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Good Sushi for Lunch in SF?
Anyone have suggestions for good sushi open at lunch during the week?
I've read the major threads on sushi in SF and all the recommendations seem to be dinner only. We're not from NYC or anywhere with decent sushi really, so it just needs to be above the national average to impress. :) Doesn't need to have fancy rolls, just good rice and fresh fish. Looking for good nigiri or chirashi don, and good uni would be a plus.
Eiji is open for lunch Tues - Sun. I've never had sushi outside of NY, L.A., SF, or Japan, but I think it's great for a neighborhood sushi place. Get the strawberry mochi for dessert if you go.
Kippu is good for lunch - 11:30 am
i like hecho a lot. Downtown (in the galleria park hotel). Was OK when they opened but really stepped it up when they brought in the sushi chef who used to own Kabuto.
re: margieco
re: Melanie Wong
I've only been once since the shift, for lunch. I got one of the lunch specials and the quality of fish was great. It also came with a nicely dressed side salad.
My S.O. has been back several times for both lunch and dinner and has had a great experience.
I wish I had more details but the difference between my first dinner right when they opened and my lunch a couple months ago was, well, like night and day (and not because it was night and day :).
The first time it seemed like a skewer place trying to get some sushi out; the 2nd time seemed like a great sushi place that also had other options.
re: Melanie Wong
Ichi is open for lunch Tuesday through Friday. No fancy rolls to speak of, just amazing fish. Take BART to 24th Street, and then a 10-minute walk south on Mission.
ICHI Sushi
3369 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 525-4750
re: Scorched Palate
re: Scorched Palate
You're right that rolls aren't the thing to get there, but Ichi does have some traditional rolls as well as standard American rolls on the menu (spider. california). It's not cheap, but if you sit at the bar and let the chef choose what's best that day, you'll be very happy. I did that recently and every item was a hit. Most items had an amount of seasoning restrained enough that it enhanced rather than overpowered the fish (yuzu, macha powder, ponzu).
As a side snack, their sous vide yuzu chicken wings are delicious.
My suggestion would be checking out JapanTown. They have the best sushi! There's a little market in there that has really inexpensive sushi that gets flown in daily! They only keep it out for one day so it goes really quickly. It's called Nijiya Market!
re: WendyLotz
Wendy, I'm sorry but I strongly disagree. There are only two restaurants in J-town that excel at sushi: Aka Tombo and Ino. Both are closed during lunch time. All the lunchtime sushi options in Japatantown are sub-par. Nijiya offers decent supermarket sushi... but it is still supermarket sushi, and really not all that great.
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re: Tripeler
Nijiya's fish may not come directly from SFO, but one would be silly to expect the same quality and/or freshness as would be experienced in front of a top-notch omakase chef. This is supermarket fare, afterall.
That said, Nijiya has the better selection in the Japantown area. Especially since the other store up the street just closed shop last month.
You may buy various chunks of fish, and the guys in the back will slice and arrange the sashimi into a platter-to-go with the usual sashimi accoutrements.
We recently bought some soft-shelled crabs off the shelf, Wrapped in plastic on a foam tray. The crabs were blowing bubbles, and very much alive. That says fresh product to me.
re: Tripeler
re: shanghaikid
I'd conjecture that the majority of of fish is flown in, be it cheap/expensive (per lb), or domestic/overseas.
Transportation costs are expensive, especially for chilled/frozen cargo. A 20' reefer container from Japan/Asian is in the range of USD$6~8k+. Not many sashimi-grade fish importers can bring in 30,000+ lbs of fish per shipment. Transit time over water is minimum 14 days, add 4+ days for customs clearance. There are no LCL (less than container load) options available for reefer shipments. Thus, the only viable option is air shipment.
Frozen domestic product (sake, ankimo, fluke, etc.....) may transit via reefer trucks. However, most if not all of the time sensitive fresh product must be sent by air.
Short story long, most of the fish/sashimi at Nijiya is flown in. Not likely "daily", but not off a "slow boat from China".


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title says it all. open or closed??
title says it all. open or closed??
Burgers, open since they cook pretty quickly. Steak however is a totally different story, slow cooked and covered in a Webber :D
We talking gas/charcoal/wood?
Cover open due to they cook fairly fast.
Closed, 425 - 450 degrees, 5 minutes each side, only flip once.
Closed, usually around 300*. I'll have to try the higher temp method.
My grill is a gas, with cast iron cooking surfaces.
I only have a gas grill and I grill burgers on med temp w/lid closed. I'm also in the only flip once camp. If the temp is too hot then you'll get lots of flare ups.
PS- this thread is making me hungry.... might have to makes some burgers for dinner :)
I always cook with the lid closed
I can't wait to get a grill.......though wouldn't flare-ups be a good thing so you can get a little bit of a crust goin on?
high heat closed. I use Bubba Burger and like them medium well with Peper Jack cheese. Yummy.
Gas grill, closed. Medium well..........think i know whats for dinner tonight.:rolleyes::p
Both ways. I notice the smoke flavor is more intense when cooking open. Doesn't make sense to me, seems like the smoke being kept in with the lid closed would make more flavor.
