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Expect more impacts as drought rolls into second year
Nebraska has been at the epicenter of the drought of 2012, and its impacts will intensify if it lasts through the winter, as is forecast, say climatologists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's National Drought Mitigation Center.
"The previous five years all had above-normal precipitation, the wettest period in recorded history," said Michael J. Hayes, the center's director. "For Nebraska, it was unprecedented. We came into 2012 with a full hydrological system—rivers, streams, reservoirs and groundwater.
"When you're talking major droughts, this is not a multi-year drought. As we look ahead to 2013, we don't have that margin built into our hydrological system, so we're in pretty dire straits."
Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming are all on track to record their driest year on record in 2012, Hayes said, and the country as a whole is having its hottest year on record.
The Climate Prediction Center says the drought in the Plains is likely to continue at least through February, and recovery will take time.
"In Nebraska and the central Plains, we've started seeing the drought feeding off itself, with the dry soils and dry air not allowing precipitation events to develop as usual," said Brian Fuchs, drought center climatologist. "With the lack of moisture, we're more like a desert environment. It warms up fairly quickly during the day, but drops quickly at night."
State climatologist Al Dutcher recently said that the chances of getting a wet enough winter to bring moisture levels back to normal are only 10 to 20 percent.
"When we do have precipitation, very little will go to runoff," Fuchs said. "Those soils are going to act as a big sponge. They're just going to take in a lot of the moisture. We'll continue to see problems of stock ponds, smaller lakes and streams dropping. The hydrologic drought hasn't reared its head, but it's there, as we are seeing more water systems under stress."
"Typically when farmers are done irrigating, you will see the water in the Platte percolate back through the basin," Fuchs said. "We did see that response but it was very minimal and that was even with the irrigation season ending sooner than usual. The channels are tiny, with these very small threads of water in eastern Nebraska."
Anecdotal evidence suggests that in some areas, groundwater levels are declining, which could affect well owners. "I would see that exponentially increasing if we stay dry in 2013," Hayes said. "There's a public health issue when homes don't have water."
Although rural residents may be accustomed to hauling water occasionally, Hayes noted that it could be a real hardship for some, such as older people living alone.
Organizations that work with well owners recommend having wells checked now, especially if they were constructed before 1993, to ensure reliability of water supply.
Agricultural producers have been hit hard by the drought. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency said that as of Dec. 10, indemnity payments nationwide had reached $8 billion for 2012.
In 2012, 80 percent of the eligible acres nationwide and 90 to 95 percent in Nebraska enrolled in crop insurance, said Rebecca Davis, regional director for the RMA in Topeka, speaking at Nebraska's Climate Assessment and Response Committee meeting Nov. 29.
She said that Nebraska is currently the fourth largest consumer of crop insurance, and the fifth largest recipient of indemnity payments, with nearly $483 million paid out as of Nov. 19, and corn alone accounting for $363.2 million of the covered loss.
By Nov. 26, total Nebraska indemnities were at $544 million, with $502 million due to drought, heat and dry wind that affected more than 2 million acres of cropland.
This year's drought is forcing producers to make hard choices.
"The problem with drought and lack of forage is that many producers are using corn stalks as forage, actually baling them and selling them like hay, which is a double-edged sword," Fuchs said. "While they are using the stalks for one purpose, it could be hurting them as far as tillage conditions."
Leaving stalks on the field as a cover that can prevent erosion and help hold moisture in the soil.
Nebraska had its worst fire season since 1919, with central and western Nebraska hardest-hit. Don Westover, fire program leader of the Nebraska Forest Service, reported that as of Dec. 14, the state had 1,426 wildfires reported, burning more than 400,752 acres and 65 structures, and costing $12 million so far. He added that a few large fires still unreported in the official tally would add another 94,000 acres.
For up-to-date information from Nebraska Extension about how to prepare for another drought year, see droughtresources.unl.edu.
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Driver airlifted from Alexandria crashBy DAN SEUFERT
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August 30. 2013 6:37PM
ALEXANDRIA – A driver involved in a two-car accident late Friday was flown by helicopter to a Lebanon hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries, fire rescue officials said.
The man suffered a head injury when his car, which was driving westbound on Route 104, collided with another car traveling eastbound near Cass Mill Road.
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The scene is all too familiar for New Mexico's game wardens: While investigating a report of possible poaching, the officer finds a carcass of what once was a trophy deer, elk or antelope – head removed, the meat left to rot.
It's a sickening sight for an officer commissioned to protect the state's wildlife. It's also frustrating. The officer knows that even if the poacher is caught, he or she would face only misdemeanor penalties.
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Baldonado prefiled House Bill 55 on Friday, Jan. 11.
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— Increase the number of minor wildlife-law violations in which defendants can elect to pay fines through the mail instead of having to appear in court. These violations include offenses such as hunting, trapping or fishing without a proper stamp or license validation.
For more information about the bill, contact Department of Game and Fish Colonel of Field Operations Robert Griego at (505) 476-8066.


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ESP members talk about their careers: Watch these videos from NEA -- including MFPE member Lynn Witts.
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According to the Boulder Daily Camera, MacIntyre could be introduced as the new Buffaloes coach on Monday.
MacIntyre has spent three seasons at San Jose State and has turned the program around dramatically. The Spartans were 1-12 in his first season and 5-7 in 2011, but this year's squad is 10-2 and will play Bowling Green in the Military Bowl on Dec. 27 in Washington, DC.
Colorado needs a replacement for Jon Embree, who was fired last month after completing a 1-11 season. The Buffs were just 4-21 in Embree's two seasons.
The 47-year-old MacIntyre, who had signed a contract extension through 2017 in January, spent two years as Duke's defensive coordinator before taking on the San Jose State project. He was also an assistant for four seasons at Ole Miss from 1999-2002 before moving to the NFL, where he was an assistant with Dallas from 2003-06 and the New York Jets in 2007.


