within reach of women who can't afford to spend thousands of dollars on a high-end designer dress or handbag.
Expanding into beauty makes good business sense for designers. The NPD Group, a company that tracks retail sales and market trends, reported in March that the U.S. prestige beauty industry made an 11% gain in 2011 and a 7% gain in 2012, with makeup generating the second highest category increase after skin care last year.
In the last few years, Burberry and Tom Ford have added cosmetics collections to their brands, joining a growing lineup of designer beauty that includes Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Dolce & Gabbana, Dior and Giorgio Armani. In August, Michael Kors plans to introduce a color cosmetics collection, produced in collaboration with Estée Lauder; Jason Wu is partnering with Lancôme on a limited-edition, color cosmetics line that will hit Lancôme counters in September. More details on these collaborations will come later this summer. And earlier this month, Women's Wear Daily reported that Gucci is developing a makeup line that will launch next year.
Meanwhile, Lanvin creative director Alber Elbaz, fashion designer Matthew Williamson and French accessories designer Pierre Hardy have all partnered with beauty brands to design limited-edition cosmetics that hit stores this spring. A few days ago, Marc Jacobs released more information about his long-awaited color cosmetics line, a partnership with Sephora that's scheduled to launch in August. Here's the rundown on these four entrants in the beauty business.
Lancôme Show by Alber Elbaz
Known for his fancy-yet-fanciful designs for legendary Parisian fashion house Lanvin, designer Alber Elbaz has collaborated with French cosmetics brand Lancôme on a limited-edition eye makeup collection. The Lancôme Show by Alber Elbaz line, which launched June 15, is the designer's first foray into beauty. By applying the whimsical illustrations that are part of his signature aesthetic, Elbaz has dressed up four of Lancôme's bestselling mascaras ($29 each), four shades of the Color Design 5 Shadow & Liner Palettes ($51 each) and a pair of false lashes ($35) in "collectible couture outfits," according to Lancôme. The eye-popping packaging features cartoonish hearts, polka dots, stars and, of course, flirty eyes. At Lancôme counters and lancome.com.
Matthew Williamson and Benefit Cosmetics
British designer Matthew Williamson has teamed up with Benefit Cosmetics to create a limited-edition makeup kit that launched at the end of May. In keeping with Williamson's bohemian aesthetic, the Rich Is Back makeup set ($34) is decorated with a patchwork of the designer's archival prints, including peacock feathers, hexagons and rainbow leopard. The 1970s-inspired palette includes an eye shadow quadrant with pops of teal and gold, rosy-bronze blush, ruby-red lip gloss and a miniature mascara. Special editions of Benefit's bestselling Benetint lip and cheek stain ($26) and High Beam complexion highlighter ($30) are also available in Williamson's kaleidoscopic packaging. Available exclusively at Sephora stores and sephora.com.
Pierre Hardy for Nars
French shoe and accessories designer Pierre Hardy, known for his architectural designs and unexpected juxtapositions of color, has created a limited-edition beauty collection with Nars, the brand founded by famed French-born makeup artist Francois Nars. On sale since May, the six complementary nail polish duos ($29 for set of two) and two vibrant blush palettes with a gold overlay of Hardy's signature cubic print ($41 each), come in shades inspired by the designer's spring-summer 2013 footwear collection. The nail lacquer pairings are presented in miniature shoe boxes, complete with dust bags. The collection is available at the Nars flagship in West Hollywood [8412 Melrose Ave., (310) 623-1730] and at narscosmetics.com.
Marc Jacobs Beauty
Marc Jacobs, who has two eponymous labels and is artistic director of Louis Vuitton, has launched several fragrance collections, and the makeup looks at his runway presentations are always directional. So it's no surprise that the progressive designer is expanding his empire into cosmetics. The much-anticipated Marc Jacobs Beauty collection is to premiere in early August with an impressive lineup of 120 products ($18-$78), including makeup brushes, foundations, concealer, bronzer, blush, eye shadows, eyeliners, mascara, brow gel, lipsticks, lip glosses, lip balm and nail lacquer. Always an arbiter of cool, Jacobs has created a line that combines sleek design with patented features and innovative formulations. A water-soluble mascara, for example, "works like spandex to make lashes lifted, curvaceous and voluminous," according to press materials. Available at Sephora, sephora.com, select Marc Jacobs stores and marcjacobsbeauty.com, as of Aug. 9.


