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Alternatives to the Narmada Valley Project
The Narmada Valley Development Project has been envisaged to seemingly address a wide array of needs like provision of electricity, irrigation, provision of drinking water. However, over the years, it has become very clear that this developmental approach is unjust, and further, also unviable in the long run. There is a dire need to look at alternatives. The burden of exploring alternatives rightly lies with the proponents of the project. However, as with so many other aspects of this project, the onus of proposing alternatives has been put on the shoulders of the Narmada Bachao Andolan, while they are fighting for survival, fighting against unjust displacement. This is a patently unjust demand. Injustice has to be opposed and stopped on its own, with or without alternatives.
Rightly so, the fight of the Narmada Bachao Andolan against the Sardar Sarovar Project for the last 15 years has been the immediate and more visible goal of the struggle. But, the struggle from its very outset has been rooted in a vision for a society based on equity, self-reliance and simple living. Thus, Sangharsh aur Navnirman (Struggle and Reconstruction) have been two essential components of the Andolan from the very beginning.
On this page, we will attempt to document various alternative proposals to address the different problems: electricity, irrigation, and drinking water. Some of these proposals have been initiated by the NBA, some others have been put forward by friends of the NBA, and there are others that have been proposed, and have been successfully adopted by other groups and organizations across the country. Some of these proposals like water harvesting have been successfully practiced in Rajasthan and even in Gujarat.
Please join us in this quest in researching and documenting alternatives. As friends and supporters of the struggle, we have to start building a case to show that the dominant development path being practised today (the SSP being the prime icon of that path) need not be the path of the future.
Proposals and documents outlining alternatives
Revisiting the Alternative Restructuring of Sardar Sarovar:
S. Paranjape & K. J. Joy
Water Harvesting: Alternatives to Large Dams
Narmada Jeevan Shalas : Reconstruction through tribal education
The Bilgaon model: micro hydel and indigenous primary education in the
Narmada valley Lyla Bavadam
Images from the Bilgaon microhydel project in the Narmada valley
First Ever Micro Hydel Project in Narmada Valley to Start On August 15th,
As a Part of the Struggle Against Mega-dams
NBA Press Release; August 14, 2000
Domkhedi Hamlet Self Sufficient in Electricity
NBA Press Release; August 16, 2000
Towards an Efficient and Low Cost Power Sector:
HTML file (110 KB);
Word Doc file (81 KB)
September 1998; Prepared by Girish Sant and Shantanu Dixit, PRAYAS, for the Narmada Valley Task Force appointed by the Government of M.P.
- A brief report of the task force constituted to search for alternatives of master resources development of Narmada Valley Development
Towards A Vision of a Just and Sustainable Development of the Narmada Valley:
HTML file,
Word Doc file
(This document was prepared by the Narmada Bachao Andolan in June 1996)
Towards an Energy Self-Sufficient Village: Energy Survey for Village Sulgaon
HTML file (135 KB),
Word Doc file (86 KB)
"Sardar Sarovar: Will the Courts Advise Study of Alternatives?":
A report on a meeting in Delhi that examined alternatives to Sardar Sarovar in
July 1994
Sustainable farming and irrigation:
Bhaskar Save's letter to the Planning Commission on the SSP, September 1993
Articles and press releases about alternatives
- This river is our river: Humanscape, March 2002
- The quest for alternatives in the Narmada valley: Humanscape, February 2000
- "A drop of water, Sir" - An interview with Nafisaben Barot of Utthan, Gujarat
- Water Harvesting - Silent Crusaders - Good News India
- Kiss of life for mother earth - The Week, December 1998
- The Drought, the State, and the People; An Experience in Gujarat, 2000 A Dossier by SANDRP (South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People)


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Ethics reform -- once proclaimed a high priority by the leaders of the Florida House and Senate -- appears now to be nothing more than a bargaining chip.
That's as good an explanation as any for a troubling series of events that occurred Tuesday in the Legislature.
If it's true -- if the standards by which lawmakers conduct the public's business are a commodity to be swapped for political favors -- then the legislators involved should be ashamed.
And the public should be outraged.
Judge for yourself from the events and comments reported in the Herald-Tribune and other Florida newspapers:
On Tuesday, the Senate Rules Committee removed language from its campaign-finance bill that would have increased the current $500 maximum contribution limit to $3,000 for legislative candidates and $5,000 for statewide candidates. The vote came a day after Gov. Rick Scott's office said he wouldn't support a bill that raised the contribution limit.
Those higher limits are included in a campaign finance bill already approved by the House. Speaker Will Weatherford has insisted on the increases in exchange for eliminating or reforming Committees of Continuous Existence, the political slush funds that enable lawmakers to solicit unlimited donations from special interests, with almost no limits on how the money is spent.
Sen. Jack Latvala, the Senate bill's sponsor, told reporters, "The governor has probably sapped the energy out of passing a campaign finance bill this session."
But Weatherford indicated he isn't giving up. He used his Twitter account to say, "Campaign finance dead? Session has only just begun. :)"
Ethics bill withdrawn
Just hours after the Senate committee's vote, Rep. Jim Boyd, R-Bradenton, chairman of the House Ethics and Elections Committee, withdrew the House ethics bill from the State Affairs committee, citing a need to study some recently filed amendments.
And speaker-designate Steve Crisafulli, R-Merritt Island, expressed some skepticism about the bill's future. Crisafulli chairs the State Affairs committee, which is scheduled to meet next week for perhaps the final time that the bill could be heard there.
"If we can look over the bill and come to a consensus on the final bill language, then certainly we will bring it back up," he said. "And that's what we've got to do over the next several days."
Sen. Latvala, however, said the hold-up on the ethics bill was no coincidence.
"Unfortunately, the House is tying their campaign finance bill to our ethics bill, which we passed as our first order of business on the first day of session and it's been over there for 31 days," Latvala said.
"What I've been told is that they had to have campaign finance in order to do our ethics package."
So much for the high priority on ethics reforms touted by both Weatherford and Senate President Don Gaetz prior to the start of the legislative session.
Gaetz has largely kept his word. As Latvala pointed out, the Senate approved its ethics bill soon after the Legislature convened.
The Senate's bill (SB 2) would keep lawmakers from stepping from elective office right into the lobbying business. It would keep them from voting on bills in which they have a financial conflict of interest, and would require that they receive ethics training. It would also give the Florida Commission on Ethics more power to collect fines.
The case for higher contributions
The Senate bill could be better -- for one thing, it should give the ethics commission the authority to initiate its own investigations rather than wait for a citizen's complaint -- but it is a vast improvement over the status quo.
Further improving the ethics-reform legislation should be the focus of House leaders, rather than calculating how it can be leveraged for political advantage.
Weatherford and his colleagues have a legitimate case to make for higher campaign-contribution limits. The $500 limit hasn't been raised for years; candidates and special interests work their way around it by bundling numerous donations from interconnected sources. And few candidates have the personal resources of Gov. Scott, who spent more than $70 million of his family's money to win his election in 2010.
