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Solar EnergySen. Mikulski joined with other sena-tors to announce the formation of atask force to examine regulations andreporting requirements on institutionsof higher education. The Task Forcewill conduct a review of federal regu-lations and reporting requirements af-fecting colleges and universities andmake recommendations.Community, Page A3

Adult-on-adult bullyingSome teen-on-teen bullying wasonce accepted as a rite of passage,we now know it can have deadlyconsequences and is being takenmore seriously today. The same can-not be said about adult-on-adult bul-lying, which though possibly just asharmful, is a much less highlightedand much more complex story.Commentary, Page A4

Emmy award-winning HBO seriesGovernor Martin O’Malley visitedthe set of the Emmy award-winningHBO series, VEEP, to highlight theprogress of the Maryland Film Taxcredit expansion and its positiveimpact on Maryland’s economy.The expansion includes an increaseof $17.5 million in credits in theFY14 budget.Business, Page A5

Movie Review ‘Charlie CountrymanCharlie Countryman is the kind ofcharacter Shia LaBeouf should keepplaying, and Charlie Countryman isthe sort of movie he should keepmaking, even if this particular oneisn’t very good. It suits The Beef be-cause it’s free-spirited and uncon-ventional — the very opposite of theTransformers series.Out on the Town, Page A6

Earth Talk Dear EarthTalk:I understand the Navy is doing

sonar testing and training in theoceans and that their activities willlikely kill hundreds if not thousandsof whales and other marine mam-mals. What can be done to stop this?

— Jackie Bomgardner, Wilton, CT

Features, Page A7

INSIDE

WASHINGTON -Green-house gas emissions fromMaryland’s power plants fell bymore than 26 percent from 2010to 2012, the sixth-largest dropin the nation during that time,according to data from the En-vironmental Protection Agency.Only Massachusetts, Vir-

ginia, Oregon, Washington stateand the District of Columbiasaw greater declines, accordingto the data released last month,with greenhouse gas emissionsfalling by more than 10 percentnationwide.Experts attribute the unusu-

ally large drop in Maryland tothe fact that the state’s plantssimply generated less electric-ity, as energy produced by thoseplants fell by nearly 32 percentover the same period, accordingto the Energy Information Ad-ministration, a government data

collection service. The reasonfor that drop is simple: Mary-land’s largely coal-poweredplants couldn’t compete withcheaper natural gas plants inneighboring states. “What’s happened is that

since 2008, because of the nat-ural gas markets, natural gasprices fell pretty low” - evenbelow the price of coal, saidSean Williamson, the directorof the Climate and Energy pro-gram at the University ofMaryland’s Environmental Fi-nance Center.With the price of natural gas

so low, Williamson added,power providers in the areawere more likely to purchasetheir electricity from naturalgas-powered plants than coal-powered ones. That madeMaryland’s power plants -most of which are coal-pow-ered - less appealing to

SABILLASVILLE – Some of theteens were there for narcotics posses-sion, some were there for theft or as-sault—but all were there to hear tele-vision actor Hill Harper challengethem to become an “active architectof your own life.”The Victor Cullen Center, the high-

est-security treatment center for maledelinquents in Maryland, is the firstjuvenile center in the country that thestar visited as part of a publicity tourfor his fifth book, “Letters to an In-carcerated Brother: Encouragement,Hope and Healing for Inmates andTheir Loved Ones.”Harper, who is best known for his

roles as investigator Sheldon Hawkeson CSI: NY, and as CIA station chiefCalder Michaels in the series Covert

Affairs, is also an Ivy League gradu-ate of Brown University and HarvardLaw School.Harper spoke to the youth about

how to achieve goals and dreams bydesigning your life like an architect.“This concept of being active ar-

chitects of our own life is kind of anelevated concept that I want you towrap your head around,” he said toboys between the ages of 15 and 18,sitting in plastic grey stackable chairs.“People told me coming here that youguys might not be able to understandwhat I’m talking about, but see, I ex-pect more from you all because I cantell that you’re magnificent and thatyou’re brilliant.”Harper told the teens that the first

stage in the metaphor is ‘blueprinting,’or making a plan for your life. Thesecond stage is having a solid founda-tion, made up of elements like moti-

vation, education, money and a career.The next stage is the framework, orthe choices that people make, and thelast and most important stage is thedoor, Harper said.“Doors open and many of us have

to let new people, new ideas and newinformation into our lives…if we’regoing to be able to make the choiceswe need to make to go into the direc-tion we need to go,” he said. “Doorsalso let people out, and I would sug-gest to you that the vast majority ofus have people in our lives that weneed to let out.”Harper acknowledged that many of

the teens at the center could be afraid todo the work and admit they need help.“Most of you would rather tune me

out, most of you don’t want to hear

SeeMOTIVATION, PageA7

WASHINGTON -Greenhouse gasemissions from Maryland’s powerplants fell by more than 26 percent from2010 to 2012, the sixth-largest drop inthe nation during that time, accordingto data from the Environmental Protec-tion Agency.Only Massachusetts, Virginia, Ore-

gon, Washington state and the Districtof Columbia saw greater declines, ac-cording to the data released last month,with greenhouse gas emissions fallingby more than 10 percent nationwide.Experts attribute the unusually

large drop in Maryland to the fact thatthe state’s plants simply generatedless electricity, as energy produced

by those plants fell by nearly 32 per-cent over the same period, accordingto the Energy Information Adminis-tration, a government data collectionservice. The reason for that drop issimple: Maryland’s largely coal-pow-ered plants couldn’t compete withcheaper natural gas plants in neigh-boring states.“What’s happened is that since

2008, because of the natural gas mar-kets, natural gas prices fell pretty low”- even below the price of coal, saidSean Williamson, the director of theClimate and Energy program at theUniversity of Maryland’s Environmen-tal Finance Center.

See POWER PLANT, Page A3

Maryland Power PlantEmissions Decline isSixth-Highest in Nation

TV Actor Hill Harper Tries to HelpBoys in Maryland Juvenile TreatmentBy NATALIE KORNICKSCapital News Service

ANNAPOLIS - With attention onconcussions largely focused on profes-sional football and men’s sports, thesebrain injuries may get overlooked inwomen’s sports.Concussion experts agree that while

football still sees the most concussions,every sport involving contact needs beaware of the issue. As Dr. StacySuskauer of the Kennedy Krieger Insti-tute in Baltimore put it: “there reallyisn’t a sport that is concussion-proof.”If anything, girls seem to be more

prone to concussions than boys. Re-search of high school athletes suggeststhat in sports both genders play in a sim-

ilar way, girls are twice as likely to sus-tain a concussion, according to a reportpublished in the American Journal ofSports Medicine in 2011. Dr. Gerard Gioia of the Children’s

National Medical Center in Washington,D.C., said, “If you look at sports thatare similar in terms of how girls play it- soccer, basketball and baseball-softball- in those three sports, girls do have ahigher incidence of concussions.”What Gioia doesn’t know is why this

is the case.“Is it because their necks are not as

strong? Is there something about thehormonal differences that affect how we

Experts Taking Note ofConcussions in Girls Sports

See PLANT, Page A5

State Plant EmissionsDecline Sixth LargestBy ROBBIE FEINBERGCapital News Service

CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE PHOTO BY NATALIE KORNICKS After Harper spoke, he shook the hand of every boy and looked them in the eye to tell them there are betterchoices to make

BETHESDA - Imagine if the only waydoctors could diagnose injuries was by ask-ing questions about the symptoms.While fortunately that is not the case

for most areas of the body, it is still thecase for the brain. But that is somethingBrainScope in Bethesda is determined tochange. According to CEO Michael Singer,the company hopes to one day remove thesubjectivity from deciding whether a sol-dier or athlete can return to their normalactivities. BrainScope employees want itto be a doctor’s objective decision usingtheir new technology.But Singer knows that it “is a very sig-

nificant and difficult problem that won’t besolved overnight.”BrainScope focuses mainly on providing

the military with technology to help assesstraumatic brain injuries, including a seem-ingly simple white device that hooks aroundthe ears and covers the head with an eight-electrode array. This device is light-weight,low-cost and disposable, according to the

BrainScope team. It is connected to aportable device that can show doctors brain-wave activity.It is this type of innovative technology

that has earned the praise of U.S. SenatorBen Cardin, D-Md., who recently stoppedby BrainScope’s Bethesda office. Cardin

applauded BrainScope for being a leaderin technology.In addition to helping the military, Brain-

Scope’s technology could be used to help

Maryland is Home to Potential Con-cussion Assessment Technology

Employees at BrainScope in Bethesda demonstrate their concussion-assessmenttechnology to U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., seated at far right.

By ZACK WARDCapital News Service

See TECH Page A5

By ZACK WARDCapital News Service

By ROBBIE FEINBERGCapital News Service

See GIRLS, Page A7

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Washington, DC – Con-gresswoman Donna F. Ed-wards (MD-4) denounced the‘Upton Bill’ today as the 46thattempt by House Republicansto repeal the Affordable CareAct (ACA). According to thenonpartisan Center on Budgetand Policy Priorities, H.R.3350, the Keep Your HealthCare Plan of 2013 Act, would“raise premiums significantly”by returning to an insurancemarketplace that discriminatesagainst pre-existing condi-tions, restores annual caps oncoverage, and forces womento pay more than men for thesame coverage.“The Upton Bill is a Trojan

Horse that aims to undermine,dismantle, and repeal the Af-fordable Care Act. This disin-genuous legislation has noth-ing to do with providingAmericans access to qualityhealth care. Instead, by allow-ing non-ACA-compliant, sub-standard plans into the mar-ketplace indefinitely,Republicans would once moresubject 100 million Americansto lifetime limits on theirhealth coverage and the prob-ability that these substandardplans will not provide the cov-erage consumers deservewhen they need it most. Re-publicans would deprive 30million women of screeningslike mammograms. Republi-cans would repeal coveragefor pre-existing conditions for17 million children.“The physical and financial

well-being of the Americanpeople would suffer signifi-cantly if we allow a return tothe status quo of substandardinsurance coverage that left 48million people without accessto affordable, accessible, qual-ity health care. The 800,000Marylanders without insur-ance deserve quality healthcare coverage, and they needit now.”

