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In recognition of the many individual contributions to athletics, the Tacoma Athletic Commission established the State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame in the early 1960's. Commissioned by then-governor Albert Rosellini, the shrine was originated by Clay Huntington, longtime Northwest sportscaster and radio station owner.
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the shrine by top sportswriters and sportscasters from throughout the state. To qualify for membership, a nominee must be at least five years in retirement from the sport involved.
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Former Syracuse University running back Delone Carter is visiting the San Francisco 49ers today, according to a report on the Yahoo! Sports web site.
The report states that Carter, who is expected to be taken in the second to third round of this month's NFL Draft, has five visits with teams and four private workouts.
The story said Carter, from the Akron, Ohio, suburb of Copley, already has visited the New Orleans Saints.
The draft is scheduled to be held April 28-30 in New York City, despite a lockout of players by owners that has, among other things, stalled the free-agent market and prevented teams from holding off-season conditioning programs.
Teams are still allowed to work out college players who are in their first year of draft eligibility.

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If the sharks like an idea they hear, they may invest in exchange for equity. Sometimes the sharks even get into bidding wars with each other. On other occasions, hopeful inventors leave the Shark Tank empty-handed.
Seven years ago, Martin founded Quenett winery -- it has a tasting room in Hood River and another at Sunshine Mill in The Dalles -- and he appears on "Shark Tank" on behalf of his spinoff company that sells "wine by the glass," which translates to "Copa Di Vino" in Italian.
On "Shark Tank," Martin will stare down the sharks, who include Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran, technology innovator Robert Herjavec, FUBU founder Daymond John and financial expert Kevin O'Leary. (After Sunday's preview, "Shark Tank" moves to its regular time slot, 8 p.m. Fridays.)
Bend man dives in the Shark Tank
Were you a fan of "Shark Tank" in its first season?
I was unaware of it, but we would have people come into our tasting rooms and see the product and say, "You guys should be on 'Shark Tank,'" because it's that kind of an epiphany product. People see it and think, why shouldn't wine be ready to drink like beer or anything else? Technologically it was a big challenge, but we developed an entire bottling line system way to atmospherically bottle wine.
How did you come to be on the show this season?
Someone must have submitted something to them about us and we got a request from them to submit to be on the show. You do a videotape you send them, and there's a series of questions they want you to answer. It's all about television at that point and how can you convey what you're doing. How interesting is the product? And then there's a series of post-interviews. And finally they sent me a request to be on the show along with a 47-page contract to sign.
What was your prepared pitch?
Just about the product, trying to get the consumer to understand in 30 to 40 seconds what the product is and the advantage to our wine-by-the-glass product, how it can be great at stadiums, at the beach, at places where having wine bottles is complicated and you have to have glasses and a corkscrew and drink four servings at once typically. (I spent) three days at the Sony studios doing preparation and being quizzed by a group so you get the idea of what you're getting into. But nothing prepares you for the Shark Tank.
Were you surprised by the sharks' reactions?
I was second- or third-to-last and the sharks had been beating on people for a week, and I could hear them in the other room just tearing apart this guy (who went before me) and they were eating him alive. So by the time I got in there, there was blood in the water.
How did you feel while in the Shark Tank? Is it as nerve-racking and intense as it can look on TV?
Absolutely. You have five brilliant, intelligent, successful entrepreneurs that are competing with each other to be heard. I would assume there are things that will be edited out but there was some very, very strikingly loud discussions. It's definitely designed to be, "watch this guy sweat it out," and I happened to wear a turtleneck that day. It was 95 degrees outside and I think you'll definitely see me sweating and I think they loved that part for sure.
It was exciting to be there in front of these successful business people and at the same time you have five people firing questions at you, sometimes two or three at once. They definitely want to put you on your toes. Even though a lot of the things they may say you know are completely wrong, you have to make a decision: Do you diminish your opportunity by arguing with them or just try to let it go?
Without giving away what happens, are you glad you went on the show?
What's next for Copa Di Vino?
We are going to be videotaping our story here and showing that on the website -- www.copadivino.com -- giving people an opportunity to hear the behind-the-scenes story of what happened on "Shark Tank" that they didn't see. We're definitely going to explore the entrepreneurial story we have and try to get a following out there interested in the continuing drama of the entrepreneur. It's not a pretty experience. The highs and lows are incredible when you're trying to do what we're trying to do.
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West Windsor-Plainsboro South has been the tennis team against which others are measured and, holding with tradition, there's no lack of Pirate talent ready to do battle in the 2012 girls' high school arena. However, other team rosters are taking form and between some strong returning players and a number of freshmen securing singles spots, there are no guarantees.
South won the county tournament from 2008-10 and Princeton Day School stole the show in 2011.
Despite a slow start last season, South made a splash at the end by scoring a huge upset over East Brunswick and then winning the Group IV sectional title. The Pirates return players at first and second singles – Belinda Ji and Margaret MacArthur – with a freshman, Caroline Zhou, at third.
That allows last year's second doubles team of Angela Li and Sanjana Ravi to move into first doubles, and senior Ivy Kang to team with freshman Varna Kodoth at second doubles.
"It all went perfectly in order," said five-year South coach Carla Crawbuck about the challenge matches.
''This year numbers 4 and 5 are playing together and 6 and 7. Usually that can be messed up, but it worked out this way. Almost everybody's back and we're better than last year."
MacArthur is excited about the upcoming season, which begins Wednesday against rival WW-P North.
"We have Caroline this year; she's very good. A solid third singles for every match. I played all summer and I'm playing pretty well," said MacArthur. About her goals, she said, "I want to go to the state team finals and try to be undefeated."
MacArthur, a sophomore, lost in the second round of the county tournament last year and is hoping to win the second singles position this year.
She has been working on her backhand, getting more power on her serve, and trying to bend her knees to allow her tall 5-foot-11 frame to be lower, just like her favorite player, Maria Sharapova.
MacArthur, along with most of her teammates, played on the Grover Middle School tennis team and that has been a successful pathway to high school tennis, including for singles newcomer Zhou.
"Over the summer I played so much. It was good practice for school. I wanted to play singles really badly so I worked really hard," said Zhou. "I knew Belinda and Margaret were really good. I had to play so many challenge matches. It's so awesome that we have such a good team."
Zhou already plans to work as hard as she can this year, knowing about a couple of strong players that could end up at South next year. "I want to play singles next year too."
For now, Zhou is happy to be the unknown freshman as it's "not as much pressure," she said.
The team has bonded, according to Crawbuck, who has been coaching high school tennis for 19 years. The girls have already gotten together for a luncheon and made special t-shirts. Robbinsville has freshmen at the first two singles spots, freshmen have assumed two singles spots at Princeton, and Princeton Day has a new ninth-grade singles player.
On the other hand, Hopewell has a very talented and experienced team and is also a threat.
"We'll just see what happens," said Crawbuck. "If we win the county tournament, we'll probably do well in the state tournament. The first match against North will be a good measurement. We lost to them last year. They're rivals and everyone is out for blood."
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Allentown Redbirds
Coach: Daniel Fallon
Last season: 5-10
Roster: Not Available
Ewing Blue Devils
Coaches: Christina Contrafatto, Pat Burley.
Last season: 7-12.
Varsity: Maddy Stoner, first singles (Jr.), Kristianna Chanda, second singles (Sr.), Fernanda Snead, third singles (Sr.), Chigozie Amonu (So.), Jessica Sowden (Jr.) Raven Benjamin (Sr.), Dominique Pegrem (Sr.).
Alternates: Vanessa Marroquin (Sr.), Patrice Russell (Sr.), Jazmine Pegrem (So.), Abrianna Van Patrick (Fr.).
Hamilton Hornets
Coach: Jim Ditmars.
Last season: 1-14.
