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|Pacific Northwest Sea Run Forum No such thing as rainbow trout, only landlocked steelhead
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Thanks Plunk...
Your post certainly helped to clear up some of my confusion by seperating the Apples from the Oranges. Thank you!
Here are some numbers OC
The non-tribal impact is limited to less than 2% on each of the ESA listed stocks.
The following is taken from the file at this link:
One of the provisions of the agreement (U.S. v Oregon parties 2001) and associated Biological Opinion (NMFS 2001) is that the combined incidental mortality rate in all non-Indian fisheries will be 2% or less for each of the affected steelhead ESU's.
For steelhead (O. mykiss) -
The ESU's as published in the Federal Register are:
62 FR 43937 (8/18/97) - Upper Columbia River (Endangered
62 FR 43937 (8/18/97) - Snake River Basin (Threatened)
63 FR 13347 (3/19/98) - Lower Columbia River (Threatened)
64 FR 14517 (3/25/99) - Upper Willamette River (Threatened)
64 FR 14517 (3/25/99) - Middle Columbia River (Threatened)
The U.S. v. Oregon Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) tangle net fishery report (TAC 2003) estimated that the incidental mortality rate on winter steelhead during the 2002 fishery (including Upper Willamette steelhead and the winter run portions of the Lower Columbia River and Middle Columbia River ESUs) likely ranged between 5.6% - 14.5%.
Catch-and-release mortality associated with 8-inch and 4.25-inch mesh size for wild winter steelhead is currently estimated at 35% and 20%, respectively. The catch-and-release long-term mortality associated with 8-inch and 4.25-inch mesh size for winter steelhead currently used may change as a result of additional data collected in 2003 and beyond.
Effects of the 2002 Fishery (Not Including the Additional Management Guidelines) Steelhead catch in the commercial spring chinook tangle-net selective fishery greatly exceeded the preseason catch expectations due to the extremely large winter steelhead run in 2002, the timing of the fishery, and the gear employed in the fishery. A total of 20,900 steelhead were handled in this fishery, of which 8,400 were marked and 12,400 were unmarked. Unmarked steelhead include wild fresh run winter and summer steelhead, unmarked hatchery fresh run winter and summer steelhead, and spawned out winter and summer steelhead kelts. The wild winter steelhead total terminal run size (tributary returns) for 2002 is estimated to have been about 34,100 fish. The total number of wild winter steelhead mortalities in the 2002 tangle net fishery is estimated to have ranged between 1,800 and 5,800 fish. The estimated impact rate on wild winter steelhead for the affected ESU's in 2002 therefore ranges from 4.9% to 14.5%. Additionally, there were impacts on wild winter steelhead in the mainstem sport fishery during March and April of 2002. The total number of release mortalities is estimated to have been 22 fish in the 2002 sport fishery. The impact rate from the 2002 sport fishery was about 0.06%. Combined commercial and sport fishery impacts on wild winter steelhead in 2002 is estimated to have been between 5.0% and 14.6%.
Exceeding the allowable incidental take for the affected steelhead ESUs reduced escapements below what they would have been in 2002 by 3-13%.
The TAC attempted to analyze impacts to wild summer steelhead for 2002; however, because of the presence of several ESUs and the difficulty in determining ESU-specific run reconstruction, the estimates are not as reliable as for winter steelhead. Impacts on wild summer-run steelhead stocks were likely less than 2%.
Effects of the 2003 Fishery (Including the Additional Management Guidelines) The wild winter steelhead total terminal run size (tributary returns) for 2003 is estimated to have been about 15,500 fish. The total number of winter steelhead released in the 2003 fishery was 2,184, out of which 1,086 were natural-origin winter steelhead. The total number of wild winter steelhead mortalities in the 2003 tangle net fishery is estimated to have been 189 fish, or 1.538% of the river mouth runsize estimate. The states had allocated 1.6%-1.8% mortality rate to wild winter steelhead for this fishery in 2003. Upon reaching a 1.538% mortality rate mark, the states closed this fishery for the year.
Additionally, there are recreational fishery impacts on wild winter steelhead in 2003 that need to be considered. The total impact rate from the 2003 recreational fishery is expected to be less than 0.1%. Combined commercial and recreational fishery impacts on wild winter steelhead in 2003 will be less than 2%.
The TAC will attempt to analyze impacts on wild summer steelhead post-season in 2003; however, because of the presence of several ESUs and the difficulty in determining ESU-specific run reconstruction the summer steelhead estimates are not as reliable as for winter steelhead. Impacts on wild summer-run steelhead stocks were likely less than 2%.
For Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha) -
The ESU's as published in the Federal Register are:
64 FR 14308 (3/24/99) - Upper Columbia River Spring (Endangered
64 FR 14308 (3/24/99) - Lower Columbia River (Threatened)
64 FR 14308 (3/24/99) - Upper Willamette River (Threatened)
57 FR 14653 (4/22/92) - Snake River Spring/Summer (Threatened)
Impacts on the listed chinook were as follows:
In 2002, the first year of the commercial spring chinook tangle-net selective fishery, a total of 28,727 spring chinook were handled during this fishery, of which 14,238 were kept and 14,489 were released. Based on CWT and Visual Stock Identification (VSI) data, the kept spring chinook catch was comprised of 8,237 upriver stock; 5,242 Willamette stock; 473 Cowlitz, Kalama, Lewis, and Sandy stock; and 286 Select Area Fishery Enhancement (SAFE) stock, while the released catch was comprised of 12,396 upriver stock; 958 Willamette stock; 28 Cowlitz, Kalama, Lewis, and Sandy stock; and 1,105 SAFE stock. The large number of upriver and SAFE stock spring chinook released in this fishery in 2002 reflect the fact that not all hatchery fish returning to these areas that year were mass marked with an adipose fin-clip. The impact rate on wild upriver spring chinook in 2002 was 0.70% which is similar to the preseason management guideline of 0.68% for 2002. Impacts on naturally produced Willamette spring chinook in 2002 totaled 0.60%. In both cases the overall impact rate was 2.0%, one third of which was allocated to the commercial tangle-net fishery.
In 2003, the second year of the commercial spring chinook tangle-net selective fishery, and the first year using the additional management guidelines which are the subject of this Supplemental Biological Opinion, a total of 5,667 spring chinook were handled during this fishery, of which 3,173 were kept and 2,494 were released. Based on CWT and VSI data, the kept spring chinook catch was comprised of 2,012 upriver stock; 918 Willamette stock; 137 Cowlitz, Kalama, Lewis, and Sandy stock; and 106 SAFE stock while the released catch was comprised of 2,203 upriver stock; 234 Willamette stock; 7 Cowlitz, Kalama, Lewis, and Sandy stock; and 50 SAFE stock. Most of the spring chinook released in this fishery were of upriver origin. The fishery targets unlisted Willamette spring chinook. The catch composition (kept and released) reflect the fact that upriver chinook returning to the fishing area in 2003 were early or that the Willamette spring chinook were late. The impact rate on naturally produced upriver spring chinook in 2003 was 0.668%, which is greater than the guideline of 0.59% for this fishery, but less than the total allowable impact of 2%. Impacts on wild Willamette spring chinook in 2003 totaled 0.295%. Catch-and-release mortality associated with 8-inch and 4.25-inch mesh size for wild spring chinook are currently estimated at 50% and 25%, respectively. Recreational fisheries were also managed inseason with time and area closures to ensure that the overall impact rate of 2% was not exceeded.
