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CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Charlie Manuel spoke for the first time to Carlos Ruiz Tuesday about the catcher's 25-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's substance abuse policy.
"I got on him pretty good and I think he reacted pretty good," Manuel said after his team's first official spring-training workout Wednesday. "I trust him. I don't think he'll ever do it again based on how he reacted and some of the things I said to him. He definitely was shook up and you could tell he felt real bad about what happened."
The suspension was announced in late November and the Inquirer's Matt Gelb reported that Ruiz had tested positive for Adderrall, an amphetatime used to enhance the concentration level of people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Players with a medical clearance can use Adderrall or Ritalin, but Ruiz did not have such a clearance and twice failed tests that revealed he had used a banned amphetamine.
After an excruciatingly uncomfortable and repetitive seven-minute session with the media Wednesday just beyond the left-field wall at Bright House Field, Ruiz broke down in tears.
"For me, it's hard, man," Ruiz said as sweat bubbled on his nose. "I lose something for 25 games and I want to be on the field. I want to play. At the same time, I feel like I have the support of my good friends. It'll be great to come back and do my best. I got caught two times and I have to pay for that."
Ruiz, 34, got caught the second time despite the fact he knew after the first failed drug test that he could be tested up to eight times per season.
"It's very difficult having to explain," Ruiz said. "I love baseball. I love my city, Philadelphia and Panama. I want to do my best and show everybody ... I'll do my best."
Manuel said his all-star catcher was distressed during their one-on-one conversation Tuesday.
"When I talked to him, he seemed like he was really hurt over it," Manuel said. "He told me, 'I will never do it no more. That was terrrible and I shouldn't do that.' "
The manager admitted he was upset when he first got the news during the offseason because it meant the Phillies would have to spend the first month without the player who was arguably their MVP last season.
"That's a good argument there because he stood out," Manuel said. "Yeah, I was upset when I first heard that because Chooch is a big part of our team. About the last three years he has developed into one of the best catchers in baseball. I think (Yadier) Molina (of St. Louis) has definitely improved his hitting, but Chooch can play right there with him. He's gotten that good."
Ruiz can participate in spring-training games, but Manuel said he would likely see a lot of action in minor-league games because the Phillies have to get Erik Kratz and other catchers ready for the start of the season. Barring rainouts, Ruiz will be eligible to return April 28 against the Mets in New York. Only then can he truly begin to answer the question about how much, if at all, the Adderrall contributed to his career season last year when he hit .325 with 16 home runs and 68 RBIs.
Manuel said he expects Ruiz, who is in the final year of his contract, to remain among the game's elite catchers.
"I definitely think so," the manager said. "I think the last couple years, he's really learned how to hit and take the ball the other way. He can hit a fastball, especially if you double up on a fastball and things like that. Chooch can hurt you."
The manager meant that Ruiz has the ability to punish opposing teams with his bat. For now, however, he is only hurting the Phillies and that was clearly causing an acute heartache for the catcher on the first official day of spring training.


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A new molecule increases the efficiency of fluorescent organic light emitting diodes without using heavy metals. Early OLEDs were made from fluorescent molecules that transform added electrical energy into light. However, rules of quantum mechanics make this transformation rather inefficient.
Here's why. Pumping electricity through a fluorescent OLED excites charge carriers—electrons and positively charged "holes"—in the molecules. These charge carriers meet to form a bound state called an exciton. This exciton can be one of two types: a singlet exciton or a triplet exciton. That energy has to be released, but only singlet excitons can release it as light, and singlets only occur 25 percent of the time. The other 75 percent of excitons are triplets that relax by releasing heat, not light.
To increase the efficiency of these OLEDs, scientists add heavy metal atoms to help the previously heat-producing states emit light—with nearly 100 percent efficiency—through phosphorescence.
Now scientists have accomplished similar efficiencies without the metal. Hiroki Uoyama, of Kyushu University in Japan, and colleagues designed a molecule that has a small energy difference between the singlet and triplet excitons. That way, triplet excitons can cross over to an excited singlet state and then relax to emit light.
In this carefully designed molecule, more than 90 percent of the excited states emit light. And it converts electrical energy to light with an efficiency of more than 19 percent, comparable to high-efficiency phosphorescent OLEDs.
The molecule can be easily synthesized in one step, and its shape and structure are key to its increased efficiency. Tweaking the structure allows the researchers to build OLEDs that emit blue, green, yellow and orange light.
The lack of heavy atoms in the molecule means it might be cheaper to produce than phosphorescent OLEDs containing iridium or platinum, says Z. Valy Vardeny, at the University of Utah.
OLEDs are already finding their way into thin, high-def screens of some commercial devices. But building a molecule doesn't necessarily mean it will find its way into device production, writes Brian D'Andrade of Exponent, Inc., in an accompanying commentary. To be useful in production, these molecules need to be optimized to emit colors of light needed in displays, they need to be able to be manufactured into devices, and the lifetime of those devices needs to be comparable—or better than—the state-of the art, he writes.
Nature, 2012. DOI: 10.1038/nature11687 (About DOIs).

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Deleting NewVideoSearch Successfully
NewVideoSearch is responsible for infecting following browsers
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|Internet Explorer 8-8.00.6001.18241, IE 7:7.00.6000.16441, IE 7:7.00.5730.1300, IE 8:8.00.6001.18241, Internet Explorer 7-7.00.6001.1800, Internet Explorer 7-7.00.6000.16441, Internet Explorer 8-8.00.7600.16385, IE 8:8.00.7600.16385, IE 8:8.00.6001.17184, Internet Explorer 9-9.0.8080.16413, Internet Explorer 7-7.00.5730.1300, IE 8:8.00.6001.18702, IE 10:10.0.9200.16384, IE 8:8.00.7000.00000
|Chrome Versions
|Chrome 58.0.3026.0, Chrome 56.0.2924, Chrome 57.0.2987, Chrome 54.0.2840, Chrome 52.0.2743, Chrome 49.0.2623, Chrome 48.0.2564, Chrome 58.0, Chrome 55.0.2883
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Infected with NewVideoSearch? Best Strategies To Remove Virus From Infected PC
Detailed Information About NewVideoSearch
NewVideoSearch is a type of dangerous computer virus which is able to modify crucial system settings without asking user's permission. It can reroute web surfers to shady websites in order to promote those domains that are try to increase their page rank and popularity. By promoting these web portals and helping their developers to improve visitors traffic, the operators of this malware earn money. Besides, it may display annoying ads on your PC screen that are meant to grasp your attention and lead you straight to the affiliate sites. That's why, NewVideoSearch ridden browsers or computers become impossible to use due to the slowdowns or unexpected system crashes, forcing the victimized users to look for its Removal solutions.
