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14th Jul 2011, 14:51
I bought a keyless lock too! And that failed as well. I know this because the alarm still works, but the keyless remote will no longer unlock the door.
5th Jun 2012, 19:59
Could someone please give me a link to the DIY fix it problem, for the driver's side door not working?
6th Jun 2012, 13:29
I am the one who posted 6/29/11. My 2003 Element had another problem after the cracked windshield, the drivers' side power window went out at 134,500 miles. I just drove my other car (a 2005 Toyota Corolla) most of the time until I had the power window fixed a few months ago, and the cracked windshield was replaced last month.
I am now at 137,300 miles. The mechanicals have been very reliable... just these other things.
Still, all in all, I am happy with my Element.
20th Jun 2013, 20:44
I have a 2003 Honda Element. This is the 2nd time my driver's side door lock has failed, and now my passenger side has failed as well. I had to climb in from the trunk leaving work this evening. I find it hard to believe, with all the people having this problem, that Honda has not recalled this issue.
14th Oct 2013, 00:08
I have a 2003 Element that I used to deliver mail out of. Door lock went at 157000 miles. Otherwise pretty much normal worn out parts like all four struts at 90000 miles (dirt roads). I LOVE my tank from Honda.
14th Oct 2013, 10:23
My Element now has 153,620 miles and is still doing well. Overall I can't really complain. I think it could make 300,000 miles eventually. I am going to keep it as long as I can.
17th May 2014, 14:15
Have a Copper 03 with the same driver's door lock and window issues. No windshield problems, perhaps because of the temperate weather here on the Oregon coast. Rear swaybar/strut bushings and normal things like shocks & brakes have needed replacement. With 250+k miles and 7 years ownership, we still think this is the best utility vehicle either of us has ever owned. Bummed they no longer make them, and intend on keeping ours going as long as possible. Absolutely the BEST dog, camping, road-trip, rally support & exploration vehicle there is! We clean ours out with a leaf blower and a garden hose!
10th Jun 2014, 01:11
I have recently had the same problem with my driver's side door lock. I was about to buy a new lock cylinder from one dealer. When I went to another dealer, they gave me the option to put in a keyless remote, which is the route I took. It's easier to open the driver's side door. I also noticed that when you jiggle your key as you are inserting it through the lock, that it manages to open it with no difficulty.


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Does anyone remember any of these unfortunate events? Comments?
From Wikipedia..
In the half-century that Disneyland has been in operation, nine guests and one cast member have died at the park. A greater number of guests have been injured.
Seven of the deaths were the result of negligence on the guests' part rather than the park's:
In 1964, 15-year-old Mark Maples of Long Beach, California died after he stood up in the Matterhorn Bobsleds and fell out.
In 1966, Thomas Guy Cleveland, 19, of Northridge, California was crushed by the Monorail during a Grad Nite celebration while trying to sneak into the park by climbing its track.
In 1967, Ricky Lee Yama, 17, of Hawthorne, California was crushed while jumping between two moving PeopleMover cars.
In 1973, Bogden Delaurot, 18, of Brooklyn, New York drowned while trying to carry his little brother swimming across the Rivers of America.
In 1980, Gerrardo Gonzales, 18, of San Diego, California was crushed by the PeopleMover while jumping between moving cars.
In 1983, Philip Straughan, 18, of Albuquerque, New Mexico drowned in the Rivers of America while trying to pilot a rubber emergency boat from Tom Sawyer's Island.
In 1984, Dolly Regene Young, 48, of Fremont, California unbuckled her seatbelt and was thrown from a Matterhorn Bobsleds car and struck by an oncoming train.
In 1974, cast member Deborah Gail Stone, 19, of nearby Santa Ana, California was crushed to death by a revolving wall in the now-closed "America Sings" attraction. She was in the wrong place during a ride intermission; it was unclear whether this was due to inadequate training or a misstep. The attraction was subsequently refitted with breakaway walls. [4]
On December 26, 1998, a metal cleat aboard the sailing ship "Columbia" tore loose, striking three people in the head. Of them, Luan Phi Dawson, 33, of Duvall, Washington, died of a head injury. The normal non-elastic rope (designed to break easily) to tie the boat off was improperly replaced by an elastic rope which stretched and pulled off the cleat. The park received much criticism for this incident due to its policy of restricting outside medical personnel in the park to avoid frightening visitors, as well as for the fact that the cast member in charge of the ship at the time was a novice.
On September 5, 2003, 22-year-old Marcelo Torres of nearby Gardena, California died after suffering injuries in a derailment of the Big Thunder Mountain roller coaster. The cause of the accident was determined to be improper maintenance.


