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A SHOE store is urging people to do their bit for the environment by asking them to donate their old shoes.
Wynsors World of Shoes, in Marina Way, Hartlepool, is collecting shoes to send to India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Chile and several African countries where they will be repaired and sold at affordable prices.
The initiative, which has been running for 11 years, helps people in developing countries to afford shoes, as well as reducing the amount of waste in landfill sites.
Wynsors' managing director Mark Richardson said: "Our shoe recycling scheme offers to benefit to everyone involved. Local craftsmen can repair and refurbish the shoes and earn a living from this trade, while those who couldn't normally afford to buy such shoes, or any at all, now can. Even the tattiest of shoes can be put to good use.
"For us, the benefit is that tonnes of otherwise non-biodegradable waste won't end up in landfill sites."
Shoes can be dropped off at recycling collection points situated near the store entrance.


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One killed, one injured in Cumberland County domestic incident
Posted September 13, 2014
Hope Mills, N.C. — One person died and another was injured Friday night in a domestic disturbance in Hope Mills, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies were called to a home in the 5100 block of Church Street at about 11:30 p.m.
When authorizes arrived they found the body of 59-year-old Douglas Wayne Suggs with multiple stab wounds. His cousin, Sammerea Suggs was also wounded.
Suggs was take to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center and her condition is unknown.
The investigation is ongoing and no charges have been filed.

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- [Franz forces Peter into the basement]
- Peter: You're not gonna get away with this, Mister Googlesearch!
- Herbert: Only one of us is gonna walk out of here alive!
- [Franz rips his clothes of to reveal his Nazi uniform]
- Franz: Bring it on!
- [While Chris is playing with two puppets that look like Edward & Jacob from "Twilight"]
- Edward: I'm a vampire, and I'm in love with this unattractive girl.
- Jacob: I'm a werewolf, and I am also in love with this unattractive girl.
- Edward: Boy, she sure can act though, can't she?
- Jacob: Nope.
- Chris: The end!
- Herbert: It was 1944. I was a young Air Force pilot assigned as part of an escort for a bombing raid over Southern Germany, when we encountered the Luftwaffe. At first, we thought we were in the clear because the Germans were frightened by the scary shark face on the front of my plane.
- German Pilot 1: Aah! A shark!
- German Pilot 2: How did it get all the way up here in the sky?
- German Pilot 1: Who cares, you fool? You want to get eaten? Retreat!
- Herbert: But there was one stubborn pilot who saw through my disguise.
- [The pilot shoots down several planes before finally gunning down Herbert's plane]
- Herbert: Most of the surviving American pilots were take to POW camps. But for some reason, they thought I was gay. So I was taken to a concentration camp. Behind those walls, there was one guard who decided everyone's fate. If he pointed to the left, you did hard labor. If he pointed to the right, you died. That man was Franz Schlechtnacht. I was spared death, but I was given hard labor. He made me sort the camp recyclables, but some of those bottles still had a little bit of soda in them. It would spill out on my hands and make 'em kinda sticky. Dear God, how my hands would get kinda sticky! Oh!
- [Lieutenant Schlechtnacht laughs cruelly at Herbert]
- Herbert: No one should have to suffer the way I suffered. So that's why Chris should stay away from that puppet store guy.
- Herbert: You know, Chris, all my life, I've wanted to see you locked in a basement. But now that it's happened, all I want to do is get you out!
- Lois: I'm pretty sure our washing machine is pregnant! I'm not even sure how that's scientifically possible!
- Chris: [after shooting his father] Next time, remember my birthday, asshole!
- Peter: [To Herbert] Oh, and if you see Meg, tell her "Thunder Thighs are on the move, Thunder Thighs are loose."
- Chris: Mr. Herbert! MR. HERBERT! Oh, he can't hear me. JESSE! JESSE!
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SCOTTISH Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has reached out to "the everyday grafters of Scotland" in an attempt to broaden the appeal of her party among working-class voters.
In her keynote address to the party conference in Edinburgh yesterday she said the country's future depended on a strong working class and vowed to design policies for "hard-working people" if the Tories attained power at Holyrood.
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Ms Davidson put reform of the country's education system at the top of her list of priorities but also confirmed a widely-trailed plan to recruit 1000 extra nurses, to be paid for by restoring prescription charges.
Camley's Cartoons: on Ruth Davidson's vision for Scotland's economic future
The Conservatives will fight the next Holyrood election in 2016 on a pledge to charge £3 for prescriptions initially, rising eventually to £6.85, the level when they were abolished in 2011. The 50% of people who were exempt under the old system would continue to receive free medicines, she said.
But, rather than policy announcements, Ms Davidson devoted the bulk of her 30-minute speech at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre to rallying the party faithful and reaching out to potential new recruits.
She told an audience of about 400 supporters: "Our future prosperity will come from an economy built on a strong and growing working class.
"And when I say a strong working class, I mean anyone who gets up, goes to a job and earns a wage to support themselves and their families. The everyday grafers of Scotland. Those hard working people who deserve a Scottish government that values them and their efforts."
In a reference to the Tories' long-standing pledge to use Holyrood tax-varying powers due to come into force in 2016 to cut income tax, she said people should be allowed to "keep as much as possible of what they have earned".
She also claimed Tory policies were in touch with working-class values. Inviting voters to discover their inner-Tory, she said: "If you believe in sound finances you're a Conservative. If you believe in personal freedom, personal choice and personal responsibility, you're a Conservative.
"If you believe in aspiration, in opportunity - that ambition and success are not dirty words but something worth striving for, then you're a Conservative.
"And if you value, cherish and believe unashamedly in family, country, in community."
She said anyone who believed in "rolling up your sleeves and getting stuck in" was a natural Conservative voter.
Urging them to join the party, she added: "More than just your vote, I want you."
The pitch came as Tory strategists are aiming to use the independence referendum campaign as a springboard to revitalise the party north of the border.
Unlike down south, working-class support for the Conservatives has been in steady decline since the 1950s but party chiefs hope robust Tory opposition to independence will attract new voters.
Rejecting a list of SNP policies at Holyrood, including moves to end the need for corroborating evidence in trials, she said: "Conservative common sense has never been more needed. We're here to fight for you."
She also defended Iain Duncan Smith's controversial welfare reforms, saying: "I back him all the way."
On education she called for families to be given greater choice over schooling and more rigorous exams.
Launching a fierce attack on the SNP Government's record she vowed to end "the monopoly of mediocrity," adding: "That means reforms to Scottish education of a scale not seen in our lifetime."
The Tories say the 1000 extra nurses and midwives would cost £30 million to £36m annually, and would be phased in from 2016. The remaining cash will be plugged into the party's plans to provide more access to health visitors.
Miss Davidson said: "Under the SNP, the number of nurses and midwives in Scotland has gone up and down like a fiddler's elbow.
"Two thousand posts gone over two years."
SNP Health Secretary Alex Neil claimed Ms Davidson's pledge to cut taxes while reintroducing prescription charges was "confused and contradictory".
"This speech was lost in its own contradictions," he said.


