text: November 8, 2010 Sent Via Certified Mail Return Receipt Requested Kathy George, Chair Yamhill County Commission 535 NE Fifth Street McMinnville, OR 97128 Mary Stern, Vice Chair Yamhill County Commission 535 NE Fifth Street McMinnville, OR 97128 Leslie Lewis, Commissioner Yamhill County Commission 535 NE Fifth Street McMinnville, OR 97128 RE: Notice of violations of the Endangered Species Act Dear Commissioners George, Stern and Lewis, On behalf of the Xerces Society, Yamhill Watershed Stewardship Fund, Center for Biological Diversity, Laura McMasters, Bill Fender, and Dorothy McKey-Fender ("coalition"), I hereby provide notice, pursuant to section 11(g) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA or Act), 16 U.S.C. § 1540(g), that Yamhill County is violating the ESA by "taking" a federally listed species under section 9 of the Act. In particular, as discussed below, the County's road, roadside, and park maintenance activities are violating federal law. These activities crush, harm, and otherwise "take" Fender's blue butterflies and the plants upon which the butterflies rely: Kincaid's lupine as a primary larval host plant and the Willamette daisy as one of the plants that the adults use for nectar. The County decided to refuse a grant from the FWS in the amount of $391,000 for preparation of an Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). With an HCP, the County could have developed measures to avoid and mitigate further take of the butterfly and obtained an incidental take permit for its road, roadside, and park maintenance activities. In the absence of such a permit and the concurrent conservation efforts under an HCP, the County's activities are unlawful. Unless the County agrees to take corrective action in the next sixty days, the coalition intends to file suit to enforce the ESA. Yamhill County Commissioners Fender's blue butterfly letter November, 2010 A. ESA Statutory Background. The ESA is "the most comprehensive legislation for the preservation of endangered species ever enacted by any nation." TVA v. Hill, 437 U.S. 180 (1978). Its fundamental purposes are "to provide a means whereby the ecosystems upon which endangered species and threatened species depend may be conserved [and] to provide a program for the conservation of such endangered species and threatened species . . . ." 16 U.S.C. § 1531(b). To achieve these objectives, the ESA directs the FWS to determine which species of plants and animals are "threatened" and "endangered" and place them on the endangered species list. 16 U.S.C. § 1533. An "endangered" species is one "in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range," and a "threatened" species is "likely to become endangered in the near future throughout all or a significant portion of its range." Id. § 1532(6) & (20). Concurrent with listing a species, the FWS must designate critical habitat for the imperiled species. Id. § 1533(a)(3). Critical habitat is those areas "essential to the conservation" of the listed species. Id. § 1532(5)(A)(i) & (ii). These essential habitat areas provide the space needed for growth and normal behavior; food, water, air, light, other nutritional or physiological requirements; cover, or shelter, and sites for breeding, reproduction, rearing of offspring, germination or seed dispersal. 50 C.F.R. § 424.12(b). Once a species is listed, the ESA provides a variety of procedural and substantive protections to ensure not only that species' continued survival, but its ultimate recovery. One central protection is the prohibition against the "take" of a listed species. 16 U.S.C. § 1538. The definition of "take" includes "harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct." Id. § 1533(19). It was Congress's intent that the term "take" be defined "in the broadest possible manner to include every conceivable way in which a person can 'take' or attempt to 'take' any fish and wildlife." S. Rep. No. 307, 93d Cong., 1st Sess. 7 (1973), reprinted in 1973 U.S.C.C.A.N. 2995; H.R. Rep. No. 412, 93d Cong., 1st Sess. 11 (1973), reprinted in 1973 U.S.C.A.A.N. 2989 ("'Take' is defined broadly. It includes harassment, whether intentional or not. This would allow, for example, the Secretary to regulate or prohibit the activities of birdwatchers where the effect of those activities might disturb the birds and make it difficult for them to hatch or raise their young."). The FWS has further defined "harm" to mean "an act which actually kills or injures wildlife. Such act may include significant habitat modification or degradation where it actually kills or injures wildlife by significantly impairing essential behavioral patterns, including breeding, feeding or sheltering." 50 C.F.R. § 17.3. Additionally, the FWS has defined "harass" to mean "an intentional or negligent act or omission which creates the likelihood of injury to wildlife by annoying it to such an extent as to significantly disrupt normal behavioral patterns which include, but are not limited to, breeding, feeding, or sheltering." Id. Anyone who "takes" a species in violation of the statute is subject to substantial civil and criminal penalties. 