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York [30] is an ancient cathedral city with a history that dates back to before Roman times. A county in its own right, York is situated in North Yorkshire, England with some of the best preserved historical buildings and structures in Europe. As of the 2001 census, the population of York was 181,000.
York is frequently ranked (often vying with Manchester) the second most visited city in England after London, and is of course famous for giving its name to the city and state of New York in the United States.
York was known as Eboracum by the Romans, who founded the fortress city on the River Ouse in the year 71. York was home first to the Ninth Legion and later the Sixth. York quickly became one of the most important cities in Roman Britain, and after 211 became the capital of the province Britannia Inferior. Constantine the Great—later responsible for making Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire—was first proclaimed Emperor in the city.
Captured by the Vikings 866, the city quickly took on a new identity as Jorvik (pronounced "Yor-vik") and experienced a major urban revival as a centre of Viking trade and settlement in northern England. The Coppergate excavations of the 1970s revealed much of this Viking past.
York is a fairly small city - four days is enough to see the major sights although York is a city that reveals its charms to explorers with curiosity and patience.
York is known as England's "City of Festivals" as there are regular cultural festivals every year. The official festivals are the Viking Festival, the Festival of Angels, Early Music, Late Music, Horse Racing (the "Ebor Race Meeting"), Multicultural Food and Arts, Chinese New Year, Mystery Plays, Christmas St Nicholas' Fair, and the Food and Drink Festival. It's a romantic city for a weekend break. York is full of magic and a wonderful place to bring children!
Get in
Most travellers will arrive in York by road (car or bus) or rail from other parts of the UK or an airport.
By car
Although York is not directly on any of the main north-south motorways, the connections are reasonably good. From the south, the quickest route is probably to take the M1 northbound to junction 32, then the M18 eastbound to junction 2, the A1M northbound to junction 44 and finally the A64 eastbound to the York Outer Ring Road (A1237). Alternatively, you can take the M1 all the way to the A64, but the upper reaches of the M1 around Sheffield and Leeds can get very congested, especially in the rush hours. From the west, the A59 and the M62 provide connections from Liverpool and Manchester, and from the north the A1 and the A19 link York with Tyneside, Northumberland and south-eastern Scotland.
Driving into the city centre itself is something to avoid. Traffic congestion on the main arterial roads serving the city (especially the A19 on Bootham and the Inner Ring Road) can get very bad, especially during the rush hours and on Saturday mornings. The remodelling of some roads near bottleneck junctions to accommodate bicycle lanes has made traffic jams even worse still in recent years, and parking in the city centre is very expensive.
If you are just visiting York for the day, using a Park and Ride [31] costs a lot less than trying to park in or near the city centre, and there are five sites dotted around the Outer Ring Road. However, the last buses from the city centre leave at around 8pm in the evenings and you are not allowed to leave your car in a Park and Ride overnight. Therefore, if you are staying overnight in York and arriving by car, make sure that your hotel offers parking before you book. If you are only visiting for the day but staying until late evening, you will need to use a city centre car park.
By train
Wikitravel has a guide to Rail travel in the United Kingdom.
York is one of the main hubs of the UK rail network, with a large range of services and destinations to choose from. The station itself is an attraction and was voted the 'nicest' station in the UK in 2007. Because of the number of lines that pass through, services tend to be frequent. Indeed it was the largest train station in the world when first built. While intercity trains can be expensive, regional services are relatively affordable. Buying tickets online a few weeks in advance can provide substantial savings on long distance tickets.
National Rail [32] operates several services from York. York is situated halfway between Edinburgh and London on the East Coast Main Line. East Coast Trains run services along this route approximately every half hour between King's Cross station in London and Edinburgh Waverley. The journey time from London is typically about 2 hours and 15 minutes, while Edinburgh is 2 hours and 30 minutes away.
Grand Central Rail [33] operates 4 trains per day in each direction between York and London. Arriva Cross Country [34] operates trains between York and Scotland, and across the country to Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, Bristol and the South-West.
First Transpennine Express [35] operates service to and from Manchester, Manchester Airport, Leeds, and Huddersfield. The service runs 24 hours a day, making it possible to have a late night out elsewhere in North England, while still being able to get back to York. It runs more or less hourly during the daytime and early evening, but less frequently in the late evenings and through the night.
Other regional trains run to Sheffield, Doncaster, Hull, Harrogate and Scarborough, Durham and Newcastle.
Train times can be found on the National Rail Planner [36] or by calling 0845 748 49 50 from anywhere in the UK.
By bus
National Express [37] York operates bus service to/from York. Tickets can be purchased online, at the station, or from the Tourist Information Centre at 1 Museum Street in the city centre.
By plane
Visitors to York arriving by air have a number of options. These are essentially:
If you are arriving in the UK at one of the London airports (Heathrow (IATA: LHR), Gatwick (IATA: LGW), London City (IATA: LCY), Luton (IATA: LTN) or Stansted (IATA: STN)), your best bet is to travel to York either by road in a rental car or by train. If you take into account the time it takes to get from a London airport to King's Cross station, either way will normally take you between four and five hours from the arrivals hall to York city centre. The airports within a significantly shorter overland travelling time to York are as follows.
Note that no airport has a direct and fast public transport to York.
Leeds-Bradford International Airport (IATA: LBA) is the geographically closest airport to York, located 31 miles from the city by road, but it is also arguably the least convenient and most expensive for visitors to the city. The low-cost carriers (LCCs) Jet2 [38] and Ryanair [39] operate extensive services throughout Europe. KLM is currently the only legacy airline offering hub-and-spoke connections worldwide, via its three daily flights to and from Amsterdam. In light traffic, it takes about an hour by road to York using the A658 and the A59, but often the journey timeis two hours. This route can get very congested around the outskirts of Harrogate during the rush hours, and there are several villages with 30 mph speed limits along the way. York residents collecting arriving passengers should note that it costs £12 an hour if you need to park and go into the terminal building (like if the flight is delayed): you are allowed to wait at the pick-up and drop-off area for only 10 min. There is no direct public transport to York. The best way is to take the 757 bus outside the airport to Leeds and then the 743, 800, 840, 843, 844, 845, X40 or X45 to York.