I go to McDonalds, Wendy's or Burger King. Love the new Angus burgers at McDonalds.
While the Angus isn't bad, I'd hardly call it comparable to a grilled meat slab done at your own home.......
Closed,350 degrees, flip once.
A fellow at work suggested first sealing the steaks on both sides on a hot frying pan, then transfering them to the barbeque with the lid closed for some slow cooking.
It works for me.
Open....and over Charcoal.
Closed, for high heat sear.
on my gas weber I do burgers with the grill open at 375, flip once untill done. Another quick flip if adding chease. Damn, I just did a tenderloin on the grill with some fresh caught lake erie walleye and now I feel like eating a big mack. :)
Open, gotta love the char, and very high heat.
I dig my burgers rare/med rare so only a few minutes per side then I rip em off and eat.
I opted for grilled chicken thighs for dinner tonight. Closed, low heat. Add BBQ sauce (Masterpiece Original) during last 5 min. Also threw on some corn, red pepper, zuchini and of course a beer. I can't grill w/out a beer.
The only thing I'd cook open is hot dogs......
Depends on the fat content of the meat...fatty, pre-made burgers need the top open to contain the grease fire right away. Leaner burgers...close the top until the grease drips down and flares up the flames, then open and flip.
well as good as these turned out.. i think i'll be grillin' my burgers with the lid open from now on. damn, they were juicy.. great char grilll marks.. the flare up's weren't to bad.. but it smelled and tasted so good.
I think i used 16% fat ground beef. burgers were bigger than the buns. LOL


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But one thing in his mind is certain: Meritrust Credit Union has created an organization that values and cares for its employees. And that's an environment he will continue to foster when he joins it Feb. 13.
"I come from an organization like that," Nastars said in an telephone interview with The Eagle. "It's a tremendous place to be."
Nastars, 48, is senior vice president of lending for University Federal Credit Union in Austin, Texas.
Nastars' hiring at Meritrust follows the Sept. 30 departure of Bob Corwin, who joined Advantis Credit Union in his native Portland, Ore., as president and CEO.
Nastars, who was born in Schenectady, N.Y., joined UFCU in 1996 after working nearly eight years as a budget analyst and supervising auditor for the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. Before that, Nastars was an assistant auditor and officer for Temple, Texas-based Extraco Bank.
He said that after completing a master's degree in business at the University of Texas in Austin in 1996, he had the desire to return to financial services.
"An opportunity presented itself here at University Federal, the perfect opportunity," Nastars said. "I love the credit union movement. I love the credit union industry. It's something I really enjoy being part of and I have no intention of going anywhere else."
Before interviewing at Meritrust, Nastars knew of Wichita from passing through it, traveling from Austin to Boulder, Colo., to see his son, a student at the University of Colorado, and through his wife, Cynthia. She is the daughter of an airman who was stationed at McConnell Air Force Base when she was born. The Nastarses have four children.
Nastars said he is joining a financially strong credit union that has a deep commitment to community service.
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8:10am Wednesday 23rd December 2009 in News By Rachel Ryan
A COURAGEOUS six-year-old schoolgirl is looking forward to the Christmas that her parents thought she would never see.
Little Skye Wilson, of Kendal, spent weeks fighting for her life before having a heart transplant operation in June.
Parents Graeme and Tra-cey pinned their hopes on finding a donor several times after Skye became seriously ill in April.
They had already said their final goodbyes to their daughter who had dilated cardiomyopathy – a con-dition where the heart becomes weak and enlarged and fails to pump blood properly – after being told to fear the worst by doctors.
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Tracey said the family was looking forward to enjoying a quiet family Christmas.
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St Thomas's head teacher Paul Brown said: "She is back as if she has never been away.
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The family still has to travel to Newcastle's Freeman Hospital every other week for Skye to see doctors and the family has now embarked on a fund-raising trail to boost funds for the children's cardiac unit at the hospital.
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EDMONTON - Premier Alison Redford's plan to take on debt puts Alberta on the same slippery slope of budget-busting jiggery-pokery that sent Greece over the fiscal cliff, Wildrose leader Danielle Smith said Monday.
"We get $10 billion worth of resource revenue (a year), they (government officials) are blowing through our (multibillion-dollar) savings, and in addition to that they're taking on debt?" said Smith.
"The level of incompetence on the fiscal side is stunning.
"They're marching down the same path that so many jurisdictions around the world have marched down that has gotten them to the brink of insolvency."
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Smith was responding to weekend comments from Redford and Finance Minister Doug Horner on the state of the Alberta budget.
Redford promised during the February budget and in the April election campaign to balance the province's books by 2013-14.
But at the weekend Progressive Conservative party convention in Calgary, Redford and Horner said the budget will be balanced as promised — but only on the day-to-day operations side.
Horner said they will be looking to take on debt or enter into private-sector agreements to pay for big-ticket capital projects such as roads, schools, and hospitals that can't wait in a growing province.
They labelled it sound financial management akin to taking out a mortgage on a house, then budgeting to make the payments.
"If everything we do right now is funded fully with cash in the bank, then we are never going to build anything more in this province," Redford told reporters.