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religion founded by the Buddha
Buddhism is a religion based on teachings attributed to Gautama Buddha.
- Renunciation is not getting rid of the things of this world, but accepting that they pass away.
- Aitken Roshi, as quoted in The Awakening of Global Consciousness: A Guide to Self-Realization (2010) by Jawara D. King, p. 20
- The greatest achievement is selflessness.
The greatest worth is self-mastery.
The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
The greatest action is not conforming with the world's ways.
The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.
The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience is humility.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.
- Atiśa, as quoted in Perspectives on Mankind's Search for Meaning (2008) by Walter Taminang, p. 63
- To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.
- Bodhidharma, in The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma, p. 35
- If only I could throw away the urge to trace my patterns in your heart, I could really see you.
- David Brandon, Zen in the Art of Helping
- Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect the poise of the mind: follow the calmness, the absence of pride.
- Gautama Buddha, Sutta Nipāta
- One day, Ananda, who had been thinking deeply about things for a while, turned to the Buddha and exclaimed: "Lord, I've been thinking - spiritual friendship is at least half of the spiritual life!" The Buddha replied: "Say not so, Ananda, say not so. Spiritual friendship is the whole of the spiritual life!"
- Gautama Buddha, Samyutta Nikaya, Mahāvagga, verse 2
- In what is seen, there should be just the seen;
In what is heard, there should be just the heard;
In what is sensed;
there should be just the sensed;
In what is thought, there should be just the thought.
He should not kill a living being, nor cause it to be killed, nor should he incite another to kill. Do not injure any being, either strong or weak in the world.
- Gautama Buddha, Sutta Nipāta II,14
- One should follow a man of wisdom who rebukes one for one's faults, as one would follow a guide to some buried treasure. To one who follows such a wise man, it will be an advantage and not a disadvantage.
These teachings are like a raft, to be abandoned once you have crossed the flood. Since you should abandon even good states of mind generated by these teachings, how much more so should you abandon bad states of mind!
Conquer the angry man by love.
Conquer the ill-natured man by goodness.
Conquer the miser with generosity.
Conquer the liar with truth.
- In Aryans' Discipline, to build a friendship is to build wealth, to maintain a friendship is to maintain wealth and to end a friendship is to end wealth.
- Gautama Buddha, Cakkavatti Sutta, Patika Vagga, Digha Nikaya
- If beings knew, as I know, the results of sharing gifts, they would not enjoy their gifts without sharing them with others, nor would the taint of stinginess obsess the heart and stay there. Even if it were their last and final bit of food, they would not enjoy its use without sharing it, if there were anyone to receive it.
- Itivuttaka 18
- Let your love flow outward through the universe,
To its height, its depth, its broad extent,
A limitless love, without hatred or enmity.
Then, as you stand or walk,
Sit or lie down,
As long as you are awake,
Strive for this with a one-pointed mind;
Your life will bring heaven to earth.
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
And the life of the candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared
I teach one thing and one only: suffering and the end of suffering.
Just as a mother would protect with her life her own son, her only son, so one should cultivate an unbounded mind towards all beings, and loving-kindness towards all the world. One should cultivate an unbounded mind, above and below and across, without obstruction, without enmity, without rivalry.
Standing, or going, or seated, or lying down, as long as one is free from drowsiness, one should practice this mindfulness. This, they say, is the holy state here.
- Gautama Buddha, Sutta Nipata
- What is this world condition? Body is the world condition. And with body and form goes feeling, perception, consciousness, and all the activities throughout the world. The arising of form and the ceasing of form--everything that has been heard, sensed, and known, sought after and reached by the mind--all this is the embodied world, to be penetrated and realized.
The fool thinks he has won a battle when he bullies with harsh speech, but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes one victorious.
- Gautama Buddha, Samyutta Nikaya [citation needed]
- Make an island of yourself,
make yourself your refuge;
there is no other refuge.
Make truth your island,
make truth your refuge;
there is no other refuge.
- Solitude is happiness for one who is content, who has heard the Dhamma and clearly sees. Non-affliction is happiness in the world - harmlessness towards all living beings.
- Gautama Buddha, Udana 10
- Things are not what they appear to be: nor are they otherwise.
- Gautama Buddha, Surangama Sutra [citation needed]
- The Buddhist doctrine of impermanence includes the notion that there is no self... It holds that the idea of a separate, individual self is an illusion, just another form of maya, an intellectual concept that has no reality. To cling to this idea of a separate self leads to the same pain and suffering (duhkha) as the adherence to any other fixed category of thought.
- Fritjof Capra, The Web of Life (1996) Ch.12
- Schumacher ... rightly saw that in the world today Buddhism is a more potent basis for resisting the economism that rules the West and through it most of the East.
- Whereas traditional Christianity calls for the subordination of all other commitments to the commitment to God, Buddhism teaches us to give up all craving and attachment, just those aspects of the human psyche that ground economism.
- Gay subject–subject consciousness is more compatible with Buddhist non‐duality than the hetero subject–object consciousness. It can be claimed, therefore, that Buddha Nature, and Buddhism itself, is queer.
- Roger Corless, "Towards a queer dharmology of sex," Culture and Religion, vol. 5, no. 2 (2004)
- Hinduism and Buddhism offer much more sophisticated worldviews (or philosophies) and I see nothing wrong with these religions.
- Remember always that you are just a visitor here, a traveler passing through. your stay is but short and the moment of your departure unknown. None can live without toil and a craft that provides your needs is a blessing indeed. But if you toil without rest, fatigue and weariness will overtake you, and you will denied the joy that comes from labor's end. Speak quietly and kindly and be not forward with either opinions or advice. If you talk much, this will make you deaf to what others say, and you should know that there are few so wise that they cannot learn from others. Be near when help is needed, but far when praise and thanks are being offered. Take small account of might, wealth and fame, for they soon pass and are forgotten. Instead, nurture love within you and and strive to be a friend to all. Truly, compassion is a balm for many wounds. Treasure silence when you find it, and while being mindful of your duties, set time aside, to be alone with yourself.
Cast off pretense and self-deception and see yourself as you really are. Despite all appearances, no one is really evil. They are led astray by ignorance. If you ponder this truth always you will offer more light, rather than blame and condemnation. You, no less than all beings have Buddha Nature within. Your essential Mind is pure. Therefore, when defilements cause you to stumble and fall, let not remorse nor dark foreboding cast you down. Be of good cheer and with this understanding, summon strength and walk on. Faith is like a lamp and wisdom makes the flame burn bright. Carry this lamp always and in good time the darkness will yield and you will abide in the Light.
- Dhammavadaka [citation needed]
- Through violence, you may 'solve' one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.
One has to try to develop one's inner feelings, which can be done simply by training one's mind. This is a priceless human asset and one you don't have to pay income tax on!
First one must change. I first watch myself, check myself, then expect changes from others.
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.
I myself feel, and also tell other Buddhists that the question of Nirvana will come later.
There is not much hurry.
If in day to day life you lead a good life, honesty, with love,
with compassion, with less selfishness,
then automatically it will lead to Nirvana.
The universe that we inhabit and our shared perception of it are the results of a common karma. Likewise, the places that we will experience in future rebirths will be the outcome of the karma that we share with the other beings living there. The actions of each of us, human or nonhuman, have contributed to the world in which we live. We all have a common responsibility for our world and are connected with everything in it.
If the love within your mind is lost and you see other beings as enemies, then no matter how much knowledge or education or material comfort you have, only suffering and confusion will ensue.
It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.
Whenever Buddhism has taken root in a new land, there has been a certain variation in the style in which it is observed. The Buddha himself taught differently according to the place, the occasion and the situation of those who were listening to him.
Samsara - our conditioned existence in the perpetual cycle of habitual tendencies and nirvana - genuine freedom from such an existence- are nothing but different manifestations of a basic continuum. So this continuity of consciousness us always present. This is the meaning of tantra.
According to Buddhist practice, there are three stages or steps. The initial stage is to reduce attachment towards life.
The second stage is the elimination of desire and attachment to this samsara. Then in the third stage, self-cherishing is eliminated.
The creatures that inhabit this earth-be they human beings or animals-are here to contribute, each in its own particular way, to the beauty and prosperity of the world.
To develop genuine devotion, you must know the meaning of teachings. The main emphasis in Buddhism is to transform the mind, and this transformation depends upon meditation. in order to meditate correctly, you must have knowledge.
Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned.
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
From one point of view we can say that we have human bodies and are practicing the Buddha's teachings and are thus much better than insects. But we can also say that insects are innocent and free from guile, where as we often lie and misrepresent ourselves in devious ways in order to achieve our ends or better ourselves. From this perspective, we are much worse than insects.
When the days become longer and there is more sunshine, the grass becomes fresh and, consequently, we feel very happy. On the other hand, in autumn, one leaf falls down and another leaf falls down. The beautiful plants become as if dead and we do not feel very happy. Why? I think it is because deep down our human nature likes construction, and does not like destruction. Naturally, every action which is destructive is against human nature. Constructiveness is the human way. Therefore, I think that in terms of basic human feeling, violence is not good. Non-violence is the only way.
We humans have existed in our present form for about a hundred thousand years. I believe that if during this time the human mind had been primarily controlled by anger and hatred, our overall population would have decreased. But today, despite all our wars, we find that the human population is greater than ever. This clearly indicates to me that love and compassion predominate in the world. And this is why unpleasant events are "news"; compassionate activities are so much a part of daily life that they are taken for granted and , therefore, largely ignored.
The fundamental philosophical principle of Buddhism is that all our suffering comes about as a result of an undisciplined mind, and this untamed mind itself comes about because of ignorance and negative emotions. For the Buddhist practitioner then, regardless of whether he or she follows the approach of the Fundamental Vehicle, Mahayana or Vajrayana, negative emotions are always the true enemy, a factor that has to be overcome and eliminated. And it is only by applying methods for training the mind that these negative emotions can be dispelled and eliminated. This is why in Buddhist writings and teachings we find such an extensive explanation of the mind and its different processes and functions. Since these negative emotions are states of mind, the method or technique for overcoming them must be developed from within. There is no alternative. They cannot be removed by some external technique, like a surgical operation."
- H.H. The 14th Dalai Lama in 'Dzogchen: The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection', Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, 2004
- If I had to pick a religion, I'd pick Buddhism. Buddhism is a kindly religion. It says you got a chance... it's got humor, it's got wisdom, it says to be nice to each other. All the rest of them have gods that want to beat the crap out of you if you defy the rules.
- Harlan Ellison, in the clue book for the computer version of I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, as quoted on "Secular Web Kiosk".
- View all problems as challenges.
Look upon negativities that arise as opportunities to learn and to grow.
Don't run from them, condemn yourself, or bury your burden in saintly silence.
You have a problem? Great.
More grist for the mill. Rejoice, dive in, and investigate.
- Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, Mindfulness in Plain English
- As a student of comparative religions, I believe that Buddhism is the most perfect one the world has even seen. The philosophy of the theory of evolution and the law of karma were far superior to any other creed. It was neither the history of religion nor the study of philosophy that first drew me to the world of Buddhist thought but my professional interest as a doctor. My task was to treat psychic suffering and it was this that impelled me to become acquainted with the views and methods of that great teacher of humanity, whose principal theme was the chain of suffering, old age, sickness and death.
- Dr Carl Jung (1875-1961) Swiss psychologist / psychiatrist, Founder of the Jungian school of psychology [citation needed]
- Popular Buddhism with its profuse idolatry, its relics, and its superstitions repels me, and I have reservations even about the teachings of the Buddha. I admire much of his profound analysis of man's condition: the world has no purpose; it is up to us to give our lives a purpose; and we cannot rely on any supernatural assistance. Life is full of suffering, suffering is rooted in desire and attachment, and much desire and attachment are rooted in ignorance. By knowledge, especially of the Buddha's teachings, it is possible to develop a pervasive detachment, not incompatible with a mild, comprehensive compassion—and to cease to suffer. But ... the price for the avoidance of all suffering is too high. Suffering and sacrifice can be experienced as worthwhile: one may find beauty in them and greatness through them.
- Walter Kaufmann, "The faith of a heretic," Harper's Magazine, February 1959
- [Indra's Net is a metaphor for ] the profound cosmology and outlook that permeates Hinduism. Indra's Net symbolizes the universe as a web of connections and interdependences [...] I seek to revive it as the foundation for Vedic cosmology and show how it went on to become the central principle of Buddhism, and from there spread into mainstream Western discourse across several disciplines.
- Indra's Net by Rajiv Malhotra
- In the religiosity of Zen Buddhism, demythologization of the mythical and existentialization of the scientific belong to one and the same process.
- Keiji Nishitani as cited in Zen Skin, Zen Marrow (Oxford: 2008), p. 134
- Among present-day religions Buddhism is the best. The doctrines of Buddhism are profound; they are almost reasonable, and historically they have been the least harmful and the least cruel. But I cannot say that Buddhism is positively good, nor would I wish to have it spread all over the world and believed by everyone. This is because Buddhism only focuses on the question of what Man is, not on what the universe is like. Buddhism does not really pursue the truth; it appeals to sentiment and, ultimately, tries to persuade people to believe in doctrines which are based on subjective assumptions not objective evidence.
- Bertrand Russell, The Essence and Effect of Religion (1921)
- One day I complained to Suzuki Roshi about the people I was working with. He listened intently. Finally he said, "If you want to see virtue, you have to have a calm mind."
- "To Shine One Corner of the World: Moments with Shuryu Suzuki" (Edited by David Chadwick)
- Like it or not, if you look at your own mind you will discover it is void and groundless; as insubstantial as empty space.
- Padma Sambhava [citation needed]
- The lives and writings of the mystics of all great religions bear witness to religious experiences of great intensity, in which considerable changes are effected in the quality of consciousness. Profound absorption in prayer or meditation can bring about a deepening and widening, a brightening and intensifying, of consciousness, accompanied by a transporting feeling of rapture and bliss. The contrast between these states and normal conscious awareness is so great that the mystic believes his experiences to be manifestations of the divine; and given the contrast, this assumption is quite understandable. Mystical experiences are also characterized by a marked reduction or temporary exclusion of the multiplicity of sense-perceptions and restless thoughts. This relative unification of mind is then interpreted as a union or communion with the One God. … The psychological facts underlying those religious experiences are accepted by the Buddhist and are well-known to him; but he carefully distinguishes the experiences themselves from the theological interpretations imposed upon them. … The meditator will not be overwhelmed by any uncontrolled emotions and thoughts evoked by his singular experience, and will thus be able to avoid interpretations of that experience not warranted by the facts. Hence a Buddhist meditator, while benefiting from the refinement of consciousness he has achieved, will be able to see these meditative experiences for what they are; and he will further know that they are without any abiding substance that could be attributed to a deity manifesting itself to his mind. Therefore, the Buddhist's conclusion must be that the highest mystical states do not provide evidence for the existence of a personal God or an impersonal godhead.
- This method of Bare Attention, so helpful to mind-knowledge and, through it, to world-knowledge, tallies with the procedure and attitude of the true scientist and scholar: clear definition of subject-matter and terms; unprejudiced receptivity for the instruction that comes out of the things themselves; exclusion, or at least reduction, of the subjective factor in judgment; deferring of judgment until a careful examination of facts has been made.
- Nyanaponika Thera, The Heart of Buddhist Meditation (1965), p. 39
- The religion of future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend a personal God and avoid dogmas and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity. Buddhism answers this description... If there is any religion that would cope with modern scientific needs, it would be Buddhism.
- Attributed to Albert Einstein, in The Buddha in the Eyes of Eminent Scholars (1999) by Phra Sripariyattimoli ISBN 974-575-539-7
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- The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend a personal God and avoid dogmas and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity. If there is any religion that would cope with modern scientific needs, it would be Buddhism.
- Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: It transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and the spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity.
- This version does not actually appear in "Albert Einstein: The Human Side" as is sometimes claimed.
- These statements are very similar, widely quoted, and seem to paraphrase some ideas in the essay "Religion and Science", but they have not actually been sourced to Einstein's known statements. Notable Einstein scholars such as John Stachel and Thomas J. McFarlane, author of Buddha and Einstein: The Parallel Sayings know of this statement but have not found any source for it. Any information on any definite original sources for these is welcome.


