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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The worst season in NBA history is over for the Charlotte Bobcats.
Meanwhile, the New York Knicks are looking ahead to the playoffs.
The Bobcats couldn't even beat a Knicks team resting most of its starters, finishing with the lowest winning percentage in league history after a 104-84 loss on Thursday night.
J.R. Smith scored 22 points for the Knicks, who pulled away in the second half to clinch the Eastern Conference's No. 7 seed and a first-round playoff matchup against No. 2 Miami beginning Saturday.
"I couldn't be happier," said Knicks interim coach Mike Woodson, now 18-6 since taking over for Mike D'Antoni. "It was a great regular season and now it's playoff basketball time. They will be ready."
Gerald Henderson had 21 points for the Bobcats, whose 23rd consecutive loss left them with a winning percentage of .106 (7-59) in the lockout-shortened season. The record was set 39 years ago, when the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers finished 9-73 (.110) in a full regular season.
"Going 7-59 like we did is not what we planned on doing," Henderson said. "This doesn't sit very well with me. These last 10 games, we've really tried to get after it, compete and not get that record. It just didn't happen for us. We just didn't have enough. We couldn't come up with the plays.
"When you look back at it and see we lost 59 games, you always think, 'We could've won one more.'"
Kemba Walker had 13 points, D.J. Augustin 12 and D.J. White added 11 for Charlotte, which now faces an offseason of uncertainty.
"I have to commend the guys," said Paul Silas, whose future as the Bobcats' coach is in doubt. "They gave me everything they had and I can't fault them one bit for what happened. If they hadn't played hard for me and their attitudes hadn't been right then that's different, but they were positive and did everything that they needed to do."
The Knicks held out starters Carmelo Anthony, Tyson Chandler and Baron Davis, while Amare Stoudemire had 21 points over two quarters.
That put the pressure on the Knicks' reserves to make up the difference, and they didn't disappoint. Josh Harrellson added 18 points, Jerome Jordan 13 and Iman Shumpert 12 for New York. Mike Bibby also had 12 assists.
"I pretty much have a set rotation," Woodson said. "But if Josh Harrellson has to step in and play, or Jerome Jordan has to play a minute or two here and there, I'll feel good that they are ready to play."
Still, with owner Michael Jordan watching from his private box, the Bobcats played nearly even with the Knicks in the first half, leading twice and only trailing 46-44 at halftime.
"I thought we had a shot, I really did," Silas said. "I thought we gave it our all in the first half."
Charlotte's biggest lead came in the closing minutes of the first quarter, with Bismack Biyombo's dunk with 5:05 remaining putting the Bobcats up 14-11. But the Knicks closed the period with a 12-6 run to go up 23-20.
Charlotte would lead once more in the second quarter, with DeSagana Diop's layup with 9:28 left capping a five-point run to put the Bobcats up 25-23. However, the Knicks responded with six straight points, going ahead 29-25 on Smith's dunk with 8:14 left.
Charlotte managed to tie the score three times in the final minutes of the second quarter, the last at 41-all with 1:56 left on Henderson's layup. But Smith hit a 3-pointer 17 seconds later to put the Knicks ahead, and Jordan followed with a jumper to give New York a two-point halftime edge.
Stoudemire asserted himself in the third quarter, scoring 11 points in the period as the Knicks pushed their lead into double digits.
"I feel as good as new," said Stoudemire, who missed 19 games this season, most due to back problems. "It was a matter of staying sharp on the basketball court and keeping a good rhythm and helping my team to victory."
New York would take its biggest lead late in the fourth quarter, with Jordan's fast-break dunk with 4:38 remaining putting the Knicks up 99-76.


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Boston Haul: H&M and Urban Outfitters
1:52 PMI'm back from my trip to Boston and I must say, I had a really amazing time there! I haven't taken a proper vacation in years so it was a great relief to fly out somewhere with my friend Hannah and just eat really good food and, of course, SHOP! :D
Because I haven't ever been to an H&M and I had heard so much about how they have plenty to choose from in small sizes (I wear the smaller-fit size 2 there) I fully expected to haul quite a lot and luckily I wasn't disappointed.
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Nice haul! I have been trying to resist stopping by the local H&M because I have seen everyone pick up such cute stuff, and my wallet would be absolutely destroyed.
And that plushie, omg. So. Cute.Great haul, your Boston trip looks like so much fun. Can't wait for the other videos!
I have that navy dress from H&M and wore it out yesterday for the first time since I got it and it was very well received, it's honestly great value for H&M prices!Wow you look so tiny not to mention gorgeous! You're one of the new people who can pull off anything.. how much do you weigh, Jen?
ReplyDeleteYay! Buying spree! I almost tried on that white sheath dress you got, but I was afraid of the dirt factor. Good call on picking up a white blazer! So crisp & summery!
ReplyDeleteGreat haul, Jen! I am glad you were able to find quite a few items that fit you well. I can't wait to see the other videos.
ReplyDelete- AnonymousApril 17, 2011 at 4:16 PM
Really awesome haul, Jen!
I've been reading Jean's blog and I saw your visit appearance for Loft crochet dresses, so I'm kind of entertained that you mentioned her in your video!
Great stuff.
