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Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:

International Coverage

Wikipedia Joins ‘Web Blackout’ to Protest SOPA
"The World" Public Radio International

Wikipedia plans to take its English-language site offline on Wednesday as part of protests against proposed anti-piracy laws in the US. The user-generated news site Reddit and the blog Boing Boing have also said they will take part in the “blackout”. The sites’ webmasters are opposed to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) being debated by Congress. …Marco Werman talks with Zeynep Tufekci, assistant professor at the school of information at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Note: This interview was conducted from the Carolina News Studio.

Who backs the anti-piracy laws?
BBC News (Canada)

The two anti-piracy bills being debated in the US Congress have the backing of some of the largest film, television, music recording and book publishing companies and trade associations in the US. …"The movie industry has a terrific amount of access and good will on both sides of the aisle," said Frank Baumgartner, a political scientist at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill who studies lobbying.

Dustin Lance Black Gay Marriage Play '8' Going on Tour
Reuters (Wire Service)

"8," the Dustin Lance Black-penned play about gay marriage, will follow its 2011 Broadway debut and the announcement of an upcoming Los Angeles production with dozens of productions of the play across the country, starring local actors. …Other readings are scheduled for Stanford University, the University of Toledo, the University of North Carolina, Towson University in Maryland, the Uptown Players theater company in Dallas and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Mothers warned drinking during seventh to 12th week of pregnancy puts
unborn babies at highest risk of fetal alcohol syndrome
The Daily Mail (United Kingdom)

…Study co-author, Professor Philip May, from the University of North Carolina said: 'This paper clearly illustrates that drinking alcohol, especially binge drinking, during the first seven to 12 weeks of gestation is associated with four of the most important facial features characteristic of FAS as well as reductions in birth length and weight that are also characteristic of infants and children with FAS.'

National Coverage

Obesity Epidemic May Have Peaked In U.S.
"All Things Considered" National Public Radio

…The researchers didn't examine why the stall may be happening. But other experts speculate that at least part of it is all the attention the problem has been getting. "We've seen some very effective changes that are occurring in schools and at the societal level in terms of food labeling, economic incentives, behavioral strategies," says Penny Gordon-Larsen, an obesity researcher at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

State and Local Coverage

Civil rights pioneer Andrew Young delivers MLK lecture
The Herald-Sun (Durham)

Martin Luther King Jr. never went looking for trouble, a friend of his told the audience in Memorial Auditorium Tuesday. Andrew Young worked alongside King in the civil rights movement, as well as worked as a U.S. Representative and an ambassador to the United Nations, and gave UNC’s 31st Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/4986/73/

Young Shares King's Vision at UNC
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)

Civil rights legend Andrew Young says today’s emphasis on science and technology needs to be balanced with a commitment to social justice. …Young delivered the 31st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture to a packed house at Memorial Hall on Tuesday. He served as an aide to Martin Luther King Jr. during the height of the Civil Rights Era.

Spotlight falls on music therapists
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

…(Elizabeth) Fawcett splits her time between pediatric patients – most with cancer – and the psychiatric ward, where she does morning programs for patients who mainly suffer from Alzhiemer's. UNC bumped her to full-time this summer after it became clear that the sessions for psychiatric patients were noticeably improving their behavior and quality of life.

Journalism Prof Premieres War Doc
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)

A documentary about the lost children of the Argentinian Dirty War premieres tonight on UNC’s campus. Journalism professor Dr. Charlie Tuggle spent two years researching, filming and editing “Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo and the Search for Identity,” the heart-wrenching story of grandmothers searching for their missing grandchildren.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5022/68/

Oral hygiene can impact more than just the mouth
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)

…The problem, according to periodontist Steve Offenbacher, is that most adults don't practice oral hygiene that is good enough. …"If you have gum disease, for example, you're twice as likely to have a heart attack and three times as likely to have a fatal stroke," Offenbacher, a doctor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Medical Center, said.

2020: Where is UNC? (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The Chapel Hill News

On Jan. 5, Dr. Bill Roper (UNC Health Care) and Brad Wilson (Blue Cross and Blue Shield) discussed Carolina Advanced Health, their recent joint venture, as part of a Chapel Hill 2020 program. While I am sure many appreciated hearing more about this project, 2020 participants expected to learn more about the future plans of UNC Health Care and Blue Cross and how those plans will impact our community.

Find sound diet advice at your fingertips (Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

Clear, accurate diet advice is in short supply. One new resource that is especially helpful comes courtesy of the Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School. It's the Healthy Eating Plate, a guide to healthy eating that you can use to gauge how well you are doing with your resolutions to eat better this year. (Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a registered dietitian and a clinical associate professor in the department of health policy and administration in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill.)

Book details 1960s marches
The Chapel Hill News

You may have heard about the civil-rights marches in Chapel Hill in the early 1960s. Now you can see them in a new book. …The book features 100 photographs of Chapel Hill marches, the 1963 March on Washington and a Ku Klux Klan rally in Orange County, all from the Miranda D 35 mm camera of (Jim) Wallace while he was a student at UNC-Chapel Hill and a photographer for The Daily Tar Heel.

Issues and Trends

NC gov wants higher sales tax for education
The Associated Press

…Perdue's office said later Tuesday the additional revenues also would be used to help the University of North Carolina and community college systems, which like the public schools had to operate following hundreds of millions of dollars in spending reductions in this year's budget. The UNC system said it cut more than 3,000 employees, most of them part-time and temporary workers, due to required budget cuts.
Related Link:
http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/01/18/1786180/gov-perdue-pushing-
tax-increase.html#storylink=misearch

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