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June 1, 2011 —
Despite displays of storms and thunder in the morning, the weather cooperated perfectly as the Honesdale community came out in big numbers on Memorial Day to honor its veterans and residents now serving in the military. Streams of spectators crowded every side of the route from the upper borough to
Central Park where a dedication ceremony was held.
Parade chair Jim Brennan said the outcome of the parade "exceeded last year's expectations."
This year's grand marshal was Jim Burke, who served in the Korean War in the 40th Calvary Division, in battles at Heart Break Ride and Punch Bowl. U.S. Army Major Phillip Cordaro was the speaker after the parade. Cordaro served in Albania and Kosovo in 1999 and was in Iraq from 2004 to 2005. He commanded the 38th Ordinance Company, deployed with the company Mosul, and was in Iraq from 2009 to 2010 to support Operations Iraqi Freedom VII and New Dawn.
Other Memorial Day celebrations were held in Hawley on Sunday and in South Canaan, Dingmans Ferry, Newfoundland, Damascus and Sterling, on Monday. The New York community of Roscoe hosted a parade, and the Town of Lumberland held an observance. The Tusten Settlement Association opened the Ten Mile River Baptist Church for their annual Memorial Day service on Sunday.


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The 2011 tsunami from Japan was bigger in Hawaii than people thought.
Recently released run-up maps show how much the water rose here. It was more than double what most experts thought would happen.
We now know that the height of that infamous wave in Kona was 10 feet.
"We train people how to accurately measure the height of a tsunami based on the run-up debris they find on land," said Daniel Walker, a retired senior seismologist.
Over the past two years, he compiled those measurements and put them on maps, alongside numbers from previous Pacific-wide tsunamis.
The highest run-up in 2011 was 17 feet in Kealakekua Bay on the Big Island, Mokuleia on Oahu and Moloaa Bay on Kauai. The warning center predicted a maximum wave of 6 to 7 feet. The maps also show large discrepancies between locations and previous tsunamis.
Walker said they exist because there are many variables, including elevation under the sea floor, along with the direction and speed of the fault's movement. He said that's why the 1946 tsunami from the Aleutian Islands was much higher than 2011, even though the earthquake was much smaller.
When asked about tsunami height predictions, Walker said, "It's not specific enough and the idea just of coming up with a simple number without getting into the complexities involved in that and the inaccuracies or the bad assumptions that people can make based on that number, I think that, that can be dangerous."

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Everyone loves a good fugitive story -- it's one of the mainstays of Hollywood action movies, right up there alongside heaving bosoms and pun-based deaths. But we all know that real-life fugitives are nothing like the crazy, resourceful badasses we see on screen, right? Right. Mmmmostly. Every so often, reality produces a criminal escape so awesomely ballsy that Bill Die-Hard and Mike Expendables would break down in tears just reading about it.
5 The Mad Trapper of Rat River
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In 1931, a mysterious man calling himself Albert Johnson built himself a cabin up in northern Canada, well inside the Arctic Circle, to better pursue his lifelong dream of dying in a cabin in the Arctic Circle. When Mounties arrived to issue a friendly warning about trapping without a license, Johnson pulled the old "If I can't see you, you can't see me" stratagem. Johnson would not reply to the Mounties' questions; he wouldn't so much as glance in their direction. When the ruse failed (as it usually does, for all but toddlers and Predators), the authorities became suspicious and returned with a warrant. Johnson opened fire through the cabin door. So what did those polite Canadian Mounties do? Probably they sent him a thank you card for the free bullets, right?
They dynamited Johnson's cabin.
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Feeling a draft in there?
That's the danger of relying on stereotypes, folks: Sometimes you get your ass exploded by a man in a silly hat. Somehow, Johnson survived and fled into the wilderness, while temperatures around him plunged to -50 degrees. Despite being entirely without supplies and on foot, Johnson consistently remained ahead of his pursuers, at one point covering 85 miles in under three days. When the police closed off the only passes out of the province, Johnson climbed over a 7,000-foot mountain in a blizzard to continue his escape.
Legends told of a magical thief who would test the boundaries of Canadian decency.
He really, really did not want to apply for that trapping license.
Johnson left behind multiple false trails and habitually wore his snowshoes backward to give the impression that he was heading in the opposite direction. At one point his footprints seemed to split up. When the police disbanded to follow both sets of tracks, they eventually found themselves facing each other again -- both paths had been false. This is starting to sound less like the pursuit of a dangerous fugitive and more like Elmer Fudd tracking Bugs Bunny.
Eventually the Mounties recruited Wilfred "Wop" May, a World War I flying ace, to hunt down Johnson from the air.
The T.S. Quint of this hunt, except he isn't eaten alive. Or is he? (He's not.)
May spotted Johnson walking along a frozen river (he was using the tracks of a herd of caribou to cover his own footprints) and killed him in an ensuing shootout. Johnson was never fully identified. However, he was carrying a small fortune in cash when he died and had some extremely expensive dental work. To add that extra touch of creepy, from the start of the incident up until he died in a mound of frozen caribou crap, Johnson never spoke a word. The only sound anyone ever heard him make was laughter.
Right after he shot a policeman.
4 Basil Embry
In 1940, RAF fighter pilot Basil Embry had just been promoted to a desk job at headquarters. He decided to fly one last sortie for old times' sake (because facing death for a bit of nostalgia is the very definition of the stiff-upper-lip British spirit). Ironically, or perhaps not ironically at all (it's a tricky word), Embry was promptly shot down over occupied France. He was taken prisoner by the Germans. But did he give up in defeat? No! Did he harden his heart and vow to persevere through this terrible experience! Also no!
Within moments of being captured, Embry grabbed the wheel of the car transporting him and tried to crash it. The Germans probably should've seen that as foreshadowing.
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"Told you letting him ride shotgun was a mistake."
"He called it; what was I supposed to do?"
