University of South Carolina Libraries
* Bear expert fatally mauled in Alaska BY RACHEL D’ORO TUB ANSOCIATKI) I'UBNS jfc ANCHORAGE, ALASKA-A self taught bear expert who once called Alaska’s brown bears harm less was one of two people fatally mauled in a bear attack in the Katmai National Park and Preserve. The bodies of Timothy Treadwell, 46, and Amie Huguenard, 37, both of Malibu, Calif., were found Monday at then campsite when a pilot arrived who was supposed to take them to Kodiak, state troopers said Tuesday. Treadwell, co-author of "Among Grizzlies: Living With Wild Bears in Alaska,” spent more than a dozen summers living alone with and videotaping Katmai bears. Information on ^ Huguenard was not immediately P available. The Andrew Airways pilot con tacted troopers in Kodiak and the National Park Service after he saw a brown bear, possibly on top of a body, at the camp near Kaflia Bay. Park rangers encountered a large, aggressive male brown bear within minutes of arriving. Ranger Joel Ellis said two officers stood by with shotguns as he fired 11 times with a semi-automatic handgun before the animal fell, 12 feet away. "That was cutting it thin,” said Ellis, the lead investigator. "I didn’t take the time to count how many times it was hit.” The victims’ remains and camping equipment were flown Monday to Kodiak. Ellis said in ” vestigators hope to glean some in formation from video and still cameras. As the plane was being loaded, another aggressive bear ap proached and was killed by rangers and troopers. The bear was younger, possibly a 3-year-old, according to Bruce Bartley of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The victims’ bodies were flown to the state medical examiner’s of fice for autopsy. Dean Andrew, owner of Andrew Airways, said the pilot was too upset to comment. The company had been flying Treadwell to Katmai for 13 years | and Huguenard for the last couple of years. Andrew said Treadwell was an experienced outdoorsman. Treadwell was known for his confidence around bears. He often touched them, and gave them names. Once he was filmed crawl ing along the ground singing as he approached a sow and two cubs. Over the years, Park Service of ficials, biologists and others ex pressed concern about his safety and the message he was sending. "At best he’s misguided,” Deb Liggett, superintendent at Katmai, told the Anchorage Daily News in 2001. "At worst he’s dangerous. If Timothy models unsafe behavior, that ultimately puts bears and oth er visitors at risk.” That same year Treadwell was a guest on the "Late Show with David Letterman,” describing Alaska brown bears as mostly harmless "party animals.” In his book, Treadwell said he decided to devote himself to sav ing grizzlies after a drug overdose, followed by several close calls with brown bears in early trips to Alaska. He said those experiences inspired him to give up drugs, study bears and establish a non profit bear-appreciation group, called Grizzly People. Grizzly and brown bears are the same species, but "brown” is used to describe bears in coastal areas and "grizzly” for bears in the interior. The deaths were the first known bear killings in the 4.7-mil lion-acre park on the Alaska Peninsula. m ' ‘^ Vv:'-. 1 Options vary for off-campus Internet BY Z’ANNE COVELL THE HAMECOCK Students who live on campus often take USC’s provided Internet access for granted, but for off-campus students, high speed Internet access can become a costly concern. Fortunately, though, cable mo dem and DSL Internet services are available for off-campus stu dents living in the Columbia area. Time Warner Cable, the only cable modem service provider in the Columbia area, offers three high speed Internet options: Road Runner High Speed Online, AOL Broadband and Earthlink High. Speed Cable Modem Access. According to Time Warner Cable Marketing Coordinator Elizabeth Anders, all three op tions perform at equal speeds be cause they use the same cable television lines of the same cable plans. But software requirements and costs vary. AOL Broadband re quires the AOL Interface software browser, while Road Runner and Earthlink function with any Web browser. Road Runner service costs $44.95 per month, but promotion al deals are often available. According to Anders, Road Runner offers the first three months for $29.95, along with free installation. AOL prices range from $44.95 to $54.95 per month, while Earthlink costs $41.95 to $44.95 per month. The prices for AOL and Earthlink vary, depending on whether a user registers directly with Time Warner Cable, AOL or Earthlink. Similarly, the promotional deals depend on