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Ellis Jeremiah Allen will be 1 year old on Dec. 16, 2012. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Allen of Monroe. His grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Flowe of Monroe and Mr. and Mrs. Randy Allen of Monroe.
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Posted: October 25, 2013
It's More Than Spikes – It's Also About Classroom Victories
Our Mt. Hood Saints finished in third place in the inaugural Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) President's Cup!
The award is given out to the athletic programs that succeed in the classroom after factoring student GPA, credit completion and certificate or
degree completion. Of the institutions in the NWAACC that have eight or more sports, the Saints placed third behind Walla Walla
Community College and Clackamas Community College.
Adding the to the academic honors for the Saints, two of our volleyball players, Carrie Haguewood and Shawna Smith, were recently named
to the NWAACC All-Academic team. Students receiving this honor must be an athlete competing in a fall sport and have earned a GPA of at
least a 3.25 and have earned 36 credits.
The Saints volleyball team is also getting it done on the court and recently won the Green River Cross-Over Championship. Lihau Perreira
was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament and Xanya Robinson was named to the All-tournament team.
Are Zombie's Good Volleyball Players?
Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC) will host the annual Dorian Harris Halloween Classic volleyball tournament Oct. 25 and 26. Come
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The event begins with pool play on Friday at 2 p.m., followed by a 12-team double elimination series on Saturday beginning at 9 a.m.
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2005-06 pilot year:
• mentors: 7
• mentor businesses: 1
• student internships: 1
• students: 36
2011-12 year:
• mentors: 232
• mentor businesses: 144
• student internships: 100
• students: 1,650
Core beliefs:
More rigorous courses are needed in high school if U.S. students are to be competitive in the global economy.
All students -- not just the privileged -- should have the opportunity to succeed in these rigorous courses.
Mentors can play a significant role in education by helping many more students succeed in challenging courses and also by supporting teachers.
Southwest Washington's efforts connecting students with professionals in science, technology, engineering and math -- collectively known as STEM -- were celebrated Thursday night inside an nLight Corp. warehouse packed with educators, students and professionals volunteering as mentors.
The STEM mentoring nonprofit organization called nConnect was founded in 2005 by Scott Keeney, chief executive officer of nLIGHT, a leading manufacturer of semiconductor lasers.
"My whole life has changed," said Reem Sabha, a Mountain View High School junior who is being mentored by an nConnect volunteer in her Advanced Placement calculus class. "I love calculus now, and I want to be an engineer."
Sen. Patty Murray was there Thursday night, lauding the program's success.
"We have an education deficit in this country," Murray said. "Investing in STEM programs is absolutely critical for our future."
In 2005, Murray attended the nConnect kickoff event at the nLight warehouse. In its pilot program year of 2005-2006, there were seven physicist-mentors from nLight, seven high school physics teachers, 36 students and one intern. In contrast, in 2011-2012, there are 232 mentors, 144 mentor businesses, 100 internships and a total of 1,650 students participating in nConnect's programs.
Murray said she was "stunned by the numbers of people impacted by the nConnect program, which pays great dividends for every dollar invested. What we've heard tonight again and again is one person making a comment and offering help along the way can change the whole trajectory in a person's life," Murray said.
Two students who completed nConnect internships spoke about how the internships impacted their career decisions. Aloren Martin, 19, a freshman at Washington State University Vancouver, completed an nConnect internship at Northwest Bioanalytical Services during her junior year at Heritage High School. She ran tests to discover whether chemicals were working in the right way.
"We found out they weren't," said Martin, who has set her sights on being a chemist, due in part to her internship, which she said "got her excited about chemistry."
She plans to earn her master's degree in chemistry at Yale and her Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Oxford in England because "Oxford has the best chemistry program in the northern hemisphere.
Valeriy Gershun, 18, a senior at Evergreen High School, completed a 90-hour internship last year at SEH America.
"It pointed me toward studying to become a mechanical engineer," said Gershun, who plans to attend Clark College and then Portland State University.
Keeney said school districts and businesses from around the country have contacted him to see how they might start similar mentoring programs in their communities.
"I did have a vision this could effect our community and be emulated around the country," said Keeney.
He said the success of nConnect's programs depend on public-private partnerships. "It's a chance for people in business to give back. But they also get the reward of making a difference. That's what keeps us going," Keeney said.
Earlier in the day, Murray hosted a roundtable discussion at Partners in Careers in Vancouver about the benefits available to business owners who hire veterans, and about the challenges veterans face when it comes to finding jobs.
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The Bovine Genome Database
A goal of the Bovine Genome Database project is to support the efforts of bovine genomics researchers by providing navigation and annotation tools for the bovine genome.
Genomic sequence of the Hereford cow, L1 Dominette 01449, was initially generated and assembled by the Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center. Similar to most genome projects, the Bos taurus genome assembly went through several iterations of improvement, which are summarized here. The work of the Bovine Genome Sequencing and Analysis Consortium to annotate and analyze assemblies Btau_3.1 and Btau_4.0 culminated in a publication in Science in 2009. At the same time, the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at the University of Maryland used the same genomic sequence data to generate an alternate assembly, UMD2, which was published in Genome Biology in 2009. Since then, both the Btau and UMD assemblies have been upgraded to the current versions, Btau_4.6.1 and UMD3.1. Both versions are available for download at the NCBI ftp site for the Bos taurus genome.
The existence of two competing versions of a genome assemby is not an ideal situation for the bovine research community. Different researchers will find different advantages and disadvantages with each version. The Btau_4.6.1 assembly includes the Y chromosome, which was added using sequence from the Hereford bull, L1 Domino 99375, the sire of Dominette. The UMD3.1 version does not include the Y chromosome; however, some researchers feel the the UMD3.1 assembly is the more contiguous version. NCBI now designates the UMD3.1 assembly as the "reference" assembly and the Btau_4.6.1 assembly as the "alternate" assembly. Ensembl currently supports only the UMD3.1 assembly, with Btau_4.0 and Btau_3.1 availlable in the Ensembl archive. The UCSC Genome Browser supports both assemblies. To best leverage the bovine genome data, researchers should note which genome assembly was used to generate a particular dataset, and be sure to cite the particular assembly they use in their manuscripts.
At BGD, we are working to provide tools to navigate across the Btau_4.6.1 and UMD3.1 assemblies, to leverage both assemblies to identify difficult-to-assemble regions that may be areas of focus in a new bovine genome-upgrade project, and to re-annotate the bovine genome using 91 RNASeq datasets that were generated from tissues of Dominette and male relatives. We have created new manual annotation tools using Web Apollo, and will be seeking input from the research community after we complete computational annotation. The Dominette RNASeq data is available for viewing with the UMD3.1 Jbrowse. Our work to re-annotate the bovine genome is supported by Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive grant no. 2010-65205-20647 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Please cite the use of BGD:
Reese JT, Childers CP, Sundaram JP, Dickens CM, Childs KL, Vile DC, Elsik CG. 2010. Bovine Genome Database: supporting community annotation and analysis of the Bos taurus genome. BMC Genomics. 11:645. PMID: 21092105.
Childers CP, Reese JT, Sundaram JP, Vile DC, Dickens CM, Childs KL, Salih H, Bennett AK, Hagen DE, Adelson DL, Elsik CG. 2011. Bovine Genome Database: integrated tools for genome annotation and discovery. Nucleic Acids Res. 39:D830-4. PMID:21123190


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Ok maybe not a global mental but you must have been mental to give Theta an invite.
It was most gracious of you to fund his MK tourney entrance and likewise for Gen3sf's generous offer.
I'd imagine Staff are placed on a pedestal by some newer members but surely not the ones that are more regular. We all know Theta has quite a unique place here and these latest developments have not changed my estimation of him in the slightest, maybe only confirmed that he is very stubborn.
I feel that this incident has nothing to do with Wiihacks, Tristan, it's an issue between you and Theta.
Now if this could be resolved that would be fantastic.
Let's not have any banning of 4,000 post makers (even if 3,500 of them were spam ). Please.


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Pierre Normand, the CFI's Vice President of External Relations
and Communications (far right) joins his colleagues at the
University of Waterloo to announce the results of the
Cyberinfrastructure Initiative. From left to right: Duane Cronin,
(FROM LEFT) Simon Lamarre, professor, Deptartment of
Biology, Universitré de Moncton; André Samson,
Vice-President Academic and research, Université de
Moncton (EMCEE); Pier Jr Morin, professor, Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton;
OTTAWA, ONTARIO — The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) welcomes several new appointments to its Board of Directors and Members governing bodies.
Lynda Brown-Ganzert and Prem Singhmar were appointed by the Government of Canada to the CFI Board and will join a distinguished group of directors, each of whom offers a unique perspective and an understanding of the research world and Canada's position within it.
The Canada Foundation for Innovation gives researchers the tools they need to think big and innovate. By investing in state-of-the-art facilities and equipment in Canada's universities, colleges, research hospitals and non-profit research institutions, the CFI is helping to attract and retain the world's top talent, to train the next generation of researchers, to support private-sector innovation and to create high-quality jobs that strengthen the economy and improve the quality of life for all Canadians.


