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Newly Renovated Chanhassen Hotel
In Chanhassen, MN, located in the southwest Metro area of the Twin Cities, you'll find our Holiday Inn Express & Suites Chanhassen accommodations. Our hotel has a prime location near the intersection of Hwy 41 and Hwy 5.
Corporate travelers staying with us are glad that we offer a 24-hour business center with fax and copy services, as well as free high-speed, wired and wireless internet access. If you need to hold a meeting, we have meeting facilities which can accommodate up to 40 guests. Companies like Entegris, FSI, Tokyo Electronics, DXP Enterprises, Michael Foods and LifeTime Fitness are close to our Chanhassen, MN hotel.
Families who choose to stay with us can easily visit the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Lake Waconia, Lake Ann Park and Lake Minnetonka . We are also close to some major attractions, such as: Valleyfair Amusement Park, Mystic Lake Casino, Little Big Sioux Casino, Canterbury Race Track, and The Mall Of America.
While you stay with us, you can enjoy amenities like a complimentary hot breakfast, and an indoor, heated pool and hot tub. We also have a well-equipped fitness center or if you prefer we offer complimentary passes, a $30 value, to the LifeTime Fitness Club located one block from the hotel.
- Black-out Shades
- Rollaway Bed/Cot Available
- Crib Available
- Iron/Ironing Board
- Separate Hanging Closet
- In-Room Heating and A/C Controls
- Extra Bedding Available
Bathroom/Personal Care
- Private Bathroom
- Bathroom Amenities Available
- Hair Dryer
- Bathtub
- Separate/Walk-in Shower
In-Room Features
- Coffee Maker
- Tea Maker
- Flat-screen TV
- Work Desk with Lamp
- Desk-level Electrical Outlet
- Free Local Calls
- Cable/Satellite
- Premium Channels
- Stereo/Radio
- Direct-dial Phone
- Phone with Voicemail
- Complimentary Morning Newspaper
- Windows Open by Guest
Added Value
- Oversized Bath Towels
- Complimentary Coffee/Tea Supplies
- Complimentary Bottled Water
- Full Breakfast Included
- Breakfast Buffet Included
- Continental Breakfast Included
- Complimentary Coffee in Lobby
- Off-site Restaurant Delivery Available
Business Services
- 1 Meeting Room(s) Available
- On-Site Business Center
- Printer
- Copier
- Office supplies available
Internet Access
- Free High-Speed Internet in all Rooms
- Wireless Internet service is free for all IHG® Rewards Club members
Entertainment & Recreation
- Indoor Pool
- Heated Indoor Pool
- Indoor Whirlpool
- Indoor Pool Hours of Operation: 8:00 AM - 11:00 PM
- Outdoor Whirlpool
Health & Fitness
Complimentary Fitness Center
Commercial fitness equipment. Included is a Recumbent Cycle, PRECOR C932i Treadmill, and an PRECOR EFX 536 Elliptical machine. The hotel also offers complimentary day passes to Lifetime Fitness located one block West of the hotel.
Hours of Operation: 12:01 AM to 11:49 PM
Fitness Center Type: LIMITED
Fitness Center Equipment:
- Treadmill
- Elliptical Machines
- Stationary Bicycle
Housekeeping & Laundry
- Daily Housekeeping
Added Value
- Wake Up Calls
- Ice Machine
Hotel Details
7855 Century Blvd.
Chanhassen, Minnesota 55317
United States
Check In: 3:00 PM
Check Out: 11:00 AM
Check-in Age: 21
Parking + -
- Complimentary Self Parking Available
Shuttle + -
- Complimentary Local Area Shuttle
- Hours Of Operation From 5:00 PM-To 10:00 PM
Accessibility + -
- Public Entrance
- Guest Rooms
- Elevators
- Public Restrooms
- Registration Desk
- Exercise Facility
- Business Center
- Pool
- Number of Accessible Meeting Rooms: 1
Accessible Hotel Areas
- Registration Area
- Accessible Guest Rooms
- Business Center
- Meeting Room
- Exercise Facility
- Pool
Hotel Areas with Accessible Routes from Accessible Public Entrance
- Accessible Self Parking
- Van Accessible Self Parking
- Ramp Access
- Portable Bathtub Seats
- Closed Caption TVs
- Telephone with TDD
- Visual Alarm/Alert in Guest Rooms
- Visual Alarm/Alert in Public Spaces
- Communication Kits with Visual Alarms
Provided by Hotel
Pet Policy + -
- Service Animals Allowed
- Although the hotel does not allow pets, there are many kennels located in the area. Please call the hotel for more information.
Facility + -
- Smoke-Free Facility
- Number of Floors: 3
- Total Number of Rooms: 89
- Number of Suites: 17
- Number of Non-Smoking Rooms: 89
- Number of Accessible Rooms: 6
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Languages Spoken by Staff
- English
- Spanish
Credit Cards + -
- American Express
- Visa
- MasterCard
- Diners Club
- Carte Blanche
- Discover


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I was invited to a luau. Well, we being my dh and I, were invited. And even somewhere in the invitation it said that we could bring our kids. Now honestly, I felt laughter coming on. They don't really mean that do they? "Sure, come on bring those youngsters on over." I think what they really mean is that we are allowed to bring our very well behaved 7 year olds to this gathering. Because nobody really wants a bunch of bratty screaming, crying, kids that are not from their own gene pool running amuck throughout their lovely homes. Right? I mean, on most days I don't even want my own kids running amuck throughout this house. But they do. And I'm quite certain I can't call to complain to anyone about this. It's just what we endure.
So anyway, back to the luau. I had spoken with the lovely hostess of said party this evening. And well, she did in fact tell me that it was ok to bring my baby monsters to their gathering. She informed me that she too had some monsters kids. (You see, I can call mine monsters any time I please. I'm their monster mother. I bore them. Therefor that gives me the right. ) But this other lady, whom I have not yet had the pleasure of meeting may just be a proud and rather experienced mother of superbly well mannered children. I do not know this yet. I say that she is experienced because she started putting ages to her children and I lost count. She's got me beat. Even when I add my step-children into the mix. Or wait, maybe we are tied. I'm not sure.
Look, don't blame me for not paying attention. Eddie was running through the kitchen (while I was having a stab at actually cooking dinner). Please read: gas burner on high, within reach of crazy children who have little regard for the blue flame. Anyway, he had blue silly putty draped from the top of his head, wrapped around his forehead and hanging down his chest like a necklace. It was also stuck to the front of his brand new shirt. He was so riled up, that he was making his sister wonder what all the excitement was about. So she chased him in an effort to catch him or to see if she too could get a peek at the dragon that was "going to get them." So of course they were running. Wouldn't you run too if a dragon was chasing you??? I would. But it doesn't do much for my conversation. I think I may actually have R.S.V.P.'ed, I may have placed an order for Avon, and agreed to bring my children along in addition to fixing, cooking, bringing a Hawaiian dish. Fabulous.
So. I'm not huge on cooking, though we do need to eat to survive. I cook little these days. Mostly because dh is working late hours, I don't see him for dinner. But I'm understanding. And I'm also going to research some Hawaiian dishes. Ones that don't contain coconut, or too many onions because Lord knows I'm a pretty finicky eater myself. Dh just got home, it's 9:13 pm. I'm going to go to bed now. This momma is tired!

