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The snappy headline comes from the Columbus Dispatch on October 2, 2012, in a report written by Randy Ludlow.
Roman Catholic sisters board the bus in Ohio to speak our for Catholic social justice teachings, caring for "the least of these" in the federal budget.
A group of Roman Catholic nuns launched a 1,000-mile anti-poverty bus tour across Ohio on Wednesday to call for a federal budget "that affirms the life of all God's children — not just the wealthiest few."
Led by Sister Simone Campbell, who spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC, the tour will take them to Catholic social service agencies across the swing state which stand to lose significant funding if the budget proposals of Republican vice presidential nominee, Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) are passed.
Their Nuns on the Bus Tour message echoes the campaign last year of Sojourners magazine, a progressive Protestant publication, which rallied public support for the idea that a budget is a moral document, because of the values it represents through its funding priorities. Sojourners' Jim Wallis wrote in his blog, God's Politics, that the Republican budget proposal "is an immoral document."
In Wallis' testimony on Aug. 1, 2011 as part of a call from faith leaders across the religious spectrum urging Congress to extend the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit for low- and moderate-income Americans, Wallis said:
Here is what the debate reveals from the highest moral lens: the House GOP budget wants to extend tax cuts and credits for the wealthiest people of our society while cutting tax benefits for the poorest — including millions of low-income working families with children at risk.
Washington Post columnist E. J. Dionne wrote in a recent column:
Sister Simone points to a study from Bread for the World, a nonpartisan group that advocates on hunger issues, to suggest one useful line of questioning. To make up for the food stamp cuts in Ryan's budget, the group found, "every church in the country would have to come up with approximately $50,000 dedicated to feeding people — every year for the next 10 years." Can government walk away like this? Can we realistically expect our houses of worship to pick up such a tab?
I say, "Keep on truckin' (or busin'), Sister Simone!"


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Optics-wise, this has not been a good millennium for corporate fat cats. After a decade that produced Worldcom, Enron, and TARP, somehow "chief executive officer" just doesn't ring like it once did. One reason the CEO biz is looking a little suspect these days: The gargantuan packages these folks get just to walk away. Granted, many of them added substantial value to the companies they run, but critics say that's beside the point, as we reported here. It's not clear that these 10 golden parachutes* are the biggest of all time (GovernanceMetrics International, which compiled them, surveyed only listed U.S. firms). But if they're not, we probably don't want to know what the biggest contain.

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IntegrityBC is calling on the provincial government to appoint a conciliator to resolve what it describes as "the escalating disputes in the town of Lillooet over local governance and water management."
"At best the relationship between citizens and officials in Lillooet could be called dysfunctional," said executive director Dermod Travis. "While the government has rejected a request from residents for an inquiry, IntegrityBC believes a conciliator may be able to bridge the widening gulf between residents and town officials."
IntegrityBC recommends that a conciliator review and report on local governance, town spending and water management. The Victoria-based organization says the work of a conciliator should include the commissioning and release of an independent analysis on competing proposals for the town's proposed water system, including long-term operating costs.
Integrity BC describes itself as a non-partisan political advocacy group.
In a news release, IntegrityBC describes the current situation in Lillooet as "municipal governance run amok."
Travis told the News IntegrityBC did not speak "officially or unofficially" with the District of Lillooet before issuing its May 23 news release.
Instead, he said the organization relied on discussions with individual residents to come to its conclusions about the local political situation. He said his group has been monitoring events here since the January resignations of Ted Anchor and Kevin Taylor, while also relying on media reports, social media sites, online polls in the Lillooet News and other sources to gauge the political climate in town.
"We are simply putting forward an approach that we believe would be beneficial to resolving these governance issues. We are not making a personal attack against anyone in the community, but what we are saying is that a debate is going on in the town of Lillooet and the debate is hardening rather than softening," Travis told the News. "Sometimes, when you get to a point, it's better to have someone come in from the outside and come up with a common statement of facts."