NewVideoSearch : Distribution Methods and Techniques
The malware is able to infect the user's PC without their knowledge. It can affect the systems running Windows 8 and other OS's as well. Most of the time, the threat spreads with the help of freeware and sharewares. It is mostly used to deploy other noxious viruses onto the infected machine. NewVideoSearch can get inside the PC without user's consent because it tend to arrive in malicious files attached to spam emails which present themselves as important messages from reputable or known parties and persons. Once the user is tricked into downloading and opening such attachment, the parasite will be installed immediately onto their machine. Moreover, it is also distributed by bogus pop-up alerts that can be seen either on legitimate or scam-related domains.
PC Related Issues Caused by NewVideoSearch
Here is a complete list of typical features of this infection which manifest onto the infected Windows 8:
Pop-up Ads, In-text Links and Banners: The threat is supposed to promote their sponsored websites that are seeking to increase their marketability.
Unwanted Redirects: NewVideoSearch tends to reroute affected users to shady web pages with or without their permission in order to increase the traffic of these domains.
Tracking Online Activities: It captures the information related to user's interests, such as their search queries, viewed web portals, entered data, email address, IP address and its geo-location.
Unauthorized Installations: This malware often attempt to download and install additional third party applications onto the infected PC to promote them or to use them for tracking user's online browsing activities.
File Encryption: It also encrypts the files stored on compromised machine by using strong encryption algorithm. Then after, it demands ransom money to provide the decryption tool which is necessary of file restoration.
Computer Performance Issues: NewVideoSearch is badly programmed by the hackers, so that they can cause various malfunctions, such as PC slowdowns and system's instability.
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Help To Remove NewVideoSearch From Affected Systems & Browsers
Method 1: Help To Start Windows 8 in Safe Mode For NewVideoSearch Removal
Method 2: NewVideoSearch Removal Report For Affected Chrome
Method 3: Help To Reset Web Browser Settings To Take Down NewVideoSearch
Method 4: Take Down Unwanted Methods of NewVideoSearch From Windows Task Manager
Method 5: Help To Remove NewVideoSearch From Control Panel of PC
Method 6: Help To Take Down NewVideoSearch Related Malicious Registry Entries
Method 1: Start Your PC in Safe Mode with Networking To Remove NewVideoSearch
Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7
Keep pressing F8 button when your PC starts booting.
Now, you will see "Advanced Boot Options" window on your PC screen.
Select Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Networking option and hit Enter button.
Then after, find and Take Down NewVideoSearch from your machine Manually.
Windows 8 / Windows 10
Tap on "Start", press Shift key and then click on "Restart".
Select "Troubleshoot option" and tap on "Advanced" options.
Choose "Startup Settings" and click on Restart.
Press F5 button to enable your Windows 8 or 10 PC in "Safe Mode with Networking".
After your PC starts with Safe Mode with Networking, search for NewVideoSearch and Remove it as soon as possible.
Method 2: Take Down NewVideoSearch Related Toolbars & Extensions From Infected Chrome
Remove NewVideoSearch From Mozilla Firefox:41
Open Mozilla Firefox:41 and tap on gear icon to open browser menu.
Select Add-ons and in this tab, choose Extensions or Appearance panel.
Now, identify NewVideoSearch related add-ons and tap on "Remove" button.
Removal of NewVideoSearch From Chrome 48.0.2564
Open Chrome 48.0.2564. To open Chrome menu, click on the gear icon placed at top right corner of your browser.
Click on More Tools option and go to Extensions.
Select unwanted extension of NewVideoSearch and tap on Trash bin icon.
Removing NewVideoSearch From IE 7:7.00.6000.16441
Open IE 7:7.00.6000.16441. Click on Gear Icon from right-top corner in order to open Tools menu.
Tap on Manage Add-ons and select Toolbars and extension tab.
Find add-ons related to NewVideoSearch and click on Disable button.
Method 3: Help To Reset Chrome Settings To Take Down NewVideoSearch
Resetting Chrome 48.0.2564 For NewVideoSearch Removal
Open Chrome and tap on Chrome menu, then go to Settings option.
Type Reset in the search box and click on Reset button.
As a result, NewVideoSearch will be removed Assistance For from your Chrome 48.0.2564.
Reset Mozilla Firefox:41 To Remove NewVideoSearch
Start Mozilla Firefox:41, click on Firefox menu and tap on Troubleshooting Information option.
Now, press "Refresh Firefox" button placed at the top of the page.
In the appeared dialog box, click on "Refresh Firefox" button.
Resetting Mozilla Firefox:41 will result in the complete Removal of NewVideoSearch from your browser.
Reset IE 7:7.00.6000.16441 To Remove NewVideoSearch
Open IE and click on Tools menu, then select Internet options.
Tap on Advanced Tab and hit Reset button.
Tick "Delete Personal Settings" option and click on Reset button.
Finally, tap on Close button and restart your IE 7:7.00.6000.16441. You will find the permanent Removal of NewVideoSearch.
Method 4: Take Down Malicious Processes of NewVideoSearch Running on Windows Task Manager
Press "Ctrl + Alt + Del" keys altogether to open the Task Manager.
To identify unwanted processes of NewVideoSearch running on the Task Manager, click on Processes tab.
Select all the malicious processes and tap on "End Process" button.
Method 5: Remove Annoying Programs Associated with NewVideoSearch From Control Panel
Tap on Start button and select Control Panel option.
Under the "Programs" category, select "Uninstall a Program" option.
Finally, click on "Uninstall" button after selecting all unwanted programs installed by NewVideoSearch.
Method 6: Help To Take Down Harmful Registry Entries Created by NewVideoSearch
Press Start button and choose Run option.
Type "regedit" and hit Enter button to open Registry Editor.
Find and Remove all the registry files related to NewVideoSearch.


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Wells Fargo (WFC) said Friday that it had recruited 24 advisors with $2.2 billion in assets this fall for its traditional Private-Client Group channel. Its independent-advisor channel, FiNet, said Wednesday that it added seven advisors with about $1.3 billion in assets in November.
Meanwhile Raymond James (RJF) said Monday it recruited a Morgan Stanley (MS) team with about $80 million in assets and $1 in yearly fees & commissions.
