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The Record
4:22 pm
Wed February 13, 2013

Saving The Sounds Of America

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A 16-inch lacquer disc, a format used in the 1930s, from the collection of the Library of Congress. Most of the lacquer, the part of the disc where the sound was etched, has been lost to decay.
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Preservation work takes place at the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation in Culpeper, Va.
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A reel of 1/4-inch-wide magnetic tape, used by the Library of Congress for reference purposes.
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Originally published on Wed February 13, 2013 8:44 pm

We've been able to record sound for over 125 years, but many of the recordings that have been made in that time are in terrible shape. Many more, even recordings made in the past 10 years, are in danger because rapid technological changes have rendered their software obsolete. So Wednesday, the Library of Congress unveiled a plan to help preserve this country's audio archives.

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Music Reviews
3:45 pm
Wed February 13, 2013

Jim James: On A Spiritual Quest In The Digital Age

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Jim James' solo debut is titled Regions of Light and Sound of God.
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Business
3:34 pm
Wed February 13, 2013

Airport Suites Offer Travelers A Place To Nap On The Fly

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Minute Suite's 7-by-8-feet rooms offer Wi-Fi, a sofa bed, a television and a workspace. One traveler compared the small spaces to having an MRI done, but others say the idea is overdue at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.
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Originally published on Wed February 13, 2013 8:44 pm

When there's a big snowstorm or a plane has mechanical problems, airports often turn into uncomfortable holding pens, with people scrunched in chairs, lying on floors, filling up restaurants and otherwise trying to find something to do.

That's actually good news for one company. Minute Suites is building tiny airport retreats across the country. The suites are already operating in Atlanta and Philadelphia. Next up are Dallas-Fort Worth and Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

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Asia
3:29 pm
Wed February 13, 2013

How Do I Love Thee? Japanese Husbands Shout The Ways

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A man shouts his love at an event in Tokyo on Jan. 29. The event comes two days ahead of Beloved Wives Day, a day on which husbands publicly scream their love for their wives before a crowd of onlookers. Husbands are also urged to head home early to express gratitude to their wives.
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Men shout messages of love during the annual event. One Japanese writer says the country has "always been in a crisis romance-wise."
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Latin America
3:07 pm
Wed February 13, 2013

Hungry For Energy, Brazil Builds Monster Dams In The Amazon

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Construction continues at the Belo Monte dam complex in the Amazon basin in June 2012 near Altamira, Brazil. Belo Monte will be the world's third-largest hydroelectric project, and will displace up to 20,000 people living near the Xingu River.
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A boat navigates the Xingu River last June, near the Belo Monte dam site. The controversial $16 billion project is one of around 60 hydroelectric projects Brazil has planned in the Amazon to generate electricity for its rapidly expanding economy.
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A resident stands in the low-lying Invasao dos Padres neighborhood, which stands to be flooded by the Belo Monte dam. Houses are constructed on stilts to protect against seasonal flooding. The government says residents forced to relocate because of the dam will be compensated, and that most will benefit from relocation.
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While environmentalists and indigenous groups oppose the Belo Monte dam, many Brazilians support the project.
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Protesters demonstrate against the Forest Code and Belo Monte dam project at the Rio+20 countersummit last June, in Rio de Janeiro. The summit aimed to overcome years of deadlock over environmental concerns.
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Residents affected by the Belo Monte dam and their supporters stand atop a temporary earthen dam spelling out the words "Pare Belo Monte," meaning "Stop Belo Monte," at the dam construction site last June. Demonstrators also removed a strip of earth to restore the flow of the Xingu River as a protest against the construction.
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A man flips into a stream leading to the Xingu River. The area is challenged by deforestation; agriculture; mining; a governmental dam building spree; illegal land speculation, including the occupation of forest reserves and indigenous land; and other issues.
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Construction continued at the Belo Monte dam complex in the Amazon basin near Altamira, Brazil, in June 2012. Belo Monte will be the world's third-largest hydroelectric project, and will displace up to 20,000 people living near the Xingu River.
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Originally published on Wed February 13, 2013 8:44 pm

Already Latin America's biggest economy, Brazil envisions a future requiring massive amounts of electrical power for its expanding industries and growing cities.