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From Middle‑earth™ filming locations to wineries and spectacular hikes, there's so much to see in Queenstown - making it the perfect place to take a tour.
Are you a Middle‑earth™ movie buff, keen to see where Lothlorien was filmed? Or are you more of a foodie, looking to taste some award-winning Queenstown wines? Perhaps kayaking on Lake Wakatipu is on your must-do list? There is a sightseeing tour in Queenstown to suit every taste and budget. Often, tours can be tailored to your needs or interests - just enquire when you book.


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Shops…insufferable. I hate Christmas shoppers – haven't you people heard of the TINTERNET for Christmas shopping! It's there, use it and get out of my way.
Anyways, cleaning through my mess (I swear stash photos are coming…soon) I found a few half stamped RMK cards – RMK do a loyalty card where for ever £20 you get a stamp – collect 6 and get a freebie from the freebie box. I've had my fair rummages through there and today I got one of my lovely SA's, Chantelle, who is very generous on the counter.
I gave her my cards and she chucked a few random goodies in a bag for me (it's usually one thing, like a nail polish).
But check it out!:
I got a Full size Cleansing Milk, a mini Creamy foundation and primer set, a mini scrub and mini fruit toner, three full size eyeliners in gray, purple and golden brown (from the collection about year and half ago) – and she even said to me "Sorry, I don't have much in" !!!
It's a pretty amazing goody bag if I don't say so myself and I didn't spend a penny!
In other news, I bought a advent calendar for the cats (they have catnip drops in them) I hid it on the top of my wardrobe. Got home today and the calendar was on the floor, shredded to pieces.
That means a kitty jumped up to the top of the wardrobe, pulled it down, got all the cardboard off it and chewed through to the treats!
Tut Tut.
Does anyone know how to check for a guilty cat?!


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Dad always a huge influence on Doolittle
OAKLAND -- Sean Doolittle was born in South Dakota and grew up in New Jersey, spending a handful of years in California in between. But he was raised in a backyard.
That's where the A's hurler and his brother, Ryan, also a pitcher in Oakland's organization, spent the bulk of their youth, dad Rory always watching and often participating in the outside shenanigans.
OAKLAND -- Sean Doolittle was born in South Dakota and grew up in New Jersey, spending a handful of years in California in between. But he was raised in a backyard.
That's where the A's hurler and his brother, Ryan, also a pitcher in Oakland's organization, spent the bulk of their youth, dad Rory always watching and often participating in the outside shenanigans.
"Pretty much all of my memories are of us doing stuff outside, whether it was sports," said Sean, "or pretending to be ninja turtles in the backyard."
Rory, retired Air Force, moved his family several times, before settling down in Tabernacle, N.J., after transferring to the Air National Guard. It was there where Sean was enrolled in his third first-grade class.
"Three first-grades in one year," he said, smiling. "That was my normal."
Adapting to change, it seems, came natural for the first baseman-turned-closer.
They had spent Sean's birthday that year in a hotel in Needles, Calif., part of a two-week excursion across the country -- with three kids under the age of 6 -- following their move from Atwater, Calif., where Rory had been stationed at Castle Air Force Base.
Cary Young, brother of former A's hurler and current pitching coach Curt Young, was stationed there, too. Curt would leave tickets at the base, though the Doolittle family was already invested in Oakland season tickets.
Long before pitching there, Sean frequented the Coliseum -- less than a two-hour drive from their temporary home.
Rory, raised in the Baltimore area, tried to raise his boys as Orioles and Redskins fans, but he couldn't be surprised by their taking to the A's and, ultimately, the Phillies, following their move to South Jersey.
Sean recalls throwing a temper tantrum at the Coliseum when his dad had them leave a game early because the A's were running up the score on the Orioles.
Mostly, though, Sean learned to keep his emotions in check when dealing with his father.
"Most of the time," he said, "I'd try to shut my mouth.
"Things were very strict. We always had to get homework done before practice. If it wasn't done, I couldn't go. In high school, if I had to be home by 10:30 and I got home at 10:31, I was grounded. It sucked, but I think for my development as a person, it played a key part."
An allotted time was meant for TV and video games. But no matter the time of day, the Doolittle brothers knew they were always allowed outside.
Rory, navigating through a typical weekday work schedule, outside of a handful of tours to the Middle East lasting three to six months, was around to coach his boys essentially every year leading up to high school.
"If we weren't watching or playing baseball," said Sean, laughing, "we were watching John Wayne movies. Those were his favorite.
"He was really good at incorporating life lessons into baseball. You never cut corners, you always leave things better than the way you found them, things like that."
Like when the boys would trek down to the local baseball complex and help Rory, head of the town's Athletic Association, clean up the playing fields.
"He would drag us up there, and we would go and rake the leaves, mow the grass, tidy up the field," said Sean, "and only then could we hit. We'd be cleaning out the batting cages. There were always sticks and leaves tangled in nets and fences, and then we'd hit."
Rory's longest tour came shortly after Sept. 11, when Sean was in high school. He's now teaching ROTC classes in New Jersey, but Sean's stepmother, April, remains active duty Air National Guard and is stationed at McGuire Air Force Base.
"I'm always very proud to say he was in the International Guard, that when he was on deployment, it was something I was proud that what he was doing stood for something," he said. "At the same time, he was still dad."
Jane Lee is a reporter for MLB.com.