Also this week, LPL Financial (LPLA) said it attracted an advisor from Wells Fargo, and Securities America said it recruited a former-LPL affiliated team of FAs to its independent broker-dealer operations.
Wells' Latest Recruits
One group coming on board Wells Fargo's employee advisor channel over the past few months is the ESH Group, which includes Robert Evans, Walt Shinault and Richard Hastings in Oxford, Miss. They joined from Bank of America-Merrill Lynch (BAC). The team has a total of 76 years of industry experience and prior AUM of $250 million.
Also moving to Wells from Merrill was W. Howard Humphrey. The Parkersburg, W. Va.-based advisor has 20 years of industry experience and prior assets of $101 million.
The Siegel Group, comprised of financial advisors Andrew Siegel, Nickolaus Roeschley and William Kulesh, joined Wells in Scottsdale, Ariz., from Morgan Stanley. The team members have 52 years of industry experience and prior AUM of $231 million.
In Irvine, Calif., financial advisors Nancy Johnson and Susan Ellena joined from Morgan Stanley. They have a total of 60 years of experience in the industry and prior AUM of $210 million.
The Willow Bend Group, comprised of financial advisors Chris Queen, Peggy Etheridge and Jason Hofnagel, came on board Wells in Plano, Texas, from Morgan Stanley. The team members have 49 years of total industry experience and prior AUM of $206 million.
The Meeks-Coburn Group, comprised of financial advisors Curtis Coburn and Wade Meeks, moved to Wells in Little Rock, Ark., from Morgan Stanley. The reps have a total of 55 years of industry experience and prior AUM of $127 million.
Robert Shwedel and Andrea Roth joined Wells from UBS (UBS) in Walnut Creek, Calif., which is part of the Bay Area. Combined, the father and daughter have 39 years of industry experience and prior AUM of $196 million.
Rich Ceffalio also moved from UBS to WFA. He is based in Arlington Heights, Illi. He spent four years at UBS but had previously spent 11 years at Wells. Ceffalio has 19 years of experience in the industry and prior AUM of $165 million. He brought a financial advisor in training, Jim Cox, with him.
Susan Gallagher joined WFA in Bethesda, Md., from UBS with 29 years of experience in the industry and $146 million in assets. Curt Coulter joined the Pittsburgh branch of WFA from UBS. He has 17 years of experience and prior AUM of $134 million.
Greg Moore came to Wells in Portland, Ore., from Webush Morgan. He has 17 years of experience in the industry and a prior AUM of $139 million.
The Hart Investment Group, which includes Robert Hart and Thomas Tonkovich, joined the Spring Lake, N.J., Wells branch from RBC Capital Markets. Combined, the team members have 23 years of industry experience and prior AUM of $107 million.
Allen Wilson, joined Wells in Morristown, N.J. from Stifel Nicolaus (SF). He has 19 years of experience in the industry and prior AUM of $212 million. Also joining from Stifel is Bradley Gummow. Chicago-based Gummow has 30 years of experience in the industry and prior AUM of $100 million.
FiNet Additions
The independent-advisor channel of Wells Fargo picked up the KBT Group in Westlake Village, Calif., comprised of financial advisors Michael Kazmer, Larry Bernstein and Abby Dinkins. The team joined FiNET from Merrill Lynch with about $620 million in assets.
Trailhead Wealth Management, comprised of financial advisors Bryan Pieper and Gregory Stringari joined FiNET in Louisville, Colo., with some $270 million in assets.
Michelle Lavigne, in Stamford, Conn., moved to the already existing FiNET practice of Adaptive Wealth Management. She has 24 years of experience in the industry (including work for UBS and Merrill) and AUM of $128 million.
B. Scott Wilson joined FiNET in Dorset, Vt., with 16 years of experience and AUM of $110 million.
Raymond James' Recruiting
Raymond James announced Monday that it recruited Karl Rothermund as senior vice president of investments in the Scottsdale, Ariz., office of Raymond James & Associates the traditional employee broker-dealer of Raymond James Financial.
"I am pleased to welcome Karl to Raymond James," said Pat Allison, division director of the firm's Southwestern Division, in a statement. "Clients are sure to benefit from his years of investment experience and the expertise he brings to the Scottsdale location."
A 35-year financial services industry veteran, Rothermund came to Raymond James from Morgan Stanley, where he managed $80 million in client assets and had about $1 million in annual production. (He joined Smith Barney 19 years ago and left to join Morgan Stanley in 2006.)
"I was looking for a firm that really puts its clients first," said Rothermund, in a statement. "Raymond James' fee structure is one feature that attracted me to the firm. I am now able to translate multiple savings to my clients through lower fees, including those on IRAs, Capital Access and discretionary asset management."
LPL's New Affiliated Advisor
Sovereign Coast Wealth Advisors, of Corpus Christi, Texas, recruited Michael Koletar from Wells Fargo to join the LPL-affiliated group, which manages about $800 million in assets, according to an announcement made on Wednesday.
Koletar will be a senior vice president of investments.
"The Sovereign Coast Wealth Advisors and Sovereign Investment Group teams are elated to have Michael Koletar join our family of [20-plus] financial professionals," said Sovereign Coast President William Vaseliades, in a press release. "His expertise in investment and wealth management, along with his dedication to clients, will integrate seamlessly with our philosophy of providing personalized service and unbiased advice with our clients' best interests in mind."
"I am very pleased to be associated with a firm that has access to the resources and technology I need to ensure optimal service for my clients," said Koletar, in a statement. "The range of strategies I can now offer them has expanded dramatically."
Move to Securities America
Michael Mullis, formerly affiliated with LPL Financial, and his team became registered representatives with Securities America Inc., an independent broker-dealer located in La Vista, Neb., on Thursday.
"It is important to us to be with a broker-dealer that provides our clients with the stability of a large broker-dealer without losing any of our firm's independence," Mullis said in a press release. "Securities America's commitment to its advisors stands out amongst broker-dealer firms across the nation. This reassures us that we have found a partner that will provide our clients with the highest quality service."
The team of Kelley & Mullis Wealth Management in Vestavia, Ala., has more than $223 million in client assets. It includes four advisors.
"Securities America gives specialized attention and resources to its advisors that we feel is an important role for our broker-dealer," Mullis explained. "We are very excited about working with their business consultation group, and bringing the latest technology, CRM and support for all levels of management to our firm."
