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CWL 2018 #10 Norbeck to Laytonsville
At a little more than 6 miles, this is one of the shorter utility corridors. It already has a 1 mile long trail on part of it and Montgomery County calls it "Utility Corridor #3" in the new bike plan and plans to build another 1.5 miles of trail on it. Unfortunately they won't connect the two.
On the north end the trail starts at a T-junction with a corridor that runs from Germantown to the Nice Bridge (#8 on this list), but until, and only if, a trail is on that corridor the natural stopping point would be Mt. Zion Park just south of that corridor. Building a trail from that park to the north end of MoCo's planned trail at Bowie Mill doesn't seem like it would be difficult. It only crosses a few roads and doesn't seem to interfere with any other land use, while connecting into a few subdivisions along the way.
MoCo's planned trail would run from Bowie Mill to Cherry Valley Drive, so that is actually something that could happen. Along the way it connects to Utility Corridor #4 where a trail exists that MoCo wants to expand.
From there it's only about 4000 feet to Emory Lane where a sidepath that Google Maps calls the "Georgia Avenue Trail", but is really just part of the ICC Trail, can be found.
The trail here isn't much - it's a little narrow - but it follows the power lines to Georgia Avenue and then south to the ICC Park and Ride. From there the "Georgia Avenue Trail" continues as a buffered and flexpost delinated bike lane along the west side of the access road to Thistlebridge, a short sidepath south of then and then ends, just north of Norbeck Road. At Norbeck Road the power lines continue but the corridor basically ends.
From Norbeck, the MoCo Bike plan calls for a separated bikeway to the Matthew Henson Trail.
This is a short trail opportunity that would extend a trail MoCo is already investing in and connect to another one they already did, in an area where lots of other facilities are planned.
December 15, 2018 in ICC Trail, Utility Corridor trails, Wish List | Permalink | Comments (0)
CWL 2018 #11 Fairfax to Centreville
One of the shortest corridors on the list, the corridor that runs parallel to Braddock Road could be seen as a neighborhood complement to the Braddock Road sidepath - and likely a more appealing option to that minimal facility.
The corridor is 11 miles long with a 1.5 mile spur. On the west side it runs parallel to I-66, but I just connected it to the I-66 trail there and on the east side it connects to the Lee Meadows neighborhood after crossing Long Branch Stream Valley Park. Along the way it passes through neighborhoods; past parks, an elementary school and shopping areas; and a short way from George Mason and Eagle Bank Arena. For most of the way, it's both a power and gas corridor, but in Centreville, they split up and the shorter one goes south along Little Rocky Run where it meets up with a longer corridor between Middleberg and Lorton (#9 on this list). In the map above, the little blue line in the top left corner is corridor #12.
Near Clifton Road, it connects to two corridors that go north to I-66 and Penderwood and one that goes south to Clifton (Not one of the 12 on the list).
In three places, the corridor is immediately adjacent to Braddock Road, so the existing trail uses it, meaning that this corridor could be a complete trail with four pieces, each of which would be easy to do.
On the east side the a corridor trail would connect neighborhoods and 3 parks all on a route that's flatter than the Braddock Road path.
The center portion has fewer parks but passes two churches, two golf courses and Willow Spring Elementary School. It also has two other corridor connections.
And one of the two west side sections connects to the future I-66 Trail, businesses and a park; and the other follows a stream bed which could host a trail going farther north and south.
It's not very long, and in places a little redundant, but nonetheless the corridor could help make some important connections.
December 14, 2018 in Custis/I-66 Trail, Utility Corridor trails, Wish List | Permalink | Comments (0)
CWL 2018 #12 Clarksville, MD to Manassas, VA
The first utility corridor on the list is a long one. Like really long. Like the name of this post doesn't actually do it credit. It's a gas corridor (or perhaps two) that goes south all the way to Moorseville, NC and north to Jacksonville, MD on the north side of Balimore. But for the sake of everyone's sanity I decided to limit things to the close in counties, which in this case means Montgomery and Fairfax Counties. In both cases I push the corridor a little farther so that it can connect to worthwhile things, like the future i-66/Custis trail. This corridor is the only one on the list to cross the Potomac and be in two states (though plenty of other corridors do, they just didn't make the list). This section is 40 miles long, though the map shows the 35 miles north of it too. [On all the maps, Green is the line the post is about, Blue are trails already built on corridors and Red are other corridors without trails]
There are eight sections of the corridor that already have trails on them, three in the Rockville-Olney area and five in Fairfax County. One, the Gude Trail, even has a name.
Rockville-Olney
Filling in the two gaps between the pieces in the Rockville Olney area would create a 7 mile trail from E. Gude Road in Rockville to Manor Oaks Park in Brookeville. The new Montgomery County Bicycle Master Plan includes part of this as "Utility Corridor #4", which would extend the existing middle trail in Olney to the ICC Trail at Muncaster Mill Road. This would create a de facto connection to the Rock Creek Trail and the Gude Trail, using the ICC Trail and the trails around Lake Needwood. A better connection from the ICC to Rock Creek would be great, but obviously it would make sense to go around Lake Needwood. There is a golf course in the way of this trail, but it's on the section that MoCo plans for the trail already so they must think it is manageable. And of course, this section meets up with another utility corridor in Olney that goes a few miles north and south. The MoCo bike plan calls this "Utility Corridor #3" and plans a 1.5 mile long trail on it centered on the intersection with this corridor.
South of Rockville
On the south side, the corridor first goes to the Potomac. It passes through Rockville, just past Montgomery College, on land that now has parking lots and subdivisions. It would be hard to build a trail on any of it, and then it would need to cross I-270. The one exception is on the west side of Montgomery Avenue, the corridor opens up there until it reaches the Millennium Trail. Then it runs into the Lakewood Country Club golf course. South of that, the corridor is fenced in to a lot of yards.
I'm not saying they own that land or the rights to it, but there would be a lot of people fighting a plan to put a trail literally in what they see as their back yard. At around Piney Meeting Road it opens up some more, but is still fenced in all the way to River Road. It would be a diplomatic challenge to put a trail on much of this, which is why it likely isn't in the plan.
At River Road, the corridor meets up with the Potomac Water Filtration Plant and the Potomac River. I get that a bridge across the Potomac here would be tough, but not as tough as other places, and the location actually makes sense. It's about 1/3 of the way from Chain Bridge and White's Ferry, an area where there are no bike/ped crossings, so it would fill a big gap. It would be cheaper to build a crossing here than at the American Legion Bridge - though both would make sense. It would create a connection to an island in the Potomac that can now only be reached by boat (something NPS might see as a feature). It would connect the C&O Canal Trail with the Potomac Heritage Trail. And since the area is already clear of trees to make room for the pipeline, it would have less environmental impact than one located elsewhere. It might be the best place to build a new Potomac Crossing to Fairfax.
A bridge could connect on the VA side with local streets, but the corridor quickly becomes back yards and parking lot space again.
That changes around Georgetown Pike. From there it might be possible to build a trail all the way to Wiehle Avenue, and if Hidden Creek Country Club is redeveloped, to the W&OD Trail. That would require crossing Leesburg Pike and Baron Cameron Avenue, but there's already a small neighborhood trail on part of it near the Uplands Pool.