County Council Chair An-drea C. Harrison Honored asOne of the Region’s “MostPowerful Women” by Wash-ingtonian MagazinePrince George’s County

Council Chair Andrea C. Har-rison (D) – District 5, has beennamed one of the Washingtonarea’s “Most PowerfulWomen” by WashingtonianMagazine. The list, publishedannually, counts Council ChairHarrison among the region’smost powerful women in gov-ernment, business, health, me-dia, law, education, nonprofitsand the arts in 2013.“I am humbled and honored

to be included among this dis-tinguished group of women,”said Council Chair Harrison.“I am deeply grateful to Wash-ingtonian Magazine for con-sidering my contributions andwork on behalf of PrinceGeorge’s County residentsworthy of this recognition.”Chair Harrison, the first

woman elected to representDistrict 5 on the PrinceGeorge’s County Council, oc-cupies the seat once held byher late father, the HonorableJames C. Fletcher, Jr. Recognizing her effective

and unique leadership ability,she was chosen by her Councilcolleagues to serve as Chairfor the 2012 and 2013 Leg-islative Years, following herservice as Vice-Chair in Leg-islative Year 2010. Along withher duties as Chair, she is a

member of the Council com-mittees on Planning, Zoningand Economic Development(PZED) and Public Safety andFiscal Management (PSFM).Chair Harrison represents

the Prince George’s CountyCouncil’s regional interest asa member of the MetropolitanWashington Council of Gov-ernments (MWCOG). Her ap-pointments include the Di-mensions Healthcare SystemBoard, and the Climate, En-ergy and Environment PolicyCommittee. She is a graduateof Leadership PrinceGeorge’s; Leadership GreaterWashington; and the Academyof Excellence in Governanceat the Institute of Governmen-tal Service of the Universityof Maryland. Chair Harrisonserves as a Board Member ofthe National Organization ofBlack County Officials(NOBCO), and 1st Vice Pres-ident of the National Associa-tion of Black County Officials(NABCO).

Recycling Right Can Payoff Big for Prince George’sCounty ResidentsCounty to award prizes for

household Recycling RightContest to run Nov. 15 to Dec.6, 2013LARGO, MD - In conjunc-

tion with America RecyclesDay, the Prince George’sCounty Department of Envi-ronmental Resources (DER)will conduct a CountywideRecycle Right Contest fromNovember 15, 2013 throughDecember 6, 2013.The purpose of the contest

is to encourage residential re-cycling and to recognize par-ticipants for recycling cor-rectly. County citizens andresidents may participate inthe contest by placing theirproperly prepared recyclingcarts/bins at the curb on theirregularly scheduled collectiondays during the three-weekcontest period.“By recycling right, resi-

dents limit the amount ofwaste that goes to our land-fills,” says DER DirectorAdam Ortiz. “Recycling rightis not only the right greenthing to do; it’s a win for ourenvironment.”Staff from DER’s Recy-

cling Section will judge therecycling carts/bins on ran-domly selected streets/blocksand a winner will be selectedfrom each Council District.The criteria for selecting thewinners will include havingthe arrow on the cart lids andlift bars facing the street,placement of recycling con-tainers at the curb, materialpreparation, cleanliness, theabsence of unacceptable itemsand the variety of materialsincluded for recycling. The winners will receive

prizes donated by DER andthe Washington MetropolitanCouncil of Governments. Ifthe winners are not at home atthe time of selection, they will

be notified by mail.For more information on the

Recycle Right Contest, pleasecontact DER’s Recycling Sec-tion at (301) 883-3635.

Senator Ben Cardin En-dorses Anthony Brown forGovernor and Ken Ulman forLt. GovernorCardin: “Anthony Brown

has been a strong and dynamicleader for Marylanders and isthe best choice for our nextGovernor”BALTIMORE, MD. - At

MTC Logistics in Baltimore,Senator Ben Cardin formallyendorsed Lt. Governor An-thony G. Brown for Governorand Howard County ExecutiveKen Ulman for Lt. Governor.Sen. Cardin cited Brown’srecord of helping lead Mary-land schools to become #1 inthe nation, his work to reducedomestic violence and the job-creating efforts he's spear-headed to strengthen our mid-dle class — including hisefforts to ensure that all Mary-land veterans can find goodjobs — as reasons why he'smaking this endorsement.“Anthony Brown has been

a strong and dynamic leaderfor Marylanders and an effec-tive partner to those of us inCongress — he’s the bestchoice for Maryland’s nextgovernor and has my full sup-port,” said Senator BenCardin. “While workingclosely with Anthony overthe last seven years, I’ve wit-nessed time and again his ex-emplary character and deepcommitment to service —traits that have inspired An-thony’s efforts to help Mary-land build the nation’s #1schools for five years in arow, reduce domestic vio-lence, and bring tens of thou-sands of jobs to Marylandthrough the BRAC processand our new Public-PrivatePartnership law. I know he’llcontinue this leadership asGovernor and I look forwardto continuing to work withhim to expand opportunityfor working families.”“Senator Ben Cardin has

been working on behalf ofMarylanders for decades andI’m honored to have him jointhe Brown-Ulman team,” saidLt. Governor Anthony G.Brown. “Whether represent-ing the Baltimore area in thelegislature and Congress orfighting for all Marylandersin the United States Senate,no one has been a more force-ful advocate for Maryland’sworking families. By workingtogether through this cam-paign and in government,we'll build a better Marylandfor more Marylanders.”With this endorsement,

Senator Ben Cardin joinsGovernor Martin O’Malley,Senator Barbara Mikulski,Democratic Whip StenyHoyer, Congressman ElijahCummings, CongresswomanDonna Edwards, Congress-man John Sarbanes, StateSenate President Thomas V.“Mike” Miller, Jr., StateHouse Speaker Michael E.Busch, former Attorneys Gen-eral J. Joseph Curran, Jr. andSteve Sachs, and more thanhalf of Maryland’s Demo-cratic elected County Execu-tives, Councilmembers andCommissioners who have en-dorsed Anthony Brown andKen Ulman.

CHRISTMAS CELEBRA-TIONWestphalia United Methodist

Church will have a ChristmasCelebration with Westphalia Fel-lowship Choir and In the SpiritDance Ministry on Saturday, De-cember 21, 2013 at 6:00 PM.Westphalia United MethodistChurch, Rev. Dr. Timothy West,Pastor is located at 9363 D’ArcyRoad, Upper Marlboro, Mary-land 20774. Visit our website atwww.westphaliaum.org if youneed additional information.

THE LIVING CHRISTMASTREECome out and enjoy five ex-

citing performances Friday, De-cember 13 at 7:30 PM, Saturday& Sunday, December 14 & 15at 1:30 and 6:00 PM. The eventfeatures a choir in a 30-foot tree,live orchestra, thousands oftwinkling lights and a heart-warming holiday drama.Tickets cost $12 ($10 Sen-

iors/Children 10 and under).Live nativity opens one hourprior to each performance.Group pricing is available, re-served seating, tickets limited.You can purchase tickets on lineat www.livingtreetickets.com or

call 301-249-9111. Save $2 onan adult or child ticket (use codeLCTVP) when ordering on lineor by phone. The address isRiverdale Ministries located at1177 Largo Road Upper Marl-boro, Maryland (5 miles east ofthe Beltway on Route 202).

WORLD VIEWWorld View after School

Clubhouse for ages 4-12 yearsis now offering Pre-K studentsa variety of activities. The activ-ities are Homework Check/As-sistance, XBox 360, Bowling,Drama/Music Dance/Step, BibleStudy, Sports/Exercise, Bowling,Basketball, Karate, CosmetologyClub and Cheerleading.World View provides After

Care in Clinton and Brandywine.They offer free transportation toand from most area schools.Call (301) 372-0053 or visitwww.worldviewchristiancenter.com for more information.

FESTIVAL OF LIGHTSDon’t miss the 27th Annual

Winter Festival of Lights Friday,November 29, 2013 throughWednesday, January 1, 2014from 5-9:30 PM (nightly). Thisspectacular holiday drive-

through event has more than onemillion twinkling lights. Therewill be new displays this yearincluding Santa flying a helicop-ter and driving a fire truck.The location is Watkins Re-

gional Park 301 Watkins ParkDrive/Route 193 Upper Marl-boro, Maryland 20774. Visithttp:www.pgparks.com/Festi-val_of_Lights.htm for additionalinformation.

GWYNN PARK HIGHSCHOOLGwynn Park High School of-

fers night courses, tutoring andafter-school program. The nightcourse and tutoring program willenable individuals to get the ex-tra training needed for collegeplacement or career advance-ment. The night courses and tu-toring is designed for middle andhigh school students and adults.Tutoring is provided by activeand retired experienced teachers.Anyone interested in either ofthese programs should contactthe school at 301-782-9922 ore-mail the school for more in-formation at info@gwyn-nparklearningcenter.com.

Skyline and Morningsidesplit by two Council districtsSuitland Road is the dividing line. Because of redistricting fol-

lowing the Census, most of Sky-line will be a part of District 8,headed by Councilman ObiePatterson. Most of Morningsidewill be in District 7, headed byCouncilwoman Karen Toles.Both have some of their territoryon the other side of SuitlandRoad. This change comes upsoon; currently both are in Dis-trict 9, headed by Mel Franklin.Morningside and Skyline are

currently in State SenatorUlysses Currie’s 25th legislativedistrict but soon will be repre-sented by Senator C. AnthonyMuse, of the 26th district.

NeighborsOfficer R. Gonzales, our

Cops officer in Skyline, andTyreece have a new baby boy,Radames Jaasiel Gonzales, bornon Halloween, weighing in at 7pounds, 6 ounces. The Skyline Citizens Associ-

ation had a most informativegeneral meeting on Nov. 20 atSkyline School. Guest speakersincluded County Council mem-bers Karen Toles and Obi Pat-terson, and our new SchoolBoard member, Lyn Mundey. During the meeting, Council-

man Patterson made a surpriseaward—he presented me with aplaque, acknowledging me aseditor of the Skyline Newsletterfor 42 years. I’m delighted!Skyline School 5th-grader

Tyani Bennett is now a corre-spondent for the SkylineNewsletter and wrote her firstcolumn for the November issue.

Holiday eventsThe Rockville Brass Band

and the Maryland Choral Soci-ety have joined forces for a hol-iday concert at Mount CalvaryChurch in Forestville, on Sun-day, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m., for thebenefit of the Make-a-Wish

Foundation. The concert willpresent seasonal music, includ-ing A Christmas Festival Over-ture, Three Kings Swing, and theHallelujah Chorus. Admission is$20; seniors and students, $15;10 & under 10, free. For grouppurchase call 301-718-6539 or301-770-1926. All proceeds goto Make-a-Wish.M-NCPPC’s 27th Annual

Winter Festival of Lights opensNov. 29 at Watkins RegionalPark in Upper Marlboro, 5 to9:30 nightly through New Year’sDay. Admission is $5 per car orvan; $10 for a multi-visit ticket;$15 for mini-bus or limo; $25for bus. Free on Christmas.

