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Evergreen wins final home game
November 3, 2003
by James J. Portune
Olympia, WA - There is only one way to describe Saturday nights 3-1 victory (32-30, 29-31, 30-28, 30-28) by The Evergreen Women's Volleyball team (10-6 Cascade Conference, 14-9 Overall) over the visiting Albertson College Coyotes (11-5 CCC, 15-8 Ovr). It was a team effort.
At the net, Albertson did not know who to focus their defensive effort on. Four Evergreen player recorded double digit kills: junior Meredith Lane (Olympia, WA / Olympia HS) - 15, senior Stephanie Short (Spokane, WA / Shadle Park HS) - 11, junior Hanna Plunk (Bloomfield, CO / Bloomfield HS) - 11, and sophomore Kristen Bartley (Lubbock, TX / Monterey HS).
Five other times this season Lane, Short and Bartley have each recorded ten or more kills in the same game. Never, in the history of the Women's Volleyball program, have four Evergreen players had double digit kills on the same night.
This outing against Albertson was vastly different that the first time these two teams met this season. In Caldwell, Idaho, on September 26, the Geoducks were swept 3-0 (30-21, 30-25, 30-24) by the Coyotes. Bartley led the team with only nine kills. That night, over the course of the three games, the team committed seven service errors and had only two service aces.
Saturday night, Evergreen served well. Bartley and Plunk lead the team with five aces apiece and the team as a whole recorded 17. This was the team's second best performance of the season, having aced Eastern Oregon the previous night 21 times.
Even with assist, the team worked together to achieve the victory. As would be expected, Plunk, the starting setter, led Evergreen with a game high 31 assists. But the remaining 17 assists were spread between Short, sophomore Mandy Barnett (Marysville, WA / Marysville-Pilchuck HS), sophomore Kaylene Black (Spokane, WA / Shadle Park HS), and senior Richele Stark (Bellevue, WA /Samamish HS).
Besides continuing to build Evergreen's confidence, the win also sent a message to the other six Cascade Conference teams vying for post-season tournament berths. What it said was that Evergreen is not just a legitimate contender for one of the playoff spots but also threat to win the tournament. The only conference opponent the Geoducks have not defeated this season is Concordia University.
Who Evergreen will play in the conference post-season tournament, schedule for Nov 14-15 and hosted by Southern Oregon, will be determine this coming weekend. The Geoducks final two regular season games are on the road, against Southern Oregon Friday night (Sep. 7) and Oregon Tech Saturday night (Sep. 8).

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All Cheerleaders Die! (Review)
Lucky McKee has long established himself as one of the stalwarts of subversive, indie horror with cult hits like May and The Woman. His films have been feminist examinations of the damaged human psyche, and he's never been afraid to travel down some dark paths in order to tell his stories. What I never would have guessed is McKee, along with co-writer and director Chris Siverston, had a film as breezy and funny as ALL CHEERLEADERS DIE in him that still manages to be as woman positive and subversive as his earlier works.
The film kicks off by following soon to be head cheerleader Lexi at the tail end of junior year. She has it all-money, great looks, the captain of the football team as her boyfriend and a boss attitude. She call her fellow cheerleaders bitches and the ballplayers dogs and she's accrued a knack for sass from a lifetime spent watching MTV teen documdramas and teen movies. The girl knows how to make the camera work for her which makes it all the more of a shock when a tragic (yet hysterical) accident knocks her out of the film about five minutes into the running time.
What follows starts as a revenge tale when her friend Madeline "Maddy" (Caitlin Stacy)decides to infiltrate the cheer squad in order to make their lives and the football team's life a living hell senior year. She sets her sight of the primary targets of Lexi's best friend and new head of the cheer squad Tracy (Brooke Butler) and Lexi's ex Terry (Tom Williamson) as the two started hooking up before the first shovel of dirt is tossed on Lexi's grave. Things start nicely for Mads as she seduces Tracy at a bonfire party, which leads to Terry blowing his stack and punching his ex out in front of all their friends.
Except McKee decides to zig and zag with the story, taking it in unanticipated but much more welcome directions. Mads ex-girlfriend, the goth teen Leena (Sinoa Smit-McPhee) who Mads describes as being in to "Wicca bullshit" still watches over her from afar. She saves the Tracy, Maddy and two other cheerleaders that were with them Terry runs their car off the road, but she's too late to save them from drowning. Casting a spell under the full moon, Leena brings the girls back from the dead as...something else. The girls find themselves connected, and they find themselves constantly hungry for human blood.
