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Mind matters in beating ills, doctor says

Jane Glenn Haas, The Orange County Register

Last updated Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 8:51am

Do you know your limits? Do you have a sense of yourself, of your inner life force?

Dr.

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Experience Walt Disney's love of trains

Mark Eades, The Orange County Register

Last updated Sunday, May 1, 2011 - 1:02am

LOS ANGELES -- Before there was a Disneyland Railroad, Walt Disney used to have his own miniature live steam railroad at his home in Holmby Hills.

Pieces of the railroad can still be seen, though it has moved several miles to a spot in Griffith Park.

The Carolwood Pacific Railroad was named after the street where Disney's home was located. Walt's original setup included 2,615 feet of track that even crossed a 46-foot-long trestle and ducked through a 90-foot-long tunnel that ran underneath Mrs.

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Seattle a real piece of (art) work

Rebecca Allen, The Orange County Register

Last updated Friday, January 28, 2011 - 1:52pm

SEATTLE -- Hulking under the Aurora Bridge in Seattle is a 7-ton troll clutching a real Volkswagen Beetle, as if it snagged it off the roadway above. And incidentally, the VW has a California license plate.

The statue, made of rebar steel, wire and concrete, is at Troll Way and 36th Street in the funky, artistic neighborhood of Fremont.

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