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|The Archiver is pointing to one database server (DAW2), and you want to point to another database server (DAW4, which is an exact copy of DAW2) without losing data that is already archived and without causing duplicate entries.
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Dictator, The (US - BD RA)
Jonathan checks out the new Blu-ray release of the Sacha Baron Cohen film..
From the creators of Borat comes the hilarious story of a North African dictator (Sacha Baron Cohen) who, on a visit to New York, is stripped of his power and forced to get a real job at a Brooklyn health food store. (From the Paramount synopsis)
I was fresh out of high school and working at a movie theater when Borat came out. It was the first time I really had to card a bunch of underage kids who were trying to get into an R-rated movie (don't look at me like that, it was my job!), and spending 8-hour shifts doing that gave the film an alluring notoriety. When I finally watched it I thought it was a complete riot. This was a complete original who was not afraid to offend or throw himself in harms way to get a laugh or expose some wildly intolerant sides of American culture. The shock value wore off with subsequent viewings, but there was no denying how much fun the first showing was. Three years later Brüno came out. I still found it funny, but a lot of the jokes felt meaner and the character lacked the witless charm that Cohen pulled off as Borat.
Another three years pass and that brings us to The Dictator. This is one of those films that might come off as very edgy to somebody who has never watched an episode of South Park or another film from Sacha Baron Cohen. His third outing with director Larry Charles finds him dropping his real world reporter shtick and taking a stab at a more traditional narrative. It's your standard fish out of water plot, similar to the Eddie Murphy vehicle Coming to America, but without any of the charm. It's primary focus is to shock you into laughing, and every other aspect of the film from the story to the characters are just there to fill in the gaps between each gag. Aladeen, aside from a change in nationality and wealth, isn't that far off from Brüno or Borat when you think about it. They're always stupid characters who find ways of inadvertently offending people. But with The Dictator there are no real people being offended or having their skewed morals put on the spot. The offensive element of the formula is still there but it loses its potency in this story setting. And watching a fictional character be offensive to other fictional characters is just, well, boring by comparison. I can't blame Cohen. He has become too recognizable to pull off the public shenanigans, but I felt like The Dictator was trying too hard to cling to what made those movies work and it falls short as a result.
That isn't to say there aren't some good laughs in The Dictator. There are a few inspired moments that work very well, including one of the more disgusting and awkward public birthing scenes I've seen in a comedy. There's a high-wire bit where Aladeen is suspended above the city and must drop random objects out of his pockets to lighten his weight. It had some silent era charm to it and fondly recalled some old Buster Keaton stunts, even if it was clearly a special effect and relied on a defecation joke for a laugh. Other highlights include a great satirical rant about current government during the finale, and in the extended cut there is a particularly gross but funny scene where Aladeen is beat up by one of his female bodyguards who crushes cinder blocks with her breasts. Ben Kingsley's talent is wasted but it is kind of fun to watch the Oscar-winning actor put in awkward situations. Anna Faris's Zoey character is just grating, but that might very well be the point. She's the complete opposite of Aladeen's materialistic background, but equally as repulsive of a character. Jason Mantzoukas, who never fails to make me laugh on The League, is Aladeen's sidekick character. He's mostly there for Cohen to bounce lines off of, but he gets a few good laughs. I think Sacha Baron Cohen is a talented force in comedy, but I hope he breaks away from these characters and lends his talents to more worthy causes, like he did with Hugo. My inclusive love for even the worst of comedies won't allow me to hate The Dictator, but I would really only recommend it to the curious and fans of Sacha Baron Cohen's previous efforts.
