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This is the warehouse storage facility to supply Pine Gap.
The brand new warehouse and supply line for the base or the so-called "joint facility".
This warehouse contains supplies for the base. It surrounded by an extensive parking area for the buses which transport the workers to and from the base.
It also contains vehicles which appear to be for plumbers, electricians and communications
Tradesmens' vehicles in the new warehouse parking area. On 14 March 2001 there were 20 vehicles.
The unmarked buses which pick up workers from their homes all over Alice Springs and take them to and from Pine Gap.
If these buses cannot function, work at the base would be seriously interrupted.
There are 6 buses here but apparently there are usually 13 operating between the base and town.
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A gifted storyteller and spiritual director, Father James Martin, SJ, invites listeners to experience the stories of the Gospels in a completely new, vivid, and exciting way to gain a deeper understanding of Jesus. Moving sequentially through the Gospels, considering not only familiar passages but also the "hidden life" of Jesus, the book offers a bold retelling of the life of Christ, faithful to the Christian tradition, while meditating on parts of the narrative that have often escaped notice.
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Combining the fascinating insights of historical Jesus studies with profound spiritual reflections about the Christ of faith, Martin re-creates the world of first-century Galilee and Judea to usher us into Jesus's life and times and reveal how Jesus speaks to us today. Jesus: A Pilgrimage is an invitation to know Jesus as Father Martin knows him: Messiah and Savior, as well as friend and brother.
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I'm recommending this book to anyone of any faith who is interested in spirituality. Following the process of St. Ignatius Loyola, Fr. James Martin (a Jesuit priest) shows us how to pray in a different way. He uses his own experience of prayer, in connection with his one visit to the Holy Land, to teach a very simple but also very exciting way to get beyond the recitation of words to a real understanding of spirituality. For the Catholic reader, this book also will teach how to understand the Church's approach to Sacred Scripture. Fr. Martin reads this book himself, and he is the best one to do it, having lived the experiences he describes. I can't recommend this audiobook enough!
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AFRICA/KENYA – End of the siege at the mall in Nairobi. Cardinal Njue visits the wounded
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Life is sacred and no one has the right to take it. We need to respect the sanctity of life", said Cardinal John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi during his visit to the people who were injured in the siege at the Westgate Mall, and were admitted to two hospitals in the Kenyan capital.
Even the Supreme Council of Muslims in Kenya (SUPKEM) condemned the serious act of terrorism, according to reports from the CISA Agency in Nairobi. "We condemn in the strongest terms the attack against peaceful Kenyans and international guests who live and work in Kenya", said Adan Wachu, Secretary General of SUPKEM. "We condemn the indiscriminate killing of men, women and innocent children. It is against all the teachings and Islamic precepts".
After 4 days the Kenyan special forces are in fact able to regain control of the building. The provisional toll of the assault is 67 dead, 61 of whom are civilians, but different bodies still lie in the building partially destroyed, while bomb disposal teams are proceeding with the remediation of any explosive devices scattered by the Shabaab.
According to the newspaper "The Nation" in Nairobi, the operations to release the hostages were particularly complex, because the terrorists had taken control of the camera system inside the Mall, through which they could control the presence of special forces. Only after that the security services managed to "hack" the camera system inside via information technology, the command of the army managed to enter the building. Thanks to a diversionary maneuver the gunman, who seems to have been the terrorist leader, was then shot dead by a sniper of the army, allowing the military to enter the building. (L.M.) (Agenzia Fides 25/09/2013)
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The Carnivale returns to Port Douglas this year between May 22nd to May 31st, celebrating 20 years since it's inceptions and celebrating everything the Tropcial North Queensland offers!
The 10 day festival provides fun and entertainment for all ages with a huge line up of events, from free events such as The Macrossan Street Parade, Sunday Markets, street entertainers and music to ticketed events to raise funds for the community such as the Sheraton Mirage Longest Lunch and the Food, Wine and A Taste of Port.
07 OCT - Illusion Impossible
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Challenge21: Climbing the Mountain to Clean Water Campaign
Today, my friend and renowned climber, Jake Norton reached the 18,500-foot summit of El Pico de Orizaba, Mexico's highest mountain and the third highest peak in North America.