registration. Although cable modem Internet costs more than dial-up, Anders said the prices balance in the end. “Dial-up taps the phone line, and many people pay for an addi tional phone line,” Anders said. “Cable allows you to get rid of the cost of the extra phone line.” Cable modem service also al lows home networking, where up to three computers can be linked to use the same service simultaneously. Networking costs on average an additional $10 per month. Anders said Time Warner Cable requires no contracts for any of its services. Users are free to cancel services anytime, and with the Road Runner promotion, if users cancel within the first 30 days, they will get refunds. The availability of Time Warner Cable Internet service de pends upon the availability of Time Warner Cable Television service. “You can receive the cable Internet any place where you can receive Time Warner Cable TV services,” Anders said. “There are always pockets of areas, main ly rural areas, that cannot be reached, though. However, there are no known areas around USC where it is not available.” To set up cable Internet ser vice, people can call Time Warner Cable or visit www.sc.rr.com to set up an appointment with a technician, who will then install the cable modem and verify that it is working correctly. BellSouth, the primary Columbia area residential DSL provider, offers two versions of DSL: BellSouth FastAccess DSL and BellSouth FastAccess DSL Lite. Fast Access DSL is 50 times faster than dial-up, while Fast Access DSL Lite is only nine times faster. DSL service uses phone lines, but DSL users can surf the Internet and talk on the phone si multaneously with a single phone line. A BellSouth DSL customer does not necessarily have to be a BellSouth phone customer. Certain incentives are available, however, for customers of both services. “If the loca'l and long-distance phone plans are bundled with the Internet services, you can get su j?er discount packages/’ said Marcia Purday, a BellSouth spokesperson. Rates for DSL Lite start at $29.95 per month, and regular DSL starts at $39.95 per month. The exact costs depend on a user’s location and the user’s Internet services in combination with the phone services. According to Luis DeLaVega, a BellSouth marketing represen tative, Bell South’s current DSL promotion includes a free month of service, free activation, and free modem hardware after re bates with a 12-month commit ment. Similar to Time Warner Cable, BellSouth allows home network ing of up to four computers for an extra $10 per month. Twenty free hours of a fallback dial-up ac count are also provided for when DSL service is down. DeLaVega said that when set ting up a DSL account, the avail ability of DSL in the specified area must be confirmed either through calling BellSouth or vis iting www.bellsouth.com. After availability is verified, users receive a self-installation kit. If users experience any diffi culties, professional installation services are available at charge. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Wesley Clark’s campaign manager quits BY RON FOURNIER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - Wesley Clark s campaign manager quit Tuesday in a dispute over the direction of the 3-week-old Democratic presi dential bid, the latest setback for a team struggling to mesh its Internet-savvy founders with a corps of Washington insiders as suming more power. Donnie Fowler, 35, told associ ates he was leaving over widespread concerns that sup porters who used the Internet to draft Clark into the race are not being taken seriously by top cam paign officials. Fowler also com plained that the campaign’s mes sage and methods are focused too much on Washington, not key states, said two associates who spoke on condition of anonymity. From the start, there has been tension between the campaign’s political professionals and the draft-Clark supporters, many of whom consider Fowler their ally. But those concerns were played down by campaign offi cials, who suggested that Fowler quit after losing a power struggle. Mike Frisby, a former spokesman for DraftClark2004.com and an ad viser to the Clark campaign, said the political team has made an "earnest effort” to work with draft-Clark backers. "There’s always different fric tions and different tensions that take place in any campaign,” Frisby said. "I don’t think what’s taking place is any different than what happens in any other cam paign.” In a brief statement, Clark campaign chairman Eli Segal said of Fowler: "He has done an outstanding job of getting our campaign off the ground. ... General Clark and all of