Smith said Redford does not have the mandate to take Alberta back into debt, and should take the issue to a referendum.
"If (the Tories) told Albertans 'We're going to buy things today and put the mortgage on our kids and our grandkids, I can assure you they would not have won the election," she said.
Smith said the decision also repudiates the work of former Tory premier Ralph Klein, who along with then treasurer Jim Dinning cut spending and parlayed Alberta's oil wealth into wiping out the $23-billion net debt.
"It's like Ralph Klein and Jim Dinning never existed for the PCs," said Smith. "Everyone was so proud of what Ralph Klein did for us going through the sacrifices of the 1990s to make us a debt-free province."
Horner told reporters on the weekend that Klein's $23-billion paydown was on the operating side, and he said Redford's government will honour that principle going forward.
"The debt that we repaid and celebrated was an operating debt that had been accumulated," said Horner. "It's like paying for your groceries with your Visa (card). We are not going to do that."
Smith said history suggests the line keeping one side of the ledger in the black and another in the red eventually becomes a grey zone.
"British Columbia went down this path of trying to separate out what's operating debt versus capital debt and some silly things can begin to happen," she said.
"You begin booking things like computers in as capital debt when we all know computers don't have much of a shelf life.
"What happens in the end is you have a province like British Columbia where they have over $40 billion in government debt."
Derek Fildebrandt of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation said the Tories have proven they can pay as they go with $38 billion in infrastructure spending in the past six years.
Fildebrandt agreed the government is now on a slippery slope, but said they believe they can spin their way out.
"They're counting on this being a complicated issue that Albertan's can't understand — capital expenses versus operational expenses," said Fildebrandt.
"But they're just changing the definition of a balanced budget to try and do it. I think most people are going to be able to see through that and see that it's a deceitful way of trying to keep an election promise."
In the spring budget Redford projected an $886-million deficit in the 2012-13 budget year on revenues of $40.3 billion and expenses of $41.1 billion.
The deficit projection ballooned to as much as $3 billion in the first-quarter update. The second-quarter update is to be delivered by Horner at the end of the month.
There are other expenses.
An all-party committee was told last week that the province also has a $10-billion pension liability and a $4-billion infrastructure maintenance deficit.
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Here's a breakdown of how the Alberta government parceled out spending last year. Information provided is Expense by Function estimates provided by the Alberta government.
General Government
7.1 per cent of the budget went to General Government - Includes a broad range of additional services including funding for parks and recreation, cultural activities, housing initiatives, economic development, costs to run government and debt servicing expenses (interest payments).
1 per cent of the budget went to Environmental funding - Provides for environmental monitoring and protection, including pollution control, water supply management, air quality control, garbage collection and waste disposal and a host of other environmental programs and initiatives.
Regional Planning and Development
2.7 per cent of the budget went to Regional Planning and Development - Includes amounts for planning and regional development and a portion of the grants made directly to municipalities, including the Municipal Sustainability Initiative.
Protections of Persons and Property
3.9 per cent of the budget went to Protections of Persons and Property - Includes amounts for the protection of persons and property, including amounts for policing and security, the provincial court system, correctional and rehabilitation services, firefighting, labour relations and a host of other regulatory measures.
Transportation, Communications and Utilities
4. 6 per cent of the budget went to Transportation, Communications and Utilities - Includes amounts related to road, rail and air transport and maintenance, public transit grants, as well as pipelines, utilities and telecommunications networks.
Agriculture, Resource Management and Economic Development
5.4 per cent of the budget went to Agriculture, Resource Management and Economic Development - Includes amounts for farming support programs, food supply quality monitoring and protection, weed and pest control, crop insurance programs, natural resource management, economic and rural development, irrigation and veterinary care.
Social Services
11.5 of the budget went to Social Services - Includes social assistance (e.g. AISH), pension benefits, and care for children, seniors and other vulnerable Albertans.
22.9 per cent of the budget went to Education - Includes Early Childhood Services to Grade 12, as well as post-secondary education, skills training and the construction and maintenance of educational facilities.
40.9 per cent of the budget went to Health - Consists of expenses incurred to ensure necessary health services are available to Albertans and includes funding for hospitals, medical and preventative care and the construction and maintenance of provincial health facilities.
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Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Wednesday he'll seek a restraining order compelling the Grocery Manufacturers Association in Washington, D.C., to identify the food companies that gave money for the GMA's $7.2 million donation to the No on 522 campaign committee fighting against labels for genetically engineered foods.
The lawsuit, filed in Thurston County Superior Court, comes nearly two weeks after a judge rejected a similar legal complaint, saying the matter should be handled by the state Public Disclosure Commission, which Ferguson is representing in his action. At issue is whether GMA did a special assessment - asking members to donate to the No on 522 campaign - which the AG says would require registration as a political committee and disclosure of donor names.
As we reported previously, the GMA has refused to say if it did such a special assessment. In a fight over Proposition 37's labeling proposal in California last year, individual members of the GMA gave millions of dollars.