Changing landscapeThe Southern Regional Tech-

nology and Recreation Complexis a beautiful, modern, multi-gen-erational facility at 7007 BockRoad in Fort Washington. It fea-tures a gym, teen fitness room,rock-climbing wall, computerlab, science lab, recording studio,café, classes of all kinds—andmore. County Council ViceChairman Obie Patterson reportsit is the newest and best rec cen-ter in Maryland. He inviteseveryone to go check it out.Have you seen the new

County police cars? They aregray and blue with “FIRST TOSERVE” on the rear. They alsodisplay the department’s Twitterhandle- @PGPD News.County Executive Rushern L.

Baker, III were joined by Lt.Governor Anthony Brown andCouncil Member Derrick L.Davis at the Nov. 21 grand open-ing of Roses Department Storein the newly revitalizedForestville Plaza Shopping Cen-ter at 7706 Marlboro Pike, inForestville. This new store is thelargest Roses Department Storein the country and the first inPrince George’s County.

May they rest in peaceMatthew Robert Aiken, 17,

son of Joy and Anthony Aiken

Sr., of Skyline, died suddenly,on Nov. 8 as the result of anaccident. He was the brotherof Philip Jones, ChristopherJones, Anthony Aiken Jr. andAlicia Aiken. Survivors alsoinclude his parents, great-grandmother Alberta Leonardand grandmother Betty Wim-mer. In the Memory BookBeruk Fawn wrote, “I don'tknow the young lady he al-ways helped on the morningbus this year as she entered 9thgrade but as he did I couldonly look through the windowand smile to see that kindnessstill exists and that his was oneof a kind.”Zelma Deaton, 93, piano

teacher and longtime residentof Morris Ave. in CampSprings, died Nov. 2 in Fred-erick where she lived with herdaughter Joy. She used to be aparishioner at St. Philip’s andsang in the choir with me. Zelwill be buried with her hus-band at Arlington NationalCemetery at a future date.Victoria Thieberger, 51,

who lived on Clayton LaneDrive in Skyline as a child,died Nov. 5 in Virginia. Shewas the daughter of Irene andthe late Fred Thieberger, whowere among the first residentsof Skyline. In addition to hermother, she is survived by herbrother Paul and sister Loriand her many friends and ex-tended family at ServiceSource where she was an em-ployee and program partici-pant for close to 30 years.

MilestonesHappy birthday to Alexis R.

Paige, Nov. 30; Mary Doyle, Su-san McKay and Jon Foster, Dec.1; John Anthony, Jr., VonnBranch and Tyonda Simms-Tay-lor, Dec. 2; Louise Lantz, MaryStraud and Sen. Mike Miller,Dec. 3; Mark Witherow andLa’Keshia Johnson, Dec. 4;Denise (Eskew) Simms andSteve Ferralli, Dec. 5.

Edwards: Upton Bill is Another Attemptto Repeal Affordable Care Act

Rep. Donna F. Edwards

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Don't Let Cyber GrinchesRuin Your HolidaysI'm usually in too much of

a Thanksgiving food coma tohit the sales on Black Friday,but millions of other Ameri-cans somehow find the en-ergy. Last year, 89 millionpeople took advantage ofBlack Friday sales (57 mil-lion of them online), while anestimated 247 millionshopped throughout the four-day weekend, as stores in-creasingly have opened their doors on Thanksgiving itself.In addition, millions of bargain hunters spent another $2

billion on Cyber Monday, so it's clear that online holidayshopping is here to stay. Unfortunately, cyber criminals havezeroed in on this trend and are redoubling their efforts toseparate shoppers from their hard-earned cash.Whether you're shopping online by computer, smartphone

or tablet, here are some common cyber scams to watch outfor and security precautions to take:Tips for buying gift cards:Only buy from secure websites of trusted retailers (look

for an "s" in the "https://" web address and a lock symbol).At walk-in stores, only purchase cards from employees

who have them locked up. Avoid cards at unattended displayracks, since thieves can scan the card's unique serial number;then, after you've loaded it with cash, drain its value withonline purchases before the recipient has a chance to use it.Never purchase deeply discounted cards or event tickets

from online marketplaces like eBay or Craigslist – chancesare good that the cards are counterfeit or were stolen.Most retailers offer holiday sales as a way to boost their

year-end bottom line. If you've "liked" a product or store onFacebook or Twitter, or have signed up to receive their emails,you may well get genuine offers for steep discounts or last-minute sales.But beware of bogus offers from sites that mimic those of

legitimate retailers. They could be:Trying to harvest your credit card number and other per-

sonal information to make illegitimate charges to your ac-count or open new accounts in your name.Attempting to sell you counterfeit or stolen goods.Trying to gain access to your social media profile to log

into other accounts tied to it, or to post illegitimate offerspurportedly endorsed by you to lure in your friends.Another common scam is to send an email claiming a

courier is trying to deliver a package or there's a problemwith your order. You'll be told to click on a link to get detailsand will likely be asked to reveal account or other personalinformation to verify. Unless you previously provided themyour email address, this is probably bogus.A few additional holiday-related security tips:When shopping online, avoid pop-up ads touting incredible

deals. If you think it might be real, log into the retailer'swebsite yourself to see whether the deal is posted.Hackers create realistic-looking web addresses that, when

clicked, take you to a bogus site that can infect your devicewith malware or install a Trojan Horse program to steal yourpersonal information. To be safe, let your cursor hover overweb addresses you didn't type in yourself and look for mis-spelled or weird-looking sequences of characters.Before completing an online order, visit the site's "Contact

Us" and "Terms and Conditions" pages for their phone num-ber, mailing address, return policies, etc. Phony sites ofteneither don't have such pages or they're filled with easy-to-spot errors.Don't let the prospect of getting a great deal on Black Fri-

day allow you to drop your guard against scammers whowould love to fill your stocking with coal.

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Task force of higher ed offi-cials and experts to be co-chaired by USM Chancellor BritKirwan, will identify ways to re-duce and streamline confusingor costly regulations

WASHINGTON – U. S.Senator Barbara A. Mikulski(D-Md.), a senior member ofthe Senate Health, Education,Labor and Pensions (HELP)Committee, today joined withRanking Member LamarAlexander (R-Tenn.) and Sena-tors Richard Burr (R-N.C.) andMichael Bennet (D-Colo.) toannounce the formation of atask force to examine regula-tions and reporting require-ments on institutions of highereducation.The Task Force on Govern-

ment Regulation of Higher Ed-ucation will conduct a compre-hensive review of federalregulations and reporting re-quirements affecting collegesand universities and make rec-ommendations to reduce andstreamline regulations, whileprotecting students, institutionsand taxpayers.

“In order for America toout-build and out-innovate therest of the world, we must firstout-educate. And part of out-educating is making sure thatwe are supporting our institu-tions of higher education - help-ing them be them as they work

to educate our next generation,”Senator Mikulski said. “Overthe years, I have heard concernsfrom these institutions regard-ing federal requirements that,while well-intentioned, oftenend up being duplicative andburdensome. I have committedto seeing what can be done. Weneed to regulate, not strangu-late. As this Task Force workson a path forward, it will bewell-served through the leader-ship of the University Systemof Maryland’s own Dr. William‘Brit’ Kirwan, bringing withhim a wealth of knowledge andexperience.” “Let’s face it: the federal

government has become one ofthe greatest obstacles to inno-vation in higher education,”Senator Alexander said. “Thestack of federal regulations oncolleges and universities todayis not the result of evil doers, itis simply the piling up of well-intentioned laws and regula-tions without anyone spendingan equal amount of time weed-ing the garden first. This taskforce will help Congress weedthe garden.”“The tidal wave of regula-

tions and reporting require-ments faced by colleges anduniversities today is stifling in-novation and, worse, raisingcollege tuition price tags asschools pass on these compli-ance costs to students,” SenatorBurr said. “This task force willassemble experts and stakehold-ers to help streamline regula-

tions and reduce the unneces-sary burdens on institutions ofhigher education.”“We must create an environ-

ment where our colleges anduniversities are focused on do-ing what they do best, and that’seducating students to succeedin the 21st century economy. Todo that, we must to take a stepback and consider how the cur-rent requirements are helping oraffecting that goal,” SenatorBennet said. “This task forceoffers the opportunity to take abroad look at federal regula-tions and requirements in orderto inform our reauthorization ofthe Higher Education Act. Whatwe need is a system that makessense for students and for col-leges and universities.”The task force is co-chaired

by Nicholas Zeppos, chancellorof Vanderbilt University, andWilliam Kirwan, chancellor ofthe University System of Mary-land. It will comprise 14 collegeand university presidents and

higher education experts. TheAmerican Council on Educationwill provide organizational as-sistance.

In letters to request partici-pation in the task force, the sen-ators wrote: “Our higher edu-cation system remains the bestin the world and is often cred-ited for its breadth of choice andcommitment to institutional au-tonomy. Over the past decade,however, Congress and the U.S.Department of Education haveadded more mandates, reportingrequirements and regulationswith which institutions mustcomply. This Task Force createsan opportunity to conduct acomprehensive review of fed-eral regulations and reportingrequirements affecting collegesand universities and make rec-ommendations to Congress andthe Administration to streamlineand reduce federal regulations,while at the same time main-taining student and taxpayerprotections.”Senator Alexander earlier

this year discussed the creationof the task force with Health,Education, Labor and PensionsCommittee Chairman TomHarkin as a means to providethe HELP Committee andChairman Harkin with informa-tion and recommendations aspart of the ongoing hearings anddiscussions about the 10th reau-thorization of the Higher Edu-cation Act.