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Michael De Leon
Michael A. De Leon is a graphic designer by day, but wears many hats in his off time. In 2004, after several years of covering the Spurs, he started Project Spurs, a Spurs team fansite as an outlet to provide content to Spurs fans, while continuing to write for himself and learning the ins and outs of online publishing and web design. He has since built a writing team and started a popular weekly Spurs podcast called the Spurscast.
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Scouting the Hornets: Spurs' depth might be too much for Hornets to match
By Paul Garcia, Project Spurs Briefing Session The San Antonio Spurs (14-9) return to action tonight on the second night of a back-to-back after overcoming a Houston Rockets 18-point lead to win 99-91 after Tim Duncan's 25 points and 31 minutes on Wednesday. Tonight will be the Spurs' fourth game in five nights, and that […] [Read More]
Dirk's says he's got two more years, maybe more
By Trevor Zickgraf, Project Spurs It was less than a year ago the Dallas Mavericks and Dirk Nowitzki especially were on top of the world. They knocked off the Miami Heat, exercising every demon both the franchise and Dirk himself ever had. Now is the reigning Finals MVP ready to retire? Not quite, but Dirk […] [Read More]
Scouting the Rockets: Rockets can score, defense needs focus
By Paul Garcia, Project Spurs Briefing Session The San Antonio Spurs (13-9) return home after a week on the road in which the team went 1-2. The Spurs last home game resulted in a 22-point demolition of the Atlanta Hawks, and the Spurs' 10-1 home record shows the significance of playing in the AT&T Center. […] [Read More]
The Morning After: Spurs vs. Grizzlies
One point. That pretty much sums up the kind of night the Memphis Grizzlies had, losing at home to the San Antonio Spurs, who were playing their third game in four nights and were just one day removed from a heartbreaking overtime loss to the Dallas Mavericks. For the Spurs, it was a throwback to […] [Read More]
Spurscast #269: The Second Unit
On this episode of the Spurscast, Project Spurs staff writer Trevor Zickgraf joins us to talk about last night's overtime loss to the Dallas Mavericks. Aside from breaking down the game, we all had issue with Matt Bonner receiving the inbounds pass on the possession that could've lead to a San Antonio Spurs win. After […] [Read More]
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By Jeff Garcia, Project Spurs After a loss in overtime to the Dallas Mavericks, the San Antonio Spurs (12-9) will face the Memphis Grizzlies (10-9) tonight in Memphis as the Spurs hope to snap their two-game losing streak and find some success on the road. The last time these two team met was earlier this season […] [Read More]
Analyzing the loss: Dallas Mavericks 101, San Antonio Spurs 100
By Paul Garcia, Project Spurs To find out how the San Antonio Spurs almost made an improbable comeback from down 18-points at the hands of the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday, click here. Room for Improvement The ghost of the bench in the first half: Where were they? They only made two points in the first […] [Read More]
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5 things to watch for in tonight's Spurs vs. Timberwolves matchup
By Jeff Garcia, Project Spurs ?The San Antonio Spurs (12-7) will face the Minnesota Timberwolves (8-10) tonight at the Target Center as the Spurs hope the road will be kind to them yet again. In their first meeting this season, Minnesota snapped its 16-game losing streak against San Antonio with a 106-96 win. In that […] [Read More]
Scouting the Timberwolves: Spurs' depth could be problem for hobbling Wolves
By Paul Garcia, Project Spurs Briefing Session The San Antonio Spurs (12-7) return to the road after defeating the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday witha display of productive bench depth and a focus back to defense. The team will play the Minnesota Timberwolves (8-10) tonight in Minnesota as the Spurs return to the location where they lost […] [Read More]
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Stand Up Comedian: Mrs. Hughes
July 19, 2014
Saturday at 8:00pm
At the Irene A. Bisgrove Theater on the Campus of CCC
America's Funniest Grandma
The first time you see Mrs. Hughes you might think, "She could be my neighbor." She's just about the last person you'd expect to see in a night club, so the fact that she is performing in one might startle you at first.
Carol Hughes began her comedy career when she was forty. "Years ago I heard Merv Griffin interview Phyllis Diller, and she said she started doing comedy when she was thirty-nine. I remember saying to myself, 'I could do that.'
"Later, I met comedienne Candy Carr at Weight Watchers and she said 'Write five funny minutes and go to the Improv.' I already had five funny minutes, so I went. It was terrific! I remember the MC saying, 'Go for it Mama! You're funny!' I got a huge ovation and I was hooked."
As for her husband, she says, "He's very supportive, but I believe he thought comedy would be like that Afghan I started. I'd work on it for a while, lose interest, then stick it up in the attic with the exercise bike." Neither of them expected her career to take off so quickly and have this much staying power. Mrs. Hughes now has fans all over the world, some of whom show up at performances with tissues up their noses!
Mrs. Hughes has two beautiful daughters and Scooter the surfer dude, (who's the drummer in the garage band Fine Young Vegetables). Scooter and his girlfriend, Hiawatha, are engaged to be engaged sometime after the band makes it big. And he finishes his community service. And gets a haircut.
Her older daughter an actor, comic, and voicover talent, is married to a software architect, and has one son, Devon. Her younger daughter is a talented hair stylist who has three children; twins Brandon and Justin, and the youngest, Rini.
"That's right," she says. "I'm a grandmother. I don't have any jokes about it 'cause they live with us and it's not funny." Of course when you hear her talk about it you realize it is funny... very funny.
Her act is punctuated with pithy observations on parenting, hot flashes, and husbands, "They're like brassieres. Sometimes you just want to be rid of them and go free. But you can't 'cause you need the support."
It was just this sort of remark that caught the eye of the Russ Berrie Company who featured Mrs. Hughes' likeness and wit in her own line of greeting cards. "According to Carol" was in 100,000 stores and gift shops throughout the United States.
When Merv Griffin found her, he instantly made her the comedy star of his revue, "Love and Kisses" at Resorts in Atlantic City and then "Island Fever" near Las Vegas.
About Mrs. Hughes, Merv said, "She's my new favorite funny star." Since then she has appeared in several casino production shows and has opened for Crystal Gayle, Lou Rawls, Brenda Lee and others.
So if any one happens to ask, "What's a nice lady like Mrs. Hughes doing in a Comedy Club?" The answer is, "Cracking people up!"
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Scripture Twisting
Occasionally when reading the words of Christ we come across some jarring statements. For instance, in Revelation 2:6, Jesus says to the church in Ephesus, "You hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate." Sentences like that should slow us down to consider the powerful concern motivating such strong language. Think of it, "hatred" in this case was praised as godly when directed toward the behavior of a group of false teachers making the rounds in Asia Minor. These Nicolaitans had already made inroads in the church of Pergamum just 75 miles away. Like Balaam of the Old Testament, the Nicolaitans, under the banner of "Christianity", were persuading God's people throughout the region that mirroring the culture's values and indulgent practices was no big deal (Revelation 2:14-15). You can almost hear them, "It's no big compromise." "God is forgiving." "He understands." "We don't live under the law." "Don't get so uptight about holiness and righteous living." "Don't be such a legalist." As Jude had previously warned, this kind of distortion is insidious – and regrettably it's been effective. "For certain people have crept in unnoticed… ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality" (Jude 4). Of course, we are called to be civil and gracious, but when it comes to this kind of Scripture twisting we need to remember that Christ hates it and so should we.
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The tour was supposed to showcase all its might and superior strength which would have cemented Ravi Shastri's claims for a long-term contract as its Team Director and provide steel to the argument that the two-captain theory is a workable arrangement.
After pulling of a thrilling win over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their previous game, an upbeat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) would look to seal a play-off berth by beating laggards Delhi Daredevils in their last league match of the IPL cricket tournament here on Sunday.
Village-level IPL-style cricket leagues are mushrooming across rural India, with matches played on clearings in fields, local landlords and small businessmen acting as sponsors, and teams sporting unique logos and uniforms.
Veteran spinner Daniel Vettori returned home to New Zealand on Tuesday and confirmed what he had hinted at last week - the Cricket World Cup final against Australia was his last match for New Zealand.
The BCCI on Thursday tried to put to rest the controversy surrounding cricketer Virat Kohli's abusive behaviour with a Hindustan Times journalist after the Indian cricket team's training session in Perth on Tuesday.


