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Thursday, March 21, 2013
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Automakers Tap Into Growing Hispanic Market | RV Business
Many automakers used to view Hispanic-oriented marketing as a way to drum up extra sales when their marketing budgets allowed. Often their efforts amounted to little more than dubbing Spanish over actors speaking English in TV commercials, according to a report by Automotive News.
Today, they know not to overlook or underestimate what has become America?s fastest growing minority group, a demographic now responsible for most of the nation?s population growth and one that is expected to become the largest ethnic group in California next year.
U.S. auto sales to Hispanic consumers increased 27% last year, double the industry sales pace, according to registration data collected by R.L. Polk & Co. With industry growth slowing, Hispanics represent one of the biggest opportunities to gain share.
?If any [automaker] is not focusing on or putting their good-faith efforts toward Hispanic marketing, then I would have to question whether they?re truly in the marketing business,? Fred Diaz, head of Chrysler Group?s Ram truck brand, told Automotive News.
Simply giving Hispanics lip service is not enough. To tap into this market, automakers have realized they need to create large-scale campaigns showing a deep understanding of Hispanic cultural nuances, while dealers sponsor local soccer organizations, seek bilingual employees and offer sales documents in Spanish.
Some dealers have tapped into a new program being expanded nationally this year called AutoAmigo, which promises a ?hassle-free? vehicle-buying experience for Hispanics who might otherwise be hesitant because of language barriers or negative experiences.
Hispanics in the United States now number some 52 million, more than the population of Canada. Although 16.5% of U.S. inhabitants, Hispanics last year accounted for about 11% of new U.S. personal vehicle registrations, or about 1.2 million units. Polk projects their share to be almost 13% by 2016.
?If manufacturers are looking to invest in growth, they don?t need to look any further than the Hispanic market,? said Marc Bland, head of diversity and inclusion at Polk.
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
2013 James Beard Media Award Finalists Announced -- Grub Street ...
The winners will be announced May 3.Photo: James Beard Foundation
The James Beard Foundation announced its nominees for the 2013 awards ceremonies this morning at the Lowndes Grove Plantation in Charleston. Media awards will be handed out on May 3, while the star-studded chef and restaurant awards will take place on Monday, May 6 at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City. You've already seen the restaurant finalists, and here are the media finalists. (Grub Street New York is a nominee for Group Food Blog!) Congrats to everyone listed here ? Ted Allen will host the organization's James Beard Foundation Book, Broadcast & Journalism Awards Dinner on Friday, May 3. The ceremony will take place at Gotham Hall in New York City. Straight ahead, the full list of nominees.
Cooking, Recipes, or Instruction
Matt Goulding, Matthew Kadey, and Paul Kita
Men?s Health
?The Butcher Is Back!,? ?The Six-Pack Foods of Summer,? ?Southern Food Rises Again?
J. Kenji L?pez-Alt
Serious Eats
?The Food Lab?
Staff at Every Day with Rachael Ray
Every Day with Rachael Ray
?Pick Your Perfect Thanksgiving?
Food and Culture
Oliver Bullough
Roads & Kingdoms
?Adjika: Sauce of Glory, Pride of Abkhazia?
Ryan D?Agostino and the Editors of Esquire
Esquire
?The Esquire Community Cookbook?
Ann Taylor Pittman
Cooking Light
?Mississippi Chinese Lady Goes Home to Korea?
Food and Travel
Matt Goulding
Roads & Kingdoms
?The Soul of a City?
Peter Jon Lindberg
Travel + Leisure
?Hawaii?s Next Wave?
Adam Sachs
Travel + Leisure
?The Best Little Eating Town in Europe
Food Coverage in a General-Interest Publication
Los Angeles Magazine
Lesley Bargar Suter
Men?s Health
Adina Steiman
Real Simple
Lygeia Grace
Washingtonian
Todd Kliman
Food Politics, Policy, and the Environment
Barry Estabrook
OnEarth
?Out to Lunch?
Tracie McMillan
The American Prospect
?As Common As Dirt?