Task Force to Review Higher EducationRegulations and Reporting RequirementsBy PRESS OFFICERSen. Barbara Mikulski’s Office

Senator Barbara Mikulski

With the price of natural gasso low, Williamson added,power providers in the areawere more likely to purchasetheir electricity from naturalgas-powered plants than coal-powered ones. That madeMaryland’s power plants -most of which are coal-pow-ered - less appealing toproviders than the natural gas-powered plants in nearby stateslike Pennsylvania.“So the way it works is

these different plants usuallybid into this market based onthe most competitive prices,”Williamson said. “And they de-cide, based on the prices,whether they should competeor sit back on the sidelines.“So what probably hap-

pened during this period - from2010 to 2012 - is some Mary-land generators basically de-cided not to participate in thesedaily, hourly, or monthly auc-tions to decide who wants togenerate electricity.”Due to its relative effi-

ciency, burning natural gas pro-duces about 50 percent lessgreenhouse emissions thancoal. Those greenhouse gasesinclude carbon dioxide,methane and nitrous oxide, andthey restrict heat from leavingthe Earth, resulting in risingtemperatures.Williamson said the reduced

energy from Maryland’s plantswas most likely replaced withelectricity imported from otherstates. Data supports that, aselectricity imported to Mary-land increased from 23 percentof Maryland’s energy supply in2000 to 39 percent in 2011, ac-cording to the Energy Informa-tion Administration.While that changing energy

market has played a large partin the emissions decline, newstate rules have also played arole. State officials point toMaryland’s Greenhouse GasReduction Act, a 2009 law thatset forth a range of policies in-

tended to reduce greenhousegas emissions in the state by25 percent by 2020.The plan calls for power

suppliers to use renewablesources, like wind and solar, as18 percent of their energy mixby 2020, while also reducingaverage electricity consump-tion by 15 percent by 2015.Jay Apperson, a spokesman

for the Maryland Departmentof the Environment, said in anemail that those initiativesshould reduce emissions intothe future."These policies will have

meaningful impact betweennow and 2020,” Apperson said.According to recent data

from the Energy InformationAdministration, the state hastaken steps to reach those goals.The EIA says energy consump-tion in the state has fallen bymore than five percent in thepast three years, while the sup-ply of wind and solar energy inthe state grew to 343 megawatt-hours in 2012, an increase fromjust one megawatt-hour twoyears earlier.Karen Palmer, the associate

director of the Center for Cli-mate and Electricity Policy atthe policymaking organizationResources for the Future, saidit’s tough to say if those emis-sions declines will continueinto the future.“Who knows what’s going

to happen with them? I don’tthink they’ll keep goingdown,” said Palmer. “It de-pends on the exports of naturalgas. It depends on whetherthere end up being more envi-ronmental restraints on frack-ing. So it’s uncertain.”Fracking, also known as hy-

draulic fracturing, is a processthat uses pressurized water andchemicals to extract oil andgas from large shale and rockbeds in the ground. Theprocess has grown signifi-cantly in the United States,which has led to lower naturalgas prices, but many environ-mentalists oppose it due to po-

tential leaks and possible con-tamination of groundwater.Palmer did cite one reason

we may see emissions con-tinue to fall in Marylandspecifically: the state’s mem-bership in the Regional Green-house Gas Initiative, a cap-and-trade program among nineNortheast states.The program launched in

2008 and created a cap on theamount of carbon dioxideemissions allowed to powerplants in participating stateseach year. To enforce the cap,the program creates pollutionpermits, each allowing powerplants to emit a certain amountof carbon dioxide.Only a certain number of

permits are available each year,however, with plants requiredto bid at auction for the permitsif they want to emit more car-bon dioxide.Palmer said the program

hasn’t had a very significanteffect on emissions yet, butthat may soon change, as theRGGI states recently proposedto tighten the emissions cap by45 percent. That would put aserious dent in emissions

across the participating states,including Maryland.“What is fairly likely is that

Maryland, and the wholeRGGI region, is going totighten their cap, so that sug-gests emissions will continueto move in the downward di-rection,” Palmer said.Power plants account for

about a third of U.S. green-house gas emissions. The re-maining emissions come fromsources such as vehicles, busi-nesses and agriculture.Greenhouse gas emissions

from all sources have declinedboth in Maryland and nation-wide over the past few years,falling by 1.8 percent in thestate and by 1.6 percent acrossthe country from 2010 to 2011,according to the EPA.Even with the emissions de-

clines in the United States,however, greenhouse gas levelshave continued to increaseworldwide. According to thelatest report from the WorldMeteorological Association,worldwide carbon dioxide lev-els in the air reached approxi-mately 393.1 parts per millionin 2012, a new record high.

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The introduction this week ofthe Strong Start for America’sChildren Act by Senator TomHarkin (D-IA) and Representa-tives George Miller (D-CA) andRichard Hanna (R-NY) is ahugely important and long over-due step forward towards level-ing the playing field forchildren, especially poor andlow income children. Investingin them in their early years to beready for school will provide afoundation for future successwith lifelong benefits for themand economic and social bene-fits for our entire nation. Its en-actment would demonstrate ourcommitment as a nation to doingwhat we know works for all ofour children as research showsthat poor children can performas well as nonpoor children ifwe provide them the supports todo so.At a 2012 Children’s Defense

Fund conference session on thenational imperative for prepar-ing all children for school andbuilding a public education sys-tem that prepares all childrenand our nation for the future,knowledgeable panelists spokeabout the enormous benefits weall stand to gain if we choose torise to the challenge.Dr. Craig Ramey, professor

and Distinguished ResearchScholar at the Virginia Tech Car-ilion Research Institute andSchool of Medicine, receivedmany nods of recognition andagreement when he shared thisopinion during the panel: “I be-lieve there’s been a vast under-estimation of the amount ofwork and money that goes intochildren who do well, and I be-lieve that there is a systematicattempt on the part of some peo-ple in this country to be sure thatthose kids who got the short endof the stick don’t get what theyneed—because what we know isthat if children do get what theyneed from birth, we can level theplaying field such that kids fromthe poorest families perform justas well as kids from college-ed-ucated families. And I think thatscares some people to death.”Dr. Ramey is a leading expert

on what a level playing fieldshould look like. He developedthe Abecedarian Project, whichis widely cited as setting a stan-dard for documenting the long-term lasting benefits of earlychildhood education and healthcare for children in poverty.Throughout his career he and hiswife Dr. Sharon Ramey haveconducted multidisciplinary lon-

gitudinal research with morethan 100,000 children in over 40states. He summed up whatthey’ve learned: “What weknow is that if we do a good jobin the first five years, and if wecouple that with helping kids getthe reading and math skills thatthey need to get up to thirdgrade, we can have those kidsperforming well above the na-tional average. We will havethem succeed in math and read-ing all through the elementaryand secondary schools. Theywill be four times more likely togo to college . . . .There is a bigpayoff. It pays off economically,but more importantly for me, itpays off in the way people be-come participants in this democ-racy, and they have better jobs.They are full-fledged citizens,and I think that’s what we oweeach of our citizens in this coun-try, whether you’re born poor orborn rich.”Children whose families do

have extra resources to put intogiving them a leg up are at ahuge advantage—“that’s whythey spend in New York andWashington and Los Angeles$50,000 a year on their chil-dren’s education in all of its dif-ferent ways, private school,camps, all of which adds up towhat the kids know and whatskills they have.” For these chil-dren, the cycle of privilege con-tinues. But, Dr. Ramey pointedout, our nation is still refusing todo this for all children. Many

children, including the vast ma-jority of poor children and chil-dren of color, are simply leftbehind. “I believe [the publicschool system] is what built thiscountry, without which wewould not have a democracy orcompetitive economy. When wesystematically starve the publicschool system, we are contribut-ing to our own demise as a greatcivilization.”Dr. Jerry Weast, another

speaker on the same panel, hasbeen widely praised for mak-ing great strides in narrowingthe achievement gap for poorchildren and children of colorduring his tenure as superin-tendent of the MontgomeryCounty, Maryland PublicSchools. But he immediatelyagreed with Dr. Ramey’s ob-servation that we aren’t doingthe same as a whole nation: “Idon’t think we are as egalitar-ian as we think we are . . .Wesystematically don’t want tolevel the playing field. We’reafraid to put race on the table.We’re afraid to put socioeco-nomics on the table. We’reafraid to put housing patternson the table. We’ve mouthed alot of things, we have a lot ofknowledge, but we don’t havemuch courage. We don’t havemuch will.” We have not foundthe will to level the playingfield for all children—and

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COMMENTARY

Child Watchby Marion Wright Edelman

Will We Act to Save All Our Childrenand Our Nation's Future? We Can!

Marc Morial, President and CEONational Urban League

Cardin, Mikulski Urge HHS Secretary toExpand Access to ACA Health Plans

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Benjamin L. CardinUnited States Senator for Maryland

“Bullying is a form of aggressive behavior inwhich someone intentionally and repeatedlycauses another person injury or discomfort. Bul-lying can take the form of physical contact, wordsor more subtle actions.”

American Psychological Association

When 12-year-old Rebecca Sedwick jumpedto her death from an abandoned concrete planttower on September 9th because of bullying fromher classmates, the world stood up and took notice.While some teen-on-teen bullying was once ac-cepted as a rite of passage, we now know it canhave deadly consequences and is being taken moreseriously today. The same cannot be said aboutadult-on-adult bullying, which though possiblyjust as harmful, is a much less highlighted andmuch more complex story. Consider the currentcase of alleged bullying by white Miami Dolphinslineman, Richie Incognito against his black team-mate Jonathan Martin.First, it must be said that a certain amount of

hazing is part of football locker room culture.Playful teasing, mild insults and innocent pranksare commonplace among both white and blackfootball players at all levels, from high school tothe pros. For the most part, this has been viewedas acceptable and even beneficial team-buildingbehavior in the high testosterone world of malecompetitive sports. But every person and everyfootball player is different. Not all are comfortablewith locker room roughhousing and crude lan-guage, especially when it crosses the line intoracial slurs, including Incognito’s alleged use ofthe N word. Incognito’s words and actions caused Martin

to abruptly leave the team and seek counseling.Incognito has been indefinitely suspended by the

Miami Dolphins and the NFL is conducting aninvestigation of the matter. Attitudes on the teamand within the football fraternity are split, withmany of the team’s black players even defendingIncognito and criticizing Martin for breaking acode of silence. Some of this may be due to thefact that as a Stanford grad and the son of Harvardeducated parents, Martin does not fit the tradi-tional tough football player mold. As Jason Reidwrote recently in the Washington Post, “ToAfrican Americans on the Dolphins, Martin wasa 6-foot-5, 312 pound oddball because his lifeexperience was radically different from theirs.It’s an old story among African Americans. Toooften, instead of celebrating what makes us dif-ferent and learning from each other, we criticizemore educated or affluent African Americans fornot keeping it real.”How this turns out is anybody’s guess, but

what concerns me more than the particulars ofthis incident is the larger message it sends aboutsetting and honoring racial and other boundariesof respect in the schoolyard, at the workplace andin public discourse.Nearly every state has mandated measures to

prevent bullying in our schools and more attentionis being paid to cyber bullying. But, name-callingstill too often takes the place of civil discourse inpublic debates, “attack ads” have become a stapleof political campaigns and the “comments” sectionon many newspapers and blogs are filled withhateful speech. In addition, according to the Work-place Bullying Institute, about 35 percent of U.S.workers say they are bullied on their jobs. As theNFL and the Miami Dolphins decide the fates ofRichie Incognito and Jonathan Martin, we mustall ask ourselves: Is America becoming a nationof bullies?

