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The trial of Bidder 70 Tim DeChristopher begins today. Posted Friday was the court room decorum order issued by U.S. District Judge Dee Benson, and while court room artists are allowed to make sketches, no one may text or Tweet.---
Say
what you will for the modernization of printed materials, there's
still a place in the hearts of many for the traditional printing
press. Miles behind the innovations of typewriters, computers and
the dominate force that is Photoshop, standard presses pale in
comparison to today's formats.
It was pretty chilly Saturday night, but the people pressed together in what one of the members of Rooney called, "the dilapidated garage" side of Kilby Court didn't seem to notice. Fans waited eagerly for what was the last stop in an over year-long tour to promote Rooney’s latest album, Eureka.---
Hello
to all you cold wind hating, terrible lake smelling, orange sky
glowing, temperature
fluxuating, let's
rush to the hills and ski before returning to the mess below
enthusiasts. Far be it for me to do the commentary work of KSL's highly
paid weather team, who reported on their website that it was 122
degrees on Tuesday for three hours, but I think mother nature
has decided to push the Utah Weather-Changing Clock up to every five
minutes.
The Step Up to the Plate fundraiser, to benefit Art-Kids, pits Park City’s best chefs against one another for the sake of “expressive arts,” which helps adolescents cope with, well, adolescence.--- Arts-Kids’s intention
is to reach children on emotional, creative and spiritual levels while
they are still in the developmental process, says founder Pat Drewry
Sanger.
In preparation for Tim DeChristopher’s trial on Monday, Peaceful Uprising has loads of activities, rallies and music events to support their cause and to entertain—no matter someone’s political inclinations. But there’s also fun to be had elsewhere, in abundance.---
Governor Gary Herbert plans to sign a bill today banning so-called designer drugs "spice" as well as "Ivory wave" also known as "bath salts," but one Republican legislator questions the wisdom of adding drugs to the controlled substances list that "we can't control anyway."--- Rep. Johnny Anderson, R-Taylorsville, was appointed to the Legislature in 2009 and was re-eelected with 61 percent of the vote in 2010.
Just in time for the weekend, comes a product designed to quell hangovers: lozenges and lollipops called Hangover Sucks. --- According to the manufacturer, Three Lollies, their natural products are "developed by a team of healthcare professionals dedicated to providing safe, natural solutions to their patients and the world at large." The company was originally founded to help pregnant women curb morning sickness and launched a product called Preggie Pops.
