Suspect in string of ecoterrorism fires surrenders

One of the three remaining fugitives in a string of high-profile fires across the West that focused national attention on a group of environmental radicals surrendered to authorities Thursday after spending years in hiding in Canada.

The U.S. attorney's office in Portland, Ore., said Rebecca Jeanette Rubin, 39, a Canadian citizen, turned herself in to the FBI at the Canadian border in Blaine, Wash.

Rubin was arrested after spending a decade as an international fugitive from the largest ecoterrorism investigation in U.S. history, the U.S. attorney's office said. The former wildlife researcher was part of a cell of the Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front known as The Family, based in Eugene, Ore.

Rubin was sought on conspiracy and arson indictments dating to 2006 alleging she helped set fires at the Vail ski resort in Colorado and at federal wild horse corrals in Eastern Oregon and Northern California, and that she tried to set fire to a lumber mill office in Medford, Ore.

Defense attorney Richard Roberman said Rubin wanted to get the case behind her, and was dropped off at the border by her mother. She tried to surrender earlier, but tentative deals fell through with three different U.S. attorney districts.

Rubin wore a white cardigan for her appearance in federal court in Seattle. She breathed deeply as a prosecutor read the indictment and smiled briefly as the judge greeted her.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Peifer in Portland, Ore., said Rubin would be kept in custody and transported to Eugene, Ore., for trial.

Rubin is not specifically charged with terrorism, but the indictment alleges she and the other members of The Family tried to influence businesses and the government and tried to retaliate against the government. Prosecutors won terrorism enhancements at sentencing for some of the others in the case.

Ten people pleaded guilty in 2007 to conspiracy and arson in the case, and were sentenced to prison. Two others remain at large.

At the time, the FBI characterized the Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front as the top domestic terrorism threats in the nation.

Authorities have said the Earth Liberation Front cell was responsible for 20 arsons around the West from 1996 to 2001 that did $40 million in damage.

The highest-profile case was the 1998 fire that destroyed a restaurant and other facilities at the Vail Ski Resort in Colorado. Other targets included a plant research facility at the University of Washington and several businesses and other structures in Oregon ? a horse slaughterhouse, U.S. Forest Service ranger stations, a power transmission tower, a tree farm and an SUV dealership.

The group disbanded in 2001, but a federal taskforce known as Operation Backfire turned an informant and broke open the cell in 2005.

By then, the group's leader, William C. Rodgers, was running a bookstore in Prescott, Ariz. After his arrest, Rodgers committed suicide in jail. Authorities described him as a Svengali-like guru and sexual predator who liked to call himself Avalon, after an island from the legend of King Arthur.

The informant was Jacob Ferguson, a local environmental activist who once had a pentagram tattooed on his forehead and studied diesel mechanics at a community college. Prosecutors said he agreed to take a recorder into Family meetings around the country to break through their code of silence. Originally sentenced to probation, Ferguson was sent to prison after authorities found him selling heroin.

In a 2009 paper on environmental terrorism, sociologists Brent L. Smith of University of Arkansas and Kelly R. Damphousse of University of Oklahoma wrote that The Family members were mostly from middle-class backgrounds, though a few, like Ferguson, had a criminal history. The group developed from the environmental activist and anarchist community of Eugene, Ore.

In the Vail arson, the group issued a communique saying the buildings were burned as retribution for the Forest Service allowing the resort to expand into critical habitat for the Canada lynx, a threatened species. The attack focused national attention on the idea of ecoterrorism.

However, by the time they were sentenced, members of The Family expressed regret and frustration that after all their hardships, they had accomplished practically nothing.

A horse slaughterhouse in Redmond, Ore., was never rebuilt, but the ski resort and ranger stations were reconstructed, timber companies stayed in business, and wild horses were still rounded up and removed from federal lands.

The two remaining fugitives are Joseph Mahmoud Dibee and Josephine Sunshine Overaker, Ferguson's former girlfriend. Dibee is believed to be in Syria, where he has family, and Overaker is believed to be in Europe, Peifer said.

Animal rights activist Peter Young spent eight years as a fugitive before officers stumbled upon him in 2005 at a Santa Cruz, Calif., Starbucks. He eventually served two years in prison for freeing thousands of mink from Midwest fur farms in the name of the Animal Liberation Front in 1997.

"There are two rules to being a good fugitive," he told The Associated Press on Thursday. "If you have an ID under a different name and don't call your parents, you can live free for a very long time."

Young added there is a benefit to staying on the run for a long time, as Rubin did: "The lawyers all told me at different times as I was preparing to turn myself in, but never did ? they said, 'You stay away for a long time, the feds usually get to the point they're not so zealous about your case anymore.'"

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Associated Press writer Manuel Valdes in Seattle contributed to this report.

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Jeff Barnard can be reached at ?https://twitter.com/JeffBarnardAP

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/suspect-string-ecoterrorism-fires-surrenders-184252860.html

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Eat your Way Around the World: Global Table Adventure

I had the pleasure of interviewing Sasha, of Global Table Adventure, who is making 195 meals, from 195 different countries in 195 weeks? Truly eating her way around the world with her husband (affectionately known as ?Mr. Picky?) and her the adorable, adventurous, almost 5 year old daughter Ava.

