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A formal extradition request to bring Snowden to the United States from Hong Kong could drag through appeal courts for years and would pit Beijing against Washington at a time China tries to deflect U.S. accusations that it carries out extensive surveillance on American government and commercial operations.
The U.S. has contacted authorities in Hong Kong to seek Snowden's extradition, the National Security Council said Saturday in a statement. The NSC advises the president on national security.
"Hong Kong has been a historically good partner of the United States in law enforcement matters, and we expect them to comply with the treaty in this case," White House national security adviser Tom Donilon said in an interview with CBS News. He said the U.S. presented Hong Kong with a "good case for extradition."
However, a senior administration official issued a pointed warning that if Hong Kong doesn't act soon, "it will complicate our bilateral relations and raise questions about Hong Kong's commitment to the rule of law." The official was not authorized to discuss the matter by name and insisted on anonymity.
Hong Kong's government had no immediate reaction to the charges against Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor who admitted providing information to the news media about the programs. Police Commissioner Andy Tsang told reporters only that the case would be dealt with according to the law. A police statement said it was "inappropriate" for the police to comment on the case.
A one-page criminal complaint against Snowden was unsealed Friday in federal court in Alexandria, Va., part of the Eastern District of Virginia where his former employer, government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, is headquartered, in McLean. He is charged with unauthorized communication of national defense information, willful communication of classified communications intelligence information and theft of government property. The first two are under the Espionage Act and each of the three crimes carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison on conviction.
The complaint is dated June 14, five days after Snowden's name first surfaced as the person who had leaked to the news media that the NSA, in two highly classified surveillance programs, gathered telephone and Internet records to ferret out terror plots.
Snowden told the South China Morning Post in an interview published Saturday on its website that he hoped to stay in the autonomous region of China because he has faith in "the courts and people of Hong Kong to decide my fate."
A prominent former politician in Hong Kong, Martin Lee, the founding chairman of the Democratic Party, said he doubted whether Beijing would intervene yet.
"Beijing would only intervene according to my understanding at the last stage. If the magistrate said there is enough to extradite, then Mr. Snowden can then appeal," he said.
Lee said Beijing could then decide at the end of the appeal process if it wanted Snowden extradited or not.
Snowden could contest extradition on grounds of political persecution.
Hong Kong lawyer Mark Sutherland said that the filing of a refugee, torture or inhuman punishment claim acts as an automatic bar on any extradition proceedings until those claims can be assessed.
"Some asylum seekers came to Hong Kong 10 years ago and still haven't had their protection claims assessed," Sutherland said.


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Four Hurlburt Field airmen have been convicted of sexual crimes in the last four years, according to a report released recently by the Air Force.
Four Hurlburt Field airmen have been convicted of sexual crimes in the last four years, according to a report released recently by the Air Force.
For the first time, the Air Force has published a list of all airmen convicted of sexual assault through a military court-martial. The report lists 142 convictions at 58 bases between 2010 and Nov. 2.
Only three bases had more convictions than Hurlburt, which has the fourth largest active-duty population, with about 9,000 airmen.
The list was released as Congress debates potential changes to how the military justice system handles sexual assault cases.
A rash of high-profile cases, often perpetrated by service members in a position of authority over their victims, has come to light over the last year. Some have questioned whether the military justice system is allowing some offenders to get away with their crimes.
Col. Bill West, commander of the 1st Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt, said releasing the list is one way the Air Force is working to combat the problem of sexual assault. Making the information available to all airmen provides transparency and acts as a deterrent for future crimes.
He said he is committed to eliminating sexual assault at Hurlburt.
�Our near-term focus is on prevention and prosecution, with a long view of eliminating any environment or culture that is conducive to these crimes,� he said.
According to the report, the conviction rate for Air Force sexual offenses sent to court-martial in fiscal 2012 was 57 percent.
The numbers for 2011 and 2010 were not released.
Under military law, once an investigation of a sexual assault allegation is complete, the accused�s commander has the discretion to decline to take action, take administrative action, impose a non-judicial sentence or send the case to court-martial.
The Air Force report covers only cases sent to court-martial. It does not cover any administrative or non-judicial punishments.
The military apparently does not track those statistics, according to a report released by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in September.
The sentences in the report also do not reflect any reductions granted by superior officers. The accused�s commander has the ability to reject the conviction in whole or part and reduce the sentence.
No airmen from Eglin Air Force Base were convicted of sexual assault in the last four years, according to the report.
The four Hurlburt airmen, three of which were mid-level enlisted officers, were sentenced to prison time ranging from six years to three months for crimes ranging from sexual assault to cruelty or maltreatment.
Three were discharged from service.
Then-Master Sgt. Brady Mansfield, who was working as a non-commissioned officer in charge at the time of his offenses, was allowed to remain in the military but was demoted to senior airman.
Hurlburt was unable to confirm Tuesday whether he is still employed at the base and what his rank is.
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I can't put into words how much of a role the Jazz have played in my life since the day 18 years ago when I first saw Karl Malone play in the '92 Barcelona Olympics. I went from being blissfully unaware of the NBA's existence to a full-fledged Jazz fan in the span of the months between the end of the Olympics and the start of the NBA season (and let me just say, it wasn't an easy venture to be a crazy fan living halfway across the world in the pre-Internet era). I more than willingly get up at crazy hours in the middle of the night for Sunday afternoon games and even avoid vacations during the NBA season because it drives me crazy to miss games, even if all I have are crappy, buffery video streams that are "Blocked by admin" three or four times a game.
The years of early Playoff exits in the early-to-mid 90s, the Finals losses, John and Karl's retirements (they retired together, yes they did), the rebuilding "era", the 26-win season, going from a 12-game win streak to crawling into the Playoffs last year on one sprained leg and three broken fingers…none of that dimmed the passion. In fact, those years have become the good old days. What none of those managed to do, the current roster has.