But that's a case that should be made to Scott and the Senate regarding the campaign-financing bill. It should not used to delay overdue ethics reform.
Record of corruption
The importance of reform is not in question. From 2000 to 2010, Florida led the nation in federal public-corruption convictions with 781 in both state and local government, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Among those indicted was former House Speaker Ray Sansom.
Last year, Weatherford cited the need for "meaningful" ethics reform. He is in a position to ensure that this vital need is met.
Ethics on the trading block?
Ethics reform -- once proclaimed a high priority by the leaders of the Florida House and Senate -- appears now to be nothing more than a bargaining chip.

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Those fortunate enough to score Xbox 360s at launch have now had at least 36 hours to play them (and I know there are at least a few readers who postponed other activities such as eating and sleeping to soak up as much 360 time as possible). More console-related news continues to trickle into the News Desk, so we're passing it on to you.
First up, market research firm iSuppli, best known for taking apart consumer electronics to determine how much they cost to manufacture, has disassembled an Xbox 360. The verdict? Microsoft is taking a bath on the hardware, to the tune of US$126 for each high-end Xbox 360 sold. The ATI-made graphics processing unit alone is estimated to cost US$141 (including the RAM) while the IBM Xenon CPU accounts for another US$106.
That continues the trend started by the original Xbox, which at its release sold for US$299 while costing around US$323 to make. Taking a loss on sales of its flaghship product have led Microsoft's home entertainment business unit to post steady losses, including US$391 million on sales of US$3.25 billion for FY 2005. According to Microsoft guidance, the company hopes to hit break even in 2006 and turn a profit in 2007. In order for that to happen, sales of Xbox games, accessories, and Xbox Live! subscriptions will have to make up for the hit the company is taking on each console sold. Additional relief will come as component prices drop somewhat as yields from IBM and ATI improve.
The other big news on the Xbox 360 front today is crashes and hardware problems. Lots of them.
We've been getting e-mails today from users experiencing problems with their new Xbox 360s., and a scan of gaming news sites and forums shows that we're not alone. The most common problem appears to be overheating, with crashes and hard drive problems close behind. One video circulating shows one of the more common crashes, with the console going belly-up while running Project Gotham Racing 3. Owners report that the crashes and error messages do not seem to be confined to a single title or scenario.
So did Microsoft rush an almost-finished product out the door in order to meet its release date? While that's not outside the realm of possibility, it could have as much to do with the demographic as the console. Most Xbox 360 owners at this point fall into the hardcore gamer category. Many of them also waited in line at odd hours of night in order to be one of the first to own the system, and have been playing them ever since they got them home. It's typical for game and console launches to be followed closely by reports of problems, and that may very well be the scenario we're dealing with here. Microsoft has already been pushing out patches for the system and you can be sure that the company is closely monitoring reports of problems. Hopefully its desire to have as strong an Xbox 360 launch as possible will lead to quick fixes for those experiencing problems.


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Saturday, May 14, 2011
There is no such thing as an unmixed blessing. For every upside, there is a downside. It's part of the physics of life.
For example, if I were to win the lottery (which I won't because I don't buy tickets) and trade in my amazingly large mom-mobile and drive off the lot a brand new sexy Porsche, my insurance rates would go up, I'd probably get tons of speeding tickets, and my husband would be cross because my Porsche couldn't haul a half sheet of ply from Home Depot.
The Bible tells us that children are a blessing, and that's true. But along with the blessing part comes the bleary-eyed, awake all night, baby screaming, poopy-diaper-that-leaked-and-soiled-the-whole-outfit part. And just because they grow up doesn't mean the poop stops.
Going on a dream vacation to the tropics also means that you have to deal with the TSA, time changes, rental hassles, lost luggage, and possibly bringing home a tropical disease as a souvenir.
Recently, though, I think I might have found a crack in this otherwise iron-clad rule.
Ice cream is one of my favorite things about summer. I keep my ice cream maker humming busily all summer long. But that means that the egg whites pile up in my refrigerator. Since I pay out some big bucks to buy free-range organic chicken eggs, I'm not about to just toss out those egg whites! But what is one to do with 5 egg whites?
In another post, I explained what to do with 6 egg whites, but it was with glee that I found a delicious way to use 5. Angel Food Cupcakes. And the best part for me is that cupcakes are so easy to share! You can put 6 in a box and it's an extravagant gift. Try putting 6 slices of angel food cake in a box. Not so impressive.
So now you know. 5 egg yolks will make fabulous ice cream. Try lavendar, almond cherry chocolate, double mint, blueberry, lemon gelato, or my favorite, chocolate. (I have made a ridiculous amount of ice cream, haven't I?) Then with the extra whites, you can make these beautiful, airy, lightly tangy, totally delicious cupcakes.
In the words of Charlie Sheen, it's bi-winning!
(This video makes me giggle every time I watch it)
- adapted from Baking Bites
3/4 cup superfine sugar*, divided
1/2 cup sifted cake flour
5 large egg whites, room temperature
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1/8 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
zest of one lemon
* If you don't have superfine sugar on hand, you don't need to run to the grocery store for it. Just throw regular granulated sugar into your food processor and run it till the sugar is fine. Not too long, though, or you'll end up with powdered sugar!
1 - Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
2 - In a small bowl, sift together cake flour and 1/4 cup superfine sugar.
3 - In a large bowl, beat room-temperature egg whites until foamy, then add in cream of tartar and salt. Gradually add in the remaining 1/2 cup of superfine sugar while the mixer is on high speed, beating the egg whites to soft peaks. With a rubber spatula, gently fold in the vanilla and lemon zest.
4 - Fold in flour mixture, adding it in two or three additions.
5 - Divide evenly into prepared muffin tins. Fill them almost full.
6 - Bake for 16-18 minutes, until golden brown. The tops will spring back when lightly touched.
7 - Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then remove the cupcakes to the wire rack to cool completely.
Lemon Icing Drizzle
2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
Confectioner's Sugar
Add enough confectioner's sugar to the lemon juice to make a drizzling consistency. Whisk until smooth. Drizzle on top of cooled cupcakes.
Makes 12 - 16 cupcakes. (The recipe says it makes 12, but mine made 15, I think because of the size of my farm eggs.)
10 comments:
- Lisa@The Cutting Edge of Ordinary said...
Yum. Perfect little snack! Oh and about the pooping part...my kids (now teenagers) all set there, but now the dog starts! It never ends! LOL!
- May 14, 2011 at 9:12 AM
- MommaMindy said...
Yea, poop definately still happens. :) Love your bloggy stories. Thinking about buying an ice-cream maker for summer and wondering how you stay so adorably thin with all these goodies you make!
- May 14, 2011 at 11:08 AM
- Alina---Explora Cuisine said...
These cupcakes look great!
- May 15, 2011 at 9:55 AM
- bellini said...
Angel food cakes and meringue are the two best ways to use those whites. I love the compact size of these cakes the perfect foile for a few seasonal fruits.
- May 15, 2011 at 10:10 AM
- We Are Not Martha said...