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I have awakened from my dream little one. Alone, so very alone. How did we slip so far without direction ? Encumbered by the darkness, the candle long since spent. Dark, so very dark. Can you yet shed a tear for me little sparrow ? Your wings clipped and heartbeat fading. So far down we've travelled. A taste of freedom gone by, my eyes listless. Choking on the remorse of this pit. How deep the chasm. Must I carry it in my heart through eternity ? So much emptiness to bear. You have left me in the darkness alone, so very alone. Too much of nothing, the dream unfulfilled......only a dream. A waking torment, my sparrow gone. The chasm cold, so very cold......lives on.


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Fricandó amb moixernons (Beef with wild mushrooms)
Fricandó is a rich and flavorful beef stew, made with moixerons, Catalan wild mushrooms. This dish is perhaps in the Top 10 classic Catalan dishes of all time. So sacred is Fricandó that there are very few variations on the recipe. Here's a standard one for you to try at home:
* 2 lb beef rump roast, chuck roast, or skirt steak, cut in thick slices
* 1 cup flour
* salt and ground pepper
* 1/3 cup olive oil
* 2 each fresh oregano, thyme, and marjoram sprigs or 1 teaspoon each dried oregano, and marjoram
* 1 fresh rosemary sprig or 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
* 2 yellow onions, thinly sliced
* 2 tomatoes
* 3 cloves garlic, crushed
* 1 cup dry white wine
* 1 bay leaf
* 2 pinches of freshly grated nutmeg
* 1 oz bittersweet chocolate
* 2 oz dried wild mushrooms, soaked in water to cover overnight
* 3 cups beef stock
Cooking Time: 1 hour
Serves: 6
Vegetarian-friendly: No
Place the flour in a shallow bowl, season with salt and pepper, and stir to combine. Lightly dredge the beef slices on both sides in the seasoned flour, shaking off any excess.
In a heavy-bottomed Dutch oven or flameproof ceramic baking dish over medium heat, warm the olive oil. Working in batches if necessary, add the beef and brown on all sides, about 5 minutes. Transfer the beef to a plate with a slotted spoon. Reserve the pot with the remaining oil.
Next, make a sofregit. If using fresh oregano, thyme, marjoram, and rosemary sprigs, tie them in a bundle with kitchen string and set aside. Return the pot to medium heat, add the onions, and sauté until soft, about 3 minutes. Cut the tomatoes in half and, using the large holes of a grater-shredder, grate the pulp directly into the pot. Discard the skins. Add the garlic. When the vegetables are cooked, after about 4 minutes, add the wine. Add the herb bundle or dried herbs and the bay leaf and nutmeg. Then grate the chocolate directly into the pot. Simmer over medium heat until the ingredients begin to form a sauce, about 5 minutes.
Drain the mushrooms in a sieve-lined with cheesecloth, reserving the liquid, and add to the pot. Return the beef to the pot with any juices. Add the stock and enough of the mushroom-shoaking liquid to cover the beef. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Reduce the heat to low, cover partially, and cook until the beef is thoroughly tender and the sauce is thick and concerntrated, about 1 hour. If using fresh herbs, remove and discard the herb bundle, and then discard the bay leaf. Transfer to a warmed serving dish or serve in the Dutch oven.
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Woody the Cowboy, Buzz Lightyear, and the rest of their friends from the toy box return in this computer-animated sequel to the 1995 hit Toy Story. This time around, Andy, the young boy who is the proud owner of most of our cast of characters, is off at summer camp, giving the toys a few weeks off to do as they please. Woody (voice of Tom Hanks) is unaware that in the years since his model went out of production, he's become a rare and valuable collector's item. An avid toy collector (voice of Wayne Knight) decides that he wants Woody for his collection and swipes him, so Buzz Lightyear (voice of Tim Allen), Hamm (voice of John Ratzenberger), Rex (voice of Wallace Shawn), Slinky Dog (voice of Jim Varney), and Mr. Potato Head (voice of Don Rickles) venture forth to rescue their kidnapped friend before Andy returns. Along with most of the original voice cast, composer Randy Newman returns with a new score and new songs. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Genre: Kids and Family
- Category Fantasy Comedy, Kids' Fantasy, Family-Oriented Adventure
- Theme: Daring Rescues, Toys Come to Life, Race Against Time
- Studio: Walt Disney
- Language: English
- Lead Actor: Tom Hanks , Tim Allen , Don Rickles , Joan Cusack , Kelsey Grammer
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So as Wolfy, Wolfette, CaptPhoebus and I were walking away from Paradise Pier earlier today, I stopped a CM to trade pins. We talked for a bit and I pulled out all my trader pins to show him what I had. He noticed my 'Fantasmic!' pin and asked if we were planning on seeing the show later tonight. I said I might because I was planning on staying until closing. He then told us that he was part of the Dream Squad and as part of the Year Of A Million Dreams they're planning on having a Priority Standing Area set aside for about 100 people they were testing and asked if we'd be interested in going. I said yes and he then went over to a phone and called in to have my name added to the list.
A look from the back at the Dream Squad costume:
(White Shirt, Blue pants, Pin Lanyard)
When the time came for the show, Sam, CaptPhoebus and I were joined by MissChristine, Grumpy4 and ScarLion as we embarked on this pseudo-soft opening adventure. Let me start of by saying the area they chose to do this at is a total dissapointment with many issues. It is right in front of Haunted Mansion, across from Fantasmic's stage right, to the left of the Floor Priority Seating area.
Before the show started, a Dream Squad manager came up to us and asked how we liked the view. We told him our honest opinion, that for the purpose they're looking to serve, it's one of the worst choices they could have made. We wanted to go more into detail, but at that point the show was starting. When the show ended, it seemed like the Dream Squad had mobilized, but I managed to spot them walked into the back of New Orleans Square. We got a chance to talk to a different manager who was quite eager to hear our opinions. I'm actually really glad that she was so receptive. It proves that TDA is actually listening. I also gave her a Micechat card and told her that she should come and read if she wanted more in depth comments. Hopefully this is being read by her or others in TDA.
Before I go into comments. Let's take a look at what we experienced.
Here's a look at the area during the day:
Overlook from the Priority Standing Area:
Here are some shots of the area and the view during showtime:
Wondering what the show looked like? Wonder no more. (Listen closely and you can hear our comments during the show)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aZINn0qD50 - Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMxq8UYmwwk - Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdwazzxuzu0 - Part 3
So, what's the verdict? This isn't a very good start for the much talked about promotion. For AP'ers who've seen the show dozens of times and actually oogle at the thought of "The Backside of Fantasmic", it's cool because that's pretty much what you get to see. However for people who only get to come once every few years and are experiencing the show for the first time; seeing flower petals running off-stage, a paper thin Pinnochio with very apparent puppetteers, and a dragon with a broomstick for a body and stagehands vigorously working to make the wings flap (We joked around that they're probably chanting "I hate my job, I hate my job" while doing so [RHPS reference]), the magic is is gone. This is not the kind of memory you want to give people. There is also the issue with parents arriving late with their children. The area still neccessitates different rows to accomodate all guests, so if someone arrives late, they still end up having to place their child on their shoulders, thus creating the same viewing issues that priority areas were created to avoid. They also only had CM's guarding one side of the area, so guests were actually able to sneak in through the back, which a few did. To make matters worse, this particular area is downwind from the smoking area. I don't think secondhand smoke plays a part in most peoples dreams.
The question then arises; what area could they use? A few areas come to mind:
- The area where the Bootstrappers play, right in front of Cafe Orleans.
- To the sides of the towers, which is actually used to currently accomodate guests who did the VIP Tour that day.
- Rope off the front of the bridge, creating only a single row along which Dream winners can stand comfortably without anybody being stuck behind a taller person or someone with children.
Any more ideas are welcome. It's about a week until The Year Of A Million Dreams kicks off and the Dream Squad still has a lot of work ahead of them. We were told this was the first night they tested out the Priority Area for Fantasmic and will be testing more stuff out as the week goes by. I can only hope our ideas help shape what could turn out to be a very memorable experience and promotion for guests and CM's alike.
P.S.= And personally, I think I'd actually like a pair of Dream Ears or a Dream Lanyard more than a spot in the Priority Area for a show.


