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The University strongly encourages use of alternative and environmentally friendly forms of transportation. For example, students and employees may purchase Salem bus passes at a 50% discount, get the special educational membership rate for the three on-campus Zipcars, rent a bike at the Willamette Bike Shop, or find a friend to share a Carpool permit.
It is your responsibility to know and abide by these Parking Regulations. Lack of knowledge of these regulations is not justification for appealing a citation.
It is your responsibility to know and abide by these Parking Regulations. Lack of knowledge of these regulations is not justification for appealing a citation.
Oversize Vehicles: RVs, buses, trailers, moving vans, etc., may not park on campus.
Disabled Parking Spaces: require a State disabled permit AND a University parking permit.
Restricted Areas: A vehicle parked in a fire lane, no-parking area, Reserved space, sidewalk, driveway, landscaped area, crosswalk, etc., is subject to immediate towing at the owner"s expense. These restricted areas are in effect 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. However, you may request permission to temporarily park in certain restricted areas by calling Campus Safety in advance.
Loading Zones: limited to 15 minutes, while actively loading or unloading.
Citations/Appeals: citations must be paid or appealed within five business days. Refer to Section G. for appeal process information.
All vehicles parked on campus must be in operable condition.
Theft/Damage to Vehicles: Willamette University and Tokyo International University of America are not responsible for theft from or damage to vehicles parked on University property; however, if your vehicle is damaged or items are stolen, contact Campus Safety immediately to initiate an investigation/report.
Sleeping in vehicles overnight on campus is prohibited.
The University partners with Mission Mill and Bush Elementary School to prevent illegal parking on their property.
Vehicle information may be provided to government agencies on a need-to-know basis. If you do not want this information released, you must notify Campus Safety in advance.
Parking Permits
Valid Willamette University parking permits are required year-round, as posted in every lot.
Standard permits are valid in any Standard lot. The purchase and proper display of a current Standard parking permit allows an individual to park in a Standard lot if there is a legal parking space available. Possession of a permit does not guarantee space availability.
Reserved permits are specific to the assigned Reserved lot; a space in the lot is guaranteed. Parking in Standard lots is permitted evenings and weekends. Kaneko Commons Residents: Reserved parking is available only in the Kaneko parking lot ($300/year); Standard parking is available only in the lot south of the softball field.
Carpool permits are valid in any Standard lot, or in designated Carpool spaces in the Guest/Visitor lot between 7am and 2pm Monday-Friday. Carpool is defined as two or more Willamette University students and/or employees.
To be valid, a permit must be current and hanging from the rear-view mirror, with the numbers facing out.
Permit Cost: Standard = $120/year, $80/second semester only. Reserved = $390/year, or $300/year for Kaneko Commons residents.
Re-sale: Permits are the property of Willamette University, and may NOT be re-sold, loaned, or gifted by the holder.
Hold for Unpaid Fines: Before a permit is issued, all outstanding fines must be paid.
Permit Transferability: Permits may be transferred to any motor vehicle that you drive, excluding motorcycles/motorbikes and vehicles mentioned in section A. 3.
Lost Permits: Replacement = $10.
Limited-Use Permit: A five-use permit is $5; additional permits are $10 each. Valid in Standard lots only.
Standard Permit Refund Schedule: If the permit is returned to Campus Safety,
- before October 1 - $120
- during October - $90
- during November - $70
- during December and January - $50
- during February - $30
- on or after March 1 - $0
Temporary Mobility Impairment: If you have a short-term injury or illness which significantly reduces your ability to walk short distances, and you have a Standard or Reserved permit, you may request a special permit to allow parking nearer to campus housing or academic buildings, for a period of up to two weeks. A specific space or area will be assigned. Disabled parking spaces cannot be utilized for this purpose.
Motorcycle/Motorbike/Bicycle Parking
Motorcycles, motorbikes and bicycles may park ONLY in designated racks or areas:
- south end of Lausanne Hall, off Winter Street
- west side of the 12th Street parking lot (near footbridge)
No permit is required to park in designated racks or areas.
Bicycles locked to railings or in hallways are subject to removal by Campus Safety.
Guest/Visitor/Other Parking Options
The Guest/Visitor parking kiosk at the corner of Winter and Bellevue streets is staffed Monday-Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Guests: University departments may reserve a parking space for department-sponsored guests (such as invited lecturers, artists, and prospective students, for example) at no charge. Go to the Faculty or Staff web page, and click on Guest Parking Reservations under the University Services section.
Visitors: Individuals such as event attendees, vendors, media representatives, personal guests of employees, and members of the general public may purchase a one-day permit at the parking kiosk for $5 before noon or $3 after noon.
Parking Meters: There are a limited number of 30-minute meters at the north edge of the Sparks (main) parking lot, near the Montag Center (west side), in the Kaneko Commons lot (near the vehicle gate), and in the courtyard between Lausanne and Doney Halls.
Violations and Fines
Following is a list of violations and corresponding fines.
These Violations May Result in Immediate Towing
24 hours a day, 365 days a year, without advance notice of the owner
- Fire Lane ($50)
- Disabled Parking ($100)
- Reserved Parking ($25)
- Visitor Parking without a Visitor Permit ($15)
- Parking in a Loading Zone ($15)
- Blocking/Impeding Traffic ($15)
- Parking/Driving on Grass/Landscaped Area ($25)
- Parking/Driving on Sidewalks ($15)
- Parking in a Driveway/Service Road ($15)
- No Parking ($15)
- Parking in an Unauthorized Lot ($15)
- Expired Meter ($15)
Other violations
- No Permit ($15)
- Invalid Permit ($15)
- Altered Permit ($50)
- Reckless Driving ($50)
- Issue Boot/Tow Notice ($15)
- Apply Boot ($50)
- Tow Vehicle/Call Tow Truck ($100)
- Speeding ($25)
- Other ($15)
Violations of University Standards of Conduct
The following violations will be referred to the Campus Judicial Office:
- Receiving more than 10 citations.
- Vehicle is towed more than once in the same academic year.
Payment of Fines
Citation Payment Responsibility: Permit holders are responsible for payment of fines on all citations issued to a vehicle displaying their assigned permit, regardless of who was driving.
Where/How to Pay: Fines may be paid at the Campus Safety Office. Towing and storage charges must be paid direct to the towing company.
Late Payments/Unpaid Citations: Fines not paid or appealed within five business days will be charged to the student"s tuition account, and a $5 processing fee added. Unpaid employee fines will be handled following section H.2. below, and will prevent purchase of future permits.
Parking Citation Appeals
Citations may be appealed up to five business days from the date of issue. Repeated violations cannot be appealed.
- Appeals must be in writing. Required forms are available from the Campus Safety office and on the Campus Safety Parking web page.
- Appeals must be based on firm and verifiable evidence. Lack of knowledge of these parking regulations is not justification for appealing a citation.
The director of Campus Safety will review appeals and make a decision based on the written appeal and on Campus Safety records. Appellants will be notified of the decision by mail.
The director"s decision may be appealed to the University Judicial Office. To submit a UJO appeal:
- notify Campus Safety in writing within five business days from the date of the appeal decision;
- include full payment of fines (if the UJO reduces or suspends the fine, payment will be refunded);
- submit additional written comments (optional).
The original appeal documents will be forwarded to the UJO; you will be notified of the UJO"s decision by mail.
Booting/Towing Procedures
The vehicle owner is responsible for all costs associated with booting or towing. The University is not liable for any loss or damage resulting from booting or towing.
Restricted Area Violations
(see section E.1. above)
- Third RA violation during academic year: Boot/Tow notice advises of future booting and/or towing
- Fourth RA violation: vehicle is booted
- Fifth and subsequent violations: vehicle is towed
Note: Citation records are NOT cleared at the end of the academic year. However, first RA-violation consequence will revert to previous year's ending level.
Other Violations
Any vehicle or individual with two unpaid citations will be issued a Boot/Tow Notice on receiving a third citation of any type. Future violations will result in immediate booting or towing. The notice is in effect until the citations are paid.
Releasing booted vehicles
All citations must be paid; WU paperwork must be signed; the vehicle must be immediately moved.
Vehicles towed from University property
All citations must be paid; WU paperwork must be signed. The vehicle owner may then take the paperwork to the tow company to arrange for release of the vehicle.


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Tina Fey, Amy Poehler Won't Get $4 Million to Host
Though we'd all be okay with it if they did.
Despite Radar's claim otherwise, it turns out Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will sadly not be raking in millions each for both of their upcoming Golden Globes hosting gigs. Fey and Poehler's reps told Vanity Fair that "the dollar figure that Radar has printed is grossly exaggerated." VF surmises that the pair will likely be paid in the "low six figures," which is still great money, but seems insufficient considering the Globes are, for many of us, basically our Super Bowl.

