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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Flight 635
Equipment: 767-300ER "Zeeland Brug"
Registartion: PH-BZK
Flight time: 10:30h
I was arriving from Prague, from a very normal flight with ÈSA Czech Airlines, arriving to AMS at 8:30am. Photo of my plane after deboarding the plane in AMS, gate D92. Note the KLM Cityhopper Fokker-100 on the background:
I made some shopping at the famous Amsterdam duty-free zone "See, Buy, Fly". Great shopping. I checked the TV monitor with the departure times and gates. I saw my flight 635 bound for Miami International leaving on time and being in boarding process already. I headed towards the gate and saw my B767-300ER of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, today flying PH-BZK called "Zeeland Brug"- a beautiful bridge in the Netherlands. I boarded the plane with no problem, a cute Dutch F/A welcoming me on board. I went straight to my seat- a window seat in the middle section of the plane, just after the lavs. As everybody boarded, the main cabin door was closed and the safety demo played on the general video screens. We took off on time, on a long, not-so-powerfull roll. But the climb was different- we rocket powered after leaving the ground- a similar experience as in a 757. After reaching cruise altitude, the airshow was played fro 10 min and then the BBC World news. Before this, the crew handed the headsets, since they were not on our seat when boarding. After the news finished, an episode of "Will and Grace" was showed and during this comedy, the crew handed the hot towels to clean your hands. Soon (before the comedy ended), the meals were handed. I pre-ordered vegetarian meal (they are mostly better than normal offered meals, and I´m really not a meat lover). I don´t remember what the meal was, since the flight was in July, sorry.
I forget to mention: before the meal was handed, a round of beverages was passed with a bag of either peanuts or pretzels. During the meal, the crew passed again with beverages and after everybody finished, they passed the third time.
Two pics of the cabin (just before landing, note in the airshow the approach to "the Sunshine State"):
The crew was passing constantly with drinks and in approx. the middle of the flight, a choice of ice-cream or potato chips was offered. I choose ice-cream: a delicious Hagen-Dazs chocolate ice-cream. It looks like people preffer chips since the crew passed again offering a second cold deli.
I watched a movie during the following 2 hours: the Prince and Me. I think its the most stupid movie ever, EVER filmed on the world of ALL times.
Approx. 90 minutes before landing, the other meal was passed. Again, I had the vegetarian meal.
We started our descent being 107nm away off MIA. The crew collected the headsets and handed a little metal box saying:"It´s not the service we give, its the smile we get".
Very touchy by KLM. Thank you!!! We entered Floridian territory at the level of Miami Beach, it caught some nice photos of the landing procedure:
View of Fort Lauderdale:
View of Miami Beach:
The city of Miami:
The everglades, I think (anyone living in Florida can confirm?):
We touched down very gently on runway 27R and slowed down quickly for a widebody. We taxied to the gate and I left the plane with a smile: great flight, great crew, great food, great to be in Miami, Florida!!!
Two more photos of the plane after leaving it, heading towards immigration.
View of our plane of landing in MIA:
Oh my God, this was a horror: I waitied 2 hours in line since AF, AZ, naturally KL and LH just arrived with huge widebodies full of people and some AA to finish up the torture. After this 2 hour horror, I went to pick up my luggage, but guess what: it was not there. So I headed towards a KL officer stading there and told her that my luggage is not in MIA. She told me that one container in AMS didn´t get it to the plane on time and was re-directed via DTW and that its going to arrive tomorrow afternoon at my hotel. So I handed her my hotel name and adress and she handed me a 100 USD voucher to buy clothes, sun-block and things I was urgent to have. Great!!! Being in MIA, shoppers paradise, with a 100 USD voucher to spend was just Heaven!!!
This was a test for KLM: will it really deliver my bags to the hotel??? Yes it did!!! The next day I went shopping and to Miami Beach and my bag was already in my room just after 3pm. To the bag, a letter was attached saying sorry for the baggage being delayed and another voucher: a 100 USD discount on a NW/KL round-trip flight. I never used this other voucher, sadly.
In overall: great flight on one of the last AMS-MIA flights (KLM stopped flying this holiday destination because of AF merger as of September 15th). Very nice was the 200 USD compensation of the baggage delay- this was my first ever experience of delayed baggage and it was so "nice".
I hope you enjoyed my report, any comments and/or questions welcomed!


