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Brahimi has 'no illusions' about 'toughest yet' Syria mission
By Lyse Doucet Chief International Correspondent, BBC News, New York
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19467160
Image caption The latest UN/Arab League envoy to Syria says he has no plan yet for how to address the conflict
One of the UN's most experienced troubleshooters, Lakhdar Brahimi, has embarked on one of the world's toughest jobs with a bleak warning it may be "nearly impossible" for him to succeed in ending the violence in Syria.
But the 78-year-old veteran Algerian diplomat told me "perhaps a bit of vanity and an excessive sense of duty" led him to take over from Kofi Annan as the UN and Arab League's Syria envoy.
The former UN secretary general announced his resignation in August after six months of trying to get the warring sides in Syria, and their outside backers, to find a negotiated way out of what is now widely regarded as a civil war.
Mr Annan called it "mission impossible".
"I'm coming into this job with my eyes open, and no illusions," Mr Brahimi said in an interview in New York as he started his new assignment.
The mediator - who has taken on some of the most challenging tasks everywhere from Haiti to South Africa, to post-war Afghanistan and Iraq - pointed out he had "never been given any assignment that was easy".
He has admitted this may be the toughest yet.
No 'cosmetic change'
Mr Brahimi said political change in Syria was "fundamental and urgent". But he refused to be drawn, in his first days in the job, on whether President Bashar al-Assad should step down.
I am scared of the weight of responsibility. People are already saying 'people are dying and what are you doing to help?'
"Change cannot be cosmetic," emphasised a mediator known for keeping his cards close to his chest. "There will be a new order but I do not know who will be the people in the order. That's for Syrians to decide."
Mr Brahimi often deployed a "no victor, no vanquished" power-sharing approach in previous mediations, including the Taif Agreement of 1989 which ended Lebanon's punishing 15-year civil war.
His cautious stance has already been condemned by Syrian opposition groups.
But Mr Brahimi said he gave them this message: "Please remember I am not joining your movement. I am working for two international organisations, the United Nations and the Arab League, and I do not speak the same language as you."
He reminded me that in an earlier interview, several months before the Arab Spring erupted in early 2011, he told me there would be revolutions across the region.
UN sources say Mr Annan felt he had no choice but to step down because he faced a "brick wall", including an "intransigent" Syrian government, escalating violence by opposition forces, and a paralysed UN Security Council where Russia and China vetoed resolutions put forward by Western and Arab nations to exert greater pressure on President Assad.
Aged 78 and an experienced operator in the Arab and Islamic worlds
Acted as Arab League envoy during Lebanese civil war in 1989, brokering an end to the conflict
Has represented the UN in Afghanistan, Iraq, Haiti, South Africa, DR Congo, Yemen, Liberia, Nigeria and Sudan
Is a member of The Elders, a group of world leaders founded in 2007 by Nelson Mandela to promote peace and human rights
Profile: Lakhdar Brahimi
Mr Brahimi said he was now "standing in front of that brick wall, trying to find cracks that some see, and if they don't exist, find ways to go around that wall".
But he held out few glimmers of hope at the moment, saying so far he had not seen "any cracks" himself.
He said he had been in touch with Mr Annan during his six-month assignment, and "can't think of anything I would have done differently".
The focus of Mr Annan's effort was a six-point plan including a ceasefire - accepted by all sides but which never held. Many now describe it as irrelevant. But Mr Brahimi said he would now put that plan, and other instruments, into his own "tool box" to use or adapt, depending on the situation.
He said he "had ideas, but no plan yet" and wanted to talk to as many people as possible, including the authorities in Damascus, before he made any decisions.
UN sources who have worked closely with Mr Brahimi over many years say he will be more involved in the minutiae of the process, engaging personally with all the key players, and drawing on his own extensive experience and contacts in the region and beyond, not to mention his understanding of Arab politics including the language.
He plans to base his office in Damascus if possible, or in Cairo, to spend as much time as possible in the region. For now, he is based in New York, rather than Geneva where Mr Annan continued to reside.
Media captionThe new international envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, tells Lyse Doucet he views his new mission as "nearly impossible"
Mr Brahimi has spent the past week in New York speaking to members of the UN Security Council, including Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and Susan Rice, US ambassador to the UN.
"They all expressed support and thanks that I accepted this difficult mission. Now we have to translate that individual support into collective support."
Little optimism
Mr Brahimi forcefully rejected a growing assessment that Syria's government and opposition forces now regard this conflict as an existential battle.
"I have been going to Syria for 50 years or more and have seen this mosaic of communities... who put their Syria identity first," Mr Brahimi emphasised. "I refuse to believe Syrians will forget that, go back to narrow identities, and find it indispensable to kill their neighbour."
When he formally accepted this job, Mr Brahimi publicly told the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon he was "honoured, flattered, humbled, scared".
What scares him?
"I am scared of the weight of responsibility," he explained. "People are already saying 'people are dying and what are you doing to help?'"
He admitted: "We are not doing much."
There's little optimism anywhere much can be done. Even Mr Brahimi sees his job as keeping expectations low.
Watch the Lakhdar Brahimi interview on BBC World News at 15:30 GMT and 20:30 GMT.
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In order to sell out one's country, it takes a great deal of either greed, hubris, ignorance, or a combination of those traits. While Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, one of his core crimes came from seeking a fortune by offering to assist not only the Russians, but also to be part of a deal to sell nuclear technology to the Saudis. Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, is likely to die in prison, and provided his expertise to pro-Russia Ukrainians in order to make millions.
While we are taught from a young age that crime doesn't pay, and that we should always strive to follow the law, it appears that crime does pay for the Trump regime, at least temporarily. As Palmer Report has documented, the worst decision Trump ever made was running for president. With Trump's combined hubris and incompetence, which started at a young age from the constant assurance of being told that the law does not apply to him, he felt that he was untouchable.
Following decades of laundering money through his now failed casinos, Trump believed that he was untouchable. Much like a "made man" in the mafia, Trump assumed that his history of skirting the law would also result in a life that would provide him unfathomable wealth and fame. Trump advanced his good fortune, despite multiple occurrences of utter business failure, in the hope of finding a way to advance his proposed good name in order to further advance any sort of financial promotion.
Donald Trump has only cared about one thing – money. When Trump descended the escalator just prior to his 2015 announcement declaring his goal of the presidency, it was only to increase his perceived value. Through lies, interference, and treason, Trump found himself in a position he never expected – the presidency. While this was never the plan, he sits in the Oval Office, often not getting there until the afternoon. While American democracy could have been subverted by a number of reasons, it's clear that one of them was ignorance.


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Vermont is vulnerable to increasing temperatures, floods and droughts, and a shorter winter
Vermont's climate has already warmed by two degrees Fahrenheit in the last century. Increasing temperatures are causing spring to arrive earlier, bringing more precipitation and more frequent storms as well as drier and hotter summers. Rising sea levels threaten the stability of housing and infrastructure projects, as well as increasing the likelihood for flooding which can harm ecosystems, disrupt farming, and pose an increasing risk to human health.
Increasing temperatures: Extreme heat will increase in the Northeast region. Currently a temperate region in the summer, the region can expect to see an increase of "extremely hot" days. On average, there are only 2.6 days a year over 95 degrees Fahrenheit now, but that number could increase to by 5-16 additional days by midcentury and jump to 15-57 additional days by the end of the century. Increasingly hot summers will have negative impacts on health, mortality, and labor productivity.
Floods and droughts: Annual precipitation in the Northeast has increased about 10 percent from 1895 to 2011, and precipitation from extremely heavy storms has increased 70 percent since 1958. Increasing variability in precipitation will likely cause more flooding in the winter and spring, and more drought in the summer and fall.
Shorter winter: New Hampshire's winter recreation industry is vulnerable to shorter winters with less snow. This could have economic impacts on industries like snowboarding, skiing, and snowmobiling, potentially harming the local economies that depend on them.
Sea Level Rise: According to a Risky Business Report, the Northeast region in general could experience anywhere from 1 to 7 feet of sea level rise by the end of the century. Portsmouth, NH could experience 6.3 feet rise by 2100. The heightened water levels will increase storm-related property damage by $11-$22 billion in the same time period.
Extreme precipitation: stands to cause the largest impact on the Northeast. The region has experienced a greater recent increase in extreme precipitation than any other part of the United States. From 1958 to 2010, the Northeast experienced more than a 70% increase in the amount of precipitation falling in very heavy events.
Adaptation: In December 2012, Governor Peter Shumlin re-established Vermont's Climate Cabinet and called on state agencies to take specific steps to prepare for the impacts of climate change. The Climate Cabinet had been originally established by Governor Shumlin in 2011. The Climate Cabinet is chaired by Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources and includes the heads of a number of the state's agencies and departments. The Climate Cabinet was charged with reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving the state's resilience to climate impacts.
Vermonters support clean energy and climate regulations
According to the Yale Map Project on Climate Change Communication 3% of Vermonters recognize that global warming is happening. The study finds that 79% of residents support regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant and 86% support funding research into renewable energy sources.
Vermont: biomass an important electricity source
Vermont ranks 33rd in wind capacity with 119 MW installed, enough to power 27,000 homes. There are 4 companies in NH related to wind manufacturing.
Vermont ranks 23rd in solar, with 196 MW installed or enough to power 35,000 homes. The solar industry employs over 1,700 people across 83 companies across the solar value chain in VT.
One in six Vermont households uses wood products, such as wood pellets, as their primary heating source.
Vermont produces less than 35% of the electricity it consumes and depends on power from the New England grid and Canada.
In 2016, nearly all of Vermont's in-state net electricity generation was produced by renewable energy, including hydroelectric, biomass, wind, and solar resources.
In the years 2011 through 2016, Vermont installed 59.2 megawatts of commercial-scale solar photovoltaic capacity, 26.8 megawatts in 2016 alone.
Vermont enacted the nation's first integrated renewable energy standard (RES), which makes utilities responsible both for supplying renewable electricity and for supporting reductions in customers' fossil fuel use.
Vermont is a part of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a nine-state regional program to put a cap on carbon pollution from power plants