A few days later, after joining a column of prisoners marching to an internment camp, Embry slipped unnoticed into a ditch and lay motionless for several hours until he was sure the coast was clear. Not realizing that the British were already hightailing it out of Europe at Dunkirk, Embry headed south to try to rejoin the Allies. This caused a few problems. First he had to swim across the Somme, which he somehow managed without much issue. Next he was picked up by a German patrol that locked him in an abandoned farmhouse. Embry came up with a devastatingly brilliant plan for escape, decided that sounded hard, and just punched his way out instead: When a guard came to bring him water, Embry knocked him out with his bare hands, then took his rifle, which he used to club two other guards who stood between him and freedom. He then hid in a nearby pile of manure for several hours, because if there's one thing Embry does well, it's sitting immobile in an unpleasant place. If there are two things he does well, it's the immobile bit and getting captured by Germans.
Three things, if you count his Biff impression.
After performing surgery on his own leg to remove shrapnel, Embry was captured again, but this time persuaded his interrogators that he was an Irish IRA operative wanted for a bombing in London. He was released after "proving" his story with his ability to speak Gaelic (he couldn't, and was actually asking for a whiskey sour in Urdu, but friggin' nobody understands Gaelic, least of all the Germans). Embry then built a bicycle out of spare parts, cycled all the way to the South of France while avoiding detection, and smuggled himself into Spain in the trunk of a car.
The British immediately appointed Embry to a high-ranking command position, where he was presumably captured by Germans after sitting in a portable toilet for 14 hours.
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Matthew Willens, a personal injury attorney, created the "Anything But Law School Graduate Scholarship" for students with a minimum GPA of 3.0 who are entering graduate school in a non-legal field.
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In my prior articles, I've introduced and discussed various aspects of the JAX Pack, a set of APIs for working with Web services and the underlying supporting protocols. In this article, we'll look at JAX-RPC, a specification for making remote procedure calls via XML and SOAP over HTTP. Specifically we'll look at the client side of JAX-RPC, as it shows the most promise.
Everyone has heard the old adage "the more things change, the more they stay the same." Well, with JAX-RPC (the Java API for XML-based RPC), the adage comes true once more. JAX-RPC, while a cool way to expose Web services' functionality to Java as if they were local calls, is really just another instance of Remote Method Invocation (RMI).
For those unfamilar with RMI, a quick review is in order. Figure 1 shows a traditional development model, where client applications access an API to perform some function. Nothing unusual happens; the application is compiled against the API and at runtme, the OS directs the client call to the appropriate library and it's handled normally.
Figure 2 shows the RMI model, where the client still makes what appears to be a local call. Actually, the call is handled by a stub that looks like the API call, but in fact the stub redirects the call to a remote server that provides the service. The call is then made to a remote skeleton that makes the call on the remote object. The result of the call is then returned in a similar fashion.
Specifically, an RMI call works as follows:
JAX-RPC, for all practical purposes, extends this model to Web services and, as we will see shortly, allows Java applications to call Web services as if they were local calls. In fact, JAX-RPC calls look very much like their RMI cousins. As shown in Figure 3, the JAX-RPC model is identical to the RPC model shown in Figure 2, except for the introduction of Web services. Of course, there is a single, incredibly important difference between JAX-RPC and historic RMI -- JAX-RPC can be used to access non-Java Web services!
JAX-RPC provides support for three different services:
From a client perspective, JAX-RPC provides two specific mechanisms for invoking Web services:
From a building blocks perspective, JAX-RPC provides two specific mechanisms for binding functionality to Web services:
In a nutshell, JAX-RPC provides the ability to generate WSDL from a Java interface and a Java interface from WSDL -- and, of course, the ability to generate the client-side stubs!
The spring release of the Java XML Pack contains Early Access Release 2 of JAX-RPC. While the JAX-RPC specification has not completed its review, you can download an early access edition. Additionally, BEA's WebLogic Server 7.0 beta includes support for JAX-RPC.
Let's look at a concrete example of how we might go about coding a JAX-RPC client. There are three steps in creating a JAX-RPC client (assuming we already have the client jar containing the stubs):
Let's look at an actual example, modified from the Web services tutorial provided by Sun.
Listing 1: HelloClient.java
00 public class HelloClient {
01 public static void main(String[] args) {
02 try {
03 HelloIF_stub stub =
04 (HelloIF_stub)(new HelloWorld_Impl().getHelloIF() );
05 stub._setProperty( javax.xml.rpc.Stub.ENDPOINT_ADDRESS_PROPERTY,args[0] );
06 System.out.println(stub.sayHello("Duke!"));
07 } catch (Exception ex) {
08 ex.printStackTrace();
09 }
10 }
11 }
The structure is actually quite simple, but bears some explanation. Every Web service exposed for us with JAX-RPC contains both an interface definition and an implementation. Lines 3 and 4 represent obtaining an instance of a stub and casting that stub to the correct format. Since the implementation of the service might contain many different interfaces, we need to specify which interface to use (
HelloIF_stub, in this case).
Breaking down lines 3 and 4, we see that first we obtain a local instance of the
HelloWorld_Impl class, which has, in addition to its inherited methods, a method for returning the stub class we require. Implementation classes simply extend the
javax.xml.rpc.Service and behave in a fashion similar to home interfaces in EJB. We then cast the class to the appropriate interface it represents.
We now have a stub, but it's not linked to the provider service. Line 5 inserts a property that represents the service endpoint that the stub should use to perform the remote call. An example of a service endpoint might be
http://somehost.somewhere.com:80/web-service-family/specific-service. Line 6 then shows how we might call the method defined on the interface represented by the stub.
Listing 1 unfortunately generates more questions then it answers. Where did
HelloIF_stub come from? What about the implementation? Where did the service endpoint information come from? Examining the anatomy of a JAX-RPC service should clear up many of these questions.
In order to answer some of the questions raised by the client code above, we need to understand a little bit more about how a JAX-RPC service is created. A number of files come into play that define, implement, and control the creation of a JAX-RPC-based Web service.
