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32 CFR § 775.6 - Planning considerations.
(a) An EIS must be prepared for proposed major Federal actions that will have significant impacts on the human environment. The agency decision in the case of an EIS is reflected in a ROD.
(b) Where a proposed major Federal action has the potential for significantly affecting the human environment, but it is not clear whether the impacts of that particular action will in fact be significant, or where the nature of an action precludes use of a categorical exclusion, an EA may be used to assist the agency in determining whether to prepare an EIS. If the agency determination in the case of an EA is that there is no significant impact on the environment, the findings will be reflected in a FONSI. If the EA determines that the proposed action is likely to significantly affect the environment (even after mitigation), then an EIS will be prepared. An EA also may be used where it otherwise will aid compliance with NEPA.
(c) CEQ regulations (40 CFR 1508.18(a)) define major federal actions subject to evaluation under NEPA to include, among other things, "new and continuing activities". The term new activities is intended to encompass future actions, i.e., those which are not ongoing at the time of the proposal. The term continuing activities which may necessitate the preparation of a NEPA document will be applied by the Department of Navy to include activities which are presently being carried out in fulfillment of the Navy mission and function, including existing training functions, where:
(1) The currently occurring environmental effects of which have not been previously evaluated in a NEPA document, and there is a discovery that substantial environmental degradation is occurring, or is likely to occur, as a result of ongoing operations (e.g., a discovery that significant beach erosion is occurring as a result of continuing amphibious exercises, new designation of wetland habitat, or discovery of an endangered species residing in the area of the activity), or
(2) There is a discovery that the environmental effects of an ongoing activity are significantly and qualitatively different or more severe than predicted in a NEPA document prepared in connection with the commencement of the activity.
(d) Where emergency circumstances require immediate action, for the protection of lives and for public health and safety, which could result in significant harm to the environment, the activity Commanding Officer or his designee shall report the emergency action to CNO (OP-44E)/CMC (LFL) who will facilitate the appropriate consultation with CEQ as soon as practicable.
(e) A categorical exclusion (CATEX), as defined and listed in this regulation, may be used to exclude a proposed action from further analysis. Even though a proposed action generally is covered by a listed categorical exclusion, a categorical exclusion will not be used if the proposed action:
(1) Would adversely affect public health or safety;
(2) Involves effects on the human environment that are highly uncertain, involve unique or unknown risks, or which are scientifically controversial;
(3) Establishes precedents or makes decisions in principle for future actions that have the potential for significant impacts;
(4) Threatens a violation of Federal, state, or local environmental laws applicable to the Department of the Navy; or
(5) Involves an action that, as determined in coordination with the appropriate resource agency, may:
(i) Have an adverse effect on Federally listed endangered/threatened species or marine mammals;
(ii) Have an adverse effect on coral reefs or on Federally designated wilderness areas, wildlife refuges, marine sanctuaries, or parklands;
(iii) Adversely affect the size, function or biological value of wetlands and is not covered by a nation-wide or regional permit;
(iv) Have an adverse effect on archaeological resources or resources (including but not limited to ships, aircraft, vessels and equipment) listed or determined eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places; or
(v) Result in an uncontrolled or unpermitted release of hazardous substances or require a conformity determination under standards of the Clean Air Act General Conformity Rule.
(f) Categorical exclusions. Subject to the criteria in paragraph (e) above, the following categories of actions are excluded from further analysis under NEPA. The CNO and CMC shall determine whether a decision to forego preparation of an EA or EIS on the basis of one or more categorical exclusions must be documented in an administrative record and the format for such record.
(1) Routine fiscal and administrative activities, including administration of contracts;
(2) Routine law and order activities performed by military personnel, military police, or other security personnel, including physical plant protection and security;
(3) Routine use and operation of existing facilities, laboratories, and equipment;
(4) Administrative studies, surveys, and data collection;
(5) Issuance or modification of administrative procedures, regulations, directives, manuals, or policy;
(6) Military ceremonies;
(7) Routine procurement of goods and services conducted in accordance with applicable procurement regulations, executive orders, and policies;
(8) Routine repair and maintenance of buildings, facilities, vessels, aircraft, and equipment associated with existing operations and activities (e.g., localized pest management activities, minor erosion control measures, painting, refitting);
(9) Training of an administrative or classroom nature;
(10) Routine personnel actions;
(11) Routine movement of mobile assets (such as ships and aircraft) for homeport reassignments, for repair/overhaul, or to train/perform as operational groups where no new support facilities are required;
(12) Routine procurement, management, storage, handling, installation, and disposal of commercial items, where the items are used and handled in accordance with applicable regulations (e.g., consumables, electronic components, computer equipment, pumps);
(13) Routine recreational/welfare activities;
(14) Alteration of and additions to existing buildings, facilities, structures, vessels, aircraft, and equipment to conform or provide conforming use specifically required by new or existing applicable legislation or regulations (e.g., hush houses for aircraft engines, scrubbers for air emissions, improvements to storm water and sanitary and industrial wastewater collection and treatment systems, and installation of fire fighting equipment);
(15) The modification of existing systems or equipment when the environmental effects will remain substantially the same and the use is consistent with applicable regulations;
(16) Routine movement, handling and distribution of materials, including hazardous materials/wastes that are moved, handled, or distributed in accordance with applicable regulations;
(17) New activities conducted at established laboratories and plants (including contractor-operated laboratories and plants) where all airborne emissions, waterborne effluent, external ionizing and non-ionizing radiation levels, outdoor noise, and solid and bulk waste disposal practices are in compliance with existing applicable Federal, state, and local laws and regulations;
(18) Studies, data, and information gathering that involve no permanent physical change to the environment (e.g., topographic surveys, wetlands mapping, surveys for evaluating environmental damage, and engineering efforts to support environmental analyses);
(19) Temporary placement and use of simulated target fields (e.g., inert mines, simulated mines, or passive hydrophones) in fresh, estuarine, and marine waters for the purpose of non-explosive military training exercises or research, development, test and evaluation;
(20) Installation and operation of passive scientific measurement devices (e.g., antennae, tide gauges, weighted hydrophones, salinity measurement devices, and water quality measurement devices) where use will not result in changes in operations tempo and is consistent with applicable regulations;