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Passed away suddenly on 30th September 2018 in Greymouth, aged 74. Dearly loved and cherished wife of Bob, dearly loved daughter of the late Zena & Jack Lyall, dearly loved daughter in-law of the late Mabel & Harold Boote, dearly loved mother and mother in-law of Janine, and Graham and Jenny, dearly loved grandma of Aimee, Brydie, Jessica, and Gareth, dearly loved sister and sister in-law of Marjorie (deceased) & Ross, Helen & Arthur, Jeanette and the late John, and Shirley and the late Evan, dearly loved sister in-law of Noel and the late Elva, and Norman and the late Lynnette, and a dearly loved aunty, cousin, and friend of many. In Lieu of flowers donations to the West Coast Cancer Society would be appreciated and can be posted to P.O Box 81 Greymouth 7840 or made at the service. Messages to 2 Karoro place, Karoro, Greymouth 7805.
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Last Monday, I received one of the greatest surprises I've ever had. One of my role models; someone I follow and connect with on Twitter, Facebook, and Voxer; and an educator who has reenergized my spirit, stopped by and surprised me as I was welcoming staff back for our first professional development day.
Adam Welcome, amazing and inspiring California educator and cofounder and coauthor of Kids Derserve It, stopped by my school to surprise and meet me for the first time while on his way to central Minnesota for keynoting engagements. This speaks to the quality of this guy that he would take time out of his busy schedule to surprise me and make my day.
Now, I know we all can't travel across the county to surprise each other like Adam was able, but there are other acts you can take to make someone's day.
You can make a phone call; write and send a note; text a photo; schedule a Google Hangout or Facebook Messenger video chat; send a heartfelt email; post a funny Tweet or direct message; leave a Voxer message; create and send a video; give a face-to-face greeting; and/or leave a treat on someone's desk, chair, or mailbox.
I remember the kind actions members of my PLN have taken the past couple years. I have received cards, letters, notes, gift cards, wrist bands, t-shirts, stickers, drawings, phone calls, email messages, Twitter direct messages, Voxer messages, and visits, and I save and remember them all. You probably remember the things you have received from others and now it's time to pay it forward and make someone's day.


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Guest Post: McVladie interviews DACRE STOKER
A Handful of Dirt: W. Scott Poole
By Front Office in A Handful of Dirt
A Handful of Dirt asks a person five questions they wouldn't normally expect or receive in any other credible interview.
In consulting the Serendipiter Bag o'InquiryTM, we pose a series of questions to come up with a bit of knowledge unknown before – a handful of dirt.
One of the noteworthy contributions to the genre came out last year with the cultural examination in 'Monsters in America: Our Historical Obsession with the Hideous and the Haunting' by W. Scott Poole.
From the bio on the book's site:
Scott Poole grew up in love with monsters. Shock Theater on Saturday afternoon left him deliriously terrified as he watched Dracula, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein and The Wolf Man. Comic books like Tomb of Dracula and fan magazines like Famous Monsters offered even more frightening fun…
…Somehow — and even Scott's not quite sure how — he translated his love for monsters into a career as a historian and pop culture critic. A tenured professor of American History at the College of Charleston, he teaches a popular class about the image of the Devil in religion and popular culture and, of course, a class on America and its monsters. He is the author of several books dealing with race, religion and pop culture including Satan in America: The Devil We Know and is a regular contributor to www.PopMatters.com, an international magazine of cultural criticism.
You can follow more on this at MonstersInAmerica.com and on Twitter @monstersamerica
What's a book that you love that no one knows about?
I'm tempted to say Monsters in America. But I guess it would have to Matt Cardin's Dark Awakenings, a collection of fiction and scholarly papers exploring the intersection between religion and horror. Clearly influenced by Lovecraft and Thomas Ligotti, Cardin wonders aloud about how the more terrifying aspects of human experience are religious and the ways in which religion's object of desire, the sacred itself, may be inherently terrifying. Thought provoking, not for the philosophically faint of heart and deserves to be more widely known.
Was there a particular moment/instant that you can credit as the inspiration of your latest work (editor's note: in this case, the motivating moment/instant behind your book?)
Where would you prefer to live if the Witness Relocation Program finally has to move you?
Some kind of science station in Antarctica. Either the one from The Thing or the one from Whiteout, but without the aliens or the murders or any of the people. Then again, I couldn't live away from record, comic and bookstores, so actually maybe Brooklyn. Bed-Stuy or Park Slope, not Williamsburg.
What's the Valentine's card you would design if given free range and no censorship/supervision?
I want to send Valentines to dead people, at least interesting dead people. So, I suppose I would design a card and a card company that would allow you to send a valentine to, say, Elsa Lanchester or William S. Burroughs. I'd even have dummy addresses where you could send the cards to in order to give you the feeling of being a real live crazed fan of a real live dead person. So, for example, you could send one to Elsa Lanchester at 1935 James Whale Avenue, Hollywood or something. Come on, surely there is a constituency out there that wants to stalk dead celebrities much as I do.
If you were to insert yourself as a character in a television show, which show would it be?
Possibly Seth Green's Oz from Buffy so that I would a.) get to be a werewolf b.) date Willow Rosenberg c.) get to wander in Romania and Tibet visiting various spiritual masters. Or maybe Stringfellow Hawke from Airwolf. As long as I didn't have to play the violin or fly high-tech helicopters and could just do the whole "brooding recluse in a mountain cabin" thing.
Buffy, Dead Celebrities, Dracula, Matt Cardin, Monsters In America, W. Scott Poole
MONSTERS COMING TO ASHEVILLE, NYC AND TORONTO | Monsters in America on January 15, 2012 at 7:18 pm
[…] the College of Charleston this semester. We'll post those interviews as they become available. Here is a fun one I did with the website Gravedigger's Local 16. Nice to get some questions other than "what's your favorite monster" or "so, what's the […]