Paramount delivers on the video front with a solid 1080p video transfer. Filmed in digital on the Arri Alexa, the film has a generally clean look. I recently reviewed Bernie which was filmed on the same camera, but had a lot more detail to the picture. Though the image isn't quite blurry, it doesn't look nearly as sharp as some other films that use the technology. It is flat by comparison, but that could be due to post-processing effects and some green screen work. You can still see plenty of detail in Aladeen's curly beard or the excessive decorations of his lodgings. Colors are a big stand out. Aladeen's outfits and various marks cover a wide spectrum of very saturated colors that standard definition could not bring out the full depth of. Most of the Wadiya scenes have that orange, sunny filter over them. Most of the sets are full of brown and gold hues to begin with, so the effect is compounded. When Aladeen is stripped of his power and working in the health food store, colors find a more normal spectrum but still retain some of that warm comedy appearance. In the extended cut of the film, some of the scenes appear to have the actors imposed into a scene. The high resolution allows you to see the shortcomings of the green screen effect very easily. Certain shots in the extended version exhibit a lot of digital artefacts that is very inconsistent with the rest of the film (see the third screen cap). It's not pretty, but is thankfully isolated to a few brief moments.
First and foremost I should note that the extended cut of the film only has an option for English language. The additional languages listed are only for the theatrical version of the movie. The DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track is well-produced and more adept than most comedies. For the most part everything is kept to the front channels, as expected, but in scenes with protesting crowds or when Aladeen makes an announcement to the people of Wadiya, the noisy citizens make some presence in the surround channels. The soundtrack, which includes an amusing and catch song for Aladeen, sounds great in the mix. The individually produced sounds are split up among the front channels in a lively manner. Dialogue is crisp though occasionally hard to make out in some noisier crowd scenes, but it's not a real issue. There's not a lot happening as most of the film is just people talking, but its more active and dynamic than your average comedy audio mix and won't let down anybody with reasonable expectations.
Special features start off with Deleted and Extended Scenes (HD, 33:43). There are fifteen total. Though there is about half an hour of material here, much of it is in the extended cut of the film that is on the Blu-ray. It's nice to see all this extra footage on the disc, but to be completely honest I didn't really find any of it that funny. A lot of the extended scenes are just extensions of jokes that didn't work for me in the feature film, so I found them more tedious than enjoyable.
Next is Music Video - Best Love Song "Your Money is on the Dresser" (HD, 01:35), which is a funny and strange music video that features Cohen's wife, Isla Fisher ( Wedding Crashers, Confessions of a Shopaholic). The overused auto-tune effect is amusing and the video production has a hint of that public domain channel charm. Lastly is Larry King Interview (HD, 02:49), which is a complete version of the Larry King interview shown briefly in the opening news montage of the film. I got a couple of chuckles out of it.
The Dictator is my least favorite effort from Sacha Baron Cohen to date, but his dedication to his characters is admirable and there are some great big laughs dispersed throughout the film. Sadly, everything in between left me cold and surprisingly bored. Paramount's video transfer is strong but can be strangely inconsistent during scenes from the extended cut. The audio track has no apparent flaws and extras are small in number but should amuse fans of the film.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Jonathan Hogberg
Disc Details
Release Date: 21st August 2012
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 French, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish, Dolby Digital 5.1 Portuguese, English Audio Description
Subtitles: English, English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Extras: Deleted and Extended Scenes, Music Video, DVD Copy, Ultraviolet Digital Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Larry Charles
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Fair, Ben Kingsley
Genre: Comedy
Length: 83 minutes
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ASUS HD 6950 Review
We've seen a lot of NVIDIA's offerings recently, especially GTX 570s. While they do rock the charts fairly well, AMD isn't one to be forgotten. The recent release of the Cayman Pro HD6950 and the Cayman XT HD6970 showed us that AMD can offer a tremendously powerful punch. Today I'll be taking a look at an HD6950 from ASUS, otherwise known as the ASUS HD6950. Just as with the other versions of the Cypress Pro core, the ASUS HD6950's core utilizes 22 SIMD, 1408 stream processors, 32 ROPs, and 88 texture units. To top it all off, the card is also equipped with a very hearty serving of 2GB of GDDR5 memory. Not only that, but this is also a slightly overclocked version of the HD6950. Now when I say slightly, I mean slightly, as this guy clocks in with an 810MHz core clock. That being said, it is still a boost in clock speeds and that's always nice to see. Plus, with the Voltage Tweak ability, I'm hoping to see some pretty awesome overclocks!
