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Timbers defeated 2-0 by Whitecaps in playoff opener
BURNABY, B.C. – Midfielders Gershon Koffie and Martin Nash each scored in the first 13 minutes of the match as the Vancouver Whitecaps downed the Portland Timbers 2-0 in the opening match of their USSF D-2 Pro League first round playoff series at Swangard Stadium on Thursday evening.
Down by two goals in the two-game, aggregate-goal series, the Timbers play host to the decisive Game 2 against the Whitecaps on Sunday at Merlo Field on the University of Portland campus; kickoff is set for 6 p.m. The team with the most goals scored in the series between Northwest rivals will advance to the semifinals.
The Whitecaps jumped on the board early, as Koffie broke through in the first minute off a corner kick. A foul called on Portland's Kalif Alhassan in the box 12 minutes in set up Nash's goal on a penalty kick attempt in the 13th minute. The Timbers were able to work their way into the match, but two key saves by Vancouver goalkeeper Jay Nolly in the second half kept the Timbers from trimming the lead. Portland escaped two near goals by the Whitecaps, as shots by midfielders Terry Dunfield and Philippe Davies each hit the post.
Koffie scored his first goal of the season, Nash tallied his team-leading fifth goal of the season and Nolly finished with four saves on the night to help the Whitecaps to the series lead and their first win at home since July 14.
Forward Bright Dike recorded four shots, goalkeeper Steve Cronin made three second-half saves and three different defenders attempted a shot for the Timbers, who had a 10-game unbeaten streak come to an end in the loss – their first since Aug. 4.
Vancouver claimed a 1-0 lead less than 60 seconds into the contest. An in-swinging corner kick by Davies was contested by a pair of players inside the box and the ball was deflected out to Koffie on the back side. With space less than 15 yards out, Koffie hit a shot just under the crossbar to give Vancouver the early advantage in the series.
A foul by the Timbers set up a dangerous free kick opportunity for the Whitecaps just 11 minutes later, which led to the club's second goal of the night. Over a five-man wall, the Whitecaps' Davies sent the ball off the near post. Fighting for the rebound, Alhassan was called for a foul on Vancouver midfielder Blake Wagner inside the box and the referee pointed to the spot for a penalty kick attempt. A veteran, Nash stepped up and powered a shot inside the low right corner of the goal. Cronin appeared to get his hands to the ball, but it found its way into the back of the net for a 2-0 lead.
The Whitecaps pushed the tempo on the attack from the opening whistle, forcing the Timbers back on their heels early, and jumped out to a two-goal lead in the first 13 minutes of the match. Davies forced Cronin into a key save in the first few minutes, knocking the ball off the left post. Cronin was able to smother the rebound, ending another close chance on goal.
Down 2-0, the Timbers battled their way back in into the match and out-shot the Whitecaps 5-4 in the first half. Set pieces by defender Ian Joy provided two close chances for Portland in the opening period. In the 18th minute, a restart from the right side nearly found defender Steve Purdy streaking down the left post. Nolly was able to pluck the ball from the air to end the threat. Nolly then used an out-stretched fist to punch away a corner kick by Joy falling right in front of goal in the 33rd minute.
Portland midfielder James Marcelin cracked a shot from distance in the 20th minute that just missed the top right corner of the goal.
The Whitecaps nearly added a third goal to their lead in the 40th minute. On a counter, the Whitecaps had control of the ball across the top of the box. Forward Cody Arnoux laid the ball off to Dunfield running down the right side. He hit a shot from the top of the box off the base of the right post.
The pace of the match slowed down in the second half, but the physical nature of Portland-Vancouver matches remained. Early in the second half, Timbers forward Doug DeMartin was knocked down from behind in the defensive third, but play continued. Nash controlled the ball before ripping a shot from 25 yards out at the left post. Cronin made a diving save off his line to push the ball wide.
The Timbers continued to scrap in the second half. In the opening minute of the period, Dike and midfielder Ryan Pore worked the ball up field on a quick run, but Dike's shot missed wide of the mark. In the 64th minute, Dike received the ball at his feet inside the box and was able to turn his defender. From the right side, Dike hammered a low shot on frame from eight yards, but Nolly was able to deny the effort with a kick save.
Portland had a handful of chances around the hour mark. Pore was fouled just outside the arch at the top of the box. On the free-kick, second-half sub Rodrigo Lopez sliced the ball just over the crossbar. On another restart from midfield, the Whitecaps nearly put an own goal on the board for the Timbers as defender Willis Forko's header back was tipped over the bar by Nolly. The Timbers nearly matched the Whitecaps in shots in the match 10-11.
Aside from a long chip shot by Koffie in 56th minute, the Timbers limited the Whitecaps' chances for most of the second half. The home side gained momentum late when an open look nearly led to a third goal on the night.
In the 80th minute, the Whitecaps gained the advantage deep in the Timbers box as midfielder Kyle Porter and Davies worked the ball in. Porter had the ball on the left post and pulled Cronin off his line. As the goalkeeper charged, Porter passed the ball wide to Davies alone in space 10 yards out. Davies laid a rolling shot off the right post.
Amongst the series of chances late for the Whitecaps, the Timbers had an opportunity to cut the deficit in the match and in the aggregate-goal series in half in the 84th minute. A corner kick from the right side deflected down to the near post. Defender Kevin Goldthwaite, who came on after halftime, poked a shot from the doorstep on goal, but Nolly made his second key stop of the half to keep the Timbers off the board.
Tickets for Sunday's playoff match between the Timbers and Whitecaps at Merlo Field are $15 and are available for purchase at local Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com or by phoning (800), 745-3000. For information on three-game playoff strips, contact the Timbers ticket office at (503) 553-5555 or visit www.portlandtimbers.com.
Notes: The first-round series between Portland and Vancouver marks the fourth time the two sides have met in the postseason … The Timbers have were last shutout Sept. 11 in a 0-0 draw on the road against the Carolina RailHawks … In the four series-opening matches in the first round of the USSF D-2 Pro League playoffs, the home team won three of them ... The Timbers suffered their first loss of the season to the Whitecaps, after posting a 2-0-2 record against their Northwest rival during the regular season.