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By Jonathan Stempel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a challenge by veterans who said delays by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in processing combat-related mental health claims contributed to suicides by veterans.
Without comment, the court let stand a May 2012 decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in San Francisco, which said it could not conclude that the VA broke the law by letting some veterans' healthcare claims stagnate for several years, and that only Congress or the president could direct changes.
That 10-1 decision reversed a 2-1 ruling by a panel of that court a year earlier that ordered the VA to ensure that suicidal veterans are seen immediately. The smaller panel cited the agency's "unchecked incompetence" in handling post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health claims.
Non-profit groups including Veterans for Common Sense and Veterans United for Truth Inc had argued that because the agency took so long to process claims, it contributed to the despair that has led to the roughly 6,500 suicides among U.S. veterans each year.
In their appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, the non-profit groups had said that the 9th Circuit erred in finding no jurisdiction over challenges to the VA's "Kafkaesque" procedures and failure to provide medical benefits and resolve service-related benefits claims in a timely manner.
The U.S. Department of Justice, representing the VA, said the 9th Circuit decision was correct, and that the White House and Congress are in a better position than judges to address the VA's day-to-day operational issues.
The case is Veterans for Common Sense et al v. Shinseki et al, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 12-296.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in Washington; Editing by Eric Beech)


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This is like Chinese Democracy all over again.
I don't think I'll have any display space for over a year, so that's going to be fairly disturbing during that time frame. Collecting just to put it away won't be much fun
So it looks like it will be about 18 months from now before I see the bulk of my collection again. to box up.
It will be a long time though before I have a room for all my crap. We don't have any family here in town, so everyone comes to visit and we've been wanting to have a couple of spare rooms, so now we will, but I can't make one into a toy room without affecting that. So it's about waiting until the basement is done.
Tons to do, but I know as soon as spring comes I have to finish the fence (about 100' left), build a deck and get some landscaping done so we're not living in a mud pit again. That all means my room realistically won't be done until next winter at the earliest.
Still in storage, going to be there a long time, probably until Christmas '07 or so
So the room should be done probably within a month or so, depending on when the inspection is scheduled and whether we have to rip down any walls to adjust the electrical. I imagine it will take part of February to get the shelving up. After that I will start to get the stuff out of boxes, but that will take a long time to get it all on display. But finally, finally some progress.
So I'm guessing my entire collection won't see the light of day until fall, simply because I won't spend enough time in the basement during the summer months. Still, progress, however slow, is being made.
Pictures soon, but I will say the feeling I have now is not relief, rather I'm totally overwhelmed at how and where to put stuff out.
I'm still trying to figure out what to use for risers to elevate figures towards the back.
I have a feeling none of us will ever be finished with our collection displays.
So I've got to make my risers now for the shelves and then get stuff out as I'd like. I'm pretty sure I'm going to go with styrofoam and cut it to fit, glue it together and paint it.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Padres ownership Q&A (III)
What follows is another round of questions and answers concerning Padres ownership.
Q Why is $600 million a significant figure?
A Because $600 million, this blog has learned, is the price Moores initially sought for the club, from Jeff Moorad and his partners when Moores put the team up for sale in 2008.
Q Did Moorad agree to pay $600 million for the club?
A No, as part of the accord reached with Moores in early 2009, Moorad negotiated two prices that were in the neighborhood of $500 million.
Q Why two prices?
A If Moorad's group paid off Moores this year, the price would've been lower. Interest would've accrued if Moorad had waited until 2014, resulting in the higher negotiated price.
Q Why is $600 million significant now?
A Because Moores appears to be in better position to not only reach that number which he originally sought, but exceed it, potentially by a big sum. The soaring value of TV broadcasting agreements for baseball content and the $2.15 billion sale of the Dodgers, which hasn't been made official, could inflate the Padres' market value, according to sports business experts, Moores and the brokers.
Q Wasn't $500 million thought to be a high price for the Padres in 2009?
A Yes, said numerous baseball execs who expressed amazement at the time, but it appears both Moorad and Moores anticipated that the Padres' TV rights fees would jump starting in 2012, the first year after their deal with Cox Communications expired.
"The market and the times three years ago were very, very different than they are today," Moores said today.
Q What are the chances Mark Cuban will buy the Padres?
A Close to zero. Cuban deemed the Dodgers too pricey at $1 billion. Why would he chase the Padres for more than half that amount? Another obstacle would be major league commissioner Bud Selig, who's never been accused of wanting Cuban to buy a baseball club.
Q Could Moores's original Padres CEO, Larry Lucchino, return to the Padres as part of a new ownership team?
A Lucchino told me last year that he enjoys being CEO of the Red Sox and that both he and his wife love living in greater Boston. Lucchino grew up on the East Coast and appears to have reclaimed power within the Red Sox since Theo Epstein left to join the Cubs last fall.
Lucchino is known to have a business relationship with one of the men brokering the sale of the Padres, John Moag, and he still owns a home in La Jolla. His wife is from San Diego.
Q When will the Padres be sold?
A Typically it takes about nine to 12 months to sell a baseball club, said brokers Moag and Steve Greenberg -- but a deal could come together sooner. As long ago as January, potential buyers and Selig knew that the Moorad's bid might not gain approval from MLB's executive council and other club owners.
Q What becomes of the money that Moorad and his partners paid Moores for a 49-percent stake in the club?
A Moores received that money in payments from 2009-11. Moorad's group stands to recoup both that money and a considerable profit. "Whatever we sell, they'll get 49 percent of it," Moores said.
Moorad worked as a CEO for three seasons and three offseasons and received an annual salary of about $3 million. Last month, he stepped down as CEO. Although his bid of becoming control owner is over, he certainly didn't return to his La Jolla home empty-handed.
Q Will Moorad's partners attempt to buy the club?
A Moores said several scenarios are possible, but the 12 limited partners do not have right of first refusal. "That's was never part of the deal," he said. "It was never discussed."
Q What will be sold when a deal gets done?
A A majority position, or more, in the Padres. Some $200 million in debt also will be assumed by the new owner, and Greenberg said the new buyer will buy the Padres' 20-percent stake in Fox Sports San Diego. Correcting a report by the league's Web site, to which he spoke exclusively, Moores said he didn't buy a 51-percent position in FS San Diego.
Q Who's the likely biggest winner to the pending sale?
A Moores appears to be sitting pretty. When the Dodgers were sold, an industry insider told me the price for the Padres could approach $700 million. When Moores bought a majority position in the Padres, he put up about $80 million. At the time, a labor stoppage gripped the industry. The previous season, the Padres ranked at or near the bottom in attendance, revenues and win-loss percentage. As this blog wrote several weeks ago, Moores has long been interested in buying an NBA club. One of the current brokers of the Padres' sale represented Moores in his attempt to buy the NBA's Atlanta Hawks last year. Proceeds from the Padres' sale could help Moores buy an NBA team.
"I don't feel sorry for me at any step along the way," Moores said.
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Wake up San Diego, STOP SUPPORTING THIS MAN! Stop going to games. Moores is a crook, plain and simple. Seemingly every year he complained that the club lost money. He used that as an excuse to not increase, and sometimes cut payroll. Now he stands to make 8X his investment, all on the backs of the Padres fans who built him a ballpark. I think its clear he did not lose any money on his investment. And now he gets the windfall of a billion dollar TV deal to help further inflate the asking price, and 40% of the fans are rewarded by not being able to watch the games on TV. And all of the fans are rewarded by watching a lousy team with the lowest payroll in all of baseball.ReplyDelete
Everyone always says he saved/kept the Padres in San Diego in the late 90's. Bullcrap. The FANS saved the Padres by agreeing (getting hoodwinked?) to fund the ballpark. The fans are getting screwed by this man right and left. In any other city this guy would have been chased out of town with pitchforks.