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Medicare is simply a health insurance plan that was developed by the Federal government in 1965. Original Medicare has two parts: Part A and Part B. Medicare Part A is referred to as "hospital" coverage and Medicare Part B is referred to as "medical" coverage.
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Men in Kiss Makeup Rock and Roll All Nite by Vandalizing Cars
A group of vandals in Saddle Brook, N.J, spray-painted and smashed a bunch of cars in a local car lot. The most surprising part of this story? They were wearing Kiss makeup.
According to the New York Daily News, the vandals used metal pipes, shovels, spray paint and a fire extinguisher as their weapons of destruction. They ended up causing an estimated $40,000 worth of damage at the Saddle Brook Maaco Auto Body recently. Best of all: The action was caught on camera, and you can watch it above.
Saddle Brook Police chief Robert Kugler ran down the list of damages caused by the vandals -- each of whom was sporting Paul Stanley's Starchild makeup for some reason -- for CBS News: "Spray paint, graffiti, numerous dents, smashed windshields, ripped interiors."
At one point during their spree, two of the young vandals proudly chest bump each other before being scared off by a car alarm. The same lot was vandalized in September of last year, but those criminals weren't dressed up like rock stars who should have called it quits years ago.


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Clyde Floyd Gwinn,83,passed away February 3, 2013.
Clyde Floyd Gwinn,83,passed away February 3, 2013.
He was born November 25, 1929 in Reamer, WV to Joseph Franklin Gwinn and Mary Edna Blackwell Gwinn.
Clyde was a supervisor at Columbia Gas.
He was a member OD Comet United Methodist Church. He was an avid fisherman, hunter, and a very dedicated family man.
Surviving is his spouse of 62 years, Imogene Gwinn, of Ravenswood, WV; his son, Frank Gwinn, Ravenswood, WV; his daughter, Kimberly Gwinn and spouse Steven Trotter, of Knoxville, TN; his brothers, Darrell Gwinn and spouse Geraldine, of Tellico Plains, TN; Eugene Gwinn and spouse Pat, of Barboursville, WV; Joseph Franklin Gwinn, Jr. and spouse Naomi, Clendenin, WV; his sisters, Betty Abbott and spouse Roy, Jr., of Clendenin WV; Mary Bird, Sissonville, WV; Sue Goldstein and spouse Rich, of Linwood, NJ
Brother-in-law, Linwood Pope.
In addition survivors also include grandsons, Jeremy Gwinn and spouse Amber; Randy Gwinn; and Luke Trotter; his great granddaughters, Natalie and Gabby Gwinn.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his beloved daughter-in-law, Kathy Gwinn; brother, Paul Gwinn; sister, Ann Pope; brother-in-law, Glenn Bird; and sisters-in-law, Ada Gwinn and Sue Gwinn.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Housecalls Hospice, 1226 Market Street, Parkersburg, WV, 26101. Services are Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 11 a.m. at Roush Funeral Home, Ravenswood, WV with Pastor Tim Edin.
Burial will be at Independence Cemetery, Sandyville.
Friends may visit the family at the funeral home on Friday, February 8, from 4 to 7 p.m. and one hour prior to service on Saturday.
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Implementation of a new farm bill "stands at the top of the list" of priorities for the USDA, Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman says, noting that the Bush administration "has spent a great deal of time on Capitol Hill in the last year, discussing and debating the new farm bill."
Speaking at the Agricultural Outlook Forum 2002 in Washington, she said "the president is strongly committed to our farmers and ranchers, and to fulfilling all of the great potential that lies ahead."
The administration has indicated it will support Congress in boosting spending for farm programs by $73.5 billion over the next 10 years in a move to replace the emergency payments that have added significantly to the cost of the 1996 FAIR act.
"Once Congress passes a new farm bill and it is signed by the president, we need to be ready to move forward with implementation," Veneman said, pledging to "work hard" in the House-Senate conference committee "to achieve a sound farm bill that will best help a broad range of America's farmers and ranchers."
She reiterated that the administration hopes the next farm bill will include, among other things:
Support for adding the $73.5 billion and spreading it evenly over 10 years, rather than "frontloading" spending as the Senate version of the farm bill would do.
Provisions for a safety net for farmers without encouraging them to over-produce, thereby depressing prices, which she termed "self-defeating."
Establishing farm savings accounts, which would see the government matching a portion of money set aside by farmers in tax-advantaged accounts that could be used to offset losses during years of low returns.
Support for increased agricultural trade, "consistent with our international obligations.
New conservation measures to help farmers better manage working lands.
In discussing priorities for this year, Veneman said homeland security and protecting the nation's food supply will also be at the top of the list.
'Entire food chain'
"We're working with the entire food chain — from production to processing to transportation, retailing, and everything in between. We want to make sure we have best management practices, a strong set of checks and balances, and that we will be able to deal with any circumstance, deliberate or accidental, that might affect our food supply."
While emphasis will be placed on opening new markets for U.S. commodities, she said "we also have to make sure other countries live up to their trade obligations." The USDA will work to insure that phytosanitary and sanitary regulations are based on sound science and "not allow other countries to restrict our products, including the products of biotechnology, under the banner of protectionism."
Some of the policy initiatives by the European Union, Japan, and China, particularly with regard to biotechnology, "are wrong-headed and would move free and open markets backward, hurting U.S. farmers."
More work also must be done, Veneman said, to eliminate unfair trade practices. "We must continue to have constructive dialogue (with other nations) so we can advance our trade agenda, not create more barriers."
She said achieving Trade Promotion Authority (formerly called "fast track authority") for President Bush will get top priority. "Since fast track authority expired in 1994, the U.S. has had to sit on the sidelines while other countries have shaped trade agreements beneficial to their industries and people." She praised the agriculture community for "being one of the strongest advocates for trade promotion authority," which empowers the president to negotiate trade deals which Congress can only approve or disapprove, but not revise.
Strong conservation programs are a part of the USDA's programs, Veneman said, citing "imaginative new thinking that is creating exciting prospects for farmers and the nation." Conservation is "a good example of bipartisan support in the House and Senate farm bills, which have allocated billions of additional dollars over the next several years to help farmers and ranchers address environmental concerns, particularly on working lands.
"I believe this is a momentous change, with strong implications for the future of farm programs and the farm safety net. This increased funding will provide incentives for farmers and ranchers to adopt conservation practices that reduce soil erosion, reduce fertilizer/manure run-off into our waterways, and enhance wildlife."
Examples of programs that are helping producers in these areas, Veneman said, include the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQUIP) and the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP). These state and local efforts, she said, would be assisted at the federal level through increased funding for the Farmland Protection Program (FPP) authorized in the Senate and House farm bills. "Together, these efforts will reduce the conversion of farmland to non-farm uses and preserve open space for the enjoyment of all."
Ethanol as example
New technology, Veneman said, is increasing the demand for agricultural products by finding alternative uses that increase returns to producers and give consumers products that are better for the environment.
Ethanol is an example, she said, and the energy bill now before the Senate contains a renewable fuel standard that, if it becomes law, would triple ethanol use over the next decade.
Biotechnology "will create new opportunities for farmers," Veneman said. "Science and technology are changing every aspect of people's lives — the way food is produced, marketed, and distributed in this country and around the world. Medicine and biotechnology are coming together, spurred on by human genome mapping. In the not-too-distant future, we'll be producing new crops and products that will help heal and make people healthier.
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Crosby's two goals help Pens put away Blackhawks
PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Penguins seem to be over their funk, but the Chicago Blackhawks can't get out of theirs.
The Metropolitan Division-leading Penguins won their second game in three nights Sunday as center Sidney Crosby scored two goals in the final 4:41 to seal a 4-1 victory over the Blackhawks.
Crosby raised his NHL-leading point total to 99 by collecting his 35th and 36th goals.
Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 25 shots for the Penguins, who went 2-5-1 in their previous eight games before beating the Columbus Blue Jackets on the road Friday night. Pittsburgh (48-22-5) also avenged a 5-1 loss to the Blackhawks on March 1 at Soldier Field in Chicago that was part of the NHL Stadium Series.
"I like the compete level of our team. The game level has been high," Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said. "You don't expect the Chicago Blackhawks to come in and play a heavy game, but I thought it was one of the most physical and hard-fought games we played all year.
"We remember that snowy night in Chicago when they took it to us. We wanted to respond, and we did."
The defending Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks (42-19-15) lost a third game in a row in regulation for the first time since Feb. 23-26, 2012. They have scored just eight goals in their past five games despite leading the league in scoring, and they are 1-6-1 in their past eight road games.
Already without star right winger Patrick Kane, who is out through at the least the end of the regular season with a lower-body injury, the Blackhawks lost center and captain Jonathan Toews to a lower-body injury late in the second period. Toews went to the locker room after taking a hard check from Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik along the boards.
There was no immediate word about the severity of the injury.
Meanwhile, Blackhawks left winger Bryan Bickell (upper body) sat out his eighth straight game and defenseman Michal Rozsival (lower body) missed his sixth game in a row.
"It's never easy when you lose a leader like (Toews)," Blackhawks right winger Marian Hossa said. "Obviously, we've got some big guys hurt, Patrick Kane and we'll see how bad it's going to be with Johnny. Hopefully, it's nothing big. We'll have to figure out how to play without some top guys."
Wingers James Neal (24th) and Lee Stempniak (11th) scored goals 21 seconds apart midway through the first period to put the Penguins ahead 2-0.
Fluery made the goals stand up as he won his second start in a row after snapping a personal three-game losing streak Friday.
Penguins left winger Chris Kunitz had two assists.
Defenseman Sheldon Brookbank scored the Blackhawks' lone goal, his second, at 11:10 of the second period to cut the deficit to 2-1. However, Crosby put the game away late.
"It feels good to get that two-goal cushion," Crosby said. "They put a lot of pressure on us. I thought we did a good job, they got a couple of good chances but we blocked a lot of shots. You have to be really patient and wait for your chances. They started to take a few more risks themselves, and we were able to capitalize."
Meanwhile, the frustration level is starting to rise with the Blackhawks.
"Every night there's a different reason to why pucks are going in our net," right winger Patrick Sharp said, "but at the end of the day, we believe in each other, believe in our team and we'll find a way to get out of it."
NOTES: Penguins C Evgeni Malkin (foot), C Joe Vitale (upper body) and C Marcel Goc (ankle) were scratched. While Malkin and Goc won't be back until the playoffs, Vitale missed his sixth straight game but is skating at practice and could return before the end of the regular season. ... Penguins rookie D Olli Maatta was back in the lineup after being rested Friday night in a win at Columbus. ... Blackhawks LW Brandon Saad, a Pittsburgh native, played in a regular-season game in his hometown for the first time as Chicago made its first visit to Consol Energy Center since Dec. 20, 2011. ... Penguins LW Taylor Pyatt and Blackhawks LW Brandon Bollig each were credited with six hits, and Pittsburgh D Rob Scuderi and Chicago D Niklas Hjalmarsson both blocked four shots. ... The Penguins host the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night. The Blackhawks are off until Thursday night, when they host the Minnesota Wild.