"We are excited to welcome Michael Mullis and his practice to the Securities America family," said Gregg Johnson, senior vice president of branch office development and acquisitions, for Securities America, in a statement. "We look forward to working closely with Kelley and Mullis Wealth Management to ensure a smooth transition and to provide this practice with our extensive technology, practice management and business growth resources."
Securities America is a unit of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services (LTS).


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Humanitarian concerns related to MOTAPM had been raised during the negotiations of the Convention of Protocol II in the 1970s, but with limited consideration. MOTAPM were part of the negotiations on Amended Protocol II during the First CCW Review Conference in 1995-1996. At the time, efforts were focused on addressing the significant humanitarian impact of anti-personnel landmines. For this reason, Amended Protocol II includes specific restrictions on the employment of anti-personnel mines and only general provisions concerning restrictions on the use of all types of mines.
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Whitney Houston, the Grammy-winning pop diva, has died, according to the Beverly Hills Police Department, which responded to a 911 call at the Beverly Hilton.
Houston, 48, was one of the world's biggest-selling musical artists during a heyday that stretched from the mid-1980s through the late '90s and included such massive hits as "How Will I Know," "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" and "I Will Always Love You." The singer also made her mark on Hollywood, most notably with a starring role in the 1992 film The Bodyguard.
This past decade saw Whitney Houston's career and public image marred by public struggles with drug use and a stormy marriage to singer Bobby Brown. In 2009 she released I Look To You, her first album of new material since 2002.
At the audio link you can hear Ann Powers speak to weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz about Houston's life and career. --Daoud Tyler-Ameen
It played out like an opera, her life. Whitney Houston was born during the golden, brutal days of the civil rights movement, into a family of royal women. Her mother, Cissy Houston, raised the house in gospel circles and backed up many a hitmaker; her cousin, Dionne Warwick, pioneered the crossover sound Whitney would later take even higher. Her godmother, Aretha Franklin, is soul's Queen. She was born blessed. And she grew up wise, in the nightclubs where her mama sang, like some kind of New Jersey Carmen: love is a gypsy's child; it has never known a law.
At 21 she became a racehorse. After a few early experiments, including apprenticeships in modeling and harmonizing with her spiritual elder sister, Chaka Khan, Houston met Clive Davis, the record man who would be her lifelong mentor. Davis signed her to Arista Records, in 1985 her debut came out and, after a slow start, three hit singles granted Houston the superstardom that would define her for the rest of her life, even after her daily circumstances had changed so much.
I was a kid working at Tower Records in San Francisco when Whitney Houston hit. What I remember is the life-sized cut out photograph that we propped up next to the stacks of her album, which kept getting depleted and restocked. In the picture she wore a swimsuit; her body was sleek and shiny, her perfection a haughty challenge to raggedy New Wave girls like me. I can't say I loved her then. She represented '80s culture at its glitziest and most carnivorous — she was the perfect, impossibly expansive voice of the yuppie soul, feeding on stock options and caviar.
Later, when I got deeper into contemporary urban music, I could hear how her singing made soul music's church into a crystal cathedral. Her tone and her power put her in a class nearly by herself. And unlike other glamor queens of that era, Houston also cultivated a certain wry warmth, the laugh that burst out of her gorgeous mouth and let us know that she would always come down from the throne, kick off her spiked heels and dance with us.
She found even more fame in the '90s, becoming a movie star and claiming Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" as a signature that came to mark every surface of the culture. Then she started to fall. Houston's marriage to Bobby Brown was a slow motion car wreck, marred by drug use and public squabbles, though blessed by a daughter whom she clearly adored. The slobbering attentions of the tabloid journalists made things worse, as did every snicker each of us indulged about her sadness.
Still, Houston made one of her finest albums during this period — My Love Is Your Love, which showcased a grittier voice and, on songs like "It's Not Right But It's Okay," a determination to mine hard times for meaning, the way she'd once milked the glory of her youth.
In this century, Houston became an emblem of decline — of the human toll taken by drugs, and of the shifting nature of pop, whose stars now act much more like trick ponies than thoroughbreds. Houston made more music and won more accolades (according to the Guinness Book of World Records, she holds more trophies than any other pop star) and did manage to occasionally appear in public. But her comeback never solidified. The most obvious testimony to the greatness of her gift is that, even when she was most down, the butt of comedians' jokes and gossip columnists sneers, her fellow artists only spoke of her in admiration and love.
Her artistic father figure, Clive Davis, never gave up hope that she would return. Every year at the party he threw in the Beverly Hilton Hotel — where she died Saturday afternoon, hours before she was scheduled to appear — Davis held out hope that this would be the time Houston would regain her breath and her fire and finally win again. She did make a go of it in 2009, wearing leopard skin and smiling widely as she sang with her cousin Dionne. It wasn't miraculous, but it was good enough to move the room to cheers and tears.
That Houston died mere steps from that stage, only to be discovered by her bodyguard in one of the thousand hotel rooms where she'd laid her head, is strange poetry. I've long thought that someone should write an opera about this brash, brilliant woman, born a child of soul and raised to womanhood within the heart of crossover pop. She broke hearts, and was herself broken. She suffered, but not in her music, which even at its saddest was grounded in a sense of dignity and the determination to transcend. She defined a style that so many would adopt, yet her talent was unique.
At the beginning of her book Opera, Or the Undoing Of Women, the French theorist Catherine Clement turns to various arias to embellish her argument about how music symbolizes and enacts the pain women must endure. "A prima donna is a column broken in two that bleeds from top to bottom," sings the diva in Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann. This reprisal reveals what we listeners crave: gorgeous suffering, self-exposure a show of power. Clement quotes another aria, from Jean Cocteau's text for Cantate, that makes me think of Whitney Houston, as I hope to always think of her. As an aerialist: "See see how I can fly / I can stay up alone / Detach myself from earth / Spin and rise / Rise wingless, wingless / Climb into the air the way you fall / Gently / In a whirl."
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this post attributed its closing lines to Alban Berg. They are in fact Jean Cocteau's, from his text for Cantate.
And finally tonight, the impact of Whitney Houston on pop history cannot be overstated. She died, of course, yesterday at the age of 48.
WHITNEY HOUSTON: (Singing) No matter what they take from me, they can't take away my dignity because the greatest love of all is happening to me.
RAZ: NPR's pop music critic, Ann Powers, is with me now for a look back on Houston's career through some of her songs. And, Ann, I want to start with the song "How Will I Know" which was from her debut album in 1985.
