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CLEVELAND — Ray O. Hammond, 70, of Conneaut, Ohio, died Sunday, April 21, 2013, at University Hospital in Cleveland.
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. . . MAN was on earth in this Round from the beginning.
Having passed through all the kingdoms of nature in the previous three
Rounds, his physical frame . . . was ready to receive the divine Pilgrim
at the first dawn of human life, i.e., 18,000,000 years ago. (SD Vol. II
p. 254)
It is only the knowledge of the constant re-births of
one and the same individuality throughout the life-cycle. . . among whom
are many Dhyan-Chohans, or the "Gods" themselves-have to pass
through the "Circle of Necessity," rewarded or punished by such
rebirth for the suffering endured or crimes committed in the former life.
. . are the same who are now amongst us-nay, ourselves. . .(SD Vol. II p.303)
There is an eternal cyclic law of re-births, and the
series is headed at every new Manvantaric dawn by those who had enjoyed
their rest from re-incarnations in previous Kalpas for incalculable Æons-by
the highest and the earliest Nirvanees. It was the turn of those "Gods"
to incarnate in the present Manvantara; hence their presence on Earth, and
the ensuing allegories. (SD Vol. II, p.232)
. . . the higher Angels had broken, countless æons
before, through the "Seven Circles," and thus robbed them of the
Sacred fire; which means in plain words, that they had assimilated during
their past incarnations, in lower as well as in higher worlds, all the wisdom
therefrom-the reflection of MAHAT in its various degrees of intensity.
No Entity, whether angelic or human, can reach the state of Nirvana, or
of absolute purity, except through æons of suffering and the knowledge
of EVIL as well as of good, as otherwise the latter remains incomprehensible.
(SD Vol. II p. 80-81)
. . . the Secret Doctrine teaches that the Fire-Devas,
the Rudras, and the Kumâras, the "Virgin-Angels," (to whom
Michael and Gabriel, the Archangels, both belong), the divine "Rebels".
. . preferred the curse of incarnation and the long cycles of terrestrial
existence and rebirths, to seeing the misery (even if unconscious) of the
beings (evolved as shadows out of their Brethren) through the semi-passive
energy of their too spiritual Creators. (SD Vol. II p. 246)
. . . When mortals shall have become sufficiently spiritualised,
there will be no more need of forcing them into a correct comprehension
of ancient Wisdom. Men will know then, that there never yet was a great
World-reformer,. . . who (a) was not a direct emanation of the LOGOS (under
whatever name known to us), i.e., an essential incarnation of one of the
"seven," of the "divine Spirit who is sevenfold"; and
(b) who had not appeared before, during the past Cycles. They will recognise,
then, the cause which produces in history and chronology certain riddles
of the ages. . . The esoteric doctrine explains it by saying that each of
these (as many others) had first appeared on earth as one of the seven powers
of the LOGOS, individualized as a God or "Angel" (messenger);
then, mixed with matter, they had re-appeared in turn as great sages and
instructors who "taught the Fifth Race," after having instructed
the two preceding races, had ruled during the Divine Dynasties, and had
finally sacrificed themselves, to be reborn under various circumstances
for the good of mankind, and for its salvation at certain critical periods;
until in their last incarnations they had become truly only "the parts
of a part" on earth, though de facto the One Supreme in Nature. (SD
Vol. II pp. 358-59) (Cross Reference to Avatars or Reincarnation on a Grand
Both the human Spirit (or the individuality), the re-incarnating
Spiritual Ego, and Buddhi, the Spiritual soul, are pre-existent. But, while
the former exists as a distinct entity, an individualization, the soul exists
as pre-existing breath, an unscient portion of an intelligent whole. Both
were originally formed from the Eternal Ocean of light.
(The Key To Theosophy, p.106)
We reject the idea of a new soul created for every newly-born
babe. We believe that every human being is the bearer, or Vehicle, of an
Ego coeval with every other Ego; because all Egos are of the same essence
and belong to the primeval emanation from one universal infinite Ego. Plato
calls the latter the logos (or the second manifested God); and we, the manifested
divine principle, which is one with the universal mind or soul, not the
anthropomorphic, extra-cosmic and personal God in which so many Theists
believe. (The Key To Theosophy, p.110)
Nothing that is finite -- whether because it had a beginning,
or must have an end -- can remain stationary. It must either progress or
recede; and a soul which thirsts after a reunion with its spirit, which
alone confers upon it immortality, must purify itself through cyclic transmigrations
onward toward the only land of bliss and eternal rest. (The Key To Theosophy,
Second and Third Fundamental Propositions of the Secret
The One REALITY; its dual aspects in the conditioned Universe.
Further, the Secret Doctrine affirms:-
(b.) The Eternity of the Universe in toto as a boundless plane; periodically
"the playground of numberless Universes incessantly manifesting and
disappearing," called "the manifesting stars," and the "sparks
of Eternity." "The Eternity of the Pilgrim" is like
a wink of the Eye of Self-Existence (Book of Dzyan.) "The appearance
and disappearance of Worlds is like a regular tidal ebb of flux and reflux."
(See Part II., "Days and Nights of Brahmâ.")
This second assertion of the Secret Doctrine is the absolute universality
of that law of periodicity, of flux and reflux, ebb and flow, which physical
science has observed and recorded in all departments of nature. An alternation
such as that of Day and Night, Life and Death, Sleeping and Waking, is a
fact so common, so perfectly universal and without exception, that it is
easy to comprehend that in it we see one of the absolutely fundamental laws
of the universe.
Moreover, the Secret Doctrine teaches: -
(c) The fundamental identity of all Souls with the Universal Over-Soul,
the latter being itself an aspect of the Unknown Root; and the obligatory
pilgrimage for every Soul-a spark of the former-through the Cycle of Incarnation
(or "Necessity") in accordance with Cyclic and Karmic law, during
the whole term. In other words, no purely spiritual Buddhi (divine Soul)
can have an independent (conscious) existence before the spark which issued
from the pure Essence of the Universal Sixth principle,-or the OVER-SOUL,-has
(a) passed through every elemental form of the phenomenal world of that
Manvantara, and (b) acquired individuality, first by natural impulse, and
then by self-induced and self-devised efforts (checked by its Karma), thus
ascending through all the degrees of intelligence, from the lowest to the
highest Manas, from mineral and plant, up to the holiest archangel (Dhyani-Buddha).
The pivotal doctrine of the Esoteric philosophy admits no privileges or
special gifts in man, save those won by his own Ego through personal effort
and merit throughout a long series of metempsychoses and reincarnations.
"Pilgrim" is the appellation given to our Monad (the
two in one) during its cycle of incarnations. It is the only immortal and
eternal principle in us, being an indivisible part of the integral whole-the
Universal spirit, from which it emanates, and into which it is absorbed
at the end of the cycle. When it is said to emanate from the one spirit.
an awkward and incorrect expression has to be used, for lack of appropriate
words in English. The Vedantins call it Sutratma (Thread-Soul), but their
explanation, too, differs somewhat from that of the occultists; to explain
which difference, however, is left to the Vedantins themselves. (Secret
Doctrine, Vol. I, pp16-17)
(b) The twelve Nidanas or causes of being. Each is
the effect of its antecedent cause, and a cause, in its turn, to its successor;
. . . They belong to the theory of the stream of catenated law which produces
merit and demerit, and finally brings Karma into full sway. It is based
upon the great truth that re-incarnation is to be dreaded, as existence
in this world only entails upon man suffering, misery and pain; Death itself
being unable to deliver man from it, since death is merely the door through
which he passes to another life on earth after a little rest on its threshold-Devachan.