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We have our first photo of Anne on the red carpet for tonight's Academy Awards. She looks AMAZING in a bright red strapless gown. Photos will be added to the gallery a bit later so keep checking back.
Anne and James did a great job at the Oscars.
Now that's my kind of beautiful lady in red. Nobody looks better in it than Anne Hathaway.
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The founder of Compass Academy in Aiken has been arrested and charged with securities fraud, according to the S.C. Attorney General's Office.
Jonathan "Jay" Warren Brooks, 40, was charged with one count of securities fraud and placed in the Aiken County detention center. At a hearing this afternoon, Brooks' bond was set at $500,000. He remained in the detention center this afternoon.
An arrest warrant alleges that Brooks took investment money for an entity called the "Charles Howell Trust," but the entity was fictional. Brooks instead converted the funds for his person use, according to Mark Powell, a spokesman for the Attorney General's office.
The felony charge of securities fraud carries a possible punishment of up to 10 years in prison and/or a fine of up to $500,000.
The case will be prosecuted by Assistant Deputy Attorney General Creighton Waters and Assistant Attorney General Brian Petrano.
Brooks, his wife and his companies, J. Brooks Financial and Brooks Real Estate Holdings, have previously been accused by the Attorney General's office of illegally selling unregistered securities to fund the establishment of a private school, Compass Academy, on Toolebeck Road.
They have also been accused by the Securities Division of the Attorney General's office of using those funds to buy groceries, their home, vacations and jewelry, rather than investing them.
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Migration of the Willow Flycatcher along the Middle Rio Grande
Yong, Wang; Finch, Deborah M. 1997. Migration of the Willow Flycatcher along the Middle Rio Grande. Wilson Bulletin. 109(2): 253-268.
We studied timing, abundance, subspecies composition, fat stores, stopover length, and habitat use of Willow Flycatchers (Empidonax traillii) during spring and fall stopover along the Middle Rio Grande, New Mexico. Spring migration started in mid-May and lasted about a month. Fall migration started in early-August and also lasted about a month. The most abundant subspecies was the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (E. t. extimus), followed by E. t. brewsteri, E. t. adastus, and E. t. traillii. Nearly half of the Willow Flycatchers captured had no observable fat. Spring flycatchers had more fat stores than fall flycatchers. Willow habitat had the highest capture rate among the habitats sampled. Willow Flycatchers caught in willow habitat had higher fat stores than those caught elsewhere. Recaptured Willow Flycatchers had an average body mass gain of 1.6%/day with a short stopover length. Most Willow Flycatchers were unable to reach their destinations in a single flight, making it necessary for them to replenish their energy stores elsewhere en route. We suggest that the riparian woodlands of the middle Rio Grande provide important refueling sites for stopover flycatchers as they migrate between their breeding and wintering grounds.
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We have all stereotyped at one time of the other. Even if we go back to "Boys have cooties" and "Girls have cooties". People try to define their place in society. The "mundane majority" has taught us to focus primarily on differences to define ourselves and to accept that the differences are "less" or inferior to what we possess. On the spiritual path, we are even more intensively attempting to define ourselves and by the very nature of this process, sometimes, we engage in even more stereotyping to determine what we "are not". It is much easier to focus on … Continue reading
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CRAIG Bryson has agreed a new three-year contract with Derby County.
The midfielder is expected to sign the deal, which will run until the summer of 2016, when he returns from holiday.
Bryson is about to enter the final year of his current contract and Rams boss Nigel Clough is keen to extend the 26-year-old's stay at Pride Park.
"Craig is a key player for us so it was always high on our wish list to get something agreed with him," said Clough.
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"There aren't too many players like him around so this is an important piece of news for us.
"People always comment on his work rate but that does him a disservice in many ways because he is an extremely good player with a lot of quality.
"His goals from midfield have been vital for us throughout the course of the last two seasons as well."
Bryson joined Derby from Scottish Premier League side Kilmarnock two years ago in a £450,000 deal.
He soon established himself as a key member of Clough's side and was voted player of the year at the end of his first season with the club.
To date, the Scottish international has made 85 appearances for the Rams, scoring 11 goals.
"I'm pleased to have reached an agreement to remain at Derby County for the next three years," said Bryson.
"It's great we've got something sorted as I've made it clear I wanted to stay and that I am very settled in the area.
"I am due to go away on holiday but I'll be signing the contract in the next few weeks."
Bryson added: "I've really enjoyed the last two seasons and I think with the progress we've made in the last 12 months, we can kick on and make a challenge towards the top six next season.
"We've got a strong team in place already, with an excellent team spirit, and the manager has made no secret of the fact he wants to add to it over the summer, which is quite exciting."
The Rams are hoping that full-back John Brayford will follow suit by signing a new contract this summer.
Brayford also has one year left to run on his current deal and has previously attracted interest from other clubs, believed to include West Ham United and Cardiff City.
Derby are not thought to be interested in signing Burton Albion winger Jacques Maghoma.
A national newspaper has reported that Maghoma was a target for the Rams, along with Middlesbrough and Birmingham City.
The former Tottenham Hotspur player is expected to leave Burton on a free transfer this summer, when his contract expires.