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By Gabriela Baczynska
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A change in the United States plans for an anti-missile shield in Europe will not prompt Russia to drop its opposition to the system, a senior lawmaker allied to President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Friday the Pentagon would add 14 new anti-missile interceptors in Alaska, among others, after North Korea had threatened a preemptive nuclear strike against the United States.
To free up funds for that, U.S. officials said they were forgoing development of a new interceptor that would have been deployed in central eastern Europe and has been a focus of Russia's concern that the shield would weaken its nuclear deterrent.
But Alexei Pushkov, head of the foreign committee in the Russian parliament's lower house, the State Duma, said the change would not dispel Moscow's concerns about the missile shield the United States and NATO are developing in Europe.
"It would be premature to say that something has fundamentally changed," said Pushkov, who is also member of the ruling United Russia party's parliamentary faction.
"The United States is readjusting the missile defense system due to financial and technology issues -- issues not related to the Russian position," he told Reuters.
A Russian diplomatic source said Moscow was looking into Hagel's announcement and would comment in coming days.
Cold War-era foes Moscow and Washington have long been at loggerheads over the shield in Europe and President Barack Obama's decision in 2009 to scale down plans of the Bush administration only offered a short-lived respite.
Washington has said the missile defense system in Europe, that was due to be completed in four phases by early 2020s and include interceptors in Poland and Romania, is meant to counter a potential threat from Iran and poses no risk to Russia.
But Moscow has said the system would eventually enable the West to shoot down some Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), threatening Russia's security.
Some Russian officials have said they suspect that is the true aim of the system.
Pushkov accused the United States of repeatedly altering its reasoning on the need for the missile shield in Europe and said any installations in Poland and Romania would be too far away from Iran to intercept any missiles launched from there.
"That proves Russia was right from the start in doubting the U.S. reasoning... We don't like the fact that we are being presented with arguments all the time that sooner or later prove absolutely false," he said.
Ties between Moscow and Washington, both veto-wielding members of the U.N. Security Council, have soured since the return of Putin, a former KGB spy, to the Kremlin last May over human rights and security issues, including the war in Syria.
The tension has undermined a 2009 initiative by Obama to "reset" ties.
"The main problem of Russia-U.S. ties now is very low trust. Such steps help trust a bit so it may have some positive impact in some areas of cooperation," said Fyodor Lukyanov, editor of Russia in Global Affairs magazine.
Lukyanov said the part of an anti-missile shield in Europe that the Pentagon would now skip was the one causing most irritation in Moscow. But he added that was not enough to trigger a radical change of position from Russia.
"Just moving interceptors from one site to another fundamentally changes nothing from the Russian point of view," he said.
(Editing by Steve Gutterman and Stephen Powell)


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Califone Launches Digital Stereo Headphone
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Turning nature's bounty into some of America's favorite pantry items is no easy task. But Fischer & Wieser Specialty Foods, a family business in the Texas Hill Country, has proved what two feisty German families felt in their heart of hearts when they started: If you're honest and have a quality product, people will keep buying it.
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SAN ANDREAS - Drunken drivers and others ticketed for violating the state Vehicle Code got a break Tuesday from the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors.
SAN ANDREAS - Drunken drivers and others ticketed for violating the state Vehicle Code got a break Tuesday from the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors.
One member of the board had proposed tacking an extra $5 onto the bail amount for anyone ticked for a Vehicle Code violation in Calaveras County. Supervisor Steve Wilensky had proposed that the money raised would fund a reward program that pays witnesses $100 or more to turn in drunken drivers.
But a board majority killed the idea. Supervisor Tom Tryon was particularly outspoken in his opposition.
"Just as a civil libertarian, I am not in favor of bounty hunter-type programs," Tryon said.
Supervisors Gary Tofanelli and Darren Spellman also opposed the proposal, saying they didn't want speeders and other non-intoxicated violators to have to pay for a program that targets drunken drivers.
"I just don't see that as fair," Spellman said.
Spellman asked if there was a legal way to increase the bail only for drunken drivers for the cost of creating a fund to reward people who report drunken drivers.
Calaveras County Counsel Janis Elliott said no.
"This is the only method by which the county can ask the court to adopt this," Elliott said.
Elliott said there is a bill that stalled this year in the state Legislature that would have changed the law to make it possible to fund such a program by increasing bail only for drunken drivers.
Calaveras and other counties in the region have long had programs to reward people for turning in drunken drivers thanks to the efforts of Mountain Ranch resident Sheldon Bissell.
Bissell was motivated because his son, Elliott, then 19, was among three people killed in 1979 when their car was hit by a drunken driver on Highway 49 near Fricot City Road. The drunken driver also died.
The program Bissell started in 1984 as a nonprofit group quickly spread to eight counties, including Amador and San Joaquin, as well as Calaveras. By the late 1990s, however, donations ebbed. In 1998, the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors voted, with Tryon opposed, to make the reward system a county program managed by the Sheriff's Department.
At times in the following years, the local courts dedicated some money from fines to fund the rewards. When that dried up, Bissell dug into his own pocket to pay what he could toward rewards.
Wilensky and Bissell argued that when rewards were frequent, word got around that driving drunk was likely to be reported and, as a result, fewer people were killed. They said a steady funding source is needed to keep the pressure on.
"It has made a huge difference," Wilensky said of the reward program.
Said Bissell: "I am trying in my lifetime to protect all the people in Calaveras County."
Wilensky said he hopes the board will consider the matter again in the future. In just a few weeks, Wilensky, Tofanelli and Tryon will leave the board. Three new supervisors will be sworn in in January.
Contact reporter Dana M. Nichols at (209) 607-1361 or email@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/calaverasblog.


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Labyrinth Hostel Weimar
Our cosy hostel located centrally at the main square Goetheplatz in the heart of Weimar welcomes you with its warm and open-minded atmosphere.
Make yourself at home by using the hostel's fully equipped kitchen, settling back in our cosy common room or by enjoying a free coffee or tea on our sunny roof terrace. Our friendly staff is always at the reception to answer you any questions or provide you with personal insider tips. You will especially enjoy our wide variety of beautifully unique rooms, which are each designed individually by a different local artist.
We also provide free wifi, do not have an age restriction and offer favourable beds in shared dormitories as well as private rooms.
The Labyrinth Hostel Weimar is a proud member of the Backpacker Network Germany e.V.
Wide-ranging facilities:
* free W-LAN
* free tea and coffee
* free city map
* fully-equipped kitchen
* 24h access
* late riser friendly: check out 11 am
* breakfast available (3,50 €)
* lockers for dormitories
* free book exchange
* lots of games
* iron, hair dryer, alarm clock, umbrella
* free luggage storage
* credit cards accepted
For backpackers
* no membership required, no expensive membership cards
* 10% discount with your ISIC card
* free booking for your next hostel in the Backpacker Network Germany
* calling cards available for cheap phone-calls home
* cosy lounge for chat and beer
* money-saving tips for onward travel
For the cyclists
* bike-repair kits
* several bike shops around the corner
* various maps of Weimar and surrounding areas
* healthy breakfast
For city explorers
* lots of information on public transport and the city
* history books about Weimar
* extensive information on trips to other areas near Weimar
For apartment seekers
* extensive list of websites and newspapers with apartment ads
* info about notice-boards with accommodation ads
* stay 6 nights, the 7th night is free
For the last-minute travellers
* If we don't have a bed available we will find one for you somewhere else saving you an unnecessary trek.
!!! The city charge 0,75 Euro visitors tax per night and person. In single room we have to charge 1 Euro per night. !!!
Please pay for your accommodation in cash on arrival. Visa- or Mastercard is also accepted, but please note that we have to charge 2 Euro extra for credit-card transactions.
amenities (not compulsory):
breakfast 4 Euro per person
bed linen (once off payment) 2,50 Euro per person
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- Adaptors
- Board Games
- Book Exchange
- Breakfast Not Included
- Common Room
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Free City Maps
- Free Internet Access
- Free WiFi
- Hair Dryers
- Hot Showers
- Internet Access
- Self-Catering Facilities
- Linen Not Included
- Security Lockers
- Luggage Storage
- No Curfew
- Non Smoking
- Outdoor Terrace
- Postal Service
- Reading Light
- Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Towels For Hire
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 2 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
Must-Read Hostel InfoThis property has specific Terms & Conditions.
You can cancel your booking free of charge up to 2 days before arrival date. In case of a late cancellation or a no show the property will charge an amount equal the night.
City tax is not included in the given rates and must be payed on top upon arrival.
-€1 per person per night for bookings for a single room.
-€0.75 per person per night for all other bookings.
DirectionsShow MapHide Map
Arrival by train
You walk from the train station directly ca. 10 minutes (1000 m) to the hostel. Leave the station via the main exit. Just walk straight down - on a street calles 'Carl-August-Allee'. It changes name to 'Weimarplatz', and later again to 'Karl-Liebknecht-Straße'. Keep on walking straight until you reach 'Goetheplatz'. You will find us on your right hand side, just after the main post office. The entrance is a side entrance in a courtyard entrance.
The bus needs ca. 3 minutes from the station. Go by bus 3, 6 or 7 for two stops to 'Goetheplatz' bus-stop. You will get off right in front of the hostel. The entrance is on your left.
Arrival by car
Leave the motorway A 4 at the exit Weimar. Just follow the signs towards the centre of Weimar. You will drive on 'Rudolfstädter Straße', which changes name later to 'Berkaer Straße'. It will end at 'Belvederer Allee', in front of you is the Ilm Park. Now you turn left. Just stay on the main road until you reach 'Goetheplatz' - 'Belvederer Allee' changes name to 'Marienstraße'. In a left turn it changes name to 'Steubenstraße'. Turn right at the next big intersection onto 'Gropiusstraße'. Just behind the next traffic lights turn left onto 'Sophienstiftsplatz'. On your right hand side you will see the back of the National Theater. Turn right after the following intersection controlled by traffic lights onto 'Heinrich-Heine-Straße'. Now you drive straight and you will reach 'Goetheplatz'. The hostel is located on your left hand side, one building before the main post office building.
If you prefer to park without paying for parking tickes you will have to go a little further. Follow the main road, pass a pedestrian light towards the next set of traffic lights. You are on 'Karl-Liebknecht- Straße'. At this intersection turn right onto 'Friedensstraße' and follow it for ca. 300 m. Before the next intersection with traffic lights turn right onto 'F.-Freiligrath-Str.' Now you drive straight until you reach 'Untergraben'. Here you turn right. Drive until its end, here you can park 30 minutes for free. …time enough to come to the hostel, check in and ask the receptionists for directions to free parking spaces.
Located Near
Our hostel is located right on the central 'Goetheplatz' square. Here begins the car-free downtown and all bus lines meet here. All sights of Weimar are in easy walking distance. Right in front of the hostel leaves the bus line 6 to the memorial Buchenwald.