These are totally bi-winning! They look so amazingly light and fluffy :)
- May 15, 2011 at 4:19 PM
- Barbara said...
I adore ice cream, so always have egg whites in the fridge. Usually I make an omelet with them....boring. Now I will make cupcakes. And then put ice cream on top! :)
- May 16, 2011 at 6:05 AM
- Elle said...
Cute cupcakes and bet they would be great with some strawberries and whipped cream...strawberries on the brain right now...but Dorie Greenspan's perfect party cake will use up three egg whites if you divide em up that way when making the ice cream. Lucky friend who gets a box with 6 of these little beauties!
- May 16, 2011 at 6:50 AM
- grace said...
i love seeing things not go to waste. i also apparently love using really twisted grammar. i don't think i've seen angel food in cupcake form, but it's grand!
- May 16, 2011 at 9:51 AM
- Avanika [YumsiliciousBakes] said...
That's such a perfect snack. I made cupcakes when I made chiffon cake, and now I make them as cupcakes exclusively :)
- May 21, 2011 at 12:03 PM
- Avanika [YumsiliciousBakes] said...
That's such a perfect snack. I made cupcakes when I made chiffon cake, and now I make them as cupcakes exclusively :)
- May 21, 2011 at 12:03 PM


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WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans are weighing legislation requiring the creation of a new negotiating panel to find deficit-reductions as part of efforts to reopen the federal government and increase Treasury Department borrowing authority, a senior House aide said.
The aide likened the proposal to the creation in 2011 of a "supercommittee," made up of Republicans and Democrats from the House and Senate, who were tasked with finding trillions of dollars in new budget savings over 10 years. That panel collapsed in failure in November 2011.
House Democrats, speaking to reporters, said they would reject the creation of such a panel. They want the government to reopen and the debt limit increased before entering any deficit-reduction negotiations.


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Dolphins say they didn't know about Jonathan Martin bullying
If Jonathan Martin was being bullied by Miami Dolphins players, the team's brass didn't know about it-so they said in a statement Sunday.
"The notion of bullying is based on speculation and has not been presented to us as a concern from Jonathan or anyone else internally," the team wrote. "The Miami Dolphins, including coach Joe Philbin and Jonathan's teammates, have been in communication with Jonathan and his family since his departure from the club, and continue to be in contact. Our primary concern for Jonathan is his overall health and well-being."
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Martin left the Dolphins last week to receive help for emotional issues, reportedly following a prank in the team's cafeteria Monday. The "emotional breakdown," as one teammate called it, has raised questions about bullying within the team.
According to an ESPN report citing "multiple sources," guard Richie Incognito is under review by the NFLPA for his role in the alleged harassment. Incognito was less than pleased to hear the latest development.
@AdamSchefter Stop slandering my name. You hide behind "sources" who are not man enough to put their name behind the BS you report- Richie incognito (@68INCOGNITO) November 3, 2013
Saturday, the NFL Network's Jeff Darlington detailed a conversation between Martin and Incognito that would appear to support Incognito's claim.
The NFL Players Association is not investigating Dolphins players regarding possible harassment, the statement said. On Saturday, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press the union planned to look into the matter in the coming week.
It's unclear whether or when Martin is expected back. The Dolphins (4-4) had the weekend off and next play at Tampa Bay on Nov. 11.
Martin, a second-year pro from Stanford, played in Miami's loss at New England on Oct. 27 and was at the Dolphins' complex the next day before leaving the team. He missed Thursday night's victory over Cincinnati.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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With Ohio at the epicenter of the presidential race, it's been impossible for any candidate at any level to escape commenting on shale gas and oil. It has the potential to drive our economy into significant growth mode and, as a bonus, provide low-cost energy and energy security that America has not felt in decades. Listening to the candidates, you would think there is little disagreement or separation on this issue. In the second debate, President Barack Obama said, "We continue to make it a priority for us to go after natural gas. We've got potentially 600,000 jobs and a hundred years' worth of energy right beneath our feet with natural gas. And we can do it in an environmentally sound way." Meanwhile, Mitt Romney has been on the Ohio airwaves non-stop talking about his five-point plan for growth that includes energy independence that begins with resources "beneath our feet in Ohio." Ohio currently has issued 448 horizontal shale permits and 185 wells have been drilled in the Utica and Marcellus shales. We are on track to have close to 2,000 wells by 2014, when the midstream investments really kick in. Production numbers from wells, so far, are solid. From what I'm told, if the 30 or so shale gas wells now in production were to continue producing gas at their present pace, in nine years they would produce more gas than the 9 trillion cubic feet of gas that Ohio has produced over the last 150 years — from about 280,000 wells drilled over the state's history. I understand those wells can't do that, because of decline curves. But we are talking about 30 wells. In nine years, Ohio could have 5,000 wells, like Pennsylvania. So, politically, what could impact the efforts? It is the regulatory environment. The shale plays and all drilling and mining processes for that matter, are predominantly regulated at the state level. An intrusive federal regulatory structure could slow the industry immeasurably. Mr. Romney's energy plan clearly takes a state-focused viewpoint of regulations and says, "States have carefully and effectively regulated the process for decades, and the recent industry agreement to disclose the composition of chemicals used in the fracking process is another welcome step in the right direction. Of critical importance: the environmental impact of fracking should not be considered in the abstract […]." However, the current White House's Blue Print for a Secure Energy Future states, "In order to take full advantage of this important domestic energy resource, we must proactively address concerns that have been raised." It goes on to indicate a more active Federal Government involvement: ". . . Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the EPA Administrator and Secretary of Interior, should task the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB) with establishing a subcommittee to examine fracking issues." And further, "EPA will continue to perform a strong backstop role under Federal environmental laws and will take actions, as necessary, to protect public health and the environment." The election results will surely have an interesting impact on capital allocation for the industry and raise anew the struggle between state and federal regulatory structures. Even a lame duck period will be something to watch. The administration states that "domestic oil and natural gas production has increased every year President Obama has been in office. In 2011, American oil production reached the highest level in nearly a decade, and natural gas production reached an all-time high." But that occurred during a period of time when the administration was primarily focused on other energy issues (renewable investments, offshore clean up and coal) and was not under the imposition of potentially looming federal regulatory intrusion in what has been a state-regulated industry. On the other hand, the Utica and Marcellus shale formations are as many as 450 million years old. While not a trained geologist, I will venture a guess that four or eight years will have little impact on them as source rock for hydrocarbons. The question is, are we as a state and nation going to delay the economic growth and energy security that will come from this vast shale resource through our regulatory schemes. The hydrocarbons will be waiting down there for us when we are ready.
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1. something that strongly attracts attention by its brilliance, interest, etc.: the cynosure of all eyes....
cynosureHer belly is the dog's tail of all eyes. What a melee of body parts!
1590s, from M.Fr. cynosure (16c.), from L. Cynosura, lit. "dog's tail," the constellation (now Ursa Minor) containing the North Star, the focus of navigation, from Gk. kynosoura, lit. "dog's tail," from kyon (gen. kynos; see canine) + oura "tail."