(SD Vol. I p. 39) (Possible link to Karma)
Some people do recollect their past incarnations during
life; but these are Buddhas and Initiates. This is what the Yogis call Samma-Sambuddha,
or the knowledge of the whole series of one's past incarnations. (The Key
To Theosophy, p.164)
Yes; "our destiny is written in the stars!"
Only, the closer the union between the mortal reflection MAN and his celestial
PROTOTYPE, the less dangerous the external conditions and subsequent reincarnations-which
neither Buddhas nor Christs can escape. (SD Vol. I p. 639)
Even a Buddha or a Jesus had first to make a vow, which is
a desire, in some life, that he would save the world or some part of it, and to
persevere with the desire alive in his heart through countless lives.
(Ocean p. 46)
Men are made complete only during their third, toward
the fourth cycle (race). They are made "gods" for good and evil,
and responsible only when the two arcs meet (after 3½ rounds towards
the fifth Race). They are made so by the Nirmânakaya (spiritual or
astral remains) of the Rudra-Kumâras, "cursed to be reborn on
earth again; meaning-doomed in their natural turn to reincarnation in the
higher ascending arc of the terrestrial cycle." (Commentary IX.) (SD
Vol. II p. 255 Footnote)
After reaching Moksha (a state of bliss meaning "release
from Bandha" or bondage), bliss is enjoyed by it in a place called
PARAMAPADHA, which place is not material, but made of Suddasatwa (the essence,
of which the body of Iswara-"the Lord"-is formed). There, Muktas
or Jivatmas (Monads) who have attained Moksha, are never again subject to
the qualities of either matter or Karma. "But if they choose, for
the sake of doing good to the world, they may incarnate on Earth."
(SD Vol. I p. 132) (Cross-reference to Avatars)
The entire scheme is in the "Chaldean Book of Numbers,"
and even in the Zohar, . . . Their prince is called in the Kabala Samael,
the Angel of Death, who is also the seducing serpent Satan; but that Satan
is also Lucifer, the bright angel of Light, the Light and Life-bringer,
the "Soul" alienated from the Holy Ones, the other angels, and
for a period, anticipating the time when they would have descended on Earth
to incarnate in their turn. "The Souls (Monads) are pre-existent in
the world of Emanations," (Book of Wisdom viii., 20); . . . They descend
from the pure air to be chained to bodies," says Josephus repeating
the belief of the Essenes (De Bello Judæo, 11, 12). "The air
is full of Souls," states Philo, "they descend, to be tied to
mortal bodies, being desirous to live in them." (De Gignat, 222 C.;
De Somniis, p.455); because through, and in, the human form they will
become progressive beings, whereas the nature of the angel is purely intransitive,
therefore man has in him the potency of transcending the faculties of the
Which shows that the Essenes believed in re-birth and many reincarnations
on Earth, as Jesus himself did, a fact we can prove from the New Testament
itself. (SD Vol. II p. 111)
THE Sanctum Sanctorum of the Ancients, i.e., that recess
on the Western side of the Temple which was enclosed on three sides by blank
walls and had its only aperture or door hung over with a curtain-also called
the Adytum-was common to all ancient nations. . . .They regarded it-in its
esoteric meaning-as the symbol of resurrection, cosmic, solar (or diurnal),
and human. It embraced the wide range of periodical and (in time) punctual,
Manvantaras, or the re-awakenings of Kosmos, Earth, and Man to new existences;
the sun being the most poetical and also the most grandiose symbol of the
same in heaven, and man-in his re-incarnations-on Earth. (SD Vol. II p.
459) (Possible cross-reference to Reincarnation on a Grand Scale or Religious
. . . the events described in Revelation were not original,
and may, as shown, be found in other and pagan traditions. . . .The "Dragon"
is simply the symbol of the cycle and of the "Sons of Manvantaric Eternity,"
who had descended on earth during a certain epoch of its formative period.
. . . The "third part of the stars of heaven" cast down to the
earth. . . that circumambulate our globe; i.e., the human Egos destined
to perform the whole cycle of incarnations. (SD Vol. II p. 485) (Cross-reference
to Religious Scriptures)
"Whether it be orthodox Adwaita or not, I maintain
as an occultist, on the authority of the Secret Doctrine, that though merged
entirely into
Parabrahm, man's spirit while not individual per se, yet preserves its
distinct individuality in Paranirvana, owing to the accumulation in it of
the aggregates, or skandhas that have survived after each death, from the
highest faculties of the Manas. The most spiritual--i.e., the highest and
divinest aspirations of every personality follow Buddhi and the Seventh
Principle into Devachan (Swarga) after the death of each personality along
the line of rebirths, and become part and parcel of the Monad. The
personality fades out, disappearing before the occurrence of the evolution
of the new personality (rebirth) out of Devachan: but the individuality
the spirit-soul [dear, dear, what can be made out of this English!] is
preserved to the end of the great cycle (Maha-Manwantara) when each Ego
enters Paranirvana, or is merged in Parabrahm. To our talpatic, or
mole-like, comprehension the human spirit is then lost in the One Spirit,
the drop of water thrown into the sea can no longer be traced out and
recovered. But de facto it is not so in the world of immaterial thought.
This latter stands in relation to the human dynamic thought, as, say, the
visual power through the strongest conceivable microscope would to the sight
of a half-blind man: and yet even this is a most insufficient simile--the
difference is "inexpressible in terms of foot-pounds." That such
and Paranirvanic "spirits," or units, have and must preserve their
(not human) individualities, is shown in the fact that, however long the
"night of Brahma" or even the Universal Pralaya (not the local
affecting some one group of worlds) yet, when it ends, the same individual
Divine Monad resumes its majestic path of evolution, though on a higher,
hundredfold perfected and more pure chain of earths than before, and brings
with it all the essence of compound spiritualities from its previous
countless rebirths. Spiral evolution, it must be remembered, is dual, and
the path of spirituality turns, corkscrew-like, within and around physical,
semi-physical, and supra-physical evolution. But I am being tempted into
details which had best be left for the full consideration which their
importance merits to my forthcoming work, the Secret Doctrine." From
article by HPB: "Isis Unveiled and Vishishtadwaite".
The evolution of life proceeds on these seven globes
or bodies from the 1st to the 7th in Seven ROUNDS or Seven Cycles. 2. These
globes are formed by a process which the Occultists call the "rebirth
of planetary chains (or rings)." (SD Vol. I p. 159)
It is the logos alone, or the noumenon, that survives,
because it is immortal in its very nature and essence, and the logos in
man is the Eternal Ego, that which reincarnates and lasts for ever. (The
Key To Theosophy, p.95)
Forever the Great Breath goes forth and returns again.