That may be the basics of the plot, but All Cheerleaders Die concerns itself less about the story than the incredibly fun ride it takes to get to its endpoint. McKee and Siverston craft a perfect sendup of the modern teen movie. In that regard, it feels a bit like Joesph Kahn's 2011 film Detention. However, that film felt like the kid in class that tries to hard to fit in with the cool clique, stuffing itself with pop culture references and frantic pacing while constantly winking at the audience, resulting in an unwatchable mess. Cheerleaders does not lampoon the modern teen movie so much as it mimics the format to the degree that the audience is in on the joke. There's at least a dozen slow motion shots of one or more of the girls sauntering down a hallway while their hair is tussled by the wind. When the stoners pull up in their van, a veritable forest fire's worth of ganja smoke escapes from the inside. The soundtrack pumps over the top, bass heavy hip throughout. There's lingering, lecherous shots on panty clad derrieres It's pitch perfect ridiculousness and spot on from start to end. On top of it, the movie is just damn funny. If nothing else, it introduced my new favorite euphemism for sexual congress with "I got all up in that freezer!"
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Laos has one of the worst chronic malnutrition rates worldwide. Half of the children under 5 living in rural areas are stunted because they do not receive enough of the right nutrients in their diet. Like these girls from Ban Mai village in remote northern Laos more than 300,000 children cannot develop to their full potential.
Malnutrition is particularly severe among smaller ethnic groups who live in remote mountainous areas with limited access to education and health services as well as markets. The Lanten pictured here, one of 49 officially recognised ethnic groups in Laos, struggle with stunting rates of more than 54 percent.
To fight malnutrition, people not only need access to enough food, they also need to understand how to store and prepare this food and how to compose their diet so they can get all the nutrients they need. To increase this awareness, WFP has developed Feeding the Future, a nutrition education initiative teaching mothers and other care-givers about healthy diets. The interactive trainings are tailored to different ethnic groups and use innovative methods and materials such as the "Food Man" poster and puzzle which show that, quite literally, you are what you eat.
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Red Hat Enters Virtualization Support Agreement with Microsoft
U.S. Linux vendor Red Hat has entered a cooperation agreement with Microsoft in technical support of server virtualization.
Customers running Windows Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux virtualization now have joint technical support from the two companies. Red Hat has committed to participate in Microsoft's Server Virtualization Validation Program. Reciprocally, Microsoft has joined Red Hat's Virtualization Certification Program and will be listed on the Red Hat Certification List once Microsoft completes the certification process.
The newly formed partners emphasize that the arrangement is in no way like Microsoft's partnering with Novell. The Microsoft-Novell deal goes much deeper and involves technical collaboration, licensing and patent protection.
For Microsoft, Red Hat still remains a competing platform provider despite the support arrangement. In fact, Microsoft's GM of virtualization Mike Neil emphasizes that "these agreements do not include any patent or other IP licensing rights." Both companies also assure customers that their cooperation has no effect on their previous agreements with virtualization specialist VMware.
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- The Edison Hotel - former location of the Edison Theatre
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The Braves will have new or reassigned managers at five of six minor-league affiliates, including Jonathan Schuerholz in the Gulf Coast rookie league and former major leaguer Luis Salazar at High-Class A Lynchburg (Va.).
Schuerholz, the son of Braves president and former general manager John Schuerholz, is former Braves minor leaguer who spent the past two seasons as a roving instructor in the organization.
Salazar played several positions in a 14-year major league career through 1992. He has coached and managed since then, primarily in the minors and most recently as a Double-A hitting coach in the Dodgers organization.
Rocket Wheeler was moved up to manage Double-A Mississippi after five seasons as manager of the High-A team, formerly located in Myrtle Beach. Former Mississippi manager Phillip Wellman was fired after the season.
Paul Runge and Randy Ingle swapped manager's jobs, with Runge moving up to Class A Rome after six seasons at rookie-league Danville. Ingle takes over at Danville after five seasons with Rome.
The only Braves minor league manager who kept his same job was Triple-A Gwinnett manager Dave Brundage, back for a fifth season. Jamie Dismuke returns as Gwinnett hitting coach, while Marty Reed will serve as Triple-A pitching coach after two seasons at Mississippi.
Former Braves pitcher Vladimir Nunez is moving into the coaching ranks, hired as pitching coach on Schuerholz's Gulf Coast staff.
The other affiliate hitting coaches include Garey Ingraham (Mississippi), Bobby Moore (Lynchburg), Carlos Mendez (Rome), D.J. Boston (Danville) and Rick Albert (Gulf Coast).
Other pitching coaches are Mike Alvarez (Mississippi), Derek Botelho (Lynchburg), Derrick Lewis (Rome) and Gabe Luckert (Danville).
Dave Wallace returns as minor league pitching coordinator and Leon Roberts as hitting coordinator, with roving instructors that include Tommy Shields (infield), Lynn Jones (outfield and baserunning), Joe Breeden (catching), Luckie Dacosta (strength and conditioning) and Matt Saitz (assistant strength and conditioning).
November 18th, 2010
5:44 pm
November 18th, 2010
5:51 pm
Not first but second…
November 18th, 2010
5:51 pm
Totally missed anything about the Wellman firing. Can anyone share on that?
