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Did you know you can grill pineapple and other fruits? You probably did, but check out these 4 foods that you may not have known you could grill.
#1.) Lettuce- Before you make your salad, throw a couple heads of romaine lettuce on the grill for a few minutes. It'll stay crisp, but give the salad a smoky taste. Add grilled chicken or shrimp to the salad and now you've got an awesome meal!
#2.) Breakfast- If you're having an early barbecue, try cooking french toast and breakfast sausage on the grill. It'll be different than usual, but still delicious, especially with some smoked kielbasa. Butterfly the sausage and sear it on the grill and serve it with eggs. It's the best!
#3.) Green Beans- You've probably cooked things like asparagus and corn-on-the-cob on the grill, but it's great for green beans too! Just make sure you have a pan, or a flat surface to put them on, so they don't fall through the grate.
#4.) Clams– If you put them in a pan over the fire, they'll open right up. Then grill some lemons, add some garlic, and you're ready to eat!
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Gophers basketball coach Pam Borton holds clinic at Cass Lake
CASS LAKE - For the second time this week, a University of Minnesota basketball coach visited Cass Lake-Bena High School.
Minnesota women's basketball coach Pam Borton held two youth basketball clinics Friday at the High School that attracted 130 children.
"I think the biggest message we want to send is that we care a lot about the people up here, the outstate community and the Native American community," Borton said.
Minnesota men's basketball coach Tubby Smith visited Cass Lake Wednesday.
In the afternoon session, Borton directed a game called "Land, Sea and Air," to challenge listening and athletic abilities.
With the children hopping and jumping around the sideline-based game, there was plenty of laughter to go around.
"We only played that game once today, so I guess we saved the best for last," Borton said. "I like to teach not only basketball skills, but life skills at these camps."
Borton is heading into her eighth season as the Minnesota women's basketball coach, where she holds a 221-119 record with the Gophers.
She guided the Gophers to the women's Final Four in 2004 and an NCAA Tournament appearance last year.
"We really had a great season last year in getting to the NCAA Tournament and for us, it's not always about how the season ends - it's about the journey along the year," Borton said.
The Gophers reached the NCAA Tournament as a No. 12 seed and upset No. 7 Notre Dame in the first round. Minnesota lost to Texas A&M in the second round and finished 20-12.
Of note to Bemidji basketball fans is Kayla Hirt's verbal commitment to the University of Minnesota.
Hirt, who will be a junior next season at Bemidji High School, committed to the Gophers last fall.
Hirt scored a BHS record 658 points last season as a sophomore and was named to the Associated Press all-state second team.
Hirt will enter her junior season with 1,054 career points at the high school level.
Because she has not signed a national letter of intent, Borton is not allowed to comment on Hirt due to NCAA rules.
But Borton talked about her commitment to greater Minnesota.
"We really depend on outstate towns and players from those small towns," Borton said. "When we had Kelly Roysland, the whole town of Fosston would come down to watch some of the games. In the future, we would love to have the whole town of Bemidji to come down and watch our games."
Borton's roster has two players from Becker, one from Elgin, one from Cottage Grove. A player from Princeton was added in the latest recruiting class.
Borton welcomed Friday's trip to Cass Lake.
"We recruit up here during the season and I do like to come up north a few times during the year just because its so peaceful and quiet here compared to Minneapolis," Borton said.
"But we don't' get much time off and there's really no offseason. Summer school is starting and some of the freshmen are already coming next weekend."
Friday's youth clinic was the only one Borton conducts outside of the University of Minnesota.
It was not the first time she's held a clinic at Cass Lake.
"I've been coming here for the last three years and I consider Dan (Ninham) an ally for us. There are great kids up here," Borton said.

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When developing the course curriculum, aims, and objectives, also training resource persons should be identified. Every training manager should try to get the best possible resource persons on a particular subject. As experts who contribute information and opinions to the course participants, the resource persons add important knowledge and value to the course. Here, you will find out about preparations needed when using resource persons in your training to ensure the success of their input.
Resource persons are experts who contribute information and opinions to participants in a learning situation. They frequently are used to conduct educational activities, but may also be helpful to a committee at the program planning stage (see planning and process tools).
If you (the trainer/manager of a workshop) are not an expert in a given content you want to include in the course, you will need resource persons to ensure a good training where participants gain well-presented knowledge. Resource persons do not just add expertise but also make the course more interesting and attractive for the participants, as they can integrate their own experiences.
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Among a few other items, singlets by New Balance and Pearl Izumi, and I finally got the Lunarglide 4 Shield.
Wha cha got?
Go figure
I can't get the perspective on that Pearl singlet, but I think it looks pretty sweet.
I'm too lazy for the pic posting feature on this site. I got the LunaRacer 3 and the Hoka Stinson though...how's that for a dichotomy? I also picked up a pair of Nike Thermal tights on post-season clearance (although they're actually from the winter 2013 line and the owner was kind enough to sell them since my size in the old ones was out).
Trying to find some more hay to restock the barn
Skirt Runner
The best thing about being in my first year of running is each season has been my first time running that season and I have needed new gear. Just started buying some things to get ready for later spring/early summer. I will get pics later
PRs: 5K- 28:16 (5/5/13) 10K- 1:00:13 (10/27/13) 4M- 41:43 (9/7/13) 15K- 1:34:25 (8/17/13) 10M- 1:56:30 (4/6/14) HM- 2:20:16 (4/13/14) Full- 5:55:33 (11/1/15)
I started a blog about running :) Check it out if you care to
I'm too lazy to post pictures as well, but my Spring running gear will include 3 items from this page, after April 15th!
PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013
Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013
18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010
It literally weighs one ounce!
...but I am sick of getting everything in standard blue.
Dig it. My summer gear is usually white with black accents, but I felt it was time to switch up a bit for the same reason.
I don't think it will be a problem since we race before high sun around here, but I will be monitoring it nevertheless.
LRB...nice. I'd be worried about black being hot though...but I am sick of getting everything in standard blue.
I always used to worry about that, but I have a dark navy shirt that I got from a race and it's one of my favorite things to wear - I don't find that I notice a temperature difference between it and my lighter colored shirts.
I have a brand new pair of Adrenaline 13s that I bought the week before I broke my ankle, so those are waiting for me. Excited to see if I like this latest iteration of them.
As a reward to myself when I can run again, I think I will have to go and get something new. I haven't bought a new pair of shorts in about 2 years, and haven't bought a new short sleeved shirt in nearly 3 (though, I did get a free shirt from Brooks this winter when I ordered mittens/capri tights from their website). I haven't even gotten a free short sleeved race shirt since June of 2011. My stuff is getting kind of gross. I think I can spring for something.
My wildly inconsistent PRs:
5k: 24:36 (10/20/12)
10k: 52:01 (4/28/12)
Marathon: 4:19:11 (10/2/2011)
delicate flower
Between the holidays and being on IR now, I have not bought any new gear in months. I will live vicariously through you all. And DW...she's running again and has been buying things.
Canadian princess
I bought this shirt.
Sorry, it is huge so I deleted it.
Only thing new I've gotten in the past few weeks is a boring long-sleeve tech-T and a beer glass from my last race.
I did recently notice that my one white sleeveless running top has somehow become a mysteriously shade of pink. It must have got washed with something red. I don't wear pink, so I guess I need to go shopping for a replacement...
I picked up a pair of Nike Free 4.0 V2 about a month ago:
I just picked up a pair of Brooks PureConnect. They are light and definitely have a firm ride:
- Andrew
Haven't picked up any new clothes yet, need some medium singlets tho, still using my larges from last summer. Did get a pair of Fastwitchs recently, and will be ordering up some Mirages on clearance, and a pair of Type A5s (not on clearance, but I want 'em bad!).
My running blog
Goals | sub-18 5k | sub-3 marathon 2:56:46!!
the Hoka Stinson
Saw those at a race expo and wanted so much to try them, but Hoka doesn't make large sizes.
I have an infinite supply of t-shirts, don't know that I'll ever buy "running gear" or a "singlet".
Bought myself one of these sweet tri suits Monday. The blue one.
Technically it's for triathlons but I will run 1/3 of the race so this counts as running gear right?
Perhaps this summer I will post a photo of me wearing this racing a tri!
Also bought 5 swimsuits last week. Seems when you are swimming 5-6 hours/week chlorine rot sets in
quickly and they don't last long.