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Power Rangers MMO brawler in closed beta
The Power Rangers brand is being adopted by developer Ntreev to make a side-scrolling MMO brawler.
Power Rangers has enjoyed a baffling amount of success over its nearly 20-year run. The TV series/toy commercial was a booming success in the mid-90s, but then it just kept going. Since 1993, the TV show has continued through 16 different iterations, from time cops to ninjas to dinosaurs (again) to space cops. Its current iteration, Power Rangers Samurai, is one of the more popular shows airing on Nickelodeon.
Now developer Ntreev Soft is taking one of the many Power Rangers series, though not Samurai, and making a brawler MMO out of it.
Siliconera reports that Power Rangers Online is a side-scrolling MMO brawler featuring characters from Power Rangers Mystic Force. Players battle through stages as a teenager before it's morphin' time, after which they battle in costume. No Zord battles have been spotted just yet, but the game is only in closed beta with Red, Yellow, and Pink rangers available.
This sub-set of Power Rangers aired in 2006, meaning it must be among the more popular. That, or Ntreev just picked a series at random. Like each of the other series, five plucky teenagers take on the mantle of Power Rangers to battle an ancient evil, and intersperse youth melodrama with fight scenes from Japanese TV series. Now let that 17-year-gap between your interest in the series and now sink in and make you feel incredibly old.
Steve Watts posted a new article, Power Rangers MMO brawler in closed beta.
The Power Rangers brand is being adopted by developer Ntreev to make a side-scrolling MMO brawler.


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I got a call late Thursday night about a bomb threat at Peabody-Burns Junior/Senior High School that had been discovered two weeks earlier. We found out just in time to cover the last of the response, as the threat said the explosion would be Friday (there was no explosion, thankfully).
Interviews revealed that the only people who were notified of the threat through official channels were school and law enforcement personnel and the parents of students — not the fire department, not the county commission, not the gas company, not the press, and not the general public. At least some of that seems to have stemmed from confusion of who was going to notify whom about the threat. Peabody Police Chief Bruce Burke thought the fire department and gas company had been informed. But part of it was a decision to only notify those the decision-makers determined needed to know.
To his credit, USD 398 Superintendent Ron Traxson said that if he had it to do over again, he would have notified the public of the threat at the same time he sent a letter to parents of students.
In a crisis situation, it is best for the general public to know as much possible that doesn't compromise the response to the crisis. What if someone remembered a person buying flammable material, ammunition, or something else that might have been used in an attack? An informed public is a vigilant public. And telling everyone avoids the problem of forgetting to tell someone who does need to know.
A proactive campaign to keep the public informed in a crisis situation also helps to prevent and dispel rumors — and the earlier that begins, the better. If people know what is going on, they aren't as tempted to invent theories and details for themselves. Rumors are persistent, like weeds. It is easier to keep them out of your garden than to get rid of them once they're established.
In 2010, it took a sustained campaign of truth by Peabody Police Department, Marion County Sheriff's Department, and the Peabody Gazette-Bulletin to dispel terrible, untrue rumors about the desecration of flags at Prairie Lawn Cemetery's Avenue of Flags. The truth of the matter was bad enough, but the rumors prompted even more anger. Because the rumors were already established, it was much harder to combat them.
Once again, transparency stands as the best defense against rumors.


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Dr. Stephen Duirk
Title: Associate Professor
Dept/Program: Civil Engineering
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- Doctorate in the Philosophy of Environmental Engineering 2003
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering 1999
University of Akron, Akron, OH
- Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering 1996
Ohio University, Athens, OH
- University of Akron
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering August 2009 – present
- United States Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Engineer/Chemist March 2007 – July 2009
- Environmental Engineer/Chemist – Federal Postdoc October 2003 – March 2007
Research Interests:
Drinking water supplies are often contaminated with chemicals from agricultural, municipal, and industrial sources. Current drinking water and wastewater infrastructure is not capable of removing these anthropogenic chemicals (i.e., pesticides and pharmaceuticals) because they were simply not designed for that purpose. Therefore, the fate of these chemicals in both aquatic and engineered systems is largely unknown. Dr. Duirk's research is focused on total water infrastructure sustainability. Specific areas are:
- Fate of pesticides in aquatic and engineered systems
- Transformation of pharmaceuticals during drinking water and wastewater treatment
- Impact of wastewater contaminants on aquatic systems
- Impact of agricultural runoff on blue-green algae and the formation of algal derived toxins and taste & odor compounds
- Physical/Chemical Treatment Process 4300:623
- Water Reuse 4300:694
- Advanced Oxidation Processes 4300:628
- Introduction to Environmental Engineering 4300:321
Professional Affiliations
- American Chemical Society
- American Geophysical Union
- American Water Works Association
Honors, Awards, and Professional Service
- Science and Technology Achievement Award (STAA): 2007 and 2008
- Water Research Outstanding Reviewer: 2008
- Registered E.I.T. with the Ohio State Board of Professional Engineers
- Reviewer for Environmental Science and Technology, Water Research, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Journal of Environmental Management , Chemical Engineering Communications, Journal of Hazardous Materials, and Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry as well as for American Chemical Society Book Series.
- Nature Reader Review Panel
- National Science Foundation: Technical Reviewer
- Duirk, S.E., DeSetto, L.M., and Davis, G.M., Lindell, C., and Cornelison, C. T. (2010) Chloramination of Organophosphorus Pesticides found in Drinking Water Sources. Water Res. 44(3): 761-768
- Duirk, S.E., DeSetto, L.M., and Davis, G.M. (2009) Degradation of Organophosphorus Pesticides in the presence of aqueous chlorine: Kinetics, Pathways, and Structure-Activity Relationships. Environ. Sci. and Technol., 43(7): 2335-2340
- Duirk, S.E., Tarr, J.C., and Collette, T.W. (2008) Chlorpyrifos Transformation by Aqueous Chlorine in the Presence of Bromide and Natural Organic Matter. J. Agric. Food Chem., 56 (4): 1328-1335
- Duirk, S.E. and Valentine, R.L. (2007) Bromide Oxidation and Formation of Dihaloacetic Acids in Chloraminated Water. Environ. Sci. Technol., 41(20): 7047-7053
- Henderson, W.M., Weber, E.J., Duirk, S.E., Washington, J.W., and Smith, M.A. (2007) Simplified Method to Quantify Fluorinated Chemicals Using a Selective Ion Scan for Perfluoroalkyl Chain Fragments with GC/MS. J. Chromatogr. B, 846(1-2): 155-161.
- Duirk, S.E. and Valentine, R.L. (2006) Modeling Dichloroacetic Acid Formation from the Reaction of Monochloramine with Natural Organic Matter. Water Res. 40(14): 2667-2674.
- Cherney, D.P., Duirk, S.E., Tarr, J.C., and Collette, T.W. (2006) Monitoring the Speciation of Aqueous Free Chlorine from pH 1 to 12 with Raman Spectroscopy to Determine the Identity of the Potent Low-pH Oxidant. Appl. Spectrosc., 60(7): 764-772.