Jake is aiming to be the first climber to complete the Triple Seven Summits – the three highest peaks on each continent. But the objective is less about tackling the mountains and more about helping combat the world's most pressing development needs: water and sanitation. His goal is to utilize the climbs as a platform to raise awareness and to raise $2.1 million for the Denver-based non-profit Water For People. He's calling the endeavor Challenge21.
Having already climbed six of the Challenge21 peaks — Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Everest, Cerro Aconcagua, Mount McKinley, Mount Stanley and Vinson Massif — El Pico de Orizaba marks his latest climbing success and one mountain closer to his final goal.
"Climbing the world's great mountains has a huge amount of embedded drama and visibility… but, at the end of the day, usually the only people really gaining from a given climb are the climbers themselves. As both a professional climber and a husband and father, I knew I wanted to keep climbing, but also ensure it meant something, and had an impact far beyond myself. In short, I wanted to make sure I have a really good reason for spending months of my life away from my family, in faraway places, putting myself at risk… Challenge21 is the direct result of this desire," Norton said.
Each climb includes a fundraising target, and an opportunity for people to donate funds directly to Water For People via Challenge21. This month, Live Worldly has teamed up with Challenge21 and Water For People to launch Climbing the Mountain to Clean Water Campaign.
"Partners like Live Worldly are enabling people to get involved through their purchases. The protection cords and other products are not only a powerful symbol of the climbs of Challenge21, but also directly support our work and our goals with Water For People," Norton said. "By raising money and awareness, every step along the way brings us one step closer to addressing the world's problem of clean water and adequate sanitation."
Live Worldly is urging people to donate money to help the team reach their campaign goal. Each dollar donated is good for one entry throughout the month of giveaways ($10 = 10 entries) and will go directly to Challenge21 and Water For People to continue their good work. In addition, Live Worldly is selling featured products — Love in India Bracelet, Live Tibetan Protection Cord, Live Tibetan Prayer Bead Necklace and Live Tibetan Silk Khata — and donating a portion of the proceeds to Water For People via Challenge21.
For Norton, the challenge is a family affair. His wife, Wende Valentine works with Water For People and helped to found Challenge21 last year.
"Unsafe water and sheer lack of sanitation in the developing world kills one child under the age of five every 30 seconds. As a mother of two children under the age of five, I imagine myself as one the mothers of the children who make up this staggering statistic and I feel more compelled than ever to break this extreme cycle of poverty that vastly differs from what we experience in the western world," Valentine said. "Due to lack of infrastructure and poor programming over decades, basic human needs are simply not being met. Everyone can be a part of this massive global effort by becoming aware of these geographic disparities and by contributing towards lasting solutions through Water For People. Together we have a chance to make a measurable difference that can ultimately transform entire communities around the world and allow us to truly "live worldly"!
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|Christopher M. Look, Joe Geofroy, Piyush B. Kothary
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The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for the transmission of broadband information from a central office to a number of residential subscribers and from each subscriber to the central office in a way that allows reuse of a portion of the existing twisted pair distribution lines that have been used to provide conventional telephone service.
With the expanding usage of fibre optic cable for voice, video and data transmission there has developed an increased demand for systems for delivery of broadband services to residential living units. Presently, cable systems bring audio/video television signals to each residence via coaxial cable in a "tree and branch" architecture. In such an architectural arrangement the same information on the coaxial line is shared amongst the designated residences. All signals are transmitted to each subscriber. A given subscriber can select from this group of pre-determined signals. Such distribution does not at present bring signals containing information requested by specific residences in response to information sent over the same lines by the subscriber. A second problem with using existing cable techniques is that transmitting multi-channel analog video signals over fibre optic cables requires expensive lasers.
Since telephone companies are in the process of laying fibre optic cable to selected sites as the economies permit, it is of interest to such companies to utilize these existing twisted pair installations in the most effective and economical ways possible. Since the most expensive part of a fibre optic system is in the optical to electronic interface equipment, it makes sense to seek ways of minimizing any new installations of such equipment where possible. In addition, it is also desirable to seek ways of phasing in the number of optoelectronic devices as the number of subscribers increases.
In delivering such transmissions it would be possible to use a broadband digital transmission. Current STS-3 standards require a line rate of 155 megabits per second (Mb/sec). The bandwidth required for such a rate is about 90 MHz. Operating from zero to 90 MHz includes the 54 to 88 MHz broadcast TV and 88 to 108 MHz FM channels for radio transmission which would give strong interference. Moreover, the increase of loss or attenuation with frequency would require equalization to provide a flat response as well as adaptive filtering, both of which would be expensive. The electronics to deal with such a high frequencies would be expensive and the effective noise would be significantly increased by the strong interference of the existing broadcast sources.
Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide a fibre optic system for delivering broadband services to customers which is relatively low cost and can be expanded as the number of subscribers increases.
According to the invention there is provided a system for delivering broadband services from a telephone central office to a plurality of customers. The system includes a subscriber set top terminal at the location of the subscriber. Channelizing means is provided for forming the signal from the source into a plurality of channels each of a characteristic frequency and with signals for each channel having control bits and payload bits wherein the control bits identifies for each subscriber that portion of the payload intended for that subscriber. A multiplexer and transmitter transmits the signal from the box to each set top terminal. The set top terminal detects a selected channel of information which it processes. It also transmits user control information to the twisted pair through the distribution box, optical fibres and to the central office.
The channels may each have a 6 MHz bandwidth and the entire bandwidth may be 90 MHz. By selecting such channels one can avoid the interference caused by strong broadcast sources as well as reduce the need to compensate for the whole 90 MHz bandwidth.
Preferably, the transmission line is a twisted copper pair. Utilizing a twisted copper pair allows up to 100 MHz frequency of transmission before permitted rates of radiative emissions are exceeded. Moreover, public telephone companies have twisted copper pairs going from distribution boxes to residential subscribers already in place to carry conventional telephone signals.
The channelizing means may include a modulator for modulating a plurality of carrier frequencies with digital signals corresponding to the channels. The transmitter may include a multiplexer for multiplexing together the modulated channel signals to form a combined signal and light modulator for modulating laser light in response to the combined multiplexed channel signals.
Preferably, each channel of data is transmitted over the fibre pair with frames in Sonet format. However, the Sonet frames may be transmitted at a rate of substantially less than 51.85 Mbps. Use of Sonet frames, even though at non-standard speeds, provides compatibility with the data transmission systems of public telephone companies.
Advantageously, the modulator may employ an M-ary modulation scheme. Such a scheme increases the rate of transmission of data in each channel.
According to another aspect of the invention there is provided a method of transmitting broadband video services from a broadband digital signal source which includes forming the digital signals from said source into a plurality of channels of digital signals. Each channel of digital signals is used to modulate a carrier signal and the resultant modulated set of carrier signals is then multiplexed into a combined signal. The combined signal is transmitted to a local distribution box. The modulated signals are broadcast to a number of set top terminals. Each set top terminal is tuned to a particular carrier signal and detects the modulating digital signal for that channel. User input is received by the set top terminals and transmitted to the central office.
Preferably, the combined signal is used to modulate light from a laser source which is then transmitted along optical fibre to the distribution box where it is converted to electrical signals. Similarly, electrical signals received from the set top terminals modulate light from a laser source which is sent along another optical fibre to the central office wherein it is converted to electrical signals.
The frequency of the carriers may be less than 90 MHz and the rate of transmission in each channel may be approximately 20 Mbit/sec.
Using the above method and apparatus, video, data and voice may be multiplexed together at the central office in 6 MHz channels. The signals may be transmitted in Sonet frames having virtual tributaries (or VT pipes) and/or ATM cells mapped onto the Sonet frames. Thus, the channels may be dynamically assigned to selected ones of the set top terminals.
The novel features which are believed to be characteristic of the invention are set forth in the appended claims. The invention itself, as well as other features and advantages thereof, will be best understood by reference to the description which follows read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a graph of the power spectral density of an STS-3 line signal;
FIG. 2 is a graph of the loss or attenuation of electrical signals as a function of frequency showing interference bands at 60 MHz and 88-90 MHz;
FIG. 3 is a waveform of digital signals transmitted at the rate of 155 Megabits/sec along a twisted copper pair showing interference and the threshold level;
FIG. 4 is waveform showing transmission of a carrier at 40 MHz in digital form showing alternate 1's and 0's;
FIG. 5 shows the power spectrum of the signal of FIG. 4 centered around the carrier at 40 MHz;
FIG. 6 is a schematic drawing showing a residential broadband distribution system;
FIG. 7 is a schematic drawing showing a broadband distribution system to a multi-tenanted building;
FIG. 8 is a schematic drawing showing a Sonet frame of information and control bits;
FIG. 9 is a schematic drawing showing a segment of a central office installation for transmitting and receiving the digital information along fibre optic cable to an outside box;
FIG. 10 is a schematic drawing showing an outside box;
FIG. 11 is a schematic drawing showing a set-top terminal installation of a subscriber.