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Hollywood is cruel.
In the new trailer for The Neighbors, Seth Rogen can't even play the cool guy anymore. Instead, he stars as a suburban dad (alongside Rose Byrne) as a couple that moves to a nice neighborhood. The problem?
Animal House a fraternity — led by Zac Efron and Dave Franco — move in next door. "Get off my lawn!" Rogen says to the young whippersnappers, no doubt wondering when he was no longer able to play the guy throwing the cool, fun party.
Hijinks between the two groups ensue, and it's likely viewers can all agree the real loser here is Rogen's baby, who unintentionally puts a condom in her mouth. Won't someone please think of the children?
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A Salley couple has been arrested for manufacturing methamphetamine after police say they caught them making the drug at their home.
According to a statement from the Aiken County Sheriff's Office, a 6-month narcotics investigation concluded Wednesday with the arrest of Ray Loudermilk, 36, and Debra Conder, 44, at their Poplar Street residence.
Police began investigating after the suspects made several purchases of Ephedrine, an ingredient in meth.
The Salley Police Department assisted in the investigation.
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By Rob Mahoney
While Miami has already claimed dominion over the Eastern Conference, even the West's most convincing contenders remain bogged down by the prospect of running an exhausting postseason gauntlet. Of the West's playoff lot, there could be as many as five legitimately dangerous teams -- not all necessarily good enough to vie for the title but certainly capable of causing some disorder throughout the playoff bracket.
The health of Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker introduces some doubt for San Antonio, but the Spurs remain one of the most effective two-way teams and a likely conference finalist. The Rudy Gay deal has only served to refine the Grizzlies' offensive operation and focus, while Memphis' defense remains one of the most feared components in any potential playoff series. Denver will need to settle in after the loss of Danilo Gallinari to a torn ACL, but should still make for an intriguing postseason team. Even the Clippers could provide a hearty playoff challenge for most any West opponent, provided their complete dependence on Chris Paul can be offset by sharper defensive execution and an engaged Blake Griffin.
That leaves us with the Thunder, that hyper-talented bunch engaged in a season of mixed messages. The loss of James Harden has been managed more effectively in OKC than even the most optimistic projections anticipated, but the reigning Western Conference champs boast an underwhelming record against the best teams in the West since claiming that title. Oklahoma City makes quick work of the vast majority of its opponents, but has only managed a winning record in its season series against the most underwhelming (LAC) of those aforementioned Western Conference challengers. That -- along with OKC's ho-hum 7-7 overall record against that group -- doesn't make a compelling case for the Thunder returning to the Finals.
Regardless of whether Oklahoma City winds up with the first or second seed, a route to a rematch with the Heat would likely require series victories over some pair of the Spurs, Grizzlies and Nuggets (not to mention a first-round opponent that, while not as dangerous, can't be glossed over). None of those opponents are insurmountable on a case-by-case basis, and the Thunder would likely be the favorite against any of the three. But the compounding odds of winning back-to-back series against such heavy competition is no small order for the Thunder, as their primary advantage over the rest of the West was ceded to Houston due to luxury tax concerns.
Harden, who was traded from OKC to Houston prior to the season, was a huge offensive asset for the Thunder in seasons past, and there's no question that the tradeoff between Harden's skill set and Kevin Martin's will come to play a significant part in how the Western Conference on the whole shakes out.
Martin, after all, isn't merely a player of slimmer talents, but also of flakier production. Though Harden's numbers in Oklahoma City fluctuated along with his touches and role, Martin's game-to-game performance varies simply because his game is far more specific and, as a result, a bit less dependable. Whereas Harden could be utilized to create reliable points out of pick-and-rolls or fit alongside Westbrook and Durant in virtually any situation, Martin's specialized shooting is a bit more limited in its scope and thus easier for opposing defenses to account for and to manage. Some of that deficit is offset by the expansion of Kevin Durant's game and Russell Westbrook's belligerent greatness, but in an iso-driven offense like the Thunder's, exchanging a versatile player for a less dynamic one always comes at a price.
Last season, Oklahoma City turned the tables on San Antonio in the Western Conference Finals by exploiting the Spurs' lack of supplementary playmakers. With Manu Ginobili and Tim Duncan limited, Tony Parker was the sole player capable of initiating offense for San Antonio on a consistent basis. So Thunder head coach Scott Brooks tweaked his defense to pressure Parker and cut off his support, thereby reducing San Antonio's well-oiled machine to a far less resilient sputter.
Interestingly enough, the Thunder have opened themselves up for just such a strategic turn in accepting Martin's contributions in exchange for Harden's -- not to mention the addition of the utterly stagnant Derek Fisher to replace more useful offensive players. Westbrook and Durant make for one of the most potent shot creating duos in the league, but should an opponent manage to lock down Durant with any measure of success, it could throw Oklahoma City's offense off-balance enough to make every game of a potential series winnable. As prolific as the Thunder are, the absence of a third playmaker -- and their dependence on individual dribble-driving rather than team-wide ball movement -- makes them susceptible to pressure-heavy schemes. If an opponent keys in on Durant and/or Westbrook in the same way that the Thunder once focused on Parker, OKC becomes an imminently beatable opponent.
That's far easier said than done, but one has to think that outcome would at least be a possibility against two of the top-three defensive teams in the league in the Grizzlies and Spurs (who collectively held the Thunder to about seven points per 100 possessions below their season average, per NBA.com), to say nothing of the unique challenges that would come with OKC's high-turnover offense holding up against the goading run-and-gun style of the Nuggets. There's a reason, after all, that the Thunder have won just four games out of 11 against those three opponents this season; as good as Oklahoma City is, the overt reliance on Durant and Westbrook to manufacture shots (or to make the play that immediately leads to a shot for a teammate) creates rather clear objectives and targets for opponents with high-functioning defenses. That defensive approach can be rendered irrelevant by talent alone, but without Harden the Thunder are a bit less talented and significantly less adaptable.
Given the issues facing the other contenders, there's no real reason for alarm in regard to the Thunder's playoff path. But with a Western Conference field this tricky, there's also no room for blanket certainty in the Thunder's favor. Oklahoma City may well be the best team in the West, but by such a slim margin that it may not be enough.
• Happy to see that Deron Williams has finally turned things around after piddling along for much of the season (even if his improved play doesn't make me much more optimistic about Brooklyn's playoff odds). Williams has averaged 23.6 points (on 48.7-percent shooting!) and 7.8 assists per game over his last 19 games, and that's nothing to scoff at; even though Williams' improvement can be traced more to his hot outside shooting rather than some hard change in his shot distribution or approach, he does look better and healthier than he has at any point in his Nets career.
• After a few seasons hovering near the top of the charts, it appears as though Atlanta's Kyle Korver -- who is currently in an exact tie with Shane Battier -- may finally lead the league in effective field goal percentage on jumpers this season. Elite shooters like Ray Allen, Anthony Morrow and Steve Novak have all denied Korver in recent years, but this time around Korver has a solid chance as Erik Spoelstra seems likely to rest LeBron James and Dwyane Wade down the stretch, and thus undercut Battier's shooting efficiency.
• Players who average more points per minute in the clutch than the notoriously clutch Paul Pierce (per NBA.com): Brook Lopez, Al Jefferson, O.J. Mayo, Ramon Sessions, Carlos Boozer, Mike Conley and George HIll. Do with this information what you will.
1. A precious opportunity likely lost
It's a shame to see any team's season unsettled by injury and any player's career put on hold for a major surgery and significant recovery. Yet both seem particularly unfortunate in the case of Danilo Gallinari -- who tore his ACL this week and will miss the remainder of the season -- and the Nuggets, who were collectively sprinting their way into the postseason on the basis of their smart, uncompromising offense. Gallinari was a crucial element of Denver's success on both ends this season, and will be sorely missed despite the fact that the Nuggets rank as one of the deepest teams in the league.
I can't help but think that this makes for an opportunity lost as far as Denver's postseason hopes, as an uphill battle just took on an even more brutal slope. Mounting a long playoff run is difficult, and doing so without a traditional superstar player even more so, as Galinari's scoring, ability to draw fouls and pesky perimeter defense have all proved rather important for a Denver team short on dependable options. The Nuggets will still be a team well worth watching come playoff time, but the postseason will undoubtedly test the elasticity of Wilson Chandler and Corey Brewer as they attempt to fill in for Gallo. I'll be as pleasantly surprised as anyone if Denver manages to rally from both this news and Ty Lawson's lingering injury.