Mike Baker of The Associated Press has this report on the latest action:
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington's attorney general accused a food industry group Wednesday of violating state campaign finance laws for how it collected and spent more than $7 million to oppose a food labeling initiative.The Seattle Times has this report.
The office of Attorney General Bob Ferguson said it was moving quickly to seek a temporary restraining order, hoping that the Grocery Manufacturers Association would soon disclose who contributed to the cause as voters prepare to cast their ballots. Some parts of the food industry have been working to defeat Initiative 522 that would require labeling on genetically modified foods.
Much of the money used in the campaign to oppose I-522 has come from the Grocery Manufacturers Association. Ferguson said the association improperly established a special account that was used to collect money from the industry and used to oppose the initiative. Ferguson said the organization should have formed a separate political committee that would require increased disclosure.
Ferguson said the association explicitly attempted to shield members from scrutiny for opposing the initiative.
"This is precisely the conduct our campaign disclosure laws are designed to prevent," Ferguson said. Ferguson said the case could lead to a significant fine.
The Grocery Manufacturers Association said in a statement that it was surprised to learn that state officials viewed the association's actions as improper. The group said it takes great care to understand and comply with all state election and campaign finance laws.
"GMA will review its actions in Washington state and relevant statutes and continue to cooperate with state authorities to fully resolve the issue as promptly as possible," the organization said.
Voters will decide on I-522 next month in what has shaped up to be one of the costliest initiative fights ever in Washington state.
Supporters say consumers have a right to know whether foods they buy contain genetically engineered ingredients and contend that GE label is no different from other food labels. Opponents say it would cost farmers and food processors and that such a label implies the food is somehow less safe.
In California last year, voters narrowly rejected a GMO-labeling measure after opponents mounted a $46 million defense.


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Alberta oil sands bitumen could be flowing through the Peace Region by the end of the decade, but the mode of transportation might not be pipeline and its destination might not be the British Columbia coast.
Calling it a "nation changing" project, a consortium known as Generating for Seven Generations – or G7G – is proposing to construct a 2,400 kilometre rail line capable of moving five million barrels per day of Alberta crude from Fort McMurray, Alberta to Delta Junction, Alaska, where it will hitch a ride on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline to the port of Valdez, Alaska on its way to oil-hungry Asian markets.
The railway – known as Unifying Nations Railway Company or UNRailCo – would turn northwest near Peace River, Alberta and pass through the communities of Fort Nelson, B.C. and Watson Lake, Yukon as it heads toward Alaska.
"Studies have already demonstrated that a rail link to Alaska is a viable alternative to the oil pipelines currently being planned through British Columbia," said G7G CEO Matt Vickers when the plan was officially announced on Nov. 14, 2012.
Vickers was referring to Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline from Bruderheim, Alberta to Kitimat, B.C. and Kinder Morgan's plan to twin their Trans Mountain pipeline to Burnaby, B.C.
Both of those projects have seen considerable opposition from First Nations and environmental groups such as the Dogwood Initiative.
"The greatest strength of our Alberta-Alaska railway concept is the support it has received from First Nations along the route," said Vickers.
Now G7G is trying to gain the support of the Alberta government as well.
The group is set to launch a feasibility study at a cost of approximately $40 million with the hope that the Alberta government will pay about a quarter of that bill.
Vickers has said that G7G will not be discussing the project with the media as long as that decision is still up in the air.
A Jan. 3 press release indicates that G7G is scheduled to meet with Alberta Energy in January to discuss the matter, but a statement from ministry spokesperson Mike Deising said that "there will not be a decision in January and there is no time on if or when a decision will be made."
There is definitely interest in shipping oil by rail.
"The focus on rail is telling as far as market demand and shippers looking for creative ways to move product to market," said Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) spokesperson Travis Davies, adding that the industry is also going to need new pipeline capacity to the west coast, eastern Canada and the Gulf Coast in the United States.
"As pipeline capacity grows tight, creative options such as rail become more attractive and economic," he continued. "Rail will grow, but remain a small percentage of crude transport."
"This plan goes back a long, long ways," Bill Streeper said of the oil-by-rail idea.
"And it kind of died a natural death."
Streeper is the mayor of the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, a jurisdiction that includes the community of Fort Nelson and the shale gas play known as the Horn River Basin, where natural gas producers are facing similar issues as those facing operators in the Alberta oil sands – access to markets beyond North America is minimal and the North American price for the commodity is too low.
"The tar sands, of course, is being forced … to find a route to the Pacific," said Streeper, suggesting that Canada is guilty of an economic sin by relying too heavily on one customer when it comes to selling its natural resources.
"Not everybody investing in the stock market buys one stock," he added.
Jean-Francois Arsenault, an economist with transportation sector consulting firm CPCS Transcom, noted that rail can be an attractive alternative to pipelines from an economic development standpoint because railroads offer the ability to ship other products as well.
However, Arsenault also remarked that transporting oil by pipeline is less expensive than rail because of the ongoing costs of operation and maintenance associated with railroads.
Transporting oil by rail might make sense at the present time considering that there is insufficient pipeline capacity for the large volumes of oil being produced in North America, not to mention that many small markets don't have pipeline access, but Arsenault has doubts about the feasibility of this Alberta-to-Alaska project.
