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Welcome to Oklahoma's eGovernment News Report. We hope you enjoy the monthly report providing you with up-to-date information on Oklahoma's eGovernment achievements.
Nearly 60,000 Oklahoma Professionals Conduct Licensing Services Online�
Oklahoma physicians, nurses, real estate agents, and home inspectors are just a few of the more than 120 types of professional licensing services available online. During the first seven months of 2009, nearly 60,000 professionals applied for or renewed their license(s) online, representing an increase of 26 percent from 2008.
"The increase in online adoption is proof that we are responding appropriately to requests for streamlined access to government services," said Mark Mitchell, General Manager of OK.gov. "In the upcoming year, we plan to add many more state agencies to our list of online professional licensures."
Since January 2007, online licensing services participating in the 'Go Green Oklahoma' study have reduced paper consumption amongst state agencies by over 550,000 sheets of paper. 'Go Green Oklahoma' is a study available at http://GoGreen.OK.gov showcasing how Oklahoma eGovernment is helping to reduce the carbon footprint by reducing paper consumption and citizen travel to government facilities.
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New Online Searches Provide Useful Tools for the Science & Technology Industries
The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) recently launched a new Web site, Service Provider Network and Online Intern Database available on their Web site. The site features audio broadcasts, online registration for workshops, service providers, solicitation listings and internship opportunities in technology. Other resources for researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs also are available.
"Science and technology are critical to the future of Oklahoma," said Michael Carolina, OCAST executive director. "We built our new Web site with a focus on providing visitors with useful tools for new ideas in technology-based economic development."
The Service Provider Network enables visitors to find qualified third-party resources to develop innovative and advanced technology ideas, management services, processes or products and build commercial enterprises.
The Online Intern Database provides an avenue to increase science and technology education and experience for college students and faculty members in Oklahoma. Students have the opportunity to be connected with a potential future employer. The new system provides services for students, faculty and businesses. Advantages include the following:
OCAST launched their new Web site utilizing OK.gov's Content Management System. The site is designed to meet and exceed Oklahoma's Web accessibility standards. The OCAST Web site, Service Provider Network, and Online Intern Database are products of a partnership between OCAST and OK.gov, Oklahoma's Official Web site.
Oklahoma Employment Security Commission Launches New Web Site
A new look, easier navigation, faster content control and a new Web site address has accompanied the new Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) Web site.
At the new OESC Web site, visitors can easily:
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"The system we use to build and update our Web site gives us more content control and allows us to update our content much more quickly than our previous means," said John Carpenter, OESC Public Information Officer. "It is a great advantage, because we can communicate with our public in an instant with just a click of a mouse." �
OESC launched their new Web site utilizing OK.gov's Content Management System. The site is designed to meet and exceed Oklahoma's web accessibility standards, as well as have a common look and feel as many other Oklahoma government Web sites.
OESC invites Oklahoma citizens to visit their new Web site and learn more about employment and training, unemployment benefits, labor market data, and much more.
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- Unions of Philadelphia Newspapers LLC (The Inquirer and The Philadelphia Daily News) were forced to accept 12 cents on the dollar for the $12 million the bankrupt company owned to employee pension plans as part the reorganization plan.
- The Chicago Sun-Times off-loaded $49.1 million of its underfunded pension obligations for 2300 retirees and employees to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. The paper and it suburban subsidiaries were purchased out of bankruptcy without the new owners assuming the pension obligations.
- The Dayton News Journal dumped $15.4 million in underfunded pensions payments on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. , which will ensure 1,100 current and former employees receive benefits owed to them. The newspaper and its assets were purchased out of bankruptcy by Halifax Media, but it did not take on the pension liability.
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. is a federal corporation designed to protect pensions when company-run pension funds collapse or cannot pay agree benefits.
These types of problems occur when money due for benefits is not paid into pension funds or money is removed from company-run funds by the company. When this occurs companies use the money for other purposes: increasing liquidity, paying bills, giving executive bonuses, etc. However, this creates problems if the company ceases operating or if liabilities of underfunded pension obligations weigh too heavily on the balance sheet.
Existing laws allows employers to take money from company-run funds if they are overfunded, but do not require them to immediately fully fund them when they are underfunded. Overfunding and underfunding, however, are normal conditions caused by fluctuations in stock and bond markets in which pension funds are invested. Because overfunding and underfunding tend to even out over time, companies using the funds like a bank can create problems. Even when pension funds are not run by companies, delays in paying obligations create problems if the company closes or goes into receivership.
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This salad recipe doesn't call for any vinegar or lemon juice in the dressing. The natural acidity of the nectarines is all you'll need. As an added bonus, the nectarines lend an added freshness to the dish. Three beans are used in the salad: black eyed peas, kidney beans and black beans. Crumbled feta cheese, jicama, Romaine lettuce, baby spinach leaves and a few other ingredients complete the dish.
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Happy 4th Birthday Seth! I can't believe he's four years old! Time flies by when you have kids! We are so grateful for our little Sethers! A few of his favorite things are transformers, the spray park, swimming, and playing with friends. He is my biggest helper around the house. He'll make his bed, clean up his toys, and he really likes to hold and feed Ethan. He is such a great big brother! My favorite thing is when he says "look at Ethan, he is such a cutie!"
We had a super fun 4th of July too! We partied all weekend! Brad and I decided that we're glad the 4th will only be one day next year. On Saturday we spent the afternoon with our good friends Eric and Leah. Their family rented a bouncy house for the whole day, and the boys took full advantage. Even after hours of playing we still had to pull them off when it was getting deflated. Thanx Eric and Leah for a kicking 4th of July party! You guys are so awesome! One of our other favorite days was going to Bear Lake. The boys had an absolute blast playing in the water and sand. It was a little chilly and windy, but isn't it always there? Anyways, we went to the fire works Friday, Saturday, and Monday nights. It was fun, but by Monday we were glad to be done. Here are the boys at Bear Lake. We have just been loving up summer! The kids eat popcicles all day, and we play out side as much as we can. ( because we never know how long summer will last around Idaho) Even Ethan loves the popcicles. I love his little scrunchie face! Here are a few pics of Ethan, just because I love this little boy!


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Two months later and I'm still fantasizing about this maeun-tang, or spicy fish soup.