HOUSTON: (Singing) How will I know if he really loves me? I say a prayer with every heartbeat.
RAZ: This was the way many people were introduced to Whitney Houston, the pop princess, the kind of Goody Two-shoes, it was - and it was a number one hit.
ANN POWERS, BYLINE: Absolutely, Guy. Whitney Houston was a crossover artist. She was connected to R&B royalty, but she appealed to a pop audience. Her mother, Cissy Houston, is a well-known gospel and pop singer. Her cousin is Dionne Warwick, and of course, her godmother is Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul.
RAZ: When the song came out, Whitney Houston was also criticized by some in the music industry for not, you know, not being R&B enough, for being too pop-y, right?
POWERS: Right, exactly. I mean, if you look at the history of American pop music, for much of it, R&B and rock or pop were very divided, and here was Whitney Houston who basically was marketed to everyone. And that was hard for some purists to take, but I think it was actually a very valuable moment in pop.
RAZ: Probably the high point of her career came in 1992. She was in the film "The Bodyguard" with Kevin Costner. I don't know if that film was the high point, but a song from that film, "I Will Always Love You."
HOUSTON: (Singing) And I will always love you, I will always...
RAZ: That's unmistakable. And that song, of course, went on to win Grammys and really showcased her range. I mean, it's a three-octave range.
POWERS: Absolutely. And of course, written by another amazing woman in pop history Dolly Parton, another example of how Whitney Houston not only crossed boundaries but really eradicated them. Her talent is the kind of talent that is just impossible to hold in a box, and I think that was also why, you know, her eventual decline was so tragic to so many people.
RAZ: In some ways, her decline was almost precipitous. I mean, she was this beloved, kind of sunny and bright personality, and then all of a sudden she kind of emerged very troubled.
POWERS: Yeah. It's a tragedy. When I wrote about it for NPR Music, I talked about it as if it could be the plot of an opera. It's just such an arch. When she started to decline, a lot of people blamed drugs, some people pointed to her very troubled marriage to the R&B singer Bobby Brown. I'm sure the story will all come out eventually.
At this time, I feel like I want to honor her talent and not dwell too much on that. But, yes, it is a sad cautionary tale about the price of fame and how hard it is to be a celebrity in America.
RAZ: Ann Powers is the chief music critic for npr.org. Ann, thanks so much.
POWERS: Thank you so much, Guy.
RAZ: And you can visit nprmusic.org for more about the life and career of Whitney Houston. She died yesterday at the age of 48.
HOUSTON: (Singing) And I believe in dream again. I believe that love will never end. And like the river finds the sea, I was lost. Now I'm free because I believe in you and me. I'll never leave your side...
RAZ: And for Saturday, that's Sunday, rather, that's WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Guy Raz. Check out our weekly podcast, the Best of WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. You can find it at iTunes or npr.org/weekendatc. We're back on the radio next weekend with more news, features, books and music. Until then, thanks for listening and have a great week. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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The Verizon branding is subtle, but effective. We'd rather have our BlackBerry's free of carrier branding, but if you are going to have carrier branding, this location isn't too bad. More than carrier-free branding, we want to see big time carrier support for BlackBerry 10 - whatever it takes to get that done is fine with us.
The image was posted first on Business Insider, and was apparently sourced by a person who's testing both Verizon and AT&T variants of the BlackBerry Z10. The tester also gave his opinion of the Z10, which he said had great build quality, a great screen, a fast web browser (as quick as desktop browser) that supports flash and that the boot up time is less than a minute. These are all things we love to hear.
January 30th's BlackBerry 10 launch event can't come soon enough!
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STORRS -- Connecticut heads into its season finale against Providence on Saturday facing a postseason ban, the breakup of the Big East conference, and injuries that could keep four key players on the bench.
But coach Kevin Ollie said none of that will matter to the Huskies (19-10, 9-8 Big East) as they go for their 20th win of the season, already having exceeded the expectations of most people.
"We are going to play hard," he said. "That last buzzer is going to go off and we're going to have our heads held high. We're going to have our chests out, because we played as hard as we possibly can."
UConn wasn't expected to come close to 20 wins after losing five underclassmen to transfer and the NBA and seeing Hall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun retire in the offseason.
They were picked to finish ninth in the conference, and were banned from the NCAA and Big East tournaments based on a low academic performance rate, scores that involved no player on the current team.
But despite having no postseason to play for, this year's squad shocked then-No. 14 Michigan State in the season opener and were 19-7 going into the last game of February.
Finally, things started to fall apart.
The Huskies lost to No. 7 Georgetown in two overtimes, and also lost leading scorer Shabazz Napier, who aggravated a right-foot injury. The team's star junior guard hasn't played since, and the Huskies are 0-3 since the injury.
Niels Giffey, the team's top player off the bench, broke a finger in the next game, a 61-56 loss at Cincinnati, and is out for the season. Center Tyler Olander followed him to the training room on Wednesday, breaking his left foot in the 65-51 loss at South Florida.
UConn already was playing without 7-foot-1 center Enosch Wolf, who was suspended after being arrested on Feb. 11 during an on-campus domestic disturbance.
Guard Omar Calhoun has been playing with a sprained right wrist for two weeks, and went 1 for 14 against the Bulls.
He and Napier are both listed as questionable for Saturday, but Ollie said both will play if they can.
"I think we owe our fans, if you're healthy, you should go out and play," he said. "You never know if it's your last opportunity to step out on the court."
The Huskies will host a Providence team (17-12, 9-8) that has won three in a row and seven of its last eight, and will be playing to impress the NCAA tournament committee.
UConn beat the Friars, 82-79, in overtime on Jan. 31. But Providence has won five of the last eight meetings with UConn and will be a heavy favorite at Gampel Pavilion.
"If we get beat by 50 tomorrow, that's not going to change anything, the sentiments I have in my hearts for these guys," Ollie said. "They are going to play hard tomorrow."


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Patricia McArdle, a member of Solar Cookers International's Global Advisory Council, is an advocate of sustainable, renewable energy, and an international promoter of integrated solar thermal cooking technology. Her award-winning novel Farishta, inspired by the year she spent in northern Afghanistan was published in hardcover and e-book by Riverhead Books on June 2, 2011. Farishta has received the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Grand Prize for General Fiction and the San Diego Book Award. The paperback version was released in June 2012. View the book trailer here. The audiobook version of Farishta is available on Audible, iTunes, and Amazon.