I tried that blue dress on, and apparently I am NOT a size 2, but more like a size 4 or 6 at H&M, because of my BOOBS. BOO. I was really angry because the size 2 was the only one left and it fit perfectly around my waist. I almost cried. It was so pretty, and would've been perfect for my very bad day.
Mae Lu @ thereafterish. - AnonymousApril 17, 2011 at 4:24 PM
Great haul, I can't wait to visit h &m!!!! Can u believe that i have never been there although I have two very close to me? Shame on me!
ReplyDelete Oh I love h&m. I recently bought a few cute tops from there! Including a super cute sheer lace crop top! :)
Love their stuff it really does fit well! Altho im surprised you fit into a 4! You're so small! :) (that's a compliment)
great haul!Wow, I'm surprised that you were able to find the H&M knit blazer. I spotted two in my local store about two months ago but was hesitant about the purchase. I haven't seen it in stock since.
ReplyDelete- AnonymousApril 17, 2011 at 5:36 PM
haha the bat is cute. : ) I can't wait to see the rest of your videos! I loved everything you got. Amazing how we have similar taste in clothing! I wouldn't want to shop with you because we'd be fighting for the same size AND styles ; ) LOL Kidding!
ReplyDelete Nice haul! I haven't been shopping at all for over half a year already, and this is really making me want to run into an H&M. I love that store!
I think they really need an online store. I've shopped there so often, and there are many times when I can't find a shirt or dress in my size and wished that they would get with the times already.Jen! I'm so happy you had a wonderful time in Boston! I think Boston is one of the prettiest cities in the US! <3
ReplyDeleteYou bought up the whole store at H&M! I'm glad you had a great time on you vaca! I hope you have many more in the future! :D
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you had a good time at Boston, I'm from there. :) Like always the videos you post up are great and I feel like buying the things you've bought :P
ReplyDeleteJen, I'd love to see a "what's in my luggage" video -- specifically, how do you pack your make up and brushes? And how do you travel with your Skin79 BB cream without it getting everywhere?
ReplyDeleteI tried on the skater dress too but different print I think...the one I tried was more zebra looking. Anyhows, the 4 was too tight on me and there was no other ones left. I also wanted the lace boho dress but the only one left was a size 10. Ahhhh!
ReplyDeleteAAAH you are so sweet for finding similar/cheaper versions of the things you bought! love your work!
ReplyDeletehihi! i love your tutorial but am not sure which one to choose for the Lioele bb cream as there are two diff kind. so can u suggest to me which is better between Lioele Beyond the Solution BB Cream & Lioele Triple Beyond Solution BBcream SPF30 pa++?
Thanks!Jen! My goodness, you're making me want to go on a mad shopping spree, it's unbelievable. I work at H&M here in Montreal and seriously, I've never thought of how good certain clothes look on people! Now I'm going to do a mini-shop before I start work! hehe. :)
BTW - during your entire video, your necklace kept the most of my attention. I really love it! Was wondering where you got them? :D
Looking forward to more haul videos! Have a nice day! xIt looks like you and Hannah had a blast! How fun ^.^
I like this haul the pieces of clothing you acquired are timeless pieces that you can wear in the future too.- AnonymousApril 18, 2011 at 7:32 PM
Hi Jen!
I lovee your videos because youre such a genuine and smiley and happy person! (:
When I clicked play on your Boston haul video, my eyes immediately drifted over to your nails and my heart fell in love with the color haha ;p
Sooo, I was wondering which brand it was from & what it's name was. Since nail polishes always have cooky names LOL ;D
Thanks in advance! doris: I haven't tried Triple the solution, but I've heard others say they like it better than Beyond the Solution so I recommend that one. ;)
Diane: The polish is Urban Outfitters polish in "Hangover"- AnonymousApril 18, 2011 at 8:40 PM
Hi, I was wondering what concealer you use now, since the Lancome one is discontinued. I am on my last pot! I saw in one of your videos you use a MAC one, you should do a video on concealers. Thanks!


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"The debate over whether the Net is good or bad for us fills the airwaves and the blogosphere. But for all the heat of claim and counter-claim, the argument is essentially beside the point: it's here; it's everywhere. The real question is, do we direct technology, or do we let ourselves be directed by it and those who have mastered it?"


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Whew, the Holidays are almost behind us, I can finally exhale and slow down for the next few days and reflect about what a great year it has been for Skinnytaste and myself in 2011.
When I started this blog back in 2008, it was just a hobby that I really enjoyed. Never in my dreams would I have imagined what was to come.
In March of 2011, I left my full time job and career in the city which allowed me to give my 100% to Skinnytaste and spend more quality time with my baby. It was scary and exciting at the same time, but I wouldn 't change a thing!
And to my surprise, Skinnytaste even won some awards this year! I was so honored to win the SHAPE Magazine Best Healthy Eating Blogs 2011 and the Kitchn's The Homies: Best Home Cooking Blog for 2011 . But of course, none of this would have happened without you, and for that I am humbly grateful.
So now it's time to do my yearly round up of your favorite recipes for 2011. I asked all of you on facebook and twitter to share your favorite recipes from 2011, and I narrowed it down to these top 20, in no particular order… Thanks for all your feedback!! Hope you enjoy the recipes I have planned for 2012!!