Hyvä Kalastus! - Plunk
It is my understanding that these are the late winter runs if they net early or the early summer fish if they net late. See Todd's comment on the Late winter run on the Toutle. I believe most SW washington rivers used to have a very healthy run of spring steelhead and now they are depressed and this fishery really hits them. I will have to check to see if that 22,000 fish were all wild or a mix.
Apples + Oranges =
Some rather confusing numbers here for me to ponder. We are refering to an endangered run of Steelheads that are being impacted by a early spring gillnet fishery that has a potential to impact the run of ESA listed Steelheads. Yet the results of a limited and restricted State and NMFS approved Tangle Net fishery have taken 22,000 of these non targeted Steelheads. With numbers like that one is given to ponder the viability of the claims that these fish are endangered or threatened.
Are we talking about the Late run of winter Steelheads that are taken in this fishery or the much more numerous Summer Run stocks that head into the interior of Ore Ida Wa? I am certainly not a proponet of Gillnet Fisheries under any name but I find it hard to be judgemental without more information. Last time I checked I wasn't drawing a paycheck to be a Judge anyway but I am curious on these numbers.
I just read on an other board, and Todd can probably correct these numbers, but the commercials in 2002 to catch their 15,000 fish caught 22,000 wild steelhead. Even at an 18.5% mortality that is 4000 fish (not to mention the wild spring chinooks they take). How can a gillnet fishery that has a huge impact on the endangered wild run make sense? This obvisiously isn't a targeted fishery it is a lets sweep the river and who cares what we get fishery.
Smalma, Todd, anyone,
Can anyone fill us in on exactly what the 1st year and second year of the tangle net fishery numbers were like? Was it 2% those years and did the commercials go over that and by how much if they did.
Like Jeff said we here at NW Steelhead and the WSC are not so much against commercials having the 2% number. But how come they can not make that number if these tangle nets work as advertised a few years ago.
The outrage is coming in asking for the increase from 2% to 5-7% that is where the outrage is being directed. If they were trying to do the same thing on the Methow I would oppose opening that fishery also to sportsmen. And yes I would be in favor of reducing sportsman opportunity to take the impact down to 1% on ESA listed stocks. Some of those upper columbia fisheries have there own issues like why are they still planting hatchery fish in rivers that have no season planned on them. Does that make sense? But I guess that is neither here nor there in this discussion.
So what do you think about what the Region 5 biologist had to say.
At some point as much as I love to fish I am willing to sacrifice my opporutnity to fish today to hopefully have more of an opportunity in the future.
salt in their food
t_richerzhagen all well & good but I would go one step further.
Read my lips,,,,,,,,,No more incumbents!
You can make the horse drink!!!
JD - I can make the horse drink by putting salt in its feed. We need to do something comparable for the pols and the commercials, or at least, buy the commercials out.
A lot of the fish I have caught on the Deschutes over the last ten years have had net marks. I hav advocated for a no- net fishery on the Columbia for years. The question is what can we do to make the pols and the commercials see it as being in their own best interest (salt in their food)? Some of the ideas here are a step in that direction.
How many of us have already sent letters or emails? I just returned to town and will send mine this evening.
Dont get me started
I hate to tell you but I think you guys are missing the boat.
The way I see it, the system works like this:[list=1][*]The working fisheries biologists want to help the resorce but they are under pressure from upper management, who is under pressure from the politicians. Pressure meaning loss of funding, jobs, etc.[*]The politiciions will allow passage of any regulation, or law to appease the trouble makers. They just wont approvve funding for enforcement![*]That way, they can claim to have helped one group, while at the same time, they are more or less telling the other side, "don't worry about it, we won't enforce it."[/list=1]
You can make a lot of noise, throw big bunches of money at the problem but the only thing a politician fears is losing the next election. And I seriously doubt that a fisheries issue would determine the outcome of an election. And they (politicians) know it.
Add to that the fact that the head honchos, hi-mucky-mucks of fish and game depts are appointed officials. The only way to oust them is to get the governor to fire them.
It's kind of like the old "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't him drink" thing.
I don't have any answers either. Well, I do but you'll never see this one passed.
NO CAREER POLITICIONS. do you thing for one term, and then go home. And answer to the people for what you did,,,to them!
my .02 worth. off my soap box. sorry guys but that's the way I see it.
I clearly understand the 2% is on the total run. My comments regarding the 2% being unacceptable centers around the outrage when that sort of impact occurs during a commerical fishery but when the same 2% impact on an ESA listed wild run is allowed in a sport fishery (for example the recent steelhead fishery on the Methow which had the same 2% impact cap) the same folks seem welcome the fishery. Am I the only one the sees this as a double standard?
The above comments does not mean that I endorse or even condone the proposed increased commerical spring chinook fishery. It is just I find little creditability in protest if one doesn't apply the same standards to all fishing.
Tight lines
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Check this out...this comes straight from the horse's mouth, with his permission to use both his name and his assessments in public.
I just got off the phone with Dan Rawdings, Region 5 Anadromous Fish Biologist. His assessment is as follows:
The combination of impacts from a commercial fishery that takes 5-7% of ESA listed steelhead, combined with the small but measurable sportfishing cnr mortality, will likely put the Toutle River wild winter run steelhead in JEOPARDY.
In this case, "jeopardy" means pushed beyond the point where they could recover.
This assessment was made when he was requested to comment on Oregon's Biological Assessment in regard to the increased commercial ESA impact.
This information was furnished to WDFW on 12/30/03.
Exactly how serious is WDFW about recovering wild steelhead stocks in SW Washington? I think that stuff like this speaks for itself.
WDFW is really serious about it, unless it impacts the ability to have economically viable commercial fisheries without having to make the commercial fishers more selective in their harvest of listed fish.
Maybe I'm being too cynical...am I missing something?
Fish on...
With pre-season predictions calling for a really large return, it seems crazy to just "nudge" up the allowable bycatch in order to get a bit more of the springer harvest when they could really up their take by going to traps and fish wheels.
