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This classic New Orleans-style dish is made the old fashioned way. It's like a Mardi Gras parade of flavor in your mouth!
Serves: 6
Cooking Time: 40 min
What You'll Need:
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup chopped green bell pepper
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped onion
1 (14-1/2-ounce) can diced tomatoes
4 cups chicken broth
1 teaspoon thyme leaf
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 pound smoked sausage (like kielbasa), cut into 1/2-inch slices
Grits, prepared according to package directions for 6 servings, warmed
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1. In a soup pot over medium heat, heat oil; add flour and cook 6 to 8 minutes, or until roux is a golden caramel color, stirring constantly.
2. Add the green pepper, celery, and onion and cook 4 to 5 minutes, or until tender, stirring occasionally. Add remaining ingredients except grits, and bring to a boil.
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Steve Cooksey enjoyed giving advice as a nutrition blogger, until the state of North Carolina got into the picture.
By telling others what to eat on his Diabetes Warrior blog, he was breaking a criminal law that requires providers of "nutrition care services" to be licensed, he was told by the executive director of the North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition.
While he could provide information and talk about his own beliefs, he couldn't "assess" and "counsel" others, she told him. Thus, suggesting that others eat and exercise as he does at least arguably violates the law, reports the New York Times (reg. req.).
Cooksey disagreed. But he also made requested changes--and filed suit in federal district court in Charlotte, N.C. contending that the state's interference violated his constitutional rights, the article says. He is represented by the Institute for Justice.
"Steve's advice ultimately amounts to recommendations about what to buy at the grocery store—more steaks and avocados and less pasta, for example," his lawyers told the court in a filing, adding: "The First Amendment simply does not allow North Carolina to criminalize something as commonplace as advice about diet."
In a statement posted on its website, the board says its position has been misrepresented in news coverage and, it appears, Cooksey's suit.
Responding to a complaint in January 2012, as it is required to do, the board investigated, contacted Cooksey with its concerns, invited him to discuss any issues he had and, receiving no response, sent him a certified letter saying that it was satisfied he is in compliance with the licensing law, the statement explains.
There is no current action ongoing against Cooksey and any determination to pursue the matter criminally would be made by a state prosecutor, it continues.
"Of his own volition, upon being informed of the complaint against him, Mr. Cooksey made changes to his site, including, making his disclaimer that he is not a licensed dietitian/nutritionist more prominent and taking down his diabetes support packages," the statement says.
"Later, Mr. Cooksey was sent a document detailing some of the Board's concerns regarding his past interactions with some of his followers, however, this document was sent attached to an email that stated, '[g]iven our discussion, I believe our comments should make sense, however, should you disagree, I am happy to discuss.' Mr. Cooksey never contacted the NCBDN to discuss these comments. The NCBDN never ordered Mr. Cooksey to make any changes to his website.."
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Jurors convicted the Democrat on multiple corruption counts, including that he tried to swap an appointment to President Barack Obama's old Senate seat for campaign money or a job.
Wednesday's two-page filing with the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refers to an April Supreme Court decision striking down laws that restrict aggregate limits on campaign contributions.
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'It is now possible for a person working on his or her own to make high-quality, intelligent and, most importantly, very inexpensive television.'
By Michael Rosenblum
Michael Rosenblum conducts a VJ training session at KRON4 in San Francisco.
Photo by Lisa Lambden.
In 1988, I was a producer for "Sunday Morning," the CBS News show with Charles Kuralt. At the age of 30, it was a pretty good job. I made a good salary, and I got to travel the world. It was a prestigious job and a good start to my career in network television.
So I quit.
I quit because I had grown increasingly frustrated with the way that television journalism was made. Everything was incredibly complicated: cameramen, soundmen, vans, equipment, talent, lighting, audio. The simplest bit of video seemed to take forever to shoot. It was like a Hollywood movie doing a scene: endless preparation and an army of workers to manufacture a few seconds on the screen.
I had first been attracted to visual journalism by photography. I had been mesmerized by the images in Life and in books by Magnum photographers. When I graduated from Williams College in 1976, I received a grant from The Thomas J. Watson Foundation to spend three years traveling around the world photographing. On my own.
I spent the first year traveling from London to Kathmandu, Nepal, overland, camera in hand. I was able to spend months in Afghan villages or in Isfahan in Iran, really getting to know a place. The photographs reflected a certain sense of intimacy. The second year I moved in with a family in a Palestinian refugee camp, and the third year I crossed Africa overland, taking pictures all along the way.
When I went to work in the TV business, it was incredibly different. We might spend a few hours, at the most, shooting a story. When the crew was working, the clock was running. And it was annoying not to have the camera myself. I began to wonder if it was not possible to make television journalism the way I had made photojournalism—alone, living the story, just me with my camera in my hand—spending real time with the subjects.
So in 1988, I quit my very nice job at CBS News and headed back to the Gaza Strip with a small, inexpensive camcorder. I moved in with a Palestinian family in the Jabalya Camp and spent a month shooting and talking to them. When I left, I took my tapes to "The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour" and sold them two pieces for $25,000 each.
I had discovered a new way of working in television journalism. Twenty years later, my views have not changed. But the technology has. Today a small, hand-held, high-definition video camera, one that is unquestionably broadcast quality, costs less than $1,000. Audio equipment, radio microphones, and the like have gotten better and smaller. Editing systems, which used to take up an entire room and cost more than a half million dollars, have been reduced to a piece of software that more often than not comes free with your computer.
What does this mean? It means that we have a unique opportunity to reinvent television journalism. No longer does it have to be complex, expensive, difficult, require an army of technicians, or rest in the hands of the very few. It is now possible for a person working on his or her own to make high-quality, intelligent and, most importantly, very inexpensive television. No cameramen. No one carrying the audio equipment. No producers. And no "on-air talent." This means the barriers to entry have not been lowered—they have been completely blown away.
Technology Accelerates Change
So the question to ask now is, what can we do with the technological revolution at our fingertips?
The first thing is to decouple television news from the TV news people. The idea that we would take the most powerful means of communicating news and ideas ever invented and consciously turn it over to a tiny handful of self-appointed "professionals" is an act of cultural and intellectual suicide. Who are Brian Williams and Katie Couric, after all? Each is just one more (highly paid) journalist with something to say and a platform given to them to say it. Fine. But there are millions (quite literally) of others who also have stories to tell or opinions of equal value to voice.
Never, in the world of print, would we say that all books sold would be written by Katie Couric and Brian Williams. That would be seen as insane. Yet we gladly embrace this ridiculous approach in television news every day. Why does this happen? Up until now alternative voices have been silenced because producing television news was expensive and getting video images into people's homes was vastly complicated. No more.
So what we are doing now is empowering millions of journalists (and others) to be a part of this great global dialogue we call television and video news. I call it a dialogue, but that is really the wrong term. Monologue might have been more appropriate for the past, so perhaps "multilogue" is a better term to describe its future.
"Live Web Cast—From a Newspaper's Newsroom"
- John Hassell
During the past few years, I've been working with journalists at news organizations—not only broadcast outlets—to pass along my enthusiasm for and the techniques that enable this approach to video news to work. Recently, at The Star-Ledger in Newark, New Jersey, 20 print and photojournalists were empowered to create television journalism. Whether their video news stories appear on their Web site, as they do, rather than being broadcast, is immaterial; the reporters use video they shoot and edit themselves to tell news stories.