(21) Short-term increases in air operations up to 50 percent of the typical operation rate, or increases of 50 operations per day, whichever is greater. Frequent use of this CATEX at an installation requires further analysis to determine there are no cumulative impacts;
(22) Decommissioning, disposal, or transfer of Navy vessels, aircraft, vehicles, and equipment when conducted in accordance with applicable regulations, including those regulations applying to removal of hazardous materials;
(23) Non-routine repair and renovation, and donation or other transfer of structures, vessels, aircraft, vehicles, landscapes or other contributing elements of facilities listed or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places which will result in no adverse effect;
(24) Hosting or participating in public events (e.g., air shows, open houses, Earth Day events, and athletic events) where no permanent changes to existing infrastructure (e.g., road systems, parking and sanitation systems) are required to accommodate all aspects of the event;
(25) Military training conducted on or over nonmilitary land or water areas, where such training is consistent with the type and tempo of existing non-military airspace, land, and water use (e.g., night compass training, forced marches along trails, roads and highways, use of permanently established ranges, use of public waterways, or use of civilian airfields);
(26) Transfer of real property from DON to another military department or to another Federal agency;
(27) Receipt of property from another Federal agency when there is no anticipated or proposed substantial change in land use;
(28) Minor land acquisitions or disposals where anticipated or proposed land use is similar to existing land use and zoning, both in type and intensity;
(29) Disposal of excess easement interests to the underlying fee owner;
(30) Renewals and minor amendments of existing real estate grants for use of Government-owned real property where no significant change in land use is anticipated;
(31) Land withdrawal continuances or extensions that merely establish time periods and where there is no significant change in land use;
(32) Renewals and/or initial real estate in grants and out grants involving existing facilities and land wherein use does not change significantly (e.g., leasing of federally-owned or privately-owned housing or office space, and agricultural out leases);
(33) Grants of license, easement, or similar arrangements for the use of existing rights-of-way or incidental easements complementing the use of existing rights-of-way for use by vehicles (not to include significant increases in vehicle loading); electrical, telephone, and other transmission and communication lines; water, wastewater, storm water, and irrigation pipelines, pumping stations, and facilities; and for similar utility and transportation uses;
(34) New construction that is similar to existing land use and, when completed, the use or operation of which complies with existing regulatory requirements (e.g., a building within a cantonment area with associated discharges/runoff within existing handling capacities);
(35) Demolition, disposal, or improvements involving buildings or structures when done in accordance with applicable regulations including those regulations applying to removal of asbestos, PCBs, and other hazardous materials;
(36) Acquisition, installation, and operation of utility (e.g., water, sewer, electrical) and communication systems (e.g., data processing cable and similar electronic equipment) which use existing rights of way, easements, distribution systems, and/or facilities;
(37) Decisions to close facilities, decommission equipment, and/or temporarily discontinue use of facilities or equipment, where the facility or equipment is not used to prevent/control environmental impacts);
(38) Maintenance dredging and debris disposal where no new depths are required, applicable permits are secured, and disposal will be at an approved disposal site;
(39) Relocation of personnel into existing Federally-owned or commercially leased space that does not involve a substantial change affecting the supporting infrastructure (e.g., no increase in vehicular traffic beyond the capacity of the supporting road network to accommodate such an increase);
(40) Pre-lease upland exploration activities for oil, gas or geothermal reserves, (e.g., geophysical surveys);
(41) Installation of devices to protect human or animal life (e.g., raptor electrocution prevention devices, fencing to restrict wildlife movement onto airfields, and fencing and grating to prevent accidental entry to hazardous areas);
(42) Reintroduction of endemic or native species (other than endangered or threatened species) into their historic habitat when no substantial site preparation is involved;
(43) Temporary closure of public access to DON property in order to protect human or animal life;
(44) Routine testing and evaluation of military equipment on a military reservation or an established range, restricted area, or operating area; similar in type, intensity and setting, including physical location and time of year, to other actions for which it has been determined, through NEPA analysis where the DON was a lead or cooperating agency, that there are no significant impacts; and conducted in accordance with all applicable standard operating procedures protective of the environment;
(45) Routine military training associated with transits, maneuvering, safety and engineering drills, replenishments, flight operations, and weapons systems conducted at the unit or minor exercise level; similar in type, intensity and setting, including physical location and time of year, to other actions for which it has been determined, through NEPA analysis where the DON was a lead or cooperating agency, that there are no significant impacts; and conducted in accordance with all applicable standard operating procedures protective of the environment.


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Darcey Hanson & Mark Ream Wedding Gallery
Darcey Hanson & Mark Ream were married at Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan, WI. Some of the photos were captured at the Delavan Arboretum for the first look and some wedding party photos. Then we went back to Lake Lawn resort for the ceremony and reception. The photos in this gallery are the favorites from their day. Darcey and Mark will receive a disc set with all images on it in a few weeks along with their album. If you are looking for a particular photo just let me know and I will do the best I can to locate it. Just click Contact top right to get in touch. Thanks for stopping by!Read More
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The Esperanza arrives in India with the hope of making its people more aware of the state of our oceans. Through this campaign, it aims at helping protect the rich marine biodiversity of our oceans and also the livelihoods of the millions of people who depend on it everyday.
The Esperanza is the largest of Greenpeace's vessels in the oceans and has a long history of being involved in many campaigns to save our oceans from being exploited.
Greenpeace India's campaign team got aboard the Esperanza at Singapore on the ship's voyage to peninsular India. These pictures give an account of life on the ship and some of its crew.
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Decorating Details: Beautiful Blue-and-White Accents
Blue and white is a classic color combination
The classic combination of blue and white always provides an element of refined sophistication—even in details.
A round mahogany table and area rug establish the dining area in this updated kitchen, which boasts warm woods and a large navy blue range. Touching off of the range's deep hue, the dining chairs are upholstered in a graphic fabric from Brunschwig & Fils. The chairs' fretwork backs reflect the fabric's woven pattern and lend textural interest to the dining area.
See more of this European kitchen remodel on the following slide.
Neutral Living Area Accented with Blue, White, and Green
Just off the kitchen, the sitting area's neutral palette is given character with fabrics in blue, white, and green at the windows and pillows. The playful fabrics are from Brunschwig & Fils.
See the rest of this beautiful kitchen remodel here.