South of the W&OD Trail, the corridor runs into the Dulles Toll Road corridor, Reston National Golf Course and some more development that would make a trail difficult; but south of South Lakes Drive, a trail would be possible to add a trail all the way to I-66.
This section already has some trails in it. In other places it might make sense to use existing paths in a similar corridor - like the bike lanes on Colt's Neck Road - but most of the way it could just be built in the corridor. Most noteworthy among the existing trails is the 1 mile one from West Ox to Percheron Lane and the 1.9 mile trail in the Cub Run Park area. Building along this corridor - and connecting across the Dulles Toll Road by building a real bike facility in the Reston Parkway corridor would create a trail system from the new I-66 Trail to Georgetown Pike, connecting to the W&OD Trail and Cub Run Trails. Furthermore, at Cub Run, the trail runs into another corridor that will be #9 on this list.
None of this is in the Fairfax County Bike Plan.
North of Olney
North of Olney, the corridor starts to run into the back yard problem, but it might at least be possible to connect the existing piece to the Rachel Carson Natural Surface Trail.
Then around Clarksville it opens up again for a few miles south of the Tridelphia Reservoir, though that section would need a bridge over the Patuxent River. But north of that, the pipeline goes under a lot of farmland - and crosses into Howard County.
The corridor is long, and it connects to the Custis/I-66, W&OD, C&O Canal, Millennium and Rock Creek Trails; giving it enormous potential. But the nature of gas lines is that they allow more development on the ground - mostly lawns, parking and golf courses - and so there is more conflict. In addition, crossing the Potomac is no small task - it's both costly and requires building on NPS land next to a secure facility.
At least Montgomery County has chosen to take advantage of the lowest hanging fruit.
December 13, 2018 in C&O Canal Trail/Great Allegheny Passage, Custis/I-66 Trail, ICC Trail, Millennium Trail, Rock Creek Park Trail, Utility Corridor trails, W&OD Trail, Wish List | Permalink | Comments (3)
Christmas Wish List 2018 - Utility Corridors
Cherry Creek Trail passes under power lines in Denver, Colorado
After a long hiatus, the Christmas Wish List is back.
This year it's going to highlight the potential that utility corridors - those that allow for gas or electricity lines - have for multi-use trails. Montgomery County has been a leader lately in recognizing this, but there are opportunities in Prince George's and Fairfax too (the inner jurisdictions, less so). Montgomery County required PEPCO to tolerate trails on their corridors in order to allow for the merger with Exelon, and in their recent Master Bicycle Plan they included several trails on utility corridors.
Utility corridors can be used for trails, but they aren't as natural a fit as railroad right-of-ways for trails for several reasons. For one thing, there aren't any in DC proper because power lines aren't allowed in the L'Enfant city. Another problem is that the land is often used by something else - farms, parking lots or golf courses - beneath or above. That's great for land use, but it makes adding a bike path through a corridor difficult. Finally, the nature of power lines is that they, unlike trains and bikes, can easily traverse rough terrain or bodies of water so there is no pre-existing earthworks like cuts and bridges to reuse. Some of the corridors stretch across 50 miles or more and adding a trail would cost many millions, take decades and require extensive negotiation with dozens of landowners.
Still, utility corridors can help to expand the trail network. They can help create a "breezeway" network that connects towns like the one Montgomery County is planning if they're capitalized on correctly. After all, one of the regions most popular trails - the W&OD Trail - was a utility corridor at the time the trail was built. Sure, it's best known as a railroad corridor - having hosted one for more than 50 years - but it then became a power line corridor before VEPCO sold the land to NVRPA to build the trail.
It's doubtful any of the corridors I'll mention over the coming days will ever be as popular as the W&OD or that any will become a bike trail in their entirety. Most aren't even vaporware at this point. But they represent a great opportunity for intercity biking and could be a boon to the communities they pass through.
December 12, 2018 in Utility Corridor trails, Wish List | Permalink | Comments (0)
Montgomery County opens new utility corridor trail in North Potomac
6 mile Trail open now
Last Friday, Montgomery County held a ribbon cutting on a new natural surface trail on a Pepco Right-of-Way in the North Potomac area.
The new six-mile, natural surface, multi-use trail will run along Pepco's transmission right-of-way and will connect the Muddy Branch Stream Valley to South Germantown Recreational Park. The trail is being created and maintained through a collaboration between Montgomery Parks, Pepco and the Mid-Atlantic Off-Road Enthusiasts (MORE). Pepco is the landowner of the trail and served as a design and permitting partner; Montgomery Parks will complete construction and patrol the trail, and MORE will maintain it.
The trail, and a 13 mile paved trail in the same corridor to be built later, is a pilot project between PEPCO and the county, and the only one required in the PEPCO/Exelon merger agreement but the county is hoping to build others. The county promises that "This is the first of several projects slated for Pepco land." So, we'll see. Because utility corridor trails like this one - or better yet paved ones - represent the next big opportunity in city-to-city bike routes.
This trail looks like a nice recreation facility and might even be a way for some to bike around, but I think the paved trail - should that happen, has the better potential for utility - especially since it will connect to Tuckerman Lane, Montgomery Mall and the Soccer Plex.
Despite the unobtrusive nature of it - especially when compared to the power lines - it managed to draw a protester.
Also attending the event was Danija Kreslins who lives along the trail. She was holding a sign that said the trail passed too close to her home — within 30 feet of her house and within 4 feet of the property line.
People on the trail could easily see into her windows, she said.
Ben Armstrong, Pepco's senior manager of regional communications, said the company would work with Montgomery Parks to move the trail.
Planning Board Chairman Casey Anderson said the board had received any complaints about the trail. Abutting property owners often have concerns about new trails. He noted that Maine senator Edmund Muskie, who ran for president in 1968, testified against the Capital Crescent Trail.
"We'll work through any concerns people have," Anderson said.
Still, mostly people are happy about it.
Officials broke ground on the trail in January and residents have been traversing the path for months. But attendees of the Friday ribbon cutting took a "ceremonial first ride" to mark the official completion following a brief ceremony. Many people rode bikes, while others walked and admired what Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett called a "major success."
The thing is, the 13 mile trail below only scratches the surface. From the Soccer Plex, the line extends west all the way to Dickerson, MD along the Potomac and a not far from the C&O Canal Trail. And there's another corridor that connects to the midpoint of this trail, it goes east all the way to Burtonsville.
Full 13 mile trail
October 10, 2018 in Montgomery County, Utility Corridor trails | Permalink | Comments (1)
Wells Run Trail, lots of potential but no current plans
Someone wrote to ask me what I know about the Wells Run Trail and if there were plans to improve it. My first response was to look up what the Well Run Trail is and try to at least figure out what state it's in. So, the answer was that I knew nothing about it.
After some research, I can't say I know much more.
I do know this, the current trail, located in University Park, isn't much of a bike trail. It's narrow. It's isolated and small.
And it's not really built for cyclists - the connection to Adelphi Road is via a set of narrow stairs for example. It does look like a great way to walk to and from the bus stop on Adelphi or otherwise around the neighborhood.
But it has potential.