With gorgeous, tantalizing photographs (that you only wish were scratch and sniff!), her web site is part cookbook, part armchair travelogue, part video-culinary review by her daughter? whether you love to cook or you love to eat, this is an amazing educational experience in world cultures and anthropology from her kitchen to yours.

The genius behind the Global Table Adventure is Sasha Martin. Sasha spent several years as a child in both France and Luxembourg, and is now hoping to teach her daughter about other cultures through these culinary adventures. She had the idea to begin cooking her way around the world when Ava was only 7 months old and just beginning solid foods. Sasha admits that her husband is a bit of a picky eater, so as a family they decided to cook and eat dishes from every country in the world- in alphabetical order- as a way to exposing her daughter to different textures and spices and hopefully avoid finicky habits.

Thus the Global Table Adventure family project grew into a movement, that became a way to use food to open minds, and learn something quite nice about countries around the world. Sasha purposefully chooses dishes that are not too exotic (not?? la exotics of Andrew Zimmerman or Anthony Bourdain), but rather accessible meals that mix some familiar ingredients with new spices, or cooked in a different way.

Monday: Shares the recipes and reviews the meal from the previous country with videos of Ava trying the food.

Travel Tuesday: An overview of the country?s cuisine so readers can learn about popular foods and traditions.

Wednesday: The menu is revealed. Sasha often includes an appetizer, vegetable, main course, and dessert, or sometimes a drink or soup recipe.

Technique Thursday: Sometimes a video or recipe typical from that country, Sasha teaches you about a new ingredient or technique.

Fun Friday: Lots of fun facts, tidbits

In the last part of the interview, I asked Sasha her tips for parents who have picky eaters.

?It?s not about the food, it?s mostly about the texture or the format. Try chopping it up really fine or changing the presentation or cooking technique,? says Sasha. ?People don?t give their kids enough credit.? What she?s done for Ava is to set a couple of rules. First, everyone must always taste the dish- and it?s OK to admit when you don?t like it. When Ava?s scared to try something, Sasha explains ?It?s exciting to try it, but even mama doesn?t like everything.? She also debunks the myth that if you offer something 5 times, your children will begin to like it: ?Don?t give up! Five times is sometimes not enough.? When you?re kids do try something new, ?reward them with enthusiasm.? Finally, in Sasha?s house, what?s for dinner is what?s for dinner- no making pb&j every time your children don?t like something. This will just feed into their finickiness and discourage them from even trying new foods. Here are a few of Ava?s favorite foods, with links to their recipes on the Global Table Adventure page:

Caribbean Fry Bakes from Saint Lucia

Portuguese Tuna and Chickpea Salad

Grilled Kofta and Zucchini Sauce from Oman

Moroccan Lamb Tangine

Malaysian Coconut Sticky Rice Towers

Salvadoran Sweet Atole Drink

I cannot wait to follow in her global footsteps and start choosing recipes to try!!! I love her mission, and think that you will too:

You see, we create peace when we learn about each other ? when we understand one another.? But here?s the thing ? we can?t create peace alone; We must set a Global Table and invite everyone to sit down together as one family.

You can follow Sasha?s Global Table Adventures on her awesome web site, facebook page, or twitter. Browse through her recipes, and then let us know which you?d like to try!

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Matthew McCounaghey recebe duas indica??es ao ?Oscar? dos independentes

Matthew McCounaghey recebe duas indica??es ao ?Oscar? dos independentes

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Ninja Mom: Requiem for Pedro the fish.

Yesterday we bid goodbye to Pedro, our Betta fish. He was a good
fish insofar as he stayed in his bowl and was quieter than any other living
thing in this house, including a particularly raucous house plant. It was my
favorite thing about him. And now he?s permanently quiet.

As we often find when faced with death, I had to ask myself some difficult questions. Had he been dead the night before and I'd been too absorbed in my own concerns to notice his passing? Was there something I could have done differently to prolong his life past seven months??Can I use the pasta spoon to scoop him out of the tank? ?