Listing 2 shows an example of the interface that describes the methods that can be called on the
Hello class. The interface is relatively straightforward and follows traditional RMI rules, extending
java.rmi.Remote, with all methods throwing
java.rmi.RemoteException. The interface, however, becomes very interesting when we use it with the XML RPC compiler
xrpcc. The XML RPC compiler takes an interface and then can generate the client stubs, the server-side skeletons, or both. Additionally,
xrpcc can generate a set of WSDL for the provided interface. Before we move on, let's remember the RMI coding rules.
Specifically, the interface definition must follow RMI rules:
java.rmi.RemoteException but can throw other business exceptions as well.
Table 1: Supported JAX-RPC types
Primitive Types
int, and long
Arrays of supported types are allowed, as well as Java beans composed of supported types, and arrays of supported types. Custom types beyond those listed here can also be supported via custom marshal and unmarshal code. Custom-marshalling code is beyond the scope of this article. Developers interested in custom marshalling are referred to the JAX-RPC specification.
Examining Listing 2 against the rules above shows that it is a value RMI interface definition.
Listing 2:
import java.rmi.Remote;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;
public interface HelloIF extends Remote {
public String sayHello(String s) throws RemoteException;
Listing 3 shows much of the implementation of the interface shown in Listing 2. Details of how the actual methods are implemented aren't important to this discussion; however, one important point to notice is that the
HelloImpl class must implement the
HelloIF interface.
Listing 3: HelloImpl.java
package hello;
public class HelloImpl implements HelloIF {
public String sayHello(String s) {
// whatever is appropriate
The syntax of the
xrpcc is:
xrpcc[.bat | .sh] configuration_options
configuration_options are from Table 2.
configurationfile.xml is any configuration file as described below.
Table 2:
xrpcc Options
|Generate client artifacts (stubs, etc.)
|Generate server artifacts (ties, etc.)
|Generate both client and server artifacts
-d [clientdir]
|Specify where to place generated client output files.
|Generate server artifacts (ties, WSDL, etc.)
-s [serverdir]
|Specify where to place generated server files.
|Retain the generated files.
When using
xrpcc, you must specificy
-both. Also note that there
are a number of other options; enter the
command without any parameters for a complete list.
Note that, as of this writing, the configuration of the various early-access software editions for the JAX Pack has changed several times. The download of JAX-RPC Early Access version 2 contains a complete description of how to install and configure
xrpcc works by reading a configuration file and then generating the service specified by the configuration. Of course, configurations are defined in XML. Listing 4 shows a sample
config.xml file, which defines a service that builds off of an RMI interface and the provided implementation.
Listing 4:
00 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
01 <configuration
02 xmlns="http://java.sun.com/jax-rpc-ri/xrpcc-config">
03 <rmi name="HelloWorldService"
04 targetNamespace="http://hello.org/wsdl"
05 typeNamespace="http://hello.org/types">
06 <service name="HelloWorld" packageName="hello">
07 <interface name="hello.HelloIF"
08 servantName="hello.HelloImpl"/>
09 </service>
10 </rmi>
11 </configuration>
configuration file is supplied to
xrpcc at compile time and then used to build the stubs and skeletons (called ties in JAX-RPC) based on the name of the service, as well as various interface and implementation stanzas. Line 3 shows the model name and is arbitrary; line 6 defines the service name and its associated package. For an unknown reason, you must place your class files in a package. Line 7 shows the fully qualified path to the implementation of the interface. Likewise, line 8 defines the name of the class that implements the interface.
Up to now,
xrpcc has been fairly
generic and straightforward. We've been able to develop our own Web services
and the call them via JAX-RPC. However, suppose you would rather access a Web
service developed by someone else, one where you have access to the WSDL and
the service at run time?
allows you to do something very useful: develop the client-side stubs, etc., from
the WSDL. For
example, let's assume that you know a Web service exists and that its WSDL is available from
We could create a configuration file for
xrpcc that looks like Listing 5 and use it to generate the actual client stubs required to access the Web service, regardless of how the Web service was implemented.
Listing 5:
00 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
01 <configuration
02 xmlns="http://java.sun.com/jax-rpc-ri/xrpcc-config">
03 <wsdl name="WebServices"
04 location="<http://localhost:7001/webservices/statelessservices/instantgratification.wsdl"
05 packageName="PackageForGeneratedClasses">
06 </wsdl>
07 </configuration>
Assuming that the actual WSDL described on line 4 existed, you might enter a command such as:
xrpcc -keepgenerated -client -d=clientclasses wsdltoclient.xm
which would generate the client code for the actual Web service in a package based on the package listed in line 5. You could have done the same thing using
-server and generated skeleton classes that could be implemented to provide the service,
as well. Note that I showed the use of the
-keepgenerated option because I'm curious about what code will actually be produced. A very powerful tool!
A note to the wise: I tried generating code from a number of WSDL samples I had available. Some worked and some resulted in very cryptic error messages, or none at all. Given that it's an early access release,
xrpcc works very well; but it still has some ways to go.
In this article, we saw the JAX-RPC specification from the perspective of a client. We discussed the architecture of Remote Procedure Calls and the tools JAX-RPC and the Early Access implementation provide. We looked at a variety of issues and saw the ease with which we could develop JAX-RPC client. It should be noted that I've specifically avoided discussion of the server side of JAX-RPC. This isn't an accident, by any means -- so many different mechanisms exist for developing Web services, of which JAX-RPC is only one, that JAX-RPC by itself pales somewhat when viewed as a way to develop the implementation of a service. JAX-RPC shines, not because it allows us to generate server-side skeletons, but because it allows us to develop client-side code quickly, easily, and with a minumum of fuss and bother.
Al Saganich is BEA Systems' senior developer and engineer for enterprise Java technologies, focused on Java integration and application with XML and Web services.
Previously in this series:
Hangin' with the JAX Pack, Part 3: Registries -- In Part 3 of our JAX Pack series, Al Saganich looks at JAXR, the Java API for XML Registries.
Hangin' with the JAX Pack, Part 1 -- In this three-part series, BEA Systems' Al Saginach takes a look at the JAX Pack, JAVA APIs for providing XML-based Web services handling XML. This week Al looks at JAXP (for XML processing) and JAXB (for XML binding). Next week: XML messaging with JAXM.