SeeWATCH, Page A8

From the Football Field to the Workplace:Is America Becoming a Nation of Bullies?

Direct enrollment with insurance companies,phone and paper applications should still allow com-petitive shopping and eligibility for federal subsidies

WASHINGTON – Detailing the existing au-thority available under the Affordable Care Act,U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Barbara A. Mikulski(Both D-Md.) have urged Health and Human Serv-ices (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to imme-diately expand and publicize alternate methods foreligible Americans to enroll in health plans. TheSenators expressed their concern that while health-care.gov is improving daily, the delays may causemany uninsured Americans to stop trying to shopfor affordable plans.“As the U.S. Department of Health and Human

Services’ work to repair the healthcare.gov websitecontinues, we urge you to ensure that uninsured

Americans are able to enroll in health plansthrough all available means …We are concernedthat while the web site’s troubles remain unre-solved, healthy individuals will abandon attemptsto apply on line, and we want to ensure that theycan learn about plans and apply for coverage,”they wrote in the letter. Senators Cardin and Mikulski also asked Secre-

tary Sebelius to streamline how subsidies are madeavailable to all who qualify, however they enroll.Section 1411 of the ACA provides the Secretarythe necessary flexibility to allow direct enrollmentwith health insurance companies, while remainingeligible for subsidies if applicable. The letter alsoencouraged expanded access to detailed plan infor-mation to allow navigators and community healthcenters help individuals shop for coverage beforeapplying online, by phone or by paper application.

CB-83-2013 Raises Environmental Standardsfor County Buildings to Unprecedented LevelsThe Prince George’s County Council, during

Council session on Tuesday, November 19, unani-mously approved Council Bill 83-2013, legislationrequiring clean energy systems for new Countybuildings and major renovations of public buildings. The legislation, proposed by Council Member

Mary Lehman (D) – District 1, makes PrinceGeorge’s County the first jurisdiction in the State ofMaryland to fund clean energy systems in all newpublic buildings and major renovations of publicbuildings. The legislation requires the county tobudget an additional 2% into the total cost of a build-ing or renovation to pay for the required installationof 1 kilowatt (KW) of clean energy for every 1,000square feet of gross floor area in the building.

Council Member Lehman says CB-83 is repre-sentative of a forward-thinking clean energy policythat will establish Prince George’s County as an in-novative leader on best practices for developmentand environmental protection. “I am thrilled the Council has adopted one of

the most ambitious policies for clean energy onpublic buildings in the country. This bill will spurclean energy jobs for our workforce, energy savingsfor our taxpayers, and a cleaner environment forour children.” Council Bill 83-2013 applies to all permanent,

public buildings, and major projects renovating 50-percent or more of the gross floor area. CB-83-2013 defines Clean Renewable Energy as technol-ogy or a system that employs solar, wind orgeothermal energy.

Council Approves Clean Energy Legislation

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BUSINESSThe American Counseling Association'sCounseling Corner

Tips For Helping AnOverweight ChildHealth experts identify obesity as the number one health

issue facing American children. Current statistics from theCenter for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that morethan one-third of children are overweight or obese. It's a con-dition that not only brings increased health risks, but alsocan subject a child to taunting and discrimination.Dealing with a child’s weight problems is never easy, but

there are a number of things that parents can do that canmake reaching and maintaining a healthy weight a more at-tainable goal.A starting point is not to be the food police. Restricting or

constantly lecturing about food choices can leave a childfeeling deprived, different, controlled and rebellious. The re-sult can be lowered self-esteem and eating habits that mayinclude hiding food or binging on restricted foods.Instead, give your child an active role in food choices.

Help your child learn about healthy food choices and includehim or her on shopping trips to the market. Don’t automati-cally say “no” to poor food choices, but instead gently teachyour child how to balance less desirable food choices withhealthier ones.An overweight child doesn’t need lectures about his or

her weight. Instead, teach your child to have a realistic viewof the world and himself or herself. We aren’t all supposed tolook like models or movie stars. Healthy people come in avariety of sizes and shapes. Finding a healthy weight is thegoal you want.It's also important to be a positive role model for your

child. Make dinner a family affair with everyone taking rea-sonable portions and having a choice of healthy foods. Don’tlecture about healthy snack choices, but instead set the ex-ample by reaching for that piece of fruit yourself.Staying active should be a family goal. A family walk,

bike ride or ball game works off excess calories, providescommunication opportunities, and has overall health benefitsfor your child and the entire family.Encourage communications. Often, we use food to make

us feel calmer, to hide anger or to avoid problems. Teachingyour child that there are other ways to deal with issues besidesthe refrigerator can help overcome the emotional eating prob-lems so many children face.If you feel excessive weight is a significant problem for

your child, talk to his or her physician about possible optionsor see a professional counselor specializing in children.

"Counseling Corner" is provided by the American Coun-seling Association. Comments and questions toACAcorner@counseling.org or visit the ACA website atwww.counseling.org

Arentz Appointed to theMaryland House of DelegatesAnnapolis, MD – Queen Anne’s Commissioner Steve Ar-

entz, appointed by Governor O’Malley to the Maryland Houseof Delegate representing District 36, was sworn in and beginshis official duties. Commissioner Arentz replaces former Del-egate Stephen S. Hershey, who was appointed to the StateSenate to replace Senator E.J. Pipkin in the summer.Diana Waterman stated “Being a resident of Queen Anne’s

County and District 36 I am honored to have Steve Arentz asmy new Delegate and Steve Hershey as my new Senator. Ihave known Steve Arentz for many years and feel he will be afine addition to the Maryland House of Delegates.” She con-tinued, “I am happy that the citizens of District 36 now have anew Senator and Delegate in place to represent them in theupcoming legislative session in Annapolis.”“The Maryland Republican Party would like to congratulate

Delegate Arentz and Senator Hershey on their new roles,”commented Chairman Waterman. “We thank the Central Com-mittees of District 36 for their tireless work to fill these va-cancies and appreciate all the time and effort they put into it,”concluded Waterman.Steve Arentz is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and

has been a resident of Queen Anne’s County for 14 years.Steve was the President of the Queen Anne’s County Com-missioners and he and his wife Biana owned and operatedHemingway’s Restaurant on Kent Island and are both realtorswith Long and Foster Real Estate of Kent Island.

County Executive, Teenage Entrepreneur ‘Wow’Attendees During 2nd Annual Prince George’s CountyBusiness ExpoCOLLEGE PARK, MD – Prince George’s County Execu-

tive Rushern L. Baker, III and special teenage speaker,Gabrielle J. Williams wowed more than 500 attendees withtwo riveting speeches at the 2013 Prince George’s CountyBusiness Conference & Expo last week at the Samuel RiggsIV Alumni Center on the campus of the University of MarylandCollege Park.

Business Spotlight

Governor O'Malley Visits VEEP Set, HighlightsMaryland Film Tax Credit Expansion Annapolis

(November, 2013) – Gover-nor Martin O’Malley visited theset of the Emmy award-winningHBO series, VEEP, to highlightthe progress of the MarylandFilm Tax credit expansion andits positive impact on Mary-land’s economy. The expansionincludes an increase of $17.5million in credits in the FY14budget. The film tax credit hasalso provided 2,500 Marylandcrew members, cast, and extraswith full-time jobs and utilizeda combined 6,000 Marylandbusinesses since the programwent into effect in 2011.“Maryland’s thriving econ-

omy continues to grow theranks of the middle class, andto date, we’ve recovered 97 per-cent of the jobs lost during theGreat Recession,” said Gover-nor O’Malley. “Working to-gether with our forward-lookingcolleagues in the General As-sembly, we’ve not only ex-

panded tax credits for qualitytelevision shows like VEEP,we’ve created more job oppor-tunities for more Marylanders.“Sheila E. Hixson, chair of the

committee that oversees taxcredits in the Maryland Houseof Delegates remarked, “I'm ex-cited that the Maryland Film TaxCredit has attracted successfulproductions like VEEP. It's putMaryland on the national mapas a state ready, willing and ableto work with Hollywood stu-dios, and created a boom forMaryland’s film industry.”The visit included a tour of

the 60,000 foot sound stage lo-cated in Columbia, MD. Gover-nor O’Malley was also joined bysmall business vendors who'vebenefited from the tax credit.Byran Koerber, President of

Budeke Paints, Inc., a fifth gen-eration, family-owned Marylandpaint and painting supply busi-ness stated, “The impact that anon-going movie or televisionproduction has on us is immense.We have reinvested in our com-

pany and our staff because ofhighly-recognizable projects likeVEEP and House of Cards.”Lauri and Leroy Dixon, own-

ers of Party Plus, a small Mary-land business that providestents, tables and chairs to pro-ductions said, “These produc-tions allow us to remain prof-itable and continue the gainfulemployment of our staff. Quitefrankly, without the work thatthey provide, our profit wouldbe non-existent and our abilityto continue would be hamperedto say the least.”The estimated economic im-

pact of the Maryland Film TaxCredit is $226 million. VEEP’sfirst season had an estimatedimpact of $30 million, with 978Marylanders hired as crew, cast,extras. Additionally, close to1200 Maryland businesses andvendors saw purchases andrentals from the production.

As of the summer of 2013,Maryland created jobs fasterthan any other state in the re-gion and at the fifth fastest rate

in the nation. Maryland’s vi-brant private sector continuesto drive economic growth, cre-ating nine out of every 10 newMaryland jobs. Working along-side Maryland’s growing busi-nesses, the unemployment ratehas plummeted to a four-yearlow, spurring the recovery of 97percent of the jobs lost duringthe economic downturn.Maryland’s economic pro-

gress has received nationalrecognition. Maryland is amongthe five states best positioned tosucceed in the new economy ac-cording to the Information Tech-nology and Innovation Founda-tion. The Milken Institute ranksMaryland #1 in research and de-velopment per capita and #2 forscience and technology assets.The non-partisan group TheStates Project placed Marylandsecond for economic opportu-nity. And last year, Maryland en-trepreneurs rated the state fourthin the nation for startups percapita according to a study byFast Company.