Cod and a few clams in a Korean chili paste-laced broth and topped with shiso leaves: this is a poor woman's seafood heaven. I ate a version of this soup practically every day in Seoul, the best one from a restaurant on the second floor of Seoul's Noryangjin Fish Market. For spice fiends, it's hard to resist a bubbling hot, fiery red soup that comes with its own burner.
While Noryangjin is lesser known than Tokyo's famed Tsukiji fish market, it rivals Tsukiji in sheer size. You can bet most of Seoul's restaurants source their fish from this wholesale arena. My photos can't do justice to the sprawling market, the rows and rows of exotica in my landlubber's eyes.
(So although these photos are a couple months old, now that I finally retrieved them from the USB card reader screw-up I couldn't resist sharing them. Due to painfully slow internet, I only uploaded a few here; the rest can be viewed in my Flickr set.)
We went in the mid-afternoon and were spared the crowds. These crabs were mere minutes of steaming away from being supper.
I am thinking this dried fish photo would be great to tack up on your door on Halloween.
These phallic-looking things I cannot figure out.
Octopus, deconstructed.
More than a handful of vendors were slicing up fresh sashimi for customers to snack on or bring home. You can also take the freshly sliced fish to one of the market's many restaurants to dunk in a hotpot or hand over for the chef to cook at his discretion.
Our meal at one of the restaurants upstairs, which included sashimi, the aforementioned unforgettable fish stew, and about 10 kinds of banchan, came out to around 16 USD for two people. One of the best banchan dishes, and by best I mean delicious in its simplicity, was this plate of hard-boiled squail eggs sprinkled with sea salt.
Is it too much to ask that every port city have a fish market where you can dine on the day's catch, on the spot?


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On 29 and 30 November the programme launched a campaign to stop sexual violence against children. The campaign launch was held in Rome, Italy.
The main goals of the campaign are to:
- achieve further signature, ratification and implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (Lanzarote Convention)
- to equip children, their families/carers and societies at large with knowledge and tools to prevent and report sexual violence against children, thereby raising awareness of its extent.
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The collaborative relationship between KBYU-FM and Utah Symphony began in the early 1970s. Utah Symphony concerts were aired locally and distributed nationally via a KBYU-FM-operated syndication. In the 1980s Classical 88 became Classical 89, and what had been an 18- then 20-hour day, became a 24/7 station.
Also in the late 1980s, after the completion of Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City, KBYU-FM established a production and broadcast facility in the hall, which changed the previously delayed concert broadcasts to live and which utilized the first digital recording techniques before digital became the norm.
The success of the Utah Symphony partnership resulted in annual broadcasts of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, which began at BYU and then moved to Salt Lake City. This in turn was followed by recording and broadcast opportunities with the Temple Square Concert Series, Utah Opera, the Grand Teton Music Festival in Jackson Hole, Wyo., the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, and Utah Festival Opera in Logan.


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December 6, 2011
I recently asked some family and friends who fly for a living what their favorite food is when they need to eat at airports. In my unscientific poll, it was interesting that although we all "try" to make healthy choices at home, when stuck in an airport, comfort food is king. Tops on the list: Barbecue.
The number one BBQ choice among all airports was Austin's Salt Lick.
The next favorite was Cousin's BBQ at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport.
Also ranking high in the comfort food category was Potbelly's sandwiches at Chicago's Midway airport, with their "Wreck" and Italian meatball sandwich being top favorites.
Soup ranked next among these travelers who fly throughout the country, with Albuqurque's Comida Buena Deli and their famous green chili chicken soup being one of the top choices.
It was no surprise to see that Ivar's at the Seattle-Tacoma airport was a big fan favorite in the Pacific Northwest where craving fish is an automatic Pavlovian response. Their fish & chips and seafood chowder were favorite dishes.
When I'm stuck in any airport because of weather delays, I try to be prepared by having healthy snacks in a Ziplock bag containing grapes, carrots, cherry tomatoes and Power bars. It's not a bad option to have if you're trying to fight off the urge to indulge in a Big Mac, Whopper or Cinnabon that tantalize you in airports today.
What do you like to eat when you're stuck in an airport?
November 16, 2011
A U.S. Travel Association report came out today stating that the top complaint among airline passengers (72% surveyed) is people bringing too many carry-on bags through security.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) confirms it by saying that passengers carried on 59 million more bags in 2010 than in 2009. The reason is because they are trying to avoid fees to check bags and are stuffing as much as they can into their carry-ons. And the TSA says the number is expected to increase another 28 million more this year!
But don't expect airlines to get rid of charging for checked bags. The airlines make $3.4 billion each year. Without them, they would be operating at a loss, and these baggage fees are tax exempt for the airlines, saving them $255 million last year.
There's a cost to all of these bags going through security, though. The TSA estimates that it costs them $260 million per year to screen these extra carry-ons.
For more details, check out the CBS video story here (plays after a 30-second commercial):
The U.S. Travel Association also reported today that four out of five air travelers reported that their top frustrations with flying was directly related to the checkpoint process:
• 72.4 percent chose "people who bring too many carry-on bags through the security checkpoint";
• 68 percent chose "the wait time to clear the TSA checkpoint";
• 62.3 percent chose "having to remove shoes, belts and jackets at the TSA checkpoint"; and
• 42.5 percent chose "TSA employees who are not friendly".
For more information about the U.S. Travel Association's report, click here.
November 7, 2011
Travel & Leisure has put together some great tips called "How to Fly Coach in Comfort," which really resonates with us since that's what our PamBee product is designed to do. You can check out the entire piece here.
Here are snippets that we thought were pretty insightful:
Choose your airline wisely
- "JetBlue offers a whopping 34 inches of "pitch" (airline-speak for legroom), compared with the standard 31 inches."
- "Southwest Airlines offers "more seat room in all its coach configurations than the major carriers," says business travel expert Joe Brancatelli."
Pick your seats carefully
- "Check SeatGuru.com and SeatExpert.com. Seats to avoid: Any seat with its back against a bulkhead or in front of exit rows won't recline fully."
- "Stuck in the middle? 'I'll ask at the gate if there are any middle seats in between two people with the same last name," says travel writer John DiScala, better known as Johnny Jet. They may well give up the aisle or window to sit together.'"