Top 20 Skinny Recipes For 2011
- Chicken Rollatini with Spinach alla Parmigiana
- Healthy Baked Chicken Nuggets
- Chicken Pot Pie Soup
- Baked Potato Soup
- Stuffed Pepper Soup
- Coconut Chicken Salad with Warm Honey Mustard Vinaigrette
- Chicken and Mushrooms in Garlic White Wine Sauce
- Pollo in Potacchio
- Crock Pot Sweet Barbacoa Pork
- Crock Pot Asian Pork with Mushrooms
- Asian Peanut Noodles with Chicken
- Pasta with Italian Chicken Sausage, Peppers and Escarole
- Baked Broccoli Macaroni and Cheese
- Thai Green Curry Coconut Shrimp with Basil
- Carne Guisada (Latin Beef Stew)
- Meatloaf Cupcakes with Mashed Potato Frosting
- Easy Garlic Cheddar Biscuits
- Pineapple Bliss Cupcakes
- Pumpkin Cupcakes with Pumpkin Cream Cheese Frosting
- Low Fat Peanut Butter Banana Muffins


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And in court documents filed by Kelley's sister Natalie Khawam, she name-drops both Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island -- who both have ties to a Providence, RI, lawyer/lobbyist who loaned a whopping $300,000 to Khawam.Oh, my. Petraeusgate is a gaping maw! Men teetering on the edge. And always another woman. Look out, there are 2 of them! Kelley comes in duplicate: Kelley and Khawam... ka-bam!
Khawam claimed in a July 12 letter to her estranged husband that she took their son "on vacation last year to Martha Vineyard," where their son and "I had a great time at the DSCC [Democratic Senate Campaign Committee] event."
"Sen. John Kerry asked if [her son] would be coming again this year," Khawam wrote. "[Their son] was a superstar at the DSCC last year."
A spokeswoman for Kerry – who the Washington Post reports is being considered as President Obama's next secretary of defense -- had no immediate comment.
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The news from today's Pew Research Center poll is astounding, perhaps even for the most staunch marijuana advocates:
75 percent of Americans think that the sale and use of marijuana will inevitably be legal across the U.S.
What counterculture?
Says Pew: "By wide margins, the public views marijuana as less harmful than alcohol, both to personal health and to society more generally. Moreover, just as most Americans prefer a less punitive approach to the use of drugs such as heroin and cocaine, an even larger majority (76% of the public) – including 69% of Republicans and 79% of Democrats – think that people convicted of possessing small amounts of marijuana should not have to serve time in jail."
And now, read Kristen Wyatt's excellent AP piece on the poll and its findings:
By Kristen Wyatt, The Associated Press
Nationwide marijuana legalization seems inevitable to three-fourths of Americans, whether they support it or not, according to a new poll out Wednesday.
The Pew Research Center survey on the nation's shifting attitudes about drug policy also showed increased support for moving away from mandatory sentences for non-violent drug offenders.
The telephone survey found that 75 percent of respondents–including majorities of both supporters and opponents of legal marijuana– think that the sale and use of pot eventually will be legal nationwide. It was the first time that question had been asked.
Some 39 percent of respondents said pot should be legal for personal adult use. Forty-four percent of those surveyed said it should be legal only for medicinal use. Just 16 percent said it should not be legal at all.
The responses come as two states have legalized recreational marijuana, with more than 20 states and Washington D.C. allowing some medical use of the drug.
"It's just a matter of time before it's in more states," said Steve Pratley of Denver, a 51-year-old pipefitter who voted for legalization in Colorado in 2012.
Pratley, who did not participate in the Pew survey, agreed with 76 percent of respondents who said people who use small amounts of marijuana shouldn't go to jail.
"If marijuana isn't legalized, it fills up the jails, and that's just stupid," Pratley said.
Legalization opponents, however, drew a distinction between making pot legal for all and thinking that pot users belong in jail.
"It's an illegal drug, period. I don't see it spreading," said Laura Sanchez, a 55-year-old retiree in Denver who voted against legalization. She agreed that pot smokers don't belong in jail, but she disagreed with legalization.
"I've seen no proof that it's good for anybody," said Sanchez, who also did not participate in the survey.
The poll suggested that despite shifting attitudes on legalization, the public remains concerned about drug abuse, with 32 percent of those surveyed calling it a crisis and 55 percent of respondents viewing it as a serious national problem.
And a narrow majority, 54 percent, said that marijuana legalization would lead to more underage people trying it.
As for mandatory minimum sentences, public attitudes have been shifting for years.
In 2001, the survey was about evenly divided on whether it was a good thing or bad thing for states to move away from mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders. In 2014, poll respondents favored the move by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, or 63 percent to 32 percent. The other 5 percent either didn't respond or said they didn't know.
Public officials are well aware of the public's shifting attitudes on drug penalties.
Just last month, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testified in support of proposed sentence reductions for some non-violent drug traffickers in an effort to reserve the "the harshest penalties for the most serious drug offenders."
"Certain types of cases result in too many Americans going to prison for too long, and at times for no truly good public safety reason," Holder said last month at the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
Drug legalization activists said the Pew results come as no surprise.