Laura Mortenson with Redd Willow Art is showing us her paint-pouring technique. It's a beautiful, simple, fun new style of acrylic painting that has really taken off lately because it's so simple, fun and addicting to do.
She will be doing paint pouring on site at Simple Treasures Weber Holiday Boutique, and take home kits will be available to purchase as well.
The event runs Nov. 28 , 29, 30 and Dec. 1, 2018 at Golden Spike Events Center in Ogden.
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Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Act of 2012
Hearings began today. No Lawyers has the info here.
It has been a decade since I first walked onto a stage at a huge hunting convention and called for the modification of Pittman-Robinson to allow more money to go to ranges. I was lucky to get out with my life. I said then that taxation without representation, which was clearly the case with the vast majority of excise tax money coming from shooters but going to wildlife conservation, was still tyranny.
I supported CO Senator Mark Udall, who is a Democrat, in his first attempt to modify P-R a few years back, which bought me hate mail from conservative bloggers. Sen. Udall has introduced this bill, which has the full support of NSSF, who has come around to my point of view.
Thank you, Senator, and thank you NSSF.
I believed then and I believe now this is a battle we have to win.
nj_larry said...
Pittman-Robinson should be eliminated, not modified. Please point to the section of the US Constitution that addresses ranges? Please stop figuring out how to spend my money. Its MY money, not yours, not BHO's, not the Feds, not Sen Udall's.
Rick said...
nj_larry: Article 1 Section 8: "To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;"
Part of disciplining, and regulating as stated in the 2nd Amendment, is training. Training involves ranges.
While I agree with your sentiment and philosophy 110%, tax money spent on public ranges does fall under the federal government responsibilities so that we of the militia, as defined in the Militia Act, have a place to go to for training with firearms. If you read Justice Scalia's opinion in DC v Heller, he nicely summarizes how the militia is all able-bodied men able to take up arms, and that well-regulated referred to discipline and training.
DamDoc said...
No Lawyers column: "Manufacturers of firearms and ammunition pay a federal excise tax — 11 percent on long guns and ammunition and 10 percent on handguns — which is used to fund wildlife and conservation efforts."
Better to go to ranges than some other black obamaesk/greenie hole!... However, I surely agree with getting rid of ANY tax (and forego the range money), and agree with Larry if that is his point... but that doesnt appear to be on the table... But getting an 11% discount on guns and ammo sounds pretty good!
The P-R Act was designed - or at least sold - as a user fee. Hunters were the most numerous shooters, hunters benefitted greatly from the acquisition and preservation of large areas of game species habitat, so hunters should help pay for that habitat.
That was then; this is now. The number of hunters is plummeting; new shooters are far more likely to be target shooters of some sort. They may never hunt at all, still less in a tract P-R funds paid for.
Further, those tracts are increasingly used by hikers, campers, snowmobilers and 4-wheelers. None of them pay a cent for these areas through a use-specific tax on their accessories.
On these facts, it would seem that P-R's utility has run its course. In its present form, it is an onerous and unwanted burden on what is almost certainly the majority of shooters.
Rather than benefitting shooters, it subsidizes other activities while economically impeding the shooting sports.
Re-allocation of its funds is minimally more fair; elimination of the tax altogether seems fairer still.
DamDoc ..."agree with Larry if that is his point."
...geeze Doc I thought I did make myself clear on this one. Let me restate....CAN ALL THE LOBBYIST-INDUSTRY-POLITICIANS- LOAFERS-EVERYONE ELSE, GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WALLET? PLEASE !
I can think of about two dozen good causes that I would like to spend Mike Bane's money or Sen. Uhaul's money on, or the NSSF membership fees, but ya know something, I REALIZE THAT IT WOULD BE IMMORAL TO DO SO. I am sick and tired of 60% or MORE of my money getting spoke for by others. Have we reached the point where it just doesn't matter any more? That after 114 TRILLION dollars in debt we just say "F it" and spend every last dime of the next 10 generations? How can anyone complain about Obamacare but have their hands out for shooting ranges? I don't remember there being a box to check off on the ATF form 4473 that says I can opt out of the PR tax. Or a referendum on the ballot to get my approval or a majority of anybody. It just has to stop. NO MAS. Go build your own damm range.
Sorry folks for the rant, but this just torqued me off...
what we need is range protection acts/bills/laws to get passed in every state.
keep suburban sprawl and eminent domain away.
eeyore said...
No Lawyers link is to Sammy Hagars "I can't drive 55."
Next article is http://onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com/2012/04/hearings-on-target-range-bill-today.html
Easy to see how one might mistake the two
Ah the joys of living in the Great state of Pennsylvania! Where the state provides public ranges for the common folk to enjoy. [url] http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=620410&mode=2 [/url]
The ranges used to be free, but the state has now instituted a policy that a shooter must have a current hunting/furtaking license or purchase an annual range use permit for $30 per annum. This is to help pay for recent upgrades to the ranges.
I believe that some of the funds for the range maintenance come from Pittman- Robertson funds allocated to the state by the Fed Gov. So there is a precedent here for the argument for public ranges partially supported by P/R. P/R funds are allocated according to the number of hunting licenses sold by each state IIRC.
BTW remember when Slick Willie, when he occupied the White House, tried to stick his hand in the P/R cookie jar and got it slapped by grannie Congress.
Geoff in PA
I hear that Sen. Udall's bill does not raise taxes or fees to fund increased grants to states for range development/improvement. Currently the money used for ranges is a 75% match deal ... 75% fed funds, the rest from the state or owner of the range (some states subsidize private ranges for public access rather than build state owned ranges, eg VT, MA). Udall's bill would increase the match to 90% and allow states to accumulate the funds over 5 years rather than have to use them within the year they were granted. About the 75 to 90 change: anyone heard anything about what portion of the P-R Wildlife Restoration funds will be used to accommodate the added 15%, if there will be no tax or fee increase to fund it? The money has to come from somewhere. What wildlife restoration project/program will be cut? Or does Udall's bill allow P-R to draw from the general treasury to do this?
Big Green Targets said...
We should be able to target practice whenever there is a chance to. Good article.
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Thirty years have passed since the very first results of EUV imaging were made public by Kinoshita and co-workers of NTT Japan. Why does it take this long for EUV lithography to develop from infancy to near maturity? First, the advent and adoption of several key resolution-enhancing techniques along the way, combined with continual improvements in exposure tools, masks, and materials, greatly extended the life of optical lithography and made the need for EUVL less urgent, until now. Second, technological barriers that must be surmounted in order to put EUVL in manufacturing have indeed been high. In this presentation, I will review the early history of EUVL, point out how its life was extended beyond the initial phase of promising results, and present some most recent progress on the performance of its exposure tools, technology infrastructure, and patterning capability, and hopefully convince the audience that the technology is crossing the threshold to become a mainstream patterning technology for sub-10-nm generations of integrated circuits.


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Activist, 3 others killed in Big Island 2-car collision:
Jerry Rothstein, his wife, and a mainland pair die in the crash
KAILUA-KONA >> Environmentalist and public rights activist Jerry Rothstein was among four people who died as the result of a two car, head-on collision on Queen Kaahumanu Highway north of Kailua-Kona on the Big Island yesterday evening, Hawaii County Councilwoman Virginia Isbell confirmed today. Also killed was Rothstein's wife Judy and a Minnesota couple whose names were not immediately released by police.
Isbell called Rothstein "Mr. Community" for his work for public rights.
Rothstein founded Public Access Shoreline Hawaii which obtained a state Supreme Court ruling that Hawaiians can exercise traditional rights on private properties if the land is not developed.
Police and other emergency personnel were called to the scene at about 6:25 p.m. Police said the car driven by Judy Rothstein had crossed the center line of the highway, causing the crash.
Jerry Rothstein was taken to North Hawaii Community Hospital. County fire department paramedics had described him as in extremely critical condition. He died at 7:30 p.m.
Police said the Rothsteins' 1990 Toyota 4-door station wagon was headed toward Kailua when it crossed the center line about 20 miles north of Kailua and hit an oncoming 2004 Saturn 4-door sedan with the Minnesota couple.
Fire officials found all four victims still in the cars. Police said they hadn't determined whether speed or alcohol were factors. Police began a coroner's inquest in the death of Judy Rothstein to determine if alcohol or medical conditions were involved.
They also began negligent homicide investigations regarding the other three, a standard procedure.
The deaths bring the Big Island traffic toll for the year to five, compared to none at the same time last year.
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Bad news from Hawai'i
A lawyer who founded Public Access Shoreline Hawaii which obtained a state Supreme Court ruling that Hawaiians can exercise traditional rights on private properties if the land is not developed died in a car accident.
Do people remember George Helm???? Well he was a Hawaiian from Moloka'i and he was an excellent swimmer yet he was lost at sea in 1977. This is a pic of George Helm:
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A carefree poncho with an asymmetrical close… or a sassy shawlette? Buttons give you two ways to enjoy your creative artwear.
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Two yarns, two pieces and too versatile not to add to your warm weather wardrobe. The simple addition of a "ladder yarn" creates easy vertical color stripes.
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Wear the buttons up the shoulder, down the front or anywhere in between. This warm and wonderful cape is ready for any adventure in whatever yarns you choose.
Chase the winter chills in classy style and cozy comfort. Combine yarns, colors and textures for your own one-of-a-kind creation.
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I've seen so many people start out great. They are excited, full of energy, with high hopes for the future. But as we all know, life has a way of gut-kicking us at times. And we wind up on the sidelines, nursing our wounds wondering where we went wrong and how to get back in the game.
Here are five ways I have learned, in my own life, how I can sustain a passion for life, even in the midst of the pain, the reverses, and the unpredictable events of life.
I see every day as a gift. Getting up every day and moving into life is a gift. It is the highest and best gift that God can give anyone: the gift of another day, another opportunity, another moment, another chance to make things right. Time is a gift. It is not owed to anyone, and it should be seen as the valuable, sacred stuff of life.
I see every place as God's place. Wherever you are, there you are. You may not want to be there, and you can wish you were somewhere else. But whether it's the place of failure, divorce, reverse, procrastination, unemployment, sickness, or a thousand other of life's calamities, this is the place that you find yourself. And because God always knows where you are, it's also God's place. It could be the sacred sanctuary in which God does the much-needed spade work on our soul.
I see everything as useful. Every delay, every reversal, every missed deadline, or opportunity all work in the big picture of God's providence to serve His purposes. Pain, sickness, unemployment, refusals, reversal, lay-offs, firings: all of these can be useful in the hands of God. He can redeem anything. He can reconcile any relationship. And He can restore anything that's lost.
I see everyone as someone worth loving. Stop looking at people as resources, and start looking at them as the reason you're here: to love them, heal them, help them, give them a leg up, an encouraging word, or a thousand other ways in which we can employ our lives to make the world a better place, by making the people in it more hopeful, more healthy, and more fired-up about the future.
I see every ending as a new beginning. Here is what I've discovered in life: we're great at new beginnings; marriages, births, first day on the job. But we're totally inept when it comes to endings. And yet, every new beginning has an ending. But it's helped me to transform the way I look at things at the end by realizing that for everything that ends, there's at least one new beginning out in front of me.
These are the five ways in which I sustain a passion for life. Discuss them with your team, your family. Ask them to interact. Add to the list if you find those that are meaningful and email them back to me. I would like to add them to my list too.