"You give a pen and a paper to an engineer and he will make it work," he said.
"I have a hard time seeing how it will make economic sense."
G7G is suggesting the railway could move five million barrels of oil per day and also transport other products such as grain, lumber and potash, as well as the products of mining operations in B.C. and Yukon.
Arsenault said that moving that volume of oil alone would require 33 long trains every 45 minutes.
"The scale of the oil movements they want to put on that railway means it would have to be a purpose-built railway. As soon as you start putting other products on it, its capacity is reduced," he added.
"You can't say you're going to build a purpose-built railway and then start putting a bunch of other products on it without affecting its capacity."
Additionally, the Alberta Energy website indicates that oil sands production is only expected to reach 3.5 million barrels per day by 2020, which is 1.5 million barrels per day less than the proposed capacity of G7G's railway.
The proposed capacity of Northern Gateway and Trans Mountain are both less than one million barrels of oil per day.
Arsenault doesn't understand the logic behind the rail plan.
"If you're going to go through all the trouble of securing a right-of-way, why are you going to design your pipeline to handle 600 to 800 thousand barrels if the demand is three million or five million?" he said.
"Part of the problem with the railway is, if you're going to build it, you need to use it to make it financially viable."
Streeper has trouble with the numbers, too.
"The figures don't add up," he said.
Part of the difficulty Streeper has with the plan stems from the volume of train traffic, which he believes would require separate northbound and southbound tracks, an unprecedented idea to the best of his knowledge.
"You've pretty well got one train sitting all the time on the siding while the other one goes by."
Streeper has concerns about the cost as well. It has been reported that a single-track line would cost $8.4 billion to construct and a double-track line would cost $10.4 billion.
Northern Gateway is only expected to cost $5.5 billion, but would also move just a fraction of the proposed volumes to be transported by the UNRailCo line at 525,000 barrels per day.
"The cost is just horrendous," said Streeper, even suggesting that the proponents might not yet appreciate what the full cost could be.
"You have a vast amount of mountain ranges," he continued, discussing his numerous trips between Fort Nelson and destinations in both Yukon and Alaska during which he has seen the rough terrain the new railway would have to cross.
"And to get trains up through that is going to be horrendous."
Snowfall in western Yukon and Alaska is another problem.
"The removal of snow off that line is going to be horrendous," said Streeper.
"Do I think it's going to materialize? I would be surprised. We are looking at some massive funding."
The project overview on G7G's website suggests that the five million barrels of oil per day number might simply be to demonstrate the growth potential of the rail option compared to the limited capacity of a pipeline.
The overview also notes benefits to smaller producers and shippers that likely wouldn't secure contracts with pipeline operators, but could utilize a railroad on an as-needed basis.
Richard Durocher, the mayor of Watson Lake, is focusing on the potential economic benefits that the railway could bring as far as moving products other than oil, particularly lead and zinc from a Selwyn Resources mining project on the border of Yukon and the Northwest Territories, just north of Watson Lake.
"It's probably one of the largest lead-zinc deposits every found," Durocher said of the mine, adding that a lack of transportation infrastructure has meant delays for that project.
"Southeast Yukon is wealthy with resource deposits," he continued. "And one of the big key reasons that a lot of it hasn't been developed is because of the transportation costs."
Durocher believes that a new rail line through Watson Lake would be a benefit for that project and an economic benefit for his community, even if the main objective of G7G is shipping oil.
However, he hasn't yet had any conversations with G7G about the idea.
"But I would love to," he said.
"I'd love to invite them here to talk to us."
Environmentally, UNRailCo is being touted as a better option than the proposed heavy oil pipelines because much of the opposition to Northern Gateway often involves concerns about oil tankers off the coast of Kitimat, a port that doesn't have the same history of tanker traffic as Valdez.
"Valdez has seen oil tanker traffic since the 1970s," said Chief Ronald Kreutzer of Fort McMurray First Nation.
The volume of traffic has been decreasing along with the volume of oil from Alaska's North Slope.
"This proposal would simply mean replacing the declining supply of Alaska crude with a new supply of Alberta crude," added Kreutzer.
"We believe this approach has a greater chance of obtaining social license from local communities than other competing scenarios."
Streeper doesn't think a railway is safer than a pipeline.
"Way more dangerous. There's no doubt about it," he said.
"Pipelines are the safest transportation mode there is."
Streeper spent 35 years in the fuel transportation business, a period during which he saw numerous incidents of train cars leaving a railway siding with hoses still attached to the bottom because the fuel was still flowing.
"Fuel spewing out the bottom because they pulled the hose apart," he said.
According to Streeper, that is just an indication of the potential for human error causing accidents when people have to physically handle the product as much as they would with a railway compared to a pipeline.
Streeper believes that a pipeline is the best way to move Alberta oil to the coast for export to Asia.
However, he lacks confidence in Enbridge and their Northern Gateway plan.
"Enbridge did it wrong," said Streeper, suggesting that Enbridge made mistakes by failing to discuss specific concerns with opponents of Northern Gateway and actually reducing confidence in the project by adding millions of dollars worth of safety measures in response to a recent oil spill in the United States.