As it turns out, making TV news isn't any more complicated than picking up a camera and starting to shoot. Nor is video editing more complex than word processing—and the equipment to do it is no more expensive to purchase. So this puts us at the precipice of a revolution. It's a revolution in how television news gets made and, as such, a revolution in who gets to make it.
The first recruits to this videojournalist revolution were, of course, those already in the business—the huge armies of journalistic "support staff" who populated TV stations and networks. They were in the office, working for NBC or CBS, because they wanted to report stories or felt they had something they wanted to say. Yet 99.99 percent of those who work in TV newsrooms never get to create their vision—at least until now. They get to make phone calls or coffee or do research or produce (whatever that means). This approach not only wastes talent, but it's nonsensical as a business practice.
So the first step was—and still is—to empower those in the business, from local TV news producers to writers to former cameramen and technicians to newspaper reporters and photographers and more. We teach them how to use the digital tools, assure them that they can, and then say the words: "Here's the camera. There is the door. See you at 6:00." This is how we make television journalism in the digital age.
Empowering Voices Long Silenced
This is, however, only the tip of the iceberg, because there are millions of others who also have something to say and want a place for their voice to be heard.
J.K. Rowling, a 38-year old single mother on welfare, has an idea for a book. Harry … Something. But she is not a published writer. She is an unemployed mom on welfare. But she also has an idea. The barrier to writing is a pencil and a piece of paper. So she sets to work. She has never interned for Diane Sawyer. She has never made coffee for Brian Williams. She has no "experience." But she produces Harry Potter and is dogged in pursuing a way for Harry's story to be told.
What Rowling did with a pencil and paper (or cocktail napkins at the start) anyone can now do with a camcorder and a laptop; they can make their vision. Fulfill their dream. Create. Maybe it stinks. Maybe it's Harry Potter. Only one way to find out: make it.
This incredible revolution in who gets to make it is percolating into journalism as well.
The United States military has been in Iraq for five years. And U.S. news organizations have covered Iraq during those five years by sending in American TV reporters who, for the most part, don't speak a word of Arabic, don't know the country's (or the region's) history, don't know the country, but their reports dominate the nightly news. At the same time, there are probably a million Iraqis who have home video cameras and who nightly can and do record the destruction that has been wrought on their nation. In five years, how much of that video have Americans ever seen?
Exactly my point.
Now, this is going to be upsetting to many of my colleagues in the business. When anyone can pick up a video camera, shoot a story and post it on the Web, then the "TV professionals"—an oxymoron, to be sure—are no longer so special.
No, they aren't. If we profess to believe in a free press, then it doesn't make sense to get freaked out when a free press actually starts to emerge. A.J. Liebling wrote, "Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one." Today, pretty much anyone can own the means to report and produce video news. To which I say, "Good." It's going to get very competitive out there, and it's about time it did.
As we begin by empowering journalists of all stripes, the democratization of video will not be contained within newspaper or TV newsrooms—nor should it. Everything about our time tells me that we are about to embark on a great global awakening. Voices that have never been heard are about to make themselves known, and the rather tiny spectrum of information and opinion that has dominated our national and global public discourse is about to be split wide open. And, I say, high time.
Michael Rosenblum has run Rosenblum Associates for 20 years, training news organizations throughout the world in how to equip and prepare their staff to work as videojournalists. Among his clients have been the BBC, the Voice of America, NY1, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Verizon, TV4 Sweden, and WKRN-TV in Nashville, Tennessee. He also was a founder of New York Times Television and Current TV.
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Robb says:
March 27, 2010 at 10:01pm
Good start to a debate, but the overreaching points made in both the article and comment greatly diminish both author's contributions.
Why not just keep it this topic without bringing in nasty politics of newsrooms?
1) Solo VJs are able to create HD quality, authentic, field-produced journalism without the conceits, budgets and formulas of TV broadcasters. Yes. They. Can.
2) Almost any person owning even modest skills can learn how to shoot sequences, interview for film and cut a 1:20 'A-block' package. I have the data because I have trained people around the world how to do it for USAID and others.
3) VJ training does not cost thousands of dollars, Michael. I teach people how to do shoot, interview and edit in three days for $250. Competition is good, right? I thought I read that somewhere . . .
4) Journalism is not a profession - it is an activity.
Journalists are not licensed like doctors, lawyers or accountants. If you can get paid for it, that's great, but that does not automatically make your journalism contributions any more authentic.
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February 21, 2009 at 1:13pm
I'm not quite sure what to say, because anything I do say can easily be written off by Mr. Rosenblum as coming from an angry and "not special" "TV professional". But I for one still believe that there are ethics, rules and standards that are vital to the health of good journalism and a free press that can only be learned in an appropriate journalistic working environment (not even in school, because you need real-world experience to actually learn how to act under deadline or other pressures). What a disheartening and misguided comparison to make: Harry Potter is a work of fiction, of imagination, of entertainment. Not a work of fact that human lives or government policy might rely on to be accurate and fairly executed. While I'm not saying journalistic training needs to be at the level of that as a brain surgeon, or even a lawyer, I would never assume to pick up and do those jobs just because I feel empowered to do so. Likewise, I don't believe untrained citizens should assume to be able to do my job, which requires editorial skills and ethical knowledge that I have honed over 20 years in the business. (And yes, some of us in television news still work on serious stories that require this experience while actually using the low-cost video technology Rosenblum himself does.) Documentary making? Personal storytelling? Op-ed perspectives? Debate? Sure - all kinds of voices deserve a venue to be heard and we can learn from them. But to suggest that such work should actually replace the work of trained news journalists, as Mr. Rosenblum seems to believe, is dangerous to the profession and to the public interest.
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Owls Don't Lie: On Crystal Renn or, where has all that Fat Acceptance gone? →
This post is probably really untimely. A lot has been written about Crystal Renn over the years; some say too much, as it is a testimony to weight obsession and unhealthy attention to women's bodies in the media. Yet I still find her case to be fascinating, and it's not even because of what…
I was particularly interested in and reflecting on this paragraph by the OP:
But all of that flies out of the window when a fat person becomes a thin person. That person is no thin ally. They are no allies at all. Apparantly, FA has no problem at all with distinguishing neatly between "naturally" thin people and "thin people that are really fatties in disguise and therefore traitors". Never mind that FA is all about proclaiming that no one knows just by looking at fat people how they got there or how healthy they are, so we shouldn't judge. I mean, that sentence right there is almost the core belief of the movement. But when it comes to thin people? Oh, we can judge! Because when it is clear, that someone used to be heavier, it is also clear they aren't "naturally" thin, and starved themselves to be at that weight. Never mind their personal history (or health for that matter). For me, it really is throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Why is it so hard to believe that some people are genuinely happier at a lower weight (and are not just kidding themselves?)? Why is it so impossible that some people really do have health reasons to lose weight? Why does believing in FA necessarily entail not believing in weight loss for anyone, ever?