Check in online as early as possible
- "Airlines routinely oversell flights, and the first passengers to be involuntarily bumped from an overflowing flight are those who check in last."
Be smart about frequent-flier miles
- "Save up your miles not for a free ticket but to achieve 'elite status' on the frequent-flier program. This is your golden ticket to upgrades, priority boarding, and no-fee bookings of those prime exit rows, bulkheads, and other seats. Some airlines even waive checked-luggage fees. And of course, by becoming elite with one airline, you get the benefits on a whole family of carriers: One World, SkyTeam, and Star Alliance."
- "Little extras: 'Be friendly with everyone, especially the gate agents and flight attendants,' says Johnny Jet. 'Flight attendants notice such things and will go that extra mile to help make your flight more comfortable, even if it's just slipping you an extra mini-packet of pretzels.'"
October 7, 2011
As someone who has been flying for most of my adult life as a flight attendant, the effect Steve Jobs and Apple had on the comfort of air travelers over the past 10 years cannot be underestimated.
After the advent of the iPod, iPhone and iPad, I have seen a significant change in how passengers occupy their time on the plane as they use these devices (and similar competitors' devices that followed) as a replacement for bulky books and CD/DVD players.
The iPod obviously changed how people listened to music on planes. With the touch of a button on a device that could hold thousands of songs in the palm of their hand, they could quickly escape and take themselves into another world inside the unexciting environs of an airliner.
Before the iPad, it was such a hassle for passengers to pull out a bulky laptop from a bag underneath their seat, open it up, turn it on, wait several minutes for it to boot up, put down the tray table so you could set your laptop on it, and essentially lock yourself in your seat (and anyone else who who was unlucky enough to be sitting between you and the window) for the next few hours without a huge ordeal to close everything back up if anyone needed to go to the bathroom!
On top of that, how many times has your laptop screen been whacked when an inconsiderate passenger in front of you reclined their seat into your personal space in a nanosecond with no regard?
The iPad has changed much of that. With over 29 million sold, along with millions of other tablet computers that have hit the market since its inception, I have definitely noticed on planes a significant number of air travelers who have switched from laptops to tablets because of how much more portable and faster they are to power-up. Not to mention a fully charged iPad can last several hours more than most laptops.
Another reason for the iPad's popularity and other tablets on planes is because it's so much easier to watch a movie or TV show since you can move it around and change body positions compared to a laptop where you are essentially stuck in one position.
The launch of the iPhone (and subsequently Android phones) has had an even bigger impact than the iPad on how people spend their time when flying. Because of all that an iPad can do, from being a phone, e-reader, video player, MP3 player, email/text device, etc., passengers can keep themselves entertained or informed so much more easily during those idle periods before planes push back from the gate.
The same thing applies after they are up in the air above 10,000 feet when passengers can turn on their portable devices and lose themselves in the iPhone or Android app of their choice. As a flight attendant who cares about my passengers, I am all for anything that makes them more comfortable on their flight (as you can tell from my invention here).
Sure, there were Blackberries and other smart phones before the iPhone, but the iPhone changed everything with it's beautiful and larger screen, thousands of apps, ease of use, and overall adoption by a mass market.
Beyond being so portable and being able to turn-on so quickly, the iPad and iPhone share some of the same advantages in one huge area: parents being able to entertain their kids with gaming or educational apps without having to carry a separate device. Because of these devices, I have seen a huge drop-off of other gaming devices. Just the other day I saw a child learning how to play the piano with a cool piano app, and doing it without disturbing other passengers thanks to her earphones.
With the world's loss of Steve Jobs a couple of days ago, it made me reflect and realize just how grateful airline passengers -- and flight attendants -- are to such a visionary that forever changed how we would spend our time in airports and on planes. Thank you, Steve. We will miss you.
September 30, 2011
Many flight attendants like myself are excited about the new show "Pan Am" that premiered this past Sunday on ABC. It's fun to see how much air travel has changed the past several decades, with everything these days being much more casual.
That said, I see on planes how passengers still enjoy being pampered like they were back in the day. That's what motivated me to start making the PamBee travel blanket set: to help bring back a little bit of the style and luxury from those Pan Am days while providing what they need to get some restful sleep.
My friend Joanne was a Pan Am stewardess during it's heyday, and she was kind enough to let me post some of the photos she has collected over the years. Thanks Joanne!
Joanne's Pan Am stewardess class, January 1967. How fabulous they look!
Love this photo of a flight attendant in the engine! Obviously these days
this isn't allowed because of stricter security!
All of these ladies were from different countries...how cool!
Joanne and other stewardesses conducting emergency training in a Miami hotel pool.
Pan Am terminal in New York City
Pan Am terminal in New York City
Pan Am building in New York City
Some Pan Am passengers who look a little familiar... ;-)
September 29, 2011
Want to get some shut-eye on a long plane ride, but can't? Then I suggest you checkout this interesting NY Times article posted yesterday about the reasons why, and how you can overcome them.
The author writes about how he searched online for solutions, tried all of them, but none ever worked. So she decided to consult the chief of sleep medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital for expert advice. Some of the doctor's tips include resting your head on a shoulder of someone next to you, or getting a window seat and leaning your head against the wall.
Warning: sleeping against a stranger's shoulder can be
hazardous to your health. ;-)
Another sleep expert said the angle of the seat makes a difference, with a seat reclining 40 or more degrees allowing for better sleep. But of course, you're not going to get that unless you buy expensive first or business class seats.
The most eye-opening information (no pun intended) is the amount of emotional and sensory overload inside a commercial aircraft that makes it difficult to sleep, like all the noises and smells. For those long-haul flights where you can't fall asleep, one piece of advice is to start getting ready to sleep at your normal time and do what you do before going to bed, like brushing your teeth, changing clothes, readomg a book, etc.
Along these same lines, I think bringing sleep gear from home that is yours -- like a blanket, pillow and eyemask that shuts out the light -- that you wash in your own laundry can help you relax since their scent would remind you of your own bed at home. One solution we recommend, of course, is our PamBee travel blanket set (for PamBee designs, click here).
Another solution is to schedule flights during the day, or schedule a day to catch-up on your sleep after you arrive. Also, don't get tempted by overeating and skip the meal on the plane if you just ate before getting on.