Design: Laurie Finn and Mary Dore
Kitchen design: Jim Dove
Sunny Dining Room with Breakfront Display
The focal point of this sunny yellow dining room is a custom-designed, built-in breakfront displaying the homeowner's collection of Italian dishware.
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Blue-and-White Dishware Details
The dishware's crisp blue-and-white patterns provide a pretty counterpoint to the dining room's lemon-yellow palette. The simple white breakfront lets the vintage pieces pop.
Bright Hallway with Blue-and-White Runner
A spacious hallway behind the dining room is lined with cabinets and doubles as a butler's pantry. Warming the dark hardwood floors is a blue and white rug runner from Patterson, Flynn & Martin.
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Design: Wendy Posard
White Kitchen with Blue Accents
Glossy black floors serve as the springboard for a radiant white kitchen accented with sky blues. Glass-front cabinets showcase a collection of blue-and-white dishware. Blue tile trim on the countertops and backsplash keep the theme consistent.
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Design: Carmen Lopez
Blue and White Upholstery in a Luminescent Living Room
Wooden chairs upholstered in an arresting blue-and-white floral fabric from Marvic Textiles stand out against stark white walls and silvery furnishings. The pattern's royal blues work to ground the living room's airy palette.
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Design: Colette van den Thillart
Frosty Holiday Details in Blue and White
Sparkly blues and whites are a classic holiday color pairing, especially when given an icy sheen. In this holiday home, small clusters of blue and white pinecone ornaments decorate the dining room's birch-log side chairs.
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Country Bedroom with Blue and White Fabrics
Country French details abound in this girl's bedroom, which is accented with blue-and-white fabrics. Toile shades and a matching bedskirt are a classic touch; gingham fabric on the armchair and ottoman are trimmed in ribbons of ivory for a polished look. The area rug from Stark ties the room's blue-and-white fabrics together.
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Design: Shazalynn Cavin-Winfrey
Old World Kitchen with Blue-and-White Tiles
A traditional kitchen combines eco-friendly materials with Old World style. The wood-fired oven is built into a wall of handmade blue-and-white tiles, their structured pattern making the wall a focal point of the kitchen.
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Tile Backsplash Details
Based on antique European drawings, the tiles give the kitchen personality and a charming traditional style.
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Design: Sandy Kline
White Living Room Accented in Blue
An all-white palette in this living room is punctuated by blues at the pillows and area rug, lending nautical appeal to this coastal home.
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Blue-and-White Covered Terrace
Outside, a terrace covered by a white pergola is appointed with wooden lounge chairs. The chairs are covered in navy blue fabrics from Ralph Lauren Home with white pillows for a clean look.
White Porch with Blue Glass Details
Below a hanging lantern of blue Venetian glass sits a table and wicker chairs in crisp white. Striped pillows from Ralph Lauren Home and blue glassware on the table add to the preppy palette.
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Design: Erin Paige Pitts
Living Room Palette Inspired by Blue-and-White Porcelain
The homeowner's collection of antique Chinese porcelain influenced the color palette of the entire home, designed by Joseph Minton. The living room's warm golds and creamy neutrals create a lovely counterbalance to the number of blue and white pieces displayed throughout.
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Elegant Entry with Blue Details
The colors in the entry are more subdued but hint at the home's palette beyond. A pair of porcelain urns are displayed on custom-glazed pedestals, while the rich blues are reflected in the pillows' fabrics from Clarence House as well as the stair runner.
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Design: Joseph Minton
Showhouse Pool Terrace in Blues and Oranges
The pool terrace at the Hampton Designer Showhouse buzzes with vibrant tangerine outdoor fabrics, their tropical hues offset by brilliant blues and crisp whites. Orange is a natural counterpoint to blue.
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Design: Kerry Delrose
Kitchen Range Accented in Blues
Inspired by a collection of antique transferware, the blue-and-white range backsplash is made of Delft tiles and coordinating accent and border tiles. Antique Chinese Cantonware pieces displayed above feature a concentrated blue to tie the palette together.
Design: Kristi Nelson
Blue and White Place Settings
Colorful place settings in blue and white provide an artistic display for white dishes and flatware from Juliska in this showhouse dining room.
Design: Jennifer Mabley and Austin Handler
Rich Master Bedroom with Blue Highlights
A serene master bedroom dressed in whites and contrasting olive-greens is given a color boost with bedside lamps from Barclay Butera. The blues of the lamps are picked up in the richly patterned antique rug underfoot.
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Design: Julie Hovnanian
Yellow Kitchen with Pops of Blue and White
Blue and white decorative plates are arranged over an arch in this bright kitchen. The walls are covered in heavy-gauge golden raffia, against which the plates' blue tones pop.
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Design: Suellen Gregory
Holiday Tabletop with Blue and White Tones
A holiday tabletop is festooned with garlands of fresh pine and nautical blue and white dishes. A cobalt-blue gnome stands as the table's centerpiece and complements the Spode marine plates and Provençal linen napkins.
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Design: Laura Langworthy
Luxurious Loggia Upholstered in Blue and White
In the heart of Palm Beach, the Red Cross Designer Showhouse stuns with rooms created by the best designers from around the country. The waterfront covered loggia, designed by Michael Powers, is reminiscent of Greek's white buildings and blue rooftops. Chairs feature a blue lacquered finish and are upholstered in a preppy Ralph Lauren striped print. Sheer draperies soften the rich blues and keep the light flowing.
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Design: Michael Powers
Heirloom Chair in Blue and White
An heirloom rocking chair is covered an ivory fabric. Family names are hand-painted in a dusty blue, the script mimicking traditional embroidery. The soothing combination of ivory and baby blue lend comfortable and classic appeal to the piece, which is sure to be passed down through generations to come.
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Design: Virginia Mary Brown
Blue and White Bedside Details
A set of classic blue-and-white dishes is displayed on a bedside table. The vibrant blues of the dishes and complementary gilt clock above punctuate the bedroom's neutral palette.
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Design: JoAnne Haynes
Silver Kitchen with Subtle Blue Details
Stainless steel, nickel fixtures, and an eye-catching mosaic backsplash paint this kitchen in luminous silvers and grays. A trio of blue-and-white jugs provide a pop of color in the otherwise neutral space, designed by Bob Bakes. "I'm a big fan of accents and pleasant distractions in a room–whether through the subtle injection of color or shape or the drama of something like a custom-designed backsplash," Bakes says. "Design should be fun and energetic."