2. Generosity among NBA bigs
The race for the title of best-passing big man in the NBA has turned into something of an open derby, with around a dozen qualified candidates in legitimate contention for the award. That's insane, really, and makes it almost impossible to declare a single victor for this somewhat arbitrary honor. Is it Josh Smith, who leads all bigs in assists per game (4.3)? Or Joakim Noah, who smooths over Chicago's offense with his work from the top of the floor? Maybe the ever-pliable Marc Gasol? Or perhaps one of either Blake Griffin or David Lee, who do most of their playmaking on the move? We could go on and on. Ask me day-by-day and I'm likely to give any number of different answers, if only because today's bigs are now playing a more involved role in overall offensive function.
3. Ben Gordon, playing nice (enough) in Charlotte
Ben Gordon and Bobcats head coach Mike Dunlap reportedly don't have the warmest relationship, with the most notable piece of evidence on the subject coming courtesy of Yahoo!'s Adrian Wojnarowski back in February:
As Dunlap led the Bobcats in a morning shootaround on Monday before a victory over the Celtics, Gordon refused Dunlap's request to stop bouncing a ball as the coach spoke, sources said. Before long, Gordon began baiting Dunlap, telling him that he needed to "humble himself," sources said.
Gordan refused to give the ball to Dunlap, and eventually tossed it toward a ball rack, sources said. Bobcats general manager Rod Higgins was in the practice session and ultimately intervened, sources said.
"Beyond disrespectful," was how one league source described the scene.
Yikes. And though that report didn't emerge but two months ago, it appears that Dunlap and Gordon have managed to put their differences aside to establish something of a working relationship. The episode described above strikes me as the kind that could land a player in his coach's doghouse for a good chunk of the season, but Gordon's punishment -- a stretch of diminished playing time -- seemed to only last a few weeks. Thereafter, Gordon again began to hit the 25-minute mark on a regular basis.
Managing disgruntled veterans has to be among the less appreciated challenges of coaching a lottery team, as it presents a no-win situation; there is a clear emphasis among the league's worst teams every season to yield playing time to developing players, which almost always deprives minutes to the veterans who landed on the roster as a result of various trades or hedge signings. That would make many players a bit salty, and yet Dunlap and those of his ilk have little choice but to manage these kinds of situations as quickly and decisively as possible.
4. Making sense of Kawhi Leonard
Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard isn't a first-rate NBA athlete, but he's fairly quick, has a decent handle and at various times this season has showcased his ability to finish over and around defenders:
So why is it that we don't see those kinds of plays from Leonard a bit more often? He has the skills to pursue the basket a bit more off the dribble, and the Spurs -- particularly with Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili limited by injury -- would definitely appreciate the added dynamism. But some mental or physical barrier is keeping Leonard from accessing this important part of his game, even though that development seems to be altogether crucial to his evolution both as a Spur and as a player in general.
5. The foundation of Omer Asik
Omer Asik was long overdue for the minutes and role he got this season in Houston, if only for all the good he does his team as a rotational defender and pure-effort rebounder. But I've been impressed by Asik's slight offensive development under Kevin McHale over the last few months, particularly in regard to his footwork around the basket. It's uncommon, to say the least, for a player who struggles to finish around the rim to have such sound lower-body fundamentals, and perhaps it's a mere coincidence that Asik seems to be making strides while playing for one of the best post-up players in NBA history. But Asik nevertheless does an outstanding job of using the full radius of his pivot -- and both possible pivoting directions -- to his advantage around the hoop. It's an incredibly helpful quality for a player who can only convert open dunks with regularity, as in some cases that fancy footwork turns what could be a difficult, contested shot into an unencumbered slam.
6. The life, death and afterlife of a pregame ritual
Something I noticed while LeBron James and Dwyane Wade sat out for Miami over the last week or so: James Jones, Mike Miller, Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis huddling together near the scorers table, sharing a shaker/bottle of talc chalk and mirroring LeBron's old pregame ritual by collectively chalking up their hands before throwing the powder into the air. Is this a regular occurrence from Miami's group of reserved wings, or a little bit of theater as they took the stage during James' absence?
7. DeJuan Blair, inching toward a fresh start
The end of the regular season is nearly upon us, as is the cap on any and all playing time that 23-year-old big man DeJuan Blair is likely to see until the fall. It's no secret that Blair doesn't figure prominently into San Antonio's plans for the present or future, and, in all likelihood, Blair will find a new basketball home when his contract expires at the end of this season. As an unrestricted free agent, Blair -- who has averaged 14.9 points and 11.1 rebounds per 36 minutes over his four-year career -- is likely to draw plenty of interest, and I, for one, am curious to see how he'll fare with a bit more opportunity. San Antonio is an impeccably run organization and one that remains thoroughly committed to player development, but the on-court fit between Blair and Tim Duncan never quite worked out as planned, and Blair proved replaceable enough to fall out of the Spurs' rotation entirely.
To his credit, Blair has handled his situation with class, and produced on the few occasions in which he was called on to fill a significant slice of playing time. But his relationship with the Spurs has run its course, and his play under a new coach on a different team should make for an interesting subplot next season.
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WATCH: The impact the NightShift Street Ministry had on this woman
WATCH (above): Tina Shaw was formerly homeless and it was the NightShift ministry that helped her get her life on track. Julia Foy reports.
Thousands of runners took to the streets of Vancouver today as part of the Scotiabank half-marathon and five kilometre race. One of the goals of the event is to help raise money for more than 30 charities, which includes the Surrey charity Nightshift Street Ministry. And it's a charity that one runner says saved her life.
"Through NightShift I was loved I was valued I went from a homeless drug addict to a stable working woman who that's off drugs," Tina Shaw, who was formerly homeless, told Global News. "I was living in a tent and the one meal I got every day was from across the street at a shelter and that was NightShift Ministries."
This is Shaw's first charity walk but says it won't be her last since she wants to do everything possible to give back to NightShift because she believes the charity gave her back her life.
WATCH (below): Reporter Julia Foy's powerful interview with Tina Shaw. Find out why a woman believes NightShift Street Ministry is responsible for saving her life.
Founder Maryanne Connor started the charity 10 years ago and every night of the year the ministry offers a hot meal, hugs and support for the homeless. But as Connor says, the ministry's needs keep growing.
"Our goal is to raise $10,000 today as of this morning," Connor says.
"Of course we'd love to see that multiply because that money will help us get through the slow summer months where historically we know our donations are down."
While today's charity run and walk may be over, the race to help the homeless continues.
For more information on how to donate click here.
~ with files from Julia Foy


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BOSTON, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- A sister of the alleged Boston Marathon bombers has been released after a hearing in Boston related to an alleged counterfeiting incident, officials say.
Ailina Tsarnaeva, 23, is charged with impeding an investigation into the use of counterfeit money in 2010, The Boston Globe reported Wednesday.
The sister of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, she had been sought on an arrest warrant for more than two years.
Her lawyer, George Gormley, told the court Tsarnaeva, who lives in New Jersey, "is here voluntarily to get herself in good standing with the court."
He said his client did not object to checking in with the Massachusetts probation office once a week.
Tsarnaeva, who has a 1-year-old child and is expecting another, is unlikely to flee, Gormley told the judge.
Bombs allegedly placed by her brothers near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed three people and injured more than 260. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, died after he was shot by police and run over by his brother. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 20, was arrested later that same day and faces charges that could result in the death penalty.
She was charged in 2011 after prosecutors accused her of picking up someone who passed counterfeit money at a Boston mall in 2010. Police said Tsarnaeva acknowledged being at the mall, but refused to say who was involved.
A pretrial hearing on the charges is set for Dec. 4, but the judge said she did not have to present.


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SALT LAKE CITY — A Louisiana man was arrested for investigation of driving under the influence Saturday after allegedly leading officers on a chase and sideswiping a police vehicle.
Kurt Patrick Terrebonne, 47, was arrested around 4:30 p.m. after a PIT maneuver caused him to spin out on I-15, Utah Department of Public Safety spokesman Joe Dougherty said.
Troopers were first alerted by a Provo police officer that a northbound pickup truck in Utah County was driving unsafely. The officer tried to initiate a traffic stop, but the driver ignored him. A UHP trooper joined the pursuit when it arrived in Salt Lake County and also tried to pull the truck over near 9000 South.