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Installing a Cable Modem or DSL Router on a Home Network
When installing a cable modem or DSL router on your home network, your Internet Service Provider (ISP) will most likely provide the equipment and instructions you'll need to quickly and easily get started surfing the Internet.
In case you lost the instructions — or your ISP forgot to pack the instructions — here's an overview of the basic steps necessary to install your new modem or router:
Connect your cable modem to your wall cable television jack using a coaxial cable; or connect your DSL router to your wall phone jack using a telephone cable.
If you are using DSL, snap line filters (usually supplied by your DSL service provider) on any of your other phone lines to reduce interference.
Connect the Ethernet port of your cable modem or DSL router to an Ethernet port on your computer, network switch, or wireless access point (wireless router) using an Ethernet network cable.
Turn on your cable modem or DSL router and wait about two minutes.
This gives your modem enough time to boot up and establish a connection to the Internet.
Your computer will likely have a built-in dialup modem with a phone port. Do not confuse the phone port with your Ethernet port. If your Ethernet cable doesn't fit the port, you've got the wrong port. (Ethernet ports are a bit larger than phone ports.) Keep looking!


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Friday Morning Business ConnectionName: Friday Morning Business ConnectionDate: September 7, 2018Time: 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM CDTWebsite: http://www.bmtcoc.orgEvent Description:FREE breakfast and opportunity to showcase your organization in a relaxed & casual atmosphere.
Bring your business cards and join us. Find out for yourself why we are so excited to get up early on Fridays!


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BREVARD, N.C. - Kayla Rodriguez's goal in the 39th minute was all Pfeiffer University needed in a 1-0 shutout victory at Brevard College on Saturday afternoon. The Lady Falcons move to 7-6-2 overall with the win while sending the Tornados down to 1-13-2.
Just before the half in the 39th minute, Rodriguez would dribble just outside the box and fire a shot top right corner to find the back of the net. Sarah Yates would have a shot at insurance later in the 73rd minute of play but blasted her shot just off the crossbar.
Pfeiffer held a commanding 16-7 advantage in shots with six on goal. The Lady Falcons would limit Brevard to just one shot on goal with keeper Bianca Moeller making that save.
The Lady Falcons will now finish the 2012 regular season with a pair of Conference Carolinas matches beginning with the home finale on Tuesday afternoon. Pfeiffer will host Converse at 3:00 p.m. with live stats being available through http://www.gofalconsports.com.


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Communion Thank You Cards
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This fold-over note card, "Silver Cross w/Ribbon" features beautiful details accenting this classic white design. The raised Silver Foil Cross in the upper left corner of the card rests on top of the embossed decorative scrolling that comprises the border. An embossed, pearl bow complements the Silver Foil Cross and the pearl embossed ribbon is intertwined with the scrolling in the border.
A custom message can be printed with flat printing inside the fold-over card (for an additional $0.50), to acknowledge that special gift.
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When beginning a new tiling project, don't overlook the details. Small mosaic tiles can add a punch of color to a room, or provide the main focal piece in the design. Choosing the best type of mosaic tiles requires an understanding of what's available, and then picking out the best type for the room.
Accents Done Right
Mosaic tiles are primarily used as accent pieces. You will commonly find them used as a border or edging material or you may prefer to create an entire mosaic design to cover a wall or floor, or a mosaic tile backsplash in your kitchen or bathroom.
By their very nature, mosaic tiles are small. They usually measure between ½ and 1 inch square, although small rectangular 1-by-2-inch tiles are also available. This means that you will get more tiles per square foot, but you will also need to to plan for extra grouting and installation time.
Tile Choices
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The type of material you choose depends on several factors. Ask yourself these five questions before you begin looking at tiles:
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Floors: Floor mosaics are usually limited to border accents or small spaces, such as entryways, halls, or bathrooms. Durable tiles are necessary so they can withstand traffic and frequent cleaning. Ceramic and stone hold up well, but you can use glass if it's in an accent border where foot traffic isn't a concern.
Ceiling: Ceiling applications are becoming more popular. Metal tile, especially those with stamped designs, can give your ceiling a exquisite and unique appearance. Generally, larger tiles are used on the ceiling, but you can add in smaller mosaic tiles to create a decorative border.
Mosaic glass tiles take your project from boring to bold, with very little additional cost. When selecting the tile, examine the different materials and colors available so you can find the type that will work best in the room and with the design.


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To be expected, the foreign films are the meatier bits, and the clear frontrunner to me is Hayao Miyazaki's historical fantasy The Wind Rises - even though I haven't seen it yet. It's the last film for the legendary director, whose Spirited Away took the prize back in 2001.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is putting together a nice home entertainment release, and the company is banking on the film doing well around the holidays. With that in mind, the company is bringing The Smurfs 2 to Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital on December 3.
Sequels have had a hit and miss summer, but this weekend was a major miss for certain little, blue, computer-animated mushroom dwellers. The Smurfs 2 debuted in third place with just $18 million, little more than half what the first Smurf feature earned when it opened two years ago.
As we get into the dog days of summer the movie landscape starts getting a little sparse, with a few tumbleweeds drifting across the view. Many of the big names have already hit the big screen. And though there are a few more anticipated movies coming down the pike, every week can't be a blockbuster. This is one them. We've got a couple of guns and little blue things to talk about
The Smurfs was one of the worst movies of 2011, but you wouldn't know if by looking at its box office numbers. Despite the fact that it opened in second place its opening weekend - behind Jon Favreau's Cowboys & Aliens, it proved to not only have legs in the United States (ending up with a total of $142 million on a $110 million budget) but was an epic success abroad, making over $400 million.
Directed by Raja Gosnell, who helmed the first feature, and featuring returning stars such as Neil Patrick Harris, Hank Azaria, Anton Yelchin, Katy Perry, Jayma Mays, Alan Cumming, Jonathan Winters and John Oliver, the sequel sees Gargamel working to turn creatures of his own creation - called The Naughties - into real Smurfs. When Smurfette learns the magic spell that Gargamel needs in order to complete his plan, he kidnaps her and The Smurfs must work together to create a plan so that they can rescue her.
Last year, despite critics' warnings and scorn, audiences worldwide giddily swarmed theaters to see a Manhattanite struggle to please his pregnant wife and keep up with the intense responsibilities of his job at a cosmetics company with the help of a batch of little blue sprites. The Smurfs movie went on to earn more than $560 million, and so Sony's been eager to crank out sequels and cash in on the globe's inexplicable love of these CGI Smurfs.
America, you must now reap what you sowed. The Smurfs is standing tall at the box office, with $128 million worldwide after just 2 weeks in release, despite the fact that it was critically loathed and is a blatant, pandering attempt to mine the 80s for nostalgic cash


