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A file containing shocking evidence of the methods and mayhem of U.S. drone strikes has been compiled in Pakistan and forms the basis of a pair of lawsuits being filed in that country against two former CIA officials.
The Daily Mail (U.K.) reports:
The dossier has been assembled by human rights lawyer Shahzad Akbar, who works for Pakistan's Foundation for Fundamental Rights and the British human rights charity Reprieve.
Filed in two separate court cases, it is set to trigger a formal murder investigation by police into the roles of two US officials said to have ordered the strikes. They are Jonathan Banks, former head of the Central Intelligence Agency's Islamabad station, and John A. Rizzo, the CIA's former chief lawyer. Mr Akbar and his staff have already gathered further testimony which has yet to be filed.
A hearing on the first case has already been conducted and should the court in Islamabad rule in Akbar's favor, an international warrant will be issued for the arrest of the two Americans.
The second complaint was filed by Akbar in the name of several surviving family members of innocent victims of recent drone strikes. In this suit Akbar and the families claim that the drone strikes are "acts of war" and that the government of Pakistan is under an obligation to use its armed forces to protect its citizens from these near-daily assaults from U.S. drones.
Given the horrific and habitual nature of these drone attacks, it is not surprising that another suit has been filed challenging the legality of the strikes and seeking of recompense for the families devastated by the casualties caused by them.
As we reported earlier, Noor Khan has filed suit against the government of Pakistan for its cooperation with the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom on behalf of his father who was killed in a U.S. drone strike while he attended a tribal council meeting on March 17, 2011, in the northwest region of Pakistan.
Among the dead, according to a report in the Global Post, were four Pakistani Taliban members, but what about the other 38, or more, who were killed in that firestorm? Were they innocents? Were they merely acceptable human flotsam left scattered about the wreckage of war?
The Daily Mail story paints a similarly shocking picture of the attacks at issue in the latest pair of lawsuits:
The plaintiff in the Islamabad case is Karim Khan, 45, a journalist and translator with two masters' degrees, whose family comes from the village of Machi Khel in the tribal region of North Waziristan.
His eldest son, Zahinullah, 18, and his brother, Asif Iqbal, 35, were killed by a Hellfire missile fired from a Predator drone that struck the family's guest dining room at about 9.30 pm on New Year's Eve, 2009.
"'We have never had anything to do with militants or terrorists, and for that reason I always assumed we would be safe,'" Khan says in the Daily Mail story.
According to reports citing the allegations made in the lawsuit, "someone from the Pakistan CIA network led by Mr Banks — who left Pakistan in 2010 — targeted the Khan family and guided the Hellfire missile by throwing a GPS homing device into their compound.
As for Rizzo, he is a named defendant in the suit because of remarks he made during an interview he gave upon retiring as the CIA general counsel. Rizzo's comments on many occasions reveal a "cavalier" attitude about carrying out assassination orders. In a story published last year by Newsweek, Rizzo seems to describe a video game rather than an act taking the lives of human beings.
It was an ordinary-looking room located in an office building in northern Virginia. The place was filled with computer monitors, keyboards, and maps. Someone sat at a desk with his hand on a joystick. John A. Rizzo, who was serving as the CIA's acting general counsel, hovered nearby, along with other people from the agency. Together they watched images on a screen that showed a man and his family traveling down a road thousands of miles away. The vehicle slowed down, and the man climbed out.
A moment later, an explosion filled the screen, and the man was dead. "It was very businesslike," says Rizzo.
And later in the story: "It's basically a hit list," [Rizzo] said. Then he pointed a finger at my forehead and pretended to pull a trigger. "The Predator is the weapon of choice, but it could also be someone putting a bullet in your head."
Rizzo does say that when marking names off the hit list, he does try to "minimize collateral damage, especially women and children." Of course, as an attorney, Rizzo should understand that a way to eliminate all collateral damage would be to attempt to apprehend those suspected of threatening the security of the United States and trying them for those charges. Something called due process.
For what it's worth — and that is apparently very little to most in power — the Constitution of the United States forbids the taking of life, liberty, or property without the due process of law.
President Barack Obama, despite the multiplicity and feigned sincerity of his denials, has set himself up as the judge, jury, and executioner of those he alone deems a threat to national security, and notwithstanding the Constitution, he does not believe he is obliged to provide any explanation to the American people or to the families of those murdered by attacks he ordered.
The presidential presumption of guilt by association followed by an autocratic order of a lethal drone strike rightly worries many friends of liberty in the United States and abroad. With regard to due process one asks why the alleged "terrorists" who are the purported targets of these attacks cannot be tried in our federal court system? For decades those accused of terroristic crimes have been formally charged with those crimes, had those charges heard before an impartial federal judge, and been permitted to mount a defense to those crimes.
Perhaps President Obama has created in his mind a place where the burden of killing so many people without due process is lifted by the fact that, as Ladan Cher says, "a soldier carries out the killing from a cubicle using a joystick to operate the predatory drone."
When any president usurps the power to place names on a kill list and then have those people summarily executed without due process, he places our Republic on a trajectory toward tyranny and government-sponsored terrorism.
Of course, it would be another matter if those targeted and executed by the president were armed enemy combatants — they were not. Were these suspected "militants" enemy soldiers captured during wartime they would be necessarily afforded certain rights granted to POWs. Those slated for assassination are not allowed any rights — neither the due process rights given to those accused of crimes nor the rights of fair treatment given to enemies captured on the battlefield.
The White House has assumed all power over life and death and created ex nihilo a new category of individual — one deprived of rights altogether.
When contacted by The New American, neither the CIA nor the White House would comment on the lawsuits or the merits of the charges contained in them.
Photo: Supporters of Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan rally to condemn U. S. drone attacks in Pakistani tribal areas on al-Qaida and Taliban hideouts, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct 28, 2011: AP Images


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The Greatest Quiche Ever: Bouchon Bakery
Let's face it. Quiches have been a tired food cliché for a long, long time. I can't even remember the last time I ordered a slice of quiche at a restaurant. Somehow the subject of quiche came up last week at Serious Eats world headquarters. Raphael informed the rest of us that the tastiest, richest, most delicious quiche he had ever made and tasted was Thomas Keller's at Bouchon Bakery. I like tasty, rich, and delicious food a lot, so I went over to Bouchon Bakery last Saturday after squash and ordered the quiche of the day.
What I discovered shocked me.
The place was packed, but I managed to snag the last seat available at the bar. I ordered the quiche and salad. I love the rolls at the Bouchon Bakery. They're small, crisp, and chewy on the outside with an airy, just soft enough interior. The basket of rolls comes with terrific butter sprinkled with fleur de sel. The slice of leek and Roquefort quiche (here's the recipe) arrived a few minutes later. I took a bite. Raphael was right. This quiche was intensely flavorful and crazy rich. It was unlike any other quiche I've had in my life. It was basically a savory custard with a buttery, buttery crust. What was amazing was the lovely consistency of the quiche filling, considering it was obviously reheated. How do they do that?
Raphael told me that Keller wrote rapturously about quiche in his Bouchon cookbook. This is what Keller wrote:
It's almost sexual, a great quiche. It's "the seductive pie." And it's hard to say adequately what an important part of cooking it represents to me. It's the essence of luxury, a great delicacy, again using the most common ingredients.
I am ready to write the following sentence on the Ed Levine Eats blackboard 25 times: I will never dis quiche again.
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We've all heard about the luxurious shuttle buses that transport Silicon Valley employees to and from San Francisco.
But that's not the only way employees at top notch tech companies get around.
SF2G is a loosely organized group of bikers who commute together from San Francisco to their respective tech offices in Silicon Valley.
We first heard about the group thanks to Matt Sarnecki, who wrote a great piece on SF2G back in 2011.
"All of the original SF2Gers were passionate about cycling on their own and we all lived in San Francisco," Brett Lider, a Google employee and one of the original members of SF2G, tells Business Insider. "We were either driving, or taking Caltrain or using corporate shuttles to get to work. And I think it's fine to use any of those transit methods a reasonable amount of time, but having to use them all the time was kind of wearing on us."