"We see a growing bipartisan recognition that mandatory minimums went too far and did more harm than good," said Ethan Nadelmann, head of the Washington-based Drug Policy Alliance, which opposes criminal penalties for non-violent drug users.
Marijuana legalization opponents saw signs of hope in the survey, too.
Kevin Sabet, co-founder of Smart Approaches to Marijuana, which opposes pot legalization, pointed to the fact that 63 percent said it would bother them if people used marijuana openly in their neighborhood.
"Saying that we don't want people to serve prison time for marijuana is very different from saying I want a pot shop in my neighborhood selling cookies and candies and putting coupons in the paper," Sabet said.
The poll of 1,821 adults was conducted Feb. 14-23. The survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.


text: MuseumsThe museums in Alabama vary from historical institutions that help modern generations reconnect with the areas rich past to locations that help foster appreciation for the local environment and the natural resources it produces. Birmingham Civil Rights InstituteThe Birmingham Civil Rights Institute was created to document and present to the public the long history of the black community's struggle for equality in Birmingham and throughout the South. BCRI's permanent exhibitions allow visitors to take a self-guided journey through the story of blacks and whites in Birmingham. From the period of segregation following WWI through integration in the 50's and on to the landmark the civil rights movement of the 1960's, these exhibits give the public a chance to understand Birmingham's significance in Civil Rights history. The Institute's Education Department facilitates Outreach Presentations for schools and community organizations throughout the greater Birmingham metropolitan area. Anniston Museum of Natural History - (Pell City/Anniston)The seven exhibit halls of the Anniston Museum of Natural History vary from a representation of the African wilderness to artifacts from ancient Egypt to a full-scale replica of an Alabama cave. The museum also features one of the nation's oldest ornithological collections, with more than 400 mounted specimens of North American birds (including some that are now endangered and extinct). The hands-on learning continues with nature trails, a children's discovery room, and art exhibits. Rosa Parks MuseumBy all standards just an ordinary woman before the morning of December 1st, 1955, Rosa Parks's refusal to give her bus seat to a white man became one of the most recognizable and unifying images of the Civil Rights Movement. The Rosa Parks Library and Museum on Troy University's Montgomery campus details the history of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Civil Rights Movement as a whole. The museum also honors the courage of the stand that Rosa Parks took against inequality. Mann Wildlife Learning MuseumA great educational resource for children, the Mann Wildlife Learning Museum gives visitors a unique chance to get up close to a wide variety of preserved North American wildlife. Feel the soft fur of a massive grizzly bear, the soft belt of a fox's back or the rigid antlers of the mighty moose. Each of the animals is shown in recreations of their natural habitat to enhance the experience. Gulf Coast Exploreum Science CenterLocated in downtown Mobile, the Gulf Cost Exploreum is a regional science center designed to educate and entertain children and adults alike. Interactive exhibits teach children many about many core scientific areas such as chemistry, simple mechanics and biology. In addition to the exhibits, the Exploreum also features an amazing IMAX theatre. The Rosenbaum House MuseumAn architectural treasure by the master of modern design, Frank Lloyd Wright, the house was originally built for newlyweds Stanley and Mildred Rosenbaum in 1939. Wright even designed an addition to the home in 1948 when the family grew to include four sons. The house is the only structure in the entire state of Alabama designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It is one of the best examples of Wrights Usonian Style, and is the only Wright-designed house in the southeast that is open to the public. |


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A team of scientists led by researchers from Princeton University has discovered a new way that electrons behave in materials. The discovery could lead to new kinds of electronic devices.
Writing in the Friday, July 25, issue of the journal Science, a team led by N. Phuan Ong, a professor of physics at Princeton, has shown that electrons in the common element bismuth display a highly unusual pattern of behavior -- a dance, of sorts -- when subjected to a powerful magnetic field at ultra-low temperatures.
Normally, electrons in bismuth come in three different varieties. But in the experiment described by the researchers, the electrons in the magnetized, supercold sample simultaneously assumed the identity of all three classes of electrons, following a strict choreography that could only stem, they say, from the strange rules of quantum physics. Quantum mechanics is the area of physics that governs the behavior of objects in the microscopic world.
The experiment documented the first "phase transition" -- a term used to describe an abrupt change in the behavior of a material -- ever observed in a Group V element, one of the categories in chemistry's periodic table.
"If you can imagine, it's as if we were looking at passengers scrambling through Grand Central Station in New York, watching them run in different directions. All of a sudden, the whistle blows and we see them run to the same train. This is a simple example of a sudden transition to collective behavior," Ong said.
By witnessing what physicists call a "collective state," the team saw what Ong described as one of the wonders of nature. "It's a manifestation of quantum mechanics," he said.
It had been known that, in the complicated environment of a crystalline solid like bismuth, its electrons move more rapidly than they do in conventional materials. Although the maximum speed of electrons in bismuth is small compared with photons moving at the speed of light, the electrons mimic accurately the behavior of elementary particles accelerated to very high speeds. In bismuth, this "relativistic" property makes them likely candidates for the quantum behavior the scientists observed.