POR: GK Cronin, D Joy, D Smith (Goldthwaite, 45), D Keel, D Purdy, M Pore, M Marcelin (McManus, 80), M Claesson (Lopez, 45), M Alhassan (Suzuki, 85), F Dike, F DeMartin (Muhamadu, 74)
VAN: GK Nolly, D Forko, D Bellisomo, D Janicki, D Knight (Gage, 73), M Wagner (Tsiskaridze, 89), M Koffie, M Dunfield, M Davies, F Nash (Chiumiento, 59), F Arnoux (Porter, 76)
Scoring Summary:
VAN: Koffie, 1
VAN: Nash (penalty kick), 13


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Policies and Procedures
Maintenance and Repairs
If you have a maintenance problem, you must fill out a Work Order, located in the Office of Residence Life in the Student Center building. Upon completion of the form, you will receive a copy for your records. Requests will then be forwarded to the Maintenance Office. Be as specific as possible. Residents of the same room/suite should not submit duplicate reports of the same problem. Repairs are handled as soon as possible. However, any problems occurring on the weekend/holiday must wait until at least the next working day to be dealt with (unless the problem is an emergency, for example, burst pipe, flood, etc.) If the repair has not been made within three (3) business days, fill out a second work order and be sure to note second request to it.
Repairs that you or your room/suitemates request grant the maintenance staff the authorization to enter your room/suite. Additionally, routine repairs not reported by you are sometimes necessary. Unless the repairs are urgent, a repair person will be scheduled to enter your room/suite during regular working hours.
First-year students may not have cars on campus unless they have off campus employment. A letter written on your employer's stationary should be sent to the Residence Life Office. If you have an extenuating circumstance, you must have special approval from the Campus Administrator. All residential student cars must be registered with The Office of Residence Life. Residential Parking decals will be issued which must be displayed in the vehicle at all times. Students with registered cars may park in lots C, D or Milton Court only. Cars parked in Lot A or any other unauthorized areas, will be ticketed and/or towed at the owner's expense. You must also obtain a parking decal from SGO (located in Lodi) to park in the Lodi parking area.
Telephone Service
Each student room on campus is equipped with voice, data and video communication lines. You receive limited access to area code 201, and 1-800 capability to use phone cards for long distance calling, as well as on-line computer access as part of the telecommunications package. This means that you may access the College's network for access to email and other services, provided that your computer is equipped with an Ethernet card.
In the event of an emergency, please call Security (x3561) immediately. Students can also call room to room or campus to campus by dialing the four digit extension number.
Mail Service
The Residence Life staff is responsible for handling incoming mail. When mail is received, it is placed in assigned mailboxes in Elliott Terrace (you will receive a mailbox key) and Milton Court (numerical code) based upon your room assignment. If a package is received, you will be alerted to pick up your package in the Residence Life Office. Students may receive mail by utilizing the following address:
Student's Name
Felician College
Room Number, Residence Hall
223 Montross Avenue
Rutherford, New Jersey 07070
Pets are NOT permitted in the residence halls. Experience has shown that pets cause damage to furniture and carpet, create odors, aggravate allergies, and sometimes constitute serious health and sanitary problems. In the event that a live animal is found in possession of a resident(s), the resident(s) will be given 24 hours to remove the animal from the premises, and a sanction will be imposed as deemed appropriate. Should the same or any other live animals be found in possession of the resident(s) on a second occasion, the minimum sanction will be jeopardy of eviction. No pet equipment, food or supplies may be brought into the residence halls.
For the safety of residents and their belongings, locking your suite and room door is extremely important. Doors should be locked whenever the room is not occupied, as well as at night when you're asleep. It is your responsibility to carry your keys with you at all times. Do not lend your keys to others. Doing so is in direct violation of the key policy. If keys are lost or stolen, you must immediately contact the Office of Residence Life to have a lock change performed. You will be charged for the cost of the lock and keys. This cost ranges from $100.00 to $250.00 depending on how many replacement keys are needed.
Lockout Policy
If you find yourself locked out please contact the Resident Assistant on Duty or Security.
Room Changes
Room changes are not permitted during the first two weeks of a semester. If after that time a change is necessary, a request form must be filled out and the decision made by the Associate Director of Residence Life. Any charge, changes in rates, etc., will be cleared prior to approving the room switch. No room changes may take place without this specific authorization.
Room Consolidation
In the event that a large number of vacancies occur in any residence unit during the year, the College reserves the right to consolidate students in order to close down a section of the unit.
Residence Hall Room Rates
Residence hall rates are subject to change by the action of the Board of Regents; such changes take effect at once and apply to students already enrolled. The College also reserves the right to revoke the agreement at any time for cause.
Student Placement Fee
Each resident is required to submit a $200 Placement Fee for the academic year. This deposit is applied directly to the individual student's account. Once the deposit is submitted, if a student decides not to attend Felician or no longer stay in residence, the deposit is non refundable.
Refund Policy
As determined by the Board of Regents of Felician College, a student withdrawing from the College must file the appropriate forms. The date indicated on the official withdrawal form will be the withdrawal date. Tuition, fees and balance of housing rates are refundable according to the refund schedule established in the student handbook. Balance of housing fees is refundable on a prorated basis. The board charge is refundable on a prorated basis as well. Full weeks will be used to prorate. No refund of room or board charges is made for weekend absences or meals missed.
When students withdraw from the residence hall but remain in school, a room refund is not granted.
The College reserves the right to apply a refund to outstanding financial obligations. Also federal regulations require that, in some cases, refunds for students on federal financial aid be applied against awarded financial aid or loans.
Non-Refundable Fees
Application fees, admission fees, placement fees and orientation fees are non-refundable.
Guest Policy
All residents must have their guests signed in and out with security at all times during visitation hours. A valid student ID or Driver's License must be left with security. Residents must be with their guests at all times. You are responsible for the actions of your guests. If a guest is found in the residence halls without their host they will be escorted from campus and not permitted to return. The hosts' guest privileges will be revoked at the discretion of an administrator.