The IntegrityBC news release quotes a recent study by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business stating that Lillooet's population dropped by 16 per cent from 2000 to 2009, compared to a province-wide increase of 12 per cent. "Despite this alarming drop, per capita spending jumped by 83 per cent during the same period, the 27th worst performance of any town or city in the province," said IntegrityBC.
The advocacy group also claims Lillooet's new $10 million water system is capable of serving a population base of approximately 30,000 people, "while residents remain in the dark over its sustainability and long-term operating costs."
Travis added that some of the challenges facing Lillooet are not necessarily unique to Lillooet. He said a process involving a government-appointed conciliator may be a "good way not only to resolve issues in Lillooet but in other small communities as well."
Since the May 23 news release, he said residents in other communities have contacted IntegrityBC for information on a conciliation process.
"With more and more smaller B.C. communities facing uncertainty over their future, Lillooet could very well be the proverbial canary in the coal mine," said Travis. "That's why even if there's a cost to the government for a conciliator, their report may provide a cautionary tale and road map for other smaller communities in B.C. on how to avoid the predicament that Lillooet now finds itself in."


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I think I've seen this somewhere else, but don't mind seeing it again. This is good for physics. The old box is having holes ripped through it.
I've believed/realized for a while now that entropy can't be running amok unchecked throughout the universe. Entropy says that everything is always breaking down and losing energy, but life itself has the opposite tendency, to reorganize things and animate inanimate materials. Maybe nothing is being created or destroyed, but life still plays the opposite role to entropy, and therefore balances it.


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From Exit 41 (U.S. 231) proceed north for approximately seven miles. Turn left on Hanna Street (at the Pizza King restaurant) and continue on that until it dead ends into stadium (approximately seven blocks).
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"Sun shines on energy-efficient house" Edmonton Journal
An Edmonton neighbourhood celebrated the grand opening of the Belgravia Green Net Zero Project—three new net-zero energy building homes built through a collaboration between homeowners, local experts and Effect Home Builders, an Edmonton builder specializing in energy-efficient homes. One of the homes is a showhome open for viewings on Sundays from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
What exactly is a "net zero energy building (NZEB)?"
Generally speaking, a NZEB is a home that produces as much energy as it consumes over the course of one year. Experts divide net zero energy buildings in to four different categories:
Net-Zero Site Energy — A building that produces and exports at least as much renewable energy as the total energy it imports and uses in a year, when accounted for at the site. The measurement time frame is annual.
Net-Zero Source Energy — A building that produces and exports at least as much renewable energy as the total energy it imports and uses in a year, when accounted for at the source. "Source energy" refers to the primary energy required to generate and deliver the energy to the site. To calculate a building's total source energy, imported and exported energy is multiplied by the appropriate site-to-source conversion multipliers.
Net-Zero Energy Costs — A building where the amount of money a utility pays the building's owner for the renewable energy the building exports to the grid is at least equal to the amount the owner pays the utility for the energy services and energy used over the year.
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39.8M Americans live below the poverty line which is at $10,890 for 1-person households and $22,350 for 4-person households.
That's precisely $30/day for 1-person households and $60/day for 4-person households.
So yeah. 40M Americans live on less than $30/day.
No ****ing way? It's actually 40 million Americans, not 30!
Should I laugh or cry at your sense of perspective?


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Jonah's Prayer
So, there's Jonah, flopping around in the water, but G-d wasn't about to leave him like that. He sent a gigantic fish that swallowed Jonah whole. Jonah was in the stomach of the fish for three days. (The word for fish switches from "dag" to "dagah." Rashi cites a Midrash that there were two fish; a male fish expelled Jonah in favor of a female fish.) Jonah prayed to G-d, comparing the fish to the grave. Since G-d miraculously kept him alive inside the fish, Jonah knew that he would survive. He had sunk to the deepest depths, but G-d raised him up. Jonah recognized his own wrongdoing and thanked G-d for His kindness, so G-d ordered the fish to spit him out onto dry land.


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The "moderate" Palestinian Authority gives pardons or suspended sentences for honor murders.
Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, the most respected authority in Sunni Islam, says that "retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a human being purely intentionally and without right." However, "not subject to retaliation" is "a father or mother (or their fathers or mothers) for killing their offspring, or offspring's offspring." ('Umdat al-Salik o1.1-2). In other words, someone who kills his child incurs no legal penalty under Islamic law.
Iraqi women have asked for tougher sentences for Islamic honor murderers, who get off lightly now. Syria in 2009 scrapped a law limiting the length of sentences for honor killings, but "the new law says a man can still benefit from extenuating circumstances in crimes of passion or honour 'provided he serves a prison term of no less than two years in the case of killing.'" And in 2003 the Jordanian Parliament voted down on Islamic grounds a provision designed to stiffen penalties for honor killings. Al-Jazeera reported that "Islamists and conservatives said the laws violated religious traditions and would destroy families and values."
In light of all this, until authorities get the courage to tell the truth about honor killing, there will be many more such murders.
"Abbas aide: No plans to outlaw 'honor killing,'" by Soraya Al-Ghussein and Hannah Patchett for Ma'an, December 24 (thanks to Jerk Chicken):
RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- President Mahmoud Abbas has no plans to amend laws that reduce sentences for suspects who claim an "honor" defense for murdering women, his legal adviser says."Why change it? This would cause serious problems," Hassan al-Ouri told Ma'an, adding that such a reform would "not benefit women."
In May 2011, the president pledged to amend the law to guarantee maximum penalties for "honor killing" in response to protests over the killing of university student Aya Baradiya in Hebron.
The decision was announced in a phone call to a primetime show on state TV, drawing tears among crowds of mourners shown in a live link-up from the Ramallah studio to Baradiya's hometown.
Abbas suspended Article 340, which offers a pardon for murder if the perpetrator committed the crime on finding his wife in bed with another man.
The reform was cosmetic: Article 340 had never been used in Palestinian courts since it was legislated in 1960.
"So why did we change the law? To garner public opinion," al-Ouri said in an interview in the presidential compound in Ramallah.
"I, personally, was against the amendment because the crimes that happen in the street have no relevance to Article 340," the legal adviser added.
Al-Ouri says the president will not change the go-to clauses for lawyers seeking leniency for clients who claim they committed murder to defend family "honor."
Articles 97 to 100 of the Jordanian Penal Code, in force in the West Bank, still offer reduced sentences for any act of battery or murder committed in a "state of rage."
"The (law) only addresses 1 percent of the problem. What we need is a new culture," al-Ouri said.
Other officials insist the penal code is the problem.
The law "privileges the killer," Interior Ministry official Haitham Arrar told Ma'an.
"It encourages some people to commit crimes against women, which will go (as far as) killing them," said Arrar, who heads the ministry's democracy and human rights unit.
Abbas fears 'conservative forces'
The Palestinian Legislative Council has not met since 2007, when Hamas and Fatah split, but women's rights expert Soraida Hussein dismisses arguments that reforms must wait until parliament reconvenes.
"For us, for women, all this is irrelevant," said Hussein, general director of the Women's Technical Affairs Committee, an umbrella group of women's organizations. "Until now, our lives -- in law and in practice -- are seen as less than men's."
The president should issue a decree that "anybody killing anyone else will be sentenced to the highest sentence possible, whether it is a woman or a boy," says Hussein.
"The minute the law is changed and applied, the minute people will think twice," she says. "It's simple and it's not done."
Hussein suggests Abbas is hesitant to pass legal reforms because "he is not ready yet to confront conservative forces."
For Ma'an, as for the mainstream media, you're "conservative" if you support Sharia and honor killings, but if you oppose them you're..."conservative."
In 2009, Abbas ratified the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, but al-Ouri, the legal adviser, says it will only be implemented "so long as it doesn't contravene Islamic code.""Look, we are for total equality but if there is a basic tenet of Islamic code that we would be forced to change under CEDAW, then people would revolt and brand us as non-believers," al-Ouri said.
'Dressing up honor'
Lax laws encourage murder suspects to claim "honor" in their defense, officials and women's rights activists say.