"This is exciting because this was predicted, but never shown before, and it may eventually lead to new paradigms in computing and electronics," said Thomas Rieker, program director for materials research centers at the National Science Foundation.
If scientists are able to document the behavior of the electrons in bismuth and therefore predict their path through a material, they may be able to manipulate those properties for electronic systems powering futuristic "quantum" computing devices.
"In the quest to develop ever smaller and faster transistors, physicists and engineers are attempting to harness the quantum behavior of electrons," Ong said. "Research in bismuth and another material, graphene, may uncover further new results that will expand the toolkit of quantum researchers."
Electrons are the lightest elementary particles with an electric charge. In the past, understanding the rules governing the way electrons move through materials has allowed scientists to make major advances, from the development of medical imaging to the invention of the transistor. "The modern era of computing and telecommunications rests on advances in solid state physics," Ong said. "We can't yet know what we will learn from this but the past tells us that understanding the behavior of electrons points us in important new directions."
The experiment also involved Robert Cava, the Russell Wellman Moore Professor of Chemistry and department chair, as well as physics graduate students Lu Li and Joseph Checkelsky and postdoctoral fellow Yew San Hor. Scientists from the University of Michigan and the University of Florida also participated.
To obtain the results, the scientists balanced a crystal of high-purity bismuth at the tip of a tiny gold cantilever and measured the minute flexing of the cantilever as the magnetic field changed. They performed the experiment using the most powerful magnet in the world at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Fla. The 34-ton magnet produces a magnetic field measuring 45 Teslas -- 1 million times more powerful than the Earth's magnetic field. The facility is funded by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy and the state of Florida.
The research at Princeton was supported by the National Science Foundation through a Materials Science and Engineering Center grant to the Princeton Center for Complex Materials.


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Lecturer, syndicated columnist to more than 50 newspapers around the country, television commentator, debater, marketer, businessman, author, publisher and activist, L. Brent Bozell III is one of the most outspoken and effective national leaders in the conservative movement today.
Founder and President of the Media Research Center, Mr. Bozell runs the largest media watchdog organization in America. Since its launch in 1987, the MRC has developed the largest video archive in the world; the popular NewsBusters.org blog site; the CNSNews.com internet news service; the Business and Media Institute; and the Culture and Media Institute. The MRC has over 500,000 members nationwide.
In 2010, Mr. Bozell founded ForAmerica, an organization committed to restoring America to its founding principles. In less than a year ForAmerica has grown to over 1.5 million Facebook followers. In 1998, Mr. Bozell founded and was the first president of the Parents Television Council, the largest group in America dedicated to a restoring responsibility to Hollywood. Before founding the MRC, Mr. Bozell was the finance director and later the president of the National Political Action Committee.
Mr. Bozell's bi-weekly column is syndicated by Creators Syndicate to over 50 media outlets nationwide. His writings have also appeared in numerous other outlets including the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, the National Review and USA Today. He is the author of three books, including And That's the Way It Is(n't) (with Brent Baker), Weapons of Mass Distortion, and Whitewash (with Tim Graham).
He has been a guest on numerous television programs, including the O'Reilly Factor, Nightline, The Larry King Live and the Glenn Beck Show. He appears weekly on the "Media Mash" segment of Hannity, on the Fox News Channel.


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LYON, France – A check against INTERPOL's databases as part of security operations surrounding the Southeast (SEA) Games in Myanmar has led to the identification and arrest of a US fugitive in the Philippines.
The 45-year-old man, the subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice for internationally wanted persons issued at the request of NCB Washington for financial crimes, was taken into custody at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International airport after his passport triggered an INTERPOL alarm revealing his 'wanted' status. He is currently being held in Manila pending deportation to the US.
At the request of Myanmar authorities, an INTERPOL Major Events Support Team (IMEST) was deployed to the country ahead of and during the SEA Games (11 – 22 December) to assist in the preparation, coordination and implementation of security arrangements.
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Nearly 740,000 checks against INTERPOL's databases were carried out during Operation Dove, resulting in 11 hits where the traveller was flagged as either being wanted internationally or was carrying a passport registered in INTERPOL's Stolen and Lost Travel Documents (SLTD) database. The SLTD database currently contains more than 39 million documents from 166 countries.
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The man accused of masterminding the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen in 2000, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, won a key battle at Guantanamo on Wednesday — a judge said he could meet with his lawyers without having to wear restraints.
The ruling might seem like a small thing, but the judge's decision allows the government to avoid possibly having some things discussed in open court that it doesn't want revealed. Al-Nashiri's defense team had planned to put him on the stand to testify about why he feels the shackles are such a problem. Before he came to Guantanamo, Al-Nashiri had been held in CIA black sites for four years. He is one of three men the U.S. has admitted it waterboarded. Al-Nashiri, a 47-year-old Saudi, says being shackled is traumatic today because he was restrained in the same way when he was in CIA custody years ago.
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A member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen was buried in Arlington National Cemetery this morning, the same day that Red Tails, a film dramatizing the pilots' heroic feats, was released in U.S. theaters.
During World War II, Luke Weathers Jr. "shot down two German fighter planes while escorting a damaged bomber to its base," the AP reports.