Every day, cyclists will "call" rides in a Google group to notify SF2G members where they plan to meet, the ride distance, speed, and difficulty level. Depending on how fast you ride, the journey can take anywhere from one and a half to three hours.
On any given day, there are anywhere between two and four rides leaving San Francisco. The number of people who show up to each ride vary, but Lider says a regular weekday ride could have up to 20 or 30 people.
Lider has been doing the ride for about eight years now. He says there are three main things that keep him feeling rewarded and coming back: the sense of community, the environment, and the health benefits on both the physical and psychological level.
"The psychological benefits are really kind of profound in terms of getting to work under your own power," Lider says. "Having accomplished something really tangible before you step into the office is very calming to me and kind of puts things in perspective, and allows me to be a more centered person in my work day."
SF2G began in 2005 when Scott Crosby joined Google. Since then, it has grown to more than 2,000 subscribers. To be clear, these aren't just Google employees. They work at various companies including Facebook, Oracle, Apple, Intuit, and even Stanford Hospital.
With Bike to Work Day coming up on May 9, SF2G is expecting about 400 or 500 people. If you want to join them, they'll be leaving from 24th and Mission Plaza in San Francisco. Head on over to SF2G to learn more.
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We all scream for Azucar's guava ice cream
As of Saturday, it's officially summer. So if you're screaming for ice cream, a great place to start is Scoop Adventures: The Best Ice Cream of the 50 States ( $20, Page Street Publishing).
Lindsay Clendaniel shares the recipes she collected during travels across the country sampling ice cream from specialty shops and restaurants for her blog, Scoop Adventures. The recipe here for Abuela Maria Ice Cream is from Miami's Azucar Ice Cream Co. in Little Havana.
It's a great uptake on the cream-cheese-and-guava flavor combo we love, whether in pastelitos or smeared on a Maria wafer. A caveat: Some of Clendaniel's ice cream recipes leave me wondering — blueberry kale comes to mind — but there are many that beckon.
Restaurant Recipe Request
Q: I was quite taken by the vivid zucchini soup with beet foam at the Trapiche Room on Brickell. Can you get the recipe?
A: Chef Daniel Goldich kindly supplied the recipe for this delicate Mediterranean-inspired soup, shown here with the beet foam, which makes a beautiful presentation. I did not make the foam (I am not a fan of molecular gastronomy), but should you be inclined you'll need 2 grams of soy lecithin powder, 15 grams of organic beet powder and 2 cups of water. Mix in a bowl and process with a stick blender until foam forms.
Grilled Caesar
Something new to try when you're barbecuing, from Earth Bound Farms:
Give rinsed and dried romaine hearts a brief stint over the coals to gently wilt the outside, while the inner leaves remain crisp, with a nice smoky flavor throughout.
Brushing the leaves with a vinaigrette or Caesar dressing not only adds flavor but protects the tender leaves from the heat. You could just grate Parmesan over the warm lettuce, but try the recipe's quick method for making melted cheese disks — they're a great crispy-chewy change you could adopt to all kinds of salads.
Tried and New
My grandfather's recipe for a crisp, deep-fried Italian cookie has never tasted as good since I abandoned his old method of using lard and shortening.
I've heard similar complaints from readers whose pie crusts aren't as flaky, or fries aren't as tasty, or cookies aren't as crisp. Making recipes healthier often means a trade-off in flavor or texture.
I've been quite pleased with the results from a new twist on baking fats from Nutiva. It's a trans-fat-free organic shortening made with coconut and red palm oils. It is vegan, contains no dairy or soy, plus is Fair Trade and Non-GMO Project verified.
Coconut oil, of course, is the new health food darling and the red palm (sourced from family farms in Ecuador in partnership with Natural Habitats so it does not contribute to deforestation or habitat destruction) contributes to the crispness and flakiness. $6.79 for a 15-ounce tub, online at nutiva.com, or at Whole Foods.
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Benefitting photographers during both the production and post-production stages, Capture One Pro 10 for Sony from Phase One is an advanced raw conversion, photo editing, and tethered shooting solution offering a high degree of control throughout a photographic workflow. Revolving around a performance-oriented re-write, version 10 has been updated for faster overall use and improved caching of images for a more fluid experience. This update also brings an overhaul to the sharpening functions of Capture One, which is now split into three distinct stages for more critical sharpening depending on application. Halo Suppression and Output Proofing tools have also been added to round out how sharpening is used and in the finished image. Additionally, this update also sees the inclusion of a Camera Focus Tool for adjusting focus when shooting tethered, and support is now available for working with Tangent wave panel systems for analog control over the Capture One interface. Continuing its reputation as the workhorse of workflow, Capture One Pro 10 brings enhanced performance while expanding its feature-set to benefit the complete photographic process.
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June 15, 2009
By Roey Gilberg
LOS ANGELES -- Perseus Medical won the $15,000 first prize at the 28th annual Knapp Venture Competition, held at UCLA Anderson on May 28. The competition, organized by students and hosted by the Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, featured five finalists competing for a total of over $30,000 in prize money. Teams presented their pitches to a panel of judges including Betsy and Cleon "Bud" Knapp, the namesakes of the competition.
Fifth place and a $1,000 prize went to Cardinal Fresh & Associates, Inc., a software initiative that provides services to the international perishable agricultural goods industry. Eryma, Inc., a line of products supporting cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, took home the $2,500 fourth prize.
Winning the $5,000 third prize was Lottay, an online service that allows users to send money as a gift, while Beacon Metrology, which has patents pending on a silicon wafer monitoring technology, was awarded the $7,500 second prize. Beacon also won the $1,000 Epson People's Choice Award, as voted on by the attendees.
Perseus, which appeared in last year's competition and finished fourth, impressed judges with their overall consistency. "We didn't think they had a major weakness," said Greg Craig, founder and CEO of Orca Energy Capital. Those who also judged last year's competition agreed that Perseus did an excellent job of taking the comments they had received and integrating them into this year's presentation.
The judges were very impressed with the general caliber of all the finalists. "They were all spectacular," said Craig. "The second through fifth place teams should not be discouraged. They are all legitimately good businesses."
First Place Team ($15,000 Prize)
Perseus Medical - The Perseus 1.0 is a self-contained video endoscope developed by physicians and engineers from the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine in conjunction with the Anderson School of Management.
Jules Huang, MBA '09
Sarah Carr, MBA '09
Cathal McCarthy, Ph.D., Department of Electrical Engineering, UCLA
Kirby Chiang, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UCLA
Dr. Warren Grundfest, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, Associate Professor and Chief of Anesthesiology
Second Place Team ($7,500)
Beacon Metrology - has patents pending on a novel technology that allows silicon wafers to be monitored in real time (in-situ), increasing the yield and throughput, resulting in substantial cost savings to companies such as Intel, IBM, and First Solar.
Michael Toofer, MBA '10
Bhavik Vasha, FEMBA '11
Parag Sanghavi, FEMBA '11
Sumit Kharbanda, FEMBA '11
Anadi Mukherjee
Manu Prasanna
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Lottay- Combining the convenience of gift cards and wish lists with the immediacy of the internet, Lottay makes the experience of giving money online more engaging, personal, and memorable.
Andrew Elliot, FEMBA '10
Alex Rabiee, FEMBA '10
Fourth Place Team ($2,500)
Eryma, Inc. - a California corporation formed in January 2009 to manufacture and produce a line of products supporting cancer patients in their chemotherapy treatment.
Raffaele Cannizzaro, MBA '10
Shelley Schwartz, MBA '10
Shaun Hicks, MBA '09
Siavash Kahen, MBA '10
Kate Stephenson, MBA '10
Joshua Covey, MBA '10
Fifth Place Team ($1,000)
Cardinal Fresh - a "software-as-a-service" (SaaS) provider to the entire supply chain of the international agricultural-based perishable goods industry, providing full end-to-end track and traceability services and operational diagnostics.
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Aaron Rosand, world-renowned violin virtuoso and pedagogue, carries on the tradition of Leopold Auer and Eugène Ysaÿe, having studied with their disciples Efrem Zimbalist and Leon Sametini.