Roster: Nadiya Rydzanych (Sr.), Kristine Babyak (Jr.), Christina Welsh (Jr.), Alexandra Kopec (Sr.), Andrea Garcia (Sr.), Megane Clerge (So.), Elischa Dessalines (So.), Christina Davermann (So.), Rachel Desane (So.), Melinda Tibbitts (So.), Amanda Vazquez (So.).
Hightstown Rams
Coach: Charles Rorer.
Last season: 13-5.
Varsity: Sneha Rangu, first singles (So.), Anagha Babu, second singles (Sr.), Bhavana Penta, third singles (So.), Krishna Desai, first doubles (Jr.), Sanjana Inala, first doubles (Jr.), Hena Bajaj, second doubles (Jr.), Ericka Asis, second doubles (Sr.).
Alternates: Stephanie Velasquez (Sr.), Julia Rozner (Jr.), Pranaya Gade (Fr.).
Hopewell Bulldogs
Coaches: Alma Quinlan (head coach), David Burchell, Michael Ehrenberg.
Last season: 15-4 (Patriot Division champions).
Returners: Natalie Kawalec, first singles (Sr.), Emma Compton, second singles (Sr.), Sarah Ehrenberg, third singles (Sr.), Shannon Lonchar (Sr.), Ashley Fennelly (Sr.), Maddie Neider (Sr.), Naba Zamir (Sr.).
Newcomers: Dakota Silver (So.), Molly Hunt (Sr.), Michelle Wan (Sr.), Emma Schoenberger (Sr.).
Lawrence Cardinals
Coaches: Jeff Weber (head coach), Antonio Stapleton.
Last season: 4-13.
Roster: Morgan Pesanelli, first singles (Sr.), Amy Cheng, second singles (Sr.), Rachel Rubinstien, third singles (Fr.), Helen Lohoda, (Jr.), Amanda Dyjak (Jr.), Aleya Nelson (Sr.), Natalia Halat (Jr.), Gabriella Bieniasz (Jr.), Aviva Lyon (Jr.), Niharika Sahag (Fr.).
Notre Dame Irish
Coaches: Greg Schafer (head coach), Greg Schafer, Jr.
Last season: 7-9.
Roster: Olivia DeTato (Sr.), Alex Diosteanu (Sr.), Natalie Mostrowski (Sr.), Nicole Picciolo (Sr.), Sam Barbato (Jr.), Emily Okupski (Jr.), Christie Pawl (Jr.), Brianna Cherney (So.), Mia Logsdon (So.), Emily Odins (So.), Olivia Popovich (So.), Megan Berard (Fr.), Kenzi Whetstone (Fr.).
Nottingham Northstars
Coaches: Jon Schwartz (head coach), Dave Bergeron.
Last season: 3-13.
Returning Players: Valerie Gapco, first singles (Sr.), Margot Bergeron, third singles (Jr.), Michelaine Juillet (Sr.), Kelly Mercado (Sr.), Lillian Helm (So.), Paige Ballschneider (Sr.), Katherine Johnston (So.), Tanisha Charles, (So.), Anna Cook, (Sr.), Adrielle Best, (Sr.), Tanisha Charles (So.)
Newcomers: Lily Witzel, second singles (Fr.), Angelina Sferra (Fr.), Kara White (Fr.).
Princeton Little Tigers
Coaches: Sarah Hibbert (head coach), Christian Herzog.
Last season: 16-2 (Group III Central champions).
Roster: Christina Rosca, first singles (Fr.), Chenchen Wang, singles position TBD (Fr.), Katelyn Hojeibane, singles position TBD (So.), Maddie Cahill-Sanidas, (Sr.), Lindsay Eberhart (Sr.), Allison Hubert (Jr.), Zhenia Dementyev (So.), Rory Lewis (So.).
Robbinsville Ravens
Coach: Devin Crawbuck.
Last season: 17-9.
Roster: Rithika Korrapolu, first singles (Fr.), Juhi Rajgopal, second singles (Fr.), Snigda Paca, third singles (Sr.), Alana Danauski (Sr.), Jane Bukovic (Sr.), Andrea Malonado (Sr.), Tiany Lin (Fr.), Nicole Testa (Fr.), Vasavi Pandey (Sr.).
Steinert Spartans
Coach: Bob Howland (head coach), Dave Wilson.
Last season: 10-8
Roster: Gabrielle Bennett, first singles (So.), Rachel Peters, second singles (Jr.), Dana Braddock, third singles (Sr.), Kristen Malpas (Jr.), Murka Jean-Charles (Sr.), Hannah McDougall (Sr.), Nisha Naik (Jr.), Amanda Phillips (So.), Paige Conti (So.), Michelle Petrilla (So.), Xena Sperrazza (Sr.), Stephanie England (So.), Gabriela Gates (So.), Anna Simpson (Jr.), Melissa Reinhardt (Sr.).
Trenton Tornadoes
Coaches: Connie Richardson (head coach), James Jones.
Last season: 1-15.
Roster: Nu-Kermeni Kermah (So.), Jasmine Clark (So.), Wit Yee Kyaw (Jr.), Imani Whetstone (Sr.), Chartae Anderson (Sr.), Kahmiya Htoo (So.), Aquillah Highsmith (Sr.).
West Windsor-Plainsboro North Knights
Coach: James Vance (first year).
Last season: 18-1.
Roster: Nyambe Tuchscherer, first singles (So.), Jessica Mao, second singles (Jr.), Danika Baskar, third singles (Sr.), Arielle Bosworth (So.), Ranjitha Vasa (Jr.), Nanase Koike (Jr.), Sreya Gona (Sr.), Michelle Lee (So.), Nicky Charan (Jr.).
West Windsor-Plainsboro South Pirates
Coaches: Carla Crawbuck (head coach), Richard Arnold.
Last season: 17-4 (Group IV Central champions).
Varsity: Belinda Ji, first singles (Sr.), Margaret MacArthur, second singles (So.), Caroline Zhou, third singles (Fr.), Sanjana Ravi, first doubles (So.), Angela Li, first doubles (So.), Varna Kodoth, second doubles (Fr.), Ivy Kang, second doubles (Sr.), Rebecca Hansen (Sr.), Megan Reilly (So.), Maya Kaisth (Sr.), Amrutha Cherukurt (Fr.).
Montgomery Cougars
Coaches: Cristina Venetucci (head coach), Erik Tavel.
Last season: 14-6.
Roster: Emily Szkudlarski, first singles (So.), Shannon Lu, second singles (Fr.), Jessica Yang, third singles (Sr.), Stephanie Allen (Jr.), Tiffany Zhu (Sr.), Nicole Lorenzi (Jr.), Anna Osadchy (Sr.), Aneesha Varma (Sr.), Kelsi Kamin (Sr.), Marcy Vanderbei (Sr.).
New Egypt Warriors
Coach: Dago Pinol (first year).
Last season: 14-4.
Varsity: Krysta Plummer, first singles (Sr.), Jennifer Goebel, second singles (Sr.), Gaby Morfin, third singles (Jr.), Deanna Byrne, doubles (So.), Jenna Wiggett, doubles (Sr.), Anna Farrand, doubles (So.), Zena Merhi, doubles (Jr.).
Alternates: Devin North (So.), Sarah Daly (So.), Cassidy Wiltshire (So.), Brielle Darney (Fr.).
Northern Burlington Greyhounds
Coach: Maria Tomasetti (first year)
Last season: 4-12.
Roster: Madison McNabb, first singles (So.), Navya Jaikumar, second singles (Jr.), Meredith Taylor, third singles (So.), Reema Shah, first doubles (So.), Jillyan Serrano, first doubles (So.), Sahithi Reddi, second doubles (So.), Rachel Taylor, second doubles (Fr.).