Manchester Airport (IATA: MAN), 84 mi by road from York, is the UK's largest airport outside London and offers a wider choice of LCC and legacy airline services worldwide. These include direct flights from the USA operated by American, Continental and Delta. By road, the journey using the M62 and the A64 takes about an hour and a half in average traffic, but if you get caught in the rush hours around Leeds and Bradford it can take a lot longer. Train services provide connections to York throughout the day and night (see by train above), with a typical journey time of just under two hours. It is worth booking tickets for rail connections online in advance, because 'turn up and ride' tickets are often a lot more expensive and if you are travelling at peak times without a reserved seat, you may have to stand for most if not all of the journey (these trains also serve commuters to Manchester and Leeds, and can get very crowded).
Doncaster-Sheffield (IATA: DSA), 41 mi by road from York - mainly serving European holiday destinations. This airport is not easily accessible by public transport. You have to take a bus to the Doncaster station.
Humberside (IATA: HUY, 48 mi) - KLM from Amsterdam and thence worldwide. Using the A1079 and the A15, the journey time to and from York is around an hour in typical traffic. This route takes you across the Humber Bridge, which is a spectacular sight in itself, but it can get congested in the rush hours. This airport is not easily accessible by public transport. You can take a bus to Hull or Grimsby stations. If KLM is offering a particularly attractive deal to Humberside, you will have access to a car and you are staying in a southern part of York, Humberside is worth considering.
Durham-Tees Valley (IATA: MME, 47 mi) - LCCs to UK and European destinations, plus KLM to Amsterdam and thence worldwide. The airport was formally called Teesside International until it was renamed in 2004, and the name "Teesside", "Tees-side" or "Teesside Airport" still appears on many local road signs, and on tickets and boarding passes issued outside the UK. Although air fares to Durham-Tees Valley can be on the pricey side, it is well worth considering as a starting point for visiting north-east England: as an underused regional airport, waiting and queuing times are very low. However, to recoup the lost revenue from falling passenger numbers in recent years, the airport introduced a "facility fee" of £6 per departing passenger (which must be paid before you are allowed through the security check) in December 2010. If you take the A67 eastbound from the airport through Yarm and Kirklevington and then join the A19 southbound to York, this route is hardly ever congested, even during weekday rush hours. Using public transport, a bus goes to Darlington station. From there, York is a 30 min train ride on the East Coast Main Line, with frequent services throughout the day.
Newcastle (IATA: NCL, 79 mi), offers a wider range of legacy services than LBA, HUY or MME, with British Airways and Emirates providing long-haul connections as well as KLM. Air Transat also operate direct flights from Toronto during the summer months. The journey to York by road using the A1 and the A59 takes just under two hours. Using public transport, a Newcastle Metro [40] train takes about 45 mi from NCL to Central Station, from where York is a 70 mi ride on the East Coast Main Line.
The major car rental chains are available at all of these airports except Doncaster-Sheffield.
Get around
By foot
The roads within the old city (i.e. within the city walls) are pedestrian precincts, closed to all cars except disabled drivers and emergency vehicles between 8:00 and 16:00, and most of the sights are only a short walk between one another. Take care walking around the city centre when the roads open to car traffic at 16:00, as the roads fill up quickly with delivery vehicles servicing local shops and businesses. The city centre is small enough to walk from one side to the other in 20 minutes.
By car
The best advice for driving in York is don't. The roads were designed for carts pulled by oxen, and the city council is actively discouraging car use through a combination of high parking charges and traffic-calming measures. If you are bringing a car to York, your best bet is to leave it in a Park and Ride, at your hotel, or if absolutely necessary, a city centre car park.
By bus
Bus services [41] connect all the points of interest in the city but they are not cheap. If more than one person is travelling and the distance is relatively short, a taxi may well be cheaper. However, a one-day bus pass costs £3.70 per person, which is worth considering if you're going to make several journeys in a day.
By bike
York is one of the most cycle-friendly cities in the UK - there's an extensive network of cycle routes in and around the city, and most of the traffic controls have been set up to give cyclists priority. There are no significant hills in or around the city centre, which is a big help. The river path along the Ouse contains some wonderful bike routes out of the city. Also beware that police and CCTV operators take a very dim view of cycling without lights after dusk, or cycling in the city centre pedestrianised area before 16:00, and will happily hand out an on-the-spot £30 fine for doing so. You should be able to pick up a copy of the York Cycle Route Map for free from cycle shops, or alternatively you can find PDFs here: [42]. Bikes are available to rent from a number of locations around the city, including the railway station.
Events & Festivals
There is a very full series of events in York. The most important are:
York comes highly recommended for its unique shops & boutiques. There's the usual range of high-street stores, but York is also a great place if you're looking for tourist tat of the highest order. Tat-central is The Shambles - the narrowest (and most crowded) street in York, with a full range of a present from York - emblazoned merchandise manufactured in the Far East. Shops in York change from year to year but the beautiful old fashioned wooden shop fronts and buildings have not changed much since they were first built.
Walmgate and Fossgate contain some interesting shops, including several small independent book shops and retro clothes shops.
For budget eating, try any traditional pub (though food quality may be variable).
A cafeteria in an old church facing away from Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate sells cheap good food - eat on the grass outside.
For upmarket eating, try York's 'restaurant district' on Fossgate and Walmgate.
York has perhaps the most pubs per square mile of any city in the country (supposedly one for every day of the year). You shouldn't have any problem finding somewhere to get a drink. There are three key City Centre areas for Drinking depending on your taste:
An excellent map of York bars, complete with reviews, is available here: [56]
Bars and pubs
If you have a car, also try the Travelodge York-Tadcaster about 5miles from the city centre on the A64. Rooms will be significantly cheaper.
The University of York [72] is constantly one of the UK's top 10 performing universities, and is one of the top 100 in the world. The departments of English and Related Literature, Chemistry, Computer Science and Psychology are particularly well regarded internationally as leading research centres.
York's area code (for landline numbers) is 01904 when dialed from within the UK or +44 1904 from outside the UK.