November 18th, 2010
5:52 pm
November 18th, 2010
5:53 pm
I know…I liked Wellman, mainly because of the great video of him losing it. Thank you youtube!
November 18th, 2010
6:32 pm
2 questions Dave
1. you mentioned that Shafer is finally showing signs. What is that based on? I haven't read any reports on him since his season was ended to rest the wrist
2. Would Wren consider signing andrew for the backup centerfield job? He's cheaper than matt and more productive with 19hr. last year for the sox
2. Would wren consider andrew as the backup centerfielder. He's cheaper than diaz and had 19 hr's
November 18th, 2010
6:59 pm
Phillip Wellman can throw a good grenade.
November 18th, 2010
7:06 pm
It's good to have Daddys in high places.
November 18th, 2010
8:00 pm
Jerbo: Big problem with Andrew is that American is fastball league and National throws a lot of hooks and Andrew couldn't hit hook if it were on a tee….
November 18th, 2010
8:01 pm
Jaamieeeeeeee Disss Muke (as announced) was a fan favorite when he played for Chattanooga. Congrats on the gig.
November 18th, 2010
8:03 pm
Schuerholtz couldn't hit a lick at Auburn but his dad drafted him for the Braves. Now he has been given a manager's job without much experience. I guess this is why Senior didn't completely retire. He is sticking around to get his kid a nice paycheck.
November 18th, 2010
8:24 pm
"Jerbo: Big problem with Andrew is that American is fastball league and National throws a lot of hooks and Andrew couldn't hit hook if it were on a tee…."
As Bubba Skinner might say "Uh yeah, and I guess you have some evidence for that?"
Take your time–Im not going with "conventional wisdom' or 'evrybody knows"
November 18th, 2010
8:29 pm
Yeah, THAT'LL maintain a winning organization.
November 18th, 2010
8:41 pm
Schuerholz??? What a joke…all the talent out there with years of experience…way to develop talent!
November 18th, 2010
9:17 pm
Schuerholtz and son are a Joke and are still fleecing the Braves
November 18th, 2010
9:26 pm
I'm sorry, he may well be the best qualified, but the Braves should not hire someone who's the son of the former GM and current Vice President!
That is mepotism, and it does not look good! Let him earn his stripes for another organization in baseball!
November 18th, 2010
9:44 pm
Yogi2 – You are correct! Schuerholtz Sr. was a dunce that lived off of 3 great pitchers and a farm system he could milk for short term "glory". By the way, anyone notice how many of the post season awards are going to those farmhands Schuerholtz Sr threw in to get rent a players?
Sickening …
November 18th, 2010
9:46 pm
No different than Chip Carey (not so good), Ernie Johnson Jr (pretty good), Skip Carey (very good), etc..
Just the way of the world whether its sports, business, entertainment, etc.
Who among us wouldn't give our sons and daughters a career break if we had the chance. Still, once given te chance they still have to produce.
November 18th, 2010
10:26 pm
What's next?
Fredi Gonzalez getting fired after one season to make room for Bobby Cox, JR. (illegitimate) to take over as manager?
Yeah, THAT'LL maintain a winning organization.
November 18th, 2010
10:39 pm
well js once promoted that kid to triple a when he was hitting around a buck at double a but everyone on this blog said welll hes a superior defensive inf i said yea and js kid lol
November 18th, 2010
11:40 pm
Got to keep it in the Family. The Good ole Boys Club at it again.
November 19th, 2010
12:10 am
Aw, man, the Schuerholz hiring is disappointing. Buncha bull. Oraganization's too classy for that crap.
November 19th, 2010
12:21 am
I guess Bobby is the main reason Wellman kept his job for so long. He (Wellman) may be a good manager .. but he wouldn't have kept his job where I work. I sure like watching that video though. I'll have to down load it .. for future viewing. It's good therapy for maintaining composure during stressful situations. I agree with .. Thanks Ted …. about the "Good ole Boys Club". I wonder how Glen Hubbard got lost in the sauce? Would have been good to see Hubbard work with Uggla.
November 19th, 2010
6:56 am
Let's get back to speculating about next year. Hearing about JS junior is depressing. Let's talk about Frank Wren, and not even mention Schurheoltz.
November 19th, 2010
8:53 am
Any updates from AFL on Pastornicky? I've seen how he hasn't played in a week+. Injured?
November 19th, 2010
9:02 am
I saw where the Blue Jays picked up Rajai Davis. There goes one good backup.
Any chance the Braves go after Josh Willingham? Evidently the Nats aren't going to re-sign him for 2011. He'd be a great pickup for our outfield.
November 19th, 2010
9:38 am
Rajai Davis: a backup?????
November 19th, 2010
9:47 am
It sure would have been nice to see Hubbard named rookie manager instead.