Born of a Russian mother and Polish father, Mr. Rosand gave his recital debut at age nine and his orchestral debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra a year later. He made his New York recital debut in 1948 and his New York Philharmonic debut with Leonard Bernstein in 1960. He has been solo artist with major orchestras and conductors of the world and frequently combines master classes with concert engagements.
Mr. Rosand has recorded extensively throughout his career and, to date, has over thirty CDs and DVDs on various recording labels in the United States and Europe. They are available at retailers and through his website.
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Visible Ink, a one-on-one writing program for patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, offers opportunities for self-expression, stress reduction, personal growth, and individual success at a time when many participants face the considerable challenge of a serious illness.
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With the festive season fast approaching we've pulled together a guide to the best Christmas markets in Yorkshire.
Leeds Christkindelmarkt
When: November 13 - December 20
Where: Millennium Square, Leeds City Centre
This is one of the most established German Christmas Markets in the UK, with traditional wooden stalls, festive greenery, Christmas carousel rides and twinkling colourful lights all creating a unique continental style festive atmosphere in the heart of Leeds city centre. Set in the stylish civic setting of the award winning Millennium Square, Christkindelmarkt attracts many hundred thousands of visitors to Leeds each year and forms an integral part of the city's annual events programme.
When: Saturday November 28, 10am – 5pm and Sunday November 29, 10am – 4pm
The Victorian Christmas Festival boasts over 80 stalls full of locally produced foods and crafts. There will be entertainment with Christmas Carols being sung by local school choirs, mulled wine, roast chestnuts and street entertainers. Saturday's Market will draw to a close with a christmas light switch on and community carol singing with a special visit by Father Christmas in a Horse Drawn Carriage pulled by two white shire horses.
When: Saturday November 28, 10am - 6pm
Where: The Woolshops
The Woolshops brings a special one-off Christmas Market to the cobbles between on the same day as the Halifax Christmas Lights Switch On, boasting plenty of food and craft stalls. Father Christmas himself will make an appearance before the Christmas Lights are switched on.
Wakefield The Hepworth
When: Saturday November 21 and November 22
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Ranked as one of Britain's best Christmas markets by the Guardian this popular Christmas market returns to the Calder building next to the main gallery for this festive season.
The market will boast arts and crafts stalls selling beautiful ceramics, unique prints and handmade jewellery.
Harrogate Christmas market?
When: Thursday 19 - Sunday 22 November, 10am - 8pm Thursday - Saturday and 10am - 5pm Sunday
Where: Montpellier Stray
Held on The Stray in the historic Montpellier Quarter of Harrogate town centre, this four-day festive market will be filled with high quality Yorkshire and Harrogate products. This year it is expected to have over 190 stalls selling everything from Yorkshire cheeses and chutneys to handmade gifts and Christmas decorations. Santa will be in his grotto with real reindeer.
York St Nicholas Christmas Fair
When: Thursday November 19 - Wednesday December 23 2015
Where: Parliament Square, York City Centre
St Nicholas Fair, one of the most popular Christmas markets in the UK, has been given a tinselly twist for 2015. Snug wooden chalets line the street selling festive food and gifts.
Whitby Christmas Market
When:Friday November 27 - Monday November 30
Where: Endeavour Wharf Car Park, Whitby,
Whitby's second Christmas Market will take place on Endeavour Wharf in the view of Whitby's famous Abbey and Swing Bridge. The market features the Whitby's iconic beach huts with stalls from independent traders, artists, crafts people, hot food stalls and of course, a bar selling mulled wine.
Sheffield Christmas Market
When: Friday November 20 - Thursday December 24
Where: Fargate, Sheffield
Traditional wooden cabins will offer a huge choice of seasonal goodies. Santa will be meeting the children of Sheffield in his very own Lapland cabin. The market will be open daily from 10am to 6pm (8pm on Wednesdays) until Christmas Eve.
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text: Here's the official trailer for Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel, the documentary about the legendary fashion editor directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland (who is married to Vreeland's grandson). "The fashion world changes all the times. You can even see the approaching revolution in clothes," says Vreeland in interview file footage. "You can see and feel everything in clothes." (Anna Wintour is reportedly fond of a similar construction, "If you look at any great fashion photograph out of context, it will tell you just as much about what's going on in the world as a headline in The New York Times." But when prompted for an example in 2007, all she could point to was clothing that looked "militant and urban" that carried "a sense of going into battle." When Vreeland makes her point about how fashion both reflects and influences the wider world, she does it with conviction.) In the film, industry luminaries including Manolo Blahnik, Diane von Furstenberg, and Calvin Klein talk about how Vreeland — first at Harper's Bazaar and later at Vogue and the Met's Costume Institute — modernized the world of fashion magazines. She covered hip, young stars like Mick Jagger and Barbra Streisand and socialized at Studio 54. Of course, she could also be famously difficult to work for. The film comes out in September.


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PROVO, Utah (AP) -- Lonnie Johnson is a sex offender, a felon with one rape conviction in Washington state and nearly two dozen charges of rape and sex assault now leveled against him in Utah. But he remains a free man.
Because of a legal loophole in Utah that doesn't allow a judge to consider his pending criminal case when determining whether Johnson is a danger to society, 4th District Judge James R. Taylor's hands are tied. He can't order an involuntarily -- and indefinite -- commitment to a state hospital until Johnson is made fit for trial.
He is innocent until proven guilty of the Utah charges, and Taylor found that the circumstances of the 2006 rape conviction in Washington state weren't substantive enough to outweigh the opinions of some medical experts who found he was incompetent to participate in his own defense, and likely couldn't be made well enough to ever face a jury, making further treatment futile.
Johnson, 39, previously pleaded guilty in 2006 to raping a 16-year-old girl in Washington state and served about a year in county jail before being released into a work program, according to the Washington State Department of Corrections. He is now a registered sex offender.
In 2007, he was charged in Utah with 20 sodomy and sex assault counts after police say he had inappropriate contact with his stepdaughter and her cousin over five years beginning in 2001. A year later, however, Taylor deemed Johnson incompetent due to a cognitive disorder. He spent about two and a half years at the Utah State Hospital while doctors worked to make him well enough for trial, but last year they said he had shown little improvement.
Doctors say Johnson suffers from an unspecified cognitive disorder that appears to affect his memory and ability to make decisions and understand his actions.
Taylor reluctantly freed him, noting he didn't believe state civil commitment laws were broad enough at the time to detain him. Prosecutors have since been fighting to get Johnson off the streets and re-committed for treatment.
A daylong competency hearing Wednesday in Provo, about 50 miles south of Salt Lake City, ended with Johnson walking free again.
"What can I do? I can order him to submit to a reevaluation in a year, but I don't see the point. It's pretty bleak," Taylor said when issuing his ruling.
He told Deputy Utah County District Attorney Craig Johnson, who is not related to the accused, that the prosecutor could seek Johnson's involuntarily commitment again after May 8 when a new law takes effect that allows a judge to consider previous "harmful sexual conduct" as grounds for civil commitment, such as the Washington state case.
Johnson, the prosecutor, conceded that Lonnie Johnson is likely incompetent to stand trial now, but said he would seek to have him forcibly committed under the new law.
"It's still an uphill battle," Johnson said. "But we have another tool in our arsenal against Mr. Johnson to protect society."
The Utah Legislature passed the bill in March in response to outrage over Johnson's release.
"We just want to be able to say, if somebody is very likely to commit harmful sexual conduct, and they are mentally ill, and the mental illness is linked to the conduct, then we believe that's grounds for civil commitment," the bill's sponsor, state Rep. Brad Daw, R-Orem, said at the time he proposed the legislation.
During the competency hearing Wednesday, two doctors testified Johnson remains unfit for trial and that no amount of treatment could make him better.
"The brain cells are not there," Patrick Panos, a psychologist and University of Utah social sciences professor, testified. "There's nothing for medication to impact."
Another doctor expressed the same opinion.
Two other doctors, however, differed in their diagnosis.
A doctor who had evaluated him at the state hospital insisted Johnson was making progress.