McArdle has served as the editor of the Solar Cooker Review, a board member of Solar Cookers International and Solar Household Energy and continues to volunteer considerable time demonstrating, writing and speaking publicly about the benefits of solar cooking. In her lectures and demonstrations she argues that the widespread use of this simple technology can dramatically improve the lives of the hundreds of millions of women and children who travel miles from their villages to gather wood every week. Using solar cookers in combination with fuel efficient stoves and retained heat cookers will also dramatically reduce deforestation and CO2 emissions. Cooking and pasteurizing water with the sun can prevent millions of deaths each year from diseases caused by drinking contaminated water and by inhaling the smoke of cooking fires. McArdle has more than thirty years of international and public affairs experience.
McArdle served as a Peace Corps volunteer health educator in Paraguay in the early 1970s. She joined the U.S. Navy and attended Officers Candidate School in Newport, RI in 1974. She then spent three years as one of only two female military officers at a remote Naval communications base in Morocco. McArdle is a graduate of the University of New Mexico and has an MBA from Thunderbird School of International Management. After 27 years as a U.S. diplomat, she left government service in 2006. Her last overseas assignment was as the Department of State's senior representative with a British Army Provincial Reconstruction Team in Northern Afghanistan. It is there that she began her involvement with solar cookers.
Here in her own words is the story of her "solar cooker epiphany".
"I had heard of solar cookers before I went to Afghanistan, but I knew little about them or their incredible potential to save forests, reduce household air pollution and improve the lives of millions of women.
My solar cooker epiphany occurred on a cold but sunny March day while on patrol in the Hindu Kush with one of the military observation teams. During my travels around northern Afghanistan, I had observed that there were almost no trees and little groundcover left in the region. People told me that the trees had been cut down for firewood or to make charcoal. As we drove that morning up a narrow mountain trail to a remote village for a meeting with local officials, we passed a group of young (five to seven year old) children leading donkeys down the trail.
After our meeting, the soldiers and I were given a tour of the village. The district governor showed us the one remaining "forest" in the area, a small grove of cedar and pine growing just above the village. It was guarded night and day to prevent the trees from being cut down for firewood. The governor explained to us that if they lost their "forest," the next big rain would wash away the village. I was also invited into one of the family compounds and introduced to the women who were cooking lunch over a smoky fire fueled with what looked like tumbleweed stacked in a huge pile next to their mud-walled hut.
At the end of the day, heading down the mountain, we again passed the children, who were on their way home. They were struggling to carry enormous bundles of the same "tumbleweed" I had seen the women cooking with. As we traveled west into the glare of the setting sun, I suddenly remembered the solar cooker I had constructed out of a cardboard box when I was a Girl Scout many years ago. "Someone should tell these people about solar cookers," I thought. Since I didn't know much about solar cookers myself, I did some research.
That night, back at our camp in Mazar-e Sharif, I trolled the Internet for information on solar cookers and found the Solar Cooking Archive, managed by Solar Cookers International. I spent the next few evenings learning about this remarkably simple technology. Eventually I downloaded several plans, and asked the British Army field kitchen staff for some old cardboard boxes, aluminum foil and flour to make paste. With the help of the soldiers, I constructed five different box- and panel-type solar cookers. We took them up to the roof of our heavily guarded compound and, over a period of several weeks, tested them and measured the results. The solar CooKit won the competition.
It was clear to me that there was a great potential in this country for the widespread distribution of solar cookers to:
- Reduce the amount of time children spend foraging for fuel
- Reduce erosion caused by a lack of ground cover (and the resulting flooding)
- Cut down on the amount of smoke that women are exposed to while cooking
I hoped to return eventually to the village that had inspired me to learn about solar cookers, demonstrate the CooKit, and see how the people would react to this remarkable technology. Several months later, we went back.
It was another cool, sunny day. A small group of men standing in front of the governor's compound watched in silence as we arrived for our meeting. (Women are not allowed out in public unless the gathering is all female). Before going in to see the governor, I poured a bottle of water into a black pot, put the pot inside a transparent oven (turkey) bag, placed the bag in my homemade CooKit, turned the CooKit to face the sun and went inside with the soldiers.
When we came out of the meeting 90 minutes later, the pot was steaming and the crowd had swelled from 10 to about 40 men. They were scratching their beards, pointing at the CooKit and trying to figure out how this piece of cardboard covered with shiny paper was able to boil water. Where was the fire? It looked to them like magic even after I explained how it worked. The pot was clearly very hot, but the cardboard and aluminum foil were not. How could this be? They all insisted on coming up to touch the very hot pot and then the cool foil-covered cardboard to confirm what they were seeing.
One of the men exclaimed, "We could make our tea with this!" The others nodded enthusiastically. Another said he would be able to find cardboard, but "where," he asked, "do I get that shiny paper?" They all looked at me in silence, waiting for an answer. I wasn't certain how to reply, because I knew that aluminum foil was not sold anywhere but Kabul, which was more than 100 miles to the south over the Hindu Kush.
Another man smiled, reached into his back pocket and took out a pack of cigarettes. He pulled up the inner foil liner and shouted, "We could use this!" The other men nodded, and several more pulled out their own cigarette packs to examine the foil liners. Within five minutes, these men had figured out a use for this technology and they had discovered a way to manufacture it using a locally available resource. None of them suggested that their wives might be able to cook meals with this technology, but I was still very impressed with their positive and creative reaction to my very brief demonstration. If they only used the CooKit for heating tea water, they would still dramatically reduce the biomass consumption of their village.
I began inquiring about solar cooker projects in Afghanistan and found that only Gordon Magney and his wife Grace, who had taught Afghan women to use several thousand SPORT solar box cookers, were the only people involved with the promotion of solar cookers. (I learned later that Sun Ovens International had, several years earlier, also distributed solar cookers in Afghanistan.) Magney gave me a detailed proposal for another solar cooker project. I tried to generate support for his project within our embassy and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) mission, but, sadly, was not successful. There are a few other dedicated individuals including Grace Magney still promoting solar cooking in Afghanistan. Grace assisted me with a report I prepared in 2008 titled Promoting Solar Cooking in Afghanistan. I also created a YouTube video on solar cooking in Afghanistan. Please see Afghanistan for additional information on solar cooking projects in that country.