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Redskins' Jackson still a topic of discussion around the Eagles
Jun 20, 2014, 1:25 PM EDT
Almost three months after the Eagles released him it appears that DeSean Jackson is still living rent free inside the collective heads of his old team.
The topic of the talent wide receiver, who signed with the Redskins within days after the Eagles let him go, came up recently when running back LeSean McCoy said that coach Chip Kelly was sending a message to the rest of the team when he cut Jackson.
"They'll cut one of your best guys if (he's) not buying in," McCoy told the NFL Network.
Kelly has said repeatedly that the decision to release was a football decision. He believes that the team is better off without Jackson, nothing more and nothing less.
"I don't send messages to other players by how I deal with other players," Kelly said to the Eagles media on Thursday. "And how LeSean McCoy interprets things, . . . LeSean has a beautiful mind. Sometimes trying to analyze that mind I don't wrap myself around that too much. Or bother myself too much with that. However LeSean interprets things is how LeSean interprets things."
This all seems kind of silly. Jackson is gone and even though he had his best season with 82 receptions for 1,332 yards it's not unreasonable to believe that Kelly decided that his $10.25 million base salary wasn't worth it. Although it's difficult to sort out what stories about Jackson's off-field conduct are true and which ones aren't, it's safe to say that he was a high maintenance employee.
But as long as you have to figure out how to make your offense productive without Jackson and you have to eat the $6.25 million in dead cap anyway, why not send a message at the same time? Even if that wasn't the intent of the move in the first place, if some players interpret it that way, why not let them think that?
In Washington we say that if you're explaining, you're losing. We won't know for a while who won and lost in this matter but for the moment it looks like the Eagles are doing a whole lot of explaining.
- CavemanCatching - Jun 20, 2014 at 2:45 PM
He'll really be in there heads the week of September 21st!
- CavemanCatching - Jun 20, 2014 at 2:48 PM
- James McMahon - Jun 20, 2014 at 3:12 PM
He'll be nursing his injured hammy the week of Sept 21.
- moneylover - Jun 20, 2014 at 4:51 PM
I totally agree… seem like the eagles are nervous that this move will come back to haunt them for a very long time and I hear lasean mccoy salary gonna give eagles a salary cap issue next year and they might end up cutting him next if dont buy in to chip kelly or they might ask to take a pay cut which he said he wont so next year its gonna be interesting how eagles handle his salary
- kkingrich - Jun 20, 2014 at 9:00 PM
At this point and time it doesn't matter what the eagles say everything is on the shoulder pads of Jackson the way he performs on the field and the way he carries himself off the field will determine what the eagles will answer about for the rest of the the year.
- eaglomaniac - Jun 21, 2014 at 11:11 AM
The Eagles are tops in the NFL when you talk in terms of salary caps but the redskins??? Not so much.
Two words….ALBERT HAYNESWORTH…….. hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
- Rich Tandler - Jun 21, 2014 at 11:13 AM
You really have to go back to 2009? Big-time reach, my friend.
- tralfaz10 - Jun 20, 2014 at 9:31 PM
James McMahon sounds nervous…go Skins!
- barrymoyer - Jun 21, 2014 at 9:14 AM
Philly needs to be a little worried. It isn't only Jackson. Garcon, Jackson, Rogers, Moss (maybe) and Reed catching passes from a healthy RGlll is formidable, maybe among the elite in the league as a group, and then there's Morris! It's not a 3-win team now.
And perhaps we'll see an unleashed Haslett gin up a much better defense, particularly the rush, and take Foles
out of his game.
- eaglomaniac - Jun 21, 2014 at 11:08 AM
WHO? the words "elite" and "unleashed" should never be uttered by a redskins fan.
- redskinsnameisheretostay - Jun 21, 2014 at 12:44 PM
How many Super Bowl wins can you count for your team? We have a proven history to utter as a Redskin Fan.
- eaglomaniac - Jun 21, 2014 at 11:07 AM
Who??? Isn't that the guy who's taller than a midget but could be considered one?
Oh okay the guy that used to get jammed at the line by half decent corners. The same guy that thought it was okay to brag about his record label during practices, showing his lack of focus to his teammates when he was placed with the third practice team because he didn't think it was that important to learn all WR positions. Now I know the guy your talking about. So…has anyone ever said that he was missed? A fan ? Anyone on the Eagles? Nope, nada didn't happen. It was along the lines of good riddance and don't let the door hit your in the…..ummm well you know. He is fast and if properly covered ineffective for long stretches of games and non existant when it's playoff time.
Good Luck Washington but if you are trying to sell "it's like getting a 1st round pick", then your just being delusional.
- Rich Tandler - Jun 21, 2014 at 11:15 AM
Soon, I think that when people Google the phrase "Whistling past the graveyard" this comment will be the top result.
- redskinsnameisheretostay - Jun 21, 2014 at 12:45 PM
Yeah, keep up the spin since how else can you excuse losing your best WR on the team who just came out with his best performance. You think he had a lack of focus at Philly? Wait until that focus rears its head at the Eagles this season.
- nomaan78 - Jun 21, 2014 at 8:19 PM
ineffective in long stretches of games doesn't get 1300 yards receiving and 9 touchdowns. We don't need Desean to be a number 1 WR he is a solid number two who can stretch the field, and Garcon has shown he is very capable number 1. We have TE Jordan Reed, and WR Andre Roberts, and Santana Moss as well. Desean will be more effective this year and every year than most rookie number 1 WR picks anyway, he has speed and experience, and has shown he can perform. HTTR!!
- stormcrow44 - Jun 22, 2014 at 10:33 AM
Did you know that "your" and "you're" are not interchangeable? Typical dimwitted Eagles fan.
- skinsdawg - Jun 22, 2014 at 10:03 PM
Two things come to mind as I read this thread: 1- D-Jax is going to burn the Eagles this year- and beyond. That is for sure. He'll be playing with a chip on his shoulder when the ugly Greens take the field. 2- I find it utterly hilarious that ANY Eagle fan can show up on this forum talking trash- and dogging the Redskins tradition. Hilarious. 5 Super Bowls. 3 Super Bowl Victories. A few of the greatest teams in NFL History. Top-25 type teams. A huge winning tradition. How many Super Bowl appearances do the Eggles have? How many victories? And how have they even done that much more than the Skins, over the past 20 years, while we've been bad? So you won a couple playoff games. Big deal. So did we. You won a few division championships. OK. You went a Super Bowl with McNabb. OK. You've had some good teams. But wow. Just wow. Get real. You are not the Patriots. LOL
- skinsdawg - Jun 22, 2014 at 10:04 PM
The only thing more disgusting than the City of Brotherly Love…… is the Eagles Fan-Base. Fact. Not opinion.
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Central Dauphin School Board is scheduled to vote tonight – Monday, February 24 -- on a new policy that addresses students' rights to free expression at school, at school-sponsored events and in certain situations away from school.
The new policy springs from an existing school district policy addressing non-school people and organizations that want to distribute flyers, place posters or otherwise communicate a message on school property. Students who want to distribute non-school materials are currently included in that policy, but the new policy separates students from other people and groups and establishes different rules for them.
The policy, if enacted, "does not limit a student's rights – actually, it expands their rights," said school board solicitor Jeff Engle at the February 10 school board meeting, when the draft policy was presented.
Board member Chris Judd, chairman of Central Dauphin School Board's policy committee, said February 10 that the goal is to "make it clear and make it legally distinct that they (students) have a right to free expression and free speech."
The policy says that student expression, including religious expression, is permitted in school as long as it isn't libelous, profane, disruptive of school programs, encouraging illegal behavior, violating the rights of others or inciting a riot. Written materials are supposed to be shown to the principal and the superintendent a day before they are posted or distributed.
Judd told the school board February 10 that the change is not in response to anything that happened in Central Dauphin schools.
Engle explained after the February 10 meeting that the decision to create Central Dauphin's student-expression policy stems from the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court ruling in K.A. v. Pocono Mountain School District on March 12, 2013. The court ruled in that case that a fifth grader's First Amendment rights were violated when she wasn't allowed to invite her classmates to a Christmas program at her church.
Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian nonprofit that defines itself as an "alliance building legal ministry," sent letters to superintendents in 300 Pennsylvania school districts after the federal court ruling.
Engle said Central Dauphin Superintendent Carol Johnson received a letter and forwarded it to him. By then, Engle said, he had already heard of the case.
The school board is also expected to vote tonight on a revamped version of the original policy covering expression in school by nonschool groups or people.
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|Re: [TowerTalk] Ham radio vs. satellite dishes
|"K8RI on Tower Talk" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
|Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:32:51 -0500
I replied to this but it never turned up on TT at least in my mail. sooo
here it is again.
To complicate things the satellite receivers, stereo receiver, audio tape decks, two VCRs, one DVD player, the TV set, and speaker system are all tied together through switching which allows recording and or playback to/from any of the recorders, or players. (it's a lot of wire plus the speaker runs)
The only interference I have ever seen was when using the south pointing UHF antenna which is about 20 feet below the 7L 6-meter antenna and about 35 feet below the 144/440 arrays. It turned out to be the preamp. I have never had any on any band bother either the large or small satellite systems.
The cables for the C-band dish run inside the same conduit as the other cables from the tower. The dish is about 30 feet from the tower base.
The Dish Network dish, is located on the other end of the house.
I run the legal limit on 160 through 10 (756 Pro with Alpha 76A)with 100 watts on 6 (76 Pro), 160 watts on 144, and 35 watts on 440.
As to your RF proof home, you might, or might not find it works to your advantage with the remote RF connected receivers. The link is either going to be in the 400 MHz band for remote control, or possibly 2.4 gig. Inside an "RF box" These things often behave as if they were direct connect. OTOH if they are in the 2.4 Gig range there might be interference between them and wireless computers or cordless telephones. This is something you'd have to check out.
A friend and ham, down the road had to change his phone to one of the new 5 point something gig phones as the 2.4 gig was taking out his web camera and network. Of course they were trashing his web cam so it all worked out even.<:-)) Changing the phone is easy. Changing the computer network may not and then again there may be no problem.
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"I guess I could say that I did see something that could be in the Half-Life universe," he said. "I mean it wouldn't surprise anyone if I said yeah they're working on it. To go out on a limb, I would say I did see some Half-Life 3 concept art."
On the subject of Left 4 Dead 3 his was a bit more enthusiastic saying, "It wouldn't be any news if I said 'yes, I saw it' and it looks great. I was really excited when I saw that, like 'wow, this looks great'."
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Thread: SIP to PSTN termination.
02-04-2009, 08:04 PM #1Newbie
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I am looking for a US provider that can terminate/trunk sip calls to PSTN.
Here is a rough flow chart to hopefully make what I am after make sense.
Customer dials a DID which we have purchased through a 3rd party provider.
The provider terminates the PSTN call to a SIP server in LA.
Our SIP server does some a look ups and places an out going call via PSTN to anywhere in the world.
We need a carrier to trunk our SIP to the PSTN.
If anyone knows of something/someone that can provide this please let me know.
02-04-2009, 10:31 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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Does the provider you have DID origination from not provide termination service as well?
Usually this type of service is hand in hand. Would it be easier to keep everything with one company?
I use les.net for origination+termination. Service has been good.
02-04-2009, 11:14 PM #3Newbie
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The DID provider we use does PSTN to SIP termination but not the other way around.
I am not sure of the business logic for this but that part works well and has API implementation into ours software so I won't be changing.
02-05-2009, 12:05 AM #4Junior Guru Wannabe
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Do you have a rough volume?
Try to contact steve @ idv .net
He have done alot of special sip as well as pstn trunking for us.
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Thanks for info.
I have emailed IDV as it looks like exactly what we want.


