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It took more than nine months, but a giant sloth's head has finally been attached to its huge steel body.
The creature is one of dozens of prehistoric beasts that roamed the Borrego Valley floor millions of years ago. Artist Ricardo Breceda is the talent behind the sculptures, and he was back in Borrego Springs last week to address the sloth head issue.
Five years ago, wealthy philanthropist Dennis Avery commissioned Breceda to create the first of what would become dozens of steel sculptures placed all over the unincorporated desert community on some of the 3-square-miles of undeveloped land Avery owned. They were an instant hit with locals and tourists and became known as Sky Art.
What began as a lark and two sculptures morphed into more than 130. Then, unexpectedly, Avery died last July.
Avery's death hit many hard, perhaps few as hard as Breceda. At the time, he was completing what he thought might be one of Avery's last statues, the giant sloth. But when Avery died, all work stopped as lawyers dealt with his estate.
The sloth's head lay on the ground next to its body for nine months, waiting to be attached. Last Friday, Breceda welded the steel head to the sloth's body.
No more new statues will appear on Avery's Galleta Meadows Estate, but the existing works will remain and will be cared for.
View the photo gallery: Borrego desert sculptures
Breceda said Avery made sure money would be set aside after his death to pay for upkeep, which Breceda will do. A lawyer for Avery's estate confirmed the statues will be maintained, as will the Galleta Meadows website.
"People love them. People from other countries, from around the world come to look at them," Breceda said.
The sculptures have become an important part of Borrego Springs' struggling economy. Word of Breceda's Sky Art has spread over the past few years, and many days people are pulled over on the side of the road, cameras in hand, gawking.
"We have people who come here strictly for the sculptures now," said Borrego Springs Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Linda Haddock. "That's the thing that brings them out. And then we're able to share the mission and story about the village. It's interesting to see it keep evolving. It's nonstop. Every single day we have people, all year long, coming out for the statues."
On the Web
For more information and a map showing where Ricardo Breceda's metal sculptures are located, visit galletameadows.com.
Breceda has a studio in Temecula; his website is ricardobreceda.com.


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Susah kalau keluar benda-benda mcmni.. Malaysia negara berbilang kaum.. accept it! DON'T START.. I have known chinese, indian, sikh, even siamese friends, but they are all great people.. understand how to live in a multiracial country. And you SHOULD too. Lets live in peace and harmony. I hate to say this but don't live here if you don't like how it is. Don't blame other people.
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GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – The Emory & Henry College Men's Golf Team sits in third place after 18 holes of competition at Tusculum University's Bob Dibble Classic Monday. The two-day, 36-hole event kicks off the 2018-19 season for the Wasps.
The Wasps' team score of 301 (+17) is a record-low since the program was reinstated in the 2016-17 season. Additionally, sophomore Wesley Jones (Seymour, Tenn.) leads the event by two strokes after carding a -1 (70) in the opening round.
The Basics
Tournament – Bob Dibble Classic
Host – Tusculum University
Format – Stroke Play/36 holes/5-count-4
Course – Link Hills Country Club
Location – Greeneville, Tennessee
Par – 71
Length – 6,763 Yards
Emory & Henry
- Jones leads the way at -1 while junior Carlos Andrade (Guayaquil, ECUADOR) is tied for fifth at 74 (+3).
- Sophomore Blake Benson (Knoxville, Tenn.) shot a +5 (76) to sit tied for 11th.
- Junior Tanner Carter (Saltville, Va.) (+10; 81) and freshman Alex Cameron (Mascot, Tenn.) (+13; 84) are 19th and 22nd overall, respectively.
The Leaders
- Jones leads Tusculum's Mat DiBella by two shots (+1; 73).
- Walters State Community College carded a +11 (295) to lead the way on Monday, while TU is second at +13 (297).
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Nike ousted from University of Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has become the first university in the world to end a licensing agreement with Nike -- effective this month. The university said it took the action because the company failed to explain the problems behind two Honduran factories that closed without paying severance to workers.
To shed light on the issue, the university hosted two Honduran workers, Gina Cano from the Hugger de Honduras factory and Lowlee Urquia from Vision Tex factory in Honduras, both of whom lost their jobs on Jan. 19, 2009. Nike denied severance fee payments for both of them. The two former factory workers will travel to other American universities to educate students about their experience and urge them to end licensing agreements with Nike.
Both Hugger de Honduras and Vision Tex factory were contracted by Nike to produce college apparel. The factories closed without notice in January 2009 -- and since then the owners have not paid more than $2 million combined for workers in a legally mandated severance. The university learned of these allegations in a report from the Worker RIghts Consortium, said Dawn Crim, special assistant to the chancellor and director of community relations.
"When we heard about the factory closures at the University of Wisconsin last year, they told us that [Nike was] in the process of addressing it and there was a report," Crim said in a telephone interview.
Chancellor Biddy Martin wrote to Nike asking for a detailed plan on solving its abuses. The Worker Rights Consortium, an independent labor rights monitoring organization that investigates global working conditions for American universities, reviewed the situation and contacted Nike multiple times. This led to a sit down with Nike executives.