Wells Run flows into the NE Branch of the Anacostia passing through Hyattsville, University Park and Riverdale Park on the way. But oddly, it looks like there is an unnamed stream bed that starts from almost the same spot and flows in the opposite direction to the NW Branch. Thus a trail built along Wells Run and the stream bed; using Wells Boulevard, the Wells Parkway and, on the east side, the stream itself, could become a nice east-west connection between the NE and NW Branch trails. Though something would have to be done about the part where it runs down the middle of East-West Highway. I would go from Riverdale Park to University Hills. That would be a very useful connection.
Wells Run and stream bed in blue
If they were to upgrade the current sections of the trail and connect it to Adelphi Road, that would form a very nice 3 miles of connector trail.
Sadly, such a trail is currently not in the 2009 PG County Bikeways and Trails Master Plan or the 2009 Hyattsville Bike and Ped Plan. In 2010, after residents became concerned that the stream might flood their homes, the three jurisdictions formed an Inter-Municipal Collaborative Committee on Wells Run which would
Develop a short-term and long-term stream restoration plan.
Develop passive recreational enhancements along Wells Run;
Evaluate storm water plans that may impact Wells Run; and,
Collect and provide environmental data in support of the above items.
I'm not sure if a MUT is passive, but that's reason for hope. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like much has happened in the last 8 years. Which is too bad, that thing could use some stream restoration.
A trail along Wells Run, coupled with a utility corridor trail from the Takoma Substation to the NW Branch Trail only blocks from where Wells connects to it, and then continuing north to Metzerott Road, would really tie that whole area together.
But in short, the Wells Run Trail looks like a pedestrian pathway system, and it will probably stay that for a while.
August 08, 2018 in Anacostia Tributary Trail System (ATTS), Utility Corridor trails | Permalink | Comments (10)
The difference between Olney's Gas and Power right of ways
This video about how a gas pipeline ROW allows for a trail, parks and community space, while PEPCO considers any use of their ROW trespassing makes a good point about how companies can be good neighbors.
Of course, the gas line is buried and the power lines are not. You probably wouldn't want to build a soccer field under a power line, but it's true that utility corridors like these can make great paths for trails. In fact since this video was made, Montgomery County has made plans to build a trail on the section of this power line ROW within Olney (from Bowie Mill Road to Cherry Valley Drive). They also plan to extend (and one would hope widen) the gas line trail to Muncaster Mill Road, which creates a smooth connection to the ICC Trail.
They could also use the gas line ROW south of the ICC to connect the ICC Trail to the Rock Creek Park Trail, if they want a 2nd connection in that area.
There are plenty of other opportunities for utility line trails in Virginia and Maryland too, perhaps we'll see more. In fact in 2017, Virginia created a Transmission Line Guideline that included secondary uses for transmission lines.
One of the potential benefits of transmission line routes is that clearings at safe distances adjacent to transmission facilities may be used for secondary purposes. Consistent with general safety factors the following should be considered as possible secondary uses of rights-of-way to the extent permitted by the property interests involved:
• Cultivation of Christmas trees, elderberry and huckleberry bushes, and other nursery stock
• Parks
• Golf courses
• Equestrian or bicycle paths
• Picnic areas
• Game refuges
• Hiking trail routes
• General agriculture
• Winter sports
• Orchards
July 30, 2018 in Utility Corridor trails | Permalink | Comments (4)
New Trail along PEPCO corridor could be first of many in Montgomery County
In January, Pepco and Montgomery County Parks broke ground on a new 6-mile long trail from the Muddy Branch Stream Valley to the South Germantown Recreational Park, home of the Maryland SoccerPlex. The trail, and a 13 mile paved trail in the same corridor to be built later, is a pilot project between PEPCO and the county, and the only one required in the PEPCO/Exelon merger agreement but the county is hoping to build others and the county promises that "This is the first of several projects slated for Pepco land."
Montgomery Parks will construct and patrol the trail; and Mid-Atlantic Off-Road Enthusiasts (MORE) will maintain it. A large portion of the trail is expected to be complete this spring, completion of the entire trail is expected to take about a year, dependent upon funding. The paved trail, to be built "later" will run from the SoccerPlex to Cabin John.
The use of utility corridors as bikeways has attracted a lot of interest in the County over the years, as they can provide long trails separated from traffic. They were most recently considered as part of the 2005 Countywide Bikeways Functional Master Plan, but ultimately rejected because utility companies were not in support of bikeways along their rights-of-way. The use of utility corridors for trails has seen a resurgence of interest in recent years and it came up in discussion of the County's bike plan last month.
The Bicycle Master Plan recommends four trails on utility corridors:
• Utility Corridor #1: This trail was conditioned as part of the PEPCO-Exelon merger. It is part of the Germantown – Grosvenor Breezeway and connects the Germantown Soccerplex to Montgomery Mall.
• Utility Corridor #2: This trail is part of the Germantown – Burtonsville Breezeway and travels in a crescent across Montgomery County on an electrical corridor.
• Utility Corridor #3: This trail connects Bowie Mill Road to Cherry Valley Drive in Olney via an electrical corridor.
• Utility Corridor #4: This trail connects Georgia Avenue to Heartwood Drive in Olney via a natural gas corridor. It exists in part as it parallels Headwaters Drive in Olney.
There were several recommendations to extend each of the above trails and to add a bikeway on one new utility corridor.
Staff Response: Staff has had no opportunity to travel along most of the utility corridors that are recommended to be added to the Bicycle Master Plan because many of them are inaccessible except on foot and based on a review of topography, many will be challenging to implement due to steep slopes. However, we recommend adding the following corridors to the plan, which will enable the County to study the feasibility of constructing trails on these corridors:
• Extend Utility Corridor #1 to the C&O Canal Towpath near Dickerson: This trail would provide substantial value as it would connect Germantown to the C&O Canal Towpath.
• Extend Utility Corridor #4 south to Muncaster Mill Road: This is a short extension of Utility Corridor #4 that was identified by Planning staff.
Staff does not support trails on the following utility corridors:
• Extend Utility Corridor #1 to Westlake Drive: The original concept for the PEPCO-Exelon trail was to travel along the utility corridor from Germantown to Westlake Drive near Montgomery Mall. An advisory group staff from M-NCPPC and MCDOT recommended against routing the trail along the utility corridor between Tuckerman Lane and Westlake Drive due to the steep slopes in this area and to instead route the trail along Tuckerman Lane and Westlake Drive. Staff continues to support this approach.
• Extend Utility Corridor #2 to River Road / C&O Canal Towpath: While this trail would provide substantial value as a connection between Germantown and the C&O Canal Towpath, it would travel on a utility corridor through the Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park and the Blockhouse Point Conservation Park. Because of the potential impacts to water quality, the Countywide Park Trails Plan recommends natural surface trails in this location
• Extend Utility Corridor #3 north to the Germantown – Burtonsville Breezeway: Planning staff believe this trail is unnecessary because it would duplicate the proposed MD 108 sidepath and would create a midblock crossing.
• Extend Utility Corridor #4 north to the Germantown – Burtonsville Breezeway: Staff does not support extending Utility Corridor #4 to the Germantown-Burtonsville Breezeway as it would duplicate the Georgia Ave to Gold Mine Road bikeway. Instead, we recommend extending the Gold Mine Road bikeway to the Germantown - Burtonsville Breezeway. A portion of this bikeway is included in the design of the Gold Mine Rd bridge replacement project.