Ben Paynter
Bloomberg Businessweek
?The Carp Must Die?
Food-Related Columns
Celia Barbour
philipstown.info
Mouths to Feed: ?Into the Woods,? ?Of Cabbages and Queens,? ?The Dirt on Christmas?
Adam Sachs
Bon App?tit
The Obsessivore: ?I'm Big On Japan," "Everyone's a Critic," "The Tradition Starts Here?
Jane and Michael Stern
Saveur
Routes: ?Surf and Turf,? ?Hog Heaven,? ?Fair and Square?
Lettie Teague
The Wall Street Journal
On Wine: ?A Pinot a Day: Is a Little Wine Really Good for You?,? ?Think While You Drink: In Defense of Wine Snobs,? ?Men Are From Cab, Women Are From Moscato??
Group Food Blog
Dark Rye
darkrye.com
Eater National
eater.com
Grub Street New York
newyork.grubstreet.com
Health and Well-Being
Rachael Moeller Gorman
Eating Well
?Solving the Sugar Puzzle?
Aliza Green
Washington Post
?The Gloves Can Come Off, as Far as I?m Concerned?
Lou Schuler
Men?s Health
?Did Cavemen Have Abs??
Humor
Lisa Hanawalt
Lucky Peach
?The Secret Lives of Chefs?
Alice Laussade
Dallas Observer
?The Cheap Bastard's Ultimate Guide to Eating like a Total Cheap Bastard in Dallas?
Michael Procopio
Food for the Thoughtless
?KY Jelly is My New Jam?
Individual Food Blog
Cannelle et Vanille
cannellevanille.com
Aran Goyoaga
Hunter Angler Gardener Cook
honest-food.net
Hank Shaw
Vinography
vinography.com
Alder Yarrow
Personal Essay
Fuchsia Dunlop
Lucky Peach
?London Town?
Hua Hsu
Lucky Peach
?Wokking the Suburbs?
Joy Manning
Table Matters
?The Swedish Chef?
Profile
Brandon Chuang
Feast
?An Evolution of Ideas?
Alex Halberstadt
The New York Times Magazine
?Cooking Isn?t Creative and It Isn?t Easy?
Brett Martin
GQ
?Danny and the Electric Kung Pao Pastrami Test?
Visual Storytelling
Jessica Bennett and Sky Dylan-Robbins
From Tumblr?s ?Storyboard? Series
?Pizza That Never Sleeps (Even in a Hurricane),? ?Move Over, Cupcakes: The Religieuse Has Arrived,? ?Cooking Their Way Through Magazine History?
Wylie Dufresne, Michael Laiskonis, Nathan Rawlinson, and Alex Stupak
Gilt Taste
The Art of Plating: ?Why Presentation May be Self-Defeating,? ?A Different Take on Mexican Mole,? ? Tire Tracks of Sauce?
Michele Outland and Fiorella Valdesolo
Gather Journal
"Starters," "Dessert," "Smoke & Ash"
Wine, Spirits, and Other Beverages
Betsy Andrews
Saveur
?Northern Renaissance?
Marisa Huff
La Cucina Italiana
?The New Birra Italiana?
Michael Steinberger
vanityfair.com
?A Vintage Crime?
Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award
Alison Cook
Houston Chronicle
?Justin Yu and Oxheart Look Forward, Not Back,? ?Torchy's Tacos? Magic Gets Lost in Translation,? ?Why Underbelly is Essential to Houston?
Patric Kuh
Los Angeles Magazine
?Whole Foods,? ?Shore Thing,? ?Power Station?
Tejal Rao
The Village Voice
?Bangkok Pop, No Fetishes,? ?The Sweet Taste of Success,? ?Enter the Comfort Zone at 606 R&D?
MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award
Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
?The Cheese Artist?
Richard Parks
Lucky Peach
?Khmerican Food?
Mike Sula
Chicago Reader
?Chicken of the Trees?
2013 James Beard Foundation Book Awards
For cookbooks published in English in 2012. Winners will be announced May 3, 2013.