The university allowed Nike 120 days to find solutions for the workers. At the end of this time period, Nike did not make a change. Student Labor Action Coalition, a student group, suggested the university end the contract with Nike.
"The way we handle allegations of violations here is we talk as an administration here about the issue and we also talk to our labor licensing and policy issues," Crim said. "It was their recommendation that we take the advice written in the workers rights report to talk to subcontractors about these claims."
The university cut the contract with Nike, which gave the company had the rights to university logos and generated a royalty income of $49,000 to University of Wisconsin-Madison in the 2008-09 school year. Because Nike was a university licensee, Nike was legally required to follow the university's code of conduct. This code pertains to issues such as working hours; workers' wages; overtime compensation; child labor; forced labor; health and safety; nondiscrimination; women's rights; harassment or abuse; and public disclosure of where factories are located.
Nike disagrees and does not believe it is under the university's code of conduct.
"No University of Wisconsin product was made at Vision Tex or Hugger factories. Apart from a one-time order for 800 units of college apparel at Vision Tex, no collegiate licensed product was made in either Vision Tex or Hugger and, as such, Nike does not operate under the University of Wisconsin Code of Conduct," according to a statement sent by e-mail from Kate Myers, Nike Corporate Communication, to Money College on the subject of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Scott Nova, executive director of Workers Rights Consortium, believes that Nike has made a false statement by saying no university products were created at these factories.
"Nike said we're making college apparel at these two factories every year in their corporate reports," Nova said. "For every university we know of that licenses with Nike, they disclosed Hugger as the factory. [Nike] suddenly tried to retract this information when it became an embarrassment, and frankly they don't have any credibility on this. You can't un-ring a bell. Nike has an obligation to universities to make sure that factories reach university standards."
The Workers Rights Consortium brought the factory closing to the attention of Nike, Nova said.
"Only after the report became public did they say that they had made a mistake," he said. "This is the second time that Nike has done this."
Nova referred to another investigation following Australia's Channel 7 report of human trafficking and human rights abuses at a Nike factory in Malaysia.
"After the Australian television story ran, [Nike] said, 'We never put that factory on the [collegiate list],'" Nova said.
Nike has issued a statement on its website that the company, its contracted factories in Honduras and local service providers would offer training and a vocational program for workers who were not paid severance after Hugger and Vision Tex closed last year.
Nike will not pay severance to workers who worked at the closed factories.
"Severance is not on the table," Meyers said. "[Nike] didn't own the factory and the workers aren't Nike employees. The employers, their direct responsibility is to help the employees. What we are doing is trying to get work and training programs up and running so they can re-enter the work force, but we aren't the guarantors for the factory and we won't be paying severance."
No specific date has been set for Nike to begin training. Nike has several employees talking to local stakeholders and service providers in Honduras to provide training. There are current discussion with the unions there for reaching out to the former workers to let them know about the new program.
Scott Nova with the Workers Rights Consortium believes this solution will not solve the workers' problems.
"It's important to understand it's Nike's obligation to protect the right of the workers and to pay them," he said. The workers are owned millions of dollars in legal severance, not to provide job training which the workers didn't even ask for."
This isn't the only time the university has faced fair wage compensation for workers problems. In addition, other cases such as Russell Athletic in 2009 and New Era in 2008 licenses were ended.
Though the university has ended its contract with Nike, this action does not end all business with the company. If the company does comply to fair labor from the university's code of conduct, then the university may do business with the company again.
For Nike, losing the University of Wisconsin-Madison will not hurt the company's business, Kate Meyers said in a telephone interview with Money College.
"I would say that certainly these are issues we take very seriously at Nike corporate," said Meyers. "Absolutely we're disappointed that University of Wisconsin has ended the contract. However, [$49,000] worth of business is not significant."


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The Nagaland Public Works Department was one of the major development departments which were in existence prior to the formation of Nagaland State. With the attainment of Statehood, a full-fledged department known as the Nagaland Public works Department (NPWD) headed by a Chief Engineer came into being in the year 1963.
The Nagaland PWD was the single implementing agency of all Civil Works responsible for development and maintenance of infrastructures like roads, buildings, electricity and water supply. Later on, electricity and water supply components were bifurcated out as separate departments namely: Power Department and Public Health Engineering Department respectively and only Roads and Bridges and Housing components remained with the Nagaland PWD. With the increase in the developmental activities and ever increasing workload, the government bifurcated the Nagaland PWD into two separate wings namely PWD (Road & Bridges) and PWD (Housing). The Chief Engineer (Development) was re-designated as the Chief Engineer (Housing). Later on, another Wing known as the PWD (Mechanical), headed by the Chief Engineer (Mechanical) also was created. Besides these three wings, another separate Engineering Wing called the Police Engineering Project headed by the Chief Engineer, Police Engineering Project which functions directly under the Home Department, is also in existence. In order to have over-all control over the 3 Wings PWD (Housing), PWD (Roads & Bridges), the post of Engineer-In-Chief, NPWD was created effective from 15-07-1997.