I don't think that believing in FA necessarily entails not believing in weight loss for anyone, ever. But confronting the idea that weight loss may be right for some people is hands-down the hardest aspect of FA I've had to work through—it's much, much harder than accepting my own body as it is, for instance, and that's still a daily struggle.
I have a very troubled history with food, diet, exercise and weight loss. Much the same way that many people with sizeist beliefs don't understand how bodies can be internally calibrated for higher weights, because their bodies are built that way, I don't understand how a formerly-fat person can lose weight easily or safely or happily. At the heart of it, my weight-loss experiences were traumatizing, and I am scared. I am scared for Crystal, that she is desperately unhappy and is hiding it, as was my experience. But more than that, I'm scared that if I admit that weight loss was the right thing for Crystal, that someone will challenge me, "If weight loss was right for Crystal, why isn't it right for you?" and I will lose all my words—or worse yet, that I will pose that challenge to myself and wind up back on the awful hamster wheel of intentional weight loss.
It's radical to accept that for some fat bodies, weight loss is not a viable option, and use that as grounds for fat acceptance. I think it's more radical to say that for some fat bodies, weight loss is not a viable option, but for other fat bodies, it might be, but not for mine, and that's OK, too. It's big and hard and scary and took a lot of work for me. I suspect that's true for other people, too.
Pastthestorm articulates it so much better than I could.
I'm so tired of myself individually and FA as a whole being made to feel ashamed for being wary when allies are doing the very thing I/we've been trying to distance ourselves from. It's a really complicated, emotional thing for a lot of us.
Reblogging for excellent commentary.
One of the most insidious ways fat stigmatization is enforced is the mandate that everyone opt in to diet celebration. Why can't fat accepting indivials opt out of celebrating weight loss and especially the fat shaming justifications for it? The way FA activists are pressured to affirm other people's dieting is a way of undermining our own advocacy and our own choices. Dieting is profoundly privileged and making these things into an issue of how mean FA activists are is akin to people complaining about gays oppressing straights or women oppressing men. Think of the folly of telling a queer activist to affirm and celebrate the ex-gay movement. The activist can understand end empathize with why people seek out that movement, but to demand that they affirm would just serve to take away their own voice.
FA activists deserve the space to have own feelings about persued weight loss. When we see something that fails 95-99% of the time, it's not unfair if we feel we cannot celebrate it. Personally, I never expect celebrities who speak out for body positivity to stick with it. I don't really trust anyone to be a fat accepting role model, because the pressures on all fat people are too great. I dont see much productive in focusing on individual outcomes of diet culture, but I still understand why others feel upset. That's not an unreasonable emotional reaction and I feel uncomfortable policing it. The idea that scorned fat people are oppressing Renn is frankly offensive. Fat people are deeply disenfranchised in our society. We flatly do not have the social power to do that. To say nothing of how this "backlash" often serves to privilege people who are now explicitly attacking FA. While I'm not aware of Renn doing that, it's happened with other high profile dieters who demean and belittle FA while crying oppression. In this case, though, it can serve to silence the very valid concern that post-weight loss, Renn is likely to continue getting work as a plus-size model. She is not responsible for that, but FA activists should absolutely be upset about how the fashion industry has defined plus-size modeling as a means of excluding fat bodies and privileging thinner bodies. Insisting the only valid response to diet culture, in macro or micro views, is "yay!" is a means of robbing fat accepting people of our voice. I can't accept that. At a minimum, fat activists must be allowed to opt out of weight loss celebration. We must refuse any mandate to affirm diet culture.
Reblogging for Brian's commentary. (Seeing myself "reblogged for commentary" made me make a total Tom Haverford face, y'all don't even know.)
I definitely stand by what I wrote—weight loss may be the right solution for some people. Advocating bodily autonomy for fat people means advocating bodily autonomy for all people, and that's a hard place to get to. At the same time, we need context—which Brian has expertly provided. Intentional weight loss is not culturally neutral. That's not a judgment; it's a fact. To demand that FA celebrate weight loss, especially in the case of celebrities like Crystal Renn, is a way of reframing the conversation in order to ignore and effectively silence the very legitimate criticisms being voiced about how fat people are treated—in this case, that the media renders us invisible.


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Atoms can be excited to a quantum condition using microwaves, an advance over larger and bulkier lasers, until now the only way to achieve this essential state, they said.
In theory, it means that quantum computers — if they are commercially feasible — could be as tiny as a small book, the team reported in Nature, the British science journal.
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The idea behind quantum computing is to exploit a weird discovery of particle physics.
When two particles interact, they become "entangled," which means one particle affects the other. The connection lasts long after they are separated.
In "entanglement," particles also go into state called superposition.
Today's computers use a binary code, in which data is stored in a bit that could be either zero or 1.
But in superposition, a quantum bit, known as a qubit, could be either zero or one, or both zero and one at the same time.
This potentially offers a massive increase in data storage, greatly helping number-crunching tasks such as running climate-change models and breaking encrypted codes.
In the new experiments, NIST physicists held two electrically-charged atoms, also called ions, of magnesium in a "trap" of electro-magnetic fields.
The ions hovered just above a chip consisting of gold electrodes, some of which were activated to create targeted pulses of microwave energy in the one to two gigahertz range.
The microwaves produced minute magnetic fields to manipulate the spin of the ions so that they reached entanglement.
The scientists hit the spot 76 percent of the time, above the threshold of 50 percent considered to define the onset of quantum properties, thus providing solid proof that microwaves work.
But it was still well short of the best laser-controlled operations, which stand at 99.3 percent, indicating that many improvements remain.
Lasers are still needed in the new technique, for low-powered ultraviolet lasers kept the ions cool and were used to measure the results.
But — again, if many practical hurdles are overcome — this should not be a problem for miniaturising the quantum computer of the future, say the scientists.
In a commentary also published in Nature, Winfried Hensinger of Britain's Sussex University hailed the achievement as "step-changing innovations."
"Quantum computing is likely to revolutionise many areas of science, and we have only just started to appreciate its true potential."
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A former Southeast Missouri State University women's basketball coach has been arrested by federal authorities in a multi-state car theft conspiracy that involves more than 100 vehicles. 48-year-old William (B.J.) Smith of Highland, Kansas is one of 16 people who were arrested on a federal indictment charging 21 defendants involved in a multi-state car theft conspiracy. He resigned from Southeast on December 1, 2006 almost one month after he was placed on paid administrative leave by the university for personal reasons, also after an NCAA investigation into the women's basketball program. Smith is the current coach of the Highland Community College women's basketball team. The conspiracy is alleged to have used several different schemes to steal and misappropriate vehicles, commit bank fraud in order to obtain vehicles, and obtain insurance proceeds by staging accidents and filing false theft reports. If convicted, the charges carry penalties ranging from five to 30 years in prison and/or fines up to $1 million.
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Legal incubator helps lawyers launch firms serving clients of modest means
Posted Nov 15, 2013 4:40 PM CDT
By Martha Neil
Although there's an oversupply of lawyers, there's also an undersupply of representation for those who need their services but can't afford to pay hefty fees.
