I just received work from AILA (Thank you AILA) that the California
Service Center has advised AILA CSC Liaison Chair that the Nebraska and
Texas Service Centers are sending immediate relative I-130s to CSC for
adjudication. Thus, petitions filed at TSC or NSC may receive a receipt
notice from CSC.


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Originally posted by Matthew Udall I just received work
from AILA (Thank you AILA) that the California Service Center has
advised AILA CSC Liaison Chair that the Nebraska and Texas Service
Centers are sending immediate relative I-130s to CSC for adjudication.
Thus, petitions filed at TSC or NSC may receive a receipt notice from
CSC.

Perhaps they are going to take turns and CSC will pick
up the slack from when NSC was doing TSCs.........


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Sounds good to me. I am at the TSC with a first NOA of 6AUG2003.
Time
will tell. I do think they (CIS) are making an attempt to produce some
equity.

I think I'll bottle a batch of home brew this weekend and set
it aside to celebrate. Yeah right beer sitting around my house and not
getting consumed.

TP


Originally posted by Matthew Udall

I just received work from AILA (Thank you AILA) that the California
Service Center has advised AILA CSC Liaison Chair that the Nebraska and
Texas Service Centers are sending immediate relative I-130s to CSC for
adjudication. Thus, petitions filed at TSC or NSC may receive a receipt
notice from CSC.


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Tony,

You need to consult Matt (brewmaster extraordinaire) on this
one.

See: ]http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threa-
did=160970&[/url]

Originally posted by lpdiver I
think I'll bottle a batch of home brew this weekend and set it aside to
celebrate. Yeah right beer sitting around my house and not getting
consumed.
TP


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Wonder if ours will now get transferred on from NSC to CSC, if it does
they could then open up VSC, transfer it there and we'll have the full
set as we started in TSC! :D


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Originally posted by lpdiver Sounds good to me. I am at
the TSC with a first NOA of 6AUG2003. Time will tell. I do think they
(CIS) are making an attempt to produce some equity. I think I'll
bottle a batch of home brew this weekend and set it aside to celebrate.
Yeah right beer sitting around my house and not getting consumed.
TP

Hey, I just moved my first attempt at a Christmas ale from
primary to secondary a couple of days ago. I used a basic English Brown
Ale recipe, and made a tea (which I added to the wort after the boil)
out of orange peel zest, nutmeg, Billingtons (English) brown sugar,
clove, black pepper, cinnamon, a red pepper I grew in my garden, and
this spice (can't remember the name now) that is used to give Dentine
Gum its unique flavor (there might be a couple of other things I've
forgotten... I'd have to double-check my recipe sheet). The first taste
out of the hydrometer tube was promising, and it should be ready to go
for the holiday season.

Will be racking my 3rd attempt at a West Coast
Extra Pale (a new emerging style my club is promoting with the AHA)
tonight after work, and just shipped off a bottle of my home made
traditional honey mead to my sister in Utah who is currently suffering
from a sever bout of insomnia.

Oh, last night after work I also
carbonated (in the keg) my hard cider that I made last fall. Will try a
little taste of that tonight (I entered it in the AHA nationals this
year, and one of the judges from Red Hook NY was at this year's AHA
national conference in Vegas and tracked me down to see how I made it...
I told him my secret, and he said that my entry was the one all the
judges were passing around amongst themselves saying, "You HAVE to try
this one". He said I would have taken the national gold medal this year
and thus, cider maker of the year however I entered it as a traditional
cider when they all thought I should have entered it as a specialty
cider and thus, I lost points for that). Cooking is fun.


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Originally posted by Matthew Udall I just received work
from AILA (Thank you AILA) that the California Service Center has
advised AILA CSC Liaison Chair that the Nebraska and Texas Service
Centers are sending immediate relative I-130s to CSC for adjudication.
Thus, petitions filed at TSC or NSC may receive a receipt notice from
CSC.

Seems to me they are just gonna screw up the CSC now
instead, why can't they just employ more staff and permanently fix these
service centers issues.
Seems like a juggling act, speed up one service
center and slow down another.
Patrick


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Originally posted by Matthew Udall Hey, I just moved my
first attempt at a Christmas ale from primary to secondary a couple of
days ago. I used a basic English Brown Ale recipe, and made a tea (which
I added to the wort after the boil) out of orange peel zest, nutmeg,
Billingtons (English) brown sugar, clove, black pepper, cinnamon, a red
pepper I grew in my garden, and this spice (can't remember the name now)
that is used to give Dentine Gum its unique flavor (there might be a
couple of other things I've forgotten... I'd have to double-check my
recipe sheet). The first taste out of the hydrometer tube was promising,
and it should be ready to go for the holiday season. Will be
racking my 3rd attempt at a West Coast Extra Pale (a new emerging style
my club is promoting with the AHA) tonight after work, and just shipped
off a bottle of my home made traditional honey mead to my sister in Utah
who is currently suffering from a sever bout of insomnia. Oh, last
night after work I also carbonated (in the keg) my hard cider that I
made last fall. Will try a little taste of that tonight (I entered it in
the AHA nationals this year, and one of the judges from Red Hook NY was
at this year's AHA national conference in Vegas and tracked me down to
see how I made it... I told him my secret, and he said that my entry was
the one all the judges were passing around amongst themselves saying,
"You HAVE to try this one". He said I would have taken the national gold
medal this year and thus, cider maker of the year however I entered it
as a traditional cider when they all thought I should have entered it as
a specialty cider and thus, I lost points for that). Cooking is fun.