16 U.S.C. § 1540. Citizens are empowered to enforce the ESA by filing a citizen suit in federal court to enjoin violations of the Act. Id. § 1540(g). Federal courts have -2- Yamhill County Commissioners Fender's blue butterfly letter November, 2010 readily found that the death or injury of ESA listed species is a take under the ESA. See Strahan v. Coxe, 127 F.3d 155 (1st Cir. 1997) (finding that state fishing licenses "took" Atlantic Right whales when the whales were injured from being entangled in fishing gear); Defenders of Wildlife v. EPA, 882 F.2d 1294 (8th Cir. 1989) (EPA took listed species by allowing the registration of pesticides under FIFRA with strychnine in them); Loggerhead Turtle v. County Council of Volusia County Florida, 896 F. Supp. 1170 (N.D. Fla. 1995) (beach driving authorized by the County during sea turtle nesting season was reasonably likely to take the turtles); United States v. Town of Plymouth, Mass, 6 F. Supp.2d 81 (D. Mass. 1998) (off-road vehicles were taking plovers where "25 piping plover chicks and two adults were found dead in ORV tire ruts"). The destruction of habitat relied upon by ESA listed species also constitutes a take. See Marbled Murrelet v. Babbitt, 83 F.3d 1060, 1069 (9th Cir. 1996) (activity could be enjoined before take occurs and "a habitat modification which significantly impairs the breeding and sheltering of a protected species amounts to 'harm' under the ESA"); Sierra Club v. Yeutter, 926 F.2d 429 (5th Cir. 1991) (Forest Service's failure to carry out all the protective measures in its handbook for the red-cockaded woodpecker was a take of the species); Marbled Murrelet v. Pacific Lumber Co., 880 F. Supp. 1343, 1367 (N.D. Cal. 1995) (timber harvesting during breeding season could "harass" marbled murrelets by "annoying the to such an extent that it will significantly disrupt their normal behavior patterns"); House v. U.S. Forest Service, 974 F. Supp. 1022, 1031-32 (E.D. Ky. 1997) ("the Court concludes that the Indiana bat's foraging habitat may be adversely affected by the Leatherwood Fork timber sale and thus may constitute a 'taking' of the Indiana bat, as the timber sale may harass and/or harm the Indiana bat in violation of the ESA"). The citizen suit provision also provides for the "award" of the "costs of litigation (including reasonable attorney and expert witness fees)." 16 U.S.C. § 1540(g)(4). Section 10 and section 7 of the ESA provide the only means for ensuring compliance with the prohibitions in section 9 of the Act. Section 10 is applicable to the activities of non- federal entities such as Yamhill County. The primary mechanism for avoiding liability under section 9 is to apply for and receive an incidental take permit (ITP). 16 U.S.C. § 1539(a)(1)(B). In exchange for permission to "take" a listed species pursuant to an ITP, the permit applicant must commit to implement a plan that "conserv[es]" – i.e., facilitates the recovery of – the species. Id. §§ 1539(a)(1)(B), (a)(2)(A); see also Sierra Club v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv., 245 F.3d 434, 441-42 (5th Cir. 2001) ("'[c]onservation' is a much broader concept than mere survival" because the "ESA's definition of 'conservation' speaks to the recovery of a threatened or endangered species" (emphasis added)). This plan is called a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) and it must delineate "the impact which will likely result from such taking" and the "steps the applicant will take to minimize and mitigate such impacts . . . ." 16 U.S.C. § 1539(a)(2)(A).1 1 Section 7 applies to the activities of federal agencies and requires them to consult with the FWS to ensure listed species will not be jeopardized by the activity and their critical habitat will not be adversely modified. 16 U.S.C. § 1536(a)(2). -3- Yamhill County Commissioners Fender's blue butterfly letter November, 2010 B. The ESA Listed Prairie Species That Are Endemic To The Willamette Valley And Present In Yamhill County. Fender's blue butterfly (Icaricia icarioides fenderi), Kincaid's lupine (Lupinus sulphureus spp. kincaidii), and Willamette daisy (Erigeron decumbens var. decumbens) are all listed under the ESA. The butterfly and daisy are listed as endangered and Kincaid's lupine is threatened. 65 Fed. Reg. 3875 (Jan. 25, 2000). All three of these species are found in Yamhill County. Fender's blue butterflies have a wingspan of approximately 2.5 centimeters. 65 Fed. Reg. at 3877. Males have brilliant blue upper wings with black borders and basal areas, while the females have brown upper wings. Id. Both males and females have cream colored under wings with "black spots surrounded with a fine white border or halo." Id. The butterflies are closely tied to their larval food plants (primarily Kincaid's lupine) and rarely travel more than 2 kilometers during their life cycles. Region 1 FWS, Recovery Plan for the Prairie Species of Western Oregon and Southwestern Washington at II-2 (May 2010) (hereafter Recovery Plan). Adult Fender's blue butterflies live for about 10 to 15 days (their entire life cycle is usually a year) and during this time females lay about 350 eggs on perennial lupine plants. Id. As the FWS explains in the Recovery Plan for the butterfly: Newly hatched larvae feed for a short time, reaching their second instar in the early summer, at which point they enter an extended diapause. When the lupine plant senesces, diapausing larvae remain in the leaf litter at or near the base of the host plant through the fall and winter. Larvae become active again in March or April of the following year, although some larvae may be able to extend diapause for more than one season depending upon the individual and environmental conditions. Once diapause is broken, the larvae feed and grow through three to four additional instars, enter their pupal stage, and, after about two weeks, emerge as adult butterflies in May and June (Schultz et al. 2003). Id. Fender's blue butterfly, Kincaid's lupine, and Willamette daisy "occupy native grassland habitats within the Willamette Valley" including Yamhill County. Id. at 3875. The butterfly's association with "upland prairie is mostly a result of its dependence on [Kincaid's lupine], although Fender's blue butterfly often uses wet prairies for nectaring and dispersal habitat," which is where the Willamette daisy is most frequently located. Recovery Plan at II-2. The habitat necessary for the butterfly, lupine, and daisy to thrive has declined and currently only "remnant prairie habitat" remains. 