"Because the penalty is one or two months, they consider killing her and dress it up as honor," Minister of Women's Affairs Rahiba Diab told Ma'an.
Khawla al-Azraq, who runs a women's counseling center in Bethlehem, notes that femicide is a global issue but "now in Palestine, they call this honor killing."
"Sometimes these girls are abused by someone in the family and they need to cover this (up) and they kill her; sometimes because they need her money," she says. "These are the real reasons for killing."
"In Palestine, this is the gap, that until now we don't have our own legislation that really can protect women."
The Independent Commission of Human Rights says 13 women have been killed this year, but the real figure is likely to be higher.
"There has been historically a problem of documentation," says Hussein, the women's rights expert. The cause of suspicious deaths of women was often recorded as "fate," which could refer to forced "suicides" or being pushed from a building, she explained.
Despite repeated requests since September, the Ministry of Interior did not provide Ma'an with the official number of women whose deaths were recorded as "fate" in 2012.


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You keep playing like you have been brother. You will reach your goals by the end of the season. Great back nine today and even better round. Enjoy your fourth. 7/4/12
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10 rounds complete this year, more than the last 3 yrs combined. I have one more round to enter from a couple weeks ago. got me a chipin birdie so that was awesome and some pars. Have to get the double bogeys down and the penalty shots down too. Putts are to high also as that is the best part of my game. I want to get better at some bogie golf and also getting some more fairways and GIRs. But keep my goal of every round under 100 this year, right now I am at 50% of that goal, and break into the 80's atleast once. Love this game of integrity. 6/5/12


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So you've decided to move and need to find a realtor that will help you find a new place and to sell your existing home for the best price. The search for a realtor can seem overwhelming, however finding a realtor that works for you isn't always hard.
First, research the various realty companies in your area. Ask friends and families for any recommendations and begin contacting companies asking specifics about their service. Create a short list of realtors you enjoyed talking to. From that list, search for active listings for that realtor, also, have a discussion on what is expected during the process, this will eliminate any stress or confusion later.
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You know those people who just give the best hugs? Like, you don't really know why, but they are excellent hug-givers. You just feel safe, secure, loved, calm, etc.
I imagine Jesus gives the best of all. Actually, I'm confident enough to say I know He does. (Alma 5:33, 2 Nephi 1:15. Also, this video wouldn't hurt. It's a Mormon Message that I can't find on the official channel anymore.)
I meant to type up this post the day Brother Rockwood taught us this, but I didn't. Even though Christmas has passed, I invite you to get in that spirit again, because Jesus' coming shouldn't just be important during December, but all the time.
The day before we were let out for winter break (it was two days before the intended date because of snow days), we talked about what I now consider one of the best, if not the best Christmas story. And It's all one we've heard before, but perhaps not with a thought of Christmas necessarily.
In Helaman 14:2-6, we hear Samuel the Lamanite testifying that the Son of God was going to be born to "redeem all those that would believe on his name." Those that believed him were baptized, but there were many who did not. In Helaman 16:18, they spoke with their own reasoning, wondering why Christ would be born in Jerusalem and not in the Americas.
We know that five years would pass between Samuel's teachings and the fulfilling of the prophecies thereof. Imagine just all the persecution the believers had in that time. There were some that believed the time of the signs had passed (3 Nephi 1:5-6), and they began to plot to kill all the believers if the sign didn't come by a certain date (3 Nephi 1:9). The believers of Samuel's prophecies were a bit frightened (as they had reason to be), but they still stood fast (3 Nephi 1:7-8).
The prophet of the time, Nephi, saw this, and he pleaded with God for the safety of the people (3 Nephi 1:10). (Now, if you've never thought of the prophet or the bishop or even your youth leader pray for you, they do, because they want you to be safe and to succeed.)
Nephi received the answer to his prayer that the sign would be given the next day, and everything happened as prophesied (3 Nephi 1:12-15, 19-21). Imagine being the prophet, about to see his people perish because of the belief of the Redeemer, be saved by the sign that came exactly at the right moment. The unbelievers realized their mistake, and they then knew that the Lord had come (3 Nephi 1:16-18).