In February 2017 three of world's best and Belgian climbers made it to the press by free-climbing successfully one of the hardest routes of Patagonia, El Regalo de Mwono, a 1200-meter-high route on the east side of Torre Central, Torres del Paine.
In February 2017 three of world's best and Belgian climbers, Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll, Nicolas Favresse and Siebe Vanhee again made it to the press by free-climbing successfully one of the hardest routes of Patagonia, "El Regalo de Mwono", a 1200-meter-high route on the east side of Torre Central, Torres del Paine.
Back home, they asked filmmaker Guillaume Lion (director of La Cour des Grands aka The Big Boys' Playground) to edit the footage of their 19-day-long vertical journey. The result is a powerful and entertaining film that tells a profound story of companionship.


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Tylos Slėnis, česky lze přeložit jako Údolí Ticha, je název zaniklé osady/vesnice a údolí na pobřeží Kuršského zálivu na Kuršské kose v Litvě. Nachází se ve městě Nida v okrese/městě Neringa v Klaipėdském kraji.

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Tylos Slėnis se nachází na severovýchodním úpatí populární písečné duny Parnidžio kopa v národním parku Kuršská kosa. Jednou z hlavních atrakcí je dubová socha - křeslo/židle obryně Neringy (Neringos krėslas) a písčité pobřeží vhodné ke klidnějšímu koupání. Je zde také pestrá mozaika přírody především mezi rostlinami. Pobřežní částí Tylos Slėnis vede okružní turistická stezka Okolo Nidy a přes něj vede naučná stezka Parnidžio pažintinis takas. Na severním začátku údolí stojí kaple zasvěcená obnovení nezávislosti Litvy, která byla postavena v roce 1991. Občasně se v Tylos Slėnis konají folklorní a umělecké programy. V minulosti zde bylo také provozováno zemědělství.

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UNM Newsroom / In the News / Headlines for May 3
Headlines for May 3
1. ABQ Journal - "SP Entertainment set for first video game launch"
2. KRQE - "New passport center to open at UNM"
3. The New York Times - "Is the Trump Presidency Getting More Normal? Experts Rate 28 Events'"
4. Tech Republic - "How game theory and Nash equilibrium can help decide cybersecurity responses"
6. Foodtank - "Lessons in Urban and Organic Gardening in the Southwest"
*KOAT 5/3/17 6:56 a.m.
UNM ended its agreement with wise pies
UNM coach is now fighting for the university's ski teams.
*KOB 5/3/17 6:15 a.m.
Three game developers work with UNM and CNM
*KRQE 5/3/17 5:50 p.m.
It will be easier for UNM students, faculty and staf to get a passport
*KRQE 5/3/17 9:23 a.m.
UNM hosts symposium for Native artists across the nation
*KLUZ 5/3/17 10:43 p.m.
A new passport center will be opening inside the UNM bookstore


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How tech giants plan to keep fake news out of 2018 election
Facebook, Google and Twitter explain during a Senate committee hearing what they're doing to stop propaganda from spreading during the midterm elections.
Alfred Ng
Jan. 17, 2018 11:51 a.m. PT
Carlos Monje, director of Twitter's North America public policy and philanthropy, speaks during a hearing Wednesday of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.
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Hindsight is 2016.
Facebook, Google and Twitter representatives, testifying at a Senate committee hearing on Wednesday, said they learned important lessons from how fake news and Russian propaganda spread across their sites during the 2016 US presidential election. And they're working to make sure it doesn't happen again in 2018.
The three companies laid out plans that promise more transparency and proactive measures to prevent propaganda.
Experts say the 2018 midterm election has the potential to shift the political landscape ahead of the next presidential election. That just bolsters lawmakers' interest in getting answers from the tech giants, whose platforms are lead disseminators of election information, on how they're going to prevent a repeat of 2016. Senators grilled the same three companies last November after they failed to stop the Russian misinformation campaign in 2016.
Carlos Monje, Twitter's director of public policy and philanthropy, said the company created a "cross-functional elections task force" for the midterms with plans to:
Verify party candidates to prevent copycat accounts
Work with federal and state election officials to manage any issues
Improve its algorithm to stamp out bot accounts targeting election-related content
Monitor trending topics and conversations related to the 2018 election for any fake news
Use its Ads Transparency Center for political ads
Monje also told the committee that Twitter is working to inform users who had been exposed to Russian propaganda in 2016, similar to what Facebook did last November.
Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee who has been grilling tech companies like Twitter for more transparency, tweeted his support.
After months of pushing Twitter to do the right thing, I'm encouraged the company will soon notify users who saw content from Kremlin-backed trolls. https://t.co/aefyqbn0FC
— Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) January 17, 2018
Meanwhile, Juniper Downs, YouTube's head of public policy and government relations, described Google's actions as a four-step plan:
Require advertisers to identify who they are and where they're from
Provide disclosures on political ads telling viewers who paid for them
Release a transparency report on election ads
Publish a "creative library" where all the purchased ads are made public
Facebook said it would be increasing its political ads transparency and highlighted the tools it added to fight fake news, such as machine learning and adding a "Related Articles" section in articles for context.
The hearing took place as Facebook announced in a letter to the UK Parliament that it's reopening its investigation into Russian interference with Brexit.
"Political ads are a little bit more complicated, but certainly an area where we think increased transparency is important," Monika Bickert, Facebook's head of global policy management, said at the hearing.
Clinton Watts, a Foreign Policy Research Institute fellow, criticized the companies during the hearing, stating that what they're doing would not be enough, as propaganda always tends to stay one step ahead of the website's watchful eye.
"They understand the terms of services, they have the capabilities to actually beat those systems. They play within the rules," Watts said.
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Анатолий Петрович Курицын (24 марта 1929 — 1 ноября 1993) — советский художник-постановщик мультипликационных фильмов. Член Союза кинематографистов России. Член АСИФА.

Биография
Окончил Свердловское художественное училище (1949) и Всесоюзный государственный институт кинематографии (1955).

С 1955 г. работал художником-постановщиком на киностудии «Союзмультфильм».

С 1958 г. работал на кукольных фильмах. Эпизодически сотрудничал также со студиями «Волгоградтелефильм» и «Куйбышевтелефильм».

Фильмография
 1956 «Двенадцать месяцев»
 1957 «Песня о дружбе»
 1958 «Петя и волк»
 1959 «Легенда о завещании мавра»
 1960 «Секрет воспитания»
 1961 «Три пингвина»
 1963 «Внимание! В городе волшебник!»
 1964 «Левша»
 1965 «Добрыня Никитич»
 1966 «Тимошкина ёлка»
 1967 «Как стать большим»
 1968 «Козлёнок, который считал до десяти»
 1969 «Обогнал…»
 1969 «Сказка про Колобок»
 1970 «Сладкая сказка»
 1971 «Как ослик счастье искал»
 1972 «Новогодняя сказка»
 1973 «Волшебные фонарики»
 1974 «Карусельный лев»
 1975 «В гостях у гномов»
 1976 «Как дед великое равновесие нарушил»
 1976 «Сказка дедушки Ай По»
 1978 «Вагончик»
 1979 «Домашний цирк»
 1979 «Жёлтый слон»
 1980 «Шарик-фонарик»
 1981 «Поросёнок в колючей шубке»
 1983 «Хвастливый мышонок»
 1984 «Как щенок учился плавать»
 1985 «38 попугаев. Великое закрытие»
 1985 «Слонёнок заболел»
 1986 «Ценная бандероль»
 1987 «Про верблюжонка»

Литература
  с. 374—375.