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Fighting the Flab with Control Snacks
One of the most difficult aspects of trying to lose weight is fighting the urge to snack. We tend to snack when we're bored, when we're watching television, or at work when we'd like a pleasant distraction from the monotony. Snacking can happen almost anywhere. Changing your snacking habits can be hard, but by using … Read more


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Sourdough Sweet Potato Muffins
It's that time of year where baking of squash, sweet potaoes (and/or yams) and other such autumn treats are pretty standard fare, especially around Thanksgiving. This recipe features leftover baked sweet potatoes baked up into muffins. You can substitute any veggie with a similar texture such as those mentioned above. I like using up my extra starter instead of tossing it whenever I can and these yummy tender treats will help you do just that.
Sourdough Sweet Potato Muffins
Use two medium sized mixing bowls, one for wet ingredients and one for dry ingredients.
Bowl One:
- Sweet Potato (baked, skins removed, mashed) – 4.5 oz/127g
- Sourdough Starter @ 100% hydration – 6 oz/170g
- Oil – 2 oz/56g
- Honey- 3 oz/85g
- 2 large eggs or 3 medium eggs – around 4.4 oz /124g
- milk – 8 oz/226g
Beat all ingredients together well, set bowl aside.
In second mixing bowl, mix together:
- Whole Wheat flour – 10 oz/283g
- Ground flax seeds or toasted wheat germ- 1 oz/28g
- Ground cinnamon- 1 teaspoon
- Baking soda – 1 teaspoon
- Baking Powder- 2 teaspoons
- Salt – .3 oz or about 1.5 teaspoons


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Students are diverse in their needs and interests. To assure that all students have the opportunity to reach their potential, every effort must be made to meet these unique needs and foster individual interests. Career learning areas, special education, Talented and Gifted education, alternative education and many more opportunities offered in Oregon schools can make a difference in finding the key to each student's success.
Advanced Placement
The Oregon Advanced Placement Programs help students, in low-income situations, participate in rigorous academic coursework that will increase their opportunities and get a head start into college.
Alternative Education
This page contains links to information about public and private alternative education options for students, including Oregon Statutes and Administrative Rules, the list of registered private alternative programs, the annual report of district programs and contact persons, Frequently Asked Questions, and "Student Voices: Why School Works for Alternative High School Students."
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Find pertinent laws, sample school district board policies and questions and answers related to home schooling in Oregon.
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The Oregon Skill Sets are lists of those things students need to know and be able to do in order to be successful in Oregon's educational and career environments. These knowledge and skill sets will be used by Oregon educators at all levels to help identify what educational experiences Oregon students need to have in order to be successful in whatever they choose to do next in their lives. The lists include academic, technical and career related knowledge and skills.
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Talented and Gifted Education serves the purpose of providing instruction that challenges high-end learners and meets each student's learning needs. Resources and support materials for districts, schools, teachers, parents, and students are included.
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This site features Grant Opportunities, Professional Development information, and Resources for Service-Learning.
IDEA Compliance and District Resources
The Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004 (IDEA 2004) mandates the provision of a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) for students eligible for special education services. An Individualized Education Program (IEP) is developed listing the specialized designed instruction and related services that will be provided to the student. Parent and student participation in decision-making is a key component of the IEP process.


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Nearly three years after it opened in April of 2011, the Willkommen Heritage and Preservation Society of NYA continues to be a fascinating resource for local residents and visitors alike.
The organization held its third annual meeting last month, and President LaVonne Kroells said things are generally going well with the effort to keep history alive in Norwood Young America.
"Everybody who volunteers here enjoys it. I wish I could spend more time here," she said. "It's fun when you have visitors in looking at things and you can explain things."
Kroells related one recent episode when new residents of the Oak Grove Senior Residence came through the doors to learn more about their new town.
"One was from Bloomington and the other from Crystal, I believe. They wanted to know about their community. So I walked around and explained everything to them. They were just intrigued. So there's one example of people moving into the community who wanted to learn about it," she said.
Membership in the Society has grown from 37 last June to 60 at present, but Kroells said she still hopes to get the message out that membership does not include any requirement to volunteer time to the Society.
"Some people don't really understand the member thing," she said. "We don't just want them to come and work — that's not it at all. We want them to join the organization, we want them to come and visit. Yes, if they want to volunteer that would be great, because we've been operating off of a handful of people. Some might say, 'Oh, I don't know anything about the city.' Well, this is the perfect place to learn."
Currently there are 10-12 volunteers who help set up displays and perform whatever functions are needed to keep the Society operating.
"We're growing and maturing just because we're getting more people in — still not as many as we'd like though," said Kroells. "There are still some people who don't know we're here or that we exist."
Last year the Society welcomed 677 visitors, and also took a big step by taking on the Heritage Tent display at Stiftungsfest. That display included eight historic century farms from the area, and also featured city housing developments and their histories as farms.
The heritage center also put together a display in honor of the Diedesfeld Band from Germany. The ensemble from Young America's sister city has been a regular highlight of Stiftungsfest since 1985, and 2012 might have been the group's last visit to Stiftungsfest.
Other displays during the year included "Winter Hobbies and Handicrafts," "Antique Valentines," and a feature on the Mason's Humbolt Lodge that coincided with the city council's efforts to have the now privately owned Lodge building either repaired or razed due to safety concerns.
In March, the Society helped the Girl Scouts celebrate their 100th year by displaying items and allowing Girl Scouts to sell cookies at the heritage center.
A regular school display has evolved with the seasons, featuring the current sports and teams from years past, and homecoming royalty of 50 years ago were highlighted along with the 1983 Indianettes dance squad — Central's only team to capture a state title.
The year closed with an indoor walking tour of eight historic homes in Norwood Young America and a look at how those homes are decorated for the holiday season.
In 2013, the Society is currently featuring a display on historic hats, and preparations are already underway for this year's Stiftungsfest display on the various country schools that used to dot the landscape.
"[The board members are] taking a school and researching it. People are just amazed at all the country schools we've had around here," said Kroells. "Everybody is kind of pitching in. It's a group thing."
A new endeavor is to honor each graduating class from Central High School on its 50th anniversary, so this year the Society will highlight the CHS class of 1963.
On the business side, Loris Kramer and Dave Elling were elected to full three-year board terms during the annual meeting after finishing their initial terms, and Jim Spille was elected for a second three-year term.
Other members of the board include Kroells, Dorothy Bohnen, Sharilyn Feltmann, Ruth Harms, Rosie Gutknecht, Mark Lagergren, RoseMary Braun.
The Society will hold a quarterly meeting on March 14, during which new officers will be chosen from those board members.
Kroells said the Society has been getting by on a meager budget, but producing the Stiftungsfest display has given the organization a welcome boost, and the budget report showed a positive balance at the end of the year.
"We're surviving. We manage," she said. "If we can keep this Stiftungsfest display that guarantees us some income every year, that's going to help."
The historical society is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. If anyone would like to schedule a tour outside of those hours, that can be done by calling (952) 467-4227.
Contact Paul Downer at [email protected]