Hangin' with the JAX Pack, Part 2: JAXM -- Al Saganich examines JAXM, the Java API for XML Messaging, and shows how it provides support for accessing various messaging formats.
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Green efforts can be helped by SOA? Yep. I had a customer really hammer this one home. This large retailer had previously optimized their processes for efficiency and effectiveness. Now they are looking at how they make their processes greener.... BPM enabled by SOA can help them optimize their processes for Green!
That is why we want to elevate the conversation on Green beyond the datacenter!
James Governor and Gerry Cuomo -- 2 of my favorite people -- will be there to host the event! Gerry will give the keynote address, and then James Governor will lead the sessions. James is co-founder and principal analyst of RedMonk and author of the Greenmonk.net blog, a community dedicated to the use of open source and social software to improve the environment and encourage good behaviors. Sample discussions at the previous Energy Camp included 'Best Practices For Equating "Green IT" to Cost Savings,' 'Are Companies Ready to Consider Some 'Crazy' Ideas to Improve Data Center Energy Efficiency?,' 'Best Practices for Recycling and Refurbing Electronics,' and more!
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Kate Hudson and Matt Bellamy made it through a rough winter. It was reported around Oscar time that they were re-evaluating their engagement. She was partying on her own, happily, and without the ring. Then, in the spring, a rebirth. Now that it's summer, it would appear that their relationship is as strong as ever. Full Story
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I have no interest in Balkman. Never really got too in to his game. Not that he has much of a chance to showcase it outside of preseason.
I like some things he does: gritty, good anticipation, but he's hardly worth giving Kaman up.
Balkman is the exception to my new rule.


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Running Brain Hammer on Wordpress hosted at Globat has been a giant nightmare. For instance, comments got closed by gremlins, not me. Also, I think a chupacabra has been nibbling on some wires. Anyway, hopefully the brain juices will flow more freely now that we have a new vat.
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For C.J. Fiedorowicz, Aug. 2 can't arrive soon enough.
That's the day the junior tight end starts fall camp for the University of Iowa football team. Fiedorowicz will begin preparations for the team's Sept. 1 season opener in Chicago against Northern Illinois with high hopes for a big season and as one of the nation's top players at his position.
The arrival of new Iowa offensive coordinator Greg Davis from Texas has increased Fiedorowicz's workload, much to his delight.
"We caught a lot of balls in the spring," said the 6-foot-7 Fiedorowicz, a Johnsburg High School graduate. "I'll never complain about catching a lot of balls. We'll probably throw it 60 (percent) rather than running it 60 (percent)."
Thanks to Iowa's renewed focus on the passing game, Fiedorowicz will have more opportunities for bigger plays and mismatches.
"We've got some longer routes," he said. "Last year, I was running 5-, 6-, 7-yard routes. This year, we've got 12-yard routes, we've got 16-yard routes. We have a couple of formations where I'm in the slot (receiver position). That's going to help mix up the offense."
As a sophomore, Fiedorowicz shined late in the season, starting the team's last five games and catching 16 passes for 167 yards and three touchdowns.
"The last five games gave me a lot of confidence," he said. "It makes me go harder every day in practice."
His impressive finish to last season opened eyes around the country.
This month, Fiedorowicz was one of 33 tight ends around the nation who were named to the preseason John Mackey Award watch list. The honor is given annually to the country's top college tight end. Fiedorowicz is one of six Big Ten players named to the list.
"It's exciting," he said. "It's something I've dreamed about since I was a little kid – playing college football and being on a list like this."
Fiedorowicz has spent plenty of time this spring studying film and the playbook to be ready for fall camp.
"I've got it down pretty well," he said. "Knowing the offense has given me a lot of confidence. It's helped make me confident in knowing my assignments."
Knowing his job on each play has allowed Fiedorowicz to sharpen his route running and fine-tune other skills in order to improve his connection with senior quarterback James Vanderberg.
"James is throwing the ball well, and we've got some good athletes at wide receiver," Fiedorowicz said. "That will help us to get each other open."
Bradshaw nominated: Bryan Bradshaw, a junior quarterback for D-II Winona (Minn.) State's football team, has been selected as a finalist for the Allstate American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team.
A team of 22 athletes will be selected in September for the honor, which recognizes college football players for achievements in community service. Bradshaw, a Prairie Ridge grad, is one of 117 finalists nationally.
Bradshaw serves as the chairperson for WSU's 48 Hour Practice event, in which athletes from 14 sports take turns practicing around the clock for two days to raise awareness and money for an effort to dig clean water wells in Africa. In the fall, the WSU event raised more than $5,000. Bradshaw also volunteers in local elementary school classrooms and has worked to repair flood damage in Nashville, Tenn.
Last season, Bradshaw took over the starting QB job for the final four games, throwing three touchdowns, running for two scores and completing nearly 60 percent of his passes.
Superb sprinter Friske: McHenry grad Alex Friske was named the Most Valuable Runner at the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference women's outdoor track meet this spring after winning three events.
Friske, a McHenry grad, helped D-III Anderson (Ind.) University to a second-place team finish by winning the 100-meter dash (13.59 seconds), the 200 (27.32) and the 100 hurdles (15.94). Friske also ran the conference's fastest time this spring in the 100 (12.82). She ranked second in the 200 (26.74) and the 100 hurdles (15.13).
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Tired of Santigold postponing dates at the Newport? Chicago brother-sister duo Wild Belle will scratch a similar itch but with more power.
Debut single "Keep You" stomps to a slow-burn riddim marked by floating-smoke guitar lines and hulking blasts of brass. Natalie Bergman spins a striking story, veering between self-confident strut and doe-eyed vulnerability as she sings, "Tell me what the matter is, little man/ I've got a pretty face and I wear a nice dress/ Why can't I keep you?" It's insanely good.
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I've had to get extenders because my bras are too tight around, but with those, I'm still wearing pre-preg bras. I went to a workshop on breastfeeding last night at our hospital, and the nurse said that that is one of the 3 red flags that may indicate that a woman won't produce enough milk. I am devistated to think that there would be any possibility of me not being able to b/f. Anyone else hear about this? Anyone else concerned? Did this lady just give me something else to be paranoid about?