us at the campaign are grateful for his ef forts. We wish Donnie well and hope we will find ways to work to gether as we move forward.” Fowler, involved in his fifth presidential campaign, ran A1 Gore’s field operation in 2000. He is one of several veterans of the Clinton-Gore political campaigns involved in Clark’s bid. They in clude Segal, communications ad viser Mark Fabiani, policy advis er Ron Klain and adviser Mickey Kantor. Segal moved to Arkansas this week, giving him more hands-on control of the campaign. In addi tion, Clark adviser Dick Sklar has taken on more authority in recent days. Campaign officials said the moves may have been a source of some friction with Fowler. Fowler has complained that while the Internet-based draft - Clark supporters have been inte grated into the campaign, their views are not taken seriously by senior advisers, many of them with deep Washington ties. He has warned Clark’s team that the campaign is being driven from Washington, a charge leveled against Gore’s campaign in 2000 even though it was headquartered in Tennessee, associates said. Fowler’s associates said the campaign is planning to open a Washington office to develop pol icy and oversee relations with Congress, a move that raised con cerns among some draft-Clark backers who want the campaign based in Arkansas. Fowler, son of former Democratic Party chairman Don Fowler, was quietly installed as manager of the campaign in the first days of the bid. Fowler’s departure is the lat est blow for a campaign that has gotten off to mixed reviews. National polls put Clark near the top of the nine-person field and he raised more than $3 mil lion in the first two weeks of his campaign, a sum that surpassed what several rivals raised in three months. However, he has been criticized for flip-flopping on whether he would have support ed the Iraq resolution, and his commitment to the Democratic Party has been questioned. Clark voted for former Presidents Reagan and Nixon, praised both Bush administra tions and had not registered to vote as a Democrat in his home state of Arkansas before entering the race. The high number of Clinton-Gore officials on his cam paign, including Arkansan Bruce Lindsey, has caused Clark’s rivals to question whether the former president is quietly pushing Clark’s campaign, a charge strongly disputed by the candi date and Clinton’s associates. Jimmy Carter vows help for Mexico housing troubles BY THERESA BRAINE TUB ASSOCIATED PIIKSS MEXICO CITY - Former President Jimmy Carter vowed Tuesday to help ease Mexico’s housing deficit, saying the world’s greatest challenge is closing the gap between rich and poor. Carter was in Mexico City on Tuesday to announce that Habitat for Humanity International plans to build 150 homes in Mexico next year. Carter said he and his wife, Rosalynn, will spend five days next year hammering nails with more than 4,000 volunteers. The volunteers will build 75 homes in central Puebla state and another 75 in the Gulf state of Veracruz. The Jimmy Carter Work Project is a part of Habitat for Humanity International. "I think the greatest challenge that the world faces today is the great divide, or chasm, between rich people and poor people,” Carter said at a news conference Tuesday. "For many years, I have seen Habitat for Humanity as the best avenue for people who have everything we need, often more than we need, to share it in a prac tical way for people who don’t have the basic necessities.” The former president also took time out to speak with President Vicente Fox about Mexico’s push for a migration accord with the United States, which was side lined following the Sept. 11 at tacks. Although Mexico hosts Habitat for Humanity’s largest program outside the United States, this is the Carter affiliate’s first foray into Latin America, said Sharon Grobeisen, spokeswoman for the Mexico project. The Carter group selects a dif ferent country each year and has built homes in South Africa, the Philippines, South Korea and the United States, among others. The Mexican Center for Philanthropy, a private nonprofit group, will support the Carter ini tiative through its university net work, the group said. Mexico has an affordable hous ing shortage because of limited credited and inflated prices. Many Mexicans end up building their own homes in squatter com munities on the outskirts of large cities. Habitat for Humanity esti mates that one of every three adult Mexicans live in substan dard conditions. Since starting the Mexico affil iate in 1987, Habitat—a Christian ministry that works to eliminate substandard housing — said it has built