I told the kids right away, because I?m forthcoming with them when it comes to difficult subjects as long as those subjects?aren't?sex. Bee cried for a moment, tears of a child facing the reality that we all die. Hers was the sadness that comes when realizing we all have an undisclosed measure of life to live. Tears of an over-reactor, too, as moments later she was giggling about the toilet vs. garbage burial plans. But then, maybe I?m being too harsh. Maybe they were the giggles of an injured heart trying to cope. I?didn't?cry, a fact of which I'm quite proud. Motherhood and a shaky emotional platform has made me into the kind of woman who cries over Hallmark commercials, particularly delicious food, and unscheduled opportunities to nap. I figured I could go either way on the fish. But I was stoic. I can only hope for the same the next time I forget to buy coffee. The children speculated on Pedro?s death. Did the saying goodbye to his visitors over Thanksgiving, our neighbor?s fish Peaches and Rosie, send him into a depression from which he could not recover? I doubt it as the only logical end to that scenario would be death by suicide and he?didn't?leave a note. Maybe he had one of the dreaded rots. I don?t know much about fish diseases, but?I've?heard about different kinds of conditions that revolve around rotting to death. What have fish done to piss off God that they are capable of rotting while still alive and how does this make the ingestion of sushi safe? What if your sashimi was already rotting when it was alive and swimming? We settled on old age, a safe bet. It?s a miracle that he survived the car ride home from the pet store back in April. Funeral plans were decided upon. I pooh-poohed burial because that?s a bit labor intensive and I had visions of our dogs digging a hole to discover the source of the rank odor caused by Pedro?s decay the same way?they've?dug holes around the roots of most of our bushes looking for elusive moles. Someone suggested the garbage disposal and yes I?ll be keeping an eye on that kid. We won?t be raising the next Dexter Morgan here. It came down to flush or toss? We agreed to flush and say a few words toilet-side. There?wasn't?time for an obit in the local newspaper, but I think Pedro would have wanted the final celebration of his life to pass without fanfare. Kind, sensible things were said about Pedro. Mostly by me because children can be counted on to say only ridiculous things at fish funerals. Someone hoped Pedro would get better back home in the ocean. You know, the magic reanimating ocean he never came from. Another child thanked God for our time with Pedro and attributed qualities to him that he never demonstrated. Among them were greatness and a sense of humor. I thanked God for giving us our short time with Pedro, and because I grew up Catholic and am no stranger to covering my rear, prayed that I had been a good steward of my scaly friend, so please don?t punish me in my afterlife, Lord. There was a brief scramble for the toilet handle that lead to a tie, thank heavens, and I was able to convince the child who?d been promised the mortuary duty of disposing of the dead that she and her sister flushed together. You can?t redo a fish flushing the same way you can promise a child that she can be the next to try a new toy or get her face painted. Life has continued since Pedro?s passing. We are getting a new fish the next time we?re at the pet store. Surely that?s not a surprise. In the hierarchy of replaceable pets, fish are at the top, followed by hermit crabs, mice, hamsters, birds, bunnies, cats, dogs, and babysitters.?We've?moved through the shock and grief of dealing with the circle of life first hand and have already decided that the greatest tragedy was not losing Pedro, but that we?didn't?buy four fish in the first place because next time around everyone gets to pick a name. If there was a teachable moment in all of this, something I could shine up and present to my kids as wisdom and prove myself a parent worthy of rearing them, it was this: We can?t flush the dogs when they go.

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Hackers Attack the International Atomic Energy Agency

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has acknowledged that hackers successfully breached its cyber-defenses and obtained a list of agency email addresses. A group calling itself Parastoo (a Farsi word for a bird and a common girl's name in Iran) has claimed responsibility.

InfoSecurity reported, "A new hacktivist collective calling itself Parastoo took responsibility for compromising the UN?s nuclear watchdog agency, but the IAEA hasn?t confirmed who the culprits actually may be. Parastoo has posted a manifesto filled with shout-outs to other hacktivist groups like Lulz and Anonymous, along with allusions to various Middle East cyberwar touchpoints like the Stuxnet worm. It demands that that the IAEA look into Israel?s nuclear activities: specifically, it wants to know the purpose of a facility at Dimona that is widely assumed to be a nuclear weapons manufacturing plant. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied this, and calls for investigation into the plant are common from Arab states."

The Verge's Chris Welch noted, "The International Atomic Energy Agency has fallen victim to hackers, who managed to access one of the UN agency's servers and publish over 100 retrieved email addresses on the web. The leaked contact data belongs to workers that have assisted the IAEA in its quest to reduce the proliferation of nuclear weapons across the globe. Apparently it's dated information, however, with the IAEA claiming the addresses were "stolen from an old server that was shut down some time ago." Nonetheless, the agency's security teams are currently working to ensure no further sensitive data is compromised."

The Business Insider quoted the hackers, who wrote, ?The above list who technically help IAEA could be considered a partner in crime should an accident happen there. In such case ... Parastoo will publish whereabouts of every single one of these individuals alongside with bits of helpful personal and professional details.?

Computerworld's Lucian Constantin noted, "The IAEA is an international organization that promotes the safe and peaceful use of nuclear energy and discourages the proliferation of nuclear weapons. The agency reports issues of non-compliance by states to the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council."

Source: http://www.datamation.com/news/hackers-attack-the-international-atomic-energy-agency.html

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Mobile phone overage fees? It's time to upgrade your plan

If you repeatedly exceed your monthly minutes on your mobile phone contract, it may be time for a mobile phone plan upgrade, Hamm writes.

By Trent Hamm,?Guest blogger / November 27, 2012

In this June 30, 2010 file photo, an Associated Press reporter holds the Motorola Droid X during a product review in San Francisco. Hamm offers some ways to calculating if a plan upgrade will save you money.

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When Sarah and I signed our first cell phone contract, we signed up for a plan that gave us roughly 400 minutes per month, which seemed like a reasonable amount based on our estimates. After the two year contract, we found that we had only gone over that limit twice, so we signed up again for the same limit.