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My next appearance is London Super Comic Convention, March 15th - 16th at the Excel Center in London, UK!
I will have a table on the showroom floor - it's C5 on this map!
I'm judging the Super Cosplay Championship and can't wait to see everyone's costumes and performances!!! Because of my judging duties, I will only be at my table at certain hours. Here is a tentative schedule:
Saturday, March 15th-
09:30 - 11:00: Autographs and photos at my table C5
11:00 – 13:00 Craftsmanship-Judging for Qualifying Round of the London Cosplay Championship
14:00 - 16:00: Autographs and photos at my table C5
16:30 – 18:30 Qualifying Round of the London Cosplay Championship (Judge)
Sunday, March 16th-
09:30 - 12:15: Autographs and photos at my table C5
12:30 – 13:30: Costume Creation Q&A Panel
13:45 - 14:45: Autographs and photos at my table C5
15:00 – 16:30: London Cosplay Championship Finals and Open Masquerade (Judge)
As you can see, it's a packed schedule and I can only do autograph sessions for certain hours. Please consider marking this schedule down if you'd like to meet me at my table C5.
Because of the very limited free time during this convention, I will not be able to do any interviews on site, unless it has been pre-planned and scheduled in by LSCC. You should contact email@example.com if you wish to schedule an interview with me, and most likely it would have to be at the end of each day, if there is time.


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Kasia's Parmesan Polenta with Eggs & Roasted Mushrooms Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009
Recipe: Parmesan Polenta with Eggs and Roasted Mushrooms
How long does it take? 20 mins (including prep)
Category: Vegetarian
Name: Kasia
Why is it a favorite meal? This is my default lazy dish. Roasting the mushrooms bring out big woodsy flavors that play off the creaminess of the cheesy polenta and soft cooked egg, making this dish versatile enough for impromptu dinner guests or a 'fancy' meal for just one.
Parmesan Polenta with Eggs and Roasted Mushrooms
Serves 3 (main course portions)
1 lb mushrooms
1/8 c olive oil
1/4 tsp pepper flakes
1/4 tsp coarse salt
1/2 c polenta
1 c milk
1 c water
pinch salt
1/2 c shredded Parmesan or Romano cheese
3 eggs
chives for garnish
1. Preheat oven to 475.
2. Chop mushrooms into 1/2 inch pieces.
3. Toss mushrooms with oil, pepper flakes, and salt on a baking sheet.
4. Spread in single layer and roast until browned, about 10 mins.
5. Meanwhile, whisk polenta, milk, water, and salt together in saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat, covered.
6. After reaching a boil, turn heat to low and let sit with lid cracked for 15 minutes.
7. While polenta is cooking, heat nonstick skillet over medium heat and crack the eggs so that they are sunny side up.
8. Cook about a minute and then add a few tablespoons of water to the skillet. Water will sizzle - cover so the yolks steam and set to your liking. I like mine somewhat viscous so I wait for the steamed yolks to 'skin' over with egg white. This will happen naturally with the method above.
9. Mix Parmesean into polenta, plate on a dish, spoon mushrooms over and top with egg. Garnish with snipped chives. Eat and enjoy!
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• 2 A Subscription to Tonx Coffee, $24-$38 for four weeks: LA-based Tonx sources the best coffee beans in the world, roasts them, and then ships them directly to you within hours for you to brew any way you want. Take it from me: I've been a subscriber for 6 months, and I will never, ever stop. The coffee is that remarkable.
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• 4 The Compendious Coffee Chart, $27 from Pop Chart Lab: a poster detailing the myriad ways you can enjoy a cup of joe.
• 5 The Le Nez du Cafe Aroma Kit, $299 from Espresso Parts: for the coffee connoisseur-in-training, it doesn't get any better than this Aroma Kit, which includes 36 typical aromas found in the world's top coffees to help you learn how to recognize and communicate what you're tasting.
• 6 The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee: Growing, Roasting, and Drinking, with Recipes , $15 from Amazon: like we said in our review here, Blue Bottle is legendary, and this book takes you on a tour from coffee farm to coffee cup, explaining how to get that perfect pour.
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Recap of Summer Goals
Yesterday at MBA convocation, one of the speakers was AMAZING and spoke about the importance of setting a goal and PHYSICALLY writing it down. Apparently there is research in how people that write down goals tend to not only meet them but exceed them.
I thought back to this summer, I actually wrote a few goals down in a Word doc….I didn't necessarily meet all of them (some were way too ambitious), but at LEAST I feel like my summer was productive. When my summer began (in late May), I made a list of things I wanted to accomplish…with what I actually accomplished in parentheses. This list was:
• Read at least 3 books (I read 2.5)
• Obtain Pre-MBA Opportunity (Got that..see previous post)
• Work out at least 4x a week (I did about 3 on average)
• Determine budget for school year (still working on that)
• Expand Network (I was able to through MLT/Jumpstart MBA/pre-MBA experience)
I also had about 3-4 personal goals as well. So lets just say I had A LOT on my place. I wish I spent a bit more time relaxing…but that's just me…I find it really hard to sit still. Anyhow, I plan to do this again, to make a few goals for my first year and overall MBA experience. I will write more on that at a later date. I hope everyone else accomplished their goals over the summer, no matter what you are doing with you life. How have you been spending your summer? What are YOUR goals for the next few months?