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Land-based casinos and online casino revenues and site releases are growing faster then ever. Even after the dust has settled following the recent American law prohibiting deposits to online gambling companies, large organisations such as Party Gaming, Ladbrokes and VIP Casino club are all increasing their efforts to attract a wider European or global audience.
Gambling itself is a compulsive and addictive activity, with numerous regulatory societies attempting to outlaw and even ban online gambling around the globe. Regulatory environments themselves differ from country to country. While the US has sought keenly to identify ways of banning online gambling, the UK has lead the way to ensuring that online gambling remains a choice for many, but does not become a threat to others.
Its recent release of a new Gambling Act has sought to protect children and problem areas from abusive gambling, while attempting to levy a tax duty on all income from gambling both offline and online. The Act will make it illegal to entice children to gamble and there will be compulsory age checks for online gambling websites.
Its new Gambling Act will provision for the construction of Super Casinos in selected areas across the country, though this has been scaled down from an initial 40 super casinos to around 8, following complaints from the public and opposition parties. The Gambling Act will allow casinos to operate 24 hours, with unlimited jackpots, and gambling will be allowed on Sundays and Bank Holidays. As far as online websites are concerned, when the Act comes into force at the end of September 2007, companies will be able to apply for a license to operate online gambling website from a UK base.
Countries differ in terms of how they levy a tax on gambling. For example, some will tax each bet individually while countries like the UK, tax only the gross profits that gambling organisations make. Territories like Malta and Gibraltar offer competitive tax regimes as well as the benefits of an off-shore financial centre.
Australia has a large gambling population, where statistic show that 80% of its population gambles. Super casinos are also allowed in Australia, with Sydney's Star City reputedly the size of 7 football fields. A recent study also showed that Australians spend more money each week on gambling than they do on alcohol or clothes. State government proceeds from gambling have increased to around $3.8bn per annum, since 1998.
What of other jurisdictions across the globe?
Below is a list of some countries and some interesting figures relating to gambling.
80% of population gamble
Legal age to gamble is 18
$80 billion gambling turnover in 2006
States received $3.8 billion in gambling duties 2006
Online gambling is permitted
95% of population gamble
Legal age to gamble is 18
58 billion Swedish Crowns turnover in 2006
Government received 5 billion Crowns in tax in 2006
Online gambling is permitted
70% of population gamble
Legal age is 18
EUR30 billion gambling turnover
Receives EUR1 billion in gambling taxes
Recently allowed online gambling licenses
60% of population gamble
Legal age is 18
$6 billion in gambling takings 2006
$1 billion state revenues from gambling
Online gambling is permitted
70% of population gamble
Legal age to gamble is 18 (though lotteries and pools and low stake machine permit 16)
£53 billion gambling expenditure in 2006
UK received £1.3 billion in gambling duties in 2006
Online gambling permitted
80% of population gamble
Legal age 18 (most casinos age 21 as this is legal alcohol age associated with casinos)
$82 billion gambling expenditure 2006
States received over $8 billion in gambling revenues 2006


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I spotted this Homonyms T-Shirt over at Mental Floss (why don't I subscribed to this magazine?) and thought it was uber witty. I then found the video below on YouTube and now my view of homonyms will never be the same. I should note that if you're at work, the video below is somewhat NSFW.
Did you know that there are actually two different types of homonyms? Yep:
A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning. The words may be spelled the same, such as rose (flower) and rose (past tense of "rise"), or differently, such as carat, caret, and carrot, or to, two, and too.
A homograph is a word or a group of words that share the same written form but have different meanings. When spoken, the meanings may be distinguished by different pronunciations (in which case the words are also heteronyms) or they may not (in which case the words are also both homophones and homonyms according to the definition of homonyms as words with the same writing and pronunciation; however, in a looser sense the term "homonym" may be applied to words with the same writing or pronunciation, in which case all homographs are also homonyms).
Anyhow, here's an interesting venn diagram showing the relationships between homographs (yellow) and related linguistic concepts.
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DIXON – Gone is the wind energy program at Sauk Valley Community College.
The college Board of Trustees on Monday voted to discontinue the program amid declining interest from students, which officials attribute to negative perceptions of wind energy in this area, among other factors.
Sauk has offered a wind energy program since 2009.
The program consists of the basic wind energy certificate and the advanced wind energy certificate. Both could be completed within a year and would qualify graduates for many careers in the wind industry.
The program flourished in its first couple of years. A recent survey even showed 85 percent of graduates have or had jobs in the wind industry, many locally.
"It got off to a good start," Sauk President George Mihel said. "Students who graduated got good jobs. And even the ones who are graduating still are getting good jobs."
But the program has seen a decline in enrollment over the last couple of years.
"The industry hasn't taken off like we imagined it would," Mihel said. "[The anticipated boom in the industry] materialized momentarily and never really took off."
Wind energy programs at other community colleges in the region have experienced a similar decline.
Sauk officials attribute the decline to the downward turn in the wind industry, as well as the increased cost of turbines and lower electricity prices.
Market research supports the notion that wind has lost momentum.
In years past, the industry boomed as companies pushed to get wind farms up and running and claim incentives ahead of the expiration of the federal production tax credit.
But in the first half of this year, since the tax credit ended in December, but then was renewed a few days later, the industry has come to a standstill as many developers have delayed or scrapped plans for turbines.
The on-again, off-again status contributes to a boom-bust cycle of development that plagues the wind industry, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists. Data show that installations surge while incentives are available, then drop between 73 percent and 93 percent after tax credits expire, according to the group.
Sauk officials also attribute the decline in interest in wind energy to local perceptions – often negative – of the industry, wind farms and wind turbines, which creates "uncertainty" in the job market.
That idea is supported by the recent backlash from Lee County residents who have been outspoken against a controversial wind farm.
But the Lee County Board on Tuesday approved the wind farm, 12-9, despite a negative recommendation last month by the Zoning Board of Appeals. Ireland-based Mainstream Renewable Power plans 53 turbines for the southwestern corner of the county.
The one Sauk student who is enrolled for the advanced certificate will be allowed to complete the program. Two students were enrolled for the basic certificate, and they will be encouraged to switch to another program – solar energy or sustainable technologies – or directed to a wind energy program at another school.
Sauk will retain one wind energy course as part of its sustainable technologies program so it won't lose any of its investments, including space and equipment, in wind energy.
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Tech struggled after the tip, and actually trailed Polytechnic, 30-29, at halftime. In the second half, though, the Engineers opened an offensive assault on the Bluejays from the outside. MIT connected on eight-of-10 three-point field goal attempts in the stanza, and shot 52 percent from beyond the arc for the afternoon. Mike D'Auria led the way with 21 points, seven assists and five rebounds in only 23 minutes of action. Freshman Will Mroz was 4-of-7 from long range, and finished with a career-high 18 points.
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Sir Alex Ferguson believes Robin van Persie could have broken his neck when Swansea captain Ashley Williams hit the ball at him during a 1-1 draw at the Liberty Stadium.
The incident took place after referee Michael Oliver had stopped play with Williams claiming he hit the Dutchman accidentally, aiming to clear the ball in frustration.
Van Persie suffered no serious effects from being hit but Ferguson was incensed calling it "the most dangerous thing I've seen on a football field in many, many years."
The match resulted in United's lead at the top of the Premier League being cut from six points before the weekend to four over Christmas after Manchester City beat Reading on Saturday.
United had the better chances in Swansea but, with the exception of a well-taken goal from Patrice Evra, they could not convert them leaving Ferguson aggrieved.
"We absolutely battered them and we are very unlucky," Ferguson told Sky Sports. "It was just one of those games, he is a young referee, but really, what a performance. It should have been six point gap and that is the disappointment.
"Robin van Persie is lucky to be alive. It was a disgraceful act from their player and he should be banned by the FA. Robin could have had a broken neck."
After the game Williams offered his version of events. He said: "I just cleared the ball with frustration and unfortunately it hit him in the head and he got a bit angry about it. Everything got a bit heated but it was alright in the end."