So why is this the best Christmas story?
From day one of His life on Earth, Christ was already saving people on the other side of the world.
So there's this guy.
He's really fantastic. He's perfect to say the least.
He's courageous, he has a strong testimony, and loves everyone he comes in contact with.
I know he loves me for who I am, with not a single glance at my outside appearance. He knows exactly what I'm going through so he can comfort me when I need it. He's always there to listen.
The coolest thing is that I know he'd do anything for me. And he has, he's done everything for me. He's an extraordinary example, and he was willing to die to save me, and he took the sins and pains I have and paid the price so that I might be able to repent and return to my Father.
And He loves you unconditionally as well. He knows you personally and will help you, because He suffered through all the pains you feel. He was willing to die to save you.
To save you.
Because He loves you.
Sometimes you think you're not good enough, and it's easy to compare yourself to others. on average we have 300-1000 thoughts a minute, and 80% of them are negative. Brother Su'a spoke of an experience he had teaching seminary. (I'm paraphrasing here.)
He had been teaching, and a girl from the class openly said, "Brother Su'a, I'm ugly. What do I do about it?" He was pausing for a moment to think of what to say, when another girl raised her hand. She didn't speak at all in the class, so he was kind of surprised to see her raising her hand, but he called on her.
She said she knew no one had known this about her previously, but a few years prior she had a hard time with her self-esteem. There would be days she skipped school because she couldn't handle it. Then, she added something to her daily morning routine. After she had gotten ready and was about to leave, she'd look in the mirror and say, "Jesus loves me and that's all that matters." She would say it until she truly believed it. Sometimes it took one try. Sometimes it took five. But she did it, and it helped her a whole lot.
After sharing that story, he referred to a scripture mastery. My favorite scripture mastery. D&C 18:10. "Remember that the worth of souls is great in the sight of God." Then he said something that I didn't quite think about before.
How many times have we looked at this scripture and thought, "Oh yes, the worth of his soul is great, the worth of her soul is great, the worth of your soul is great…" but forget something. The worth of my soul is great in the sight of God.
I share this part of his talk in hopes that you might get something from it. If necessary, add "Jesus loves me and that's all that matters" to your daily routine. Add "The worth of my soul is great in the sight of God" as well.
Read this.Amazing amazing words from a woman who survived the shooting at the midnight screening of Batman.
The above question is one she's been asked many times since it happened, and this is her answer.
This is powerful.
God is always good. Man is not. Don't get the two confused.
Sometimes we're faced with trials in order to make us stronger. God is good.
I came home from Girl's Camp (church camp for young women) to hear the news of this tragedy in my state. Sure it was sad and terrifying, but I didn't even think of blaming God for the man's actions. This is explained so well in this article, and I definitely recommend reading it.
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This is a surprisingly good route that goes up a subtle line on the buttress to the left of Kick in the Balls. Because it starts at the base of the buttress, it is longer: about six pitches. The key feature is an aesthetic, left-facing, curvy corner with an alarmingly perched block halfway up. Start at an easy slab directly below this corner, and climb to a good ledge with a large bush on it. You could probably bypass this pitch with scrambling around to the left, but the climbing here provides a pleasant warmup. Pitch 2 goes up the clean corner above. Use care when passing the perched block. We were all too timid to touch it, so it might be more secure than it looks; however, the costs of being wrong about this are likely to be extreme. Above the block, continue up the corner on perfect hand jams, and belay at a semi-hanging stance when the crack ends (small, finger-size cams). Pitch 3 continues up the improbable face with surprisingly adequate protection in intermittent cracks (more finger-size cams and wires). Pitch 4 follows easier cracks to a smooth, flared chimney. An odd exit move to the right allows you to avoid the ominous convergence at the top of the chimney. Continue up the water-polished rock to a belay alcove just right of a not-quite-thriving bush. The next pitch starts by climbing back into the crack and going up the smooth, left-arching chimney above the bush. When the arch ends, climb the long, right-facing dihedral, which begins as a hand crack but soon widens to offwidth size. If you have wisely retained a large cam, this upper crack can even be protected. The sixth pitch starts with a few fifth-class moves, but the climbing quickly becomes easier as the angle leans back and the rock becomes more broken. Another hundred or two feet of fourth class take you to the top of the buttress. This is also the spot where Kick in the Balls tops out. Descent: The obvious descent is to rappel into the gully immediately west of the buttress. Two or three rappels (they can be done with one 60-meter rope) bring you to easy ground. This is a gully you will have visited as part of the approach if you have climbed Kick in the Balls. Scramble down for 50 or so yards until you can exit to skier's left (west), and downclimb easy rock to the notch at the top of the Lotta Balls Wall. Be aware that the last moves to the notch are a traverse straight west on frictiony ledges and NOT down the steep dropoff. I vaguely recall having descended to the east from the top of buttress, but my mostly suppressed memories seem to center on a frighteningly loose chimney that I have minimal interest in re-engaging. If you go that way, it becomes more civilized once you reach the wide slabby area. This is descended with some downclimbing and a rappel or two.