Weathers' widow, Jacqueline Weathers, his children, and others attended Friday's funeral. Many attendees wore red ties and scarves to honor the veteran. As is the case for many funerals in Arlington, the ceremony took place some months after the veteran's death. Weathers died on Oct. 15 in Arizona, where he had moved several years ago.
A recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal, Weathers also earned a Distinguished Flying Cross. In the Red Tails squadron, the native of Memphis, Tenn., flew P-51 and P-39 fighters — he named his plane "The Spirit of Beale Street."
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"He would talk about his hard trials and tribulations to others, to children, because he never wanted us to feel like this (racism) is a reason we couldn't make it," his daughter, Trina Weathers Boyce, told the AP by phone Thursday. "He would tell us nothing good comes easy. He'd say there are going to be barriers ... and you can overcome them."
Many surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen gathered in Washington, D.C., last August, to mark their 70th anniversary.
Red Tails screenwriter John Ridley spoke to Morning Edition co-host Renee Montagne for Friday's show. He described what it was like to interview the former pilots:
"Back in the day you basically had a propeller and a stick, and you were getting in the air. And whatever it took besides trying to prove that you could do it as a black man in America, whatever it took to get in an airplane, these guys still had it. And when you sit with them, they're the same characters. You know, if a guy was chewing tobacco back in the day, he was chewing tobacco now. If he was full of braggadocio back in the day, he had it now."
Ridley also explained that the pilots' significance went far beyond the color of their skin. Because as they broke the color barrier to take part in aerial combat, they also brought a different strategy into play:
"These B-17s, the large planes, The Heavies, as you called them, they would have about 10 or 11 men on board. They would have these bomber trains of maybe one hundred B17s; you're talking about a thousand men in the air. And at the time they were losing 20, 30, 40 of these bombers per mission. So you're talking about thousands of men on a mission.
"You can imagine what that was doing to the psyche, at the time, on the home front, losing this many men. And part of the reason was because originally the pilots were trained - the white pilots were trained, go after the German jet fighters, chase them down - leaving the bombers exposed, other German planes would come in behind and shoot down these bombers.
"The Tuskegee Airmen, the Red Tails, were specifically told do not chase the plane. Don't chase glory, going after the German fighters. Stay with the bombers. It was a big deal. It was huge. Different way of fighting - changed the course of the war. It really did."
The funeral for Weathers included "a flyover of four F-16 jets in the Missing Man formation, a special honor reserved for pilots, by the 113th Wing of the D.C. Capital Guardians, the same unit that guards the airspace over the nation's capital," the AP reports.
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My kids got to see 9 states and Washington DC on this trip! We drove out of Illinois, across Indiana, across Ohio, through Pennsylvania, down through Maryland, around DC, through Virginia, and into North Carolina. On the way home, we drove across North Carolina, into Tennessee, up through Kentucky, up through Indiana, and back to Illinois. Whew! That was a LOT of driving. More than once, I fantasized about stopping at the nearest airport, abandoning my car, and flying home. With no one to switch off with, driving all that way was tiring. My shoulders are still sore and tense!
We had a great relaxing time at the beach. I really loved the Outer Banks (except the lack of internet connection!). It's a touristy place, yes, but still, it wasn't crowded with obnoxious tourists. I would absolutely go (read, FLY) back there again. Okay, maybe I wouldn't fly, but I'd definitely take several more days to drive down there and back, and I'd take time out to stop and see the sights along the way.
So, here are some highlights, in no particular order (mostly because it's taking me forever to arrange the stupid pictures on here)...
Brooklyn passed out after Austin made my car into a gas chamber.
This is when I knew we'd been in the south just a little too long.
On the way home, I met up with my friend Beej and her son, Kevin. We had lunch and then walked around the Bass Pro Shop while the kids ran around and stretched a bit. Thanks for meeting me, Beej and thanks for all the Silly Bandz!
This is what happens when you let my kids loose in a hotel.
stinkin Virginia traffic on the way home
the beach house we stayed in
Here's the end of our deck which stopped right at the beach. And yes, it was that empty on the beach. It was awesome!
Currituck Sound
These next pictures were taken on the beach right as a storm was rolling in. It was very cool!
more stinkin Virginia traffic on the way there
We all love, love, loved North Carolina! Savannah's allergies had been horrible a week or so before we left. Most of the first day driving there, she was a huge, watery-eyed, snot-nosed mess. She didn't take a single allergy pill the entire time we were there though. Last night, driving home, her allergies started up again. Whatever's in the air up here that bothers her, apparently isn't in North Carolina. Another reason to move! Oh yeah, and she saw a Panera Bread there so she said she could move. We'll see...


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Individual free choice, an idea that permeates common sense and legal theory, assumes that actions reflect the stable preferences of individual actors. Individuals are responsible for their actions (that is, their preference-driven choices), and laws can therefore be designed on that assumption.
But if that assumption is wrong, says Harvard Law School Professor Jon Hanson, then laws built upon it may not be advancing the ends they purport to serve. And Hanson's view, steeped in interdisciplinary study in the mind sciences, is that the assumption of indvidual free choice is faulty. The decisions people make, he says, are often determined by influential factors in the situation—that is, non-salient and often invisible external and internal factors that influence, not only how we behave, but also how we make sense of our behavior.