Nagaland being a land-locked state, the only means of transport is road communication. It is therefore the prime responsibility of the Government to provide road connectivity to the entire district head quarters; Sub-divisional Head quarters and even to the remotest village in the state for effective governance and economic upliftment of the people. Moreover, for effective functioning, the Government is responsible for providing accommodation to all the offices and the officials and employees working under it. It is in these two sectors-Roads and Housing that the Nagaland Public Work Department plays a direct role in the implementation of all those developmental projects in the Roads and Bridges and Housing sector on behalf of the Government of Nagaland.
The objectives and activities of the Nagaland PWD include the following
- Construction and maintenance of Roads and Bridges all over the state. The roads include National Highways (NH), State Highways (SH), Major District Roads (MDR), Other District Roads (ODR) and Village Roads (VR).
- Construction and Maintenance of buildings of different department all over the state. The buildings (both functional and Non-functional) include Office buildings, Presidential buildings, Rental Housings etc.
- Construction of Overhead footpath, drainage, protection works etc. in urban areas, Construction of fishery ponds/dams.
- In addition to the above, the NPWD also provides technical assistance for developmental activities like the Local Area Development Schemes (LAD) being taken up by the Members of Legislative Assembly, Government of Nagaland.
1 Commissioner & Secretary Works and Housing
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Diddily Piddily Wants Clean Ice And $45K
When Diddy's tour hits New York next week, he wants to host an after party. No problem right? Well, it is when you want $45K to host a party. Yes, Diddy believes if he shows up at a club he is worth $45K. Not going to happen, and apparently clubs in New York don't want to pay. Some club in New Jersey offered to pay, but Diddy does not do New Jersey.
Oh, and if you decide to fork over the money you also have to satisfy his rider which has one of the strangest requests I have ever seen. He wants clean ice. Do people usually give out dirty ice? Is there some guy who inspects ice? How do you get dirty ice? Freeze it in mud? I personally like some good dirt in my ice. It's roughage. Don't laugh. When you don't eat vegetables, you want roughage.


text: Slow Cooker Turkey Breast Jump to Recipe Leave a Review DF GF H NF PinShareTweetThis Slow Cooker Turkey Breast is perfect for a smaller Thanksgiving crowd or even just to meal prep for the week! It's tender, juicy and full of flavor!Slow Cooker Turkey BreastAre you having a smaller crowd this Thanksgiving and don't want to mess with a whole turkey??? This slow cooker turkey breast is your answer! Thanks to the slow cooker it's nearly impossible for it to dry out leaving you with tender, juicy and flavorful turkey. This is also great outside of Thanksgiving to use for meal prepping. Just cook it on the weekend and you have turkey ready for sandwiches, salads and even other main dishes. YAY!This would work great in these Green Chile Turkey Quesadillas, Turkey Cobb Salad, or Creamy Turkey and Dumpling Soup.This turkey breast is stupid easy and that's what I love about it. Literally, a set it and forget it type of thing. Plus you will still have plenty of flavorful juices to make gravy with.I cooked a large bone in 8-pound turkey breast and let it rest for 15-20 minutes before I removed it from the bone. Then I crisped up the skin under the broiler. This is optional…. if you don't care about the skin just remove it before you carve the turkey. You could also remove it before adding it to the crockpot but I like to leave it on because it can add that much more flavor. Just watch it under the broiler because the skin can quickly go from golden brown to burnt.Tips for making this Slow Cooker Turkey Breast:Thaw your turkey breast in the refrigerator 2 days before cooking. Or thaw in a sink of cold water changing the water every 30 minutes. Allow 30 minutes for every pound.Use your meat thermometer to check when your turkey breast is done. Insert the meat thermometer in the thickest part of the breast without touching the bone. When it reads 165 degrees F (74 degrees C) it is done. I like to take it out at 160 degrees F because it will continue to cook as it rests. For a 5-6 pound turkey breast start checking it after cooking it on low for 4-5 hours. For a 6-8 pound turkey breast start checking it after cooking it for 5-7 hours on low.I don't recommend cooking this on high. For tender juicy meat low and slow is always the best.5 from 2 votes PrintSlow Cooker Turkey BreastPrep Time10 minsCook Time6 hrsTotal Time6 hrs 10 mins This Slow Cooker Turkey Breast is perfect for smaller holiday parties or even just meal prepping for the week. Using the crockpot makes this turkey tender, juicy and full of flavor. Course: Main Course, Slow Cooker Cuisine: American Keyword: slow cooker, turkey breast Servings: 6 -8 servings Author: Malinda LinneburIngredients 2 tablespoons butter, melted 2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme 2 teaspoons paprika 1-2 teaspoons seasoned salt 1-2 teaspoons garlic powder 1-2 teaspoons onion powder pepper to taste 1 (6-8 pound) (3-4kg) bone in turkey breast 1/2 cup (120ml) chicken broth or stockInstructionsIn a small bowl combine the melted butter, rosemary, thyme, paprika, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, and pepper. Rub all over under the skin of the turkey breast and on the outside. Place in a 6qt