"Saying, 'We did cut our safety short by $500 million. Now we're going to put it in.' And you say, 'Well, what else did you cut short?' This is where they've done wrong," Streeper continued.
"In their consultation [with] the public, they should be coming forward and saying, 'What don't you like about it? Don't say you don't like the pipeline. What don't you like? Let's see if we can sit down and negotiate and engineer everything that you people don't like.' And there's one main thing people don't like. And that's a spill."
Streeper isn't particularly enthusiastic about Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain expansion either.
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Hawthorn actress, Jada Pinkett-Smith, most recently opened up about her relationship with actor Will Smith stating that she was very grateful to have him in her life. Despite recent rumors of their alleged break-up, the actress confirms that the power couple is still tighter than ever.
Jada, who grew up in a single parent household, states that she is very grateful for having a husband to share in raising her children, Jaden, 13, and Willow, 10. The children, who are already on their way to A-list stardom on the big screen and in the music industry, will definitely need all the support they can get from their superstar mom and dad, especially since both of them have been in the entertainment business for many years. Both Will and Jada have careers in the film and music industry.
According to a source, Jada Pinkett-Smith says this about her childhood, "Having been raised by a single mother I'm very clear on what the difficulties of being raised by a single mother are. It's very hard when you don't have a male component in the home to create balance and help in the decision making. Sometimes it's nice to be able to just pass the ball, like, 'tag, you're it, you got this one'."
Even though it was not always easy being from a single-parent household, her upbringing has certainly prepared her to be a strong, independent career woman and mother figure for her children.
The actress also says that religion has always helped her to focus and remain grounded in regards to her life and family relationships.
In relation to previous speculation of the family's connection to Scientology, Jada confirms, "I'm not actually a Scientologist. People make assumptions about what I believe but my religion is love."
Love is definitely the key to any harmonious marriage, family and career.
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Michael was an Athens, GA-based indie combo with ties to emo and roots in '80s radio. The band first emerged in 1999, when vocalist/guitarist David Fairbairn, bassist John Nowicki, and drummer Bob Sleppy issued the You Must Be This Tall LP through a local Athens indie. Full of scruffy detachment and guitar squelch, it got in line behind '90s fare like Polvo or the Smashing Pumpkins. Guitarist pal Asa Leffer joined Michael in 2000, during sessions for what would eventually become The Day After My Confidence. That album dropped independently in January 2003. It marked a step forward in songwriting and focus for the quartet, and was supported with a brief tour of the West and Southwest that spring. ~ Johnny LoftusPortions of Content Provided by Rovi Corporation.
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Boarding house "Dubrovnik" is located in the center of Međugorje, across the street from St. James Church (Crkva sv. Jakova). The boarding house has 35 comfortably equipped rooms. Each room is furnished with: a television, satellite program, air conditioning, telephone, internet, WiFi zone, etc. The boarding house also has a depadans, "Ragusa", with 20 rooms. The boarding house, including the depadans, has a total of 122 beds. The guests have access to an international restaurant which has a terrace and a capacity of 250 places, a cocktail lounge, parking lot, an ATM, souvenir shop, tourist agency and to other shops and services which are located in the vicinity.


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White Clay Creek State ParkEstablished to protect the beauty and natural resources of the White Clay Valley, White Clay Creek State Park features beautiful woodlands, clear springs, recreation and picnic areas, and 20 miles of lush trails. The 3,384-acre park is one of the premier birding spots in Delaware. Birdwatcher are particularly attracted to the area in the springtime, as the neo-tropical migrants begin to arrive as early as mid-April and numbers peak in early- to mid-May.
Historical sites and scenic woodlands line the park's trails, making hiking and biking both recreational and educational. The Nature Center hosts a number of interpretive programs throughout the year. For further information on the park, call 302-368-6900.
The White Clay Creek watershed is one of only a few relatively unspoiled, ecologically-functioning river systems in the urbanized corridor between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Newark, Delaware. To protect this resource, the White Clay Creek watershed became part of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System in 2001.
The First State Heritage Park at DoverEstablished in 2004, The First State Heritage Park at Dover is Delawares first urban "park without boundaries." Park sites include museums, a visitors center, public archives and Delawares capitol building. Admission to all sites is free.
A variety of special programs and events are developed for the first Saturday of each month throughout the year at this unique park. Self-guided audio walking tours of nearly 30 sites located in Dovers Historic District are available to the public. Group tours, lantern tours and "Spirits of the Green" detail the history of the area and Delawares role in the birth of the United States. For further information, call 302-739-9194.
Trap Pond State ParkFeaturing the northernmost natural stand of baldcypress trees in the United States, Trap Pond State Park offers visitors the opportunity to canoe or kayak in an area surrounded by trees that are up to 600 years old. The natural beauty of the wetland forest can be explored along the park's hiking trails. Flowering plants are on display and wildlife includes beavers, river otters, turtles, and other animals. Birdwatching is a popular activity and the observant hiker may spot a great blue heron, owl, hummingbird, warbler, bald eagle or even the elusive pileated woodpecker.