65 Fed. Reg. at 3876. Agricultural development and fire suppression in the Willamette valley have "decimated" native prairie vegetation. Id. at 3876. Agricultural and grazing practices "hastened the decline of native prairie species" and fire suppression "allows shrub and tree species to overtake grasslands." Id. -4- Yamhill County Commissioners Fender's blue butterfly letter November, 2010 Habitat loss is the primary factor threatening these three species with extinction. This includes loss of habitat due to "agriculture practices, development activities, forestry practices, grazing, roadside maintenance, and commercial Christmas tree farming." 65 Fed. Reg. at 3880. The spraying of herbicides and mowing associated with roadside maintenance threaten the butterfly and Kincaid's lupine, and have resulted in the extirpation of these species from certain roadside sites. Id. at 3882. Likewise, mowing and the application of herbicides to county park lands where Kincaid's lupine and the butterfly are present also cause harm. In addition, grading, leveling, and the addition of gravel to county roads can bury Kincaid's lupine and associated butterflies. In listing Fender's blue butterfly as endangered, the FWS explained that activities that "would likely" violate section 9 include: "[r]elease of chemical or biological control agents that attack, damage, or kill any stage of this taxon;" the "removal or destruction of the food plants being utilized by Fender's blue butterfly" where the butterfly occurs; "[d]estruction or alteration of Fender's blue butterfly habitat by . . . mowing, burning, herbicide or pesticide spraying . . . that result in death or injury of adult Fender's blue butterflies and/or their larvae or eggs . . . ." Id. at 3889. C. Yamhill County's Violations Of Section 9 Of The ESA. Yamhill County is currently violating section 9 while engaging in county road, roadside, and park maintenance because "Fender's blue butterfly is known to occur in prairie habitat in Yamhill County, Oregon and specifically, within County-owned and managed lands." Letter from FWS State Supervisor, Kemper McMaster to Yamhill County Commissioner Chair, Kathy George (July 5, 2007) (Attachment A). The butterfly is taken during road, roadside, and park maintenance in several ways. First, the wheels and blades of the mower, road grader, and brush cutter can directly take butterflies by crushing and killing them or injuring them irrespective of the butterfly's life stage. 65 Fed. Reg. at 3882; Programmatic Biological Opinion at 98. Second, the mower can blow butterflies in diapause away from their host Kincaid lupine plants resulting in death of the blown individuals. Id. Third, treatment of sites with herbicides or other chemicals can result in take of the butterflies with long-term consequences for the site. 65 Fed. Reg. at 3882; Hammond, P.C. The 2007 Study of Fender's Blue Butterflies in Benton, Polk, and Yamhill Counties, Oregon at 6 (2005) (noting loss of lupine from herbicide application several years earlier); Hammond, P.C. The 2007 Study of Fender's Blue Butterflies in Benton, Polk, and Yamhill Counties, Oregon at 5-6 (2008) (noting continued absence of lupine at the same site). Fourth, the butterfly can be taken as a result of the loss of its host plant Kincaid's lupine including during grading and leveling activities. Fifth, the butterfly is also harmed and harassed by the loss of Willamette daisy for nectaring, since non-native nectaring plants are not as apt at providing sufficient nectar for Fender's blue butterflies. 65 Fed. Reg. at 3877-78. Take from road and roadside maintenance is on-going where butterflies are located and where designated critical habitat exists. See Recovery Plan at III-3 ("Routine roadside maintenance generally involves herbicide application or mowing, which reduces or even eliminates populations"). Starting in 2001, Dr. Paul Hammond has expressed concern about roadside maintenance activities and documented the take of butterflies, including take in Yamhill -5- Yamhill County Commissioners Fender's blue butterfly letter November, 2010 County as a result of roadside maintenance, during annual surveys of the butterflies and work to improve their habitat. This includes, but is not limited to, the sites where butterflies have been documented in Yamhill County, including the Oak Ridge and Gopher Valley areas, Recovery Plan at IV-14, and roadside areas along Hacker Road, Old Moores Valley Road, and Gopher Valley. Hammond, P.C. The 2008 Study of Fender's Blue Butterflies in Benton, Polk, and Yamhill Counties, Oregon at 6-8 (2008); see also Hammond, P.C. The 2007 Study of Fender's Blue Butterflies in Benton, Polk, and Yamhill Counties, Oregon at 6-7 (2007) (discussing the discovery of additional butterfly populations in the Oak Ridge area in Yamhill County). The FWS itself has recognized that "when Fender's is in diapause, some take of Fender's eggs and larvae during [mowing and other] procedures is unavoidable. Take in the form of harm, egg and larval mortality, is most likely to result from mowing and prescribed burns, as these activities affect continuous swaths of habitat . . . ." Programmatic Biological Opinion for the Oregon Restoration Programs 2004-2009 at 98. The take of Fender's blue butterflies in Yamhill County during roadside maintenance was most recently documented on March 30, 2010. Letter from FWS State Supervisor, Paul Henson to Yamhill Co. Road Director, John Phelan at 1 (April 29, 2010) (Attachment B); Photographs (Attachment C). As the photographs illustrate, the county's roadside maintenance work buried lupine plants with gravel with consequences for any larvae on the plants. Similarly, the County's maintenance of Deer Creek park where butterflies and their host plant (Kincaid's lupine) are known to occur is also resulting in take. These maintenance activities include mowing and herbicide treatment. Starting in 2007, the FWS reached out to Yamhill County to notify them of the ESA listings in the County, and to discuss conservation opportunities. The federal agency informed the County "of the potential liability that government entities have when implementing