For the full NY Times article, click here.


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Emergency contraception, or emergency birth control, is used to help keep a woman from getting pregnant after she has had sex without using birth control or if the birth control method failed. This page offers answers to frequently asked questions about emergency contraception.
Review Date: Friday, February 06, 2015
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This guide gives the basic facts about the different kinds of FDA-approved medicines and devices for birth control. Ask your doctor to tell you about all of the risks and benefits of using these products.
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Emergency contraception is a way of preventing pregnancy after unprotected sex. Learn about how it works and how it is used. Emergency contraception offers no protection against sexually transmitted diseases.
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"General Instructions," Priesthood Ordinances and Blessings (2018).
"General Instructions," Priesthood Ordinances and Blessings.
General Instructions
From Handbook 2, chapter 20
This publication outlines instructions for performing priesthood ordinances and blessings. Stake presidents, bishops, and clerks should also refer to policies and procedures that are outlined in Handbook 1, chapter 16, and Handbook 2, chapter 20.
An ordinance is a sacred act, such as baptism, that is performed by the authority of the priesthood. The ordinances of baptism, confirmation, Melchizedek Priesthood ordination (for men), the temple endowment, and temple sealing are required for exaltation for all accountable persons. These are called the saving ordinances. As part of each saving ordinance, the recipient makes covenants with God.
Performance of a saving ordinance requires authorization from a priesthood leader who holds the appropriate keys or who functions under the direction of a person who holds those keys. Such authorization is also required for naming and blessing a child; dedicating a grave; giving a patriarchal blessing; and preparing, blessing, and passing the sacrament. Melchizedek Priesthood holders may consecrate oil, administer to the sick, give father's blessings, and give other blessings of comfort and counsel without first seeking authorization from a priesthood leader.
Brethren who perform ordinances and blessings should prepare themselves by living worthily and striving to be guided by the Holy Spirit. They should perform each ordinance or blessing in a dignified manner, making sure it meets the following requirements:
It should be performed in the name of Jesus Christ.
It should be performed by the authority of the priesthood.
It should be performed with any necessary procedures, such as using specified words or using consecrated oil.
It should be authorized by the presiding authority who holds the proper keys (normally the bishop or stake president), if necessary according to the instructions in this chapter.
A priesthood leader who oversees an ordinance or blessing ensures that the person who performs it has the necessary priesthood authority, is worthy, and knows and follows the proper procedures. Leaders also seek to make the ordinance or blessing a reverent and spiritual experience.
When ordinances or blessings are performed in sacrament meeting, the bishop ensures that they are performed properly. To avoid embarrassing a priesthood holder, the bishop quietly corrects errors only if essential elements of the ordinance or blessing are incorrect.
Those who give priesthood blessings speak words of blessing ("I [or we] bless you that …") rather than saying a prayer ("Heavenly Father, please bless this person that …").
Participation in Ordinances and Blessings
Only brethren who hold the necessary priesthood and are worthy may perform an ordinance or blessing or stand in the circle. Those who participate are usually limited to a few, including priesthood leaders, close family members, and close associates such as ministering brothers. Inviting large numbers of family, friends, and leaders to assist in an ordinance or blessing is discouraged. When too many participate, it can become cumbersome and detract from the spirit of the ordinance. Those who perform an ordinance and those who preside are the only ones required. Others provide support and sustain the spokesman.
When several brethren participate in an ordinance or blessing, each one places his right hand lightly on the person's head (or under the baby being blessed) and his left hand on the shoulder of the brother to his left.
Even though only a limited number of brethren stand in the circle when a person receives an ordinance or blessing, family members are usually invited to attend.
Leaders encourage worthy brethren who hold the necessary priesthood to perform or participate in ordinances and blessings for their family members.
Worthiness to Participate in an Ordinance or Blessing
Only a Melchizedek Priesthood holder who is worthy to hold a temple recommend may act as voice in confirming a person a member of the Church, conferring the Melchizedek Priesthood, ordaining a person to an office in that priesthood, or setting apart a person to serve in a Church calling.
As guided by the Spirit and the instructions in the next paragraph, bishops and stake presidents have discretion to allow priesthood holders who are not fully temple worthy to perform or participate in some ordinances and blessings. However, presiding officers should not allow such participation if a priesthood holder has unresolved serious sins.
A bishop may allow a father who holds the Melchizedek Priesthood to name and bless his children even if the father is not fully temple worthy. Likewise, a bishop may allow a father who is a priest or Melchizedek Priesthood holder to baptize his children or to ordain his sons to offices in the Aaronic Priesthood. A Melchizedek Priesthood holder in similar circumstances may be allowed to stand in the circle for the confirmation of his children, for the conferral of the Melchizedek Priesthood on his sons, or for the setting apart of his wife or children. However, he may not act as voice.
Performing an Ordinance or Blessing in Another Ward
To act as voice when naming and blessing a child, baptizing or confirming a person, ordaining a person to a priesthood office, or dedicating a grave, a priesthood holder who is outside his own ward should show the presiding officer a current temple recommend or a Recommend to Perform an Ordinance form that is signed by a member of his bishopric.
Performing Ordinances by and for Persons Who Have Disabilities
Guidelines for performing ordinances by and for persons who have disabilities are provided in Handbook 1, 16.1.8 and 16.1.9.
For guidelines on interpreting ordinances for those who are deaf or hearing impaired, see Handbook 1, 21.1.26.
Translating Ordinances and Blessings
Guidelines for translating ordinances and blessings are provided in Handbook 1, 16.1.2.
Instructions on Performing Ordinances and Blessings
The following publications provide instructions on performing ordinances and blessings:
Handbook 2, chapter 20
Family Guidebook, pages 18–25
Duties and Blessings of the Priesthood, Part B, pages 42–47
Using these publications, priesthood leaders teach brethren how to perform ordinances and blessings. Leaders ensure that each priesthood holder has the Family Guidebook or Duties and Blessings of the Priesthood, Part B, so he can have his own copy of these instructions.
Leaders should not produce or use other publications that give instructions for ordinances, blessings, or prayers unless the First Presidency has authorized such publications.


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Add another 7-footer to the team.
The Post has learned 7-foot center Jerome Jordan, a 2010 second-round draft pick, will be the next addition to the Knicks' roster as he was involved in heavy contract negotiations late last night to bring him to New York, according to his agent Todd Ramasar.