Alternates: Saumya Uppal (Jr.), Rose Hughes (Jr.), Christina Fisher (Sr.).
Trenton Catholic Academy Iron Mikes
Coaches: Don Swanson (head coach), Pauline Willliams.
Last season: 4-14.
Roster: Jeannella Williams, first singles (Jr.), Leslie Henry, third singles (Jr.), Alexis McCray (Jr.), Sydney Jefferson (Sr.), Jada Johnson (Sr.), Estefany Rivera (Jr.), Cayline Purcell (Jr.), Colleen McDonough (Jr.), Christy Louis (Jr.), Dashany Hightower (Jr.), Michelle Kemp (Jr.), Mahler Scott (Fr.), Naomi Kemp (Fr.).
Hun Raiders
Coach: Joan Nuse.
Last season: 4-8-1.
Partial roster: Cansu Cebeci (Sr.), Lesley Cai (Sr.), Shayna Glassberg (Jr.), Julia Zollner (Jr.), Stephanie Taylor (So.).
Lawrenceville Big Red
Coach: Penny Foss.
Last season: 11-1 (1st in MAPL).
Roster: Sonal Shrivastava, first singles (So.), Maria Martinovic, second singles (So.), Cheyenne Brown, third singles (Jr.), Tiffani Hanson (Sr.), Megan Norris (Jr.), Yasmeen Mahayni (Jr.), Jennie Daisek (So.), Alexa Greene (Sr.), Megan Reilly (Jr.).
Peddie Falcons
Coaches: Brian Dubrule (head coach), Lindi Davis.
Last season: 8-7.
Returning: first singles, Michelle Hung (Jr.), Stela Filipovic (Sr.), Mackenzie Schindler (Sr.), Margot Debrabandere (Sr.), Rebecca Seman (Jr.), Hannah Spears (Jr.), Hannah Hargrove (Sr.).
Newcomers: Shivanni Gupta (So.), Kelsey Liu (Sr.), Jeevna Sheth (Sr.), Caroline Casey (So.), Nicole Blekhter (So.), Jessica Powell (So.).
Pennington Red Raiders
Coaches: Jason Dratman (head coach), Elizabeth Myers.
Last season: 7-7.
Roster: Sloan Seiler (Sr.), Fran DeSapio (Jr.), Mia Jones (Jr.), Sara Clark (So.), Kristyn Green (So.), Nina Brander (Jr.), Mary Kate Freeman (Sr.), Melissa Paragamian, Sophie Smolen (Jr.), Pippa Kula (So.), Nora Murray (So.), Gray Seiler (So.), Morgen Rosen (Sr.).
Princeton Day Panthers
Coach: Ed Tseng.
Last season: 8-2.
Roster: Samantha Asch, first singles (Sr.), Renee Karchere-Sun, second singles (Fr.), Emily Dyckman, third singles (So.), Mary Atkeson (Sr.), Hope Boozan (So.), Emily Seto (Sr.), Allie Persky (Sr.), Anjuli Karna (Sr.), Charlotte Zaininger (Jr.), Devika Kumar (Fr.), Shriya Ramesh (So.).
Stuart Tartans
Coach: Katherine Stoltenberg (first year).
Last season: 4-6.
Roster: Katherine Hagestad (Sr.), Julia Rourke (So.), Kanika Sharma (Sr.), Kyra Bradley (Sr.), Maya Kuang (So.), Mariah Guarnaccia (Sr.), and Olivia Carr (Sr.).


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McGeehan proposes elimination of EPA
CHESTER – Republican U.S. Senate candidate Pat McGeehan, on Friday, launched an online petition to defund and abolish the Environmental Protection Agency.
The petition reads, "By signing this petition you are joining Pat McGeehan and grassroots supporters from across West Virginia in calling for the complete defunding of and abolition of the EPA!"
Once completed, the petition will be sent to West Virginia's federal delegation, according to information provided by McGeehan's campaign.
In recent weeks McGeehan, who previously served one term in the House of Delegates representing Hancock County, has been critical of what he calls the EPA's efforts to shut down the mining industry permanently in West Virginia.
"It's time to send a message to Washington we have had enough of this unconstitutional power grab. The EPA is out to destroy industries like mining and farming over an ideological disagreement. That is unconscionable," McGeehan stated. "This is the perfect time to bring attention to an agency that is over-reaching and unconstitutional. Unfortunately career politicians like to talk a good game about standing up for coal miners but simply do nothing when it comes time to actually fight."
The petition can be found on the campaign's website at www.mcgeehan2014.com
The McGeehan campaign has also begun handing out "Save Coal, End the EPA" yard signs and bumper stickers to residents across the Mountain State in an attempt to raise awareness on the issue.
McGeehan's opponents in the 2014 primary election include U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-Charleston, and retired Marine and state employee Rick LeMasters.


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Skip to comments.Announcing the Catholic Freeper Locator List
Posted on 06/14/2002 8:24:23 AM PDT by Romulus
Yesterday's thread on the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Summer Plenary Session. turned up a lot of Catholic FReepers suggesting that it's time for the faithful laity to get more visible and active in pressing for a restoration of right order in the Church. To that end, I've decided to develop and maintain a list of Catholic FReepers, sorted by state, as a resource for future activism. Some of us will wish to collaborate on future projects; others may simply find the list handy for purposes of fellowship. If you want to be on this list, please post your state (or overseas country) on this thread. I'll collate whatever comes in, and Askel5 will post the results on the ConSpiratio web site.
In posting your FR handle and location, you're not volunteering for anything except the chance of being contacted in the future. Whatever activism you then undertake is entirely up to you. For the record, I have no specific plan for this list, nor am I aware of anyone else's. It seems like something that needs to be done, however, and I'll wager the very existence of a good list will generate fruitful ideas.
If you prefer not to post your location, please bump the thread anyway. Thanks!
With any luck, we should have forum capabilities at the site ... at which time I can start chucking in the links, individual chapter pages and library. I'm not interested in reinventing the wheel and don't want folks sitting around ConSpiratio when they should be out and about at sites like FR. Just a nexus, that's all, with the ability to archive our best stuff and keep folks on top of the latest.
Also a good way to insert a layer of political protection for St. Patrick's ... =)
Within the week or so.
As luck would have it, I'm not the most disciplined person in the world so chances I'm going to inundate folks are very slim ...=)
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I notice some folks indicating their diocese. Would it be beneficial to ask people to generally provide that information?
I live in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, but am registered across the county line in a parish in the Archdiocese of Washington.
Couldn't hurt. I'll find a way to incorporate as much information as people choose to provide.
Diocese of St. Petersburg, located on the magnificent Suncoast.
Anglican Use bump.
Yours in Christian Fraternity,
Albany, NY - ultra liberal diocese, home of the "wreckovator" Fr. Dr. Richard Vosko.
As a point of future discussion, I realized last night that much of what we are witnessing in the catholic church today, results from changes made post Vatican II. To cite some examples:
before Vatican II, a catholic could attend & participate at mass anywhere in the world. Catholic churches were fairly consistent in their design and easily recognizable by the crucifix over the altar and tabernacle on the altar.
Today, even within the same diocese, there are radical changes.
Some churches retain pews and kneelers while others have reordered the worship space with kneelerless (sp?)chairs.
Many churches have replaced the crucifix with a simple wooden cross.
The tabernacle which holds the living Presence of Christ, has been relocated (abandoned) to side chapels and even out of the church entirely.
Eucharistic ministers dispensing communion don't bother me per se, but some of them are so heavily perfumed that it permeates the host they are dispensing. (Have they even washed their hands prior to mass?)
Girls now serve at the altar.
Having recently attended a tridentine mass, it reminded me of what I did not like in pre Vatican II. The new mass enjoins the congregation in the celebration but, for the life of me, I CANNOT abide the concept of people standing or is it sitting, during the consecration. Fortunately, my church is still equipped with kneelers.
