Every day releases a new barrage of evidence and reasons to throw every thing we've got into the arsenal of removing this unfit and clearly illegitimate president. The latest Dumped Trump appointment went on Sixty Minutes to discuss the many ways he experienced an unsuitable personality for any serious job actively chip away at American law, constitutional values, and norms. I'm not sure if I'll actually read former FBI Director Andrew McCabe's book since it just verifies what we know. However, it is certainly yet another Tell-All that shows us how deeply in trouble the we are because the Republican Party refuses to act on its sins. We clearly are reaching the point where ridding the country of this parasite is our only way to a decent future.
I spent Saturday night at the Krewe de Vieux parade in my first chance to do Carnival Season where I could avoid the news but not politics. I'm going to share some photos of the floats and krewes which are clearly political. This is not exactly a G rated krewe so be care viewing some of the videos if you're sensitive to crass stuff.
And this was clearly my favorite. My friend Grace snapped a pic of her in the den.
Back to the Paley interview and this link that will let you watch it if you missed it.
This is probably the best look we've had to date of what started the Mueller probe. It seems to have come directly from the number of Trump Campaign-Russian interactions that we've heard about for the past 3 years. This is from Carrie Johnson at NPR.
McCabe left the FBI after 21 years last March, when he was dismissedfor an alleged "lack of candor" in a media leak probe unrelated to the special counsel investigation.
Trump worried McCabe from the outset with what CBS characterizes as a "bizarre" interview.
Before he was fired from the FBI, Andrew McCabe was summoned to the Oval Office to interview for the position of FBI director. "It was a bit of a bizarre experience," says McCabe, recalling his meeting with President Trump.
"He began by talking to me about his Electoral College results in the state of North Carolina, which I didn't really know about or understand how that related to the position of FBI director," says McCabe.
Barr is expected to make major changes at the Justice Department, beginning with his choice for deputy.
Rod Rosenstein, who had been overseeing Mueller's investigation, is expected to depart in the coming weeks after two years on the job. Barr told lawmakers last month that Rosenstein had informed him of those plans and that he had agreed to stay on for the transition.
Various names have been floated as potential candidates for the role, which is subject to Senate confirmation. The New York Times reported that Barr intends to name Jeffrey Rosen, the current deputy secretary of Transportation, to serve as his No. 2.
It is unclear whether Barr will keep on Matthew Whitaker, the controversial figure whom Trump appointed acting attorney general following Sessions's ouster. Whitaker, a former U.S. attorney in Iowa who worked as Sessions's chief of staff, quickly emerged as a top target of Democrats as a result of statements he made criticizing Mueller's investigation before joining the Justice Department.
Whitaker tangled with House Democrats in a testy hearing earlier this month, during which he defended his decision not to recuse himself from Mueller's investigation and insisted he had done nothing to interfere with the probe. Whitaker also frustrated lawmakers by refusing to answer various questions about the investigation and his conversations with Trump.
Even if Barr does not decide to keep Whitaker, some say it's possible he could find a new home in the White House.
"He had to navigate some pretty treacherous waters and he did that very skillfully and if the president is looking for someone else to serve the administration that brings some excellent experience under fire, then I think Matt would be somebody that would fit that description," said Ian Prior, who worked with Whitaker as a department spokesman under Sessions.
Even though real evil is resident in the White House, Republicans clearly want to put and keep Democratic politicians on the defensive. From Cheryl Gay Stolberg at the NYT: "Republicans Hope to Sway Voters With Labels That Demonize Democrats".
House Republicans have identified 55 Democrats they regard as vulnerable, including many freshmen. Some flipped Republican seats last year, some represent districts carried by Mr. Trump in 2016, and some are in districts held by Republicans until recently. Bruised by their losses last year, Republicans are determined to start earlier and be more aggressive on the offense in 2020, and are hoping to exploit the Democratic presidential candidates' courtship of the left.
But, they have the crazy to deal with all the same and the latest bit sinking Republican Policy is the obvious failure of the tax cuts to deliver to any one but the very rich among us.
Jonathan Swan–writing for Axios–characterizes it like this: "Governing on the edge." My stomach frankly can't take any more of this. I'm an old lady that wants a peaceful retirement and a stable social security income.
A senior government official who was involved in the spending negotiations over the past few weeks told me the experience taught them something disturbing.
"We're going to go to the edge on everything," the official said on Friday, shortly after Trump signed the bill to fund the 25% of the government that had shut down for 35 days on his watch.
Why it matters: The White House has just gotten through a spending fight that pushed Congress — and the federal workforce affected by the shutdown — to the brink. But even uglier skirmishes are imminent, including whether to raise the federal government's debt limit and break Congress' self-imposed budget caps.
What's next? In a phone conversation this morning, I asked a senior White House official if he thought the shutdown had any benefit for the Trump administration.
"I think it's absolutely been effective, because the president is winning the message on border security," the senior official said.
I also asked the senior official if he would dispute that characterization that this administration will "go to the edge on everything" — especially on impending battles over 2020 spending levels and raising the debt limit.
"If you get the impression that it's going to be intentional, I think that's unfair," the official said. "If you think that's the practical outcome, that's probably accurate.
I certainly hope Marcie can make sense of all of this for me. Here's her take on the McCabe interview. Check out her latest dissection of the four big Trump turncoats or three if you want to dump Manafort.
I doubt we're going to get any resolution of anything soon but I will say that I hope the Democratic committee chairs in Congress get the lead out! For some more video and fun on Krewe du View you can check this out!
If you haven't read this from The Atlantic with the lede "When James Comey Was Fired" please do so.
I wrote memos about my interactions with President Trump for the same reason that Comey did: to have a contemporaneous record of conversations with a person who cannot be trusted.
This quote came via my friend Adrastosno at his blog First Draft who basically headlined his thoughts the same way. "Unfit President". You can also read more at BB's Valentine's Day thread here.
Another day! Another Constitutional Crisis! It's Groundhog Day KKKrelim Caligula Style!
Ezra Klein of VOX has written an extensive article based on How Democracies Die. His basis is the book and an interview with the authors available in podcast.
Where Levitsky and Ziblatt make their mark is in weaving together political science and historical analysis of both domestic and international democratic crises; in doing so, they expand the conversation beyond Trump and before him, to other countries and to the deep structure of American democracy and politics.
They also offer a lesson that should ring in our minds as we watch congressional Republicans agitate to release a memo designed to smear the FBI — setting up a confrontation between a president with authoritarian impulses and the FBI that's investigating him — and cheer lustily as Trump delivers his State of the Union address.
Demagogues and authoritarians do not destroy democracies. It's established political parties, and the choices they make when faced with demagogues and authoritarians, that decide whether democracies survive.
Speaking of Republicans who have completely sold out our country, you may read Rep. Devin Nunes (R- RUSSIA) at this link at WAPO.
Wow. This Nune memo is even less impressive than I thought. All these mouth-breathing idiots who called this worse than Watergate just got clowned.
The White House released the memo with no redactions but a lot of stern tweet lying and shaming.
President Donald Trump has declassified the GOP memo and approved its release by the House Intelligence Committee without redactions, a White House official tells ABC News.
The White House transmitted the president's opinion to the committee in a letter this morning, the official said.
As ABC News has previously reported, the memo is critical of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein for his role in renewing a surveillance warrant on former Trump campaign aide Carter Page after Trump took office.
Trump's Republican allies have suggested that Rosenstein — who is also overseeing the Mueller investigation — is guilty of political bias toward the president because he supported surveillance on Page based in part on information from a Democrat-funded dossier.
"Does it make you more likely to fire Rosenstein? Do you still have confidence in him after reading the memo?" a reporter asked the president in the Oval Office.
In fall 2016, FBI investigators applied for a warrant with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) to wiretap Carter Page, a former Trump adviser. They presented evidence that Page may be acting as a Russian agent and the judge approved the warrant.
There isn't much disagreement up to this point.
The FBI says it got its evidence from several sources, and typically FISA warrant applications require corroboration of the information.
But the Nunes memo implies the case was primarily built on the Steele dossier — and points out that it was funded partially by a law firm on behalf of the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee.
And here's the important part: Nunes says investigators misled the judge by not saying they were relying on the Steele dossier.
The Nunes memo points out that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein approved the application for a renewal of the warrant knowing they were relying heavily on the DNC-funded Steele dossier.
This part is crucial because it is saying Rosenstein knew about the warrant and approved of it. And since Nunes believes the warrant application was mostly from a DNC- and Clinton-funded report, he is trying to imply Rosenstein has an anti-Trump bias.
This is clearly a move to remove Rosenstein and replace him with some one that will fire Mueller. It's also beyond Nixonian.
It's always been held–but not determined by the Supreme Court–that a sitting President cannot be indicted. This is being challenged by two lawyers with connections to lawyers familiar with the investigation.
The second attorney, who represents a senior Trump official, speculated that Mueller could try to bring an indictment against Trump even if he expects the move to draw fierce procedural challenges from the president's lawyers – if only to demonstrate the gravity of his findings.
I'm sure will hear all about this on news today. Meanwhile, share what you think and what you're hearing!