more than 13,000 hous -1 EH 1 [Contraceptive Injection Birth control you think about just 4xayear. medroxyprogesterone acetate injectable suspension ' DEPO-PROVERA C^rtrsceptive Injection (medrtscyprogestefone acetate injectable suspension, U$P) This product Is intended to prevent pregnancy. It does not protect against HIV infection (AIDS) and other sexually transmitted diseases. What is DEPO-PROVERA Contraceptive Injection? DEPO-PROVERA Contraceptive Injection is a form of birth control that *s given as an jrtlramaculjr injection (a shot) m the buttock or upper arm once every 3 months (13 weeks) To continue your contraceptive protection, you must return for your next injection promptly at the end of 3 months (13 weeks) DEPO-FROVERA contains medroxyprogesterone acetate, a chemical similar to (but not the same as) the natural hormone progesterone, which «s pnxfoced by you ovjrws during the second half of your menstrual cycle- DEPO-PROVERA acts by preventing your egg c«h from ripening If an egg is not released from the ovaries Arif* your menstrual cycle, it cannot become ferttaed by sperm and result m pr^rwocy. DEPO-PROVERA also causes dvmges m the krone ofvour uterus that make it tess IMy for pregnancy to oca* How effective is DEPO-PROVERA Contraceptive Injection? The. efficacy of DEPO-PROVERA Contraceptive Injection depends on following the recommended dosage schedule exacts (see Xow often do I get my shot of DEPO-WOvBlA Contraceptive WecftonT)- To make sure you are not pregnant when you fesi get DEPO - PRO V F PA Contraceptive Injection, your Erst ireection freest be given ONLY during the first 5 days of a normal menstrual period: ONLY witnin the fast 5 days after ctiikfewrth if not Urast-foecfe^; and. if exclusively breast feeding, ONLY a? the sixth week after chikflxrth It« a loraMtam injectable contraceptive when administered at 3-month (13-week) intervals DEPO PROVERA Contraceptive Injection k over 99% effective, making A one of the most tefofofe methods of birth control bte. This means that tf>e average amual pregnancy rate is less than one for every 100 who use DEPO-PROVERA. The effectiveness of most <ontr.xept.xe ^^Rdg>eods in part on how ceRatJly each woman uses the method The effectiveness of DtPO-PROVcRA depends only on the patient returning every 3 months (l 3 weeks) for her next injection Your heaMh-cane provider wifi help you compare DEPO-mOVERA with other contraceptive methods and g?ve you the information vou need r> order to decide which cootraceptM? method *i the rjgyt choce for you. The following tutfo shows the percent of women who got pregnant whfe using different kmd$ of contraceptive methods. It $ve$ both the lowest expected rate of pregnancy (the rate expected f women vvho use each method exactly as i? should be used) and the typical rate of pregnancy (which includes women who became pnsgpant because they forgot to use ther brth control or because they d»d not fcSow the dmtions exactfy) Percent ot Women Experiencing an Accidental Pregnancy _ In the First Year ot Continuous Use__ .. „ . Lowest _Method___ExpectedTypical .Of.iX)±HOVERA. ' -- <H 7 foipia^s (Norpteit)_. . (yj*~ fe^ie iignttjuor_ _ 0 4 Haic stovaat-on " ~ ’ (775 tp-Tl ~ ~***" 1 '' Conibrned 0_j Proystogc^ o-'V ._ as _ - : 5 fYogestase-t 2.0 CopfxyT 3S0A__ 06, . Condom (vwfoam spcm?<<te)2 _ - j7 Dai** AF (ewh yenrk iSr " ” 6 18 Cwvxjltao6 16 W:th»w,it4 __18 fVnodk *bst=rwx» 1-9 ,>0 SccTrc-de atone 1 21 vagr* Sponge used before 6 16 used after chtdbrth _ 9 . N»mtfi,«L.-IT-1.ji7Z77777, 1 77... m Atfar trussed «t * Obsh* Qjitmxi l99ft/feS$8-S4»7 •from NdttttnA package #sen Who should not use DEPO-PROVERA Contraceptive Injection? Not a* women should use DEPO-PROVERA. You should not use DEPO-PROVERA 4 you Nee any of the following conditions: t • if you think you might be pregnant vif you f\we any vagtra bleeding without a known mason . L_T___i • if you have had cancer of the breast • if you have had a stroke • if you have or have had Wood dots (phlebitis) in your legs • if you have problems with your liver or liver disease • if you am afkrgie to DEPO-PROVERA (medroxyprogesterone acetate or any of as oiher irwredisrcts). What other things bhoutd I consider before using DEPO-PROVERA Contraceptive Injection? You will have a physical examination before your doctor prescribes DEPO-PROVERA it is important to teft your health -care provider 4 you have any of the Mowing: • a family history of breast ranter • an abnomul mammogram (breast x-ray), fibrocystic breast disease, bread nocMes or lumps, or bleeding from your nipples « hdney <Ssease • #rcguter or scanty menstrual periods • high Mood