Perhaps what is truly missing is a sense of continuity from parish to parish. The bishops, it would seem, have far too much say in how their diocese will "look". Just tossing this out for reflection and thought.
If there's an Anglican Use Catholic parish in your area, please pay them a visit. I'm sure you'll like what you see.
Yours in Christian Fraternity,
Fortunately, I have never been to a Catholic Church that did not have a crucifix.
At my parish, the younger priest (we have two) is responsible for the Catechism, and he brought the 3rd and 4th graders into the church and asked how one knows if it is a Catholic Church. When one kid said, "There's a cross", Father corrected him and said, yes, but it's a special cross. All Catholic Churches everywhere in the world have a crucifix. He went through everything ... the tabernacle, the Stations of the Cross, the relics under the altar, etc.
I would hope that the laity would complain if a cross replaced the crucifix. In my view, the church would no longer be Catholic.
Not quite all - St. Luke's in McLean, VA has what our priest called a 'resurrectifix' - the cross is on one side, then a fully-clothed risen Christ, holding out His arms in blessing, is about 15 feet away on the wall. I was in a wedding there a couple of years ago. The holy water font is a mulit-level fountain in the vestibule, that looks like it should have goldfish and pennies. The tabernacle is in a side chapel somewhere (I asked).
I realize the substance of the Church is not the forms, but it was so irreverent.
A few years ago, I went back in for a visit and found the crucifix placed in the back of the church over to the side (barely visible unless you looked for it) and it had been replaced by a plain cross over the altar (which doesn't house the Tabernacle anymore) - the front pews - about the first 10 rows - had been ripped out and replaced with chairs that have no kneelers. My heart was broken.
The formerly beautiful little Church I grew up at in Queens NY replaced the Crucifix with a bizarre Risen Christ thing along with a real totem-pole tabernacle .
No Crucifixes there anymore.
Fortunately, I think that my priests are OK and would never do such a thing.
Crucifix at Mass
Question from Anita Pollock on 05-28-2002:
Does a pastor have the authority to eliminate the crucifix in worship space substituting a stylized cross (without corpus) during Mass?
Answer by Colin B. Donovan, STL on 06-07-2002:
No, because during Mass, at least, the General Instruction calls for a cross with a corpus on it. 117 ... There is also to be a cross on or near the altar, with a figure of Christ crucified.
Archbishop Vlazny
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When Ray Kelley, The Republican's assistant managing editor for entertainment, got the idea of crafting a photo gallery of images of newsmakers and how they've changed from past to present he hadn't figured on the staying power of Springfield City Councilor Bud L. Williams.
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We propose an ultrasmall plasmonic cavity consisting of a high-index/low-index dielectric nanorod covered with silver. Full three-dimensional subwavelength confinement of the surface-plasmon polaritons was achieved at the high-index dielectric–silver interface without propagating to the low-index dielectric–silver interface. The numerical simulations showed that the plasmonic mode excited in this cavity has a deep subwavelength mode volume of and a quality factor of 1500 at , and consequently a large Purcell factor of . Therefore, this plasmonic cavity is expected to be useful for the demonstration of high-efficiency single photon sources or low-threshold lasers in an ultracompact nanophotonic circuit.
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In case Part I of the most disgusting things in your food didn't have you question everything you've ever speared with a fork, there's even more. Antibiotics, antifreeze, and plastic aren't usually on the average grocery list, but I bet you can find them in your cart.
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Antibiotics 2 of 22Animals conventionally raised for food are given antibiotics so they don't get sick. Plus they grow bigger and faster, which equals more profit. Photo credit: Pixabay
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Nitrates 7 of 22Nitrates are used to cure deli meats. They're also found in fruits and veggies due to the soil they're grown in. Nitrates convert to nitrites in the body and have been shown to be related to colorectal cancer, although the evidence is a little unclear these days. Nitrates are particularly dangerous to babies however, as they can interfere with the transport of oxygen in the blood. Photo credit: Pixabay
Ammonium sulfate 8 of 22A salt compound you'll find in some breads… and fertilizer. Photo credit: Pixabay
Azodicarbonamide 9 of 22A processing agent used in plastics like shoes and yoga mats, as well as breads. Photo credit: Pixabay
Saltwater 10 of 22Saltwaterdoesn't sound so bad, right? But what's it doing being injected into chicken to make it more juicy? No thanks, I'll take chicken with my chicken. Photo credit: Pixabay
Viruses 11 of 22We're not talking accidental contamination here (like with MRSA). Nope, this is done intentionally. Viruses that kill bacteria, called bacteriophages, are used on deli meat to help fight off E. coli & listeria. Photo credit: Pixabay
Aspartame 12 of 22An artificial sugar substitute more common known as Equal or NutraSweet. It can cause seizures, death, depression, memory problems, slurring, and more. Photo credit: iStockphoto
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Bisphenol A (BPA) 14 of 22Found in the lining of cans, BPA mimics the hormone estrogen in the body. BPA exposure has been linked to reproductive problems, behavior problems in children, and metabolic alterations. Photo credit: Pixabay
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Thomsonfly have refused to deny suggestions that they will be scrapping flights between Manchester and Tel Aviv.
Rival airline Jet2 last week announced they will be making weekly flights to Israel from May.
The no-frills airline, now flying to 40 destinations from six UK airports, launched its Tel Aviv route with the claim that it will be "the only airline to offer a direct route from the north of the UK, following the demise of other services".
A spokesperson said: "We understand that Thomson is dropping its Tel Aviv service from Manchester, leaving Jet2.com as the sole operator on this route. They are not offering flights for sale after April 30."
But Thomsonfly this week refused to comment on the future of the Manchester flights.
A statement said: "Thomson Airways launched two routes from Manchester and Luton to Tel Aviv in November 2007. Both routes continue to operate for the present winter 2008/2009 season, which runs until the end of April 2009.The final details of the summer 2009 departures are still being confirmed and customers should continue to check the website for the latest information."
Rafi Shalev, director-general of the Israel Government Tourist Office in London, said he was "not in a position" to confirm whether Thomsonfly were continuing flights to Israel.
"I assume they will do what is best for them, commercially, in the long run. From our point of view, we are looking at alternatives should this cancellation] happen. We are doing the maximum we can to add flights from the UK, including from Manchester."
A spokesperson for Manchester Airport said they had "heard rumours" about Thomson's flights to Tel Aviv, "but nothing has been confirmed by them".
Currently, Thomson's website shows flights to Tel Aviv from Manchester and Luton until April 30, but nothing beyond that date from either airport.
However, Simon Harley, airline development manager at Luton, said he would be "very surprised" if the airline did not continue to fly to Tel Aviv from there. He said: "We are still waiting to hear their schedule update for the summer but Tel Aviv has been a very successful route for them, particularly with passengers from North London, so I would be very surprised if they don't continue.
"Time is pressing. We will be speaking to them to try to get the schedule bedded in for the summer. But as far as we know, it is business as usual."
Uri Danor, El Al chief executive in northern Europe, welcomed the "launch of Jet2 flights and the confidence they have in the country. The more people we can get to visit Israel the better".
El Al stopped direct flights from Manchester in June 2001, but, said Mr Danor: " We have not ruled out a return some time in the future."
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BEREA, Ohio – Halfback Terrence West entered training camp intent on battling veteran Ben Tate for the starter's job.
But the rookie's confidence and prolific small-college statistics have not yet translated to NFL success. The third-round pick from Towson University averaged just 2.7 yards per carry in four preseason games, showing little burst and losing a fumble in Thursday's finale against Chicago.
His sluggish start opened a hole for undrafted free agent Isaiah Crowell, who made the team thanks in large part to a 102-yard rushing performance against the Bears.