crockpot and add the chicken broth. Cover and cook on LOW for 5-7 hours. Your turkey will be done when the thickest part of the breast reads 165 degrees F (74 degrees C) on a meat thermometer. Allow to rest for 15-20 minutes before carving. Recipe NotesTo make the gravy: Pour juices into a liquid measuring cup and add more chicken broth if needed to make 2 cups, set aside. In a medium saucepan melt 3 tablespoons of butter then stir in 3 tablespoons of flour. Cook while stirring for 1 minute. Whisk in the reserved juices/broth and cook until thickened. If it is too thick stir in a little more broth. For crispy skin: After removing from the crockpot allow to rest 15-20 minutes. Remove breasts from the bone and place on a baking sheet. Place under the broiler for a few minutes. Watch carefully because it is easy to burn the skin. Thaw your turkey breast in the refrigerator 2 days before cooking. Or thaw in a sink of cold water changing the water every 30 minutes. Allow 30 minutes for every pound.I don't recommend cooking this on high. For tender and juicy meat, low and slow is the best. SubscribeNever Miss A Recipe! Daily Emails Weekly Recaps


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When you think of Parkinson's disease, you more than likely think of tremors or uncontrolled movements in the hands. While that is certainly a symptom of PD, tremors do not necessarily always mean Parkinson's. In fact, there are several symptoms to keep an eye on, and while no single symptom means you should worry, you should always be aware.
It is important to note, however, that some symptoms are difficult even for doctors and specialists to detect. Some symptoms affect motor skills and can be more noticeable, such as:
PD doesn't just affect motor skills. You may also notice changes in your loved one's mood, sleep behaviors, and speech. You can find more early signs and symptoms from the Senior Helpers' partner, National Parkinson Foundation, here.
If you or your loved one is experiencing the above symptoms, or if you just have questions about your health, it is vital to consult a physician as soon as possible.


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Getaway2Give is not like other luxury vacation clubs. Getaway2Give is the world's first philanthropic vacation club. Yes, a charity vacation club.
Getaway2Give is a twist on voluntourism; members enjoy a luxury vacation in a private property while their money goes to great causes. "Members not only have a good time, they do good for others. Everyone benefits from," says Adam Capes, who founded the organization as G2G in 2012.
Getaway2Give is a luxury travel club for upscale individuals and families with a strong commitment to "giving back." Says Capes, "We help families vacation well and make the best use of their coveted time together while helping others. Our getaways are not only wonderful, memorable experiences; they are also meaningful."
Getaway2Give may be your kind of vacation if you: seek no-doubt-about-it luxury vacations, and like the idea of saving thousands of dollars annually on your vacations; have better things to do than fine-comb the Web for a vacation property, and will welcome having one convenient source of high-end vacation options; value five-star amenities, and will appreciate dedicated, on-site concierge services to personalize your vacation experience; have a strong social commitment to helping others less fortunate.
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Here's how it works. Getaway2Give members enjoy access to luxury vacations while helping charities raise funds. A portion of the membership fee goes toward helping support the cause of the member's choice. Trips are then consigned to nonprofit organizations, which use them in fundraising auctions to raise contributions.
Members save in more ways: vacation stays in exclusive homes, villas and condominiums come to them at members-only rates that are up to 60% lower than market rates. A destination manager helps you plan a memorable vacation, which includes a personal concierge who finesses your vacation arrangements in a beach, mountain, leisure, and city destination.
There's a one-time membership fee to join Getaway2Give. In addition, the new member makes a charitable donation to the cause of their choice. There are no annual dues.
Vacation experiences are available as steeply discounted 10 or 20-night vacation plans applicable to most Getaway2Give residences. Pricing may vary based on the location, the season and number of nights.
For those who would like to test the waters first, Getaway2Give offers a one-year trial membership. The fee of $7,500 includes a tax-deductible $2,750 charitable contribution and a $3,500 travel credit.
Getaway2Give's roster of residences is growing rapidly, encompassing city, beach, ski and leisure destinations worldwide. Members can choose from private residences in Mexico, Costa Rica, Colorado, San Francisco, New York City, London, and dozens more desirable spots.
Most of the residences are homes with from two to four bedrooms. But members seeking group getaways will find many large homes offered with five or more bedrooms. See all the ways a villa vacation can beat a hotel vacation.
Getaway2Give also offers bucket-list experiences such as chartered yachts, an African safari, a private island in Belize, and more.
The Philanthropic Luxury Vacation Club
Getaway2Give's co-founder and president is Adam Capes, a St. Louis native and Cornell University grad now based in Atlanta. Adam is both a luxury travel entrepreneur and a philanthropist. Through his prior enterprise, Equity Estates, he helped raise over $750,000 for charitable causes.