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Fujitsu ARROWS μ F-07D takes the crown as the world's thinnest smartphone
The DROID RAZR was released just slightly over a week ago, but the device may have already lost its crown as the world's thinnest Android smartphone. Fujitsu's ARROWS μ F-07D Android smartphone, pictured above, made its way through the FCC today, revealing a body that's just 6.7mm thin. That's thinner than the 7.1mm DROID RAZR, not to mention Apple's 9.3mm iPhone 4.
More impressively, the ARROWS μ F-07D's doesn't have a large bulge at one end like the DROID RAZR and other ultra-thin smartphones such as the Galaxy S II. As you can see in the image below from Ktai Watch, the ARROWS μ F-07D's thickness remains mostly uniform, varying less than 2mm from its thickest to thinnest point.
Under the hood, the ARROWS μ F-07D sports a Qualcomm MSM8255 processor running at 1.4GHz, 512MB of RAM and 1GB of internal storage. That device runs Android 2.3, features a 4-inch gorilla glass WVGA screen and a 5MP camera.
The ARROWS μ F-07D will be released by NTT DoCoMo in 2012.


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The 35-year-old will bring the curtain down on his playing career on Sunday against QPR before becoming a pundit with Sky Sports.
However, he accepts nothing will ever replace the buzz of the dressing room and the only job which will come close to that would be as a coach.
"I am sure I will (miss it). I love the dressing room and getting yourself up for big games," he said.
"There is nothing better than being successful and achieving things with your mates - they were great times for us.
"It is very difficult to replace that whatever job you go into.
"The closest is probably coaching and managing so I suppose if I do miss it so much I will look to get back in at some stage."
Chairman Tom Werner has already said the door is always open for the Bootle-born defender to return in some capacity and manager Brendan Rodgers echoed that.
"Over the course of the next two to three years he will look to decide what he wants to do," the Reds boss said.
"There is no doubt if you are a footballer with the passion he has you are going to miss it.
"You are never going to take the football out of him.
"He has never ruled that (coaching) out but it is not at the forefront of his mind at the moment.
"I hope one day in the future we can look at that side."


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Statement from Metavation regarding PBGC's ruling
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, March 1, 2013 Metavation, LLC was informed of the PBGC's intent to terminate, and become the trustee, of the pension plans sponsored by the company. Metavation, has and continues to, take its stewardship of its sponsored pension plans seriously. The plans have honored and paid all participant benefits since Metavation has taken over their sponsorship and expects to continue to do so. Revstone Transportation, LLC does not agree with the PBGC's position that selling Revstone Transportation's interests in Metavation will compromise the plans. Quite the contrary, Revstone Transportation believes a sale will be beneficial for all of Metavation's stakeholders including the plans' participants. The Company looks forward to working with the PBGC to come to an agreed upon resolution of the perceived issues.
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Harbor III -- by Phyllis Gosling Greenway '54. Greenway's exhibit is currently in the Feick Arts Center.
GMC Hosts Focus the Nation Event
On Thursday, January 31, Green Mountain College joins colleges and universities across the country for a day dedicated to raising awareness about global climate change.
The event, called Focus the Nation, has been organized to link students and citizens with political leaders, and create a serious, sustained discussion about clean energy solutions. Thousands of colleges and universities are staging similar days of action.
At GMC, the day includes dozens of faculty speakers as well as a roundtable discussion, a performance from the Bread and Puppet Theater and a potluck dinner. Topics of Thursdays faculty talks include the Moral Politics of Climate Change, Cow Power: Is This Crap an Energy Solution, Making Change with Media: A Five Minute Guide to Eco-Publishing, and more.
On Thursday afternoon, the College welcomes a panel of climate change scholars, elected officials and members of the media for a roundtable discussion. Participants include: George Crombie, secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources; Ernie Pomerleau, chairman of the Vermont Governors Commission on Climate Change; David Moats, editorial page editor of the Rutland Herald; Tom Stokes, coordinator of the Climate Crisis Coalition; Erik Hoffner, coordinator of the Orion Grassroots Network; Alan Betts, a Pittsford-based atmospheric scientist; Betsy Hardy, administrator of Vermont Interfaith Power and Light; Paul Markowitz, Cool Communities Coordinator for the Vermont chapter of the Sierra Club; Whitney Leighton, staff assistant to U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders; and Katie Manaras, assistant to Vermont Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin.
Click here to view the days schedule and learn more about GMCs Focus the Nation event.
GMC Students Win Delicate Balance Honorariums
"A Delicate Balance" is a course designed to synthesize a student's experience in GMC's Environmental Liberal Arts program. Through close readings, speakers, discussion, research, and projects, students learn to analyze a challenging issue and seek ways to resolve it.
This fall semester, the course incorporated a new emphasis on student projects and introduced a focus for all sections on patriotism and civic engagement. In support of this focus, the college's ELA program inaugurated an honorarium to recognize students whose work was emblematic of the course goals and the goals of the ELA program.
These noteworthy projects examined patriotism and civic engagement from a range of approaches, including a dramatic script, research on wetlands and voting practices, and applied civic engagement techniques to support physical fitness and to integrate diversity awareness into GMC's culture.
Those selected for a $75 honorarium this fall include:
Gerry Audet, a senior majoring in biology with a minor in chemistry, whose project was titled "Graded Exercise: Tackling an Activity through a Required Collegiate Physical Education Course."
Josh Brill, a senior majoring in adventure recreation, whose project and research examined the impacts of ill-informed voting.
Miles Cleary, a junior majoring in sociology/anthropology with a minor in women's studies, and Nathaniel (Nathan) Hind, a junior majoring in psychology, co-authored a project that focused on "Discrimination in a Diverse Community" (Miles) and "A Question of Balance: Community Growth at Green Mountain College" (Nathan).
Laura DiNardo, a junior majoring in environmental studies, researched and analyzed wetlands issues.
Dylan Smith, a senior majoring in interdisciplinary studies, wrote a script examining patriotism.
Charles Willame, a junior majoring in environmental studies, whose project asked the question, "Civic Engagement: Does the Majority Care Less Than They Used To?"
The project focus and civic engagement theme continues in the spring section of "A Delicate Balance" and the honorariums will again be awarded for this semester's cohort.
Wellness Center to Offer Classes
Throughout the spring semester, the Bozen Wellness Center is offering classes and workshops designed to improve health and well-being. The classes are open to faculty, staff and students.
Power Yoga, taught by Camille Campanile, is offered Mondays and Wednesdays from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Bogue Movement Studio. Power yoga is a fitness-based approach to vinyasa-style Yoga. It is modeled on the Ashtanga style of practice and focuses on strength and flexibility.
Jessica Ley teaches Yoga Fundamentals on Tuesdays from 4:30 to 6 p.m. beginning January 29 in the Bogue Movement Studio. Yoga Fundamentals focuses on an exploration of basic yoga poses. Meditation and relaxation techniques will also be introduced. This class is geared toward beginners or anyone wishing for a slower practice.
Belly dancing classes, taught by Alicia Malay, will be held Mondays through April 21 in the Bogue Movement Studio. The hour-long class begins at 7 p.m. Belly dance is a dynamic and diverse art form, incorporating a wide array of styles and movements from the folk, social and classical traditions of numerous Middle Eastern cultures.
Brennan Healing Science Practitioner Beth Miller will be offering energy healing sessions at the wellness center on February 11, March 17 and April 21. Energy healing balances and repairs the energy field to help restore health on all levels.
The wellness center will also be offering acupuncture sessions with Jeanette Moy, and massage therapy and reflexology sessions with Darya McNolty.
For more information, or to schedule an appointment, call the Wellness Center at x8376.
Prof. Will Hobbs (recreation & outdoor studies) presented at the Coalition for Education in the Outdoors Ninth Biennial Research Symposium held at Bradford Woods, Martinsville, Indiana on January 11-12. The research presentation, "Having the Right Stuff: What Makes a Highly Effective Outdoor Leader," focused on the key elements of exceptional leadership authenticity, character, and vision. Grounded in a Transformational Leadership perspective, the research highlights the critical role these elements play in achieving maximized outcomes in outdoor adventure programs, i.e., lasting, positive change in participants lives.
Prof. Karen Swyler (fine arts) has her work featured in a show titled "Three Potters: Mark Shapiro, Karen Swyler, Steven Branfman" at the Foster Gallery at the Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, Massachusetts, from January 7 to February 8. The opening reception was Thursday, January 10.
Prof. Jacob Parks (business strategy and sustainability) paper, Chinas Rapid Industrialization and its Sustainability Discontents, has been published as a chapter in the edited book, Controversies in International Corporate Responsibility, edited by John Hooker and Peter Madsen, both of Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University. Also, Jacobs article, China, Business, and Sustainability: Understanding the Strategic Convergence, will be published in a special China, Business, and Global Business Practice issue of the Management Research News journal later this year.