As it proceeds outwards, objects, worlds and men appear; as it recedes
all disappear into the original source. This is the waking and the sleeping
of the Great Being; the Day and the Night of Brahma; the prototype of our
waking days and sleeping nights as men, of our disappearance from the scene
at the end of one little human life, and our return again to take up the
unfinished work in another life, in a new day. (Ocean p. 16)
In India there are many histories of sages born with
complete knowledge of philosophy and the like, and doubtless in all nations
the same can be met with. the bringing back of knowledge also explains
instinct, for that is no more than recollection divisible into physical and
mental memory. It is seen in the child and the animal, and is no more than
the result of previous experience. And whether we look at the new-born babe
flinging out its arms for self-protection, or the animal with very strong
instinctual power, or the bee building a cell on the rules of geometry, it
is all the effect of reincarnation acting either in the mind or physical
cell, for under what was first laid down no atom is devoid of life,
consciousness, and intelligence of its own. (Ocean p. 86)
Lastly, the fact that certain inherent ideas are common
to the whole race is explained by the sages as due to recollection of such
ideas, which were implanted in the human mind at the very beginning of its
evolutionary career on this planet by those brothers and sages who learned
their lessons and were perfected in former ages long before the development
of this globe began. No explanation for inherent ideas is offered by science
that will do more than say, "they exist." These were actually taught to the
mass of Egos who are engaged in this earth's evolution; they were imprinted
or burned into their natures, and always recollected; they follow the Ego
through the long pilgrimage. (Ocean p. 87)
Nothing in the material world endures absolutely unchanged
in itself or its conditions, even for the smallest conceivable portion of
time. All that is, is forever in process of becoming something else. This
is not mere transcendentalism, but is an old established doctrine called,
in the East, "the doctrine of the constant, eternal change of atoms
from one state into another." (Echoes From The Orient p. 16)
Unless we deny the immortality of man and the existence
of soul, there are no sound arguments against the doctrine of preexistence
and re-birth save such as rest on the dictum of the church that each soul
is a new creation. This dictum can be supported only by blind dogmatism,
for given a soul we must sooner or later arrive at the theory of re-birth,
because even if each soul is new on this earth it must keep on living somewhere
after passing away, and in view of the known order of nature will have other
bodies in other planets or spheres. Theosophy applies to the self -- the
thinker -- the same laws which are seen everywhere in operation throughout
nature, and those are all varieties of the great law that effects follow
causes and no effect is without a cause. The soul's immortality -- believed
in by the mass of humanity -- demands embodiment here or elsewhere, and
to be embodied means reincarnation. (Ocean p. 79)


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CLINTON — A newly created position has recently been installed at the Clinton Humane Society.
Sally Schroeder was hired as development director, a position designed to heighten public awareness of activities at the humane society, along with developing sustaining funding sources for improvements and program expansion.
Schroeder began her career as a French and English teacher at Mater Dei High School, retiring from teaching in 1987 to stay home with her children. In 1992, she returned to the workforce and worked as a Client Service representative for PFC, executive director of the Clinton/Jackson Planning Council, director of Member Relations at the Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce, Account Manager for Iowa Telecom, Financial Advisor for Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, and most recently, client relations/sales specialist for AllStar Staffing.
Schroeder also served on the Clinton School Board from 1988 to 1997 and has served on various other boards of directors. She currently sits on the board of Sarah Harding Senior Living, is a member of the Clinton Rotary Club and the Clinton Women's Club, and has been a member of the Chamber Ambassadors since 2005.
In addition to her responsibilities with the Clinton Humane Society, Sally also works as a substitute teacher and owns her own business as an Independent Distributor for LifeVantage.
She also tutors reading at Whittier Elementary School.
The Clinton Humane Society, founded in 1941, is a nonprofit animal shelter.


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NW PA Stocking Over Wild Trout Survey Results
2006/10/26 23:01
From Ohio
Posts: 657
Alright all, after a two hours with the PFGC web site and my gazeteer, here are the results of a survey of nine contingous NW counties that are my stomping grounds (Erie, Crawford, Mercer, Lawerence, Butler, Venago, Clarion, Forrest, and Warren) regarding whether the PFBC stocks over wild trout streams.
First, as is stated by the PFGC, there is no stocking of class A wild trout stream SECTIONS.
However, of the 11 class A stream sections in these counties:
3 had stocked trout in directly adjacent sections. Two of these were class A brook trout streams had brown trout stocked directly adjacent in the same stream.
4 additional streams flowed into stocked water. One of these was a class A brook trout stream that flowed into a stocked brown stream.
7/11 class A wild trout stream sections had directly adjacent stocked water.
3/3 class A brook trout streams had adjacent sections of river that held stocked browns.
In addition, 2 of the 6 "wilderness" trout streams, which are generally brook trout streams that are supposed to be afforded the highest protection, had brown trout stocked directly adjacent. However, I know one of these streams very well and there is a waterfall that serves as a natural barrier between stocked brown and non-stocked wild brook trout sections. This may be a factor in other "adjacent" sections.
So I can see why people have different perceptions of reality. Techniquely, no class A water is stocked, but a lot of adjacent water is.....
Posted on: 2007/3/11 1:05
Re: NW PA Stocking Over Wild Trout Survey Results
2006/9/9 17:18
From lancaster county
Posts: 6431
i think the main point is....
stocking over wild fish is wrong. class a, b, c........to z regardless
also that regulations on wild trout streams need changed.
plus this is for nw pa. what about the rest?
Posted on: 2007/3/11 5:31
Re: NW PA Stocking Over Wild Trout Survey Results
2006/12/7 18:13
Posts: 212
In a project that took me several months to complete; I have mapped, researched, logged and categorized and charted all of the Class A, Wilderness and Special Regulation streams by location; type (section of AT or trib) in the following counties:
Delaware, Chester, Bucks, Berks, Montgomery, Lancaster, Lebanon, Northampton, Lehigh, Luzerene, Lackawanna, Pike, Wayne, Monroe, Schuylkill, Center, Dauphin, Northumberland, Clinton, Potter, Tioga, York, Perry, Adams, Franklin, Cumberland, Susquehanna, Sullivan, Wyoming, Carbon, and Lycoming and portions of nine other counties.
My results are identical to OhioOutdoorsman. It IS a section thing as he described and as I pointed out in the other thread. Unfortunately also like he said, there are a lot of adjacent sections stocked but good luck ever trying to get that changed. Pine Creek with miles and miles of stocked water has a Class A section in Potter. Could you imagine them not stocking Pine?
Whether the state stocks sections that COULD be Class A to appease local interests is all speculative but like everybody else; I too wonder when I fish places like the Monocasy Creek AT in Bethlehem and can count less that 5 stockers in 20 years of fishing that stretch!
Posted on: 2007/3/11 7:43
Re: NW PA Stocking Over Wild Trout Survey Results
2006/10/26 23:01
From Ohio
Posts: 657
Salvineus -
As bamboozle points out this process is very tedious, i only had the patience to survey my section of the state.
I think to have a supply of fishing opprotunities to meet the demand, stocking is a necessary evil. If stocking of "wild" trout streams of any class was intututed I think you'd have atituation much like trout stocking in Ohio......a springtime put and take affair. It would dramatically lower coldwater fishing opprotunities. Would people stop fishing for trout? No. They would hit the wild streams all the harder unless more regs were passed, which would further limit fishing opprotunities. This would upset a lot of fisherman, which is the group (not the fish) that the PFBC has to serve. I don't think that the class B-D fisheries would "rebound" to the degree to provide a quality, sustainable sportfishery that is equivalent to the stocked fishery. So I think class B-D wild trout fisheries (at least brown and rainbow fisheries) need to be stocked in some fashion.......these lesser quality fisheries are able to support a large population of holdeover trout and make economic sense to stock from a resource management perspective.
What I think is that stocking should be done in a way that is least intrusive to wild fisheries, in particular, brook trout fisheries.
What I propose as a plan of action that I think we could all agree on is asking the PFGC to alter their practices of stocking browns next to brook trout streams that have no natural barrier. This would be a good place to start and I think has the best evedence behind it. We could lobby to stop stocking at some streams and ask them to study the effects on the adjacent brook trout fishery. If there was an improvement, this could then be used as evidence to alter the policy of stocking adjacent sections statewide.