This is what Hanson calls "situationism." Using social psychology and related mind sciences to help understand law and legal theory, he suggests that people, ideologies, and laws are shaped by forces quite different from those they imagine. While varying versions of the individual-choice model have served as the basis for most laws, policies, and mainstream legal theories, Hanson says, social psychology, social cognition, cognitive neuroscience, and related social scientific fields have uncovered many ways in which that model is detrimentally incorrect.
Hanson explored some of those ideas in an October 29th lecture at HLS entitled, "The Human Animal, Ideology, the Law, and other Situational Characters." The lecture commemorated his appointment as the Alfred Smart Professor of Law. The chair was endowed by the Smart Family Foundation, in honor of Alfred Smart, a 20th-century publishing entrepreneur who helped launch Esquire magazine and other publications.
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In his lecture, Hanson incorporated several movie clips to help illustrate his arguments and to recognize Alan Stone's love of cinema. Referring to a famous dream sequence from Federico Fellini's "8 ½," Hanson said: "Our ideology is like a car—it's an instrument or tool that enables us to get around and gives us the feeling that we're in control, in the driver's seat of our lives. [But] we are far more situationally constrained than we ever imagined. Consequently, we're unable to get where we want to go . . . . .In my view, a necessary condition for making better laws is first understanding who we are, what moves us, and what purposes and subconscious motives our ideologies are actually serving."
Hanson said that the mind sciences behind "situationism" have complex implications for the legal system, and that the law-making process must do a better job of taking into account how individuals make decisions.
Hanson joined the HLS faculty in 1992 after receiving a law degree from Yale. Hanson is is an expert in tort and corporate law with a background in law and economics. He is co-director and creator of the Project on Law and Mind Sciences at HLS and contributes regularly to a blog that discusses the legal implications of human decision-making – The Situationist. Hanson received the 1999 Sacks-Freund Award for excellence in teaching and was a finalist in both 2000 and 2006.
In her introduction of Hanson, Dean Elena Kagan '86 said: "His deep appreciation and concern for the students of this law school knows no real bounds. He is teacher, mentor, and friend to so many students – possibly to more than any other faculty member at this law school."
In honor of Alan Stone's interdisciplinary expertise, the chaired professorship is to be given to someone who has "distinction in scholarship related to the intersection of legal studies and one of the following: psychiatry, psychology, medicine, and literary and film studies."
Stone is currently the Touroff-Glueck Professor of Law and Psychiatry, a joint appointment held with HLS and the Harvard Medical School. Kagan hailed him as "one of the earliest and one of the best interdisciplinary scholars at Harvard," having forged his interdisciplinary paths among law and psychiatry and law and film studies for almost four decades.
In addition to his work exploring the intersection of law and psychiatry, Stone is a movie critic for the Boston Review, and he recently published a book entitled, "Movies and the Moral Adventure of Life."


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I have a JUKI TL-98Q. I do all my piecing and quilting on this. I do not have a long arm or a quilting frame. Nor do I send my quilts out to be quilted. It's all done on this baby. For those of you who have read my blog for awhile, this is old news, but I LOVE my sewing machine. I would recommend it in a heartbeat. If I had any complaints about it is that it is straight stitch only-no zig zag. And it's kind of loud. (More my husband's complaint than mine.) This machine is FAST and durable. It is a workhorse. It's a professional grade machine and the large throat makes quilting even a king size quilt attainable. One feature that I scoffed at when I bought it but now I would not be able to live without is the auto cut feature. I LOVE it.
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Sunday, March 17, 2013
Francis the 'Slum Pope': Jorge Mario Bergoglio Remembered for Ministering to Buenos Aires' Poorest
By Luis Andres Henao
Note: This article was first published March 15, 2013, by The Huffington Post.
For more than a billion Roman Catholics worldwide, he's Pope Francis. For Argentina's poorest citizens, crowded in "misery villages" throughout the capital, he's proudly known as one of their own, a true "slum pope."
Villa 21-24 is a slum so dangerous that most outsiders don't dare enter, but residents say Jorge Mario Bergoglio often showed up unannounced to share laughs and sips of mate, the traditional Argentine herbal tea shared by groups using a common straw.
People here recall how the Buenos Aires archbishop ditched a limousine and would arrive on a bus to their little chapel; how he sponsored marathons and carpentry classes, consoled single mothers and washed the feet of recovering drug addicts; how he became one of them.
"Four years ago, I was at my worst and I needed help. When the Mass started he knelt down and washed my feet. It hit me hard. It was such a beautiful experience," said Cristian Marcelo Reynoso, 27, a garbage collector trying to kick a cocaine addiction through the church's rehab program.
"When I saw the news on the TV, I began screaming with joy, and look, I'm still trembling," Reynoso said. "El Chabon (The Dude) is so humble. He's a fan of San Lorenzo (the soccer club), like me. You talk to him like a friend."
Long after he became a cardinal in 2001, this "prince of the church" wore a simple black T-shirt with a white collar. For many at the slum's Caacupe Virgin of the Miracles Church, it's nothing short of a miracle that their friend is the pope.