These guys don't appear to be thinking about maximizing their economic returns. Instead, they are showing great skill at maximizing the anger of sportsfishing and conservation groups. I'm all for a full-utilization of the hatchery spring chinook returns. Who wants those tasty fish stacked up at the hatchery racks turning black? Okay, I'll quit now because I'm sounding a lot like a broken record...
Howzer now you are thinking outside the box we should have none of that. :hehe:
This could be a win-win situation. But unfortunately a lot of people don't see it that way.
The state knows they can't do this with a 2% limit is my understanding as they know the commercials have a much bigger impact then that. So they just move the bar to make this fit the model. Would it be against everyone's beleif to change the fishery to a non-gillnet fishery or god forbid close it down completely. Which is a better solution?
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Let's say you're a new musician, just starting out and looking forward to your first paying gig. Well, you should head to Hambone's in Lawrenceville for Acoustic Open Mic tonight.
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"There are lots of open mics around town, but that's a good thing," said Dave Bielewicz, who organizes the evening. "It's important for musicians to have a space to express themselves and learn how to be in front of an audience and be able to promote themselves.
"The environment at Hambone's is very welcoming. Some open mics, you have the sense that there's already a built-in group of people there and you have to work your way into it. At Hambone's you're instantly welcomed. If you're a new person, it's a great opportunity."
Mr. Bielewicz, 27, of Squirrel Hill, is from upstate New York. He came to Pittsburgh to study theater at Point Park University.
"But I've always been a musician," he said. "I played in a lot of bands growing up. Even in theater school, a lot of folks knew me as 'the guy with the guitar.' I was that guy. But it gave me an outlet outside of theater.
"I found myself in between studies writing music. I've always been in choirs. Singing is probably my strongest suit outside of acting. I was looking for an opportunity to express myself, and I was interested in the local music scene. One of the bartenders from Shadow Lounge heard me at a house party and invited me to an open mic. That got me started.
"Being an entertainer, I'm natural on stage. I'm very comfortable working with audiences."
He started the open mic at Hambone's almost two years ago.
"I was playing at the AcoustiCafe at Club Cafe and the open mic at the Shadow Lounge, and I kind of fell in love with the local songwriter scene," Mr. Bielewicz said. "But I noticed that something missing was diversity. I wanted to start an open mic that was seriously an open mic, not just for acoustic players but also spoken-word players.
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Mr. Bielewicz also runs the sound board.
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And the audience benefits as well.
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"But I've been fortunate to have really great artists, so there's always the sense that there's definitely going to be some good music for the audience."
Acoustic Open Mic with Dave Bielewicz starts at 9 p.m. at Hambone's, 4207 Butler St. There is no cover charge.
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DREAMS AND ALLEGORIESpage: 125
"There is no light in earth or heaven, But the cold white light of stars."
A SOUL was born down in the deep and dark where all souls are, in a cavern under the earth. And it crept along the floor, and it saw a glow‐worm and it went after it. And when it got to the door of the cave it put out its hand to take it; and the glow‐worm crept into a little hole in the ground; and the soul sat down in the dark, at the door of the cavern, and cried.
And after a while it looked up, and over its head in the darkness it saw a light moving; and it got up and walked after it. And the light went on, and on, and on, and at last the soul caught it. And it sat down on the ground, and parted its finger and thumb to see what it had got. And there was a little damp matter on its finger‐tips; because it was a firefly, and it had crushed it.
And the soul sat on the ground, and screamed and flung itself on the ground, and all was dark, and the soul was young. And after a while it looked up, and, in the dark on the heights above, it saw a light that burnt bright and clear. It began to climb. page: 126 This light did not move. When the soul came to it, it found a house of pure gold, with windows of crystal, and through them the fierce, iridescent light burst; for the house was full of fire. And the soul walked round and round it. And it said, "This is light; this is warmth. How dark it all is elsewhere!" And it went round the house tyrol‐leer‐ing; tyrol‐leer‐ing; tyrol‐leer‐ing! And it went round the house and it sang. And it said, "Oh, I wish the door would open, that I might go in!" And at last it went to the door and knocked softly: and the door opened and it went in. And the door was shut behind it. And the fire burnt inside.
And afterwards the soul came out of that house of fire, with its arms above its head. And it went and lay down in the dark. And there was an odour as of burnt flesh: but the soul was quiet.
And at last the soul looked up. And above it on the height it saw a light burning, still, without flickering. And the soul stood up and began to climb. And it got to the top of the height at last and it came to the light. And the light was a tallow candle in a tin lamp and behind it was a reflector and on the lamp was written "Fame." And the soul looked at the lamp. And it went a long way off; and sat upon a rock, with its elbows on its knees. And after a while it looked up, and it saw a light burning on the height above its head. Then again it rose up page: 127 and climbed. And when it had got to the top of the hill, the last range, it found the light burning. It was a great fire of logs, laid across and across; and on the logs was written "Friendship." And the steady blaze went up straight to heaven. It did not flicker or turn; it sent out a steady warmth. And the soul said, "This is truth! This is reality! For this I climbed!" And it held out its hand to the blaze. And over its head were the stars shining, but it looked at the firelight. And it went to sleep there by the fire. And at last the soul woke up. And the fire had gone out. And the soul groped among the ashes with its hands. And there was one tiny coal left; and it clung to its forefinger, and it ate the flesh away, till it had eaten to the bone. And the soul laid its hand in its breast, and it lay down on the ground by the ashes.
And the soul said, "There is now no light more. I have reached the last height. There is now no light to strive for!"
And it lay still with its face on the ground.
And after a while the soul looked up. And over its head were the stars, they that neither rise nor set: that shine not for the individual, but for the whole; they looked down on it.
And the soul rose to its feet.
It knew why it had climbed.page: 128
THE angels stood before God's throne to take down his gifts to men.
One said, "What shall I take to the little child?"
God said, "A long cloudless day in which there shall be no rain, to play in."
And one said, "What shall I take to the woman?"
And God said, "The touch of a little child upon her breast."
And one said, "For the man?"
God said, "He has all things, let him enjoy."
"And what shall I take for the poet?"
And there was silence for a little while.
And God said, "For the poet, a long sleep in which there shall be no dream, and to which there shall be no waking: his eyes are heavy."
And the angels went down.
THE Poet and the Thinker sought for truth.
God bent and held a hand to either.
To the poet he put out his hand from a cloudless vault of blue; the Poet saw it, and climbed.
To the Thinker God stretched his hand from the heart of a mighty cloud; the man looked up and saw it move: he mounted.
On far‐off mountain sides they laboured, looking upwards.
Then he who looked into the blue, cried: "Brother, you are wrong! What lies above you is but dark cloud; reach it—you will find it cold mist. In it you will wander for ever. Over me in the blue sky is that which calls me; I rise to it!"