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The ASUS HD 6950 comes in a box that looks almost exactly the same as the ASUS EAH6850 and the ASUS GTX 570's packaging. Come to think of it, it appears as though ASUS has been using the same packaging on a great deal of its video cards. Don't get me wrong though, it is a pretty awesome box — seeing the dark knight (not Batman, an actual knight) ready for battle definitely gives the user an idea of how powerful the card is. The front of the box features a small amount of information about the HD6950, such as the 2GB of GDDR5 memory and the fact that this is an overclocked card. Other than that, it mostly features design. Flipping the box over reveals some more information about the card, as well as a detailed diagram of how each of the card's connectors connects to a monitor.
Opening the box reveals a secondary black box with a gold ASUS logo directly in the center. This contains three different sections. The top and right section contain all the card's included accessories, but we'll talk a little more about those later. Right now we want to move on to the bottom section. Here is the ASUS HD6950 wrapped in an antistatic bag and snugly concealed in black foam.
Now about those included accessories we were going to talk about. Just as always, ASUS includes a few nice goodies so that we can properly use the HD6950. Included with the card is a driver CD, a user's guide, a Molex to 6-pin connector, and a CrossFire bridge.
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§ 1. Definitions.
In the absence of contrary meaning established through legislative or judicial action pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 40, § 15C, the following terms contained in that statute shall be defined as follows:
CUTTING OR REMOVAL OF TREES — The removal of one or more trees.
REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, RECONSTRUCTION OR PAVING WORK — Any work done within the right-of-way by any person or agency, public or private. Within the meaning of this definition, it is any work on any portion of the right-of-way which was not physically commenced at the time the road was designated as a scenic road. Construction of new driveways or roadways or alteration of existing ones is included, insofar as it takes place within the right-of-way.
ROAD — A right-of-way of any way used and maintained as a public way including the vehicular traveled way plus necessary appurtenances within the right-of-way such as bridge structures, drainage systems, retaining walls, traffic control devices, and sidewalks, but not intersecting streets or driveways. When the boundary of the right-of-way is an issue so that a dispute arises as to whether or not certain trees or stonewalls or portions thereof are within or without the way, the trees and stonewalls shall be presumed to be within the way until the contrary is shown.
TEARING DOWN OR DESTRUCTION OF STONE WALLS — The destruction of more than 5 (five) linear feet of stone wall involving more than one cubic foot of wall material per linear foot above existing grade, but shall not be construed to include temporary removal and replacement at the same location with the same materials.
TREES — Includes any living tree whose trunk has a diameter of four inches or more as measured one foot above the ground.
§ 2. Purpose.
To protect the scenic quality and character of certain Town roads, the following regulations are established to control alterations that can take place within public rights-of-way.
§ 3. Designation of roads.
The Town may from time to time designate appropriate roads within the Town scenic roads by Town meeting vote.
§ 4. Control.
A. Within the public right-of-way of designated roads the Tree Warden or his designee may approve the cutting or removal of up to three trees per 200 linear feet of right-of-way.
B. Within the public right-of-way of designated roads, the following activities shall require written approval of the Planning Board in accordance with the provisions of this chapter:
(1) The tearing down, painting or destruction of stone walls;
(2) The cutting or removal of trees the scope of which is outside the responsibility of the Tree Warden, as defined above;
(3) Repair, maintenance, reconstruction or paving work, including the construction of new driveways or roadways or alteration of existing ones, insofar as they affect stone walls or trees within the public right-of-way, as defined in Subsection B(1) and (2) above.
C. In cases where a threat to public safety does not allow sufficient time to obtain approvals from the Tree Warden or the Planning Board, the Planning Board must be notified within five business days of any action which, had the threat not existed, would be a violation of this chapter.
§ 5. Public hearing; criteria for granting approval of applications.
The Planning Board shall hold a public hearing within 30 days of receipt of an application, and shall approve or conditionally approve an application within 60 days of receipt. The Hearing may run concurrently with other related hearings. In making its decision, the Planning Board shall consider the following criteria:
A. Preservation of historic values;
B. Preservation of scenic and aesthetic quality of the area;
C. Protection of natural resource and environmental systems;
D. Public safety;
E. Compatibility with surrounding neighborhood.
§ 6. Compensatory actions.