I would also be interested in the effects of stocking brook trout next to wild brook trout populations. Maybe this could be an alternative to stopping stocking all together. Maybe this is what we could lobby for if the PFBC says they absolutely need to stock next to a given section of stream. This practice would also need to be studied.
I think working with a regional manager on a few targeted streams would be the best way to start the process.....
Posted on: 2007/3/11 8:18
Re: NW PA Stocking Over Wild Trout Survey Results
2006/9/9 17:18
From lancaster county
Posts: 6431
stocking wild trout streams is not necessary. y not overload marginal streams and let the meat killers hack at it?
it is a section thing...but unless there is a barrier that it not important.
i argee that stocking browns next to brooks is a good place to start.
i dont know how this stocking thing got brought up. my only point is that WILD BROOK TROUT STREAMS OR ANY WILD STREAMS NEED REGULATION CHANGES!
Posted on: 2007/3/11 13:14
Re: NW PA Stocking Over Wild Trout Survey Results
2006/11/2 8:50
Posts: 6029
Does anyone know if the "no stocking on Class A waters" is a law, a regulation, an internal guidance type thing, a recommendation, or just what. In other words, does it have any legal force, is it a formal rule that they are obligated to follow? Or just a sort of management idea that they say that they follow, in general, but will make exceptions to in some cases.
Because they DO stock some Class A sections.
Below is a post that was on this site several years ago, in regard to stocking of a Class A section on the Little Lehigh. This is not the only case where this done.
Anyone who wants to follow this subject further could simply send a letter to Dr. Austen, head of the PFBC, and ask him if the PFBC stocks trout in some Class A sections, and if so, what are those sections, and why is it done there.
paflyfish.com 9/11/04. Jeff S
"A while back someone posted a question regarding the amount of wild brown trout in the Little Lehigh above the Heritage Angling special reg section. I emailed the PFBC about this section of water and this is their reply. Keep in mind that this section of water is stocked on a yearly basis.
Jeff, your email has been forwarded to this office for reply. Section 7
contains a abundant population of brown trout. One site was surveyed in July of 2001 and 2002. The site was located 460 m (or 503 yards) downstream of
Kecks Bridge and was 440 m (or 481 yards) in length. During both years the
biomass of wild brown trout present reflected that of a Class A fishery
(Brown trout biomass > or = to 40.00 kg/ha or 35.67 lbs/ac) with values of
159.07 (141.85 lbs/ac) and 118.91 kg/ha (106.04 lbs/ac)respectively.
I hope the above information address your request.
David A. Arnold
Area Fisheries Manager
Fisheries Management Area 5
US Route 209
Bushkill, PA 18324
(570) 588-6388
Posted on: 2007/3/12 12:28
Re: NW PA Stocking Over Wild Trout Survey Results
2006/9/9 19:16
From Dallastown, PA
Posts: 6990
Here is something from the Rulemakings section of the F&BC site. Keep in mind that this is up for public comment but I am sure the verbiage emboldend was there before.
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Changes to List of Class A Wild Trout Waters
Spring 2007
Notice is hereby given that the Fish and Boat Commission (Commission) is considering changes to its list of Class A Wild Trout Streams. Pursuant to 58 Pa. Code §57.8a (relating to
Class A wild trout streams), it is the Commission's policy to manage self-sustaining Class A wild trout populations as a renewable natural resource to conserve that resource and the angling it provides. Class A wild trout populations represent the best of Pennsylvania's naturally reproducing trout fisheries. The Commission manages these stream sections solely for the perpetuation of the wild trout fishery with no stocking.
Criteria developed for Class A Wild Trout fisheries are species specific. Wild Trout Abundance Class Criteria include provisions for:
(i) Wild Brook Trout Fisheries
(A) Total brook trout biomass of at least 30 kg/ha (26.7 lbs/acre).
(B) Total biomass of brook trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).
(C) Brook trout biomass must comprise at least 75% of the total trout biomass.
(ii) Wild Brown Trout Fisheries
(A) Total brown trout biomass of at least 40 kg/ha (35.6 lbs/acre).
(B) Total biomass of brown trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).
(C) Brown trout biomass must comprise at least 75% of the total trout biomass.
(iii) Mixed Wild Brook and Brown Trout Fisheries
(A) Combined brook and brown trout biomass of at least 40 kg/ha (35.6 lbs/acre).
(B) Total biomass of brook trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).
(C) Total biomass of brown trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).
(D) Brook trout biomass must comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.
(E) Brown trout biomass must comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.
(iv) Wild Rainbow Trout Fisheries
Total biomass of rainbow trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 2.0 kg/ha (1.78 lbs/acre).
In order for a water to be removed from the Class A Wild Trout Streams designation, total trout biomass must be documented below the set criteria for two consecutive stream
examinations. At its meeting on April 16 and 17, 2007, the Commission intends to consider adding Tannery Hollow Run, Section 01, in Cameron County to its list of Class A Wild Trout Streams. Tannery Hollow Run is a tributary to Sterling Run. Section 01 extends for a distance of 2.75
miles, from the headwaters downstream to the mouth. Based on a stream examination inventory conducted by Commission staff in August 2006, Section 01 supported an estimated wild brook
trout biomass of 40.04 kg/ha and met the biomass criteria for designation as a Class A wildbrook trout water. The Commission will not consider the removal of any streams from the list at
the April 2007 meeting. Persons with comments, objections or suggestions concerning the addition are invited to submit comments in writing to Executive Director, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, P.O. Box 67000, Harrisburg, PA 17106-7000, within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Comments also may be submitted electronically by completing the form at Electroniuc comment form. If an acknowledgment of electronic
comments is not received by the sender within 2 working days, the comments should be retransmitted to ensure receipt. Electronic comments submitted in any other manner will not be
Douglas J. Austen, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Its a pdf file located here
changes to the wild trout list
Another notice up for Public Comment regarding disposition of some streams to the wild trout list...what ever that is.
I would get behind these two items with public comment to the F&BC.
Posted on: 2007/3/12 13:02
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Re: NW PA Stocking Over Wild Trout Survey Results
2006/10/2 10:08
From Westmoreland County (near fairgrounds)
Posts: 3740
I know Tannery Hollow Run. Its across the street from my Dad's house. I caught a few brookies in there this January.
Its clearly a good sign that it qualifies to be added to the class A list, but I fear the added publicity won't do it any good.
Any thoughts? What has happened to other streams when they make the list?
Posted on: 2007/3/12 22:00
Re: NW PA Stocking Over Wild Trout Survey Results
2006/9/9 17:18
From lancaster county
Posts: 6431
i think it depends on location. i think it would hurt a stream in say lancaster,lebanon or york. i think the effects would be less in say potter or tioga county
Posted on: 2007/3/13 2:32
Re: NW PA Stocking Over Wild Trout Survey Results
2006/9/9 9:29
From Monessen, PA
Posts: 22153
For what it is worth, when a stream is classified as Class A because of sufficient trout biomass, it automatically gets elevated on the DEP protection list to EV Exceptional Value water. This limits development, discharge and other detrimental activities. It is my belief that very few anglers pay any attention to the Class A listings. While it may increase pressure slightly, I doubt it will turn a stream into an opening day free-for-all atmosphere. On balance, the added protection is worth the publicity. After a couple years, it will be just another of the hundreds of Class A waters, but the protection afforded from degradation will last longer, perhaps forever.