There are also several places that offer web and other internet access. These include:
Stay safe
Just like in every town and city York has its bad parts that are best avoided: areas that seem to keep appearing in newspaper reports! These are the outlying suburbs of Tang Hall, Bell Farm, and parts of Foxwood and Clifton but even these are relatively tame compared to similar areas in cities like Manchester or Leeds. Also try to avoid secluded cycle paths at night as it is not unknown (but still fairly rare) for robberies to take place in these parts, however this tends to be away from the main city centre.
The centre of town, however, is as civilised as everywhere else in Britain.
Take care on weekend evenings in York. Plenty of local youngsters overestimate their capacity for alcohol and the city centre can seem to be awash with lager louts, mainly over the river in the Micklegate area. If you are approached just keep on walking and they will find another victim to pester. Aim for our recommended pubs, though, and you'll find that safe socialising in the company of affable locals is still possible!
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The following materials should be of use to leaders at the Cub Scout level.
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Fast Tracksden meeting plans (two den meetings per month) designed to be used in conjunction with the youth handbooks. By following the these plans, active Scouts can earn their Tiger, Wolf, Bear, or Webelos rank by February, usually in time for the Blue & Gold Banquet. After these meetings, Scouts continue to meet to work on other electives, Belt Loops and Pins, and other Cub Scout Awards through the rest of the year. All Cub Scouts must first earn their Bobcat Badge.
Use the Fast Tracks as-is or as a resource for your own meeting plans. MeritBadge.Org offers a wealth of other resources to get you started, Belt Loop and Pin Worksheets and Cub Scout Monthly Themes with Program Helps! Also see the Fast Tracks FAQ.
CubTrax Spreadsheets
The Trax Spreadsheets are a collection of FREE spreadsheets developed by Frank Steele of Troop 615, Coastal District, Bay Area Council of League City, TX. They are for use by Scouters to keep track of advancements, awards, training, and even popcorn sales. Most are available in versions for both Microsoft Excel and OpenOffice Calc.
The following Trax Spreadsheets are available for use at the Cub Scout level:
TigerTrax: Covers the Tiger Totem, the Tiger badge, Bobcat, and Tiger Electives.
WolfTrax: Covers Bobcat and The Wolf Badge, and Arrow Points.
BearTrax: Bobcat badge, The Bear Badge, and Arrow Points.
WebelosTrax: Covers The Webelos Scout badge, Arrow of Light, All Webelos Activity Badges, and Bobcat.
CubPatchesTrax: Covers the National awards and patches, including: BSA Family Award, Conservation Good Turn Award, Crime Prevention, Donor Awareness Patch, Emergency Preparedness Award, Historic Trails Award, International Activity Badge, Internet Scout Award, Interpreter Strip, Leave No Trace, Outdoor Activities, Physical Fitness Award, Recruiter Strip, Religious Emblems, Summertime Activities, US Heritage, and World Conservation Award, plus room for you to add up to 4 of your own regional awards.
BeltLoop&PinTrax: Covers all Academic & Sports Belt Loops & Pins
RecordTrax: This spreadsheet is intended to be your permanent record summary sheet for keeping Track of Den Records over the years. At the end of their Cub Scout careers, trying to remembering who earned the World Conservation Award as a Bear and who didn't, as well as exactly how many silver arrow points each kid in your den earned as a Wolf becomes very important when it is time to create their Career Arrows. This is the sheet you keep and update as the years go by.
EventTrax: Helps keep track of attendance at various Scouting events. Cub Scout leaders need to keep track of attendance at Summertime Activities, and District Events. They may also want to keep track of who attended Raingutter Regattas, and Pinewood Derbies, etc.
Cub Scout Pack Organization Chart
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(*): Each Tiger Cub must be accompanied by his Adult Partner at all activities.
- Additional notes
- A Pack of 20 to 45 Scouts will typically have five dens: Tiger, Wolf, Bear, Webelos 1, and Webelos 2.
- Larger Packs may have more than one den at a level.
- Smaller Packs of 9 to 19 Scouts will typically have three dens: Tiger, Wolf/Bear, and Webelos 1/2.
See also
MeritBadge.Org is your online Scouting University with everything from Getting Started to Bridging.
- Den Meeting Plans: Tiger Cub, Wolf, Bear, Webelos Program: Webelos I, Webelos II
- Leader Awards: Cub Scout Den Leader Award (Tiger/Wolf/Bear/Webelos), Scouter's Training Award (basically all adult leaders but Den Leaders), Scouter's Key (Cubmaster), Den Chief Service Award (Den Chief)
- Program Helps: Recruiting, & CubTrax Spreadsheets
- Activities: Day Camp, Resident Camp, Whittling Chip, Guide to Safe Scouting
- Training: Youth Protection, New Leader, BALOO, Webelos Outdoor, Wood Badge, Philmont, Den Chief Training
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KALAMAZOO TWP. � The Hillsdale High School girls tennis team regained some momentum heading into its league meet.
Getting key wins in the singles flights, the Hornets ended a two-match losing streak Tuesday with a 5-3 victory over the Kalamazoo Comstock Colts in a non-conference match.
Hillsdale (4-2) won three of the four singles matches and picked up two victories in the doubles flights to take the victory. The Hornets will host the Southern Michigan Independent Tennis League meet Thursday afternoon.
Alexis Michael gave Hillsdale a win at No. 1 singles with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Casidy Boers. Nicole Thompson added a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Comstock's Emilee Hint at No. 3 singles, while Casey Lemerand posted a 6-2, 6-3 victory for Hillsdale over Kaylee Woods at No. 4 singles.
It was the Nos. 3 and 4 doubles flights that came through for the Hornets. The team of Lisa Curby and Jorey Lambright recorded a 6-3, 6-4 victory at No. 3 doubles over Ashley Cobella and Tori McNett. Hillsdale's No. 4 doubles team of Sena Finnegan and Kelly Shalosky scored a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Ashley Miller and Zhixin Zhu.
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The Hillsdale High School boys and girls track teams dropped Tuesday's Lenawee County Athletic Association dual meet with the Erie Mason Eagles. In the boys event, the Hornets fell 78-59 to Erie Mason, while the Hillsdale girls were defeated 84-53.
Jimmy Felske won two events to lead the Hillsdale boys. He took first in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.4 seconds and won the 200-meter dash in 23.5 seconds. Noah Hall gave the Hornets a win in the high jump at 5-10 and Ridge Morris took first in the pole vault by clearing 9-6.