By PRESS OFFICEROffice of the Governor

professional athletes and every-day citizens with athletic injuries. “We’re very aware of what’s

going on with CTE [ChronicTraumatic Encephalopathy],”Singer said, referring to the dis-ease that has been discovered inmore and more deceased NFLplayers since former PittsburghSteeler Mike Webster was thefirst to be diagnosed in 2002.“We are a clinical collaboratorwith Boston University and theSports Legacy Institute, lookingat CTE in retired athletes. Andthey’re using the BrainScope

technology as part of the groupof tests that they’re undertakingon these athletes.”A recent PBS Frontline doc-

umentary called “League of De-nial,” exposed the NFL’s at-tempts to cover up the negativeeffects of head injuries through-out the 2000s. However, Singerbelieves the league has turneda corner.“I think that the NFL is de-

finitively trying to understandthe problem, raise awarenessand tackle it in a very forwardway,” Singer said. “And I thinkBrianScope’s very hopeful to be

able to work more with the NFLin the future.”Like Singer, Cardin sees a po-

tential positive collaboration be-tween BrainScope and the NFL. “There’s no question the NFL

has gone to a new level in aware-ness on head injuries,” Cardinsaid. “I think what’s being donehere at BrainScope could helpthem understand head injuries alot sooner and a lot quicker.Rather than using a subjective testasking a football player ques-tions, what BrainScope offers isscientific information as to theseverity of their injury.”

But the question that remainsis: how long will it take for med-ical decisions regarding head in-juries to become objective?“Our technology has been in

development, as we talked about,for many years and actually itpredates my starting five yearsago,” Singer said. “I think we’reon the right track to provide thisobjective capability.“I’m very optimistic that in

the foreseeable future we’ll startto see this technology unveiledand used in the public realm, andas they use it, it will get betterand better,” Singer said.

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providers than the natural gas-powered plants in nearby stateslike Pennsylvania.“So the way it works is these

different plants usually bid intothis market based on the mostcompetitive prices,” Williamsonsaid. “And they decide, basedon the prices, whether theyshould compete or sit back onthe sidelines.“So what probably hap-

pened during this period - from2010 to 2012 - is some Mary-land generators basically de-cided not to participate in thesedaily, hourly, or monthly auc-tions to decide who wants togenerate electricity.”Due to its relative effi-

ciency, burning natural gasproduces about 50 percent lessgreenhouse emissions thancoal. Those greenhouse gasesinclude carbon dioxide,methane and nitrous oxide, andthey restrict heat from leavingthe Earth, resulting in risingtemperatures.Williamson said the reduced

energy from Maryland’s plantswas most likely replaced withelectricity imported from otherstates. Data supports that, aselectricity imported to Mary-land increased from 23 percentof Maryland’s energy supplyin 2000 to 39 percent in 2011,according to the Energy Infor-mation Administration.While that changing energy

market has played a large partin the emissions decline, new

state rules have also played arole. State officials point toMaryland’s Greenhouse GasReduction Act, a 2009 law thatset forth a range of policies in-tended to reduce greenhousegas emissions in the state by25 percent by 2020.The plan calls for power

suppliers to use renewablesources, like wind and solar, as18 percent of their energy mixby 2020, while also reducingaverage electricity consump-tion by 15 percent by 2015.Jay Apperson, a spokesman

for the Maryland Departmentof the Environment, said in anemail that those initiativesshould reduce emissions intothe future."These policies will have

meaningful impact betweennow and 2020,” Apperson said.According to recent data

from the Energy InformationAdministration, the state hastaken steps to reach those goals.The EIA says energy consump-tion in the state has fallen bymore than five percent in thepast three years, while the sup-ply of wind and solar energy inthe state grew to 343 megawatt-hours in 2012, an increase fromjust one megawatt-hour twoyears earlier.Karen Palmer, the associate

director of the Center for Cli-mate and Electricity Policy atthe policymaking organizationResources for the Future, saidit’s tough to say if those emis-sions declines will continueinto the future.

“Who knows what’s goingto happen with them? I don’tthink they’ll keep goingdown,” said Palmer. “It de-pends on the exports of naturalgas. It depends on whetherthere end up being more envi-ronmental restraints on frack-ing. So it’s uncertain.”Fracking, also known as hy-

draulic fracturing, is a processthat uses pressurized water andchemicals to extract oil and gasfrom large shale and rock bedsin the ground. The process hasgrown significantly in theUnited States, which has led tolower natural gas prices, butmany environmentalists op-pose it due to potential leaksand possible contamination ofgroundwater.Palmer did cite one reason

we may see emissions continueto fall in Maryland specifically:the state’s membership in theRegional Greenhouse Gas Ini-tiative, a cap-and-trade programamong nine Northeast states.The program launched in

2008 and created a cap on theamount of carbon dioxideemissions allowed to powerplants in participating stateseach year. To enforce the cap,the program creates pollutionpermits, each allowing powerplants to emit a certain amountof carbon dioxide.Only a certain number of

permits are available eachyear, however, with plants re-quired to bid at auction for thepermits if they want to emitmore carbon dioxide.

Palmer said the programhasn’t had a very significanteffect on emissions yet, butthat may soon change, as theRGGI states recently proposedto tighten the emissions cap by45 percent. That would put aserious dent in emissionsacross the participating states,including Maryland.“What is fairly likely is that

Maryland, and the wholeRGGI region, is going totighten their cap, so that sug-gests emissions will continueto move in the downward di-rection,” Palmer said.Power plants account for

about a third of U.S. green-house gas emissions. The re-maining emissions come fromsources such as vehicles, busi-nesses and agriculture.Greenhouse gas emissions

from all sources have declinedboth in Maryland and nation-wide over the past few years,falling by 1.8 percent in thestate and by 1.6 percent acrossthe country from 2010 to 2011,according to the EPA.Even with the emissions de-

clines in the United States,however, greenhouse gas lev-els have continued to increaseworldwide. According to thelatest report from the WorldMeteorological Association,worldwide carbon dioxide lev-els in the air reached approxi-mately 393.1 parts per millionin 2012, a new record high.

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Movie Review “Charlie Countryman ”

Charlie CountrymanGrade: C

Rated R, a lot of harsh profan-ity and nudity, some sexuality,some very strong violence

1 hr., 44 min.

Charlie Countryman is thekind of character ShiaLaBeouf should keep playing,and Charlie Countryman is thesort of movie he should keepmaking, even if this particularone isn’t very good. It suitsThe Beef because it’s free-spirited and unconventional —the very opposite of the Trans-formers series. And though it’soverlong and hindered by the-matic meandering, at least itfails in interesting ways. Therewas risk involved here, bothfor LaBeouf and for first-timedirector Fredrik Bond. I re-spect that.The movie isn’t bad, either,

just wobbly and in need oftightening. The title characteris a directionless young Amer-ican who goes to Bucharest af-ter the death of his mother(Melissa Leo), a flighty but de-voted parent who suggests thetrip to Charlie in a post-mortalvision. Does Charlie see deadpeople? It would seem so, asit happens again on the planeto Romania, when the wise oldRomanian sitting next to himexpires mid-flight and thencontinues speaking to him.What is stranger than this,

however, is that the moviedrops the subject of Charlie’sparanormal methods of com-munication, never to addressit again. This is NOT a movieabout a guy who talks to deadpeople, even though the maincharacter totally is that guy. In-

stead, the story shifts into aDickensian tale full of danger,romance, whimsy, chancemeetings, and astounding co-incidences, as Charlie be-friends the old Romanian’sdaughter, Gabi (Evan RachelWood), and is drawn into herlife. She plays cello for anopera company and has a men-acing gangster husband namedNigel (Mads Mikkelsen),whose partner, Darko (TilSchweiger), owns a Buchareststrip club that Charlie happensto go to one night.There’s a lot of “happens

to…” going on here. MattDrake’s screenplay is brim-ming with accidental encoun-ters and serendipity, the under-

lying implication being thatthings are happening accord-ing to some grand cosmic plan— until a moment late in thefilm, that is, when the wholenotion of a “plan” is dismissedwith a laugh. (In that case, whywere all these random, implau-sible things happening?)There’s also plenty of divert-ing nonsense paintingBucharest as a surreal PleasureIsland, including a wild, drug-fueled hostel Charlie stays atwith a couple of English he-donists named Luc (JamesBuckley) and Karl (RupertGrint), the latter of whom in-gests several Viagra, whichleads to problems at the stripclub, and, oh, never mind.

Much of the story is baf-fling and off-kilter, yet it’s oc-casionally sweet, too.LaBeouf’s dopey earnestnessserves him well, and whileEvan Rachel Wood’s charmsare mostly hidden under a Ro-manian accent and too mucheye makeup, Charlie and Gabimake enough of a connectionthat we’re willing to root forthem when things turn violentand perilous. But the haphaz-ard use of magical realism andthe ever-shifting thrust of thenarrative makes the film wearout its welcome long beforeit’s over. The film is an odditythat almost, but not quite, mer-its consideration.