The Chicago Bar Foundation is trying to address that imbalance, and help recent graduates get jobs, through a privately supported legal incubator. Its Justice Entrepreneurs Project gives Illinois attorneys office space at 208 S. Jefferson Street, for which they will pay minimal rent after six months. Meanwhile, law schools pay them stipends of $1,000 a month to do pro bono work as they develop their own practices. The idea is that the lawyers will eventually be able to earn a living by helping paying clients of modest means who don't qualify for legal aid, Crain's Chicago Business reports.
Among the participants is Nora Endzel, a 30-year-old law graduate of DePaul University. After clerking in the Cook County Circuit Court domestic relations division, she got an offer from a law firm where she was working part-time but turned it down because she saw the Chicago Bar Foundation program as an opportunity to set herself up in her own family-law practice.
"I knew I wanted to start my own firm," she tells Crain's.
A Chicago Bar Foundation web page provides additional information about the program.
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The biggest threat to the U.S. economy is Europe, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Wednesday.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Wednesday in France that he has faith in the ability of European leaders to solve their debt crisis.
The Obama Administration is renewing its push for the Senate to confirm a director to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says Republicans in Congress don't have a plan to create jobs -- a statement Republicans in Congress dispute.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on Tuesday joined a chorus of Democratic officials hitting back at bank fees, saying the administration "will prevail" in the battle over banking reforms.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is attending a meeting of finance ministers in Poland on Friday amid growing concern over the worsening debt crisis in the eurozone.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner says that President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner are still talking.
Lawmakers rushed Sunday to find a solution to the debt ceiling debate that would provide some measure of certainty for financial markets, even as both sides continued to spar in public.
Congress must reach a deal now to raise the federal debt ceiling through 2012 because "you don't want politics messing around with America's faith and credit," Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner told CNN on Sunday.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Tuesday that he wants a deal to raise the debt ceiling and cut the budget by the end of this week -- or next week at the latest -- to give Congress enough time to turn the deal into law.
Timothy Geithner said Thursday that he plans to stay on as Treasury Secretary for the foreseeable future. But that hasn't stopped speculation about who might take his place later this year.
Tim Geithner is considering leaving his post as Secretary of the Treasury after a deal to raise the debt ceiling is reached, a source familiar with the discussion told CNN Thursday.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner called out Wall Street and lawmakers on Monday for trying to undermine last year's landmark financial reform law.
Now is the time to figure out how to rein in deficits, but even if lawmakers can't come to an agreement by early August, they will need to raise the debt ceiling, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Tuesday evening.
The fallout from lawmakers' delay on the debt ceiling is getting real.
Some Republican lawmakers are challenging Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's warnings about the grave consequences of not raising the country's debt ceiling.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner once again criticized China for keeping its currency artificially low. But he also extended an olive branch that could allow China's yuan to become even more influential in global trade.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner told lawmakers Thursday that the U.S. and other nations are prepared to tap back-up oil reserves if Libya unrest continues and severely disrupts oil supplies.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner offered an optimistic outlook for the economy Wednesday, although he acknowledged that the job market will take time to recover.
U.S. stocks were set to open lower Wednesday, as investors awaited U.S. Treasury secretary Tim Geithner's comments on the economy and jobs, and Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's House testimony about the deficit.
Commentary: Donald Marron is the director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center and a former acting director of the Congressional Budget Office.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said China's undervalued currency and dependence on exports must be addressed, both for the sake of the Chinese and global economy.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner outlined the benefits of the government's bailout of the financial system Thursday, saying that the overall cost will be a "fraction" of the original estimate.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner was admitted to a hospital Friday to undergo a "minor" surgical procedure, according to the Treasury Department.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner -- in remarks that appeared aimed toward China -- took a sharper tone on the issue of currency Wednesday, saying global economic growth could be at risk unless developing nations are more flexible about undervalued currencies.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner made a case Wednesday for letting tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans lapse as a step toward getting the nation's fiscal house in order.
The Obama administration will push for letting tax cuts for wealthy Americans expire while extending them for the rest of the nation, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner defended the government's bailout of the financial system on Tuesday, saying it has been a "critical" part of the economic recovery and will ultimately cost less than expected.
Henry Paulson and Timothy Geithner, two key players in the government's bailout of the financial system, said Thursday that steps should be taken to shed light on the darker corners of Wall Street in order to prevent another crisis from happening.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner told lawmakers Tuesday that a proposed bank fee could help stabilize the financial system and recoup bailout costs by targeting banks that engage in more risky behavior.
The cost of the government's controversial bailout of the financial system could amount to less than a third of what the Obama administration originally expected, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said in a letter to Congress Friday.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will meet with a top Chinese official this week, possibly opening the door to a discussion over the value of China's currency.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said he expects the unemployment rate to remain "unacceptably high" for a long time, even as the economy recovers and job growth slowly resumes.
In what may be the bluntest assessment by a high-ranking White House official of China's exchange rate policy, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Wednesday that China's undervalued currency makes the nation dependent on U.S. monetary policy.
A long-awaited renovation of mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could start to take shape this year, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner told Congress Tuesday.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told lawmakers Wednesday that he had no involvement in an apparent attempt by government regulators to withhold crucial information about AIG's bailout from the public.
A day after facing furious lawmakers on Capitol Hill, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner told CNN on Thursday that he would forever "carry the burden" of the decision to bail out AIG but defended it as the government's only option.
The shelf life for a Treasury secretary is often pretty short. Timothy Geithner may be nearing his expiration date.
The AIG bailout isn't going away, much as Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner might like it to.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said on Thursday that he had no choice but to pay top dollar to business partners of troubled insurer AIG to avert a deeper financial panic last year.
The controversial $700 billion federal bailout program will be extended through Oct. 3, 2010, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Wednesday.
Despite recent calls for him to resign coming from both the right and the left, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner isn't likely to lose his job.
One day after Goldman Sachs' CEO apologized for his bank's role in the financial meltdown, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner called on the nation's financiers to step up and do more to fix the damage they helped cause.
Economic growth and job creation remain the government's top priority, despite a federal deficit that is "too high," Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said in an interview broadcast Sunday.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Tuesday he expects a wave of banks to return government bailout money to taxpayers soon.
In the thick of the crisis a year ago, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner played a key role as chief of the New York Fed. Fortune managing editor Andy Serwer, Washington editor Nina Easton, and senior editor at large Allan Sloan interviewed Geithner recently over breakfast at the Treasury. Edited excerpts:
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is struggling to unload his million-dollar manse located in a posh New York City suburb. And like so many other Americans, he'll probably lose money on it when he does.
The White House shot down concerns Monday that middle-class families may face a tax increase in order to combat rising deficits and a struggling economy.
The U.S. economy is no longer on the edge of collapse, but Americans face tough choices in reducing the national deficit, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Sunday.
The Obama Administration has given itself two months to tell Congress what new legislation is needed to control over-the-counter derivatives, and testimony by Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner late last week indicated how incredibly difficult the job of writing a law is going to be.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testified before lawmakers Thursday, defending a sweeping set of proposals put forth just a day earlier by President Obama aimed at overhauling the nation's financial system.
The stock market's rally serves as "broad validation" of the Obama administration's financial rescue efforts, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Monday.
Don't expect TARP-free banks to unleash a torrent of loans to cash-strapped consumers.