pressure • migraine headaches • asthma • epilepsy (convulsicrs or seizures) • diabetes or a family history of deletes • a history of depression • if you are taking ary prescript *y> or over toe-counter medication* This product is intended to prevent pregnancy, tt does not protect against transmission of HIV (AIDS) and other sex unity transmitted diseases such as chlamydia, genital herpes, genital warts, gonorrhea, hepatitis B, and syphilis. What if I want to become pregnant after using DEPO-PROVERA Contraceptive Injection? Because DEPO-PROVERA is a k*$-actirg brth control method, *t takes some time after you last injection for m effect to wear off Based on the result* from a terge study done m the United States, for women wise stop using DEPO-PROVERA m order to become pregnant »t is expected that about haff of those who become program will do so m about 10 months after iher last injection; about two tlw-ch of those who become pregnant w4 do 30 in aboul 12 months: about 83ft> of those who become program win do so h ^foout l5morths;aixJaboM93%offhcsewbobe<:omc »-egaant vM do $0 <n about 18 months after their test injection The krr$th of time you use DPO-W.Y/ERA Ns no effect on how lone k takes you to become prog-art after >ou stop usng l What are the risks of using DEPO-PROVERA Contraceptive Injection? 11rregular Meottruti aeedfng The side effect reported most frequently by women who use DEPO-PROVERA for contraception *s a change in their ncxmal menstrual cycle. During the first year of using DEPO-PROVERA, you might have one or more of toe Mowing changes: irregular- or unpredictable Weeding or spotting, an »Krease or decrease in menstrual Weedra or no Weedng at a!L UnusoaBy heavy or continuous Weeding, however, is not a usual effect of DtPO-PROVERA; and if this, happens, you should see your heJh-tare provider right away. With continued use of DFPOPROYRA bteetor^usurfy decreases, and many women stop twins periods completely. In d«ira! studies of DEPO-PROVERA. 55% of the women studied reported no menstrual bleeding (amenorrhea) after I year of use. and 68% of toe women studied reported no menstrual bleeding after 2 years of use. The reason that your penods stop n because DEPO-PROVERA causes a resting state in your ovaries- When your ovaries do not release an egg monthly toe regular monthly growth of the feniog of your ‘uterus does not occur and, therefore, toe breeding that comes with your normal menstruation docs not take place When- you stop usr« DEPO PROVERA your menstrual period will usuaSy. in time, rdtum to its normaf cycle. 2 Bone Mineral Changes Use of DEPO-PROVERA may be associated with a decrease in the amount of mrieraJ stored in your bones. This could increase your risk of developing tx»nc fractures. The rate of bone mineral loss is greatest in toe early years of DEPO-PROVERA use. but after that <t begins to resemble the normal me of age-related bone mineral loss 3 Cano* Studies of women who have used ddferent forms of contraception found that wompn who used DEPO-PROVERA for contraception had no increased overall risk of developing cancer of the breast, ovary uterus, cervix, or fever. However, women under 35 years of age whose first exposure to DEPO-PROVERA was within the previous 4 to 5 years may have a toghtty increased n$k of developing breast career similar to that seen with oral contraceptives. You should discuss th>s with your headto-c*re provider 4 Unexpected Ragnancy Because DFPO-PRGvERA >s sexto an effective contraceptive method, the nsk of accidental pre#vax.y for women who get their toots regularly (every 3 months (13 weeks]) is very tow White there h3** been reports of an increased nsk of low brth weight and neonatal infant death or other heafch problems n infants conceived close to toe time of rejection, such pregnanoes are uncommon If you think you may have become pregnant white using DEPO-FROVERA for contraception, see your health-care provider as soon as possible. 5 Attergc Reactions Some women using DEPO-PROVERA Contraceptive Injection have reported severe and S.i^y ife-toreatenmg alfer^c reactions known as anaphylaxis and anaphyiactod reactions, oms include the sudden onset of hives or swefeng and itching of tf>e ton. breathing ues.and a drop in btood pressure. 