I'm disgusted and frustrated and angry at everyone. EVERYONE, even those that I'm long-time, habitual homers for. And I'm disgusted, frustrated, and angry even when the Jazz win.
I hate/am fed up by/have had enough of:
–that if you fight Jerry nowadays he's probably let you keep your testicles*;
–that Deron isn't being the leader that he should be and accepts losses rather than getting mad;
–that no one is hustling or playing like they care;
–that Portland signed Sap to the "toxic" offer sheet with no intention of keeping him and simply to screw the Jazz;
–that management appears prepared/content to stand pat and just let contracts expire at the end of the season;
–that no one on the team has any pride or shame;
–that no one on the team has any idea what "compete" means;
–that management killed what AK could have been by signing Boozer;
–all the jumpers;
–at all the times Jazzmen abandon the offense, try to go one-on-one, and lose;
–at all the third quarter collapses;
–at the lack of effort on defense;
–at the lack of defense;
–at Jerry for not yanking players when they're playing like crap or not giving any effort;
–that Jerry's legendary fire has disappeared and he won't play Fes and isn't beating and kicking the asses of these overpaid players and cussing them out daily;
–that we fans are more upset at losses than the players are;
–that at the end of inevitable losses Boozer is just out there padding his stats for his next contract and Locke is going on about how wonderful he is;
–that Boozer doesn't dunk it every time;
–that Boozer has wings on his feet on offense (at times) and is a statue in a cement bucket on defense;
–and what's the point of having a back-to-the-basket game if you're not going to use it;
–that CJ got injured in the pre-season;
–that LHM is no longer with us and his absence is felt;
–that Sap has to come off the bench and that in his 4th season he is still getting the shaft from the officials every night;
–that Moneyman Memo has disappeared and been replaced by Mehmet Mediokur and gets called for the same traveling call every night;
–that people say that AK has lost a step/is a shadow of his former self;
–that AK has maybe lost a step;
–that the disinterest of the Jazzmen in winning/competing has turned the ESA into a shadow of its former self and our legendary home court advantage is no longer;
–that the Jazz have no fight;
–that the best years of AK's career have been wasted on the SF position and that Deron is wasting the best years of his career;
–that Boozer opted in after his public declaration of getting a raise regardless and as a result we had to lose the first decent backup PG we've had since Deron was the backup (I like Ronnie Price, but not at PG),
–that Wesley Matthews, our undrafted rookie, is our best defender,
–that the Jazz have turned into a bunch of guys playing for paychecks;
–that Karl and John couldn't play forever or won't come back and play 10 minutes a night
*"Nobody fights with Jerry because you know the price would be too high. You might come out the winner, at his age, you might even lick him, but you'd lose an eye, an arm, your testicles in the process, everything would be gone." —Frank Layden
You can feel it in the air…the fan base is starting to jump ship.
Exhibit A: the email that appeared in the sltrib blog:
I'm a jazz fan in idaho and I sit here watching the fourth quarter of the nugget game and I just can't take this anymore. I'm not one to just jump to wild declarations but I think 3 years is a good sample size. They've regressed every year. With no major changes to personnel doesn't it have to either be players or coach? I know the jazz won't get rid of sloan. I'm okay with that. But isn't about time with some of these players? We have one of the biggest payrolls out there and the jazz aren't even a playoff team? I think it's time to blow up the team. This group doesn't work.
Exhibit B:
Trib's tweet–"Never gotten more fan e-mail immediately after a game
than [the Denver] loss"
Exhibit C:
Juan B's comment in the SLC Dunk game thread, which mirrors my own
My denial is finally starting to melt away. I keep thinking "this is the game they are going to break out and go on a tear…" Than this is what we get…Please KOC make a trade just to get me interested again.
A lot of people said years ago (when S2M retired) that Jerry Sloan couldn't keep coaching because he was too hard-nosed, expected too much, standards were too high, couldn't relate to young guys, etc. He's proven them wrong, because now…now he's like a shell of his former self…an excusing, mild-tempered, understanding, tries-to-be-fair shell of his former self. Unfortunately, that's the opposite of what we need. We need the hot-tempered, sailor-cussin', sideline-stalking, stubborn hardass SOB Mofo with the doghouse that will send you into the doghouse and not let you see the light of day again until you're on a roster in a different city.
And to top it all off, the team leaders (the real one and the self-appointed one) have disturbingly started spouting excuses and unacceptably whining about how tired they are and how hard they work.
Deron after the Nuggets game:
–"But the effort wasn't there, I don't think. You know, the energy wasn't there. It seemed like they wanted the game more than us…The game should mean more to us than it did." (desnews)
–"It is tiring, it is draining, to be on the road for that long and travel to cities, get in at 2, 3 in the morning, not be able to go to sleep until 4, 5 in the morning, and you have to get up that next day and perform." (desnews)
–"We're not in too bad of a position, we're fine." (desnews)
Boozer after the NO loss:
–"[Fans] don't know what we go through, they don't know our schedule, how hard we work. We've got to work harder just to get the win. I mean it's not easy to win in this league." (desnews)
[Newsflash, Carlos: there are a hell of a lot of people out there whose asses would get fired if they don't work hard enough, and they're lucky if they make 5% of what you do.]
Who are these rich boys on the court wearing Jazz uniforms? I have no idea. Who's that sitting there still and quiet on the bench, expressionless and not teaching the kids in the arena colorful new words? No freakin' idea. Who are those people occupying the Front Office with phones sitting in a pool of dust? @#$$%^#$%#$@$%#.
The Utah Jazz…making me hate myself that much more each day.