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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Whether one wants to call it resiliency for bouncing back from an early one-goal deficit, determination for knotting things up soon after, hustle for outrunning a defender for the go-ahead goal, or grit in digging in and making a one-goal lead hold, the bottom line is that the No. 4 Santa Clara Broncos stepped up Thursday night with a high-octane 3-2 win over the No. 7 Portland Pilots at Buck Shaw Stadium.
The Broncos (12-3-1, 2-1-1 WCC) continue their final homestand of the regular season with a 1 p.m. match Sunday afternoon against the Gonzaga Bulldogs.
Thursday night Santa Clara outshot the Pilots (12-3-2, 2-1-1 WCC) 14-7 in the win, and took five corner kicks to Portland's three. After coming out a little shaky in the first 15 minutes, the Broncos managed to settle in a find a groove, attacking the Pilots with confidence and standing firm against opposing attacks.
"I'm proud of my team today, I thought we played well for about 80% of the game, and I thought we created some good chances there," said SCU head coach Jerry Smith afterwards. "I think it was a really well-played game by both teams."
"It's an important win because it helps us in the WCC standings and also in terms of the NCAA Tournament, and also we just beat the defending national champs," said forward Meagan Snell, who scored her team-leading 11th goal Thursday night. "It's great motivation for us and its going to help us so much going on."
Snell stepped up when it mattered for the Broncos yet again Thursday night, having a hand in the team's first two goals. Portland took a quick 1-0 lead on a Michelle Enyeart goal in the 12th minute, as the WCC's leading scorer squeezed a shot from nearly a 180-degree angle through a sliver of light between SCU keeper Meagan McCray and the far corner. Yet eight minutes later, Snell exploded into the box in pursuit of a nice touch pass from Brittany Klein and drew a crucial foul to set up a penalty kick, which Marian Dalmy converted into the lower far corner to equalize the match.
Just over seven minutes later, Snell struck again, outrunning the Portland back line after defender Lauren Zealear lifted a long ball across the midfield stripe. Snell battled her way into position, won the foot race, then beat Portland keeper Cori Alexander with a chip-shot from the top of the penalty box.
"I was just making a `C' run, and it was a great ball over from Lauren, and I was glad it went in," Snell said of her team-leading 11th goal. "I was happy that I could just stay composed and put it in the corner."
Things stayed 2-1 in SCU's favor into the second half, until another great individual effort, this time by freshman Kiki Bosio. The rookie forward took possession at midfield and made a highlight reel run through the Portland defense, culminating the sequence with a laser beam past Alexander and into the lower far corner of the net for the 3-1 lead.
"Originally I was looking to pass it, but I turned and saw a bunch of open space so I just took it, I think the defense thought I was going to pass too because they shifted, and things opened up for me and I just took the shot," Bosio said of her game-winner.
Bosio's goal ended up being pivotal, as the Pilots rallied with a late goal, as Kendra Chandhoke buried an 83rd-minute corner kick into the net to cut the Bronco lead to 3-2.
But from there the defense took over, not yielding another opportunity to the Pilots in wrapping up Santa Clara's 15th consecutive home win.
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New York's Office of General Services has turned to eBay in an attempt to sell off a huge, steel morgue refrigerator now located at a Manhattan psychiatric hospital.
Bidding on Saturday morning was up to $355 for the four-drawer unit; 12 people had put in bids.
According to the ad, the fridge has been used but is in "good condition." Though it may have some "signs of cosmetic wear," it is "fully operational and functions as intended."
Potential buyers have to be willing to remove the fridge themselves from the Manhattan Psychiatric Center.
Office of General Services spokeswoman Heather Groll says the agency does get unusual surplus items to sell from time to time, including barber chairs from prisons and police cars, but she doesn't recall a previous sale of a morgue cooler.
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RED returns to Houston with great new record
Nashville rockers RED are returning to Houston to play Warehouse Live on Friday, May 3 and due to a high ticket demand, the all-ages show has been moved into the main ballroom with doors opening at 8 p.m. Tickets are $14 and can be purchased at the venue or online at warehousemusic.com.
With Michael Barnes on vocals, Anthony Armstrong on guitar, twin Randy Armstrong on bass and Joe Rickard on drums, the band is touring in support of their fourth studio album, Release the Panic, which debuted No. 7 on the Billboard 200 chart. It's a follow-up to the 2007 record, Until We Have Faces, which was their highest debut at No. 2.
RED has garnered two Grammy nominations, five GMA Dove Awards, two Top 10 active rock singles, three Top 10 mainstream rock singles and 10 consecutive No. 1 titles on Christian radio, RED is ready to continue their successful journey not only pumping out hit records such as "Breathe into Me," "Let Go," Already Over," "Forever," "Death of Me," "Feed the Machine" and "Perfect Life," but putting on great live performances as well.
We were able to chat with Anthony Armstrong before the tour stopped in Houston.
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Interesting title to the new record as well as the lead single on the record. Any meaning behind that?
It's kind of the state of the world. It's where we are as individuals and we have been pretty vigilante about what has been going on out there. It's describing what we are seeing. There's a lot of confusion, fear and overall panic about a lot of different things. It seems as if things are reaching a boiling point and getting out of control. We aren't just in the studio making records we are world travelers and get to see a lot of different things. This record is meant to be a soundtrack to get through the day. It's about releasing those negative energies and focusing on something positive.
Any song in particular off this record you enjoy playing live?
I think it's a tie right now between two songs — 'If We Only' and 'Release the Panic.'
Since 2006, how as the band been able to stick 'RED' music without changing?
It's not hard for us. From the very beginning all we wanted to do was inspire people and that's the easiest way to generalize how we write our music. We want to make sure that each record has something really important to say. There is no real hidden agenda, but we are about lifting people up. We try to stay genuine with our lyrics and wrap it with some cool musically and hopefully reach the audience.
You have said it before that the band Audio Adrenaline was a big influence on you. How so?
That was one of my first concert experiences and I was probably 14 or 15 years old. They are super-talented and had some great things to talk about and they definitely helped plant the seed in my head to be a musician.
RED has played tons of music festivals with 'mainstream' acts. Have you guys every faced adversity with 'mainstream' fans trying to figure out if you guys were rock genre or Christian?
We have faced adversity a lot. Adversity is the name of the game. Not just because we are a group of guys that profess we believe in God, it's more about 'what do you have to offer as a band?' We just need to continue to do what we do as a band and things have a funny way falling in place and they have our entire careers. We keep our guard up, but other than that, we are about doing what RED does.