- Duirk, S.E. and Collette, T.W. (2006) Degradation of Chlorpyrifos in Aqueous Chlorine Solutions: Pathways, Kinetics, and Modeling. Environ. Sci. and Technol., 40(2): 546-551.
- Duirk, S.E., Gombert, B., Croue, J.P., and Valentine, R. L. (2005) Modeling Monochloramine Loss in the Presence of Natural Organic Matter. Water Research, 39(14): 3418-3431.
- Choi, J., Duirk, S.E., and Valentine, R.L. (2002) Mechanistic studies of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) formation in chlorinated drinking water. J. Environ. Monit. 4(2): 249-252.
- Duirk, S.E., Gombert, B., Choi, J., and Valentine, R.L. (2002) Monochloramine loss in the presence of humic acid. J. Environ. Monit., 4(1): 85-89.
- Miller, C.M., Duirk, S.E., and Gardner, K.H. (2000) Chromium Leaching from Silicon Foam-Encapsulated Mixed Waste. Environ. Sci. Technol., 34(3): 455-460.
- Duirk, S.E., Butala, W., and Miller, C.M. Chapter 17 Encapsulation of Nitrate Salt Waste Using Polysiloxane, Emerging Technologies in Hazardous Waste Management 8, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, pp. 199-206, 2000.
- Bower, K., Duirk, S.E., and Miller, C.M. Chapter 14 Development of and Enhanced Ozone-Hydrogen Peroxide Advanced Oxidation Process, Emerging Technologies in Hazardous Waste Management 8, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, pp. 167-176, 2000.
Published Reports
- Duirk, S.E., Desetto, L.M., and Davis, G.M. (2008) Fate of High Priority Pesticides During Drinking Water Treatment. U.S. EPA, Athens, GA. Publication No. EPA/600/R-08/089
- Duirk, S.E., Cherney, D.P., Tarr, J.C., and Collette, T.W. (2006) Determining Active Oxidant Species Reacting with Organophosphate Pesticides in Chlorinated Drinking Water. U.S. EPA, Athens, GA. Publication No. EPA/600/R-06/103
- Duirk, S.E. and Collette, T.W. (2005) Organophosphate Pesticide Degradation Under Drinking Water Treatment Conditions. U.S. EPA, Athens, GA. Publication No. EPA/600/R-05/103
- Valentine R.L. and Duirk, S.E. (2003) Mechanisms and Kinetics of Chloramine Loss and By-Product Formation in the Presence of Reactive Drinking Water Distribution System Constituents. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa. Publication No. EPA STAR Report 826-832-01-0


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The US Federal Communications Commission has voted to overturn rules that force ISPs to treat all data traffic as equal.
Commissioners at the agency voted two-to-one to end a "net neutrality" order enacted in 2015.
Ajit Pai, head of the FCC, said the rules demanding an open internet harmed jobs and discouraged investment.
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A man who lost his pharmaceutical license after being accused of filling hundreds of questionable prescriptions for narcotics and ignoring "red flags" that his Huntington Beach pharmacy was being targeted by drug abusers says he will apply for his license again in three years.
Thang Q. Tran on Jan. 31 withdrew his appeal in San Diego Superior Court challenging a state administrative law judge's decision that revoked his license in May 2012 and forced the closure of his pharmacy a month later, court records show.
The California Board of Pharmacy released a report in May 2012 saying Tran did not keep up-to-date inventory, housed expired medications and "dispensed numerous prescriptions for controlled substances without determining whether any prescription was written for a legitimate medical purpose" at Pacifica Pharmacy at 18682 Beach Blvd.
Investigators found that Tran's pharmacy had dispensed 1,844 prescriptions written by Dr. Lisa Tseng – the Rowland Heights physician charged with murder in connection with the accidental overdose deaths of three men, including a Lake Forest resident.
Tseng is expected to appear in Los Angeles Superior Court on March 8 for a pretrial hearing. She faces three second-degree murder charges, one felony count of prescribing drugs using fraud and 20 felony counts of prescribing dugs without a legitimate purpose.
Tran denied any wrongdoing or liability for the misuse of the medications and told state investigators he had never talked with Tseng, court records show.
Armond Marcarian, Tran's attorney, said they filed the appeal because they disagreed with the administrative law court's findings, but withdrew it to give Tran a chance "to get his life back."
"He wants to have the three-year clock start running, if you will," Marcarian said, referring to the law that allows him to reapply for his license in 2016.
In the meantime, Tran is continuing his pharmaceutical education; he attended a seminar last week covering how to appropriately prescribe and dispense drugs, according to his attorney.
"We believe that's strong evidence that he's working toward being rehabilitated," Marcarian said.
Pharmacy investigation
The state started investigating Tran after a 2009 complaint by a man who worked in the same complex the pharmacy had been operating out of since 2004.
The man, whose name was not released in the report, said he observed suspicious activity, including a stream of people going back and forth from the pharmacy to the parking lot, money spread out on dash boards and people approaching vehicles.
At least once, the man reported he saw prescriptions changing hands in the parking lot.
An investigation was launched in 2010. Investigators said they found a list of violations including mismarked prescriptions and outdated medication.
The report concludes Tran should have been aware of "red flags" involving his customers, including nervous behavior, patients paying in cash and driving long distances to fill their prescriptions in Huntington Beach. In some cases, patients traveled more than 35 miles to go to Pacifica Pharmacy, the report said.
Tran told investigators he followed proper pharmacy procedure and stopped filling prescriptions for two doctors he believed were prescribing drugs for non-medical reasons. He said he didn't ask about patients' medical issues and had no problem filling prescriptions for patients who didn't live in the area, the report said.
Alleged illicit activities
Several pages of the 55-page report illustrate Pacifica Pharmacy's handling of prescriptions written by a "Dr. T" – a physician investigators say sent 1,844 prescriptions to Tran's pharmacy from January 2009 through January 2010.
Prescriptions from this "Dr. T," identified only as a physician in Rowland Heights, included OxyContin, Opana, Hydromorphone and Alprazolam, all powerful narcotics often diverted and abused by drug users, according to the documents.
State board representatives would not identify "Dr. T," but several civil lawsuits against Tseng say Pacifica Pharmacy was one of the places she sent patients.
Pacifica Pharmacy has been named in four medical malpractice lawsuits filed in Orange County Superior Court since 2010, court records show. In all of those cases, Tseng is listed as the lead defendant.
"The pharmacies are just as much to blame as the dirty doctors," said Jodi Barber, an Orange County anti-drug activist whose son, Jarrod, died after taking Opana in 2010.
She said Tseng told children to fill their prescriptions at Pacifica and White Front Pharmacy in Costa Mesa, both pharmacies which have been named in civil lawsuits.
"Everything was cash, it was very shady," Barber said.
One of the three murder charges Tseng faces is related to the death of Joseph Rovero. The 21-year-old Arizona State University student died on Dec. 18, 2009 from the combined drug toxicity of Oxycodone, Alprazolam and ethanol (alcohol), according to the Mariposa County Coroner's report.
