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4th Degree K of C Dedication - St. Louise Gospel of Life

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:24:55 GMT

We, the 4th Degree Knights of Columbus Assembly 1630 in Bellevue Washington, sincerely give our thanks in faithful prayer for allowing us to participate in this most holy dedication to the Protection of Life in all its forms at St. Louise De Mariliac in the Garden of Innocence. In this garden, one will find a very peaceful place to simply be and meditate on what life means before the Holy Family in their desire for the protection of mankind at the beginning of life, and also at the end of life.

From left to right:

Matthew James (Council 3rd degree Worthy Deputy Grand Knight and Assembly 4th degree Faithful Outer Sentinel),

Trevy Burgess (Council 3rd degree Worthy Treasurer and Assembly 4th degree Faithful Scribe),

Carmelo Ricciardelli (Worthy District Deputy – District 14, Bellevue, WA),

John Omunson (Counsil 3rd degree Outside Guard, Assembly 4th Degree Past Faithful Navigator, and Event Color Guard Commander)

From left to right:

Matthew James (Council 3rd degree Worthy Deputy Grand Knight and Assembly 4th degree Faithful Outer Sentinel),

Trevy Burgess (Council 3rd degree Worthy Treasurer and Assembly 4th degree Faithful Scribe),

Statue of the Innocence of Life for the Protection of the Unborn and of the Ill of our Most Holy Family – St. Joseph holding tightly our Blessed Mother Mary, and also holding Baby Jesus Christ Our Lord,

John Omunson (Counsil 3rd degree Outside Guard, Assembly 4th Degree Past Faithful Navigator, and Event Color Guard Commander)

The below photo was provided by Beth Lanfear. Shown below are Sir Knights Matthew Klump, Trevy Burgess, John Omundson (Commanding) and Emil Feczko.

See our News Letter!

Assembly_Newsletter_200811.pdf (177.07 KB)

Matthew Klump http://www.klump-pdx.com matthew@klump-pdx.com

Pictures for Summer 2008

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:23:02 GMT

We have new pictures posted for this years Summer 2008! Come share the Joy with us here (http://home.klump-pdx.com/ngallery/).

Matthew Klump http://www.klump-pdx.com matthew@klump-pdx.com

4th Degree Officer Installation Ceremony - Bellevue, WA Assembly 1630

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:10:10 GMT

I hadn’t been a Sir Knight of Columbus for even a year, and I have already been elected to an officer position to stand guard as Faithful Outer Sentinel…

Eric Iwasyk is our Assembly’s other guarding officer as Faithful Inner Sentinel that you see in this picture:

Naturally, my beloved wife Jill could not stop giggling while see took this picture and hung our officer’s medals around our necks:

Matthew Klump http://www.klump-pdx.com matthew@klump-pdx.com

Fun with Lia, Dalek, and Stavros Independence Day Neskowin Oregon

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:41:38 GMT

Thank you all for comming out to Neskowin again this year… And just to name a few names Lia by beloved sister from Salt Lake City with her two Sons Dalek age 13 and Stavros age 6. Well all a fantatic time in the Neskowing Parade, Singing Songs of Tribute to Old Glory, God, and Country, and just plain having fun during the sand castle building contest and kite flying contest!

Happy Birthday Good Old USA!!

Matthew Klump http://www.klump-pdx.com matthew@klump-pdx.com

Knights of Columbus 4th Degree Commencement

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:09:06 GMT

I realize the blog post is a bit over due, but here it goes...

This picture was taken at Everett, Washington United States Navel Base on Saturday, March 1st, 2008. The occasion was to humbly promote me to the esteemed rank of Sir Knight: Matthew James Klump in 4th Degree of the Knights of Columbus as a new member of his Very Reverend William J. Power assembly 1630. I appear in this photo with our Master of Ceremonies, myself mistakenly wearing my name badge with my tuxedo, and my wife Jill with her brides maid dress that you recognise from the wedding of Caroline Hill and Patrick Pitz.

In this photograph with my Jill and I is Brother Sir Knight Trevy Burgess who was knighted the same time I was.

This is our actual moment of being knighted: My eyes are closed praying to Almighty Father God Most High while kneeling before a member of the Washington 4th Degree Team, also giving my oath to protect and defend our church including our clergy of brother Priests in the Holy Roman Catholic Church. It looks like Jill momentarily found something funny to look at.