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Before our next contract signing, we sat down to evaluate our situation. During the previous two years, we had only gone over our alloted minutes twice, so it seemed straightforward that we would just continue our plan.

There was a bit of a catch, though. We still had those bills from the overage months, and when we sat down and did the math,?the cost of our overage minutes from those months was far higher than the two year cost of a plan that would cover all of those minutes.

That?s right. Upgrading to a plan that covered all of that usage?and?gave us far more breathing room in every other month was cheaper than the overage costs of just two months of usage.?

49ers use Kaepernick, defense to top Saints 31-21

NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? Even if Colin Kaepernick's second start was hardly as spectacular as his first, he played well enough to extend coach Jim Harbaugh's quarterback quandary for at least another week.

With the 49ers' defense making big plays of its own, it might not have mattered who was under center.

Ahmad Brooks and Donte Whitner each returned interceptions for touchdowns, a pass rush led by Aldon Smith sacked Drew Brees five times, and San Francisco ended New Orleans' three-game winning streak, 31-21 on Sunday.

"We always want to be the best defense on the field, especially on the road," Whitner said. "When you play us, you are going to get hit. That's our identity: smart, hard-nose, physical football."

Kaepernick was solid in his second career start while Alex Smith, deemed healthy enough to suit up after recovering from a concussion, watched from the sideline in uniform. Kaepernick passed for 231 yards, including a short touchdown to Frank Gore. He also ran for a 7-yard score. He threw his first career interception, but it was inconsequential.

"We got a win, so that's all that really matters," Kaepernick said.

Niners coach Jim Harbaugh implied the decision to start Kaepernick had more to do with preserving Smith's long-term health than on performance, but he was noncommittal about who might start next week at St. Louis.

"The fact he had symptoms seven to eight days later, I'm not going to put a guy back out there," Harbaugh said of Smith. "He eventually got cleared. The plan was to rotate him back into the action (in practice), but not all the way to the front line. ... That would give him a chance to get cleared up completely."

Smith did not seem to think he needed to more time, but kept complaints to a minimum.

"Obviously I want to play. I want to start. I think I should, but it's not my decision," Smith said. "I'm part of this team and it's great to go out and get a win."

Brees finished with 267 yards and three TDs. After rushing for 140 yards or more in each of its previous three games, New Orleans (5-6) managed only 59 yards against San Francisco (8-2-1).

One of Brees' scoring passes went to Marques Colston, who set a Saints record with his 56th career touchdown for the club.

The Niners gained 144 yards on the ground, led by Gore with 83. The Saints shut down tight end Vernon Davis, but the Niners' other tight end, Delanie Walker, had three catches for 81 yards, including one for 45 yards to set up a touchdown.

The Saints had to play recently acquired reserve William Robinson at right tackle after rookie Bryce Harris, making his first start because of injuries to Zach Strief and Charles Brown, was carted off with an apparent right leg injury. But just about every Saints lineman was beaten on a Niners sack. Brooks, Aldon Smith and Justin Smith each had 1? sacks, all in the second half.

"They're a good defense," Saints assistant head coach Joe Vitt said of San Francisco. "When you lose your right tackle and you've got to play with a young man who's been here four days, that's a tough challenge."

San Francisco's interceptions came during a 21-0 spurt that turned a 14-7 deficit into a 28-14 lead.

"You give them two free ones and that's what they thrive on," Brees said. "All of a sudden they rattle off 21 points in a short amount of time and we really felt like we had the game under control."

Brooks snagged the first, returning it 50 yards late in the first half to tie the game at 14.

The second came on Brees' first pass of the second half. The ball deflected off Colston's hands as the leaping receiver was upended and briefly shaken up. Whitner snagged the deflected pass and returned it 42 yards to make it 28-14.

Since losing to the New York Giants on Oct. 14, the Niners are 5-0-1 and hold a 2 1/2-game lead in the NFC West.

It seems their biggest problem at this point is deciding who should be their No. 1 QB. Smith, who led the Niners to the NFC title game last season, started the first nine games.

"That would be coach's decision," Kaepernick said. "I'm just trying to take a similar approach that I've been taking, just keep my head down, keep working and see where it takes me."

The Saints, meanwhile, missed a chance to pull into a tie for the last NFC wild card berth, and remain a game out with another tough game coming up at Atlanta on Thursday night.

Kaepernick gave the Niners the early lead, scoring easily on a read-option run that fooled the Saints' defense.

New Orleans tied it on tight end David Thomas' 6-yard catch, then took the lead on Colston's TD, capping a drive that began when Ted Ginn Jr.'s fumbled punt was recovered by Rafael Bush on the 49ers 10.

New Orleans was looking to go up by two scores after Kaepernick's interception on an underthrown pass that cornerback Patrick Robinson easily caught. Instead, Brooks tied it, stepping in front of a pass for Jimmy Graham.