Browns coach Mike Pettine met with West on Sunday.
"There were some times where he made plays, and then he made rookie mistakes some other times," Pettine said. ". . . He can catch the ball. He's shown that in camp. We're pleased with where Terrance is, but it's something...he just needs to continue to get better.
"Some guys kind of say, 'OK, I made it. I'm on the roster,' but to me, they need to accelerate, not decelerate."
West rushed for 2,509 yards and 41 touchdowns a season ago playing at the Division I-AA college level. He's been slow adjusting to Kyle Shanahan's blocking scheme and appears tentative in his decisions.
In their meeting, Pettine emphasized not every carry goes for big gainers in the pros. West registered 83 yards on 31 preseason carries.
"I think the biggest thing to learn, especially with the zone scheme, is don't look to hit the home run every play," Pettine said. "It's the creases in the NFL that can gain you four or five yards aren't that big. They don't appear that big. When that crease is there, we've got to go ahead and square up and get downhill and understand, 'Hey, know how to finish a run so I'm not taking a big hit.'"
Pettine said the fumble was more a product of a great play by the Bears' defensive back Al Louis-Jean than negligence on West's part.
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Cobequid Educational Centre student council co-president Rodney Hatcher and Colchester Food Bank co-ordinator Mary DeAdder get ready to drop the puck in a faceoff between Truro Police Service Const. Thomas Whidden and Truro Fire Service's Skylar Blackie in preparation for the upcoming Battle of the Badges. The second annual competition, which sees local police officers battle firefighters in a charity hockey game, is set for Feb. 27 at 7 p.m.
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The second annual Battle of the Badges is scheduled for next week at the Rath Eastlink Community Centre. The Atlantic Police Association of Nova Scotia will host the game between the Truro Fire Service and Truro Police Service. Gearing up for the game, which benefits a number of local charities, include, from left, Truro Police Service Const. Thomas Whidden, Cobequid Educational Centre Safe Grad teacher advisor Shannon Wolfe, Colchester Food Bank co-ordinator Mary DeAdder, Truro Fire Service firefighter Kevin Boates, Atlantic Police Association of Nova Scotia vice-president and Truro Police Service Cpl. Rick Hickox with daughter Lola, Cobequid Educational Centre student council co-president Rodney Hatcher, Truro Police Service Const. Edwin Reynolds and Truro Fire Service firefighter Skylar Blackie.
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TRURO – They keep the community safe, but now it's time to see how well our local firefighters and police officers do on the ice.
The second annual Battle of the Blades, hosted by the Atlantic Police Association of Nova Scotia, is set for Feb. 27 at the Rath Eastlink Community Centre. The hockey game will pit members of the Truro Police Service head-to-head with their counterparts at the Truro Fire Service. Various organizations will benefit from the fundraiser, including the Colchester Food Bank.
"We have quite a few who really enjoy it," Mary DeAdder, co-ordinator of the food bank, said. "They see them as individuals having a good time. They're always helping the community, but this time they're helping them in a different way."
Truro Police Service Cpl. Rick Hickox, who is also the association's vice-president, said the police won the game last year.
"It was a close game, but we're very competitive," he said. "But we enjoy that rivalry."
"And the camaraderie," added firefighter Kevin Boates.
The game begins at 7 p.m. and tickets are available at the door. Along with the food bank, charities supported through the game include Cobequid Educational Centre (CEC) Safe Grad, the Children's Wish Foundation,
Maggie's Place Family Resource Centre, the Boys and Girls Club of Truro and Colchester and the Colchester SPCA.
"It's a way to give back to the community," said Hickox.
"We hand out about $3,000 to the local charities."
Along with the charity hockey game, student council members from CEC will be hitting the streets in various communities collecting non-perishable food donations for the food bank. They'll be going door-to-door with identifiable clothing this Friday between 4 and 8 p.m., however, the school will also be open for anyone wishing to drop off any donations.
"Last year, the students gathered 990 pounds of food, so we're looking to beat that this year," said Truro Police Service Const. Edwin Reynolds, CEC's liaison officer.
Student council co-president Rodney Hatcher said students will be throughout Truro and surrounding communities for food bank donations, with anywhere from 20 to 40 students participating.
"It depends on how many students are ready to dedicate their time," he said. "We feel it's a part of our duty to the community. As the saying goes – it takes a village to raise a child, and there is no reason why that child can't give back to the village."
While this is only the second charity hockey game, DeAdder said many people have been asking when another might be held.
"This is really special to us," she said. "This is helping out a lot of people. At this time of year, our donations and stock are going down and this let's us know how many friends we have."
She said the food bank will benefit for about a week surrounding the game, as many people will drop into the facility to make a donation. Currently, the food bank supports more than 800 clients each month.
"This event reminds people that we always need donations. It keeps it in the forefront that hunger doesn't go away," she said.
Tickets are $10 each or four for $30. They are available at the door.
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WHO: Truro Police Service versus Truro Fire Service
WHAT: Second annual Battle of the Badges
WHEN: Feb. 27 at 7 p.m.
WHERE: Rath Eastlink Community Centre
WHY: To benefit local charities: Colchester Food Bank, Cobequid Educational Centre Safe Grad, the Children's Wish Foundation, Maggie's Place Family Resource Centre, the Boys and Girls Club of Truro and Colchester, the Colchester SPCA


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The Powerball red Power number: 35
Three ticket holders in the multi-state lottery matched 5 numbers and won $1 million each. Those tickets were purchased in Florida, Louisiana and Texas.
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Northfield Community Local Development Corporation had a first annual Veterans Day Ceremony in Veterans Park, Port Richmond. The turnout was very low, but some faithful Americans showed up.
Congressman Michael McMahon had a representative and the borough president had a representative show up.
Even the East Shore's Janele Hyer-Spencer sent a representative.
Thank you, James Molinaro, for a Proclamation Award.
I felt disappointed that the guest speaker or host never showed up. And Debi Rose, Diane Savino and Matt Titone never showed up.
Maybe they don't show respect for veterans who died or served their country. And those who still protect us in the Air Force, Navy, Army and Marines.
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Authorities said pilot Joe Stack crashed his plane into the Austin IRS building Thursday morning after leaving a suicide note online. The note displayed anger toward the IRS.
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Hello all, this is my first trip report so here goes, please be nice
I was travelling to Armenia for a month to participate in an international research collaboration hosted by an undergraduate institution with which my research advisor has connections. I was VERY fortunate to be selected for this project and ended up doing almost a year's worth of work in about three months, on top of my other studies which included PCHEM (aka Sadism 101). But I digress. Since I didn't purchase the ticket and was meeting a crew from MYR, I had to double connect. If you ever have the choice, pass on that BTW. If I had been booking I would have purchased a single connection in CDG or AMS, but since I didn't purchase or book, I took what I was given.
13 Dec. 2007
I had wrapped up my Fall Semester Finals and celebrated an early Christmas with my family. My mom took me to the airport in a balmy ATL. It was 80 F (~25C?), unusually warm even for us in December. I had a little difficulty checking in because I had a paper itenerary all the way through (pass on that too), but the gentleman at the US counter, a black man probably in his fifties was incredibly friendly and helped me out. I paid my baggage fee and skipped through Security at the T-Gates (DO take advantage of that!) I meandered my way down to Concourse D, I almost always walk, where a US 737 was waiting to take me to Charlotte. The interior looked rather worn, but for the short flight it was ok. Despite all the horror stories I've read about US on this forum the crew (CLT based) were very friendly. My seatmate struck up a short conversation with me and did a double take when I told her where I was headed. In short, about an hour later we landed in CLT.