Referring to FIG. 1 there is shown a power spectral density of an STS-3 electrical signal. The signal can be low pass filtered at 90 MHz. The latter figure corresponds to about 0.6 times the standard STS-3 rate of 155 Mb/sec. Also, shown in the shaded section is potential interference from existing broadcast sources. FIG. 2 is curve of loss or attenuation of the signal as a function of frequency. It will be observed that the loss increases as a function of frequency. In order to have an acceptable delivery system, the loss curve should be horizontal so that it affects all frequencies equally. Such compensation is expensive for such a wide band as is the adaptive filtering which is also required. FIG. 3 shows the digital signals at 155 Mb/sec and the interference caused by noise. Once noise causes the signal to dip below the threshold when transmitting a "1", the circuit is unable to determine whether there has been a "1" or a "0".
By utilizing a number of 6 MHz channels one can avoid the interference caused by strong broadcast sources such as 54 to 88 MHz TV channels and 88-108 MHz FM channels as well as reduce the need to compensate for the whole 90 MHz bandwidth. For each 6 MHz band up to 20 Mb/sec can be transmitted. Thus, 7 or 8 channels are required to transmit all of the data at the 155 Mb/sec rate. One feasible form of such is shown in FIG. 4 which short bursts of modulated carrier signal are transmitted which correspond to the 1's and 0's of the digital data. The power spectral density, if the carrier frequency for a particular 6 MHz channel is 40 MHz, is shown in FIG. 5. Each signal is modulated with one or more of the 7 or 8 different carriers prior transmission and detected at the receiving end by a tuner which tunes to that frequency.
An installation for delivery of broadband services to residential subscribers shown in FIG. 6 includes a central office (CO) 10 which transmits channels of digital information down a fibre optic cable 12 in Sonet frames to an outside box (OF) 16 located near a number of subscriber receiving or set-top terminal units (STT) 20. Digital information is also sent from the outside box 16 along fibre optic cable 14 to the central office 10. The outside box 16 receives the information from cable 12, converts it to electrical signals, strips off and processes the Sonet control channels from the Sonet frame, and broadcasts the information along corresponding twisted pairs of copper wires 18 leading to the various subscribers. The twisted pairs will permit frequencies of up to 100 MHz to be transmitted without exceeding permitted radiative emission levels while maintaining sufficient signal integrity for virtually error free transmission. Moreover, such pairs already exist as a part of standard public telephone installations and can be utilized without further installation expense.
Referring to FIG. 7 there is shown a system equivalent to that of FIG. 6 but for a multi-tenanted building. In this case the fibres 12 and 14 go directly to a telephone room 17 usually in the basement of the building (not shown). A server 11 is shown remote from the central office 10 but can also be co-located. The server 11 can be, for example, a storage and delivery source for movies. From the telephone room 17 there are 50 or 100 pair feeder lines 19 running to a first closet 23. Lines 25 which are terminated in the closet box 23 are then run to every suite, with each suite receiving 2 to 10 pair feed lines. The latter lines for each suite run to a box and from there to each jack in the suite (not shown). A portion of the remainder of lines 19 go to a second closet box 33 which is typically 2 to 4 floors higher.
All information sent over the fibre optic cables 12 and 14 is digitized and sent in several multiplexed 6 MHz channels. Given the 100 MHz frequency limitation of the twisted pairs, the number of 6 MHz channels that may be employed is only 10 to 15. By employing a modem using, for example quadrature amplitude modulation, 20 Megabits per second (Mbps)or more for each 6 MHz band over the fibre may be transmitted, the rate required by high definition television (HDTV).
Telephone companies send data in accordance with Sonet standards at line rates which are in multiples of 51.85 Mb/sec. The present embodiment uses Sonet frames for each channel but with a lower line rate since each channel can accommodate only approximately 20 Mbps. This allows the controls and alarms contained in the header to be used, the same definitions for mapping virtual tributaries or ATM cells into the Sonet frames to be used and allows compatibility with the operating systems of public telephone companies. FIG. 8 shows the size and structure of a Sonet frame. The frame consists of 90 columns of bytes with 9 bytes in each column. The first three columns 32 contain control bits while the remaining columns 36 contain the data payload. The control bits and parts of the data payload for a particular channel Sonet frame can be used to dynamically re-assign segments of data to a subscriber based upon need. Although a variety of formats for mapping can be used, virtual tributaries (VT) and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) are the ones chosen for the present embodiment. Each subscriber's set top terminal is instructed as to which portion of the data is intended for that subscriber.