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Board adopts further restrictions to Cook Inlet setnet fishery
Emotions ran high Feb. 5 as the Alaska Board of Fisheries deliberated a board-member generated proposal that outlined a new plan to pair restrictions between commercial setnet fishermen and in-river fishers who harvest the struggling Kenai River king salmon stock.
As it became clear during deliberations that the board would be making substantive changes to the way the commercial setnet fisheries occur in July and August, more members of the group stood and moved away from the board to the back of the hall leaving the vast majority of the audience seats empty.
The restrictions to the commercial setnet fishery, if fully actuated, could result in a 50 percent reduction in effort causing an unknown reduction in sockeye harvest — the salmon species primarily targeted by the group.
The language amends the Kenai River Late-Run King Salmon Management Plan to include "step-down measures" that board members said were meant to be paired with step-down measures in the in-river fishery when king salmon stocks are returning in low numbers.
According to the new plan, from July 1 to July 31, if the in-river return is projected to be fewer than 22,500 fish — the midpoint of the current escapement goal range of 15,000 to 30,000 king salmon — the Alaska Department of Fish and Game may limit the sportfishery to no bait, or catch-and-release fishing and the East Side setnet fishery will be capped at 36 hours per week.
Under the plan, if the in-river fishery is restricted to catch and release, setnetters will be limited to only one 12-hour period per week rather than the two regular 12-hour periods.
The 2014 preseason forecast for Upper Cook Inlet sockeye salmon is estimated at 6.1 million fish across all rivers and streams, with 1.8 million needed for escapement leaving 4.3 million available for harvest, or about 500,000 more fish than the 20-year average.
Under the old plan and if the 2014 forecast materialized, setnetters would have had up to 74 hours per week available to fish a sockeye run of that size.
The plan also includes setnet gear reduction options that include potential limits on the number or size of the nets in the water.
When the fishery transitions into Aug. 1 — the date the Kenai River Late-Run King Salmon Management Plan ceases to apply — the projected escapement of king salmon into the Kenai River must be more than 22,500 fish or commercial set gillnet fishers will be restricted to 36 hours total for the two-week period.
Tom Kluberton, board member from Talkeetna, said he submitted the proposed changes after years of discussion with fishers who have been struggling to find a balance in harvest of abundant sockeye salmon when king salmon stocks are limited.
The move could allocate several hundred thousand sockeye out of the commercial fishery in order to limit the group's harvest of king salmon.
"This is allocative. That's our job," said Board of Fisheries Chairman Karl Johnstone.
Kluberton said the allocation was an unavoidable consequence of protecting the vulnerable Kenai River king salmon stock.
"We're being asked to turn a blind eye to kings and we just can't do that," he said after the meeting. "Our first priority is conservation."
During later testimony, Kluberton reminded the audience several times that ADFG could use emergency order authority to liberalize the setnet fishery.
However, Jim Butler, a commercial setnet fisher and representative of the commercial fishing advocacy group the Kenai Peninsula Fishermen's Association, said he did not believe the loss of fishing opportunity was being shared equally between the commercial and in-river users.
"We've heard a lot of talk about pairing the burdens of dealing with this perceived conservation problem," Butler said. "Now what we've seen is 50 percent of the opportunity that the East Side setnet fishery has, goes away. There has been nothing in the river that been changed except 'not-bait.' There's been not one less motorboat day, not one less drift boat day, there has been no limitation on the number of hours the commercial guide industry fishes."
Butler said he did not believe ADFG would open the setnet fishery for more hours in August until it reached the in-river return of 22,500 fish.
According to the ADFG preseason outlook for the late run of Kenai River king salmon, the total run is expected to be 19,700 fish.
"They put another 7,000 fish in the recommended goal for the river in August," Butler said. "They've taken away the department's management flexibility."
Ricky Gease, executive director of the Kenai River Sportfishing Association, a sportfishing advocacy group, said his group supported the board's changes.
"We support what the board did, it's an important addition to the management plan," he said.
Both Kluberton and board member Reed Morisky from Fairbanks said during deliberations that they supported the gear restriction options available to setnetters and welcomed new data that would come from some fishers using shorter nets.
There has been ongoing debate in public testimony and private commentary during the meeting on the lack of consistent data on whether king salmon run lower in the water column than sockeye salmon and could avoid being intercepted if setnetters were to use shallower nets.
Kluberton said new rules incentivized the use of shallower nets.
Morisky said the king salmon are too important to risk the health of the stock.
"What we're talking about here is the state fish of Alaska. It's not an arctic grayling, it's not a chum, it's the king salmon … it's our state symbol and we've taken it down to next to nothing," he said. "These salmon have a great capability of springing back. If we manage this right, we could have our runs back and we could be trying to figure out what we're going to do with a great abundance of kings and reds."
Sharp shift
The board action Feb. 5 increasing the in-river threshold for management decisions was a sharp turnaround from what took place the previous day.
Late Feb. 3, Alaska's Board of Fisheries agreed to raise the escapement goal for the late run of Kenai River king salmon, voted and adjourned for the evening, enraging many commercial fishers in the room who then split into small, animated groups arguing with others in the conference room at the Egan Center or pleading their cases to board members who stayed behind to listen to the criticism their decision wrought.
But, by 9 a.m. Feb. 4, the same board shifted 180 degrees and voted on a motion to reconsider that left inriver guides and sport users in the same place their commercial fishing counterparts had been just the night before.
Even some in the commercial fishing community were unsure of what to make of the sudden reversal.
"We'll see what comes next," said Chris Every, a commercial setnetter who fishes sites immediately south of the mouth of the Kenai River.
Kluberton, one of four who voted in favor of raising the goal from its current range of 15,000 to 30,000 fish to 16,600 to 30,000, motioned to reconsider when the Board of Fisheries convened at 8 a.m. to continue the nearly two-week meeting on a host of fish-related issues affecting the Cook Inlet.
Kluberton, who had used the idea of providing a "buffer" for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game against putting too few fish in the river under the current escapement goal, reversed his opinion.
"What was brought to my attention last night alleviated those concerns by way of realizing that the department is ... they're learning. They've got a new approach to managing this run. We have technology on the rivers that is changing and what I've learned is that they have adjusted their methodology," he said. "I feel the board is not in a position at this point to have to add that extra bit."
He said he did not want to interfere with what the ADFG managers had already put into place, a sentiment Every had expressed immediately after the Feb. 3 vote.
"The thing that bothers me is that it's a $200 million department that we asked to manage our fisheries," he said. "$200 million. They've got the science. They've got the know-how. They've got the expertise and I don't know what's happened to our state system, or this process, but we've allowed this group of seven people — that are good people — we give them the power to change the numbers within the escapement goals. ... It's just frustrating to me."
But while Every was even slightly mollified by the board's reconsideration, several others in the room were not, including Kenai River Professional Guide Association president Steve McClure.
The sportfishing guides have as much, if not more, to lose than setnet users when the escapement goal is raised he said, because the recent low returns of kings would likely close the river to sportfishing as quickly as it would pull nets out of water.
"When we came here last year for the state meeting and the 15,000 number came out, our association thought, 'Man, that's just too low,'" he said. "Lower than we've ever been. We've never had an escapement number like that. We were disappointed then and then we came out with the forecast and there's not a lot of surplus fish. We know that. By raising the goal to 16,600 ... we knew that we would probably be more likely to get restricted, but we were happy about it."
McClure said he'd like to see a higher escapement goal.
When the board motion to reconsider was voted upon, two members, Johnstone and Morisky, remained in support of the higher goal.
The original proposal to create a new goal on the Kenai River was submitted by the Kenai River Sportfishing Association and called for the board to create an escapement goal of 20,000 to 40,000 kings.
However, Kevin Delaney, a fisheries biology consultant for the sportfishing association said during his committee testimony that the group did not want to argue for a goal that would keep everyone from fishing.
The late run of Kenai River king salmon is forecasted to come in at 19,715 fish, just shy of the lower end of the KRSA proposal range. If it is realized and just 19,715 fish return, the in-river sport fishers, guides and commercial setnet fishers would likely be kept out of water as ADFG managers tried to reach the proposed escapement goal range. Under the new plan adopted Feb. 5, all users will likely face restrictions from the start of the season.
During his morning comments in opposition to changing the board's vote on the goal, Johnstone said it had been his experience that when an organization voices lukewarm support for its own proposal, it fails.
In the weeks leading up to the Board of Fisheries meeting, the sportfishing association mounted a letter-writing campaign that resulted in at least 250 people voicing support for the organization's proposals. The vast majority of the comments supported raising the Kenai River king salmon escapement goal.
"The author, I was under the assumption, was concerned about conservation," Johnstone said. "... Then, all of the sudden, the forecast came out so there weren't as many as we hoped there could be ... at that time, it wasn't quite as convenient to have this proposal on the table so the support wavered."
Johnstone said he believed he had been tasked with "protecting the fish."
"I believe now that we're looking at it, we're now concerned more about (fishing) opportunity, than we are about the fish," he said. "Those people that wrote the letters are going to be disappointed; I'm disappointed."
Despite the reversal, setnetter Gary Hollier said damage had still been done to the Board of Fisheries process.
"A lot of people came to this board with some solutions, trying to put our community back together because it really has been divided over this sport-commercial conflict," he said. "What the board did yesterday, it kind of tipped a lot of commercial fishermen over the top when they changed to an (escapement goal) that wasn't based on available science ... thank goodness some smarter people prevailed and they reconsidered and now it's gone. But it did some damage to people that are trying to come here and find some common ground."
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Funny how it is with cookbook authors whose work I know and admire—the
pages of their books get well-thumbed and splotched, and over time
they're like old friends. For instance, I've never met Patricia Wells,
but her books on country French cooking have inspired me for years, and
continue to do so. I've even toured her house in France a few times, if
only in the pages of her books and travel magazines. That pretty much
means I know her well enough to call her Patty, right?
In her book "Patricia Wells at Home in Provence" (one of the books with pictures of her farmhouse in France), she shares a recipe for scalloped potatoes with artichokes that doesn't have the usual cream-based sauce, but instead relies on the juices and fat from a leg of lamb roasted atop them to baste the potatoes to perfection. I found another version of the same technique, attributed to Ms. Wells, in Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso's "The New Basics Cookbook," though that recipe substituted onions and tomatoes for the artichokes.
Read the rest and get the recipe for Scalloped Potatoes with Leeks, Onions and Olives at GoodStuffNW.