I met up with my crew in Charlotte, bear in mind I've only met them once! We grabbed some food at a Chili's before heading down to where the LH A343 was parked. I'm sorry folks I don't take registrations and what-not,lol. There was VERY long line to check in at the counter, but it moved relatively swiftly. I impressed the agent with my limited German, actually getting a smile out of a native German! Whodda thunk! I asked for an exit row but unfortunately there were non available, so I stuck to my aisle seat in the back. Originally they had placed me in the middle, but I had that rearranged VERY quickly.
We settled in for our haul and I already knew it was going to be a long flight. Lucky me gets to sit next to Chatty Cathy visiting her son in Munich for Christmas. Oh goody, nice lady but she talked the ENTIRE way across the Atlantic. Lucky for her I don't sleep well on Eastbound Redeyes. Meal service was nondescript and decent, though the LH crew (including an incredibly cute blonde) came around frequently with drinks and whatnot. I'm not a fan of overhead movies because I get a crick in my neck and I didn't really care for the movie selection (don't remember what it was sorry).
We arrive in Munich while it's still dark and decide to explore the city. Having been to Munich the previous July I was excited to relish this unexpected opportunity to gorge myself with Kaessenkuchen, Hoffbraeuhaus Bier and a nice juicy Doener from an Imbiss near the Hauptbahnhof! For anyone who cares we stayed at the Hotel Dolomit on Goethestrasse in July. Luckily for me the Glockenspiel that I didn't get to see last time because it was covered in scaffolding was fixed! We enjoyed about four hours in a very cold Munich before our jetlagged selves schlepped back to MUC. We proceeded through security ohne problem. We found our gate and I fell asleep for probably two hours, and then checked my email. I wandered around the terminal (2 I believe) and saw flights to Breslau (Wroclaw) and Shanghai. Finally it came time to board, and we were herded onto a bus and driven out into what seemed like the Bavarian countryside where we boarded a CR9. The plane was relatively comfy and I had a pair of seats to myself. I fell asleep soon after takeoff (which was around 2200). I awoke a few times during the flight, we were flying over what I can only assume to be Istanbul, Bucharest, or Budapest, and I ate some interesting looking pasta. We landed in EVN at around 0400 local time on Saturday morning. We breezed through customs and immigration which including purchasing our visas on arrival. We should be so lucky here in the states. Our party met us and we trugged into the cold Yerevan morning.
We were taken to the apartment we'd be staying in for the next month and got there around 530 and collapsed into bed. Around 1300 we were picked up and taken to meet the people we would be working with, let me say Armenian hospitality is on par with the old time Southern Hospitality I grew up with. We were IMMEDIATELY taken in, welcomed, hugged, kissed, and I've never felt so welcome with total strangers, though only a few spoke English. Side note, I found this intially bizarre. People 40 and up tend to speak Russian almost exclusively in conversation, and 30 and down Armenian, and they would do this with each other! Add our English and some Georgian (not mine) to the mix and there were three and four languages floating around the table. Also, my Armenian friends got a kick out of telling people I was from Georgia. I would then get babbled at in Georgian. I was tempted to talk MY Georgian back just to even the playing field
So after a week the professors left and we were on our own for another four. Then came time to head home. It was bittersweet because we'd met some amazing folks, but I was going to miss three days of class by that point so I was eager to get home.
9 Jan 2008. When things got interesting!
Our friend Hayk dropped us off at EVN for our 545 departure on OS around midnight. We had already given the keys to our apartment back so we just decided to chill at the airport (literally). Check in EVN is located in the old part of the airport and it is undeniably Soviet. Cold and dank, but hey, we only had to be there a few ours, or so we though. About 0230 an OS representative tapped me on the shoulder and asked me if I was to be on the OS flight I said yes. Apparently the flight hadn't even left VIE because these multimillion dollar machines can't land in the heavy early morning fog. We were told to head up to the OS office, where we would get hotel vouchers and a reroute.
My original route home was to be EVN-VIE-MUC-CLT-ATL. AHHHH! Upon chatting with the office I was given the choice of that horrendous routing, EVN-VIE-FRA-ATL, or EVN-VIE-ORD-ATL. Considering the last option involved one less connection and avoiding Y on LH, I pounced. Unfortunately, we already knew ahead of time that we were going to arrive several hours too late to catch the bank of Atlantic outbounds, so we would have to grace the OS offices again in Vienna to get a hotel voucher. In the meantime we were put up in the Marriot on Republic Square, which provided the best shower I'd had in a month. After a few hours shut eye we headed over to the OS office and then got out tickets and then off the airport once more, where this time everything went smoothly. Departures is from the new part of EVN which is very nice, to me it resembled a scaled down MUC. The flight itself was very nice, I had 10A on an A320 that could have only been 30% full. I watched The Seeker and enjoyed a nice white wine with my nondescript meal. We landed in Vienna (my favorite city BTW) and collected our bags. I went in and started talking to the OS handler in my very bad German and she smiled (Austrians are much more prone to smiles than their German friends) and gave me a hotel in the 3rd or 5th District, I can't remember at this point. My friend was placed in the 23rd, sucks for him. Since we were no longer travelling together we parted ways and said our farewells. I was given a room in Hotel Ananas just down the street from the Karlsplatz and thrilled. I had a night in Vienna to myself. I went to the Volksopern and saw Die Opernball, very impressive. I got back to the hotel and noticed that my standard room was going to cost OS 600 euro a night! My entire ticket before taxes was around US$600!
The next morning I was shuttled to the airport where I checked in, paid my baggage fee and proceeded to board with little incident. Note to any first time VIE travelers (this was my second) make sure you're in the correct security line if you're departing from the A gates. If you're not careful you could wind up in the line for Tokyo or New York instead of Chicago! A somewhat depressing note was the now discontinued nonstop DL to ATL was at the gate to us! I had just flown this flight about six months prior! We boarded and I nabbed a set of three in the middle of our 767. Just after takeoff I stretched out and reclinded the empty seat in front of me so I could watch the PTV! I watch Ratatouille (sp?) three times and the Bourne Ultimatum twice. Westbound TATL's are much nicer! Before I knew it we were in a stormy ORD. I made my way through security and all that noise. Upon baggage recheck some confused worker informed me that because my ticket was issued by US I would need to proceed to their counter even though the flight was opperated by UA. Considering T2 is on the way to T1 I stopped, and was met with a laugh. Apparently I was not the only one this misguided fool was sending to T2. I proceeded to T1 where a nice check-in lady put me on standby for an earlier flight to ATL. Since this flight was leaving in exactly twenty minutes I had to move and since God has a sense of humor I got the SSSS! Also since I had no thinking ability whatsover at this point I embarrassed myself and just put my stuff in bins that a nice Hollander had taken out for himself! I got searched and patted and had seven minutes to get from security out to the Satellite! I rushed past some people who apparently had no concept of a hurry (ie standing on the LEFT side of the moving sidewalk) and hurried to the gate only to find the flight had been delayed by twenty minutes -_-. Luckily I got on the flight, as just after it took off the everything was delayed at least an hour. Immediately after takeoff we hit the worst turbulence I'd ever encountered, though it was quite comical to be in the back of an A320 and watch 85 heads all jerk in the same direction. We landed at a weather-afflicted ATL where I had a short reunion with my parents, then a two hour drive back to school! I got to class the next day as if nothing had happened!
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Local trout streams
The water level has come up on many streams, but it continues to be clear. Bait fishermen should use small trout worms and salted minnows. Continue to concentrate on the holes. Fly guys should try sulphur emergers (hook size 14), blue-winged olives (size 16-18), caddis (size 14-16) and, of course, nymphs such as pheasant tails (size 12-14), caddis larva (size 14-16) and hare's ear (size 14).