November 19th, 2010
9:55 am
@Biff—apparently you dont realize minor league managers salaries are not that of MLB guys. Even then, he works at the lowest level, with the lowest pay. And yes a ton of people help their child with jobs and careers. Just bc he was an awful player doesnt mean he will be an awful manager. More than likely, just the opposite.
November 19th, 2010
9:56 am
Roger- "short term glory". 14 years straight is hardly short term glory.
November 19th, 2010
10:05 am
Why is the JS hire an issue? Anyone know anything about him other than his last name? I do know he grew up around a Major League club. He has been eating and drinking baseball his entire life. He obviously knows baseball and has been insrtucting in the farm system for two years. Giving him a shot at the lowest level is not a bad idea. You negative Nancy's will harp on anything.
November 19th, 2010
10:11 am
Mike Jay are you blind?
November 19th, 2010
10:17 am
No- news?…is good new? I don't think so.
Hope you had a good trip DOB. Thanks for up-dates etc.
Where's Bill Hall? Damn I was wishing Wren could bring him home with him, like Uggla. Oh well guess we got Mather?
November 19th, 2010
10:23 am
It's nice to have a Dad in HIGH PLACES!!! Young Jonathan couldn't cut it as a minor leaguer — but now he's a Manager? How old is this "KID?"
In five years he'll be the General Manager of the Braves if Daddy has his way…..what a crock
November 19th, 2010
10:26 am
Ted, nope not blind I am just willing to wait and see if JS Jr. is a good manager or not. He could be a fantastic hire. What do you know about him that tells you he will be a failure? I know plenty of people who have gotten a job through their family and have been outstanding at it. I cn guarantee you he knows more about baseball than you and I combined.
November 19th, 2010
10:29 am
Hell i got a job through my Uncle who owned a company 8 years ago. I worked extra hard to prove to everyone that I was NOT just getting a free hand out. I put in extra time, worked weekends, whatever it took to get the job done.
November 19th, 2010
10:40 am
Working for your dad or his organization is not all it's cracked up to be. I worked for my Dad for a few years which convinced me to start my own unrelated business. My son did the same. By the way, every time I saw JS, Jr. play for Auburn, usually against the Gators, he raked.
November 19th, 2010
10:46 am
Jonathan Schuerholz is 30. And yes, as everyone knows this is clearly nepotism. That's why people are skeptical, Mike Jay. His whole career in the minors daddy pulled every string he could to try to get him able to get to the majors and he didn't deserve it. Check out his full season stats in AAA in 2006 at baseball-research.com. I'd be hard pressed to name any other player in AAA in the past decade who accomplished as little in similar playing time. I suppose we should be grateful that he's starting in the rookie leagues instead of being placed at AA. If daddy is still alive, I suspect that within 5 years he'll be managing at Gwinnett.
November 19th, 2010
11:16 am
How do you spell, "nepotism" anyway?
November 19th, 2010
11:26 am
Jeez Louise….I have not lived in Atlanta for almost 40 years but have stayed a Braves fan. I am absolutely astounded at all the "brains" that comment on this blog. So what that Jonathan Schuerholz was hired to do a low paying, thankless job in the bottom reaches of the minor leagues. Just this morning I saw Mika Brezinski on MSNBC interviewing her brother. Think maybe their Dad had something to do with their careers? I for sure would help my sons find jobs and am sure most here would do the same. You have no factual basis to believe he will be anything other than a good hire. He might be lousy, but not because of his father or his playing career. About 99% of successful managers were lousy players. Know what LaRussa's career stats are? How about Tommy Lasorda? Ron Washington? Bruce Bochy? Bobby Cox? None Hall of Famers as players. So give it a rest and give the young man a chance. He has lived and breathed baseball his entire life and was not blessed with the physical ability, but may very well possess an uncommon ability to direct players and an organization.
November 19th, 2010
11:49 am
I won't disagree with many of the negative statements made about the hiring of Jonathan Schuerholz. I know from a well-placed team source that the management at MB was under direct orders to make sure he got his playing time. From his statistics, it is reasonable to assume that pressure was present at other levels.
Still, many, maybe most, of the better managers were fringe players at best. Therefore, I say we should reserve judgment and give him a chance. I believe he may surprise a lot of people and I wish him success. From personal knowledge, I can say that he was a likeable and congenial kid at MB. I hope that hasn't changed. Good luck to Jonathan Schuerholz.
November 19th, 2010
2:08 pm
You don't have to be a great player to be a great manager. I am sure everyone ripping Jr. thinks they can probably do a better job. My father played in the big leagues and it didn't help me one bit. I still had to earn everything on my own. The Braves are like a family, look how long they have kept Snitker, Albert, Runge, etc. They realize their way has worked over the long haul and I am glad they are keeping people in there that understand the values of the organization.
