Turk general will seek supreme court trial: lawyer (Reuters)

ISTANBUL (Reuters) ? The former head of Turkey's armed forces, General Ilker Basbug, should be tried in the supreme court if he is charged with plotting to overthrow the government, his lawyer told Reuters.

Lawyer Ilkay Sezer said late on Saturday that Basbug had worked in tandem with Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party government for seven years and he was stunned by the belated accusations against him.

"There has been no allegation of a crime until now, that is one and a half years following his retirement ... He says it is beyond his comprehension," Sezer told Reuters.

Sezer said any indictment should be framed by the Supreme Court of Appeals and the case heard by Turkey's top court.

Basbug, military chief of staff from 2008-2010, was sent to Silivri prison, outside Istanbul, on Friday after an Istanbul court ordered he be remanded in custody while the prosecution completed its investigation and prepared formal charges.

Sezer said he was appealing against the custody order.

Military chiefs were once regarded as the most powerful men in Turkey after a series of coups in the late 20th century but since coming to power in 2002 Erdogan's government has introduced reforms that considerably reduced the influence of the generals.

Although hundreds of officers have been detained over the past year suspected of involvement in alleged plots against the government, the action against Basbug stunned many Turks.

There were small pro-military protests in the cities of Bursa, Mersin and Afyon on Saturday, involving a couple of hundred people, according to newspaper reports. The protesters carried Turkish flags and banners that read "Not a submissive, but resistant army" and "Army and people, hand in hand."

The secularist military has a history of tension with the AK due to the party's Islamist roots, although the party shuns the Islamist label and describes itself as socially conservative.

The case against Basbug centers on websites spreading propaganda against Erdogan's government that the military was accused of running until 2008. Several of Basbug's subordinates have been indicted. No formal charges have yet been laid against Basbug.

The retired chief is also accused of leading a gang of anti-government conspirators.

The case is linked to Ergenekon, an alleged ultra-nationalist network police say they first unearthed in 2007. Hundreds of people have been jailed in the investigation, including journalists, academics, lawyers and military officers.

"We, and many jurists, claim that if there is a need for a separate indictment, this should be done by the Supreme Court of Appeals and if a trial is required, then it should be held by Supreme Council," Sezer said.

The Constitutional Court also functions as the Supreme Criminal Court to hear cases brought against the country's highest officials for crimes related to their official duties.

One of Erdogan's four deputy prime ministers, Bulent Arinc said on Saturday he hoped the legal process would be speedy and distanced the government from the case.

"I hope the court process on Basbug is completed as soon as possible," Arinc said. "Nobody has the luxury to commit crimes in Turkey, and the judiciary is independent."

(Reporting by Can Sezer; Writing by Simon Cameron-Moore; Editing by Janet Lawrence)

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Pa. grandma says she was duped by stranger's seeds

UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) ? A southwestern Pennsylvania grandmother says she's no marijuana grower, just a woman who wanted something that would look pretty next to her tomatoes.

A Fayette County jury cleared 67-year-old Alberta Kelley of drug possession and manufacture charges on Wednesday after she told them she simply tossed a handful of seeds into her garden after a bearded stranger gave them to her.

Connellsville police charged Kelley a year ago after receiving a tip about Kelley's garden. Investigators say they found seven well-cultivated, four-foot marijuana plants behind her home.

But Kelley claimed she didn't know what she was growing. She said she'd been given the seeds by a stranger in a pointy hat who told her they were flower seeds.

Kelley tells WTAE-TV that to her, "weeds are weeds."

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One of the most porous materials ever discovered

ScienceDaily (Jan. 4, 2012) ? The delivery of pharmaceuticals into the human body or the storage of voluminous quantities of gas molecules could now be better controlled, thanks to a study by University of Pittsburgh researchers. In a paper published online January 4 in Nature Communications, a team of chemists and colleagues from Pitt's Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and the Pitt School of Medicine and Northwestern and Durham universities have posed an alternative approach toward building porous materials.

Working with metal-organic frameworks -- crystalline compounds comprising metal- cluster vertices linked together by organic molecules to form one-, two-, or three-dimensional porous structures -- researchers addressed changing the size of the vertex (the metal cluster) rather than the length of the organic molecule links, which resulted in the largest metal organic framework pore volume reported to date.

"Think of this the way you imagine Tinkertoys?," said Nathaniel Rosi, principal investigator and assistant professor in Pitt's Department of Chemistry in the Dietrich School. "The metal clusters are your joints, and the organic molecules are your linkers. In order to build a highly open structure with lots of empty space, you can increase the linker length or you can increase the size of the joint. We developed chemistry to make large joints, or vertices, and showed that we could link these together to build a material with extraordinarily large pores for this class of materials.

"Essentially, we're like architects. We first make a blueprint for a target material, and we then select our building blocks for construction," added Rosi. "We develop methods for designing structures and controlling the assembly of these structures on a molecule-by- molecule basis."