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Monday, November 17, 2014 to Friday, December 10, 2013
Thank you for your interest in the Adopt-a-Family Program! The adoption process begins with the non-profit agency Blue Mountain Heart to Heart and The Health Center.
Blue Mountain Heart to Heart's mission is to prevent new HIV and Hepatitis C infections and provide compassionate care and assistance for those infected and affected by these diseases. For more information, please visit Blue Mountain Heart to Heart.
The Health Center's mission is to promote the success of children by providing for their physical, emotional and social wellbeing. For more information, please visit the Health Center.
All families who qualify for the program live at or below the poverty level.
You can adopt a family in five easy steps:
1. Collect Money - First, get a group of people from you residence hall, office, department, club, Greek group, sports team, etc. to commit to adopting a family and ask your group to donate whatever they can towards making your adopted family's holiday season a bit brighter. To decide what size family your group can afford, figure on $10 per family member for a food certificate and roughly $20 dollars per family member for gifts. Therefore, you should budget $150 for a family of 5.
2. Contact us for a Match - After collecting your money and deciding on your family's size, contact Community Service by Monday, December 1st to receive your family's information sheet and wish lists, 527-5765 or email@example.com.
3. Go Shopping - Once you have your information sheet, you can purchase your grocery store gift certificate. We really like Super 1 and Grocery Outlet on 9th Street, but you can pick any grocery store in town. Put the certificate in an unsealed envelope and clearly print your family's number on the outside. Place the envelope in the Gift Cards collection manila envelope at the drop-off site. Shop for the other gifts at stores you think are appropriate for you family. If you get stuck for ideas, remember gift certificates are great for adults and teenagers. Also, you can attach gift receipts to items you are unsure about in case the family needs to exchange them.
4. Label Gifts - Put gifts for each family member in his/her own plastic grocery bag and clearly label the bag with the recipient's first name and the family's number. Please do not tie the bag closed too tightly since we'll need to take a peek! Put the bags together in large boxes or garbage bags with the family's number clearly marked on the outside. This ensures they receive everything you have purchased and makes delivery much easier. Please do not wrap gifts before delivering them. You may include gift bags or wrapping paper if you'd like. All items will be checked for appropriateness by the Community Service staff. The gifts will be wrapped by volunteers December 13th. You are welcome to come in to help wrap gifts once they have been checked.
5. Deliver Gifts - Drop off location will be the Welty Health Center, which is open 24/7. Drop off of gifts will happen Wednesday, December 3rd - Wednesday, December 10th at 5PM. The final drop-off date is Wednesday, December 10th at 5PM.
Thank you again for lending your support to the families of Walla Walla! Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have further questions.


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Angel Stewart and Other Victims of Violence Ask for Mercy
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"What is so impressive is his energy level. He's incredibly productive and hard working. Because he's been shrewd, he now has the means to do things. He's in front of things. He got a hold of the International Shoe Building, a million square feet, when it was give-away stuff."
When it comes to properties, Cassilly is no novice. For the two buildings that make up the International Building Co. on 15th Street between Washington Avenue and Delmar Boulevard, Gail and Bob Cassilly paid $525,000 in 1993 -- one set up for the offices and the other for a factory and warehouse for the International Shoe Co. With his band of "cowboys," a group of about 25 craftsmen and jacks-of-all-trades who have worked for him for close to 20 years, the two buildings were renovated for offices or studios, one space at a time. Many millions of dollars later, the City Museum occupies three floors and 115,000 square feet of the 10-story warehouse building.
Cassilly doesn't appear at ease with his apparent financial success, complaining that he's given in by getting a cell phone, but he's not allergic to having and using money for what he wants. When he showed up in the mayor's office in City Hall last year offering a $250,000 check in earnest money so he could save the Arena, he admitted that the money had come from some of the "unconscionable profits" he had made selling some of his properties. Despite Cassilly's offer to save the structure of the Arena by transforming it into open-air skating rink -- among other things -- Mayor Clarence Harmon ruled that the offer was too little, too late, and went ahead with the demolition.
On that proposal, he missed the boat, but who knows, the boat may have been the Titanic. A lot of times his ideas are just that, ideas. They wouldn't always work if they were tried. His drive to do the different, the spontaneous, the thing that just popped into his head is more "defiance in the face of mortality" than part of a master blueprint.
"If I tell you something tomorrow," Cassilly admits, "it might be something completely different."
It's like when he's at the cement plant, on a bulldozer:
"I drive on the bulldozer and push stuff. You get free association going. Things come up that are random chance -- you take advantage of that."
Free association, random chance, a bulldozer and Bob Cassilly.
"That's a very dangerous combination -- and potent."
But can a multimillion-dollar project built on random chance, free association and the remains of an abandoned cement plant actually work?
"Oh yeah," Cassilly blurts out. "I don't see how it cannot work."
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Peru – This morning at approximately 8:30 a.m., a four hour stand-off ended with Blaine O'Neil, 45, Peru, IN, being arrested on a felony charge of criminal recklessness with a firearm.
This morning at approximately 4:30 a.m., officers from the Peru Police Department responded to a 911 call of gun shots fired inside or near a home at 311 West Second Street in Peru, IN. The first responding officer allegedly observed, through a window, a man inside the residence holding what appeared to be an assault style rifle. The man was later identified as O'Neil. Officers then set up a perimeter and evacuated nearby homes.
Hostage crisis negotiators from the Indiana State Police and the Miami County Sheriff's Department attempted to communicate with O'Neil. He did not respond to the officers. At approximately 8:30 a.m., officers from the Indiana State Police Emergency Response Team made entry into the residence and took O'Neil into custody without further incident.
O'Neil is incarcerated in the Miami County Jail. There were no reported injuries in this incident.
This is ongoing investigation by the Peru Police Department. All future questions should be referred to their department.
Also assisting the Peru Police Department was Miami County Emergency Management and Dukes Hospital EMS.