Hillsdale's 800-meter relay team of Cody Shaw, Marshal Hammel, Brandon McMullen and Felske ran a winning time of 1:36.5. Aaron Smith, Maleck Goshorn, Andrew Bixler-Smith and Zach Hardway won the 1,600-meter relay for the Hornets with a time of 3:48.4
The Hillsdale girls recorded victories in six events. Mallory Hill won the high jump by clearing 4-10, while McKenna Thayer took first in the discus with a 103-10 throw. Maddie Richards won the 1,600-meter run in 5:33.7 and Maddie Eves captured the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 50.7 seconds. Anna Rushing gave the Hornets a win in the 200-meter dash, finishing in 27.1 seconds.
The team of Kylee Stuchell, Sarah Kempa, Thayer and Rushing won the 400-meter relay for Hillsdale with a time of 54.7 seconds.
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A fire that destroyed a Leavenworth home Sunday night is believed to have been sparked by lightning, a Fire Department spokesman said.
A fire that destroyed a Leavenworth home Sunday night is believed to have been sparked by lightning, a Fire Department spokesman said.
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Cisco Configuration Professional (Cisco CP) is a GUI based device management tool for Cisco access routers. This tool simplifies routing, firewall, IPS, VPN, unified communications, WAN, and LAN configuration through GUI based wizards.
Using Cisco CP, network administrators and channel partners can deploy routers with ease. It offers one-click router lock-down and voice and security auditing capability to check and recommend changes to router configuration. Cisco CP also monitors router status and troubleshoots WAN and VPN connectivity issues.
Cisco CP is free and you can download it from: http://www.cisco.com/go/ciscocp.
This document contains troubleshooting information for Cisco CP.
The troubleshooting information available is as follows:
- #Minimum screen resolution for Cisco CP
- #JRE settings for Cisco CP
- #Pop-up screens appearing on primary monitor if Cisco CP is moved to extended monitor
- #Cisco IOS enforces one-time use of default credentials
- #Cisco CP Merge and Replace Configuration Functions Fail Under Some Conditions
- #Cisco CP May Lose Connection to Network Access Device
- #Pop-up Blockers Disable Cisco CP Online Help
- #Temporary Internet Files—Impact on Launch
- #Collecting Tech Logs
Minimum screen resolution for Cisco CP
Cisco CP requires a screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768.
JRE settings for Cisco CP
The following JRE settings are needed for Cisco CP to function properly:
- Go to Start > Control Panel > Java.
- Click View under Java Applet Runtime Settings.
- Select your JRE in use.
- Set the "Java runtime parameters" with the value "-Xmx256m -Dsun.java2d.d3d=false".
In addition, if JRE is upgraded to versions 1.6.0_11 or above, the following settings are needed after installing Cisco CP:
- Go to Start > Control Panel > Java > Advance.
- Select "Java Plug-in" tree.
- Uncheck the check box for Enable next-generation Java Plug-in.
- Restart Cisco CP.
Pop-up screens appearing on primary monitor if Cisco CP is moved to extended monitor
Symptom: If Cisco CP is running on a laptop that is also connected to an external monitor and the screen is set for extended display, pop-up dialog boxes of all SDM applet security pages, routing pages, and help pages appear on the primary monitor.
- Connect the monitor to a laptop and set the screen for extended display.
- Launch Cisco CP and move it to secondary screen.
- Click Configure > Security > Security Audit > Perform Security Audit.
- The Audit screen appears in the primary monitor and Cisco CP in the secondary monitor.
Workaround: There is no workaround.
Cisco IOS enforces one-time use of default credentials
To address CSCsm25466, Cisco IOS images included with recent shipments of Cisco 800, Cisco 1800, Cisco 2800, Cisco 2900, Cisco 3800, and Cisco 3900 routers, enforce the one-time use of the default user name and password provided in the Cisco CP configuration file.
If you bypass Cisco CP or Cisco CP Express and use a console or Telnet connection to log into the router, the login and exec banners warn you that you must change the user name to "cisco" and the password to "cisco" before you log off the router. If you do not change the credentials as directed, you will not be able to log into the router the next time that you attempt to do so.
The following Cisco IOS releases enforce the one-time use of the default credentials:
- 12.4(11)T or later
- 15.0(1)M or later
Follow the procedure in this section to secure the router by creating a new username and password, to remove the login banner and exec banner warnings, and to save the configuration changes to the router startup configuration.
Note: If you log into the router using a Telnet or a console connection but do not complete the steps in this procedure, be aware of the following:
- If you do not change the default username and password, and log off the router, you will not be able to log into the router again without entering the reload command. No additional warning is given before you log off.
- If you do not change the default username and password, but do enter the write memory command before ending the session, future logins are disabled. In this case, you will need to follow the password recovery procedure at the following link:
To secure the router, remove the banner warnings, and save the changes to the router startup config, complete the following steps:
1. Connect the blue console port on your router to a serial port on your PC using the light blue console cable, included with your router. See your router's hardware installation guide for instructions.
2. Connect the power supply to your router, plug the power supply into a power outlet, and turn on your router. See your router's quick start guide for instructions.
3. Use HyperTerminal or a similar terminal emulation program on your PC, with the terminal emulation settings of 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, and no flow control, to connect to your router.
4. When prompted, enter the username cisco, and password cisco.
5. Enter configuration mode by entering the following command:
yourname# configure terminal
yourname(config)# username username privilege 15 secret 0 password
7. Replace username and password with the username and password that you want to use.
8. Remove the default username and password by entering the following command:
yourname(config)# no username cisco
8. To remove the login banner, enter the following command:
yourname(config)# no banner login
The login banner warning will no longer appear.
9. To remove the exec banner, enter the following command:
yourname(config)# no banner exec
The exec banner warning will no longer appear.
10. Leave configuration mode by entering the following command:
yourname(config)# end
11. Copy the configuration changes to the startup configuration by entering the following command:
yourname# copy running-config startup-config
When logging into the router in the future, use the username and password that you created in 6.