The Thinker answered: "Fellow, you are dazed. The sun has shone too long upon your head. What lies above you is an empty vault of blue. Enter it, you will find it empty space; you will grasp—air! Over me in that dark storm cloud lives that which calls me: when the lightning flashes and the thunder rolls and the cloud is riven, I see illuminated that which beckons. I mount to it."page: 130
The Poet cried—"Fool!"
The Thinker—"Blind!"
They both mounted.
At last, when they were very tired, they reached their mountain summits.
God bent, and took his Poet in his left hand, and his Thinker in his right, and laid them in his breast. When they awoke, they were side by side upon the heart of God. One whispered, "By the left hand, I!"; the other, "By the right!" ... and they heard the truth beat.
LIFE came to me, and she gave me a flower; and I wore it in my breast.
Life came to me, and she gave me a jewel; and I set it in a diadem and wore it in my hair.
Life came to me, and she gave me a draught of water when I was thirsty unto death; and I drank it up.
Life came to me, and shot a ray of light on me; and I did not try to catch it. I cried, "Shine on! Thou art not to be held within the hand. Thy mission is to go forward. Shine on!"
A FLOWER grew by the roadside.
A spirit passed.
It said: "Beautiful white flower, let me take you in my hands and carry you home. I will take you up with all the soil about you, and carry you safe."
And the flower said: "No. Your hands will disturb me. Your hot breath will curl my leaves. I grow here by the roadside in my beauty, and all look at me. Go; your hot hands will curl my roots."
So the spirit went.
And many days after it passed that way: and it was winter now, and all the ground was bare and white with frost. And the flower stood alone in the cold: and it said: "Oh, spirit, take me up, carry me home in your warm hands. I am freezing to death."
And the spirit said: "No, my hands are full with other flowers. It cannot be now. See, this is all I can do "—and it bent over the flower and wept page: 133 into its frozen cup burning tears; and for a moment they melted it.
Then the spirit went its way, and the flower stood alone in the cold.
A SOUL stood on the bank of the River of Life, and it had to cross it.
And first it found a reed, and it tried to cross with it. But the reed ran into its hand at the top in fine splinters and bent when it leaned on it. Then the soul found a staff and it tried to cross with it: and the sharp end ran into the ground, and the soul tried to draw it, but it could not; and it stood in the water by its staff.
Then it got out and found a broad thick log, and it said, "With this I will cross." And it went down into the water. But the log was too buoyant, it floated, and almost drew the soul from its feet.
And the soul stood on the bank and cried: "Oh, River of Life! How am I to cross; I have tried all rods and they have failed me!"
And the River answered, "Cross me alone."
And the soul went down into the water, and it crossed.
THE angel who guards the gates of the Kingdom of Heaven left them open one evening by chance, and a man wandered in.
As he looked at the silvery light a holy one came up to him.
"What are you doing here, friend?" it asked. "You have no pass from the Angel of Death; you must go out again."
And the man answered: "Oh, I am willing to go. I do not wish to stay here" (for the woman he loved was below and his heaven was there). "But let me only gather a few of these flowers of heaven to place on the heart of one I love."
And the angel said, "Gather them." For it knew he was in the rapture of first love, and the Angels of God look down with pitying eyes when they see soul fiercely knit to soul.
And the man gathered from their beds crimson, silver, and golden Flowers of Heaven; Rapturous‐joy, Hope‐in‐the‐future, Sweet‐touch‐of‐hands, Union‐in‐daily‐life; these he took and turned to go.page: 136
But the angel called him back.
"You have left the best of all," she said. "See that small brown flower growing close to the root of the tree; take that. For the flowers you have got, they are only immortal in heaven; on the earth they fade."
So he gathered the brown flower, and went.
And it came to pass after thirty years that Death went to visit a lonely woman who was at the end of her journey. And Death, Death the all‐seeing, before whom all things are laid bare, looked into the lonely woman's bosom. Once there had been brilliant flowers laid there, by the hand of a man: Rapturous‐Joy—but that had been nipped by a cruel frost; Sweet‐union‐in‐daily‐life—that she had given up to another; the Sweet‐touch‐of‐hands—it had dropped from her while she was still young; Hope‐in‐the‐future—it had faded and faded slowly away from her. But when Death looked into her bosom, lying against the old shrivelled breast was still one small brown flower, fresh and tender as on the day the man laid it there, and the name of the flower was Trust.page: 137
A SOUL met an angel and asked of him: "By which path shall I reach heaven quickest—the path of knowledge or the path of love?" The angel looked at him wonderingly and said: "Are not both paths one?"page: 138
I STOOD on the footstool of God's throne, I, a saved soul, and I saw the prayers that rose up to heaven go up before him.
And they floated up ever in new shapes and forms. And one prayed for the life of her son, and the sufferer prayed for rest, and the wronged for redress, and the poor for food, and the rich for happiness, and the lonely for love, and the loved for faith. And amid them all I saw a prayer go up that was only this: "Give me power to forgive," and it passed like a cloud of fire.
And years passed and I stood on the footstool of God's throne again and saw the prayers go up, and all were changed: he who prayed for love prayed now for power, he who prayed for ease prayed now for strength, she who had prayed for her son prayed now for his child; but I noted one prayer that went up unchanged: "Give me power to forgive."
Again years passed and I stood on the footstool of God's throne once more, and saw the prayers go up. Then among them all I noted one I knew; it said only: "Give me power to forgive."page: 139
And years passed and I stood there again. And the prayers ascended, and were all changed. And I heard a prayer faint and low, which said: "Teach me to forgive." And I said, "Surely this may be granted now," for the voice grew weak.
And God said: "It is answered; even now I have sent Death with the message."
IN a far‐off world, God sent Two Spirits to work. The work he set them to do was to tunnel through a mountain. And they stood side by side and looked at it. And they began to work. They found that the place they had to work in was too narrow; their wings got interlocked. They saw they would never get through the mountain if they worked at it only from that one place.
And one spirit said to the other, "You stay here; I will go and work from the other side."
And it flew away. And they worked on, each from his side of the mountain. And after years in the dark, each one heard the sound of the other's axe, picking, and they knew they were getting near— that the other was at work.
But before they got to the centre, these spirits' sleep‐time came; and God sent other spirits to take their work and place.
But they had heard each other's axes picking, in the dark; that was enough for them.
THE CRY OF SOUTH AFRICAGIVE back my dead! They who by kop and fountain First saw the light upon my rocky breast! Give back my dead, The sons who played upon me When childhood's dews still rested on their heads. Give back my dead Whom thou hast riven from me By arms of men loud called from earth's farthest bound To wet my bosom with my children's blood! Give back my dead, The dead who grew up on me!
I SAT alone on the kopje side; at my feet were the purple fig‐blossoms, and the yellow dandelion flowers were closing for the night. The sun was almost sinking; above him in the west the clouds were beginning to form a band of gold. The cranes were already beginning to fly homeward in long straight lines. I leaned my head against the rock upon the kopje, and I think I slept.