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Design: Bob Bakes
White Outdoor Fabrics Accented with Blues
Woven rattan furniture from Gloster is covered in blue-and-white outdoor fabrics on the showhouse deck, designed by Jeff Lincoln. Graphic stripes add color and interest to the area.
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Design: Jeff Lincoln
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FARMINGTON — A heated discussion ensued at the deliberative session for school related articles earlier this month, centered on the operating budget which was not finalized by the time the meeting was held.
This year's deliberative session was postponed from Feb. 9 to Monday, Feb. 11, due to a blizzard that dumped approximately three feet of snow on the community at that time.
Much discussion was held on Article 3, pertaining to the School District operating budget, when residents questioned how the original figure of approximately $16,960,000 was developed.
Steven Durrance, who is running for a seat on the Farmington School Board this year, made a motion to amend to amount to approximately $16.6 million, to reduce $150,000 from special warrant articles, but the motion was eventually shot down.
According to meeting minutes, several people "expressed their disappointment" with the figures presented, some claiming one time purchases were still being claimed in the default budget total.
In the end, the Farmington School Board deliberated privately and came back with a final figure at that meeting, slightly higher, at $16,978,460. A meeting was held on Feb. 14 to affirm that decision.
As some residents inquired about the tax rate, Superintendent of School Steve Welford — for SAU 61 which comprises students from both Middleton and Farmington — explained the original proposed budget would have resulted in about a $1.31 increase per $1,000 property valuation. A figure was not provided in the minutes for the revised budget and Welford could not be reached for comment.
Article 5 was also amended, to include an escape clause for a four-year lease agreement for two school buses at $169,730, with $42,433 to be appropriated for the first year's payment. The tax impact of this article, according to officials, would be 9 cents.
On Article 6, on the question of whether to purchase the SAU building on Charles Street for $180,000 an amendment was adopted to rather reduce the article to $0, to not allow for a purchase.
Resident Gerry McCarthy pointed out in this discussion the Budget Committee did not recommend this article, stating, "We are down 230 students and getting smaller, while the SAU is getting larger," according to notes provided by the town clerk's office.
On the issue of researching whether the school district's food service program should be privatized, resident Jessica Cowan made a motion to amend the article's wording, to make it less confusing for voters come March, she said. The final wording of the article will now ask voters if they would like to research the option, "which is currently operating at a deficit."
Other questions to come before the town on March 12 will ask residents whether the district shall "place on file the reports of the auditors, agents, committees, and officers chosen to conduct the prudent affairs of the district," and whether to appropriate $50,000 for the "special education unanticipated cost trust fund" as well as $50,000 for Farmington High School's construction, renovation and repair.
Balloting will be held on Tuesday, March 12, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Farmington Town Hall.


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With the backlog of compensation claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs having ballooned in recent years, one would expect major veterans' service organizations to be among VA's harshest critics.
If so, they would join a rising chorus. Recently network news programs have turned cameras and commentary on the mountain of 598,000 overdue claim decisions, suggesting bureaucratic neglect of returning ill and injured vets from Iraq and Afghanistan. Time magazine columnist Joe Klein even asked VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign.
One veteran association, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), says the administration isn't doing near enough to end the backlog with its average wait, from filing to decision, now at 273 days and some veterans in the largest cities reportedly waiting more than 600 days.
But most veteran service organizations aren't joining that chorus, for perhaps two major reasons. One, they believe they understand better than the loudest critics why the backlog has grown so. Some contributing factors these veterans' groups actually fought for.
Two, criticism of Shinseki and his team rings hollow to many veteran groups given the administration's support over the past four years for robust funding of VA, unprecedented cooperation with vet advocates, and the depth of its commitment to reform a 20th Century paper-driven claims process.
That's why groups including Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion came to Shinseki's defense after Klein's call to resign. That's why Joseph Violante, legislative director of Disabled American Veterans, told the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee that VA is moving "down the right path" with many of its reform plans even while "processing over a million claims annually, which in my mind is something phenomenal."
Violante described VA leadership as the most open he has seen in almost 30 years working veterans issues in Washington D.C. He had particular praise for Allison A. Hickey, under secretary for benefits.
At the same hearing, Bart Stichman, executive director of the National Veterans Legal Services Program, praised Shinseki. The NVLSP successfully has sued VA, initially more than 20 years ago, to compensate Vietnam veterans for diseases presumed caused by wartime exposure to herbicides including Agent Orange. Stichman said Shinseki showed courage when, facing a rising claims backlog in 2009, he added three new diseases to VA's list of diseases compensable for Vietnam veterans due to Agent Orange.
This required VA to re-adjudicate 150,000 claims previously denied and to process more than 100,000 fresh claims from Vietnam veterans, including for most anyone with heart disease who ever served in Vietnam. The Veterans Benefits Administration put more than 2300 experienced claims staff – 37 percent of its workforce – on the effort for two and a half years, paying out more than $4.5 billion in retroactive benefits.
"While the decision was absolutely the right thing to do," Hickey said, "it did have an impact on our ability to keep up with news claims coming in and on aging claims already in the system."
One of Klein's criticisms is that VA should be giving priority to claims from returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans versus the steady stream of "supplemental" claims from older generations seeking to upgrade ratings.
One factor encouraging supplemental claims from military retirees is Congress' decision to lift the ban on concurrent receipt of both retired pay and VA disability compensation for retirees with ratings of 50 percent or higher. That threshold encourages some to file again and again for reconsideration given the financial stakes. Until a retiree is rated 50 percent disabled, their retired pay is offset dollar for dollar by VA disability compensation.
VA claims data give some credence to Klein's argument because 52 percent of the current backlog is veterans who had an earlier claim decided in the past five years. But critics also should note only 20 percent of backlogged claims are from Iraq and Afghanistan vets. Vietnam veterans represent 37 percent, 1991 Gulf War veterans 23 percent and 20 percent are claims from World War II, Korean War and peacetime-era veterans.
Hickey pointed to several developments that should allow VA to reach its two goals of eliminating the backlog by 2015 and raising the quality of claim decisions to an average accuracy rate of 98 percent, up from 86 percent in 2012. One is electronic claim processing through the Veterans Benefits Management System (VBMS), which will be operating at all 56 regional offices by December. Hickey said this will result in faster and more accurate claim decisions, in the same way automation was used to end long waits for payments under the new Post-9/11 GI Bill.