Posted on: 2007/3/13 6:09
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Re: NW PA Stocking Over Wild Trout Survey Results
2006/12/7 18:13
Posts: 212
Jack is right.
I fished a slew of small Class A streams last season many in somewhat urban areas. Excluding the "famous" creeks like Slate Run, etc. I saw ZERO other fishermen.
It is also directly proportional to the size of the stream too and I really think MOST fishermen who regularly harvest or take a somewhat less passionate attitude toward trout fishing have this fear of getting skunked when they pit their giant brain against the pea brain of a WILD trout, (or is it the other way around?).
In any case I just don't see the fishermen on the "regular non-famous" Class A streams to think that the list causes as much interest as being declared a Special Regulation Area which IMHO causes MAJOR additional pressure but at times is a necessary evil.
Posted on: 2007/3/13 8:07
Re: NW PA Stocking Over Wild Trout Survey Results
2006/10/2 10:08
From Westmoreland County (near fairgrounds)
Posts: 3740
I guess theres's not much to worry about. Tannery will be the 25th class A stream in the tiny (380 square miles) county of Cameron.
The folks with camps along the stream already fish it. There's not much to distinguish this stream from other area wild trout streams for someone comming into the area.
Posted on: 2007/3/13 10:14
Re: NW PA Stocking Over Wild Trout Survey Results
2006/11/2 8:50
Posts: 6029
From what I've seen adding a stream to the Class A list doesn't add much fishing pressure, and the few people it does attract are the C&R flyfisher type.
That doesn't mean there is no harvest on these streams. The people who harvest on those streams didn't learn about the streams on the internet. These guys usually hit the streams very early in the season. Opening day is when these streams get the most harvest-oriented fishing pressure. Just like the stocked streams.
It's interesting to go to several of these streams on opening day and see. If you do this several years in a row you start to get some sense of the level of harvest going on unstocked wild trout streams.
Posted on: 2007/3/13 10:25
Re: NW PA Stocking Over Wild Trout Survey Results
2006/10/2 10:08
From Westmoreland County (near fairgrounds)
Posts: 3740
Criteria developed for Class A Wild Trout fisheries are species specific. Wild Trout Abundance Class Criteria include provisions for:
Am I reading this correctly? For Brookies, you need at least 30 kg/ha of any size and 0.1 kg/ha of little ones. Similarly for Browns, you need at least 40 kg/ha of any size and 0.1 kg/ha of little ones. But for Rainbows, its only the density of little ones of at least 2.0 kg/ha that matters.
Why does a rainbow stream need 20 times the density of little fish to qualify as class A?
I'm guessing they don't want to have a lot of wild rainbow streams on the class A list.
Posted on: 2007/3/13 11:37
Re: NW PA Stocking Over Wild Trout Survey Results
2006/12/7 18:13
Posts: 212
Here's something interesting I found yesterday that is either indicative of improving conditions or more effective analysis and manpower allocation.
I found a Class A list of unknown vintage although I suspect 1980's; that has the streams listed by STREAM, not section. In any case the list only has 98 streams on it.
Without trying I can easily add another 50-100 I know about off the top of my head.
I guess it really hasn't hurt too much now that all of this more expansive information is available now because I haven't really noticed the additional pressure on the smaller Class A streams NOT on this old list or some of the more famous streams on the list.
I also would have missed many a fine day of fishing if I had to discover all of the added stream names myself.
Posted on: 2007/3/16 7:48
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Heloise Cheruvalath is among 278 participants who won local and regional spelling bees to make it to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The contest got under way Wednesday at a convention center outside Washington D.C.
Each gets the opportunity to spell two words during Wednesday's preliminary rounds. Their scores will be combined with scores from a 50-word computer test to determine the field of no more than 50 semifinalists.
Heloise is in the eighth grade at North Middle School.
Copyright 2012. The Associated Press.


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By Jonathan Deal
Athens scored four goals in the first seven minutes of the second half to cruise past Southside-Gadsden for an 8-0 sub-state playoff victory Tuesday night. The win set up a rematch with East Limestone Saturday after the Indians defeated Fort Payne 2-0 Tuesday.
The four-minute outburst to start the second half wasn't the only scoring outburst Athens had in the game. The Golden Eagles scored four goals during a 13-minute period in the first half to take a comfortable lead into the break.
The scoring outburst came after an opening quarter of the game which was surprisingly close. Athens first real chance on goal came 20 minutes into the game when Christopher Gregory's header skimmed the face of goal. Three minutes later, Gregory was denied from close range by the Southside keeper.
The save kept the game scoreless for the moment, but it only opened the floodgates for Athens.
"Any shot on goal gives us momentum," said senior forward Ramon Jurado. "Even if it's from way out. As a team, it gives you confidence. We really built on those first few shots."
Wynn Baker opened the scoring for Athens in the 24th minute when he scored from the penalty spot after receiving a pass from his brother, Will. Will Baker had just made a crushing, but legal tackle to win the ball, and calmly passed to Wynn, who responded with an equally cool finish.
The goal signaled a change in Athens' play after a docile first 20 minutes of the game. Athens continued to pile on the pressure and Jurado scored his first goal of the game just moments later.
"As a team, we keep a cool head," said Jurado. "We trust each other with the ball, no matter what the situation is. If we pass the ball around, good things happen."
Jurado was given a gift two minutes later to score his second goal. Jose Soto sent a lobbed through ball over the Southside defense, which the goalie muffed and the ball landed at the feet of an opportunistic Jurado who tapped the ball into the open net from eight yards out.
Gregory finished the scoring spree with 10 minutes left in the half when he found himself behind the Southside defense and sent a low shot into the side netting.
"We knew we had to win, so we turned it up," said Gregory. "Once we got three or goals, we knew we had it. We just kept shoving down their throat and ended up with eight goals."
Jurado opened the second-half with a goal in the first 40 seconds. The senior finished with three goals while Gregory had a goal and two assist. The Baker brothers along with Josh Bailey each scored a goal over the next seven minutes to put the game on ice.
No. 1 Athens (20-0-1) will host East Limestone (13-5-3) in a second-round sub-state match Saturday for a chance to advance to the final four. Athens won the previous two meetings this season.
Varsity girls
Athens 2
Southside 0
Athens advanced to the second-round of the Class 5A playoffs with comfortable 2-0 victory over Southside Tuesday. Grace Morgan gave Athens lead on a breakaway seven minutes into the game. Amy Catherine Anderson scored the second goal ten minutes later off an assist from Klaire Philips.
No. 6 Athens will travel to Fort Payne Saturday for a chance to advance to the final four. Athens beat Fort Payne 4-0 earlier this season. The girls team will be going for their seventh consecutive trip to the state tournament.
Other notable playoff scores from Tuesday:
Varsity boys
East Limestone 2, Fort Payne 0
Mars Hill Bible 4, Tanner 3 (OT, shootout)
Varsity girls
Randolph 2, West Limestone 0


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BLACKSBURG, Va. —
The boo birds were out early at Lane Stadium on Saturday afternoon, with Virginia Tech falling behind Duke 20-0 with 3:12 still left to play in the first quarter.
The Blue Devils, who were looking to get bowl eligible at the expense of the Hokies, had outgained the Hokies 144-11 at that point, having scored two touchdowns, including an interception return for a score, along with a pair of field goals.
"The mood was bad for a little bit, but things haven't gone our way all year so it was just something we had to fight through, " said Virginia Tech wide receiver Marcus Davis, whose Hokies scored 41 straight points to win 41-20. "I am glad to see we pulled together on offense, defense and special teams and we started clicking.