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Here's a close up where you can see the glow from the Aether that masks the pupils. I had a lot of fun with his glasses. There is a torc that runs around the back of his head under his hair to allow for no nose bridge.
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Hard economic times mean hard choices for scientists.
In fields from human spaceflight to human health to nuclear physics, they simply can't research everything they want. There are not enough funds, and not enough equipment to address all of the outstanding questions in science.
So what do scientists do? They have to choose. And to do that they turn to people like Robert Tribble, a nuclear physicist at Texas A&M University.
Last May he was asked by the chairman of a federal advisory committee on nuclear science, Argonne National Laboratory's Donald Geesaman, to select the best path forward for maintaining U.S. leadership in nuclear science despite budgetary constraints.
In reality, Tribble was asked to pick two out of three from the following:
- Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider: At Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, the facility runs experiments that create trillion-degree subatomic soups of quarks and gluons.
- Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility: At Jefferson National Laboratory in Virginia, this accelerator allows physicists their best look at at the interior of the proton, mapping out the orbits of quarks inside.
- Facility for Rare Isotopes Beam: At Michigan State University, this project will make discoveries about the properties of rare isotopes in order to better understand the physics of nuclei, nuclear astrophysics, fundamental interactions.
Quark soup, rare isotopes and such — all of this may sound pretty esoteric, but that probably seemed the case during the first half of the 20th century. Today we have nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons technology, nuclear medicine and magnetic resonance imaging, ion implantation in materials engineering, and radiocarbon dating in geology and archaeology.
In short, discoveries made in these programs are bound to profoundly change the way in which we live our lives. But which will make the most important discoveries? It was Tribble's job to make that determination, and it wasn't an easy one.
"We have a rather detailed discussion about what the applications are now, and what we think the future ones might be," he explained about the process.
And now the decision's been made. Tribble's subcommittee has asked for a 1.6 percent increase per year in the Department Of Energy's current nuclear physics budget of roughly $530 million annually. And it has ranked the three programs, with the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider coming out on the bottom. Being ranked last means the collider may not receive enough funds to continue operations.
It was a hard call, and it's not a job most scientists want. But at the end of the day it's better that working physicists make these decisions rather than bureaucrats.
"All of us scientists at some point have to be involved in how we see our fields evolving, the federal agencies that are working with scientists don't want to dictate what happens, they want to facilitate what happens," he said. "The folks that are running the agencies aren't in a position to know what the best science may be to go after, they have to put together plans. One of the issues we are really facing in the Department of Energy, and perhaps other places, is what is a reasonable trade-off between research that takes place with a very short-term goal versus research that takes place with a very long-term payoff?"


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Close to a Full House?All you need to know about West Ham United FC's potential move to Stratford.
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Re: Close to a Full House?
Seeing as they are going to have state of art turnstiles at the new stadium. If a ticket is not being used and not put up on ticket trader for games, they should know and the ticket should be reclaimed by the club.
Re: Close to a Full House?
You would have to make every STH go online and state whether they were using it or not though? Otherwise how will the club know that it's not being used.
If you're going online to do that, you may as well do ticket trader and get some credits for Cup games or next years cost.
Re: Close to a Full House?
Exactly the same thing happened in the old days when tickets were affordable. I knew plenty of non West Ham who used to go to the Boleyn and pay £9 on the door around the late 1980's / early 1990's because they simply fancied taking in a game. Some Liverpool supporting Essex mates used to join me on occasion.
If you are in favour of affordable tickets then you have to accept this is more likely to happen, as it would happen at any ground, any club.
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Surely the state of the art turnstiles registers the tickets that have been used. I'm obviously not talking about missing one game, but if by Christmas the computer highlights a ticket has been to less than say 60% of games. The person should be written to reminding them there is waiting list, with people who want to go.
Surely lots of empty seats is not what us or the club wants.
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I think the problems is the seats are not technically 'empty' in the eyes of the owners. Isn't this the problem Arsenal have? Every game is a sell out, but a slightly more monied fan isn't bothered about shifting a ticket if he/she can't be bothered to attend. hence loads of empty seats.
Can definitely see this being a problem. If you have a £50 ticket you'll want to shift it. But what if it's £15?
Re: Close to a Full House?
They'll be doing a loyalty type points system the same as Man City, you'll get points for attending home games, spending it the shop etc
So they'll know if the ST has been used, but that's your choice once you've paid, whether £1100 or £289
£99 spares are either kids seats or spares as the salesmen pitched when buying.
saying we've Sold Out is more important, plus increases the interest.
Unless we're **** !!!
Re: Close to a Full House?
Exactly, if West Ham were away or didn't have a game then we used to go and watch someone else. I used to live walking distance from Fulham and would sometimes decide on the day to wander down. If tickets are cheap people are going to be more open to going to random games but I think the days of decide on the day have gone.
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In the 70s I'd go to other games if West Ham were away. So did lots of people. I never supported anyone else, just enjoyed a game of football.
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Witnesses identify suspect for police
A Taft man has been arrested on felony hit-and-run charges after he allegedly struck a pedestrian in the 100 block of east Kern Street early Sunday morning. Taft Police arrested Ryan Nolan, 19, a short time away in front of a residence at on the 100 block of Second Street, Lt. Pete Aranda said. Nolan is charged with drunk driving causing injury and hit and run causing injuries, both felonies. The identity, extent of injuries and condition of the victim were not available Monday from Taft Police. Aranda said police received a report of a pedestrian hit by a car in the 100 block of E. kern about 3:25 a.m. When they responded, Aranda said, witnesses told the officers that the victim had been struck by a white Toyota that fled the scene. The witnesses identified Nolan as the driver, and police went to the address where the suspect vehicle was registered and found Nolan sitting in the driver's seat of the car. He smelled of alcohol, Aranda said, and he was transported to Taft Jail, where he was booked after a blood alcohol test. This was the second hit and run involving a pedestrian in Taft in two weeks. On Sept. 23, a Taft man was struck by a car walking across Tenth street near the Taft Skatepark. He was seriously injured but has since been released from the hospital. A suspect was arrested in that case.