governmental activities such as management actions, regulation, and permitting" that impact ESA listed species. Letter from FWS State Supervisor, Kemper McMaster to Yamhill County Commissioner Chair, Kathy George (July 5, 2007) (Attachment A). Additionally, the FWS has explained that it has "several programs and agreements that can facilitate agencies' ability to carry out the management actions and permitting activities necessary for a healthy local economy." Id. The FWS met with County staff on five occasions to discuss "concerns related to County road maintenance activities' effects on the Fender's blue butterfly and its host plant, the Kincaid's lupine . . . ." Id. at 2. In April, 2010, the FWS noted that it "has identified that the road maintenance program [in Yamhill County] results in adverse impacts to listed species, particularly endangered Fender's blue butterfly . . . and its habitat." Letter from FWS State Supervisor, Paul Henson to Yamhill Co. Road Director, John Phelan at 1 (April 29, 2010) (Attachment B). The federal agency is "very concerned about the implications of these continuing impacts not only with respect to the conservation of the species in question, but also with respect to the County's vulnerability to legal action associated with unauthorized incidental take." Id. Unless the County is willing to commit to preparing a Habitat Conservation Plan and obtaining an Incidental Take Permit from the FWS, our clients stand ready to enforce the prohibition on take in the Endangered Species Act. -6- Yamhill County Commissioners Fender's blue butterfly letter November, 2010 D. The Need For An HCP And ITP For Yamhill County's Activities. One way in which the County can protect itself from ESA liability and the expense of ESA take lawsuits, is to prepare an HCP and obtain an incidental take permit. Indeed, since 2007 the FWS has informed Yamhill County's commissioners that the agency has "several program and agreements that can facilitate [the county's] ability to carry out the management actions and permitting activities necessary for a healthy local economy." Letter from FWS State Supervisor, Kemper McMaster to Yamhill County Commissioner Chair, Kathy George (July 5, 2007) (Attachment A). The FWS has "strongly recommended to County staff and Commissioners" that they "obtain[] an incidental take permit through development of a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) under section 10 of the Act." Letter from FWS State Supervisor, Paul Henson to Yamhill Co. Road Director, John Phelan at 1 (April 29, 2010) (Attachment B). In 2008, Yamhill County Commissioners approved submission of a grant application to obtain a grant from the FWS to prepare the recommended HCP. Yamhill County Commissioners Meeting Minutes (Aug. 25, 2008) (Attachment D). The FWS awarded "$391,000 to the County in response to the Commission's August 25, 2008 decision to pursue grant funds for HCP planning and development." Letter from FWS State Supervisor, Paul Henson to Yamhill Co. Road Director, John Phelan at 1 (April 29, 2010) (Attachment B). The agency even "met with local conservation organizations to try to obtain additional resources, expertise, and assistance" for developing an HCP and committed "to exercise its discretion related to compliance and enforcement actions" during the HCP process. Id. Nevertheless, on May 26, 2010, the Commissioners decided not to go forward with the HCP process. Letter from FWS State Supervisor, Paul Henson to Yamhill County Commissioners at 2 (June 22, 2010) (Attachment E). In making this decision, the Commissioners said nothing about the expense associated with take liability under the ESA and the threat the County now faces at having to defend its actions in federal court. Yamhill County Commissioners Meeting Minutes (May 26, 2010) (Attachment F). E. Conclusions For the above reasons, the coalition hereby provides notice pursuant to section 11(g) of the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1540(g), that they intend to file suit seeking to enjoin Yamhill County's take of Fender's blue butterfly and recover its associated attorneys' fees and expenses. During the next sixty days, the coalition is willing to meet to discuss how the County can comply with federal law and thereby avoid the imminent citizen enforcement action. I encourage the County to contact me at its earliest possible convenience to begin those discussions. -7- Yamhill County Commissioners Fender's blue butterfly letter November, 2010 Sincerely, Scott Black Executive Director Xerces Society On behalf of the Coalition CC'd: Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior Paul Henson, State Director FWS Oregon Office Mikki Collins, FWS Oregon Office Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General -8-


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I never read Red, White, and Black, which I believe was the first appearance of Isiah Bradley. But I grew up with Cap as the only Super Soldier and since Cap was created first then Cap was the original Super Soldier and so he received the serum first. Also in Captain America #600 it says Cap was the first and Isiah Bradley was given the serum after they tried to recreate it.
So if you go by the history of Captain America, which is much more established and long running it would the Steve Rogers who was the first recipient of the Super Soldier Serum.
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Thanks. I know it seems confusing. It's like Marvel created Isaiah after the fact but I thought he was tested first. I mean, that's how clinical trials work -- you test then deliver the final product. Apparently this was a case where the formula was lost and being re-created, hence new test subjects (or so I've been told).
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There are 17 private schools in Oregon belonging to the Other religious school association(s), serving 2,436 students.