• Connect Damascus to Clarksburg Town Center via an electric corridor: Staff does not support a bikeway on this corridor because the proposed Ridge Rd (MD 27) sidepath would provide similar connectivity but would also provide connectivity to the adjacent neighborhoods and Cedar Grove Elementary School.
April 02, 2018 in C&O Canal Trail/Great Allegheny Passage, Montgomery County Bicycle Master Plan, Utility Corridor trails | Permalink | Comments (9)
Calvert County is gearing up to build the Baltimore and Drum Point Rail Trail
Calvert County is in the process of acquiring very small parts of the abandoned (and never completed) Baltimore and Drum Point railroad ROW for the construction of a trail. Because the ROW was never completed, and ownership has been transferred to so many others, it would be unreasonable to expect a trail to run the whole length of the planned railroad, but there may be another way.
The Baltimore and Drum Point was authorized in 1867 and envisioned as a way to provide access to Drum Point - a deep-water port that would not freeze-over in the winter - and to open up Calvert County to development. The final design involved a railroad that ran from Drum Point, at the southern tip of Calvert County, through the towns of Port Republic, Prince Frederick, Huntington and Sunderland before connecting to the Cheseapeake Beach RR at Owings and the Annapolis and Elk Ridge near Millersville, and finally on to Baltimore. Despite the promise of such a line, work didn't begin until 1873, but stopped the next year and wasn't restarted until 1888. It was stopped again in 1891, following the withdrawal of support from the state and Anne Arundel County.
by 1890, a twenty-foot-wide swath cut through Calvert County. Additionally, workers had constructed trestles over St. Leonard's and Hunting Creeks and had assembled telegraph poles throughout the railroad's right-of-way.
In 1891, with locally cut railroad ties in place, and 8,000 tons of steel rails on its way from Pittsburgh, Anne Arundel County residents opposed to the project sued and won, thereby denying the railroad $200,000 and forcing it into bankruptcy.
residents fought the bond sale and won on a technicality: the bond issue referendum was advertised for only 59 days rather than the requisite 60 days
There were several times afterward that investors considered restarting the project but none of them ever got off the ground. About 25 of the 34 planned miles were graded and small segments still remain.
Calvert County claims that much of the right-of-way is still visible, but they only own 0.6 acres of the 210 they figure they'll need, or about 525 linear feet. That section, in King Memorial Park in Prince Frederick, Maryland is likely to become the first section of the trail. In recent years a few sections have been made eligible for the Maryland Historic Trust.
A seven-acre site in the center of Prince Frederick Town Center was donated to the County by Mr. Boyd King in July, 1993. The property is located directly adjacent to the Courthouse and includes a portion of the former Baltimore & Drum Point railroad right-of-way that is proposed as an in-town trail.
In recent years, small sections of the right-of-way, including the one in King Park, have received historic designation. There's a section in Anne Arundel County in the Severn Run Environment Area just west of I-97; another farther south section near Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant; and then a final section in Cove Point.
In recent Project Open Space project descriptions, Calvert County Staff write:
The path of the Baltimore & Drum Point Railroad runs the entire length of Calvert County, from Owings to Drum Point. Most of the railroad's 34 miles is still visible. The challenge is that the company went defunct over a century ago and the right-of-way is not owned by a single entity. This project is to acquire portions of the Baltimore & Drum Point Railroad, with a special focus on the portion that runs through Prince Frederick, and develop it as a pedestrian/bicycle trail. Portions of the B&DPRR Trail could be used for the Star-Spangled Banner Trail
The County government owns the portion of the Baltimore & Drum Point Railroad that crosses King Memorial Park in Prince Frederick (approximately 525 linear feet). As other portions of the railroad bed in Prince Frederick are acquired, develop these as a pedestrian/bicycle trail from north of Calvert Memorial Hospital, behind the Fox Run Shopping Center, through the woods along Armory Road, across Main Street, to King Memorial Park.
Putting together the entire RR Row will be extremely difficult, but perhaps another option exists. Thanks to the Nuclear Power Plant, there is a wide power line ROW running north. Since the land is relatively flat, it could be used to build a trail from Baltimore to the south end of Calvert County, but permission would be a separate issue. Getting all the way to Baltimore (or as I've drawn it here, the Pataspco Light Rail staton) could be tricky as some big bridges would be needed, but the power lines meet up with the B&A trail at Marley Station and so it could stop there and provide much the same function. It would also connect with the future South Shore and Chesapeake Beach Rail Trails.
Speaking of the Chesapeake Beach Rail Trail, here's what Calvert County wrote about that in the POS planning.
Under acquisitions
The Chesapeake Beach Railroad ran from Washington D.C. to Chesapeake Beach until the line was abandoned in 1935. Today the corridor has the potential of becoming a pedestrian/bicycle/horseback riding trail that would provide recreation to area residents and promote tourism related industries in Chesapeake Beach, North Beach and Owings. The total length of the corridor is approximately 7.7 miles of which 4.3 miles are located within the MD 260 corridor. The off-road portion of the right-of-way (approximately 3.4 miles) involves 18 separate parcels. In May, 1998, the County acquired a 104-acre tract that includes a portion of the right-of-way. Funding for the project included $100,000 in Bay Access funds, $100,000 in Critical Area mitigation funds and $6,200 in local side POS funds. The Town of Chesapeake Beach has completed the first segment of the Chesapeake Beach Railway Trail and is working with the Maryland Department of the Environment and the Critical Area Commission to extend it further along the old railway right-of-way to include a nature trail to the back of Richfield Station creating a walking loop. The nature trail will be left relatively undisturbed and unimproved. The County would be responsible for land acquisition and development outside the Chesapeake Beach town boundary.
October 30, 2017 in B&A Trail, Chesapeake Beach Rail Trail, Rail Trail, South Shore Trail, Utility Corridor trails | Permalink | Comments (2)
Fairfax County is building a new trail in Huntington (and also a levee)
Fairfax County is building a new levee in the Huntington neighborhood to reduce flooding, and an added amenity of the project are 4800 feet of new 8-foot wide multi-use trail from the existing trails near Arlington Terrace and Hunting Creek Roads to Fenwick Drive and possibly beyond A groundbreaking ceremony will be held at 10am today, if you're interested.
Most of the way it will have two parallel trails, one on the levee and another in the ponding area. But on the ends they'll meet and connect with existing roads or trails.
This trail will probably get some use, mostly recreation I suspect, but how much transportation utility it has will depend on what that line trailing off to the west does. It seems to end at the Metro tracks, but if it could continue under them to Metroview Parkway, it could create a decent connection to the Huntington Metro Station. There's room beneath power lines to go all the way to Telegraph Road, where it could could connect to an existing bicycle sidepath to Eisenhower Avenue near the Eisenhower Avenue Metro. And then, if you want to get more ambitious, a trail could continue to follow the power lines from East Drive all the way to the Beltway. Or going totally crazy it could connect to a new bride parallel to the Metro Bridge over Cameron Run and create a more direct connection to the Eisenhower Metro.
Stormwater management is the primary purpose of this project so some aesthetics are being sacrificed. For example, the levee trail will have a 4' tall concrete-capped I-Wall on the Cameron Run side.
A rendering of the trails gives some idea of what they'll look like.