"It was just another stepping stone that we had to get over."
Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer claimed to not hear the boos with the headsets on, but he understands how the Hokie faithful feels. After all, who would have expected that Virginia Tech needed to beat Duke to avoid a 3-4 start to the season, and the first three-game losing streak since the Hokies were 2-8-1 in 1992.
"I was too involved with just saying keep playing, something good has to happen in a minute," Beamer said. "I can't fault our fans, it is disappointing. On the way here today I could see they were trying to urge us on coming through the parking area there, they wanted us to play better.
"Then it is disappointing with the way we started the way we did, I understand that, but they were there for us at the end and they were loud and good like they normally are. I am glad we could give our fans something to cheer about."
How bad did Virginia Tech need something good to happen? How about a win over Duke being described as Beamer did, with the Hokies having come off losses to Cincinnati and North Carolina.
"I just told our football team that was a great win for our football program," Beamer said. "The circumstances, coming off two losses and getting down 20 to zip. I appreciate our players and their poise, our coaches' poise and no one panicked and things worked out for us."
While Duke entered with hopes of becoming bowl eligible, it's the Hokies that still have work to do to reach a 20th straight bowl game. The Hokies are 4-3, but the next three games will be difficult, beginning next week at Clemson, followed by a pair of Thursday night games at Miami and at home with Lane Stadium.
"I think it is one home game in 46 days and that is a tough stretch," Beamer said. "We are going to enjoy this one and then get ready for Clemson."
There is also the current streak of eight straight seasons with at least 10 wins that could be in jeopardy.
One reporter asked Beamer if supporters of Virginia Tech needed to just understand that every team has to rebuild at times and this could be that year for the Hokies.
Beamer listed a slew of reasons for the current struggles, including the fact that Saturday's game with Duke is the Hokies' lone home game since Sept. 22, with the next date in Lane Stadium not being until Nov. 8.
He still thinks that Virginia Tech can meet some of its goals, such as claiming the ACC Coastal Division title and a berth in the ACC Championship Game.
"We have had some tough injuries, we have had some freshmen jump in there and play, not to make any excuses, but there are circumstances," Beamer said.
"I think our schedule has been tough, the one home game in 46 days, that is tough. Several teams have had open dates before they played us, I think that is tough, they get some people well and have a little extra time to prepare, but that is just the way it is.
"Don't get me wrong, I am not moaning and groaning, I think there have been tough circumstances."
Virginia Tech has won more often than not in recent seasons, and the Hokies will keep fighting for success, much like they did when they were 20 points behind against the Blue Devils.
"There is a thin line between winning and being OK and not being OK," Beamer said. "I am so appreciative of our players and who they are and what they are and for how they handled themselves. It made a great, great statement right there how they came back."
That defines what the Hokies must do over the next three games, two of which will be on the road.
"It is very important, it was important to get into a rhythm and getting back to tackling people," said Virginia Tech defensive tackle Derrick Hopkins, whose Hokies had been gashed for 48 and 533 yards the previous week at North Carolina. "We get to watch film on Clemson and see how they do and we have got to get ready for them."
Virginia Tech had numerous big plays offense against Duke on Saturday, including touchdowns of 42, 45, 47 and 86 yards. Beamer is hoping that will continue, as the Hokies scored 41 points and collected 525 yards on that side of the ball.
"We just talked about playing every play as hard as you could and that was important when you are down 20, and playing mentally alert," Beamer said. "If you do those two things you are going to get consistency. We have got some playmakers, we just need to play consistent and I think if we do we will see some more long plays."
Players like Davis never felt the Hokies couldn't come back against Duke. After all, football is more than a one quarter game. The same goes for the season, there are still games left to be played. Virginia Tech is still thinking big.
"It is football, it happens, things don't always go as planned," Davis said. "We didn't plan on starting the game being down 20-0, but it happened. It is football and you just have to shake that off and keep playing play by play, down by down and quarter by quarter.
"That is how it played out, we fought through and came out all right."
That same attitude will be needed in the weeks ahead.
Brian Woodson is the sports editor for the Daily Telegraph. He encourages feedback at bwoodson @ bdtonline.com.


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Landmark Ruling in Mexico a Boon for These U.S. Oil Stocks?
By Sasha Cekerevac for Investment Contrarians | Dec 11, 2013
In 1938, Mexico nationalized its oil industry, taking over all aspects from production to final distribution. This ban on ownership by foreign companies continues today; however, changes are underway.
Under the leadership of Mexico's new president, there is a growing desire and need for the knowledge and technical skills developed by foreign companies, many of which are U.S.-based, to stem the decline in oil production and revive the industry in that country.
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I think this will be a tremendous investment opportunity for oil stocks going forward. Mexico still has a tremendous amount of energy commodities under the ground, but many need advanced technology to extract them. And U.S.-based oil stocks are among the leaders in the world when it comes to extraction technology.
By allowing foreign-based companies to help develop projects, oil stocks would profit from having access to new reserves, and Mexico would benefit from having billions of dollars in funding and access to those with top-notch technical skills.
There are several different types of oil stocks that would benefit from this investment opportunity. One company that I've liked for some time is Halliburton Company (NYSE/HAL), a global leader in the oilfield service industry.
While Mexico has not yet changed its legislation and we don't know which companies will obtain these oil rights at this time, Halliburton has been extensively offering its services in Mexico for a number of years. … Read More
Oil Prices to Reach $80/Barrel?
By George Leong for Investment Contrarians | Dec 11, 2013
Oil prices are heading higher on the chart with the cash West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rallying back toward the $100.00 level after threatening to test $90.00.
Steady economic signs in the United States, China, and Japan—the three largest economies in the world—along with some muted growth in the eurozone and Europe are adding some spark to the oil futures… But hold on; doesn't the buying seem somewhat premature?
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I'd say so, as I believe oil prices may have limited upside unless something dramatic surfaces in the Middle East that impacts OPEC oil.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has also come out and said it would maintain its current daily production quota and not cut supply in order to add support to oil prices.
I doubt we will see $130.00-per-barrel oil prices anytime soon—unless, of course, tensions escalate in the Middle East and a war breaks out across a wider region that would impact the flow of OPEC oil. The current nuclear agreement in Iran has also added some stability to the region.
And the futures market for oil supports my view, too. A look at the oil futures actually shows expectations for oil prices should decline back towards $92.00 by the end of 2014, drop below $90.00 in 2015, and continue downward to $80.00 by 2018. The December 2022 futures contract points to $78.00-per-barrel oil.
The chart … Read More
If You Are Thinking of Investing in Emerging Markets, Here's What You Need to Know
By Sasha Cekerevac for Investment Contrarians | Dec 10, 2013
One of the hottest investment strategy themes over the past few years has been to invest in emerging markets. For years, these markets were very attractive to investors, as these economies tended to have much higher growth rates when compared to growth in the developed countries.
However, this investment strategy is now beginning to look questionable, as it appears that growth rates are much lower than many had expected.
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The latest look at emerging markets from a fundamental standpoint comes from Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever PLC (NYSE/UL).
Polman stated that he believes that economically, these markets will continue to remain quite slow for some time, as these nations now need significant structural changes following their boom years. (Source: Bloomberg, December 2, 2013.)
This type of information is certainly a negative for any long-term investment strategy in the emerging markets. Structural reforms do not happen overnight; here in America, it's obvious how slow and difficult it is to make any real structural changes.