I have told this story and given solar cooker presentations many times at the U.S. State Department, the Peace Corps, USAID and elsewhere since my return from Afghanistan. In 2007, colleagues from DC-based Solar Household Energy and I set up a demonstration with several types of solar cookers and prepared typical refugee dishes of dried beans and peas in the courtyard of the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration in 2008. PRM's assistant secretary Ellen Saubry ate a plate of our solar cooked food and stated in an AP video report that this was an important technology which should be used. Seven years later, we're still waiting for some support from the State Department. The Partnership for Clean Indoor Air, a branch of the U.S. government's Environmental Protection Agency, has funded solar cooker projects in Mexico, Bolivia and Kenya. In 2009 I helped coordinate an issue of a PCIA on-line bulletin that focused exclusively on solar cooking.
It is the Defense Department that has shown the greatest interest in this technology over the past several years. The STAR-TIDES group at the National Defense University has invited me three years in a row to demonstrate solar cookers at NDU and at the Pentagon.
In the past three years, SouthCom has sent me twice to Honduras and once to Guyana to demonstrate solar cooking to military personnel, civil defense officials and university students, as part of annual disaster preparedness simulations.
Several U.S. military officers serving at Provintial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan have worked with local Afghan craftsmen to build and promote the use of solar cookers. As a former Naval Officer and the daughter of a career Marine officer, I am grateful for and very supportive of the interest shown by the U.S. military in this technology. I only wish I could convince my civilian government colleagues to show the same degree of enthusiasm for solar cookers. Every Peace Corps volunteer going to an energy-starved, sun drenched country should receive training in solar cooker technology. I remain hopeful that President Obama's administration will give more support to the spread of this simple, green, technology that uses earth's most abundant source of energy." --Pat McArdle
- February 2020: Pat McArdle was interviewed at the third CONSOLFOOD by Michael Bonke on his podcast, SunPod
- August 2016: Patricia McArdle has drafted a detailed report covering the history and present state of refugee camp solar cooking programs. Read the report...
- January 2015: GACC has released their November 2104 Post-Summit Report
- January 2015: Patricia McArdle responds to the GACC Post-Summit Report from the November 2014 conference.
- March 2014: Pat McArdle was interviewed for the feature story in this month's edition of the TIDES (Transformative Innovation for Development & Emergency Support) newsletter. She describes her role, and that of Solar Cookers International, to introduce solar cooking to, as Pat puts it, "people in sun-rich countries in the developing world who were running out of wood to burn." Solar cooking was unknown in this part of the world at the time. Many of the early projects were started in the late eighties. She also explains how solar cooking is a key component of the practical integrated cooking method. Read the interview...
- November 2012: Former SCI board member Pat McArdle is interviewed on Emerald Planet - During the interview Pat McArdle discusses the history and mission of Solar Cookers International, the importance of increasing access to solar cooking technology, Bob Metcalf's Portable Microbiology Laboratory for testing water in remote locations, the work of Jewish World Watch in Chad, and more.
- May 2012: Pat McArdle describes the current top ten solar cooking projects - Read the document.
- January 2012: Patricia McArdle attended a workshop dealing with the construction of Scheffler Community Kitchens in Dhule, India: Read her report.
- October 2011: Patricia McArdle, of Solar Cookers International, demonstrated solar cooking with Afzal Syed and volunteers, Sherry and Cecily, at the TIDES exhibit on the campus of the National Dense University. Afzal brought several pots of raw ingredients for Pakistani dishes that were prepared by his wife Samina, including: masoor dall, spiced potatoes, okra, and chawal rice. Patricia baked a loaf of banana bread, which was consumed in less than five minutes. They used the parabolic SK10 (similar to the SK12), purchased from Deepak Gadhia several years ago, to keep a pot of water boiling from 9 a.m. in the morning until the event ended at 5 p.m. There were a number of senior military visitors from other countries. Several have expressed an interest in learning more about solar cooking technology and how it can be used in their countries. The most surprising visit yesterday was from a Vietnamese general, the most senior Vietnamese military officer to visit the U.S. since before the war with Vietnam started in the sixties. Several 'very important people' who came to the demonstration assumed that it would take us 10 to 12 hours to cook food in a panel or box cooker. They were astounded that the food was cooked in less than three hours--in October-- in Washington D.C.--which is 40 degrees north of the equator.
- August 2011: The Spendid Table radio show interviews SCI Board Member Patricia McArdle - Listen to Patricia discussing solar cooking in Afghanistan.
- Solar ovens, renewable energy offer hope for Afghanistan (Reuters) - At first, she noticed Afghan children hauling brush. Then, in Afghan family compounds, she noticed women tending small fires and trying to cook over them. But it wasn't until U.S. diplomat [and Solar Cookers International Board Member] Patricia McArdle realized how often it was sunny in Afghanistan that she put it together with a youthful memory of cooking with solar ovens and realized this was a low-tech option offering long-term hope to the war-torn nation, which is preparing for a draw-down of U.S. troops. At first, she noticed Afghan children hauling brush. Then, in Afghan family compounds, she noticed women tending small fires and trying to cook over them. But it wasn't until U.S. diplomat [and SCI Board Member] Patricia McArdle realized how often it was sunny in Afghanistan that she put it together with a youthful memory of cooking with solar ovens and realized this was a low-tech option offering long-term hope to the war-torn nation, which is preparing for a draw-down of U.S. troops. Read more...
- June 2011: Voice of America interviews Patricia McArdle about her novel Farishta - Solar Cookers International board-member Patricia McArdle discusses her award-winning novel in which solar cooking in Afghanistan is featured. Audio available here.
- January 2011: Pat McArdle joins the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves working group on Fuels and Technology, to represent the global solar cooking community.
- October 2010: The Voice of America interviews McArdle about Solar Cookers International's participation for the third year at the annual TIDES disaster relief technology gathering at the National Defense University in Washington D.C. TIDES' goal is to facilitate the sharing of information with quicker response times when natural disasters occur.
- June 2010: McArdle's novel Farishta which has solar cooking in Afghanistan as a subplot won Amazon's Breakthrough Novel Award. It will be published on June 2, 2011.