Ссылки

 Анатолий Курицын на сайте «Энциклопедия отечественного кино»
 Анатолий Курицын на Аниматор.ру

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You can stay in our cozy rooms with mountain views, or in our forest cabins nestled in the heart of our park. Families are welcome with our family rooms. We propose you a "luxury" half-board formula, without forced menu, to make your stay a special one.
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Home » Online Exhibits » Penn People » Penn People A-Z » John Brenden Kelly, Jr.
John Brenden "Jack" Kelly, Jr., was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 24th, 1927, the son of John Kelly, Sr., and his wife, Margaret Majer Kelly. The elder Kelly, an Irish immigrant who achieved wealth and success in the bricklaying business, was an outstanding rower, winning two gold medals (single and double skulls) in the 1920 Antwerp Olympics and one gold medal (double skull) at the 1924 Paris Olympics. Margaret Kelly had been a physical education instructor at the University of Pennsylvania, and the first coach of women's sports teams at Penn. John and Margaret Kelly established a wealthy, successful clan; their four children included not just Jack Kelly, but also Grace Kelly, the legendary actress who became Princess Grace of Monaco.
After entering the College of the University of Pennsylvania in 1946, John Kelly, Jr., became active in the Newman Club, Phi Kappa Beta, and the Sphinx Senior Honor Society. He also served as president of his fraternity, Kappa Sigma, and as a member of the Inter-Fraternity Council. The 1950 yearbook includes a six page pictorial spread (beginning on page 260) detailing Jack Kelly's activities at the interfraternity weekend; his date was Bebe Shopp, Miss America of 1948. Kelly was best known, however, as a varsity rower.
While a student at Penn, Kelly participated in the 1948 Olympics as a rower in the single sculls event but failed to earn a medal until his third attempt in 1956. He also won the gold medal at the 1955 Pan American Games in Mexico City, was a United States national champion five times, and won Canadian, Swiss, and many other European championships during his years as a competitive rower. His last Olympic attempt as an athlete was in 1960, but after that he continued to be active in the Olympics, serving in 1964 as manager of the eight-man boat, in 1968 as a member of the committee for the modern pentathlon, and then in other capacities before being elected as president of the United States Olympic Committee in 1985.
Aside from his athletic accomplishments, Kelly went into his father's bricklaying business and was active in the Philadelphia social scene and in many philanthropic and civic agencies. Throughout his tenure at John B. Kelley Incorporated, Jack Kelley was president and director of the Philadelphia Athletic Club and director of the Pennsylvania Ballet. He also served on the Philadelphia City Council as a councilman-at-large for twelve years, as a director of Lincoln National Bank and as chairman of the 1976 World's Fair in Philadelphia. Kelly was also generous with his wealth and gave regularly to a number of charities including several funds at the University of Pennsylvania. He was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1969.
John B. Kelly, Jr., died on March 2nd, 1985, in Philadelphia, only a few years after death of his sister Grace in 1982.


A van driver who crashed into several cars after his tyre burst was found to have cocaine inside his vehicle.
Two bags of white powder were discovered by officers who attended the scene in Lincoln in the early hours of December 8 last year.
Danny Stephen Wells, of Larkspur Road, Lincoln, pleaded guilty to possessing the Class A drug in his work Ford Transit van.
The 24-year-old also pleaded guilty to failing to provide a drugs test specimen for analysis.
Marie Stace, prosecuting, said: "A Ford Transit van was being driven by Mr Wells. It scraped along the road hitting vehicles.
"He was arrested for driving while unfit through drugs.
"Officers recovered two wraps of white powder from the van. They asked him to provide a sample of blood for drugs at the police station and he refused to do so.
"He had been driving the van and the tyre came off the front offside causing him to attempt to reverse and collide with vehicles.
Rachel Taylor, in mitigation, told Lincoln Magistrates' Court on Monday, January 8: "Police were notified of the incident by someone who heard it. At no time, has he made any attempt to leave the scene.
Wells was fined a total of £415 and disqualified from driving for a year.