Also, military services now have teams collecting for the VA service and medical records, including from TRICARE civilian physicians, for former service members filing claims. And these teams are certifying to VA that files are complete and accurate. "That is a game changer," Hickey said.
VA continues a massive project of scanning into computers all paper claims so that adjudicators can use Google-like searches rather than physically flipping pages, to verify information. And VA also has established quality review teams at every regional office to monitor claims processing in real time to catch and correct errors before decisions become final.
All of this is encouraging the support of most veteran groups. But the political pressure on VA remains intense, and the generational rift among advocates likely won't ease until the backlog is in full retreat.
Joseph Thompson, who formerly held Hickey's job as VA benefits chief, told senators that, for VA to meet its ambitious goals for 2015, every one its many initiatives must succeed, which is an unlikely outcome. The quantity of claims, the unproven technology solutions and the vast number of other initiatives working, Thompson said, "is the heaviest lift I can imagine."
What VA needs most, Thompson said, "are more people…thousands more." That is one initiative that Hickey said VA isn't yet ready to embrace.
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The electronic pop track is the furthest thing imaginable from her recent foray into country. It's got an edgy lyric that celebrates misfits everywhere, but it's juxtaposed against an up-tempo energy, with a group chorus that's perfect for a summer single. You can practically see people doing the wave at concerts this summer as she's singing it -- and needless to say, she sang it very well.
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The ancient Jewish community of Rome maintains many traditions that will never fade. One of its highlights is this double-crusted tart, stuffed with ricotta cheese and sour cherry jam.
If you visit Rome, try it at Boccione's, the famous kosher bakery in the ghetto! Theirs is made with really fresh sheep milk ricotta, and it's worth putting up with the long lines….
- 300 gr (22oz) flour (about 2 ½ cups but it's best to weigh)
- 125 gr (4 ½ oz) sugar (a little more than ½ cup)
- 125 gr (1 stick plus 1 tbsp) unsalted butter
- pinch of salt
- zest of 1 untreated lemon
- 1 large egg + 1 yolk (large, not XL)
- for the filling:
- 1 pound whole sheep or cow milk ricotta
- 100 grams (scant ½ cup) sugar, or more to taste
- (optional: 1 egg and 1 tbsp rhum or anise liqueur)
- 1 jar sour cherry jam such as Rigoni Asiago (or regular cherry jam mixed with little lemon juice)
- OR 2 cups sour-cherries and ½ cup sugar
Place the sifted flour and salt into your food processor, add the cold butter cut into cubes, the sugar, salt, eggs, lemon zest, and pulse a few times until crumbly.
Remove from the food processor and work quickly with your hands (keep them cold by rubbing them on ice cubes) until smooth.
Wrap in plastic and allow to rest in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
If using fresh sour cherries, cook them (pitted) for 25 minutes on low heat with ½ cup of sugar and 4-5 tbsps water.
Combine the ricotta with the ½ cup sugar (and egg and liqueur if using: I don't).
Preheat your oven to 350 F. Grease and dust a baking pan (I also like to line the bottom with parchment as an extra precaution).
Cut the dough into 2 pieces: one should be about 2/3 and the other 1/3 of the total volume.
Roll out the larger piece on a lightly floured counter and place it on the bottom and sides of the prepared cake pan; brush the bottom with the cherry jam and follow with the ricotta filling.
Some people do the opposite and spread the ricotta on the bottom, followed by the cherry jam on top: in this case the ricotta becomes colored by the cherries while the pie is baking.
Roll out the remaining dough into a smaller disc and use it to top the pie, sealing the edges (you can also decorate with strips, but the ricotta stays moister if you "close" the pie.
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LAKE PLACID - The ECAC postseason hockey tournament will return to Lake Placid.
An ECAC official contacted on Friday could not comment on the move, which was first reported by College Hockey News, and he did not deny the accuracy of the report.
It was a close vote, but Lake Placid beat out Albany and Providence, who were also in the mix to host the ECAC tournament, according to the College Hockey News report.
ECAC (Eastern College Athletic Conference) is one of the five NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey conferences.
The state Olympic Regional Development Authority on Tuesday is scheduled to announce that Lake Placid will host a "major multi-year sporting event commencing in 2014."
ORDA spokesman Jon Lundin would not confirm the ECAC move, only that there was a press conference scheduled on Tuesday regarding a sporting event.
The ECAC's hockey tournament was held in Lake Placid from 1992-2002. The competition, which includes teams from 12 of the most prestigious ice hockey programs in the nation, was being held in Atlantic City, but the contract for that location expires after the upcoming 2013 season.
Teams who compete in the ECAC are: Brown University, Clarkson University, Colgate University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, Quinnipiac University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, St. Lawrence University, Union College and Yale University.
Local officials contacted on Friday regarding the news of the ECAC's return said they were pleased, and that the event brings a big economic impact.
North Elba Town Supervisor Roby Politi said he knew Lake Placid was working to get the ECAC to return, but did not hear about the vote that brings te hockey event back to the Olympic Village.
"I think it's great," he said in a phone interview Friday. "I think as far as Lake Placid is concerned, we continue to secure major events which have a large economic impact. Certainly, the ECAC has a long standing relationship with Lake Placid."
Lake Placid Mayor Craig Randall was equally pleased by the news on Friday.
"It's a wonderful event and it belongs in Lake Placid," he said. "I am absolutely delighted."
Randall said he's long been an advocate of having the ECAC hockey tournament being played in Lake Placid, and remembered the impact it had on the community.
"Lake Placid has such a deep tradition in hockey and an ECAC connection," Randall said. "I remember when they used to have the tournament here. It had a significant and positive impact on the economy. The significance is tremendous."
Politi spoke of the history dating back to Ned Harkness, former hockey coach at Cornell University and inducted into the Lake Placid Hall of Fame in 1993,
"He ran ORDA and was instrumental in bringing the ECAC to Lake Placid," Politi said. He was also thankful for the effort that will bring the hockey tournament back to the area.
"I congratulate ORDA and Ted Blazer's staff for filling the void left by Division III," he said.
"North Country hockey fans, when they read this news, will be thrilled," Randall said.