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September 20, 2013
Shirley Gregory
July 11, 1924-Aug. 22, 2013
Age: 89
Residence: Brush, Colo.
Shirley Gregory, 89, passed away Aug. 22, 2013, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush, Colo.
She was born July 11, 1924, in Evans, Colo., to George and Gaynell Davis.
Shirley was active in the Episcopal Church, also a member of the Women's Auxiliary to the VFW and a former member of the Greeley Stampede Riders. In her younger years, she was active in horsemanship. She enjoyed camping, snowmobile riding, sewing and dancing.
Survivors include her daughters, Nancy Birkmann of Estes Park, Patricia Greenwood; her husband, H.J. of Fort Morgan; one son, Donald Lee and wife Andrea; five grandchildren, Brandon, Stephanie, James, Jennifer and Colin; and four great-grandchildren. Also surviving her are two brothers, Phil and Marvin Davis; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by Calvin E. Gregory; her parents, brothers, a sister and many close friends.
Memorial contributions may be made to the National Parkinson Foundation. Condolences may be sent to the family at Moser Funeral Services.
There will be no funeral services. A celebration of life memorial will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept.15, 2013 at the home of Patricia Greenwood.


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Once you've decided to get a new iPad, picked out your color, and settled on your storage capacity, if you're going with the 4G LTE model of the new iPad in the US, the question becomes -- AT&T or Verizon, which carrier should you choose? For most of us, the decision will come down to three factors - coverage, pricing and tethering.
Here's how it breaks down.
Pricing plans
Here's the pricing comparison chart that Apple displays on the ordering page for the new iPad. All plans are commitment free -- you can cancel at anytime.
So with regards to cost, you need to ask yourself how much data you plan on using. Realistically, if you have Wifi at home, work and school (if you're a student), you can probably get by just fine with AT&T's 250MB per month plan and cut the monthly cost in half.
On the other hand, if you plan to consume a lot of data, Verizon may be the way to go since they offer a 10GB per month plan.
LTE availability
In addition to price, you must also consider where each carrier offers coverage and if you're within that area. Here's a side by side comparison of Verizon's and AT&T's coverage maps (left is Verizon, right is AT&T).
Clearly, Verizon has much more LTE availability (green dots vs orange dots.) If you live in an area where Verizon offers LTE and AT&T does not, your best bet is to probably go with Verizon, providing that their network is pretty solid in that area. If you're not sure, ask your family, friends, and coworkers who have LTE phones on Verizon's network.
If LTE is not available to you on either network, the next thing to look at is 3G coverage. If you live somewhere that only gets EDGE on AT&T (light blue on AT&T's map), Verizon is the way to go.
Most of you, however, will be in one of these last two categories: an LTE available area on both Verizon and AT&T, or, in a 3G, but not LTE available area on both Verizon and AT&T. For those of you in this category, I'm inclined to recommend AT&T, provided that the 3G network is stable in your area. Again, ask your friends, family, and coworkers for their experience.
Why AT&T, you ask? Because AT&T's HSPA and HSPA+ 3G networks are faster than Verizon's CDMA 3G network. It's all about the speed.
You can get a closer look at AT&T's coverage map here and Verizon's map here.
If you want to have the ability to tether your iPad's network connection to your computer, then Verizon in your only choice. Verizon includes tethering in their data plans and does not come at an additional cost.
As of right now, AT&T does not offer this functionality.
Making the choice
So which one are you going to choose? Personally, since AT&T's LTE network is not available in my area, but Verizon's is, it was a no-brainer for me to choose Verizon (even though my iPhone is with AT&T). What about you?
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EAT AND GREET: The Ladies Who Lunch did so Thursday afternoon at Daniel for the release of "Park Avenue Potluck: Recipes From New York's Savviest Hostesses," a tome benefiting the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Over hors d'oeuvres, which included Daniel Boulud's take on the cookbook's recipes, the room was, naturally, abuzz with talk of food. "My ratatouille is a party in your mouth," boasted Sarah Powers as she munched on Coco Kopelman's Maryland Crabmeat Spread. Muffie Potter Aston divulged the story of her own contribution: "I cannot cook at all," she said, "but there is one chicken dish — which I now call Muffie Chicken."
The night before, Friends of the High Line hosted their seventh annual summer bash at the Frank Gehry-designed IAC Building, followed by a Domino magazine-sponsored after party. Supporters included Elizabeth Banks, Andrew Rosen and Jonathan Adler, who was very pro-project. "It's a groovy cause," he said. "Who doesn't want more green in New York?"
OH, MANDY: "Guys suck," declared an all-grown-up Mandy Moore, channeling Joni Mitchell clad in a vintage black, floor-grazing dress at Joe's Pub on Thursday night before belting out "Nothing That You Are," a song from her new album "Wild Hope." Moore did a set from the new album and also performed a cover of one of Mitchell's songs, as well as "Moonshadow" by Cat Stevens. Coach president and executive creative director Reed Krakoff, the evening's host, photographed Moore for the invitation and had several portraits on display. "It's always been my dream to play here," said Moore to the intimate crowd. "It's really full circle for me tonight."