And another from on the trail, with the I-Wall
Work started in winter of this year and is to finish in Spring 2019, but that might have slipped a little.
March 23, 2017 in Cameron Run Trail, Other Virginia Trails, Utility Corridor trails | Permalink | Comments (0)


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Key West Museums You Must Visit On Vacation
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Rather than being repositories of great works of art or world-class collections of artifacts, Key West museums, just like the eccentric island itself, are diverse, unusual, and intriguing. By global standards, their holdings are not impressive, however, they are places of multiple layers, each reflecting the colorful history and past of the island. The house museums, Ernest Hemingway Home, Truman Little White House, Audubon House, for example, are important on two counts: as historic buildings and for their associations with the legendary figures who resided or visited. The Customs House, East Martello Museum, Mel Fisher Museum, Lighthouse Museum too, each important historical structures in their own right also house interesting and diverse exhibits.
Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum
Uninhibited, tropical, comfortable, a place to just be, Key West has a long attracted writers and artists. It is the island way to let famous residents and visitors blend in anonymously, without fawning, fanfare or photo ops. Arguably the island's most notable resident, literary giant Ernest Hemingway, found Key West to be his place to be between 1931 and 1940. He wrote, fished and freely enjoyed the camaraderie of local politicians, fishermen, businessmen and wreckers.
Hemingway and his second of four wives, Pauline, first came to Key West in 1928, staying on the island for 3 weeks while waiting on a car delivery. During this time, while living in a flat above the car dealership, Hemingway completed A Farewell to Arms and enjoyed the island's feel, lifestyle and people. This was enough of a taste to make them decide to make this their permanent home. They found the large, Spanish Colonial limestone house on Whitehead Street, within sight of the Southernmost Point, built by salvage wrecker Asa Tift in 1851, in a state of disrepair, but they liked it. The house was purchased for them by Pauline's Uncle Gus. A massive restoration was undertaken, which included the installation of a large poo, unheard of in Key West at the time. Hemingway, Pauline and their two sons, Patrick and Gregory, lived together in the house until Hemingway left permanently for Cuba in 1940. Pauline and the boys continued to live in the house until 1951.
The house is much as it was when they lived there. Over time, it has taken on the legendary status of its famous resident. While the interior contains some Hemingway memorabilia, many furniture pieces and chandeliers came from Pauline's collection shipped from Paris, where the couple lived, met and married in the 1920s. Highlights for many visitors: the studio in which Hemingway did his early morning writing and the large number of six-toed cats seen around the home and extensive grounds, most of which are descendants of the cats Hemingway kept while living there.
Harry S. Truman Little White House
The large, frame venacular 8700 square foot Truman Little White House, built in 1890 by the U.S. Navy as a duplex to house officers and simply known as Officers Quarters A&B, has had multiple lives. However, it is best known as the "Little White House," where President Harry Truman spent 11 working vacations between 1946 and 1952, when it was Navy property, which it remained until 1977. It comes as a surprise to some that the Navy has always had a presence in Key West. Key West and the Navy go way back to 1823 in an association that continues today. The reasons: strategic location and deepwater harbor. Over this almost 200 years long long history, the Navy's presence on the island has expanded and contracted depending on global events. When Truman first arrived in 1946, in the aftermath of WWII, the presence was huge. It was a large, active submarine and anti-submarine facility with destroyers and subs in its harbor and planes and blimps on its airfield.
The intensity of end of the war decisions and events took its toll and Truman and his doctor ordered rest. At the time, there was no Camp David, and Admiral Nimitz served up vacant Officers Quarters A&B as a presidential retreat. Despite its size, the residence was Navy issue plain. It was the perfect place for the plain-spoken president from Missouri, a man of simple taste. Although made more comfortable for his subsequent stays with his family and staff, the simplicity of this president's lifestyle is evident in the faithfully restored house. Entering the home is instant time warp! Guided tours go through the entire home, looking just as it was during Truman's visits. Guides tell stories in every room and point out carefully curated items of interest, much of it collected in recent years. Small rooms just beyond the gift shop display memorabilia of this house in which history happened. Photographs lining walls are a testament to the role of the Little White House as a place where national and international leaders have visited, met and resided. The list is formidable. Remarkably, the Little White House is not a static place. Its distinguished legacy as a gathering place of international leaders continues today.
Mel Fisher Treasure Museum
Who is not fascinated by treasure and treasure hunters? Real treasure found by real treasure hunters is all here, inside Mel Fisher Museum – sunken treasure retrieved from the wrecks of two Spanish galleons travelling as part of the Spanish Armada's 1622 Fleet. On exhibit at the museum is a significant treasure trove from the Nuestra Senora de Atocha and Santa Margarita – gold, silver, gems, gold chalices, plates, necklaces, large chains and belts plus interesting artifacts – tools, navigational instruments, pottery utensils, armaments, household and personal items – offering insight into life in the 17th century. These treasures and more not on display were found buried in the shifting sands in the waters off Key West by Mel Fisher and his crew after a 16 year quest. In telling the story, the passion, dedication, inventiveness and sacrifice of treasure hunters resonates. In addition to these treasures, other compelling exhibits offer a sobering look into Key West's unusual role in the transatlantic slave trade; separate fact from fiction in the role of pirates who plied the Florida Keys; provide an understanding of the science of how ships on their way up the Gulf Stream rammed into the Florida Reef.
Audubon House and Tropical Gardens
Before it was called the Audubon House, this beautifully restored home, was built in the 1840s by prominent salvage wrecker, Captain John Geiger, as his family home. For over a century the home past down through Geiger descendants. Scheduled for demolition in 1958, it was rescued by the Mitchell Wolfson Family Foundation, an act that sparked Key West's restoration movement. Carefully restored, the Geiger home was opened in 1960 as a museum, under a new name: The Audubon House. Although the famed naturalist never stayed in the home, John James Audubon's 1832 visit to the island and his discovery of 22 new bird species while here, was commemorated with the opening of the house museum, now bearing his name.
A mansion in its day, the home and fine period furnishings reflect the comfortable lifestyle of the wealthy Key West families in the mid-1800s, whose fortunes were made through the salvaging of merchant ships wrecked on the offshore reef. In tribute to Audubon, there is also an extensive collection of hand-painted lithographs by the famed naturalists. Guests can roam through the house and colorful tropical gardens at their leisure. Here's some trivia: the Geiger Home is said to be haunted – one of the many in Old Town in which strange sightings have occurred!
Shipwreck Treasure Museum
This museum is not an historic site, but it sure looks like one. Although built from the ground up, it has the aged look of an 1850's wreckers warehouse, complete with a wrecking tower. It's an immersive experience. No detail is spared inside to make it feel like mid 19th century maritime salvage warehouse. Through actors dressed in period clothing and exhibits of salvaged artifacts from the merchant vessel, the Isaac Allerton, the story of the wrecking industry is told. Unknown to most people outside of Key West, wrecking, or the legal salvaging of cargo from vessels wrecked along the length of the Florida Reef just a few miles offshore, was a lucrative business. In the mid 1800s, wrecking earned the tiny island community the status of the richest city per capita in the U.S! Besides learning about wreckers, you can lift a silver bar and, best of all, climb up the tower where the 360 degree view is magnificent. Look all around, from Atlantic to the Gulf. Ring the bell. Yell "Wreck Ashore!"