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Morgan commission considers task force
BERKELEY SPRINGS – Morgan County commissioners worked through items of varying topics at their July 11 meeting.
The Commission and Economic Development Authority have a goal of turning the former War Memorial Hospital site into a commercial site, The Pines Opportunity Center. There are some tenants already, including Blue Ridge Community and Technical College.
Commission President Brad Close proposed creating The Pines Efficiency Task Force. He said the task force would seek out consultants such as architects or those in heating and air conditioning or other fields. They would interview those consultants and report back to commissioners on the best route to take in upgrading systems at the site.
"We eventually have to spend some money to make upgrades or hire consultants," Close said. "The committee could help us determine in what direction to go."
Commissioner Bob Ford thought the task force was unnecessary and created a middle man of sorts, delaying any plans to issue bid requests.
"We don't need a committee to formulate (Requests for Proposals) and give direction to an architect or engineers," Ford said. "We can follow the state bid process and issue RFPs."
Commissioner Stacy Dugan agreed with Close, however, and they voted 2-1 to form a task force. Close will be the commissioner on the task force.
Office of Emergency Services Director Dave Michael asked for approval to send out two RFPs to upgrade communications systems.
One, he said, is to upgrade the paging system used by fire and EMS. He said he wants to be able to simulcast in a VHF format to significantly enhance coverage throughout the county. There have been problems with paging, and this change should resolve them.
A second request was for an upgrade to the overall communications infrastructure. Michael said at some point, the county has to decide whether to get on board with a state-initiated UHF system, or stay on VHF. But even if they went with the state UHF system for talk communications, the VHF paging system upgrade was needed.
Ford said as the decision is made on the overall program upgrade, the paging system would be a working component, and later the county may need to find other funding.
Close said he wanted a formal approval by the committee before approving the request. Michael's request to proceed was tabled until the committee issued an official vote.
In other news:
Two new animal control officers will be hired and trained soon, one part-time and one full-time. These are in addition to full-time officer Jason Pearce and one part-timer.
Former Morgan County School Board President Laura Smith interviewed to fill a vacancy on the Planning Commission. Smith operates a small working farm and has been involved in soil conservation.
"I understand protecting the land," she said. "I come from a family of builders, so I understand that side of the planning commission. And my experience with the school board showed me that no matter how much you want or don't want to do something, you have to follow the law."
Commissioners tabled a decision until August, to check back with previous applicants or conduct other interviews.


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Mumbai: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said controlling food inflation, which has been consistently hovering around the double-digit mark, is a "top priority" for the government.
He said tackling food inflation, which came in at 9.56 percent in July, will "always be a challenge".
The government has taken a slew of measures on the supply side to cool the price rise in food items like the decision on the APMCs.
Jaitley also explained the limitations of policy measures, saying there is a seasonal element as well.
Stating that the government's measures on curbing price rise of onions like action against hoarding worked, Jaitley acknowledged that the government had to quickly change tack and reduce tomato prices which started rising.
He, however, said when it comes to grains, the country has no reason to worry as it has sufficient food stocks.
"The real food grain will itself not be such a challenge because we have a surplus availability," he said.
The food inflation for July came in at 9.36 percent, as against the 7.97 percent in June, and was the main factor driving the acceleration in the headline CPI-based inflation to 7.96 percent.
The RBI wants to contain the headline number under 8 per cent by January 2015 and reduce it further to 6 per cent by January 2016.
The RBI, which recently said that there are "upside risks" to its January 2016 target, has been asking the government to initiate supply side measures.
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Huck Finn would be proud...
A neighbor's son, Dov Neimand, back in the States on a break from his studies in Israel, was joined by two friends on a trip down the Hudson. He shared his experiences with me, along with the accompanying photos.
The Hudson has got to be one of the world's prettiest rivers, and it's right here. Dov confirmed that sentiment. "It was amazingly beautiful," he said. Shoreside mansions, vibrant fall colors, and big ships provided the panorama.
Dov and his friends, Dov Hammerman and the female member of the trio, Michal Holzman, put in the river at Coeyman's, near Albany.
As observant Jews, the second day of their journey found them staying put for the sabbath, on a very nice island campsite, Dov said. Also, they spent the holiday of Sukkot on the riverside. As travelers, they did not erect the traditional Succah in which to eat. Instead they dined under the stars.
Paddling about 20 miles a day, camping by night, the trio made it to near Newburgh, where they cut the trip short and got a ride back to Jersey when rain and choppy water got the better of them. They plan to continue their journey down to the George Washington Bridge.
Dov said they were completely self-reliant, with a tent, sleeping backs, food and a camping stove. They found suitable places to stop each night. Their roadmap was "They Hudson River Water Trail Guide" by Ian Giddy.
Paying attention to the tidal flow and peculiarities of the Hudson River currents. They tried to go with the flow but found themselves often battling a current.
Know the rules of the road, and by all means stay out of the shipping lanes, Dov said, because the big ships move faster than you think. The trio tended to paddle close to the shore.
Dov said the three considered themselves in good shape, but paddling all day is hard work. He said he lost 10 pounds on the trip.
The sights were captivating, Dov said. "When it wasn't gorgeous changing leaves, then is was ships ad trains along the shore," he said. "It was a different kind of experience and a lot of fun."


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A lot of people want a state constitutional convention these days — liberals, conservatives, some gubernatorial candidates, even a few lawmakers.
You can count an 81-year-old grandmother from the West Shore among those supporters. And Dorothy Montone has credibility on the issue that few people can match. She was a delegate at the last constitutional convention that Pennsylvania held 43 years ago.
At noon on Dec. 1, 1967, she joined 162 other elected delegates from around the state at the Capitol as the historic constitutional convention was gaveled in by Gov. Raymond Shafer.
"It was a wonderful thing to be a part of," said Montone, who was a stay-at-home mom at the time, deeply involved in Cumberland County Republican politics. At 39, she was the youngest of 11 women delegates.
Inclusion of the near-dozen women caused a stir. One newspaper featured a story about them under the headline "Con con women delegates replace aprons with issues." The reporter wanted the women to pose for a photograph wearing aprons, but they refused.
Today, Montone's Lower Allen Twp. home could double as a historic site. She has photographs, books, letters and memos from the three-month convention.
Some of the correspondence is signed by Pulitzer-Prize winning writer James Michener, who was a Bucks County delegate and served as secretary at the convention.
She knows it was not idyllic. Montone recalls lawyers being a dominant force at the convention, including Frank Sinatra's attorney, big-money lobbyists were allowed to sit in the back of the chamber and chat with delegates and the small town vs. big city fight our state knows so well boiled over more than once during floor speeches.
There was supposed to be no party politics at the convention. But a delegate named Robert P. Casey from Scranton mistook Montone for a Democrat and invited her to a meeting where she discovered Democrats were talking strategy for getting what they wanted.
But in the end she is proud of what the group of 163 accomplished. The delegates approved five questions that went before the voters. One established the Commonwealth Court, others dealt with taxation and state finances, including creating a Rainy Day Fund, and another solidified local government structure.
But the one Montone talks about most dealt with creating a modern Legislature, through legislative reapportionment and new funding streams, it now allowed lawmakers to build a staff and get better pay.
"I supported the idea because at that time legislators had no staff, no real help, they all held other jobs and didn't expect to be a legislator forever," she said. Then laughing she added: "James Michener was very much against it. Now I think Michener may have been right."
But at the time she was driven to see the work of the convention succeed.
The con con operated on a shoestring budget — the delegates were paid $2,500 for their three months' work. After it ended, the delegates were responsible for figuring out how to crank up a PR campaign statewide to persuade voters that they should support the ballot questions.
Montone spoke at meetings in all corners of the commonwealth and many times traveled on the private plane of a fellow delegate, Frank Pasquerilla, who owned a Johnstown construction company.
"It was an exciting feeling," she said. "It was very bipartisan, we all went away buddies."
They got along so well they held con con reunions for many years and invited one another to special events in their lives, such as swearing-in ceremonies when they were later elected governor, senator or judge.
Now Montone believes another convention is needed because "government is more powerful than the people anymore." And she is convinced it should reverse some of what her group put in place. It needs to call for a cut in the size of legislative staffs. She also believes it should reduce the size of the Legislature and roll back the pensions elected officials receive because it is the carrot that keeps too many of them in office for too long.
But she worries that in today's highly partisan world whether a convention could work the same way it did in 1967.
"There was so much camaraderie and no rancor between Democrats and Republicans. We all had the same purpose," she said. "People now have become more or less partisan and I wonder if Democrats and Republicans could work together."
Jeanette Krebs is editorial page editor. 255-8111 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Parents of students enrolled at a Jersey City public school had a scare this week when they learned that an adult enrolled in an adult-education course taught inside the school was escorted out by police yesterday.
A school district spokeswoman said the 22-year-old student's behavior worried the teacher of the GED course, which is taught in the basement of Infinity Institute, a school for gifted middle- and high-school students at Lembeck Avenue and Old Bergen Road.
"He was not happy that he had a new teacher and he was mouthing off," said spokeswoman Paula Christen. "This was just one thing that got out of hand."
Police spokesman Stan Eason said police didn't write a report about the incident because no action was taken.
The weekday adult-education course at Infinity is one of two the district oversees. The other is taught at School 11 on Bergen Avenue on weeknights.
Anna Christodoulakis, a parent of two Infinity students, said she isn't too happy that there are adults who enrolled in adult-education in the same building as her 12- and 16-year-old daughters.
"It's a problem to put them in this environment," Christodoulakis said. "I don't want my kids there anymore."
According to Christen, the district has taught adult-education classes in schools before when there are minors present elsewhere in the building, and there's rarely a problem. The adult students at Infinity are taught in the basement, they arrive after the minor students start classes and depart before the minors do, she noted.
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The Conservative Civic Council has endorsed Debbie Villio in the March 27 special election for a judgeship on the 24th Judicial District Court.
Villio is vying with Donald Klotz and Ray Steib for the Division A seat formerly held by Joan Benge, whom the state Supreme Court removed from office after finding that she made a 2001 ruling on factors other than the evidence in a personal injury lawsuit.
Voters in portions of Metairie, Kenner, Harahan and River Ridge will choose Benge's successor.