Terrebonne "failed to yield, but didn't attempt to speed away," Dougherty said. The truck was traveling at highway speeds and the trooper continued to follow while waiting for additional support.1 comment on this story
Around 2100 South, the trooper again tried to initiate a traffic stop, but the driver again ignored the officer. Two other troopers tried to slow the vehicle to allow the first trooper to drive ahead and set up spikes near 400 South, but the driver apparently noticed the spikes and swerved to a lane occupied by another trooper.
Dougherty said Terrebonne sideswiped the trooper's vehicle, damaging the door and panel on the driver's side. As the two vehicles were in contact, the trooper who had been hit initiated a PIT maneuver, prompting Terrebonne to spin out of control.
Dougherty said Terrebonne was also arrested for three outstanding warrants.
— Emiley Morgan, Twitter: DNewsCrimeTeam


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Eric Fisher
Toronto, 70
Pounds dropped: 55
My turning point: Two of my older friends died last year – and suffered from dementia in their latter years. I wanted to prevent this for myself, and I started to read 100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's and Age-Related Memory Loss by Jean Carper. I realized fairly immediately that 30 of the ways involved weight loss and exercise. That was a real light-bulb moment.
Also, my partner, who has Becker muscular dystrophy, had been very interested in reforming our diet to pre-empt him from getting obese, so the times was right for a big change.
My method: Over the past year, I have totally reformed my fitness and my diet. I avoid all empty calories – high fat, sodium, sugar, alcohol, refined flour – so that every calorie I ingest carries a nutritional payload. I also started going to the Hart House gym at the University of Toronto. I went every single day for nine months, alternating resistance training and cardio training on a stationary bicycle. Early on, I welcomed hunger pangs as friends, indicating that I was on the right track. I stopped hankering after all the killer alleged treats, regarding them as the enemy.
To this day when I walk down the snack aisle at the supermarket, I recite from the 23rd Psalm: "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil." This is not melodrama; death stalks you through potato chips, carrot cake and all the other alleged treats leading to obesity, diabetes, Alzheimer's and a dismal final decade of life. I ignore the chorus of well-intentioned people but, from my view, fat enablers: "You are getting too thin;" "You will have no reserves if you become ill;" and "One little candy, slice of cake, chip, etc. won't kill you."
I'm finally in a very healthy, fit place, but the hard part is now maintenance. I am now at the gym every second day doing yoga, resistance training and bicycle workouts.
My kryptonite: I am very strict about this: I tell myself that there is no treat out there I am willing to die for. But every two weeks I permit myself a slice of poppyseed cake with icing from Timothy's.
This interview has been edited and condensed.
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I might be in trouble...
So I was four-wheeling in some guy's farm field with a friend who has a ford and before we were about to leave the farmer who owned the land showed up. He was very upset and happened to be from the state office or somthing like that. He instructed us to turn off our engines and give him our license and registration, which we both did. once he had taken pictures of both documents, us, and our trucks he let us go and we left. He said he would use the pictures against us only if we showed up in that area again. What should I do???:(
Stop wheeling illegally. You are lucky the police weren't called and your vehicles impounded.
Next step, tell your parents about it.
You could not show up in that area again?
But, my parents will probably be pissed even though there were no severe consequences...
First off, don't wheel on private land without permission. Second, don't hand over your information to somebody without a badge. Third, don't go back.
You need to show back up during the day and talk to the farmer.Tell him you feel bad about tearing his fields up and you don't have any money but you got a strong back.I'm sure he has all kinds of work he can find for you to repay your debt,and yes its a debt.If he chooses to pursue this in court you will most likely owe restitution. Never know after a couple weekends of hard work you never know he might invite you back to play in a pasture legally.
Did you know that it was private property? Was it posted? If you did then you deserve it.
Did the guy have a badge? Or was he just some guy thinking he has all the power to force you to give him your information?
Details details..
Illegal wheeling, what an idiot.
Oh, and one more thing. Might as well put this on. Especially since illegal wheeling is what helps get the legal wheeling places closed.
And do you guys think he will do anything else, because after he calmed down he seemed pretty content. And as far as "repaying my debt" goes he gave me no contact information not even his name...
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Kate Hudson Posts Cute Video Of Herself Dancing To 'Trap Queen' With Her Son
Penny Lane would totally be a fan of this.
Penny Lane would totally be a fan of this.
When Kate Hudson stopped by 'Watch What Happens Live' with her 'Wish I Was Here' co-star Zach Braff, she opened up about her favorite on-screen kiss and played one cringe-inducing round of 'Plead the Fifth.'
Don't let Kate Hudson's giggling and big smiles fool you. This is a great, great Box of Lies competitor who sits before you. On last night's 'Tonight Show,' Hudson and host Jimmy Fallon faced off for another round of Box of Lies, a game that basically hinges on a guest's ability to lie effectively.
Kate Hudson is ravishing, showing off her legs and her cleavage in summery style, on the cover of the May 2014 issue of Self. Inside, she revealed how she navigates her relationships with males, as in romance, and with females, as in friendship.
Kate Hudson dared to bare in winter white -- it was actually more like eggshell -- at the 2014 Oscars. She wore an unconventional Atelier Versace gown.
Katy Hudson and Kate Hudson are BFFs! Wait, who's Katy Hudson? Oh, that's just Katy Perry; it's her real name. She was born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson but uses her mom's maiden name professionally.


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By Phil Kyle So a few days later it's off to Milan tattoo convention… The 17th edition, already! This is another one of my favorite convention because you get to see everyone and yet again… another great time. This convention is always packed with kick-ass artists, the attendance is unreal and it's placed perfectly for folks from Switzerland, Germany, Austria and France to get there fairly easy…Read More »
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By Phil Kyle So I got to Brighton on the 26th of February. The day after was the Magnum Opus pre-tattoo convention party. There was a shit-ton to do in that short time.Had to haul my drum set over to the Prince Albert where the party was..had to pack for the Brighton convention… had to get prints made etc… You know, all that last-minute shit…Read More »
Amsterdam Tattoo Museum
"The Book of Lucky" by Lucky Bastard In the beginning there was the Red Light… In 1998, I took my first trip to Amsterdam to try and sit-in at the infamous Hanky Panky Tattoo. I was told by others that had worked for Hanky (Henk Schiffmacher) that it was not possible to get someone to vouch for you, or to call ahead to test the waters. You just had to meet Henk face-to-face, and hope he liked what you were doing. Not just artistically, but most importantly personality-wise…Read More »
New Amsterdam Tattoo Museum to Open on Schedule
By Danny Boy (A letter to Crash) Just wanted to let you and your readers know where we are at with the museum. We got 12 days left and going into the last round. This week should be pretty hectic, but that's how we like it. The permanent exhibitions are just about finished as far as painters and carpenters go. Henk is working around the clock, painting away, having meetings, interviews, barking at everyone, overseeing some 50 people with the help of Annemarie Beers and Almar, still squeezing in some tattoos here and there, and still showing up in the mornings with new ideas and drawings of rooms and exhibitions he had made the night before. And all this is for you, tattoo lovers of the world…Read More »
Danny Boy Discusses New Amsterdam Tattoo Museum with Horitaka
By Takahiro "Horitaka" Kitamura Tattooers love to travel… I recently got to catch-up with Danny Boy as he was running up and down California. His wife was getting tattooed by Horitomo at my shop and they crashed at my house for the night. We chatted a bit over coffee and I was especially eager to ask about the New Amsterdam Tattoo Museum. This project is the brainchild of Henk "Hanky Panky" Schiffmacher, a living legend of tattooing and one of the world's leading tattoo historians. The opening is scheduled for later this year…Read More »
Milan Tattoo Convention: On the Road in Italy
By Kent Ok, so this blog was supposed to be posted over a week ago, but I could not muster the strength or energy to get it done. It seemed that I somehow got brushed by the black finger of death while in Milan, with the worst illness I have faced to this day. I have no clue what this Italian funk was that I caught, but I do not wish that shit on my worst enemy… Well ok, maybe they too should be struck with it one day…Read More »


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Top Items:
Hayes Brown / ThinkProgress:
GOP Rep Admits CIA Approved U.N. Ambassador's Talking Points On Libya — Rep. Peter King (R-NY) has admitted that the CIA and intelligence community approved U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice's talking points before she made her much-derided Sept. 16 appearance on several Sunday news shows to discuss the attacks in Benghazi.