When the Treasury Secretary met with leaders in Beijing to offer assurances that the U.S. can repay its debts, he received a somewhat sympathetic ear.
Government debt prices traded in a tight range Tuesday ahead of the Federal Reserve's next two purchase operations.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is set to meet with several high-ranking members of the Chinese leadership this week, marking the Obama administration's first major overture to the powerhouse nation.
Some lawmakers are questioning whether the Treasury Department has the power to recycle returned bailout dollars to fund new or expanded rescues for auto companies, life insurers and small banks.
Banks that underwent stress tests earlier this month have set out raise $56 billion to plug holes in their books caused by big losses, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner told a Senate panel on Wednesday.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner set plans Wednesday to rein in the wild and wooly derivatives markets.
With bank stress tests out of the way, the Obama administration has turned its focus to reshaping how the government oversees financial institutions and could potentially push to consolidate regulators.
Wall Street was set for a higher open Thursday after Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner offered reassuring comments about U.S. banks and the government reported a 3-month low in jobless claims.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Thursday the stress tests of the nation's biggest financial services companies will help bring capital into the financial system by lifting the "fog of uncertainty" over the banking sector.
The severe decay in the global economy is easing but serious problems still loom, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Friday.
Stocks abandoned gains Wednesday, with the Dow ending a choppy session lower, as investors pled exhaustion after the recent six-week advance.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, speaking Wednesday ahead of a meeting of international finance officials, said economies around the world need to work together to lay the ground work for a sound future.
Treasurys fell Tuesday, giving back earlier gains, as investors chased higher returns in the stock market.
A bailout oversight committee on Tuesday asked Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to explain the agency's handling of the controversial $700 billion bailout program.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will host a meeting of international finance ministers next week, the Treasury Department said Monday.
In the wake of an Obama administration program to rescue troubled homeowners, several federal agencies are teaming up to fight mortgage and foreclosure scams, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Monday.
CNN's Anderson Cooper talks with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner about the G-20 summit.
CNN's Anderson Cooper spoke Thursday with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner at the G-20 economic summit in London, England.
Where Tim Geithner sees a confluence of public and private interests, some people see a torrent of potential abuse.
The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to give the Treasury Department the power to ban future "unreasonable and excessive" compensation at companies receiving federal bailout money.
The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to give the Treasury Department the power to ban future "unreasonable and excessive" compensation at companies receiving federal bailout money.
The Treasury Secretary of the United States always makes his mark on the economy: you can see his signature on the bottom corner of every dollar bill.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner called for new rules Thursday that would allow regulators to police the darkest corners of the financial markets, including big hedge funds and derivatives trading.
Wall Street moved higher Thursday morning, as investors welcomed better-than-expected earnings from Best Buy and looked to Washington, where Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner was speaking on regulatory reform.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner returns to Capitol Hill on Thursday and is expected to reveal a much anticipated list of Obama administration priorities for preventing future financial collapses.
The dollar was mixed against major currencies at the end of a day of choppy trade punctuated by comments from the Treasury secretary of the United States.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Wednesday that increased regulation of financial institutions is a critical component of the nation's recovery.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner proposed tough new rules Tuesday, saying they could prevent another AIG debacle.
The officials managing the bailout of AIG, facing an onslaught of questions from angry lawmakers Tuesday, said the government had no choice but to effectively seize control of the troubled insurer last September and asked for more power to prevent a similar collapse in the future.
As Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's reputation rose from the ash heap on Wall Street yesterday, he also made headway with harsh critics in his other important audience - Congress. "This could be the beginning of a very constructive improvement in capital flows," Georgia Senator Johnny Isakson told Fortune.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs previews President Obama's prime time news conference
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will push for unprecedented new regulatory powers on Tuesday to seize financial institutions whose failure would pose serious risks to the U.S. financial system, according to two senior administration officials.
Remember that $700 billion financial sector rescue plan from October? It's all but spoken for.
Colin Barr joins CNN.com's Melissa Long to discuss the Treasury Department's toxic asset plan.
Slouching alone at the head table before a room of business reporters today, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner looked like an overgrown prep school student facing the expulsion board. It wasn't what he said, but his demeanor as he said it.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says the big-asset plan "balances public and private risks."
If Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is hoping to find strong bipartisan congressional support for his long-awaited troubled-asset bank relief plan, it appears he'll need to keep looking.
Investors have embraced Tim Geithner's toxic asset plan. The question now is whether the banks will go along too.
Tim Geithner went from zero to hero in a matter of just a few days.
Oil prices rose Monday to a nearly 4-month high after Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled the details of a government plan to buy up banks' bad assets.
The next week -- the last full week in the quarter -- promises to be a critical one for investors looking for reasons to either resurrect the stalled rally or retreat even further.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner sat alone at the witness table answering questions and getting an earful from a panel of senators.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says he didn't know "the full scale" of AIG's retention bonuses until March 10, but it wasn't because anybody was trying to keep the $165 million payments secret.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner takes the blame for the bonus oversight and says he's working to get the money back.
Arrogance. Incompetence. Greed.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner told CNN Thursday that his department, concerned that language about bonuses would not hold up to a court challenge, asked Sen. Chris Dodd to include an executive pay provision in the stimulus bill. The loophole allowed bailed-out insurance giant American International Group to pay out $165 million in bonuses.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner confirmed Thursday that the department did talk to Sen. Chris Dodd about a clause he put forth in the stimulus legislation that would have strictly limited executive bonuses.
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Considering that Jrich had all of his calls ignored, I doubt it would surprise most people on here that Vince Carterwill not be a phoenix suns past this season. Of course you didn't need me to really tell you that, because Carter hasn't been playing very solid D and his refusal to drive stagnates the offense. (Mainly because he opts to fadeaway rather than take an open shot.) That considered, the Sunsare 100% in search of a power forward that would make it a lot easier for the perimeter players on this team. Carter's contract and the assets on the team give the suns a golden opportunity. The Atlanta Hawks are looking for tax relief after signing Al Horfordto a 60 million dollar contract and JJ to a 124 Million dollar contract. The Sun have a bundle of expendable wings that the Clippers can indulge enough in so that they would relinquish Chris Kaman.
So here is the trade that I propose (Everything considered this might be the most plausible or the dumbest one of all) The Hawks receive Chris Kaman, Vince Carter, and Willie Warren, The Suns recieve Josh Smith, Marvin Williams , and the Clippers receive Mickael Pietrus, Mike Bibby, Orlando's Number one pick and Atlanta's first round pick
The Hawks want to get rid of cap space and they also want Al Horford to play the Power forward position. Chris Kaman's contract has two years left on it and Vince Carter can be waived for 4 million dollars in this offseason. Mike Bibby is being paid 5.5 million dollars fo someone that they can easily replace with Jeff teague. Marvin Williams has seen the bench a lot more this season, mainly because of injury and because they tried to play Horford at the four a little bit more. He was the second pick in the draft 6 years ago and has only shown flashes of his brilliant scoring prowess. A trade for Carter, Kaman and Warren not only gives them cap relief but also a viable option at the five. Kaman is a solid rebounder and is 7'0, so Horford can be comfortable when playing the four.