Cisco CP Merge and Replace Configuration Functions Fail Under Some Conditions
The problem described here is caveat CSCsj21989. If you attempt to merge configuration changes made using the Cisco CP Config Editor feature, or replace the running configuration with a configuration from the Config Editor, the router configuration will not be changed if there is a network device with a Network Address Translation (NAT) IP address, or a cache engine in the connection between the PC and the router. If you need to make changes to the router configuration that you would normally make using the Cisco CP Config Editor, use the Cisco IOS CLI instead.
Some (or all) of the top threats you obtain using the Cisco CP Security Dashboard may not pertain to your Cisco IOS IPS installation. After you deploy the signatures applicable to the top threats displayed by the Cisco CP Security Dashboard, the dashboard may still display some (or all) top threats with a red icon because applicable signatures could not be found. Those remaining top threats are unrelated to your Cisco IOS IPS installation and are not a danger to your router running Cisco IOS software.
Cisco CP May Lose Connection to Network Access Device
This note concerns the Network Admission Control (NAC) feature.
If the PC used to invoke Cisco CP returns a posture state (Healthy, Infected, Checkup, Quarantine, or Unknown) and if the group policy on the ACS server attached to the posture token assigned to the PC has a redirect URL configured, the connection between Cisco CP and the router acting as the Network Access Device (NAD) may be lost. The same problem can occur if an exception list entry attached to a policy with a redirect URL is configured with the IP address or MAC address of the PC.
If you try to reinvoke Cisco CP from this type of PC, you will not be able to do so because the browser will be redirected to the location specified in the redirect URL.
There are two workarounds for this problem:
- Ensure that the PC that you use to invoke Cisco CP attains a posture token that has an associated group policy on the ACS server that is not configured with a redirect URL.
- Alternatively, use Cisco CP to create a NAC exception list entry with the IP address or MAC address of the PC you use to invoke Cisco CP. Note that the exception list entry created for the PC should be associated to an exception policy that does not have a redirect URL configured in it.
For more information, see the links on the Cisco CP NAC online help pages.
Pop-up Blockers Disable Cisco CP Online Help
If you have enabled pop-up blockers in the browser you use to run Cisco CP, online help will not appear when you click the help button. To prevent this from happening, you must disable the pop-up blocker when you run Cisco CP. Pop-up blockers may be enabled in search engine toolbars, or may be standalone applications integrated with the web browser.
Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 blocks pop-ups by default. To turn off pop-up blocking in Internet Explorer, go to Tools > Pop-up Blocker > Turn Off Pop-up Blocker.
If you have not installed and enabled third-party pop-up blockers, go to Tools > Internet Options > Privacy, and uncheck the Turn on Pop-up Blocker check box.
Temporary Internet Files—Impact on Launch
Because of Microsoft Windows Java caching issues, Cisco CP is sometimes unable to complete discovery of a device. To fix this issue, complete the following steps:
1. Choose Application > Exit to shut down Cisco CP.
2. Close all existing Internet Explorer windows.
3. Go to Start > Control Panel > Java. The General tab is displayed.
4. In the Temporary Internet Files box, click Delete Files.
5. In the displayed dialog box, leave all file types checked, and click OK.
6. Click OK in the Java control panel to close it.
7. Restart Cisco CP.
Collecting Tech Logs
In case of issues where CCP doesn't launch, the customer has to launch the application and when he sees the problem, collect the tech logs from Start -> Program Files -> Cisco > Configuration Professional -> Collect Data for Tech Support.


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Announcements galore! This is a hefty culmination of a few things TeamCC has been working on behind the scenes---so sit back and relax---and read!
>>International Forums Trial Expansion<<
It is my pleasure to announce, in conjunction with coordination from a few of Team CC's Volunteers who are multilingual, we are trialing an expansion of a few International Forums. The International Forums impacted are: De Veroveraars Club, Club di Conquista, Club de Conquista (Dutch, Italian, and Spanish languages respectively).
As part of the enhancement, these three language forums will be receiving additional sub-forums for organization and development purposes, including: a Q&A sub-forum, a Callouts sub-forum, and a Tournaments sub-forum.
Over the next couple of days and weeks, a few user-deputies will help us organize the sub-forums and get content to the appropriate area.
We hope that these additional sub-forums will help service some of our International Club Members a little more! These additional sub-forums may also be expanded to the rest of the International Forums as well in the near future. Thanks to our Volunteers Jricart, Lindax, SirSebstar, and Thenobodies80 for helping translate the necessary items and providing input.
>>Mafia / Forum Games Promotion<<
Ever since we expanded our Forums years ago, Mafia and Forum Games have been a hit. Though we know Conquer Club is all about the World Domination, we also know that many members of our Community love to play in these entertaining games.
It is my pleasure then to announce that Mafia and Forum Games are getting some love! What does this entail?
- Mafia promoted to its own Forum with sub-forums for organization.
- Official Mafia and Forum Games occurring throughout the year with chances to win Premium Membership and General Achievement Medals
- An inaugural Official Celebratory Mafia Game by TheSaxLad. Check it out and Sign-Up Here!
>>Community Events Calendar<<
Who doesn't love fun? Who doesn't love Events? Who doesn't love Calendars? Who doesn't love scheduling? Well, okay, maybe those last two items less people love, but I promise you'll love this (maybe?!).
The Entertainment Team is pleased to announce their 2011 Community Events Calendar. A couple of Events we have scheduled for the future are already listed, so you can check and plan your vacations and times away from Conquer Club around those Events. Keep an eye on this topic though---Surprise Events may be added from time to time, so you want to get the scoop on when an Event is coming, Surprise or Otherwise, check out this topic!
For your convenience, you can navigate to the Community Events Calendar from the main board index, just below 'Community Guidelines' at the very tip top of the index! Many thanks to the Entertainment Team for compiling this and committing to the on-going hosting of terrific Community Events!
>>Forum 'Attachments' Trialing<<
This isn't really that big of news, or as exciting as the above announcements, but it is worth including anyways! Over the next couple of weeks, select forums on our board may be given 'Upload Attachment' abilities.
What does this mean? Well, for starters, in the Bug Reports forum, you can now upload an image of the Bug to your Report Topic without having to host the image on photobucket.com, imageshack.com, or any other hosting website. In other select forums in the coming weeks, you may be able to upload other .attachment settings (like .xls / .doc / .xml / etc).