"We would like another chance to restore his competency" psychiatrist Peter Heinbecker testified.
Eric Nielsen, a clinical social worker who also evaluated Johnson, said he found some of his symptoms "suspect," and that Johnson might be faking it to some extent.
Upon his release from the hospital last year, Johnson moved to Oregon, but has since returned to Utah and is now living with his mother. He has never entered a plea to the Utah charges, and his family maintains the allegations are false. He declined comment Wednesday as he left the courtroom.
Christy Danner, the mother of one of the two victims in Utah, said she feels the system has let her daughter down.
Danner, whose daughter gave her permission to speak publicly about the case, said her deepest fear is that another child might be harmed.
"I don't know that he's crazy enough that he can't stand trial, but he needs to be off the streets," Danner said.
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1 cup (6.25 oz.) flour blend (recipe to follow)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup (2.5oz) powdered sugar
- melt chocolate
- mix chocolate, oil, and sugar until just combined
- add eggs one at a time, scraping bowl as necessary
- mix in vanilla
- add flour, salt, and baking powder
- place dough, covered in plastic, in refrigerator, for at least two hours (overnight preferred)
- when ready to bake, preheat oven to 350ºF.
- scoop 30g portions (about the size of a quarter) and roll in powdered sugar
- place on parchment paper lined tray, 1/2 inch apart
- bake for 8-10 minutes
Flour blend:
white rice flour: 3/4 cup
potato starch: 4 cups
guar gum: 5 Tbsp.
albumen: 1/2 cup
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AUSTIN — There were no photo shoots for national magazines this summer. No one came by asking if they might be the best defense in the conference, or even in the country. All of that happened last year, before the Longhorns went out and posted the worst statistical defensive season in school history.
So now, instead of dealing with inflated expectations, coordinator Manny Diaz's unit finds itself insisting that it isn't nearly as bad as everyone believes. How will UT's defenders attempt to bounce back from their 2012 disaster? Let's start with the front four:
Few dispute that senior defensive end Jackson Jeffcoat is the most dominant player at any position on UT's roster, and also stands as the Longhorns' premier NFL prospect. The problem is he's returning from his second torn pectoral muscle in two years. Jeffcoat said doctors told him both were freak injuries, and that he's no more susceptible to suffering another one than anyone else. After missing UT's final seven games last year, he's rebuilt his muscle mass and says he's ready to go. The Longhorns need him to be right.
The other starting end spot figures to be filled by junior Cedric Reed, who ranked second on the team with 13 quarterback pressures last year. Another option is senior Reggie Wilson, who arrived at UT being hailed as an elite recruit, but coaches are still waiting for him to consistently live up to his promise. They hope his sack against Oregon State in the Valero Alamo Bowl was a sign he's finally ready to make an impact.
Wilson has reasons to be motivated, and not only because this is his final season. The Longhorns are excited about the play of three young ends — sophomore Shiro Davis and redshirt freshman Caleb Bluiett and Bryce Cottrell — who all made strong cases for playing time during the spring. And if all of the ends contribute? In a pass-happy league like the Big 12, the ability to rotate six competent pass-rushers would be a valuable luxury.
The Longhorns aren't quite as deep at tackle, where they were routinely obliterated by opposing running attacks last fall. UT's optimism for that position is built upon the fact that all four of their top tackles are stronger and more experienced than they were a year ago, and coaches now have a better idea how to deploy them.
Senior Ashton Dorsey suffered from obvious lapses in concentration at times, but he remains the tackle coaches believe can be the most dominant in spurts. He should start, but he might be used in shorter doses to ensure the Longhorns keep getting his peak performance. There are no such limitations on sophomore Malcom Brown, who is as complete of a tackle as the Longhorns have, and who might emerge as a first-round NFL draft pick as early as next season.
One of the biggest jokes on UT's roster might be the official listing of junior Desmond Jackson at 6-foot-1. The man they call "Tank" might not even be within three inches of that, but he's a weight-lifting machine who's widely regarded as the strongest and toughest player on the team. The Longhorns' efforts to clog the middle and improve the run defense begin with him.
The yin to Jackson's yang is senior Chris Whaley, who was recruited by UT as a running back. He was too big and not quite fast enough to stay at that position in college, but his quickness is his best attribute as a tackle. He gives the Longhorns an extra man to chase the quarterback on passing downs, and he has a knack for blocking kicks on special teams.
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This time last year I wrote a post wishing all those good enough to give No more wriggling out of writing their time a very merry Christmas, celebrating the fact that I had been blogging for a whole five months. As I am away over new year now I had a little review of 2011 and twelve months further on I am, remarkably, still at it and my blog has come a long way. Lots more people pay a visit and the list of topics I cover has widened. It has been a good year and a huge 'thank you' to you all for your comments and interest.
I have enjoyed writing about family history, about mental health ( a special Christmas 'thank you' to all my brilliant guest bloggers) and about any manner of other topics and I really enjoy sharing my favourite poems. I am all over the place perhaps – someone sent me a 'Versatile Blogger' award which sounds better than plain 'random' – but one constant is my love of John Keats' poetry, letters and life. That is why my Christmas card to my readers (above) is one designed by one of my favourite artists and fellow Keats enthusiast Amanda White who now has the honour of her work being sold on hallowed turf – at Keats House Hampstead (shown on the card). Take a look at her site; she also produces work based on the home of other literary greats – Wordsworth, Austen and Shelley for example
In 2010, by way of Christmas greeting, I shared favourite Christmas poetry – The Oxen by Thomas Hardy. This year I thought I would share a contemporary Christmas poem by Stephen Leake. I know very little about the poet, other than what you can read in the cutting linked to above and I hope he doesn't mind my reproducing his work here. However, it is done out of admiration for the lovely atmosphere he creates in 'Presence'
'And naves of Christmas pines/Grasp human shadows' – I love the evocation of the cathedral-like forests of straight pines, so dark that no light can penetrate and no shadow form.
Last year I also included a link to a video of one of my favourite Christmas songs, Driving Home for Christmas by Chris Rea. It isn't a track that is overplayed at this time of year, but the one I include for 2011 may not feature on anyone else's Christmas compilation -'Can't Get it Out of my Head' by ELO. I can't remember why I started associating this with sitting in our darkened front room (aged about twelve), with the coloured Christmas tree lights casting shadows on the ceiling – of tree and me, replacing those lost amongst the pines of the poem. Perhaps it is the melancholy tone of the song and the lyrics I never quite understood that remind me of the evening of the big Day, when all that anticipation is over and it will soon be time to go to bed and leave Christmas behind for another year. Whether this is my exclusive experience or not, it is fabulous. And if you find it a little sad for the season, you can always go and listen to Wizzard here…!
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To me condoms always seemed to be someone else's problem. I mean being young and gay in the early 1980s meant not having to worry about getting some girl pregnant. Syphilis and gonorrhea were the only major STDs that I tried to avoid. Oops, I forgot about herpes, but who hasn't had a cold sore on their mouth.
Having lost my virginity to both sexes, my idea of sexual lubrication was K-Y jelly, Vaseline or spit. If I were really excited then I hunted for that motion lotion. By accident one drunken lusty night I used some icy hot, and learned for the first time the many uses of the aloe vera plant.
As my sexual drive increased, so did my risk behavior, until I heard the words "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)." I was one of those who thought that AIDS only happened in the big cities, real cities, like New York and San Francisco. Or worst that it was happening only in the white gay community. I didn't even know people who had colds, let alone who were dying. However, slowly but surely I started using condoms and started finding out more information on this new thing called "Safe Sex."
Somewhere during the course of my personal journey, HIV and then AIDS became a new life-partner with me. The days of flesh upon flesh and the mingling of fluids came to an abrupt end. But I was determined that I would continue to have a healthy sex life. Hell, I was using the military's "Don't ask, Don't tell" motto years before they even coined the phrase. See, if you didn't ask if I had AIDS, I wouldn't tell you I had AIDS.