Discussion: Mother Jones, Hullabaloo, Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes', Wired, Little Green Footballs, This Just In and Hot Air
Digby / Hullabaloo: TMCP calls back the lynch mob
Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes': Peter King: Amb. Susan Rice's Talking Points Approved By CIA And Other Intel Agencies
Spencer Ackerman / Wired: Petraeus Switches Up His Story on the Benghazi Attacks
Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs: Petraeus Testifies the CIA Approved Susan Rice's Talking Points
David Petraeus / This Just In: Petraeus talks ... behind closed doors
Fox News:
Petraeus testifies CIA's Libya talking points were changed, lawmaker says — Former CIA Director David Petraeus testified in a closed-door hearing Friday morning that his agency determined immediately after the Sept. 11 Libya attack that "Al Qaeda involvement" was suspected …
Discussion: Politico, CNN, Hot Air, www.wnyc.org, Riehl World News, Roger L. Simon, National Review, Jihad Watch, Power Line and Weekly Standard
Seung Min Kim / Politico: David Petraeus: CIA believed Benghazi was a terrorist attack
Allahpundit / Hot Air: Petraeus: The CIA's initial talking points about Benghazi mentioned Al Qaeda — but the reference was removed
Eyder Peralta / www.wnyc.org: U.S. Official: Benghazi Talking Points Weren't Edited To Minimize Terrorist Role
Katrina Trinko / National Review: CIA Benghazi Talking Points Were Changed, Older Version Mentioned Al-Qaeda
Robert / Jihad Watch: Petraeus testifies that CIA reported al-Qaeda involvement in Benghazi attack, but that line was removed
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line: Report: Petraeus testimony will show that the White House fixed the Benghazi intelligence (updated)
Donna Cassata / Associated Press:
DOZEN HOUSE WOMEN DEFEND RICE OVER LIBYA COMMENTS — WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators' angry criticism of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice over her initial account of the deadly Sept. 11 attack in Libya smacks of sexism and racism, a dozen female members of the House said Friday.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, Althouse and Fox News
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Congressional Black Caucus Chair: GOP Criticizing Susan Rice Is Racist And Sexist...
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit: Disgusting... Dozen Liberal House Women Defend Susan Rice - Play Race Card
Ann Althouse / Althouse: "To batter this woman because they don't feel they have the ability to batter President Obama …
Kirsten Powers / Fox News: President Obama's silly, sexist defense of Susan Rice
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
Petraeus Says U.S. Tried to Avoid Tipping Off Terrorists
Petraeus Says U.S. Tried to Avoid Tipping Off Terrorists
Discussion: National Updates and msnbc.com
Ned Resnikoff / msnbc.com: 'ED Show' playbook: Friday, Nov. 16
Associated Press:
Petraeus Says C.I.A. Saw Libya Attack as Terrorism
Petraeus Says C.I.A. Saw Libya Attack as Terrorism
Discussion: The Maddow Blog, FP Passport, Mother Jones, New York Magazine and Reuters
Blake Hounshell / FP Passport: Petraeus testimony: nothingburger with cheese
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones: Benghazi Scandalmongering Takes a Hit Today
Dan Amira / New York Magazine: Petraeus Testimony on Benghazi Reveals Conspiracy to Catch Terrorists
Meghan McCain / The Daily Beast:
Meghan McCain on Why the Republican Party Needs to Wake Up — Four years after her father lost his bid for presidency, Meghan McCain on why the Republican Party is still having a major identity crisis. — I found out early on Election Day that Mitt Romney wouldn't become our next president.
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Chris Christie unwraps Mitt Romney's 'gift' claim — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Friday joined the chorus of Republican governors and other officials criticizing Mitt Romney's assertion that "gifts" from President Barack Obama helped the Democrat win reelection.
Discussion: Associated Press and Washington Monthly
Philip Elliott / Associated Press: GOP leaders already jockeying for 2016
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
In U.S., Views of Obama, Democrats Improve After Election
In U.S., Views of Obama, Democrats Improve After Election
Discussion: The Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, Politico, Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes' and Taegan Goddard's …
Ariel Edwards-Levy / The Huffington Post: Obama's Favorable Rating Gets Post-Election Bump, New Poll Shows
Byron Tau / Politico: Obama favorability reaches three-year high
Cheston Catalano / Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes': Obama's Favorable Rating Up To 58%; Ratings Jump For Democrats
Chris Moody / Associated Press:
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez: Comments like Romney's set 'us back as a party'
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez: Comments like Romney's set 'us back as a party'
Discussion: The Moderate Voice, NBC Latino, Washington Post, msnbc.com, Talking Points Memo, Outside the Beltway and Election 2012
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice: Quote of the Day: the Republicans Try to Rebuild Despite Comments of Mitt Romney
Adrian Carrasquillo / NBC Latino: Marco Rubio, Susana Martinez, distance themselves from Romney's remarks on "gifts" Obama gave
Amanda Sakuma / msnbc.com: GOP pig piles onto Romney's 'gifts'
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: More Republicans Distance Themselves From Romney's "Gift" Remarks
Sean Sullivan / Election 2012: Christie, Martinez take issue with Romney's 'gift' remarks
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
The Iron Dome, Press Bias, and Israel's Lack of Strategic Thinking — Some observations as the Gaza crisis continues to unfold: — 1. The Iron Dome anti-rocket and missile defense system seems to work better than most people expected. Israel is becoming very good at shooting down missiles.
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish: Losing The Twitter War, Ctd
New York Times:
Suspected Collaborator With Israel Killed on Gaza Street — GAZA — Masked gunmen in Gaza killed a man here on Friday as a suspected collaborator with Israel on the third day of its deadly aerial bombardments, shooting him multiple times and leaving his body beneath a billboard featuring a Hamas fighter holding a rocket.
Discussion: Reuters, Weasel Zippers, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Firedoglake and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Mohamed Morsi / Reuters: Israel and Gaza conflict: Truce broken during Egyptian PM's visit - as it happened
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Hamas Publicly Executes Alleged Israeli Collaborator, Body Left In Middle Of Street As Warning...
Reliapundit / THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS: THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF THAT THE SCUM CODE PINK SUPPORTS DOES ALL THE TIME
Kevin Gosztola / Firedoglake: No Parity Between Violence by Israel and Violence by Hamas
Jerusalem Post:
Cabinet OKs 75,000 reservists for possible Gaza operation
Cabinet OKs 75,000 reservists for possible Gaza operation
Discussion: Hot Air, National Review and Business Insider
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Escalation: Hamas aims rockets at Jerusalem
David French / National Review: Maintaining Clarity in the Debate over Gaza Tactics
Discussion: Hot Air, Politico, NewsBusters.org blogs and Jerusalem Post
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico: The AP's Jerusalem 'correction'
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs: CNN's Ashleigh Banfield: Jerusalem 'Is Not The Capital' of Israel
Yaakov Lappin / Jerusalem Post: Two rockets land outside Jerusalem following 2 fired at TA
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Paula Broadwell, FBI Agent? — Six years ago, the woman who's now at the center of the investigation of David Petraeus nearly joined the bureau herself. If only. — The FBI searches of her home this week must have been all the more surreal for Paula Broadwell because she once …
Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
House GOP: Obama officials using secret emails to avoid oversight
House GOP: Obama officials using secret emails to avoid oversight
Discussion: Politico and The Lonely Conservative
Donovan Slack / Politico:
Broadwell, Kelley visited White House
Broadwell, Kelley visited White House
Discussion: New York Times, Gothamist, Business Insider, Weekly Standard and Connecting.the.Dots
Eric Schmitt / New York Times: C.I.A. Investigates Petraeus Affair as Lawmakers Press Libya Attack Inquiry
Ben Yakas / Gothamist: Petraeus Scandal: Jill Kelley Complained To Tampa Mayor About "Stalker" Broadwell
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider: So Jill Kelley HAS Visited The White House
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard: Jill Kelley Last Visited White House on Nov. 4, Two Days Before Election
Robert Stein / Connecting.the.Dots: Flirting with Disaster: A First-Hand Look
Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online:
Who's to Blame for the Hostess Bankruptcy: Wall Street, Unions, or Carbs? — Try all of the above. — (Reuters) — Hostess Brands, the maker of Twinkie and Wonder Bread, is getting ready to bake its last corn-syrupy snack cake. After failing to win major contract concessions …
Discussion: CNBC, Forbes and No More Mister Nice Blog
John Carney / CNBC: How Hostess Failed: Hedge Funds vs. Unions
Abram Brown / Forbes: Next Twinkie Maker: Will A Mexican Billionaire Family Buy Hostess' Orphaned Brands?
Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog: TWINKS NOT DEAD!
David White / International Brotherhood of Teamsters:
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: The Free Market Killed Hostess, And That's A Good Thing
Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com: Twinkies will be back — Doug Mataconis argues that The Free …
James Sherk / The Heritage Foundation: No More Twinkies: Unions to Blame
Sean Higgins / Washington Examiner: Teamsters v. AFL-CIO v. Twinkies
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Twinkies - and 18000 jobs - fall victim to union-management dispute; Update: Teamsters throw bakers union under the bus?
AP Member Choice Limited / Reuters: No more Twinkies? Hostess plans to shut down
Byron Tau / Politico:
Petition wants Obama to save Twinkies
Petition wants Obama to save Twinkies
Discussion: Associated Press, Hot Air, Wonkette, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and The Lonely Conservative
Candice Choi / Associated Press: Twinkie maker Hostess reaches the end of the line
Kris E. Benson / Wonkette: America Mourns Death Of Snack Food Murdered By Union Thugs
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: AFL-CIO Chief Richard Trumka Blames Bain Capital For Hostess Going Out Of Business After Union …
Patrick Rizzo / nbcnews.com:
Hostess, maker of Twinkies and Ding Dongs, says closing business
Hostess, maker of Twinkies and Ding Dongs, says closing business
Discussion: Red Alert Politics, Firedoglake, msnbc.com and Hostess Brands is Closed
Michael Garcar / Red Alert Politics: Greedy union causes Hostess to shut its doors for good
David Dayen / Firedoglake: Death By Twinkie: What the Hostess Liquidation Says About Labor and the Economy
Kelsey Ognibene / msnbc.com: Politicians on the end of a (delicious) Twinkies' era
Matthew Hendley / Valley Fever:
Obama Voters No Longer Allowed at Pinetop Gun Store — "Effective Immediately" — If you're one of the 736 people in Pinetop who voted for President Obama last week, let it be known that you are no longer welcome inside one of the town's gun shops. — At least, that's according to the store's owner …
Discussion: Gawker, Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes', Weasel Zippers and Mediaite
Neetzan Zimmerman / Gawker: Gun Shop Owner Takes Out Full Page Ad in Local Paper Warning Obama Voters to Stay Away from His Store
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Arizona Gun Store Owner Tells Customers: If You Voted For Obama "You Business Is Not Welcome Here"...
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite: Arizona Gun Store's Message To Customers: If You Voted For Obama, 'Your Business Is Not Welcome'
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Arizona Gun Store: No Obama Voters Allowed — A gun shop in Arizona has a clear message to would-be customers who happened to vote for President Barack Obama: take your business elsewhere. — The Southwest Shooting Authority in Pinetop, Ariz. took out an advertisement last week in the local newspaper …
Discussion: Valley Fever and Booman Tribune
Matthew Hendley / Valley Fever: Obama-Voter Ban at Gun Store Is Kind of Like a Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy
George Bennett / Post on Politics:
Judge denies Allen West's recount request; focus now on 4 p.m. canvassing board meeting — FORT PIERCE — A judge today denied U.S. Rep. Allen West's request that he order a recount of 37,379 ballots from early voting in St. Lucie County — effectively leaving the decision …
Discussion: Ballot Box, The BRAD BLOG, The Fix, Mock, Paper, Scissors and Politico
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box: Additional litigation possible in West-Murphy congressional race
Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG: Florida Court Denies Allen West's Motion for Broader Partial Re-Tally of Ballots in FL-18 Race
Aaron Blake / The Fix: County board grants Rep. Allen West's recount request
Tengrain / Mock, Paper, Scissors: Allen West Watch: Day 10
Alex Isenstadt / Politico: Vote-count snafus leave Allen West, Ron Barber hanging
John O'Brien / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Cortland County district attorney admits acting in porn movies in 1970s — Mark Suben, the Cortland County district attorney, said today he acted in pornographic movies in the 1970s. — In a 3 p.m. news conference today, he admitted that he lied about his history to The Post-Standard …
Discussion: Gothamist, New York Magazine and The Raw Story
Garth Johnston / Gothamist: I Was A '70s Porn Star, Admits Upstate NY District Attorney
Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine: Upstate District Attorney Was Indeed a Seventies Porn Star
Eric W. Dolan / The Raw Story: District attorney admits to being 1970′s porn star
Breanna Edwards / Politico:
Ex-Rep. Tom Davis: Women, minorities 'scared' of GOP — A pair of Republican centrists on Friday offered this blunt prognosis of their party after its electoral drubbing: Many women and minorities are simply frightened of the GOP. — "Some of the groups that would have agreed with us on a lot of issues, they don't even look at us.
Todd Ruger / The BLT:
Alito Defends 'Citizens' in Speech to Federalist Society — Justice Samuel Alito defended the 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission on Thursday night, jabbing at critics of the U.S. Supreme Court's majority opinion but also admitting the success of their public relations campaign.
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Los Angeles Times and Above the Law
Michael McGough / Los Angeles Times: Supreme Court justices as after-dinner speakers
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Roger Ailes on Election Night: 'Rove was wrong. He backed down. Our guys were right.' — On election night, Fox News co-founder and chairman Roger Ailes watched election coverage in the News Corp. Sports Suite, down the hall from his second floor office.
Discussion: Mediaite, Politico, The Daily Caller, ABCNEWS, JIMROMENESKO.COM and New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »
Alex Alvarez / Mediaite: Roger Ailes On Fox News' Election Coverage: 'Rove Was Wrong... Our Guys Were Right'
Dylan Byers / Politico: Roger Ailes explains the Karl Rove episode
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS: Cliffhanger: Congressional Leaders Gather At The White House (The Note)
Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine: Roger Ailes Can't Imagine Why Anyone Thinks Fox News Has an Agenda
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Justice Department Examining Ways To Make Voting Easier, Heeding President's Call To 'Fix' Long Lines … REACT: — FOLLOW: — WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice is already exploring ways to "fix" the long lines and confusion voters faced when going to the polls this year …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo: Election Lawyers See Bleak Future For Voting Rights Act
Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:
When the Nerds Go Marching In — How a dream team of engineers from Facebook, Twitter, and Google built the software that drove Barack Obama's reelection — Three members of Obama's tech team, from left to right: Harper Reed, Dylan Richard, and Mark Trammell (Photo by Daniel X. O'Neil).
Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Mother Jones and The Daily Dish
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones: Under the Hood of Team Obama's Tech Operation
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish: Obama's Bears — They're fat, bearded and dedicated computer nerds.
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Anonymous takes down over 650 Israeli sites, wipes databases, leaks email addresses and passwords — When the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) this week began taking military action in the Gaza strip against Hamas (as the IDF announced on Twitter), Anonymous declared its own war as part of #OpIsrael.
Discussion: Betabeat, NYT Bits, Gizmodo and The Agonist
Nicole Perlroth / NYT Bits: Anonymous Steps Up Attacks on Israeli Sites
Casey Chan / Gizmodo: Anonymous Destroys Israel By Taking Down Hundreds of Websites and Leaking Emails and Passwords
Matttbastard / The Agonist: Around the Internets — Better late than never …
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Income Inequality Has Risen In Nearly Every State Over The Last Three Decades — Income inequality has grown in nearly every state in the country over the last three decades and continues to climb across the nation, according to new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute.
Discussion: Firedoglake and Hullabaloo
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Cap and Trade DementiaIt's a pattern, by the way, that has been adopted by a number of Obama lackeys as well. Take our congressman, Rick Boucher. There was once a time - not long ago, in fact - that he was considered to be an honest man. Feckless. Uninspiring. Detached. But at least honest.