NOTES: Saints DT Brodrick Bunkley was thrown out for unsportsmanlike conduct with 1:05 left for kicking lineman Alex Boone in the back of the helmet right after the Saints had blocked a field goal ... Aldon Smith's sack of Brees in the third quarter was his 16th this season, 30th in his career. He became only the second player to reach 30 sacks in his first two seasons, joining Reggie White (31) and Derrick Thomas (30). He reached it in fewer games (27) than either of them. ... Niners WR Kyle Williams and RB Kendall Hunter both were shaken up on the same play in the second half with apparent leg injuries. ... Saints S Isa Abdul-Quddus left the game after a hard collision with tight end Delanie Walker in the fourth quarter.

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Which Mobile Commerce Apps Won On Black Friday?

Groupon maintained its spot as the top mobile commerce app, but Best Buy saw the biggest overall one-day gain on Black Friday, according to Onavo, a Sequoia-backed mobile data compression startup. Usage of Best Buy and Walmart's iOS apps jumped by more than fivefold last Friday and Thursday night. Following them were Kohl's, Target and ShopSavvy.

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Colts' Cheerleader Who Shaved Head 'Personally Affected by Cancer'

Nov 26, 2012 2:55pm

The Indianopolis Colts? cheerleader who had her head shaved in front of 60,000 cheering fans and a national TV audience had a very personal reason for agreeing to lose her locks to the team?s mascot for cancer research.

?I?ve had family members and mentors [with cancer] and I volunteer at a local children?s hospital and met little girls who lost their hair and saw the bravery that they possess and it was just something that I wanted to do to help reach others,? Megan M. said today on ?Good Morning America.?

Megan, whose last name was withheld by the Colts as standard team policy, was the sole Colts? cheerleader to accept a challenge sent out by Blue, the team?s mascot, via Twitter earlier this month to support head coach Chuck Pagano in his battle against leukemia.? Megan agreed to lose her locks if Blue could raise $10,000 for cancer research by Nov. 25.

In just weeks, through fans? donations to the CHUCKSTRONG fund on the team?s website,? more than $22,000 was raised so Megan lost her hair at the start of the Colts? fourth quarter against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.? While Megan was the only cheerleader to publicly agree to the challenge, she was joined by fellow cheerleader Crystal Ann in shaving solidarity on game day, and the two held hands as they both went under the razor.

?The fans were so supportive and just cheering for me the whole entire time and my captain was really great,? Megan M. told ?GMA? of the very public experience.? ?She tried to call a lot of dances that did not involve a lot of hair whipping around to make me feel more comfortable when I was getting used to it.?

Blue?s challenge to the team?s cheerleaders came after a group of Colts? players and coaches shaved their heads in support of Pagano, who is undergoing chemotherapy to battle his leukemia.

In addition to Blue?s challenge, the team also partnered with Great Clips earlier this month to offer fans who wanted to shave their heads in honor of Coach Pagano a free buzz cut and a $10 donation to Blue?s CHUCKSTRONG Challenge.? All money raised will go to the IU Health Simon Cancer Center, according to the Colts? website.

Pagano has been absent from the team?s sidelines recently while he undergoes treatment but was in the stands at Sunday?s game as his team beat Buffalo, 20-13.? He received a standing ovation from fans at the game and, according to Megan, has been grateful for the fans? and the team?s support from the start.

?He was nice enough to send me a text while he was going through this himself, thanking me for doing this,? Megan said.? ?He?s just a really wonderful man.?

Megan?s hair will be donated to Locks of Love to provide hair pieces for children who have lost their hair from cancer, according to media reports.

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Firefighters Gain Handle On 10-Acre Ranch Fire In San Bernardino ...

SAN BERNARDINO (CBSLA.com) ? Firefighters expect to fully contain a grass fire burning in a remote area of San Bernardino by Sunday evening.

The San Bernardino National Forest service reported via Twitter that full containment of the Ranch Fire is expected by 8 p.m.

The fire was burning at a ?moderate rate of spread? in a remote area near Forest Road east of Bowen Ranch.

It broke out Sunday afternoon, prompting the evacuation of the Horse Springs Campground.

Fire retardant drops have helped crews hold the blaze at 10 acres, authorities reported.

No further information was immediately available.

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No Greek debt writedown in next rescue package: ECB's Asmussen

BERLIN (Reuters) - A write-down on Greek debt should not be part of the country's next rescue package, European Central Bank board member Joerg Asmussen told Germany's Bild newspaper ahead of Monday's euro zone group meeting.

"We need a package of measures to close the financial gap that will include a substantial reduction of the interest rates and a debt buy-back by Greece," Asmussen said in an interview to appear on Monday. "A hair cut does not belong to that package."

Asmussen said, in excerpts of the interview released on Sunday, that he hoped euro zone finance ministers would reach a speedy decision.

"I very much hope that the euro zone group will reach a political decision on Monday so that the next loan installment can be released. For that the financing gap for the next two years has to be closed by the other euro zone countries.

"Everyone must show a willingness to move for that to succeed," he said.

Euro zone finance ministers, the ECB and the International Monetary Fund have met twice in the past two weeks but failed both times to agree on the next steps for Greece and how to bring its debt level down to a sustainable level.

They will meet again on Monday.