I just held firm to the idea, "No Glove-No Love." I created all types of interesting ways to pull the vital sexual behavior information from my sexual partners, while steering clear of those acts that could put us at risk. I asked, "What kinds of things do you like to suck? How many sexual partners have you been freaky with? You use that tongue really well, don't you? A buddy of mine says he's not worried about Hepatitis, are you?"
As long as I used safe sex, I could live my life. Safe sex to me meant using latex condoms and lube, not Vaseline. Overtime, I began to limit the types of things that I did sexually with another person. I really didn't like condoms at this point in time, but I felt that they were a necessary evil. I wasn't into oral sex. I didn't kiss. I wouldn't let my sexual partners touch me in any way, shape or form unless we were alone or unless we were located where prying eyes could not see us. The strange thing about this is that I wasn't really happy. I felt totally restricted, but at least I wasn't being abstinent. I can't speak for others but personally being abstinent was not an option. In my mind abstinent meant that my life was over, and I was no longer desirable. Remember this is my stuff, my own personal issues, but that's another article.
I asked myself, "Is this all that I need in order to have a 'normal' life?" After going through the motions, with several partners, I felt that it was time to reevaluate my personal position on sex. Finally, I decided that I would be proactive about sex. The first step was being honest with all of my sexual partners. Yes, I feared the rejection and the stigma that I believed would follow, once people in the community found out about my status. However, I moved forward and discovered that it was ok. I was not some sexual leper, in fact many of my partners had new respect for my honesty. Of course, there were those who reacted negatively, but I felt that if they couldn't deal with my honesty then they didn't need to be in my life anyway. I knew that if I loved myself, was honest with myself, and respected myself, everything would be fine.
I decided that I needed to learn more about "safer sex" and opted to talk with several people who were giving "eroticizing safe sex" workshops. This opened my eyes to many misconceptions I had about safe sex and personal intimacy. I knew what types of condoms and personal lubrication should be used, but I didn't know how to really incorporate it into a truly intimate setting.
I realized that I was often in such a rush when it came to sex, that I would miss the opportunity to really enjoy myself and experience intimacy. So, I took a mental inventory of the things I truly enjoyed sexually. I loved touching and caressing. I found out that a full body massage is actually a great place to begin one's sexual journey. Kissing, licking and sucking were other things I really enjoyed. I came to the realization that my oral fixation wasn't limited to suckers and cigarettes. But all of these types of interactions take time, that is if you really want to fully enjoy the experience. I slowly began to apply some of my new skills. I eventually discovered that I enjoyed being held, and I enjoyed holding another person in my arms.
Just think all of these wonderful new experiences . . . [to be continued].
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Aaron is an awesome cook! He makes the best garlic mashed potatoes. When we have people over, they hope to take home leftovers! 🙂 He also makes a mean meatball. He is very cautious to keep the gluten-filled pasta away from the gluten-free pasta. He makes the meatballs completely gluten-free. He uses breadcrumbs, usually the Ener-G brand, but this last time he just put some Pamela's bread in the blended & made his own. I am not sure what he puts in the meatballs, other than some Italian spices and lots of love. 🙂 He used to make normal size meatballs, but the past few times he has made the biggest, moistest meatballs E.V.E.R! They were heaven in a ball! They were so big that I was only able to eat 1! Jon had 2, but didn't have any pasta with his. He went straight for the good stuff.
Unfortunately, I don't have a recipe to share for these. I can tell you he makes the meatballs & then cooks them right in the sauce, which is usually Prego Three Cheese. They simmer on the stove for an hour or 2, until cooked through. I think this is what keeps them so moist!
These keep well in the fridge and make excellent meatballs sammies, too!
Now I really want some of his mashed potatoes….hmmmm……
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Naomi Watts took a big risk in taking on the role of the late but still very beloved Princess Diana for the upcoming biopic Diana. In fact, the risk was so big that she actually turned the part down twice before finally agreeing to do it in February 2012. Speaking about the movie in an interview with the U.K.'s Sunday Times (via Grazia Daily), the 44-year-old Oscar-nominated actress confesses that she was worried about how people — specifically Diana's sons, Princes William and Harry — would react to the film.
"The biggest reason that made me pause was how the princes were going to be feel about this," Watts tells the paper. "There was actually quite an eerie moment in London when I did see Prince William in a restaurant, and I got very nervous, because if I caught his eye I didn't want to interpret a look and think he had a negative feeling about this idea, so I made sure not to look."
Watts notes that her fear led her to reject the role. "I turned it down twice," she says. But the thought of playing Princess Diana continued to haunt her.
"I was a little bit torn," she tells the Times of her initial response, "but once I'd said no, I wasn't completely at peace. Sometimes when you say no, you feel free, but it just wasn't the case."
"There was something very intriguing about this woman's life. It was extraordinary," Watts continues. "She always lived a privileged life, but there was nothing ordinary about the construct she moved into. I liked the idea that there was this fame — no one at that level can really survive it, I think. It's a very dark thing, but it's kind of true."
"I do care deeply about how the princes feel, of course," she adds. "I am a mum of two boys. But it was a story that was bound to be told at some point, and it's possibly fresher than people expected." (Watts and actor Liev Schreiber have two sons, Sasha, 6, and Samuel, 4.)
Fresh, maybe — but true? Princess Diana's ex-love Hasnat Khan doesn't think so. Khan, played by Naveen Andrews in the movie, told the U.K.'s Mail on Sunday recently that the biopic got their romance "completely wrong."
"I don't see this movie doing well at all," he said of the film, which centers around his two-year relationship with the late princess. "It is based on gossip and Diana's friends talking about a relationship that they didn't know much about, and some of my relatives who didn't know much about it either. It is all based on hypotheses and gossip."
Khan noted that he not seen the movie — nor does he plan to see it after its release in November. "A friend asked me the other day if I would sneak into a cinema to see the film. But there is no way I will watch it," Khan, nicknamed "Mr. Wonderful" by Princess Diana, told the Daily Mail. "There's no way I am going to go anywhere near it, not now or ever."
"Most of it is going to be based on gossip, and if I watched it I would be sitting there saying, 'That's wrong, that's wrong, that's not right' every second," he continued. "I couldn't put myself through that. It would be absolutely terrible."
According to a recent Vanity Fair cover story, Khan was the true love of Diana's life, even though she was linked to Dodi Fayed at the time of her death. Fayed was killed along with the princess in a car crash in Paris on Aug. 31, 1997.
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Amanda has been doing a flickr favs friday on her blog and I thought Id join in this week.
happy friday!
PS. Can't remember if I shared this yet, but I did an interview over on itsgeekchic as part of Mel's Project Blogger Series. You can read it HERE if you'd like. Mel has been interviewing some pretty great bloggers for the series including a fav of mine Laura of See Hear Say. Thanks so much Mel for including me!
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What beautiful pictures. I love that first photo in particular.ReplyDelete
You find the most beautiful photos!ReplyDelete
@h.tea ~ aw thank you :)ReplyDelete
Super pretty pics! Hope you have a lovely weekend x SushiReplyDelete
aww thank you so much lovely!! guess what i'm gonna do now? flickr faves friday!! :D have a nice weekend xxReplyDelete
dolly, that was such a delightful interview!ReplyDelete
i thoroughly enjoyed reading it!
ps seeing the cupcake mountain made me terribly hungry!
enjoy your weekend you fancy creature! x
definitely the first is my favourite, dangling feet - you can just imagine cheeky grins and funny faces to match. xReplyDelete
- AnonymousSaturday, October 02, 2010
What a nice blog! I just love it! There is just thankfully to find a blog like yours!ReplyDelete
I love this kind of post so much and i´m doing it nearly regulary :DReplyDelete
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beautiful pictures and very interesting interview:) congrats! have a lovely weekend, xoxoReplyDelete
love that first photo. Have a fun filled weekend!ReplyDelete
The toes photo is sweet and that shave ice is making me miss summer.ReplyDelete
i love the rikitiki photo!! :) Great selection.ReplyDelete
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Interesting. I followed some of your links and found some neat places.ReplyDelete
I love your photos! :)ReplyDelete
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@lauren carney ~ oh I just had a look, woops I was going for a 'spring road trip' hence mine being all pretty pinks. Love your picks! much more on themeReplyDelete
hahaha lady, no way, your picks were outstanding!ReplyDelete
I especially love the frauline with the bow!
oi spring trip = it totally suits the theme! Your picks were fab!
haha, i honestly sat there for like two hours trying swooning over different designers and such!
p.s thankyou for your kind words on my blog,
i blushed a little :-) i like the antler ones too. It was such fun doing them!
p.p.s milkfromathistle = omfg love love their stuff!