Hey Matt!

Just my one note on beer (I don't drink the stuff,
myself!). My husband tried every beer he could find here, and they all
tasted like water to him. I finally found a site online where I ordered
his beer from Turkey, "Efes Extra" Brand. He's now a very happy hubby.
LOL

End of Beer Message from Noorah :)
Rene


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Originally posted by Noorah101 Hey Matt! Just my
one note on beer (I don't drink the stuff, myself!). My husband tried
every beer he could find here, and they all tasted like water to him. I
finally found a site online where I ordered his beer from Turkey, "Efes
Extra" Brand. He's now a very happy hubby. LOL End of Beer
Message from Noorah :) Rene

If you have a Trader Joes, or
Beverages & More stores near you, take a look there as you will find
many good ones to select from. Buy him a bottle of Young's Double
Chocolate Stout, or perhaps a Lindemans Framboise (a raspberry sparkling
ale.... which is outstanding). If you can get your hands on some
Rodenback Grand Cru, I'll drive out to AZ to sample it with him :-). Or
better yet, get him Arrogant Bastard or Double Bastard ale from the
Stone Brewing Co. They probably sell that in AZ. The Sonora Brewing Co.
in your neck of the woods makes a great Barleywine called Old Saguaro
and an Imperial Stout called Inebriator Stout (has a drawing of a bull
dogs face on the label. Fat Tire ale is OK, and I think that too comes
from Arizona.

Bev & More has a great selection of German ales if that
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Well...since we are way off topic here anyway...how might I go about
obtaining some Aguardiente Antioquena here in the states anyone got a
clue.

ALP

Originally posted by Matthew Udall If you
have a Trader Joes, or Beverages & More stores near you, take a look
there as you will find many good ones to select from. Buy him a bottle
of Young's Double Chocolate Stout, or perhaps a Lindemans Framboise (a
raspberry sparkling ale.... which is outstanding). If you can get your
hands on some Rodenback Grand Cru, I'll drive out to AZ to sample it
with him :-). Or better yet, get him Arrogant Bastard or Double Bastard
ale from the Stone Brewing Co. They probably sell that in AZ. The Sonora
Brewing Co. in your neck of the woods makes a great Barleywine called
Old Saguaro and an Imperial Stout called Inebriator Stout (has a drawing
of a bull dogs face on the label. Fat Tire ale is OK, and I think that
too comes from Arizona.
Bev & More has a great selection of German
ales if that is more to his liking.


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Okay back on topic here. I had gone to check the processing dates for
CSC vs. TSC after reading the post initially. I was wondering if it
would be a good thing timewise. It would.

Meanwhile I forgot about
checking my individual case online. Well the date changed today but the
verbage didn't! As I understand from other posts this indicates some
sort of "internal" processing or handling. So maybe mine has been
transferred. Or maybe it has been approved like Leslies!!!

You can bet
I'll be chatting with my mail lady and checking online regularly.

ALP


Originally posted by Matthew Udall
I just received work
from AILA (Thank you AILA) that the California Service Center has
advised AILA CSC Liaison Chair that the Nebraska and Texas Service
Centers are sending immediate relative I-130s to CSC for adjudication.
Thus, petitions filed at TSC or NSC may receive a receipt notice from
CSC.


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Ipdiver!

I have two bottles of orujo aguardiente, one bottle homemade
aguardiente an one bottle of grapa sitting on my kitchen table that I
wish someone would take.

I'm just a bit far away, still! Jill


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Matt,

Fat Tire is out of Fort Collins, CO.

Thanks for the update on
the beer making. We should probably start a new thread for any further
discussions. My apologies to the I-130 folks.

Sphy


Originally posted by Matthew Udall If you have a
Trader Joes, or Beverages & More stores near you, take a look there as
you will find many good ones to select from. Buy him a bottle of Young's
Double Chocolate Stout, or perhaps a Lindemans Framboise (a raspberry
sparkling ale.... which is outstanding). If you can get your hands on
some Rodenback Grand Cru, I'll drive out to AZ to sample it with him :-
). Or better yet, get him an Arrogant Bastard or Double Bastard ale from
the Stone Brewing Co. They probably sell that in AZ. The Sonora Brewing
Co. in your neck of the woods makes a great Barleywine called Old
Saguaro and an Imperial Stout called Inebriator Stout (has a drawing of
a bull dogs face on the label. Fat Tire ale is OK, and I think that too
comes from Arizona. There is a great brewery on the east coast
making inroads in the west called "Dog Head Fish" brewing company, and
their 120 minute IPA is very good (they add a hop addition every minute
for the 120 minute boil).
Bev & More has a great selection of German
ales if that is more to his liking.


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