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Recent Discovery Puts Battle Of Midway Back On The Map
As announced 56 years to the day of the June 4, 1942 battle which led to its demise, USS Yorktown was recently discovered, more than three miles under the sea, off the island of Midway in the middle of the j Pacific. Sponsored by the National Geographic Society, the team led by famed explorer Dr. Robert Ballard discovered the wreck as a result of a mission to find, map, photograph and explore the lost ships of the WWII Battle of Midway (see map).
Yorktown was built by Newport News Shipbuilding, its keel laid in 1934, launched in 1936 and commissioned in 1937. Three days after the start of the Battle of Midway, on June 7, 1942, Yorktown, badly damaged by dive bomber attacks, attempted to make its way home to Hawaii, only to be torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sunk 16,650 ft. (5,075 m) to the bottom of the sea. Most of the ship's crew were rescued, including Bill Surgi, who took part in the search.
Setting sail on May 1 on U.S. Naval deep submergence support ship Laney Chouest and towing the University of Hawaii's MR1 sonar vehicle, Dr. Ballard and crew used the U.S. Navy's Advanced Tethered Vehicle (ATV), to look for Yorktown and other ships lost in the Battle including destroyer USS Hammann and Japanese carriers Kaga and Akagi. After only 18 days of searching, the team discovered Yorktown, identified by Dr. Ballard with the help of survivor Mr. Surgi. "The first thing I saw was a mud clot ... and a smile crossed my face," said Dr. Ballard. He was certain he had discovered the Yorktown because the view was identical to the first images he saw when he found the wreck of HMS Titanic in 1985.
According to Dr. Ballard, when a giant sinking ship slams into the ocean it blasts mud in all directions. Piles appear hundreds of yards from the wreckage.
"That (ship) was my home, so I was home again. I was glad to see it," said Mr. Surgi of his first view of the wreck. He recalled j being on a catwalk amidships when a ; torpedo exploded beneath him. He L had to climb back on deck through wreckage before he could cross to the fig® other side of the vessel and abandon p ship.
While Yorktown was the only ship found on this expedition, the discovery is a monumental one. Video footage from the expedition shows stainless steel work on the vessel still shiny, as well as the bomb hole, cables, the airplane elevator and other equipment. "There was absolutely no biological growth on it [Yorktown], It was the most sterile water environment I've ever seen. You could see all the way across the flight deck. The USS Yorktown is in the best shape of al


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The Bursar's Office is the centralized billing and collection point for student accounts. The primary function of the Bursar's Office is managing all student accounts including processing payments and installment plans, applying waivers, generating bills, coordinating collection efforts and processing refunds.
As of August 2016: Gateway Community College will no longer send out paper bills. Students will receive email notifications to the college email addresses when they have a new billing statement to view. Then they can view their bill online, through mycommnet by going to Banner Self Service, Billing/Payment and clicking on Student Account and Payment Center.
Authorized user functionality is here! Does someone else help you with the bills? Now you can authorize your parents, employer, or anyone you choose to view your bill, make payments directly on your account, and even sign up for a Tuition Installment Plan. Any student can give permission to an Authorized User, even those not enrolled in a Tuition Installment Plan.
It's easy to give someone access. All you need is a valid email address.
1. Sign onto myCommNet;
2. Click the Banner Self Service Link at the top right hand side of the page;
3. If prompted, select the appropriate College, (note not all user will see this);
4. Choose the Registration & Payment option from the list;
5. Choose the Installment Plan Enrollment and Payment option from the list;
6. Click the Installment Plan and Payment Button;
7. Hover over the My Account link at the top of the page and then click on the Authorized Users link;
8. Then just follow the prompts to add your Authorized User.
9. Your Authorized User will then receive an email explaining how to log in to view your account balance, make payments on your behalf and even sign up for a Tuition Installment Plan.
Click on the FAQ Payment Procedures & FAQ Link to find out how to use your Financial Aid Award to reserve your classes.


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Ask a Mechanic Online and Get Answers to Your Car Questions
Welcome to Justanswer ! my name is XXXXX XXXXX i will do my best to assist you with this problem
when it was smoking before you shut the engine off was it running on all 4 cylinders just before you turned it off ?
now the big problem here is coolant is filling up the crankcase
this can only happen with a bad head gasket, cracked cylinder head or a cracked engine block
since no coolant is getting into the cylinders them selves that's what your up against im sorry to say
the best approach is remove the cylinder head and do a very good visual on the gasket if you see it blown out replace it and have the cylinder head sent out to be planed flat and checked for cracks and it should be ok
if the head gasket looks good send the head out to be pressure tested and checked for cracks and flatness if any of those show up during inspection have it planed of if cracked replace the head
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(08-03-2015, 12:43 AM)Saber Wrote: The alerts aren't visible when there aren't any.
Is that normal here?
Hiding the alerts button is something I wouldn't recommend.
We'll resolve it........Thank you for letting us know about this issue.......
" Justice is subject to dispute; might is easily recognized and is not disputed. So we cannot give might to justice, because might has gainsaid justice, and has declared that it is she herself who is just. And thus, being unable to make what is just strong, we have made what is strong just."