The Clippers want to get a couple of stopgap options at the three while Aminu develops his game. The Clips are hoping that Aminu is able to develop a perimeter game which would make him a legit star in this league. In the interim, Williams acquires a larger part on the offense, meaning that he could establish him as more than just a role player. Pietrus is another stop gap option for the team at the two and the three-basically, . The Clippers could use a strong perimeter defender that can hit the three. (Hopefully someday for the clippers that will be aminu) Deandre Jordan has done an excellent job in filling in for Kaman and for the first time in decades really, the clippers are a strong defensive team. Thats because Jordan runs the break and gets back in transition and uses his freakish hops and length to slow other teams down. I think for if the clippers were offered this deal they would take it, just to shed Kaman's contract. Over the years the clippers have been notorious for making dumb trades, but their goal truly is to save money because of sterling's inhuman approach to life in general. Pietrus would allow the Clips to slowly ease Aminu into their lineup (he is pacing on a lot faster than probably anyone thought.)
The formula for this trade is incredibly simple and it basically fills every team's needs. So there you have it folks, tell me what you think. The suns would have to eat Williams' contract so that they may indulge in the talents that Josh Smith brings to this team. Mainly, I included the clippers into this so that the Suns wouldn't have to give up size. Plus, if you think about it, the clippers hired talent evaluators for the draft; case in point, drafting aminu, warren, bledsoe and Blake griffin in the past two seasons. In my opinion, my idea of what the clippers would want is different from the general consensus because I live in La and I am much closer to the organization.


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Time-Saving Food Products We Love
March 16, 2010 at 3:35 pm , by Khalil Hymore
As a food editor, my inbox overflows daily with new food products. Today, I received a box of wine, several tins of chocolate, and packets of microwave rice. It's (mostly) a delicious job, but someone's gotta do it! As you would expect some products are better than others, and some….well, I won't name names, but some just leave Tara and I scratching our heads, asking "what were they thinking?" The best food products are always the simplest. We love these products because they're delicious and they'll save you time:
- Women's Bean Project Mixes - The Women's Bean Project hires women with histories of unemployment and poverty to manufacture and pack a line of gourmet foods as a way to teach job readiness. Our shipment of soup, dip and brownie mixes were packed by Anita and Tonya—thanks ladies!
- Schoolhouse Kitchen Anytime Spreadable Fruit – Schoolhouse Kitchen is another gourmet food company with some definite do good spirit. Not only are their spreadable fruit comptes delish (loved the Strawberry-Black Peppercorn and the Cherry-Blackberry with Sage and Clove) but profits from the sale of their products benefit The Farm-Based Education Association.
- Better Oats Instant Oatmeal – Tara and I LOVE Better Oats oatmeal! Why? Because it's healthy (whole oats, not processed pieces and flax seed in every packet) and contains less packaging (Yay! Better for the environment!), but mostly because 2 minutes in the microwave equals a stovetop quality oatmeal.
- Giada De Laurentiis for Target Pasta Sauce – I've been a huge fan of Target's Archer Farms brand for years (I love, love, love their granola bars and potato chip flavors), but their new partnership with Food Network star Giada De Laurentiis really shines. The sauces (Tomato Basil, Creamy Tomato, and Vegetable Marinara) taste much more expensive than their $3 retail price.
- Canterbury Naturals' Mixes - Canterbury Naturals' line of baking mixes require only a few extra ingredients beyond the box. If you have milk, butter and eggs in your fridge, you're well on your way to making a great side dish for dinner or better yet, dessert!
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I just ordered two different flavors of the spreadable fruit from the Schoolhouse Kitchen website because it's not available in my area. Thanks for the tip!
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Still, such judicial arithmetic is unlikely to dissuade those advocating for tougher laws.
"You have to look and see if you can write them more narrowly, and there's a possibility of a more narrowly drawn law [in the future]," Steyer told MainStreet. "It's the definition of violence. That's the issue."
What such a law would look like is hard to imagine though, and Steyer says that formulating a sufficiently-narrow definition of violence was the main sticking point in the bill that went before the court. Meanwhile, it's unclear what sort of political momentum there will be in the wake of the judicial defeat.
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The video game industry's own rating agency, the Entertainment Software Rating Board, is already considered to be a strong means of preventing minors' access to violent games, and even Steyer said that video game retailers were doing a better job of enforcing voluntary restrictions against sales to minors – an improvement he credited to the years-long fight over the California law.
Despite these roadblocks, don't be surprised to see another such law rise up in another state in the near future.
"We've seen it happening since the 1970s with abortion laws," says Basin. "The law is ever in flux, and no advocate has ever let themselves be dissuaded by a court decision."
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Geoffrey R. Stone, one of the country's foremost authorities on the First Amendment, will discuss "Civil Liberties in Wartime" Wednesday, Nov. 15 at Old Dominion University. The talk is part of the Free Speech in the Modern Era Distinguished Speaker Series, sponsored by the English Department.
Free and open to the public, Stone's talk will be held at 8 p.m. in the auditorium of the Diehn Fine and Performing Arts Building.
As the Harry Kalven, Jr. Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago, Stone teaches primarily in the areas of constitutional law and evidence, and writes principally in the field of constitutional law. His most recent book, Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism, received the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for 2005, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for 2004 as the Best Book in History, the American Political Science Association's Kammerer Award for 2005 for the Best Book in Political Science, and Harvard University's 2005 Goldsmith Award for the Best Book in Public Affairs.
Stone is currently chief editor of a fifteen-volume series, Inalienable Rights, which will be published by the Oxford University Press between 2006 and 2010. He is working on a new book, Sexing the Constitution, and his past works include Eternally Vigilant: Free Speech in the Modern Era, The Bill of Rights in the Modern State, Constitutional Law, and The First Amendment. Stone also serves as an editor of the Supreme Court Review.
In 2003, Stone represented Fred Korematsu in an amicus curiae -- or "friend of the court" -- brief in the Supreme Court of the United States in the Guantánamo Bay case. Korematsu, who in 1944 challenged the constitutionality of President Franklin Roosevelt's 1942 Executive Order authorizing the internment of 120,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II, asked the high court to review the constitutionality of prolonged executive detentions under the Bush administration's war on terrorism.
Stone has been a member of the University of Chicago law faculty since 1973, and served as dean of the Law School from 1987-1993 and provost of the university from 1993-2002. He received his undergraduate degree in 1968 from the University of Pennsylvania and his law degree in 1971 from the University of Chicago Law School, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Law Review. Stone served as a law clerk to Judge J. Skelly Wright of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and to Justice William J. Brennan Jr. of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Luke Adam's Thoughts on GSW
Question: Is it time to panic as a Warrior fan or do you see hope in the future and to finish down the stretch?
Luke Adams: The ultra-competitive West is cause for some concern, but it's not panic time for the Warriors yet. They're really missing Andre Iguodala right now. If they're still playing poorly after he returns, maybe it's time to get worried, but I still have faith in Golden State.From Hoops Rumors Chat


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Sometimes, accidental poisonings can be treated in the home following the direction of a poison control center or your child's doctor. At other times, emergency medical care is necessary.
If you find your child with an open or empty container of a toxic substance, your child may have been poisoned. Stay calm and act quickly:
Get the poison away from the child.