The 2,685-acre park offers overnight visitors the opportunity to stay at one of the 142 campsites on the pond's northern shore. For further information, call the park at 302-875-5153 or the campground at 302-875-2392.


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Joint Launch: Maisonneuve Fall 2012 and Clerks of the PassageSept. 28, 2012
On October 4, lauded writer Abou Farman teams up with Montreal's own Maisonneuve Magazine for a joint launch at Casa del Popolo (4873 St. Laurent). Together, they'll celebrate the release of Farman's first book, Clerks of the Passage (Linda Leith Publishing), and Maisonneuve's new Fall 2012 issue.
Clerks of the Passage is an engrossing, wide-ranging reflection on movement and migration, across eras and cultures: from the 3.5 million-year-old bipedal hominids of Laetoli, Tanzania, to an Iranian refugee who spent seventeen years in the transit lounge at Charles de Gaulle airport, from Xerxes to Milton to Revelations. Rawi Hage, the author of De Niro's Game and Carnival, describes it as "witty, satirical, informative and profound. Farman is a contemporary voice with a deep understanding of the various histories and what connects them."
At Casa del Popolo on October 4, Farman will read from Clerks of the Passage, and he will be joined by writer Michael Nardone, who will read from his essay "The Striking Life" in Maisonneuve's Fall 2012 issue. The issue features a cover story on gay evangelical Christians by author and Harper's contributing editor Clancy Martin, as well as writing on art storage, the Quebec student strike, and the death penalty in Canada.
The launch begins at 5 p.m. Copies of Clerks of the Passage ($17) and Maisonneuve ($5) will be available for sale. Check out the event on Facebook.
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Tracking Rail News for June June 19th, 2009
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Sunset Limited Marketing Meeting June 11th, 2009
Reported by Robert Manning, RailPAC Director, with comments by Paul Dyson, RailPAC President.
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With the holiday season here, the West Deptford School District has a full schedule of activities, concerts and events for kids, parents and residents alike. Check out these holiday events that will take place in the school district over the next three weeks.
West Deptford Middle School Holiday Concert
When: Dec. 5 and 12 at 7 p.m.
Where: West Deptford Middle School
What: Music students from the middle school perform a number of different holiday songs. The concerts are open to the public.
West Deptford Middle School Choir Holiday Performance at Rowan University
When: Dec. 8 at 7 p.m.
Where: Rowan University's Pfleeger Concert Hall
What: The middle school choir will perform in Rowan's "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year: A Holiday Concert." Check out the preview story for more information.
Oakview Elementary School's Holiday Concert
When: Dec. 13 at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Where: Oakview Elementary School
What: Students will get to hear their peers perform favorite holiday songs.
Green-Fields Elementary School's Fourth Grade Holiday Concert
When: Dec. 14 at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Where: Green-Fields Elementary School
What: The fourth-grade music students at Green-Fields Elementary will perform holiday hits for their fellow students and visitors at this concert.
Red Bank Elementary's Informance Day
When: Dec, 14 and 20, during the school day
Where: Red Bank Elementary School
What: Parents of music students at Red Bank Elementary School are invited into music classes to hear their children perform some holiday classics.
Family Night with Santa
When: Dec. 14 at 6 p.m.
Where: Red Bank Elementary School
What: Students from the elementary school as well as families are invited to join together for some fun holiday activities and a visit with the big man in red, Santa.
Mr. Corbitt's Holiday Sing-Along
When: Dec. 19 during lunch
Where: Red Bank Elementary School
What: Karry Corbitt, a teacher at Red Bank Elementary School, will lead the students in signing holiday tunes during their lunch period.
Are we missing any school holiday events? Let us know by emailing us at firstname.lastname@example.com or by adding events to West Deptford Patch's calendar.
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By Carl A. Nicklas
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A client recently told me, "I never make New Year's resolutions anymore. I never keep them anyway." I can remember all too many resolutions I've made and let slip away, too. But I believe New Year's resolutions are worth making.
First, we all need changes – some we find very hard to admit to ourselves and others. I've heard people who say, "I have no regrets about my life. If I had it to do over, I'd do it the same way again." Wow! I wish I could say that I have no regrets! The truth is that we are imperfect, sinful human beings; therefore, we do have things that we need to correct and do better. There is great power in confession – to us, to God, to others. Owning up to our failures is the first, painful step on the road to something better.
Second, when we change calendars is a good time for reassessment. How did last year go? What do I want to do differently this year? This time of year always reminds me of a passage of scripture understood greatly by farmers: "Break up your unplowed ground and do not sow among thorns" (Jeremiah 4:3). The more land you put into production, the more prosperous you'll be. But some of us are stupid enough to try to sow seeds in land overrun by star thistle without breaking up the soil and taking care to root our the thorns as they come up. Some call it laziness. Maybe it's best called stupidity. What percentage of your life is producing something of value to God? How much unplowed ground to you have that ought to be broken up this year and made useful? The start of a new year is a good time for reassessment.