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Every MAC holiday color collection sees an introduction of new, limited edition mineralize eyeshadows. This year is no different. With six mineralize eyeshadows, each with a crescent of some glittery concoction, MAC really wants to make sure you get your mineralize fix for the year.Read Full Review
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I think fans of MAC mineralize blushes will enjoy the two newest, limited edition additions released with the holiday color collection. I still prefer pressed powder blushes myself, but these two are exceptionally lovely.Read Full Review
MAC Magic, Mirth, & Mischief Review: Nail Lacquer & Softsparkle Eye Pencil Swatches, Photos
MAC launches two metallic finish lacquers: Lucky Number and $$$ Yes (which is a repromote from Heatherette), as well as two repromoted shades of their Softsparkle Eye Pencils — Nightsky and Iris Accents.Read Full Review
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Four shades of lipsticks debuted with MAC's holiday color collection, with one being permanent (Pervette). Personally, I was really hoping to see another amazing holiday red from MAC this season, but I wasn't so lucky. (Note: again, I hope to have lip swatches up tomorrow or over the weekend.)Read Full Review
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The Saint Louis directory,for the year 1842 ... with a sketch of the city of Saint Louis ..
Guerard, Joseph, carpenter , Second bbetween Lombard and Mulberry.
Guerette, Peter, Calker , First bbetween Plum and Cedar.
Gueru, P., jour.cabinet maker , Fourth bbetween Poplar and Cerre.
Guiley, Miss Ellen, ccorner Seventh and Elm.
Guillbeau, Louis, Plaisance Coffee House, ccorner Oak and Second.
Guion, Madame, widow, Second bbetween Poplar and Almond.
Guion, Miss Margaret, Second bbetween Poplar and Almond.
Guitar, Louis, Third bbetween Myrtle and Spruce.
Guitar, Madame P., widow, Third bbetween Hazel and Lombard.
Guitar, A. P., ship carpenter , Second bbetween Sycamore and Convent.
Gunn, J., (JSS & Co) carriage manufactory , ccorner Second and Olive.
Gunn, Peter, jour.blacksmith , Seventh bbetween Franklin Avenue and Wash.
Gunn, Patrick, laborer , Collins bbetween Hickory and Pear.
Gunn, Samuel S., jour.carpenter , 47 ssouth Second.
Gurgrinch, Mrs.Elizabeth, 126 nnorth Second.
Gutbrod, John, tailor , 47 Locust.
Guthrie, MissCaroline , Seventh bbetween Biddle and Davis.
Gutt, Peter, laborer , Marion bbetween Decatur and Church.
Guye, Francis L., stone cutter , First bbetween Mulberry and Cedar.
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Fifty years later, that Manhattan fight is still enabling the 73-year-old man to hold his own.
On Dec. 13, at his longtime dojo, the House of Karate in Great Kills, several dozen of his former and current students gathered at a reunion to pay respects to the man fondly known as Sensei Smitty.
Smith, a New Dorp resident who opened the South Shore dojo in 1971, was surrounded by men and women who grew up as pupils. He was also joined by teenagers who currently practice martial arts under his tutelage.
Like the Advance wrote last May, Sensei Smith is a man of many parts. A grandson of a bareknuckle-fighter and son of a professional boxer who had more than 300 bouts on his welterweight belt, the young Smith bounced around North Shore neighborhoods and practiced his forefathers' craft along those same streets.
Having fought 157 amateur fights himself, Smith, who described himself as "pretty good," became an even better fighter after going blow-for-blow against a combatant with a different set of skills.
"Every time I went to hit him, he kicked," said Smith. "Every time he kicked and I went to block, he punched. After the fight, I said 'What was that?' He said 'Karate.' "
That was 1961, said Smith.
"And since then, I put a (karate) gi on and I've been wearing one ever since," he added.
Jonscott Turco, through hard work and determination, is one of them. His name, along with a few dozen others, proudly hang on a wood panel in the karate dojo.
"It was a critical aspect for a lot of our lives," said Turco, a Westchester, N.Y., resident who coordinated the reunion.
He began in 1975 at 6-years-old and trained at the House of Karate three times a week. Turco and his fellow karate students traveled to compete in out-of-state tournaments. On Saturdays, they watched Bruce Lee flicks and enjoyed a bite from Village Maria Pizzeria across the street.
"The more I grew and got into my own life, the more I looked back in retrospect and really saw the impact (Smith) had on how I grew as an adult," said Turco. "How I handled stress and challenges, and how I became successful in my own right as an adult."
His friend, fellow black belt David Saffran, said the sensei is like a father.
Through their experiences at the House of Karate, Saffran and other students from the 1970s, have kept in touch over time.
"We've always kept our connection. It's always been like, 'Those are our brothers.' We used to kick the crap out of each other (during lessons) and then we left, we were all friends."
One of the most important aspects of Smith's instruction was that he never promoted violence. And he always kept his eye on his students' grades.
"If they weren't good, you wouldn't go to karate," explained Turco. "That was a huge motivator. It was incredibly tough. We learned to respect the hard work that went into what we did."
Both Turco and Saffran said the House of Karate, now 40 years old, is a great community mainstay.
Smith said his lessons teach students how to survive in the street.
"I was very poor when I was young, so I know what's out there," said Smith. "My biggest thing is to make my young students strong to win two wars: The war of drugs, before they're even approached, and how to defend themselves and take care of themselves, only when it's absolutely necessary."
Smith also taught hard work.
"I make sure they earn and work for everything they get. They don't get nothing for nothing," he said.
Said Turco: "I think it's important to make an effort to honor him."
Smith attended Saffran's Bar Mitzvah many years ago and stood in the back. When the ceremony ended, Saffran said his sensei yelled "Yes!"
That's the kind of guy he is, both Turco and Saffran explained. "He was always there for me," said Saffran. "I love the man to death."