Rosi and Jihyun An, who graduated with a PhD degree in chemistry from Pitt in 2011 and is lead author of the paper, said this new approach could have an impact on storing large quantities of gas such as carbon dioxide or methane, an important development for alternative energy, or large amounts of drug molecules, which could impact the drug-delivery field. Since joining Pitt five years ago, Rosi has developed a lab that includes students and postdoctoral researchers from various chemistry-related disciplines and focuses on new methods for materials' design and discovery.

The team's research has been supported by Pitt and the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund.

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Florida gets first SEC road win

Published: Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 11:50 p.m.

Last Modified: Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 11:50 p.m.

After Ole Miss cut Florida's lead to four points late, Jones stepped up and nailed her fourth 3-pointer of the game and gave the Gators a 58-51 lead with 3:13 remaining, as Florida held on to collect its first Southeastern Conference road win of the season and improved to 11-4 overall and 1-1 in league action.

?We can look at a lot of different things, but we just won,? UF head coach Amanda Butler said. ?We won the possessions that matter most and during the critical moments we came up with big plays. This certainly wasn't the way we drew up this game, but that's also what I mean by we just won. We did what we had to do. Especially on the road and definitely in the SEC sometimes the best-laid plans don't work and sometimes you have to go to plan ?B' and even plan C.?

George finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds while dishing three assists, as her double-double streak of seven is tied for the sixth longest streak in program history.

?Jennifer was a big part of our win,? Butler shared. ?It felt like she took a lot of contact and handled that with a lot of poise and composure and made big plays, sometimes on her second shot after they blocked her first one. She really came around after being challenged.?

Jones also scored 18 points, converting 6-of-9 overall from the floor, including 4-of-7 from beyond the arc and 2-of-3 from the free throw line.

?Whenever Jordan shoots the ball well it gives all of our team confidence,? Butler said. ?To hold an SEC team to 55 points on its home court is significant.?

The Gators shot 35.6 percent overall from the floor, while Ole Miss (10-5, 0-2 SEC) hit 38.1 percent overall and just 2-of-17 from the three-point arc.

UM's Nikki Byrd led the Rebels with 13 points and 11 rebounds, while Valencia McFarland added 13 points and Kenyotta Jenkins at 10 points and 10 rebounds, helping Ole Miss out-rebound Florida, 43-37, and snap the Gator's 11 game run of winning the battle of the boards.

After Ole Miss cut Florida's halftime lead to five points, 37-32, the Gators used a 9-2 run to take a 46-34 advantage with 16:24 remaining, as Jordan Jones scored five during the span and Azania Stewart and Jennifer George both dropped in two.

The Rebels responded by scoring the next eight points of the game over a 4:20 span and closed within four points, 46-42, with 11:42 on the clock.

George halted the run with one free throw, but Ole Miss continued its march with an inside bucket from LaTosha Laws, as the Rebels crept within three points with 11:17 to go.

Florida had a couple chances to build on its lead, but missed chip shots inside and turned the ball over. Ole Miss couldn't take advantage and George ended both team's respective dry spells with an offensive rebound put-back with 9:07 remaining. George then converted one of two free throws and had the Gators ahead 50-44, before Florida turned up its defensive pressure and forced a shot clock violation with just under eight minutes remaining.

Jordan Jones came out hot from the media timeout and nailed her second 3-pointer of the game and gave Florida a 53-44 lead with 7:37 remaining.

Ole Miss answered with a 5-0 run, capped by a three-point play from Nikki Byrd.

Azania Stewart stepped out and hit a 12-foot jumper, before Byrd hit two more free throws and kept the Gator lead at four points, 55-51, with 4:19 to go.

Neither team could convert offensively for the next two minutes, before Jones canned a 3-pointer in front of the Gator bench and lifted Florida to a 58-51 advantage with 3:13 on the clock.

Maggie McFerrin scored a deep bucket with 1:46 remaining and cut UF's lead to five with 1:46.

Lanita Bartley, who was hampered in the second half with an ankle sprain, hit one free throw with 38.8 seconds remaining and gave the Gators a 59-53 lead, but Ole Miss continued to press and Kenyotta Jenkins put back an offensive rebound and had the Rebels within four points with 17 seconds remaining.

Jones had a chance to seal the game at the line, but missed the front end of a one-and-one, giving life to the Rebels, who were unable to close the gap and the Gators walked off with their first SEC road win of the year.

Florida got off to a slow start, turning the ball over three times in its first four offensive possessions, while Ole Miss jumped out to a quick 9-2 lead. The Gators managed to attempt just three shots over the opening four-plus minutes of the game, while the Rebels connected on 4-of-10 during the early span.

The Rebels continued their game-opening spurt with another bucket and extended their lead to nine points.