Guest visitation hours are as follows:
Sunday-Thursday: 8:00 AM-1:00 AM
Friday-Saturday: 8:00 AM-2:00 AM
Overnight Guest Policy
If you wish to have a same sex guest stay overnight in the residence halls, you must fill out an overnight guest form no later than 24 hours prior to your guest's arrival. If guest is arriving over the weekend form must be completed prior to noon on Friday. These forms are located in The Office of Residence Life. You must have your roommate and suitemates sign the form before approval is granted. A Residence Life Administrator must then sign the form, granting approval.
Guest visitation hours are as follows:
There will be no guests allowed over break periods.
You may only have 2 guests at a time per residence hall room.
The maximum amount of time a guest is allowed to stay in the halls is three (3) consecutive nights within a 7 day period. Not to exceed having guests for more than 6 days per month.
An individual may not stay more than 6 nights during a 1 month period. If extenuating circumstances occur this can be petitioned to the Director of Residence Life.
Your guest must leave a valid form of identification with security and sign in upon arrival.
Your overnight guest pass form must be carried by your guest at all times.
Remember, you are responsible for your guest while he/she is staying. If a guest is found in the residence halls without their host they will be escorted from campus and not permitted to return. The hosts' guest privileges will be revoked at the discretion of an administrator.
Noise Policy
To ensure an environment conducive to sleep and study, you are responsible for monitoring your personal noise level in and around the halls. Noise is considered a problem when it is deemed disruptive to others. Quiet hours are in effect:
Sunday-Thursday: 10:00 PM-8:00 AM
Friday-Saturday: 12:00 AM-8:00 AM
Courtesy hours are in effect 24 hours a day. All noise must be kept to a level that is respectful to other residents in the building. If you are found in violation of the noise policy, you will receive a written warning. If it becomes a repeat offense, sanctioning will occur. Please remember that during exam periods, 24 hour quiet hours are in effect the entire span of exams. Signs will be posted to alert you to the dates and times when 24 hour quiet hours commence.
Smoking Policy
Felician College is a smoke free environment. Smoking is prohibited in any campus facility. Smoking is also prohibited with 20 feet of any building and must take place away from common walkways. A non-smoker's right takes precedence anywhere on the Felician College campus.
Policies, Guidelines and Disciplinary Sanctioning
Guidelines are established, in accordance with State and Federal laws, to provide a safe and harmonious community for you and others to live. Students are expected to follow the guidelines outlined in The Felician College Student Handbook, as well as the policies and regulations identified within the Residence Life Guidebook. You are expected to familiarize yourself with these guidelines and make responsible choices. In a community such as this, it is important to consider the effect your choices and behaviors have on others around you. Understand that you will be held responsible for being present during a policy violation. You will also be held accountable for your guests' behaviors and policy violations occurring in your room or the common areas of your suite. Keep in mind that once you receive this guidebook, you are responsible for the entire content, especially all policies, procedures and regulations. If you have any questions, please speak to a resident life staff member.
Policies and Guidelines
The maintenance of harmonious community standards requires that behavior which interferes with or threatens the welfare of others or the College community be prevented. To list all those acts which constitute unacceptable conduct is impossible. The behaviors listed below constitute violations for which maximum allowable sanctions of suspension or dismissal from Felician College may be warranted. While neither action would necessarily follow automatically, they may be considered and imposed when appropriate to the case and to Felician College's interests as an educational institution.
- Theft or possession of stolen property, malicious destruction, damage, or misuse of college property or of private property.
- Endangering life or bodily welfare or physically abusing another person.
- Fraud, intentional misrepresentation, forgery or falsifying college documents, records, or identification cards.
- Unlawful distribution or possession of drugs, narcotics, or controlled dangerous substances.
- Illegal use of drugs, narcotics, or controlled dangerous substances.
- Lewd, indecent or disorderly conduct.
- Disorderly conduct resulting from drunkenness.
- Unlawful or improper possession, distribution, or use of items such as fireworks, fire arms, explosive devices, darts, knives, bows, arrows, BB or pellet guns, whips, or other dangerous weapons.
- Gambling on the Felician College campuses as defined by state and municipal rulings as being illegal.
- Failing to cooperate with staff members working in the line of duty.
- Insubordination to a staff member.
- Repeated behavior which materially and substantially interferes with the operation of the College or members of the College community, which have previously been brought to the attention of the Office of Residence Life.
- Falsely reporting a fire, activating emergency warning equipment, or intentionally communicating false information regarding the existence of explosives on College property.
- Entering or using facilities or property of another person or the College without consent or authorization.
- Failing to comply with the lawful directions of a College official acting in the performance of his/her duties and authority.
- For safety reasons, students may not be on the roofs, on window sills or on window ledges at any time. Students may not place their property (i.e. stereos, beverage bottles, etc.) in their windows or on window sills at any time.
- Adverse behavior directed at an individual because of race, color, or any of the generic categories defined in the affirmative action statement.
- All forms of sexual assault and sexual harassment are prohibited and subject to action by civil authorities.
- Verbal abuse to any member of the campus community.
- Violation of College Alcohol Policy.
Felician College Alcohol Policy
Alcoholic beverages are not permitted on the Felician College campus regardless of age. The Rutherford Campus is considered a "Dry" campus. The following are prohibited:
- Felician College students or guests of Felician College students, regardless of age, possessing, consuming or distributing alcoholic beverages on the Felician College campus.
- Possession of full, partially full, or empty containers pertaining to alcoholic beverage containers, including but not limited to, beer cans (can chandeliers, can pyramids, etc.), empty kegs, liquor, wine and champagne bottles (regardless of cost, aesthetic or sentimental value).
- Being present on campus intoxicated, regardless of age or location of consumption.
- Being in the presence of open alcohol regardless of age or individual consumption.
Providing large quantities of alcohol to others puts the community and its members at risk. For this reason, possession of kegs or beer containers over thirty-two ounces are considered serious policy violations. Hosting an event that violates the alcohol policy is considered a serious violation and will minimally result in separation from Housing. As per the Alcohol Policy, staff has the right to inspect suspicious packages and coverings transported into the residence halls. Residence Life staff members also have the right to search a College issued hot/cold unit if there is any suspicion of an illegal substance inside.