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Eni makes gas discovery in Nour prospect offshore Egypt
By Umar Ali
Umar Ali 15 March 2019
The Scarabeo 9 drilling rig, which drilled the Nour-1 New Field Wildcat well. Credit: Vidar Løkken.
Italian oil and gas company Eni has announced a new gas discovery under evaluation in the Nour exploration prospect offshore Egypt.
The prospect is located in the Nour North Sinai Concession in the Eastern Egyptian Mediterranean, 50km north of the Sinai Peninsula. The concession covers a total area of 739km2, with water depths ranging from 50-400m.
This latest discovery was made at the Nour-1 New Field Wildcat (NFW) exploratory well, which was drilled by the Scarabeo 9 semi-submersible unit in a water depth of 295m, reaching a total depth of 5,914m.
The well has not yet been tested, but Eni said it had carried out an "intense and accurate" data acquisition.
The NFW well found 33m of gross sandstone pay in the Tineh formation of Oligocene age with "good petrophysical properties" according to Eni, as well as an estimated gas column of 90m.
Eni is the operator of the Nour North Sinai Concession in participation with Egyptian Natural Gas Holding (EGAS), which has a 40% stake. Partners in the concession are BP (25%), Mubadala Petroleum (20%) and Tharwa Petroleum (15%). Eni operates in Egypt through its subsidiary the Italian Egyptian Oil Company (IEOC).
Eni divested a 20% interest in the Nour North Sinai Concession to Mubadala Petroleum in November 2018, with an additional 25% being sold to BP in December 2018.
The company plan to start feasibility studies after finalising the discovery evaluation, to "accelerate the exploitation of these new resources leveraging the synergies with existing facilities and infrastructures."
Eni said in a press release: "The company is [Egypt's] leading producer with equity above 340,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day that will further growth in 2019 with the ramp-up of the Zohr Project to production plateau."
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An afternoon at the coffee shop while procrastinating on my future is helping me….procrastinate.
There is a couple on a first date. They sound as though they are both on interviews. Each taking their turn talking about the "year's" they've spent honing their professional crafts. They are maybe 30 so I wonder how they'd describe these same stories in 10, 20 years from now. These young adults are our future.
What does life do to us? Experience shapes how we tell a same story from one decade to the next.
What was funny, or smart, or classy or important in our 20's, isn't so funny, smart or classy and important in our 30's and as I imagine our 40's, 50's or 60's – I have yet to arrive!
We mimic. We observe. We try on other people's stories. We jump into life and we learn. Our beliefs sometimes shift or become more entrenched.
We learn to take ourselves a little less seriously.
I've been in my job a year, it feels like it's been 5. Work is good and I've managed to avoid the 15% per month work travel that was part of my contract. I didn't think I'd get so excited about not traveling, but I managed to find things to do, like see my family more often, join a dojang and a running group and become addicted to all three.
I built a routine. Something I hadn't done ever and you know what, those feel-good books are right. Routine is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G and oddly grounding :-P. It's a breakthrough perhaps only for me and +30 years late but there is no time like today.
Ok so they didn't really say that to me and it's not 90% but for now there is a "plan" where I'll have to be packed for 5 weeks straight.
That concerns me slightly – WHAT DO I PACK!
A uniform, I've decided. Black dress pants and fitted dress shirts. Boring and functional.
And that is how I ended up on Queen Street East.
After a futile shopping experience where the kids in the Retail shops ignored me and what I did try on just didn't fit, I resorted to the Internet.
Ok so it feels a little like I am back in the 30's but I've also done my research and the price difference that I am paying between something off the rack that sags in the wrong spots, that will to rub to shiny within months and something that is fitted to me and will last year's, is minimal.
What has The Cannonball Coffee and Bar have to do with Tailored pants?
Nothing really except it is a Toronto GEM and happens to be just down the street from the Tailor. It has great music, the yummiest breakfast bagels (served after 5pm even!!) I have ever tried, plus their coffee is pretty good.
And the only reason I am here is because work asked me to travel, I need pants, I found a tailor and am enjoying an impromptu evening at one of my favourite coffee house's in the city.
Besides motivating me to get out and run, one thing I like about my running group is they are committed to their coffee.
Who wouldn't want to join a group of solid runners committed to their coffee and on some runs, brunch.
Today's run started and ended at the coffee shop.
It is a coffee shop.
It has the basics of a coffee shop. Coffee, a small selection of muffins, sandwiches and cookies. However, it is also an eco-friendly coffee shop and they sell local organic diary products like milk and eggs.
One of the runners arrived back from the run famished.
I almost died laughing, imagining this famished runner, sipping his coffee with a bucket of a dozen raw eggs sitting in front of him.
He passed on the dozen raw eggs.
A real weekend isn't complete without at least one trip to the coffee shop.
What could be better than sitting in the bay window of the shop, enjoying a quiet moment, sipping my coffee?
Well of course the only obvious answer: having a random conversation with another patron.
Trust me, I mind my own business while in the coffee shop and this particular day I was busy writing a personal note to myself. Something along the lines of: "while coaching my students on being faced with possible failure, what is worse, the fear of failure or the failure itself – and here I am sitting sipping coffee more concerned of failure itself." I don't know where that thought was going because I was interrupted by an older gentleman.
"Why of course," and I turned back to my tablet in an attempt to finish my grand thought when I was interrupted a second time.
He wasn't about to sit there across from me and let me "play around" on my tablet while I could have a real conversation with a real human being and not my conscious mind.
And so there I sat conversing with a man, a recent retiree who has figured out how to have the best of both worlds. He told me stories of his adventures and at some point I believe it turned into a game of how much he could make me laugh, my sides hurting, me twisting in my chair to alleviate the discomfort of sore abdominal muscles.
In any event he told me of sweet Maria, the Brazilian, so classy, to be clear – not sluty.
"You know, similar to Sônia Braga," he paused "who was linked to Robert Redford, Maria has that same…" he twisted his lips into a pout as he thought of an appropriate descriptive word. I wanted to blurt out "sensual" but I was intrigued by how he made his lips form a perfect rectangle.
He paused a moment looking up to the ceiling. He nodded yes, agreeing with himself, then re-formed his lips into a perfect rectangle and said once again with confidence and all the passion he could muster, "Sensual, she is s-e-n-s-u-a-l." he dragged it out.
And there you have it, sweet Maria, the Brazilian who would remind you of Sônia Braga, is classy AND unbelievably s-e-n-s-u-a-l.
I have come to the coffee shop to concentrate on some work that needs doing.
There is a man with his two children, a girl around 9 and a boy about 7, sitting in the back section with me.
The girl chose to sit by herself at one of the bar tables. She is entertaining herself by blowing up a paper bag and repeatedly hitting her fist against the air bulge at the bottom of the bag.
Surprisingly the bag is still intact.
Dad is sitting with his boy on the old church pews. They are having a spirited discussion in a language I do not recognize or understand.
l love this coffee shop even if I am distracted.
Today was an errand running kind of day and my nine year-old niece was along for the ride.
Our first stop was Claire's, a fashion and jewelry accessories store for girls, where my niece picked out a princess tiara, promptly placing it on her head as we left the store.
Our second stop was Starbucks.
My niece chose a kids sized hot chocolate paired with a pumpkin shaped sugar cookie.
We stayed in the coffee shop to enjoy our beverages, that's what grownups do.
This weekend I visited a new coffee shop on Lakeshore West, New Toronto to be specific. It was suggested to me a month or so ago by a local business owner who was adamant the coffee shop was a "super friendly", "really nice" and "the best on Lakeshore West". I didn't want to argue, I have my bias, and instead made a mental note to check it out…one day.
I've driven by it a few times on my way to work. I'd slow down and peer towards the store in an effort to distinguish from my driver's seat whether it was worthy of a "stop-and-see". To be honest, it never looked open.
I decided this weekend was as good as any time to try it out and instead of turning right onto Lakeshore, I turned left.
As I walk towards the store it continued to look closed with the exception of the two jolly ladies sitting on chairs on the sidewalk directly in front of the shop. There are two doors to this coffee shop, one is for decoration, and the other is the actual door. Unlike regular doors of stores, this one had a door knob at the same level as my ears (or so it seemed) with a little sign above that says "pull".
I pulled, the door opened and there I was standing inside the coffee shop. The room isn't very big. There are 2 or 3 mismatched tables with mismatched chairs. Halfway along the left wall is a doorway that leads to the second side of the shop, the side that belongs to the door that isn't meant to be opened.
Along the back of the first side of the shop is the coffee bar. Not one that you might expect, a low counter that crosses the width of the shop with nothing to distinguish it from a regular counter in a kitchen. It reminds me of a table at a fair where people showcase their goods.
Behind the bar is a large man. He is friendly just like the lady said he'd be. I ordered a "mostly-dark-roast" coffee and crossed to the second room to the left. There are more tables and chairs in this room.
An old drafting table with an array of counter and bar height chairs, a long interesting wooden table from an 18th century pub house (not really), including a bench that ran the length of the table, some leather chairs and regular height tables and more mismatched chairs.
The small metal encased radio sits on a corner shelf that is filled with books, pens, pencils and paper. Some of the pencils are loose, rolling around the floor. I've arrived in someone's kitchen in an old farm house where I can put my feet up, fart and just be. The atmosphere is welcoming for sure with the 1980's radio was blaring out 1980's tunes, it's antenna reaching for the ceiling.
The shop has a musty smell, a mix of old deodorant, unwashed hair and dirt stuck to the base boards. It may be the two older gentle men sitting at the front who are busy banging on the window, making faces and hand gestures to the women sitting outside, I can't be sure.
Friendly, cosy, smelly, delicious coffee.