I love the top photo and the fourth one! These are great.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing! I love the first shot! The last shot reminds me of summer!ReplyDelete
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LOVE the dream & awake vintage photo.ReplyDelete
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Thanks for sharing the interview. It was really nice. I especially wanted to say thank you though for letting us know about TinEye! I didn't realise this site existed but I'm so glad it does. It's so disappointing when you find a beautiful image but can't share it because the link dead-ends. TinEye is going straight to my bookmarks!ReplyDelete
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@Immy ~ I love tineye!! Ive been using it alot of help find sources. Ive made a commitment to never again post something without finding the source as best I possibly can! only fair to all the amazing photographers and artists out there.
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Clarke Hayden: "Money respects money. Even more so in a bad economy."
The Good Wife Waiting for the Knock 2012
A few months ago I was talking to Joe Mangiacotti of Out with Joe telling him about the TV show Last Resort about a rogue group of US submariners who steal their sub after disobeying an order to fire.
When I told him the pilot ends with the sub firing a nuke warhead at the US he was incredulous saying something along the lines of:
Do these people really believe that Americans are going to watch and support a TV show where soldiers are firing on their own country?
Yes they really did, but via live at five they don't anymore:
Freshman dramas Last Resort and 666 Park Avenue will not move forward at ABC.
The network has opted to cancel both underperforming series, despite picking up two additional scripts for both.
This should be no surprise. Anyone who has followed movies over the last few years has seen picture after picture depicting US troops through the liberal mindset crash and burn losing tens to hundreds of millions for their studios.
Yet the same types who were sold on throwing their money away on those movies somehow bought the idea that it would sell in the more competitive Television market with 100's of other choices just a click away?
Why did they think it would be different? Because their entire world lives within the bubble of the Murphy Brown effect.
For those too young to remember, Bush the Elder and his Vice-President, Dan Quayle, were both pilloried by the popular sitcom starring Candice Bergen week in and week out for months on end. But it was not just "Murphy Brown," it was a huge chorus of pop-culture voices all singing the same tune, that Bush and Quayle were stupid, or evil, etc.
So when I say "Murphy Brown effect" I refer not just to the sitcom, but to the entire pop-culture chorus.
And that effect drove the four most important words from these the hollywood reporter article:
…the critically acclaimed drama starring Andre Braugher and Scott Speedman, is averaging 7.3 million total viewers and a 1.7 in the demo. Thursday's episode notched its lowest-rated hour to date, attracting 5.8 million viewers and a 1.2.
…the critically acclaimed drama.
Media is all about opening doors to the right people. It's the reason why so many idiots are willing to lose fortunes making Tina Brown and Arianna Huffington richer. As long as the critics come from that same Murphy Brown bubble, Hollywood will continue to market to those fools in the mistaken belief that it will make them.
It is the other side of the Murphy Brown effect. Ladd is right about how it tilts elections:
Until conservatives bigwigs recognize the fundamental power of pop-culture, and start investing in the arts (movies, television, music, etc.) to counteract this trend, they will continue to remain irrelevant, continue to lose their country, and continue to lose elections.
But that same effect blinds filmmakers not only to their errors like Last Resort but the possibility of profit wealth and fame from a conservative slant.
Just imagine if we had enough people in media who could positively buzz a conservative show to anything resembling critical acclaim and the money to back such ventures. Suddenly conservatives on the west coast would not worry about their next job if they spoke out or approved a script because there would be an outlet that could deliver profit and audience to their endeavors.
Every day we don't fight the culture war on the turf of the arts, we are Israel letting Hamas shell us without response.
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Worth the risk? Why the Seahawks let some players gamble
Golden Tate, Earl Thomas and other Seahawks are trusted by coaches to make plays some teams would consider risky.
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Searching for a spark against winless Tampa Bay, Golden Tate planted his feet on Seattle's 10-yard line.
Most punt returners are governed by rules that instruct them not to catch anything inside the 10. Tate operates under different guidelines and not just because Seattle's no-catch line is the 8.
With the ball in the air against Tampa, Tate slowly backpedaled toward his own end zone. Then he did something very few players can do: He looked up at the punt soaring 50 yards above him, quickly looked down to scan the field, then looked up to relocate the descending ball.
"If I would try to coach another player to do what Golden does," said Seattle special-teams coach Brian Schneider, "it wouldn't be fair. And it wouldn't be right."
What Tate saw was a lot of open field. His coverage team had done a good job of blocking and Tampa Bay's punter boomed the ball, outkicking his coverage.
Tate caught the punt at the 4, slithered across the field and broke six tackles on the way to a 71-yard return. Seattle settled for a field goal, which almost seemed beside the point. Tate had flipped momentum, getting the crowd and his teammates into the game.
"He's got a couple knucklehead plays in him, obviously," Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said. "But in general, he's a guy that has so much creativity that you want to let him create, and that's really what this is about."
This is the risk/reward Carroll and his coaching staff accept with certain players. So how does the trade-off work? And, more importantly, what does it say about the Seahawks?
IT'S ALMOST COMICAL to read old draft-day interviews from Carroll and general manager John Schneider. Inevitably, when explaining the rationale for selecting a player, Carroll, Schneider or both will reference a unique trait that led them to make the pick.
Some of that is cliché, but it also stems from an organizational desire to find players with special qualities. And then, once those players are in the system, find the proper way to accentuate those qualities.
"It almost falls under the label of artists: Don't stifle creativity," NFL Network analyst Charles Davis said. "You may color outside the lines a few times, but guess what? That's OK because sometimes when you color outside the lines it becomes much better looking."
This isn't a new concept. Nor is it unique to the Seahawks. But Seattle doesn't mind toeing the line between risk and reward. Players such as Tate, Earl Thomas, Russell Wilson, Doug Baldwin and Richard Sherman are given freedoms to occasionally step outside the box.
More often than not, the Seahawks say, that leads to positive results. Sometimes, however, it bites them.
"If you play that way, then it's all in," said Louis Riddick, a former NFL player and scout now at ESPN.
Riddick has watched plenty of Seattle tape and is a big fan of their roster and style of play. But he offers caution.
"If it costs you," he said, "then it's going to be really easy for everyone to second guess. It's good — until it's not. All of this stuff will be judged at the end of the day if they're playing in the big game."
IN ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT moments of the Tampa Bay game, safety Earl Thomas trusted his instincts.
The score was tied at 24 with 44 seconds left. Rookie quarterback Mike Glennon faced third-and-seven from his 46. Kicker Rian Lindell had made a 50-yard field goal earlier in the season, so the Bucs needed only another 15 to 20 yards to get in range.
On third down, Glennon dropped to pass but quickly bolted for open field. At the moment Glennon took off and Thomas charged forward, the pair were separated by 28 yards. Glennon needed only 7 for a first down.
When Thomas saw Glennon start to run, he didn't hesitate. He left his spot deep in the middle of the field and came roaring forward. Had Glennon looked, he would have seen a receiver running open in the area Thomas had just vacated.
Instead, Thomas stopped Glennon for a 4-yard gain.
"You've got to take chances to have success," Thomas said. "If that play occurred and he would have stopped and thrown the ball, I'm willing to take that. I always tell myself that I'm going to trust my instincts and go."
That play doesn't happen by chance or simply because Thomas is fast. It happens, in part, because he is allowed to take risks. In other words, he is given a long leash.
"You still play within the system," Thomas said, "but you're not a robot."
His risks are not blind. They are influenced by hours of studying film. On Bruce Irvin's interception against St. Louis, for instance, Thomas called out the route Irvin's man was going to run before the snap.