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In 2013, the Cleveland Division of Fire will be only the twelfth fire department in the nation to celebrate 150 years of continuous and dedicated service.
Cleveland is proud of this accomplishment and grateful for the many decades of community support.
To memorialize the rich history, commemorative events and activities will be held in December and throughout next year.
The first of these milestones is December 16, 2012 which commemorates the 150th anniversary of the first employees hired by the Cleveland Fire Department.
On Monday December 17, Mayor Frank G. Jackson joined Cleveland Fire and the Western Reserve Fire Museum and Education Center in kicking off the sesquicentennial celebration and recognizing this historical moment in the rotunda of Cleveland City Hall.
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GM chief apologizes for deaths tied to recalled cars
DETROIT - The top executive of General Motors apologized for deaths linked to the delayed recall of 1.6 million small cars, saying the company took too long to tell owners to bring the cars in for repairs.
Faced with a crisis just months into the job, CEO Mary Barra has put herself front and center in the company's efforts to take responsibility for mishandling a defect with ignition switches in small cars, and to ward off a threat to its sales and reputation. She named a new head of global safety, Jeff Boyer, one day after telling employees that GM is pushing to resolve safety issues more quickly.
"He will have no qualms if he has an issue or concern, of raising that forward," she said.
Barra, who met Tuesday with reporters for the first time since last month's recall, stopped short of saying GM would compensate families of those killed in crashes caused by faulty ignition switches. But she said GM would do what's right for customers after it completes an internal inquiry, which she expects to take seven months to finish.
"I am very sorry for the loss of life that occurred, and we will take every step to make sure this never happens again," Barra said.
She is trying to distance the GM she now runs from the pre-bankruptcy company that buried the problem in bureaucracy.
The company has acknowledged it learned about the problem switches at least 11 years ago, yet it failed to recall the cars until last month. Barra is likely to testify next month before two Congressional committees investigating the recall. There, she's sure to face questions about what went wrong at the old GM.
The Justice Department also is investigating whether any laws were broken in the way GM handled the recall.
Barra, who became CEO on Jan. 15, said Tuesday that she found out about the switch problem in late December and had no knowledge of it before that.
GM has to protect its safety reputation to keep sales from falling and profits from slipping. The company has been profitable for 16 straight quarters since emerging from bankruptcy protection in 2009.
Barra said no one at GM has been fired or disciplined because of the recall delays, but Mark Reuss, the company's product development chief who also spoke with reporters, said appointing a safety chief is only the beginning.
"This is the first change of things that need to change," Reuss said.
There were a number of questions Barra and Reuss wouldn't answer: about why the recall was delayed; how high in the company did the information go; and why there were communication breakdowns. They said they preferred to wait for the results of the investigation by an outside attorney before giving details.
Barra said GM is looking through its database for more crash deaths that could be tied to the ignition switch problem. That number is likely to rise above the 12 currently cited by the company as GM and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration review accident reports and consumer complaints.