Botox use among men is on the rise, but it's not all Hollywood celebrities and public figures. As a recent feature on Good Morning America reveals, the use of "Bro-tox" has become popular among all types of men, with more than 300,000 American men receiving Botox injections last year.
Julio Mendez, who also received Botox as a Christmas present, looks forward to getting rid of the lines on his forehead.
Johnny Markoudakis, a 29-year-old actor, says that many of his friends have noticed that he looks less stressed.
Jason Grange, a 41-year-old real estate analyst, says that he's been "hooked" on the procedure because of its many benefits.
Plastic surgeons across the country have seen increasing numbers of men appear in their clinics to receive Botox, facial fillers, and other minimally invasive procedures. But what's behind the growth in the male plastic surgery market?


Guest Bio: Dr. Ken Eldred is a Board Member here at Family Talk. He is also the author of The Integrated Life. For over 20 years, Ken served as CEO of Inmac, a public company he founded. In that capacity, he was named Silicon Valley's "Entrepreneur of the Year." Ken has assisted in the founding of several other successful companies, including Ariba Technologies, which led the Internet business-to-business industry. He is currently CEO of Living Stones Foundation and is involved in ventures in the US, China, Europe, and India. Ken earned BA and MBA degrees from Stanford and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Belhaven College. His previous books, On Kingdom Business and God Is at Work, have received critical acclaim — including a Christianity Today Book Award. Ken and his wife Roberta have three sons and a growing number of grandchildren.


YouTube - Join Anthony (this past summer) as he meets with Steve. Steve has spent his life taking care of turtles and tortoises. He has built a haven for animals that can no longer be cared for by their owners.


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Hollywood station is a train station in Hollywood, Florida, which is served by Tri-Rail and Amtrak. The station is located at 3001 Hollywood Boulevard, just west of I-95 and State Road 9.