American Cooking
Fire in My Belly
by Kevin Gillespie and David Joachim
(Andrews McMeel Publishing)
Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking
by Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Graubart
(Gibbs Smith)
Southern Comfort: A New Take on the Recipes We Grew Up With
by Allison Vines-Rushing and Slade Rushing
(Ten Speed Press)
Baking and Dessert
Bouchon Bakery
by Thomas Keller and Sebastien Rouxel
(Artisan)
The Dahlia Bakery Cookbook: Sweetness in Seattle
by Tom Douglas and Shelley Lance
(William Morrow)
Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza
by Ken Forkish
(Ten Speed Press)
Beverage
How to Love Wine: A Memoir and Manifesto
by Eric Asimov
(William Morrow)
Inventing Wine: A New History of One of the World?s Most Ancient Pleasures
by Paul Lukacs
(W.W. Norton & Company)
Wine Grapes: A Complete Guide to 1,368 Vine Varieties, Including Their Origins and Flavours
by Julia Harding, Jancis Robinson, and Jos? Vouillamoz
(Ecco)
Cooking from a Professional Point of View
Come In, We?re Closed: An Invitation to Staff Meals at the World?s Best Restaurants
by Christine Carroll and Jody Eddy
(Running Press)
The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Italian Cuisine
by The International Culinary Center, Cesare Casella, and Stephanie Lyness
(Abrams)
Toqu?! Creators of a New Quebec Gastronomy
by Normand Laprise
(les ?ditions du passage)
Focus on Health
Cooking Light The New Way to Cook Light: Fresh Food & Bold Flavors for Today?s Home Cook
by Scott Mowbray and Ann Taylor Pittman
(Oxmoor House)
The Sprouted Kitchen: A Tastier Take on Whole Foods
by Sara Forte
(Ten Speed Press)
True Food: Seasonal, Sustainable, Simple, Pure
by Sam Fox and Andrew Weil with Michael Stebner
(Little, Brown and Company)
General Cooking
Canal House Cooks Every Day
by Melissa Hamilton and Christopher Hirsheimer
(Andrews McMeel Publishing)
Modernist Cuisine at Home
by Nathan Myhrvold and Maxime Bilet
(The Cooking Lab)
What Katie Ate: Recipes and Other Bits & Pieces
by Katie Quinn Davies
(Viking Studio)
International
Burma: Rivers of Flavor
by Naomi Duguid
(Artisan)
Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of Latin America
by Maricel E. Presilla
(W.W. Norton & Company)
Jerusalem: A Cookbook
by Yotam Ottolenghi & Sami Tamimi
(Ten Speed Press)
Photography
Bouchon Bakery
Photographer: Deborah Jones
(Artisan)
Toqu?! Creators of a New Quebec Gastronomy
Photographer: Dominique Malaterre
(les ?ditions du passage)
What Katie Ate: Recipes and Other Bits & Pieces
Photographer: Katie Quinn Davies
(Viking Studio)
Reference and Scholarship
101 Classic Cookbooks: 501 Classic Recipes
by Marvin J. Taylor and Clark Wolf
(Rizzoli New York)
The Art of Fermentation: An In-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes from Around the World
by Sandor Ellix Katz
(Chelsea Green Publishing)
The Cookbook Library: Four Centuries of the Cooks, Writers, and Recipes That Made the Modern Cookbook
by Anne Willan with Mark Cherniavsky and Kyri Claflin
(University of California Press)
Single Subject
Afield: A Chef?s Guide to Preparing and Cooking Wild Game and Fish
by Jesse Griffiths
(Welcome Books)
Modern Sauces: More than 150 Recipes for Every Cook, Every Day
by Martha Holmberg
(Chronicle Books)
Ripe: A Cook in the Orchard
by Nigel Slater
(Ten Speed Press)
Vegetable Focused and Vegetarian
Foraged Flavor: Finding Fabulous Ingredients in Your Backyard or Farmer?s Market
by Tama Matsuoka Wong with Eddy Leroux
(Clarkson Potter Publishers)
Herbivoracious: A Flavor Revolution, with 150 Vibrant and Original Vegetarian Recipes
by Michael Natkin
(The Harvard Common Press)
Roots: The Definitive Compendium with More Than 225 Recipes
by Diane Morgan
(Chronicle Books)
Writing and Literature
The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table
by Tracie McMillan
(Scribner)
The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat: Craig Claiborne and the American Food Renaissance
by Thomas McNamee
(Free Press)
Yes, Chef: A Memoir
by Marcus Samuelsson
(Random House)
The winner of the Cookbook of the Year Award and the Cookbook Hall of Fame Inductee will be announced on May 3, 2013.