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- Tour of the Church
- A Meditation
The Common Gathering Area and The Baptismal Font
Our entry through the doors tells us we are in God's house. "How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord," the psalmist said. Life giving, refreshing, cleansing and healing are the thoughts perceived as we enter the Church through the Common Gathering Area. The light filled, airy space focuses our attention to the centrally located Baptismal font, which recalls for us our own Baptism into the life of Christ through the Holy Spirit. A cascading upright font pours itself into a large pool before a colorful stained glass window that depicts the Holy Spirit above the River Jordan. Reverently, people may place their fingertips in the flowing water and bless themselves. This beautiful font allows for Baptism by immersion as was the tradition in the early Church.
The entire Baptismal area is illuminated from above through a magnificent octagonal skylight. Through the clear glass overhead, one can see the Universal Cruciform (an ancient Greek cross) hovering above and distinguishable from all directions. It is held aloft by four supporting beams symbolizing the four gospels of the New Testament. Symbols and signs through the centuries have helped us to identify and recall our Christian heritage. They enlighten our thoughts, words and Christ-like actions.
The Worship Space
Traditionally the place of worship provides an environment of warmth and hospitality. Remodeling our original site of worship provided an opportunity to enhance and improve this atmosphere. Thoughtful consideration was given in the application of design techniques together with existing features to allow for appropriate artistic use of contemporary materials. As we come from the tiled floor of the entry area, a soft brown tweed carpeting throughout the interior floor will cushion our steps giving quiescence to our reverence. The large open nave of the former ceiling is also cushioned with a space from overhead like a cloud of incense. Scripture provides many thoughtful references to God's appearance and disappearance by means of a symbolic cloud. The awe, wonder and mystery of God is symbolized in the geodesic space frame hovering over the assembly area. It is composed of many interlocking triangles exemplifying the total involvement of the Holy Trinity in God's Church - the Mystical Body of Christ. Surrounding the gathering space, the interior walls are covered with natural fir paneling that will develop a golden luster of warmth as it ages. Careful use of structural glass block provides an added gentle glow of light to the enclosure. Our minds and hearts are reverently brought together. Quietly we sense the strength of our unity as God's people. We are one with God.
The Sanctuary: Altar, Ambo, Crucifix and Chair
The entrance procession begins at the Baptismal Font in the "Common Area." The priest (Presider) and altar servers proceed down the new center aisle to the Sanctuary on the south side of the assembly space. Seating (with kneelers) closely surrounds the Sanctuary on three sides and no farther than 35 feet away. A large plain canopy protrudes over the entire area. Its corners are angled to match the floor of the Sanctuary. Two low steps provide entry into this sacred area from its three sides. The wall behind this Sanctuary (the Reredos) is simply marked by three large raised symbolic trees of life all in white from floor to ceiling.
A large CRUCIFIX (with corpus) stands at the floor level on the left side slightly away from the wall. Clean lines and simplicity convey openness to the space. The ALTAR is the common table of the assembly and a symbol of Christ. It is made beautifully of oak, almost square (measuring 4 feet by 4 feet) and located near the center of the Sanctuary. The Altar is holy and sacred. The AMBO is an upright desk designed for use in reading and preaching. The Ambo represents the uniqueness of the Word of God and of reflection upon the Word. It is made of oak and located slightly forward and left of the altar. The CHAIR is the symbol of the one who presides in the liturgical celebration. Fashioned from oak, it matches the other furnishings and is located forward and right of the altar. After entering the Sanctuary, the priest kisses the Altar, then turns toward the assembled believers. Solemnly the liturgy begins with the magnificent blessing, a hallmark of all Catholics: The Sign of the Cross.
The Presider, The Sacristy, Spiritual Activities Room
A priest is one who has been ordained by a bishop and has received the Sacrament of Holy Orders. He is called to offer Sacrifice and has the threefold power of teaching, ministering and governing. He and he alone can complete the building up of the Body of Christ in the Eucharistic Sacrifice of the Mass. As the PRESIDER he acts in the person of Christ and proclaiming His mystery, he joins the offering of the assembled faithful to the sacrifice of Christ to Our Father in Heaven. Before Mass begins, the priest must prepare himself, not only by vesting in the symbolic garments of the early Church, but also mentally and spiritually. For this purpose he first enters the SACRISTY. The former Sacristy located in the Northeast corner has been refurbished and a partition now divides the room to provide the priest with greater privacy. Though well intended, any interruption in the Sacristy causes distraction. Understandably, it is essential for the priest to seclude himself so that he may be undisturbed as he prayerfully meditates in preparation to be the presider at Holy Mass. This courtesy will benefit everyone at this special time. The need for seclusion applies also to those candidates of the Catechumenate (The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults). These Catholic Catechumens leave Mass, after the Homily, to meet and share scripture and discuss Catholic teachings. For this purpose the former crying room is now a SPIRITUAL ACTIVITIES ROOM. Because of this rooms close to proximity to the Blessed Sacrament Chapel it will only be available for the adult groups conducting reflective activity. Surely it is fitting that we too are called at this time to reconstruct and renew our own spiritual attitude so that we ourselves will symbolize a true love of God and concern for one another. Let us pray to accept the Lord's challenge to build His kingdom.
The Blessed Sacrament Chapel
Our beautiful Church now remodeled adapts the early customs to the needs of the present and the future. First century Christians eagerly looked forward to their weekly assembly for worship. They gathered together in a large room or hall for the Sacred Ritual. After the reading of Scripture and the breaking of the bread for Communion, the Holy Eucharist was removed from the Assembly Room. The Blessed Sacrament was lovingly placed in a separate location especially reserved, thus giving it the greater significance it deserved. There, Christians could go for private adoration and devotion or for purposes of taking Communion to the sick. This ancient custom is beautifully incorporated in our new Blessed Sacrament Chapel located in the former Sanctuary. It is marvelously redesigned for this purpose. This reserved location gives greater attention to Our Lord in the Eucharist and the increased reverence He deserves. The new and larger Tabernacle is mounted in approximately the same place as previously, but somewhat lower and surrounded on both sides by a series of recessed wood panels. A shelf of the same wood is mounted below it for candles and flowers. An artistically designed partition of glass enclosed arches will screen the Chapel yet permit its view from the main worship space. The thoughtfulness of this early concept from our forefathers in Christ fills our hearts with a deep appreciation of our Catholic heritage.
The Bride's Room
Since Christ's first miracle of changing water into wine at the wedding feast in Cana, Christian marriage has been viewed as a sanctified union. The Catholic Church places serious proprieties on the preparation for this Holy Sacrament. The vows normally take place in church at a Nuptial Mass. In consideration of the customs related to the wedding and the needs of the bride, our renewed church structure includes THE BRIDE'S ROOM. Located in the Northwest corner, this 9 x 12, well-lighted room is nicely carpeted, beautifully wallpapered and equipped with a private bathroom. A large shelf, clothes rack, few chairs, bridal bench and floor to ceiling mirror on one wall will accommodate the ladies in waiting. This room, as well as the entire worship space, will be comfortably air conditioned. Our renewed center aisle is now a brief walk from the common gathering space to the sanctuary; a step and a glide for the lovely bride.
The new liturgical norms encourage family togetherness in the worship space. Infants and small children will not be relegated to an obscure crying room, but are considered vital members of the assembly. "Let the little children come to me." (Luke 18:16) This arrangement calls us to appreciate each other's needs and to offer mutual respect and concern so that the liturgy may be meaningful to all present.
How Lovely is Your Dwelling Place, O Lord (Ps. 84)
A Meditation on the Sanctuary of St. Hedwig Church
Dedicated to Father Timothy MacCarthy
God speaks to us as we sit before his altar. Lifting our minds and hearts to the Lord we glance heavenward and see the geodesic space frame as a modern symbolic image of the unity of all persons: A communion of saints hovering hand in hand as a heavenly convocation. The historical present gives new meaning to old symbols and our silent mystical journey is illuminated. "Over ancient forms of worship newer rites of grace prevail; Faith will tell us Christ is present, when our human senses fail." (Tantum Ergo). So Isaiah informs us about God's loving pronouncement, "See, I am doing something new." (Is. 43:19)
As the living waters rush forth and splash from the Baptismal Font, God's presence prevails; it is peaceful here all about. Calming every fear O Lord, you banish stress from my daily life. The living waters rushing cleanse my very soul. In the silence of my heart you speak to me O Lord as I contemplate your temple.
Here before me in your holy sanctuary is the altar of the Eucharistic mystery and there the Reredos of symbolic decor stands as the prologue for the moment of promise. The boldly sculpted alabaster wall shows great Trees of Life (Gn. 2:9) in like number to the four gospels of the "good news" that yield forth inspired words of truth and wisdom. Cradled creche-like in the manger of their branches victoriously for all to hear the "Verbum Dei" echoes the glorious Word of God that always was and ever will be.
There beneath the boughs stand the three tents Peter proposed as the Lord's Transfiguration: one for Moses of the law, one for Elijah and all the prophets, and one for the Master, Jesus, the Word became flesh, the truth, the light, and the way; the new covenant of our salvation. The Trees stand like a garden beside a stream, like the cedars planted by the Lord (Nm. 24:6). Now my heart and soul peacefully rest.
No speech, no word, no voice is heard, yet their span extends to all the earth, their words to the utmost bounds of the world. There he has placed a tent for the sun; it comes forth like a bridegroom coming up from his tent, rejoices like a champion to run its course (Ps. 19A).
Now Lord your spirit peacefully caresses me as I gaze upon your loving face here in your dwelling place. Of you my heart speaks; you my glance seeks; your presence Lord, I seek (Ps. 27:8). So I ask you Lord, who should be admitted to your tent and dwell on your holy mountain? (Ps. 15) Glancing to the side I see the answer. There stands the crucifix with His body given up for us. "Take up your cross," I hear him say; "follow me" comes the refrain.
And so we gather around our priests to offer again the "Great Amen" in our adoration of the Lord of all in this promised gift of His body and blood in the bread and wine upon the altar. All praise and thanksgiving be to Him forever more. Yes, I rejoiced when I heard them say, "Let us go to the house of the Lord. One thing I ask of the Lord, this I seek to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, that I may gaze on the loveliness of the Lord and contemplate his temple." (Ps. 122) AMEN!
Francis van der Linden 1992
The above writings were taken from the Ministry of Liturgical Information for Re-Entering Our Remodeled Church. Members were Fr. Timothy MacCarthy, Julie Eagle, Barbara Lipana, and Francis van der Linden


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(WBNG Binghamton) Price Chopper stores are challenging families to make healthy decisions together.It's all apart of the store's Family Meal Time Matters Campaign.
It's Price Chopper's fourth annual event, working with the Cornell Cooperative Extension and Eat Smart New York.
There were registered dietitians and nutrition educators at participating stores in Broome County, encouraging shoppers to make a commitment to quality family time through healthy and budget conscious meals.
The Family Mealtime Matters Campaign also encourages families to spend the next four weeks counting and improving mealtime as a family.
The campaign suggests making a list before heading to the grocery store and planning meals ahead of time. Price Chopper says by planning ahead, there's less stress involved in cooking the meals, and more time to enjoy family time.


