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Heavy rain hits North Korea
People's Daily
Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:58 UTC
Heavy rains hit a number of provinces in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) this week causing enormous losses, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Thursday.
Since Tuesday, up to 30 cm of rain fell in the provinces of South Phyongan, North Hwanghae and South Hwanghae, the KCNA said.
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The floods have wiped out large areas of farmland, North Korean state media reported.
100 trawlers with 1200 fisherman 'missing' in Bay of Bengal due to sudden storm
Over 100 fishing trawlers with some 1,200 fishermen aboard went missing in the Bay as high waves, triggered a by sudden storm, hit the trawlers on Thursday night.
The fishermen who returned to the shore said they saw three trawlers sinking in the rough sea.
Barguna District Trawler Owners' Association Adviser Golam Mustafa Chowdhury told the news agency that about 400 out of 500 fishing trawlers returned to the coast, but the fate of the rest 100 with 1200 fishermen could not be known.
Fierce winds whip through Labrador towns in Canada
Winds approaching hurricane strength wreaked havoc on people and property in Labrador towns on Thursday.
Winds gusting up to 117 km/h on Thursday evening knocked down trees, fences and power lines in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
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Residents in several Labrador communities woke up Friday to find many trees had been uprooted during heavy winds.
Reported Tornado Damages Fla. Homes
EUSTIS, Fla. - Severe weather, including a possible tornado, damaged about 50 homes, shearing the entire second story off one home, authorities said Friday.
Radar indicated a tornado spun off from a storm system that crossed through central Florida before spilling into the Gulf of Mexico, touching down late Thursday night, according to the National Weather Service. The system was being monitored Friday, with Gulf Coast residents and the oil industry making early preparations.
Recent 'Extreme Weather' Trend For New York Could Span Years
wcbstv.com
Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:39 UTC
Take this recent span of dry, gorgeous weather, New Yorkers, and embrace it. It certainly towels the fact that this year has been one of the wettest - and most extreme - years in weather history for the city.
Coming off both the fourth wettest spring and summer ever, New York City could actually see its second wettest year in history if this year's strange weather trends continue. Between January and August, officials measured 46.55 inches of precipitation in Central Park, according to the National Weather Service.
Pine Beetle projected to kill 78 per cent of B.C.'s pine forest by 2015
Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:18 UTC
The mountain pine beetle is projected to kill more than three-quarters of B.C.'s marketable pine forests within the next eight years, says a report released Monday by the Ministry of Forests.
The report says if the pine beetle kill continues at its current rate, it will kill the equivalent of almost 25 per cent of the province's entire volume of market timber.
India region sees unusual fog
Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:08 UTC
CHANDIGARH - Fog in September? Sounds strange, but it's true. On Wednesday morning, Ambala in Haryana, and from Zirakpur to Ludhiana in Punjab experienced poor visibility due to fog.
For the past three days, Banur resident Surinder Singh has been wondering why visibility on roads is low. Surinder, a carpenter, has never seen fog in September. "It's strange despite such high day temperature, there's fog early in the morning," he said.
Some Gulf oil crews evacuated ahead of storm off Florida
Gulf Coast residents were on watch and oil companies evacuated hundreds of nonessential workers as forecasters said Thursday that a storm system now off Florida could strengthen as it moves west.
All weather models project the storm, which was located in the Gulf of Mexico off southwest Florida, would make landfall between southeastern Louisiana and the western Florida Panhandle during the next few days after crossing the warm Gulf waters where it should gain strength.
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This graphic shows two possible scenarios for development of a system of disturbed weather in the Gulf of Mexico.
2.2-magnitude earthquake shakes Dublin
Bay City News Service
The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.2 struck at 4:36 a.m. this morning near Dublin.
According to the USGS, the epicenter of the quake was three miles west of Dublin and three miles southwest of San Ramon.
Number of Far East wildfires doubles, area increases tenfold
The total area of fires raging in the Russian Far East has increased tenfold, from 18 to 170 hectares (44.5 to 420 acres), in the past 24 hours, a source in the local emergencies service said Thursday.
The number of fires in Far Eastern taiga doubled - from four to eight - but currently pose no threat to the local population or the infrastructure.
only the drawings made by the hands of Walt Disney are missing, with which the "TERRORIST Vladimir Putin" will eat all of Europe LOL , and why not...