As I said last night, I think this is a great move and the perfect time to bring Jordan over. If he has any game, which it looks like he does, then he will be a great addition to our front court as the backup center. The Knicks just went from being weak down low to have two 7 footers at the center position and arguably one of the top three greatest scoring power forwards in NBA history. I am unbelievably excited about this upcoming season because now the Knicks will have some toughness and size around the rim and that should make for an improved defense. Defense is now the key for this team and they have improved very quickly.Follow @tarmosino


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Events will take place at many venues across the state
Lenoir Community College will join community colleges across the state Tuesday in celebrating the legacy of the late Dr. W. Dallas Herring with the unveiling of his portrait to be displayed in the Learning Resources Center. The event, which is open to the public, will be held at 11 a.m. in Heritage Place in the LRC on campus.
Celebrations will be held throughout the state, with many community colleges unveiling portraits of Herring that were commissioned as part of the system�s 50th anniversary celebration. Duplin Winery and the North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation sponsored the portraits. At its last meeting, the State Board of Community Colleges also passed a resolution, naming its regular meeting room the Dr. W. Dallas Herring State Board Room.
A Duplin County native, Herring devoted his entire life to service and leadership in education. As chairman of the State Board of Education in 1963, Herring was instrumental in the creation of the community college system. He may be best known for his belief that education should be available to all and that community colleges should �... take people from where they are, as far as they can go.�
He was appointed by Governor Luther Hodges to chair the State Board of Education, serving from 1955-77. In May of 1963, the General Assembly established the North Carolina Community College System. Under the leadership of Herring, the Community College Advisory Council was established to advise the State Board of Education. Herring was a lifelong advocate for the state�s community colleges and the system�s �Open Door� philosophy � a result of Herring�s leadership during the system�s early years.
The system has been credited with improving educational opportunities in the state and aiding in North Carolina�s fast industrial and commercial growth in the past five decades by providing a trained work force.
Herring received numerous awards, including The North Carolina Award, the highest civilian award in North Carolina. In 1983, in recognition of the system�s 20th anniversary, the State Board of Community Colleges recognized Herring as an individual who made a significant contribution to the establishment, development and enhancement of the North Carolina Community College System. Two years later, this award became the I.E. Ready Award, the highest honor given by the State Board of Community Colleges.
In 2003, on the 40th anniversary of the community college system, its leaders held a testimonial dinner for Herring and gave his name to the system�s leadership development institute. He was granted four honorary doctorates in recognition of his leadership in education policy.


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Here's a question we got for homework:
A soccer match between team A and team B ends with a 9-9 tie. It is know that at some point of the game team A had the lead and that later on it was team B who had it. How many series's of 18 goals can represent the course of the game?
Hint: use the double-reflection technique.
So, this hint doesn't really help me as I don't understand what a double-reflection is. Other than that: I thought about counting all possible series's which is the Catalan number C9, and then subtract all series's where B scored the first goal, but it's a little vague in my mind.
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You'll see the same midwives throughout your pregnancy and after your baby is born, but different midwives when you're in labour.
You will have a named midwife. You will be looked after by different midwives for antenatal care, during labour and for postnatal care. If you live out of the hospital catchment area you will be looked after by midwives in your local area for antenatal and postnatal care and come to the hospital for consultant care if required and when you're in labour.


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Hollywood Legend James Farentino -- Killed by a Broken Hip
James Farentino Killed by a Broken Hip
Hollywood legend James Farentino didn't die from heart failure -- according to the actor's death certificate, obtained by TMZ, he died from every old person's worst nightmare ... a broken hip.
There were reports the actor croaked thanks to a bum ticker -- but while his heart may have been a contributing factor in his demise ... the official cause of death is listed as "sequelae of right hip fracture."
For those who don't know ... sequela is doctor-speak for a pathological condition that stems from a previous injury -- in this case, a broken hip.
According to the death cert, Farentino broke his hip in December after falling out of his bed. The nature of the complication that eventually killed him last month is unclear.
Farentino was 73.
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Oracle: What now for HPC?
Groping in the dark after Sun deal done
There hasn't been a lot of talk yet from Oracle about their plans for HPC now that the Sun purchase has been consummated - so what's going on?
From what I can tell, it's not that Oracle is necessarily holding anything back; it's more that its approach to the market is still being shaped up. The big job was getting the systems roadmaps in place and communicated to the world – and there still are some who will argue that Oracle hasn't been clear enough on that issue.
However, it looks like almost all HPC-related content has disappeared from the Oracle website. If you drill down into the typical HPC market categories – Education & Research, Public Sector, and Life Sciences, for example – you'll see that Oracle is primarily talking about how these segments are using Oracle software to manage the business side of the organization: human resources, ERP, etc.
It gets a bit deeper in Financial Services, where they cite a number of financial analytic packages. But what you don't see is any obvious reference to Sun's HPC organization or any materials about its value proposition or products for the large-scale, high throughput computing market.
For my part, I've been through a few of these vendor mergers and have a pretty good feel for how these things shake out. It generally takes longer than anticipated to figure out what will be on the final menu of offerings and which side dishes will be complementing them.
At this point, HPC-wise, it's still anyone's guess exactly what they'll do. But the anecdotal info we've gleaned, coupled with some educated guesses and rank speculation, might let us take a stab at describing the probable course.
I think that one thing is very clear: Oracle is all about making money with this acquisition. Sun isn't a hood ornament or decorative tail pipe; it's supposed to be an integral part of how Oracle addresses the market and will be expected to contribute both revenue and profits. Oracle has fully bought into the idea that delivering integrated solutions is the best way to exploit the value of what they can now bring to the table. It sees this route as the best way to provide customer value while maximizing its own revenue and profits.
Oracle also doesn't like to lose. OK, it isn't unique in that respect; no one likes losing. But Oracle really doesn't like to lose, whether it be in a product evaluation or in a deal. There's very little sense of "Well, you can't win 'em all" or "At least we gave it a good shot". It isn't wild about participating in any game where it can't be number one. In the Sun deal, the best example of this is its explicit rejection of the x86 commodity server market.