November 19th, 2010
3:24 pm
Don't worry about all the negative-nellies Jonathan, they are only jealous of our success.
November 22nd, 2010
9:15 am
his father work for Atlanta Braves and he get a nice job and know he have comfort money in the future. Look how everyone try to find a job and yet they only pick who have a famous father or mother. Please stop this and let other get the job. this make me little digust about i


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A late first-half run by IUPUI (17-6, 7-1 Summit) was too much for the NDSU women's basketball team (6-17, 2-6 Summit) to overcome, as they fell to the Jaguars Thursday night, Feb. 6, inside "The Jungle," 77-53, in Summit League action.
Holly Johnson led the Bison with 20 points on 7-for-14 shooting in the contest. Brooke LeMar also reached double digits for the Bison, tallying 12 points.
DeAirra Goss paced the Jaguars, also scoring 20 points.
The Bison went 3-for-4 from the field the opening 3:24 of the first-half to jump out to an 8-0 lead over IUPUI and led by as much as a dozen, 14-2, after a made three-pointer from Johnson with 15:34 to go. The Bison couldn't hold the lead though, as IUPUI used a 12-4 run from 11:33 to 7:14 to gain its first lead of the game, 24-22, after a made layup from Akilah Sims. The Bison regained a 25-24 lead less than a minute later after Bree Whatman converted a layup, was fouled and made the bonus free throw, but, the Jaguars answered, using another 12-4 run to regain the lead going into halftime, 36-29.
IUPUI scored 16 points off 12 Bison turnovers in the opening stanza and pulled down 20 rebounds, nine offensive, compared to just 13 for NDSU.
The Jaguars controlled the second half, outscoring the Bison 21-9 the opening nine minutes of the half to take a commanding 57-38 lead, a lead they held to remainder of the contest to pick-up their seventh straight victory.
NDSU shot 20-for-54 from the field for 37 percent and 6-for-16 from beyond the arc for 38 percent in the game. The Bison made 7-of-9 free throw attempts for 78 percent.
IUPUI forced the Bison into a season-high 21 turnovers in the game, leading to 26 Jaguar points.
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The city's motion to stay the reforms put forward in Judge Shira Scheindlin's landmark stop-and-frisk trial was denied by that very judge on Tuesday.
Scheindlin brushed aside the concerns outlined in the city's motion and maintained that those concerns did not meet the necessary criteria to justify a stay. A stay would have been warranted, the judge wrote, if the city had persuaded her that their appeal to overturn her decision will succeed, that the City, the NYPD and any other involved parties would be substantially or irreparably injured, and that it is in the public's best interest to stay the reforms.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has lashed out at Scheindlin frequently since she issued her ruling, and her written denial of the city's motion seemed to at some points be a testy response to his attacks.
"Contrary to statements by certain high-level city officials and pundits, this Court did not order an end to the practice of stop and frisk," the judge sniped.
The most immediate of the judge's ordered rulings are the instatement of a court-appointed monitor to oversee the reforms, a court-appointed facilitator to maintain communication between the various stakeholders, and the implementation of body cameras in five select precincts.
The city argued in part that those remedies ought to be stayed because they are not clear. Scheindlin responded that their issue appears to be that the effects of those remedies are not immediately clear, and dismissed that complaint as spurious on the grounds that these remedies are part of a process.
The city also balked at the cost of the body camera pilot project and pointed to potential confusion that cops could experience should the judge's decision ultimately be overruled.
The judge also ordered several long term remedies, including changing the UF-250 form that police use internally to record stops, designing a ticket or card for police to give people who are stopped, and improving written record-keeping and training materials.
In response to the city's warning that enforcing even the preliminary remedies would be a detriment to public safety, the judge pointed out that the drop in crime that the city proudly touts has coincided with a drop in the number of stops. She credited the drop in the number of stops to the multiple rulings she has issued in stop-and-frisk cases, as well as the work of community leaders pushing for reform of the practice.
"Ordering a stay now would send precisely the wrong signal," the judge wrote in her ruling.
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Little did Dr. Eric Wayne realize when he attended a veterinary conference in Philadelphia last year that he would later journey to the middle of the Arizona desert to help American Indians and their pets.
While at the conference, he stopped by the Native American Veterinary Services booth. Members were seeking vets to donate time and expertise to help the peoples of the Southwest. He decided to volunteer.
Native American Veterinary Services began with a question at a fundraiser.
Dr. Ted Robinson asked an attendee of Americans for Native Americans about veterinary care on the reservations. The answer that there was "little, if any" spurred him and a small group of Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Association members to journey in 2001 to the Navajo Reservation in Crownpoint, N.M.
What they found were few clinics, long distances to travel for pet care and unaffordable prices for people with low or no incomes.
That one-time, two-day clinic has since grown into thousands of vets, vet techs, students and helpers spending two weeks each in April and October at three reservations to help the Hopi, Santo Domingo and Zuni and their animals. NAVS has also established a relationship with the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine and its students now participate in the Native American Project.