2013 James Beard Foundation Broadcast and New Media Awards
Presented by Lenox Tableware and Gifts
For television, webcast, and radio programs aired in 2012. Winners will be announced on May 3, 2013
Radio Show/Audio Webcast
Fear of Frying
Host: Nina Barrett
Area: WBEZ
Producer: Lynette Kalsnes
NewsWorks
Host: Lari Robling
Area: WHYY FM
Producer: Lari Robling
The Salt
Host: Allison Aubrey
Area: npr.org/blogs/thesalt
Producer: Alison Richards
Special/Documentary (Television or Video Webcast)
America Revealed: Food Machine
Host: Yul Kwon
Network: PBS
Producers: Christopher Bryson, Nick Catliff, Ruth Johnston, Amy Goodman Kass, Antony Tackaberry, and Nic Young
Food Forward: Urban Agriculture Across America
Network: PBS
Producers: Stett Holbrook and Greg Roden
The Restaurateur
Network: PBS
Producer: Roger Sherman
Television Program, In Studio or Fixed Location
CBS Sunday Morning: ?Eat, Drink and Be Merry?
Host: Charles Osgood
Network: CBS
Producers: Gavin Boyle, Amol Mhatre, Rand Morrison, Amy Rosner, Jason Sacca, and Robin Sanders
Martha Stewart?s Cooking School
Host: Martha Stewart
Network: PBS
Producers: Martha Stewart, Greta Anthony, Christina Deyo, Michael Morrison, Olivia Schneider, and Lisa Wagner
Sara?s Weeknight Meals
Host: Sara Moulton
Network: PBS
Producers: Natalie Gustafson and Silver Plume Productions
Television Program, On Location
Bizarre Foods America
Host: Andrew Zimmern
Network: Travel Channel
Producers: Colleen Needles Steward and Andrew Zimmern
MeatEater
Host: Steven Rinella
Network: Sportsman Channel
Producers: Jared Andrukanis, Joe Caterini, Chris Collins, Steven Rinella, Craig Shepherd, and Lydia Tenaglia
The Mind of a Chef
Host: Anthony Bourdain
Network: PBS
Producers: Anthony Bourdain, Joe Caterini, Christopher Collins, Jonathan Cianfrani, Michael Steed, and Lydia Tenaglia
Television Segment
CNN InFocus
Host: Tom Foreman
Network: CNN
Producers: Jeremy Harlan, Kat Kinsman, Dan Lothian, and Eric Marrapodi
Friday Arts, Art of Food
Network: WHYY TV
Producer: Monica Rogozinski
The Hungry Hound
Host: Steve Dolinsky
Network: WLS-TV (ABC 7) Chicago
Producer: Badriyyah Waheed
Video Webcast, Fixed Location and/or Instructional
The Chicago Restaurant Pastry Competition, Season One
jmpurepastry.com
Producers: Nicolas DeGrazia, Daniel Kullman, Jimmy MacMillan, and Julie MacMillan
How to Cocktail
youtube.com/liquor
Producers: Kit Codik, Scott Kritz, and Noah Rothbaum
The Seasonal Cooks
bonappetit.com
Hosts: Melissa Hamilton and Christopher Hirsheimer
Producer: Matthew Duckor
Video Webcast, On Location
The Curious Adventures of Kirk Lombard
darkrye.com
Host: Kirk Lombard
Producer: Kelly LeCastre
food. curated.