Mississippi's namesake river is the second-largest drainage basin in the United States after the Hudson Bay system, spanning 2,320 miles from Minnesota's Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico. Throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a variety of dam projects were undertaken by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to control regional flooding from the river and create reservoirs for public drinking water and recreational use. Today, major waterways within the region include the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway, a 234-mile waterway spanning between the Tennessee and Black Warrior-Tombigbee Rivers, featuring public use reservoirs at 10 dam sites along its routes. Other natural and man-made lakes within the region also offer state park facilities, campgrounds, and day-use areas for angler fishing, picnicking, and other outdoor activities.
Aberdeen Lake is a man-made reservoir located in northeast Mississippi along the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway which was dammed by the Aberdeen Lock and Dam in 1981. The 4,121-acre lake and its surrounding recreational land areas are managed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. A variety of outdoor day-use recreational activities are offered, including swimming, fishing, water skiing, boating, and nature hiking to the top of the area's surrounding clay and limestone bluffs. Campsites are offered at the Blue Bluff Campground and Recreation Area, including RV hookup sites. In April, the lake is the site of the Tenn-Tom Bassmaster Classic, which draws competing anglers from across the region. Nearby activities in the city of Aberdeen include a lakeside restaurant, the historic Elkin Theater, and a number of historic homes open to the public as living history home museums.
Aliceville Lake is also known as Pickensville Lake and is one of 10 lakes dammed along the man-made Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, which is maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The 8,300-acre lake was originally dammed in 1980, though it was not opened for public use until 1985. Today, the lake is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna, including white tailed-deer, quail, and wild turkey, which may be hunted with permits in designated hunting areas. Largemouth bass and crappie populate the lake, offering ample fishing opportunities. Swimming, boating, bird watching, and picnicking are also permitted, and children's playgrounds are available for family use. Other visitor facilities include the Tom Bevill Lock and Dam Visitor Center, which recreates a historic plantation mansion, and the Pickensville Campground, which offers tent and RV hookups.
Arkabutla Lake is located within Tate and DeSoto Counties and is a man-made reservoir that was created as a result of the 1937 Flood Control Act. Today, the lake is dammed from the waters of the Coldwater River and is located approximately four miles from the community of Arkabutla. The lake and its surrounding facilities cover more than 57,000 acres and is visited by more than two million annual visitors. A visitor information center is provided, offering public exhibits on the lake's history. 10 designated day-use recreation areas are located throughout the site, offering picnic space, playgrounds, and ADA-compliant amenities. Swimming areas, hiking and mountain biking trails, and disc golf courses are offered at several day-use sites, along with three Class-A camping facilities.
Bay Springs Lake is also referred to as the Jamie L. Whitten Lock and Dam and is the northernmost body of water along the 234-mile Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. The lake spans a surface area of 6,700 acres and offers 133 miles of recreational shoreline for day use and overnight accommodations. A 150-boat marina, visitor center, and several recreational areas are available for visitor use, along with a Piney Grove Campground offering 139 Class-A campsites. Popular activities include swimming, boating, picnicking, and hiking. Fishing and hunting are allowed with permits, with available wildlife including largemouth and spotted bass, walleye, sauger, white-tailed deer, and turkey. The lake is also host to a variety of fishing tournaments throughout the spring, summer, and autumn months.
Chewalla Lake a 260-acre man-made reservoir located an hour from Memphis and Tupelo. It was created in 1966 by the damming of Chewalla Creek and is managed by the United States Forest Service as part of the Holly Springs National Forest. Four miles of shoreline offer activities such as swimming, kayaking and canoeing, and picnicking at a number of pavilions, which offer grills and children's playgrounds. The lake is heavily stocked with smallmouth bass, catfish, crappie, bluegill, and redear sunfish and serves as a popular summer fishing site. A four-mile exploration trail offers access to nearby indigenous mound sites, and a seasonal campground allows overnight stays between April and November, including RV hookups. The nearby town of Holly Springs also offers historic bed and breakfast facilities, pre-Civil War-era historic homes, a golf course, a motor park, and an audubon center.
Choctaw Lake Recreation Area is open seasonally within Mississippi's Tombigbee National Forest and offers a wide variety of outdoor day use activities, including swimming, boating, fishing, and bicycling. The recreation area is located between the 100-acre Choctaw Lake and the smaller adjacent Cabin Lake. A moderate-skill three-mile hiking trail is offered for exploration and wildlife watching, along with two boat ramps for water access and an ADA-accessible fishing pier. 18 campsites with hookups are offered, including accessible sites and sites with private picnic facilities. Nearby attractions include the Natchez Trace Parkway, Noxubee Wildlife Refuge, and Mississippi State University.
Clear Springs Lake is a 12-acre spring-fed lake within the Homochitto National Forest, offering a variety of day-use outdoor recreational activities, including fishing and picnicking. It is located off of United States Highway 84, approximately 35 miles west of the city of Brookhaven. Swimming is permitted between the beginning of March and the end of September. Four mountain biking and hiking trails are offered, though visitors should note that the area's terrain is steep and most trails and access roads feature slopes higher than eight percent. Camping is available at 22 primitive campsites along with two secluded group campsites that sleep up to 30 people. A historic pavilion and amphitheater constructed in the 1930s is also offered.
Enid Lake is located approximately one hour from Memphis within northern Mississippi's Hill Region and was dammed in 1952 with authorization from the 1928 Flood Control Act. Today, the lake is overseen by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and spans a surface area of 28,000 miles, providing 220 miles of visitor access shoreline. The lake is known as a popular fishing site, offering abundant populations of largemouth bass, crappie, catfish, and bream and is the catch site of two world-record holder fish. Other popular day-use activities include hunting, swimming, water skiing, boating, hiking, and horseback riding. Primitive and hookup campsites are offered at six campsites throughout the recreational area, along with sites at the nearby George Payne Cossar State Park.
Grenada Lake is located within northern Mississippi's Hill Region and is the state's largest body of water that is entirely contained within state lines. It was dammed in 1954 following the disastrous flooding of 1927's Great Flood and spans a surface area today of more than 35,000 acres. 148 miles of visitor access shoreline provide opportunities for outdoor activities such as swimming, boating, water skiing, and crappie fishing. The Haserway Wetland Demonstration Area is the country's first public-use wetland demonstration site, offering 330 acres of wetland for wildlife observation and natural exploration. 25 recreation areas offer more than 250 picnic sites, along with a wide variety of sporting fields, children's playgrounds, and an 18-hole golf course. 300 primitive and hookup campsites are offered, and a variety of accommodations and attractions are available off Highway 51.
Horn Lake and its surrounding city region are considered a suburb of Memphis, offering easy access to the city's shopping, dining, accommodations, and visitor attractions. The lake was formed in the mid-19th century when a small section of the Mississippi River was cut off naturally, forming a dammed lake area. The ox bow lake spans 1,200 acres within Mississippi's DeSoto County and Tennessee's Shelby County and offers a variety of outdoor visitor activities, including boating, canoeing, kayaking, and pumpkinseed sunfish, flathead catfish, and largemouth bass fishing. Though no camping accommodations are provided on site, a variety of attractions and accommodations are available in the nearby city of Horn Lake, including restaurants and bed and breakfast facilities.
Lake Bill Waller is named for former Mississippi governor William Lowe Waller, Sr., and is located in Marion County, approximately seven miles southeast of the city of Columbia. The 168-acre man-made lake was briefly closed in 2003 for draining and renovation and was restocked with a wide variety of game fish. It is best known as the site of the state's second-largest largemouth bass catch, weighing 15 pounds, four ounces. The lake is monitored by state biologists to maintain populations for freshwater angling. Though no campground accommodations are available on site at the lake, campsites are available at nearby Lake Columbia and a number of state parks within easy visitor access.
Lake Bogue Homa spans 882 acres within Mississippi's coastal region, located in Jones County. The artificial reservoir was dammed in 1939 and is overseen by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks. Its name is derived from the Choctaw words for "red creek." Outdoor day-use activities include swimming, boating, hunting, and bass, crappie, and largemouth bass fishing. Waterfowl hunting is also permitted on select days with special permits. The nearby city of Laurel offers a wide variety of visitor activities, including a Central Historic District with a number of sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the acclaimed Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, and several annual music and arts festivals.
Lake Tangipahoa is the centerpiece of Percy Quin State Park and was created in 1940 during the region's development for park use by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Its name is derived from the former nearby indigenous village Tangibao, which translates to "corn gatherers." Today, the lake spans a surface area of 554 acres and offers five miles of visitor access shoreline. 1,700 acres of visitor activities are offered within the state park, including a swimming beach, an eight-mile nature trail, and a marina with boat launch facilities. Campsites with cable television and RV hookups are offered, as well as temperature-controlled rental cabins and a nine-unit motel and lodge overlooking the lake.
Lake Washington is a natural freshwater lake that was formed around the year 1300 due to diversions in the Mississippi River's course. The double-crescent-shaped lake spans a surface area of more than 2,900 acres and offers 23 miles of visitor access shoreline, all located within a few miles of the Mississippi's current course. The lake is a popular fishing spot, attracting fishermen from around the American Southeast region for crappie, bream, channel catfish, and largemouth bass fishing opportunities. Other popular visitor activities include swimming, boating, water skiing, tubing, and wildlife watching. Campground and RV hookups are available at several sites, and visitor services such as convenience stores are available in the nearby village of Glen Allan.
Okatibbee Lake is located near the city of Meridian within eastern Mississippi's Pines Region and offers a wide variety of nature and water recreational activities. The 4,144-acre reservoir was formed in 1968 with the completion of the Okatibbee Dam and also serves as a drinking water reservoir for surrounding communities. 28 acres of visitor shoreline provide access to activities such as swimming, boating, and bass and crappie fishing areas managed by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks. Recreational amenities on the shore include sporting fields, picnic areas, horsehoe pits, hunting grounds, and two campground facilities offering electric hookups and restrooms. The lake is also the site of the Okatibbee Water Park, which offers waterslides, a lazy river ride, a children's play area, and a 25-room motel.
Okhissa Lake was the first reservoir completed as part of the Bill Dance Signature Lake program, opened to the public in 2007 with the aim of promoting economic and tourist growth within the state's Capital/River Region. The 1,000-acre lake is located within Homochitto National Forest off Highway 98 and has been honored with the Forest Service's National Rise to the Future Award. 39 miles of shoreline at the lake offer a wide variety of visitor activities, including largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, and threadfin shad fishing opportunities. Campground facilities are located at the Homochitto Hide-Away and the Clear Springs Campground. Planned additions to the recreational area include swimming beaches, nature trails, and environmental education sites.
Pickwick Lake's name dates back to the mid-19th century and is a reference to the local post office's colloquial name, which was given in reference to Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers. The lake was created in 1938 by the Tennessee Valley Authority with the construction of the Pickwick Landing Dam on the Tennessee River. Today, it spans a surface area of more than 43,000 acres and offers 496 miles of shoreline for visitor activities such as boating, water skiing, tubing, and swimming. Boat docks and rentals are offered at numerous sites, along with houseboat and jet ski rentals. The lake is a popular spot for anglers, offering ample populations of large- and smallmouth bass and catfish. 1,400 acres of state park activities are offered throughout the region, including a 2.8-mile hiking trail, an inn and restaurant, and the Pickwick Dam Tailwater Campground, which offers 95 electric hookup campsites. Nearby attractions include Shiloh National Military Park, which highlights indigenous sites and Civil War battlefields.
Ross Barnett Reservoir is colloquially referred to as "The Rez" by Capital/River Region citizens and was formed in 1965 by the damming of the Pearl River for drinking water supply. The lake is located approximately 20 miles from downtown Jackson and attracts more than two million annual visitors. It spans a surface area of more than 33,000 acres and offers 105 miles of shoreline featuring 16 parks, 22 boat launches, and several hiking and mountain biking trails. Popular visitor activities include sailing, boating, water skiing, wakeboarding, and visitor cruises. Channel, blue, and flathead catfish weighing up to 100 pounds are available to anglers, along with crappies and largemouth bass. Five campgrounds offer RV hookups, sporting courts, picnic tables, and children's playgrounds, and hotels and bed and breakfast facilities are available in the nearby city of Madison. Nearby attractions include the Natchez Trace Parkway and the Pearl River Waterfowl Refuge.
Sardis Lake was formed in 1940 by the damming of the Little Tallahatchie River and was the first of four reservoirs created for the Yazoo Basin Flood Control System. Today, it is overseen by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and covers a surface area of 32,500 acres. More than five million visitors come to the lake every year, which offers a wide variety of outdoor recreational activities and overnight accommodations. Bass, crappie, and catfish angling is offered, along with hunting areas for deer, turkey, quail, and waterfowl. 20 recreational areas and six swimming beaches offer recreational spots for families, and a variety of amenities are offered within the nearby John W. Kyle State Park, including a swimming pool, sporting courts, and an 18-hole golf course. 514 campsites are also offered throughout the region, along with cabins for overnight rental.
Tunica Lake was developed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to straighten a channel of the Mississippi River by demolishing a horseshoe bend in the river. Today, the lake spans a surface area of 3,000 acres within Tunica County, approximately 40 miles south of the city of Memphis, and receives fish and water from the nearby Mississippi Delta. Bluegill and crappie are available for angler fishing, along with populations of largemouth bass, green sunfish, drum, and gar. A boat ramp and bait shop are offered along the lake's northeast bend. Though no onsite camping is available at the lake, the nearby city of Tunica offers a variety of visitor accommodations, including hotels connected to several casinos and resorts.