Oregon Other religious school association(s) Private Schools
- School Location Students Grades
PortlandArchbishop Howard School
5309 Ne Alameda St
Portland, OR, 97213
(503)281-1912(Roman Catholic)250 students | Gr. K-9
PortlandChrist The King Parish School
7414 SE Michael Drive
Portland, OR, 97222
(503)785-2411(Roman Catholic)237 students | Gr. K-8
CreswellCreswell Christian School
Po Box 217
Creswell, OR, 97426
(541)895-4622(Christian)101 students | Gr. K-6
CorneliusForest Hills Lutheran School
4221 Sw Golf Course Rd
Cornelius, OR, 97113
(503)359-4853(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)150 students | Gr. PK-8
CoveGrande Ronde Mennonite
69371 Lantz Ln
Cove, OR, 97824
(541)568-4212(Christian)49 students | Gr. 2-11
Baker CityHarvest Christian Academy
3720 Birch St
Baker City, OR, 97814
(541)523-4233(Christian)96 students | Gr. K-12
PortlandLittle Lambs Preschool/Daycare
3405 Sw Alice Street
Portland, OR, 97219
(503)244-4558Daycare / Preschool (Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)16 students | Gr. PK
Hood RiverMid-columbia Adventist Christian School
1100 22nd St
Hood River, OR, 97031
(541)386-3187(Seventh-Day Adventist)46 students | Gr. K-11
BeavertonPalace Of Praise Academy
Po Box 5280
Beaverton, OR, 97006
(503)642-2347(Pentecostal)26 students | Gr. K-12
BeavertonPilgrim Lutheran School
5650 Sw Hall Blvd
Beaverton, OR, 97005
(503)644-8697(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)162 students | Gr. PK-8
Portland Portland Jewish Academy
6651 Southwest Capitol Highway
Portland, OR, 97219
(503)244-0126Special Program Emphasis (Jewish)372 students | Gr. NS-8
Cottage GroveSouth Lane Christian School
P.O.Box 1504
Cottage Grove, OR, 97424
(541)942-0123(Assembly of God)36 students | Gr. 1-12
PortlandSt. Andrew Nativity School
Po Box 11127
Portland, OR, 97211
(503)335-9600(Roman Catholic)64 students | Gr. 7-9
BeavertonSt. Mary Of The Valley Elementary School
4440 Sw 148th Avenue
Beaverton, OR, 97007
(503)626-7781(Roman Catholic)386 students | Gr. K-6
SherwoodSt. Paul Lutheran School
17500 Sw Cedarview Way
Sherwood, OR, 97140
(503)625-6648(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)120 students | Gr. K-5
PortlandSt. Therese School
1260 Ne 132nd Ave
Portland, OR, 97230
(503)253-9400(Roman Catholic)278 students | Gr. K-9
AumsvilleWilliamette Valley Baptist School
650 N 1st St
Aumsville, OR, 97325
(503)448-7000(Baptist)47 students | Gr. PK-12
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|3,689,420 people
|304,788,332 people
|Age 25+ w/College Degree
|Median Household Income
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Do I ever have to say how excited I am to be guest blogging for the season of The Real Housewives of New York? Love love love it! They definitely know how to bring the drama. The season premiere was so good, I watched it twice. Jill and Bethenny are not friends anymore because Jill thinks Bethenny used her, and Bethenny thinks Jill is too needy.
I listened to both of their arguments and tried not to take sides, but I have to say, I think I have to go with Jill on this one. Here's why: we saw from the first episode of New York Season 1 what kind of person Jill was. Jill is a person with lots of connections who likes to hook people up. She just likes to do it. She doesn't get paid for it. She not in business to do it like a professional matchmaker like Patti Stranger; she just likes to put people together. When we met Bethenny she really didn't have any connections. She lived in this tiny apartment, she talked about how poor she was, and about how much Jill helped her. The reality is that Jill did help Bethenny. She helped Bethenny A LOT. Jill was Bethenny's freakin' fairy godmother. Now that Bethenny has gotten successful, I think she's forgootten how she got thay way. Yeah, Bethenny hustled. Yeah, she works hard, but without those connections from Jill, she never could have made it happen.
The first two seasons, Bethenny was a weeping, hot mess. And that's what people loved about her. She was real. She got sloppy drunk in front of her boyfriend. She had to stay with Jill in the Hamptons because she couldn't afford a place. She had to borrow Jill's mom for self confidence because she didn't have a family to give her any. She wasn't born with any big advantages. It was great to watch because that's how a lot of us were born. She was scrappy and fiesty and wanted to win and Jill saw that and helped her win. Bethenny won; she's got a lot of success and she's busy now. But why is she too busy for the person who got her there? Bethenny says she is grateful and that she's thanked Jill and that she can't thank her enough to ever satisfy Jill. Jill is a strong woman, so you can maybe see how that would be the case, except that Jill tells us Bobby had cancer this summer and Bethenny sent flowers but never stopped by. If that's true that is completely uncool.
LuAnn shows up and says she's getting the same treatment from Bethenny. Bethenny didn't used to be able to get into any of the fabulous parties, and LuAnn was great for hanging out with. Bethenny really enjoyed knowing a "Countess." But then Bethenny got successful, and didn't need LuAnn either. Bethenny says shw was just busy, but LuAnn made a good point saying her whole life fell apart and Bethenny wasn't there even once. Bethenny tried to defend herself saying she sent a basket over. LuAnn had one of my favorite lines of the episode: "Gift basket"? I wanted a hug!"
Ramona has some of my favorite lines of the show like: "I'm a nice girl ." Maybe I'm mean with the things I say because I'm honest, but I'm a nice person." What the hell???
Of course, Bethenny telling Jill to "get a hobby" was not cool at all, but i thought Jill handled it well when she said, "I did get a hobby and its not hanging with Bethenny". Loved it. Go Jill. I hope we do get to see a new side of Kelly this season. I knew she was married to a famous photographer, and that he's older than her, but I didn't know she was only 23. When she said that time in her life was like being Rapunzel stuck in a castle with two small kids, I thought that was really interesting. Now she wants to be Robin to someone's Batman. LuAnn didn't get it, but i got it. She wants to be part of a team with a great guy. I hope she gets to.


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By Sarah Story, Citizen Events Editor 12/15/11
West End Comedy will celebrate the holidays with an all-ages show on Dec. 16 and a mature show on Dec. 17 at HATTheatre, 1124 Westbriar Dr. Shows are in an improv format similar to "Whose Line is it Anyway" and feature suggestions from the audience and on-stage participation. Both shows start at 7:30 p.m. Audience members wearing a tacky holiday sweater will receive a complimentary ticket to a future West End Comedy show at HATT. Tickets are $5. For details, call 496-1714 or visit http://www.wecomedy.com .