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MT. MORRIS, Michigan - Team Panther Pride, a districtwide team participating in this year's Clio Relay for Life, was named the event's Rookie Team of the Year and came in third for fundraising efforts in the event.
To date, the Mt. Morris team has raised $1,888.76 for the Clio Relay event, which took place on the Northern Tier campus of Mott Community College in Clio.
Relay for Life is a 24-hour fundraising walk for the American Cancer Society. Team Captain Cathy Thompson said the team was formed to walk for Mt. Morris families, staff, and students affected by cancer.
"They need to know that someone is out there fighting this fight with them," said Thompson. "Cancer doesn't sleep, so why should we? That is why we walk through the night."
Relay for Life raises funds and awareness to "help end cancer forever," said Thompson, noting that along with raising money through pledges, contributions and a host of fun activities, such as games, silent auctions and activities, Relay is a time for family and friends to honor cancer survivors and remember those lost to the disease.
Teams brought out campers and during the chilly night hours kept warm with coffee and campfires built in fire pits.
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The adoptive transfer of donor CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells has been shown to protect from lethal graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in murine disease models. Efficient isolation strategies that comply with good manufacturing practice (GMP) guidelines are prerequisites for the clinical application of human CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells. Here we describe the ...
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Swift's Attic, together with local Austin nonprofit Operation Turkey, will host a fresh Alaskan Seafood dinner. Operation Turkey is a local charity dedicated to providing Thanksgiving turkeys to those in need. The dinner will be served family style complete with communal seating, table wine and dessert. The seafood will be flown in straight from Alaska days before the supper. The seafood is being donated by Operation Turkey President Brian Tolbert. Chefs Mat, Zack and Callie will donate their time to prepare the feast. Two seatings are available, sign up quick before they sell out!
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Best and Worst: 2012 MTV VMAs with Taylor Swift, Frank Ocean, One Direction
How did Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Kevin Hart, the 'Breaking Dawn' cast fare?
Best: Kevin Hart as host
There's going to be a lot of mixed reaction on this one -- and fairly so -- but Kevin's quick one-liners and short rants were perfect for a tidy two hour show. There was some hacky slapstick, like having little people as his "security force" and pre-taped bits about checking out Ke$ha's boobs. but Hart had all the material for celebrity roasting and he delivered, from Kristen Stewart and letting it go, to Drake and Chris Brown's tiff, to making a dig at former host Russell Brand. He threw himself into it without pause, trying it on and wearing it out.
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Two Bangor teens told police they feared for their lives when a 19-year-old borough man chased them around a property on Messinger Street while wielding a knife, court papers say.
Thomas Patrick O'Sullivan, of the 100 block of Messinger Street, faces charges following the Oct. 24 incident at his home, records say. Borough police were alerted after being contacted by the Bangor Area School District police, court papers say.
A juvenile female identified in court records as A.R. spoke to school officials with her mother after O'Sullivan allegedly terrorized her and her friend, identified as D.H. The girls told authorities O'Sullivan was chasing them with a knife, continuing to do so even after the girls pleaded with him to stop, according to court records.
D.H. said at one point O'Sullivan cornered her against a fence, pointing the blade at her and refusing to let her go, court papers allege. O'Sullivan did not let up until David Carroll, the owner of the Messinger Street home, came outside to investigate the screams, according to court papers.
The teen was arraigned Monday night before District Judge Douglas Schlegel in Wind Gap. He was charged with disorderly conduct and stalking and sent to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $20,000 bail with a 10 percent option.


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Heading into the 2014 NFL Draft on May 8, we'll be profiling some of the top players that project to be a good fit with for the New England Patriots. The series continues today with South Carolina quarterback Connor Shaw. Click here to see the full series.
Connor Shaw
School: South Carolina
Position: Quarterback
Height: 6 feet
Weight: 206 pounds
Connor Shaw doesn't make a lot of mistakes – at least not the kind that defenses are able to use against him.
The South Carolina quarterback put up impressive numbers during his senior season, completing 63.4 percent his passes for 2,447 yards with 24 touchdowns and one interception. On top of that, he rushed 154 times for 558 yards. Those numbers should make him an intriguing prospect, but most pre-draft projections have Shaw listed as a late-round prospect who might spend his first season on a practice squad.
Though he often played through injuries, Shaw is small and doesn't possess the kind of arm that will make scouts sit up in their seats. And while his completion percentage is solid, he misses on enough passes that make you question his accuracy.
These elements paired together make him an intriguing prospect, albeit one who will need to develop for a while before he can be considered a dependable backup or something more.
Film review
Shaw can move. He dances around pass rushers and is an evasive scrambler. He can roll out of the pocket, take off to the sideline, and deliver short passes on the run. He can also tuck the ball and run. This, however, can be a detriment to him as a passer. Shaw often keeps his eyes down the field when he's on the move, often finding open receivers, but he's too quick to take off at times and needs to show more patience in the pocket.
There will be questions about Shaw's arm coming out of the draft. He has enough there to get the job done, and can put the ball in tight spaces, but he doesn't have superb velocity. His accuracy on deep passes appears questionable, but there are times when he gets it done. Against Georgia last season, he connected on a touchdown pass from more than 30 yards out and had another pass dropped in the end zone that traveled more than 60 yards through the air.
From this view, Shaw's mechanics aren't bad, but there are times when he's sped up that his release gets a little long and things fall apart for him. He makes good decisions on most plays, though the South Carolina offense is somewhat simplistic and Shaw has a tendency to lock in on his targets.
While this veers toward intangibles, there's something to be said for the fact that always seems to find a way to get things done.
Where would he fit in New England?
Ryan Mallett is entering the final year of his contract and will likely leave to explore his options next season. Shaw could be someone who is brought in and groomed to eventually take over the backup role.
Where could the Patriots draft him?
Shaw is projected as a late-round pick. He could also go undrafted. Wherever he ends up, Shaw should make a team. He reportedly met with the Patriots recently.
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Jack White has been popping up in the news for everything but his guitar-playing, but the sold-out crowd at the Saenger will be there for the music. Find more things to do in New Orleans on Tuesday (June 3).
- Bring Your Own Stories pops up in Esplanade Ridge.
- Andrew Polk and Cyrus Cooper host Comedy Beast at the Howlin' Wolf Den.
- Negroni Week kicks off.
- The Strangers and ABBAnoon Delight play an early show at Siberia.
- Nicholas Meis presents and signs his book, "New Orleans Hurricanes from the Start," at Octavia Books.