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Disaster in the capital
Four people are confirmed dead and up to 400 homes are in ruins after the devastating firestorm that swept through large areas of Canberra at the weekend. more
Heat, wind recipe for 'real bad day'
Firefighters in Victoria's north-east are bracing for another day of extreme conditions, with a total fire ban declared statewide today. Full report
Demand up for nursing and teaching degrees
A huge surge in demand for teaching and nursing places and a falling away of interest in information technology studies have marked the first round of tertiary offers in Victorian universities for this year. more
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US set to get a trigger for war
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Killers to guard cricketers
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has ordered his Central Intelligence Organisation to guard cricketers at the World Cup. The CIO is responsible for the torture and killing of members of the country's political opposition. more
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Tszyu outguns Jesse James in six
Australia's triple world champion Kostya Tszyu yesterday stopped challenger Jesse James Leija at the end of the sixth round of their title fight at Telstra Dome to retain his world super-lightweight championship. Full report
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NYC Rodent Control and Exclusion Go Hand-in-Hand
In cities like New York, older properties offer numerous rodent entry points. NYC is full of historic, old buildings and their potential to create breeding grounds for pests is high. Unfortunately, rodents will always be problematic, which makes proactivity in your rodent control plan a smart bet.
Monitoring and exclusion are the two most critical aspects of commercial rodent removal. A monitor works 24/7, keeping watch over your property and alerting your pest control team to mouse or rat infestation. Exclusion keeps rodents from entering in the first place.
From Your NY/North Jersey Commercial Pest Control Specialist: "With serious rodent pressures, a lot of emphasis is being placed on exclusion. Western has been doing more rodent exclusion work than ever before in our region." – Mike Whalen, Commercial Regional Sales Manager, NY /Monmouth County, NJ
In NYC specifically, Whalen and his team often find themselves doing more rodent exclusion work than rodent control, per se. This holds outside of the city as well – from rural areas with rodents that come from the wilderness to Shore condos or townhomes with an influx of mice. He notes that exclusion is integral to Western's Integrated Pest Management approach. By eliminating the factors that attract rodents and blocking off entryways, commercial rodent control can keep rodent issues in check.


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Bowen Student Organization Takes Care of Community
The term [professionalism] refers to a group pursuing a learned art as a common calling in the spirit of public service – no less a public service because it may incidentally be a means of livelihood. Pursuit of the learned art in the spirit of a public service is the primary purpose.
– Roscoe Pound
As dean of the Harvard Law School, Roscoe Pound made a profound impact on legal education in the early 20th Century. His impact is still being felt, this time in central Arkansas at the UALR William H. Bowen School of Law.
"Pound's quote is the jumping-off point for what public service is for Bowen's students, alumni, faculty, and staff," Dean John DiPippa said. "Public service is pro bono work and being employed with governmental organizations, but it's more than that."
When attorneys – or law students – work to use their abilities, knowledge, and talents to serve the common good, DiPippa added, the public is served. For instance, an attorney can help a nonprofit organization write a charter or incorporate correctly or lawyers can seek to improve the system of justice. That's public service.
The Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) recently named Bowen HLSA as its Law Student Organization of the Year in recognition of the group's strong commitment to public service.
HLSA members come from as far away as California and Florida, but each of these students realize the importance of making a positive impact on their community. The organization focuses each year on providing legal information for Hispanic families in central Arkansas, but their efforts often center on providing assistance for Hispanic families in need.
"HLSA aims to provide assistance for those in our community in need," said Bowen HLSA President Caleb Garcia. "Our efforts focus on public service to the growing number of Hispanic individuals in the state of Arkansas."
Though Bowen HLSA is a relatively young organization, the group has grown rapidly since it was formed in 2004. That growth – and the group's continuing dedication to supporting the Hispanic community in greater Little Rock – shows the organization's dedication to Bowen's core values.
"We are incredibly proud of the students who give their time and talents to Bowen's Hispanic Law Students Association," DiPippa said. "They exemplify professionalism, public service, and access to justice, and their strong example for the entire community encourages us all to be better attorneys and citizens."
During the 2010-2011 academic year alone, Bowen HLSA has worked to conduct clothing drives and raise money to help needy families in the central Arkansas community. In addition, Bowen HLSA members led information sessions in the Spanish-speaking community that dealt with individual rights surrounding foreclosures.
"In addition, HLSA funded two scholarships in the past year as a result of hard work and fundraising in conjunction with Assistant Dean of External Relations Wanda G. Hoover," said Garcia. "One of our continuing goals is to make it easier for others to follow us through law school. Our hard work will make future students' dreams of access to justice easier to attain."
HNBA serves as the national voice for the concerns and opinions of Hispanics in the community and in the legal profession and promotes the recruitment and retention of Hispanics in law schools and provides them with financial assistance.


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A pickup truck driver escaped serious injury Monday morning when his vehicle was struck by a train carrying a hazardous shipment, according to Charleston police.
The train carrying chlorine was backing up on the tracks near King Street Extension and Summerville Avenue around 6:30 a.m. when the pickup truck's driver tried to get around it, police spokesman Charles Francis said.
The train crashed into the pickup truck, turning it on its side. The train was going less than 10 mph, according to authorities.
The driver of the truck was transported to the Medical University Hospital as a precaution and was in "very stable" condition, according to Charleston County EMS Director Don Lundy. There were no other injuries, authorities said.
The train car was a tanker carrying chlorine for Rhodia. The tank was dented but not punctured, according to fire officials.
Firefighters did not want to puncture the tank during the pickup truck's removal from the tracks, so they worked carefully for about four hours to remove the vehicle successfully without any leaks, according to authorities.
"Charleston Fire Department, police, hazmat and the rail company did a remarkable job making sure no quick moves were made," said Charles Tuskan, Rhodia's plant manager. "They moved methodically."
Fire officials evacuated the lumber company next to the rail and notified neighbors using reverse 911. Hazardous materials teams stood by in case of a potential leak.
The train was heading north and was en route to deliver the chlorine shipment to the Rhodia plant, according to Tuskan.
After authorities determined there was no leak, the train continued to the plant, where it delivered the chlorine shipment, he said.
A stretch of King Street Extension was blocked to traffic while crews worked on the removal of the truck but the road reopened at about 11:35 a.m.
The potential threat from chlorine gas was illustrated in January 2005 when two trains crashed at the Avondale Mills textile plant in Graniteville. Chlorine spilled from one of the tankers, releasing the toxic gas into the air. Eight people were killed and 320 were injured.
Tuskan said emergency officials followed certain procedures during Monday's crash to avoid similar chlorine leaks. The tanker involved had a thick lining that offered protection against spills, according to Tuskan.
"It would take a bit more to puncture that tank," he said. "We're happy everybody's safe."
Reach Natalie Caula Hauff at 937-5594 or Twitter.com/ncaula.
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