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StemCells, Inc. Enters Research Collaboration with Casey Eye InstitutePALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 24, 2008 - StemCells, Inc. (NASDAQ:STEM) today announced that it has entered into a research collaboration with the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Casey Eye Institute to evaluate the Company's proprietary HuCNS-SC(R) product candidate (purified human neural stem cells) as a potential treatment for retinal degeneration, a leading cause of blindness.
Published studies have shown that in a well established animal model of retinal degeneration, known as the Royal College of Surgeons Rat Model, human neural stem cells protect retinal function and thereby preserve vision. Under the collaboration, the parties will evaluate engraftment and function of StemCells, Inc's HuCNS-SC cells in the same rat model preparatory to planned clinical trials. The research, which is expected to be concluded by year end, will be conducted at OHSU by Professors Raymond Lund, Ph.D., and Peter Francis, M.D., of the Casey Eye Institute, both of whom are leaders in cell-based research for retinal disorders.
"We are very excited to be working with these two prominent investigators in this developing field. The Casey Eye Institute has an excellent international reputation as well as a strong commitment to both basic research and clinical investigations," said Stephen Huhn, M.D., F.A.C.S, F.A.A.P., Vice President and Head of the CNS Program of StemCells, Inc. "The Company is actively exploring the utility of its neural stem cells for a wide range of human central nervous system disorders. Our HuCNS-SC cells are already in clinical testing for the brain, and we have announced plans to initiate a clinical trial for spinal cord injury later this year. This collaboration advances our mission to develop novel treatments for diseases of all three elements of the central nervous system - the brain, the spinal cord and the eye."
The retina is a thin layer of neural cells that lines the back of the eye and is responsible for converting external light into neural signals. Thus, the loss of function in retinal cells leads to an impairment or loss of vision. The most common forms of retinal degeneration are age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. In the United States, age-related macular degeneration affects over 1.5 million people in the over-65 population and is the leading cause of blindness in that group. The macula, one of the most critical parts of the retina, is responsible for processing detailed vision. Retinitis pigmentosa is a class of hereditary diseases that also leads to progressive degeneration of retinal cells. In the United States, the most common types of retinitis pigmentosa affect approximately 65,000 people. For both age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa, preventative measures are generally not available and current treatments have only limited effects.
About StemCells, Inc.
StemCells, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of cell-based therapeutics to treat diseases of the nervous system and the liver. The Company's programs seek to repair or repopulate neural, liver or other tissue that has been damaged or lost as a result of disease or injury. StemCells has pioneered the discovery and development of its proprietary HuCNS-SC product candidate (purified human neural stem cells), and has also identified human liver engrafting cells (hLEC) as a cellular therapy candidate. StemCells, Inc. has recently completed enrollment in a Phase I trial to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of its HuCNS-SC product candidate as a treatment for infantile and late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL), a fatal neurodegenerative disease often referred to as Batten Disease. This trial is being conducted at OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital. StemCells owns or has exclusive rights to more than 53 issued or allowed U.S. patents and more than 150 granted or allowed non-U.S. patents. Further information about the Company is available on its web site at: www.stemcellsinc.com.
About OHSU and Casey Eye Institute
Oregon Health & Science University is the state's only health and research university and Oregon's only academic health center. OHSU is Portland's largest employer and the fourth largest in Oregon (excluding government), with more than 12,000 employees. OHSU's size contributes to its ability to provide many services and community support activities not found anywhere else in the state. It serves 189,000 patients annually, and is a conduit for learning for more than 3,400 students and trainees. OHSU is the source of more than 200 community outreach programs that bring health and education services to every county in the state.
The Casey Eye Institute, named after the founders of United Parcel Service, opened on the OHSU Marquam Hill Campus in 1991. The Casey Eye Institute (CEI) is an academic regional eye center dedicated to preventing blindness through research, and to bringing advanced technology to the Pacific Northwest through continuing education of physicians. Casey is the seventh and final regional eye research center in the nation sponsored by Research to Prevent Blindness, the world's leading voluntary organization in support of eye research.
Apart from statements of historical facts, the text of this press release constitutes forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this news release. StemCells does not undertake to update any of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date hereof. Such statements reflect management's current views and are based on certain assumptions that may or may not ultimately prove valid. The Company's actual results may vary materially from those contemplated in the forward-looking statements due to risks and uncertainties to which the Company is subject, including uncertainty as to whether HuCNS-SC cells will prove safe in ongoing or future clinical trials; uncertainty as to whether the FDA or other applicable regulators or review boards will permit the Company to continue clinical testing of HuCNS-SC despite the novel and unproven nature of the Company's technology; uncertainty whether results obtained in the animal models and in vitro studies of infantile NCL, retinal disorders or other diseases and conditions will be able to be successfully translated into treatment for humans; uncertainties regarding the Company's ability to obtain the increased capital resources needed to continue its clinical trial and its other current research and development operations and to conduct the further research, preclinical development and clinical trials necessary for regulatory approvals; and other factors that are described under the heading "Risk Factors" in Item 1A of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
StemCells, Inc.
Rodney Young, 650-475-3100 ext. 105
Chief Financial Officer
Posted: January 2008


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Christian James will be speaking at this event on Wednesday, May 9 at 9:55am.
Topic: Internal Audit for Your IT Department
Description: Are you prepared to undergo a review of your systems, settings, processes and procedures? This presentation complements another presentation made by Christian entitled "Top 10 questions to ask your IT person" which is geared toward partners. This presentation will be geared toward the IT perspective to ensure all our ducks are in a row with our firm relative to our industry.


