F18 Plane Crashes into House

Four where killed on Monday when a F18 jet crashed into a house. The house belonged to the Yoon family. Dong Yon Yoon lost is wife, Mother-in-law, and two children who where 2 months and 15 months old. "I know there are many people who have experienced more terrible things," Yoon said. "But, please, tell me how to do it. I don't know what to do." The pilot had just preformed a practice landing on an aircraft carrier before he reported that the plane was having trouble. Authorities described the jet as disabled. The plane had lost power in one engine and it was decided he would try to get the jet to Miramar on the single working engine. The pilot was able to ejected moments before the crash and he landed in a tree. Dong Yon Yoon had this to say: "Please pray for him not to suffer from this accident, He is one of our treasures for the country, I don't blame him. I don't have any hard feelings. I know he did everything he could,"

Nathan Rennie Off The Santa Cruz Syndicate

Nathan Rennie will no longer be racing for Santa Cruz Syndicate in the 2009 race season. This is was Santa Cruz Syndicate had to say:
“The Santa Cruz Syndicate would like to announce the departure of Nathan Rennie from the squad as he looks to competing in 2009 with a new team (to be announced soon), and express our gratitude for the five years he raced for us from 2004 through 2008.”
Nathan Rennie’s three contract was up with Santa Cruz and he chosen not to race for Santa Cruz but to explore other opinion with other teams in hopes of moving forward in is racing career. While the 5 years that Rennie raced for Santa Cruz he was able to achieve 40 podiums, 2 Australian National Champion and a bronze medal at the 2006 World Championships. This is what Nathan Rennie had to say:
”I just want to thank everyone involved with the Santa Cruz Syndicate including everyone back in Santa Cruz. All I can say is that I’m a little lost for words. For some time now I have needed some change in my life, on and off the bike. I feel a change for me is for the best in all aspects. I am looking forward to getting back to my best and having the right outlook to better myself, and the new people around me.
Santa Cruz Syndicate wish him well on his new team and will continue to be proud of him and his efforts.

FLC cycling is not long a club sport

FLC cycling is shedding its club sport status and becoming part of the athletic department of FLC. January 1 the college cycling program will become part of Fort Lewis College athletic department. Mitch Davis, FLC public affairs officer, announced the organizational change this week. “given the cycling team’s tremendous national success and the extensive commitment Fort Lewis College has made to the team, the decision was reached that it was more appropriate that the athletic department oversee the program,” The team is going to be unique with in the Fort Lewis athletic department because it is not under NCAA sports it is under USA Cycling. The major responsibility of the athletic department is to be overseeing the cycling budget and administration. The cycling team receives students-fee funding along with general funding. The FLC cycling team has won 11 national championships in the last decade and I believe that that this is going to just help the team so much.

Final Presentation

The final presentation for my mass communication was on YouTube.com. I believe that the final presentation was hard for me to think of a good idea and I was finally able to come up with YouTube. I come up with YouTube because I was thinking about something that we had used in class a lot and the first thing that came to my mind was YouTube. I though that this would be a good idea because I was think that almost everyone would be using YouTube in all of there presentation and I was right, if I am correct I have seen everyone use YouTube in there own presentation. In my research I had very fun time learning about YouTube and learning how fast they grow in such a short time. I wanted to do something different and not do a power point because I was thinking everyone was going to do a power point. Looking back on it I wish that I had done a power point because it would have made it a lot easier for me to organize the presentation. The power point would have helped me make sure that I would not forget any of the information that I wanted to present to the class. I feel like there is a lot that I miss and want to present in my presentation. That project was a very good one for me to do and I believe for the rest of the class. It was a fun one to do and I have learned a lot from everyone presentation.

Twin Brother on Factory Ski Team

I have twin brother named Tad Elliott and he is 20 years old. He has recently been named to the Saab/Salomon factory ski team. He is the youngest member on the team by at least 5 years. He has recently competed at a national race held in West Yellowstone, Montana. His best finish at west Yellowstone was a 5th in the 8 kilometer skate race. He was racing against former Olympians and top caliber Nordic skier. You can find results at this link: http://www.fasterskier.com/racing5832.html Tad also has an article out about how he is on the team with all his idiots that he looked up to when he was going up. Here is the link to that: http://www.fasterskier.com/news5850.html

My Brother is also a Professional Cross Country Mountain Biker ha has competed in world cups and world championship. Tad is also the 2008 U-23 national Champion you XC mountain biking for the USA. I am super stoked for my bother and couldn’t be happier for him.