Disciplinary Sanctions
If a student is found in violation of the above policies, disciplinary sanctions will be imposed. Disciplinary sanctions are assigned in accordance with the type of unacceptable behavior in which a student engaged, as well as that student's level of responsibility for the incident. The descriptions provided below are intended to inform students of the possible consequences of failing to comply with the expectations of Felician College students. Factors, such as the seriousness of the incident and the student's past disciplinary history will be taken into account in determining the appropriate disciplinary sanctions. In addition, failure to comply with any disciplinary sanction may result in additional disciplinary sanctions. All sanctioning will be decided by the Judicial Hearing Officer (Director of Residence Life) presiding over the case. In the event of an appeal, the College Judicial Board will hear the case. The Board's decision is final.
Formal Warning
An official, written notice warning the student that further violations of the policies and guidelines will result in more serious disciplinary sanctions.
Community Service
Community service hours to the College or a community agency that is consistent with infraction committed.
Disciplinary Probation
An official, written notice that places the student on a probationary status with the College for a specific length of time.
Suspension From Residence
A specified amount of time where the student is unable to remain living within the Residence Halls. The student is not permitted in the vicinity of the residence halls during this period of time.
Dismissal From Residence
A permanent separation from the Residence Halls. The student will have no further connection to the Halls and is no longer present in or around the facilities.
Monetary Fines
An assessment of a monetary amount contributed to the College with the amount determined by the violation.


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NTLVirgin Media is FTTP or FTTC?
Virgin Media's network is made up of at least 3 different types of existing cable networks (as well as a DSL overlay across the UK) that merged over the years when Virgin Media took over (or rather, rebranded).
For cable connections, they should all be FTTC now for residential and small most business locations.
Then from the Cab, for each property, it's <100meters with their own dedicated coaxial cable. Both TV and broadband services are then split (if needed) off the cable. Telephone comes in via its own line.
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Ndop Portrait of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul
Ndop figures are idealized portraits of individual Kuba rulers. This ndop, considered the oldest in existence, displays the king's symbol, a drum with a severed hand. As in other ndop figures, the ruler sits cross-legged on a raised platform. His face expresses both aloofness and composure. The short sword in his left hand (held with handle out, indicating the nonaggressive pose of the nyim) and the belts, arm bands, bracelets, shoulder ornaments, and special projecting headdress are all elements of royal regalia. Ndop figures were believed to represent and honor the spirit of the nyim and serve as a point of contact with his spirit.
- Culture: Kuba (Bushoong subgroup)
- Medium: Wood (crossopterix febrifuga), camwood powder
- Place Made: Mushenge, West Kasai Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Dates: ca. 1760-1780
- Dimensions: 19 1/2 x 7 5/8 x 8 5/8 in. (49.5 x 19.4 x 21.9 cm) (show scale)
- Collections:Arts of Africa
- Museum Location: This item is not on view
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- Accession Number: 61.33
- Credit Line: Purchased with funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Alastair B. Martin, Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Blum, and the Mrs. Florence A. Blum Fund
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Apr 29, 2008
LEGO Digital Designer (LDD): with some cool extra additions
If you visit the LEGO's NXTLog web site regularly you would notice that increasing numbers of models now have a LXF file created with LEGO Digital Designer (LDD). LDD is a great computer aided design tool for designing your robots and creating building instructions for others. LDD has all the parts that comes with NXT Retail kit.
This week, there are some new library added to LEGO Digital Designer. The latest library update now includes the TECHNIC Snowmobile (including the tracks!!!), so now you have even more elements to work from.
Last time I blogged about LDD six months ago [see link], LEGO had just added the PF motors and other PF elements as part of the LEGO Creator 4957 Ferris Wheel and the cool 4958 Monster Dino - which was great. I hope to see parts from more and more TECHNIC models added to the library.
Since I have a Technic Snowmobile, I been playing with the LDD to see what I can create using the new Snowmobile parts - including the new red fenders.
However, for me the most exciting addition is the tracks. You need a bit of patience with it and it takes a while to get it exactly right with the hinge tool.
To use the latest library, just start the LDD (If you don't have it, you can download it from here. LDD will automatically download the latest library.
If you are new to LDD, one of the really good unofficial resource can be found here.
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- ThinkBrick said...
wow, seems they've made all sorts of other improvements as well. They've made gear meshing super easy now, they've even done some simple physics with the hinges.
but, its really hard to get those treads on the sprockets, how did you do it?
- Apr 30, 2008, 1:16:00 PM
- Vodafone Kurumsal said...
the thank you notes!
- Apr 30, 2008, 3:58:00 PM
- David Levy said...
If anyone is interested, we have a
Special NXTStep Board covering LDD.
- Apr 30, 2008, 11:24:00 PM
The Shock Absorbers come apart when you rotate them!
- May 4, 2008, 8:48:00 AM
I can't rotate the shock absorber and neither compress it.
- Jan 18, 2009, 10:36:00 PM
- fred c said...
I can't make the tracks like up on my model piste basher/ snow groomer. any suggestions?
- Apr 1, 2009, 8:35:00 PM
- randy said...
I like your progam allot but theres a MAGER FLALL with it.
The flall is that u cant view your design in motion to see if its working properly and the way u want.
If possible id like to be able to move it to some sort of test page so i can flip the switches and push the buttens to see wat dos wat.
- Dec 17, 2009, 10:37:00 AM
- zac said...
@ rando-
What's Flall.
Anyway, it's not his/her application.
- Feb 18, 2010, 7:04:00 AM
- Francisco Gamarra said...
I want to build a Technic model but I can't compress the shock absorbers to joint to pieces. How I do that?
- Jun 18, 2011, 1:51:00 AM


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WASHINGTON — The Republican Party is in turmoil, confused about its future and disliked by huge numbers of voters.
Not only did Republicans lose a presidential election theyd long regarded as winnable, the party lost seats in Congress as well as support among women, blacks and Hispanics. And it wound up perceived as a home for some of Americas most doctrinaire and incendiary some would say intolerant politicians.
Thats the landscape that confronts the Grand Old Party as the Republican National Committee gathers this week in Charlotte, N.C., for the first time since the November election.
The formal part of the Wednesday-Friday session is expected to go smoothly, as Chairman Reince Priebus is likely to win re-election despite a challenge from Maine National Committeeman Mark Willis.
The nuts-and-bolts types who make up the committee like Priebus, whos credited with improving fundraising and grass-roots organizing.