foodcurated.com
Producer: Liza de Guia
The Perennial Plate: Real Food World Tour
theperennialplate.com
Hosts: Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine
Producers: Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine
Outstanding Personality/Host
Host: Gerry Garvin
Show: Road Trip With G. Garvin
Network: Cooking Channel
Host: Sara Moulton
Show: Sara?s Weeknight Meals
Network: PBS
Host: Andrew Zimmern
Show: Bizarre Foods America
Earlier: James Beard Foundation Announces 2013 Restaurant and Chef Awards Finalists
Earlier: Stanley Tucci Hosting the 2013 James Beard Awards
Earlier: Here Are 2013?s James Beard Restaurant and Chef Semifinalists
Source: http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2013/03/james-beard-awards-book-broadcast-journalism-finalists.html
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Ultimate Booty Boost Workout | Nikol Klein's Health & Fitness Tips
This week?s click and print workout is the Ultimate Booty Boost. You will be targeting the glutes with three different exercises: Single leg glute bridge, single leg box squats, and bench step ups. These three exercises combined will fire up all areas of the glutes and have your tush feeling tight.
Click on the photo below to see a larger version!
Ultimate Booty Boost Workout Plan:
? Single Leg Glute Bridges- Perform 3 sets of 20 repetitions of this exercise.
? Single Leg Box Squats- Perform 3 sets of 10 with or without weights.
? Step Up with a Kick Back- Perform 3 sets of 15 with or without weights.
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Ohio city official: Community backs rape inquiry
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, right, answers questions about the successful prosecution of two juveniles in a rape case during a news conference Sunday, March 17, 2013, at the Jefferson County Justice Center in Steubenville, Ohio. Prosecutor Marianne Hemmeter and Prosecutor Brian Deckert joined DeWine. Judge Thomas Lipps ruled Sunday that Steubenville High School students Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'Lik Richmond, 16, were guilty of raping a 16-year-old Weirton, W.Va., girl after an alcohol-fueled party in August 2012. (AP Photo/Steubenville Herald-Star, Michael D. McElwain, Pool)
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, right, answers questions about the successful prosecution of two juveniles in a rape case during a news conference Sunday, March 17, 2013, at the Jefferson County Justice Center in Steubenville, Ohio. Prosecutor Marianne Hemmeter and Prosecutor Brian Deckert joined DeWine. Judge Thomas Lipps ruled Sunday that Steubenville High School students Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'Lik Richmond, 16, were guilty of raping a 16-year-old Weirton, W.Va., girl after an alcohol-fueled party in August 2012. (AP Photo/Steubenville Herald-Star, Michael D. McElwain, Pool)
Trent Mays, 17, left, gets a hug from his father after Trent and co-defendant Ma'lik Richmond, 16, were found delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)
Ma'lik Richmond covers his eyes and cries as his attorney Walter Madison, standing, asks the court for leniency after Richmond and co-defendant Trent Mays, lower left, were found delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)
Defense attorney Walter Madison, right, holds his client, 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond, second from right, while defense attorney Adam Nemann, left, sits with his client Trent Mays, foreground, 17, as Judge Thomas Lipps pronounces them both delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)
FILE - This Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013 file photo shows Steubenville City Manager Cathy Davison during a news conference in Steubenville, Ohio. Behind her is Steubenville Police Chief Bill McCafferty. Davison says the community, already reeling from the conviction of two high school football players in the rape of a 16-year-old girl, will back a wide-ranging probe that could target adults, including coaches, who failed to report the allegation initially. (AP Photo/Steubenville Herald-Star, Michael D. McElwain, File)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ? A city reeling from the convictions of two high school football players in the rape of a 16-year-old girl will back a wide-ranging probe that could target adults, including coaches, who didn't initially report the allegations, the city's top official said Monday.
Residents of Steubenville want to see justice done, and the city will be better off going forward because of the investigation, city manager Cathy Davison said.
"Football is important in Steubenville, but I think overall if you looked at the community in and of itself, it's the education process, the moral fiber of our community, and the heritage of our community, that is even more important," Davison told The Associated Press in her first comments since a judge on Sunday convicted the players.