"A Disney Christmas Gift," a film comprising of six cartoon shorts, and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" will play at 7 p.m. at Henrico Theatre, 305 E. Nine Mile Rd. Tickets are $1 and can be purchased at the door. For details, call 328-4491.
ComedySportz Improv Theatre's 1st annual Improv Festivus will be held at 8 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. on Dec. 16 and at 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 17. Teams and troupes from near and far will be joining ComedySportz including Richmond Comedy Coalition and West End Comedy. Tickets are $5 to $12. ComedySportz's new theatre is located at 8906-H W. Broad St. For details, call 266-9377 or visit http://www.cszrva.com .
Dominion GardenFest of Lights continues at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, 1800 Lakeside Ave. GardenFest is a holiday tradition that features more than a half million lights, botanical decorations, trains, holiday dinners, family activities and more. New this year are caroling on Tuesday nights, Peppermint Lane, a 250-foot tunnel of lights, whimsical fairy-house botanicals and more. GardenFest is a rain or shine event and runs nightly from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. until Jan. 9. The Garden is closed Dec. 24-25. Admission is $11 for adults, $10 for seniors, $7 for children ages 3-12 and free for children under three; discounts available for Garden members. For details, call 262-9887 or visit http://www.lewisginter.org.
James River Art League's exhibit "Art Beyond Words" will continue to be on display at Tuckahoe Library, 1901 Starling Dr., until Dec. 29. Featured artists include Maryanne Evans, Anne Twisdale, Elizabeth Hood, Anne Sampson and Mike Steele. Hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Thursday and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday-Saturday. For details, visit http://www.jamesriverartleague.com .
Theatre IV on Tour will perform the Dickens classic, "A Christmas Carol," at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. at the Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, 2880 Mountain Rd. Tickets are $10. For details, call 261-ARTS or visit http://www.artsglenallen.com .
Fairfield Library, 1001 N. Laburnum Ave., will host a Lego & Duplo Day for the whole family at 3 p.m. Build and create with blocks. Donations are welcomed. For details, call 290-9300 or visit http://www.henricolibrary.org .
The Richmond Renaissance Singers, a premier a cappella early music ensemble, will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a Christmas concert from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Christ Ascension Episcopal Church, 1704 W. Laburnum Ave. The eight-member group specializes in early sacred and secular music and also performs music by more contemporary composers. The Christmas program will include works by Josquin des Pres, Palestrina, Praetorious, Poulenc, Rutter, and Simpson among others. Admission is free but donations are accepted. For details, call 285-5331.
The band Monkey Fist will play at Sharky's in Innsbrook, 4032 Cox Rd., at 9 p.m. Monkey Fist is a cover band featuring 80s, grunge and classic rock. Admission is free. For details, call 273-1888 or visit http://www.sharkysinnsbrook.net .
Enjoy stories and songs from Kim Weitkamp at 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. at Henrico Theatre, 305 E. Nine Mile Rd. Her humor will touch the heart and tickle the funny bone of all ages. Admission is free but registration is required. For details, call 328-4491.
Celebrating 106 years
Former Sandston resident Mildred Taylor celebrated her 106th birthday Aug. 9. Taylor, who now lives in Powhatan, is still a member of Sandston Baptist Church. She was visited the day after her birthday by several members of the church, who played for her a recording of the entire church membership singing happy birthday to her during worship. > Read more.
YMCA breaks ground for aquatic center
YMCA officials gathered last week to break ground on the new Tommy J. West Aquatic Center at the Shady Grove Family YMCA on Nuckols Road. The center, which will featured 7,600 square feet of competitive and recreational space, including water slides, play areas for children and warmer water for those with physical limitations, is the fourth phase of a $4 million expansion at the facility. West was president and CEO of Capital Interior Contractors and a founding member of the Central Virginia Region of the Virginia Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors. > Read more.
Rotary donates to 'Bright Beginnings'
The Sandston Rotary Club recently donated $1,000 to the Sandston YMCA for its Bright Beginnings program, which helps provide children in need with school supplies for the new school year. > Read more.
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'The Hundred-Foot Journey' fails to capitalize on tasty concept
The Hundred-Foot Journey is a curious little Romeo and Juliet of a film. A family, forced out of their native India, begins a trek across Europe.
The family's sole mode of transportation sputters and dies in a sleepy little French town, but the town's food culture is high, and that's a perfect place for a family of restaurateurs to settle down. There's only one problem – the family's rustic "Maison Mumbai" is right across the street (a hundred feet away, if the title didn't clue you in) from a prestigious French bistro with a Michelin star, run with an iron fist by the dreaded Madame Mallory (Helen Mirren, pictured).
It's here that a particular Romeo and Juliet story begins to develop, with Hassan (Manish Dayal) on the Indian side and Marguerite (Charlotte Le Bon) on the French side. > Read more.
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Enjoy the final days of summer with comedian Guy Torry, the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour or mystery writer Mary Miley Theobald at Twin Hickory Library. Another great way to welcome the beginning of fall is to check out the UR Spider Football season opener with man's best friend. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
Bottoms up
Short Pump brewery offers more than just beer
I am still (happily) thinking about my entire experience at Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery last week. Knowing nothing about this new brewery out of Denver, I was leery of brew-pub in the heart of Short Pump Town Center – this is not what I'd usually think of as a perfect fit, and yet, it was.
The restaurant and craft brewery opened in early June and features 10 beers made by female brewmaster Becky Hammond (pictured). This is the restaurant's second location in Virginia; the first is in Arlington. Behind glass walls, customers watched the beer brewing in massive steel barrels. For our up-and-coming beer region, it makes sense that Short Pump would jump on board.