Lake Ontario
When the weather (mainly the wind direction) cooperates, near shore brown trout fishing has been good from Oswego to Mexico. A few coho salmon are also being reported. The early morning bite has been best. Flat lining with stickbaits like Smithwick Rogues, Rapalas and Storm ThunderSticks are producing fish. Color preference has been varying with bright colors like orange and fire-tiger working one day and more natural colors like black and silver or black and blue working the next day. Some fish are being taken on spoons such as Stingers and Dreamweaver. The lake level is low, so use caution when trolling near shore.
Oswego River
All areas are fishable, and anglers fishing from the Utica Street Bridge to the harbor are catching brown trout, steelhead and even a few Atlantic salmon. Good baits remain the same, with stickbaits, worms, minnows, egg sacs and pink PowerBait trout worms working. Sheepshead (freshwater drum) are hitting crayfish. Some bullheads are still being taken around Wright's Landing on leeches.
Salmon River
There are a few steelhead still spawning, but most fish being caught are drop backs (fish that have finished spawning). Spawning fish can be found in the riffle areas, and drop backs are being taken throughout the river. With the low water, fishing the heads and tails of the deeper pools is working well for the drop backs. Good baits are beads, egg sacs, pink PowerBait trout worms, streamers and egg-imitating flies. There are continued reports of Atlantic salmon being taken in the lower section.
Oneida Lake
Walleye is the word. Anglers are picking them up in good numbers in anywhere from 15 to 32 feet. Anglers are having the most success with jigging. Darker colors (black and purple) seem to be working. It also helps to tip your jigs with night crawlers.
Sodus Bay
Anglers fishing around the bridge are getting bluegills, rock bass and bullheads. Anglers getting out in boats are catching yellow perch, bluegills, rock bass and bullheads. The bluegill and rock bass bite has been very good on jigs and spikes. Bullhead fishing has been good one day, slow the next. Fish after dark and use night crawlers.
Cayuga Lake
On days when the wind hasn't been howling, anglers trolling with stickbaits fished off side planers on the south end are catching brown trout and Atlantic salmon. Yellow perch are being caught on the north end on fathead minnows in 10-15 feet of water. Some lake trout are being taken in 110 to 180 feet of water for anglers jigging or trolling.
Owasco Lake
Anglers fishing the north end are still getting yellow perch on fathead minnows in 15-20 feet of water.
Skaneateles Lake
Anglers trolling with streamers are getting a few Atlantic salmon, and shore anglers are still getting rainbows with marshmallow and worm rigs. Yellow perch are hitting in the south end in 15-20 feet of water on fathead minnows.
Otisco Lake
Smallmouth bass fishing has been good for anglers using Berkley PowerBait grubs and craws. Just a reminder that it's catch-and-release and artificial lures only for bass until the third Saturday in June.
Seneca Lake
Lake trout are being taken in a variety of ways — down riggers, Dipsy divers and wire. Spoons and flashers and flies are working. Fish are being taken 50-100 feet down over 100 -150 feet of water. Anglers using wire are letting out 200-250 feet. Some Atlantic salmon are still hitting stickbaits trolled on the surface.
St. Lawrence River
Good opening weekend for walleyes. Many fish were taken between 10-15 feet of water on Berkley Gulp minnows. Northern pike are being caught in 4-5 feet using crankbaits and jigs, along with live bait.


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Now that Amar'e Stoudemire has been declared inactive for Game 3 and doubtful for Game 4 following Monday's incident in which he punched the glass compartment of a fire extinguisher at Miami's American Airlines Arena and consequently lacerated his left hand, we want you to give us your thoughts in the comment section below.
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Red Ribbon Week observed
Elida Schools celebrated Red Ribbon Week, a program to present a unified and visible commitment towards a drug-free America, from Oct. 20-24. Mrs. Criswell's fifth grade class won the door decorating contest. Mrs. Daugherty's first grade class was second in the contest. Students also participated in a poster contest, a skit presentation and a balloon release.


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Poetry Samples
For a more complete list of recorded readings by Jeannine Hall Gailey, see the audio and video samples page.
Introduction to the Body in Fairy Tales
The body is a place of violence. Wolf teeth, amputated hands.
Cover yourself with a cloak of leaves, a coat of a thousand furs,
a paper dress. The dark forest has a code. The witch
sometimes dispenses advice, sometimes eats you for dinner,
sometimes turns your brother to stone.
You will become a canary in a castle, but you'll learn plenty
of songs. Little girl, watch out for old women and young men.
If you don't stay in your tower you're bound for trouble.
This too is code. Your body is the tower you long to escape,
and all the rotted fruit your babies. The bones in the forest
your memories. The little birds bring you berries.
The pebbles on the trail glow ghostly white.
Featured in the spring 2013 edition of Phantom Drift, and included in both The Best Horror of the Year, vol. 6 and Field Guide to the End of the World (coming in 2016, Moon City Press).
Cesium Burns Blue
Copper burns green. Sodium yellow,
strontium red. Watch the flaming lights
that blaze across your skies, America –
there are burning satellites
even now being swallowed by your horizon,
the detritus of space programs long defunct,
the hollowed masterpieces of dead scientists.
Someone is lying on a grassy hill,
counting shooting stars,
wondering what happens
when they hit the ground.
In my back yard, they lit cesium
to measure the glow.
Hold it in your hand:
foxfire, wormwood, glow worm.
Cesium lights the rain,
absorbed in the skin,
unstable, unstable
dancing away, ticking away
in bones, fingernails, brain.
Sick burns through, burns blue.
Featured by The Cincinnati Review, Winter 2009-2010, and included in The Robot Scientist's Daughter.
I Forgot to Tell You the Most Important Part…
Without this knowledge, you'll never make it:
it's one part fashion advice and two parts survivalist.
Learn to talk to people so they think you're honest
but never be honest. Cooking eggs may save your life,
so crack them, neat and firm, pour into the skillet,
stir gently. Forget about your shoes; people will judge
you by your shine, the imminent light you offer them.
Be a lamppost in wilderness, be the elephant
in the showroom. If you steal the idol, make sure
to carry a weighted bag of sand. No surprises: we've lied
about having it all. It's either the piano or the pit viper.
Cinderella's shoe came off at midnight because it hurt,
and Red Riding Hood's real story involves cannibalism and a striptease.
Don't wear red lipstick, don't you kiss your mother with that mouth?
Long bangs hide a multitude of sins. Ask your grandmother
about the herbs she used to swallow while pregnant.
The butterflies here didn't start out black, they were white
as onion skin—and the forest was more ominous
before the smokestacks. Well, here's your little basket
and coat, sweetheart, sweetmeat, smile like you mean it,
shake what you've got while you've got it,
go out into the world and knock them dead.
Published in Rattle #33, Summer 2010, and included in Unexplained Fevers.
Sleeping Beauty Love the Needle
No thread in your needle, just the spindling
damselflies dart through cracks in the ceiling.
The bird at the window tells you to drop the gun,
put on your nightgown and drown. This bird holds
a branch of judgment and tells you you'll be the one
standing with a sword when the stars rain down.
She pressed her face to the pillow. She fell
for the hired gun. She ended up hungry, an angel.
Her two white feet cold as her heart, while
her pages all ran clean. No more time for kindling,
sweetheart, better make that fire sing.
Published in Prick of the Spindle Magazine and included in Unexplained Fevers.
Don't Bring Me to the Fireworks, The Fox-Wife Asks
They hurt my ears, make me run in circles. Under their chemical light you might see my non-human face, the tail I hide beneath skirts. In the city, under mercury vapor, you never see me clearly. I prefer the woods, the quiet howl of mosquitoes, of cicadas. Build me a hut of mud where we never see the stars, too bright. Bring me fans painted with cranes and peonies, poetry folded into birds. Don't leave me in the crowd, my nose assaulted by too many scents. Let us stay far from others tonight, my love. Our celebrations will be fur and paw, hand to chest. Let the fireworks with their dizzy ghost spiders whine in the distance, keep me here, bring me silk kimonos the color of bark and dirt to nest in.