Then it seemed that in the sky above me moved a great white figure, with wings outstretched.
And I called, "Who and what are you, great white Spirit?"
And the Spirit answered, "I am the Spirit of Freedom!"
And I cried, "What do you do here, in this sad land, where no freedom is?"
And he answered me, "I am watching my seeds a‐sowing."
And I said, "What is there a‐sowing here? Our cornfields are down‐trodden; at day the flames from page: 143 burning farm‐houses rise into the sky, and at night the stars look down on homeless women and young children. Here the walls have ears; we look round to see if no man is following us to listen to the very beating of our hearts. What place is left for you here?"
And he said, "I have watched my seeds a‐sowing. At the foot of every scaffold which rises in town or village, on every spot in the barren veld where men with hands tied and eyes blindfolded are led out to meet death, as the ropes are drawn and the foreign bullets fly, I count the blood drops a‐falling; and I know that my seed is sown. I leave you now, and for a while you shall know me no more; but the day will come when I will return and gather in my harvest."
And I cried, "Great Spirit, when shall that time be?"
But his wings were spread, and it seemed they covered all the sky as he passed.
And I cried, "Spirit, beware, lest even in the sky they shoot up at you and you be killed for ever in this strange sad land."
But he cried as he fled from me, "I cannot die! ... Mors janua vitæ!"
And I started up. I saw no spirit, but the sun was sinking. The west was gold and crimson. The last line of cranes with their heads stretched forward page: 144 and their wings outspread were flying homeward. I heard their long, strange cry.
I glanced around me on the kopje, fearing one holding by English gold might have followed me. But the kopje was silent. As I passed back into the village, the barbed‐wire gates were not yet closed; only the dark‐skinned guards scowled at me as I passed them with their rifles at the gate, and armed white men jeered as I went by them; but not one of them knew that I had been speaking with their great enemy on the kopje!
I HAVE had a dream; again and again it comes to me, till I fear the night for its return.
I dream that in the war I have lost all my clothes. That they have shot to pieces the old dress that I wore so long and love so. And I go to have a new dress made, and I take the only stuff I can find, and the skirt is of three colours, red, white, and blue, and the body is a strip of green.
And when I have got it on I go down the street, dancing, dancing, dancing. And the people stop me and they say, "Why have you got that dress on?" And I say, "Do you not see it is the four colours? They shot all my old dresses to pieces in the war, the old dresses that I loved so. Now I could get nothing else but this." And they say, "Why are you dancing so?" And I say, "Because my heart, my heart, is broken."
And then there is a sudden stop, there is a gleam of bayonets, and a sound of guns firing; and then all is silence.
"They are hanging men and women now, For the wearing of the Green."
And I wake, and the cold drops are hanging on my forehead, and I cry aloud in my anguish, "Who will save me from this nightmare? Can nothing break it?"
And in the dark I lean forward listening, that across six thousand miles of sea I may perchance hear that heart beat.page: 147
I LAY upon my couch. Outside for days heavy snow had fallen, and the long trails of the roses that grew over the balcony were weighted with balls of frozen snow, and the wind blew them hither and thither. They tapped upon the window panes and against the woodwork of the balcony.
I had grown weary of looking at that dreary world outside; and I rose and drew the curtains across the windows and lit the light at the head of my couch, and lay down again to read the evening newspaper.
It was the old, old story, such as one read every night: Death and destruction; "heavy losses of the enemy "—always that; and then the long straight list of names, which one followed holding oneself tight, lest one among them should stab one to the very heart; then columns of hatred and abuse; then statements which men in calm hours would never make, or balanced men listen to; omissions and suppressions, till, amid it all, the mind groped like a small animal under a pile of decaying mould seeking to find the way to one ray of light; one judged page: 148 what might be truth only by what was left out, and the reality by what was denied. It was an old, old story; one read it every day. There was nothing new in it.
I was going to drop the newspaper on to the floor, and try to turn my thoughts to other matters, and then my eye caught sight of a paragraph, in very small type, at the left‐hand corner on the inside page. It was printed in type so fine and the paragraph was so short that many reading might not notice it, and if they did, might not trouble to decipher it. Yet, it was something new; it seemed to have crept into the corner of the paper by chance. Having read it once, one read it over, and then again. It set one's thoughts travelling far.
Holding the paper in my hands, I think I must have fallen fast asleep, for I thought I found myself in a great forest. On every side the stems of the trees towered up above me like the aisles of some vast cathedral, and high above my head the wind struck their mighty branches together. I wrapped my mantle tight about my head and struggled on in the darkness: there was no path, and the dead branches cracked beneath my feet. It seemed to be one of those primeval forests, such as sheltered the forbears of our peoples—Suevi and Alamanni, Goth and Visigoth, Frank and Saxon, Lombard and Burgundian, before we spread ourselves out over Europe from the shores page: 149 of the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay to Gothland, from the wet Tin Islands of the North Sea to the blue waters of the Mediterranean; who followed Ruric into the frozen steppes of the north, and Theodoric into Italy; and drank Sicilian wines with our Northmen leaders under the slopes of Mount Etna.
As I wandered in that impenetrable darkness, at last it seemed to me as though, from far off, I saw a gleam of light, and it almost seemed to me I heard distant sounds which were not those of the forest and the storm. I struggled onward, and, at last, I came to a place where through the darkness, under the over‐arching trees, I could see looming a mighty building; light streamed from its windows of many‐coloured glass, and from within came sounds of song and music, and loud laughter and shouts, as of those who applaud and rejoice.
I crept close up to the building, and pressed my face against a pane in a small window and looked in. It was a wonderful scene that met my eyes. Within was a vast hall built of richly carved woods, and the pillars that supported it were shaped in every lovely form, and sprang upwards into the groined roof, from which hung thousands of glittering lights; and along the walls golden torches were flaming; and beneath stood works of art, and scattered about the Hall were large tables, covered with glittering crystal and gold and silver vessels; and upon the tables were loaded page: 150 all of rich and rare of viands and wines that the earth produces.
Around the tables sat men and women clad in gorgeous robes; some had golden crowns on their heads and sceptres in their hands, and others paid court to them; and the women wore jewels of gold set heavily with precious stones, till they seemed weighted with them.
And I saw that from table to table they passed the rare viands and wines, exchanging them with one another; and men and women sang and danced now before this table and then before that, and the feasters showered gold and jewels upon them; and I saw men take ornaments from their own breasts and pass them on to men at other tables. And I noticed that though there were differences between those who sat at the different tables, yet they were all really of one garb and one appearance. And I said to myself, "Surely this is some vast banqueting house, where a great kindred are holding high festival together." And I thought, "Surely never since earth was earth has so much of richness, of rarity, been gathered together in one spot." And I marvelled when I thought of the labour which had brought all these things together, where once only the trees of the forest stood.