History

Seaboard Air Line Railway

The original station, which is used solely by Amtrak, is a former Seaboard Air Line Railway depot designed in the prevalent Mediterranean Revival style by Gustav Maass of the West Palm Beach architectural firm Harvey & Clarke. Although the first Seaboard passenger train arrived in January 1927, the station did not open until 1928, in what was then a remote area of Hollywood.The station consists of three distinct sections. The southern end of the building contains the passenger station, while the northern end consists of the freight room and docks.  The center section of the station contains the baggage room. Entry into the passenger waiting room is through doors on the southern end.  On the west side of the building is a separate entrance into what was, in keeping with racial segregation laws of the era, the "colored" waiting room; it was converted into railroad offices by the Seaboard in 1963.

Also in 1963, the Seaboard added a large Spanish-style barrel tile canopy to shelter the southern entrance, modifying the architectural details of the two entry porticos. At the same time, the railroad replaced the concrete-etched station signs on either end of the building with copper signs. The station is virtually identical to the Fort Lauderdale Seaboard station to the north.

The station was served by, among other Seaboard trains, the Orange Blossom Special until 1953, and the Silver Meteor beginning in 1939.  Amtrak maintained Silver Meteor service to the station when it took over intercity passenger train service in 1971. Both the Silver Meteor and Amtrak's Silver Star continue to use the station.

Tri-Rail commuter service
In 1988, through an agreement with CSX Transportation, the successor to Seaboard, the Florida Department of Transportation acquired the station as part of the state's South Florida Rail Corridor. In January 1989, the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (SFRTA) began using the station as a Tri-Rail stop.  While Amtrak is the long-term lessee of the original station's ticket office, waiting room, baggage room, and platform, and the city of Hollywood is the long-term lessee of the freight room, Tri-Rail uses additional facilities built immediately to north of the old depot.  The station is the southernmost Tri-Rail stop in Broward County.

Due in part to Tri-Rail's presence, Amtrak trains only stop southbound to discharge passengers and stop northbound to receive passengers bound for points north of West Palm Beach.

Station layout
The station has two side platforms and a station house with parking west of the southbound platform.

Gallery

References

External links

Hollywood – South Florida Regional Transportation Authority
Hollywood Amtrak/Tri-Rail Station (USA Rail Guide – TrainWeb)
Photograph of station in 1920s
Inaugural run of Silver Meteor arriving at station in 1939

Tri-Rail stations in Broward County, Florida
Amtrak stations in Florida
Seaboard Air Line Railroad stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1928
Buildings and structures in Hollywood, Florida
1928 establishments in Florida

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There is usually no upfront monetary obligation for the plaintiff. The attorneys for the plaintiff are called class counsel. The plaintiff in a class action does not pay class counsel any attorney fees out of his or her own pocket. Class counsel take the case on a contingency fee, and they only get paid their fees if they win or settle the case. At the end of the case, the court determines if any attorney fees will be awarded from the recovery, and the amount, if any.
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The Music Business (Vol.2)
I am no different than any musician who has picked up an instrument, practiced, crash-landed on stage, and fumbled his way through introductions, negotiations, verbal agreements, contracts, and industry grifters. It wasn't until I sat across the table behind a microphone in front of record label chiefs, promo kings, radio personalities, concert photographers, music journalists, and entrepreneurs I was able to get a sense of what truly bonds us. First the music, then the business. It all starts with a childhood fantasy—a functional microphone, an entry level instrument, a floor-length mirror, a fascination with sound and an artfully packaged recorded document. Art and the business of art have historically occupied two seemingly incongruent planets.
I'm expressing this as a "from the ground up" small business musician with no practical training in accounting or contract law other than performing for a fee and paid in cash or check! That's the region most musicians dwell in. These adjacent worlds either collide, co-exist, or work in tempo with one another. It became apparent I had to divide Talk! Conversations in All Keys into two volumes – The Artists and The Music Business after the weight on one complete edition-would surpass the 1000-page mark.
What most endears me about these conversations? We are all music fans, lovers, experts, dreamers, opinionated, and eager to share. That personality behind the microphone owns the same slice of vinyl as the player. That record executive owns most every Ozzy and Mick side. That photographer documents, prints, and shares history. The music journalist records their impressions in real-time. Notes fall from the player's hands and lips, then recycled through the passion and care of others.
Talk! Vol.#2 The Business is history is our music history, from the boardroom to the stage!