"I grew up in a family that valued both travel and giving. I wanted to find an easy way to combine the best vacations with effective giving," says Adam. "The fruit of this passion was the G2G Collection, now rebranded as Getaway2Give. As we say here, we create memorable vacation experiences while helping charities raise significant money."


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Call for Submissions: SLCC machinima festival in Tampa 9/7
by Frans on Aug.31, 2008, under Virtual Worlds
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Rhiannon Chatnoir is putting together an impromptu machinima festival/screening at SLCC in Tampa, FL for next Sunday, Sept 7th. If you would like to submit a machinima please send an email by this Wednesday to email@example.com with either a zipped attached file of it or a web URL where It can be downloaded it from. http://www.blip.tv is a good place to upload a movie if needed.
I'm looking forward to some great submissions and seeing you there.
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For a publication I was working on, I plotted functions in PDF format. However, the journal ask me to handle them in EPS format.
"What's the point?" you might ask. Well, since I installed Lucid Lynx (a clean installation), the files of those graphic were gone… Fool of me, you will say, but really, I never thought that this days journals DO NOT accept PDF files!!!!
Who cares! to the point.
First I tried with the convert command
for i in *.pdf; do convert $i $(echo $i| sed -e s/pdf/eps/g); done
It did the job, but the quality of the plots was compromised.
Then, I move to Sage(math), and re-discover the function 'graphics_array', and try this,
p1 = plot(Vn(x, 1, 3), (x,-5,5), color='black', thickness=2) p1 += plot(Vp(x, 1, 3), (x,-5,5), color='black', thickness=2, linestyle='-.', \ axes_labels=[r'$\xi^\prime', r'$V_{qm}(\xi^\prime)$'], fontsize=17) p2 = plot(Vn(x, 3, 3), (x,-5,5), color='black', thickness=2) p2 += plot(Vp(x, 3, 3), (x,-5,5), color='black', thickness=2, linestyle='-.', \ axes_labels=[r'$\xi^\prime$',r''], fontsize=17) p3 = plot(Vn(x, 5, 3), (x,-5,5), color='black', thickness=2) p3 += plot(Vp(x, 5, 3), (x,-5,5), color='black', thickness=2, linestyle='-.', \ axes_labels=[r'$\xi^\prime$',r''], fontsize=17)
… a little explanation?! p1, p2 and p3 are the graphics I'd like put into an array, each of them contain 2 plots (both black because otherwise they'll make me pay an incredible amount of money… crazy people!), and them try the graphics_array,
ga = graphics_array([p1, p2, p3]) ga.show(frame=True, axes=False, figsize=[12,8])
and obtain something like this,
Yeah babe!!!… What???!!! It's not all right! What happened with the axis labels, the font size, and so on?
Second try: let's see if the plots are working one by one
The are alright! So, What happened? Let me run again the graphics_array commands
ga = graphics_array([p1, p2, p3]) ga.show(frame=True, axes=False, figsize=[12,8])
What did I get?…
MORAL: Make Sage(math) show you the plot, one by one, before make them into an array!
Yeah… I almost forgot it!
My goal was to save it as an EPS file, so after getting the looked graph, the command is
ga.save(frame=True, axes=False, figsize=[12,8], \ filename='/path/to/directory/name-of-plot.eps')
Cya all!


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Pollution, whales prompt shipping slow-down in California
Concerns about pollution and endangered whales in southern California have prompted six global shipping companies to try slower speeds in exchange for cash incentives, environmental groups said.
The companies agreed to slow down—from typical speeds of 14-16 knots down to 12 knots or less—in exchange for $2,500 each time they pass through the Santa Barbara Channel.
The program was announced this month by the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, the Environmental Defense Center and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.
"Reducing ship speeds to 12 knots or less reduces emissions of smog-forming air pollutants that harm our health," said Dave Van Mullem, Director, Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District.
Marine experts said the slower speeds could also save the lives of whales by cutting down on collisions that can be deadly.
Ship strikes play a role in the deaths of one to three whales per year on average, though environmentalists say more are likely killed by ships but never found.
"Slowing ships down reduces the likelihood that a ship strike on a whale will be fatal," said Chris Mobley, Superintendent for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.
About 2,500 container ships pass through the area each year.
The trial, announced August 4, began on July 1 and runs through October 31 "to coincide with the busiest whale season and the prime period for high levels of air pollution," the groups' statement said.
Companies involved so far include COSCO, Hapag Lloyd, K Line, Maersk Line, Matson, and United Arab Shipping Company.
It is modeled on another program under way at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, where 90 percent of shipping lines participate.
A study last month found that blue whales off the US west coast habitually return to the same areas to feed on krill each year, and these areas tend to be heavily used as shipping lanes.
This habit could be the reason why their population is not rebounding as experts had hoped, and researchers suggested in the journal PLOS ONE that changing shipping routes could help.
The blue whale population was depleted by commercial whaling early last century but gained protection from the International Whaling Commission in 1966.
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The JV team has been kicked to the curb and the adults are moving in, things are moving pretty fast so far. Good start on who is filling some key positions.