And then, as I looked, I noticed that all the men wore daggers fastened at their sides: and as I watched, page: 151 I thought I saw that though their lips were smiling sometimes their brows lowered; and I thought that some cast looks of envy as the viands passed from table to table; and it even seemed to me some whispered behind their hands as they glanced at one another: and though dance and song and feasting went on, the feeling came to me that, perhaps, all was not so well with that great company.
And then, I hardly seemed to know what happened, but at a table at the far end some drew their daggers and a man and woman fell dead upon the floor. Then from other tables others arose and stabbed at one another, and flung one another to the earth; and more and more arose, till from end to end of that great Hall blood flowed and men fell wounded and dying to the ground. And the tables were overturned; and the rare viands and the rich wines and glittering crystals and costly ornaments and rare works of art fell scattered and broken on the ground. And I saw that, in their mad rage, men seized broken fragments from the floor and hurled them at one another, till the glass in every door and window was shattered and the very walls were indented. And I saw women, who, with wild, hoarse voices, called on the men to stab and kill yet more; and some passed on to the men fragments to hurl at one another, though they themselves fell often buried beneath the heaps of killed and wounded.page: 152
And I, looking on through the shattered window, wrung my hands and cried, "Stop it! Stop it! Can you not see, you are destroying all?" But it might have been two small leaves in the forest trees overhead clapping themselves together, for any sound the feeble words made in that vast tumult.
And in their madness I saw men drag down the great glittering lights that hung from the centre of the Hall, and fling the fragments at one another; and tear down the lighted torches that were fastened to the walls, and strike one another with them. And as the lights fell down on that seething mass that covered the floor, they set fire to the garments of the fallen, and smoke began to rise. And outside the window where I stood came the stench of burning human flesh.
And I was silent with horror; for surely never since man was man upon the earth was there such a great and horrible destruction in any Hall where a great human kindred were gathered together.
And then, as I stood gazing in, it almost seemed to me, though I could not tell surely, that, from the far end of the Hall, where the great shattered doorway stood, I heard—three, slow, clear, distinct knocks! I listened; and then again I heard the sounds, and this time I knew I was not mistaken—slow, clear, distinct! And as I looked across that fallen mass of ruin, it seemed to me, I saw, page: 153 through a broken pane in the great shattered doorway at the far end, a human face looking in! The smoke came in between it and me; but I know I saw it.
And as I gazed, the flames began to creep up the walls of the Hall, and up the carved pillars, towards the roof itself.
And I wrapped my mantle tight about my head, and turned away into the darkness and the night. For my heart was wae for the great desolation had seen—that men with their own hands should tear down that which with so much toil they had reared, and should consume that which with so much labour they had gathered, and that so much of the rare and beautiful should be no more! I sorrowed me over that great, brave company which had wrought so much. It might be, I knew well, that those whose knock I had heard might enter in, and take possession of that great Banquet House, and might even rebuild it in a nobler and fairer form: might build it so wide that not only one kindred but all kindreds might gather in it; and that the wine which they drank might give no madness, and the weapons be no more found at the sides of those who banqueted.
But for me, I was sore sorrowful over the destruction of that great kindred, and I wept as I stumbled onwards in the dark.
And the trees of that primeval forest, as they knocked page: 154 their vast branches together over my head, cried: "Mad—MAD!—MAD!"
I woke: I was still lying stretched on the couch with the electric light burning at my head: the paper I had held up in my hand had fallen down on my breast. Outside the wild wind that had raged had grown silent, and the rose branches no longer tapped on the woodwork. I listened to the silence.
Then again I took up the evening paper and re‐read the small paragraph at the left‐hand corner on the inside page. And one's thoughts travelled far into the future.
THE insects lived among the flowers. They were all soft, lovely little creatures without wings.
By and by one little caterpillar began to have tiny lumps upon his shoulders that grew out and out. "Ah," said the others, "he is ugly, see, he is deformed." And the little caterpillar hid behind the leaves, and the lumps grew more and more, and at last they came out lovely little wings. Then he came back to his fellows, and they all said, "Oh, lovely little brother. Oh, lovely brother." And he shook little wings, and he said, "It was for this I went away, for this to grow I was deformed." And he flew round. And he came to one that he loved and he said, "Come, climb with me and let us go and sit on that flower." And his comrade said, "I cannot climb; it tires me; I have no wings like you. Go alone." And he said, "No, I will go with you." And the other said, "I am going here in this little hole in the earth." And the butterfly tried to fold his wings and creep in after him, but he could not; and he almost tore his wings off in the door, but he could not. Then he went away, and he said to another, "Come, let us be companions." And the other said, page: 156 "Yes, I like your wings, but you must walk by me; you must not use your wings and fly." And he said, "Yes, I will only wrap them down." And they walked a little way together. Then the other said, "You are going too fast; your wings blow you on; do go slower." And the butterfly held his little wings as still as he could. And the other said, "They stick up so; couldn't you lay them against your side?" And he said "Yes." But when he held them against his side they ached so they nearly fell off. They ached, and ached, and ached. And the other said: "What are you so slow for? I thought one with wings would go faster than another. I thought you were so beautiful when you were up in the air. You are very ugly now. What are wings for? They only draggle in the mud."
Then the little butterfly spread his wings and flew away, away, away; and he kept far from the others and flew about by himself among the flowers.
And then the others said, "See how happy he is flying about there among the flowers, he's so proud of his wings."
And one day the little butterfly sat on a rose, and died there. And the others thought it died of drinking too much honey. None of them knew that it died of a broken heart.
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Let's see how long he can keep it up.
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He has no patience, runs into his blockers and will get Eli killed
He has no patience, runs into his blockers and will get Eli killed
Thanks for the analysis Jerald Ingram!!
Yes, because that's precisely what Gilbride has said about Wilson in camp. Thanks for the insight, Jakk.
Testy today are we...Still a ton of time but after listening to Gilbride talk about where Wilson is right now I think counting him out now would be a mistake. He's come a long way. I think Brown may be the 3rd down guy, the more challenging down for protections.
Wilson is going to be the starting RB. That doesn't mean that Brown won't get a lot of touches though.
I love the way some people state their opinions as facts, freakin halarious. Thanks for the info swami
If all goes well nobody will care who is the "starter". Just like nobody cared who was the "starter" and who was the "Backup" when Jacobs and Bradshaw were at their best.


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Other than RNT or Echo which I have both. What are some high end calls that people are getting these days?
Other than RNT or Echo which I have both. What are some high end calls that people are getting these days?
Lynch mob calls are what I blow. You couldn't get a better call or a better group of people to deal with! My son and I were at a show where they had a booth set up, George Lynch (the owner of the company) spent over a half hour helping my son and I sound more authentic. They may be a little pricey but you get what you pay for when it comes to calls.