Keep the copper smoke
and saltpeter, the dim trails
of chrysanthemums in the sky.
Included in She Returns to the Floating World.
My Little Brother Learns Japanese
In college, he learns to read
right to left,
practicing with Manga,
learns Kanji picture-words:
how the word for heart
can also mean indigo blue.He learns to conjugate
verbs with no future,
and reads poetry that does not
begin with "I." He learns about weather reports
of sakura zensen,
the advance of cherry-blossom fronts
and finds that falling blossoms
can also mean dead soldiers.He knows the word for bird
by its feet, and knows
a village connects hands to trees.
Little brother is a student,
and older sister
is a woman going to the city.He learns in Japanese fairy tales
that siblings, not spouses,
are often saviors;
the older sister brings the dead brother
back to life
over and over again.
For Mike, Watashi wa otouto ga daisuki desu. Included in She Returns to the Floating World.
The Husband Tries to Write to the Disappearing Wife
I could have kept you
in the palm of my hand,
but you weren't ready.
I know I have lost
your body, dissolved into
particles, swirling
like birdsong. I should
have known when I started
sweeping twigs and bits
of fur and feather
off our floors, when our baby
liked nothing better
than chewing beetles.
Our bargain was never strong
as straw, as autumn's
last light, easily
shattered. Why is it I want
to carve you into
my palm, from pain
into memory, that I sit up
night after night
recreating – first,
the moon and moth, the white shrine –
your eyes, too bright
to be human. The songs
I write start with your hair but
end with your heart.
No poetry seems right
without your crooked smile.
Without the scrape
of your sharp teeth
against my lips, there is
no word for kiss.
Published in Redactions and featured on Verse Daily in 2007. Included in She Returns to the Floating World.
The Taste of Rust in August
Knoxville afternoons in summer, lightning on the air.
The horses whinny, nervous; the chickens roost.
Our chain-link fence is rusty. I like to taste it –
that metallic clean I imagine to be the flavor
of lightning. My brother was hit once, carrying
a metal bucket to water the animals. It burned
his arm, and left a funny taste in his mouth.
Mother says I have always sucked on spoons,
licked lampposts, iron grates, jewelry.
She goes crazy about the germs.
She says I do it because of what she calls iron-poor blood
and it's true—there's no rust in my skin at all,
dull and transparent as wax paper.
I run around the yard for hours, chasing the lightning,
tracing those fractal lines in the sky with my fingers
as the smell of ozone drives the dogs crazy.
Published in Pontoon 7, 2004 and featured in She Returns to the Floating World.
Wonder Woman Dreams of the Amazon
I miss the tropes of Paradise—green vines
roped around wrists, jasmine coronets,
the improbably misty clothing of my tribe.
I dream of the land where they celebrated
my birth, named me after their patron Goddess.
I was to be a warrior for their kind.
I miss my mother, Hippolyta.
In my dreams she wraps me tightly
again in the American flag,
warning me, cling to your bracelets,
your magic lasso. Don't be a fool for men.
She's always lecturing me, telling me
not to leave her. Sometimes she changes
into a doe, and I see my father
shooting her, her blood. Sometimes,
in these dreams, it is me who shoots her.
My daily transformation
from prim kitten-bowed suit to bustier
with red-white-and-blue stars
is less disturbing. The invisible jet
makes for clean escapes.
The animals are my spies and allies;
inexplicably, snow-feathered doves
appear in my hands. I capture Nazis
and Martians with boomerang grace.
When I turn and turn, the music plays louder,
the glow around me burns white-hot,
I become everything I was born to be,
the dreams of the mother,
the threat of the father.
Published in American Poetry Journal, Spring 2005 and featured on
Verse Daily, 2007. Included in Becoming the Villainess, and nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2005.
Becoming the Villainess
A girl—lovelocked, alone—wandered into a forest
where lions and wolves lie in wait.
The girl feeds them caramels from the pockets of her paper dress.
They follow like dogs.
Each day she weaves for twelve brothers, twelve golden shirts
twelve pairs of slippers, twelve sets of golden mail.
They set out into the night and return haunted, haggard.
She sleeps under olive trees, praying for rescue.
In her dreams doves fly in circles, crying out her name.
For a hundred years she is imprisoned,
turned into a golden bird, hung in a cage
in a witch's castle. Her brothers are all turned to stone.
She cannot save them, no matter how many witches she burns.
She weeps tears that cannot be heard
but turn to rubies when they hit the ground.
She lifted her hand against the light and it became a feathered wing.
She learns the songs of mockingbirds, parakeets, pheasants.
She wanders into the forest more herself.
She seeks her twelve stone brothers.
There is a dragon curled around eggs. There is a princess
who is also a white cat, and a tiny dog she carries in a walnut shell.
She befriends a reindeer who speaks wisdom.
They are all in her corner. It seems unlikely now
that she will ever return home, or even remember
what it was like there, her mother and father, the promises.
She will adopt a new costume, set up shop in a witch's castle,
perhaps lure young princes and princesses
to herself, to cure what ails her, her loneliness, her grandeur,
the way her heart has become a stone.
Published in The Evansville Review, Spring 2006, and the title poem of my first book.
The Villainess
resembles your mother, at least around the eyes—
treacherous, limpid and seal-like.
Inevitably handsome as a lioness, she
commands ranks, smokes cigarettes,
wears fur, has sex without apologizing.
Sometimes, she looks just like you,
but with crow's feet, more tattoos and better lingerie.She conjures dragons or viruses,
she can lie easily to police or to you.
And you must love her, though she betrays you in a heartbeat –
you keep accepting the poisoned comb, the spinning wheel,
with open, pale hands.
Published in The Adirondack Review, Spring 2003. Published in Becoming the Villainess.
My Little Brother, In Parts
Part 1: Assassins
At thirteen, my brother
dreams of becoming a paid assassin.
He mimics violence─tries a roundhouse kick,
barely missing my head, slices an imagined machete,
his lips puckered to exhale explosions.
He sleeps with knives under his pillow.
His eyes remain trained on his computer,
even as we have a conversation.
I watch his little character somersault,
shoot at menacing aliens. "Here, try" he says.
I squeeze the trigger button once, again,
aiming the lasers with terrifying ease,
splattering green extraterrestrial goo
over the buzzing electronic landscape.
Part II – Chinese Stars
My brother was caught on the bus today
with Chinese stars, little metal disks
with cunning grooves
designed to catch in flesh.
He carries them in the inside pockets
of his jacket and pants. He brags
he's gotten them through airport customs─twice.
Now I have to drive him to school.
He offers to show me how to throw them.
My brother puts the jagged circle in my hand,
showing me how to hold them so I don't cut myself,
and moves my elbow.
The motion's just like fly-fishing,
graceful and clean. The campy red dragon
smiles back at me from the face of the star,
jaws deep in maple bark.
Published in Can We Have Our Ball Back, Issue 14. Published in Becoming the Villainess.
Alice in Darkness
Forget tears. Chasing
white animals with timepieces
in this drug-trip landscape
can only lead to more of same.
Hedgehogs, playing cards, paintbrushes:
full of undisclosed danger.
Didn't your mother tell you
not to kiss strangers?
That Cheshire smile shouldn't fool you.
Pull your skirt down.
Your nails are growing so fast
you're hardly human.
Alice, fight your version of Bedlam
as long as you can.
Sleep the sweet dream away
from that gooey looking glass, or mushrooms,
or the fear of your own body.
Forget what the night tastes like.
Stop wondering through the shadows,
holding your neck out
for the slice of the axe.
Published in Becoming the Villainess.