By Peter Ferrara, The American Spectator
Barack Obama called for House passage of the cap and trade tax bill last Friday by calling it a jobs bill. The bill is designed to raise the price of energy in the U.S. so much that it will reduce the use of fossil fuels by 17% by 2020 and by 83% by 2050. Sentencing the U.S. economy to high cost energy is not a particularly good strategy for creating jobs. The Charles River Associates, a Harvard based economics consulting firm, estimates a net loss of jobs from the bill of about 2.5 million each year.
This is surely a gross underestimate of the net job losses from a bill designed to reduce the use of fossil fuels to the level in 1907. All those soccer moms better get used to riding their horses to the grocery store and back. And their husbands better get used to working the farms again, by hand, as high cost energy will chase remaining American manufacturing out of the country to India and China, which do not suffer from Al Gore's delusions about supposed global warming.
Yet Barack Obama calls it a jobs bill. This reflects a by now well-established pattern of deceptive, misdirection rhetoric, raising broadly appealing ideals in promotion of policies that would do just the opposite. [link] [my emphasis]
No more.
Now he's taken up the Obama method of propaganda dissemination with relish.
From the Coalfield Progress on Tuesday:
Boucher calls for climate bill supportYou might chalk this up to being nothing more than double talk. But it is, in fact, more sinister.
Ninth District U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher was among the House members urging passage Friday of a sweeping climate change and energy bill.
Boucher, D-Abingdon, one of the architects of the legislation, argued in remarks during the floor debate that the bill would meet his two major goals — keeping electricity rates affordable and allowing utilities to keep using coal, which produces 51 percent of electricity nationwide. In fact, the EPA projects that coal use will grow by 2020 to help meet new demand for electricity to power vehicles, he said.
Also, Boucher said, the legislation puts a price on carbon dioxide emissions, which "will unleash investments in clean energy technologies that will create millions of new jobs. These energy technologies will evolve from America's laboratories. They will be deployed at home. They will be exported around the world. They will be the foundation for our next technology revolution." [link]
The third paragraph above necessarily negates the second.
How is it that his legislation that "puts a price (call it what it is - a tax) on carbon dioxide emissions" will "unleash investments in clean energy technologies"? Here's how: The price of coal will skyrocket and America will be forced to look for alternative fuels once coal is made - by Boucher mandate - prohibitively expensive. Just exactly how will that grow the coal business?
It won't. It will destroy the coal business.
Boucher is lying to you.
Studies are being released each day (here is today's) predicting the widespread devastation that will result from this "climate change" bill. Depression Central will be right here in Southwest Virginia where the economy is highly dependent on the coal industry and the coal industry is slated for termination. (For details on the impact go here.)
And Boucher wants you to believe that his legislation (oh, I forgot this little ditty from the CP article: "Boucher, D-Abingdon, one of the architects of the legislation, argued ...") will be good for us. He wants you to believe that it's going to create jobs and not destroy them.
He's lying.
Through his teeth.
Rick Boucher (a once honest man) and Barack Obama (a former cocaine user). A match made in heaven.


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Apart from TinMan and tthew everything else said above is complete tosh. Yes you can try to claim from the local council, but not under H&S law as highways are expressly excluded from the definition of a 'workplace'.
The Government changed the law in 2003 to place a legal duty on highway authorities to try to keep highways clear of snow and ice and they have to take reasonable steps to do so.
As a defendant lawyer I would argue on behalf of the authority that in these exceptional conditions they are doing all they reasonably can in prioritising the main roads. Your lawyer would argue that by now they should have worked their way down the list to the more minor roads and pavements. The fact that the Government has now instructed highway authorities to cut gritting by 25% adds an interesting complication.
The warning to people not to travel carries no legal weight but again I would argue that you should have stayed indoors/worn better footwear/taken more care.
Any claims in current circumstances are likely to be difficult but no doubt there will be some as there have already been some very serious injuries.
In an employment situation your employer has a duty to risk assess and to take appropriate steps to reduce the risk, including to provide suitable PPE.


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Close up view of the koi fish artwork mounted to this silk brocade wall scroll
This wall scroll features 9 abstract koi fish swimming in every direction. The paper used is a mocha color tea-stained paper. This is very special handmade paper that gives a classic look.
These fish are associated strongly with both Japanese and Chinese cultures. Beautiful garden parks in the cities around China are often graced with a pond full of these fish throughout the year. They are a very strong fish as they can be seen swimming slowly under thick sheets of ice in lakes during the brutal Winter of northern China.
Also, in Mandarin Chinese, "fish" is pronounced "Yu" which is the same pronunciation as the word meaning "wealth" or "abundance" some will even say that it means, "being rich". So many Chinese people believe that having a painting of fish in your home will bring you wealth and riches.
The artwork was painted on xuan paper (often called "rice paper" in the west). The raw artwork was delivered to our Asian art mounting shop in Beijing. There it was built into a completely handmade silk wall scroll by a skilled craftsmen (one of the best in China). The result is a wall scroll that will last many years, and is leaps and bounds above the "tourist trash" wall scrolls that you find in the markets and gift shops around China.
If you have navigated much of our website, you already know this is a great all-around artist that does wonderful work in many categories. But of course, there is a story...
I was supposed to be on vacation, and I just wanted to see the karst mountain landscapes of the Li River near Guilin. As luck would have it, I stumbled across a very inspiring artist.
In fact, this man is probably the most courageous person that I have ever met. He certainly has my respect and admiration.
As I watch him finish one of his paintings, I find myself
in awe of this man that can do amazing things with only
one arm that most people can't do with two.
While he is a wonderful and talented artist, that is only part of his story
His full name is Ou-Yang Guo-De. He and his sister now live in Guilin. He keeps himself busy painting, while his sister sells his art at a small gallery not far from the center of the city.
When they were very young, their mother died. Their father didn't make much money, and with their mother gone, he had to remarry quickly for financial reasons (very common in Chinese culture under those circumstances and that time in history). Their father found a new wife in a village, and they all moved into the woman's family home.
Part of young Ou-Yang Guo-De's chores included collecting corn cobs that fell from the passing train cars at nearby railroad tracks. The corncobs are burned and used as fuel for cooking, and even heating homes in poorer villages where people cannot afford coal.
One day, when he was about 11 years old, Ou-Yang Guo-De came upon a train that had stopped on the tracks. Under the train he saw a bounty of corncobs. He climbed under the train to get the precious cobs when tragedy stuck. The train began to move, and literally cut him in half...
Every time I put my glass down, Mr. Ou-Yang would
say, "Cheers!", and quickly our
glasses go "bottoms up" again.
Between drinks we eat from a steaming hot pot
full of chicken, cabbage, and other vegetables.
The details he told me about this event were so vivid that they are a bit too graphic for a happy art listing. He still remembers everything that happened until he lost consciousness, expecting to die.
Though pieces of his story are missing from when he was unconscious, there must have been a miracle involved because somehow he survived. The nearest hospital was far away, and while he has no idea how he got there before bleeding to death, that's were he woke up. But both of his legs and his left arm were gone forever.
In China, the most likely occupation for a disabled person like him would be to become a beggar on the street, but not Ou-Yang Guo-De!
He continued to study and go to school, and went to work at an umbrella and parasol factory. He showed a lot of natural artistic talent, so the factory owner sent young Mr. Ou-Yang to art school for two years. After graduation, he went to work hand painting beautiful scenes on rice paper and silk parasols.
All of the cheers took their toll, if my flushed red face
doesn't tell the story, the fact that I am singing a
Neil Diamond song should tell you something.
After many years at the factory, working for low wages, he decided to make a change. He took a leap of faith and went out on his own as an artist. It was a little rough at first, but it turned out to be a good decision.
He has done well, and has quite a following. Also, he is a little famous for more than his art. You see, a few years ago, he was given an award by the government of China for being an example of what disabled people should aspire to.
But there is something about him that is different. This guy totally loves life. He is truly happy and good-natured. He laughs and tells jokes and is the life of the party. He is not a social outcast, but rather a social phenomenon. He is surrounded by a lot of friends because I think his friends feed off of his enthusiasm for life - I certainly felt it myself.
I spent several days with the artist, and I may be forever changed. Whenever I think I am in a tough spot, or difficult circumstance, all I have to do is think about Mr. Ou-Yang. If he can overcome what he did, then I can overcome my petty problems.
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Gary's random little things about China:
As the Chinese Government prepares Beijing for the 2008 Olympic Games, here are some related facts:
More than 200 new hotels are being built in Beijing.
Almost 100 miles of new subway and local transit rail lines are being laid.