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Physics Professor receives Homeland Security grant
Investigating a new detector for elementary particlesUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Assistant Professor of Physics Sven E. Vahsen has received $174,820 in funding from the Department of Homeland Security. Vahsen's award is for continued development of a new type of particle detector for Homeland Security, future particle physics experiments, and dark matter searches. The ongoing project is expected to bring in excess of $500,000 to UH Mānoa.
Vahsen was hired from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) in 2010, and received his doctorate in physics from Princeton University in 2003.
Vahsen and his collaborators are working on a detector that can record the trajectories of electrically charged particles in three dimensions, with unprecedented precision. While advances in this area are needed for future experiments in particle physics, the same underlying technology may also enable the directional detection of neutral particles – such as dark matter particles left over from the Big Bang, and neutrons from nuclear material. This is possible because these neutral particles occasionally knock out atomic nuclei from atoms in the detector. These charged nuclei then leave tiny tracks, millimeters long, just long enough to be seen with a highly precise detector.
This award was enabled by support from the National Science Foundation, and generous startup funding provided jointly by the UH Vice President for Research, UH Mānoa Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education and the Dean of the UH Mānoa College of Natural Sciences.
Photo caption: Vahsen's research group with the prototype detector. From left to right: postdoc Igal Jaegle, Vahsen, graduate student Ilsoo Seong, engineer Marc Rosen, future graduate student Michael Hedges, graduate student Thomas Thorpe, postdoc Jared Yamoka, and graduate student Steven Ross. (Photo credit: Stephen Dye)


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Orlando Sentinel Three years and three films into "The Twilight Saga," Robert Pattinson can see the finish line for the role that made him famous.
With the release of "Breaking Dawn — Part 1," he knows that the whirlwind surrounding him and his cast mates is about to peak. then subside. He says he's relishing the end, and he's taking it all in: the attention, the career boost and the way his peers have coped with the sudden fame of a film series whose fans are nothing if not fanatical.
"I am constantly amazed that no one has gone totally crazy," he says, chuckling. "Everybody has their own way of coping. We're all trying to be artists at the same time this whole thing is going on around us."
The 25-year-old British actor has worked with Oscar winners Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz ("Water for Elephants")and a former James Bond (Pierce Brosnan ("Remember Me"). But he says his contemporaries – his "Twilight" cast mates — "have taught me the most. They've grown up in the eye of the storm. I learn from how they've dealt with fame. For me, that's obviously the most overwhelming … thing I've had to deal with. You learn a lot about the world and a lot about people when you and they go through something like this."
That "something like this" has been in evidence since before the first film opened. Pattinson was an all-but-unknown 21-year-old, best known for a glorified cameo as Cedric Diggory in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" when he landed the role that would change his life the instant he was cast.
Tim Guinee, one of his co-stars in "Water for Elephants," recalls the paparazzi in helicopters above that film's set, the scores of fans hanging around, "hoping to catch a glimpse of him. What an extraordinary amount of pressure this was for such a young guy to deal with and I was always amazed at the dignity and fortitude with which he dealt with all of it."
Pattinson knows that he's in select company, having come from almost nowhere to star in three spectacularly successful movies — "Twilight" (2008), "New Moon" (2009) and "Eclipse" (2010) — with one more sure-to-be-a-hit installment opening this weekend and another opening next year at this time.
"It inevitably skews your idea of what this business should be," he says. "But you have to fight against that. The whole fun, the whole point of being an actor is to keep re-inventing yourself."
Pattinson has managed that, squeezing in a couple of non-vampire roles amid the run of the saga. He earned "acquits himself quite nicely" (Leonard Maltin) notices for last spring's period piece "Water for Elephants." He hopes his work will get a fair viewing once "Twilight" ends, that critics and fans won't make as much of his "brooding beauty" (Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News) as they do now.
"It gets scary. You worry that this is all they'll let you do. But I could take chances [with other roles] because I always had another 'Twilight' movie coming out. At the same time, it's kind of nice that they're coming to an end, to know I don't have that safety net and that I have to really strive to do new things and wholly commit to them because there's nothing to fall back on."
Pattinson began the films by feeling he was just playing author Stephenie Meyer's creation — the simmering, silent vampire dreamboat, Edward Cullen, who wins the fair Bella (Kristen Stewart) with just a furtive glance. But as the films have progressed, he's taken ownership. "Things intermingle, and he becomes more like me, more 'my character.'"
Pattinson's take? "Edward spends this whole series trying to catch up to being 17 in today's society. Even though he's 108, his values are more old-fashioned. He doesn't know how to have a relationship with a young modern woman his age. He has to learn. He's been hidden away from the world for so long that through the saga he's had to learn how to love all over again. Love makes you both feel you have reason to live, especially if you really needed one. Edward has the understanding. He knows what it's like to live forever without loving. And Bella hasn't quite gotten to that understanding, yet. I guess that's what she learns during the saga."
He can joke about the new film's overheated sex scene, which necessitated a re-edit, and not missing "this pale, pale makeup, which is covering more and more wrinkles. You start to look like a faded clown with fangs, eventually." But he's pondered "Twilight's" imponderables — why this mortal-in-love-with-a-vampire-but-loved-by-a-werewolf romance has become a global sensation.
"I think people are into endlessly impossible relationships. Maybe everything's so easy to get these days — love, sex, whatever. People want it to be hard, at least in the movies."
Pattinson doesn't know what he'll do after "Twilight." But he isn't worried, no more than usual, he says with a laugh. "It helps to have tremendous self-doubt. That keeps you humble. It's a very English mentality, that glass is always half empty."
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Warriors hold out Raiders in wet
Match Summary
New Zealand Warriors 14 d. Canberra Raiders 6
The New Zealand Warriors have held the Canberra Raiders out at a wet and empty Mt Smart Stadium today, taking the match 14-6 in atrocious conditions.
With rain falling from the opening whistle, it was the Warriors who drew first blood, a penalty goal following a tough opening 20 minutes. Shortly after they boosted the lead to 8-0 with a great try finished off by Brent Tate but the score did not change from there until 13 minutes after halftime.
Canberra were the next to score, coming within two points following a try for Lincoln Withers but a knock on by the Raiders' Country half Todd Carney from the kickoff ensured they wouldn't challenge again immediately, instead handing the Warriors easy field position. They took immediate advantage at it was 12-6 within minutes after rookie Ryan Shortland crossed.
A Michael Witt penalty goal became the next and final scoring play in the 63rd minute but from there it was defence, errors and moments of comedy right until the siren, including another Witt penalty attempt where the ball went nowhere near the posts and the kicker managed to injure himself in falling.
The 7,358 fans who braved the wet were, for the most part, rewarded for their troubles as the home side held on for an 8 point victory. The Warriors will enjoy the bye next week while Canberra stay on the road in Sydney against the Roosters.
Match Details Round 8 :: May 4th, 2008 2:00pm Venue: Mt Smart Stadium Referee: Sean Hampstead Crowd: 7,358 Halftime: Warriors 8-0
New Zealand Warriors 14 Tries: Brent Tate, Ryan Shortland Goals: Michael Witt (3/5)
Canberra Raiders 6 Tries: Lincoln Withers Goals: Todd Carney (1/1)
LeagueUnlimited.com Player of the Match 3 Points: Michael Witt (Warriors) 2 Points: Grant Rovelli (Warriors) 1 Point: Alan Tongue (Raiders)
LeagueUnlimited.com Live Commentary Welcome to Mt Smart Stadium where the Warriors host the Raiders. It's pretty wet here this afternoon.
Raiders - Dobson to five-eighth, Campese to the bench.
Warriors - Ah Van on the wing for Kirk. Lauaki starts with Swann back to the bench.
1 min: The Raiders start play...
10 min: The Warriors are dominating the early stages with Canberra also making plenty of handling errors in the conditions.
18 min: Difficult conditions here and the Canberra players aren't responding well. Warriors on top again.
21 min: PENALTY GOAL New Zealand Warriors The Warriors get a penalty for being held down in the play the ball from close range. Witt opens up the scoring for the day. New Zealand Warriors 2-0
23 min: TRY New Zealand Warriors Awesome try here. Witt grubbers for himself around the halfway mark and regathers before picking up Rovelli on the inside. He doesn't quite have the pace but finds Tate on the outside who scores a fantastic try. Conversion attempt by Michael Witt successful. New Zealand Warriors 8-0
25 min: A promising raid by Canberra comes unstuck with a poor pass from Monaghan.
33 min: The Raiders get a talking to for constant infringements. The conditions aren't helping though. Boom rookie Russell Packer has just come on the field for the Warriors.
37 min: Checking a try to the Warriors...
NO TRY - denied for an obstruction.
40 min: A late attacking raid by Canberra fails to produce a try and the Warriors head to the sheds with an 8-point buffer.
41 min: The Warriors restart here at Mt Smart.
43 min: The weather has turned pretty nasty here with showers and a the lights are on too.
46 min: The Raiders have had a piggy back up the field and are now in a good attacking position.
50 min: A goal line restart from the Warriors goes 70m and the Raiders lose some of their advantage there...
53 min: Checking a try to the Raiders...
53 min: TRY Canberra Raiders The Raiders are in with an opportunistic try to rugged hooker Lincoln Withers. He scoops up a loose ball from a deflection to score just next to the posts and the Raiders are right back in this one. Conversion attempt by Todd Carney successful. New Zealand Warriors 8-6
53 min: And then Carney knocks-on from the restart...
55 min: A bit of a stoush breaks out here...
57 min: Checking a try to the Warriors...
57 min: TRY New Zealand Warriors The Warriors go in again through young centre Shortland. He pounces on a grubber into the in-goal area. Conversion attempt by Michael Witt unsuccessful. New Zealand Warriors 12-6
60 min: Attendance: 7,358 - pretty average but the weather is poor.
63 min: PENALTY GOAL New Zealand Warriors The Raiders give another penalty away in their territory and Witt steps up to take the two points. New Zealand Warriors 14-6
69 min: ATTEMPTED PENALTY GOAL New Zealand Warriors Witt has another attempt at goal but it all goes horribly wrong. The conditions are getting worse. New Zealand Warriors 14-6
Witt seems to have hurt himself on that and has now left the field.
72 min: The Warriors go close in the corner but good defence from Canberra spoils the party...
80 min: Fulltime here at Mt Smart - a solid but ugly win to the Warriors under heavy conditions.