We hope that this function will better serve our members across our forum boards who provide all sorts of data / spreadsheets / images for community entertainment, organization, or issue reporting! Many thanks to the Tech Team for initiating this idea!
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Calling the law "not ready for prime time," Congressman Mark Meadows brought his campaign to defund the Affordable Care Act to Hendersonville during a speech Monday before roughly 85 conservatives at The Chariot restaurant.
Calling the law "not ready for prime time," Congressman Mark Meadows brought his campaign to defund the Affordable Care Act to Hendersonville during a speech Monday before roughly 85 conservatives at The Chariot restaurant.
During a luncheon sponsored by FreedomWorks, a Washington D.C.-based conservative group, Meadows said his letter asking House leaders to strip Obamacare funding from a September appropriations bill has garnered 77 signatures from his colleagues.
The letter being circulated by Meadows' office urges House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor to "defund the implementation and enforcement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in any relevant appropriations bill brought to the House Floor in the 113th Congress, including any continuing appropriations bill."
Meadows told his audience at The Chariot that the health care law passed in 2010 "is not ready, and it's not fair the way it's being implemented. And we need to make sure that we trumpet that message over and over."
He said the language proposed in his letter would achieve a different result than the 40 votes the House has already taken to defund Obamacare since 2011, because it would force the Senate to take a vote on the issue.
"The 40 times we had before, they could just say, 'Thank you, House, we're glad that we're going to do it,'" Meadows said. "But Sept. 30, we're going to have to vote to say what we're going to do for funding for next year... Don't you think it would be good for (N.C. Sen.) Kay Hagan to take a vote and let us know exactly where she stands on this?"
Hagan said Monday that "defunding the Affordable Care Act would allow insurance companies to go back to denying coverage because of a pre-existing condition, cause seniors to pay thousands more in prescription drug costs, and force young adults off their parents' insurance."
She added that Congress should not play "political games" with threats of shutting down the government over Obamacare funding, as such a move would "harm our troops, veterans and Social Security beneficiaries."
The people talking most about government shutdowns are the Democrats and the president, Meadows told the luncheon guests.
"I want to make sure that Social Security checks continue to go out, Medicare continues to get paid, the military continues to get paid," he said. "It's not about that. This is just one specific area that we continue to get requests over and over for money."
When he returned to his district from Washington, Meadows said he expected to hear that his defunding plan "was not a good idea. But actually, I've heard just the opposite. Over and over and over again, I've heard people say we must find a way to stop Obamacare."
Not every constituent has expressed that opinion. At a talk Meadows gave Sunday at Agudas Israel Congregation, Hendersonville resident Gayle Covey stood up and described how her 60-year-old husband cannot retire from his job with health benefits because he is "uninsurable" due to a pre-existing condition.
"I cannot (understand) a Republican party right now that 40 times has voted to defund Obamacare rather than putting forward something that would support all of us," said Covey, who said she worked for Republicans in the 1970s. "Surely, congressman, there is a place for a Republican to be progressive and find solutions to this."
As he intimated Sunday, Meadows told his audience at The Chariot that he's "committed to listen to any great strategy that will save this great land... I'm all about covering pre-existing conditions, but the free market can always do it more effectively than the government can."
The federal government rarely does anything efficiently, Meadows said, citing the 600 days some veterans are waiting to get disability claims approved by the Veteran's Administration and the 20 years it's expected to take for the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up an Asheville Superfund site.
"So who else do we want to implement Obamacare?" Meadows said. "The IRS? (Do) we want to get the IRS to implement this, when it took them over three years to make a determination on some 501(c)(4), just because they happened to have 912 or tea party in their name?"
Meadows referenced a speech President Barack Obama gave Aug. 9, in which the president said there will be glitches in implementing the Affordable Care Act. Obama said adjustments will likely be needed, just as they were necessary when Social Security, Medicare and children's health insurance programs began.
"That was true of the prescription drug program part D that was rolled out by a Republican president and supported by Republicans who are still in the House of Representatives," Obama said. "That's true, by the way, of a car company rolling out a new car. It's true of Apple rolling out the new iPad."
But there's a major difference between working out the kinks in an Apple device and government-controlled health care, Meadows said.
"Because if you have a problem with an iPhone, maybe your app doesn't work and the game you're playing on says 'Game over.' But when you're dealing with health care, 'game over' has a totally different meaning," Meadows said. "And we need to make sure that we keep health care between a doctor and a patient, not a government and a patient."
Meadows has a town meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday at Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock, one of 10 events he's attending throughout the 11th District.
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Washington lawmakers late hour escape of the fiscal cliff means most in Southwest Colorado likely will escape the harshest impacts of the proposal.
However, local residents may notice that their first paycheck of the New Year could be inaccurate because the negotiations came down to the wire.
The Internal Revenue Service typically distributes withholding tables to employers at the end of November that reflect changes to the federal income-tax rate, but no tables have been sent for the New Year, said Mark Betts, payroll director for ASAP Accounting & Payroll Services Inc. in Durango.
Most likely, everyones paychecks are going to be inaccurate until the IRS can distribute actual withholding tables, he said.
Its up to the employer and the computer payroll system they use to determine how to fix the error later in the year, he said.
Employees should be prepared to take home 2 percent less pay in their checks this year as the Social Security payroll tax cut expires. President Barack Obama initially included the tax cut extension in his fiscal cliff negotiations, but it has not been included in recent proposals.
The tax cut was intended as a temporary stimulus in 2011 and 2012. The rate went from 6.2 to 4.2 percent for employees and from 12.4 to 10.4 percent for self-employed people.
Individuals with income of $400,000 or higher and households with income more than $450,000 likely will pay more. Officials, as of late Monday, had agreed to let tax rates for the highest income earners to rise from 35 percent to 39.6 percent. The exclusion amount for estate and gift taxes was not lowered from its current $5 million, but the tax rate will increase from 35 percent to 40 percent.
Lawmakers also appear to have agreed to prevent the Alternative Minimum Tax from expanding.
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Car 54 Where Are You? comes to DVD for the first time. All 30 episodes of thefirst season are included in this set of 4 DVDs, each newly remastered from the only known set of 35 mm fine grain prints.