So what can we draw from this that can help us figure out what Oracle might or might not be doing in HPC? Is it still going to play in the market? Or abandon it?
I think it's safe to say that Oracle won't be interested in chasing top 10- or even top 50-sized supercomputer deals. These deals are notorious for requiring almost superhuman effort on the part of the vendor to bring them home.
Win one of these deals and you can generate a lot of good publicity, provide a halo over the rest of your product line, and even learn a lot about how to build massive systems and make them work. The downside is that you probably won't make any money on it. In fact, you'll probably lose money at the end of the day – maybe a huge amount if there are problems. (And there are almost always problems.)
Some vendors need these deals as proof points for their technology and ability to handle the pressure of a huge and complex installation (think SGI, Cray, others). Other vendors quite happily eschew this part of the market and make bank on smaller and much more profitable wins (HP, Dell, others). I think Oracle will fall into this latter category.
IBM has a foot in both camps; it'll take on the huge deals and spend the money to make them happen. But it's becoming choosier about which deals it goes all-out for – it's looking for opportunities that showcase new technologies, set the bar high, but don't break the bank.
So if Oracle isn't going after the high-end, what is it going after? At this point, it just isn't clear. The company hasn't said much of anything, and there isn't much buzz in the community either, so we're down to speculation.
I could be wrong, but I just don't see Oracle abandoning HPC entirely. I think it may call it by some other name or describe it differently, but it will be in the high throughput computing business for the foreseeable future.
There are some interesting angles for it to pursue. Many of its best commercial customers have sizeable HPC or HPC-like workloads that Oracle can now (with the addition of Sun) compete for. I don't see it passing up those opportunities.
Oracle can also look to specialize on certain subsets of the market and provide more of a solution rather than piece parts. I wouldn't be surprised to hear of it offering an Exadata-like system that is optimized for, say, seismic or financial services. In fact, Exadata as it stands today is a decent fit for financial service analytic workloads.
HPC can be a profitable business and, in a lot of organizations, it's growing faster than traditional business processing. From Oracle's perspective, what's not to like? ®


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Understanding of gender issues is crucial to the success of development projects. Donor agencies have been stressing the involvement of women in development projects since a long time but somehow it doesn't happen due to lack of understanding on gender mainstreaming and also due to lack of know-how of integrating gender into project planning and implementation.
In absence of gender knowledge, monitoring and evaluation officers find it hard to understand the importance of integrating gender into M&E plan, indicators and data and therefore evaluation reports often do not effectively capture the information about program's impacts on women or on gender relations.
The same goes with project budgeting. Due to lack of knowledge on gender and gender sensitive budgeting, the project budgets and project activities do not reflect gender sensitivity and budgets often fail to address both women's and men's needs.
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The participants were invited from various Cambodian organizations working in the development sector, local NGOs, International Organizations, Ministry of Women's affairs, Donor funded projects, etc. The training workshop was well received and generated a lot of discussions among participants about local gender issues and how to address them in the Cambodian cultural context.
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Dusty Pretzels A Relic Of Romania's 'Folk Capitalism'
Commentator Andrei Codrescu found a reminder of the so-called Romanian revolution of 1989 in his study. It was a box of chocolates wrapped in the miniature covers of one of his poetry books, and a bag of petrified pretzels. He brought them back from Romania in the 80s and meant to give them to friends as proof of the country's newly-born capitalism. Unfortunately, mice ate the goods and, metaphorically, time ate the revolution.
After Hurricane Katrina, commentator Andrei Codrescu moved from New Orleans to the hills of Arkansas. He's lived many places since leaving Romania in the 1960s. And he recently discovered a pair of long-forgotten items that have been with him much of that time.
ANDREI CODRESCU, BYLINE: My study is full of in-between things, those objects you don't need, don't care to see again, but can't throw out; things that move out of sight until they go out of mind. But two of these can't-stand-but-can't-chuck items made themselves suddenly visible: a box of chocolates wrapped in the miniature covers of one of my poetry books, and a bag of petrified pretzels from 1989. The chocolates and the pretzels were more or less contemporary.
1989 was a big year for me. I covered the so-called revolution in my native Romania for NPR and ABC News, and I published a big poetry book. The first sign that communism had definitely collapsed in Romania was the sudden eruption of folk capitalism in the form of pretzel vendors. This free enterprise was joyously observed by the natives of Bucharest who waited in long lines to get these pretzels while they were still warm.
I got in one of the first lines and scored a plastic bag full of still-warm pretzels from a smiling, toothless babushka capitalist. I took them back to the U.S. to give away as souvenirs. Bringing alien food into the U.S. is forbidden, but these pretzels were more than food, they represented the triumph of Adam Smith over Karl Marx. But for one reason or another, the pretzels never made it as gifts. They ended up quietly petrifying as I moved from house to house, from city to city to country. They survived the end of the 20th century, Hurricane Katrina, and the advent of Kindle.
The chocolates inside the miniaturized covers of my poetry book were also intended as gifts. The book itself was beautifully designed and full of my greatest hits to date. I was proud of it and of my publisher for conceiving such sweet marketing devices. I, myself, purchased a whole box of them but forgot somehow to give them away. Instead, they joined into the pretzels of the revolution in the store of the nameless weirdness of stuff past.
But suddenly this morning, I ran smack into scattered pieces of tinfoil. It seems that mice had made a feast of my celebratory chocolates. The tiny shreds of my book cover littered the floor. The mice had also pulled down the bag of pretzels, but these they did not touch. The pretzels of the revolution lay untouched and un-nibbled - dissed by mice.
This can only mean that mice had gotten the news of the end of the book and felt free to gorge on its grave, while Romanian capitalism was a much more dubious and, in the end, inedible notion. Mice have an uncanny sense for the genuine.
SIEGEL: Andrei Codrescu is author of the book "Bibliodeath: My Archives (with Life in Parentheses)." [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: The actual title is "Bibliodeath: My Archives (With Life in Footnotes)."]
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Mayor says he will seek 3rd term
Mayor Julián Castro announced via YouTube video Wednesday that he plans to seek re-election to a third term in office and will announce as much at an event set for Feb. 2.
The 57-second video was shot last week in front of City Hall — before the mayor traveled to Washington for President Barack Obama's inauguration.
Sources confirmed Castro met with the president Tuesday.