His mother, April Rovero, testifying in 2011 before a Congressional Sub-Committee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, said her son was told his prescriptions should be filled at Pacifica Pharmacy, where "all of them had their prescriptions filled with no questions asked."
After her son died, Rovero formed the National Coalition Against Prescription Drug Abuse. She said Tuesday that she believes smaller pharmacies are more likely to form business connections with doctors who overprescribe medications.
She called pharmacies the "last line of defense" in the prescription drug battle.
"They do have the right and the responsibility to push back against doctors who are overprescribing," she said. "They're supposed to catch all that. They're the last ones who have that opportunity. Some of them turn a blind eye."
Register staff writer Tony Saavedra contributed to this report.
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There are plenty of health reasons to consider stopping smoking but still it remains a regular habit for many people. Nicotine found in tobacco is an addictive substance that can cause physical symptoms when you first quit and can make quitting more challenging. Fortunately, these withdrawal symptoms fade over time and there are products to help you take the edge off during this time. Many also associate smoking with a stress or anxiety reducer, which makes the idea of quitting stressful and anxiety-filled.
Researchers from the United Kingdom, wanted to determine the impact of smoking on mental health factors such as depression or anxiety. The review, published in the British Medical Journal, found that smoking cessation was associated with better mental health scores than continued smoking.
About the Study
The systematic review included 26 studies that had measured mental health factors in smokers and those that quit smoking. Surveys delivered for the trials included measurements of anxiety, depression, psychological quality of life, and stress. They were delivered before the trials and varied follow up points from 6 weeks to 9 years.
Compared to participants that continued smoking, those that quit smoking had:
- Decreased anxiety
- Decreased depression
- Decreased stress
- Improved psychological quality of life
- Improved mood
There was no difference in the benefits in participants with or without psychiatric disorders.
How Does this Affect You?
A systematic review is considered a reliable form of research because it combines several smaller studies. The higher the number of participants the more reliable the results may be. However, the systematic review is only as reliable as the studies that were included. In this case, the review included observational studies. These studies can not determine cause and effect because of their design, but can point out some possible connections. Although this trial can not confirm mental health benefits with smoking cessation it can suggest there may be one more reason to quit smoking.
This trial provides yet another benefit of quitting smoking. Unfortunately, knowledge of benefits alone does not making quitting happen but perhaps eliminating what you think are downsides of quitting may help. Talk to your doctor about tools to help decrease physical withdrawal symptoms from nicotine such as patches, nicotine gum, or medications. Keep in mind that the process may be a little rough in the first few days but in the end you may find yourself in a better mood.
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Our Journey to the Past: Emmental & Krasna, Bessarabia
By Leonard G. Kopp, Portland, Oregon
May 25 - June 5, 1999
May 25 - Day 01 of the MAX RIEHL BUS TOUR to the ancestral villages of KRASNA, UKRAINE and EMMENTAL, MOLDOVA. 2 buses and 69 people. Leave Koblenz, Germany at 5AM. Go through towns of Limburg, and Giessen, to Dresden. A small tour of Dresden, and then on to Goerlitz, Germany for overnight stay.
For my wife Deana, and myself, the day began at 3:00 AM at the hotel in Koblenz. An hour later, we, and our luggage, arrived at Mosel-Land-Ei, the chicken, egg, & mushroom company operated by Max Riehl and his gracious wife, Francesca. (Max was the organizer of this bus tour.) In the company restaurant, Francesca, and her helpers, prepared a delicious breakfast for all of us, - scrambled eggs, bread, and coffee. The eggs were cooked in a huge frying pan that looked like it could hold maybe twenty dozen eggs, or more.
By 5:00 AM, the storage compartment of the 2 buses had been loaded with mounds of luggage, - and with many boxes of food that would become our roadside noon-day lunches while en-route. Shortly after 5:00 AM, the buses departed with their load of food, luggage, and 69 enthusiastic passengers. 22 Americans, 8 Canadians, 39 Germans.
Eastward toward the German city of Dresden. Lots of beautiful farming country and towns along the way. A rest stop around noon was in the parking lot of a side-of-the-road café & deli, which had good restroom facilities. Small tables were set up next to the buses, and on them were put plates of sausage & other meats, cheeses, hardboiled eggs, bread, and other eatables. A tasty fare, indeed. Coffee and bottles of water, fruit juices, coke, and beer were also available. Later on, a short stay in Dresden, and then on to Goerlitz, Germany for dinner and hotel.
By now, we were beginning to establish friendships with some of the other passengers. Since this was a German tour, German was the language used by Max Riehl and by the drivers when they addressed the passengers. Because of my limited German, - and since English translations were not always forthcoming - my wife and I soon began to rely on some of our newly-found German friends who could speak some English. A couple of very helpful German passengers became our on-board translators, - as well as very good friends - for the remainder of the journey.
May 26 - Day 02: Enter the country of Poland, and drive via Breslau to Rzeszow for an overnight stay.
Up at 5:00 AM. Breakfast at 6:00, and departed at 7:00. Arrived at the Polish border ten minutes later. Polish police checked all passports. Cleared to leave around 8:00, - not a very long wait, as borders go. Our first Polish rest stop was an experience. The WC (water closet) was tended by a filthy-dressed, inebriated nit-wit who collected a half deutschmark from everyone who lined up to use his smelly facility. But, besides serving an immediate need, this little experience turned out to be a good introduction into what we would encounter in this department in the days yet to come.
A noon-time stop for a picnic lunch. Then on again through the countryside, in an easterly direction toward Ukraine. Now the scenery seemed to take on a more rural appearance. Many small farms and many small towns. Having to slow down, or stop, because of cattle walking on, or along, the roadway was not uncommon. And many stork nests were seen on top of buildings, and even on utility poles.
Arrived in Rzeszow, Poland about 7:00 PM, for dinner and hotel.
May 27 - Day 03: Enter the country of Ukraine, and drive via Lvov to Vinnicija for an overnight stay at the PODOLJE HOTEL.
This morning, breakfast at 6:00, and departure around 7:00. Arrived at the Ukrainian border around 9AM. Leaving Poland was no problem, - but entering Ukraine was another story. We each had to fill out a declaration of the valuation of items we were bringing into the country, and also how much money we had with us. Their checking of these declarations and of our passports, seemed to take an awful lot of time. It was about noon when we finally got our clearance to enter Ukraine, and continue on our way. If any of us had complaints about the inconveniences we had to endure at THIS border crossing, (and most of us did), we could not possibly imagine that we were all going to experience the "Mother" of bad border crossings a few days later at the Moldova border.
Most of the roads in Ukraine cannot be described as "good". "Bad" is a far better description, - and some are worse than others. There were some stretches of fairly good road, but not very many. And the rest stop "facilities", - they could best be described as just plain "down to earth". A roadside stop by a large group of trees was now the norm for us. A walk into the woods. Ladies to the left, - men to the right !!