This year's theme, Inspired by Love, celebrates the human bonds that forge our sense of shared community, the power of compassion and of sharing our own vulnerabilities. When we work together to advance real inclusion, everything we do is inspired by love.
Join us for four days including a pre-conference day on inclusive education, disability pride celebration, presentations, conversations and social events that will inspire new ideas and action to build a deeper understanding of inclusion built on a foundation of love, respect and human connections.


The cities across the Globe experiences the extremes of wealth and poverty, each concentrated in one or more sections of the city. The wealthy areas are generally well insulated from the city around them, sometimes in high-rise towers, sometimes at suburban-type remove. The other image of the cities i.e. the areas inhabited by the poor/forced migrants/poverty-stricken are marginalised, generally unconnected to the social and economic life of the city flourishing around them. The concentration is voluntary for the rich, involuntary for the poor (Peter Marcuse). These differences are just not registered at the social, cultural or economic level, they also constitute symbolically with groups inscribing spaces and zones with distinct meanings and discursive practices which are generally left unseen by the outsiders. There has been a sea change over the last two decades in how social/spatial divisions in cities are perceived and conceived with a shift from the notion of division to the idea of difference (Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson). In the developing countries like India, these differences become far more significant with the combination of increasing population and urbanization. Difference is constituted in all spatial relations but the particularity of the city is that it concentrates differences through its density of people and lived spaces, through the juxtaposition of different activities and land uses and through its intensities of interaction and interconnections (Massey, Allen and Pile). The cities of today seem fragmented and partitioned at the extreme, almost quartered.
The life of the so-called slum dwellers is by no means worthy for the human habitat. They are a matter of ignorance and lack of proper implementation for the various policies that are formulated. The quarters of the capital city of India is at stake keeping in mind that it is on the verge of becoming one of the first megacities of the world. The criticism of the cleavages in the city doesn't imply a desire for cultural or social uniformity, or for the suppression of differences or the neglect of personal preferences and individual choices. What is called for then is not an egalitarian uniformity that wipes out all differences, but rather a careful structuring of public actions that will counteract the invidious pressures of hierarchical division all will solidify spaces of public openness, solidarity and communication, so structured as to allow of a full expression of civic life and the activities of civil society without the distortions of power (Peter Marcuse).
The life of the quarters cannot be considered worth for a human settlement and that too in the midst of high rise towers and buildings. This degrades the overall developmental growth and efficient formation of the urban settlements as well.
Does it really hold in a critical issue to be discussed? Are the cities of today facing complexity in terms of divisions and differences? What are the factors responsible for this high level of contrast in the cities? Doesn't this clash of interest among the urbanites eventually lead to inefficiency of the cities? What can be done to successfully address the problem of the contemporary cities? The formulation of policies to deal with the harms revealed by the patterns of contemporary cities and structure is not hard; but the conflicts involved in putting such policies in place do not promise an easy success (Peter Marcuse). How far this notion is right? Hierarchical differences, differences based on ascribed rather than achieved characteristics, differences that permit some to exercise power over others are the main factors that contribute for the rising differences. Is there a way out? These are the question that has to be impartially weighed, as the resultant of the functioning and construction of different urban spaces eventually leads in shaping the cities in true sense.


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Problem at the polls? There will be hotlines
Lindsey Riback, Albany Bureau
ALBANY -- State and federal authorities will have Election Day hotlines available on Tuesday to address any troubles voters may experience at the polls.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman created the hotline, operated by the attorneys and staff in his office's Civil Rights Bureau, to resolve any issues that may arise when New Yorkers cast their ballots for president, as well as state and local elections.
New Yorkers facing voting issues on Tuesday can call his office's hotline at 800-771-7755 or email civil.rights@ag.ny.gov at any time that day between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.
"My office is committed to ensuring that all eligible voters are able to cast an effective ballot on Election Day," Schneiderman said in a statement.
The U.S Attorney's Office in the Southern District said it will also accept complaints from voters in the New York City area.
Voters in the Hudson Valley can call (646) 369-4739.
In addition, complaints of possible violations of federal election laws may be made to the FBI at (212) 384-1000.
"The Department of Justice has an important role in deterring election fraud and discrimination at the polls, and combating these violations whenever and wherever they occur," the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a statement.
New York polling sites will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Registration status can be checked at the state Board of Elections website.