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As if I need another foundation, right? I couldn't resist buying the new Bourjois foundation and primer when I spotted them in Boots – they have a deal where you can get both for just £13! (The foundation is £11.99 on it's own so do the math!).
Bourjois Flower Perfection foundation boasts of 16 hours wear, pore and fine line coverage, an even finish, SPF15, with azalea flower extract 'youth extending' (I can think of other things I'd rather extend like my digestive tract) to protect the skin and is non comedogenic.
The Primer leaves the skin with an 'airbrush' finish, is oil free, non pore blocking and can be used alone or before foundation.
When it came to choosing foundation colours I was torn between 54 and 56 (beige and light bronze respectively). Both work for NC35, in hindsight 56 may blend in better with my neck, but 54 brightens me up a little. I went to buy 56 then realised when I got home that I had 54 – fate I guess. So first up, the primer….
The primer is a very very soft, squishy rich mousse texture with a light pink colour. I tried this on my hand (and face obviously) and it does really smooth things out and give you a nice smooth surface. It's like a lot of other thick silicone based primers (think Laura Gellar's spackle). It does create that instantly smooth canvas yes, but if you are prone to acne (as I currently am) and have visible pores (which I also have) then the last thing I want is a load of pollyfilla in them. It's that kind of primer.
Hence I would use this kind of primer on special occasions only or when I want a really really smooth finish – otherwise I use much lighter face primers.
The other criticism I have is that you don't get much product for the steep price of £10.99 – just 7ml. The thing is, I used this on targeted areas rather than all over (around the nose area) and that took a good wodge of product. So if you are using this regularly and on larger areas this isn't going to last long at all.
Also another complaint – it makes the skin feel quite oily and slick. The foundation (which I will move on to) is a tad drying so I figured this primer is ideal underneath for dry skinned gals, but rather than hydrating it felt oily for most of the day and sat on the surface. I'm not sure I like a thick liquid foundation on top of this primer – it feels heavy to me, and with a layer of powder as well…well, don't expect much facial movement that day.
Verdict: Very smoothing, but not good value and I personally wouldn't use this too regularly. Also feels greasy. Could be good under say a mineral foundation or powder foundation? I usually need a good primer with them.
The Flower Perfection Foundation comes in a glass bottle with a weird sponge applicator on top. You can wash the sponge of course, it even has little breathable holes for it!
I tried using the sponge erm…it's ok. I guess if I was in a situation where I couldn't get my fingers covered in make up I would use it otherwise…why bother?
The foundation gives a semi matte kind of finish which I do like but I am aware that my skin is dry of late.
I would say that this foundation is only so-so for dry skins. Whilst it didn't cling to dry patches, it also didn't add anything, so my skin just felt a bit dry overall with this base. There was a real lack of 'glow' which I guess you would expect from a matte foundation but the more I saw myself through the day, the more flat I found the finish.
I found that this foundation has excellent coverage- I'd say medium to high and it has the texture to match so this is not for people who light light, sheer textures. The pigmentation is good too, it had no problems covering my imperfections, although my redness came through a few hours in (about 3) such as on my cheeks. Overall the foundation stayed put but no more than the average work day (about 8 hours) and I did find that it did not remain even on my face for the whole day (my t-zone was the first to go).
Primer and foundation:
I didn't experience any allergic reactions to this product, and I did think it left me with a flawless finish but it just wasn't comfortable to wear and lacked glow – I prefer glowy, soft, touchable skin. I would still use this base when I want good coverage and more of a matte look (ie. Photos).
Before and after – sorry for the blotchy skin pics. My skin is playing havoc with me:
With primer AND foundation:
All in all, this is not a bad set and I will reach for it occasionally but the search for the perfect spring and summer foundation goes on!
You can buy the primer here, and the foundation here, the offer for 2 for £13 is still on at Boots.
Have you tried this foundation and primer? What do you think?


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Limbaugh: After Jenteal's Interview, "I Can Now" Say "'Nigga' With An A" Because "It's Not Racist"
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From the July 16 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:
LIMBAUGH: Stick with me. Keep your eyes on the radio. CNN informs us via Rachel Jeantel that Trayvon called Rachel and said that he was being followed by a "creepy ass cracka," which we have now learned, that is a person acting like they are a police, like a security guard. So then, Piers Morgan, the ever-penetrating inquisitor, said, "So was there anything you wished you'd said when you were in there?" meaning as a witness on the stand.
JEANTEL: Nigga.
MORGAN: Why?
JEANTEL: People, the whole world say it's a racist word. Mind you, around 2000, they changed it around, I think. It starts spelling "n-i-g-g-a."
MORGAN: What does that mean to you, that way of spelling it? What does that word mean to you?
JEANTEL: That means a male.
MORGAN: A black male?
JEANTEL: No, any kind of male.
MORGAN: Black or white?
JEANTEL: Any kind. Chinese you can say "nigga." That's my Chino, "nigga." They can say that.
LIMBAUGH: This was between 9 and 10 pm last night on CNN, who is in a quest to become the, again, most respected news organization in the country, perhaps even in the world. So, "nigga," with an "a" on the end, well I think I can now. Isn't that the point? 'Cause it's not racist. That's the point. I could be talking about a male, a Chinese male, a guy at the Laundromat. I could be talking about a man. That's what she said it means.
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Humorist Richard "Kinky" Friedman announced for governor again today, this time as a Democrat. Friedman came in fourth in the 2006 race running as an independent.