Since the purpose of these regulations is to protect the scenic quality and character of designated roads, the board may take into consideration proposed actions such as the planting of new trees or the reconstruction of stone walls in making its decision, if the overall effect of the proposed alteration, including compensatory action, is to maintain or improve the scenic quality and character of the road, the Board may grant approval that otherwise would be denied.
§ 7. Notice.
The Planning Board shall, as required by statute, give notice of its public hearing by advertising twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the area. This notice shall contain a statement as to the time, date, place and purpose of the hearing with a reasonable description of the action proposed by the applicant. Copies of this notice shall also be sent to the Board of Selectmen, the Conservation Commission, the Historical Commission, the Tree Warden, the Department of Public Works, and all abutters of property adjacent to and opposite of property within 100 feet of the proposed action.
§ 8. Simultaneous review under Public Shade Tree Law.
Notice shall be given and Planning Board hearings shall be held in conjunction with those held by the Tree Warden acting under M.G.L. Chapter 87. The consent of the Planning Board to a proposed action shall not be regarded as inferring consent by the Tree Warden, or vice versa. The Planning Board decision shall contain a condition that no work should be done until all applicable provisions of the Public Shade Tree Law, M.G.L. Chapter 87, have been compiled with.
§ 9. Recommendations for scenic road designation.
The Planning Board, Conservation Commission, or Historical Commission, may submit recommendations for additions or deletions to the list of scenic roads, which must be acted upon by Town meeting. Any recommendation for scenic road designation must be accompanied by a written description of the characteristics of the road that require the protection afforded by these regulations.
§ 10. Adoption of regulations by Planning Board.
The Planning Board may adopt additional regulations for carrying out provisions hereunder.
§ 11. Violations and penalties.
The Building Inspector, Tree Warden, or others designated by the Board of Selectmen may issue a citation for violation of these regulations. A failure of the cited party to respond to properly issued citations, or failure to take responsible compensatory action, may be subject to a fine of not more than $300.
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INITIAL REGISTRATION. To register, an organization must submit Articles of Incorporation, Articles of Association or other organizing documents. A $25 initial registration fee is being applied for the first time for charities operating in California. This initial registration fee applies regardless of the charity's gross revenues or assets.
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10 No Nos For Holiday Office Parties
It's that time of year. Holiday office parties are on the calendar. So what should you keep in mind in order to insure you don't make a fool of yourself or get in trouble?
Here's my list. I suggest you check it twice–don't be naughty, be nice!
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By R. Michael Wright, President, AWF
Dust billows in through the open top of the battered Land Rover as we slowly squeeze between two gnarled acacia thorn trees. We drive for hours through an empty landscape, searching for signs of the pack of wild dogs that had reportedly reappeared in Melepo Hills west of Namanga, the border crossing between Kenya and Tanzania.
Protecting the black rhino in the wild is considerably less expensive than preserving the endangered animals in captivity, a recent AWF-sponsored study has found.
Poaching has resulted in a 95 percent decline in the world's black rhino population over the last three decades to fewer than 2,600 in 1997. The only surviving populations live in protected areas, sanctuaries established in the wild or captive breeding programs, typically in zoos and open paddocks.
East Africa's priceless rangelands for years have struggled against degradation caused by overgrazing and soil-depleting crop farming. Now ecologists are coming to grips with a third villain: the leleshwa weed, a fast-growing, tough-to-control shrub that is overtaking large sections of grassland.
Six countries in Africa have established the world's first international task force to combat poaching and other wildlife crimes.
The Republic of Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia agreed in March to empower the "African Interpol," as many call the task force, to help stop illegal trade in wildlife, the United Nations Environment Program announced recently.
Cape mountain zebra were never very numerous to begin with, but back in 1950, their numbers had nosedived to a precarious 91. Intense conservation efforts began to reverse the decline, gradually raising their numbers to more than 400 by 1984 and to 1,200 today.