- May 2010: Utah-based Adopt-a-Native Elder asked McArdle to join one of their food runs to the Navajo reservation to make a series of presentations on solar cooking. She discovered that in the winter when roads are closed by deep snow and propane runs out, many Navajos cut down trees for firewood. In the summer when it's too hot to cook indoors, it is common to light a wood fire outside for cooking. Sunshine is abundant and despite "no cutting down trees" warnings in the national parks, she saw hillsides that had been stripped of their trees and thousands of acres formerly covered with juniper and pinyon trees that are now barren desert. The Navajos who saw the solar cookers and ate her chili and corn bread were intrigued by these devices. Twenty volunteers took the different models home and agreed to keep a one month log of solar cooker use. A family of sheepherds took several Cookits, which are light enough to strap to their saddles for long trips into the mountains. Adopt-a-Native-Elder has already heard from one satisfied customer, a Navajo rug weaver, who slaughtered a sheep for a family event and roasted a chunk of the meat in his Sun Oven. McArdle met a group of Navajo students at White Horse High School in Montazuma Creek, Utah, who have constructed a fresnel lens solar cooker for making fry bread. They were finalists in the national Spirit of Innovation Award. Their science teacher Paul McCarl is hoping to manufacture more of these cookers that his students can demonstrate at local gatherings during the summer.
- April 2010: For the second year in a row, Google has invited solar cooker promoters to host an Earth Day demo and display at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California.
- October/November 2009: McArdle was invited by Tchad Solaire to join an international team that assessed the Tchad Solaire cooker project at a Darfur Refugee Camp in Touloum, Eastern Chad. During their three week trip they interviewed several hundred refugee women in their homes. Their findings and recommendations are included in a report for which McArdle was the principal drafter. It has been shared with UNHCR, USAID and the Department of State.
- October 2009: McArdle hosts another week-long outdoor working demonstration of solar and retained heat cooking devices at the TIDES exhibit, National Defense University, Washington, D.C.
- April 2009: Mark Aubin, the co-founder of Google Earth invites McArdle to organize a working solar cooker display at Google headquarters in Mountain View for Earth Day.
- February 2009 Audio interview with Patricia McArdle
- December 2008: McArdle traveled to New Delhi to make a presentation at the Women's Refugee Committion Fuel and Firewood Conference on the integrated solar cooking project at three Darfur Refugee Camps in Eastern Chad sponsored by Jewish World Watch. From there she traveled to Langtang National Park in Nepal to work with local World Wildlife Fund personal and conduct training sessions on the use of the solar Hot Pot in several remote villages. Thanks to funding from TIDES she was also able to attend the Solar Food Processing Conference in Indore, India in January 2009.
- August 2008: McArdle showed the 24 members of Boy Scout troop 684 in Mt. Vernon, Va, how to make a Larry Winiarski-designed sixteen brick rocket stove, how to make a Cookit from a cardboard box and and how to make a hay basket using a black plastic garbage bag and crumpled newspaper. They baked cakes and roasted chicken and vegetables. They pasteurized water in the Cookit using the WAPI. The boys were enthusiastic learners and their Marine Corps dads were astounded at the simplicity of these powerful technologies. The boys will be demonstrating their new integrated cooking skills at the upcoming national scout jamboree.
- August 2008: McArdle hosted the third of four all-day solar cooker demonstrations at the U.S. Botanic Gardens with Dave Chalker (who distributes the Tulsi Hybrid in the U.S.) They were given a primo location right in front of the entrance. Several thousand people walked by their exhibit (Chalker cooked chicken and McArdle baked six cakes). They were able to talk to several hundred people from countries all over the world.
- October 2007: McArdle hosted a two-week working demonstration that featured a variety of solar cookers, fuel-efficient stoves and heat-retention devices during the Transportable Infrastructures for Development and Emergency Support (TIDES) exhibit at the National Defense University (NDU) in Washington, D.C. Several hundred military and civilian officials from area agencies visited the exhibit, which was held at Fort McNair. McArdle demonstrated the three types of solar cookers: panel, box, and concentrator. The exhibit included posters on solar cooker technology and displays of Dr. Bob Metcalf's Portable Microbiology Laboratory and SCI's Water Pasteurization Indicator (WAPI). She tested Anacostia River water and used an AquaPak™ to solar pasteurize the contaminated water. As often occurs at solar cooker exhibits, visitors had to burn their fingers on the steaming pots before they could believe what they were seeing! The weather was excellent, and food was solar cooked and served to visitors every day. On two partly cloudy days, fuel-efficient wood stoves and retained-heat devices were used to finish the cooking of chicken stew, rice, and beans begun in the solar cookers. The TIDES exhibit was repeated for two days in early November at the Pentagon. Cloudy weather unfortunately made it impossible to solar cook. At both exhibits, McArdle explained to visitors the principles of integrated solar cooking: use solar cookers whenever the sun is out, save precious fuel for nights and cloudy days when fuel-efficient stoves are the appropriate technology, and in either case use heat-retention devices to maintain cooking temperatures in pots that have been removed from their heat source. Under the overcast skies at the Pentagon, she was able to cook chicken tajine, lentil stew, and couscous with a fuel-efficient stove, a heat-retention device, and a few small twigs gathered on site. The TIDES exhibit is an effort by Dr. Lin Wells of the NDU to bring together a volunteer cadre of "experts" that can pool their knowledge of easily deployable energy efficient technologies that could be used in disaster and humanitarian situations.
Articles in the media
- January 2019: RPCV Patricia McArdle: PCV, Diplomat, Novelist, Solar Cook - Peace Corps Worldwide
- May 2017: Solar Cookers: Who Needs Them? - Valley Center Happenings
- May 2017: U.S. Diplomat to Speak on Solar Cooking at DVGC May 9 Meeting - Valley Center Happenings
- January 2017: The Use of Solar Cookers in Refugee Camps - Patricia McArdle
- July 2011: Solar ovens, renewable energy offer hope for Afghanistan - Reuters
- June 2011: Farishta: A Compelling Novel About War & Rebuilding, Love & Loss - Huffington Post
- September 2007: Security Through Solar - Washington Post (letter to the editor)
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Audio interviews
- February 2020: Pat McArdle was interviewed at the third CONSOLFOOD by Michael Bonke on his podcast, SunPod
- August 20, 2011: Pat was interviewed on NPR's The Splendid Table
- July 6, 2011 Patricia McArdle was interviewed on the Kojo Nnambi Show by Rebecca Roberts to discuss her first book, Farishta, and her work bringing solar ovens to the rural poor in Afghanistan. Listen to the interview.
External links
- March 2008: Louise Meyer and Patricia McArdle explain how the Solar Cookers work - YouTube
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Patricia McArdle can be contacted through an email form here: http://www.patriciamcardle.com