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Jaw-dropping: V8 Supercars team owner Garry Rogers has signed (from left) Scott McLaughlin, Alex Premat, Jack Perkins and Greg Ritter.COLOURFUL V8 Supercars team owner Garry Rogers is renowned for taking risks on untried drivers, but his decision last year to sign Frenchman Alex Premat was especially quirky.
Rogers excels at spotting nascent talent, giving a disproportionate number of leading drivers their starts in V8 racing.
He has always swum against the tide of picking proven performers, betting on teen tyros or outcasts. But even by Rogers' unconventional standards, Melbourne-based Premat was a choice so far out of left field it was regarded as a reckless gamble.
After all, V8 Supercars has a history of humbling even the most accomplished and experienced international drivers, who struggle to come to grips with heavy cars that are undertyred and overpowered.
Although Premat (pronounced pray-mah) was accomplished in European sports car racing and competitive in Germany's high-tech V8 touring car series, his chances of adapting successfully were further hampered by not being in a front-running car. Garry Rogers Motorsport punches above its weight, occasionally emerging from the midfield to challenge the top 10, but it doesn't have the resources to make its Holden Commodores consistent front-runners.
Predictably, Premat, 30, failed to make much of an impression last season, most of which he spent towards the rear of the field or coming off second best in altercations with the hardened local competition.
When Rogers suspended him from the car-wrecking Gold Coast 600, his prospects of retaining the drive this year looked hopeless.
But far from a French flop, Rogers is convinced Premat's disappointing rookie season wasn't a wasted effort, pointing to his end-of-season improvement as a sign of progress.
Confounding his critics, he has re-signed Premat to partner New Zealand teenager Scott McLaughlin in GRM's Fujitsu Racing Commodores.
"Alex was a gamble last year and he struggled," Rogers said. "There was no doubt he has the skills, but we didn't get the best out of him. I was disappointed – based on his history, we believed he could do better.
"I decided I had invested a lot in him and he has invested in us, moving his family over here. We can get more out of him."
Rogers also cited the switch to the new Car Of The Future rules as a key factor, believing the design changes will suit Premat's European racing pedigree. Among a host of under-the-skin changes, the new-generation V8 Supercars feature better tyres, bigger brakes and a more sophisticated rear suspension, designed to make them more responsive and less cumbersome.
Their driving characteristics are closer to the sophisticated V8-powered Audis that Premat raced in the German Touring Car Masters series for four years.
As well as being better suited to his racing experience, Premat believes the change to Car Of The Future means he won't be so disadvantaged when the new season starts at the March 1-3 Adelaide 500.
"I have set my expectations to finish in the top 10," Premat said. "Everyone will be learning [the new cars] from zero and we will be doing the same. I want to start the year as I finished in 2012 and I'm looking forward to the new season." While he is looking to Premat to justify his reappointment, Rogers is again investing in the future with 19-year-old McLaughlin, who won the second-tier V8 development series last year.
McLaughlin is the latest in a long line of young drivers who began their rise to V8 stardom with GRM, based at Dandenong South in Melbourne's south-east.
Celebrating his 50th anniversary in racing this year, Rogers, 68, counts among his many finds reigning V8 champion Jamie Whincup, who is also the source of his greatest embarrassment.
"Over the years, we've had many great drivers in the team," Rogers said. "I have also proved to be an idiot when I sacked Jamie Whincup – not one of my better decisions." Whincup didn't impress Rogers in 2003, but he has since developed into V8's most dominant driver, winning four championships and four Bathurst 1000s with the pace-setting Triple Eight squad.
Rogers has also confirmed that Jack Perkins and Greg Ritter have been re-signed as Fujitsu Racing's co- drivers for the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 endurance races.
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BERKELEY — Determined to create unity in its look while embracing tradition, Cal athletics unveiled a new visual identity on Wednesday, including uniforms for all its sports and a more ferocious update of its Golden Bear logo.
"To me, it says we're not messing around," linebacker Nick Forbes said of the growling Bear logo. "It's an aggressive Bear. It'll be true to how we're going to play next year."
Nike developed the new line of uniforms, which will be rolled out at the start of the 2013-14 school year on all fronts. The changes are distinct, but hardly a dramatic departure from what fans are accustomed to seeing.
Cal is not following the lead of the Pac-12's most famous Nike school, Oregon, which seemingly introduces flamboyant, non-traditional new uniforms on a regular basis.
"We're not trying to create an identity for ourselves — we have one. It's the University of California," new football coach Sonny Dykes said. "I don't think we need to try to get into uniform battles. We'll let other schools do that because that's what they're particularly good at."
The traditional Cal script is intact, as is the Bears' blue and gold color scheme, which will be augmented at times by gray. Black is not part of the new package.
Dykes said he expects the football team to wear blue jerseys and gold pants for all home games. On the road, he said a combination of white and gray likely will be used, although he also envisioned blue pants and gray jerseys.
The helmet has a dark blue matte finish, with the gold Cal script on the side.
"I think the traditional helmet is a big deal," Dykes said.
Athletic director Sandy Barbour said Cal has sent a confusing message regarding its brand in recent years, with a variety of logos and visual marks. She said consistency will replace dilution to create a clear message in everything that represents Cal athletics, from uniforms to advertising to letterhead.
"It's an expectation," she said, explaining what branding means. "It's memories and stories and relationships that are elicited by the visual representation of Cal athletics.
"Brand is, in essence, a promise of what will be delivered or experienced."
The unveiling in the Field Club room at Memorial Stadium was the culmination of a nearly two-year joint project by Cal and Nike.
Nike will cover all costs for the new uniforms, Barbour said, so there will be no additional burden to Cal's financially stressed athletic department.
Barbour said the football team first saw its new uniforms on Tuesday night and "went bonkers." She said most of Cal's coaches are excited that the new look will appeal to potential recruits.
Forbes, expected to be one of Cal's top defensive players in the fall, said of the new uniform, "It's a very nice, clean look for Cal. It stays true to our tradition."
Barbour knows there will be mixed reaction, especially to the new Bear logo.
"I like it. I don't expect everyone to love it," she said. "The objective was to create something that everybody goes, `That's Cal.' "
Dykes, acknowledging that he's "not a big uniform guy," said he's happy with Nike's work. He also noted, "Our players need to be worried about getting ready to play games, not uniforms and all that."
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"The Museum of Jurassic Technology is an educational institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and the public appreciation of the lower jurassic. Located at 9341 Venice Boulevard in the Palms district of Los Angeles, California, the Museum holds a specialized repository of relics and artifacts evoking some of the more obscure and poetic aspects of natural history, the history of technology and science, and their entwined realizations in human artistry and ingenuity. It was founded by David Hildebrand Wilson and Diana Drake Wilson (husband and wife) in 1987.
The Museum maintains over 30 permanent exhibits including:
The Delani/Sonnabend Halls - recalling the intertwining story of an ill-fated opera singer, Madalena Delani, with a theoretician of memory, Geoffrey Sonnabend, whose 3-part work Obliscence: Theories of Forgetting and the Problem of Matter suggests that memory is an elaborate construction that humankind has created, "to buffer ourselves against the intolerable knowledge of the irreversible passage of time and the irretrievability of its moments and events." There is only experience and the decay of experience, an idea he illustrates with a complex diagram of a plane intersecting a cone.
Tell the Bees: Belief, Knowledge, and Hypersymbolic Cognition: An exhibit of pre-scientific cures and remedies
The Garden of Eden on Wheels: Collections from Los Angeles Area Trailer Parks."
The Museum of Jurassic Technology, in other words, is simultaneously utterly serious, utterly tongue-in-cheek, and a kind of elaborate gift/puzzle/hoax. When I first moved to town, I lived right around the corner from the place and the first time I wandered in, I knew I'd stumbled into an alternate world.
An ordinary Victorian tea set was exhibited with grave, respectful, "museum-type" commentary. A horn, supposedly cut a century or two ago from the forehead of a woman, was mounted like a pair of stag's horns on a heraldic board. Four and twenty moldy blackbirds were baked into a plaster-of-Paris pie--but maybe I'm mixing that up with the "mice on toast" diorama. For someone like me, whose central belief is that the mundane is also utterly transcendent, I felt like I'd wandered into a part of my psyche I'd always known existed but had never quite yet met in the flesh.
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by Liz Getman '09
A group of meditating Tibetan monks knelt on stage, framed by a throne-like platform covered in dark red pillows and gold silk blankets. Their voices rose in a deep and sonorous chant that resonated throughout Ben Light Gymnasium, quieting the whispers of the waiting crowd. Then, almost as one, the monks and audience members rose silently to their feet to welcome their honored guest.
His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, addressed the crowd with an embracing warmth, speaking in a calm, yet commanding, tone. Sitting cross-legged atop the decorated platform, the slight but compelling 72-year-old spoke to his audience of the need for peace among all people, regardless of religious background.
"It is very important to make an effort to promote harmony among all," he said. "Just a few meetings, [and the] exchange of a smile is not sufficient."
The Dalai Lama is the head of state and spiritual leader of Tibet, and is recognized as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso. The Dalai Lamas are believed to be manifestations of Avalokiteshvara, the patron saint of Tibet and Bodhisattva, or enlightened being, of compassion. Bodhisattvas postpone their own nirvana and choose rebirth to serve humanity.
As part of his series of local speaking engagements titled "Bridging Worlds," His Holiness presented the ancient Buddhist text, "Eight Verses on Training the Mind" to an audience that strained the capacity of Ben Light Gym at about 2,000. (Many others watched on screens in locations around campus, and the entire event was simulcast online.) The verses, written by Tibetan monk Langri Thangpa in the 11th century, offer essential practices for awakening compassion, wisdom, and love in the mind.
Suzanne Motheral, a student in the gerontology certificate program who attended his lecture, says the Dalai Lama teaches the eight verses in an "enriching" way — one that motivates listeners to improve the world around them. "He is a scholar and an expert," Motheral says. "Given the adversity he has faced — his many years in exile — how he handles conflict is so inspiring."
His Holiness spoke in both English and Tibetan — an interpreter instantly translated for the audience — explaining that the verses highlight the importance of selflessness and describe how to engage with others more compassionately. "If one lets go of the importance of 'I,' he is able to communicate to another, and can feel true happiness," he said. "Let go of clinging to one's self."
President Peggy R. Williams, who introduced the Dalai Lama as a "simple monk" — the way he thinks of himself — encouraged the audience to listen to his message of peace. "My hope is that students, and all who were present, remember this as they continue their studies, and reflect on what his lessons meant to them," the president says. "It's about people respecting one another's faith traditions. Ultimately, we all care about humankind."
In 1989 His Holiness was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent struggle for the liberation of Tibet, which has been occupied by the military forces of the People's Republic of China for more than 40 years. His commitment to nonviolence is just one way that he furthers the bridging of all worlds. "[Through] altruism, there is a possibility to eliminate destructive feelings and hatred," he explained to the Ithaca crowd.
During his four days in Ithaca, His Holiness spoke at Cornell University in front of an audience of 5,000, and at the State Theatre to a crowd of 1,600. His visit centered around the blessing of Ithaca's new Namgyal Monastery, which will accommodate a greater number of students and monks when finished in summer 2008. Namgyal Monastery is the Dalai Lama's North American base and personal monastery. Lane Chambliss, a local architect who designed the new complex, attended the Dalai Lama's blessing of the monastery, and says the experience was "especially moving. I could sense his thoughtfulness and compassion. What he has to teach is so worth knowing and so valuable in the world."
With a smile and a soft laugh, His Holiness concluded his presentation, encouraging all present to practice altruistic ideals. The crowd recited a set of verses — "Generating the Mind for Enlightenment" — together, in a rhythmic beat reminiscent of the chanting from two hours earlier:
As long as space endures,
as long as sentient beings remain,
until then, may I too remain
and dispel the miseries of the world.
Just one week after visiting Ithaca College, the Dalai Lama was honored with the Congressional Gold Medal in a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda. George W. Bush presented the medal to the Tibetan leader, describing him as a "man of sincerity and peace."