Hes made sure we have the means to be competitive, said New Hampshire Republican Chairman Wayne MacDonald. Its just hard when youre up against an incumbent president with a billion dollars in the bank.
The real drama will be the introspection, as the people who run the party try to figure out how to remove the stains of 2012. It wont be easy.
Theyre going to discuss findings of the Growth and Opportunity Project, headed by a group of party VIPs Priebus tapped after the election to study long-term strategy in eight areas, including the partys ground game, message, fundraising and lessons learned from Democratic tactics.
Republican troubles, though, go beyond Novembers losses. An NBC-Wall Street Journal poll last week found that 49 percent had a negative view of the party.
Weve allowed ourselves to be tagged as elitist and out of touch, said former party Chairman Michael Steele. Youve got to be willing to talk to people who dont look like you.
Willis is basing his challenge on what he calls a failure to listen to grass-roots voters. For instance, he said, we want serious spending cuts, not token cuts. But we feel like theyre shutting our voice out.
The party is also sharply split into distinct camps.
The divide is not only ideological but cultural, the Romney elitists versus the tea party Republicans, said Craig Shirley, an author and conservative activist.
Romney was the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, but the conservatives who dominate the party never warmed to his patrician ways or forgot his centrist history. He then stirred an uproar with his post-election assertion that President Barack Obama had provided gifts to black, Hispanic and young voters.
The tea party also has become a burden in some circles. The grass-roots movement that exploded in 2010 and helped elected dozens of Republicans to Congress seemed to fade last year, hurt by candidates who proved too extreme to win among diverse constituencies.
Party stalwarts are convinced that Republicans can bounce back quickly. They still maintain the biggest House of Representatives majority since World War II, and last Novembers win in North Carolina gave the party control of 30 governors offices.
Theyre convinced that issues will trend their way, particularly as the national debate focuses on fiscal issues and guns.
Youre going to see a hugely energized electorate that is extremely hostile to the notion of bigger government, predicted David Carney, who was President George H.W. Bushs White House political director.
He argued that once people see taxes going up and Washington doing little to confront the national debt, Republicans will be motivated. And, other Republicans maintain, Americans will warm to congressional Republicans.
Because they control the House, they have a bully pulpit to air their issues, setting the agenda for hearings and debate.
Shirley likened the mood to that of the late 1970s, when a host of issues energized the conservative base, such as opposition to the Panama Canal treaty and support for tax cuts.
Beyond Washington, Republicans think they have a roster of stars waiting to be embraced, many with crossover appeal. Among them:
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who shot back at Romneys dig that whole blocs of voters were bought off by gifts, declaring, I dont think that represents where we are as a party and where were going as a party.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, whose leadership after superstorm Sandy helped boost his popularity in a Democratic-leaning state.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., whos leading an effort to overhaul the nations immigration system.
But lurking behind all the promise is still a party that, as Shirley put it, is a mess, losing a foothold in huge swaths of the country.
We seem to only care about a handful of states, Steele said.
Its also a party saddled with what former Secretary of State Colin Powell called the dark vein of intolerance. Romney won 7 percent of the black vote and 27 percent of the Hispanic vote, and two Senate candidates in winnable states were toppled because of what many saw as insensitive remarks about rape.
Hispanics say they dont feel welcome, and its our fault, said Tom Morrissey, the Arizona Republican chairman. Well do a better job. Its going to be gradual, and its going to be constant.
Among women, Romney lost to Obama by 11 percentage points. In New Hampshire, Democratic women scored a clean sweep of major offices, winning both House seats and the governorship. Both the states senators are women; Jeanne Shaheen is a Democrat, Kelly Ayotte is a Republican.
We are not intolerant, said MacDonald. But we need to do a better job of getting our message out and talking with key demographic groups.
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Nov 1, 2011Cherry Chocolate Cobbler
Chocolate Cherry Cobbler!
I am on a quest to try different desserts in my dutch oven! I am proud to say that this one was a success!
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Oct 31, 2011Wretched Recipe 1.5
Happy Halloween!! It's time for the last Wretched Recipe of the year! This one just sounded gross. The ingredients were nothing to unusual, but pudding? Noodles? Not sure the reason for this one. It takes a long time to cook (1 hour) and most casseroles take about 20-30 minutes. I just don't know.
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Sandwiches anyone? Retro recipes for sandwiches are totally wierd. I am soooo grateful for cold cuts and deli meat. Not to mention a really good grilled cheese. Check out this one:
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A salad is defined as
1.A cold dish of various mixtures of raw or cooked vegetables, usually seasoned with oil, vinegar, or other dressing: "a green salad".
This dish was definitely cold, had cooked vegetables, but not green!!
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I love soup especially in the fall. And I love peanut butter ALL year. So, combining them? Good idea or bad idea?
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Thanks to GameSpy for their interview with cult programmer Jeff Minter, currently working on the psychedelic GameCube shooter, Unity. The interviewer points out that Minter's "passion for fusing music, visual effects, and gameplay remains his strong focus", and goes on to talk to him about the choice of platform ("...the 'Cube may not have so many titles as some of the others... [but] a higher percentage seem to be really excellent games with a reputation for great playability"), the continuation of his 'virtual light machine' trilogy ("Unity will contain a full version of VLM-3 which players will unlock as they play the game"), and his ever-present love for the bovine ("there probably won't be anything as overt as flying yaks or anything... I am sure people would be disappointed if I didn't slip the odd beast in there somewhere.")


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Grand Sport. Nothing else needs to be said among anyone familiar with the Corvette hobby in order to conjure up images of legendary brute power and performance. When Chevrolet paid tribute to the original mid-year race cars with 1,000 Admiral Blue coupes and convertibles in 1996, they stirred up lots of sentiment and excitement. While the '96 Grand Sport was mostly a cosmetic package, the name and the concept inspired quite a passion with enthusiasts of all generations.