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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Reporters for the Tampa Bay Times, Washingtonian Magazine and CNN Digital won Livingston Awards, given to journalists under the age of 35 for outstanding work, sponsors said Thursday.
The $10,000 awards are the largest all-media general reporting prizes in the nation. They are funded by the University of Michigan and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Alexandra Zayas of the Tampa Bay Times won the local reporting award for an investigation of child abuse in religious group homes. She reported on unlicensed facilities in Florida that are exempt from state oversight and laws against corporal punishment.
Rachel Manteuffel of the Washingtonian won in the national reporting category for a story about items that visitors leave at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.
"The objects left behind speak of matters so intimate, they may be indecipherable except to two people - one living, one dead," Manteuffel said.
The international reporting prize went to John D. Sutter and Edythe McNamee of CNN Digital for a multimedia story on slavery in West Africa. Mauritania abolished slavery in 2008, but the reporters found that the practice continues.
Victor Navasky received the $5,000 Richard M. Clurman Award for his dedication to mentoring young journalists. Navasky has served as editor, publisher and publisher emeritus of The Nation. He is the George Delacorte Professor of Magazine Journalism at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and chairman of Columbia Journalism Review.
Navasky in 1978 started The Nation Internship Program, which will be renamed the Victor S. Navasky Internship Program this fall.
The Livingston Awards judging panel included Christiane Amanpour of CNN and ABC News; Ken Auletta of The New Yorker; syndicated columnists Ellen Goodman and Clarence Page; Dean Baquet, managing editor of The New York Times; Charles Gibson, former anchor of ABC News; John Harris, editor-in-chief of Politico; and Anna Quindlen, author and contributing editor of Newsweek.


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The following is a Press Release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries:
The opening of the 2011-2012 Oyster Season on certain public seed grounds will be delayed for up to two weeks to allow for continued sampling as part of the BP Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA).
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission today gave authority to Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Secretary Robert Barham to postpone the season opening on public seed grounds for up to two weeks, from October 17 to October 31, 2011. At the latest, the season would open at one half-hour before sunrise on October 31, 2011.
Officials with LDWF are working with NRDA teams to ensure that sampling efforts are completed as quickly as possible. If sampling is completed before the end of the two-week delay period, the Commission has given Secretary Barham authority to open the season following a 72-hour public notice.
Sampling efforts of oysters on public seed grounds are ongoing as part of the NRDA process to assess injuries caused by the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. The NRDA sampling currently taking place is intended to collect a number of data sets, including oyster density, size frequency,biomass and sediment samples,in an effort to assess injuries to oysters as a result of the spill.
The 2011-2012 Oyster Season on public seed grounds was set to open October 17, 2011, with the exception of Calcasieu and Sabine lakes. No other changes have been made to the season opening dates established by the Commission at its September meeting.
The oyster season in the west cove portion of the Calcasieu Lake Public Oyster Area (Department of Health and Hospitals' harvest area 30) is scheduled to open at one-half hour before sunrise on Tuesday, November 1, 2011. The sack limit during this time period is set at 10 sacks per person per vessel per day.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is charged with managing and protecting Louisiana's abundant natural resources. For more information, visit us at www.wlf.louisiana.gov on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ldwffb or follow us on Twitter @LDWF.
For press inquiries, please contact Olivia Watkins at firstname.lastname@example.com or at 225-610-8660.


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Police look into Florida nursing home shooting
Police look into Florida nursing home shooting
ORANGE PARK, Fla. —
One person is dead and another is injured in a shooting at a northeast Florida nursing home.
A Clay County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman says the victims shot Wednesday afternoon at the Life Care Center in Orange Park are believed to be a husband and wife in their 70s. The male victim was pronounced dead; the woman is said to have suffered life-threatening injuries.
A nursing home spokeswoman says the situation has been contained, and no evacuation was necessary.
The identities of those involved have not yet been released.
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Gainesville city commissioners are mulling taking a travel lane off another stretch of S. Main Street as part of a future redesign for the area of South Main near Depot Park.
Gainesville city commissioners are mulling taking a travel lane off another stretch of S. Main Street as part of a future redesign for the area of South Main near Depot Park and the planned Cade Museum.
The plan has sparked a renewed round of debate over how to balance the flow of vehicle traffic with accommodations for pedestrians and cyclists. That discussion swirled, sometimes contentiously, over the reduction of travel lanes on a stretch of Main Street to the north, county government's upcoming project on NW 16th/23rd Avenue and the city's ongoing talks on the design for the resurfacing of NW 8th Avenue.
Seated as the Community Redevelopment Agency last Monday, city commissioners gave initial approval to a working, early design plan that included the lane reduction.
That vote finalized nothing. Community meetings and more detailed design will come in 2013. Construction is planned for 2015, with the expectation that the redesigned roadway would be completed late that year to coincide with the opening of the Cade Museum in Depot Park.
The less than 3/10-mile stretch of South Main runs from Depot Avenue to Southwest/Southeast 10th Avenue. The city may stretch the project boundaries farther south to Southwest/Southeast 16th Avenue.
The city's Community Redevelopment Agency would fund the estimated $1.6 million project from Depot to Southwest 10th. Road resurfacing, with a current estimated cost of just under $400,000, is one small piece of that price tag, which still has to be refined during design.
The city's working design would reduce traffic from two travel lanes in each direction to one travel lane in each direction, with a center turn lane. There would be bicycle lanes, wider sidewalks shaded by trees and additional on-street parking. On the east side of the road, where Depot Park is under construction, a landscaped median would separate new, angled on-street parking.
At last Monday's meeting, Interim CRA Director Kelly Fisher said the design was intended to produce a more "pedestrian-friendly" roadway so that the length of South Main is a "destination more than a byway" when construction of the long-planned Depot Park and Cade Museum is finished.
Planned on the former site of the Gainesville Gas Co., city officials have described Depot Park as Gainesville's scaled-back version of New York City's Central Park. Plans for the park include the renovated historic train depot building, a playground, pavilions and a promenade around a pond that also will serve to collect stormwater from downtown Gainesville. The park will also serve as the nexus for the area's rail trail system.
The privately funded Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention, named for the late UF professor and inventor of Gatorade Robert Cade, is also planned in the park.
Last Monday, the proposed road redesign brought concerns from City Commissioner Yvonne Hinson-Rawls, who said she frequently gets complaints about congestion on the stretch of Main to the north where travel lanes were reduced.
"It's so congested, I always find another way to travel," said Hinson-Rawls of the intersection of Main and University Avenue.
When staff said "stakeholders" had recommended this design option, Hinson-Rawls questioned who provided that input. CRA staff said business owners along the roadway were invited to a meeting to provide input and some did attend.
But several of the stakeholders identified were representatives of city departments and other local governments and that prompted Hinson-Rawls to call for meetings with area neighborhood organizations and residents.
Attempting to address Hinson-Rawls' concerns, Commissioner Thomas Hawkins said transportation and city planners were having a "national conversation" about how to make cities more desirable to draw in residents and businesses. Improving the "physical environment" of an area with amenities like those planned on South Main was a focus of those discussions, Hawkins said.
Mayor Craig Lowe said the road's current configuration does not work with the city's redevelopment plans for the area.
"Basically what we do have there in place now, with four lanes, two lanes in each direction, is more oriented to having a roadway if you want to go through an area," Lowe said. "But for it to be a destination, a different street atmosphere is needed."
Traffic counts on Main Street south of Depot have been on the decline. In 2004, there were 17,400 average daily trips for north and southbound traffic combined. In 2011, that was down to 11,800, according to a report from the Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization.
Right now, Main Street is a state roadway. But a proposed agreement between Gainesville, Alachua County and the Florida Department of Transportation would have the city taking ownership of the segment from University Avenue to Southwest 16th Avenue and the county taking ownership of the stretch from Southwest 16th Avenue south to Williston Road, Public Works Director Teresa Scott said.
FDOT spokeswoman Gina Busscher said plans to remove travel lanes would not move ahead with the roadway under state authority, so maintenance and ownership would have to be transferred to the local level.
Chris Curry is a Gainesville Sun staff writer.