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Yes, for panos with 16 images, even at 21 MPixel or more, your 16 GB RAM and a graphic card like the 690 should be enough - in theory
When APG is using all this RAM and VGA RAM then you should see the file load only at the beginning of your work, and at the end, when you are saving
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It is not common to programming an application in various ways. It is difficult enough to find a way for one optimal workflow.
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Not clear which model you are using at the moment:
There is a Nvidia GTX/GTS 460 (1GB VRAM) or a ATI HD 46XX (from 2010, 4670/4650 512MB - 1GB)
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Which one exactly are you using ?
Which motherbord, CPU and RAM ?
Benchmark for the new GTX690:
AlexandreJ wrote:mediavets wrote:Is there any benefit from having more than one GPU card?
Does APP/APG make any use of more than one GPU? If so is ATI Crossfire better than NVidia's SLI?
As sli allows you to have more GPU ram, it's like having double gpu ram. So we'll use that. SLI or crossfire also double the fillrate and power,
we'll use it also. Now, really, for APG, you don't need such power.
lumelix wrote:Hi Hans
So the GForce GTX690 with 4 GB VRAM will be fine for you.
Please note that this graphic card needed 300 watt power from your PSU.
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Sunday, May 23, 2010
Monday Writers Craft Online: Phone Interviews
If you're cold calling it's even harder because people on the other end of a phone can hang up much more easily than they can walk away from you. So it's important to establish good relations from the first moment.
Last Wednesday a man calling from Telekom gave an excellent example of how to screw up a cold call:
(phone rings)
Me: Hello, Ellen Whyte speaking.
Him: Who is this?
Me: (Irritable at being interrupted before a deadline and thinking "why don't you listen, bozo? you're the one calling me!") This is Ellen Whyte. Who is this?
Him: Are you Ellen Whyte? I need to talk to Ellen Whyte.
Ellen: (Really pissed off and Speaking Distinctly) Yes, that's me. And you are?
Him: I need some information. Erm, yes. Do you have time to talk to me?
Ellen: (now thoroughly pissed off and suspecting this man is a tele-salesman for some finance scam or horribly overpriced gym) Depends. Who are you and what do you want?
Him: It's about your phone bill. I want to know why your phone bill is low.
Ellen: (really pissed off now) And who exactly are you?
Him: I'm from Telekom.
Ellen: And I guess you don't have a name, huh?
Him: Errrmmmmm.....
He never did tell me his name and I wasn't inclined to think why my bills are low these days. (although later on I realised it's probably because I'm using Skype a lot)
If that Telekom man had any training he would have started off like this:
(phone rings)
Me: Hello, Ellen Whyte speaking.
Him: Hello, my name Dino, I'm calling from Telekom's billing department. Do you have a moment to talk to me?
Then I would have been grumpy inside thanks to the deadline but polite on the outside. And I would have thought about why my bill is low these days, and I would have told him.
Getting information over the phone is all about trust and give and take. When you are open about who you are and what you want, people on the other side feel empowered. And that makes them much more likely to talk to the stranger on the other end of the phone. The more openly you say what you are and what you want, the more likely the other person will reciprocate.
So: top 3 phone rules when cold calling:
1. Start by saying who you are: full name, job/company etc.
2. If the person hasn't said their name, or you missed it, say who you are calling for and why. (If you're going through secretaries etc, saying why can get you lots of good info as in "she's out, why not send me an email and I'll tell her when she returns" etc)
3. When you get to your prey, ask if this is a good time. If not, ask when you can call back. The more relaxed the other person is, the more likely they'll cooperate.
In my opinion the fine art of the phone interview has been perfected by professional tele-sales people. If you want to be able to conduct a good interview over the phone, go find yourself a successful tele-sales person for good tips.
If you find this interesting, let me know and I can share some more telephone interview tricks next week.
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5 comments:
- Katnip Lounge said...
Me & Hubby usually have lots of fun with cold callers, we enjoy giving them a hard time! it's mean, but they DID inturrupt our dinner...heh heh.
- Anya said...
Hallo Ellen
wanneer bel je mij eens hihihihi...
Fijne zondag
en knuffels voor iedereen
- Boo-Bah AKA Iris said...
Wwe get phone calls from sales people sometimes as late as nine or ten at night. I think that is way too late to call.
- Mishkat said...
I liked your hints! Although I think the easiest cold calls to make are when you really believe that you have something that could actually benefit the person on the other end (as opposed to "your phone bill is low" - what is that?!)
We get a lot of cold calls here but your Telekom example is one of the worst ones I've heard - just plain rude! I never answer anyone that says "Who is this?" except by saying "Who is calling?"
- ~CovertOperations78~ said...
My brothers and I used to give out really dodgy information to cold-callers. Sometimes I would say, "Can you give me a moment to wash my knife, I just stabbed someone" or "I don't live here, I am a robber, I just broke into this house 10 mins ago".
Sometimes salespeople cold-call and start bleating information that they are obviously reading out of a card in really poor English. I then recommend that they sign up for my parents' English tuition classes.


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Tickets are now on sale for Cameron University and Cameron Campus Ministry's annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration banquet, featuring Myrlie Evers-Williams on Monday, January 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the Aggie Rec Center. Evers-Williams will address this year's theme, "Leadership By Action," during her keynote address. Tickets are $30 for adults and $15 for students and are available by calling Cameron Campus Ministry at 580-357-7226. The deadline to purchase tickets is Friday, January 11.
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Evers-Williams founded the Medgar Evers Institute to promote education, training, and economic development while exposing new generations of students to the cause for which her husband died. She was also instrumental in launching "Youth for Unity," a diversity education program designed to fight injustice and intolerance.
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Wisconsin Badgers Football-Shaped Bell Ornament Collection
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He leans back in his chair and considers the question. His office is quiet. Library quiet. Sanctuary quiet.
Christian Coseru sees himself sitting there in his chair, the morning sun framing his figure against the window.
He sees himself slowly raise his hands from the armrest, his fingertips fashioning a form reminiscent of the pointed haystacks of his native Romania. He inwardly smiles at this pose so familiar to him. His version of Rodin's The Thinker.
The question, ahh, yes. The question.