Arrived in Vinnicija, Ukraine around 9PM, for dinner and hotel. We are told that tomorrow morning we must hit the road very early.
May 28 - Day 04: Early departure, traveling by Uman and Odessa to KRASNA, - where we will stay overnight with host families.
Up at 2:30 AM. Getting ready to leave in a hurry was somewhat of a frantic experience. Buses left at 3:20. We have many miles to drive today, - about 300 miles to Odessa, and another 100 to Krasna. The hotel had prepared for each of us a take-along bag of breakfast goodies. Around 6AM we stopped along the side of the road, and had our breakfast - (by a large group of trees, of course.)
Ukraine is a beautiful country, with large areas of farmland, - and quite flat. Mile after mile of nice looking fields and pastures. And in some places, many well-kept gardens, one next to the other, along the roads. Many people, probably from neighboring villages, were working in the fields and gardens with hoes. I saw no mechanized cultivators being used in the fields. Actually, I saw very little farm machinery anywhere. I hear that the lack of spare parts, and the continuous need for maintenance of their old machinery, are serious, ongoing problems.
There were no fences to be seen out in the country. Herds of cattle, sheep, goats, and geese were seen grazing in pastures near the road, - and they always had herdsmen with them. But I never saw one herdsman on horseback. They were always on foot. Quite often cattle and goats were staked out in the grassy areas along the roads, with long chains or ropes. And once, we saw cows being milked out in a pasture near the road.
We arrived in Odessa before noon, and then enjoyed a two-hour tour of some of the highlights of the city. The Potempkin Steps, - a staircase of 194 steps that connects the Port of Odessa with the upper part of the city. A walk along a beautiful, wide, tree-shaded boulevard to view several monuments and statues. And the stately Odessa Opera House.
Then, back on the buses and on toward Krasna. But first, a lunch and pit stop on the shore of the Black Sea near Akkerman. We arrived at Krasna around 6PM. Our buses were met by a throng of townspeople. They greeted us with the traditional bread-and-salt welcoming ceremony.
We each were assigned to a host family, - in whose home we would stay for the next two nights.
My wife and I had a very charming couple as our hosts. Anna and Nicolai Popozoglo. Anna and their 14 year old son met us at the bus. They helped us with our luggage. Bless them. It turned out to be a loooong walk to their house. Besides the 14 year old son, they also have two married sons, and a divorced daughter. The youngest married son, Alex, and his wife and baby, lived with the parents. The other married son, and the daughter, live nearby, but they, and the other three grandchildren were at the parents' house much of the time we were there.
After we arrived at her home, and rested a while, Anna took advantage of the evening sunlight to give us an outside tour of the premises. The courtyard, the summer kitchen, and the root cellar. The barnyard and some of the animals. Grape vines and cherry trees. And the garden - an immense garden - all freshly hoed and well taken care of.
We could tell that Anna took great pride in her garden, - as well she should. These people rely on their gardens and animals for their food, - in much the same way that we rely on our favorite supermarkets. At the far end of the garden, one could look across a large field and see a small chapel in the distance. That field used to be the old German cemetery. We would be visiting it, - and the chapel - tomorrow, - Saturday.
Anna, and the girls, prepared a great evening meal for us all. Sliced sausage, chicken, several cheeses (including sheep and goat cheese), tomatoes, bread, and hot tea. And some schnapps.
Conversation-wise, we got along surprisingly well. No one knew any English, but Anna and Nicolai, and their children, knew a few German words, - not many, but enough for me to converse with them. Along with much sign-language, - my wife drew pictures, and that pleased all of them. We taught them a few words of English, and they were eager to learn. My wife showed them pictures of our children and grandchildren, and they enjoyed that very much. They were surprised to hear of my heavy connection with the town of Krasna (Krasnoye, as they call it). I told them, in German, that my father was born in Krasna in 1884; my grandfather in 1858; and my G/grandfather in 1823. And that my GG/grandfather was in the group of original settlers who founded Krasna in the year 1814.
Our hosts' home was not lavishly decorated, but it was clean and well-kept. Very simple furniture throughout the five-room house.
Four of the rooms had beds in them. It appeared to us that they took pride in keeping themselves and their home clean. Stepping into their home was like going back many years in time. Even though they had electricity, we saw it used only for lighting. ( Alex did have an old television set, and it worked, - sort of. ) Their methods of cooking, baking, and clothes-washing, were strictly from yesteryear. Their cooking was done on a wood-burning stove in the summer kitchen located across the courtyard from the house. Baking was done in a large, hand-built, brick oven located in one of the rooms in the main house. We ate some bread and cookies that came out of that oven, and they tasted great. Clothes washing was done in a big washtub, and the clothes hung on a line. We washed our hands and face at a spigot attached to the outside of the house.
A five-foot high wooden fence, with a gate in it, ran from the summer kitchen building across the courtyard to the house. On the other side of that fence was the barnyard. The barn was attached to the house. Actually, there were several small barns for different animals. They had two cows, two calves, a sheep, a sow and nine young pigs, and many chickens and geese. And one horse, - that is used to pull a wagon. At night, all these animals occupied the barns and the barnyard. Also in the barnyard was a manure pile, - and the family outhouse.
Early in the morning, around 7 o'clock, the cows and the geese are turned loose out on the main street. The geese seem to stay close to home during the day, and are rounded up and brought back into the barnyard in the evening. The cows mingle with other cows that had been turned loose by neighbors up and down the street. A herdsman drives this herd along the street and out of town into a pasture somewhere. One evening I saw the herd of cows being brought home from the pasture. As they came down the street, I watched in amazement as each family's cows left the herd and, without any coaxing, walked into the family yard where they belonged.
Anna's husband, Nicolai, works as a janitor at one of the schools in Krasna. The son, Alex, is in the scrap-metal business; collecting it and re-selling it somewhere. I wasn't able to determine where he sells this scrap-metal, but he said that he does a "gute biznez". He said that he makes more money than his father does, - and he seemed quite proud of that fact. Alex also had an old car, - and once he got it started, it ran OK, - sort of. Before we called it a day and went to bed, we gave them the things that we had brought along as gifts. They all were extremely appreciative.
May 29 - Day 05: We sightsee and visit in Krasna, and stay over- night again with the host families.
This morning's breakfast was a cheese blintz, sliced sausage and cheese, pasta, tomatoes, bread, and hot coffee. Very good. It looked like it was going to be a nice, sunny day. Soon after breakfast, Alex took my wife and me for a ride around Krasna in his car, stopping here and there for me to take pictures. We also visited the dairy outside of town. Krasna appeared to be a laid-back little village; population maybe less than 1,000 (?) - situated in a valley, with low, rolling hills on three sides of it. A few trucks and tractors, and motorcycles-with-sidecars running about, - but the horse-drawn wagon was a more common sight. I assumed that none of the houses that we saw today were there in 1940, the time of the resettlement. We also saw the site of the old German Catholic church, which, I am told, was demolished during the 1940s. Just why it was demolished is not clear to me.