Watch the video exerpts of our interview or listen to the entire piece as a podcast. Yes, yes, yes. There were all sorts of other questions I could have asked him, but why deprive Austin Democrats of their fun?
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Oakland's super middleweight champion Andre Ward will defend his WBC and WBA belts against former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik on Jan. 26 at the Galen Center in downtown Los Angeles, it was announced Tuesday.
Ward (26-0, 14 KOs) is among the world's top handful of pound-for-pound fighters, with a perfect career since winning a gold medal at the Athens Olympics. The fighter will make his sixth title defense against Pavlik after stopping light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson in September.
Pavlik (40-2, 34 KOs) has revitalized his career with four straight victories since losing his two middleweight titles to Sergio Martinez in April 2010.
The PGA Tour and TPC Stonebrae in Hayward announced that the TPC Stonebrae Championship will take a one-year hiatus from the Web.com Tour schedule in 2013 and return to the schedule in 2014.
Web.com Tour president Bill Calfee, quoted in a release, said the course's construction of a new clubhouse would interfere with hosting the event. College volleyball
Stanford women's volleyball coach John Dunning has been tabbed the Pac-12 Coach of the Year for the fourth time. He guided the Cardinal to the team's 15th Pac-12 title and the program's 18th conference championship overall.
Stanford's Carly Wopat, Inky Ajanaku, Jordan Burgess and Brittany Howard were named to the 14-player All-Pac-12 Conference team. Cal's Shannon Hawari also was named to the team.
Oregon outside hitter Alaina Bergsma was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year.
Cal begins NCAA tournament play Thursday at 3 p.m. when it meets North Carolina for a first-round match in Ames, Iowa. Saint Mary's takes on San Diego State on Thursday in Los Angeles at 5 p.m. Stanford plays host to Jackson State at 8 p.m. Friday.
The Walnut Creek Aquanuts will represent the United States at the FINA Synchronized Swimming World Trophy this weekend in Mexico City.
Local athletes competing are Morgan Boneburg (Clayton, 2012 Junior World Team member); Sophia Bouzos (Walnut Creek, 2012 U.S. Open Champion); Karina Boyle (Walnut Creek, 2012 Junior World Team member); Jasmine Carillo (Walnut Creek, 2011 13-15 national team member); Rina Horii (Walnut Creek, 2012 U.S. Open Champion, 2011 junior national team member); Sarah House (Lafayette, 2012 U.S. Open Champion, 2011 junior national team member); Remy Mink (Alamo, 2012 national age group champion); Sandra Ortellado (Walnut Creek, 2012 junior world duet and team member); Alexa Tchekmarev (Walnut Creek, two-time Grand Slam national champion, 2012 junior world team member); Lizzie Welzien (San Ramon, 2012 U.S. Open Champion).
The participating countries in the event are the United States, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Great Britain, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia and Ukraine.
Wire services contributed to this report.


text: January 31, 2003 - Unnamed Dem Candidate Edges Bush In New Jersey, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Lieberman Is Top Pick Of Dem Pack One year before the New Hampshire primary, New Jersey voters say 45 - 43 percent, a statistical tie, that they would pick the Democratic Party's presidential candidate over Republican incumbent George W. Bush, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Republicans back President Bush 85 - 9 percent while Democrats back the unnamed candidate 85 - 11 percent. Independent voters go 43 - 40 percent for Bush, a statistical tie. Men back Bush 50 - 37 percent, but women back the Democrat 52 - 38 percent. Union households back Bush 47 - 37 percent. "It's not the best news for President Bush. But in a state where he lost badly last time, and where a Democrat often wins by 10 points, the Republican President is doing very well at this early stage. He's winning the independent vote and the union households - not a bad combination for winning in 2004," said Clay F. Richards, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. When looking for a possible presidential nominee, 32 percent of New Jersey Democrats pick Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman, followed by: Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry with 18 percent; Rev. Al Sharpton with 12 percent; Missouri Congressman Richard Gephardt with 9 percent; North Carolina Sen. John Edwards with 7 percent; Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean with 4 percent. Seventeen percent of Democrats are undecided. "Until a challenger breaks out of the pack, Sen. Lieberman is going to be the Democrat to beat in New Jersey. But the time Sen. Kerry has spent in the state already is paying off and he could become that challenger," Richards said. From January 22 - 27, Quinnipiac University surveyed 929 New Jersey registered voters, with a margin of error of +/- 3.2 percent. The survey includes 294 Democrats with a margin of error of +/- 5.7 percent. The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public opinion surveys in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and nationally as a public service and for research. For additional data -- www.quinnipiac.edu and quicklinks or call (203) 582- 5201. 5. Now I'm going to name six Democrats who might run for president in 2004. After I read all six names, tell me which one you would most like to see the Democrats nominate for president in 2004. Here are the choices... Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman, Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, Missouri Congressman Dick Gephardt, North Carolina Senator John Edwards, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean or the Reverend Al Sharpton? Dem Lieberman 32% Kerry 18 Gephardt 9 Edwards 7 Dean 4 Sharpton 12 DK/NA 17 6. If George W. Bush runs for re-election in 2004, in general are you more likely to vote for Bush or for the Democratic Party's candidate for president? Union Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom HouseHld Bush 43% 85% 11% 43% 50% 38% 47% Democrat 45 9 85 40 37 52 37 OTHER(VOL) 2 2 - 3 3 2 3 DK/NA 9 5 5 14 10 9 12 Philly Urban SubUrbn ExUrbn land Shore Bush 35% 45% 55% 29% 52% Democrat 55 45 33 54 38 OTHER(VOL) - 1 4 4 2 DK/NA 10 8 8 12 9


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Nikki Giovanni Chases Beer And Family
Nikki Giovanni is one of the most celebrated living poets. She's well known for beautiful descriptions of family, friends, politics and even food. Host Michel Martin talks with Giovanni about some of the surprises in her latest collection, Chasing Utopia. This segment originally aired Oct. 29, 2013 on Tell Me More.