If the substance is still in the child's mouth, make him/her spit it out or remove it with your fingers (keep this along with any other evidence of what the child has swallowed).
Do not make the child vomit.
Do not follow instructions on packaging regarding poisoning as these are often outdated; instead, call your child's doctor or poison control center immediately for instructions.
Sore throat
Trouble breathing
Drowsiness, irritability, or jumpiness
Nausea, vomiting, or stomach pain without fever
Lip or mouth burns or blisters
Unusual drooling
Strange odors on his or her breath
Unusual stains on his or her clothing
Seizures or unconsciousness
Take or send the poison container with your child to help the doctor determine what was swallowed. If your child does not have these symptoms, call your local poison control center or your child's doctor. They will need the following information in order to help you:
Your name and phone number
Your child's name, age, and weight
Any medical conditions your child may have
Any medications your child may be taking
The name of the substance your child swallowed. Read it from the container and spell it.
The time your child swallowed the poison (or when you found your child), and the amount you think was swallowed
Any symptoms your child may be having
If the substance was a prescription medication, give all the information on the label, including the name of the drug
If the name of the drug is not on the label, give the name and phone number of the pharmacy, and the date of the prescription.
What the pill looked like (if you can tell) and if it had any printed numbers or letters on it.
If your child swallowed another substance, such as a part of a plant, describe it as much as you can to help identify it.
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Layout: The North Pole Hut accommodates eight people via padded bunk style beds. The hut includes a propane stove, propane lamp, wood stove, firewood, cookware, and utensils.
Water: In the winter water is obtained by melting snow. In the summer, there is a stream and beaver pond nearby and five gallon jugs at the hut to hall it in. Hut users are responsible for treating water with Iodine, Pump/Filter, or UV Scanner.
Location: Located on the edge of a meadow, west of beaver ponds and bellow the North Face of Hayden Peak (12,987′). Great views of North Pole (12,208′), Hayden(12,987′), and S-9/Dark Horse (13,134′).
|Winter Trailhead to North Pole Hut
|2,520' – 1,800′
|Last Dollar Hut to North Pole Hut
|North Pole Hut to Blue Lakes Hut
Dates and Prices: The North Pole hut is available for winter use from November 25th through June 1st, and for summer use from May 1st through November 30th. It costs $30/person/night (maximum of 8 people). View winter availability and summer availability. Please call us to make a reservation.
The information provide on this page is intended to give our guests ideas on potential activities at The North Pole Hut, but the possibilities are endless. We provide more detailed route descriptions only for the trails accessing the hut and between huts upon booking. Please note, the times given here are estimates of the total time needed for the outing.
Approach, 5-7 hours, Intermediate/Advanced. Drive up to 3 miles up the West Dallas Road depending on road conditions (about 10 minutes form Ridgway). From where you park it is 8 to 11 miles to the hut. This is one of the longest but most visually impressive approaches to all of our Ski Huts.
-Hayden Peak (12,987′) Ski, 4-7 hours, Advanced. Ski off the top of Hayden Peak (12,987′) to access multiple aspects decent possibilities, ranging from 25-35 degrees, throughout the winter.
-North Buttress of Hayden Peak (12,987′), 1.5-5 hours, Moderate/Intermediate. Logging and mining trails under the north buttress of Hayden Peak provides access into this high alpine basin. This outing is also appropriate for snowshoes.
-Access the Blue Lakes Hut, 4.5-7 hours, Intermediate. Approximately 7.5 miles of classic Nordic trail with spectacular views of the north slopes of the Sneffels Range.
-Access the Last Dollar Hut, 7-12 hours, Intermediate/Advanced. The most demanding section of trail on our Telluride to Ouray route exists on the Alder Creek Trail between Last Dollar and North Pole Huts. The difficulty is due to a 10-mile ski, challenging route finding, 8 points of significant avalanche danger, 2 of which must be dealt with great care and concern. A beautiful 10-mile traverse through aspen and spruce with many small streams, parks, and meadows through the Sneffels Wilderness area makes this challenging section of trail well worth it.
What Colorado Hut to Hut by Brian Litz has to say about the skiing at the North Pole Hut
"Of the huts in the San Juan Hut System, the North Pole Hut is the most remote. You will not see day skiers here. The cabin rests in a small, aspen-lined clearing on the western edge of a large meadow, in the shadow of a wall of towering, rocky peaks. This location, with views of the peaks to the south, is one of the most breathtaking hut sites in all of the San Juans.
The hut makes for a rustic, warm, and cozy base camp for exploring the backcountry. One approaches the hut from the northeast, via West Dallas Creek Road and the Dallas Trail along an 8-10 mile approach. Much of the difficulty in approaching the North Pole Hut lies not in the elevation gain but, rather, in the distance and the complexity of route-finding during the final 3 miles of the approach trail. This challenging stretch of trail comes at the end of what is already a long day. If you dillydally at the trailhead and get a late start, you may end up with the added factor of darkness. Reaching the hut from the Last Dollar Hut is no easier and presents its own set of challenges. For the strong, experienced route finder, though, the powdery reward lying above the hut easily outweighs the high "grunt factor" on the approach. Ski mountaineers can tackle the north ridge of Hayden Peak (under appropriate conditions), while powder hounds can explore the many ridges and slopes found below tree line. Be advised of the large avalanche bowl tucked under the cliffs on the north wall of Hayden Peak's north ridge. These tempting slopes can be skied, but only by knowledgeable skiers. This is very serious terrain."
Approach, 3-5 hours, Intermediate. Park at Box Factory Park about 12 miles from Ridgway on West Dallas Creek/ CR9. Hike west on the Dallas Trail for 3.5 miles to the North Pole Hut. This is an Intermediate hike with the north faces of the Sneffels Range directly above, all towering over 13,000 feet.
-Hayden Basin, 2-5 hours, Intermediate. Intermediate hiking into the basin below the north face of Dark Horse/S-9 and Hayden peaks is a great day's hike.
-Access the Last Dollar Hut, 4-6 hours, Intermediate/Advanced. A beautiful 10-mile traverse through aspen and spruce with many small streams, parks, and meadows through the Sneffels Wilderness Area.
-Access the Blue Lakes Hut, 3.5-5 hours, Intermediate. A spectacular 7.5 mile walk with phenomenal parks, meadows, and aspen groves.
Wildlife Viewing
-Many sightings of the resident Big Horn sheep herd are possible in the environs of the connecting ridge lines of the access described by Han Shan(12,311′), Hayden(12,987′), and Dark Horse/S-9 (13,134′) peaks.
-Hayden Peak (12,987′), 5-7 hours, Advanced. Ascend the North Ridge of Hayden Peak to the summit of and views of the Island Ranges of Utah including the La Sals, The Abajos, and the Henrys (190 miles line of sight).
-The Hayden Traverse, Traverse from the summit of Hayden (12,987′) to the summit of Dark Horse/S-9 (13,134′) with descent down "The Ramp" into the headwaters basin of West Dallas Creek underneath the towering north face of Mears Peak (13,496′).


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Ag One and the Jordan College cordially invite you to join us on Friday, October 25, for the 16th annual Alumni and Friends Wine Tasting at the Fresno State Winery. Enjoy award winning Fresno State wine and student produced farm products while visiting with alumni and friends.