Denver's Dave Bell was one such person moved by the C4 Grand Sport. A fanatic for performance cars in general, and Corvettes in particular, Dave built his first car when he was only 14 years old. In June 1996, Dave decided that he needed a Grand Sport, but the pickings were slim by then. None of the remaining Grand Sports he looked at had satisfactory quality paint for his tastes. While Dave was checking out two G/S's at a local dealership-one a coupe and the other a roadster-he spotted a black '96 coupe with nearly flawless paint. After learning that it was equipped with the same ZF six-speed gearbox and 330hp LT4 powerplant as the Grand Sport, Dave began imagining the black coupe in G/S-style trim. "I decided right then to build my own Grand Sport!" says Dave, and the black coupe was instantly sold.
In the spring of 1997, the coupe went into the body shop at Purifoy Chevrolet in Fort Lupton, Colorado, where Matt Winholz added a Torch Red G/S center stripe and left-fender hash marks to complement the Torch Red and black interior. G/S rear fender flares, blacked-out 17 x 9.5 and 17 x 11-inch five-spoke wheels, and all the appropriate badges rounded out the Grand Sport cosmetics, but Dave didn't stop there. He added a Greenwood rear wing and hood louvers, as well as Phantom taillight louvers to accentuate the Vette's aggressive looks. He succeeded grandly. A week after leaving the shop, Dave and his brother Doug caravanned with fellow Looking Glass Corvette Association members to Billings, Montana, for the "Big Sky" meet. "Somewhere in Wyoming, the leader of our caravan came over the CB and said, 'Dave, that car looks like a huge black widow spider coming down the road.' The name stuck."
As soon as they returned from Montana, Dave and Doug began painting a giant spider on the underside of the hood. In addition to countless hours of work on designs and cutting out patterns, the black widow artwork took five coats of Cadillac Pearl Black and some Torch Red for the hourglass, Sebring Silver for the web, and five coats of high-temp clear. But, thanks to Doug's "airbrush artistry," the black widow was becoming a reality. Dave also had "Black Widow" hand-lettered on the roof pillars.


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Well, they're certainly not pulling the punches. To be fair I was very surprised that Apple went with such a low quality screen on the iPad mini, especially when it's noticeably lower quality than the competition (except for the Surface RT, which is even lower still).
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But wasn't that the case before he died as well? It seems nothing has changed.
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But wasn't that the case before he died as well? It seems nothing has changed.
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Android Jelly Bean introduced a superior product (Google Now) compared to Siri, it understands a lot more, and it's extremely fast. There are plenty of videos on youtube comparing the two. Also, the voice on Android is a lot less 'robot-like' and more human like.
FWIW it is the cheapest device to get Siri with GPS + LTE Hotspot. iPod touch has Siri but no GPS + LTE. I think that the iPad Mini would make a good Car Navigation system once Apple Maps is sorted out, or use a 3rd Party mapping app (would it be compatible with Siri?). Also 9.7" is just too large for a Car display (too distracting for the driver) I have tried Android voice recognition and it just doesn't understand anything, unless there is something I have missed where there is an actual competitor to Siri on the market?
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Grilling Vegetables
During the summer grilling months, vegetarians often get the raw end of the deal. At backyard barbecues, they're forced to subsist on flavorless flaxseed-and-barley burgers alone, while carnivores feast on elaborate multicourse menus of thick, juicy prime ribs and fire-grilled oysters. In this month's spirit of democracy and freedom, we'd like to suggest that all herbivores and carnivores be treated equally.
Paul Duncan, the chef de cuisine at Tabla on NE 28th Ave, fully agrees. Duncan, whose Mediterranean menu at the restaurant almost always includes one or two vegan and vegetarian options that are as fully executed as any of the meat entrées on offer, insists that vegetarians, as well as those who host them, need to start thinking more creatively about meatless grilling. "There's a vegetarian at every one of my cookouts at home," says Duncan. "Most think they should just have the meatless form of whatever everyone else is eating, which is usually hot dogs and burgers." But Duncan believes that vegetarian grilling can mean anything from wood-fired vegetables and salads to the polenta cakes included in his menu on the following pages.


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My 6 week old daughter has started to have colic usually every night from 4pm till 10pm. I have found a wonderful way to deal with it. I wear her around the house or go for walks using a sling. It usually put her to sleep. Here's where the problem begins. If i put her in the sling and let her sleep she won't sleep very well at night. She's quite but loves to kick and play in the bed keeping me awake in the process. I'm not sure what to do. Avoid putting her in the sling so she'll sleep at night or accept that I'm not going to get any sleep and keep putting her in the sling. Any suggestions out there on what to do?
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I am not sure I am understanding. So, she falls asleep good in the sling but then wakes up when you put her down? Or she just seems to wake up more at night? If it is the latter you might try swaddling her at night. That will mimic the tightness of a sling.
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she just seems to be awake more at night. Playing and kicking and cooing.
Hmm...I'm not sure wearing her in the sling during the day has anything to do with poor sleep at night...maybe just a coincidence? She is still very young maybe she is still just figuring her schedule still.
You might try swaddling to see if she prefers the tight/secure feeling.
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We have to swaddle our 11 week old every night or she won't stay asleep. She startles constantly & if anything, like her fist, gets near her mouth, she wakes up hungry, even if it's only been a few minutes since she's eaten. Swaddling has worked wonders for us!
Also, are you co-sleeping? If not, this can help them stay asleep too.
Around 11-13 weeks, your baby's digestive system will mature just a little more and this colicky time may diminish or go away. My child (now 20 months) would cry daily in the evening no matter how much body time he got with me during the day. We tried it all, and in the end, it seemed that time just took its course. In terms of how much your child sleeps at night - that's a tough one, since they all wake up to feed. Maybe you can do what you need to do now to either diminish the crying and/or get more sleep, and reassess in a few weeks. It seems like the only constant is change.


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After too many years of uncertainty, with a stroke of a pen on Friday, President Barack Obama signaled the USDA can get back to the business of supporting our nation's farmers and making sure Americans can put food on their tables. That's the good news.
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Depending on whom you ask, the new Farm Bill approved by House-Senate negotiators represents a big bipartisan victory. Or, it's an affront to the democratic process.
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If there's one takeaway from the Vermont Farm To Plate annual gathering, it's that our regional food system is in very good hands.
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Nov. 4, 2013
While safe food, from field to fork, is a critical concern of responsible farmers and concerned eaters, the FDA's presently proposed rules will burden unfairly small and mid-scale family, diversified, sustainable and organic, beginning and disadvantaged, and direct distributing and value-adding farmers. These rules threaten their farms' financial viability and our supply of regionally and sustainably produced, healthful fruits and vegetables.