Trumps Generals, Pt. 1: Presidents security pros replace Obama political hacks
On Friday, an event that was overshadowed by the inauguration ceremony was the swearing-in ceremony of retired Marine Corps General John F. Kelly as the new Secretary of Homeland Security. Secretary Kelly served in the United States Marine Corps for 45 years closing his career as the commander of the United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) in 2016. Secretary Kelly has held senior command positions in Iraq and as the Senior Military Assistant to two Secretaries of Defense.
As President Donald Trumps Secretary of Homeland Security, the highly decorated Gen. Kelly now leads the third largest federal bureaucracy in the U.S. including the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and the United States Secret Service.
Gen. Kelly is another member of Trumps national security team who actually have experience and expertise in defense, national security, counter-terrorism, law enforcement and other disciplines that require actual experience and education.
For example, Kelly replaces President Barack Obamas attorney-friend Jeh Johnson whose only real experience was donating money to the Obama campaigns. Gen. Kelly joins U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn (White House national security advisor), and Marine Gen. James Mattis (Secretary of Defense).
This is quite a lineup and Trump isnt finished. He hopes to fill the CIA position with former West Point-graduate, U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo. And the Democrats, their water-carriers in the media and so-called human-rights organizations are troubled with these generals, said for Marine officer and police commander Ross Carpentier. But look who Obama had on his security team: Susan Rice? Ben Rhodes? Leon Panetta? Robert Gates? Valerie Jarrett? These were political hacks, for sure, Carpentier quipped.
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I work for the "State."
When you work for the "State," everyone thinks you have great insurance.
You don't. Unless you are dying.
Below is the conversation I had with a customer service rep with Blue Cross.
BCBS: Thanks for calling- what do you want?
Meg: Hi! I'm Meg. My card number is 1234567, and I have questions about my coverage.
BCBS: Ok- like what?
Meg: Yes- I'm seeing Dr. McDreamy in Jackson for fertility treatments and their insurance coordinator laughed at me for having you as my insurance provided and they suggested that I sell a kidney. Do you cover infertility treatments?
BCBS: No. Infertility treatments are elective.
Meg: Nope. Nose jobs are elective. I have gimpy ovaries. I didn't elect for that.
BCBS: Right. But not having or having children isn't a medical necessity to your health.
Meg: So, I'm put in the same categories as people with liposuction, nose jobs and boobie jobs? All because I'm "electing" to have children.
BCBS: Mam-we don't cover infertility. Best of luck.
After that conversation, I considered having a bake sale. And a garage sale. And selling weenie dogs.
But instead, we hunkered down, canceled vacations, and budgeted like none other.
Honestly- it was tough but sorta fun. Saving money was sorta a game to us. However, I'm glad to be out of the game now!
Now- we are in the game of buying diapers and saving for college. If you see me trying to potty train our baby when they are 3 months old.....it's only because I'm tired of budgeting for diapers. And if you see H teaching our baby Algebra when they are a year old, it's because we are shooting for college scholarships. It's never too early.....right??


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The MGH Institute of Health Professions is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. (NEASC) through its Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.
Accreditation of an institution of higher education by NEASC indicates that it meets or exceeds criteria for the assessment of institutional quality periodically applied through a peer review process. An accredited college or university is one which has available the necessary resources to achieve its stated purposes through appropriate educational programs, is substantially doing so, and gives reasonable evidence that it will continue to do so in the foreseeable future. Institutional integrity is also addressed through accreditation.
MGH Institute received official notice of continued accreditation until 2020 in February 2011, after completing the regular ten-year review for accreditation in 2010.
Accreditation by NEASC is not partial but applies to the institution as a whole. As such, it is not a guarantee of every course or program offered, or the competence of individual graduates. Rather, it provides reasonable assurance about the quality of opportunities available to students who attend the institution. Inquiries regarding accreditation status by the NEASC should be directed to the Office of the Registrar at the MGH Institute. Individuals may also contact:
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IU Insider Zach Osterman discusses the news that Juwan Morgan, Indiana's second-team All-Big Ten junior forward, will declare for the NBA draft without signing with an agent.
BLOOMINGTON – Second-team All-Big Ten forward Juwan Morgan will declare for the NBA draft but not sign with an agent, leaving the door open to return for his senior year at Indiana.
Morgan, who took a dramatic leap forward in impact and profile in his junior season, announced his intention to declare via social media.
"I just want to thank God first for giving me this opportunity," Morgan said in a tweet, "and with that I'm excited to announce I will be putting my name in the 2018 NBA Draft. I won't hire an agent but look forward to this opportunity to do what's best for me."
More: You can attend Romeo Langford's college announcement
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In declaring without signing representation, Morgan is taking advantage of a rule that will allow him to go through the pre-draft process and seek feedback from individual teams and decision makers in the NBA, while not sacrificing his final season of eligibility.
Robert Johnson did the same and returned last season. James Blackmon Jr. and Thomas Bryant also both entered the draft last summer, but elected to keep their names in. Blackmon was not drafted and played in the G League, Bryant was selected in the second round and split his season between the Los Angles Lakers and G League.