The response has been a construction boom that will install dozens of hydroelectric dams in the Amazon — and that's generating plenty of controversy, particularly from environmentalists.

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NPR Story
11:25 am
Wed February 13, 2013

Comcast To Buy Rest of NBCUniversal From GE

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Originally published on Mon February 25, 2013 12:19 pm

Comcast, the Philadelphia based cable giant, announced a major deal late Tuesday afternoon. It will buy the 49 percent stake of NBCUniversal that it did not already own for $16.7 billion. General Electric is the seller and will also be selling some prized real estate as part of the deal.

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11:25 am
Wed February 13, 2013

Comcast Buys Rest of NBC Universal

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Comcast, the Philadelphia based cable giant, announced a major deal late Tuesday afternoon. It's buying the 49 percent stake of NBC Universal that it did not already own for 16.7 billion dollars. General Electric is the seller and will also be selling some prized real estate as part of the deal.

Asia
6:33 pm
Tue February 12, 2013

In The Waters Of India's Holy Rivers, Seeking A Glimpse Of Immortality

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A Hindu devotee prays after a holy dip at the Sangam, the confluence of three holy rivers — the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati --” during the Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad, India, on Sunday.
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The Kumbh Mela is one of the rare times that sadhu nagas make themselves known. Many of these ascetics live in forests and villages, and have little contact with ordinary Indians. Their population is dwindling, as young devotees prefer not to pursue a life of deprivation.
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An Indian devotee holds an offering at the Sangam.
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A father dips his son into the holy waters.
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Naga sadhus, naked holy men, walk in procession after bathing on the auspicious day of Mauni Amavasya on Sunday.
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Hindu devotees cram as they board their train Monday at Allahabad train station, the site of Sunday's stampede. Thirty-seven people were killed in the stampede.
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Hindu devotees wait Monday to board a train at the site of Sunday's stampede. Survivors blamed the tragedy on baton-charging police and the slow response of medics.
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A man blows a horn in celebration during the daylong procession that drew 30 million devotees Sunday, the most auspicious day of the 55-day-long Hindu festival.
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Pilgrims make their way over pontoon bridges.
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A naga sadhu smeared in ash serves up the early morning tea for his akhara, or sect, one of 13 that has its own camp on the 20-square-mile grounds.
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A Hindu devotee prays after a holy dip at the Sangam, the confluence of three holy rivers — the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati — during the Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad, India, on Sunday.
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An officer guards the purses of pilgrims who came to pay homage to the holy waters at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers.
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Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, a Hindu nun, edited the Encyclopedia of Hinduism.
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Originally published on Mon February 25, 2013 12:19 pm

The Hindu gathering known as Kumbh Mela is on a scale difficult to fathom: The world's largest religious festival is millions of feet shuffling, millions of mantras chanted, countless sales of firewood to ward off the night cold. Millions of incense sticks will be burned and bells rung in devotional rituals called aartis.

Jet-setting swamis, naked holy men and foreigners fascinated by Eastern mysticism joined tens of millions of pilgrims for a dip in river waters believed to be holy.

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Around the Nation
6:11 pm
Tue February 12, 2013

Fugitive Ex-LAPD Officer Apparently Barracaded In Cabin

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Originally published on Mon February 25, 2013 12:19 pm

Kirk Siegler talks to Melissa Block for an update on the search for former Los Angeles Police Department officer Christopher Dorner. A man that authorities identified as Dorner was holed up in a cabin near Big Bear Lake, Calif., on Tuesday evening. Hundreds of officers surrounded the home. Dorner is wanted for questioning in three murders and one attempted murder.

All Tech Considered
6:01 pm
Tue February 12, 2013

Electric Car Review Dust-Up May Put Brakes On Tesla Profits

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Showgoers check out the Tesla Model S at the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January.
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Originally published on Mon February 25, 2013 12:19 pm

One of the long-standing knocks against electric cars is that it can be hard for the machines to hold a charge in cold weather. That's exactly what New York Times reporter John Broder says he found when he took a Tesla Model S on a road trip from Washington, D.C., to Connecticut.

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