"Yes," he responds, his reverie broken, "I think philosophers are the happiest people. Happiness comes from understanding, and philosophers spend their lives trying to understand everything. Philosophy asks the big questions: What is the nature of reality? Why are we here? What is the meaning of life? And when you deal with those fundamental questions, I think you go about the world with a more cheerful disposition."
Then this associate professor of philosophy may just be the happiest man alive.
This past year, Coseru has done quite a bit to tackle some of those big questions. In June, he codirected a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute, which examined some of the most hotly debated topics in the study of consciousness. Held on campus, it was a gathering of diverse philosophical viewpoints. And for Coseru, an expert on Buddhist philosophy, it was a gratifying moment watching some of the world's foremost philosophers of mind, phenomenologists, philosophers of cognitive science and specialists in Buddhist philosophy engage in dialogue – listening, learning and playing on each other's philosophical approaches.
Then, there's his new book, Perceiving Reality: Consciousness, Intentionality, and Cognition in Buddhist Philosophy. In it, he argues that Buddhist philosophers in India, going back as far as the seventh century, anticipated many of the ideas of Edmund Husserl, the 20th-century father of phenomenology. This particular school of thought, much in line with the Buddhist philosophy of mind, focuses on the structures of consciousness as given in a first-person experience. Think of it as applying the scientific method in observing and mapping out the stream of a person's everyday mental life in a way that brackets common assumptions about what is and is not real.
"The Buddhists make a very important contribution to the science of the mind," Coseru points out. "They are pioneers of the introspective method of analysis."
As for Coseru, introspection is a critical part of his daily life. Whether in his office or out on the street, he practices a form of mindfulness, a way of training the brain to take stock of its mental states.
"It's like being an involved observer and seeing yourself observing as you observe your seeing all at once and without judgment," Coseru explains of this complicated meditative process. "Mindfulness is a form of attention that you direct at everyday activities. It's a quieting of the mind, using specific breathing techniques."
And with that, he calmly inhales, exhales – and leans back in his chair, with his fingers again pressed together, a twinkle of happiness in his eyes.


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Derbyshire Public Transport Timetables
Timetables for bus services in Derbyshire, the Peak District and the City of Derby are available here.
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You might wonder why we've chosen to look at the 4.3 release of KDE and not 4.0. The answer is that 4.0 should never have been released – it suffered from instability and a much reduced feature set.
After 18 more months, 4.3 is the release that 4.0 should have been, and it's now stable enough for critical use. KDE is also now stuffed full of eye candy.
There's a new desktop theme called Air, but we weren't too keen on it. It's all light grey and washed out, and we preferred the higher contrast of the Oxygen theme.
It's also a crime that there's no WebKit integration for KDE's web browser. WebKit started life on KDE and it's staggering that the developers can't re-integrate the rendering engine back into the environment.
The launch menu is difficult to use and KDE needs to work on a more effective replacement which brings over a few more features from Gnome Do.
There are dozens of other additions too, but overall none are as important as KDE's new-found stability.
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It's not the first time I've heard the stories and pleas of someone who is about to lose (or has already lost, or never had) health insurance. This past week a member of our community contacted me via our Life With MS Facebook page with her dilemma and I thought we could have a conversation about the general topic and see if we can't come up with ways to help her and others who may face the same issues.
"Lucy," we'll call her, says that she's been using one of the MS drugs with great success for the past several years. She's been on her father's insurance and just found out that she'll be aging off next month.
Lucy cannot pay for the drugs or her doctors' visits out of pocket and is looking for help.
Also, she has one of those relatives who is beating her up for even taking the drugs and not going with the 100 percent natural method of dealing with her multiple sclerosis. The relative says she know loads of people who have "cured" their MS with diet and acupuncture.
Haven't we all heard that "I know someone who cured their MS with…" rubbish before?
This community is a cache of knowledge and experience and I know for a fact that many of us have dealt with some of the issues that Lucy is staring down right now. I also believe that there are people who face the challenges of losing coverage, having to stop therapies due to finances, spacing out injections to make prescriptions last longer, dealing with the faith healers, etc… every day.
We've patted ourselves on the back for what a great community we are, praised one another for our pluck in the face of MS, and taken what we need from the Life with MS Blog and from one another for over five years. Here's a chance for all of you who may have faced such circumstance and figured a way around, under, over or through to get to the place you are today.
Let's dig into our collective bag of hard-fought resourcefulness and see if we can't give Lucy and others looking at a bleak tomorrow some answers, shall we?
I believe that is one of the greatnesses of this community. We know, we care, we share!
Wishing you and your family the best of health.
Don't forget that you can also follow me via our Life With MS Facebook page and on Twitter.


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MILWAUKEE (AP) The Milwaukee Brewers have agreed to one-year contracts with closer John Axford and two other right-handers, avoiding arbitration.
Axford gets $5 million this season after earning $525,000 last year. Agreements were also reached with Marco Estrada, who will be paid $1,955,000 after making $486,000 last season, and Burke Badenhop, who will get $1.55 million after earning $1.1 million last season.
Axford can earn an additional $100,000 in performance bonuses ($50,000 each for 60 and 63 games finished) and $300,000 in awards bonuses. He finished 54 games last season and 63 in 2011.


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Vine Floral Boutis Table Runner
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- Summary
A delicate, intricately stitched flowering vine winds across our runner, which is quilted in the French style of boutis, an artistic form of needlework dating back several centuries.
- 100% easy-care solid cotton.
- Machine-wash.
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- 108" x 16".
- Made in India.
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- Machine-wash with like colors.
- Only non-chlorine bleach as needed.
- Tumble dry.
- Warm iron as needed.
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UPS can deliver most in-stock items within 3–5 business days. UPS is unable to deliver to P.O. boxes.
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For an additional charge of $26 per address, we can expedite delivery to most destinations. This service is not available for some oversize items, items shipped directly from the supplier (including perishable and custom-manufactured items), out-of-stock items and items to be shipped outside the contiguous 48 states.
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It's often inspiring how life leads us along, licking our wounds which it also inflicted upon us; we love it, we hate it. These last few weeks I have been immersed in the past. I live in a home that is 120 years old and often wonder about those who lived here before we did. Did they love? Did they find joy and survival, together or individually? Did they have physical pain? Surely, they must have because they were without NSAIDs, biologics, acid inhibitors, a local drug store, or a supermarket.