As I walked up to the back of the mall near the comedy club, I was taken aback by what I saw: at the top of the stairs was an overflowing restaurant with outdoor seating, large umbrellas and dangling outdoor lights. > Read more.
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This part is true. GMs can complain all they want about how a lot of the hits earning suspensions now would have passed muster before – and they'd be correct. It'd be a fun exercise to see discipline chief Brendan Shanahan review about a dozen of Scott Stevens's hits from the 1990s to see if they would result in discipline now.
The point is, with concussion awareness increasing, the NHL is trying to shift the line and weed out the headhunters - the players who are only employed because of their ability to launch predatory hits at unsuspecting opponents. The number of truly bad apples is extremely low, but the entire league takes on the brunt of negative publicity every time a John Scott launches himself at a Louie Eriksson and gets a seven-game suspension as a result.
Regier, meanwhile, thinks some time outside of the spotlight will do Kaleta some good: "I really believe he can change. He's 27 and he has the ability to do that and be an effective player in the NHL."
THIS AND THAT: The Los Angeles Kings will be without Jeff Carter for a couple of weeks, with an undisclosed lower body injury, which gave them a chance to call up two of the premier prospects, Tyler Toffoli and Linden Vey. Toffoli played in Saturday's loss to the Nashville Predators, but not without enduring a roundabout travel day to L.A. on Friday, the result of the closure of LAX because of a shooting. Under the circumstances, coach Darryl Sutter thought Toffoli played pretty well in his first outing. Toffoli had a cameo with the Kings last year, but Sutter is old-school when it comes to player development, and prefers to see the youngsters in the organization putting in time in the minor leagues … Calgary made a goaltending switch on the weekend, putting back-up Joey MacDonald on waivers after a bad outing in Friday night's loss to his ex-team, the Red Wings. Instead, the Flames called up Reto Berra from their minor-league affiliate in Abbotsford and gave him the start in Chicago against the defending Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks. Talk about a baptism under fire. For the immediate future, the Flames will go with Berra and Kari Ramo between the pipes. Calgary has fallen off after a fast start, but it is largely a function of poor goaltending and injuries to two key players, defenceman Mark Giordano and forward Lee Stempniak. Berra came over from the St. Louis Blues in the Jay Bouwmeester trade. Flames' coach Bob Hartley likes him, and had a chance to see him play close up in the Swiss league two years ago.
AND FINALLY: New York Rangers' prospect Chris Kreider failed to make the team out of training camp, but he was recalled after injuries sidelined two other top-six forwards, Rick Nash (concussion) and Ryan Callahan (broken thumb). Coach Alain Vigneault put Kreider and Mats Zuccarello on a line with Derek Stepan and it paid dividends Saturday, when Stepan scored a hat trick and his linemates earned assists on all three goals. Those were Stepan's first goals of the season – and his second career hat trick. The first came in his NHL debut. The Rangers are slowly emerging from their early-season slow start, having won four of the past five to raise their record to 6-7. The fact that the Rangers play in the NHL's poorest division, the Metropolitan, is keeping them very much alive in the playoff race … Phoenix has had a couple of real clunkers so far this season, but overall, the Coyotes are 10-3-2, which represents their best start since the 2000-01 season. Phoenix has won four in a row and has points in 11 of their past 12 games. Mike Smith, a candidate for Canada's Olympic team in net, had another strong night, stopping 48 shots against the San Jose Sharks Saturday in a game they eventually won in a shootout.
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Furniture distribution in Romania
AbstractRomania ranks third among the New European member countries in terms of home furniture consumption after Poland and the Czech Republic. Apparent domestic consumption of home furniture amount to about Euro 1 billion. The distribution structure in the home furniture sector in Romania is in continuous evolution. From the point of view of the supply process the main peculiarity is the significant presence of local furniture producers with their own retail networks in the form of chains. The majority of these are medium-sized stores. This Report, produced by CSIL, Centre for Industrial Studies, offers an analysis of home furniture distribution sector in Romania and provides an economic overview of the country; trend for home furniture consumption; breakdown of home furniture sales by distribution channel (specialized furniture distributors (furniture chains, franchising, buying groups, independent furniture retailers), non-specialist distributors (department stores, multistores, hypermarkets, DIY) and others. The analysis of furniture distribution by product/segment covers: upholstered furniture and kitchen furniture. Home furniture imports are broken down by country, geographical area and product (upholstered furniture, kitchen furniture, dining and living room furniture, bedroom furniture, non-upholstered seats and other furniture). Short profiles of major home furniture distributors with analysis of sales performance are also available.
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An Encouraging Start To The Session By Charles Payne 0 comments
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Equity markets are indicating a move to the upside in pre-market activity with the Dow futures up close to 25 points. With very little in terms of economic data or major news items driving stocks today, we are expecting today's trading session to be rather serene. Of course, the prevailing worries from around the world are still the same, namely the debt situation in Greece, the upcoming Fiscal Cliff here at home, and the conflict in Israel.
The latest with respect to the Greek crisis is that the International Monetary fund will be more lenient in terms of its debt reduction time line, which tends to be an indication that there is a willingness for the organization to reach an agreement, which in turn, will lead to the release of next tranche of fund that Greece so desperately needs. Earlier this week financial entities in Europe failed to reach an agreement on how to reduce the Greek debt burden to an acceptable level, but now there is optimism that an agreement will be reached when these groups meet on Monday. Germany and England are putting up a stink though as not enough of spending cuts have been announced.