Morgan may work out for NBA teams and attend the league combine, if he is invited. He has until May 30 to withdraw his name from the draft and return to school, if he so chooses.
IndyStar IU Insider Zach Osterman and Chronic Hoosier are joined by NBC Sports college basketball writer Rob Dauster as the three break down a crucial offseason for Archie Miller and IU basketball. Zach Osterman/IndyStar
"I think Juwan improved as much as any player in the country this past season," IU coach Archie Miller said in a press release accompanying Morgan's announcement. "The rules are in place to allow an individual to get valuable feedback and we support Juwan in wanting to find out where he stands and learn what he needs to continue to work on in the eyes of key decision makers professionally."
Morgan improved as much as any player in the Big Ten in 2017-18. A starter nearly the entire season, he averaged 16.5 points and 7.4 rebounds per game last winter, both team highs. His performances proved pivotal in some of the season's most important wins, including Notre Dame and Maryland.
This year's NBA combine will be held May 16-20 in Chicago. The withdrawal date for early entrants is always set 10 days after the end of the combine.
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After several tedious days of working on MyKidney.com I'm happy to say that the site is just about ready for a re-launch.
Soon, you'll be meeting Elizabeth, MyKidney.com's new hemo-dialysis blogger and Jeff, our new kidney transplant recipient blogger (who just got his kidney a month ago!)
I'm still interested in adding a few more bloggers, in particular, a caretaker / family / friend blogger, a medical professional (dialysis tech, nurse, social worker, etc.) a recently diagnosed chronic kidney disease patient and a peritoneal dialysis patient. If you're interested or know someone who is, please contact me. Blogging experience is preferred, but a willingness to share your experiences freely and a commitment to post a few times a week is more important.
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Our two-year-old colt Magnus is none the worse for his exciting trip to Royal Ascot and we're due to see him at Haydock Park tomorrow (5th July). He's running in the first nursery (a 2-y-o handicap) of the season, so it'll be interesting to see how he fares.
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City Theater Associates produces five community theater productions per year. City Theater's annual season runs from October – August and features both musicals and straight plays.
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A Charlie Brown Christmas
Enchanted April
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Over the River and Through the Woods
A Christmas Survival Guide
Pump Boys and Dinettes
Steel Magnolias
The Wizard of Oz
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Jekyll and Hyde
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Next to Normal
Murder at the Howard Johnson's
West Side Story
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The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical
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1950s Rock and Roll Christmas
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As if the Internet didn't know its nerdy users well enough, it recently manifested a Tumblr combining Game Of Thrones and Portlandia. Game Of Portlandia is only a month old, but with its witty combination of Portlandia quotes and unexpectedly relevant GOT stills, hopefully it can hold fans over until both shows return in 2014. Who knew Candace and Robert Baratheon could be so much alike?
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Sacred Music: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
One of my favorite pieces of sacred music is called Jesus Christ the Apple Tree. I associate it with Christmas because it usually appears on seasonal albums but in fact nothing about the lyrics link it to the Nativity. I like the imagery of Christ as a fruitful tree, perhaps because the tree image in our faith is so often associated with sin and in particular female sin. The idea that a fruit tree is in fact a symbol of Christ is something that I find very sweet and comforting, particularly as my home valley is filled with orchards.
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
by Elizabeth Poston
The tree of life my soul hath seen,
Laden with fruit and always green:
The trees of nature fruitless be
Compared with Christ the apple tree.
His beauty doth all things excel:
By faith I know, but ne'er can tell
The glory which I now can see
In Jesus Christ the apple tree.
For happiness I long have sought,
And pleasure dearly I have bought:
I missed of all; but now I see,
'Tis found in Christ the apple tree.
I'm weary with my former toil,
Here I will sit and rest awhile:
Under the shadow I will be
Of Jesus Christ the apple tree.
This fruit doth make my soul to thrive,
It keeps my dying faith alive;
Which makes my soul in haste to be
With Jesus Christ the apple tree.
I like the parallel between the trees of nature and the tree of Christ — so often the comparison is between the Gospel and the World, as though the world had nothing to offer and was nothing but a den of iniquity. Yet in this metaphor the trees of nature are only fruitless by comparison. Peach trees are wonderful and their fruit is sweet, but the fruit of Christ is so sweet and so wonderful that peaches pale in comparison. Doesn't mean you can't have peaches.
I think my favorite line is "This fruit doth make my soul to thrive, it keeps my dying faith alive." As I have so often struggled with my faith I have never doubted (and I hope I never doubt) Christ or the Atonement. Christ's love is His fruit, and it is an anchor in any doubt or wavering faith.


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At the very least, Bethesda Softworks lit a flame in gamers' hearts Wednesday morning when they announced the long-awaited fourth entry in their popular Fallout series. The announcement came complete with a trailer for us all to drool over.