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Don't Solve, Delegate: Data Sufficiency in Real Life
Good managers do more than just dole out assignments; those working under them appreciate seeing their boss from time to time tackling some of the same kinds of projects that they work on themselves. It shows that the boss doesn't give assignments she wouldn't be willing to do herself, and it shows she is competent, able to do the assignments she asks others to do.
Still, a lot of the time, a manager's job is to tell people what to do. Chris Wu, one of Knewton's star GMAT teachers, likes to point out that data sufficiency problems are actually excellent precursors to this duty at your future job. Maybe you're a finance whiz going to business school to take your career to the next level. When you start your new job after b-school, you'll deal with many difficult analytical problems. Some problems may require your own expertise; with others, though, you'll recognize right away that the problem is solvable and pass it on to a first year analyst to work out the details.
Or maybe you're an experienced software developer who will exit business school with a job at some technology behemoth. You may be the master architect of a program, but you'll have other coders who write various sections of the code for you. When you ask them to work on something, you'll probably know all of the hurdles that the junior coder will encounter and how to get over them. But that doesn't mean you should do the work yourself. Knowing that the problem can be solved, you delegate it to someone else.
Perhaps you're doing a JD/MBA and will one day be a managing partner at a top 10 firm. Some case matters might be in uncharted territory and so may require your personal touch, but others will be issues you've seen before. You'll know that there is relevant precedent, you'll see the course that an argument must take, but you won't write the motion yourself. Knowing that the problem can be solved, you assign the case to an associate.
The common thread here? Sometimes, your time is too valuable to be spent solving problems you know how to solve. You delegate tasks to those you manage; you may provide some guidance on how to tackle a sticky issue, but you let others put all the work together.
Data Sufficiency is the exact same process. Sometimes, it may be necessary to work through all the computation to be sure that the information you have is sufficient. But other times, it becomes clear at a certain point that the problem is solvable. You deem the statement sufficient and move on.
It's an old theme, but always worth reinforcing: Don't waste your valuable time solving when you don't have to.


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Inhabitat is happy to report that Dwell on Design, the west coast's largest modern design event, featured more smart green design than ever before this year. When we walked the floor yesterday with Dwell Publisher and President Michela O'Connor Abrams (and the carpenter and designer from HGTV's Carter Can show), it was clear to see that the majority of the companies showcasing their products and services at the three-day festival are paying a great deal more attention to sustainability than in the past. We guestimate that about 80% of the companies there were promoting some kind of green story – in a varying shades, of course. Read on for our highlights from the show!
Dwell Outdoor Exhibit
The Dwell Outdoor exhibit showcased the best of pre-fab with a fun pop-up community. Reclaimed Space's 400sf mini-house extraordinaire was decked out with sexy sustainable interiors designed by Ecofabulous and Jeffers Design Group. This diminutive maisonette is made from salvaged Texan woods carrying a bit of its history with it into its new life as a second home or guest house.
Exclusive Tents makes tent living luxurious, and often come complete with bath tubs and loo, and second floors. They are perfect for people who are building new homes and would prefer to live on-site during construction or those who want to embark on urban safaris in their own backyards.
Also on view in the outdoor pavilion, the newly announced Dwell Homes Collection. Lindal Cedar Homes retools the log cabin for modern living and Marmol Radizner offered up some new prefab designs.
In the Kitchen Ecology section, Design Boom curated an amazing collection of ingenious prototypical designs for the future. From the soil clock by Marieke Staps to the Grow 1 mini photovoltaics by New York-based S-M-I-T, some of the design ideas are very literal while others are more inventive.
Home Furnishings
The floor also of course featured all manner of new eco-furnishings for the home. Hero's RC-1 rain collector was a favorite. The perforated lace-like frame looks lovely in any garden, but inside it filters rainwater for irrigation and many other purposes. We also spied a great eco-lamp by Boom Design crafted from old truck parts. An air filter forms the modern shade while brake disks make the base. The cool look was enough to make us stop and ogle for a minute.
Amenity's lovely bedding and new line of bedroom furniture, made from reclaimed wood from local Los Angeles construction sites, is also worth a stop. They also have a line of graphic organic bedding for adults and tots.
Also of note, Environment's collection of sustainable furniture stood out from the crowd with their army-tent-clad sofa – elegant but totally durable. And if you've been searching for the perfect eco-wall covering, definitely check out Astek's eco-friendly UV digital printed products. They have designers on staff to work with clients to come up with custom graphics, and their standard collection of prints is modern and unique. Our favorite was the damask-printed cork. So rad!
Modular Housing
We also noticed an increased number of turnkey design/build operations on the floor. From pieceHomes green, modern, modular homes to Logical Homes by Peter de Maria or IC Green's shipping container dwellings, and Marmol Radziner's new prefabs for the Dwell Homes Collection, more architects are combining with builders or becoming builders themselves to create simple, sustainable one-stop shops for consumers looking for green homes.


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Iswee Leather Shoulder Bag Women Fashion Tote Top Handle Handbag and Purses Satchel Macbook BagsBrown Brown -
[Material] Quality Cowhide & Manmade Leather, tarnish color hardware and luxury polyester lining to produce this purse. Beautiful Craftsmanship.
[Structure] 2 Roomy inner compartments and 1 zipper inner interlayer. 1 Zipper pouch inside. One rear pocket is prefect for your keys and change, handy for easy to get to items.
[Capacity] Fit your 13.3\u2019Macbook with room to spare , most 14\u2019in laptop, IPAD, wallet, umbrella, ID card, Key case, Magazines, A4 file and other daily things well. Can store my Kindle safely in the middle zippered compartment.
[Features 1] The polyester lining is durable and smooth in bright coffee, easy to find things in the pocket. Fully lined interior includes the inside pocket, Detail stitching matches the bag color.
[Features 2] Have feet, which can protect the bottom of the purse from wearing and tearing.
[Dimensions] : (L) 13.39 x (H) 13.77x (W) 4.52 in, Handle is about 9.36\u2019in.and the weight is about 2.20 pounds.