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Below is a piece I wrote for my mom one Christmas, my little tribute and thanks for her ever-present love to her family over the years. Although she doesn't sew as much these days, we still love to reminisce about the 'olden' days when getting a new dress at Christmas was a very special event.
She remembers the fidgets we'd have as she'd twirl us around while we stood atop a sturdy kitchen chair, while we remember scratchy, poky pins when we'd have to try on the pattern pieces for the right fit.
Our Christmas Dress fittings were all part of the great build up to Christmas Eve, the most important day of the year in my books. Most of our celebrations were on Christmas Eve, including the annual Christmas Concert at church with candy bags at the end and rushing home to present opening by the tree. The turkey and its trimmings were happily part of the next day celebrations -- the 25th -- and while it cooked and filled the house with yummy smells, oh the bliss of having a whole day to play with our new toys and treasures.
Wishing you pleasant memories popping up from your own archives!
The whir of a sewing machine was a familiar sound growing up in our little farmhouse. Mom always had some sewing project or another under construction. But of all the garments she made, it was the pretty Christmas dresses I remember (and probably loved) the most.
With the arrival of each December the anticipation would swell as the days were counted off. Mom would study the Eaton's catalog for ideas, and then during the seasonal trip to Edmonton pore over wondrous bolts of possibilities in the fabric department, pondering all the while what would make the 'perfect' outfit for her little girls that year.
Amidst scissors, stick pins, not to mention the ever present tape measure draped around her neck, sheets of ecru tissue rustled with expectancy as Mom carefully pinned each pattern piece to the fabric.
It was always a thrilling moment to hear the first snip of scissors crunch their way through the layers. Soon threads would litter the floor and we'd hear another whoosh as the hot iron pressed damp cloths down on a newly sewn seam.
Many Christmas outfits passed under the pressure foot of that old sewing machine. Sometimes velvet would be the chosen fabric, sometimes organza. Holly red velvet dresses with lace on the bodice; red jumpers paired with crisp white blouses; my fifth grade dress a royal blue jacquard shift with three-quarter sleeves, offset by a white pleated organdy collar. And of course, my all-time favourite: the peacock blue velvet ones with swirly skirts of whispering chiffon (see photo).
Although we'd sigh and groan impatiently when Mom would make us stand on a chair to check hems and seams, it sure was a proud moment on Christmas Eve when we'd stand in our newest finery, delivering mostly memorized recitations and warbling through partly familiar carols.
It doesn't matter how many Christmases come and go, recollections of lovingly made dresses and annual concerts in the old country church remain special memories, as treasured as any heirloom ornament.
And, of course, the wonder of it is that these gifts of love were wrapped up in the celebration of the One who came to express the everlasting love of a generous Father to our world.
Who would have thought that the whisper of tissue paper on velvet would echo that great love to three little girls?
That was wonderful Brenda! My mother making our Christmas dresses is one of my fondest memories also. And she always made matching dresses for me and my closest sister. You mentioned the bags of candy at the end of the church service. Each Christmas, I buy some hard candies just to smell. It takes me right back to those days. Who says you can't time travel?
Your lovely story brought back many memories of standing on the kitchen chair while mom pinned the hem. Your mother's eyes must've misted up when she read that piece! Wishing you many more warm memories throughout the season.
What wonderful memories, and you both looked so pretty in your dresses. My mum didn't sew, but I would have a new outfit to wear to all the parties over the season. The same dress was worn to every one, but it was so thrilling putting on my Christmas dress!
This post unearthed similar memories.Standing on a table while trying not to get pricked by the pins.Sewing seems to be a lost art these days. Loved reading this I hope you have a wonderful day...Lucy.
Brenda, thanks for stopping by my blog! I can't believe the picture of you and your little sister. My middle sister and I had similar dresses but the top have was red velvet! I guess that was the fashion during that time period!!


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The Arkansas State Red Wolves is the athletics program of the Arkansas State University, home to around sixteen varsity teams. It is a member of the Sun Belt Conference within the NCAA Division I. The current athletics director of the university is Dean Lee and the program is located at Jonesboro, Arkansas. There are nine women's sports teams and seven men's teams. The ASU Stadium plays host to the football team whereas the Convocation Center is home to the basketball arena. The official mascot of the teams is Howl. They are best known by fans as the Red Wolves, teams to see live with Arkansas State Red Wolves tickets, easily booked any time though high in demand and thus selling fast.
The Arkansas State Red Wolves football team was founded in 1911 and has since then won six Conference Championship and one Division II football championship. Initially a member of the National Junior Athletic Association, they joined the NCAA in 1953 competing in what is today the Division II. In 1975, they moved to the NCAA Division I, playing at the I-A level. Today, they are members of the Football Bowl Subdivision, FBS, which was formerly known as I-A. In 1970, the team became the national college football champion after defeating the Central Missouri State University's football team to complete the season with an 11-0 record.
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Compsaditha est un genre de pseudoscorpions de la famille des Tridenchthoniidae.

Distribution
Les espèces de ce genre se rencontrent en Afrique, en Asie, en Amérique et en Micronésie.

Liste des espèces
Selon Pseudoscorpions of the World (version 3.0) :
 Compsaditha aburi Chamberlin & Chamberlin, 1945
 Compsaditha angustula Beier, 1972
 Compsaditha basilewskyi Beier, 1962
 Compsaditha camponota Sivaraman, 1980
 Compsaditha congica Beier, 1959
 Compsaditha elegantula Beier, 1972
 Compsaditha fiebrigi (Beier, 1931)
 Compsaditha gressitti Beier, 1957
 Compsaditha indica Murthy, 1960
 Compsaditha parva Beier, 1951
 Compsaditha pygmaea Chamberlin, 1929
 Compsaditha seychellensis Beier, 1974

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Tridenchthoniidae
Genre de pseudoscorpions (nom scientifique)