"He was always part of our slum," housewife Lidia Valdivieso, 41, said after praying while resting her palm on a statue of St. Expeditus, patron saint of urgent and impossible causes. Her 23-year-old son has cerebral palsy and is learning carpentry at the church's technical school.
"When I heard the news I couldn't believe it. Having a `papa villero' (slum pope) is the most beautiful thing that can happen to us. I still remember him going on long walks through our muddy streets or talking to our children," Valdivieso said.
Inside the concrete block chapel, there's a painted message commemorating Bergoglio's inauguration, and another big painting of Pope John Paul II, but no sign of Benedict XVI whatsoever. Near the altar, there's a large black-and-white poster of Carlos Mugica, an iconic Argentine slum priest who was killed in 1974 by a right-wing death squad intent on eliminating the "liberation theology" he preached.
Bergoglio never favored liberation theology because of its [alleged] alliances with armed leftist guerrilla movements in the 1970s. But he has done much to follow in Mugica's footsteps, sponsoring all sorts of outreach programs in Argentina's slums.
This can be messy work, obliging priests to challenge drug dealers for the slum-dwellers' allegiances, and putting their beliefs, even their lives, at risk. Sometimes compromises must be made.
Just a few steps from the chapel, melted candles stand in a red shrine to the pagan folk hero Antonio "Gauchito" Gil, a 19th century outlaw revered among Argentina's poor for sharing his stolen bounty with the poor.
Many Argentines are as likely to pray for miracles from "Gauchito" as they are from authorized Catholic saints, but Bergoglio didn't object to the shrine's presence next to his chapel.
"For more than 20 years he came here. He's always been close to us and his impact on this slum is huge," said the parish priest, Lorenzo "Toto" de Vedia.
Cameras followed Bergoglio once as he washed the feet of 12 young men at a rehab center. "Then he kept coming back, taking confession and counseling them," Vedia said. On the priest's desk lay a newspaper with a huge, one-word headline: "FRANCISCO."
"You can tell that the church is going to change," Vedia said. "The fact that he chose the name Francisco says it all. It says: Let's stop messing around and devote ourselves to the poor. That was St. Francis message and now `Francisco' can live it."
In his first appearance at St. Peter's Square, the first Latin American pope bowed to the crowds and asked for their blessing. Back in Argentina, his friends in the slums recognized the gesture as the same sort of humility that won their hearts.
In the 13th century, St. Francis of Assisi made it his mission to respond to the poor and show that through simplicity and love, a stronger foundation for the church could be built.
Pope Francis' "mission is now to go on a pilgrimage to all lands, to walk with the people, to lead a church that walks," said Mercedes Trovato, 24, a youth volunteer who wore a wooden cross around her neck.
Bergoglio's friends say he's fundamentally shy. He hardly ever grants media interviews, preferring to speak from the pulpit. But he did agree to chat recently with Jaidr Flores, a 22-year-old host on the parish's Radio FM La 96.
"He was hesitant at first. But I convinced him, and at the end of the interview, he started laughing and said: "You did it! You got me on air!'" said Flores. "One day I went to visit him at his office and I was amazed to see how many pictures of the volunteers and recovered drug addicts from this community he had on his desk. He truly cares for us."
Related Off-site Links:
Francis Emerges – Andrew Sullivan (The Daily Dish, March 16, 2013).
Pope Francis' First Moves Hint at Break with Past – David Willey (BBC World News, March 16, 2013).
Francis Drops First Hint That Reform May Be Real – John L. Allen, Jr. (National Catholic Reporter, March 16, 2013).
In First Since Great Schism, Orthodox to Attend Papal Mass – Joshua J. McElwee (National Catholic Reporter, March 16, 2013).
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Gospel artist Tye Tribbett believes that he can reach more people through love than hate and that's something he hopes Christian leaders remember when it comes to bringing correction to their followers' lives.
"I just think their approach is militant, and I think a lot of times when your sin is not somebody else's sin, it's so much easier to condemn," Tye told Sister 2 Sister in reference to how pastors deal with congregants who are struggling with same-sex attraction. "It makes you feel better about your dysfunctions when another person's dysfunctions are seemingly worse."
Though he said a lot of churches aren't as condemning as they used to be, Tye spoke to S2S Publisher Jamie Foster Brown about the controversial issue and whether it's God's best for His people.
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Jamie: I think we keep ourselves so contained within this box, and especially religion does. Plus, with homosexuality, quite frankly, I just think it's a natural thing for them, because I don't think anybody, especially in the past, would want to come here and be condemned. Nobody wants that. People want to be naturally accepted. Do you understand what I'm saying?
Tye: Yeah, I definitely understand. Well, I want to respond to that: There are lots of things that are natural to us that may not be God's best for us. That's my only thing. I'm not saying that homosexuality is not natural. I agree with you that it is. There are several things that come naturally that's not God's best. Children 2 years old, "Did you eat that cookie?" "No." Lying came naturally to them.
Jamie: Right.
Tye: Nobody taught that kid how to lie. It came in the flesh package, but that's not God's best. There are certain things that can trigger the not-so-great natural in all of us. But is it God's will or God's best for us, period? And I don't condemn homosexuality, but I don't believe it's God's best for our lifestyle, according to the Bible.
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