Hundreds of miles of new and improved highways are being built.
Almost 100,000 billboard signs have been put up to encourage Chinese people to be friendly to foreigners (and to stop spitting in public).
Beijing taxi drivers have been ordered to learn basic landmark and navigational English.
From the construction associated with the 2008 Olympics, The Three-Gorges Dam project, and other construction in China, there is a worldwide shortage of concrete and steel.
Because of the Para-Olympics, all new subway lines in Beijing are incorporating elevators making Beijing more accessible to disabled people than ever before.
Beijing's skies are usually gray by nature. In years past, on the days when the clouds clear, the sky was brown with pollution.
But in preparations for the Olympics along with a new public enthusiasm for environmental issues, gross-polluting vehicles have been banned by the Chinese Government.
So for the last few years, when the clouds clear over Beijing, blue sky can be seen for the first time in decades.


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TORONTO - The Blues are giving top-line centre David Backes the Mats Sundin treatment these days.
Since Ken Hitchcock moved in as head coach in early November, the young captain has found himself in a glorified shutdown role, hopping the boards to skate against the oppositions top forwards.
This was the often frustrating modus operandi for the Maple Leafs with Big Mats, but was unavoidable as long as their best offensive player was also their best defensive player. And, like Sundin, it is suppressing Backes offensive numbers and fantasy value.
The strapping 27-year-old, coming off a bounce-back 31-31-62 season, scored his 10th goal on Tuesday to get back to a 30-goal pace. However, his assists (8), points (18), penalty minutes (28) and plus-minus (+6) are way off the stats pack that made him such a valued commodity on draft day this season.
Will it change? The problem with the Blues right now is that they are a defensive-minded side, having scored two or fewer goals in 18 of 28 games. That has forced their top six forwards into thinking error-free hockey and taking few chances. But its a formula that has been working under Hitchcock. The Blues have lost only twice in regulation in their past 16 games, with 11 of those games being decided by one goal.
The recent coaching change in Washington has had a positive effect on D John Carlson, who with 1-7-8 totals in his past four games under Dale Hunter had vaulted into third on the Capitals scoring chart. Thats no surprise. Carlson was a key cog on the Hunter-coached London Knights in 2008-09 (his only year of major junior), finishing second by just two points to Nazem Kadri in team scoring. And while Carlsons fantasy stock is beginning to soar, it remains to be seen how the return of Mike Green will impact it.
Hurricanes D Jamie McBain had zero goals this season with Paul Maurice behind the bench. Since Kirk Muller took over, he has three goals in three games, all with roughly the same amount of ice time.
Dont know about this one. After finally breaking out of his scoring slump with three goals in two games, RW Bobby Ryan of the Ducks was moved off the first line and shifted to centre between Teemu Selanne and Andrew Cogliano for Saturday nights game, replacing the injured Saku Koivu. Even if it is only short-term (Koivu is day-to-day), why shake things up when a key is finally hitting his stride?
The Sharks have broken up their top line, dropping Patrick Marleau down to the third unit with Michal Hadzus and Jamie McGinn. Brad Winchester takes Marleaus spot with Joe Thornton and Joe Pavelski while the second line of Martin Havlat, Ryane Clowe and Logan Couture remains intact. All three lines chipped in during a 5-2 win over Dallas on Thursday so, unfortunately for Marleau owners, this new lineup will last a little longer.
Will you look at Sam Gagner, now! After going the first 19 games without a goal, the speedy Oilers winger now has three in three games, including two in a win over Colorado on Friday. Particularly impressive was his first goal, when he out-muscled rugged Shane OBrien for the puck in the corner, drove to the side of the net and banged in his own rebound. Being rewarded for that kind of second effort bodes well for Gagner and his owners.
Olli Jokinen is the Flames unlikely leading scorer these days, thanks to coach Jim Playfair who sends him out regularly to help protect late one-goal leads. Jokinen leads the NHL with three empty-net goals and also assisted on the Flames only other two gimmes by Jarome Iginla and Rene Bourque. Thats a quarter of his 20 points coming with no netminder.
With fantasy rating out of 5
Nick Foligno, C, Senators
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He is on a six-game points streak heading into Saturday, accumulating nearly half of his 19 points over the past eight games centring Milan Michalek and Daniel Alfredsson. Get him if hes is still available.
Nikita Nikitin, D, Blue Jackets
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Dont look now, but he has amassed 1-9-10 totals in 13 games since being acquired from the Blues a month ago fantasy-worthy numbers for any blueliner. Playing top-four minutes and getting decent power-play time.
Leland Irving, G, Flames
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Henrik Karlssons torn ACL finally gives Flames one-time goalie of the future his NHL debut. Kiprusoff remains the starter, but Irving has sparkled in the AHL the past year and a half.
Nick Johnson, LW, Wild
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Who? Third-liner has been on a tear with points in six of his past seven games, going 2-5-7 in that span to run his season total to 14 points. Managed five points in 10 games during brief callups with the Pens the previous two seasons.
Ryan Jones, RW, Oilers
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Owned in just 3% of Yahoo and ESPN leagues despite solid numbers (9-6-15 with a plus-7 and 17 PIMs). Ten of those points have come since Hemskys return knocked him off the Horcoff-Smyth line.
All other teams play 3 games
Forwards, the past two weeks
Evander Kane WPG
6-2-8, plus-6, 13 hits
Ryan OReilly COL
4-5-9, plus-3
P.A. Parenteau NYI
1-7-8, plus-4
Kyle Brodziak MIN
3-3-6, 19 PIMs, plus-2
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Alexander Semin WAS
1 assist, minus-3
Anze Kopitar LA
0-3-3, minus-2
The Bolts continue to list Martin St. Louis as out indefinitely after taking a puck to the face on Thursday and suffering nasal and facial fractures. Good news is his eye wasnt affected Kristian Huselius return lasted all of two games. Hes back out for up to six weeks with a groin injury ... Barring any unexpected setback in practice on Monday, Sidney Crosby should be in the Pens lineup Tuesday against the Wings ... Lubomir Visnovsky (finger) should be back in about a week Alex Tanguay and Jeff Skinner have both been way-laid by the flu Paul Stastny injured his torso last Sunday Corey Potter (ankle) hopes to be back on the Oilers blue line this coming week David Booth is out for a month with a sprained knee.


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BOB MOON: The big subprime mortgage lender New Century Financial has inched closer to bankruptcy. The company announced that it's no longer doing business with Freddie Mac, the country's second-biggest provider of money for home loans. New Century has also entered into agreements with several state legislatures to stop making loans. Marketplace's Jeff Tyler takes a look at where that leaves consumers.
JEFF TYLER: If you got your mortgage through New Century, chances are your loan has already been sold to someone else.
Such lenders often profit off the fees collected for originating the loan, then pass it off like a hot potato before the borrower has a chance to default.
NORMA GARCIA: The hot potato can be very profitable and if you can pass it off to someone else, so much the better. That's exactly what's happened in the subprime lending industry.
That's Norma Garcia, an attorney with Consumers Union. She advocates a simple solution.
GARCIA: The lenders must determine that the borrower has the ability to repay the loan. I know it sounds silly, but I can tell you that in my work in different state legislatures, we've had the members of the lending industry fight against such a proposal.
Garcia also proposes expanding existing laws to protect more borrowers.
Next month, federal bank regulators will consider Wall Street's culpability in the mortgage mess.
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A task force appointed by Gov. George Deukmejian finds that California needs more child-care facilities. It finds that taxpayers are willing to pay for them. It also finds itself at a loss to say what to do about the findings. It once more leaves it to the Legislature to act on the need, hoping to find the governor in a mood to sign a bill.
Deukmejian appointed the panel a year ago after he vetoed legislation that would have initiated state support for thousands of youngsters who might otherwise be unsupervised before and after school. The governor said that the state didn't know enough about child-care needs, existing programs and parental attitudes. That wasn't quite true. What is true is that, with the panel report, the state knows exactly what it did a year ago.
For example, the task force raised questions about estimates that 620,000 or more "latchkey" children need care, but it produced no estimate of its own. The Senate's Office of Research says that the figure is based on "widely accepted national estimates." A recent study by UCLA Prof. Karen Hill Scott concluded that facilities are needed for 268,000 school-age children in the Los Angeles area alone; this area has about one-third of the state's population.


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