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This article describes SMTP Transport Events in the Microsoft SMTP server. The article shows how to write simple scripts and how to install these scripts.
The article also shows how to write incoming emails to a database and how to mark incoming emails with a red follow up flag.
Recently I was asked to work out a way to get Exchange 2000 to mark some
incoming emails with a red follow up flag. I started looking through MSDN and I
came across SMTP Server Events.
I discovered that there are 2 types of events:
Transport events occur when an email has been received by the SMTP server. The event that I want to discuss is the OnSubmission event, there are 2 other events: OnPreCategorize and OnPostCategorize.
The OnTransportSubmission event is the same event as the CDO for Windows 2000 OnArrival event.
The OnTransportSubmission event is called with the following prototype:
Sub ISMTPOnArrival_OnArrival(ByVal Msg, EventStatus)
A CDO MailMsg object is passed into the sub routine, with this we have full access to the email that the server is processing.
So the full code to add a red follow up flag would be:
On Error Resume Next
Const cdoRunNextSink = 0
Sub ISMTPOnArrival_OnArrival(ByVal Msg, EventStatus)
On Error Resume Next
Set Flds = Msg.Fields
With Flds
.Item("urn:schemas:httpmail:messageflag") = True
.Item("urn:schemas:mailheader:x-message-flag") = True
End With
' save changes to the mail
' continue with the next event sink
EventStatus = cdoRunNextSink
End Sub
On another project we wanted to automatically add bounced email to our database, the code to do this would look something like this:
On Error Resume Next
Const cdoRunNextSink = 0
Const adCmdStoredProc = &H0004
Const adVarChar = 200
Const adWChar = 130
Const adParamInput = &H0001
Sub ISMTPOnArrival_OnArrival(ByVal Msg, EventStatus)
On Error Resume Next
Dim objConnection, objCommand, strConnection, intLen
Dim strBody, strToEmail, strFromEmail, strSubject
strToEmail = Msg.To
strFromEmail = Msg.From
strSubject = Msg.Subject
strBody = Msg.TextBody
If strBody <> "" Then
intLen = Len(strBody) + 1
intLen = 1
End If
strConnection = _
"Provider=SQLOLEDB;SERVER=localhost;Initial Catalog=databasename;User ID=;Password=;"
Set objConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
Set objCommand = CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
Call objConnection.Open(strConnection)
objCommand.ActiveConnection = objConnection
objCommand.CommandType = adCmdStoredProc
objCommand.CommandText = "spAddBouncedEmail"
objCommand.Parameters.Append objCommand.CreateParameter("ToEmail", adVarChar, _
adParamInput, 255, strToEmail)
objCommand.Parameters.Append objCommand.CreateParameter("FromEmail", adVarChar, _
adParamInput, 255, strFromEmail)
objCommand.Parameters.Append objCommand.CreateParameter("Subject", adVarChar, _
adParamInput, 255, strSubject)
objCommand.Parameters.Append objCommand.CreateParameter("Body", adWChar, _
adParamInput, intLen, strBody & " ")
' continue with the next event sink
EventStatus = cdoRunNextSink
End Sub
Microsoft were very kind to provide us with a VB script that helps us to install our scripts, it's called smtpreg.vbs
To install a script:
cscript smtpreg.vbs /add 1 onarrival BouncedEmail CDO.SS_SMTPOnArrivalSink
"rcpt firstname.lastname@example.com;rcpt email@example.com"
Now we need to tell the server which script to run:
cscript smtpreg.vbs /setprop 1 onarrival BouncedEmail Sink ScriptName "path_to_scriptfile"
Un-installation is a simple process:
cscript smtpreg.vbs /remove 1 onarrival BouncedEmail
I came across an interesting problem whilst implementing the red follow-up flag. The client wanted incoming emails to be marked with the follow up as well as internal emails going to a certain address.
At first this wasn't working for internal addresses, this is because Outlook uses MAPI to communicate with exchange rather than SMTP.
Microsoft issued this KB Article explaining the problem. The work around is pretty messy, it involves adding a new virtual SMTP server and bouncing
emails off it, this makes the event fire because it goes from outlook to exchange as MAPI then from exchange to the virtual SMTP server back to exchange again.
I hope this simple article can provoke some thought. I might mention that you can write your own COM add-ins that perform the same functions, of course these would give better performance. I wouldn't like to run these VB scripts on a server that has a very high demand, you might notice some performance problems.
The projects I've used these techniques on have suffered no such problems however.
Some interesting links that relate to SMTP Transport Events:
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The Ministry of Health in Senegal notified the WHO of three cases of yellow fever in Kédougou and Saraya Health districts, near the border with Mali and Guinea Conakry on 26 October 2011.
The index case was a 25 year-old female who developed symptoms of fever, headache and vomiting, with no history of yellow fever vaccination. She consulted the health military post of Kédougou on 23 July 2011. The case was detected as part of a surveillance project for dengue and chikungunya conducted in the region. The WHO reference laboratory for Yellow Fever at the Institut Pasteur in Dakar confirmed the case (IgM by ELISA test and Plaque Reduction Neutralization Test or PRNT) on 10 October 2011.
Two other cases - 29 year-old female and 3 year-old male - were reported on 10 and 11 August 2011. All three cases have fully recovered. An outbreak investigation team assessed the situation in the Kédougou and Saraya districts from 8 to 29 August 2011, where a total of 76 people (suspected cases and their contacts, including 10 deaths) were identified. Laboratory tests conducted showed no evidence of recent yellow fever infection among the 76 people. However, the tests (IgG) indicated that 20 of them had previously been exposed to yellow fever virus or yellow fever vaccine.
The health districts of Kédougou and Saraya benefited from a preventive mass vaccination campaign in December 2007, where the vaccination coverage was 94.9% and 94.8% respectively.
The Ministry of Health of Senegal plans to organize a vaccination campaign in mid-December 2011, targeting the non-vaccinated individuals aged nine months and above, excluding pregnant women in Kédougou, Saraya and Salémata health districts. The mass vaccination campaign aims to protect the susceptible population living in the area, which appears to have increased due to recent migration from neighboring countries. A total of 159,626 doses of vaccine from the GAVI-funded yellow fever emergency vaccine stockpile has been released by the International Coordinating Group on Yellow Fever Vaccine Provision (YF-ICG) for the campaign.


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The Dolphins are back to work as their bye week had ended. I'm also back to work.
This morning the team is on the field and everyone is present and accounted for as healthy ... except for cornerback Richard Marshall.
The player who missed the past three weeks of practice and was out against St. Louis and Cincinnati is not practicing this morning. He is the only one still not practicing.
Some interesting things are on the horizon this week:
Following his performance against St. Louis that included a touchdown grab, receiver Marlon Moore is probably expecting that he's established himself as a target in sub packages when Miami goes three-wide. Well, that isn't quite true.
It seems Moore and Jabar Gaffney will continue to compete for playing time. Gaffney, signed three weeks ago, has not been active for either of the two games he's been on the roster. That is primarily a result of Gaffney being rusty and not fully functional with the playbook.
One assumes the extra week has helped Gaffney get more acclimated thus the on-going competition with Moore.
[BLOG NOTE: The two coordinators will meet with the media today so come back later for the update of that and other things.]


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Drew Mason
These guys will be available at Surf Swap this Sunday. Stop by if you want one!
Want to order a board? Want your local shop to stock Mason Surf Designs? Have a question? Fill out the form and I will get back to you after I've blown the foam dust off me.
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Mason Surf Designs is a brick and mortar company established in California with the driving passion of making quality handcrafted surfboards and accessories for anyone. Surfing is my passion, and my goal is to bring the heritage and foundation that surfing is based on to intrigue new people to the sport as well as reintroduce the history of classic design and shapes to surfers that may not have been exposed before.
These guys will be available at Surf Swap this Sunday. Stop by if you want one!


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The International Coalition for Aging and Physical Activity (ICAPA) is an international not-for-profit group of researchers and practitioners that promotes the study of active aging; the enhanced delivery of services to older adults; and the collection, dissemination, and discussion of information to help professionals further their work. Active aging is the process of leading an active life in order to optimize health, happiness, and autonomy as people age.
ICAPA serves as a liaison between regional, national, and international professional groups with an interest in activity and aging. It also bolsters the work of researchers and practitioners in the active aging field by participating in the Active Aging Community Center (AACC) Web site, which facilitates the sharing and discussion of active aging issues. ICAPA will also organize a World Congress on Active Aging approximately every four years. The next Congress will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, in 2012.
Any regional, national, or international organization that focuses on the study of aging or delivers programs and services to older adults may join ICAPA. Membership is free; there are no dues, but member organizations must be willing to participate in the Active Aging Community Center because the Coalition works through the AACC to accomplish its goals. Member organizations may include research groups, professional organizations, therapeutic service groups, fitness facilities, hospitals, universities/colleges, student organizations, not-for-profit organizations, assisted living facilities, and wellness centers.
Join today!
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A key way to enrich and support your active aging work worldwide is by participating in the Active Aging Community Center. This is the place to share information about what you are working on, learn what your colleagues around the world are doing, and discuss vital issues in the field of active aging.
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I am still unable to add Picks to our panel above. Here is what I have been looking at around the Web.
Andrew Ferguson takes a look at the proposed Frank Gehry design of the Eisenhower Memorial in the Weekly Standard editorial opposing it. The closer you look, the uglier it gets.
I thought that President Obama deserved credit for events leading to GM's temporary suspension of production of that revolting Volt. Jim Treacher agrees: "Obama deliver kiss of death to the Chevy Volt."
The New York Post calls CAIR, the New York Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU have joined up to form a pro-terror tag team. The Post's editorial serves as a corrective to the AP campaign against the New York Police Department.
If Mitt Romney is the GOP nominee, I'm afraid we'll be hearing a little more about a USA Today editorial in which he promoted an individual mandate at the national level. Say it ain't so, Mitt.
On the other hand, David Paul Kuhn makes the case that Romney can beat Obama. Well, okay. Then we'll count on a Nixon goes to China strategy for the repeal of Obamacare.
It's frequently been noted, but this Haaretz article is still worth reading: "Palestinian still television glorifies terror attacks against Israel."
It must be an election year; President Obama is holding himself out as a friend of Israel. Michael Goodwin understands.
But wait! There is more. Josh Rogin notes that the Emergency Committee for Israel has put together a 30-minute video to set the record straight. Please check it out.