Alive and Well

Just letting everyone know, I am alive and well, I've just been in Flagstaff for a workshop at the USGS, where apparently wireless networks are forbidden, so I was unable to connect.
I guess I could have with today's more hands-on session, but to be honest, I was way to busy.

Following up on the report below on the "Tethys tweak", I have no new word on whether it has been approved, but apparently the tweak is the result of the desire to avoid the E-ring as much as possible. In a possible tweak to avoid the ring, a closer Tethys encounter in September shook out.