Standard rack to number 4 (or bigger cam); extra cams in the finger sizes.
What a great experience being on the FA! Watching Larry lead the crux P3 was inspiring. P2 is particularly aesthetic and fun climbing, nice lead by Michael on that pitch. Lots of fun from start to finish!
Climbed this route the other day before the big rain. We really enjoyed the route, easily as good as most of the routes on the Lotta Balls wall, IMO. The descent was a little confusing. The 1st rappel off of Kick in the Balls (3 fixed nuts) is short and traverses to climbers right to a small tree that is easy to miss. The exposed scrambling to get to Lotta Balls descent was also pretty exciting.
Great route! Pitches 2 & 3 are stunning, and the rest was very nice as well! We pulled down (but not out) on the block.
Excellent route, with many stretches of amazing climbing and exposure. We skipped the intended P1 belay on the bushy ledge at the base of the first dihedral. That ledge looked overgrown. Instead continued halfway up that first dihedral to belay in a notch just below the perched block, to fully enjoy looking up at that perched dodgeball, for a ~200 ft first pitch. Our P2 went up past the perched block, onto the long stretch of splitter hands, then up the improbable face, setting P2 anchor at the start of a flaring crack. Had enough rope and could've gone higher, but didn't initially see (or think of) the wild and exposed step across left onto a protruding arete pillar that could've led up to a more comfortable ledge. Our P3 followed the mentioned exposed step across left, which led higher to a blocky ledge with another exposed highstep across back right. Did not climb back into the left-veering lichen-covered wide crack, but instead did another exposed step across left yet again (what's another after two wild steps across already), onto juggy arete and up, belaying at a convenient horizontal, for a ~210 ft third pitch. Our P4 went up the long stretch of traveled but still lichen-covered face above. Good holds, but abundant lichen. Stretched our 70 for a 215 ft pitch to reach the finish of the Dodgeball route, onto a huge reddish blocky ledge. Stepped to climber's right past a giant cubic boulder and went up the finish of adjacent Kick In The Balls that led ~125 ft up to the top of the buttress, for our finishing P5, to find a rap tree hidden just behind and below the summit, which looked down the wide descent gully to the west. Easy downclimb to get to that rap tree. That 1st rap is a 200 ft drop down the right side of the gully (skier's right), leading to the next rap tree anchor with a long rectangular block sitting on the narrow ledge next to the tree. Another nearby tree anchor (which we didn't use) could be seen a little below and more toward the middle of the gully; not sure if reachable by our 70; possibly there just for a short rap to get more toward the center of the gully. Our 2nd rap from the tree anchor with the long loose-sitting rectangular block took us ~150 ft down and across to another rap tree on the other side of the gully (skier's left). After our 3rd rap from that (~160 ft), we scrambled down a faint trail that switchbacked first to the right side (skier's right) of the gully and then back to skier's left, then hugging that left side down to a scoot-n-downclimb of a squeeze chimney section, down to the somewhat exposed traverse to skier's left around a ledgy bulge to arrive at the first rap tree for the Lotta Balls descent. Btw, if familiar with the Lotta Balls topout, that wide shoulder terrace with stacked boulder blocks could be seen along the upper pitches and along the raps down.