For those who reside in New York City, their polling site can be found here on the website for the city board.

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Over at Google, today's interactive "Doodle" is a pop-a-shot basketball game. It's highly addictive. Our high score is 39, though we forgot to take a screenshot and nobody believes us. Try it out, and share your high score below, and the first person to say they broke 40, let's all call them a liar.


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Salt Lake County Library Gives A Shhh Outout To Ruth Vine Tyler On International Womens Day
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SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah–In 1939, Ruth Vine Tyler—the namesake of our cozy County Library branch in Midvale, was named the first director of Salt Lake County Library and began offering library services in two classrooms of the old Midvale School. Tyler was a trailblazer for women in the workplace 80 years ago, and she fearlessly led and administered library services, and guided the Library Board, for four decades—half of Salt Lake County Library's existence.
Tyler's new Salt Lake County Library quickly gained popularity. Within four months of opening, between January and April 1939, she issued library cards to more than 1,700 patrons. The success of Salt Lake County Library within the old Midvale School resulted in the inclusion of small libraries in several schools across Salt Lake County. On August 9, 1941, this valuable community resource held its grand opening of the Midvale Library Headquarters.
As population in Salt Lake County grew, so did the interest in community public libraries. Salt Lake County Library responded to the interest and, by 1972, was the largest public library system in Utah with 11 locations, 132 employees and more than 125,000 library cards issued. Credit for the success of the Salt Lake County Library can be directly attributed to Tyler's 40-year commitment to librarianship.
Salt Lake County Library remains the largest public library system in Utah with 18 branches, 3.3 million visitors annually, just under two million items available for circulation, and 600 employees—more than 80% female.
On March 8, International Women's Day, Salt Lake County Library honors Tyler and the other trailblazing women among our ranks.
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Salt Lake County Library is committed to making a positive difference in the lives of our community by inspiring imagination, satisfying curiosity and providing a great place for everyone to visit. You belong at the County Library and your interest to read, create, learn, play and connect is supported by our employees, programs, collection and online resources. Early and lifelong learning, as well as equal access for all, are at the forefront of all that we do.
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Tim Robinson: Love for learning and life
by Evan Dwan | Apr 19, 2020 | News |
Tim Robinson was man of many ways. He was an ecologist, an environmentalist, a natural historian, a geographer, a botanist, and even a translator. He wanted to find out what it was like to live well on the earth and to discover the right way to be in the world, find a home in the world, a way to belong. Hailing from Yorkshire, in England, he wanted to write novels and came to the Aran islands off the west coast of Ireland.
But instead of dreaming of enchanted other-worlds, he fell under the spell of the dream-world of Aran – old islands off the west coast of Ireland. The barren, rocky, wild islands captured his imagination. The islands were wrapped in 'immensities', he said. He began to observe the life of the island and put those observations in a little diary. There was so much richness in what he saw!
Tim Robinson was a man of great interest. Do you know where the word interest comes from? The old Latin interesse; Inter means 'between' or 'among', while esse means 'being' or 'existence'. Interest is about our relationship to existence, ours and the world. It is a relationship in which we are open and curious; we are engaged, fascinated even! Interest leads us into learning, to passion, fascination, awe, wonder, even ecstasy and elation. Interest is about the attention that we pay to things, that draw us in, that make us want to explore. Tim Robinson was deeply interested in everything he saw around him.
But he didn't want to just observe the islands. He also wanted to contribute to them. So, he started to map them. His relationship with these wild Atlantic rocks grew and developed. He was so curious and wanted to learn everything he could about the island. He read and wrote and researched. He studied the rocks and plants, the shape and texture of the land. He watched the birds and wondered. The wren and the raven made homes in different parts of the island. He wondered why. He wanted to understand how life worked, what made them unique. In coming to know them, in attending to them, he grew to love them.
He traced the names of places, the history of monuments and landmarks, inquiring with the locals, slowly discovering the hidden history held in the ancient land. He studied surveys, took notes on little cards, poured over maps and dictionaries, immersing himself in the immensity of this place. As he learned, he resisted coming to conclusions about things too quickly. Patiently staying open, curious, not knowing.
It wasn't just the land he documented. He wrote about the people. He told stories of the daring 'cragmen' who scaled down the great towering cliffs of Aran, attached to a rope held by a few men above; they were hunting seabirds, sometimes killing their prey with only their bare hands. Terrible accidents happened from time to time. Some of these men were lost to the raging seas below.