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I just saw my surgeon today 3 weeks post op and he said I'm still high so he prefers I go braless (even not to wear my post op no padded no wire bra) as much as I can and when I sleep too, this is fine with me anything to speed up the dropping process but I just want to make sure braless will NOT change anything about my implants itself! Please leave answers thank you! 425l 475r silicone under
Will going braless change the actual shape and size of the implant? Or just help them drop?
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Going braless after surgery
Going bra-less
Learn more: http://www.christopherdavidsonmd.com/boston-breast-augmentation.html
Post op bra
There is no on size fits all answer to undergarments after a breast augmentation. Some people need the support of a bra to help the lower portion of the breast, some people need a strap across the top to help "push" down the implants. I would recommend folowign your surgeons advise. You will not have any issue with the implants from mot wearing a bra.
Learn more: http://www.lewisplasticsurgery.com
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These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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The Christmas season is upon us, and for film critics that means two things. Firstly, it is prime "Prestige Picture" season, wherein all the major studios finally whip out their heavier, more adult dramas in order to bait Oscar voters, which always has me asking why movie studios don't try to produce awards bait movies all year round. You know it's Prestige Picture season because the last episode of The B-Movies Podcast was taken up with insightful and salient reviews of complex and heady dramas like The Collection (from the writers of Saw IV, Saw V, Saw VI, and Saw: The Final Chapter, a remake of Silent Night, Deadly Night called merely Silent Night, and the sixth film in the Universal Soldier franchise, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, which featured more blood and violence than your average slasher film, making it the bloodiest action movie since perhaps Punisher: War Zone. I can smell Oscar gold already, can't you?
Secondly, we must – must! – ponder the myriad Christmas-themed movies that are gleefully watched in households across the nation as part of ever-growing Christmas traditions. William "B-Cup" Bibbiani and I not only reviewed Silent Night, but debated the merits of the 1984 original. Bibbs feels it should count as a legitimate slasher classic. I think despite its gleeful tastelessness, toplessness, and occasional bouts of fun Christmas-themed mayhem (someone is strangled with a string of Christmas lights, for instance), it's still only a middling film at best, and it is, at the very least, far outstripped by Bob Clark's excellent slasher Black Christmas from a decade previous (and which has, incidentally, also been remade). I would, however, say that Silent Night, Deadly Night is one of those must-see films for nascent slasher fans. It's one that should be seen merely for its dubious notoriety.
Whatever their respective merits, I personally know a few people who watch either Black Christmas or Silent Night, Deadly Night every year around this time. Both are perfectly decent Christmas movies, and can stand openly as regular and legitimate Christmas traditions.
Let's analyze that notion, shall we? What kind of movie counts as a "Christmas movie" as opposed to a movie that is simply set at Christmastime? Surely this question has been pondered by minds greater than mine; Alonso Duralde of The Wrap and Linoleum Knife, and a sometime guest on The B-Movies Podcast, has authored a book called Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas (which you should buy immediately), and has likely come up with a very concise definition as to what makes a "proper" Christmas movie. But I will now personally bend my own soft, moist, pinkish brain to such a task, and ponder ever so briefly what makes a good Christmas movie.
It must be set at Christmas, of course. The backgrounds must incorporate all manner of Christmas imagery, and include no small amount of Christmas muzak. Trees, tinsel, guys in Santa suits, twinkle lights, crèches, the whole schmear. The iconography is key. I would, however, differentiate a movie that is merely set at Christmas from a "Christmas movie" in this regard: some of the film's notable events must also be Christmas related. By that thinking Batman Returns could be considered a Christmas Movie, as there are several elaborate criminal actions tied in with the lighting of the Gotham City Christmas Tree, one of which results in the death of a ditzy spokesmodel. In contrast would be Richard Donner's Lethal Weapon, which does indeed take place at Christmas, but only incidentally.
The screenwriter of Lethal Weapon, Shane Black, seems to have a penchant for Christmas, however, as many of the films he had written take place around the holiday. His amnesia-themed actioner The Long Kiss Goodnight is very reliant on Christmas imagery, and his excellent 2005 comedic neo-noir Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is very much about the holiday. I suppose the season must be in the air.
Indeed, many include Die Hard as one of the best Christmas movies ever made. Not only is it awesome, but it effectively captures the Christmas spirit. Is it a proper Christmas movie? By my criterion above, not really, but I'm fully prepared to give this one a pass. My point is: the genre almost doesn't matter. It doesn't have to be straightforwardly jolly. It just has to be Christmas. The feel-good stuff will come naturally.
It shouldn't necessarily feature Santa Claus. I have seen many, many films to star jolly old St. Nick, and but a sliver of them are of any note or quality. Sure, you have films like Henry Selick's stop-motion animated Goth catnip The Nightmare Before Christmas – a twisted Christmas/Halloween mashup that is still peculiar and fun to watch despite its Hot Topic overexposure – or maybe the original 1947 Miracle on 34th Street, but good films with Santa are few and far between. Rise of the Guardians was pretty good, and I heard good things about Arthur Christmas (which I missed), but I'm not sure if either of those CGI animated films would ever be considered a legit classic of any stripe. Santa is such a pure, peerless figure that it becomes difficult to construct any sort of meaningful drama around him. As such, we've been treated over the years to all manner of bizarre and off-putting iterations to put the jolly fat man in the spotlight. If you haven't seen the 1959 Mexican film called simply Santa Claus, be grateful for the small scrap of sanity you still possess. A film like Santa Claus Meets the Ice Cream Bunny kind of speaks for itself. Many people of a certain generation seem to possess an affection for 1985's Santa Claus: the Movie with Dudley Moore and John Lithgow. I could not explain why.
So Santa may be ultimately prove to be a detriment to your movie. Although the strength of a good Santa should not be overlooked. The only reason anyone remembers the maligned Ernest Saves Christmas is because of Douglas Seale as Santa, who is a sweet old guy and a cherubic presence, and who elevates some of the shrill humor into something much more tolerable.
They shouldn't ever, ever be sexy. Ever. Maybe this is just a neurosis of mine, but I think hot half-naked human beings become instantly less hot as soon as they don a Santa cap. The mixture of Christmas and sex seems, I dunno, unwholesome to me. The only person who is allowed to mix sex and Santa is Eartha Kitt when she sings "Santa Baby." Otherwise it's just a little oogy. Listen to any rendition of "Baby, It's Cold Outside," and marvel at how sticky it will make you feel. Seriously, one of the lyrics is "Hey, what's in this drink?"
Also, and this may make a few readers cringe, but it has to have a happy, happy ending. Not just an ending where everything is resolved, but one where the heroes all live, everyone is happy, and the characters have all gathered around to sing songs, make merry, and generally celebrate the glories of being alive through the wonders of such a magical season. Corny? Yes. Your Christmas film must be – must be – at least a little bit corny. Christmas is, after all, the one time of year when sentimentality should be openly permissible, and warming brief platitudes should perhaps be dropped without a hint of irony. We can be cynical at other times, but not at the end of a Christmas movie. It is just not done.
Sure, some Christmas films are plenty dark, especially the entire Christmas horror genre; Indeed, if you're going to have a somewhat dark ending to your Christmas movie, it can only be a Black Christmas or a Santa's Slay or a Jack Frost. But the ultimate effect of a good Christmas movie should be the cinematic equivalent of snuggling under a blanket with a warm loved one, drinking hot cocoa, and eating frosted cookies. It's comfort food. Even the action films. Even the horror films. They should all leave you warm, whether with hugs, with toys, or with a gentle cascade of arterial spray.
Lars Von Trier, for instance, should never make a Christmas movie.
From the Desk of William Bibbiani:
Christmas comes but once a year. Once a year! Now it's here. And, as usual, very few major studios are whipping out honest to god "Christmas movies." There's Rise of the Guardians, Silent Night, and that's about it. This season the film industry is focusing instead on family friendly movies like Playing for Keeps, about a pro hockey player who reconnects with his estranged family, and Parental Guidance, about Billy Crystal getting hit in the balls a lot. These are films that seemingly fit the Christmas season, being family-oriented and suitable (albeit not necessarily recommended) for all ages, but they don't actually have Christmas in them so they could, if necessary, be shifted around the yearly release schedule. But a Christmas movie? You gotta release it at Christmastime, and you only get a couple of weeks to appeal to holiday shoppers who are already at the mall, since after December 25th your Christmas movie is useless. And you have to wait to release it on home video for a-whole-nother year, so it's just sitting there in your vault until then, gathering dust and wasting money.
But we've had some good Christmas films, thank goodness. Witney has talked about what he thinks makes a good Christmas movie, but I'd like to roll it back a bit. Before we can think about what makes a good Christmas movie, we have to figure out what makes it a "Christmas movie" in the first place. It's more than just setting your movie at Christmas. And it has nothing at all to do with Jesus, at least not necessarily. In order to be a real Christmas movie, your movie needs to be about Christmas, and the shared experiences that those who celebrate the holiday can all relate to. The iconography helps, and if you focus on the religious aspect that's all well and good too, but that's all incidental. The important thing is that if you took these movies and set them at any other time of the year, they wouldn't make as much sense, whether or not they actually work.
Look at the film Home Alone, for example. That's a film about a kid defending his homestead from scary (well, not really) home invaders after being separated from his family at the holidays. All the business with Macauley Culkin actually being home, alone, makes Home Alone a great comedy. But what makes it a great Christmas movie is the family element. For many, Christmas is a time when family members make time for each other, if only for one day, after a year's worth of focusing on their own separate lives. Being separated from your young child is a plot point that works best during a season that emphasizes togetherness. Their happy reunion, on Christmas Day, affects us emotionally in part because Christmas is already a time for happy reunions, and this one – after Culkin's many hilarious misadventures – feels particularly earned.
Other films focus on the long road to Christmas, as opposed to the day itself. For kids, this takes the form of being good (always a crucible in and of itself) and completing a familiar series of rituals, like writing a letter to Santa, sitting on his lap and leaving milk and cookies out by the tree. And waiting to open your presents. Bob Clark's perennial favorite A Christmas Story nails this aspect of the holiday season, focusing the story on period nostalgia and the suspense built up around whether little Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) will get the only item on his Christmas list, a Red Ryder B.B. Gun. On the flipside of that equation, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation looks at the same rituals from the perspective of the parents, who are responsible for making sure everyone's holiday is magical and also keeping food on the table, enduring visiting relatives and performing annoying, impermament tasks like cutting down a tree and putting up blinky lights. Chevy Chase's famous holiday outburst works because we've all been there, but have never (or at least rarely) had the opportunity to unload all that nervous energy all at once. Like every other great Christmas movie, films like A Christmas Story and Christmas Vacation exploit the anxieties inherent to the holiday and, because it's Christmas, they both end happily.
My very favorite Christmas movie, Christmas in Connecticut, feels really ahead of its time from this perspective. Before anyone was really talking about how annoying Christmas was for all the parents required to meet unrealistic standards of familial and housewarming perfection, Peter Godfrey's film was focusing on the specific frustrations of housewives, back when women were expected to be happiest in the kitchen (by sexist assh*les, granted, but there were an awful lot of them). In the film, Barbara Stanwyck is expected to live up to these expectations, since she has a proto-Martha Stewart magazine column about her happy homemaking experiences, but that's all an elaborate con. She's a single woman in a studio apartment who can't cook to save her own life. When her editor, Sydney Greenstreet, insists on coming over to her farmhouse for a good, old-fashioned holiday celebration, she bends herself into pretzels trying to do what housewives are supposed to be doing to prepare for Christmas, failing miserably and hilariously all along the way. Yes, again it ends happily.
Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? I'd say only barely. John McTiernan's film uses the holiday as an excuse for a few jokes ("Now I have a machine gun, ho-ho-ho") and set pieces, but for most of the film Christmas is completely incidental to the kick-ass action storyline. I suspect it seemed a little more Christmasy back in the 1980s, when sexy cocaine-centric holiday office parties were still de rigeur. Nowadays, that's probably the aspect of Die Hard that seems most dated, and therefore most swiftly ignored. I suspect that, for many, films like Die Hard and Die Hard 2 are considered someone's "favorite Christmas movies" because it's an excuse to watch an exciting action flick when the rest of the family just wants to watch sentimental treacle instead. It's okay. The first two Die Hards end happily, right?
But horror movies can be Christmas movies too. The murders are incidental so long as Christmas is the thematic cornerstone. Gremlins is a perfect example, demonstrating the dangers of gift-giving when the recipient can't handle the responsibilities inherent to their new toy (or in this case, a pet), which gives birth to a host of little homicidal monsters. It's no coincidence that the finale of the film takes place in a shopping center, and that many of the film's battles are fought with dangerous household products, even though it ends happily. Silent Night, Deadly Night is also a great Christmas movie, killer Santa or no killer Santa, because the maniac couldn't have been created with the moral manipulations, rampant capitalism or religious fervor inherent to the season. The remake, Silent Night, isn't as much of a Christmas movie as near as I can tell. The "naughty or nice" motivations of the villain can be found in many non-holiday slasher M.O.'s and despite several people getting murdered with Christmas lights, the plot would be basically the same on any other holiday with a parade route in it. Silent Night isn't a particularly bad film, but as I said in my review, it's particularly disappointing because it doesn't take more advantage of its holiday trappings. The Silent Night movies don't end very happily though. Maybe that's why they're so controversial.
But even if a film's story is intrinsically linked to Christmastime, that doesn't make it a "great" Christmas movie. It makes it a "real" Christmas movie either way, but it still has to be "good." Jingle All the Way was a clever idea for a slapstick holiday movie, about two fathers fighting for the "must have" toy of the season on Christmas Eve, each afraid of ruining their sons' childhoods, but it also sucked. The pacing is slow, most of the jokes fall flat and Arnold Schwarzenegger doesn't have the comic persona necessary to carry such a manic film with only Sinbad to support him. And don't forget the boring 1994 remake of Miracle on 34th Street, which took an excellent story about childhood wonder and squandered it on a cast with little chemistry, and changed one of the most satisfying endings ever filmed into a weak monologue about the dollar bill that says and proves almost nothing, particularly when compared to the original film's headshot closing argument, which most everyone knows whether they've seen the movie or not. Oh well, at least they both end happily.
There are lots of good Christmas movies out there, but the ratio of good films to bad films wouldn't impress anybody. For every It's a Wonderful Life we seem to get a dozen Christmases with the Kranks. That may not seem like much of an observation, since you could say the same thing about any genre (except for the Christmas with the Kranks part), but Christmas movies have certain tropes that are just plain difficult to pull off. The forcefully happy endings, the sentimental storylines, the adherence to strange mythology and the potential for overselling (or underselling) the religious elements are difficult lines to walk without teetering too far on either side. So it's easy to see why, outside of Made-for-TV movies (which depend on saccharine stories whether they work or not), we don't see too many of them. They're a tough sell, and they're even tougher to do right. But those few films that do become holiday favorites all have one thing in common: they're actually about Christmas, and the many reasons why the holiday season actually means something… even if it means something awful.
And that's what Christmas movies are all about, Charlie Brown!
William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are the co-hosts of CraveOnline's B-Movies Podcast. Follow them on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold