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Buchi Earth is by far our most complex brew. It's a blend of 20 different ingredients and includes multiple stages of production, including hand-roasting the burdock and dandelion one skillet at a time in a cast iron. It's a process which takes hours. Despite the fact that all those roasted roots make the brewery smell delicious for days, it's our brew crew's most labor intensive flavor -- and to be frank, the biggest pain in the ass to produce.
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If you read our blog, hopefully you have a sense Buchi is committed to evolving into a more responsible and sustainable company. Sometimes this means simple decisions, like choosing compostable cups over styrofoam. No brainer. Or using GMO-free ingredients -- that's a given. But the more you look into sustainability the more nuances and shades of gray (or in this case blue) start to appear. You are faced with decisions which aren't win-win, and then it comes down to your values and how and when to express them when the ideal option doesn't exist yet.
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Cara-Leigh Wyllie discusses the prospective rental fee increases for the Pepsi Centre in this Tuesday file photo. ŌĆö Western Star file photo
The users groups that oppose a prospective rental hike at the Pepsi Centre in Corner Brook will petition the community for support.
Representatives of Corner Brook Minor Hockey, Silver Blades Figure Skating, Humber Valley Speed Skating, and other hockey and skating groups are rallying to oppose what is expected to be a 15 per cent rental fee increase in September.
Although it is not official, some groups were notified of the hike by the management of the facility to give them advance notice.
The groups met again Wednesday evening to develop a plan to combat the prospective plan. Cara-Leigh Wyllie, president of the Corner Brook Minor Hockey Association, said there is a petition which they will circulate throughout the community.
Wyllie said she believes the action will be effective in showing that the majority of people in the Corner Brook area are against raising the fees to use the public facility. That is the consensus she said sheŌĆÖs heard since the groups took their concerns public this week.
ŌĆ£Oh, I have been hearing lots throughout the community,ŌĆØ Wyllie said. ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs all positive.ŌĆØ
Wyllie and Corrina Murrin, president of the Silver Blades Figure Skating Club, have been invited to meet with Western Sports and Entertainment board members Aug. 8. While they were hoping representatives of all the user groups would be able to meet with the board, just the two were invited to represent groups opposing the fees as of Thursday.
ŌĆ£We are collectively representing all the users,ŌĆØ she said. ŌĆ£EverybodyŌĆÖs issues will be addressed. Nobody has to fear their issues wonŌĆÖt be brought forward. We are discussing everything.ŌĆØ
The minor hockey president said the invitation is a positive step.
ŌĆ£I question if the board really knows all of the concerns,ŌĆØ she said. ŌĆ£At least now we are going to have that chance to bring forward our concerns, and represent the community.ŌĆØ


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In the Mid-Atlantic, already the locus for brutal temperatures several times in July, weather experts warned of the dangerous conditions and residents resigned themselves to coping with the discomfort.
In Central New York, where heat and humidity made for a soupy afternoon, people seemed to be coping. The nursing supervisor at Upstate University Hospital's emergency room said they had no heat-related cases so far today.
One possible weather-related death was reported in Maryland, where paramedics said the high temperatures and humidity likely played a role in the death of a 20-year-old man who was biking, went into cardiac arrest and hit his head on a tree as he fell.
With the heat and humidity combining for a possible heat index of over 110 degrees, the weather service issued an excessive heat warning for the first time this year for an area stretching from south of Washington to north of Baltimore, along the Interstate 95 corridor. By midday Saturday, a wide band from lower New England to the Deep South was under a heat advisory.
The thermometer hit 100 degrees in Washington and Baltimore by mid-afternoon, where the heat index was 109. In Norfolk, Va., it was 104 degrees and 108 degrees with the heat index. Elsewhere, temperatures reached 95 degrees in New York City and 96 in Philadelphia. Demand for electricity that rises with the temperatures falls when businesses and offices are closed on the weekend, and many utilities said they could meet the demand.
Many hit the beach for relief, though not all were there to soak up the sun. Jeff Clarkson, 47, and his 12-year-old son Chuck planned to hit the arcades along the Point Pleasant area boardwalk in New Jersey.
"I don't want him out there too long 'cause it could be dangerous," said the elder Clarkson, whose family was visiting from suburban Philadelphia. "But in here, we can spend time together and stay kind of cool, though it's likely to cost me a lot of money by the time we're through."
Not much relief was in the forecast Sunday. Sunday's highs were expected to reach into the low- to mid-90s, but heat indices should be slightly lower — in the high 90s, possibly as high as 101 in cities.


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Take down the house with this gadget. William's handheld controller provides the display of a monitored process deviation but after hours it doubles as a card counter. (In either case, the algorithm is identical.) It works by adding or subtracting manually-entered "event" counts to a common 8-bit counter register. The value is subtracted from a predefined mean to generate the error or variation around the mean. This error "index" selects a display state sequence, continuously scheduled in an LED display. For William's complete instructions, click here.
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- Gallo looking for more grapes
- Growing consumption
- Challenging millenials
- Joseph Gallo, president and CEO of the E&J Gallo Winery, brought bullish reassurance to California wine grape growers: "This year we have already signed 10,000 acres of long term contracts for grapes."
- Gallo said the market for U.S. wine could double in the next decade.
- Gallo has a plan to avoid importing bulk wine from foreign suppliers, pointing to what he said was "an astounding number" — the equivalent of 300,000 tons of grapes imported as bulk wine in 2010.
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Growing consumption
Gallo cited a growth in U.S. wine sales of 6 percent, pointed to growing numbers of people coming of age daily and talked of the prospect of growing the per capita consumption of wine by those in the United States. It's now low by comparison with others, registering 9 liters in the U.S., 20 in the United Kingdom, 23 in Australia, 24 in Germany, 42 in Italy and 45 in France.
Citing the rising domestic demand, he pointed out that 84 percent of U.S. wine is sold domestically, compared to 16 percent that is exported.
That's in sharp contrast to some of the crops vying for farmland in California, notably nut crops. Gallo rattled off some statistics on those: California almonds have grown to a 1.5 billion pound crop today, and 70 percent of the crop is exported; walnuts have grown from 350 million pounds, and 70 percent of that crop is also exported; and pistachios are above 300 million pounds, with 63 percent of production going abroad.
While Gallo talked of the promise of a burgeoning middle class in developing countries and the prospect of added exports, he cautioned that the global picture could change if unrest and instability enters the picture.
He questioned whether such turmoil could imperil what he called "a tree crop bubble," again emphasizing an inability to predict the future. He had previously referred to other "bubbles" that included challenging economic times: "the Roaring 20s that lasted seven years; the high tech bubble, 10 years; and the housing bubble, 8 years."
At the conclusion of Gallo's talk, Nat DiBuduo, president and CEO of Allied Grape Growers, a marketing association representing about 600 members throughout California, brought a chuckle from audience as he said, "We're looking forward to the expansion and looking forward to more planting contracts and good prices."
Earlier, DiBuduo had shown his own bullishness on wine grapes, particularly in the Valley where "we're selling into price points the consumer wants. But we have to maintain quality, we can't get greedy."
DiBuduo said inventories for grapes are short, especially for lower priced wines, and "there weren't enough grapes planted since 2005 to satisfy current demand." His presentation was posted at www.alliedgrapegrowers.org.
It shows significantly higher prices paid for many varieties of grapes grown in 2011, compared to 2002, and prices higher as well when 2011 is compared to 2010. That held true in District 13 (Fresno/Madera) and District 12 (Manteca/Modesto).
DiBuduo showed a film that was made a few years ago that showed vines being bulldozed out and burned while a singer sang, "You better kiss me cause you're gonna miss me when I'm gone."
"We're not recommending any more pullouts," DiBuduo said.
This year's wine grape crush is estimated at 3.25 million tons.


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Suffice to say, the Tulane women's basketball team's last road trip was a bit more glamorous than the one it's beginning today.
This time last week, the Green Wave (5-1) was staying at a resort in Cancun, Mexico, soaking up sunshine and playing at the Cancun Challenge.
"It was nice for all of us to just go down there," said senior center Brett Benzio. "We were able to have a few days off and just relax together."
Compare it with today's bus ride up to Ruston for a game against Louisiana Tech, and it's pretty easy to pick the preferable option. The road isn't any kinder after tonight, as the Wave will make a five-hour drive for a game against Mississippi State on Sunday.
"This is a little bit like what we do in our conference," said Tulane Coach Lisa Stockton. "It's important to, one, go on the road and play in different environments because it gets you ready for conference play. And the other is to be able to have games close to each other ... just to prepare our players to move on."
Tulane has yet to play a game since returning from Mexico. The Wave experienced its first loss, 61-48 to No. 13 Purdue, in the first game of the tourney before rebounding in a defensive win against Idaho State.
"It (the Purdue game) was a hard-fought game," Stockton said. "They challenged us more than anybody else, and it was something we took away — to be able to handle that kind of pressure."
Perhaps the biggest discovery was the emergence of freshman Adesuwa Ebomwonyi, who garnered Conference-USA Freshman of the Week honors while in Cancun.
Ebomwonyi, 5 feet 10, averaged 12 points at the Cancun Challenge, more than double her average of 5.5 in the Wave's first four games.
"It was getting the feel of everything, getting my nerves out — because I was nervous at the beginning," Ebomwonyi said. "Now I'm getting used to everything. I'm learning all the plays and just going with the flow."
She also is averaging 8.3 rebounds — just tenths of a point behind Benzio for best on the team.
Said Stockton: "She's just got a knack, and she's such an athletic player that she's difficult to keep off the glass. ... I haven't seen a player of her size rebound that well in a long time."
Tulane is averaging 43.7 rebounds, a solid average of six more than its oppoenents.
"One of our things coming into the season — we felt like we had to improve our rebounding from the past two years," Stockton said. "The new players have come in and given us that."


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