I often run across some little remnant of the past presence of one who lived here, like finding an oyster shell working its way out of the foundation outdoors or the aqua blue marine paint that dripped from the brush of an "ancient" mariner who used to live here, many years ago, still trailing down the rock foundation outside to the ground. I suspect the paint was "borrowed" from a ship where he put to sea as a merchant marine. Dying alone, not even bothering to cash his paychecks which were discovered all over the house; not by us but by others. What motivates or torments a man to live so sparsely and so friendless? What motivates any of us to do what we do? I guess we're all a product of our times, our choices and whether or not we have true grit.
I have been going through boxes of old pictures we shipped up here from CA from my dear mother-in-laws home. She died last year and due to other circumstances we just got around to disposing of things we could not use or did not want of hers. We can't possibly keep everything. Many old quilts she has given me over the years tell a story as I wonder who wore the clothing each patch represents. Old photos and pictures tell so many stories of wealth, poverty, joy and sorrow, don't they? They take us out of ourselves and into someone else's life for a time. If we let those old pictures of family and friends from the past "speak" to us, they will. I also found some letters, safely preserved in an old tin box printed with the name Rountree's Dairy Box. It has delicious looking imported chocolate photos imprinted on it. It is obviously not as old as the letters.
Considering my fascination with the past, you can imagine my curiosity and interest when I began to unfold some of the fragile, yellowed letters to find they had been written between 1857 and 1870. Paper was such a desirable commodity, the writer wrote on every inch, sideways, up and down and always with a delicate, well trained hand. The cursive writing perfect, the beginning of each new sentence somewhat dotted with fresh ink that fell from the pen.
Reading of the experiences of these, my husband's long ago relatives, I am reminded once again of the hardship of life at that time. Most of these letters were from Nebraska and its surrounding states. I am reminded that Laura Ingalls Wilder's books are true as are her daughter Rose's books. Folks of that era had to have true grit in order to survive. They didn't have to go out looking for it. They either had or they didn't. What they did have to do was to survive one day at a time. They write of cholera and losing small children; skating to town on ice too thick to walk on. Let me quote one of them to you. "Our trees March 1st. (1857) all put on their wedding garment to celebrate the marriage of King Winter and bashful spring. The garment is lovely but too heavily embroidered with pearls for many of the slender ones (branches) and some of the stout oaks, too. Some of our lofty, lordly poplars made such a low obeisance that their heads touched the ground, and there they shall stay, encumbered with too much finery to rise. Many of the large poplars have snapped in twain. One large limb of the pine at the corner of the barn was snapped and there it still stands on its head, frozen to the ice. We cannot take the horses from the barn to the pasture as it has all converted to a skating pond."
Then she goes on to talk about the men skating into town. I do not see her name on the letter anywhere as she identifies herself as sister and talks about recovering from cholera in her letter to her sister Helen. She asks about family and friends with names like Will, Sophronia, etc. She bemoans the fact she would like to enclose a dollar bill but cannot "come by one." She mentions a relative who has received help from chronic pain from the Christian Scientist who has moved to the area as she expresses her doubts and fears about spells and mesmerisms and the fact the Salvation Army is holding tent meetings in the coming spring.
I can only wonder as I read these accounts of hardship and toil how they survived as long as they did without all the luxuries we take for granted. Of course, the life expectancy was 37-43 years in the mid and late 1800's. Consider, with me, all they had to do just to get through everyday life. Handmade clothing of cotton or calico, wool garments made after shirring the sheep, carding the wool and spinning and weaving it. Their clothing was colored by berries, wild sweet woodruff, nuts of various sorts. Shoes homemade from hides and their underwear was linen or cotton to serve practically without lace or any other pretensions. Cabins built of logs, honed by the man of the house or with the older son and if they were fortunate, a friendly neighbor or two. Chimneys and fireplaces for heat and cooking, hopefully constructed well enough out of stones and mud to draw the smoke out of the cabin or not crumble and start a fire. Foraging for wood or chopping it each day, grieving over a potato crop frozen in the ground and wondering how the next day would arrive. Their children had to sweep dirt floors, perform chores to help the family survive and toys were rare and undoubtedly deeply appreciated. Books were scarce and brought from the East to the prairie. Events such as barn raisings and quilting bees brought neighbors together after many months of loneliness due to poor weather, no transportation and daily duties.
I would have to conclude that our relatives from those times knew the meaning of true grit. Do we have that kind of spirit, courage and fortitude? As you might suspect, I rented the newer version of the film TRUE GRIT this week. I found it excellent and no offense to John Wayne because I adore him, but Jeff Bridges outdid him in his realistic performance of the era in which the story, originally from a book, was represented. Every actor in the film did a wonderful job of taking you there, to that time and era. It was raw, often ugly and usually violent as man preyed upon man; was preyed upon by wild animals as well as weather conditions. Survival was always the word of the day as men, women and children grew old before they should have and fought Mother Nature as well as evildoers.
I am stunned when I return to the present where I am surrounded by comfort, heat from a pad, blanket or furnace; bottles of helpful medications, beautiful possessions, toys which the grandchildren have in abundance and definitely take for granted. I like to think I have true grit to survive these modern times. Life is easier in many ways but we do live twice as long as our ancestors therefore we are accosted by more disease but not necessarily more suffering. My own grandmother, Ophelia, suffered and was bedridden for the last few years of her life due to crippling arthritis. I never knew her, but somehow I feel as if I do. Her DNA runs through my body and I like to think all of its characteristics aren't bad ones. The memory of her often spurs me on to find true grit in my own life and to sieve out the good parts of life and not allow myself to be overly encumbered by the pain. Some days I have to search farther and farther to find that joy, goodness and spirit which we each need in order to survive with true grit.
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Over the last few months, Kannaway has been silent at every level. I checked out KWay News and could find nothing. The only thing we have heard is from the rumor mill, as former insiders, tried to rape and pillage the company as they launched their own network marketing travel companies or joined others. I and others wondered why no one from the Kannaway camp was saying anything.
It caused me to wonder, "what bigger vision, what uprising… Just more hype from a network marketing company?"
After meeting with Nihart, and other corporate executives from Kannaway, Medical Marijuana, and General Hemp, the picture became very clear!
The Rest Of The Story…Who Is Troy Nihart, And What Is The Uprising Powered By Kannaway?