I have probably had %80 of the calls on todays market, I have had and sold 4 Hobo ICU 2's but kept coming back to one, this year i bought one new in the colors i wanted then scratched it so i couldnt sell it.
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My go to call is a C&S i have a custom made call from Tasmanian Black Heart. Mike is a great guy and produces great calls.
Here's my C&S.
Duck calls are a lot like e-collars or pickup trucks.
Some like blondes, some like brunettes.
I find that the more skilled you are as a caller, the more you are able to discern what calls you like the best and what fits you the best. I think many callers find that the call they loved as a beginner, turns out to be not so functional and versatile once they master the basics and learn to do some more advanced stuff.
Duck calls are alot like the perfect pair of athletic shoes. Just because you wear a 10 medium today, does not mean that the "exact same" 10 medium in the same model and color, ordered online or via mail order will fit you the same. There is plenty of variability from unit to unit, even if they are the same model, color etc.
That said: My suggestion is you go to a show, go to a shop, go to a seminar, and pick through what the callmaker brought. Find one that fits you.
The only way to get one mail order is to get about 6 to 12 of the same model shipped to you, pick through and hopefully find the best, and return the rest. You usually need to be connected somehow to get a callmaker to do this for you. The next best thing is to go to the inventory and blow, blow blow.
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For many years I have benefited from and enjoyed reading American Scientist. It is one of the science magazines that exemplify effective communication with the nonscientific community, which is necessary for everyone's well-being. But to be effective, such communication must be done without offending the audience at which it is directed. The "Dr. Beeker" cartoon, on page 466 of the November–December issue of American Scientist, failed in this regard.
The cartoon shows a scientist dressed in laboratory gear, wearing glasses, working with pen and paper. He looks with astonishment at a sailor dressed in work clothing, who jerks his thumb at himself as he barks out that he's a bosun. This depiction of the sailor appears to ridicule him.
A good friend of mine, named Higgs, served the last two years of World War II aboard a United States submarine in the Pacific Ocean as an enlisted man, not unlike Bosun Higgs in the cartoon. We had previously spoken of the importance and fame that has recently been associated with that name. Upon seeing the cartoon I immediately thought of sharing it with him. But I quickly realized that the pun on "boson" is conveyed at the expense of the bosun, who is portrayed by the cartoonist as ignorant—implying that the real joke is on anyone who hasn't been lucky enough to access higher education and the class-based social mores that come with it. Publications such as American Scientist must choose material carefully if scientists are to improve our relations with the public.
Alan BrunsLancaster, PA
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/num2/cartoonish-science/1
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Five Ways Bad Partnership Agreements Can Put Your Company Under
Partnership agreements are sometimes the most crucial documents you�ll ever sign. If you launch a business at a young age with business partners and the business goes on to be a great success, that initial partnership agreement will help guide and mold your future � as well as the future of your relationship with the business partner.
This can be a very positive thing, of course, but it can also have a great deal of negative consequences if there are problems. Unfortunately, bad partnership agreements can indeed sink companies and ruin relationships, so we at FindLegalForms.com think it�s a good idea to learn how so you can avoid these mistakes in the future.
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3. The partnership agreement doesn�t plan for the future. As a company grows, the legal infrastructure of the company had better make arrangements for that growth to allow legal flexibility � otherwise there could be trouble brewing. This is certainly the case for partnership agreements, wherein it�s vital that future money and finances are arranged for. Without these kinds of arrangements � such as 50/50 profit sharing � then there is hardly any legal basis for continued growth.
4. The partnership agreement doesn�t define company roles. Even if the partnership agreement has room for all of the above, it still had better define roles in the company so that there is a structure in place. Otherwise, two business partners can quibble over who gets command and control over the company because the entire thing wasn�t spelled out in the initial partnership agreement. Two parties should have an agreement to these roles before they proceed.
5. The partnership agreement it too vague. There�s no point in signing a document that�s so vague that it essentially becomes worthless, and that�s especially true when it comes to partnership agreements. It�s better to download an ironclad partnership agreement from FindLegalForms.com.


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If Zumba Fitness trademarks became "generic" in a particular area, they might cease to protect consumers and the company from knowing the source of its products and services – anyone may be able to use them without concern of a trademark infringement claim, creating confusion in the marketplace. This is because the word or symbol would no longer indicate to the public that the products or services bearing the ZUMBA® Trademarks originate from one source, namely, Zumba Fitness, LLC.
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Trademark offices around the world provide our company with legal means for protecting consumers, licensees, distributors and our company from imitation and infringing or counterfeit products and programs. These rights include the exclusive right to use our trademarks in the countries where they are registered. Our registered trademarks enjoy a presumption of validity around the world. Proper use of our trademarks serves to distinguish ZUMBA® products and services from the products and services of other companies, prevents the likelihood that consumers are confused, and helps prevent damage to our marks, including, for example, tarnishment, dilution and genericization.In the United States, ZUMBA®, ZUMBA FITNESS®, ZUMBA® KIDS, ZUMBA® KIDS JR., ZUMBA GOLD®, ZUMBATHON®, ZUMBAWEAR® and ZLIFE® are registered trademarks of Zumba Fitness, LLC. (Collectively, "The ZUMBA Trademarks"). We also have trademark rights in the following Zumba Fitness Brands: DITCH THE WORKOUT-JOIN THE PARTY™, ZUMBA SENTAO™, FITNESS-CONCERT™, ZIN™ and ZES™. Zumba Fitness has filed for variations of Zumba® trademarks and logos worldwide and already owns trademark registrations in most countries, including all members of the European Community, most of North and South America, Asia and Oceania.
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It is important to use the Zumba® Trademarks to describe the generic name of the products and services. At a minimum, use the generic term after the trademark in each written communication, the first time the marks appear, and in headers or highly visible locations. And always use the trademark indicators ® and ™ after the trademark.Examples:ZUMBA® fitness program, ZUMBA® routines, ZUMBA® fitness classesZUMBA® apparelZUMBATHON® charity event
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ZUMBA® Trademarks should be entirely capitalized, or at least the first letter should. You can also underline ZUMBA or put ZUMBA in italics.
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As a noun — For example, "zumba is my favorite exercise" is not allowed.
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As you can see I'm doing an if on the materialID to set a pixel color specifically for each objects material.
Now when I run this I just get a black screen, as it's (output) initialized at the beginning.
Running this in PIX I can see him going inside the if statement, setting output to the correct color and then going back to the if statement and returning 0.0f again.
What is going on here ? Why does it set the correct color and jump back afterwards to undo it ??