Then, on to the old German cemetery. It doesn't look much like a cemetery, - it looks more like a hayfield. Actually, that's now what it is - a hayfield. The old headstones and other markers had been removed and demolished many years ago, - broken up and used in the building of foundations and fences, I am told. A few men were cutting the hay with scythes, and raking it into small piles by hand. A small, horse-drawn hayrack was hauling the hay away. The area around the perimeter of the cemetery has been used for more recent burials.
I walked the length and breadth of that big field, - and wondered just how many of my relatives are buried here in unmarked graves. As well as relatives of all the others in our group who came to Krasna today to dedicate a small part of this field, and its chapel. One can still see depressions in the ground that probably indicate gravesites, - but, other than that, the old cemetery is like a large open field covered with grass and a few trees and bushes, - with a goat and cow, or two, staked here and there. The scene could make you cry.
The ceremony dedicating the chapel and the memorial began around 11AM, and was very impressive. The day was sunny and warm, and by noon the temperature was in the 80s (F). Besides the 69 of us who traveled here, there were many townspeople gathered also, outside the chapel. Several singing groups, - one group made up of ladies from our tour. An Eastern Orthodox priest performed the dedication ceremony, and bouquets of flowers were placed at the memorial in honor of all who were buried in this field from 1814 to 1940.
At 1PM, everyone made their way to a school nearby where a scrumptious luncheon was being prepared for us by some of the Krasna ladies. It certainly was a feast. The vodka flowed freely. Much singing and hilarity, - with dancing in the aisles. Ahhh, - what fun! After all this frivolity came to an end, our trusty "taxi service", - in the person of Alex and his car, - picked up my wife and me and delivered us to his parents' house again. Besides Anna and Nicolai, their four children and four grandchildren were all there. We had a late snack, - and a little more vodka. We had a great evening visiting with all of them, and taking lots of pictures.
May 30 - Day 06: We depart Krasna, and drive into the country of Moldova, to the town of Emmental, where we will stay over- night with host families.
This morning we must leave Krasna. We were sorry to leave so soon, - we had such a good time with our host family. They were very sad to see us leave, also. We made several new friends here in Krasna, and we hope to continue to correspond with them in the future.
The buses departed Krasna about 8AM, bound for Emmental (Pervomaisc), in Moldova. About noon, we arrived at the town of Strassburg, in the Kutschurgan District of Ukraine. We parked next to the ruins of the old German Catholic church there. What a magnificent church it must have been in its prime. Even its ruins are impressive. We also had our lunch there, in the shade of the trees bordering the ruins. We are now quite close to the border. We will be crossing soon from Ukraine into Moldova.
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Now it is very late. We arrived at Emmental, our destination, at midnight. Here, as in Krasna, we were assigned to stay at the homes of host families. Our host and hostess helped us with our luggage, loaded us in a car, and drove us to their home. They knew no English or German words, so we didn't do a whole lot of conversing with them. They had a large, well-kept, nicely furnished house. It was now 1:00 AM. Dinner was served at 1:30. Then off to bed. We had had a long, trying day, - and it was finally over.
May 31 - Day 07: We sightsee and visit in Emmental, and stay overnight again with host families.
Up at 6:30. After breakfast, I left the house with my camera, and walked up and down several of the streets near by. It was a nice, sunny morning. It would be a warm day. Later that morning, our group attended a ceremony at the local Eastern Orthodox Church. A bread and salt ceremony was performed by some of the local townspeople.
Later, we all made our way to a school nearby where we would be entertained by a choir, and by a group of high school students. The choir was from nearby Chishinau, the capital of Moldova, - and was led by one of the most busy, energetic conductors I have ever seen. He had an accordion strapped on, with which he played appropriate lead-ins and introductions to the songs. When the choir was singing, he was bouncing around in front of them, back and forth from one section to another, extracting from them vocal sounds as beautiful as you have ever heard. The group of high school students was from Emmental. They did recitations, sang songs, and put on several acting skits. They were excellent, talented performers. Later, at the school, we enjoyed a wonderful lunch that was prepared by local townspeople.
After lunch, we all walked out to the old German cemetery. There were many old gravestones still standing, but the lettering on most of them was so worn and weathered that you could hardly read it. I did find an old gravestone with the name "Salome Kopp" still readable on it (probably a relative of mine), - but the dates were too worn to read. Our group gathered around one of the larger old gravestones, and performed a ceremony dedicating it to all the Germans who were buried in that cemetery. Back to the hosts' home, and time for a rest before dinner at 9PM.
Tomorrow morning we will bid goodbye to our hosts, and depart Emmental and Moldova.
The remainder of our journey will be more "touristy." We will need to drive for many hours at a time each day, because we still have a long way to go, - but there will also be several opportunities to sightsee in some of the larger cities we pass through.
June 01 - Day 08: We depart Emmental and Moldova, and enter the country of Romania, and drive to the city of Sibiu for an over- night stay.
A comfortable hotel room again, - and a SHOWER. What a treat!
June 02 - Day 09: We continue west through Romania and the Carpathian Mountains, and enter the country of Hungary. Drive via Szeged to Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, for an overnight stay.
June 03 - Day 10: After a few hours of sightseeing in Budapest, we depart Hungary and enter the country of Austria, and drive to the city of Vienna for an overnight stay.
June 04 - Day 11: Sightseeing in Vienna during the day. In the evening we continue on through Austria and into Germany. We drive all night toward Koblenz.
The past three days have been more easy-going and less tense. The scenery in the various countries was ever beautiful. The border crossings ranged from far-less-frustrating to downright-tolerable. The days were filled with many hours of driving, but the atmosphere on the buses now was far more relaxed. At times, someone would take over the bus microphone and tell us all a few good jokes. Others broke out in song. Occasionally, a bottle of wine found its way among the passengers for sampling. All in good cheer. A good time was had by all.
Budapest and Vienna are gorgeous cities. And we were able to do some sightseeing in both of them.
My wife and I want to say that we found our hotel accommodations on the journey to be very good. And the dinners and breakfasts served by those hotels were excellent.
June 05 - Day 12: Arrive at Koblenz around 6 o'clock in the morning, and end our journey with a big breakfast get-together in the restaurant at Max Riehl's Mosel-Land-Ei.
Our journey into the past has come to an end. It was a once-in-a-lifetime adventure, - and a real eye-opener. For my wife and myself, the inconveniences at some of the borders will not diminish our overall good memories of the journey, - especially our stay with the host family in Krasna. And we are most grateful that we were able to make the trip. I walked some of the same streets in Krasna that my father, and his forefathers, walked, - and for that I am very grateful. My thanks to my wife, Deana, for writing a very helpful daily diary of the trip. And finally, our thanks to Max Riehl for all the time and effort he put into making this unforgettable journey possible.


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1/2 green pepper chopped (or more)
1 T olive oil
8-10 oz. leftover roast beef or steak (about 1 1/2 cups diced beef cubes)
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1 cup slow roasted tomatoes (or 1 can diced tomatoes)
1/2 T dried oregano
1/2 T dried basil
1 cup mushrooms, cut in large chunks
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