The announcement of the guilty verdict was barely an hour old Sunday when state Attorney General Mike DeWine said he was continuing his investigation and would consider charges against anyone who failed to speak up after the summertime attack. That group could include other teens, parents, school officials and coaches for the high school's beloved football team, which has won nine state championships.
Investigators interviewed the owners of a Steubenville house where a picture was taken of the girl being carried by her ankles and wrists, DeWine's office confirmed Monday. That picture, Exhibit No. 1 at the trial, generated international outrage.
The house is the same residence where later that night one student filmed a 12-minute video of another drunken student laughing and joking about the rape. There is no phone listing for the home.
A grand jury will meet in mid-April to consider evidence gathered by investigators from dozens of interviews, including with the football team's 27 coaches.
Text messages introduced at the trial suggested the head coach was aware of the rape allegation early on. Reno Saccoccia "took care of it," defendant Trenton Mays said in one text introduced by prosecutors.
DeWine said coaches are among officials required by state law to report suspected child abuse.
The attorney general, Ohio's top law enforcement official, also said the rape was not an isolated problem specific to Steubenville. Sexual assaults occur every Friday and Saturday night across the country, DeWine said, calling it "a societal problem."
Steubenville schools Superintendent Mike McVey released a statement Monday reiterating his position that the district was waiting until the trial ended to take action. He declined to address the grand jury investigation.
"What we've heard so far is deeply disturbing," McVey's statement said. "At this time, we believe it is important to allow the legal process to play out in court before we as a school district make any decisions or take action against any of the individuals involved with this case."
It's unclear what could happen to the school's sports programs if any coaches were to be charged. Sanctions against teams or programs typically involve violations of rules related to playing, such as improper recruiting of student-athletes or playing ineligible athletes, said Tim Stried, spokesman for the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
"The incident that happened was not during a contest, was not even at school. No playing rules were violated, and it didn't have anything to do with eligibility or recruiting," Stried said.
Mays, 17, and Ma'Lik Richmond, 16, were sentenced to at least a year in juvenile prison in a case that has rocked this Rust Belt city of 18,000 and led to allegations of a cover-up to protect the Steubenville High School football team. Mays was ordered to serve an additional year for photographing the underage girl naked.
They can be held until they turn 21.
The two broke down in tears after the judge delivered his verdict. They later apologized to the victim and the community, Richmond struggling to speak through his sobs.
"My life is over," he said as he collapsed in the arms of his lawyer.
The crime, which took place after a party, shocked many in Steubenville because of the seeming callousness with which other students took out their cellphones to record the attack and gossiped about it online. The case came to light via a barrage of morning-after text messages, social media posts and online photos and video.
"Many of the things we learned during this trial that our children were saying and doing were profane, were ugly," Judge Thomas Lipps said.
Mays and Richmond were charged with penetrating the West Virginia girl with their fingers, first in the back seat of a moving car after a mostly underage drinking party on Aug. 11, and then in the basement of a house.
"They treated her like a toy," prosecutor Marianne Hemmeter said.
Prosecutors argued that the victim was so intoxicated she couldn't consent to sex that night, while the defense contended the girl realized what she was doing and was known to lie.
The girl testified she could not recall what happened but woke up naked in a strange house after drinking at a party.
"It was really scary," she said. "I honestly did not know what to think because I could not remember anything."
She said she believed she was assaulted when she later read text messages among friends and saw a photo of herself naked, along with a video that made fun of her and the alleged attack.
Three other boys, two of them on the football team, saw something happening that night and didn't try to stop it but instead recorded it with their cellphones. Granted immunity to testify, they confirmed the girl was assaulted and said she was so drunk she didn't seem to know what was happening.
Evidence at the trial also included sexually explicit text messages sent by numerous students after the party.
In sentencing the boys, Lipps urged parents and others "to have discussions about how you talk to your friends, how you record things on the social media so prevalent today and how you conduct yourself when drinking is put upon you by your friends."