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The law is running out of gas in Belize
by Robin Oisín Llewellyn, 10 February 2012
Two nights ago five men searched in the darkness for Enrique Makin, the chairman of a Maya village. Four of them were from the Belizean government's department of geology and petroleum; the other was the Mayan permitting officer of a US oil company struggling to conduct seismic testing on the village's land. This was the day after Standard and Poor downgraded Belize's credit ratings, citing the structural decline of the country's oil industry. In the darkness the men couldn't find Makin, so for now the standoff continues.
The government wants his signature for a letter the oil company composed, granting the right to operate seismic lines (corridors cleared through the rainforest along which explosives will be detonated to find oil) across the territory of the Q'eqchi' Maya village of Conejo.
The Mayan rainforest initially looks like nature in its wild state — long stretches of jungle interrupted by villages of palm thatch houses nestled among the trees or centered about a clearing decorated with hibiscus. But that first appearance is misleading: land use is tightly controlled by the Maya with each village allotting areas for the sole use of each family to grow crops or to forest. Land is farmed through the milpa technique of rotating fields through the rainforest, allowing the trees and soil to regenerate. The borders of each village are also clearly defined, determining the hunting and fishing areas for each community.
Such regulations form part of Mayan customary law, historically overlooked by administrations, which saw only jungle and granted logging concessions to vast swathes of Toledo. A sustained campaign to secure control over their lands and resources resulted in the Belize Supreme Court granting these customary laws explicit legal recognition in 2007, initially for the two appellate villages of Conejo and Santa Cruz.
Twenty-two further Maya villages won legal recognition of their customary titles in 2010, with the chief justice ruling that "Maya customary land tenure exists in all the Maya villages in the Toledo Districts, and where it exists it gives rise to collective and individual property rights" under the Belizean constitution.
Until the government realizes these property rights through legislation (which is on hold while the government appeals the ruling), the government is barred from "issuing any concessions for resource exploitation, including concessions, permits or contracts authorizing logging, prospecting or exploration."
But with government support the American oil company US Capital Energy is conducting seismic testing across a block of southern Toledo covering eight Mayan villages subject to the 2010 ruling. US Capital is backed by American oil investment company CHx whose director, Alex Cranberg, told me that "all of our activities are in accordance with Belize law and relevant Supreme Court rulings, and that the government of Belize agrees with this position."
The village of Conejo is surrounded by the oil concession area but, with undisputed land title, its territory is not included in the permit and remains off limits to the company without the explicit consent of the villagers. The community cut a 15ft wide corridor around their land, through rainforests and mangrove swamps, to prevent the oil company claiming ignorance should they illegally operate on their land.
On 17 January villagers found a seismic trail cut across Conejo by US Capital. When it became a Belizean news story, the company claimed it had been cut by mistake.
In Conejo, I was guided through the rainforest to a creek where we selected one of the upturned Mayan canoes and paddled downstream. The seismic trail cuts across the lower reaches on each side, heavily flagged for seismic teams to recognize it, and planted at intervals with pegs for the burying of explosives.
Illegal seismic line number 08 in Conejo's territory, looking towards the boundary in the mangrove swamp
Robin Oisín Llewellyn
Continuing downstream, we entered a lagoon and then a network of creeks that took us to the boundary cleared between Conejo and the neighbouring Q'eqchi' Maya village of Sundaywood. The seismic trail cut across it less than a mile up the border from where we moored, running straight as a rule across both communities, the pegs placed close together. One can see it as a meeting between the two laws of southern Belize — the law of the court system and the belief that extractive industries can offer a get-out-of-jail card to a perennially cash-strapped government.
Initially the oil company tried to persuade Conejo not to demand redress and to allow them to operate on the seismic line. Conejo's Enrique Makin was invited to discuss matters with them on 28 January. I met him straight afterwards.
José María Martinez, the company's manager of seismic operations, had warned him that lawyers should not be involved, and promised that the company would give Conejo the computer they promised in 2009. Martinez warned that if the community did not allow explosives to be buried and detonated along the seismic line, then the company would sack all twenty of Conejo's villagers who were employed with the company.
Makin himself is one of those employees. I asked him how he responded: "I am here to face any threats. I am here to represent my community, not myself or my family. Tomorrow they might fire me. That's OK, I don't need their job."
Makin had insisted that the village needed to decide its response collectively, with a lawyer present. While at work last week (on 2 February) he was taken off a skiff taking company workers up the Sarstoon River and brought back to the oil company's headquarters in the village of Barranco where the other Conejo workers had been assembled. He was then told during a phone call with Martinez, that the company was sacking all Conejo's workers until they agreed a position on the oil company's operations.
Conejo held its village meeting on Sunday 5 February, which is where US Capital Energy's permitting officer, Martin Choco, demanded that the villagers sign a letter "or not get a job", prompting the chairman, on the lawyer's advice, to suspend the meeting. The letter made no mention of redress, condemned the leadership for exceeding their authority in writing a letter of objection to the company over the seismic trail, and granted US Capital Energy unrestricted access to operate seismic lines on the village's territory.
US Capital's Belize representative Alistair King told me on 7 February that the letter was "nothing to do with US Capital Energy", but claimed it allowed the company to return to work the seismic trail this week. He also claimed that Conejo's workforce had never been sacked in the first place.
But Conejo's leadership is not sitting idly by; over 60% of the village's adult population has signed a petition declaring they did not give their free, prior and informed consent to the oil company's activities. For now the law of the courts is on their side, but that other law of southern Belize enjoys a sympathetic hearing from a desperate government. Whether explosives are now being buried along the seismic lines of Conejo will show, with utmost clarity, which law rules when oil is involved.
Robin Llewellyn is a freelance journalist focusing on human rights and environmental issues
Here is a terrific article you should definitely read: "The law is running out of gas in Belize", by Robin Oisín Llewellyn (February 2012) // https://mondediplo.com/6335


This is truly a historic moment, historic time for our country. I'll be signing landmark legislation to provide healthcare choice—what a beautiful word that is, 'choice'—and freedom to our amazing veterans.
On June 6, 2018, President Donald J. Trump took an important step toward addressing how the United States treats its veterans by signing the VA Mission Act of 2018. The law will transform the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) into a high-performing and integrated healthcare system for the 21st century by putting patient choice at the core of the VA program.
Memorial Day is an occasion for Americans to honor those who lost their lives in service to our country. It is also a moment to consider how we can make life better for all of America's heroes in uniform, including our veterans.
On May 23, the Senate followed the House of Representatives' lead in passing the VA Mission Act. The final legislative package—which passed the Senate in an overwhelming 92-5 bipartisan vote—follows months of discussion among key Congressional leaders and the President to reach a strong compromise.
"Passing this legislation is another promise made and promise kept to America's Veterans under President Trump's leadership, which has provided the most substantial VA reform in a generation," Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement.
These reforms come at a crucial moment. The Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs recently informed Congress that the VA expected funding for the current Choice program to be exhausted as early as the end of this month. To prevent disruptions to care, the Trump Administration had urged Congress to pass the bill by Memorial Day.