"It becomes an instinct, a reflex," linebackers coach Ken Norton Jr. said.
The players given the most leeway are the ones the coaches trust most. That's earned over time, not only through their play but through their work habits.
"Those are the types of guys we want here — guys who think ball all the time," Norton said. "A guy like Earl, he's the ultimate ball guy."
But Thomas' gambling hasn't always paid off.
In a game at Houston this year, Texans quarterback Matt Schaub kept targeting star receiver Andre Johnson. With Houston deep in Seattle territory, Thomas took off from the middle of the field toward Johnson. He thought Schaub was going to the well once more.
Instead, Schaub floated a touchdown pass to the other side of the field, a ball Thomas should have contested had he not guessed wrong.
"I'm willing to take chances knowing that I can learn from that," Thomas said.
Carroll and his staff haven't stifled Thomas' go-now instincts. They've tried to work with him so his risks are less risky and his guesses are more educated.
"He's to the point where he can really use his creative ability to make things happen, sometimes well outside the lines and confines of the defense," Carroll said. "But he does it properly."
OF ALL THE LABELS slapped on Russell Wilson, one that's rarely mentioned is risk-taker. In fact, the perception of Wilson early in his career — that he was a game manager — implied the exact opposite.
"He's as much of a risk-taker out there as anybody playing the game," Carroll said. "But I think he can manage that risk really well."
One of Wilson's greatest gifts is his instinctual feel for escaping pass rushers. He has played Houdini plenty in his brief career, slipping out of a sack to make a big play.
But doing so comes with inherent risks. He lost a fumble in the red zone against Carolina and lost two more deep in Seattle territory against Arizona.
"I understand that this is an issue that kind of comes with the territory of utilizing his great talent," Carroll said after playing Arizona.
In the aftermath of that game, Wilson and quarterbacks coach Carl Smith worked on limiting those mistakes. Sometimes, Smith told Wilson, you just have to surrender, protect the ball and fight another day.
In his next game, against St. Louis, the Seahawks had one of their worst offensive nights, but Carroll kept highlighting an underrated part of Wilson's performance: Despite facing heavy pressure, despite getting sacked seven times, he didn't turn the ball over.
The defense carried Seattle to a 14-9 win.
The intent wasn't to put Wilson in a box or take away his scrambling ability. Carroll and his staff wanted Wilson to recognize when he would be better served protecting the ball instead of running wild.
"The thing the coaches will tell them is, 'On this one maybe be a little smarter or on this one you could have done this differently,' " tight end Zach Miller said. "But they don't tell them never to do it again. They don't shut it down completely."
Receiver Doug Baldwin is given similar latitude when running routes. As long as he gets to his right spot at the right time, Seattle's coaches allow him to improvise.
If he thinks he can get open by extending his route a few yards before breaking, he is trusted to do that.
"If defenses see things over and over, they're going to pick up clues," Baldwin said. "But if I can change it up once in a while, it gives me freedom to get open and create more space and separation. The coaches give me some leeway in running my routes knowing that it's not going to be run exactly as they drew it up."
He is on pace to have the best year of his three-year career.
IN THE FIRST GAME of the season, Tate fielded three punts inside his own 5-yard line. The first two went OK. He returned one to the 25 and the other to the 17.
But on the third return, he fielded it at the 5 and was quickly dropped at the 9. Amplifying the mistake was the time and score of the game: Seattle trailed Carolina 7-6 late in the third quarter.
Carroll didn't blink when asked about Tate's risks after the game.
"He is a tremendous feel player, and I want to champion that and make sure that we take full advantage of his uniqueness," Carroll said at the time. "I want him to learn how to do this so we can take advantage."
Schneider, Seattle's special-teams coach, has come to terms with that thinking, even if it's not how he would typically operate.
"I probably would never let it happen if Pete wasn't for it so much," he said. "Really. Because the smart thing to do is run away and hope that's a touchback."
The only problem? There's little reward in that.
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May 18, 2007
The Sports Reach USA basketball team needed a plane and a bus to get its destination, but still managed to sweep the Xia Jing Tigers, a member of the China Basketball Association's top division.
Lipscomb forward Eddie Ard scored 10 points and grabbed three rebounds in a 91-62 win over Xia Jing.
Ard scored two points and was credited with two rebounds in a 74-60 win over Xia Jing.
The Sports reach team played the games after flying for 1 ½ hours and then riding a bus for another five hours, including a 45-minute delay due to a breakdown.
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Glass fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) was specified for this particular pipeline in 1982 when a plant upgrade was undertaken by its owners, Gudbrandsdal Energy, during which an existing steel pipe was replaced. Designed by APS/Flowtite with large safety margins, the pipes, says Gudmundur Palsson, Flowtite Technology's chief engineer, were validated by long-term laboratory testing.
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Sorry for the lack of posts, I have been having computer issues but they are all now resolved. Since it is obviously far too late to write a game recap, I decided to share some notes I took from watching the game a second time last night.
- Douglas makes me pull my hair out. I love him and I think he's a good solid shooting guard coming off the bench but he just does not know how to run the point. When the defense bears down on him he panics which is something you cannot do as a point guard. Multiple times, the play broke down and he panicked and shot the ball. He had 19 shot attempts to lead the team. On a team with Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire, Toney Douglas cannot shoot the ball 19 times.
- Bill Walker sucks. I have said it a million times and game 1 showcased why. He got an offensive foul pushing off a guy on a dunk, which seems to be his forte even though nobody else in the league ever gets called for it. He had 4 fouls in 15 minutes and his defense sucks. He basically picked Chandler off of Garnett on the final play and gave Garnett a pretty good look at the basket. He did not hit a 3, or score any points for that matter, and when he doesn't hit 3's he is useless.
- I do not understand where the criticism of Fields is coming from. I thought he played his role very nicely. He was efficient offensively and played solid defense. His 2 rebounds were a product of having to chase Allen around the perimeter thus taking him away from the paint when the ball was shot. He hit a 3 early in the game and had another possession where he scored off the dribble. With the scorers we have, you don't want Fields shooting more than 7-9 times a game. He took 7 shots and hit 3. That is pretty solid and I thought he played his role well. Overall, I thought Fields played a solid game.
- Stoudmire must be careful with the 3 ball. I loved him hitting those as much as anyone did but he must be careful. His dominant reputation does not come from shooing 3's or floating around the perimeter. I understand that with Chandler now playing center, Stoudemire does not have the freedom to roam as much on offense. That being said, Stoudemire must continue to look to get inside shots. That is where he is truly unstoppable. It would not benefit him or the Knicks for him to be 3-happy because then he is just an overpaid stretch 4. We need his inside dominance. And getting a rebound once in a while wouldn't hurt either…


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Ok, so unless I have a moment of being a complete idiot, I think there is quite a mis-print in the amounts for this bread, under the home column.Anybody who has baked this bread and who can verify my math here would be helpful-I will write up what I come up with once it is baked. I just want to bake the BREAD!
Ok, so it is a 65% hydration dough with 11.2 oz of AP flour and 4.8 oz of rye flour-that would put the water at 10.4 oz, right?


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Buttock augmentation is a surgical process that may involve fat transfer through implants or fat grafting, and sometimes both for purposes of increasing the size of buttocks. The procedure is also known as Brazilian butt lift, and it is performed for the following enhancing mass buttock projection and fullness. Also, it improves individual figure balance, improve self-image. And boost self-confidence.
The Procedure of Fat Transfer to Buttocks
The proper buttock augmentation procedure will be determined by the surgeon based on these factors:
- Size and shape of the buttock.
- The amount of body fat in extractable regions.
- Individual goals.
- Skin elasticity and amount of loose skin.
Fat Transfer to Buttocks Method
Step One � Liposuction
Liposuction is done through almost invisible incisions made at distinct parts of the buttocks. A thin tube known as a cannula is inserted through these incisions to flex excess fat in a regulated inner motion. The fat that has been displaced is then sucked using a syringe or a surgical vacuum attached to the cannula.
Step Two � Fat Injection
The fat that was extracted through liposuction is processed and injected into the buttocks via small injections around the buttocks. This is done with a cannula that is attached to syringes.