The show stars Joe E. Ross as Gunther Toody and Fred Gwynne as FrancisMuldoon, a lovably inept squad car team that patrols the Bronx's 53rd precinct. Muldoon plays the long-suffering voice of reason who invariably reins in his short stocky partner�s dimwitted schemes and patiently listensto his hilariously inane prattle. The perfectly cast ensemble of supporting actors includes Beatrice Pons as Toody's domineering shrew of a wife, Al Lewis as the rubber-faced, irascible Officer Leo Schnauser, Charlotte Rae as Schnauser's moody, hot-tempered wife and Paul Reed as the perpetually exasperated captain Block. Each episode was filled out with talent drawn from New York's pool of seasoned film and TV veterans, borscht belt comedians and Broadway stage actors, and the first season features memorable guest star appearances by show biz pros Molly Picon, Wally Cox, Jan Murray, Maureen Stapleton, Jake La Motta and many more.
Specifically shot as a bonus extra for this release is a brand-new free-wheeling round table conversation between Bronx-raised comedian Robert Klein and two of the regular cast members --Charlotte Rae, who played Sylvia Schnauser, and Hank Garrett, who played Officer Ed Nicholson, one of thecops of the 53rd precinct. Rae and Garrett share stories, anecdotes and memories with Klein (a fan of Hiken�s work) that shed light on what went on behind the scenes.
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It is unfortunate that state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-12th, did not recognize that there was another guest on the Pennsylvania Cable Network evening call-in program on which he appeared on Feb. 12. That program was a disaster because of Metcalfe's lack of manners and insistence that his opponent not be able to say anything.
Metcalfe, carried away by his gun fanaticism, would assert that the Second Amendment is like no other, that there are no limitations or restrictions that may be imposed, and that the right to own an arsenal of weapons "shall not be questioned." He made the ludicrous assertion that the program's other guest and President Barack Obama are "coming for our guns."
Metcalfe's supporters called the program, unaffected by his lack of courtesy, but they do not constitute the majority of the public.
I am mortified to identify as a Republican after watching this travesty. I felt sorry not only for the other guest, but for the program host who had to tolerate Metcalfe's attacks and boorish behavior.
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La Junta Urban Renewal Authority voted five to four in favor of demolition of the Plaza Building at Tuesday's meeting in City Council chambers.
The people who attended the special meeting of the Urban Renewal Authority on Tuesday agreed on two things: the conversation about historic preservation needs to be up front and backed up by a plan. The vote was five to four in favor of demolition. The motion to raze the Plaza Building was made by Mayor Don Rizzuto and seconded by Karen Kelley. Voting for demolition, besides Rizzuto and Kelley, were Roger Roath, Jeff Reeder and Mack Burtis. The opposition consisted of Lynn Horner, Rebecca Goodwin, Sandra Leonard and Nancy Bennett.
An impressive line-up of speakers took the microphone during the hour and a half meeting on Tuesday at the council chambers in the La Junta Municipal Building. Leading off was former City Manager Dan Noller, who expressed his opinion that the building was too far gone, there was insufficient parking, and the financial obligation too great. "Tear it down!" he said. Bob Cody wanted an accounting of all the money spent on the project. He talked about other buildings available for entrepreneurs and vacant storefronts in mini-malls.
Bob Gleason continued in the same mode, feeling that money should go to help existing businesses like Tri-County Motors, which wishes to use the land now occupied by the building as a location for displaying automobiles. He said we should pave the area for Tri-County, since they supply jobs to local citizens. Randall Roberson, banker, asked the difference in cost between demolition and rehabilitation ($63,000 total vs. $200-300,000 in money to match grants over the next 10 years or so).
Cheryl Lindner asked the board to consider that it is not all about cash flow investment. Entrepreneurs wishing to start small businesses often cannot afford the rentals asked by building owners, especially considering the poor condition most downtown buildings are in. The ones in fair condition have been restored by the tenants, for the most part. She is for giving entrepreneurs a chance to establish their small businesses and feels that the project would give many of them a chance.
City Council member Eugene Mestas prefaced his remarks with a wish that it could have been the Kit Carson Hotel we were trying to save. He feels that the city could not afford the maintenance on the rehabbed building. He said, "As a citizen, I say tear the building down and let's get on the road."
Ed Stafford, Chairman of the Otero County Historic Preservation Board, said he was attracted to the town because of the old West romantic feeling it once had. Unfortunately, much of it has been lost with every old building we tear down. When he came to town 45 years ago, much more of the old West remained. He spoke of Ernie Orahood, the can-do man whose memorial service was also on Tuesday. "If Ernie saw a need, he would find a way to do it," he said. "To see what we have lost, look at the pictures in the Colorado Bank and Trust Centennial Book. People come through here looking for the old West. I found it here 45 years ago." He said La Junta needs to think about the future.What will earn money as we go along? Stafford favors a Highway 50 welcome center so we can tell the people coming through about our town and its many attractions (Bent's Old Fort, dinosaur tracks, Koshare Kiva, etc.).
Beverly Babb, owner of the Kit Carson Hotel recently demolished, said she is proud that there are people in this town who want to preserve its history. She asked that people not be short-sighted and just consider the money. An investment of four million dollars would have saved the Kit Carson and paid the city back in taxes and employment of a permanent 25-person staff.
Lorraine Melgosa also thought demolition of the building to be "tunnel vision," not looking to the future. She helped to circulate a petition to save the Plaza, gaining 100 signatures quickly to only two who favored demolition. "We have a choice here. The $1.8 million needed to rehab the building would be spent in La Junta. We've already paid a lot: we can give it to someone else or bring it home." What do we have to sell? Memorabilia, but not if we throw it away.
Velma Simpson, retired urban renewal specialist for the federal government and a fifth generation Coloradan, said she and her husband, Steve, saw the pictures of the Harvey House, the old Columbian School, the Santa Fe Roundhouse and other historic buildings no longer here and thought there must have been some great catastrophe, such as a fire or an earthquake. There is a time to say "no" to the destruction of the old, she said. That time came in Denver just before the rehabilitation of the Larimer Square area. As to parking for the Plaza Building, we have the area where the Kit Carson stood only a half block away.