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Take care of nature and it will take care of you.
"Only when the last tree has died, and the last river been poisoned, and the last fish has died, will we realize we cannot eat money." Anon.
I do not understand people who do not respect nature, or even worse, who dirty or destroy the Eden we live in.
Plastic bottles and aluminum cans litter road sides and parks. Black, stinking smoke billows from smoke stacks. MInes leach toxins down mountains and into once clear streams. Rivers and lakes are being polluted with drugs from people's urine and the frogs are being damaged by the hormones. Many think they are the "canary in the mine.'
The earth is heating and droughts are increasing. I recently saw a prediction that the entire south west will become a desert in a few years. At 120 degrees there recenlty, it may happen soon. Humans are cutting down the rain forests at an alarming rate, and doing so eliminates both plant and animal species, as well as tribes that have lived there for thousands of years.
I was shocked when a person I know said, "I hate environmentalists." But that person gladlly takes Conservation Reserve Money from the taxpayers. Humans have a frightening way of disconnecting, of denying what we do not want to hear.
When the AIDs epidemic broke out, many gay men denied it, many said it was a plot by the governent---and many of those deniers are now dead. I hope the rest of us are wiser and take responsibility to care for this beautiful place called Earth.
"When you separate yourself from nature, your heart gets hard." Lany Stillday, Ojibway


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First Public School in NHMay 23. 2013 3:58PM
Intersection of Towle Avenue & Winnacunnet Road
Hampton, NH
Marker Number: 28
Name and date established: Hampton 1965
Description: In New Hampshire, supported by taxation the first public school opened in Hampton on May 31, 1649. It was presided over by John Legat for the education of both sexes. The sole qualification for admission of the pupils was that they be "capable of learning."
Location: Located on the front lawn of the Centre School at the intersection of Towle Avenue and Winnacunnet Road, Route 101-E.
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Vikings Rout Bills to Win Preseason Game
The Vikings routed the Buffalo Bills 36-14 Friday night at Mall of America Field. Christian Ponder was 10-13 passing for 136 yards and 1 touchdown with no interceptions. His one touchdown pass was to Jerome Felton from 1-yard out. Emanuel Arceneaux had 2 catches for 50 yards and Jerome Simpson had 3 catches for 43 yards for Minnesota. Rookie Audie Cole had 2 interception return touchdowns in the 2nd half.
Blair Walsh made 4 of 5 field trys including one from 47 and 45 yards. Minnesota is 1-1 in preseason play and will host San Diego at 7pm Friday August 24, pregame on AM 1390-the Fan at 5:00.


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Yarra Valley Railway
Event Category: For Families, For Kids, and Local Services
Yarra Valley Railway
Come and enjoy a heritage railway ride from Healesville Station through the beautiful Yarra Valley to the 150 metre long brick tunnel on the Yarra Valley Railway.
Bring your family on the 40 minute return trip. The kids will love the ride with a tunnel, stunning mountain views and possible kangaroos along the way. Before and after your trip you can relax in front of the fire with a cappuccino, while the kids enjoy themselves on the extensive children's adventure play ground at the front of the station.
Group bookings involve a minimum cost and should be made in advance. One ride can cater for a maximum of 40 passengers. For groups with more than 40 passengers, two trips can be made. The new cafe, YV Refreshments, has the best coffee, lunches and desserts in Healesville.
Special events include the Heritage Festival in September and the Ghost Train in October. For all details regarding these events and new events please visit the Yarra Valley Railway website.
Yarra Valley Railway is open on Sundays, public holidays and Wednesdays during school holidays.
For more information, please visit the website or contact Yarra Valley Railway.
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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — When the elders speak the rest of us need to listen.
Don't always assume that what they are saying is lecturing rather than enlightening. Sometimes they are just trying to school us, as best they know how, on the things we might have missed or may not completely understand.
So when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a man whose list of accomplishments in basketball from adolescence to the highest level rank at the very top (right alongside Bill Russell's as far as I'm concerned), insists that Oscar Robertson is being overlooked, it's worth investigating.
Kareem went all-in for his former teammate — they won a title together in Milwaukee — ranking him right up there with Michael Jordan and LeBron James as the greatest players the pro game has seen (courtesy of ESPN's The Herd with Colin Cowherd and Lakersnation.com):
"LeBron is awesome, MJ was awesome — but I think Oscar Robinson would have kicked them both in the behind," said Abdul-Jabbar when asked about James and Jordan. "Absolutely. Oscar was awesome. He had brains. […] He had all the skills.
"He could rebound and box out guys four and six inches taller than him. He was ruggedly built. He had fluid, quickness, and just understood the game. No flair, he just got the job done every night. Who's going to average double figures in points, assists and rebounds?"
I placed a call to one my most trusted sources, a man who has watched and studied the game since the 1950s and has a keen eye for the evolution of the game throughout the ages. And he concurred with what Kareem said on the television and radio airwaves Thursday. The Big O has long been overlooked, overshadowed even by guys like Kareem, Russell and Wilt Chamberlain during that era. Never mind that he was ahead of his time in every way.
"All things considered, the Big O was a 6-foot-5 guard that changed the game," my source said. "I don't go along with that, 'Who is the greatest?' conversation and all of that sort of stuff, but he helped change the game. The Big O was the man, but like anything you have to take every guy in his time and place him in the proper context. You can't deny what anyone has done but the Big O was the Jordan and LeBron of his time."
An oversized point guard or undersized power forward, and perhaps just a cosmic blend of two of the greatest players we've ever seen …, a walking triple double (during the 1961-62 season and almost did it four other times during his Hall of Fame career)!


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In keeping with ancient traditions, the Authority and its officers have been assigned arms or badges to identify the institution and the positions within it. Because one of the principal purposes of heraldry is to identify and to distinguish one bearer of arms from another, a second tradition is also observed, in which the particular incumbent of a senior position is signalled by a display of personal arms joined to arms of office. This is known as marshalling. The senior officers of the Canadian Heraldic Authority also place their arms of office on two crossed batons of office.
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I defy anyone who loves football in England and who has a young son who loves football not to feel the same. I went through it. We all go through it.
You enroll your son in the local football club's mini programme, you purr warmly to yourself and allow yourself to think that this is parenthood at its best. The purring may last a few weeks, a couple of years maybe. But pretty soon we all reach the same frustrated conclusive rhetorical question: is this really how we run football in the country?
With mad, power-crazy Dads at the helm? With win-at-all-cost coaching? With Sunday morning glory (on the pitch of course) a priority above technique? With goals that are too big? With no understanding that kids develop at different rates? And in a system where the big kids rule?
Now that my rant is complete, we can continue the discussion: how and why does the national team always fall so short.
Is it Roy Hodgson? Is it 4-4-2? No and no. Neither Harry Redknapp nor the Christmas tree formation would have made any difference. It simply cannot be that Hodgson, like a long succession line of managers before him, is not up to the job. It is a question of the resources.
Many people complain that our football academies are not doing a good job. But I disagree. I think the football academies do a great job. They talent-spot religiously, they pluck the best kids away from mad-Dad-land and do their best in polishing the gems that they find.
But even the football academies are limited. They are limited by the amount of time they get with their kids and by the extent to which they can impart the kind of broader education that a first-class junior footballer really needs.
I will take you now to Barcelona. A year ago, I had the privilege of being granted a rare visit and insight into the Barca academy. I visited La Masia, the boarding house where the boys stay. Many of them are there from the age of 11; Messi moved into La Masia when he was 13.
The message was this: breeding world-beating footballers is not solely about maximum hours with optimum coaching.
These were the words from Carlos Fulguera, the director of La Masia, which were so strong, I remembering him uttering them: "The level of control over these children is the crucial thing. We believe we can influence the children's human development. That's the difference."
In Spain, they call a top kid "un crack" — from the English, a crack player. Fulguera told me: "Talent and footballing qualities alone are not sufficient to be un crack. Without the values, they are not equipped to be successful."
In other words, becoming a top-class player is not about football being an intense after-school activity. It is a way of life. These are the values at La Masia: humility, striving, putting ego aside, believing in the team. It is about spending every day in a high performance environment, knowing how world-class players behave and what they had to go through to reach world-class.
There is progress being made slowly in the academies of English football. They get more hours with the young players than they used to, they are starting to forge links with local schools so that they can better marry the twin demands of lessons and coaching. Yet the intensity that young Barca wannabes are experiencing from the age of 11 is in a different league.
So this is my view. Use the best football club in the world as the model and copy it. Every leading academy in the country should be encouraged to turn itself into a high performance boarding school. It is not as if they don't have the money to do it.
It is an old cliché: live football, eat football, sleep football. I agree. And I don't believe the best young players in the country have yet come close.
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dbr wrote:Interesting. Almost seems like a limited NTC is more durable (for lack of a better word) than a full one. Ie. you never have to "waive" it.
Well a limited NTC disappears if you are traded within the terms. So I take that to mean if you give a list of 5 teams you will go to as per your LNTC, but eventually are traded to a sixth team. Presumably you would have to agree but since it was a trade outside the original terms, you keep your LNTC.
But that's just how I read it.
New strategy. Jimbo , go out and get as many players on he cheap that have NTC. As soon as you get them trade them in an open market. Like buying a presales condo in Vancouver. Some you win with good appreciation, some you lose, some you break even.


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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus has been forced to reprint all 575,000 ballot slips for next month's presidential election after Guinness World Records objected to a candidate's use of its logo, officials said Wednesday.
The government will ask Andreas Efstratiou to pay at least €15,000 ($20,000) to cover reprinting costs, election commission official Demetris Demetriou told state-run Cyprus News Agency.
Demetriou said Guinness had initially permitted Efstratiou to use the logo in his second presidential run in 2008. Efstratiou, who runs a bridal wear shop, earned a Guinness Book of World Records entry for creating the longest wedding gown train at 1,362 meters (4,468 feet) in 2007. He no longer holds the record, which now belongs to Lichel van den Ende of the Netherlands for a 2,488-meter (8,164-foot) train.
But Guinness told Efstratiou to stop using the logo in 2011 and complained to Cypriot authorities when it recently found out that he had used it again.
Efstratiou said he thought Guinness was being unfair, saying he believes he still can be called a record-holder despite not holding the current title.
"I've used this logo before several times," he told The Associated Press. "I can use it since I'm a record-holder, I've got the paperwork to prove it.
"If an athlete wins a medal at the Olympics, do they take it back?"
He added that his supporters are upset and that he would talk to his lawyer to see what action could be taken.
Efstratiou has run for president twice before in 2003 and 2008, winning less than 1,000 votes in each vote. Cyprus has a population of around 900,000.