After the arrests, the case was furiously debated on blogs and social media, with some people warning of conspiracies and conflicts of interest. On Sunday, Hemmeter, the prosecutor, criticized efforts by the hacker collective Anonymous to publicize the case, saying the attention had a chilling effect on those willing to testify.
After the verdict, the accuser's mother rebuked the boys for "lack of any moral code."
"You were your own accuser, through the social media that you chose to publish your criminal conduct on," she said. She added that the case "does not define who my daughter is. She will persevere, grow and move on."
Echoing that, the judge said that "as bad as things have been for all of the children involved in this case, they can all change their lives for the better."
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Andrew Welsh-Huggins can be reached on Twitter at https://twitter.com/awhcolumbus
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Saturday, February 23, 2013
Schostak Re-Elected as Chairman of Michigan GOP
LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan Republicans are sticking with their party leader as the GOP tries to keep complete control of state government in 2014.
Bobby Schostak was narrowly re-elected chairman Saturday at Republicans' state convention in Lansing, 52 percent to 48 percent. He fended off a challenge from tea party enthusiast Todd Courser.
Schostak supporters credit him for helping the GOP maintain control of the state House and Supreme Court in 2012 despite President Barack Obama's and U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow's easy wins in Michigan. Schostak detractors say Republicans had a lousy year.
Gov. Rick Snyder supported Schostak's bid for another two-year term.
Delegates also approved resolutions supporting Michigan's new right-to-work law and legislation to no longer have a winner-take-all system for Electoral College votes.
Source: http://www.wilx.com/home/headlines/Schostak-Re-Elected-as-Chairman-of-Michigan-GOP-192730141.html
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6 leaky tanks ooze radioactive waste at Hanford nuclear site in Washington
Hanford Nuclear Reservation, in south-central Washington, is America's most contaminated nuclear site. Six underground tanks holding highly radioactive waste are leaking and must be emptied.?
Then-Gov. Chris Gregoire makes her way down a set of stairs at the Hanford Vitrification Plant in Richland, Wash., in September 2012. Six underground radioactive waste tanks at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site are leaking, Gov. Jay Inslee said Friday. Inslee called the latest news "disturbing."
Richard Dickin/The Tri-City Herald/AP/File
EnlargeFederal and state officials say six underground tanks holding a brew of radioactive and toxic waste are leaking at the country's most contaminated nuclear site in south-central Washington, raising concerns about delays for emptying the aging tanks.
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The leaking materials at?Hanford?Nuclear Reservation pose no immediate risk to public safety or the environment because it would take perhaps years for the chemicals to reach groundwater, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Friday.
But the news has renewed discussion over delays for emptying the tanks, which were installed decades ago and are long past their intended 20-year life span.
"None of these tanks would be acceptable for use today. They are all beyond their design life. None of them should be in service," said Tom Carpenter of?HanfordChallenge, a?Hanford?watchdog group. "And yet, they're holding two-thirds of the nation's high-level nuclear waste."
Just last week, state officials announced that one of?Hanford's?177 tanks was leaking 150 to 300 gallons a year, posing a risk to groundwater and rivers. So far, nearby monitoring wells haven't detected higher radioactivity levels.
Inslee then traveled to Washington, D.C., to discuss the problem with federal officials, learning in meetings Friday that six tanks are leaking.
The declining waste levels in the six tanks were missed because only a narrow band of measurements was evaluated, rather than a wider band that would have shown the levels changing over time, Inslee said.
"It's like if you're trying to determine if climate change is happening, only looking at the data for today," he said. "Perhaps human error, the protocol did not call for it. But that's not the most important thing at the moment. The important thing now is to find and address the leakers."
Department of Energy spokeswoman Lindsey Geisler said there was no immediate health risk and that federal officials would work with Washington state to address the matter.
Regardless, Sen. Ron Wyden, the new chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will ask the Government Accountability Office to investigateHanford's?tank monitoring and maintenance program, said his spokesman, Tom Towslee.
The federal government built the?Hanford?facility at the height of World War II as part of the Manhattan Project to build the atomic bomb. The remote site produced plutonium for the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, and continued supporting the nation's nuclear weapons arsenal for years.
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