Referring to FIG. 9 there is shown the modifications to a segment of a conventional central office needed to implement the system. In this case signals from a network server 11 or other source are multiplexed and routed by an ATM switch 40. The ATM switch 40 has several output ports 44. Each output port 44 provides a 20 Mb/sec digital signal in ATM cell format. The latter signal is first added with SONET "overhead" bits by an ATM to Sonet transceiver one source of which is a PM5345 SUNI chip 46 designed and supplied by PMC-Sierra, Inc. of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. The resulting digital signal is then quadrature amplitude modulated by a 16-QAM modulator. The resulting modulated signal is directed along line 49 to an RF modulator 50 which modulates each QAM channel with different carriers, one carrier for each channel. The RF modulated signal is then used to modulate a laser light signal 52 which is sent down optical fibre 12 to the outside box 16.
Digital light signals arriving on fibre 14 are directed to receiver 54 wherein the digital signal is detected and sent to 1/2 a SUNI chip 56 and overhead processor 58 which checks the "overhead" control bits and directs the frame into the ATM switch 40.
Referring to FIG. 10 there is shown a schematic circuit diagram of an outside box 16. Modulated light signals corresponding to multi-channel QAM signals travelling down fibre 12 are directed to receiver 62 where they are converted to electrical signals and sent to transmitters 68 which transmit the signals along twisted pairs 70 to subscriber "set-top terminals" 20.
Similarly, T1 digital electrical signals received from set top terminals over twisted pairs 70 enter receivers 72 and into T1/ATM units 83 which extract the ATM cells place them on output lines 77, 79 and 81 which directs them to the time division multiplexer (TDM) 91. The TDM 91 feeds the multiplexed signal to the 1/2 Suni chip 93. The time division multiplexer 91 controls which T1/ATM unit 74 has access to the Suni chip 93 at any given time. The signals produced are converted to light and transmitted over optical fibre 14 by the transmitter 88 to the central office 10.
Referring to FIG. 11 there is shown a schematic diagram of a set top terminal 20. In the STT, the QAM carriers (up to 15) each with 16-QAM using 6 MHz are received from the outside box 16. A tuner 72 demodulates a carrier and sends a 6 MHz QAM signal to the QAM demodulator 74. The demodulator 74 demodulates the 6 MHz signal into a 20 Mbps digital signal. This signal is subsequently sent to 1/2 a Suni chip 76 and overhead processor 78 which checks the "overhead" control bits. From there, an ATM processor is used to strip the headers from the 20 Mbps signal and routes the remaining 48 bytes of the cells to appropriate plug-in personality cards 89. The personality cards 89 perform functions such as video decompression, IR remote control, mouse processing, data interface, etc. They are designed as plug-in cards so that each subscriber can customize the functionality of the STT. The upstream 48 byte ATM cells from each personality card 89 are multiplexed by the ATM processor 87 fed to T1 framer 85 where the ATM cells are mapped into a T1-like frame and transmitted by transmitter 90 back over twisted pair 70 to the outside box 16.
Obviously, various modulation schemes are possible. By using a multilevel modulation scheme such as M-ary a higher bit rate is possible for each 6 MHz channel.
Accordingly, while this invention has been described with reference to illustrative embodiments, this description is not intended to be construed in a limiting sense. Various modifications of the illustrative embodiments, as well as other embodiments of the invention, will be apparent to persons skilled in the art upon reference to this description. It is therefore contemplated that the appended claims will cover any such modification or embodiments as fall within the true scope of the invention.
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ISLAMABAD — The footage was startling: A group of what appeared to be Pakistani soldiers gunning down several blindfolded men in a forested area.
As the clips circulated online and the U.S. threatened to cut aid, Pakistan's army chief promised a full investigation and punishment for any wrongdoers.
Two years later: Silence.
What has the inquiry found? The army won't say. Was anyone punished? Not a word.