In reference to the Fiscal Cliff, Moody's and Fitch Ratings have said that the United States could lose its AAA credit rating, while Standard & Poor's may give the U.S. a second downgrade from AA+, if the fiscal cliff scenario comes to fruition. The most recent estimates from the Congressional Budget Office predict that the Fiscal Cliff would cause the economy to shrink by nearly 4% during the first quarter of 2013, enough to cause a double-dip recession. At the moment, however, markets still believe that policymakers would not be that nuts as to let the economy take a plunge. However, in the small chance that this does take place, we can expect to see stocks take a plunge as well.
Over in Israel, Israeli troops killed a Palestinian man and wounded nine along Gaza's border fence with Israel. This comes after a truce had been reached between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers just a day before. However, the incident appears to be isolated and is not likely to undo the agreement, as Hamas Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh, has urged militant factions to respect the cease-fire.
Over in Germany, quite surprisingly business confidence rose in November from the lowest in 2 1/2 years, giving some hope that Europe's largest economy may regain some strength. According to The Munich-based Ifo institute, its business climate index climbed to 101.4 from the 100 reached in October, landing above economists' estimates calling for drop to 99.5 and representing the first gain in eight months. Also in Europe's second largest economy, French industrial confidence climbed from the lowest in more than three years.
Sentiment among factory executives rose to 88 in November after falling to 85 in October. Economists had expected a reading of 87.
Despite the rather light news flow and economic indicators, markets are continuing to indicate a rather nice start to today's trading session. However, with our expectations of low trading volumes things could get a bit jittery, so we are taming our positive sentiment a bit for the rest of the day.
Black Friday Race Begins
David Silver
We hope that everyone had an amazing Thanksgiving, and that this morning we are all nursing a nice full belly from last night's turkey extravaganza. Turkey wasn't the only thing that people started going crazy for last night. Today is the official beginning of the holiday shopping season and retailers around the country offered special deals. Last year, there were stampedes as WalMart WMT and Best Buy BBY opened their doors in the wee early hours of the morning. This year, it seems that retailers have learned a little bit of a lesson, as WMT and BBY are now staggering deals throughout the store to prevent stampedes, and also, to keep customers in the store longer. The twitter-sphere is alive with pictures of crowds waiting for electronics, and also random pictures of people falling asleep in aisles (yes, some of them are staged, but one looked legit).
I will say, I do not understand the craze for Black Friday deals, especially since retailers offer deals throughout the holiday season, and some were even offering pre-Black Friday sales. Black Friday, Small Business Saturday (my personal favorite), and cyber Monday (of course, I do nothing for Cyber Monday, I am in work, wink-wink) are only the tip of the iceberg for holiday sales. The estimates say that sales during the holiday season is expected to increase 4.1%, which is lower than last year, but still relatively strong considering the fiscal cliff looming ahead and the number of unemployed in this country. The National Retail Federation said it expects 147 million shoppers to hit the streets over this weekend. I know that my mother and sister partake in the Black Friday craziness down in Philadelphia, and I think my 2 1/2 year old niece is accompanying them this year.
In a completely pointless and unreliable "exit poll" Bloomberg's Sheila Dharmarajan tweets out a picture of the 34th Street Partnership's "Annual Black Friday Shopping Bag Poll" which measures the number of folks with shopping bags compared to a year ago at exactly the same time. It looks like we are trailing behind last year's figures just a bit. That man right in front of the picture is either so disappointed that we are falling behind last year's tally and worried about the Fiscal Cliff, or he is just tired and overwhelmed by the crowds that are shopping in NYC today.
Note: stock exchanges will close today at one, and therefore there will be no afternoon report. We hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!
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Kohls will let you use your expired Kohls Cash as long as it is within a week or two of expired date. They will also let you use your Kohls coupon (using kohls charge) within a day or two after expiring. If the cashier says no, they have them call the manager. Kohls is VERY lenient on their policy.
I meet a woman on Twitter that lives on an overseas base with her husband. I keep an addressed envelope with my coupons and when I find expired ones, I slip them in there. After a week or two, I send them to her. She is extremely grateful – - and I feel like I am being of service. Jennifer @atthebluebarn
ultra foods accepts exp coupons up to a month
what can i do with expired register rewards/extra bucks etc?
Throw them away and cry. =(
my cvs takes expired ecb…check with your cvs
does anyone know of a place in oklahoma city to give expired coupons to?
My grocery store accepts coupons up to 3 months past their expiration date.
I am sure it is different everywhere, but I have a friend who lives on base in Texas and she said they can use the expired coupons there…So you might check around and see if you have any local families that can use them..
I don't mind unused coupons, as long as they expire before I do!…LOL


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On Tuesday, Occupy Wall Street observed May Day, otherwise known as International Workers Day, with protests against income inequality and corporate greed in cities across America. Thousands of 99 percenters took to the streets, in what amounted to the group's greatest public showing since last fall, when police cleared the encampment at New York City's Zuccotti Park, the epicenter of the clamorous anti-bank movement. However, the May Day protests failed to attract the interest and media frenzy that accompanied Occupy's original demonstrations, leading some to conclude that the movement has fizzled out. Is America over Occupy?
Occupy has largely failed: There's a "world of difference between putting something on the front pages of the newspapers for a few weeks and achieving changes in laws," says Amitai Etzioni at CNN. And with its "fuzzy messages and vague goals," Occupy is destined to fade away without leaving a true mark on American society, another protest movement "that vented feelings but engendered precious little real social change." The Tea Party, by contrast, has shown how a "sharply edged message" can be used to elect legislators and shape public policy.
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