In this second picture of our knighting, it looks like our roles are reversed with Jill’s eyes closed and my eyes being opened (presumed of course by God himself). At the time I think I was looking at another member of the 4th Degree Team, and looks hard to tell, but Jill is either praying or still laughing, I can’t tell which. My assumption is that she is praying.

More photos of the Public Knighting Ceremony:

More information about the Knights of Columbus Catholic fraternal organisation and our mission can be found at http://www.kofc.org. Our council’s web site is located at http://www.kofc4385.org/, and our parish at http://www.stlouise.org, state council and assembly 1630 web site http://www.kofc-wa.org/.

God Bless you for visiting, and come by again our web site to see us often!

-Matthew James

Matthew Klump http://www.klump-pdx.com matthew@klump-pdx.com

Up in pork bellies the first day, and down in crude oil the next...

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:58:04 GMT

You know your porfolio could be hurting when your shares of Apple Inc. stock does something like this:

Matthew Klump http://www.klump-pdx.com matthew@klump-pdx.com

Don't know if I am awake or still dreaming...

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:54:05 GMT

It is times like this when I can’t figure out if I am awake or still dreaming when I see new cell phone technology like these. Sprint still requires the two year service agreement where TMobile does not and both phones would cost the same at about $300. I had a monthly discount with my previous employer Volt at about 8% off per monthly bill, and it looks like I have got another 8% discount with T-Mobile monthly bill with the new job I start with this Thursday for doing testing on Windows Vista with the Windows Division through Aditi staffing agency as another temporary Microsoft contract. This will most likely go to the middle of March, and then I’ll look for work again.

T-Mobile Wing: http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/phones/Detail.aspx?device=acc8102d-4506-4eaa-bc2f-9c7b8ec1b1e0

Sprint Mogul by HTC: http://nextelonline.nextel.com/NASApp/onlinestore/en/Action/DisplayPhones

Matthew Klump http://www.klump-pdx.com matthew@klump-pdx.com

http://home.klump-pdx.com/ngallery Photo Resurrected!

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:39:49 GMT

Dear Friends and Loved one,

It has been a long time waiting for this, and I do appologize profusely for the delays. But it here is! Our very own highly prized and long awaited Complete Compendium of Jill Feyerherm and Matthew Klump’s photo gallery is back online at http://home.klump-pdx.com/ngallery for anyone that wishes to see some amussing history of our lives as well as the many challenges we have overcome and also the many good times we have shared. The comment feature is no longer available for this portion of our website, so anyone wishing to comment may do so by sending them to my wife Jill (jill@klump-pdx.com) or myself (matthew@klump-pdx.com).

Thank you all, god bless, and enjoy

-Matthew

Matthew Klump http://www.klump-pdx.com matthew@klump-pdx.com

Clost Encounters of the Rory Blyth Kind

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:08:53 GMT

I was thinking about how interestingly I had rather suddenly and unexpectedly bumped into our good and funny guy Rory Blyth! I was very fortunate to happen to drop by Rory’s blog this Sunday, September 30th, 2007 since tomorrow is Rory’s last day as a Microsoft Technical Evangelist. I was very moved by his life experience that he mentioned over the last three years of his fun at Microsoft, and I felt compelled to write him back a short reply:

My friend Rory,

My encounter with you in building 25 cafeteria, the building where my present contract has placed me, was very enlightening, and also definitely a sign. It was a sign that I am not all that far behind you in the direction that you are headed in back to my home of 29 years, Portland Oregon after my present contract with Microsoft comes to its natural conclusion. For the longest time, it felt like my stay here in Redmond/Bellevue/Issaquah was more like a pilgrimage for spiritual knowledge, and then slowly as months turned into year, it felt like a Babylonian Exile much the same way that the two ancient Jewish nations in the land of Israel known as Jerusalem and Judea were banished from their cities and forced to live in captivity within Babylon. Their temples destroyed, and their people enslaved by the Babylonians because they did not heed the warnings of God's chosen prophets. They could not do something so simple as to obey God's laws and precepts that were handed down to them by Moses himself. Yes, it was the Ten Commandments that we know all too well. I too also believe that I've gained invaluable experience during my time at Microsoft. My skill levels have finally advanced to the point with software programming in testing and development that I stand a much stronger chance of gaining software engineering work in Portland Oregon that has always been my dream.