Logistics and transport companies must cope with a lack of human resources and poor infrastructure, mainly in the central and eastern parts of Slovakia.
Logistics and transport companies must react to the market and increase the quality of services, while keeping prices affordable for their clients. They too are affected by the overall economic situation and the activities of its main trading partners in Europe.
The recent development in this sector in Slovakia has been positive, although companies must cope with a lack of human resources and poor infrastructure, mainly in the central and eastern parts of Slovakia.
The automotive industry represents a potential for an increase in logistics services. It is also an opportunity for foreign companies to increase their operation in Slovakia.
The Slovak Spectator talked to Petr Staněk, business unit director automotive, industry & transport at DHL; Martin Hrnčiar, director of sales, DB Schenker in Slovakia; Mária Džundová, country and sales marketing director at TNT; and Roman Stoličný, managing director and board member at Dachser Slovakia.
The Slovak Spectator (TSS): Could you, please, evaluate the past year in the logistics and transport services sector in Slovakia? Which factors affected this sector the most?
Petr Staněk (PS): Last year was difficult in the logistics and transport sector. A new problem that emerged was a lack of human resources.
Martin Hrnčiar (MH): If we look at the transport volumes and development of warehousing premises and logistics parks in Slovakia, we can say that 2016 was positive for the transport and logistics industry. What remains to be seen is what kind of impact it will have on the results of companies, because it is well known that price pressure remains, yet quality requirements are constantly increasing.
Mária Džundová (MD): 2016 had similar characteristics to the years 2007 and 2008, when production and consumption increased, businesses met their plans, and transport companies grew. Currently, the transport sector is positive about the increase in volume and also increasing demands on quality. The mood is tainted by the lack of personnel. It does not concern only qualified employees, but all potential candidates on the job market.
Roman Stoličný (RS): From the point of view of our company, 2015 was very successful. The main contributing factor was the growth of Slovakia's economy, due to which our volume increased by double digits. The trend of quick growth from 2015 is even faster this year. We used all available resources, optimised our processes to the maximum level, so that our future growth will be in the name of investment and increasing capacity.


A "ME" Day! :-) | My Journeys Through Life . . . Herding Cats In New Mexico!
First, My wonderful stylist Jody Muniz at 89 Hair Design in Albuquerque took care of me . . .
Then, a trip to Happy Nails in Albuquerque!
The light color is what it looks like if my hands are warm, and the dark is when my hands are cold. Neat, huh?


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Baguio City Government Urged to Crack Down on Peddlers of Dangerous Cosmetics Laden with Mercury and Lead
(Skin whiteners, lipsticks among those found contaminated with heavy metals)
Unit 336, Eagle Court, 26 Matalino St., 1100 Quezon City, Philippines
Phone/FaxL 4411846 E-Mail: info@ecowastecoalition.org
Website: http://ecowastecoalition.blogspot.com
3 September 2018, Baguio City/Quezon City. The Baguio City Government is being urged by an environmental health NGO to crack down on the unlawful sale of cosmetics containing chemical poisons such as lead and mercury.
Through a letter e-mailed to the office of Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan, the Quezon City-based EcoWaste Coalition reported the sale of contraband skin whitening creams and lipsticks that are laden with lead and mercury – two of the "ten chemicals of major public health concern" as per the World Health Organization (WHO).
"We respectfully request your office to take immediate action to stop the illegal sale of mercury and lead contaminated cosmetics in Baguio City. Your immediate action will protect the health of your constituents, particularly women and girls, from being exposed to these dangerous substances," wrote Thony Dizon, Chemical Safety Campaigner, EcoWaste Coalition.
"Your action will support the FDA's relentless drive to rid the market of cosmetics with heavy metal impurities and other contaminants," he added.
In test buys conducted last Saturday (Baguio City's Charter Day), the group managed to procure six skin whitening creams (P100 each) and two lipsticks (P120 each) from stores selling beauty and herbal products, Chinese medicines, and general line of merchandise in the central business district.
The samples were later screened for toxic metals using a handheld X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) analytical device.
"As the Jiaoli and S'Zitang whitening creams we bought are already among those banned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the high mercury content of these products in the range of 319 to 3,863 parts per million (ppm) came as no surprise," said Dizon, who also noted that the analyzed creams came with a list of ingredients on the package insert, but none listed mercury as an ingredient.
The ASEAN Cosmetic Directive has put a trace amount limit of 1 ppm for mercury in cosmetics. Also, the Minamata Convention on Mercury that the Philippine government signed in 2013 requires the phase-out by 2020 of cosmetics, including skin lightening products with mercury above 1 ppm.
Lead above the 20 ppm limit under the Asean Cosmetic Directive was also detected in the sampled lipsticks. Two counterfeit MAC Mariah Carey lipsticks showed outrageous concentrations of lead at 11,200 ppm and 42,800 ppm. The two lipsticks also had arsenic, chromium and mercury above levels of concern.
The EcoWaste Coalition pointed out that none of the samples had the required market authorization from the FDA in the form of a cosmetic product notification and are therefore illegal to sell.
The FDA has repeatedly warned that "cosmetics without FDA notification should not be sold, nor offered for sale to or use by the consumers" to protect the public against adulterated, contaminated, harmful and inferior products.
According to the WHO, "exposure to mercury – even in small amounts – may cause serious health problems, and is a threat to the development of the child in utero and early in life." Mercury in skin lightening creams and soaps, can damage the kidneys, according to the WHO. Mercury in products may also cause skin rashes, skin discoloration and scarring, as well as reduce skin's resistance to bacterial and fungal infections, the WHO said
Lead, which like mercury, is not allowed in cosmetic product formulations, "is a cumulative toxicant that affects multiple body systems, including the neurological, hematological, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and renal systems" as per the WHO, which has also warned "there is no known level of lead exposure that is considered safe."
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http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mercury-and-health
http://www.who.int/ipcs/assessment/public_health/mercury_flyer.pdf
http://www.who.int/ipcs/assessment/public_health/lead/en/
Mercury in Cosmetics


Here at the practice of Dr. Anthony Biz, we specialize in assisting our patients through chiropractic care.
A chiropractor is a health care professional focused on the diagnosis and treatment of neuromuscular disorders, with an emphasis on treatment through manual adjustment and/or manipulation of the spine. Chiropractors use hands-on spinal manipulation and other alternative treatments, the theory being that proper alignment of the body's musculoskeletal structure, particularly the spine, will enable the body to heal itself without surgery or medication.