Now I have not received a visit from the fairy. Actually never have with my past pg. I am still wearing my pre pg bra without extenders.
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On March 14, 2012 the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) issued the Portland Water Bureau a variance from the federal drinking water rules requiring the treatment of Bull Run drinking water for Cryptosporidium. As a result of the variance the Portland Water Bureau does not treat for Cryptosporidium.
The treatment variance was issued in accordance with federal and state law and is valid for 10 years. The following are among the conditions contained in the variance:
Watershed Protection:
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Raw Water Monitoring:
Reporting and Notification:
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Cryptosporidium monitoring results from the intake, Bull Run tributaries and wildlife scat are summarized quarterly in item 31 of the list of current projects in the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit.
OHA may revoke the variance if the Water Bureau cannot meet the requirements of the variance, if EPA amends the LT2 rule in a manner that affects the provisions of the variance or if OHA deems that the lack of treatment for Cryptosporidium poses an unreasonable threat to public health.
OHA issued the treatment variance based on the Portland Water Bureau's comprehensive LT2 Treatment Variance Request. The variance request was based on the results of a year-long water quality Sampling Plan and Study of Bull Run water and other supporting information.
More information on the basis for and requirements of the Water Bureau's treatment variance are in the Final Order Issued by OHA Granting Portland's Treatment Variance.
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Padres vs. Rockies: Game 1 Preview
Dragging an eight-game losing streak with us, we might try to get Maddog his 351st win in Colorado tonight. Interleague killed us. I am so glad to be back in the National League!! The last time the Padres were in Coors Field, it was October 1,2007. Exactly 9 months ago. That night was so hard!! Well, what's over is over. The last time we saw the Rockies this year was a series win for the Padres. Both teams are struggling big time. I hope the Padres play like they care tonight. By the way, we lost 9-2 yesterday. Adrian and Edgar Gonzalez drove in our runs. Go Padres!
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This is a golden opportunity for the Pads to move up a notch in the standings. As they take the field tonight, you know they've gotta be thinking about last year…at least the players who were on the club last year. A little revenge would be sweet.
By the way, I'm also fond of Kouz but have been hearing a lot of rumblings about him getting traded between now and the beginning of next season. Seems they want Headly at third.
Regarding Hoffman, it broke my heart to hear people booing him last week. So soon they forget. Shame on those people.
I was at the game last Wednesday when Maddux was pulled. Some moron sitting a few rows in front of me stood up and booed him as he left the field. For the love of God! Oh well, if they buy a ticket, they're entitled to boo. I just think it's crass.
If a fan really loves and cares for their team, they won't boo them. Why would anyone boo Maddux? He's been one of the more solid players this year. I really hope things go right tonight. Thanks for reading!
Misery loves company. I'm half glad that interleague play is over, when AL teams came to Coors we did good, but when we hit the road we were crap. It's just how things are. Hopefully the Padres are over that 163rd game, but I wouldn't be upset if it got in their heads, seeing that I'm a Rockies fan. I will give a full report after I get back from the game tonight. May the best team win!


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Microsoft today announced that its motion-controlled Kinect will retail for $149.99, and will include a copy of Kinect Adventures. Microsoft also revealed release and pricing details for a new 4GB Xbox 360 SKU, as well as a Kinect console bundle.
The new 360 goes on sale August 3 for $199.99, but it will also be part of a Kinect bundle that includes a shiny new console, Kinect, and Kinect Adventures all for $299.99. Microsoft didn't specify when the Kinect bundle will be released, but seeing as Kinect doesn't release until November 4, I'd say that would be a good guess. Also, if you pre-order the Kinect bundle, you'll snag a download token for three exclusive levels for Kinect Adventures.
Microsoft also announced that there will be over 15 Kinect titles available at launch. While we still don't know all of the games just yet, Microsoft has confirmed that first-party Kinect games will cost $49.99. This also means that Microsoft could offer Kinect by itself for $100 for those gamers who are more interested in the technology of Kinect at launch as opposed to the games, but, sadly, it doesn't look like that's going to happen.
The price isn't a big surprise, but do you think you'll drop $150 for Kinect this holiday? Would you consider picking it up more if it didn't include a game and was $50 cheaper? What do you think of the 4GB flash memory? Kind of strange, no?
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A coalition of national, regional and local conservative groups are requesting a federal court to stop a transmission line from cutting through three national parks.
The coalition sought a preliminary injunction to stop the 145-mile Susquehanna-Roseland transmission line through the Delaware Water Gap National and Recreational Area, the Middle Delaware National and Recreational River and the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.
They are asking for a stay while the court considers claims that the powerline will cause irreversible ecological and scenic damage. The coalition filed its request in the Federal Court in Washington, DC.
The powerline, which is planned by PPL Utilities (PPL) in Pennsylvania and the Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G) in New Jersey, was approved by the National Park Service (NPS) on October 1, when the agency issued a Record of Decision, affirming the route the utilities preferred. According to supporters, the project will boost electric service reliability, will create jobs and will reduce electric bills for some customers and provide a significant economic stimulus in the region.
PJM Interconnection, the regional entity responsible for planning the transmission system, determined that the new line was necessary to ensure reliable electric service. Opponents, however, say that the project will cause serious and enduring impacts on the parks.
The coalition says that the massive 500KV power lines will mar the recreational experience for more than 5.2 million people who visit the Water Gap each year. They say that NPS approval contradicts the agency's mission.
"The National Park Service has approved a project that is poised to permanently damage treasured public resources," said Hannah Chang, attorney with the public interest environmental firm Earthjustice, representing the conservation groups along with the New Jersey-based non-profit Eastern Environmental Law Center. "Construction-related activities in the Delaware Water Gap could begin at any time and, if a preliminary injunction is not granted, the damage will be done before the court even gets a chance to decide the claims that are before it."
The circumstances demand that construction be put on hold for now, so that the court at least has an opportunity to consider the claims raised, she said.