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Jokes are typically for the entertainment of friends and onlookers. The desired response is generally laughter; when this does not happen the joke is said to have "fallen flat".
"An Englishman at an Indian's table in Surat saw a bottle of ale being opened, and all the beer, turned to froth, rushed out. The Indian, by repeated exclamations, showed his great amazement. - Well, what's so amazing in that? asked the Englishman. - Oh, but I'm not amazed at its coming out, replied the Indian, but how you managed to get it all in. - This makes us laugh, and it gives us a hearty pleasure. This is not because, say, we think we are smarter than this ignorant man, nor are we laughing at anything else here that it is our liking and that we noticed through our understanding. It is rather that we had a tense expectation that suddenly vanished..."
Laughter, the intended human reaction to jokes, is healthy in moderation, uses the stomach muscles, and releases endorphins, natural "feel good" chemicals, into the brain.
Grasping the mouse firmly by the tail, I snapped it like a small whip, and the morsel of cheese came loose.
I took a speed reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.
Though, the familiarity of the pattern of "brevity" has led to numerous examples of jokes where the very length is itself the pattern breaking "punchline". Numerous examples from Monty Python exist, for instance, the song "I Like Traffic Lights", and more modernly, Family Guy contains numerous such examples, most notably, in the episode Wasted Talent, Peter Griffin bangs his shin, a classic slapstick routine, and tenderly nurses it whilst inhaling and exhaling to quiet the pain. This goes on for considerably longer than expected. Certain versions of the popular vaudevillian joke The Aristocrats can go on for several minutes, and it is considered an anti-joke, as the humour is more in the set-up than the punchline.
In regards to the Milton Berle experiment, they can be taken to demonstrate the concept of "breaking context" or "breaking the pattern". It is not necessarily the rhythm that caused the audience to laugh, but the disparity between the expectation of a "joke" and being instead given a non-sequitur "normal phrase." This normal phrase is, itself, unexpected, and a type of punchline.
Laurel and Hardy are a classic example. An individual laughs because he recognizes the child that is in himself. In clowns stumbling is a childish tempo. In the comic, the visual gags may be translated into a joke. For example in Side Effects (By Destiny Denied story) by Woody Allen:
"My father used to wear loafers," she confessed. "Both on the same foot".The typical comic technique is the disproportion.
I contemplated suicide again - this time by inhaling next to an insurance salesman.Or, when a bagpipe player was asked "How do you play that thing?" his answer was:
Well.Wit is a branch of rhetoric, and there are about 200 techniques (technically they are called tropes, a particular kind of figure of speech) that can be used to make jokes.
Irony can be seen as belonging to this field.
Three times I've been mistaken for Robert Redford. Each time by a blind person.This field of jokes is still a grey area, being mostly unexplored. Extensive use of this kind of humour can be found in the work of British satirist Chris Morris, like the sketches of the Jam television program.
Black humour and sarcasm belong to this field.
Gruner discusses several "sick joke" cycles that occurred upon events surrounding Gary Hart, Natalie Wood, Vic Morrow, Jim Bakker, Richard Pryor, and Michael Jackson, noting how several jokes were recycled from one cycle to the next. For example: A joke about Vic Morrow ("We now know that Vic Morrow had dandruff: they found his head and shoulders in the bushes") was subsequently recycled about Admiral Mountbatten after his murder by Irish Republican terrorists in 1980, and again applied to the crew of the Challenger space shuttle ("How do we know that Christa McAuliffe had dandruff? They found her head and shoulders on the beach.").
Berger asserts that "whenever there is a popular joke cycle, there generally is some widespread kind of social and cultural anxiety, lingering below the surface, that the joke cycle helps people deal with".
Professional humour includes caricatured portrayals of certain professions such as lawyers, and in-jokes told by professionals to each other.
Mathematical jokes are a form of in-joke, generally designed to be understandable only by insiders.
Ethnic jokes exploit ethnic stereotypes. They are often racist and frequently considered offensive.
For example, the British tell jokes starting "An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman..." which exploit the supposed parsimony of the Scot, stupidity of the Irish or rigid conventionality of the English. Such jokes exist among numerous peoples.
Racially offensive humour is increasingly unacceptable, but there are similar jokes based on other stereotypes such as blonde jokes.
Religious jokes fall into several categories:
Self-deprecating or self-effacing humour is superficially similar to racial and stereotype jokes, but involves the targets laughing at themselves. It is said to maintain a sense of perspective and to be powerful in defusing confrontations. Probably the best-known and most common example is Jewish humour. The egalitarian tradition was strong among the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe in which the powerful were often mocked subtly. Prominent members of the community were kidded during social gatherings, part a good-natured tradition of humour as a levelling device. A similar situation exists in the Scandinavian "Ole and Lena" joke.
Self-deprecating humour has also been used by politicians, who recognize its ability to acknowledge controversial issues and steal the punch of criticism - for example, when Abraham Lincoln was accused of being two-faced he replied, "If I had two faces, do you think this is the one I'd be wearing?".
Dirty jokes are based on taboo, often sexual, content or vocabulary.
Other taboos are challenged by sick jokes and gallows humour; to joke about disability is considered in this group.
Surrealist or minimalist jokes exploit semantic inconsistency, for example: Q: What's red and invisible? A: No tomatoes..
Anti-jokes are jokes that are not funny in regular sense, and often can be decidedly unfunny, but rely on the let-down from the expected joke to be funny in itself. A question was: 'What is the difference between a dead bird ?. The answer came: "His right leg is as different as his left one'. An elephant joke is a joke, almost always a riddle or conundrum and often a sequence of connected riddles, that involves an elephant.
Jokes involving non-sequitur humour, with parts of the joke being unrelated to each other; e.g. "My uncle once punched a man so hard his legs became trombones", from the Mighty Boosh TV series.
Some jokes require a double act, where one respondent (usually the straight man) can be relied on to give the correct response to the person telling the joke. This is more common in performance than informal joke-telling.