Nikki Giovanni Chases Beer And Family
This is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Happy New Year to you. Welcome to 2014. With the new year, we often find it helpful to reflect on the past to help us think about the future. Today, we decided to hear, again, from three remarkable and inspiring women. Later in the program, we'll hear from Elizabeth Smart, the young woman from Utah who was kidnapped from her own home as a teenager and held captive for nine months until she was rescued. And we'll hear again from Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who survived an attempt on her life by the Taliban. But we start today with the award-winning writer Nikki Giovanni. She's one of the best-known and most celebrated poets of our time. She's known for her accessible and beautiful writing about home, family, friends and even food. Nikki Giovanni is the university distinguished professor of English at Virginia Tech. She's also the author of 28 books. Her latest "Chasing Utopia" is a combination of essays and poetry. I spoke with her when the book was first published last year, and she began by telling me how she chose the title "Chasing Utopia."
NIKKI GIOVANNI: Well, it really is that my mom died now in 2005. And so it's been a while, but, you know, losing your mother, even though it's the right order of things, is sad. I was a mother's child. And I stayed very, very sad. And I finally said, you know, Nikki, you have to get out of this. And mommy, every day - we knew that mommy was dying when she said no she didn't want a beer because every day of her life, she drank a beer. And so I said to myself, well, I'm missing mommy, why don't I have a beer? But I really - I hate to say it, Michel, I just don't like beer. And so it was like, OK, if you're going to drink a beer, then you ought to drink the number one beer in the world. So I went and looked it up. Well, it turns out it's Utopias, which is actually a beer by Sam Adams. So I called a man at my local store, Keith (ph), and he said, Nikki, we never get Utopias. You know, we're a small market, they never sell us any Utopias. Well, I started to do what I do when things don't go well. I just started to complain. You know, everybody starts going - why can't I find a Utopias? And I happened to be on NPR actually, and the guy who makes Utopias heard it. And he actually sent it to me. But in the meantime, I had been to a government agency. I've been every place, you know, and everybody was like, oh, you'll find utopia. And I was like, no, it's a beer for Christ's sake. So it's been really fun learning about beers, and it makes me smile because I think of my mother. And I know that she's sitting in heaven, you know, kicking back. She's a Bud Light person.
MARTIN: She's a Bud Light - not even a Utopias? What?
GIOVANNI: No. She couldn't afford Utopias.
MARTIN: Maybe her tastes will change in heaven. Would your mom have enjoyed Utopia, or would that be too rich for her blood?
GIOVANNI: Oh, no. Mommy would've enjoyed it. Mommy enjoyed anything. But, you know, I could take my mother a glass of water and she would - and that's what I loved about her. She would like, oh, I've never had water this good. What did you do to the water? You know, my mother always made me feel incredibly competent. And I don't think anybody else has taken that place in my life actually.
MARTIN: So is that what got you started? Or is it only after you started writing it that you realized that is what it was about is kind of your sadness about losing your mom and working your way through it?
GIOVANNI: Well, I mourned my mother in a book called "Acolytes" because mommy died in June, my sister Gary Ann died in August and my Aunt Ann died in October and my good friend Rosa Parks died and - I didn't know her that well but - Mrs. King died. So I lost a lot of support all at once. I realized I had written the book and I sent it to my editor Don Davis, and the note was, either take it or not. I don't want to discuss it. And I didn't. And we did "Acolytes." So "Acolytes" helped me get through a really bad period. But mommy was a storyteller, and so, yeah, mommy would've enjoyed this book. And one of the things about this book - and I realized I'm also working toward some of the darker side of my growing up because when mommy was here, there were things that I didn't think I had any right to talk about because they were her story not mine. But now that she is not here, I think that some of my story can come out in a different way.
MARTIN: You have an interesting thing about that whole question of telling people stories. Right at the beginning, where you talk about the whole question of asking people personal questions.
GIOVANNI: Right.
MARTIN: Can I ask you about that? Because you're known as a truth teller. I mean, you're known as a person who will say, you know, whatever if you feel it needs to be said. So talk to me about that kind of reticence around telling stories.
GIOVANNI: Well, with friends mostly, I think that if they want me to know something, they'll tell me. And so I'm not the friend that will ask, and I'm still not. And if I want you to know something, I tell it. I think I am a truth teller. But then the truth is - it's out there in another kind of way. If I knew that you picked your nose, I wouldn't say, you know, I know you pick your nose, Michel, you know, because that's really none of my business. You see what I'm saying? But my father had a bad habit of - well, he was an alcoholic. And so that meant that there would be times that he would actually hit my mother. And that was just something that I wouldn't have said while mommy was alive because that's not my story, that's mommy's story. But I watched it. And having watched it, it now has become something that I can deal with 'cause I know I'm not the only little girl in the world that ever saw her father hit her mother. And so I'm beginning to go into a part of I guess my life, Michel, that I can share with other people because it's not my shame.
MARTIN: Can you pick a poem to read that speaks to some of what we're talking about here?
GIOVANNI: Well, one of the poems that somebody mentioned ' cause - and I'm going to read it right now, if you don't mind - it's called "Werewolf Avoidance"...
MARTIN: Sure.
GIOVANNI: ...Which is sort of different. But I love that poem.
MARTIN: OK. Yeah. Let's do it.
GIOVANNI: I've never blogged before, so this is new territory for me. I do poet, though, and that is always somewhere in the netherland I think. Poetry is employed by truth. I think our job is to tell the truth as we see it. Don't you just hate a namby-pamby poem that goes all over the place saying nothing? Poets should be strong in our emotions and our words, that might make us difficult to live with, but I do believe easier to love. Poet is garlic. Not for everyone, but those who take it never get caught by werewolves.