Once completed, the project is expected to be in service in the spring of 2015. According to the project's developer, more than 20,000 jobs will be created in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
There is a strange anomaly occurring in the project, however. The National Park Service that has approved the Susquehanna-Roseland powerline project, has adamantly denied a strikingly similar project through the park for the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (TGP). It is not clear why the NPS has approved the one and denied the other.


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Through the generosity of people like you, our Charlotte McGuire Scholarship has awarded more than $30,000 to students in pursuit of their holistic nursing education. Making a gift to the Charlotte McGuire Endowed Scholarship fund is giving the gift of education to students in need of financial assistance. Your gift is tax deductible. Please help us reach our $135,000 campaign goal.
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The world's most dynamic, and oddball, detective duo get more than they bargained for when they take on con-artists, masked vigilantes and Darth Vader collectibles in the wild sixth season of Psych. Fake "psychic detective" Shawn Spencer (James Roday) and his best bud, Burton "Gus" Guster (Dule Hill), go undercover, behind the scenes and over the top to solve some of the most off the wall crimes imaginable. But how long can these super sleuths keep their psychic secret safe? Guest starring William Shatner (Boston Legal), Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride), Molly Ringwald (The Breakfast Club) and Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon franchise), re-live the laughs, thrills and mind-boggling mysteries uninterrupted and back-to-back in all 16 episodes of the totally unique and unpredictable series that will keep you guessing just whodunit.
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On this day (Jan. 6) in 1919, cowboy, historian, politician, "Rough Rider," explorer and 26th U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt died at age 60 in his sleep – apparently from a blood clot in his lungs – at his Sagamore Hill estate in Oyster Bay, N.Y.
Born Oct. 27, 1858, in New York City into the wealthy family of philanthropist Theodore Roosevelt Sr. and socialite Martha "Mittie" Bulloch, Teddy (as he was called in his youth) overcame his early physical weaknesses and ailments by adopting a lifestyle that included strenuous daily physical workouts, learning to box, a willingness to take risks, and nurturing an intense, innate curiosity that had few bounds.
Roosevelt's inquisitive hyperactivity resulted in becoming interested in – and even an expert in – a wide variety of fields and activities. Setting aside his obvious and well-known accomplishments and adventures as a politician, statesman, cowboy, diplomat, and "warrior," Roosevelt could, and indeed should, be remembered and admired for his work as a conservationist, his historical writings, his expertise and contributions to the study of natural science, his interest in and contributions to the fine arts, and his many travel adventures (sometimes misadventures).
On many levels, the extraordinarily disciplined Roosevelt was a dynamo man of controversy, inconsistencies, broad intellectual interests, and great political acumen who used his manifold talents and abilities to make an impact (usually for good) on many facets of American society.
He is always ranked, by historians and political scientists, as one of the most interesting, intelligent, accomplished, and noteworthy presidents in U.S. history. During his threescore years, Roosevelt experienced numerous joys and more than his share of sorrows.
The joys included his loving parents and privileged upbringing, his devoted family (six adoring children), two happy marriages (first wife: Alice Hathaway Lee; second wife: Edith Kermit Carow), and the adoration, respect, and high regard of the American people.
The sorrows included the lamentable early death of his first wife, with whom he had one daughter – the incomparable future Washington socialite Alice Longworth – the death of his 47-year-old father whom he greatly loved and respected, the death of his 50 year-old mother (she died the same day as his first wife in 1884), and the death of his youngest son, Quentin, who was killed in France in 1918.
Despite the trials and tribulations of his extraordinarily active and exciting life, Roosevelt wrote after the deaths of his first wife and mother that "no man has ... a happier life than I have ... A happier life in every way."
This "happier life" began as the somewhat spoiled oldest son of his wealthy, aristocratic parents. Primarily because of his weak physical condition (most notably severe asthma and poor eyesight), Roosevelt was home-schooled.
During these formative years, he displayed a keen interest and aptitude for his academic subjects, particularly zoology and history.
In 1876, Roosevelt entered Harvard, where he excelled academically and from where he graduated in 1880 (21st out of 177) with a Phi Beta Kappa key. A two-year stint at the Columbia University Law School ended mainly because he found his legal studies boring.
In reflecting upon her famous, adventurous father, Longworth called him "the perfect leader for an imperial age." (The late 19th and early 20th centuries.) However, she went on to say, "We wonder, a bit ruefully, how he would fit into our own." (Mid-20th century.)
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I have a 2 month old boy. He is a great eater, but he has a little mouth abnormality, missing lingual frenulum which has the effects of a tongue tie, but can't be corrected. Lactation consultant said he can suck, but can't stick his tongue out to massage the areola, and that I might have to pump exclusively or supplement. Luckily, he is a very strong sucker, so even though it took us a bit to get used to each other, he has been breastfed without need for formula supplementation, and has gained like a champ. 12 lbs 13 oz on 2 month checkup (from 9 lbs 1 oz at birth)
In fact, for a while I thought I had oversupply issues. I pumped once a day to let Daddy give him a bottle in the evening and to store up frozen milk for when I go back to work. I normally got 10-12 oz/session of 10-15 miutes. Because my breasts were swollen and I was worried about overactive letdown, I started block feeding- one breast for 4-5 hour periods. He seemed satisfied with that.
And now I think I overdid it! My morning pump sessions plunged from 10-12 oz to 3-4 oz per session this week, in just 6 days. Yikes! I am worried that the supply will continue to decrease. For now I think I have enough when he breastfeeds, but how do I stop it from keeping to go down? Pump more frequently?
I know some normalization of supply is normal, but this rapid decrease really makes me nervous. How can I know it is only the excess pumping that went down and that he will still get enough? I am extra paranoid because of the LC's prediction that he may not be able to breastfeed at all....Help!


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The 12th Annual Kapolei City Lights will be held Saturday, Dec. 8 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. from the Kapolei Fairgrounds to Kapolei Hale.