The Edge of Sportsby DAVE ZIRIN

What “makes aman”? The RichieIncognito/JonathanMartin “bullying”saga is forcing NFLplayers to askthemselves thatvery question. Thetraditional “mancode” in the NFL isthat your manhoodis defined by yourability to inflict violence on others and deny the presenceof pain—particularly mental or psychological pain—inyourself. It is also of course loudly, proudly and aggres-sively heterosexual, with women existing only as exten-sions of desires for either sex or violence. This “mancode” is not only organically tied to the violence of thesport itself but also has a tremendous influence on thebroader society.Yet while the NFL, the most popular entertainment in

the United States, shapes our world, it also reflects a so-ciety steeped in sexism, violence against women and anethos that reveres physical domination of others, all whileaffecting that “stiff upper lip.” We all suffer for this stateof affairs: the bullies and the bullied, the abusers and theabused. Men commit suicide in the United States at ratesthree to four times that of women. Men are far morelikely to be alcoholics and abusers. Taking your own lifeor obliterating your brain is seen as preferable to the sim-ple act of asking for help. There are, of course, myriadreasons for this. One root cause, as basketball player andmental health advocate Royce White put it, is “a subtlewar—in America, and in the world—between businessand health. It’s no secret that two percent of the humanpopulation controls all the wealth and the resources, andthe other 98 percent struggle their whole life to try andattain it. Right? And what ends up happening is that thetwo percent leave the 98 percent to struggle and struggleand struggle, and they eventually build up these stressesand conditions.”As true as this undoubtedly is, if young men just felt

like it was permissible to be vulnerable, it would save alot of lives and keep a lot of families’ hearts from beingbroken. On the many fronts that this fight needs to befought, one is in challenging the rigid expectations rootedin whether you are born a boy or girl. These ideas of“what makes a real man” and “what makes a real women”serve far more often than not to marginalize, disrespectand even destroy those who don’t meet those expecta-tions. I would make the case that the first step towardreaching that point is redefining what we mean when wetalk about “manhood” and femininity and what actuallymakes a “real man” or “real woman.” If there is anythingpositive that is arising from this RichieIncognito/Jonathan Martin bullying/harassment im-broglio is that it is forcing some NFL players to confrontthis question perhaps for the first time in their lives, onthe highest possible platform with the potential to createa much needed national discussion.What “makes a man”? Is it being a “tough as nails” bar-

fighting, woman-groping, n-bomb dropping gem likeRichie Incognito and his coterie of defenders, or is it beinglike Jonathan Martin, who had the guts to break the lockerroom code of silence and after “endur[ing] a maliciousphysical attack on him by a teammate,” and having his sis-ter threatened, said he could not take it anymore?Here are two profoundly different answers to that

question. Chris Johnson, the pro bowl running back of theTennessee Titans, said this week that he would neverwant Martin as a teammate, saying, “It would be kind ofhard to put my trust in a guy to go out there every Sundayand hold his own…. the end of the day you have to stepup and be a man and handle your own.”But for Raiders quarterback Terrelle Pryor, the 24-

year-old said, “I hope that we see Martin playing againsoon—I’ve watched some tape of him, he’s a good player.Hats off to him for standing up and being a man.”I give a lot of credit to Terrelle Pryor, Brandon Mar-

shall, and others siding with Martin, because the realityis that on far too many franchises, the ability to live upto this “code” can determine whether or not you are stillemployed. I hope people are listening to the “man codedissenters.” We need to get to a point where this entirevocabulary about what makes a “real man” dies for ourcollective health. Maybe this begins by our saying loudlyand proudly that “real men” stand up to the Richie Incog-nitos of this world and “real men” have the courage to,heaven forbid, ask for help.

NFL Players Confronted With theQuestion ‘What Makes a Man’?

ROTTENTOMATOESWhen his late mother appears in a vision and tells him to go to Bucharest, Charlie immediatelyboards a plane across the Atlantic. But when he meets a fellow passenger, Charlie finds himselfwith another promise to fulfill. Charlie does so - and falls head over heels in love with Gabi, abeautiful musician. However, a vicious gangster has already laid claim to Gabi, and has no intentionof letting her go. Determined to protect her, Charlie enters into the hallucinatory, Romanian un-derworld filled with violence and, strangely enough, love. (c) Mllenium

University of Maryland Ex-tension Ask the Plant and PestProfessor May 30, 2013

Question #1: The leaves ofmy favorite clematis vine getthese spots on them and then theleaf turns brown. I have alsoseen sections of the vine wilt.What is this and what can I doto stop it?

Answer#1: This sounds likePhoma clematidina, a fungaldisease that causes leaf spotsbut is also responsible forclematis wilt which can be se-rious. At the minimum clematiswilt can cause some portions ofthe vine to wilt and dieback butit can also kill the entire vine.To help combat the disease,plant clematis in an area withgood air circulation or pruneneighboring plants to reducecrowding. Remove and disposeof infected leaves and stems assoon as possible and avoid wet-ting the foliage when watering.Proper cultivation to reduce rootstress is also recommended.Clematis grows best in sun topartial shade, in fertile slightly-

alkaline, well-drained soil. Plantthem deeply and protect andshade the roots with mulch or agroundcover.

Question #2: Our street islined with sycamore trees. Ihave noticed that they look ter-rible this year. They seemed tohave leafed out okay but nowthey look like they have lost alarge number of leaves. I amseeing a large number of brownleaves on the ground. Is theresomething going around that iskilling these trees?

Answer #2: Sycamore treesare susceptible to a fungal dis-ease called anthracnose. In ad-dition to sycamore it can alsoinfect ash, beech, maple, andoak. The disease begins withlesions commonly found alongleaf veins. They can then runtogether resulting in leaf dis-tortion or death of the entireleaf. This year we are seeingsevere defoliation. Most peoplenotice the disease because thetrees can suddenly look bare af-ter leafing our normally. Thedisease is usually not serious

on mature trees. Under goodconditions many trees can pro-duce a second flush of leaves.Control strategies include:pruning during dry periods ofthe year or in the winter to re-move dead twigs and to thin outthe canopy to encourage goodair circulation and raking anddisposing of the fallen leavesincluding the ones that comedown in the fall. It is difficultand expensive to spray maturetrees and once symptoms arenoticed it is too late to spray.Young trees can be protectedpreventively with a registeredfungicide next year.

Question #3: This seasonthere seems to be quite a largenumber of ants crawling on theplants in my vegetable garden.Do you think they will hurt myseedlings? Should I be doinganything to reduce their num-bers? I really dislike usingchemicals.

Answer#3: The ants in yourvegetable garden are not alarge concern. They will notinjure your seedlings. How-

ever, they could be a sign thatthere are aphids in your gar-den. Aphids are soft-bodiedsucking insects that produce asubstance called honeydew.Ants feed on honeydew andeven ‘tend’ the aphids protect-ing them from predators andparasites. For detailed infor-mation on aphids look on the‘plant diagnostic’ section ofour website mentioned below.Simply type the word aphid inthe search box.

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First Tuesdays At Abraham HallDate & Time: Monthly, First TuesdaysDescription: Abraham Hall, constructed in 1889, is the bestexample of an African American benevolent society lodge in PrinceGeorge's County. Located in the community of Rossville, it is thefirst African American historic site in the county to be fully restoredusing public funds. Home of M-NCPPC's Black History Program,please call the number listed below for more information about theFirst Tuesday program.Ages: All ages Location: Abraham Hall7612 Old Muirkirk Road, Beltsville 20705 Contact: 240-264-3415; TTY 301-699-2544

Zumba with Cheryl Hicks & Step-n-Sweat FitnessLocation: Glenarden Community CenterDate & Time: Tuesdays & Thursdays, November 12-Decem-ber 5, 10-11 am Description: Party with Cheryl and move to the beats ofmerengue, hip-hop, salsa, and old school line dancing and more.Make your way to Glenarden on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Cost: Resident $38; Non-Resident $46Ages: 18 & upLocation: Glenarden Community Center8615 McLain Avenue, Glenarden 20706Contact: 301-772-3151; TTY 301-218-6768SMARTlink # 1302517

14th Annual Gingerbread House Contest and ShowDate & Time: Friday-Sunday, November 29-30 & December1,Friday-Sunday, December 6-8, andFriday-Sunday, December 13-15, 12 noon-5 pmDescription: For a sweet treat, come and view an amazingdisplay of edible gingerbread houses. No nibbling allowed! Visitorswill have the opportunity to vote in the Viewer’s Choice AwardCompetition. No reservations necessary.Cost: $1/person Ages: All agesLocation: Darnall’s Chance14800 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro 20772 Contact: 301-952-8010; TTY 301-699-2544

27th Annual Winter Festival of LightsDate and Time: Friday, November 29, 2013-Tuesday, January 1,2014, 5-9:30 pm (nightly)Description: Bring a little twinkle to your holidays at the 27thAnnual Winter Festival of Lights! Don’t miss this spectacular hol-iday drive-through event of more than one million twinkling lights!Please bring a canned good to donate to local food banks.Cost: $5/cars & vans; $15/mini-buses & limos; $25/buses;$10/multi-visit passes for cars & vans. The festival is FREE onDec. 25 Ages: All agesLocation: Watkins Regional Park301 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro 20774Contact: 301-699-2456; TTY 301-699-2544; Linea en Español:301-445-4509

Live Animal ShowDate & Time: Saturday, November 30, 10-11 amDescription: Meet animals up close & learn about their char-acteristics. Reservations are required.Cost: Resident $2; Non-Resident $3 Ages: 2 & upLocation: Watkins Nature Center301 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro 20774

December Holiday Teas at Montpelier MansionLaurel, MD – Warm up your winter day with afternoon tea inMontpelier's elegant South Wing. Montpelier Mansion (9650Muirkirk Road, Laurel 20708) will be hosting holiday teas on Fri-day, Saturday and Sunday, December 13, 14 & 15, 2013 at 1 pm.Enjoy a prix fixe menu of fine finger sandwiches, scrumptiouscakes and pastries, buttery scones, and your choice of two qualityloose leaf teas, all served on imported English china and silvertiered stands.Reservations and advance payment required; to make yours, pleasecall staff at 301-377-7817. Price – $29/person, $25/Friends ofMontpelier members – includes gratuity and self-guided tour of themansion, which will be decorated for the holidays in traditionalgreens.For more on classes and activities offered by the Department ofParks and Recreation, see www.pgparks.com and stay connectedon facebook.com/pgparks and twitter.com/pgparks.

‘Tis the Season at Surratt House MuseumClinton, MD – With the onset of winter, how did Southern Mary-land families prepare for the season and celebrate the holidays? OnSaturday, December 14, 2013 stop by the historical Surratt HouseMuseum (9118 Brandywine Road, Clinton 20735) to get your hol-iday season started and learn about holiday celebrations from thepast. This program runs from 12 noon to 4 pm. For good little boysand girls of all ages, our special guest, Father Christmas, will behere to share in the holiday cheer. Cider punch and cookies willbe served. Take advantage of museum shop discounts.The fee for this event is $3/person. For additional information, callstaff at 301-868-1121; TTY 301-699-2544.

Sugar and Ice: Holiday Social at Upper Marlboro CommunityCenterUpper Marlboro, MD – Those ages 6 and older are invited to comeout to Upper Marlboro Community Center (5400 Marlboro RaceTrack Road, Upper Marlboro 20772) on Saturday, December 14,2013 from 2 to 6 pm for the Sugar and Ice Holiday Social.Enjoy ice skating outdoors (on a synthetic rink) and sweet treats –hot chocolate, apple cider and more. There will also be crafts andgames to enjoy.The fee for this event is $5/residents and $6/non-residents. For ad-ditional information, call staff at 301-627-2828; TTY 301-203-6030.For more on classes and activities offered by the Department ofParks and Recreation, see www.pgparks.com and stay connectedon facebook.com/pgparks and twitter.com/pgparks.