Some rights activists question whether an investigation even took place.
Pakistan has spent nearly five years under civilian rule, an unusually long stretch for a 65-year-old country prone to military coups.
But as the firing squad footage and several other prominent scandals suggest, the army remains largely unwilling to hold itself accountable to the public. This despite some pressure from more active media and judiciary and despite hopes that the military would rethink its ways after the humiliation it suffered following the unilateral U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
The army's lack of transparency and resistance to civilian oversight could cripple Pakistan's transition to a healthy democracy, something the United States says the country needs.
But the Americans can't protest too much: Washington needs the Pakistani army's cooperation as the war in Afghanistan winds down, and it already struggles to balance a strained relationship as it presses the army to root out anti-U.S. insurgents hiding in Pakistan.
"It's important to understand that generally the Pakistani military is very careful about not hurting its own people," especially as they fight Islamists trying to overthrow the state, said Ayesha Siddiqa, a prominent Pakistani defense analyst.
Most ordinary Pakistanis feel powerless to take on the army, and when it comes to reining in the men in uniform, the still-weak civilian government "can't do anything," she said.
The two video clips that spawned the supposed inquiry fueled allegations that the military carried out numerous extrajudicial killings in the Swat Valley during a major offensive against the Pakistani Taliban in 2009.
Bloodied corpses of suspected militants were found dumped on the streets for months after the army retook the valley from the Taliban. The army denied those killings.
The grainy footage, which came to light in September 2010, is believed to have been recorded in Swat. A nearly six-minute clip shows men in Pakistani military uniforms lining up six blindfolded men in civilian clothes, then shooting them.
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ROTTERDAM, N.Y. - One student complains because his cafeteria no longer serves chicken nuggets. Another gripes that her school lunch just isn't filling. A third student says he's happy to eat an extra apple with his lunch, even as he's noshing on his own sub.
Leaner, greener school lunches served under new federal standards are getting mixed grades from students piling more carrots, more apples and fewer fatty foods on their trays.
"Now they're kind of forcing all the students to get the vegetables and fruit with their lunch, and they took out chicken nuggets this year, which I'm not too happy about," said Chris Cimino, a senior at Mohonasen High School in upstate New York.
Lunch lines at schools across the country cut through the garden now, under new U.S. Department of Agriculture nutrition standards. Mohonasen students selecting pizza sticks this week also had to choose something from the lunch line's cornucopia of apples, bananas, fresh spinach and grape tomatoes, under the standards. Calorie counts are capped, too.
Most students interviewed in this suburban district near Schenectady seemed to accept the new lunch rules, reactions in line with what federal officials say they're hearing elsewhere. Still, some active teens complain the meals are too skimpy. And while you can give a kid a whole-wheat pita, you can't make him like it.
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Kim Gagnon, food service director in the Mohonasen district, said while students generally have been receptive to the fruits and vegetables, "we have noticed that kids are throwing it out or giving it to friends, leaving it on counters, so we haven't quite gotten there yet."
The guidelines approved by the USDA earlier this year set limits on calories and salt and phase in whole grains. Schools must offer at least one vegetable or fruit per meal. They can still serve chocolate milk, but it has to be nonfat.
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LANCASTER: Carl B. Stemen, 90, of Lancaster, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at the Pickering House in Lancaster. He was born September 23, 1922 in Bremen, Ohio the son of Frank and Flossie (Moyer) Stemen.
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Carl is survived by his wife of 70 years, Peg (Swinehart) Stemen, whom he married February 4, 1943; daughter, Debbie (Tom) George; son, Kim (Cathy) Stemen; four grandchildren, Betsy (Steve) Sesslar, Lance (Robin) George, Adrienne Stemen and Corinne Stemen; three great-grandchildren, Case, Colton and Elle George; sister-in-law, Eileen Stemen; and nephews, Burton Stemen, Ron Stemen, Dean and Larry Frost.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Edwin and Arthur Stemen; sister, Ruth Frost; infant son, Stephen Brooks Stemen; neice, Lee Ann Stemen and nephew, Greg Stemen.
A time to visit with family will be held Sunday, June 30, 2013 from 2 - 3 PM in the Bremen United Methodist Church, 205 North Walnut Street. A celebration of life service will take place at 3 PM with Rev. Deborah Nance officiating. Graveside services and military honors will follow at Grandview Cemetery, Bremen.
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