The Electric Light Parade will have 35 floats and vehicles, marching bands and special guests. The route starts at Kealanani Avenue (Kapolei Fairgrounds), turning left on Farrington Highway, crossing the intersection at Makakilo Drive and Fort Barrette Road, on to Kamokila Boulevard, turning left into Uluohia Street and left again on Haumea Street where the parade ends.
After the parade, families can enjoy a selection of food trucks and entertainment as well as the lighting of the 40-foot Christmas tree by Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle and a fireworks show. The street party goes from 7:15 p.m. through 10 p.m.


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Monday Morning Cheesesteak Rant
So, yeah, my blog is called "Rants, Raves, and Random Thoughts", but I really don't rant all that much. I'm a pretty easy going person, I usually keep my opinions pretty quiet so as not to offend people, but today I can't help myself. Over the weekend I found out something that was quite upsetting.
Buried way down in an article on phillies.com about changes at the ballpark for the upcoming season, was a single sentence that mentioned a new cheese steak vendor. This means that no longer will I be able to get one of these:
Rick's Steaks. What I consider one of the very best cheesesteaks I have ever eaten. Granted, you can feel your arteries clogging up just looking at it. But it is a gloriously greasy, gooey bite of cheesesteak heaven. The perfect ratio of meat, cheese, and the all-important sauteed onions.
Not that I have anything against the new vendor, Campo's, but it's just that not all cheesesteaks are created the same. I'm sure that there are those who may prefer the Campo's version, but once you have found the perfect cheesesteak for you, it's very difficult to enjoy any other version.
Rick's website even has instructions for preparing a cheesesteak at home, but the last time I tried to make cheesesteaks indoors, all the sizzling juices caused every smoke detector in my house to go off. The builder of our house seems to have thought that it was not necessary to install an exhaust fan over the cooktop that actually exhausts to the outside, but that a microwave with an exhaust fan that shoots the air back out into the kitchen would suffice! Idiots! And the house smelled like cheesesteaks for the next day or so.
So if I'm at the ballpark this summer and have a cheesesteak craving, I'll probably give the new vendor a try. Maybe it won't live up to my cheesesteak standards. But maybe that will be a good thing for my arteries!
(cheesesteak image from http://www.rickssteaks.com/cheesesteaks101.html)
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Personally I am not a fan of the Philly Cheesesteak but I am also not from Philly so I think that's allowed. I am sorry your favorite vendor was replaced. I hope the new one is at least okay.
Yeah, maybe it would be for the best that you won't like the new one🙂 Oh well. It's too bad for all the fans of the old one though.
Why do they mess with a good thing! Yes, it might not be good for us – but we can indulge every once in awhile. Good luck! I how the new cheesesteaks taste good!
I think it's hilarious that you tried to make the cheesesteak at home and set off the smoke alarm. Maybe your arteries were trying to tell you something.🙂
Melissa – if you're ever in Philly you'll have to try one, maybe you just haven't had the right cheesesteak!🙂
Kaybee – yes, maybe it's for the best (loaded with cholesterol, I'm sure)
Julia – that's right, if it ain't broke don't fix it! Moderation is key; we're talking maybe once or twice a season for me.
Jane – and I wasn't even trying to follow the Rick's version, I was just using Steak-umms from the grocery store. Maybe I'd have a different outcome if I tried it with better quality meat.
Greg – they do look good, don't they?
OMG! I love cheesesteaks. I would so try to make one at home right now, but I'm trying to fit back into my Molina jersey.
Hopefully they will offer both types of cheesy goodness at your own direction. You know cheese whiz or that provolone melted on top. You have to think they might have both options to make the fans feel more at home.
I guess we will find out on Friday night if it is a real deal, or just a poser trying to be a cheesesteak………….got to love it when they mess with tradition.
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Cheesesteaks are the only good thing Philly has done for the commonwealth of PA! sorry to be rude but its true
mmmm…cheesesteaks. Thanks, Sue…now I'm hungry!
I hope the new ones are just as good!
Yeah, being a Twins fan I would be pretty made (=furious!) if they took away my Dome Dogs too!
OK, so at lunchtime, I decided to take a quick look at what's been written in some of the blogs today. When I popped in here and saw that picture, I knew immediately that the salad I brought for lunch just wasn't going to cut it…I HAD to get a cheesesteak! I didn't even sign in to my account here…I just went right out for lunch. *sigh* Well, I guess I can have the salad for dinner. BTW, I thought Pat's and Geno's cheesesteaks were supposed to be the best in Philly. That's what I heard on the Food Network! 🙂
That's heart breaking you lost your favorite cheese steak vendor. Believe it or not where I live in Colorado we have a little mom and pop place from Philly and its a take and go no sit down but they cook it right in front of you. I would be very sad the day they closed down, especially if they were at the ball park!
Have you read the news on Jenkins and Park and Sheffield and…OMG! TOO much in one day…I am FREAKING out over here!
Kathy – before you try it at home make sure you have a functioning exhaust fan!
Fran – I agree, they are awesome!
Renegade – I don't love it when they mess with my favorites! But to be fair I will probably give the new one a try.
PittPeas – the only good thing? Sorry, but I respectfully disagree.
zkonedog – I hope that your Dome Dogs survive unscathed!
Shelley – Yes, Pat's and Geno's are the two biggies when it comes to Philly cheesesteaks, mostly because they are rival establishments located on opposite corners from each other in South Philly. Rick Olivieri, of Rick's, is the grandson of Pat Olivieri, of Pat's. So he comes from good cheesesteak lineage, though the two businesses are separate, and according to the Rick's Steaks website, the sandwiches are different as well. As for the Food Network, I'm sure they mentioned those two because of the rivalry I mentioned, and they've been in business longer than some of the others. I've had Pat's, and they're good, but I've never tried Geno's. Geno's caught some flak last year for having signs that stated you had to order in English only. Don't know if the signs are still there or not.
Tom – Philly transplants, huh!? If I'm ever in Colorado I'll have to check it out.
That cheesesteak does look amazing. Have you ever been to Pat's King of Steaks? I've been to it a few times when I have visited the Philadelphia area.