NAVS is also working with the Zuni Council to create a permanent veterinary clinic.
For information on NAVS, go to buckscoana.org/veterinary_projects.htm.
This past spring, Wayne, owner of Pocono Veterinary Services in Scotrun, and hospital administrator Janet Magrosky journeyed to the Arizona desert, about 2�-3 hours from Phoenix "in the middle of no place" to help for three days on a Hopi reservation.
He described the reservation as vast, with miles between towns. "Just going from one town to another can take an hour," he said.
They flew to Phoenix and then drove almost three hours to the reservation. They stayed in its one hotel and ate in its one little restaurant, which served basic food from blue corn tortillas to waffles and burgers.
"There was no other place to eat but the restaurant," said Magrosky. "I was amazed by the poverty. It was really, really depressing."
Veterinary care is minimal or nonexistent on these reservations. Inhabitants must travel hours to the closest large town or city, where they can't afford the prices anyway. Most animals, therefore, receive little or no medical care.
"We have our own Third World country right here in the U.S.," he said.
Wayne and the team were asked to do neutering and told they would handle 15 to 60 animals a day.
"The first day, no one was in charge so we were winging it," Magrosky said. She said there were so many animals that they had to turn some away.
"We were seeing 30 to 40 animals a day," Wayne said. "We would start early in the morning and finish up in the evening. Lighting was an issue since some areas had rudimentary utilities. They were definitely long days."
Magrosky said that owners would leave their animals, which were stacked in carriers, waiting their turn for surgery. One dog was dropped off for spaying even though it was near death from internal bleeding.
"Apparently, the owners didn't realize how sick this dog was," she said. "People noticed the dog in its crate and rushed it inside for help."
Wayne and Magrosky tried in vain to save it. "We think it had a ruptured spleen, and it was also infested with ticks. All the dogs were. No matter where we went, there were puppies and dogs everywhere."
The vets also had to bring their own equipment and quickly ran out of suture material because of the huge number of patients. Wayne said he'll bring more supplies next time he goes.
Whenever the team moved to a new location, they had to set up from scratch, "like a MASH unit," he said. "It could take up to an hour."
It got easier as the team developed a system. They were told that they would work in a vet hospital on the last day. "We were so excited," said Magrosky. "We didn't have oxygen or intravenous anesthesia at the other locations. We had to give the animals shots of anesthesia and monitor them that they didn't wake up during surgery. We thought we'd have medicine and lights. But then we got there and they didn't have any supplies or air conditioning.
"We're definitely going back in the spring," Magrosky said. "This time, we're hoping to take over and run it."


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Africa doesn't need food programs; it needs rainwater programs to alleviate drought.
To solve the problem in Africa we need to create a solution to the problem. The food never reach the intended people. Due to Corruption and Greedy individuals and Governments.
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Apr 29 2013: Africa needs her citizens to rise up and demand good governance. No meaningful development can take place in a continent that tolerates the rule of mediocres.
At times one is tempted to think of quick-fixes and short-term solutions; but at some point citizens of the numerous dysfunctional African states would have to rise up and say a courageous ENOUGH! to the dim-wits in power.
It is better to take weeds out by the roots than to continously trim the leaves of such.
Yusuf MallieApr 29 2013: @ Feyisayo I agree with you with Revolution. But how can there be one if the Citizens of the Continent are starving and dying. The citizen know there government are corrupt, but they cannot see any light but Government bail out because they are starving. Its a endless cycle of Corruption due to need. If there is endless supply of rainwater, it will lead to vegetative farming, this will lead to Nutrition (Combating malnutrition) end of drought and famine. With food gained naturally now the citizens can think and can see light besides being beggars to government. Unemployment, drought, famine, diseases, malnutrition....... these are breeding centres for corruption. Between the have's and have nots. Its a vicious cycle, with no clear favourable result. No matter how good intention candidate have at elections. Money and Power corrupts. Who suffers the impoverished and helpless. My suggestion is help nature restore the balance. If those government eager to see their citizens become productive and proactive in the economy. Would investment in long term sustainable solutions. There I gave a solution in my next conversation please find the time to read. I provide solutions from Marine Farming, new type of sewage systems, Creating rain, creating renewable sustainable energy, providing effective Fossil Fuel Free solutions to the Pandemic that is African Extinction. I do not just ask the question but I provide viable solutions through innovation and invention. Feel free to read my Article: http://www.ted.com/conversations/17976/creating_a_next_generation_pla.html Feel free to comment. With creative ingenuity coupled with technology we can alleviate the plight of Africa. But we need to invest in Solutions to Question. I have been struggling to create just one of my solutions. Next generation Propulsion system due to funding. http://www.ted.com/conversations/18018/next_generation_self_generatin.html. I have seen its power I just need to harness it, being Creative also.