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2013-14 Division II Men?s Basketball Player of the Week ? No. 4
By: Chad Waller, Director of Communications & Sports Information
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Idris Ibn Idris of Bethany (Kan.) has been named the NAIA National Division II Men's Basketball Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Idris was selected based on his performances from Jan. 20 - 26 and was chosen out of a pool of conference and independent award winners.
Idris, a 6-foot-5 senior guard from San Diego, Calif., set the Swedes single-game scoring record with 46 points in the 112-77 win over Bethel (Kan.) on Jan. 22. He shot 17-for-24 (.708) from the field, including 6-of-8 (.750) from 3-point range, to set the milestone. He also posted seven rebounds, five assists and four steals. On Jan. 25, Idris compiled 29 points and nine rebounds in a five-point loss to Sterling (Kan.). On the week, he averaged 37.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.5 steals.
In NAIA statistical rankings, Idris stands No. 1 in 3-point field percentage (.513), No. 2 in scoring (28.2) and 24th in field goal percentage (.576). On the year, Idris has reach 10-or-more points in all 21 games.
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The next NAIA National Division II Men's Basketball Player of the Week will be announced on Feb. 4. For the complete Player of the Week calendar, click here.
Nominees: Taylor Pruett, College of Idaho; Anthony Simi, Cal Maritime; Mark Hoge, Jamestown (N.D.); Brad Karp, Saint Xavier (Ill.); John Hedrington, Clarke (Iowa); Vasha Davis, Indiana East; Wes Hudson, Cornerstone (Mich.); Jalen Voss, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.); Damon Overton, Ashford (Iowa); Nathane Simniok, College of the Ozarks (Mo.); Timothy Mitchell, Southeastern (Fla.); Brandon Cole, Bryan (Tenn.); Ryan Benner, Bethel (Ind.).
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Week 1 (Jan. 7): Joe Mitchell, Friends (Kan.)
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