A shaggy dog story is an extremely long and involved joke with an intentionally weak or completely non-existent punchline. The humour lies in building up the audience's anticipation and then letting them down completely. The longer the story can continue without the audience realising it is a joke, and not a serious anecdote, the more successful it is. Shaggy jokes appear to date from the 1930s, although there are several competing variants for the "original" shaggy dog story. According to one, an advertisement is placed in a newspaper, searching for the shaggiest dog in the world. The teller of the joke then relates the story of the search for the shaggiest dog in extreme and exaggerated detail (flying around the world, climbing mountains, fending off sabre-toothed tigers, etc); a good teller will be able to stretch the story out to over half an hour. When the winning dog is finally presented, the advertiser takes a look at the dog and states: "I don't think he's so shaggy."
Some shaggy dog stories are actually cleverly constructed stories, frequently interesting in themselves, that culminate in one or more puns whose first meaning is reasonable as part of the story but whose second meaning is a common aphorism, commercial jingle, or other recognizable word or phrase. As with other puns, there may be multiple separate rhyming meanings. Such stories treat the listener or reader with respect. (See: "Upon My Word!", a book by Frank Muir and Denis Norden, spun off from their long-running BBC radio show My Word!.)


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Eight Whidbey Island fires called 'unusual'
River patrols out in full force for holiday weekend
Dangerous fugitive near Royal City eludes police overnight
Pierce County deputy shoots suspects after high-speed chase
Crews battle Rail Canyon Fire through the night
Public fireworks displays in Washington state
- Eight Whidbey Island fires called 'unusual'
- River patrols out in full force for holiday…
- Dangerous fugitive near Royal City eludes police…
- Pierce County deputy shoots suspects after…
- Crews battle Rail Canyon Fire through the night
- Public fireworks displays in Washington state
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Clallam Co. woman dies of measles; 1st US death since 2003Clallam Co. woman dies of measles; 1st US death since 2003The infection wasn't discovered until an autopsy.
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4 boys charged with arson in Civic Stadium fire4 boys charged with arson in Civic Stadium fireFour boys were charged with second-degree arson in the fire that burned down Civic Stadium in Eugene on Monday, according to Eugene police spokeswoman Melinda McLaughlin.
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Sweet Cakes bakery ordered to pay $135K to lesbian coupleSweet Cakes bakery ordered to pay $135K to lesbian coupleThe Bureau of Labor and Industries ruled that the owners of an Oregon bakery pay $135,000 to a lesbian couple refused service more than two years ago.
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Inslee: I can't impose statewide fireworks banInslee: I can't impose statewide fireworks banSome municipalities have already banned fireworks, but Inslee says he can't do it statewide.
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Oregon House approves Oct. 1 start for marijuana salesOregon House approves Oct. 1 start for marijuana salesThe fate of an Oregon bill allowing retail marijuana sales to begin Oct. 1 lies with Gov. Kate Brown.
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WSU bears cool off with ice chunksWSU bears cool off with ice chunksWSU bears cool off with large blocks of ice
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Orcas Island to elect new 'honorary' mayorOrcas Island to elect new 'honorary' mayorThree dogs, a parrot and an Orca are vying to for the annual post of Eastsound Mayor.
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New wildfire law takes effect this monthNew wildfire law takes effect this monthIn three weeks, a new law will take effect, and bring with it big changes to the state's wildfire-fighting policy.
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Orphaned eagle found at base of eagle lawn ornamentOrphaned eagle found at base of eagle lawn ornamentAn orphaned bald eagle is recovering after someone discovered it by a bald eagle lawn ornament.
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DNR Commissioner: Budget, lawmakers 'ignoring' public safetyDNR Commissioner: Budget, lawmakers 'ignoring' public safetyThe state DNR requested $4.5 million for additional wildfire concerns, but the new budget only included $1.2 million.
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Blazers' Lillard: 'I'll be in Rip City 6 more years!'Blazers' Lillard: 'I'll be in Rip City 6 more years!'While the future of all-star forward LaMarcus Aldridge is uncertain, the future of all-star guard Damian Lillard is set in stone.
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Auburn brush fire causes big traffic back-upAuburn brush fire causes big traffic back-upA brush fire edged close to a home and SR 18 on Friday afternoon.
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Firefighters brace for busy weekend, institute burn bansFirefighters brace for busy weekend, institute burn bansWith fire conditions so dangerous, fire managers across the area have instituted burn bans and firework bans.
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On forest patrol with fire crewOn forest patrol with fire crewKING 5's Dan Cassuto went along with a firefighter crew on their patrol in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
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More Americans will travel this Fourth of July, forecasts AAAMore Americans will travel this Fourth of July, forecasts AAAMore Americans will travel this Fourth of July than any time since 2007.
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Council campaign canvassing to kick into high gearCouncil campaign canvassing to kick into high gearWith a month until the August primary, campaigning for council will kick into high gear this holiday weekend.
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Heatwave causes blood shortageHeatwave causes blood shortageBloodworks Northwest, the blood bank that serves the Puget Sound region, says supplies are approaching a critically low level, during an ongoing heatwave.
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Two-alarm fire destroys Queen Anne condominiumsTwo-alarm fire destroys Queen Anne condominiumsThe smoke could be seen for miles. 10-to-15 people were displaced.
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Yamhill Co. chopper crash kills student, instructorYamhill Co. chopper crash kills student, instructorAuthorities say two people aboard a helicopter are dead following a crash in northwest Oregon.
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Must have food & drink gadgets at half priceMust have food & drink gadgets at half priceTwo of the coolest gadgets we've ever tested at 50% off.
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Wilder mother warns parents after shaken baby caseWilder mother warns parents after shaken baby caseSimona Contreras' young son has had five surgeries and doctors don't know what other complications he'll face.
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Wenatchee wildfire likely human-causedWenatchee wildfire likely human-causedWenatchee's mayor has also banned fireworks for the 4th of July.
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- Grant County
Grant Co. mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virusGrant Co. mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virusThe Washington State Department of Health said Wednesday three mosquito samples tested positive for the West Nile virus.
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Pot is legal in Oregon now: What you need to knowPot is legal in Oregon now: What you need to knowHere's what you need to know about Oregon's new legal marijuana law, whether you're at home, at work, in public or on the road.
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