For many, the investment strategy in emerging markets appears enticing because it seems so exotic. But comments such as those from the CEO of Unilever should be an eye-opener to these investors. Unilever obtains most of its revenue from emerging markets, so the company can feel the pulse of what's really happening on the ground in these markets.
Frankly speaking, this isn't a surprise to me; in these … Read More
Why What's Happening in the Bond Market Now Is So Important to Stock Investors
By George Leong for Investment Contrarians | Dec 10, 2013
Taper or no taper? When? How much? These are the worries that are currently driving tensions in the stock market on a daily basis. As I wrote in a previous article, no one seems to care that corporate revenue growth is muted and consumers aren't spending.
Last week, we saw jobs market data that helps support the Federal Reserve's reasons to begin tapering its bond buying program.
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The non-farm payrolls reported the generation of 203,000 new jobs—better than the consensus estimate of 180,000 for the month of November. This represented the second straight month that more than 200,000 jobs were created, and while the jobs market has a long way to go, this is positive news. Jobs numbers were revised upwards in September and October.
Now it may be true that the quality of jobs created could be improved upon, as much of the increase in the jobs market continues to be driven by the service sector and other lower-skilled jobs. However, the results do suggest some action may be taken by the Federal Reserve.
The unemployment rate fell to a five-year low of seven percent, much better than the consensus 7.2% and October's 7.3%. The rate appears positive on the surface.
The Federal Reserve had said it wants to see the unemployment rate fall to around 6.5% before it considers raising interest rates, but with a seven percent rate, you … Read More
Best Investment Strategies to Battle Coming Inflation
By Sasha Cekerevac for Investment Contrarians | Dec 9, 2013
The S&P 500 may be entering bubble-like territory: that's what I've been writing for the past few months.
Now, it appears as though I'm not the only one who's worried about asset classes beginning to form bubbles from the excess money printing. 2013 Nobel Prize-winner Robert Shiller also recently stated that he is concerned that prices have risen far too quickly across many asset classes, from real estate to stocks.
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As I've written several times over the past couple of months, investing in stocks at these elevated levels is quite risky. My belief is that much of the upward move in the S&P 500 has been primarily based on the liquidity (money printing) being pumped by the Federal Reserve.
Investing in stocks with this premise can only work for the very short-term trader who's quick enough to get out when the tide begins to turn.
Because people are not investing in stocks based on actual fundamentals right now, one can't expect the value in the S&P 500 to remain elevated once there's a change in monetary policy, since much of the move has been artificially supported.
Let's take a look at how the S&P 500 has been affected by monetary policy over the past few years, and how investing in stocks at the current level is becoming increasingly risky.
Chart courtesy of www.StockCharts.com
The first quantitative easing program by the Federal … Read More


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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japan stocks enjoyed another day of explosive opening gains Monday, with the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average /quotes/zigman/5986735/delayed JP:NIK +0.18% climbing 1.6% to 9,169.58 in the early minutes, and the Topix gaining 1.7%, after the yen struck a seven-month low against the U.S. dollar. Major exporters were among the top gainers, as the dollar rose to the mid-¥81 range, and the euro closed in on the ¥104 mark amid hopes a possible change of Japanese government will push greater monetary easing. Toshiba Corp. /quotes/zigman/198925/delayed JP:6502 -0.22% /quotes/zigman/529244/delayed/quotes/nls/tosyy TOSYY -0.05% jumped 3.9%, Hitachi Ltd. /quotes/zigman/193274/delayed JP:6501 -0.17% /quotes/zigman/193283/delayed/quotes/nls/hthif HTHIF +1.38% added 3%, Komatsu Ltd. /quotes/zigman/194546/delayed JP:6301 +0.04% /quotes/zigman/194552/delayed/quotes/nls/kmtuf KMTUF +3.36% rose 3.8%, Canon Inc. /quotes/zigman/192200/delayed JP:7751 -0.22% /quotes/zigman/192225/delayed/quotes/nls/caj CAJ -0.42% gained 4%, and Toyota Motor Corp. /quotes/zigman/199438/delayed JP:7203 +0.13% /quotes/zigman/199376/delayed/quotes/nls/tm TM -0.51% advanced 2.6%. Shares of Nintendo Co. /quotes/zigman/195847/delayed JP:7974 -0.64% /quotes/zigman/195853/delayed/quotes/nls/ntdof NTDOF -6.81% rose 2.3% as the firm launched the Wii U in the U.S., its first home videogame console in six years. Honda Motor Co. /quotes/zigman/193651/delayed JP:7267 +3.10% /quotes/zigman/193599/delayed/quotes/nls/hmc HMC -0.67% rose 1.7% after a Nikkei business news report Saturday that the firm had raised its Japan sales target by 16% for the fiscal year ending in March.
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A Mission Viejo doctor was accused this month of major mistakes during two robotic surgeries. The accusations could cost him his medical license.
During one surgery, Dr. Aram Bonni is accused of removing a cyst discovered while he operated on a 78-year-old woman's vaginal hernia in 2010. He did not discuss the removal with the patient or her family, according to the accusation filed on Aug. 1 by Linda K. Whitney, executive director of the Medical Board of California.
The cyst should have been discovered before the surgery, Whitney said. Failing to do so constitutes "gross negligence," she said.
Bonni should have either ended the surgery and discussed the cyst with the patient or contacted the patient's family to discuss the situation, the MBC executive director said.
Instead he is accused of abandoning the original hernia surgery to remove the cyst. This required Bonni to cut into the woman's intestine, and that incision required a colorectal surgeon to cut into the woman's abdominal wall.
This type of cyst is usually benign, according to Medscape, but the risk of cancer is higher in women after menopause.
During the other surgery, also in 2010, Bonni is accused of accidentally cutting a vein, causing a 77-year-old woman to lose four pints of blood before another surgeon stopped the bleeding.
That kind of injury to the vein is "an extremely rare complication that should have been avoided with proper surgical technique," Whitney wrote.
Bonni owns a private practice at 26012 Marguerite Parkway called Urogynecology Associates, also known as Orange County Urogynecology. Other locations are listed in Ladera Ranch, Santa Ana and Los Angeles on the company's website.
Bonni is accused of unprofessional conduct, gross negligence, dishonesty and incompetence based on the two surgeries.
A message left with Urogynecology Associates after business hours Thursday has not been returned.


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text: Passionate about music and performance, Joylýn has competed in the National Associations of Teachers of Singers competition, earning first place awards in Jr./Sr. Advanced Music Theatre, Jr./Sr. Advanced Classical, Best Overall Classical High School Female, Best Overall Music Theatre High School Female, and Best Overall High School Female on a state level. She also won second place in Jr./Sr. Advanced Music Theatre on a regional level. During her senior year, Joylýn had the opportunity to sing in Aida with the Virginia Opera. Outside of music, she is also very dedicated to academics, winning third place in the Virginia State Bar "Law in Society" essay contest. She is excited to work with both the Samford School of the Arts and hopes to also work with the Birmingham Opera while in college.


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Get Ready for 2012 Social Security, Medicare Changes
The Social Security COLA will rise next year, but so will insurance premiums for basic Medicare.
Social Security's annual cost of living adjustment (COLA) seems assured of rising in 2012 by a few percent—its first increase in three years. Whether that gain winds up putting many dollars in beneficiaries' pockets is another matter.
[See 10 Ways to Boost Your Social Security Checks.]
There are complex links between annual changes in Social Security and Medicare insurance premiums. Depending on your annual income and when you began Medicare, much or all of your COLA gains could be eaten up by higher Medicare premiums.