His work was a kind of worship. He loved the land. He loved to learn. The features of the land were the altars at which he prayed. The people of Aran used to put their signature in the walls they built. Each rock formation had an individual imprint. Robinson, too, imprinted his work upon the memory of the land. He celebrated every little detail he found from the rushing wind to the crooked trees and the wild seas.
The nature he explored was his refuge, his support, a consoling presence. He loved the little things, the things that go unnoticed, the everyday wonders we often no longer see. Always exploring, always discovering, his learning was a type of loving – a love for life.
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When a person dies, someone has to deal with their financial affairs. This is called "administering the estate". We realise this is a stressful time and we aim to offer a sympathetic and practical approach. It is important to find out at any early stage whether the deceased person left a Will, as this will usually specify who is entitled to administer the estate, as well as stating who is to inherit the assets.
If there is no Will, (known as dying "intestate") the process is more complicated. There are strict rules governing who has the right to administer the estate of someone who dies intestate. Your assets do not necessarily pass wholly to your spouse. The person or people who administer the estate are called "Personal Representatives" ("PR's"). The PR's will usually have to apply for a grant of representation from the Probate Registry before they are able to deal with the assets. Where there is a Will, this is called a Grant of Probate and where there is no Will, this is called a Grant of Letters of Administration.
What does a Grant do?
• include a house or land or includes certain insurance policies.
It is the PR's responsibility to pay all the debts and liabilities of the estate, (possibly including Inheritance Tax) and to ensure that the beneficiaries receive what they are entitled to.
How long does the administration take?
Administering an estate can often take quite some time. It is not unusual for it to take up to a year or even longer if there are complications. Many organisations may be involved, for example banks, building societies, insurance companies, HM Revenue & Customs and The Department for Works and Pensions.
Unfortunately there are occasions when family members do not agree how an estate is to be distributed. Disagreements can arise, for example, concerning the validity of a will or a person may feel that they are not recieving a reasonable share of the assets. We have many years of experience dealing with such disputes and are able offer advice and if needed provide representation in court in order to resolve such disputes.


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Local GAA club needs facilities
By Laura Lyne
CALLS to provide St Kevin's/Kilian's GAA Club in Kilnamanagh and Kingswood with changing facilities have been made, following a meeting with the club and local politicians.
A large crowd of club members met with Sinn Fein councillor Cora McCann on Saturday to discuss the facilities, which the club have been chasing for 30 years.
Club coach Jon Fitzpatrick spoke to The Echo about the meeting, and the club's pressing need for adequate changing facilities.
He told The Echo: "We have a 20 ft storage container, with no dressing rooms and a growing academy of 50 to 60 kids, both boys and girls.
"We're trying to get a permanent home for the club. We're not looking for anything over the top, we don't want to put ourselves in that position where we cannot afford to maintain it.
"Right now, the club doesn't even have a toilet that it can use. That makes it very awkward for us to run any events.
"This is 30 years of frustration for the club and its members. There have been different committee members throughout the years who have managed to either collect the funds or get planning permission for the development but have not managed to get both.
"We don't want to end up back in that same position. We're losing members because of this."
The club also hopes to work with the residents of Kilnamanagh in developing the facilities, with the residents looking to find a suitable site for the development of a play space within the community.
Jon said: "We hope to work together with the resident's association on this as they are also looking at a site for a play space.
"If we work in conjunction with them, hopefully we can get a site quicker for both of us, that we could help to look after.
"There has been frustration from locals in the past, but we want to see how we can work with everyone and work together on a joint venture.
"We know it's not going to happen overnight, but we hope now we can get a site so we can start planning for it."
Cllr Cora McCann has been working with St Kevin's/Kilians in trying to find a suitable site for the facilities.
She told The Echo: "Myself, Lynn Boylan MEP and Cllr Enda Fanning met with club chairperson Ciaran Connolly and coaches Jonathon Fitzpatrick and Sean Gillian to discuss the lack of facilities for their juvenile section and the negative impact this is having on the club.
"Following a visit to the club on Saturday morning I fully support what they are trying to achieve. There were roughly 40 children out on the pitch training enjoying themselves.
"The sheer commitment and passion Ciaran, Sean and Jonathon have for their club is very evident and I commit to supporting them in any way I can in the future."
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