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Position a rack in the lower third of the oven and heat the oven to 300°F. Have ready a 5- to 6-quart Dutch oven with a tight-fitting lid. Cut a large single-layer square of cheesecloth, and rinse it to remove any loose fibers. Spread the cheesecloth flat and pile the garlic, oregano, orange zest, cinnamon stick, and chile flakes in the center. Gather the edges to form a pouch and tie tightly with kitchen twine. Set aside. Pat the brisket dry with paper towels, and season with salt and pepper. In the Dutch oven, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Brown the meat thoroughly on all sides, turning with tongs, about 5 minutes per side. The meat should sizzle but not scorch; adjust the heat accordingly. Remove from the heat and transfer the meat to a large plate.
Pour off and discard all but 2 Tbs. of the drippings and return the pot to medium heat. Add the finely chopped onions, celery and carrots, season with a generous sprinkle of salt and pepper, and cook until they start to soften, about 5 minutes.
Add the red-wine vinegar, stirring with a wooden spoon to scrape up any remaining browned bits on the bottom of the pot if necessary. Bring to a boil over high heat, and cook until the liquid has reduced to about 2 Tbs., about 1 minute.
Add the tomatoes, beef or chicken broth, and the cheesecloth pouch to the pot. Bring the liquid to a simmer. There should be at least 1 inch of liquid in the pot. Add more broth if needed. Return the meat to the pot, along with any juices that have accumulated. Return the liquid to a simmer, and cover the pot with a sheet of parchment, pushing down so the paper touches the meat. Set the lid in place. (If your pot doesn't have a tight lid, cover the pot tightly with heavy-duty foil, crimping it well over the edges.) Slide the pot into the oven and cook for 2 hours, turning the brisket with tongs after 1 hour.
Turn the brisket over once more and then scatter the diced parsnips, carrots and pearl onions into the liquid around the roast. Continue braising, covered with the parchment and the lid, until the meat is fork-tender, about one hour longer. Test for doneness by spearing the meat toward the center with a carving fork. Pull out the fork carefully: If it lifts and holds the meat, continue cooking for another 20 to 30 minutes.
Transfer the brisket and vegetables to a shallow platter (don't worry if a few chopped vegetables come along too); tent with foil. Strain the remaining liquid into a measuring cup, discarding the finely chopped vegetables and the cheesecloth sachet of flavorings. Let the fat rise to the surface and spoon it off. Wipe out the braising pot with a paper towel.
Return the strained juices to the pot and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Taste, and if the flavor seems weak, simmer vigorously over medium-high heat to reduce the volume and concentrate the flavor, 5 to 15 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir in the chopped parsley.
Carve the brisket across the grain into 1/4- to 1/2-inch-thick slices. Arrange the meat on a serving platter. Ladle about half the sauce over all, garnish with the vegetables, and serve, passing the remaining sauce at the table.
This dish can be served right away, but like most braises, it tastes even better when made ahead. Follow the method through the oven-braising, and transfer the meat and vegetables to a platter. Strain and degrease the juices as directed, wipe out the pot, and then return the meat and vegetables to the pot and pour the strained juices over all. Let cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate for up to three days. To serve, gently reheat the brisket in the pot until the juices are once again liquified. Transfer the meat and vegetables to a baking dish, moisten with some of the juices, cover, and heat in a 325°F oven until warmed through. While the meat and vegetables are warming, proceed with the recipe as directed to make a sauce from the juices.
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As most of us know Rockstar is busy with Red Dead Redemption and it's DLC along with a load of other projects that still need to come out, such as L.A.Noire and Max Payne 3, so news and announcements regarding Grand Theft Auto are a bit on the slim side. In that case this post is to just highlight some of the fan videos that have been posted on our forums.
First up we have a new machinima posted by Slapdown called "Two Steps Ahead":
Here we have a couple of videos by forum poster Big Fella, who goes under the name DanK in his videos, giving us a stunt montage and trying something different with a sky diving video:
To end the fan videos off here is a short and sweet NRG stunt montage video by ucantrunaway:
We do appreciate the video submissions on the forums and look forward to what new and interesting ideas you guys can come up with! Just as a reminder, Rockstar Games are hosting another Multiplayer Event for the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City on the 30th of September 2010 between 4pm and 7pm EST. Also, there is little over a month left to cast your vote in the 28th Annual Golden Joystick Awards, voting ends on the 25th of October 2010. As mentioned in a previous news post:
This year Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars appears in both the Downloadable Game of The Year and the Portable Game of The Year categories. Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City makes an appearance in the Soundtrack of The Year category and Rockstar North shows up as a contender for the UK Developer of The Year.
Of course Rockstars latest game Red Dead Redemption has managed to get into the shortlist to, appearing in the Action Game of The Year and the Ultimate Game of The Year categories.
To wrap things up, nestled between all the Red Dead Redemption posts on News Wire, Rockstar are currently holding a small video editing competition, this one being titled "Fight Club", where the winner will receive a custom built "Liberty City Cage Fighter" PC:
You can read more about that and the Rules over on the Rockstar News Wire page.
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Tiger on silver medal-winning Olympic ice hockey team
Posted February 21, 2002; 09:38 p.m.
When the U.S. women's ice hockey team won the silver medal in the Winter Olympics Thursday night, a Tiger was in the lineup.
Andrea Kilbourne, who completed three seasons on Princeton's team before taking a break from school to join the national team, was on the 20-player roster.
The United States won four games before bowing to Canada, 3-2, in the game that determined the gold and silver medal winners.
Kilbourne, one of the most prolific scorers in recent Princeton history, was one of three skaters making their first appearance on the U.S. national team. She led the Tigers in scoring in each of the past three seasons and finished 2000-01 with 49 points (22 goals and 27 assists). She was a second-team All-ECAC and All-Ivy selection. The team's captain in 2000-01, the Saranac Lake, N.Y., resident was to serve again in that capacity this year.
In her Olympic debut, Kilbourne had one goal and one assist in the four games leading up to the final. The U.S. team defeated Germany (10-0), China (12-1), Finland (5-0) and Sweden (4-0).
"The most amazing part of this whole experience has been being able to represent my country, especially at such an important time," Kilbourne said in an interview before the games began. "To see people all over the country get excited about our team is something really special. Although it is a huge responsibility, it is also an enormous honor."
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Information and documentation pertaining to this regulatory proposal.
California Code of Regulations: Title 17Sections: 30305.1, 30308.1 and 30311.1
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Published: August 19, 2011California Regulatory Notice Register 2011, No. 33-Z Public Hearing Date: October 11, 2011Close of 45-Day Public Comment Period: October 3, 2011Comment Period Extended to: October 11, 2011 NoonClose of 15-Day Public Comment Period: April 6, 2012Date filed with Office of Administrative Law: July 24, 2012Approved by the Office of Administrative Law: September 4, 2012Filed with Secretary of State: September 4, 2012Effective Date: October 3, 2012
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