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FLORENCE, S.C. – In their final game of the Carolinas Hospital System Baseball Classic, King clinched their second win of the three-game set with a 15-9 victory over the Claflin University Panthers. A six-run seventh inning compounded with three CU errors helped King improve to 2-1 after the first weekend of play.
With two outs in the seventh, King began a rally with a runner on that led to six runs that helped propel the Tornado past the Panthers. After Carl Roberts was hit by a Emmanuel Mitchell pitch, Garrett Cook (Luray, Va.) cleared the bases with a triple to make a one-run game into an 8-5 score in favor of King. King's next batter, newcomer Tom Hooker (Crystal Lake, Ill.), hit a run-scoring double. An error in the field and a two-run single by Cody Snyder (Bluff City, Tenn./Tennessee H.S.) added to the lead, making for a 14-5 score after seven innings.
Claflin made a push in the top of the ninth with four runs before Jose Sola finished out the inning by striking out Dezmond Moore to end the game.
Left-handed pitcher Reiss Stanley (Lenoir City, Tenn.) pitched five strong innings, giving up only three hits and a run in his first start of the season while earning the win. The junior struck out five hitters and twice struck out two hitters before being replaced by Mark Hode. Between the second and fifth innings, Stanley retired 12 of 14 batters and allowed only one base hit.
The Tornado cashed in on a pair of errors to start the bottom of the fifth inning, leading to three unearned runs and a 6-1 lead. Garrett Cook and junior Landon Weitekamp added RBIs with run-scoring base hits that inning.
With the win, King improves to 2-1 after its first weekend of the 2013 season. The Tornado will embark on a three-game series at North Georgia University this weekend, Feb. 8-10. Friday's action will begin at 5 p.m.


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Florida's $2 billion for High Speed Rail Goes Elsewhere
It's all over for high-speed rail in Florida.
The Tampa to Orlando line had the backing of everyone from business to the state's Republican legislators; but Rick Scott, the new Tea Party-backed governor, blocked it as a "big government boondoggle". Today the Transportation Department announced that the money will go elsewhere.
Scott had claimed that even though the Federal Government was fully funding the project to the tune of $2 billion dollars, the state couldn't afford what he called "huge operating costs" – this despite the fact that investor groups had guaranteed to cover any overruns or deficits.
What became clear was that this wasn't about economics, but about ideology – just as in New Jersey and Wisconsin, where Republican governors blocked equally necessary rail programs out of opposition to "big government".
Florida's Tampa to Orlando line would have been the first high-speed rail line to be put into operation, and the run from the Orlando airport to the Disney resorts would have guaranteed passengers… but having a successful showpiece was the last thing the anti-rail ideologues wanted. So that's that.
Instead, the $2 billion will go to parts of the country that are more amenable to rail: The Northeast, the Midwest, and California. And while he was probably disappointed with Florida, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says he's thrilled to be moving forward the long-term goal of connecting 80 percent of Americans to high-speed rail within 25 years.
"Today we are advancing President Obama's historic high-speed rail blueprint," LaHood said, "through 22 carefully selected projects that will create jobs, boost manufacturing, and spur development while laying the foundation for our future economic competitiveness. We are providing two billion dollars to 15 states and Amtrak to help build out America's high-speed rail network, enabling people and goods to travel more quickly, safely and energy-efficiently than ever before."
LaHood added that this new infrastructure is critical if we're going to continue America's growth, while reducing our dependence on fossil fuels and foreign imports.
"If I sound excited about the prospect of American high-speed rail," said LaHood, "it's because I am. High-speed intercity passenger rail offers real, practical benefits–benefits we cannot afford to ignore. Jobs, manufacturing, economic development, reduced dependence on foreign oil, and a future economy that can truly serve our population–today's awards bring those benefits one step closer."
Where the money's going:
Northeast Corridor (NEC) – $795 million to upgrade some of the most heavily-used sections of the corridor. The investments will increase speeds from 135 to 160 miles per hour on critical segments.
Midwest – $404.1 for new segments of 110-mph track between Detroit and Chicago that will save 30 minutes in travel time (and create nearly 1,000 new construction jobs). There will also be upgrades to the Chicago to St. Louis corridor.
California – 300 million to extend the Central Valley project, the backbone of the Los Angeles to San Francisco corridor that will ultimately be the nation's first 220-mph high-speed rail system.
Rail Cars – $336.2 million to boost U.S. manufacturing of state-of-the-art locomotives and rail cars for California and the Midwest.
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In challenging economic times, it's not just about knowing how to produce a quality pizza and understanding your customers' needs and wants to maintain and grow your pizzeria. Attending an industry tradeshow – even during an economic slowdown – can be the best vehicle to obtain new knowledge, insight and ideas that can help you position your pizzeria for future growth. As an independent pizzeria owner, you may be under pressure and/or worried about how your pizzeria is going to survive. The fact is you may need to slow down in order to speed up your business. You may also need to do some creative thinking to come up with some innovative ideas to boost your bottom line. Attending Pizza Expo can stimulate that creativity and provide the momentum you need to move your business forward.
Below are a few tips that will help you get the most out of your tradeshow experience:
? Time is at a premium. Come prepared with a plan of attack. Schedule appointments with key contacts you want to meet with. Make a list of what you want to learn and see. Review the seminar program and pre-show workshops to see what's being offered that will have the greatest benefit and impact on you and your business.
? Take charge! You may want to arrange to meet with suppliers and/ or other pizzeria operators to find out what they're doing and what they see happening in the future. Or better yet, just make plans to attend the Beer & Bull® idea exchange.
? Take time to walk the show floor thoroughly and completely. Jot down the products, companies and booth numbers that grab your attention. Pay particular attention to new products being offered at the show, as well as any new exhibitors.
? Knowledge is Pizza Power! Gather as much information as possible while at the show. Find out what products, services and techniques are available to you that will improve your product, productivity and best of all, your bottom line.
? Take time to talk to industry consultants and experts to pick their brains to find out what they're thinking and doing. What are the new trends and how can they help or hurt your business?
? Last but not least, this may be one of the best times ever to purchase new equipment … certainly a buyer's market. The fact of the matter is no one wants to take their equipment and products back to the warehouse. Take advantage of the show specials and steep discounts being offered by our exhibiting partners. You may not have an opportunity like this ever again.
? What is the competition doing and how does your pizzeria compare?
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? Is there an opportunity to expand your menu?
? What can you do differently to outshine and outperform your competition? Finally, write down what you learned at the show and rethink or analyze your business strategy and philosophy. How can you better position your pizzeria in the marketplace? What new ideas can you implement to achieve your goals?
There will always be winners and losers, but only those pizzeria owners and operators that arm themselves with new industry knowledge and are willing to take action towards positive change will have the ability to compete and win in today's economy. At International Pizza Expo® you'll gain new industry insight, as well as the knowledge that will help you strategize, improve operations and make the right decision for you to compete and WIN! We mean business!
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Anyone in the USA have a Lychee Tree store near you?
We have one in my town and it's great for bentos and supplies. It's a dollar type store, well 1.50 anyway, and up. I got some putifresh bento boxes for about $2. each!
Never heard of them, what part of the country are you in?
Or even what country are you in? I forget that we are an international forum - my bad...
Around San Francisco we have Daiso ($1.50 store) and Ichibankan. I think Ichibankan has more variety as far as bento, but Daiso is a really fun store to explore and buy lots of stuff for a little $$
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Hi Jo,
Maybe it's a small world after all! lol. I live in the south bay near Sunnyvale and Cupertino. Maybe they don't have these kinds of stores in other parts of the US, idk. I've heard of Ichikaban, but not Daiso. I'll have to check them out next time I go north. ^_^
Hi Jo,
Maybe it's a small world after all! lol. I live in the south bay near Sunnyvale and Cupertino. Maybe they don't have these kinds of stores in other parts of the US, idk. I've heard of Ichikaban, but not Daiso. I'll have to check them out next time I go north. ^_^
Oh for goodness' sake, I'm in Mountain View.
There's a Daiso in Mountain View, off of El Camino in the San Antonio Shopping Center. It's near the Wal-Mart and shares a parking lot with the Trader Joe's.
That's so cool! I know where that is, I'll have to take a drive over there sometime and check it out.
If you'd like to check out Lychee Tree, it's 1139 S. De Anza Blvd. in Cupertino. From Mountain View probably the easiest is to take hwy 85 south and get off at De Anza Blvd. exit. Go left at the exit light onto De Anza and at the next light you'll see Mcdonald's on the right and Maxim Market on the left. It's in the same shopping center as Maxim's, but on the far north side closer to the street, and facing De Anza blvd., between the bank and the pet supply store. It's not big, but it's packed tight with all kinds of cool and interesting stuff!
BTW, Maxim is an Asian grocery store and has excellent produce as well as all kinds of goodies and the prices are great!
Sorry to all you guys who don't have Japanese 1.50 stores, if you ever get to California on vacation or business check them out. I think there are probably a lot in southern cali too.
Thanks! I usually bike everywhere, but maybe I can enlist one of my nipponphile friends to go with me (*cough* drive).
I'm jealous, i wish there were stores like that in the UK. I get my bento boxes imported from Japan
I wish we had those stores in the UK. I have to get my dad to buy stuff from the Japan Centre when he's in London, and if I were to buy anything they don't have (and their food/bento box range isn't huge) I would have to import it from America or Japan.
In addition to Ichiban Kan (which I haven't been to yet!), there is a Daiso in Daly City by the Target.
Although there aren't Bento supplies (although a small amount of cooking supplies), I just found the Manila Oriental Market a mile away from my apartment on Mission. I think it's technically excelsior. They had a relatively large variety of asian groceries similar to Super 88's on the east coast.
Nothing comes close to my dear sweet Kan man market in Quincy, MA. Its like walking into an walmart style (and size) Asian food and home goods store. Sigh.
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Switzerland beats USA but misses final round.
BERNE – Switzerland fought to the bitter end, but lost even as they won their last group stage game against the USA, 4-3, when Roman Wick beat goalie Robert Esche 13 seconds into the overtime. The World Championship home-ice curse hit Switzerland, and sent them packing before the playoff stage of the tournament. Ron Hainsey scored two power-play goals and Esche made 24 saves for the USA, now looking forward to the quarterfinal game with Finland."It's a heartbreaking win. We battled to the end, had a little low in the second period, they took advantage of it we came back in the third, but it just asn't good enough to win after sixty," said Switzerland's captain Mark Streit. "Whether we win or lose on overtime, it doesn't matter because we're out now. We had our chances, yesterday and today, we just couldn't put it together," he added. It was the 19th game between the USA and Switzerland, and Switzerland had won only four. Tonight only a win in regulation time would keep them in the tournament. A loss would put Latvia into the quarterfinals.After seven minutes of play, Switzerland got an odd-man rush against one American defenceman. Julien Sprunger drove to the bet but couldn't reach the puck and fell down. David Backes checked Sprenger into the boards as he was getting up. Sprunger was carried off the ice on a stretcher, Backes received a game misconduct."We're very proud with the way they came to play after our disastrous game yesterday. We recovered from the injury to Julien Sprunger who has no damage in his neck, that's the most important thing tonight," Switzerland's coach Ralph Krueger said. In the next shift, Dustin Brown got a minor for roughing, and emotions were running high. Switzerland used its golden opportunity at 9:45 when Andres Ambühl followed a rebound and sent the puck to the back of the net."We found a way to survive the first period, then I think we controlled the game the rest of the way," said USA coach Ron Wilson. The rest of the period was coloured by small scrums and players staring down each other as the Americans tried to get back into the game by intimidating the Swiss.The USA got its chance with 1:21 remaining in the period when Félicien Du Bois got a two-minute penalty for hooking, joining Goran Bezina in the penalty box. He had just three seconds earlier received a minor penalty for interference. The USA's opportunity evaporated with Patrick O'Sullivan's interference penalty with 11 seconds remaining. At 24:59, the USA got another power-play opportunity. Thierry Paterlini sat in the penalty box when Ron Hainsey took a pass from Joe Pavelski, and sent a thundering slapshot that beat Martin Gerber low on the glove side – and silenced the home crowd's whistling."We had good screen in front of the net, and good traffic, and I got a couple of shots through," Hainsey said. "We played a couple of exhibition games against Switzerland so we knew it wouldn't be easy. The five-minute penalty hurt us and after that we took stupid penalties which really hurt us. The coach told us to calm down. It was a good message just to settle down and relax," he added. Two minutes later, Yannick Weber cleared the puck out of the Swiss zone, and sent it into the stands, resulting in an automatic penalty for delaying the game.At 31:03, Sandy Jeannin shook off the American defenceman behind the net and sent the puck to the front of the net where Romano Lemm was waiting to send it upstairs. He beat Robert Esche high on the glove side with his onetimer to give Switzerland a 2-1 lead.Five minutes later, the Swiss hit the cross bar behind Esche, and in the ensued American attack, Christopher Higgins beat Gerber with a wrist shot from a poor angle, the puck slipping under Gerber's arm, to tie the game, 2-2.Like in the first period, Team USA got its break with less than two minutes remaining in the period when Andres Ambühl and Sandy Jeannin took penalties within a minute. Ron Hainsey scored his second of the night with another powerful slapshot from the blueline, giving the Americans a 3-2 lead.Halfway through the third period Switzerland struck.Defenceman Félicien Du Bois carried the puck to the American zone, sent a backhand flip pass to Martin Plüss, who beat Esche with a wrist shot to tie the game, once again at 49:42.Switzerland's coach Ralph Krueger replaced Martin Gerber with an extra skater with over a minute remaining, in an effort to get the crucial winning goal.It just wasn't meant to be.Just 13 seconds into the overtime, Roman Wick beat Esche with a nice shot to the topshelf on Esche's glove side, but it was 13 seconds on the wrong side of the 60 minutes. "The Swiss never gave up, we knew what they were playing for. I thought we did a good job. Roman Wick's goal was a great individual effort in the end, to win the game for Switzerland," said Wilson. Switzerland is out of the tournament."We took too many penalties and the US played an excellent power play. We threw everything we could at them but this was a very painful victory against the USA – a very strange thing to say," Krueger said.The Americans and Latvians look forward to participating in the quarterfinals."To be honest, we'd feel better had we won tonight, or against Sweden, but we're in the quarterfinals now," said Hainsey. RISTO PAKARINEN