Three KFC employees in hot water

In Anderson, California three employees of KFC are in some hot water after taking a dip in the sink at the KFC restaurant that is used to clean dishes. One of the girls posted the photos on the Internet and after management learned of them. The girls were suspended Tuesday. Cheri, the assistant manager at the restaurant said that she learned of the photos, which had been posted publicly on the girl’s MySpace. “I was in shock when I saw it,” Cheri said and also stated that there was no manager on duty when the photos were likely taken, when the three girls closed the restaurant themselves.

Sub Tells Class That Santa is not Real

A substitute teacher at Blackshaw Lane Primary School in Royton, Greater Manchester told a class room of 7 year old that Santa is not real. The substitute teacher said "it's your parents who leave out presents on Christmas Day". The teacher claims that they blurted out that he did not exist in an effort to calm down the class of 25 Seven year olds who because rowdy talking about Santa. "My son came home and said that his substitute teacher had told the class that Santa doesn't exist," one father said. "I thought it was wrong. He was distraught about it. He's only seven-years-old and it's part of the magic of Christmas to him."

Specialized Sponsors Downhill Champs Sam Hill and Brendan Fairclough

Specialized announced on November 26, 2008 that they will be sponsoring Team Monster Energy in 2009, the teat consist of 2X World DH Champion Sam Hill and 2006 Junior World Cup DH Champion Brendan Fairclough. The team mate will be riding the specialized Demo 8 for their racing on the world cup circuit. In the pre season the two will be riding Stumpjumper FSR for training rides and they also will be riding the 4X-winning SX and P3. Sam had this to say about his decision to switch to Specialized in 2009. “I wanted to ride for Specialized because we share the same goal and that's to win races—they are really capable when it comes to building and testing new products and striving to be the best," he said. "I had a good feeling about all the people there, and it's cool that everyone is into riding bikes, and they are all passionate about it. I'm definitely excited about the future and what myself and Specialized can achieve together."

Election Experience

Today was the first time that I have ever voted as I am 20 years old. I voted at Needham Elementary School and the experience was very easy to do and did not take that long to complete at all. One of the harder thing to do in voting was the amendments because the wording is very hard to understand at lest for me. I had a cheat sheet that I took to the voting place to help me with everything. The cheat sheet made it a lot easy to fallow everything. The people where very helpfully and made everything run very smoothly. I then went to Starbucks to get my free coffee with my “I voted” sticker on. I am looking forwards to watching the end result on T.V. tonight.

Free Stuff for Voting! How about a Felony?

If you vote in the 2008 election for our 44th president, you are eligible to get free stuff. Starbucks, Ben and Jerry’s, and Krispy Kreme are giving away food if you vote. For Starbucks you get a free coffee if you just say that you voted. For Krispy Kreme you just need to wear an “I voted” sticker for your free donut and for Ben and Jerry’s you just need to show up for your free ice creams. But what about you’re Felony? Take the State of Georgia where the motto is “Wisdom, Justice and Moderation.” If you requiring someone to say they voted in order to receive a free coffee, which is a felony. The law in Georgia states “Any person who gives or receives, or offers to give or receive, or participates in the giving or receiving of money or gifts for the purpose of registering as a voter, voting, or voting for a particular candidate in any primary or election shall be guilty of a felony.” But no worries the company have modified the promotions so that they are legal. So get out and vote for your free stuff.

Eight Year Old Boy Dies after Accidently Shoot Himself in the Head

In Westfield, Massachusetts an eight year old boy died when he accidently shoot himself in the head with an Uzi submachine gun. The incident happen last Sunday at the Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo at the Westfield Sportsman's Club. The boy was with a certified instructor and "was shooting the weapon down range when the force of the weapon made it travel up and back toward his head, where he suffered the injury," a police statement said. The police are calling the accident a “self-inflicted accidental shooting." The boy was then taken to the Baystate Medical Center where he died and his name is not going to be released. On the web site of the gun club it says that the event is in conjunction with C.O.P. Firearms and Training, is "all legal and fun."

Obama Sign Vandalixed with racial Intent

On Monday October 27 a large Barack Obama sign was with a racial vandalism. The sign was located on near County Road 222 and U.S. Highway 160. The sign was installed by Jeff Widen, a La Plata County Democratic Party volunteer, in Jill and Mike Somrak yard. Jeff said “A car drove by and someone yelled out the window 'No (racial epithet)!'" Jeff stopped and asked him self “did I hear what I think I just heard, in Durango, in 2008?’ And yes” Later on that night the sigh was vandalized with black spray paint black out the lettering spelling Obama’s name and a swastika was drawn on the sign. Mrs. Somrak hopes that the Democratic Party would replace the sign. "I can't help but feel there's going to be something good coming out of this negative thing. There are a lot of human beings who are intelligent and do respect each other's opinions, even if don't agree," she said.