In the video, which had about 100 views by Wednesday afternoon, Castro briefly discusses his vision for the Alamo City. First elected to the position in 2009, he's about four months away from completing his second term as the city's top leader. He's eligible to serve two more terms.
"There are exciting things that are happening right now in San Antonio, and every single day that I've been mayor, I've enjoyed coming to work to pursue a vision of becoming a brainpower community that is the liveliest city in the United States," he said, "one that is economically prosperous with well-educated folks throughout our city and a place that all of us are proud to call home."
San Antonio is an exciting city that people both enjoy living in and visiting, he said.
"There's still a lot of work to do," Castro says. "And that's why, on Feb. 2, I'm announcing my bid for re-election for mayor in 2013."
He's expected to use the mixed-use development along Broadway, near downtown, as the backdrop to his public event.
In the video, Castro directs supporters to his Facebook page or mayorjuliancastro.com for more information about the details of the Feb. 2 announcement.
The mayor was traveling Wednesday to India and was unavailable for comment.
Castro, 38, is the first mayor to be elected under the city's relaxed term limits, which now allow four two-year terms. He could potentially run again for re-election in 2015.
The trajectory of Castro's political career has steepened in the past several months with his debut on the national stage in September, when he made the keynote address on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention.
Since then, he's become the focus of national media, and touted as a rising star in the Democratic Party.
Elections for mayor and the council will be May 11. No viable opponents have surfaced yet to challenge Castro.


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Rancho Del Rayo is made up of two communities: Del Rayo Estates and Del Rayo Downs. Del Rayo Estates features a gated enclave of 23 homes with properties that range from two acres to more than 12 acres. They are custom-built and are some of the most extraordinary in all of San Diego County. Del Rayo Downs properties, on the other hand, are on much smaller lots, while still upscale and offering plenty of space for some. The community includes 65 low-maintenance homes. Both areas are walking distance to the Rancho Santa Fe Farmers Market that is held each Sunday, and just minutes from other restaurants and shopping.
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Jackets likely to lose Nick Foligno for last 6 games
Nick Foligno may miss the final six games of the regular season with a lower-body injury, leaving the Columbus Blue Jackets without one of their leaders in the thick of a playoff race.
Foligno has 18 goals, 21 assists and a plus-5 rating in 70 games. He was hurt late in Thursday night's 2-0 victory at Philadelphia when he banged knees with Flyers forward Scott Hartnell.
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Coach Todd Richards says it's "more than likely" Foligno will miss the rest of the team's regular-season games. Matt Frattin was set to take his place in the lineup Friday night against Chicago.
Foligno's younger brother, Marcus, was also injured in the Buffalo Sabres' game Thursday night and is expected to miss the rest of the season.


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Letter From the President
A Visit to the Future
Memories from my first trip to Beijing two decades ago are still vivid-the dark streets at night, rivers of bicycles flowing down the city's avenues, and, most unforgettably, the heavy, sulfurous smell of coal in the morning air.
Landing in Beijing this May, I found a city crammed with sleek new cars, towering skyscrapers, fast-food outlets, and other emblems of consumer society. Air quality is improved, though much of the coal pollution has been replaced by automotive smog. Behind these signs of change lies major economic and environmental upheaval-with enormous global implications.
China has over one-fifth of the world's population and is already the largest consumer of steel, cement, coal, and grain, as well as the second largest emitter of carbon dioxide. China's growth depends on vast imports of raw materials, and the strain thus imposed on the environmental and social health of the planet is exceeded only by the Unites States'.
China's spectacular economic growth guarantees its pivotal role in efforts to create a better world-which is exactly what took me to Beijing. With the support of the Bluemoon Fund, Worldwatch launched a new China program in 2004, aimed at working with Chinese NGOs, research institutes, and universities to help them develop the capacity to track global trends, analyze policy and technology innovations, and communicate important developments in China worldwide. Our chief partner there is the Global Environmental Institute. GEI works to increase the capacity of Chinese institutions to respond to environmental problems and to spur private-sector innovation in everything from mass transit to sustainable forestry products.
We've already reached a key goal: the Chinese edition of State of the World 2005 was released at a well-attended Beijing press conference on July 1. In the year ahead, Chinese collaborators will contribute to Worldwatch publications, including State of the World 2006, which will focus on China and India. We will also recruit two Chinese resident research fellows. In the meantime, Worldwatch Senior Fellow Eric Martinot is working at Tsinghua University, the MIT of China.
I came away from Beijing deeply impressed by the number of highly capable and committed Chinese who are wrestling with the same complex problems that we are. The country is full of energetic professionals working late into the night to address China's problems. Indeed, China's ability to change directions quickly may allow it to pioneer farsighted new policies and industries-and even to "leapfrog" the achievements of western countries, according to some of the leaders I met.
The Chinese will surely need all the capability and commitment they can muster. With so many people and so few natural resources, China will demonstrate one way or the other that the resource-intensive, throw-away development model will not work in the 21st century. China's ability to navigate this uncharted territory will shape not only its own future but the world's.
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A retrofit lighting control system for the pre-build tenant spaces in the 80-year-old Empire State Building (ESB) is expected to save the Manhattan landmark as much as 65% in lighting energy costs — and is anticipated to have a payback in 2.75 years.
Lutron Electronics, Coopersburg, Pa., is providing a complete lighting control system on the project, including: occupancy/vacancy sensors that turn light off when office areas are unoccupied; dimming controls that adjust light levels based on available daylight in the tenant spaces; and a digital wireless control system that integrates the components with the dimming T5 electronic ballasts that serve as the general lighting. Connected to the building management system via a network gateway, the lighting control system allows for design flexibility. Each ballast has a unique static address and provides bi-directional data interchange using a 2- wire communications bus. A portable computer, a PDA, or infrared (IR) remote control can set up the schedule of ballast addresses or easily do any reprograming.
According to Michael Malkin, president of Malkin Properties, and owner of the iconic structure, this upgrade, designed to reduce the building's total energy use by 38% and energy bills by $4.4 million a year, is repeatable in virtually any commercial office building. While he wants the ESB to be an example of 21st century energy efficiency, Malkin noted that he has a personal commitment to other building owners to help then become green and sustainable. He said that the most commonly traded commodity in the world today is the kilowatt.