MARTIN: That is great. Thank you. Thank you for that.
GIOVANNI: Yeah, we're all - the whole family is foodies, by the way.
MARTIN: Oh, I know. I love the one about biscuits dropped or baked.
GIOVANNI: Oh, my. Yes.
MARTIN: Do you like that one?
GIOVANNI: : I do. And again, my grandmother and my mother, we all had sort of specialties. And one of the things that I've learned to dislike - not seriously, but just kind of dislike - is holidays because now there's nobody but me, and it's just no fun. You know, you don't want to make a turkey by yourself. You know what I'm saying? And so I've just gotten in the habit of going someplace, you know, where somebody else will do it, and I'll eat crab or, you know. And what I need is more friends. I think poets spend too much time alone. But then if we didn't do that, we wouldn't write. We'd end up laughing with our friends all the time.
MARTIN: Well, about that, there was another poem that I wondered about - "Poets." It's a little - not sad, but it's a little intense. I don't know how you feel about that.
GIOVANNI: Oh, sure. Poets shouldn't commit suicide. That would leave the world to those without imaginations or hearts. That would bequeath to the world a mangled syntax and no love of champagne. Poets must live in misery and ecstasy, to sing a song with the katydids. Poets should be ashamed to die before they kiss the sun.
MARTIN: You know, and I love it 'cause it's hopeful. It's turned toward the sun, but it does make you sad because it does make you wonder whether, you know, you've entered a phase of life. There have been so many losses and sadnesses, are you starting to feel like the world has gotten smaller?
GIOVANNI: Well, the world gets smaller, but, you know, one of the advantages of people my age - I really love my age. I so recommend old age. It's such a wonderful thing. And I grew up in the Baptist church, and so you didn't ask the Lord to solve a problem. You asked the Lord to give you the strength to handle it, to find some comfort in it. You never said, you know, Lord, pay my rent or give me my car payment or something. You said, Lord, let me understand walking is good. And so when you deal with the old people - you know, if you deal with people my age and people my grandparents' age, all we ask for was the grace to come through it. And I think that I'm just really lucky to be a part of that generation and to have come through the generation that says we can handle it. It is well with my soul. No matter what else it is, it is well with my soul. And that's what that's about. Life is good. You find a way.
MARTIN: Is life good? I know you've also been through some - not so much a personal trauma - but your university has been through a trauma. It's been how many years now since that terrible shooting? And I know that you love Virginia Tech.
GIOVANNI: I do.
MARTIN: And I know that you cared very deeply about how much people were hurting and wanted to help them heal. Do you feel that you're healing? And do you feel that the community is healing from this?
GIOVANNI: I think Tech is because, you know, we are a university, so we turn over and turn over and turn over. I think that we'll always remember this. But, you know - I hate to say it - but you pick up the paper every day and there's some level of tragedy of gun violence. I don't know what it takes to make people understand guns are not a good idea. This is not the frontier anymore. We're not, you know, riding on our ponies across the Wild West, you know, shooting coyotes or something crazy. This is a modern world, and we have to get along with each other. We have to stop this killing. It's just not a good idea. Killing isn't a creation. Killing is a lack of creation. It's a lack of imagination. It's a lack of understanding who you are and your place in the world. Life is an interesting and a good idea. Making love is a good idea. Good food is a good idea. Good wine is a good idea. And so these are the things we participate in. And these are the things that we create. But, you know, your regular killing and stuff, that's ridiculous.
MARTIN: What is keeping you productive and motivated at this stage of your career?
GIOVANNI: First of all, you know, life is such a good idea. I don't - I really just don't understand why people don't enjoy it. And then at my age, everybody is married, so I can fall in love with anybody I want to because who's single? Nobody. So you fall in love with a lovely married man - if it's good enough for "Scandal," it's good enough for me. I love it. And, you know, then you get to write these love poems, and that's a lot of fun. And of course, you don't have any idea of what you actually look like, so you really think you look like you're about 30. And, you know, you go and get your wardrobe together and life is just fun. What is the downside of 70? I'm not seeing it.
MARTIN: Nikki Giovanni is an award-winning poet, professor and author. Her latest collection "Chasing Utopia" is out now. And she joined us from Roanoke, Virginia.
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Liga MX Wrap: America maintain lead, Leon slip up
America maintained their six-point lead at the top of Liga MX with a 3-1 home win over Puebla on Saturday.
Rubens Sambueza opened the scoring in the 22nd minute for the winners, and he doubled his account just minutes later.
The visitors pulled a goal back on the stroke of half-time through Carlos Sanchez, but Narciso Mina's penalty five minutes into the second half restored America's two-goal advantage.
And that was enough for America to extend their unbeaten league run to six matches.
Santos Laguna, who sit second, also won 3-1, at bottom side Atlante.
Eduardo Herrera scored in the first minute for the visitors and he added a second right on the stroke of half-time.
Carlos Quintero made it three in the 79th minute and Roberto Nanni's goal six minutes later was nothing more than consolation for Atlante, as Santos Laguna claimed their fifth successive win.
Leon, who sit third, dropped points for the third time in four matches after drawing 2-2 at home to Toluca.
Mauro Boselli put the hosts in front eight minutes before the break before Pablo Velazquez levelled the scores in the 64th minute.
Mauricio Castaneda handed Leon the lead for a second time with eight minutes to go, but Velazquez equalised once again three minutes later to extend Toluca's unbeaten run to six matches.
At the other end of the table, Atlas claimed their first win of the season with a 3-1 success over Queretaro.
Edson Rivera, Flavio Santos and Vicente Vuoso all scored for the winners, as they tasted victory for the first time this campaign.