Six dead in South Korea.

In SEOUL, South Korea a man went on an arson and stabbing rampage causing six people to die and seven more seriously injured. The suspects name is Jeohg, a 31 year old man, who first set fire to his room which was in a low cost housing unit then proceed to stab fellow residents with a sashimi knife while he was trying to escape the blaze. Five people were stabbed to death and another died after jumping out of a window to escape the blaze. Jeohg was arrested on the scene and said that he did not want to live anymore because everyone looks down upon him. Jeohg has been jobless since last April and has not been able to pay his housing and mobile phone bill for awhile now. Jeong has been convicted of crimes eight times in the past.

32 salmonella illnesses reported in 12 states

In the United States there has been 32 salmonella illnesses reported in 12 states. All of the reports have been caused from uncooked chicken manly in frozen dishes for microwave ovens. Most of the chicken in these dishes is uncooked raw chick that is pre-browned, so it gives that appearance of pre-cooked chicken like “chicken cordon blue” or “chicken kiev”. USDA said that all of the cases in which people become ill were because they did not fallow the proper cooking instructions on the back of the frozen dinners. They cooked the dishes in a microwave oven when the dish did not provide cooking direction for a microwave. Microwaving the chicken dinner did not cook the chicken to a proper temperature to kill the salmonella. To kill salmonella you need to cook chicken to at least an internal of 165 degree Fahrenheit.

Todd Wells is now with Specailized

Our home town Hero, Todd Wells, signs a deal with Specialized bike for the 2009 season. Todd is 32 years old and has competed in Two Olympics in cross country mountain biking, the 2004 games in Athens and the 2008 in Beijing. This year Todd had a poduim finish in the last World Cup on August 31 in Canberra, Australia. Todd also finished 10 in the World Cup over all standings. Todd had been riding for Pacific Cycles from 2001-2008, for the company’s Mongoose brand from 2001-2004 and then for the GT Bicycles brand from 2004-2008. Todd will be riding much of the same schedule as he did last year, a few U.S.A race but mainly the World Cups and North American cyclocross races.

Carbon dioxide output is up in 2007

The levels of carbon dioxide are up in 2007. The levels have increased 3 present for 2006 to 2007. This number far exceeds the most extreme out look on carbon dioxide levels that were predicted by Noble prize winning group of international scientists in 2007. Plus the oceans and trees are absorbing carbon dioxide at as slower level then normal. The oceans and trees usually absorb 57 percent of excess carbon dioxide, but now they are only absorbing about 54 percent of excess carbon dioxide. China is the leader in carbon dioxide out put and the United states is in second. If we do not find a solution's soon, by the year 2100 the earth temperature could rise about 4 to 11 degrees Fahrenheit.

Elephant helps with cleanup after Ike

This is really cool. The Elephants at the Houston zoo lend a helping hand in the clean up after Hurricane Ike. The Elephants a the zoo waited out the storm with select zoo keepers that the Elephants had a bond with. When the clean up started, the Elephants would use there trunks to move the big branches to a pile of debris. It was really good exercise for the Elephant. You can see the Elephant, Tucker, lending a trunk.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/09/17/nat.elephant.ike.cleanup.ktrk

Lance Armstrong Returns

On Tuesday, September 9, 2008, seven time Tour de France win Lance Armstrong announce that in the 2009 season he will be returning to race road cycling. After a year of retirement he has deiced to come back and race the famous Tour de France and go for his 8^th time winning the event. The reason that Lance says that he is returning to the sport of professional road cycling is because he want to raise the awareness of the global cancer burden. Lance will be turning 37 years old in the next month and he believes that it will not be a factor. Lance says “Looking at the Olympics, you have a swimmer like Dara Torres. Even in the 50m event (freestyle), the 41-year-old mother proved you can do it. The woman who won the marathon (Constantina Tomescu-Dita, of Romania) was 38. Older athletes are performing very well. Ask serious sports physiologists and they’ll tell you age is a wives’ tale” The main goal that Lance has in mind with his return to cycling is to spread his message of cancer. With his training Lance is dong a first time thing, her is going to be completely open with the press and show them his training regiment so that this is no possible way to cheat.