6 Other Rjrts Wbme« who use hormone-based contraceptives may have an increased nsk of blood dons or stroke. Aho, if a contraceptive method kfe there « a possiWnv Sut the fertilized egg wt* be$n to develop outside of the uterus (eetopac pregnancy). While these events are rare. >ou should tel your health-care provider rf you have any of the problems fisted m the next section ' What symptoms may signal problems while using DEPO-PROVERA Contraceptive injection? dO^O-fR^/ERA prw>C,ef *nrne<liatc*y >f any of these problems occur Mown* an njeebon • sharp chest pain, coughing up of blood, or sodden shortness of breath (indicating a posubte dot in the lung) • sudden severe headache or vomiting. <fabne« or feinting problems with your eyesiy^t or speech, weakness, or numbness in an arm or leg (indicating a possible stroke) • severe jpain or sweifingm the catf (indicating a possfofe dot n the teg) • unusually heavy vaginal (feeding • severe pain or tenderness *1 the lower abdominal area • persistent pm pus, or bteedng at the injection yte What are the possible side effects of DEPO-PROVERA Contraceptive Injection? iWatght Qam ■fou may experience a wtwht while you are tong DEPO-PROVERA About (wo thirds of the women who used DEPO-PRQVERA n dirxeal tnah reported a weight ganof about 5 pounds during the first year of use. You may continue to #*n weight after the first year Vifomen in one large study who used DEPO-PROvERA for 2 years gamed an aerage total of 8.1 pounds over those 2 years, or aperoximateiy 4 pounds per year. Women who continued for 4 years gained an average total of 13.8 pounds ewer those 4 years, or approximately 35 pounds per year. Vifomcn who continued for 6 years ganed an average tot* of 16-5 pounds over those ft years, or approximately 2.7S pounds per year 2 Offer Sde ejects In a cfexal study of over 3,900 women who used DEPO-PRCMRA for up to 7 years, some women reported the folovang effects that may or may not have been related to their use of DEPO-PROVERA: Irregular menstrua! (feeding, amenorrhea headache, nervousness, abdominal cramps, dizzness, weakness or fatigue, decreased sexual desire, leg cramps, nausea vaginal discharge or rotation, breast sweflmg and tenderness, btoatng, sweSng of the hands or feet backache, depression, insomnia, acne, pekic pan, no har growth or excessive hair loss, rash, hot flashes, and joint p*a Other problems were reported by very few of the women m the cfcoical tnah. but some of these couW be serous These include convulsions, jaundice, urinary tract infections, alfergc reactions, feinting, paralyse, osteoporosis, lack of return to fertility deep fern thrombosis, pumonary embolus, breast cancer, or cervical cancer. If these or any other problems occur during your use of DEPO-PROVERA discuss them with your healthcarejxovidec Should «ny precautions be followed during use of DEPO-PROVERA Contraceptive Injection? 1 Misbbo floods During the time you arc using DEPO-PROVERA for contraception, you may skip a period or your periods may stop completely- (f you I save been receiving your DEPO-PROVtRA injections regularly every 3 months (13 weeks), then you are probably not pregnant However, if you ihink that you may be pregnant see your health-care provider. 2laboratory test (ntwacttw if you arc scheduled for any laboratory tests, tel your health-care provider that you are using DEPO-PROVERA for contraception Certain blood tests are affected by hormones such as DEPO-PROVERA 3 Drug Interactions Cytaoen (airwnogbtetrwrade} <s an anticanccr drug that m*/ significantly decrease the effectiveness of DtFO-PROVERA rtthe two drugs are grveo cfonng the same time. 4 Aliasing Mothers Although DEPO-PROVERA can be passed to the nursing infant in the breast rmk. no harmful effects have been found m these children, DEPO-PROVERA does not prevent the breasts from producing milk, so it can be used by nursing mothers However, to mosmoe the amount of DEPO PkOVERA that is passed to the infant in the first weeks after birth, you should wait until 6 weeks after childbirth before you start usng DEPO-PROVERA for contraception. How often do I get my shot of DEPO-PROVERA Contraceptive Injection? The recommended dose of DEPO-PROVERA is 150 mg every 3 months (i 3 weeks) given in a $mgle ntramusorty injection n the buttock or uppera>m To make sure that you are not pregnant at the time of the first injection, it is essential teat the injection be given ONLY during the first 5 days of a normal menstrual period. If used fotfowmg the delivery of a child. the first reectfon of DEPO-PROVERA MUST be given within 5 days after childbirth tf you we not breast-feeding or 6 weeks after chikforth if you are exclusively breast-feedng. If you wart longer than 3 months (13 weeks) between injections, or longer than 6 'weeks after delivery, your health-care provider should detemxne that you are not pregnant before giving you your injection of D EPO-PROVERA Rx only CB-7-5 • Pharmacia & Upjohn THE GAMECOCK Nobody covers USC better. * * ____--—•—■—