Results after buttock augmentation
The results can be seen immediately after the procedure, but post-surgical swelling and incision lines will take a time to disappear. As you recover from surgery, you will slowly attain the real image you wanted, and in a few months, everything should be back to normal.
In procedures where the fat transfer was used, it takes longer for final results to be seen, sometimes a year. Some of the fat used during the process are usually reabsorbed into the body, meaning the initial shape taken after the procedure is compromised.
The results of fat transfer to buttocks last for a long time, even though the form and size of the buttock may be affected by age and weight disparities. Top ensure that the effects are felt for longer; patients are advised to maintain their weight while keeping a healthy lifestyle.
Recovery after Buttock Augmentation
After completion of surgery, patients are taken to a recovery bay where they are monitored carefully for a couple of hours being released. There is always a set of strict instructions that ought to be followed to ensure that the best possible results are attained. Instructions are mainly centered on how to care for your buttocks during the recovery process, and that includes what to wear round the clock for a specified period. You will also be given medication for applying on the liposuctioned areas and others for oral administration. Some physical procedures carry high risks of infection and; therefore, your surgeon must avail countermeasures through pre-emptive drugs.
Buttock Augmentation Advantages
There are several benefits of undergoing buttock augmentation, and that is what people, especially women think through before going under the knife. All these advantages narrow down to one which is the feel-good factor. There is power in a woman who appreciates her looks and knows deep down that she�s in her best of looks. If a qualified surgeon carries out the procedure, there is a guarantee of good results. They include:
- Enhanced body shape.
- Regular and proportional buttock size.
- Desired body curve.
- High levels of confidence.
- A large variety of clothing.
- General happiness and composure.
- You get to choose the shape you desire.
Buttock Augmentation Disadvantages
The decision to have fat transferred to buttocks is personal. It is entirely up to an individual to weigh both the advantages and the shortcomings of surgery before making the final decision. The disadvantages associated with buttock augmentation include:
- It requires high levels of caution to ensure that figure is maintained.
- If not properly carried out it may cause ugly repercussions.
- Size and shape easily affected by weight gain and loss.
- Shape and size deteriorate with age.
- There are limits to activities one can do in life.
Side effects of Buttock Augmentation
It is normal for any surgical procedure to tag along some side effects to a patient. The intensity of these side effects may vary depending on the surgeon performing the operation. Some of them may be mild while others may be extreme, but that is information your doctor should not withhold from you during operation preparation. That is why there is a form of consent that you are given before the surgery as proof that you fully understand the risks involved, and that you are ready to proceed.
The following are some of the side effects include:
- Bruising
- Swelling
- Stretch marks
- Scarring
- Bleeding
- Infection
- Seroma or fluid accumulation
- Nerve damage
- Implant migration
- Firmness
- Pressure on sciatic nerve
- Asymmetry
- Cellulite
- Inflammation in Lungs due to fat injection into the blood stream
- Numbness and pain
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Lidocaine toxicity
- Complications of anesthesia
- Oil cyst
- Hematoma
Regardless of the surgical procedure you choose, it is paramount to seek information about the steps to take to facilitate a smooth recovery process. It is only sensible to have a detailed discussion with your doctor to gather more insight on what to and what not to expect during healing. For your sake, you can ask questions like:
- Where you will be taken after surgery.
- What type of medication will you be supposed to undertake throughout the recovery period?
- How long you will be required to wear compression attire.
- When the incision stitches will be removed.
- When you can resume normal activities.
- When is the date for your next appointment with the surgeon?
- What is it that you cannot do during that period?
Fat Transfer to Buttocks Cost
According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the cost of fat transfer to buttocks is between USD4, 000 and USD4, 600, with fat grafting being the cheapest and buttock implant the most expensive. The costs, however, are non-inclusive of anesthesia, operation room equipment, and other miscellaneous expenses.
The cost of operation may vary depending on some issues, for example, the experience of the surgeon, the type of procedure, and the location of the surgical office in relation to the lifestyle of the immediate environment.
Patients should be fully aware that cosmetic surgery is considered a luxury and is not covered by most insurance companies. Therefore, for the sake of their finances, they should seek clarification on the same beforehand.


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WASHINGTON -- If you're one of the college basketball fans who can't wait for the Big East breakup to be final, hang on. You'll have to wait for the Final Four.
WASHINGTON -- If you're one of the college basketball fans who can't wait for the Big East breakup to be final, hang on. You'll have to wait for the Final Four.
Syracuse and Marquette both won their East Regional semifinal games last night, and that means the Big East will have a team in Atlanta next week. It will be the fourth straight season the conference that changed the landscape of college basketball over the past three-plus decades will have a Final Four team.
Oh yeah, Louisville, the overall No. 1 seed in the tournament and a Final Four team last season, is still alive with the Cardinals playing Oregon today in the round of 16.
"It will be different than the Big East tournament," Syracuse guard Michael Carter-Williams said after scoring 24 points in a 61-50 victory over top-seeded Indiana. "It will definitely feel familiar with different refs and a neutral court, but we'll see them again."
Marquette won the only meeting between the teams this season, 74-71 on Feb. 25 - the middle game of the Orange's three-game losing streak.
This one will be in the Verizon Center - where Georgetown of the Big East plays its home game - and there will be plenty of familiar faces on hand. Hall of Fame coach John Thompson, who led Georgetown to the 1984 national championship, is doing analysis on radio. Bill Raftery, the former Seton Hall coach who made Big Monday big with his classic one-liners, is doing the color commentary on CBS.
The Big East has had 18 Final Four teams in its 33 years of competition, including six in the past seven seasons with five different schools.
This NCAA Tournament started horribly for the Big East.
On the first weekend, five teams - Georgetown, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame, Cincinnati and Villanova - were gone from the tournament. That left Syracuse, Marquette and Louisville, and the first two of those certainly did their job.
Marquette advanced with a 71-61 victory over Miami, the first win in the round of 16 for the Golden Eagles after losses the last two seasons.
"We're used to people not giving us credit, saying we were no good," said Vander Blue, the man who hit the game-winning shot against Davidson in the second round and had 14 points against the Hurricanes.
"If you were to look at our roster, no one would expect us to be an Elite Eight team, our guys don't get into that much," he added, "but it's good to know if you step on to the court, if you don't give us respect, we're going to earn it, as we work harder than, I feel, anybody in the country. And we don't have the name of North Carolina, Syracuse or Georgetown, but we are still here, we show up every single day, and no matter how anybody feels about us, when you step in between those lines we're all equal and we feel like we can take on anybody."
The Big East was a 15-team league this season with West Virginia having left for the Big 12 after last season. Seven schools, all Catholic, announced during the season they were leaving to form their own conference, one without any football presence.
Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame are heading for the Atlantic Coast Conference next season, and Louisville will follow the season after that.
The league has placed eight or more teams in the NCAA Tournament six times, something no other conference has done once, and set the standard with 11 bids in 2011, one of those records it seems will never be broken.
So why not go out with a bang? One more Final Four for sure, and the team the Selection Committee decided was the best in the field of 68 is still alive, two wins away from a ticket to Atlanta.
"There's no question leaving the Big East will be sad, it already is in so many ways," Syracuse assistant coach Mike Hopkins said in a jubilant locker room. "But it's a chance for one more game and it will mean the Final Four."
The Big East. The one Dave Gavitt started. The one players like Patrick Ewing, Chris Mullin and Pearl Washington vaulted to the national spotlight. The one that had a record three teams in the 1985 Final Four. The one that has won six national championships.
Yeah, that Big East is still around and will be for at least one more week.
"Just the win and being in the Elite Eight," Syracuse's Brandon Triche said. "That's what really matters more than anything else."


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Country star released 11th studio album, Lucky Old Sun, last October to lukewarm sales. Who cares? Chesney's real money is made on the road: He sold 1 million concert tickets in 2008, grossing $72 million. Caribbean-loving crooner's bottom line is buoyed by endorsement deals with Corona, MasterCard. Often spotted tailgating with fans.
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