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Steakhouse owner hopes to add keno
Walker gets DC commissioners' approval.
LEXINGTON—When groups come into Walker's Steakhouse & Lounge to play in pool or poker tournaments, customers invariably ask where to find the keno operator.
There isn't one, owner Steve Walker responds.
"I just like to try and please my customers," Walker said. "I figure it's money for the county, why not give it a try?"
Walker approached the Dawson County board of commissioners at the regular bimonthly meeting on Sept. 15 requesting initial approval for a keno license.
It is only the first step in adding keno to the restaurant and bar. Walker said there are plenty of paperwork, background checks and regulations to fulfill with the Nebraska Department of Revenue before customers can actually play.
Commissioners unanimously agreed to recommend Walker for a keno license.
The application had to be passed by county officials rather than the Gothenburg city council because Walker's Steakhouse is outside xcity limits.
There is one establishment in Gothenburg that already offers keno. Pete's Lounge has the lottery game available after 5 p.m. on most business days.
If Walker's is approved for the keno license, the state, the county and the business will each share profits from the game.
In other county business, commissioners passed the 2009-10 budget as presented without any comment during a public hearing.
The total budget is just over $22.1 million with a tax asking of $6.7 million and a levy set at 39.8 cents per $100 in property value.
Commissioners also authorized county grant writer Janna Pierce to continue cooperative work with Dawson County Public Transit toward securing federal stimulus funds to purchase an existing building in Lexington to serve as a bus barn.
A large building is available at the intersection of Van Buren and Plum Creek Parkway that could house the three public transit buses as well as the handibus office.
Commissioners agreed to spend between $175,000 and $200,000 to buy the building, contingent upon receiving the stimulus funds.
The handibus office is now in the Lexington Grand Generation Center. With some handicap accessibility upgrades, the new building could be used as an office and bus barn.
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Cause you're to busy buying booze. Shit, maybe I should have gotten booze too...Delete
Gah, this mount is too fabulous. I usually only get all hot and bothered about the pets in the store, but this... /squirms and looks at credit cardReplyDeleteReplies
I know! I usually don't buy from the blizz store but this mount... @_@ SO PRETTYYY.Delete
I love the visual but it's a bit too big and golden and flashy for my tastes. My little gnome would look lost on it. If I was still playing my Bloodelf Priest all the time I think I might have succumbed though.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yeah that's what my brother said. He didn't really like the color of it. Haha aww. That would be a bit silly looking with a little gnome. The mount is extremely large O__ODelete
I chose this over flowers and dinner yesterday. :PReplyDeleteReplies
I would too! Flowers die, but awesome mounts are forever!!Delete
I LOVE this mount :D! I don't care if anyone can have it, it's awesome looking and well worth $25 :)ReplyDeleteReplies
I agree, I don't feel the need to be a special little snowflake. If I like something I'm going to rock it! :D It's such a great looking mount! I was practically tripping over myself to throw money at Blizzard so I could own one. *shakes fist at Blizzard*Delete
- AnonymousFebruary 15, 2012 at 11:47 PM
If this is the sort of thing we can expect in Mists of Pandaria, it's going to be great!ReplyDeleteReplies
I knowww! I really hope there's reskins. Blizzard said there was probably going to be a whole slew of new mounts in MoP, which makes me squeal. I want an orange mount! If I could have a neon orange dragon or something I would dance in the streets.Delete
Nice mount, surprised my daughter has not begged me for it yet (key word "yet")...lolReplyDelete