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Should I Watch..? 'The Terminator'
Benjamin Cox
Benjamin has been reviewing films online since 2004 and has seen way more action movies than he should probably admit to!
Poster for "The Terminator"
What's the big deal?
The Terminator is an action sci-fi film released in 1984 and is the first film in the Terminator franchise. The film would launch both its star, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and its director James Cameron onto the Hollywood A-list. Schwarzenegger would find himself forever associated to the role of an unstoppable cyborg assassin for the rest of his career while Cameron would go on to have phenomenal success with two of cinema's highest earning films ever made, Titanic and Avatar. The movie was not expected to be a hit by distributors Orion who even limited the film to a single preview showing for critics, fearing negative reviews. But the film became a surprise smash (making some $78 million against a budget of just $6.4 million) and as time has gone, its reputation has only increased - especially in light of later sequels that failed to match this film's standard. It would later be followed by Terminator 2: Judgment Day in 1991, one of the greatest action sci-fi films in history.
It's the future where humankind is struggling to survive in a war against machines which have risen up and all but wiped us out. The human resistance, who are led by John Conner, are proving to be stubborn opponents so the machines hatch a plan to send one of their elite units, a Terminator T-800 cyborg assassin, back in time to 1984 to locate and kill John's mother Sarah to prevent his existence. Ignoring the obvious paradox (if John Conner is never born, why does the need to kill him exist in the future?), John selects one of his men - Kyle Reece - to also travel back in time to protect Sarah from the Terminator.
With brutal efficiency, the Terminator begins his search while Kyle struggles to convince Sarah of the danger she unknowingly finds herself in. Unable to trust the police who don't believe them and unable to stop the machine with our primitive 20th century technology and weapons, Sarah and Kyle are forced to go on the run as the Terminator gets ever closer to them and fulfilling its chilling mission objective.
Sarah Conner
Kyle Reece
Paul Winfield
Lieutenant Ed Traxler
Sergeant Hal Vukovich
Dr. Ed Silberman
Bess Motta
Ginger Ventura
* additional dialogue by William Wisher Jr.
James Cameron & Gale Anne Hurd *
Release Date (UK)
Action, Sci-Fi
Naturally, some of the effects have dated somewhat...
What's to like?
It's not hard to see why the role of the Terminator was perfect for Schwarzenegger and continues to haunt him today. As the relentless and largely silent killing machine, he makes an indelible impression in imposing leather jacket and sunglasses destroying all around him. He's so good that you might forget the efforts of Hamilton and Biehn opposite and in truth, neither really hold as much screen presence as Arnie. Hamilton actually does a pretty decent job as Sarah and you can see the evolution of her character from terrified waitress to reluctant heroine begin here (and obviously continue in Terminator 2: Judgment Day).
Given the age of the picture, the special effects actually hold up fairly well and particularly the unforgettable sight of the Terminator robot itself emerging from flames with glowing red eyes. Some of the model work is a bit crude but generally speaking, it looks far better than its modest budget might suggest. The film moves along at a cracking pace and even takes a few moments to remind us of our future - the scenes where we see machines today benignly working for us contrast starkly with the scenes of them working violently against us, a sea of human skulls turned into dust by huge caterpillar tracks. The action may takes its time arriving but it's more than worth it when it does.
One of the tracks on the official soundtrack - the song Intimacy - was co-written by Joe Dolce, the famous novelty one-hit wonder in the UK with Shaddup You Face in 1980.
With a horrible irony, OJ Simpson was considered for the role of the Terminator but turned down because the producers feared he was too nice to play an ice-cold killer!
Producer Gale Anne Hurd bought the initial draft to the movie from Cameron for the princely sum of $1. She and Cameron would marry the following year.
What's not to like?
Given the film's small cast, it is somewhat disappointing that a principal cast member lets the side down a little. Biehn is no stranger to these sort of violent hero-types but he can't seem to make his mind up whether he is on top of the situation or not. Schwarzenegger and Hamilton feel much more planted in their roles, which admittedly are more clearly defined than Biehn's.
Of course, the film has dated badly in other areas as well - the soundtrack is a odd mix of cheesy 80s synthesizer and stark, minimalist chords that underline the bleakness of the future. Along with the fashions, the film itself is ironically somewhat out of its time nowadays but the biggest issue is the enormous plot hole in the entire series. I'm not a professional spotter of gaffes and goofs but even I can recognise that eliminating someone in the past automatically negates the need to arrange such an undertaking in future - I have a mental image of the other Terminators watching Arnie disappear, wondering why their plan didn't work and then collectively slapping their stainless-steel foreheads in realisation. But then again, they would have known the consequences of their actions beforehand. After all, it was left open for a sequel or two...
Cameron would use the film to propel him to bigger and better projects
Should I watch it?
In the hands of a lesser director, The Terminator might have been a forgotten mid-80s shooter with a slight sci-fi twist. But Cameron's ideas and skill as a director were first evident here and he turns the film into a quality product with a genuinely terrifying performance from Schwarzenegger as the most famous cinematic robot in history. Ignore the temporal paradox and go with the flow - trust me, you'll be back!
Great For: Schwarzenegger's career, Cameron's career, action fans
Not So Great For: the squeamish, children, technophobes
What else should I watch?
Is the Terminator really the most famous robot in cinema history? I'm sure RoboCop would have something to say about that or even Robbie the Robot from cult classic Forbidden Planet. But neither would generate such a long series of films, although RoboCop would have given it a run for its money if the studio hadn't gone bust. The film that settles the argument for me is the landmark Terminator 2: Judgment Day which would bring together Cameron's ideas and blend them with cutting-edge special effects, incredible action sequences, Arnie in equally good form as a goodie this time and probably one of my favourite villains in any film, the liquid-metal shape shifting T-1000.
Incidentally, while the Terminator might not be the most iconic robot in cinema, he is certainly far more menacing than anything seen in Star Wars or Metropolis.
© 2015 Benjamin Cox
Benjamin Cox (author) from Norfolk, UK on July 25, 2015:
Given its age, it is remarkable how well it holds up today compared to more iconic sci-fi films like "Logan's Run" or "Solent Green".