Other results saw Monterrey end a run of three straight defeats with a 1-1 home draw against Chiapas, while Morelia and Guadalajara finished with the same scoreline.
Elsewhere, there were goalless draws in the games between Tijuana and Tigres UANL, Pumas UNAM and Veracruz, and Pachuca and Cruz Azul.


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Actress Sienna Miller refused to hire a nanny to help out during her baby daughter's first few months because she wanted to learn parenting skills by herself.
Miller and her partner, actor Tom Sturridge, became parents to daughter Marlowe in July, but the pair has kept largely quiet about the new arrival since the birth.
Miller has now opened up about motherhood in a new interview with Harper's Bazaar magazine, revealing she was wary of taking on hired help while she figured out how to tend to the newborn.
She explains, "It's just been the three of us, which was amazing, and exhausting. We are going to get a nanny, but it felt important to first learn for myself who I was as a parent."
Miller is convinced becoming a mother has changed her for the better, insisting it is the "greatest thing" she has ever experienced.
She adds, "It's still the most surreal thing, that you can create … that I grew this life inside my stomach, her eyeballs, everything – every little fiber.
"And I'd expected that she'd be this extension of me and I'd instantly understand who she was because she'd come from me, and then you realize that they are their own people entirely. Very connected to you, of course. But they're their own person. … It's the best, the greatest thing in the world. … I would do that day (of the birth) a million times again. I would do that day, every day. I loved it."
The 30-year-old reveals she is now at ease with her figure after giving birth: "My body's a completely different thing to me, it's not mine – all the attachment to its flaws or any aesthetic attachment is gone. You understand what breasts are for; and I have such enormous respect for my body because of what it can do."


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Pirates send Rodriguez to hill against Mets
Wandy Rodriguez tries to put the brakes on a personal two- game losing streak on Friday when the Pittsburgh Pirates continue their four- game series against the New York Mets at Citi Field.
After getting hammered by Milwaukee two starts ago, Rodriguez was better his last time out against Washington, but was still charged with the loss. Rodriguez gave up three runs and six hits in six innings of that one and fell to 2-2 on the year to go along with a 4.02 ERA.
He had been hammered for seven runs in just 3 2/3 frames in his previous start versus the Brewers.
Rodriguez could get himself right on Friday, though, as he owns a 5-2 lifetime mark against the Mets with a 2.88 ERA in nine starts. Also, the Mets are hitting a mere .192 over their last nine games against left-handed starters.
New York will counter with righty Shaun Marcum, who is 0-2 with a 7.20 ERA. Marcum did not get a decision last Friday in Atlanta, as he allowed three runs and six hits in 4 1/3 frames of a 7-5 win. He also walked three and has issued six free passes in 10 innings this season.
Marcum is 2-2 with a 2.65 ERA in six starts against the Pirates.
New York drew first blood in this series on Thursday, as Mike Baxter smacked a game-winning, pinch-hit single in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Mets to a 3-2 win.
Baxter subbed for center fielder Juan Lagares, who made a game-saving catch in the top of the ninth, robbing Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen of an easy extra- base hit. Ike Davis had an RBI double and Marlon Byrd added a sacrifice fly for the Mets, who have won two of three.
"This guy comes off the bench with a plan, with something in his mind, and he executes it," New York manager Terry Collins said of Baxter. "It's truly amazing, because that is one tough job."
New York starter Dillon Gee pitched five-plus innings of one-run, five-hit ball and struck out three in the victory. Bobby Parnell (4-0) picked up the win after working around a leadoff single in the ninth.
Pedro Alvarez accounted for both Pittsburgh runs with a solo homer and a sacrifice fly, while starter Jeff Locke gave up just three hits over six frames to go along with three walks and three strike outs.
Jason Grilli (0-1) absorbed the loss, allowing Baxter's game-winning hit.
"You tip your hat," Grilli said of giving up the hit to Baxter. "Some nights you make good pitches, some nights you don't. Big league hitters and players make plays. That's what happens sometimes."
Pittsburgh has lost four of its last five.
New York won five of its seven matchups with the Pirates last season.


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Gingerbread house competition in Stateline
The Ridge Tahoe is hosting the Northern Nevada Gingerbread House Competition Dec. 3-4 at the resort, 400 Ridge Club Drive, Stateline.
The event is open to all ages and will be divided into several class levels; Class 1 (Ages 8-12), Class 2 (Ages 13-17), and Class 3 (Ages 18 and older). The third class for adults will be split into the sublevels of novice and professional.
"The Ridge Tahoe is very excited to bring this competition to the Northern Nevada region as it will surely kick off the holiday season in grand style," said Teri Sweeney, vice president of sales and marketing for Resorts West, managers of The Ridge Resorts. "In addition to this enjoyable holiday event, The Ridge Tahoe is honored to give back to the local community, by donating the net proceeds to our local Boys & Girls Clubs so that they can benefit as well. We are hoping that with success of our first year, we can turn this into an annual event that we host year after year. "
All of the entries are to be assembled on Saturday, followed by the judgment on Sunday morning. Prizes such as cash, free room stays at the resort, and Apple electronics will be awarded to the first, second, and third prize winners of each category.
Entry fees to participate in the competition are $20 for the child class levels 1 and 2, $50 for the adult class level(s). Fees will be accepted in the form of cash, check or credit card either in advance, or upon check-in on the day of the event. Entry space is limited so interested parties must sign up by 5 p.m. Nov. 28.
For more information, call the Executive Chef, Stephen Moise at (775)588-3553 ex. 4195 or email email@example.com.
Entry forms and the rules and procedures can be downloaded by going to http://www.ridgetahoeresort.com, and clicking on the Meetings and Events page.