Deana Allen ended the run with a 3-pointer from the left side at the 14:32 mark and the teams traded buckets, with Florida's coming from Azania Stewart, who knocked down a 16-footer from straight away and ignited a 13-0 run over the next 5:06, as Allen, Jones and Andrea Vilar? Aragon?s (Barcelona, Spain) also scored during the stretch and gave the Gators an 18-13 lead.

Jones scored seven points during the run, three of which came from a 3-pointer, as she connected on deep for the 11th consecutive game, a streak tied for the 12th longest of its kind in program history.

Whitney Hameth finally ended the run as she collected a loose defensive rebound and ran the length of the court for a tough layin.

George came right back with a fastbreak bucket for the Gators, with one of Jaterra Bonds' three assists of the first half.

Ole Miss then scored the next four points and closed within one point, 20-19, with 6:59 remaining. The team traded scores before the Gators ripped off a 10-0 run with eight points from George, who gave Florida a 32-21 lead, with 3:08 remaining in the period.

The hosts came right back with the next seven points and cut UF's lead to four points, 32-28, before Lily Svete scored the final five points of the half and the Gators headed into the halftime locker room with a 37-28 lead.

Eight different Gators scored during the first half, paced by 12 from George, who also collected six rebounds. Florida regrouped from a slow start and connected on 46.7 percent from the floor, hitting 14-of-30 overall and 3-of-7 from long range.

Source: http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20120105/articles/120109729

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Today's photo: Hurricane Ridge's snow-capped vista

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Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park, Wash.

Pat Abbott happened upon this stunning scene on Hurricane Ridge in Washington state's Olympic National Park.

Abbott made the trip to Hurricane Ridge in June 2010. Driving up the road to the vista, Abbott could see only fog.

"We thought, 'This is going to be a wasted trip," he told TODAY.com. "But then we make a turn around the mountains and it opens up, all of a sudden ... there's a vast expanse of snow-covered mountains."

Abbot noticed the deer nearby and positioned himself quietly on the ground while taking photos. The deer came as close as six to eight feet, Abbott said. "It was a surreal moment."

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Cowley College hosts winter baseball camps for area youths

With the addition of the new Travis Hafner Training Center, the Cowley College baseball coaches recently conducted a winter camp and baseball showcase for 70 area athletes.

Youngsters ages 8-12 took part in the winter camp on Dec. 28, while those ages 13-18 met Dec. 29.

The camp provided instruction in all aspects of the game, including hitting, fielding, pitching, catching, base running and strategy.

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Fed to publish rate path forecasts in new transparency move (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) ? The Federal Reserve on Tuesday said it would begin publishing forecasts on the path of interest rates later this month, a move that could suggest rates will be on hold for longer than previously expected.

The move is meant to better align bets in financial markets with the views of policymakers at the central bank and is a significant milestone in Ben Bernanke's push for greater policymaking transparency.

The Fed has held the overnight federal funds rate close to zero since December 2008. In statements after its last four policy meetings, it has said it expected to keep rates ultra low until at least the middle of 2013.

But policymakers have chafed at a pledge that was both tied to the calendar and static, and many investors think rates will be on hold for even longer.

In minutes from its December 13 meeting, released on Tuesday, the Fed said it will publish projections for the path of the federal funds rate along with its regular quarterly economic forecasts after its next meeting on January 24-25. It also said officials would provide forecasts for the first rate hike.

"The Fed believes that by publishing a projected path for short-term interest rates for the next few years and by also saying when it thinks rates will first be raised long-term interest rates will fall further," said Paul Dales, senior U.S. economist for Capital Economics.

The minutes said a number of Fed officials believed economic conditions could "well" warrant a further easing of monetary policy, and that an enhanced communications framework could make any policy shift more effective.

However, a few others believed further stimulus would be a bad idea, a sign of the ongoing tussle at the central bank over whether the U.S. economy needs more help.

At its December meeting, the Fed warned that turmoil from Europe's debt crisis posed a major risk to the U.S. economy and it left the door open to further steps to boost growth, even though it noted a somewhat stronger labor market.

Publishing rate path forecasts is likely to cool any financial market anticipation that modest improvements in the economy might mean a step by the Fed to tighten financial conditions could be drawing nearer.

Some officials worried the central bank's current pledge that rates would stay ultra-low until at least the middle of 2013 might have to be adjusted before long, according to the minutes.

In publishing rate forecasts, the Fed is following the example of other central banks, including Sweden and Norway, and taking a step toward the greater policy transparency that Chairman Ben Bernanke had promised when he took office in 2006.

Policymakers last month also considered adopting a statement of their longer-run goals and strategy, a step analysts said could incorporate a formal inflation target.

However, it took no action and officials agreed to debate the subject further at their meeting later this month.

(Reporting By Mark Felsenthal; Editing by Neil Stempleman and Tim Ahmann)

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