Third, New Year's is an excellent time for mid-course corrections. Sure, we might fail in what we set out to do, but if we fail to plan, then we plan to fail. If you are so fearful of failure that you never try, then you won't succeed either. Failure is not the end. For the person that is willing to take a chance and learn from his mistakes, failure is a friend.
One of my heroes in the Bible is the Apostle Paul. Now here's a guy who understood failure! Throughout his life he was opposed, persecuted, shipwrecked, stoned and left for dead, deserted by trusted co-workers, slandered and scorned. Sometimes it seemed that projects in which he had devoted years were falling apart before his eyes. But during one of his many times of imprisonment, he wrote, "Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 3:13-14). He stopped looking back and looked forward instead. He didn't let fear of failure keep him from trying again. Paul was the authority in turning lemons into lemonade!
Fourth, New Year's is a time to learn to rely more heavily on the grace of God. Begin to trust in God's help. Paul gives us another secret to living: "I can do everything through Him who gives me strength" (Philippians 4:13). God's strength saw him through a lot – through pain, joy and accomplishment.
If in this past year you didn't practice relying on the Lord as much as you should have, there is no time like the present to make a New Year's resolution. It comes down to making a choice – a choice to make 2013 different by trusting in God like never before. It may start with this simple prayer: "Dear God, I want the new year to be different for me."
Then tell Him what changes you would like to make and close with, "Lord Jesus, I know that I'm going to need a lot of help for this, so right now I place myself in your hands. Help me to receive your strength. Amen."
Carl A. Nicklas is counseling pastor at First Church of God in Grove City.


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UPDATE 09/14 3:45pm: Upshur County Fire Marshal Paul Steelman says so far 350 acres have burned and 15 structures have been taken by the blaze, nine of which were homes.
Rain Tree Lake Road is not officially closed to the public, but officials are asking people to avoid the area. They say the area is dangerous, as there is a high risk of falling trees.
Fire crews will stay on the scene throughout the night to attend to hot spots. Several hot spots are currently burning, but are all within the plow lines.
Electric crews are on the scene attending to the power outage.
UPDATE 7:39 AM WEDNESDAY: The Upshur County Fire Department tells KLTV that they had the fire 60 percent contained last night, but then between 1:30 and 2:00 am containment was lost and there is no word on where it stands at this point. Authorities in Upshur County do not have an official total on homes lost in the fire.
UPDATE 10:20 PM: A fast-moving fire in Upshur County has burned more than 300 acres, destroying at least 10 homes.
Around a dozen fire departments responded to the fire around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. It started west of Gilmer, in the Rhonesboro area. Authorities have now opened all roads except for RainTree Lake.
A community of people left work early today to try to get to their homes before the fire did. For Ana Valdez, it was almost too late. She was at work in Gilmer when she learned a huge plume of black smoke had made its way to her home.
She says a neighbor called her and told her to hurry home because she knew Ana had four dogs who were her world. But when she got there, authorities had already evacuated the area and were not allowing anyone in.
"We got here as soon as we could; it seemed like forever. I couldn't even get to my house," Ana says.
Tears filled her eyes as she waited anxiously with her family who were also evacuated from their homes. One of those evacuees was her brother-in-law, Javier Valdez.
"We had a police officer that went through the streets and evacuated everyone from their homes. It all happened so fast we just had enough time to get our personal belongings, so now we are here waiting," Javier says.
When Ana learned a neighbor stayed behind, she called and asked her to do whatever it took to save her four dogs who were trapped in her backyard.
"The firefighters are actually on my property, watering down my house and everything because the fire is apparently right behind my door right now as we speak," Ana says.
The next phone call brought a smile to Ana's face; her neighbor had saved all of her dogs. The next concern was her home.
"It's a terrible to feel to feel so helpless like we did today. So many of us are standing around here because we couldn't do anything. Help the firefighters, don't start any barbeque or anything because it almost evicted us from our home," Ana says.
A simple message of warning from one East Texan left to wait out the flames.
Officials at Harmony ISD told KLTV 7 they will not be having classes Wednesday because of the fire danger. Now, a shelter is open Tuesday evening for Upshur County residents forced to leave their homes. Anyone who needs a place to stay because of the fire can go to the First Baptist Church in Gilmer.
UPDATE 8:30 PM: Upshur County officials say 12 fire departments are working to contain the blaze burning near Rhonesboro.
At least 10 homes in the Raintree Lakes subdivision have been consumed by the fast-moving fire.
A shelter has been opened at the First Baptist Church in Gilmer.
UPDATE 7:45 PM: Fire officials say the fire has burned at least 300 acres.
Sections of Groundhog Rd. and Hare Rd. are now being evacuated.
UPDATE 5:08pm: The Upshur County Sheriff has announced the evacuation of all of Raintree Lakes Subdivision, the northside of FM 1002 from Hwy 154 to FM 852, and the southside of FM 1002 from Hwy 154 to FM 49.
Two structures taken so far in this fire.
UPSHUR COUNTY, TX (KLTV) - A fire in a wooded area has forced authorities to evacuate PR 3811 near the Rhonesboro community.
Crews from both Wood and Upshur Counties are assisting in fighting the blaze.
We have a crew on the way and will post more information as it becomes available.
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