Rory my friend, if you happen across any contacts in the Portland area you happen to know of since your headed back to Portland and tomorrow is your last day at Microsoft, do you think you can put in a good word for me over at the Pack West Microsoft office in Beaverton, OR? Or anyone else you happen to bump into kind of the same way that you and I bumped into each other over in the Building 25 cafeteria?

A friend once said to me that the greatest joy happens in helping someone else, and perhaps even if that person is a somewhat of a stranger. I could not help but think about how you have been since the last time we met as business acquaintances. I'm glad I read your blog today since it spoke to me a great deal about being away from home and wanting to see family again.

-Matthew

http://www.klump-pdx.com

Matthew Klump http://www.klump-pdx.com matthew@klump-pdx.com

Prayers for Gloia, Dear Gloria...

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 08:17:55 GMT

In response to Gloria’s story in the Seattle Times and the out pouring of support and prayers by her faith community, my faith simply demanded that I write to her a short note:

Dear Gloria,

Both I, Matthew James, and my wife Jill of St. Louise De Mariliac parish in Bellevue, WA have heard and read of your story from the beginning, especially by my wife Jill.
We are also members of the anointed Knights of Columbus Counsel 4385 at St. Louise parish and also the Young Adults Group Ministry of St. Louise De Mariliac, and all of us extend our prayers out to you for speedy healing and a complete recovery. And if this is not the will of our most holy Lord God Jesus Christ, that he whose heart lights every dark place in this world, take you Gloria to his bosom as you enter into the throne room of God to live forever and reign with the holy family, Saints, and hosts of heaven, one God, forever and ever,
Ah men.
Many of us wish that we could follow you as you are reborn from this life to life everlasting in the next. Like infant children who do not understand, none of us who are still disciples of Jesus here on Earth are meant to understand what life with him is like until our faith walk in his glory on Earth is at an end. The Gospel of Jesus tells us over and over again not to fear, and that through faith we are saved.
To my knowledge, you have done exactly this, so you have nothing to fear, and when the time comes for his second coming to you, your rebirth as your are given victory over death will be glorious!

This is my prayer for you and my belief as told to me by his word, the one true Living God.
-Matthew

Post page: http://www.klump-pdx.com/blog/2007/08/19/Prayers+For+Gloia+Dear+Gloria.aspx

Matthew Klump http://www.klump-pdx.com matthew@klump-pdx.com

Fix for x64 ASP.NET Applications running IIS 6.0 webserver on x64 Windows

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:27:33 GMT

If you ever happen across an IIS web server that absolutely REFUSES to behave properly and render web application requests for clients as a good little web server should, then check out the fix for x64 ASP.NET 2.0…

1) Check that you DO NOT see this:

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727>aspnet_regiis -lv

2.0.50727.0 Valid C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\aspnet_isapi.dll

1.1.4322.0 Valid C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\aspnet_isapi.dll

2.0.50727.0 Valid C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\\aspnet_isapi.dll

2) If you do, then do this:

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727>aspnet_regiis -ua

Start uninstalling all versions of ASP.NET.

..............................Start uninstalling all versions of ASP.NET.

.........................

Finished uninstalling all versions of ASP.NET.

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727>aspnet_regiis -lv

Cannot find any installed version.

3) Finally, to make your IIS 6.0 webserver host on a X64 Windows OS, do this:

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322>aspnet_regiis -i

Start installing ASP.NET (1.1.4322.0).

Finished installing ASP.NET (1.1.4322.0).

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322>aspnet_regiis -lv

1.1.4322.0 Valid (Root) C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\aspnet_isapi.dll

4) And also this to set x64 ASP.NET as the default and root version to finally resolve the version conflicts:

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727>aspnet_regiis.exe -i

Start installing ASP.NET (2.0.50727).

.............................................

Finished installing ASP.NET (2.0.50727).

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727>aspnet_regiis.exe -lv

2.0.50727.0 Valid (Root) C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\aspnet_isapi.dll

1.1.4322.0 Valid C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\aspnet_isapi.dll

-Matthew

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Matthew Klump http://www.klump-pdx.com matthew@klump-pdx.com

Testing BlogJet

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:22:18 GMT

I have installed an interesting application - BlogJet. It's a cool Windows client for my blog tool (as well as for other tools). Get your copy here: http://blogjet.com

"Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid; humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond imagination." -- Albert Einstein

Matthew Klump http://www.klump-pdx.com matthew@klump-pdx.com