La Junta Director of Water and Wastewater Joe Kelley was almost the last speaker. He would like to put the decision off for a while, so that an overall plan could be considered. Kelley is a member of the La Junta Planning Commission, which was designated as the La Junta Historic Preservation Board when the ordinance was passed in December 2004 that La Junta should have a historic preservation board.
Horner said the decision could not be delayed, because action had to be taken before June 1 or lose the Department of Local Affairs grant now in place for either demolition or encapsulation as the start of a rehabilitation project.
Urban Renewal Authority Board member Sandra Leonard, coming from an agricultural background and heading the Arkansas Valley Resource Center, a charitable organization, pointed out that money isn't everything. The bankers talking money actually lend money to farmers, who have no way of knowing from one year to the next if they will make money. Some things work on faith.
Nevertheless, the motion, second and vote were made.
Part of the group that favored the rehabilitation were seen after the meeting on the sidewalk outside the Municipal Building. All agreed better planning needed to be done and the discussion was a healthy one. Everyone is aware that many buildings in the downtown area are in need of proper maintenance.


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Life is expected to return to normal Monday for staff and students at North Smyrna Elementary as the malfunctioning heater at the school that moved classes Thursday and cancelled school Friday has been fixed.
A message on the Smyrna School District website Friday said the heater is now functional and classes will resume their regular schedule on Monday, Feb. 4.
North Smyrna Elementary students were evacuated Thursday morning due to a gas leak caused by the heater malfunction. Students and staff were bused to Smyrna Middle School where they completed the day.
The school district website said a decision would be announced later in the day regarding what the school would do for Friday. Thursday afternoon a message was again posted on the district website stating the school would be open Friday, but Superintendent Debbie Wicks said the decision was made later on to cancel school for North Smyrna students on Friday.
"We thought it was going to be fine but then when custodians went in, there was still a faint smell of gas," Wicks said. "It was enough for us to say we need to take a look at this again so unfortunately we had to close for the day."
Wicks said the school has two heaters, one of which is a back-up boiler. Two different contractors were working on both boilers and they are both fixed; therefore, North Smyrna students will have school on Monday.
Citizens' Hose Company No. 1 responded Thursday to North Smyrna Elementary on North Main Street at roughly 8:30 a.m. for report of a gas leak.
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"Firefighters narrowed down the source of the leak to the area of the boiler room and checked the classrooms with gas detectors to assure there were no additional hazards present," Tucker said.
Clayton Fire Company, American Legion Ambulance 64, and Kent County Paramedics were also on the scene. Approximately 10 units with 50 personnel, under the direction of First Assistant Chief Jay Pappas, took 32 minutes to bring the incident under control.
Tucker said there were no injuries or damage to the structure as a result of the leak and the scene was cleared at 8:56 a.m. and turned back over to school officials and Chesapeake Utilities representatives.
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Before going on I want to mention the new link I put up about Zen books that don't suck. People keep asking me about this. So here you go.
While I was up north for Thanksgiving I stopped by the Berkeley Zen Center where my friend Greg Fain, who kindly let me stay in his pad while I was up there, was giving the weekly Dharma talk. His talk was, among other things, about the issue of speaking about politics from the "pulpit" -- if we can use that word to describe the seat from which Buddhist teachers deliver their talks.
I was a little worried because I knew that Greg had spent some time in Nevada getting out the vote on behalf of a certain candidate I won't name here. And this was, after all, the People's Republic of Berkeley. As some of you must have noticed by now I'm pretty down on the idea of Buddhism being used as a pretext for pushing liberal politics and on the widespread assumption that anyone who is a Buddhist must, of course, be at the very least a Democrat if not someone of a much more left-leaning political mindset. While I didn't really imagine Greg would use his Dharma talk as a campaign platform, especially after the election was finished, I did fear for the worst.
I should have had more faith! Greg's talk was a very good one about how a Dharma talk should never be a platform for political campaigning. He related a story about how he was giving a talk in Nevada (I think). Before he went on, the head of the temple warned him, "Don't talk about politics here! This group is evenly divided between 'red state' people and 'blue state' people." Greg said he hadn't planned to get political but that he appreciated the advice. He said he thought we as Buddhist teachers should always assume our audience is half 'red state' (conservatives, for those of you reading this outside the USA) and half 'blue state' (liberals). I'd take that further myself. I don't even assume my audience cares about or even knows much about America's politics. A decade in Japan taught me a lot about just how trivial American politics really are to people who don't live here.
Back on October 25th, my hero, Gene Simmons, bassist of the rock band KISS, posted this on his website:
Ok, folks. Everyone is so touchy about the forthcoming election. And for the record, I don't believe any celebrity should be using their bully pulpit to coerce their fans to vote either way. I refuse to tell anyone what my political leanings are. I agree with both parties on certain issues and strongly disagree with both candidates on other issues. VOTE FOR EITHER CANDIDATE, but vote.
Yet around the same time someone sent me a video of some Zen teacher giving his Dharma talk in an Obama T-shirt. It's truly pathetic when Zen teachers aren't even as enlightened as Gene Simmons on such matters. I don't pay enough attention to the Zen scene to know whether there are more teachers like Greg or more teachers like that guy who thought his Dharma talk was an appropriate place to plug his favorite candidate.
We Buddhist teachers must never assume that our political views are one and the same as the Dharma, nor should we try and influence the people who listen to us on how to vote.
Greg talked about social justice, about the recently passed California Proposition 9 (not 8!) and how it affected the inmates he teaches at San Quentin prison. He talked about the uncomfortable mood at a post election party he attended and how it was all "We won and they lost!" I could certainly feel that myself driving through Los Angeles on the night of November 4th. There was such a tremendous buzz of negative energy in the air that I wanted to get off the road as quickly as possible. Ironically most of those responsible for that nearly palpable wave of horrible negativity almost certainly believed it was nothing but positivity (actually the two are the same, ultimately) (and just by the way, I don't mean that I somehow psychically sensed this stuff. There was all kinds of shouting and hooting and horns honking and vehicles swerving like the drivers were drunk) .
Greg also talked about engaged Buddhism. All Buddhism, he said (quoting someone I can't remember), is "engaged Buddhism." I think this is important. How do you work most effectively for social justice? You do zazen practice every day. You. Not someone else. Every day. Not just when your sitting group meets. This is where the real work for social justice happens. Without it you're just making noise.