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Warren Buffett on Market Fluctuations: Investors Gain When the Market Falls
Published on - May 5th, 2008 (by J.D. Roth)
Berkshire Hathaway held its annual shareholders meeting over the weekend. The company, run by Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett (the world's richest man, and one of my personal heroes), continues to do well, though Buffett warned shareholders not to expect continued stellar returns as in years gone by. "Anyone that expects us to come close to replicating the past should sell their stock," Buffett said. "It isn't going to happen. I think we're going to get decent results over time, but we're not going to get indecent results."
I had a chance to attend this year's gathering, which drew around 31,000 people to Omaha, Nebraska. I'm not a Berkshire Hathaway shareholder, but I had access to a ticket. Ultimately, I didn't have time, and it was difficult to justify the cost. Instead, I spent part of the weekend reading some of Warren Buffett's annual letters to shareholders, for which he is well-known. Though these letters include plenty of numbers, they're interspersed with practical investment advice, astute observations on the economy, and lots of folksy humor. His 1997 letter contains some advice appropriate to our current volatile market.
A short quiz: If you plan to eat hamburgers throughout your life and are not a cattle producer, should you wish for higher or lower prices for beef? Likewise, if you are going to buy a car from time to time but are not an auto manufacturer, should you prefer higher or lower car prices? These questions, of course, answer themselves.
But now for the final exam: If you expect to be a net saver during the next five years, should you hope for a higher or lower stock market during that period? Many investors get this one wrong. Even though they are going to be net buyers of stocks for many years to come, they are elated when stock prices rise and depressed when they fall. In effect, they rejoice because prices have risen for the "hamburgers" they will soon be buying. This reaction makes no sense. Only those who will be sellers of equities in the near future should be happy at seeing stocks rise. Prospective purchasers should much prefer sinking prices.
That's the portion of the letter that is most often quoted. But I think the next few paragraphs are just as interesting because they demonstrate how he puts this philosophy into practice.
For shareholders of Berkshire who do not expect to sell, the choice is even clearer. To begin with, our owners are automatically saving even if they spend every dime they personally earn: Berkshire "saves" for them by retaining all earnings, thereafter using these savings to purchase businesses and securities. Clearly, the more cheaply we make these buys, the more profitable our owners' indirect savings program will be.
Furthermore, through Berkshire you own major positions in companies that consistently repurchase their shares. The benefits that these programs supply us grow as prices fall: When stock prices are low, the funds that an investee spends on repurchases increase our ownership of that company by a greater amount than is the case when prices are higher. For example, the repurchases that Coca-Cola, The Washington Post and Wells Fargo made in past years at very low prices benefitted Berkshire far more than do today's repurchases, made at loftier prices.
At the end of every year, about 97% of Berkshire's shares are held by the same investors who owned them at the start of the year. That makes them savers. They should therefore rejoice when markets decline and allow both us and our investees to deploy funds more advantageously.
So smile when you read a headline that says "Investors lose as market falls." Edit it in your mind to "Disinvestors lose as market falls — but investors gain." Though writers often forget this truism, there is a buyer for every seller and what hurts one necessarily helps the other. (As they say in golf matches: "Every putt makes someone happy.")
It's sensible advice, but so easy to forget when you see the value of your invetments plummeting. And this is just one part of one shareholder letter. I still have more than twenty others left to read!
Though I didn't have the time to make the pilgrimage to Omaha this year, the opportunity may present itself in the future. I hope so. I think it'd be a kick to attend this "Woodstock for capitalists", which apparently includes an exhibit hall filled with vendors from the companies Berkshire Hathaway owns.
[Warren Buffett's annual letters to shareholders]
My husband and I remind ourselves, regularly – almost every morning when we watch the news, that a down market allows us to by stocks/funds at a bargain.
Its easy to get sucked in by the daily doom and gloom but if you remind yourself that you are in for the long haul then a down market is actually to your benefit.
This is true for the real estate market too.
Everyone knows to buy low and sell high. Knowing and doing are two different things. Their actions are more consistent with buy high and sell low.
B. Smith is right – our actions often betray what we know to be the right choice. That's why personal finance is so tough.
It's interesting to note that the stock market is the only "market" in the world where consumers do not like to see a "sale."
In the long-term, as Buffett has iterated, the prudent investor makes tremendously more money during down markets than in up markets.
With regard to Berkshire, I would be tempted to buy shares if Buffett were 10 years younger. Buffett's name represents a significant portion of the value built in to the shares. When he dies, I imagine shares of his company will drop sharply, at least in the short-term, especially if his death comes sooner than later.
I hope he lives long but his words and wisdom will always be with us, regardless of his fate…
Thanks for the post…
I want prices of the stocks I own to go higher and the rest to go lower, so I can buy them if neccessary
@ The Financial Philosopher:
"When he dies, I imagine shares of his company will drop sharply, at least in the short-term, especially if his death comes sooner than later."