The Custom House/Key West Art & Historical Museum
Oddly different from the pastel quaintness of Key West's collection of restored historic houses, the massive, red brick Romanesque style building on Front Street stands out. The huge, whimsical Seward Johnson statues around the exterior stop passersby in their tracks. But the building is so imposing people often take their photos and walk on. They shouldn't. Built as a Federal government building in 1891 to house the island's customs office, post office and District Court, it was built to handle the demands of the growing and lucrative maritime trades. It was also the site of the inquiry into the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor. The interior with soaring ceilings, grand wood staircases and huge expanses of crown moulding, is wonderful; the art and historical artifact collections on exhibit, focusing on Key West life, people and events, past and present, both permanent and traveling, even better.
Key West Lighthouse & Keepers Quarters Museum
Essential for the safe navigation into the harbor through the treacherous reef prior to navigational technology, the Key West Lighthouse on the corner of Whitehead and Truman, opened it 1848. Its Keeper was a woman, Barbara Mabrity, who took over as Keeper of the original lighthouse in 1932 following the death of her husband. After the original lighthouse was destroyed in the Great Havana hurricane of 1846, Barbara she resumed her post at the new lighthouse when it was completed. Over time, the lighthouse underwent necessary upgrades including the installation of a Third Oder Fresnel Lens, and extension to the tower, an addition of the Keeper's Quarters, and the electrification of the light. Functionally obsolete in 1969, it was decommissioned and stands today as a dedication to the island's maritime heritage and lighthouse Keepers everywhere. Walk the 88 steps to the top for a wonderful view of the island and out into the Atlantic; see how lighthouse Keepers and their families lived inside the Keepers Quarters. While this lighthouse was not totally isolated, many around the coast are. They represent a world and a life unto themselves.
Oldest House
The 1829 home of Captain Frances Watlington and his family comes by its name rightfully. It's the oldest house in South Florida. Like most of the island's population at the time, Captain Watlington was involved in the maritime industry, as Customs Inspector, Lightship Captain and harbor pilot. He lived in the simple home which incorporates the colonial architecture of both the Caribbean and New England, the two major cultural influences of historic Key West. The interior has period furnishings, in much the same style as the Geiger home, as well as nautical artifacts. How the family of nine daughters lived in the small house is astounding. Having a separate cookhouse out back in the long rear garden helped. Common for safety reasons in the days of open-flame cooking, not having to cook inside kept houses cooler. On a lighter note, the Watlington house is also said to be haunted!
Not a museum in the traditional sense, the island's cemetery is, in a sense, an outdoor museum, considering the generations of "Conchs" buried there. After the original burying ground near the Southernmost Point was uprooted and flooded in the hurricane of 1847, the city established 16 acres of "high ground," 10 feet above sea level, in the center of the island. Because the island's substrate is limestone, burying deep is not possible. Vaults are above-ground and white-washed. Family plots can be complicated structures. Gravestones tell Key West's colorful history, and epitaphs on some are as eccentric as the island itself. Standing out prominently in the low-scale cemetery is the USS Maine Memorial, the burial ground for at least 19 or more remains of the crew who perished aboard the ship when it exploded and sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898. Walk through on your own or book a guided cemetery tour to see all the interesting details. Wear sunscreen as there's not much shade. Bring a camera. Be prepared to encounter large iguanas lounging on the warm gravestones! And chickens scratching about too!
St. Paul's Church
The first Episcopal Church in South Florida established a congregation in Key West on Christmas Day in 1832. Having no church building at the time, the congregation held its first service in Jackson Square. After 3 churches built on the same site on the corner of Duval and Eaton Streets were destroyed by hurricanes, the 4th and present church, completed in 1916, incorporated some of the stained glass saved from earlier structures. Although St. Paul's is not a museum, it holds a lot of island history as many prominent early residents worshiped there and contributed to its lovely interior elements and beautiful stained glass windows. It's a must see spot walking along Duval Street.
East Martello Museum
All the way around, this museum is a funky, oddly Key West place, combining an interesting Civil War era fort which saw no action, an eclectic collection of Key West-centric artifacts, none related to the Civil War, and a supernatural draw. The artifacts are housed inside the fort casements, which is really cool! Besides being able to wander through an old fort looking at assorted artifacts, and out on the parade ground, the main event is the supernatural star who lives here – Robert the Doll! Globally known, and sought after by ghost hunters, this is no ordinary rag doll. Walking into Robert's space for the first time is eerie. He's big for a doll, at first glance looks sweetly innocent, but those beady button eyes are something else! Stare at him long enough and it feels as though his eyes are following you without moving. Be nice to Robert. Bring your camera. Warning: if you take his picture, be sure to ask him first…or else! To see Robert at night and experience the "other," haunted side of Key West, go on a Ghosts & Gravestones Tour.
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Q: android copy file to one with other name For example I have 4 bitmaps in a folder in my internal storage:
right0, right1, right2, right3
And a ArrayList with the 4 uris of the Bitmaps:
uri0, uri1, uri2, uri3
Now i want to remove uri1/right1. That isn't that hard but I also want that uri2/right2 are renamed to uri1/right1 and uri3/right3 are renamed to uri2/right2.
So I want that there is always the order 0123...
I tried it with:
rightFolder= getDir("rightFolder", Context.MODE_PRIVATE);

for(int i = counter + 1; i <= uriList.size(); i++){//counter is 1 if i want to remove right1
    File tempFile = new File (rightFolder, ""+i);
    File newFile = new File (rightFolder, ""+(i-1));
    tempFile.renameTo(newFile);
}

With this I tried to rename the files. And after that I removed the last uri in the list:
uriList.remove(uriList.size()-1);

But that didn't work. After debugging I've seen that the renameTo() method doesn't work. tempFile has the same name as before.
My idea was now that I copy right2 in the folder but than with the name right1 and then delete right2. But I don't know how to copy files in internal storage.
How can I fix this. Or does anyone have another idea to solve this problem?

A: Try to delete file and after that rename all other files. Maybe you can't rename because you have a file with the name that have already exist.

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It's no surprise at all that Catholics don't know or believe about the Eucharist. After all, worship is doctrine and we are our rites!
Devastating.
At NRO there is something from John Hirschauer (William F. Buckley Jr. Fellow in Political Journalism at National Review Institute) about the huge percentage of Catholics who don't believe what the Church teaches about the Eucharist. We shouldn't be in the least surprised. This is precisely what had to result after the last 50 or so years of erosion of Catholic identity in every sphere.
Of Course Most Catholics Don't Believe in the Real Presence [Exactly… "Of course"!]
Mahatma Gandhi is often reported to have said something like: If Catholics really believed that God Himself were present in the Eucharist, they would crawl toward the altar on their stomachs. Long pants and a collared shirt would be a start.