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4:30 - 5:30pm: Guided tour of Fresno State farm (optional & limited to first 20 guests)
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First, would just like to say that I'm a big fan of the site. I wasn't able to watch most of this college football season because of work, but being able to catch up with TN articles and discussion kept me informed and made missing FSU games a little more tolerable.
Now, to the point. It is the off-season and like many FSU football fans who have acquired a somewhat fatalist attitude after a decade of disasters, the hope for the upcoming season also comes with the inevitable worry of a "who is gonna transfer/get kicked off the team/quit?" Is it a player we need, and at a position lacking depth? Murphy's Law seems to ensure that it always is...
It was a chance article I came across about the dismissal of Chris Weinke's heir apparent, Jerod Jones, that got me thinking about attrition in FSU football. Every school goes through it's fair share of "what could have been" with a star player that didn't work out and left school. But as an FSU fan, and with no real evidence at all for saying this, it always seems like FSU has had it so much worse than any other team the past decade. It's like a perfect storm of who the program can't afford to lose. The list of QB's is particularly disturbing:
Jerod "Hot Dog" Jones dismissal in 2001
Joe Mauer playing baseball in 2001
Adrian McPherson's paper cha$e
Fabian Walker not, uh, working out
Wyatt Sexton's "Lyme Disease."
And I'm gonna throw Xavier Lee on here too. I don't think there was anyone associated with the football program who didn't think Lee was FSU's QB of the future when he was recruited. Weatherford was a complete afterthought.
Who knows how some of these guys would have panned out had they stuck around (or in Lee's case, end up as a HUGE disappointment), but we do know that the QB succession plan was thrown in to upheaval. Guys like Rix and Weatherford ended up playing well ahead of schedule. The results on the field showed. What if Rix and Weatherford (or even Lee) had gotten a few years to develop before starting? Maybe we win a few more games, who knows, but major attrition at the QB position is tough to overcome. Coupled with Jeff Bowden and it gets real tough. We got shut out at home by Wake Forest in 2006. That pretty much sums it up.
Thankfully, Christian Ponder and EJ Manuel have stabilized the QB position for FSU the past few years. Nevertheless, attrition still occurs, and prior to the 2010 football season FSU had a string of personnel losses that left me wondering what if they played? These are three guys who didn't play that I think could have made an impact this past season in helping the team.
LB Nigel Carr broke some laws, dismissed from team
WR Jarmon Fortson broke team rules, dismissed from team
DT Moses McCray tore his ACL
Before we go any further, I'm going to make it clear that I know there is no way Coach Fisher could keep Carr or Fortson on the team. They needed to go elsewhere, but I do think it's interesting to wonder what might have been had they stayed out of trouble and been on the team this past season. Jarmon Fortson would have started. He was infuriatingly inconsistent, but that seems to sum up the entire receiving corps this season. Nigel Carr also was set to be a starter before he was kicked off the team. Is he better than Mister Alexander who seems to have done an admirable job? I don't know, but he was a talent and the bottom line is it hurts to lose talent for stupid reasons.
Then there's Moses McCray. I absolutely think FSU could have used him this season. It's no secret how thin our D-line depth was and Moses is a big dude that I think could have contributed. It's too bad he hasn't been able to stay healthy. At the very least, if Moses McCray is able to play, does Darius Cummings end up burning his redshirt to play against Maryland?
Do these three guys help us win a game or two more in 2010? I don't know, but I think it's interesting to think about.
There are other players out there as well who potentially could have made an impact this season. For the sake of wondering what might have been;
What if Justin Mincey redshirted last year as planned to recover from his knee injury and was available for the 2010 season?
What if D'Vontrey Richardson didn't play baseball and followed through with his position switch to safety? He would have been a senior for 2010, and despite moving to defense, the guy had serious football talent.
The list of misses and "what might have beens" can go on and on. Whatever the impact of some of these guys might have been, I'm just left wondering if there were TD catches, sacks, and big defensive stops that never made it on the field in 2010?
Lastly, I just want to finish with a thought. A little off topic, but it kind of figures in to attrition. It's my recruiting pet peeve. I hate recruiting two QB's the same year. If we take Brissett and Coker this year, one of them won't stick around.
I understand there may be depth issues and all that jazz, but we're potentially looking at 5 scholarship QB's. I've seen this before at FSU and other programs, it doesn't bode well. Weatherford and Xavier Lee came in the same recruiting class. So did Ponder and D'Vontrey Richardson. D'Vontrey left to play baseball and from an outsiders perspective, seemed to handle being Ponder's backup okay, but he was also willing to switch positions. Is Brissett and Coker gonna work? Big programs with highly recruited QB's in the same recruiting class spells transfer in my mind.
That being said, thanks for reading. I miss college football...


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The International Cycling Union, or UCI, says it is aware of media reports that Armstrong confessed to doping during an interview with Oprah Winfrey taped Monday.
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Woman fatally shot in road rage incidentSeptember 26,2013The Associated Press
ST. ALBANS - Police in St. Albans, Vt., say a man who ran a red light fatally shot the female driver of a car he nearly struck after the two got into an argument.
Police said they arrested 30-year-old Matthew Webster of Swanton on suspicion of murder a short time after the shooting at about 5:40 p.m. Wednesday and seized a gun from him.
"We believe this was a case of road rage that went awry and turned violent," Lt. Ron Hoague with the St. Albans Police Department said.
After the red light was run at North Main and Lower Newton streets, police said the driver of the car that was nearly struck, 31-year-old Anna Alger of Highgate, followed Webster's vehicle and confronted him. Police said Webster is accused of taking out the gun and shooting her multiple times. They said the two didn't know each other.
Alger was taken to Northwest Medical Center, where she died.
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A cogent, if unexpected, result of the ongoing civil war in the Democratic Party has been the revalation among the mainstream press that (gasp) it's not racist to criticize Barack Obama. Better late than never, I suppose. Naomie Emery explores this fact in her Wednesday column:
Boy, some people fly off the handle at nothing these days. "F--- the president," an unidentified Democrat said at a House caucus, concerning the tax deal President Obama cut with Republicans. At once, the keen ears of Maureen Dowd picked up a message: "Fair or not, what I heard was an unspoken word in the air: 'F--- you, boy!' " There was no doubt in her mind that this was the message.
"Some people just can't believe a black man is president, and will never accept it," she said. Joan Walsh at Salon said that people had "blackened" him. Joe Klein said people were "freaked" by the feeling that the country they loved was being taken over by "furriners ... Latinos, South Asians, East Asians ... liberated, uppity blacks."
Did they say this? Not really.
They said it before, about Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., who muttered "you lie" during a speech by Obama; about people protesting the passage of health care; about people in Tea Parties protesting the national debt.
It was fun while it lasted, but now that those on the left are also mad at Obama on matters of policy, it is becoming more and more obvious that the attempt of the left to describe opposition as rooted in bias was a self-serving fraud all along.
In retrospect, was the media's eagerness to brand Obama's conservative critics "racist" a deliberate attempt to delegitimize that criticism, or just a knee-jerk reaction to ths sight of, say, a white guy from South Carolina daring to speak ill of the bi- and post-racial Barack Obama?


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