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Dear EarthTalk:

I understand the Navy isdoing sonar testing and trainingin the oceans and that their ac-tivities will likely kill hundreds ifnot thousands of whales andother marine mammals. Whatcan be done to stop this?

— Jackie Bomgardner, Wilton, CT

Active sonar is a technologyused on ships to aid in naviga-tion, and the U.S. Navy tests andtrains with it extensively inAmerican territorial waters. TheNavy also conducts missile andbomb testing in the same areas.But environmentalists and ani-mal advocates contend that thisis harming whales and other ma-rine wildlife, and are calling onthe Navy to curtail such trainingand testing exercises accordingly.“Naval sonar systems work

like acoustic floodlights, sendingsound waves through ocean wa-ters for tens or even hundreds ofmiles to disclose large objects intheir path,” reports the non-profitCenter for Biological Diversity(CBD). “But this activity entailsdeafening sound: even one low-frequency active sonar loud-speaker can be as loud as a twin-engine fighter jet at takeoff.”According to CBD, sonar and

other military testing can havean especially devastating effecton whales, given how dependentthey are on their sense of hearingfor feeding, breeding, nursing,communication and navigation.

The group adds that sonar canalso directly injure whales bycausing hearing loss, hemor-rhages and other kinds of trauma,as well as drive them rapidly tothe surface or toward shore.In 2007, a U.S. appeals court

sided with the Natural ResourcesDefense Council (NRDC),which had contended that Navytesting violated the National En-vironmental Policy Act, MarineMammal Protection Act and En-dangered Species Act. Butwithin three months of this rul-ing, then-President George W.Bush exempted the Navy, citingnational security reasons. Theexemption was subsequently up-held by the U.S. Supreme Courtupon challenge, and the Navyreleased estimates that its train-ing exercises scheduled through2015 could kill upwards of 1,000marine mammals and seriouslyinjure another 5,000.Luckily, in September 2013

a federal court in Californiasided with green groups in a law-suit charging that the NationalMarine Fisheries Service(NMFS) failed to protect thou-sands of marine mammals fromNavy warfare training exercisesin the Northwest Training RangeComplex along the coasts ofCalifornia, Oregon and Wash-ington. In the opinion, Magis-trate Judge Nandor Vadas ruledthat NMFS’s prior approval ofthe Navy’s activities there failedto use the best available scienceto assess the extent and durationof impacts to the marine mam-mals. As a result of the ruling,

NMFS must reassess its permitsto ensure that the Navy’s activi-ties comply with protectivemeasures per the EndangeredSpecies Act.“This is a victory for dozens

of protected species of marinemammals, including criticallyendangered Southern Residentorcas, blue whales, humpbackwhales, dolphins and porpoises,”says Steve Mashuda, an attorneywith the environmental law firm,Earthjustice, which representedthe coalition in the lawsuit.The recent ruling will no

doubt be challenged. Also, theNavy still has the green light touse sonar and do weapons test-ing off the East Coast despite therisks. Concerned readers cansend a message through theNRDC website calling on U.S.

Secretary of Defense ChuckHagel to direct the Navy to adoptsafeguards to protect marinemammals during training with-out sacrificing national security.

CONTACTS: CBD,www.biologicaldiversity.orgNMFS, www.nmfs.noaa.gov;NRDC, www.nrdc.org; Earthjustice, www.earthjustice.org.

EarthTalk® is written and editedby Roddy Scheer and DougMoss and is a registered trade-mark of E - The EnvironmentalMagazine (www.emagazine.com). Send questions to:earthtalk@emagazine.com.

EARTH TALK ... Navy Sonar Testing in Oceans Impacting Marine Mammals

CREDIT: OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY IMAGERY

Environmentalists and animal advocates contend that Navysonar testing in the ocean is harming whales and other marinewildlife and are calling on the Navy to curtail such training andtesting exercises accordingly. Pictured: A Navy helicopter low-ers a sonar device into the ocean..

what I have to say,” Harper said.“But there’s one of you herethat’s going to do the work.”The youth at Victor Cullen

are sent to the treatment centerby court order for behavioral orsubstance abuse issues, and allare given a specific treatmentplan that typically lasts from sixto nine months, according to EricSolomon, a spokesman for theMaryland Department of Juve-nile Services.“The treatment plan really de-

pends on the specific issue,”Solomon said. “They are allthere for different reasons…andwe want to find out why theyare there in the first place, to fig-ure out how to change their wayof thinking.”Solomon added, “Kids that

needed the most help are goingto this facility. This is essen-tially their last stop in the state,and if they can’t make it in therethey are sent out of state forspecific services.”Victor Cullen relies mostly

on locks, bars and fences to re-strict freedom instead of staff su-pervision. During Harper’s No-vember visit, 46 boys lived atthe center.Youths at the other 13

Maryland juvenile services fa-

cilities watched Harper viavideoconference.According to Harper, many

of these young men are growingup without a positive male rolemodel in their home. “They desperately are look-

ing for male role models andaffection and you could see itout there,” Harper said in aninterview. “It’s like they allwant affection and role model-ing and all that, but they don’thave it in their house and theygo and seek it out in the wrongplace, in the wrong way, withthe wrong people.”Harper, whose four previous

books are all best sellers, saidhe wrote his first book, “Let-ters to a Young Brother: Mani-fest Your Destiny,” in 2006 asa response to letters he re-ceived after giving motiva-tional talks at schools, and toprovide mentorship for youngmen and women.

From there he wrote “Let-ters to a Young Sister: DeFINEYour Destiny.”His latest book was pre-re-

leased to the Victor Cullen li-brary in mid-October so that theyouth could read it beforeHarper’s visit. After Harperspoke, each boy received asigned copy of the book, which

addresses issues specific to in-mates and their families. “I think young people gravi-

tate to what they need, howeversubconscious or unarticulated,and sometimes misguided, asseen by the young populationthat is currently incarcerated,”said Lori Kebetz, library mediacoordinator for Juvenile ServicesEducation under the state’s edu-cation department. “I think it isinteresting that [Harper] intuitedthose needs...he seemed like aperfect fit in terms of message.”According to Harper, who

also speaks at adult prisons, hismessage to juveniles is aboutmaking a plan.

Yet he said the juveniles areless receptive because “whenyou’re still young, you think youknow everything,” whereas adultinmates are often more reflectiveabout their lives.“There’s one of you here that

I’m going to bump into 10, 15years from now, you’re going towalk up to me and look me inthe eye, shake my hand…andtell me you made it,” Harper saidto the boys. “But one of you willbe in [prison] blues or oranges…[and will say], ‘I got your book,and I got a lot of time to read it.’It’s going to be one of you, don’tmake it you.”

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Television star Hill Harper engaged the youth at the Cullen Center.

respond to the blow? Is it be-cause girls are more willing toreport the problem? I think it’simportant to widen the scope andrealize that we need more infor-mation about that,” said Gioia,the director of the Safe Concus-sion Outcome Recovery & Edu-cation (SCORE) Program, whichevaluates and monitors the careof youths with concussions.The head lacrosse coach of

the U.S. Women’s NationalTeam, Ricky Fried - who has alsocoached male lacrosse players -would lean towards ruling outthe willingness-to-report factor.“Honestly I would say ath-

letes are athletes,” Fried said. “Ithink there’s people of both gen-ders who try to stay on the field… I don’t think women are morelikely to report their injury thana male.”Lauren Burkhead, the Direc-

tor of Clinical Services at Right-time Medical Care in Annapolis,

agreed, saying: “I think whenyou really get into the seriousathlete … the girls want to ig-nore their symptoms just asmuch as the boys do.”In Fried’s sport in particular

there has been a lot of contro-versy surrounding concussionsand whether or not women’slacrosse players should be re-quired to wear helmets. Fried isone of many coaches that main-tains helmets are not necessaryin the women’s game, which hasdifferent rules than the men’sgame where helmets are worn.“I think it really depends on,

I guess, where the sport is,”Fried said. “There’s not a neces-sity [for helmets in women’slacrosse] with the way the rulesare currently, if it’s being played,coached and officiated the wayit’s supposed to. The helmet isn’tnecessarily going to take care ofhitting the ground, because it’snot necessarily the impact, it’sthe brain being moved around inthe helmet.”

However, Fried did not down-play the importance of the con-cussion issue in women’s sports.“I think there’s a greater

awareness of the impact of whata concussion does long term,”Fried said, noting the attentionthe issue has drawn in the NFL.“Especially what multiple con-cussions can do long term. Sothat heightens everyone’s aware-ness across the board, regardlessof sport.”But while the awareness has in-

creased on the girls side of sports,so much is still left unknown. Suskauer, who directs the

Brain Injury Rehabilitation Pro-grams at Kennedy Krieger,doesn’t dispute the data thatgirls report more concussionsbut did point out that at herclinic alone they see more boysthan girls in the younger groupof children, and even amongteenagers they see “slightlymore boys.”The reality is that doctors

aren’t even sure if children are

more susceptible than adults,let alone being sure about therole gender plays. BothKennedy Krieger and theSCORE Program at the Chil-dren’s National Medical Centerfocus on youth concussion pa-tients, but neither Suskauer norGioia are certain that kids aremore vulnerable. They both be-lieve more data in needed.However, Gioia did say:

“There’s one study that com-pares high school kids to thepros and suggests that the highschool kids take longer to re-cover [from concussions].“If a youngster gets hit, their

neck gets moved around moreand that may lead to a greaterlikelihood of a concussion,”Gioia added.The same neck-strength ar-

gument could indicate why girlsare more susceptible than boys,but for the most part, gender’srole remains a mystery alongwith most aspects of researchsurrounding concussions.

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When a majority of allAmerican fourth and eighthgrade public school studentscan’t read or do math at gradelevel, including almost threequarters of Black and Latinostudents, we are continuing toallow a system that serves andsaves just a few children andstarves many others. We knowwhat we need to do to level theplaying field for all children be-ginning with putting the re-sources in place to provide aquality early education for everychild. The Strong Start forAmerica’s Children Act willtake us far. It is the right thing todo and the smart thing to do. Wemust do it now as we all standto benefit. If we do not committo save all of our children,America’s dream is an illusion.God did not make two classes ofchildren and neither should we.

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