The Social Security COLA is based on a version of the U.S. Consumer Price Index tailored for people who work. It's called the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, or the CPI-W. Every year, Social Security looks at the CPI-W average during the third quarter of the year, compares it with the average during the previous year's third quarter, and designates any percentage increase as the following year's COLA.
Following a big surge in oil prices in the summer of 2008, the CPI-W spiked and led to a big 5.8 percent COLA increase for 2009—the program's largest in 25 years. Oil prices later declined and so did overall inflation. In both 2009 and 2010, the third-quarter average for the CPI-W was less than it was during 2008's third quarter. As retirees know all too well, this meant no COLA in 2010 or 2011.
[See Zero Social Security COLA Again for 2011.]
Since last summer, however, energy and other prices have risen. At the end of July, the CPI-W was 4.1 percent higher than in July 2010, and the index stood at 222.686. This is 3.3 percent higher than the CPI-W average of 215.495 during the third quarter of 2008.
Prices for crude oil have plunged in recent weeks, so it's possible that the CPI-W would dip during the next two months. However, food prices have been rising, and prices for imported goods are up 14 percent from a year ago, due primarily to the diminished purchasing power of a weaker U.S. dollar.
If the COLA does rise by a few percent, it would also trigger the first increase in three years for Part B Medicare premiums. Parts A and B, commonly known as traditional Medicare, cover hospitals plus physician and outpatient expenses. There is no premium for Part A coverage. The government backs Part B premiums directly out of a beneficiary's Social Security payment.
There is a "hold harmless" clause that prohibits Social Security payments from declining from one year to the next. So, the absence of a COLA in 2009 and 2010 meant that there could be no increase in Part B premiums for existing beneficiaries. This premium has thus been frozen at $96.40 a month for about 75 percent of beneficiaries.
Another provision of the law requires Part B premiums to finance 25 percent of the costs of providing covered services. With premiums frozen for most beneficiaries but healthcare costs still rising, Medicare had to look to the new and higher-income beneficiaries to pay bigger premiums to maintain that 25 percent finance level.
[See Medicare Drug Premiums Won't Rise in 2012.]
New enrollees in 2011, for example, pay a monthly Part B premium of $115.40 if they earned less than $85,000 a year ($170,000 for couples). Rates for higher-income earners rise substantially, and the wealthiest beneficiaries pay premiums approaching 80 percent of their costs, not 25 percent.
"In most years, a significant portion of the cost-of-living increases received by most Social Security beneficiaries" is used to pay for higher Medicare premiums, Rudolph G. Penner wrote in a recent study for the Urban Institute. Social Security benefits thus are "not keeping up with inflation, and for those retired a long time, the real value of the net benefit can erode significantly."
Looking ahead, Penner said in the study, "the rapid growth in healthcare costs is leaving the entire population with relatively less to spend on non-health goods and services, and the elderly are affected the most because so much more of their income goes to healthcare."
One of the impacts of raising Part B premiums would be to make it more attractive for beneficiaries to seek coverage through a Medicare Advantage (MA) policy. MA policies compete with traditional Medicare. Dan Mendelson, head of Avalere Health, a Washington, D.C.-based healthcare consultancy, says he projects MA premium increases in 2012 to be modest. Open enrollment for 2012 plans begins October 15 and extends until December 7. Details on any changes to the 2012 COLA and increases in Part B premiums are expected to be announced later in October.
Mendelson says he expects lots of insurance-plan changes next year, particularly involving the use of preferred pharmacy providers. By requiring policyholders to use a certain pharmacy, he explained, an insurer can drive lower costs at that pharmacy. "Consumers are going to have to be thinking about their out of pocket liability" when they shop for 2012 coverage, he said, "and also the fact that there will be more innovative products in the marketplace."
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By Alan Pergament
This is what I'm thinking:
I've always written that Buffalo Bills play-by-play man John Murphy has one of the best voices in broadcasting so I'm not terribly surprised that he has gone Steve Tasker's route and become an advertising spokesman.
I can't recall how many ads Murphy (if any) has done in the past, except for the Bills, but his recent ads for NOCO on radio and TV almost seem to be as ubiquitous lately as Tasker's car ads.
He became free to do more advertising work after leaving Channel 4 to become a full-time employee of the Bills. TV stations don't generally let their on-air talent to voice commercials or become spokesman, though Murphy's predecessor and play-by-play mentor, Van Miller, was an exception.
I'm not sure how seriously to take the 2nd Annual Buffalo Excellence in Media Awards (BEMA) because the broadcasters getting them can nominate themselves and some do. In any event, the Buffalo Broadcasters Association announced the 2013 finalists this morning for the awards that will be given out in ceremonies April 26 at Salvatore's Italian Gardens. The finalists were chosen by a group of industry professionals that include several with Western New York ties.
The list of finalists in some categories may have some viewers and listeners shaking their heads. In the, radio personality of the year category, the finalists are Patrick Freeman, Clay Moden, Tom Puckett and Jud Heussler. If I have to tell you what stations they are on, then they can't be that big of a personality or made much of an impact.
In the TV personality of the year category, the finalists are Ch.4's Diana Fairbanks, Ch.2's Michael Wooten, Channel 7's Ginger Geoffery and YNN's Katie Morse.
Here are the finalists in some other categories: Backpack Journalist of the Year: Channel 7's Rachel Elzufon, Ch.4's Ed Drantch, Ch.2's James Herr and YNN's Meg Rossman. Rising Star: Drantch, Elzufon, Ch.4's Brittni Smallwood and Ch.4's Steve Vesey. Best Use of Social Media: WGR's Joe Buscaglia, 102.5's Rob Lucas, Ch.4's Bryan Shaw and WGR's Jeremy White.
Trailblazer of the Year: Phil Arno (WBBZ-TV owner), Maryalice Demler (Channel 2 anchor), Janet Snyder (Kiss 98.5 morning personality) and Jackie Albarella of Albarella Media.
All right, I'll tell you who the finalists in the radio personality category work for: Freeman (WUFO), Moden (WYRK), Puckett (WBEN) and Heussler (WKSE).
I'm not going to wait until April 26 to declare my winners in some categories: Fairbanks as TV personality of the year, Vesey as Rising Star and Arno as Trailblazer. I have no idea who should win the radio personality of the year because Puckett is the only one who I listen to regularly. And he is a news anchor, which doesn't allow him to be much of a personality.
If you're a big college hoop fan like I am, you probably were asking Sunday night, "where the heck is TruTV?'" to find the assessment of entertaining analyst Charles Barkley after the NCAA tournament field was announced. It is on Ch. 74 and HD Channel 859 on Time Warner Cable in the city. When I found it, I also discovered that Shaquille O'Neal has a show on Tru. Who knew? By the way, Syracuse's game with Montana at 10 p.m. Thursday is being carried on Tru. And two play-in games tonight are on Tru.
Speaking of Syracuse, CBS analysts Seth Davis and Doug Gottlieb disagreed Sunday on its chances to advance past Montana. Davis had Syracuse losing, Gottlieb had them winning. They have great jobs – they don't have to be right to keep them.
Buffalo Sabre fans continue to be gluttons for punishment.The Sabres' 5-3 loss to Washington Sunday night had an 8.3 rating and was the highest-rated program locally in prime time. The walking dead Sabres even beat AMC's "The Walking Dead," which was the only program close Sunday with an 8.0 rating.
To those who have asked (both of you) my next column in the printed version of The News will appear on Saturday. All right, I admit more than two of you asked. The plan is to write one column a week for the newspaper and blog frequently.