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Cardinals will enter the closed meeting after holding a special Mass in St. Peter's Basilica in the morning, Father Federico Lombardi said in a statement Friday.
Apart from eating and sleeping, they will not be allowed to leave the conclave until they have chosen who will succeed Pope Benedict XVI, who announced his abdication on Feb. 10 and formally ended his papacy on Feb. 28, citing his increasing physical frailty.
Cardinals have been holding closed-door meetings this week in Rome to plan a date for the conclave.
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Workers prepare stoves in the Sistine Chapel that will be used to burn ballots during the conclave, in a photo released on Thursday.
Earlier Friday, Lombardi confirmed that all of the 115 cardinals taking part in the conclave — in which a series of closed ballots is held in the Sistine Chapel until the new pontiff is chosen — were now in Rome.
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James Romansoff, 58 years old, was an eight-year employee of the railroad's power department and was part of a crew restoring electricity to tracks that had been closed for weekend maintenance, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said.
Mr. Romansoff, of Yonkers, was struck at 12:54 a.m. at Park Avenue and E. 106th Street, the MTA said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and pronounced dead.
The last time a Metro-North worker was killed while working came in May 2013, when a train fatally struck an employee in West Haven, Conn.
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"The entire Metro-North family mourns the loss of a colleague and a friend and we offer our deepest condolences to Jim Romansoff's family," Mr. Giulietti said in a statement. "Keeping our customers and employees safe is the most important job we have on the railroad. With our partners at the Federal Railroad Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board, we will re-examine our procedures and protocols to ensure we are performing our jobs with safety as the paramount concern."
Four Metro-North workers were killed on the job from fiscal year 2004 through fiscal year 2013, according to FRA statistics. Nationwide, 195 railroad workers lost their lives in the line of duty during that time frame.
Mr. Romansoff worked as a third railman, specializing in the electrical system that powers the railroad, according to Arthur Davidson, general chairman for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers' System Council No. 7.
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People who have been following the local news know that something is up at WJFF. They know that a big meeting—standing-room-only at the village meeting room in Jeffersonville—took place on March 20. They know that frustrated volunteers and listeners spoke passionately, eloquently and sometimes forcefully to the board and to the station manager about the substantial degradation of our once vibrant, responsive and community-centered radio station.
More than 25 years ago, radio station founders Anne Larsen and Malcolm Brown had a vision. They planned to start a hydro-powered community radio station in rural Sullivan County, which would be staffed mainly by volunteers. With the help of friends and neighbors who literally built WJFF with their own hands, Malcolm and Anne's dream came to fruition. WJFF went on the air in 1990 and became a model of community radio that sought to involve all aspects of community openly and proactively.
Fast forward to our March 20, 2013 meeting. The packed house meeting is contentious for a reason.
Over the past three years, many WJFF volunteers and listeners have attempted repeatedly to express themselves. Letters and emails have been sent. Meetings—some of them enough to pack the Hortonvile church—have been held. Where once community was at the heart of this radio station, now it is an afterthought at best. The station has the legal requirement to have a community advisory board that meets at regular intervals, yet there hasn't been a "properly convened" advisory board meeting for at least two years. Radio station discussions are held in private. Decisions to change entire schedules and cancel shows such as "As It Happens" or to move shows such as "Spanglish con Ella" are made behind closed doors. Shows like "Out Loud and Queer," "Panorama" and "Maris's Calendar" are gone. Local content, once the hallmark of WJFF, is shrinking while network canned shows are marching in.
The present station manager, Winston Clark, and some board members, act as if they are unaware that federal rules about community radio require that they consult with their community and that they conduct station business in the public eye. They seem to be unaware that they are jeopardizing government funding when they exclude people. The federal Communications Act says, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) "may not distribute any of its funds to... any public broadcast station that does not hold open meetings in compliance with this provision... [and] funds may not be distributed to any public broadcast station unless such station establishes a community advisory board [which] meets at regular intervals."
The recent sudden removal of a long-running local public affairs show, "Making Waves," appeared to be the final straw. And so, on March 20, people came out, and they kept coming, until it seemed the meeting room could hold no more.
When Anne Larsen, one of the founders of WJFF, called for the resignation of Clark and some board members, only one of the 62 audience members objected. Instead, Larsen's impassioned plea was accompanied by a round of applause that still echoes.
In the face of this community outcry, WJFF has postponed its pledge drive, which was slated to begin April 4. The board has set an executive session for April 10 to "discuss personnel issues."
It is the hope of many that the board makes the changes that will restore community to our community radio station, that it realizes at last that it must act in the interests of the station and not of an individual, and that WJFF can once again proudly call itself "the best little station by a dam site."
[Maureen Neville is the former host of WJFF music programs, "Riverside Café" and "Band Box." She extends her thanks to those who contributed thoughts for this essay.]
WJFF's Board of Trustees would like to assure everyone—our listeners, our volunteers and our staff—that we have heard fully and clearly the comments from those attending our meeting on Wednesday, March 20. Several issues were raised during the meeting and the board intends to address them all.
Some people at the meeting were upset that a locally produced program was temporarily put on hiatus by WJFF's Program Committee (PC). The PC—all WJFF volunteers—gave the producers several reasons, but the proximate cause was the broadcast of obscene language prohibited by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). We value our volunteers in general and the producers of this program in particular, but our first responsibility is to our community of listeners.
WJFF's board would also like to state that it takes its responsibility to all legal authorities—including the FCC and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting—extremely seriously, and believes WJFF to be in complete compliance with these agencies. We will conduct a thorough review of these requirements.
Like the people whose voices our listeners know and love on our airwaves, WJFF's trustees are volunteers. Because of previously scheduled work obligations and travel, we have not yet even had a chance to meet. After much consultation, we have determined the earliest the board will be able to gather in full is Wednesday, April 10.
We ask for the patience and forbearance of all concerned until that date. We recognize the urgent importance of discussing and addressing the concerns that have been voiced, and promise a comprehensive response and a plan for further dialogue with all parties.
Thank you.
Submitted by Dawn Dorcas
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