The Catholic Mass, delicately constructed over the centuries and gradually ornamented with what the late Michael Davies called liturgical "accretions," [Nothing, however, Superfluous – US HERE UK HERE] was rebuilt wholesale in the 1960s at Vatican Council II to better include (as if they had ever been excluded) The People. [aka El Pueblo]
The scene at the consecration in Novus Ordo Parish, USA in Year of Our Lord 2019 astounds in its portability. It proceeds like a ritual of perfect disregard: Father Bob, in the name of anti-clericalism, conscripts a lay army of "extraordinary ministers" to distribute the Host in their Sunday Mediocrities (Barb's jeans and white blouse will no doubt suffice for Sunday brunch at the country club after Mass). Jan, Susan, Barb, and Gregg ascend the altar without genuflection or bow — this is The People's house! — as Father Bob hands them what would, in a faraway time, be considered the Body and Blood of Christ. But this is The People's feast, and the greatest threat to their unity as such is the One who brings not peace, but a sword.
No swords in The People's house.
Like clockwork, The People (save one or two holdouts burdened by their "rigid" doctrinal formation) line up for Communion. Five of them — six, if you count the priest — have been to confession in the last calendar year, and one — priest inclusive — can recite the Act of Contrition without visual aid. Some third-rate hymn written in 1994 is played on the acoustic guitar in the background as one by one, the Blessed Sacrament is transferred from one unconsecrated hand to another. The Prince of Peace has been tried and found divisive; they'll take peace instead. All the while, the Church continues Her interminable "dialogue" with modernity and her princes: pluralism, The Market, conscience, Patriarch Bartholomew, feminism, Pride &c.
Seventy percent of Catholics, per Pew Research's latest figures, don't believe in the Real Presence. Why are you surprised?
This is what has resulted from a systematic infiltration of the Church and methodical erosion of all the foundations of the Faith, especially her sacred liturgical worship. Remember that worship is doctrine and that we are our rites.
This is what the libs want more of. Truly. They are dead set on dismantling the Church even more. They are calling in the wrecking ball, as a matter of fact. If they get their way, the Church will have been transformed outwardly into a global NGO. There will remain a faithful remnant, of course. Also, in the next few years we will probably see a massive drop in numbers of people who say they are Catholic. Material goods will fall off and many places of worship will close. The availability of priests will plummet before it goes slowly back up. The previous generations sowed the wind and we must reap the storm.
What can you do. Make sure you know your Catholic Faith. Review and be ready to share it, to give reasons for the hope that is in you. Gain indulgences when you can. GO TO CONFESSION! Be inviting to people. Show joy in your Faith! That's attractive. Participate in the life of the parish. Strive always to deepen your relationship with God, searching within for faults and listening carefully in prayer.
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16 Responses to It's no surprise at all that Catholics don't know or believe about the Eucharist. After all, worship is doctrine and we are our rites!
I used to be an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion, but several years ago, I felt that this was not really right. Our parish isn't that big and Father is perfectly capable of giving out the Eucharist at Mass all by himself. Having 3 other people in the sanctuary is distracting. So I quit and at the same time began to receive on the tongue.
I wish that extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion would not be at Mass. I can understand how they would be useful for taking communion to the sick – after all St. Tarcisius took the Eucharist to prisoners in Rome, but at Mass? No.
Lurker 59 says:
Last Sunday, the fill-in priest, who is in charge of an important organ of the diocese, delayed Communion for five or more minutes because he wanted more 'Eucharistic Ministers' (sic) and kept asking for individuals to come up. This was after a homily that, given that we don't know when the Lord is coming, we should enjoy our Sunday.
People don't believe because they ARE listening to what is being said and done. It is not that they are not believing because they are not listening or because they are choosing not to believe. The average pew sitter's beliefs are in fact consistent with what is being preached and what is being done "at that thing they do on Sunday".
That is the scary bit.
When Justice Clarence Thomas' book, My Grandfather's Son was published, he was on the Hugh Hewitt radio program, talking about it. Hugh asked him something like, "…and raised Catholic, and in the south, and…" something else.
In his marvelous, mellifluous voice he said, "Oh yes Hugh, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity". At that instant, because he believed, I believed.
Bob B. says:
This reminds me of the book "Catholics" by Brian Moore (made into a movie called " The Conflict" with Martin Sheen and Trevor Howard). The basic plot is that, in the not too distant future, the Fourth Vatican Council has mandated numerous changes, such as Transubstantiation is only symbolic, no private Confessions, the distinction of venial and mortal sins is no longer in use, and the Amsterdam World Council could overrule the Vatican. There are other examples in the book and the movie, where Martin Sheen (who doesn't dress like a priest, except for special occasions) is Rome's hatchet man and Trevor Howard is the abbot of the "errant" abbey (which says Mass in Latin). If I remember right, Lourdes in closed, too.
Are we that far away from all of this today?
Philmont237 says:
I went to daily Mass at [name and location redacted] Air Force chapel. There were four (yes 4) of us in the congregation. When it came time for Communion, the priest actually looked up and said, "Are any of you extraordinary ministers?"
None of us stepped forward so he said, "Okay, I'll distribute the Precious Blood too." It took an extra 90 seconds at the most.
No reason to distribute the Precious Blood in addition to the Blessed Sacrament under the form of bread. No reason for an EHMC. Yet, With only four people this priest felt he had to have one.
teachermom24 says:
"Participate in the life of the parish. "
This is hard when the parish is run by the "70%". I know our priest believes the Church's teaching on the Eucharist as he has preached on it several times, but the parish coffers depend on the "70%" so he has to appeal to them. Now instead of "the Eucharist will draw them" it's "being a 'welcoming community' will draw them."
tho says:
The SSPX is our only bulwark against us all becoming protestants. I love and admire the FSSP and other traditional groups, but they are one Amazon Synod away from the Novus Ordo. And shame upon shame, how about the billions of donated dollars, that have been spent, to pay off people who have been preyed upon by our pedophile clergy. Alas, I am only quoting what I read, and I apologize to the majority of our own true and faithful priests.
Charles E Flynn says:
At least one child knew enough to ask questions, and her mother took the trouble to answer:
From Annunciation: A Call to Faith in a Broken World (just published on August 5):
Sally Read converted from atheism to Catholicism when her daughter, Flo, was only four years old, but it did not take long for the child to become aware that many friends and relatives did not share her mother's newfound faith. This consciousness of "two worlds" led to a great many doubts in Flo, and some rebellion. Two nights before her First Communion she suddenly questioned whether she should receive the Eucharist.
Sensing the precarious nature of faith in an overwhelmingly secular world, Read began writing down the compelling reasons for holding on to both God and Church. Taking the Annunciation as her template, she explored common experiences of the spiritual life as she meditated on each part of the story recorded in the Gospel of Luke.
Drawing on Scripture, the saints, and the lives of people she has known personally or professionally as a nurse, Read shows how God is with us always—even in suffering, spiritual dryness, and depression. Although inspired by a mother's loving response to a daughter, this book will speak to any believer engaged in the bliss and the bewilderment of a relationship with God.
roma247 says:
It's past time to start re-evangelizing.
Articles like this make this project sound more and more tantalizing: https://www.wonderwe.com/rootsoffaith19
Books like Treasure and Tradition make things like the Real Presence not only easy to understand but also too beautiful to resist. I'm all for seeing that book in the hands of more Catholics.
Pius Admirabilis says:
And then you go to your local FSSP church (sadly not a personal parish), and you find that 80 % of the people went to Confession sometime in the last two weeks, and the ones who didn't don't receive the Lord in His sacramental form. Most of them know their faith, they know about the Real Presence and Transsubstantiation, and they honor the Lord with genuflections, and can't wait to get down on their knees for the Offertory and the Canon.
