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...jump-start his creative juices, the Pulitzer winner and best-selling author (Den of Thieves) practices piano for an hour each morning. "The thorniest kind of music, like Bach, is best," he says. "It refreshes the brain because you can't do it unless you exclude everything else and concentrate." To stay creative, he believes, one must cultivate curiosity. "I love reading the paper with an eye to what's missing. I get all kinds of ideas from that...
...Measures under consideration include plans to diversify gas supplies, stock up on liquefied natural gas from Egypt, Nigeria and elsewhere, and develop alternative energy. "Europe needs a clear and more collective and cohesive policy on security of energy supply," said Andris Piebalgs, the E.U.'s Energy Commissioner. An unexpected winner after the Ukrainian fracas might be the nuclear-power industry. Some Germans are questioning plans in their country to pull the plug on nuclear power. "We now see with the gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine how quickly we can become vulnerable," said Edmund Stoiber, the Governor of Bavaria...
...final rosters for the Canadian and American women’s ice hockey squads slated to compete at the Winter Games in Turin, Italy in February, lists which include an impressive six Harvard affiliates. The Canadians will travel to the Alps with two-time Patty Kazmaier Award winner Jennifer Botterill ’02-’03 and last year’s ECAC Rookie of the Year Sarah Vaillancourt on the team. The United States, meanwhile, and its head coach Ben Smith, added four past and current Crimson skaters to its 20-man roster. Chief among them...
...compose music onscreen and play it back on a synthesizer. He updated his program to eliminate the need for a synthesizer, allowing users to write music, then play and conduct it, all on a laptop. Jarrett's daughter and son-in-law, both technology consultants, thought it a winner. The three partnered to create VirtuosoWorks...
...design involving waves," says one of the seven jurors, Swedish interior architect Jonas Bohlin. "If you've been through the tsunami, you don't want to walk under a wave again." After sifting through 379 entries from 43 countries, the jury picked these five finalists last month. The winner will be announced...