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High school was either a breeze or absolute hell. Regardless of the way those four years went for you, college is a brand-new start. Many students go away for college, while others have the convenience of six colleges right in town (I see you, Buffalo), but even if you stay local, you'll find new opportunities.


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Ron Boender was bored. The year was 1983, and the entrepreneur had recently sold his Fort Lauderdale communications firm. He began puttering around the garden. "I always enjoyed watching butterflies," says Boender, who was raised on a farm in Illinois. "And so I started cultivating plants to attract the insects to my yard in Florida."
Butterflies, Boender discovered, are fussy creatures. Most species are attracted to the nectar of a few varieties of flowers, but usually deposit their eggs on just one or two types of plants - the only plants their larvae will feed on after emerging from their eggs.Within months after his retirement, Boender had grown more than 400 nectar-producing and larval-food plants on his property. He also had taken meticulous notes on the plant preferences and behavior of each butterfly species. "My wife and three children thought I was obsessed," he recalls, "and in fact it was a hobby gone wild."
Today, at age 55, Boender has turned his hobby into a second career. Since 1988, he has operated Butterfly World in South Florida, the largest educational, butterfly-breeding facility in the United States-a place where hundreds of people go every year to take courses in creating butterfly habitat at their homes, schools and offices. As a result of his efforts, nearly half of the elementary schools in his area now garden for butterflies. "Ron and his facility have had a tremendous impact on the people of South Florida," says University of Florida entomologist Thomas Emmel.
Boender believes he has good reason for his obsession. Butterflies, he maintains, are one of the few types of wildlife anyone can help provide habitat for on a consistent basis. "All it takes," he says, "is research on which native species are most common to your area, and which plants those species require for feeding and reproduction."
Although a butterfly's brain is only about the size of a pinhead, it contains a complex set of stimulators and regulators. A butterfly smells with its antennae, tastes with its feet and has remarkably acute vision that enables it to zero in on preferred food plants.
About 760 known species flit through the United States and Canada. Most butterflies live as adults for only a few weeks. But some, such as the monarchs of the eastern United States, which migrate 2,500 miles each year to wintering grounds in Mexico, survive for several months. All of the species follow the same general life cycle: The adult females lay eggs on a specific host plant in spring, summer or fall (depending upon the species); each egg hatches into a larva, which spends all of its time eating until it transforms into a chrysalis and eventually emerges as an adult.
Because butterflies have such specific plant needs, several U.S. species have vanished after their habitat was destroyed. Currently, 15 North American species are federally listed as endangered or threatened; 70 more are candidates for the U.S. Endangered Species List.
For those imperiled insects, says Washington State lepidopterist Robert Pyle, "butterfly gardening won't provide any relief because we're not going to attract those species." However, proper backyard plantings can aid some declining species. They can also, says Pyle, help keep "common species common," and help maintain their distribution so they don't become rare. Adds Cornell University entomologist Thomas Eisner: "Whether you have just a few plants or an entire garden to attract butterflies, there's something magical about having the delicate insects around your home."
Most experts agree that there are a few common rules for attracting butterflies to your yard. "Always plant in an area that receives a lot of sun, and avoid using insecticides and other garden chemicals," says Boender. Plants in full sun produce more nectar than those in shade. The insects must maintain high body temperatures to stay active; they bask in sunlight while feeding.
The insects also are most often drawn to clusters of same-colored flowers, rather than to mixed bouquets. And newly emerged butterflies often need a place to drink-a pond or wide flat saucer filled with water and pebbles to perch on.
What kinds of flowers attract butterflies? "In general, bright single flowers with corollas that are not too deep and petals large enough for good perching," says Pyle. Unlike most other insects, butterflies can see the full spectrum of color, and each species seems to have an affinity to certain hues. Virtually all of the insects, however, are attracted to Buddleia, a sort of catnip for butterflies. It grows in most climates. Boender also recommends the following flowering plants, which provide nectar for most species in most parts of the country: heliotrope, lantana, milkweed, mint, pentas, verbena and zinnias.
No matter how many nectar sources you plant to attract the adults, the insects are only apt to stay in your yard if you also grow proper larval food plants, planting them near nectar sources. "This is the key to providing true habitat," says Boender. "If you just plant nectar sources, you're not really gardening for butterflies." The larvae of a few species, such as gray hairstreaks or painted ladies, will feed on a number of plants. But most are specialized. Monarch larvae, for instance, eat only milkweed.
With help from lepidopterists and experienced butterfly gardeners all across the country, Boender has charted the larval plant preferences of some of North America's most common native species, region by region. - Mark Wexler