Fredi D'Alessio says:
Last night I watched Rick Steves' 'Luther and the Reformation' (https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/tv-show/tv-specials/luther). It's worth watching even if just to see the transformation of churches that took place (a preview of VII's), but there's much more to learn and agonize over (what Protestants and now [c]atholics believe).
RosaryRose says:
Yes! Father said "show joy in your faith". I recently heard the conversion story of Roy Schoeman, who was raised Jewish, lost his faith, had a mystical experience and is Catholic. Before he went on the altar to give his talk, he genuflected. He knew it was sacred space. His story is on you tube.
Pray the rosary daily! Our Lady of Fatima gave us instructions for these days. Fear not! She is watching over the Church, but we have to ask for help before we receive help. A daily rosary will strengthen you. It must be powerful if the modernists abhor it.
At Fatima, we were given this prayer. I think it's specifically for these days:
"My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love You. I ask forgiveness for those who do not believe, nor adore, nor hope, nor love You. Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, I adore You profoundly and I offer You the Most Precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ present in all the tabernacles of the world in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifferences by which He is offended, and by the infinite merits of His Most Sacred Heart and through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg the conversion of poor sinners."
pattif says:
At least he said "Precious Blood"and not "wine".
Thank God for the Baltimore catechism and all the teaching that went with it! Some of us have lived through this decline and it is very depressing. Just recently a priest at a parish we visited was intent on having people receive under both species. He referred to the Host as the Body of Christ and specifically avoided calling it "Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity", to give the impression that you must receive from the "cup" to receive the Blood of Christ. I guess I should be glad that at least he spoke of the Body of Christ at all.
Charlotte Allen says:
The "Jan, Sue, and Barb" phenomenon exists in every Catholic parish: good parish ladies who want to "do something" for the Church and feminism-bullied pastors who feel guilty because women can't be priests–so how's about we let them do everything else at Mass?
So these ladies, vastly outnumbering their male counterparts (the pitiful handful of "Greggs"), buzz around the altar filling every conceivable niche: acolyte, Eucharistic minister, lector, cantor, usher, pianist, choir member, you name it. They typically occupy a majority of seats on the parish council–because what pastor wants to look prejudiced against women? They teach the RCIA classes, ensuring that no red-blooded male will ever be among the converts.
My own parish is staffed by Dominicans: good, holy, orthodox men–but they're pushovers for the church ladies. A few years ago a previous pastor decided to discontinue female foot-washing on Holy Thursday, replacing all the lay foot-washees, male and female, with Dominican friars, many of them elderly retired priests who live at our priory. That lasted for a couple of years–until the church ladies apparently complained–so now we're back to female foot-washing. Fortunately for me, Holy Thursday is not a holy day of obligation–although in practice, I've switched to the Holy Thursday Mass at the Tridentine-rite parish, where there is no foot-washing at all.
One reason why hardly any Catholics believe in the Real Presence these days is obviously poor catechesis–or more likely, no catechesis whatsoever. But another is: If you're receiving Holy Communion–in the hand–from the red-painted fingernails of a nice church lady who is grinning cheerfully at you as though she's offering you an especially delicious canape, what would you believe?
Ejohnson says:
There are reports on the internet back when Pope Benedict was Fr. Ratiziner in which he professed there would be a smaller church. There are articles all around about how "casual attitude to reception of Holy Communion central to moral crisis in Church." And a "Well celebrated mass is the best catechism." Our previous Pope, (and growing camp which still thinks is current Pope) knew the realities the Church faces.
Great plug for Fr. Jackson's book. I'm going to reread it again soon.
The Japanese Catholics held onto the faith by the recitation of the Rosary for 200+ years before the return of missionaries.
Our Juventutem group is reading through the catechism of St. Piux X. Fr. Ripperger recommends the Spirago catechism. Daily rosaries, 15 decades broken up through out the day. There is a video on rule of life by Fr. Ripperger recommending a regimented prayer life. Angelus said three times daily at six, noon and six. There are ways to keep the faith alive. I know mine has never been stronger.


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It has been a great year for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds or PUBG. The game developers decided to drop the death penalty from the game. It was a surprise move given that PUBG was losing its popularity in the wake of Fortnite Battle Royale's massive success. The impact on the gaming community was huge with many thousands joining the battle. PUBG's comeback was finally here. Let's not talk about the death penalty in PUBG. Instead, let's discuss what's new in PUBG 1.11.0. PUBG New Update 1.11.0 Changes The game has seen massive updates since its release on December 20, 2017. It has also launched its massive Survival mode or the battle royale as it is popularly called.
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Fortnite Is 10 Years Old: 10 Amazing Facts You Need To Know 10 Interesting Facts About Fortnite You May Not Know PUBG New Update: All You Need To Know About Vikendi Maps PUBG New Update: All You Need To Know About Vikendi Maps. Minimal map changes and tons of new items. As we come to the end of the year, it is time to start getting excited for 2019. PUBG has just announced a new update for its title that is called Vikendi. Here's everything you need to know about PUBG's new map update (Vikendi).One of the biggest changes in this
For PC gamers, the first time that they hear about PUBG was in December of 2017, where the game was showcased at The Game Awards 2017. That was followed by the official release of the game on the PC platform and the Xbox One shortly thereafter. What was interesting, however, is that PUBG Mobile was released in December 2017 as an unofficial spin-off of the game. Although it is similar to the PC version of the game, it is not an official port. PUBG Mobile is played on iOS and Android devices and although it does not have the same features, the game is still quite popular and offers a different way to experience the PUBG experience. Since the game is quite popular on mobile, there has been a lot of pressure to bring PUBG on the console platforms.
The game has become a huge worldwide phenomenon and this is why the PUBG Corporation decided to give it new content. This new update includes new maps and skins for the players to enjoy. The biggest highlight of this update is that the Sanhok map is finally coming to the main servers of the game which includes it in the main map rotation. The new update also includes the support for Bluetooth and a new progression system which includes a rating system for each player to prove the reliability. This will surely add a lot of excitement to the players who are playing the game for months together. PUBG Corporation has also introduced a mode called 'Survival' to test the teams. It's a new place for the players to fight it out with their team.
How to play in a safe game
Avoid throwing grenades, as they can destroy your entire team. Don't aim while fleeing, it's usually fatal. Don't hide under a rock to snipe, you could be spotted in the blast radius. TARGETS Players have dedicated resources for sniping enemies Jumping to the ground quickly can help a team split up enemies by quickly moving up into the air Avoid using your gun on low health enemies, as it could kill them Point your gun at the top of the roof, it's often the safest spot to hide behind Be aware of who's with you. You can tell in a moment who your real friends are. Avoid players that are there to kill you, there are too many of them. Avoid those high up, they can kill you easily if they jumped to the top of the roof and looked over the edge.
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US swimmer Ryan Lochte robbed in Rio taxi hold-up, says mother of relay gold medal winner
Team USA swimmer Ryan Lochte is reported to have been robbed at gunpoint in Rio early Sunday. Photo: EPA
Topic | Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Published: 1:00am, 15 Aug, 2016
Updated: 4:28am, 15 Aug, 2016