NiaLee from BIG APPLE on July 24, 2015:
The Terminator is the precursor of many, many, many sci-fi flicks. We got a glimpse in a 2000's earth at war with cyborgs with very few humans left, we had a hot cyborg, a hot and strong Linda Hamilton, some funny moments, many scary moments. The moment we realize she is conceiving the child that will be the leader of the humans, something happens. The love scene was very very hot too (was not allowed to see it!). Terminator 2 was impressive because of the Fx, especially the liquid shape shifting metal was mind blowing, we couldn't stop talking about it, and Schwarzenegger shifting side, that was a very good surprise!
The film is a fantastic combination of action, tension and occasional horror and it is still worth watching today, I reckon.
I realise that "The Terminator" is not a film to be discussing the intricacies of time travel and the resulting temporal paradoxes. It's about a scared young woman running away from a cyborg assassin, no need to pretend it's any deeper than that.
Thanks for the votes and hope you enjoy the rest of my work!
Muhammad Rafiq from Pakistan on July 17, 2015:
Yes, we should watch this movie. I like it very much on account of superb action, plot and characterization of the movie. The way the protagonist beats the antagonist to save the world from the ultimate catastrophe.
Carlo Giovannetti from Puerto Rico on July 17, 2015:
Interesting approach. I'm a huge fan of the film. It's probably my favorite from the series.
As for the "plot hole" you mentioned, I disagree. Every time-travel film is bound to draw some criticism about the logistics of time-travel, but the thing is that it's fiction and nobody knows how it would work, if it ever did. So I don't see a need to try to apply real-world logic to what happens in the film. The paradox of it all is what makes it more fun for me.
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Geometric Doorways and Angular Turrets Form Sand Fortresses by Calvin Seibert
Like many kids with a love for digging in sandboxes, Calvin Seibert (previously) grew up creating grand castles and towers from piles of the sediment. But for Seibert, the practice wasn't just a childhood pastime. "In hindsight I see that much of what I made was more like sculpture. It really was all about the object and its resonant meanings rather than interiors and spatial flow," he says. After studying at the School of Visual Arts, the Colorado-born artist began sculpting modernist buildings featuring sharp angles, clean edges,…
New Modernist Sandcastles Constructed by Calvin Seibert
Christopher Jobson
Artist Calvin Seibert spent part of the summer on Rockaway Beach in Queens where he made quick work of erecting several of his trademark geometric sandcastles that we've admired for years here on Colossal. Seibert is a professional sculptor who relishes the challenge of building these temporary sand structures inspired by brutalist architecture and aspects of modernism. He shares about his process: Building "sandcastles" is a bit of a test. Nature will always be against you and time is always running out. Having to think fast and to bring it all together in the end is what I like about…
The Sandy Beach Architecture of Calvin Seibert
Artist Calvin Seibert (previously) recently completed a new series of his geometrically precise sand castles on the beaches of Hawaii. A professional sculptor, Seibert seems to borrow angular ideas from Bauhaus architecture or the flair of Frank Gehry. How he's able to control the sand so perfectly is anyone's guess, it certainly puts my traditional upside down bucket method to shame. You can see more of his work over the last few years here.
Geometric Sandcastles from Calvin Seibert
New York-based sandcastle artist Calvin Seibert (previously) just returned from a 10-day trip to Hawaii where he completed a number of his abstract, geometric sandcastles. For the past 30 years Seibert has worked as a sculptor's assistant and puts some of his acquired skills in construction and basic carpentry to use while executing these perfect, angular sand structures. You can see more of his recent work here.
Geometric Sandcastles by Calvin Seibert
Sand castle artist Calvin Seibert manages to construct nearly impossible shapes from one of the world's most delicate mediums. While Colossal has seen its fair share of art made with sand I've never seen anything so perfectly angular and geometric. See much more of his work over on Flickr. (via fasels suppe)
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Defections from the Grocery Manufacturers Association: Rats leaving a sinking ship?
I've written many times about the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), an organization so locked into the interests of its food-company donors that you can count on it to vehemently oppose every consumer-friendly measure that gets proposed.
A couple of weeks ago, Politico's Helena Bottemiller Evich and Catherine Boudreau wrote what they discovered about the unraveling of the GMA: the big Washington food fight.
The defectors so far:
Nestlé (my non-namesake)
Dean Foods
And, most recently, Mars.
Mars says:
At this time, we believe we can more effectively drive our business objectives and meaningful progress for our categories and consumers by working with other like-minded companies and through other sector-specific trade associations and collaborations.
What's going on? Easy. GMA just isn't keeping up with today's marketplace.
Politico's analysis (these are quotes):
Companies are increasingly under pressure to find growth in a market where more and more consumers are seeking healthier fare, whether they're buying organic baby food, cereal without artificial colors or meats raised without antibiotics.
As legacy brands lag, food companies have two options: Change to compete or buy up the new brands that are already growing rapidly.
With each episode of discord, both internally and publicly, it becomes harder for GMA to convince its members to pay fees to belong to a trade group that's rife with division and, at times, fights against issues they either don't want fought or don't want to be associated with.
"More than one food industry lobbyist has told me that they spend more time lobbying their industry association than they do Capitol Hill," said Scott Faber, vice president of government affairs at the Environmental Working Group.
Many in Washington think GMA has been tone deaf as it has, in some cases, kept up lavish spending even as its members are cutting costs and laying off workers to meet their quarterly targets.
"I don't know a single challenger brand that's said 'hey, I need to join GMA,'" said John Foraker, the founder and former CEO of Annie's.
My favorite quote comes from Jeff Nedelman, who was a VP of communications at GMA during the 1980s and '90s: "To me, it looks like GMA is the dinosaur just waiting to die."
May it rest in peace.
Defections from the Grocery Manufacturers Association: adding up
Defections from GMA: the score increases
Forget FDA. Grocery trade groups to do their own "better-for-you" logos
USDA makes school meals more flexible (translation: less nutritious)
Orwell-speak from USDA: new SNAP rules
Tags: GMA(Grocery Manufacturers Association)