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Port Washington may become a destination for mountain bikers this summer. The Parks and Recreation Board on Wednesday was expected to approve plans for a mountain bike trail that would extend from Guenther Park north to Hales Trail just east of the Ozaukee Interurban Trail. This trail would be in addition to a mountain bike park the city is constructing on Moore Road adjacent to the skateboard park. "It really is neat," Parks and Recreation Director Charlie Imig said. "I think it's going to be kind of cool. "This is good for Port Washington. I think it will bring people into the city, and while they're here maybe they'll have lunch or just explore." The proposed trail would be about two miles long and make use of an existing trail that's been overgrown, Imig said. "Kids over the years have created the trail," he said. Imig said he walked the trail last fall and inspected it. "Portions of it are leaf-blower ready," he said, noting it will take little work to clear those parts of the trail and put them into service. Other areas, however, must be completely built, he said. The trail would be accessible off the existing bike trail or at trailheads at Guenther Park or the bluff, Imig said. The Ozaukee County Mountain Bike Club, which has developed a trail in the Town of Cedarburg, has offered to develop and maintain the trail at no cost to the city, Imig said. The trail wouldn't be limited to mountain bikes, he said, but also would be open to pedestrians. It would likely be open year-round, he added, noting that the fat-tire bikers would probably use it in the wintertime. Although Ozaukee County ran into a significant amount of controversy when it proposed developing a mountain bike park on 36 acres of county-owned land between Lake Drive and Dixie Road in the Town of Port, Imig said he doesn't anticipate that happening in the city. When the board discussed the concept at its last meeting, more than 20 people showed up to support it, he said. "This is really a gung-ho group," Imig said of the mountain bike club. "They're going to watch out for their own and take care of this. It's really neat it has this much support. "For them, it's a win-win." The trail wouldn't be excessively challenging, Imig said, nor would the mountain bike park, which will be developed on Moore Road south of the skateboard park. However, they would provide enough of a challenge that users are likely to come back time after time, he said. Organizers said the trail could be used as a place where young mountain bikers could go to train, Imig noted. That project, which was approved last year, will have nine features, including a pump track. Work on the park is expected to begin when the weather breaks, Imig said. If approved by the board Wednesday, both the path and the park could be open by summer, he added.
A memorial pavilion planned for Coal Dock Park in Port Washington is likely to be built this spring. Organizers said Tuesday they are confident the pavilion will be built after receiving a $30,000 donation from the We Energies Foundation — a gift that brings their fundraising efforts to more than $60,000. The pavilion, which is being built in honor of 15-year-old Tyler Buczek and 24-year-old Peter Dougherty, who drowned off Port Washington in 2012, is expected to cost $90,000. The We Energies Foundation donation "knocked me off my feet," said Joe Buczek, Tyler's uncle and the person who spearheaded the fundraising drive. "My gut feeling is come springtime, we'll be starting construction," he said. "It would be awesome if it could be completed by Memorial Day, since it's a memorial pavilion." Mayor Tom Mlada announced the news at Tuesday's Common Council meeting, calling it "an exciting day for us." "I think we're going to be able to deliver on that commitment to get construction done in 2014," he said. Buczek said the community has been instrumental in making the pavilion a reality. "Without the help and support of everybody, I know it would never have gotten off the ground," he said. "We've knocked on a lot of doors." Individuals, businesses and clubs have contributed more than $22,000 toward the memorial, Buczek said, and a number of trade unions have offered to donate time and materials to build the pavilion. "What you've done is phenomenal," Ald. Dan Becker said. "It's going to be a wonderful memorial and an asset to the community." Buczek said Tyler's family has been overwhelmed by the support, both financial and emotional, of the community. "On behalf of the Buczek family, we want to say think you to everybody," he said. "The overall support from the first day has been so wonderful. It's amazing how much people have supported our entire family though this." Buczek noted that anyone who wants to purchase a memorial brick at the pavilion must place an order by March 1. More information is available at the website http://tylerbuczek.donationbricks.com. Tax-deductible contributions toward the memorial may also be made at City Hall, 100 W. Grand Ave.
Organizers of a "save the Port Washington lighthouse and breakwater" campaign said they were pleased with the turnout at their initial meeting on Saturday. More than 30 people gathered at NewPort Shores restaurant for the session, which was billed as an informational meeting and an opportunity to rally people around the cause. "I was really impressed by the people who were there and encouraged by their input," said James Meyer, one of the event organizers. "We thought, 'Let's get the ball rolling in every direction we can,' and that's what we did. "I think people want to get involved. This is a no-brainer. When I got home, I started getting calls and messages from people outside the area asking what's happening. People are already asking when is the next meeting." Meyer, along with Sandi Van Sistine of Green Bay and Mary Jo Joyce of West Bend, created the Great Lakes Safe Harbor Preservation Foundation and are applying for non-profit status for the organization, with the aim of raising money and promoting efforts to repair the deteriorating breakwater. Joyce, who is president of the organization, told those gathered that although the Army Corps of Engineers, which owns the breakwater, has known for at least the last decade that the structure is in poor condition, it has done nothing to fix the problem. "The only way to get the attention of the federal government is to organize and raise money," she said, noting significant portions of the breakwater have failed. "Nothing will happen unless we kick and scream." Ald. Bill Driscoll said the city welcomes the group's efforts. "The city can't do this on its own. This group can't do this on its own," he said. "We need a multi-pronged approach. They can't ignore the people. "We are not only behind this group, this group is absolutely necessary." Meyer, vice president of the group, said that many of those attending Saturday's meeting have become volunteers, offering ideas on how to move forward. "I was really impressed with some of the one-on-one comments and suggestions," he said. The group is planning a follow-up meeting in late February, he said. Organizers plan to meet with officials from We Energies on Feb. 4 to enlist their help in the campaign, Meyer said, and will talk to businesses in the city in the coming weeks. A silent auction for photos of the breakwater and lighthouse held in conjunction with Saturday's meeting raised $800, Meyer said.
The Port Washington Common Council on Tuesday agreed to move ahead with a streamlined breakwater improvement study officials hope will pave the way to repairing the deteriorating structure. Acting on a recommendation from the Harbor Commission, aldermen agreed to spend $15,000 on the study, which will look at potential funding sources and create preliminary designs for the repairs. The study will be done by Foth Infrastructure and Environment and Smithgroup JJR. "This will get the ball rolling," Mayor Tom Mlada said. "We'll begin with some meetings almost immediately." That could start as early as Wednesday, when officials from the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program were to meet, he said. Ald. Bill Driscoll, who has been at the forefront of the city's fight to get the breakwater repaired, said the hiring is essential to the effort. He noted that he wrote to the governor's office, and said the reply was difficult to interpret. "We definitely need somebody who knows what they're doing," Driscoll said. "This is exciting. We're going to get some action." The deteriorating condition of the Port Washington breakwaters has concerned officials for years, but has become a priority for the city in the past year. Although the structures are owned by the federal government, they are an integral part of the city infrastructure and protect much of the lakefront and downtown from the extremes of the lake. The Army Corps of Engineers, which owns the breakwater, last summer analyzed the condition of the structures and concluded that almost the entire eastern half of Port Washington's north breakwater is structurally unsound and dangerous and should be rebuilt as soon as possible. Corps officials told the city that the Port breakwater is one of the worst they've seen, but said that the agency has little funding to repair it. Repairing the breakwater will cost an estimated $16 million, they said. A major hurdle is the fact that the city's harbor is not considered a commercial port, since they are the Corps' priority. Mlada, who in November traveled to Washington, D.C., to lobby for funding for the repairs, said officials made it clear that they expect communities to provide some money to offset the federal costs. The study authorized this week is expected to help the city find state grants that it could use as its share of any breakwater project. Officials from Foth told the city they plan to bring representatives of the various funding agencies to the city so they can see firsthand the condition of the breakwater and the need to repair it.
"Getting them here gets them vested in Port Washington," Brian Hinrichs, lead environmental scientist for Foth, told the commission. "If they've been here, if they've heard you explain the problem and seen the problems for themselves, it makes a big difference."
In addition to seeking financing, the study will look at design options for the breakwater and ways to make the repairs in phases. It will see how repairs can dovetail with other harbor needs and create a conceptual master plan for the harbor. That conceptual plan should be added to the city's master plan, Hinrichs said, because it will strengthen any grant application. "I'm confident we can pull together the money in a relatively short period of time," he said. The city's study will be funded by the marina, which has enough funds in its capital project budget to cover the cost.


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Blayne Barber winner's interview after the South Georgia Classic
Following a final-round 67, Blayne Barber reflects on his win at the 2014 South Georgia Classic presented by First State Bank and Trust Company at Kinderlou Forest Golf Club.
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Abdomen + Weight Loss Q&A
Does Scar Tissue from Major Surgeries Potentially Interfere with Weight Loss? (photo)
Between June 2010 and December 2010 I had 3 major abdominal surgeries for bowel cancer. I am 29 years old and I found since the surgery that I cannot... READ MORE
Which Procedure to Do First After Massive Weight Loss?
I have lost 155 lbs and am at my goal weight (via diet and exercise). Now, I need to get all the excess skin removed. I'm scheduled for a Tummy... READ MORE
Would I need surgery to fix overhang and lose skin?
I am currently overweight and currently dieting and exercise to lose weight before attempting any surgery. I have over 100 lbs to lose. I have an... READ MORE
Getting married July 2 & need to lose 30 lbs. Began a strict diet/exercise plan but running out of time (6 months) & need help!!
Wondering what medical treatments are out there for weight loss, hopefully w/o general anesthesia. Im 170 and would like to be 140 (which I was about... READ MORE
What is the best procedure for my weight loss if not by exercise? (photos)
I am 21 Years of age and I gained some weight. Height 5''7; Weight 200lb Recently decided to change my lifestyle and I want to loose the weight. I... READ MORE
I need help lose in weight. I am 25 and my weight is 250 pounds (Photo)
I have high blood pressure 157-110 my fat is mostly my adominal and I keep getting headaches and sore throats and pain in my upper left READ MORE
Why do men and women display excess abdominal fat differently on their bodies?
I have always wondered why males get a type of bulge when they are overweight whilst females tend to get a crease of fat (usually right on top of... READ MORE
I wonder what supplements I could use for a real burning abdominal fat?
I have conducted exercises daily, doing bike around 45 'using Tabata workout with 20 " work with 10" of rest. Also I do abdominal exercises. I'm with... READ MORE
After how many lbs lost, does the skin not go back flat or almost flat in the abdominal area?
Why is it so hard to lose weight?, I am young and 5.1" and want to feel hot still (Photo)
Hi, I am from Jamaica, I have be trying to lose the weight that i have gained within a year for a year now, and to i would lose a little but gain back... READ MORE
How to know whether is fat or skin on tummy? (photo)
Hi I am mum of 2 kids 5 and 4 yrs n both with c section. I was 62 kg before my first pregnancy and thereafter I am 85 kgs. I tried dieting n walking..... READ MORE