True, but the drop will be temporary. The intrinsic value wil not change: Coca-Cola, GEICO, See's Candies, and all the other Berkshire-Hathaway companies will go on uninterrupted. Buffett has a succession plan in place, so when (or if? ) this unfortunate event takes place, it would be a great day to buy.
Could you post a link to the page with all the annual letters? I don't have it at my hand, but I'm sure your readers would appreciate this free resource of financial wisdom. By the way, I attended their meeting and it was brilliant – a Woodstock in every senseof the word, with a record 31,000 people in attendance! The exhibit hall was great, and all of the products there were being sold at a significant discount. (I managed to get a brand new edition of "Poor Charlie's Almanack" for 20% off.)
Hope to see you there next year!
This is why, when the stock market is "down", Dave Ramsey squawks, "You're at K-Mart and the blue light is flashing!"
He knows that 97% of the rolling 5 year periods in the stock market's history have made money, and 100% of the 10 year periods have as well.
Just returned from Omaha. With a couple exceptions, I've attended every Berkshire annual meeting over the past decade and a half. Being at the meeting in person is worth every penny it takes to get there. The intangible, psychic rewards alone are worth it. I've already made my hotel reservations for next year.
If I'd only discovered Berkshire about a quarter century earlier…
Excellent article! I've been enjoying getting my retirement mutual funds at a discount the past 6 months.
Dang it JD! I would've gone to Omaha. I've been meaning to go for two years now, but convinced myself not to this year. I'm going next year for sure.
I'm paying attention to Mr. Buffett's statement that we shouldn't expect "stellar returns" ever again, but only "decent growth". I think he's being grounded and realistic in this. I also think that the recent downturn in retail is bringing us into a more sustainable situation — and that there is still plenty for all of us in an economy that becomes right-sized. More at Diamond-Cut Life, http://alison97215.wordpress.com.
Off topic, but I question Warren Buffet right now because of his lack of concern with an issue about the environment he has the power to fix right now: I read an article in the SF Chronicle Magazine two weeks ago about Buffet stonewalling Yurok tribal leaders who are trying to get the hydroelectric company he owns, PacifiCorp Power, to address the salmon population issues caused by daming up the Klamath River.
Wasn't it Buffet who said, "Buy when others are fearful and sell when others are greedy?"
I went … it was like Woodstock, and Warren and Charlie even signed T-shirts and books for all (hundreds) of International Shareholders … I brought my passport so that I looked like a 'foreigner'.
His advice, as usual, was excellent … but, too many questions from the audience were political/irrelevant/cr*p. AJC.
@ Alyson Wiley:
Buffett has been saying the same thing for decades. He may be right this time, but his Berkshire-Hathaway is still better than 95% of the rest of the market.
@ Katrina R: When Buffett bought a piece of PacifiCorp, he had to sign a contract that he would not intervene with its actions. In other words, he wouldn't be able to do a thing about the Klamath River dam even if he wanted to.
Oh, and it's Buffett with two t's, not "Buffet." :^p
I second that… I really wish they pre-screen questions. Three (!) q's from the Klammath River hippies, 1 from the religious guy from Oklahoma, and 1 from the Florida lady who just kept going on and on about how she teaches her students. *sigh* We could've had 5 normal (or good, if we're lucky) questions instead of those..
This is a little disingenous. We all know it's not quite as simple as that. You buy hamburgers and cars to consume/use, not as an investment.
Falling stock prices are good if you want to buy stocks but it's not so good for stocks you already own. Once you buy them, you want them to rise.
There are parallels to the housing market as well, of course. Personally I'm cheering the falls in house prices because I would like to buy a house in the medium term future. I wouldn't be happy if I already owned a house though.
I hope that everyone understands the wisdom that warren espouses. when he buys stock he is not actually buying stock. He is buying a company that he wants to be profitable and generally is very profitable.
The key to his ways is buy a business that uses its money wisely and reinvests it in those things that are also profitable. The effect in turn effects stock price which in the long run goes up.
@ Caitlin:
"Once you buy them, you want them to rise."
And they will – over long term. Well, unless the company you've invested in went belly up… (Which is why Buffett recommends index funds for beginner investors.) Give it enough time, and things will even out and get better.
When the prices are low, it's a good time to buy. When they eventually get high again, it's a good time to either sell or keep them and gloat.
Zig when others Zag.
That's one of Todd Harrison's 10 Trading Commandments which I have blogged about at my Texas Holdem Investing site.
The point of Harrison's Commandment is essentially the same as Buffett's "Be greedy when other's are fearful" which is the basis of this post and is indeed referred to in one of the comments.
Take advantage of being on the opposite side of the herd.
As with poker, it's the same with investing.
Keep up the great work.


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