Germany, the EU's biggest economy and paymaster, has led resistance within the euro zone to calls from the IMF and others to accept losses on their Greek debt holdings and give Greece, entering its sixth year of recession, a chance to grow again.

Greece's international creditors will hold crunch talks next Monday - their third meeting in as many weeks - to unlock loans needed to avert bankruptcy for the stricken nation.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble reiterated on Thursday his official view that a writedown of Greek debt by euro zone governments would be wrong and illegal. But two sources told Reuters he had signaled a more flexible attitude at a small gathering of ministers in Paris on Monday, before the failed talks in Brussels on Tuesday.

Members of Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right coalition have said granting Greece debt relief would undermine the reform drive in other struggling euro zone countries such as Portugal.

Schaeuble said on Wednesday the funding gap could be funded by a mixture of letting Greece buy back its own debt at a discount, tapping ECB profits on Greek bond purchases and lowering interest rates on government loans to Athens, though not below the cost to lenders.

(Reporting By Erik Kirschbaum; Editing by Sophie Walker)

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robertjump: How to prevent snoring? | Health and Fitness Tips ...

In everyday life, people who snore are not uncommon, many people think this is a performance sleeping, actually snore may not only lead to suffocation and even the night sudden death, and to influence others sleep.Today to tell you how to prevent snoring.

Methods / steps

1, Enhance physical exercise (preferably mountaineering, running, etc.), enhanced lung function.

2, Experts remind, the snoring if smoking habits you need to quit smoking immediately. Because smoking stimulus will only make the already clogged nasal and respiratory nasal mucosa worse. Drinking heavier snoring, nocturnal breathing disorders and hypoxemia. Especially bedtime Drinking.

3, Obese should actively lose weight.

4, Snoring patients more oxygen content decreased, often accompanied by high blood pressure, heart rhythm disorders, blood viscosity increased burden on the heart, easily lead to the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, so attention should be paid to the monitoring of blood pressure, taking time to drop pressure drugs.

5, Bedtime prohibit taking sedative hypnotics and anti-allergic drugs, so as not to aggravate the conditioned inhibition of the respiratory center.

6, Take a lateral position sleep posture, especially in the right lateral position appropriate to avoid the tongue during sleep, the soft palate, uvula relaxation after the fall, adding to the blockage of the upper airway.

7, Patients after surgery to mainly soft food, do not eat hot food. Avoid strenuous activity.

8, Before going to bed try not to drink tea, coffee.

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Sequim Real Estate and Retirees Buying

Sequim real estate is selling to retirees, and here?s what?s interesting about that.? Many retirees are buying their Sequim real estate long before they retire and move here, as much as three years before they retire.? This trend has increased this past three years, but more?dramatically this year.? I?ve sold several homes to retirees who will not be moving here for one, two, and three years.? Yesterday I sold a very nice Sunland Condo to a couple who are not retiring ?for at least three years.?? What will they do between now and then?? Rent it.

Today I got a call from another out-of-town couple who want to make an offer on a home, and they too will be absentee owners.? But there is a common theme among these buyers, and I?m paying close attention to what they are saying.? Retirees who are now buying Sequim real estate are largely retiring from careers as professionals, including financial advisers, CEOs, Techies from Silicon Valley, professional musicians, University Professors, authors, artists, engineers, doctors, dentists, political consultants, Hollywood actors, commercial pilots, Pastors, and many others.? My clients tend to be very smart, mature in every way, and wise, so I listen to what my clients are saying about the economy and their feelings about Sequim real estate and where the market may be going.? I like to say, ?All my clients are smarter than me.?

I like the statement, even if it is a cliche, ?Timing is everything.?? My clients are echoing that with their thoughts.? Here?s why they say they are buying years before they plan to retire and move here.? I suspect that as you read these reasons, you may say you?ve been having some of the same thoughts about purchasing Sequim real estate now rather than later.

Sequim Real Estate Buyers

It?s not complicated.? Many buyers are listing a few simple reasons why they are buying their Sequim real estate now rather than wait a few years.? First, they all believe interest rates will increase at some point, and some feel that when interest rates do start to increase, the Federal debt will skyrocket with the cost of borrowing increasing, which will reverberate throughout the financial markets and the mortgage and real estate markets.? When that complicated process unfolds, there could be a dramatic increase in interest rates ?at some point? in the coming year.?

Second, buyers are saying they feel real estate prices are at or near a bottom, and they don?t care if prices are bottomed out.? They only care that they are able to buy the ideal retirement home at a reasonable price at historically low interest rates to manage their monthly retirement cost of living.?

Third, buyers are watching the inventory of the best homes quietly disappear from the MLS as they get sold.? These homes are not being replaced at the same rate.

Fourth, buyers tell me that as they get older, they prefer to reduce the uncertainty in their lives, and they seek to have more financial security.? Waiting to buy Sequim real estate someday actually creates tremendous uncertainty, and could risk their ability to retire in Sequim.? Managing risk and uncertainty is a major factor as this generation of people in their 50?s and 60?s goes into retirement.? This has become a significant factor for many in looking at Sequim real estate now.