"If you approach energy savings, you approach virtually everything — the energy tax, general cost reduction, greater competitiveness — and start to do some really interesting things in the workspace. You start making it more productive and healthier," he added. "For us, it is very clear that one of the biggest wastes is lighting; we starting confronting the issue of how do we wire all of this stuff, and how do we tie all of the systems together."
The four main goals for the upgrade are to: enhance equipment performance while reduction renovation costs; trim the cost and time required for future tenant improvement; adopt solutions that work with other building systems; and avoid any compromise on tenant services and comfort, since worker satisfaction is a key element of the project.
The Empire State Rebuilding Project was launched in October 2006 with Malkin's team made up of members of the Clinton Climate Initiative, Johnson Controls, the Jones Lang LaSalle property management firm, and the Rocky Mountain Institute.
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Montclair, NJ (9/10/11) – Senior running back Chris D'Andrea (Union, NJ / Union) waited 344 days for this opportunity and he made the most of it rushing for 239 yards and two touchdowns in his return to the Montclair State lineup as the 11th-ranked Red Hawks knocked off Salve Regina University, 18-7 in their home opener at Sprague Field on Saturday afternoon.
MSU's defense limited the Seahawks to 130 yards of total offense and recorded six sacks as Montclair extended its home winning streak to 12 games overall and 23 regular-season home contests while also capturing their home opener for the 45th time in 81 seasons.
Junior safety Maxwell Shubert (West Chester, APA / West Chester Rustin) returned an interception 73 yards for the lone Salve Regina touchdown as the Seahawks fell to 1-1 on the season.
D'Andrea had touchdown runs of 44 and 75 yards in his return to field after missing the final seven games last season with a broken foot. Last season, he had rushed for 413 yards and three touchdowns in the first four games of 2010. He immediately made his presence felt in the first Red Hawk drive rushing for 55 yards.
But the drive took ended up in misfortune for Montclair State after driving to the Salve Regina 33. On second down, Tom Fischer (Livingston, NJ / Livingston) threw a pass over the middle that deflected off the hands of the receiver and into the arms of Shubert, who then avoided several tacklers before racing down the right sideline for the touchdown as the Seahawks grabbed a 7-0 lead with 8:58 to play in the first quarter.
Things got even better for Salve Regina on the ensuing kickoff as Mark Moore's (Hattiesburg, MS Hattiesburg) kickoff was misplayed and recovered by the Seahawks at the Montclair 27. Salve moved to the 16 yardline however on first down Jimmy Connelly's (Berlin, CT / Berlin) pass toward the end zone was tipped up by a defensive back and picked off by Kevin Cloghessy (West Hempstead, NY / West Hempstead) for a touchback as Montclair dodged a bullet and trailed by only 7-0.
After the Cloghessy interception, the Red Hawks marched down the field converting a pair of third downs as Fischer hit brother Vinny with a 26-yard pass on 3rd-and-10. Montclair would get to the Salve 29 but stalled and a 46-yard field goal by Jake DelVento (Island Heights, NJ / Toms River South) put the MSU on the board as they trailed 7-3 after the first quarter.
Montclair State's defense began to tighten on the Seahawks and while it did, the offense began to pick up the pace. The next time it touched the ball, D'Andrea burst through the right side for a 44-yard touchdown run with 11:24 remaining as Montclair took the lead 9-7 as the extra-point attempt failed on a bad snap from center.
Salve Regina managed to move the ball on its next possession to the Montclair 25, however instead of opting for the field goal, the Seahawks went for it on fourth down and came up empty as Connelly's pass fell incomplete.
It took, Montclair just one play to answer as D'Andrea took a handoff through the right side, cut back across the field and pulled away from any would-be tacklers as he raced 75 yards for the touchdown giving Montclair State a 15-7 lead with 6:26.
That's the lead MSU would maintain heading into the locker room and after getting the ball to start the second half, they appeared ready to extend the lead as D'Andrea ran for 48 yards and Tom Fischer eight on a 4th-and-2 as Montclair got the Salve Regina 1. But an unlucky bounce ended the drive for the Red Hawks as Fischer found Dan Keegan (Fairfield, NJ / West Essex) in the back of the end zone however as Keegan tried to complete the act of catching, the ball popped up and was picked by Anthony Hannon (Yorba Linda, CA / Servite) for a touchback.
The turnover, Montclair's third of the game, did not hurt the Red Hawks as they sent the Seahawks three-and-out and got the ball back at the Salve Regina 36. MSU maneuvered down to the Salve Regina four yardline before DelVento came on to connect from 21 yards out as Montclair increased its lead to 18-7.
From there it was left to the Montclair State defense. MSU, which ranked 14th in total defense in Division III last year, shut down the Seahawks offense limiting them to just 13 yards of total offense until the final drive when Salve Regina collected 37 yards.
D'Andrea, who finished with 253 all-purpose yards in the game, carried 21 times, averaging 11.4 yards per carry. Fischer was 15-of-23 for 126 yards through the air. Senior Byron Lewin (Carteret, NJ / Carteret) had four catches for 37 yards while Vin Fischer, Gerald Silvera (West Orange, NJ / West Orange) and Keegan all had three receptions apiece. The three grabs for Keegan gave him 99 for his career.
Defensively, the Red Hawks were led by sophomore linebacker Dan Avento (Hillsdale, NJ / Pascack Hills) who had seven tackles as MSU held the Seahawks running attack, which rushed for 233 yards in last week's win versus Union, to just 29 total yards as they bottle up running back Richie Edwards (Trumbull, CT / Trumbull) to 69 yards on 16 carries. Last week, Edwards had 230 yards again Union. Connelly was 9-of-20 for 101 yards with Trey Scales (Boston, MA / Concord-Carlisle) pulling in three passes.
Matthew Markese (West Hartford, CT / Suffield Academy) led the way defensively for the Seahawks with 12 tackles while A.J. Albert (Franklin Park, NJ / Immaculata) had 10 tackles. Shubert and Hannon both had eight tackles as did Greg Gosselin (Kingston, MA / Silver Lake).
Both teams are in action next weekend. Montclair State, the preseason favorite in the NJAC, opens up conference play on the road at Morrisville State. Salve Regina returns home for a Noon kickoff versus Framingham State.