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The Frick should withdraw its expansion proposal, which will destroy the character-defining intimate experience of this historic landmarked museum.
This petition had 6,155 supporters
Unite to Save the Frick started this petition to Representative Carolyn B. Maloney and 11 others
We the undersigned call upon the Board of Trustees of The Frick Collection to withdraw the museum's ill-conceived expansion proposal, which would destroy two of the City, State and National-landmarked museum's most essential elements and irreparably damage the unique sense of intimacy that is a hallmark of the Frick experience. We also call upon our public officials to deny approval of this expansion plan.
>< The character-defining intimacy of the Frick Collection must be preserved. Due to the Frick's thoughtful architecture and integrated landscape design, an afternoon spent slowly and quietly exploring its halls feels like visiting a private residence, not a corporate mega-museum. Lauded for its "small, smart shows," the Frick contrasts with insensitively expanded art complexes that often recall "something akin to an outlet mall on Black Friday," as noted in The New York Times. The Frick's human scale fosters an extremely personalized experience, which must be honored.
>< The Frick Collection's Russell Page Viewing Garden is an important work of art—and an essential component of the museum's cultural landscape—which must not be destroyed. The Frick expansion plan calls for razing the permanent Viewing Garden, designed by renowned British landscape architect Russell Page (a rare surviving commision in this country, and one of only two works in New York State). Galen Lee, Horticulturist and Special Events Designer for the Frick, is quoted on the Frick's archived virtual garden tour as saying: "... this garden is to be viewed -- from the street or through the arched windows of the Reception Hall -- like an Impressionst painting ..." Complementing the Viewing Garden is the landmarked Reception Hall Pavilion, designed by the architectural team of John Barrington Bayley, Harry van Dyke and G. Frederick Poehler.
>< Displaying art is not at the heart of the Frick's proposed expansion. The proposal would create 40,000 square-feet of new, non-gallery facilities, to be housed in a massive 106' tower, equal to the height of an 11-story building. It includes primarily offices, a café, a larger gift shop and entry hall, a lab, an underground auditorium, a loading dock, and "flexible programming space" that can be used as revenue-generating event space. These uses do not warrant destroying the Viewing Garden and Pavilion nor compromising the architectural integrity of the Frick ensemble.
>< The Frick ensemble's residential scale is a major component of its quadruple-landmarked status. Founder Henry Clay Frick clearly specified "that his New York house have 'plenty of light and air,'" and the museum's original Trustees sought to preserve the "residential character" of the house. The residential scale of Frick's Gilded Age mansion is a central component of its City, State and National landmark designations:
>> Individual Landmark (designated 1973/1974)
>> NYC Upper East Side Historic District (designated 1981)
>> New York State and National Registers Upper East Side Historic Districts (designated 1984)
>> National Historic Landmark (designated 2008).
>< Alternatives exist for achieving the Frick's modernization goals, both within its footprint and nearby. For example, the immediately-adjacent Berry-Hill Galleries is currently available for purchase.
As stewards of a significant landmark, the leadership of the Frick has a responsibility to withdraw this destructive expansion plan, look at alternatives for modernization, and develop a sensitive proposal that will celebrate and protect the museum's essential components into the future.
Tell the Frick: Withdraw Your Destructive Plan!
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OSHA – In early 2013, OSHA updated the HAZCOM Standard to align with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). Through this update, OSHA provides a common approach to hazard classification and communication. The overall goal of the change was to provide cost savings for American businesses as well as increase the overall safety of American workers.
The deadline for employee training was December 1, 2013, and chemical manufacturers, importers and distributors were required to comply with safety data sheet and labeling provisions by June 1, 2015.
Other employers that handle and trade such products are required to update their written HAZCOM program and meet the new requirements for workplace labeling and employee training by June 1, 2016.
With the final deadline for compliance quickly approaching, it is best to ensure you have made the necessary steps to avoid citations. Double check with your Safety Department that all hazard communications have been updated and your company is prepared to meet the new standards. The Integrated Group recommends companies keep two copies of their SDS on hand, one electronic and one physical. These must be easily accessible to all employees working around chemicals.