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Gov. Treen s veto disappoints LSU Med School officials By DONNA O'NEAL Journal Staff Writer Plagued by a nursing shortage that forced them to close 56 beds last month, LSU Medical Center officials Thursday were disappointed over the governor's veto of $1.5 million from the state budget for the hospital's nurse recruiting efforts. But the officials said that although the hospital received less money than what it had asked for, it will be able to reopen the closed beds in a few months, as well as recruit more than the 25 nurses needed to put those beds back in service. The vetoed $1.5 million was part of $2.7 million the hospital's local legis-lative delegation had sought to secure from the state to address nursing shortages. Though vetoing the $1.5 million that had been given the nod by the state Legislature, Gov. Dave Treen Wednesday approved the remaining $1.2 million budgeted for the hospital — $1.1 million slated for nursing salary increases and an additional $154,234 earmarked for 10 more staff positions. In a prepared statement Thursday afternoon, Dr. Perry G. Rigby, dean of the LSU School of Medicine, said: "We are pleased that the adminis-tration approved the $1.1 million we requested for pay increases for more nurses and support personnel, and (we) are naturally disappointed that the additional $1.5 million we re-quested to fund additional registered nurses and support personnel was vetoed ..." Rigby said the hospital "will have to make do" with the funds Treen approved. Last month, Rigby said the hospital would need to recruit about 25 regis-tered nurses to reopen the beds. Ideal-ly, the hospital wants to recruit 100 nurses, he noted then, adding that its current 220-nurse total is some 30 percent less than desired. The beds closure has forced LSU to send some of its patient load to other local hospitals. At Thursday's meeting, Rigby said "We are sure that we will have 10 more (nurses) in the near future" and 10 to 15 more later. He would not elaborate on when the "near future" would be. The hospital plans to extend its nurse search — which has become a national problem — outside the state. Other hospital positions planned for recruitment include medical techno-logists, respiratory therapists, phar-macists, phlebotomists and clerical personnel. The hospital has made recent salary adjustments to make it more competitive with other local hospi-tals, Rigby said. LSU's starting salary for newly graduated nurses with no experience is $17,000.
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PUEBLO COUNTY, COLO. -- It's been about a year since construction began on the Southern Delivery System, or SDS. Thursday crews said they are making great progress in the pursuit to build a nearly 60-mile long pipeline that will bring water to El Paso County.
The water will be pumped from the Pueblo Reservoir and sent to Colorado Springs, Pueblo West, Fountain and Security.
"Pueblo Reservoir stores water from a number of communities, and agricultural interests here in the Lower Arkansas River Basin and Colorado Springs is one of the beneficiaries of this project," Janet Rummel, SDS Public Involvement Manager, said.
But first the large pipe must be installed underground.
"Each segment is typically about 50 feet in length. There is about 6,000 of those 50 foot sections in the entire pipeline," Rummel said.
Crews have already made significant progress and have a little more than 25 miles of pipe installed.
For the most part the pipeline follows already existing utility corridors, but officials said constructions crews are working to be mindful of nearby residents.
"We've really worked hard over the last nearly two decades to work with our neighbors and just to collaborate on the construction of this project to make sure that we're doing it in a responsible way and that we're addressing the concerns of anyone who's impacted by the project," Rummel said.
Rummel said the SDS project was needed because Colorado Springs' current water supply is reaching its capacity.
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The project comes at a high price. Phase I, which includes the construction of the pipeline, three raw water pump stations and a water treatment plant is expected to run close to $1 billion. But Rummel said costs are coming in lower than expected.
"We're seeing much lower costs than originally anticipated, so as a result we're going to have fewer and lower water rates needed," Rummel said.
Part of the project will be funded by rate increases for Colorado Springs Utilities customers that will be phased in through 2016.
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