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Video: Bloomberg celebrates Small Business Saturday with announcement

>> a lot of warmth, though, from this crowd.

>> a lot of warm smiles. people with strange mustaches. i'm carl quintanilla here with erica hill . lester has the morning off. coming up in this half-hour, have you ever gone to the mall planning to spend a certain amount of money and you walk out spending twice as much?

>> yeah, i do that at target a lot.

>> target, anywhere. coming up, we'll reveal what some of your favorite retailers are actually doing to get you to spend more of your crash. some interesting mind games going on.

>> obviously, that's their goal. ours is to save some. happy to have those hints coming up. also, we'll switch gears a little bit this morning when we introduce you to a young woman who has really become an inspiration for so many. she's battling cancer, diagnosed at just 22 years old when she was living what she thought was the perfect life . she turned the situation around and she's helping others.

>>> a bit later this morning, a legal uproar over a sentencing handed down by a judge in oklahoma who ordered a teenager convicted of causing a deadly car crash not to ten years of prison, but to a decade of church instead.

>> interesting legal bats on that front, too.

>>> meantime, today, as you know, small business saturday. a chance to give your favorite mom and pop store a boost of business. here in this area, badly needed in the wake of hurricane sandy. joining us more to talk more about that is new york city mayor michael bloomberg . welcome.

>> thank you. welcome to small business saturday.

>> good to be here. we all know what the city has been through over the past few weeks. you have an announcement regarding some of those businesses that even still can't open.

>> number one, small business saturday is the creation of american express . they've done a wonderful thing helping small businesses grow in this city. small businesses account for 98% of all businesses. they employ 50% of the people in this city. 2/3 of them have five employees or less. they really are the job creators for new york city . new york city has gotten back 200% of the jobs lost during the recession. the country has only gotten back 40% and it's really all been in small businesses . small businesses are the ones in your neighborhood that let you really find good values, get somebody that knows what you need , understands your culture, and it's very important, a lot of them, however, got very badly hurt from hurricane sandy.

>> this is something i know you helped spearhead in new york city , to help a lot of these with .

>> we've raised $40 million privately to match loans. our small business services can provide you with ways to get around the paper work. we have an exemption of sales tax. you have to buy things to get your business back going again. those kinds of things.

>> where are you shopping on small business saturday?

>> well, i've got a small business in my neighborhood. i eat in small restaurants. i'm going to get gifts for my daughters.

>> you run a small business . or at least it used to be small.

>> it started small anyway. thank goodness it's not anymore. that's how we pay the bills.

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Mexico arrests suspected murderer on FBI most wanted list

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican federal police have captured suspected murderer, rapist and drug gang member Joe Luis Saenz, one of the 10 most wanted fugitives on the FBI's list, the government said on Friday.

Saenz, a U.S. citizen, was arrested in the city of Guadalajara in western Mexico on Thursday following an investigation carried out by the federal police in conjunction with the FBI, the government said in a statement.

According to the FBI, Saenz is suspected of shooting and killing two rival gang members in Los Angeles in July 1998. For the FBI's most wanted list, see: www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten

Less than two weeks later, Saenz allegedly kidnapped, raped, and murdered his estranged girlfriend. Saenz is also believed to have murdered another man in October 2008 in Los Angeles County.

FBI records suggest Saenz is 36 or 37, and the bureau offered up to $100,000 for information leading to his arrest.

Born in Los Angeles, Saenz was known to travel between the United States and Mexico, and was believed to be working for a Mexican drug cartel, the FBI said. He had a number of aliases including Zapp, Peanut Joe Smiley and Honeycutt, it added.

(Writing by Dave Graham; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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Foggy crash a tragedy for Houston-area family

In this image provided by Click2houston.com cars and trucks are piled on Interstate 10 in Southeast Texas Thursday Nov. 22, 2012. The Texas Department of Public Safety says at least 35 people have been injured in a more than 50-vehicle pileup. (AP Photo/Click2houston.com) MANDATORY CREDIT

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BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) ? The children of a Houston-area couple killed during Thursday's massive interstate wreck in Texas say this year was the family's first Thanksgiving apart.

Authorities are investigating the chain-reaction wreck that involved more than 100 vehicles, many of which were left twisted on top of each other. The wreck killed the couple and injured at least 80 other people during heavy fog along Interstate 10 near Beaumont.

Twelve people remain hospitalized in serious condition, the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a statement Friday.

Vincent and Debbie Leggio were on their way to Louisiana for a gambling trip when their vehicle was caught in the wreck, sons V.J. and Richard Leggio told KHOU-TV.

"My parents are wonderful loving people ? all who knew them knew that," V.J. Leggio told the station. "They will be sorely missed ? sorely missed."

He said he worked with his father at the family business, Vinco Electric in Pearland, the Houston suburb where his parents lived.

"We had a good relationship," he added. "We got to spend time together golfing and fishing, and I'm so thankful for that now."

The wreck occurred southwest of Beaumont, on Texas' Gulf Coast. The heavy fog made it hard for law enforcement to determine at first how many wrecks had occurred.

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, a crash on the eastbound side of the highway led to other accidents in a dangerous chain reaction. There were multiple crashes on the other side of the highway as well.

Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Chuck Havard told KFDM-TV on Friday that investigators will work to determine whether any drivers will face charges.

Phone messages left Friday by The Associated Press for law enforcement officials weren't returned.

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Sexuality And Doctor Who | Wine And Roses From Outer Space

When I was a little girl, the Doctor was ? quite literally ? a madman with a box. Wobbly sets, cheesy one-liners, Jelly Babies, aliens, screaming and not a hint of romance or sexual innuendo anywhere. In fact it?s only in the episode School Reunion (David Tennant, Billie Piper, Noel Clarke, Elisabeth Sladen [RIP]) that we discover that Sarah Jane Smith even had feelings for the Doctor at all. Even then, she is very coy about it.

With the reboot (Christopher Eccleston) there seems to have come with it a plethora of simmering desires, emotions, relationships, sexuality, flirting, unrequited lust and love triangles (take Nine/Rose/Mickey, for example). I?m not saying that this is a bad thing because I feel that children need to know about the confusion that comes with attraction to another individual and they especially need to grow up accepting that there is more than one type of ?normal? relationship between two people, but it?s certainly unexpected when you?ve been a fan for the best part of thirty-five years. Incidentally, I?m turning forty next year.

The first taste of romance we get is with the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler. Their friendship becomes flirtatious in a rather slapstick manner, but quickly becomes deeper than mere teasing. This becomes especially obvious in The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, when this guy shows up:

Meet Jack Harkness. Time Agent; Con man; Omnisexual being who exudes sensuality.

There is no man, no woman (apart from poor Donna!) and no species? that Jack won?t flirt with ? with a view to seduction. I honestly believe that he would find a Dalek sexy if only he could find one that wasn?t going to try to kill him. No human or alien seems impervious to his charm, wit and good looks, and he has ? quite literally ? shagged his way around the universe and out of trouble.

By the time that Nine (all too soon, in my opinion) becomes Ten (David Tennant) it is more than obvious that the attraction is becoming full-blown love. Even for me (not a Ten/Rose fan) the end of Doomsday is utterly heartbreaking ? until Donna materialises in the TARDIS to stop you becoming too weepy. Apparently it?s too early for angsty Doctor just yet.

After Christmas Invasion Donna leaves, and our new companion is Martha Jones. By her second episode ? The Shakespeare Code - it?s already cringingly obvious that she is going to spend her entire run being all dewy-eyed over a Doctor who can?t forget his beloved Rose.

In fact, her crush on the Doctor is so cringeworthy that I?m going to skip it entirely. My sincere apologies to the Martha fans.

Donna then returns when Martha can no longer bear her unrequited crush. It?s refreshing that Donna has no sexual feelings for the Doctor at all, and their banter and platonic affection for each other gives us a break from all the lovey-dovey goings on.

For the first time since Rose, the Doctor has a companion who doesn?t want him to be in love with her. For the first time since Romana II he has a feisty sparring partner who won?t do as he says, back-chats and is always proved right when she doesn?t listen to him. I think that ?Bite me, Alien Boy? is always going to be one of my favourite New Who quotes.

As with all the best companions, Donna?s travels with the Doctor take a tragic turn after she saves the world. Okay, so she doesn?t die, but I defy any Doctor Who fan not to have cried their way through an entire box of Kleenex. Believe me, I did.

When the Tenth Doctor finishes his rather annoyingly protracted regeneration and becomes a proper madman again (hello Matt Smith!) we are introduced to an adorable little Scottish lass (Caitlin Blackwood) who feeds him fish fingers and custard after he crash-lands in her garden. Fourteen years later (during which the Doctor has got his time perception filters wrong yet again) she has become the rather fabulous and leggy Amy Pond.

?Who?s scared? Geronimo?

A redhead, like Donna, but we suddenly have a companion with total sex appeal. Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) runs away with the Doctor the night before her wedding to Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill) and thinks she?s found the love of her life in this strange alien man with two hearts and a childlike wonder about everything he sees. As it turns out, the Doctor teaches her a great deal about herself and she finally realises that Rory is the man who was made for her. Their ending is bittersweet, but it does show younger viewers how true love ought to be (not all wine and roses, but always ?Together or not at all?).

Just as I was beginning to wonder if the same sex/omnisexual idea would end with Jack Harkness A Good Man Goes To War aired. So naturally I was delighted when we were introduced to these two lovely ladies:

The stunning Silurian Madam Vastra (I think Silurians are beautiful, okay?) and her gorgeous girlfriend, Jenny. These two were such a hit that a request for a spin-off series featuring them went viral. Sadly Moffat said he didn?t have the time, but they are appearing in the Christmas Special.

Doctor Who has grown up with the times and is showing homosexual/lesbian/omnisexual and ? in this case ? inter-species (which could be seen as inter-racial) relationships as completely normal. All of these relationships are tongue-in-cheek and I think that?s fantastic.

Just to confuse you with this blog post further, have a picture of the Doctor marrying River Song, making Amy and Rory his parents-in-law:

Because who doesn?t love River Song?

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