For those unfamiliar with the series, Fallout takes place in an alternate history where 1950s American culture persisted until 2077, when everybody got nuked. Players roam freely around a post-apocalyptic wasteland taking whatever jobs they come across, hoping to earn some spare bottle caps (the currency of the wasteland). These games are massive and their fanbase is insanely enthusiastic. 2008's Fallout 3 and its 2010 follow-up, Fallout: New Vegas have active online communities that are sharing tips, anecdotes and memes to this day.
So it's no surprise that the internet was on high alert even before the announcement, when Bethesda tweeted this:
and changed the Fallout website to a countdown timer, people started getting excited. Some may be a little too excited:
(Via Reddit/AndyValentine)
But hey, you have to respect that dedication.
Towards the end of the countdown, Bethesda's P.R. guy had some fun with anxious fans.
Don't you wish you could Rickroll your customers whenever you felt like it?
After all that buildup, once the trailer hit, the internet went insane. In fact, people shared exactly how they freaked out. There was a lot of this:
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And this:
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Because this announcement basically felt like this:
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Then they started combing through the trailer and speculating about what the finished game would be like. Maybe the game would take us through the day the bombs fell. Hopefully that's the case, because I want to get to know this lady, who is already sick and tired of this apocalypse business.
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One of the more exciting things the trailer confirmed was that it takes place in Boston (Which survived the nucleah apahcalypse by bein' wicked smaht.) The locations shown off in the trailer seem to be pretty accurately recreated too:
Some people lamented it not taking place in their hometown.
Listen, as a former Seattleite, I hear you, but maybe if you'd given Marshawn Lynch the ball when you were at the ONE YARD LINE, the game would be in YOUR city. (It still hurts.)
Others wondered what the location would mean for the voice acting.
And Boston-based indie game developer Zoe Quinn really hopes the geography won't be too accurate.
But of course, the thing most people are excited about is the dog. Previous Fallout games paired players with a canine companion, but because this trailer focuses so much on the dog, it's possible he/she could have an even greater role this time around. Besides, who doesn't want a furry friend to fight mutants with?
And of course, this had to happen:
So apocalypse, much sad, such loyal, wow
Of course Daniel Switzer had to remind us what an increased focus on the dog probably means for the story.
This game's gonna make me cry, isn't it?
Now, because the internet can't ever be completely positive there has been some complaining about the game's graphics. Now, if you watch that trailer, the game doesn't look bad. It has a more colorful style than previous entries in the series and a lot of characters and the cities look way more populated. It just doesn't look quite as sharp as some think a modern game should. Honestly, the complaints are nitpicky and meritless, especially considering the game isn't even out yet. Though I did find one that might have a point.
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FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - E.ON and Centrica, two of Britain's so-called "big six" energy providers, warned on Monday of a toughening retail market, raising the chance of cost cuts in response to falling profits.
Britain's major energy utilities have faced competition from small, more flexible rivals entering the fray while the government has put a cap on electricity prices, causing several companies to cut their earnings outlooks.
"We will have to talk to the regulator," E.ON finance chief Marc Spieker told journalists on Monday after reporting first-quarter results and flagging cost cuts at its British unit, where profits fell by 60 percent.
"Self-help measures alone won't fix this."
British regulator Ofgem was told by parliament last year to cap energy prices after lawmakers said customers were being overcharged for electricity and gas. Prime Minister Theresa May had called the tariffs a "rip-off".
Ofgem increased the cap by 10 percent on April 1 and all big six suppliers raised their standard prices by the same amount, including Centrica's British Gas, E.ON and Innogy's Npower.
However, due to unseasonably low wholesale prices for gas, analysts expect Ofgem to announce in August the cap will be reduced when the next price review begins in October.
Large energy retailers in Britain have also struggled due to competition from smaller rivals, often able to offer customers cheaper deals due to their frequently lower overheads and nimbler operations.
Small and mid-tier suppliers control around 25 percent of the market, up from less than 1 percent around seven years ago.
(Graphic - British electricity retail market share, tmsnrt.rs/2E4Khuh)
Between them, E.ON and Centrica have lost more than 400,000 customers in Britain so far this year.
Centrica, Britain's largest energy supplier, said it faced a challenging trading environment in the first half, but maintained its full-year outlook for operating cash flow and net debt.
Shares in E.ON were up 0.8% at 0930 GMT, while Centrica's stock traded 1.8% higher.
As part of a larger asset swap with peer RWE, E.ON is likely to end up owning Npower, which has been hit even harder by the sectoral crisis.
Spieker said E.ON was in talks with Npower's management, adding that it was considering all options for the unit.
Editing by Thomas Seythal and Dale Hudson


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I am considering getting a Amazon Fire HD to replace my Lenovo Tablet. The Leonvo's battery life is down to 3-4 hours per charge.
The problem is that the Kindle will not play Google Play Books unless each book file is converted to the Kindle file type. Is there a better way to run the Google e-books on a Kindle?


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Ukraine crisis: Why did Putin intervene in referendum?
As Eastern Ukraine spiralled into violence in the last few weeks there has been lots of fury from Moscow, but few insights into President Vladimir Putin's strategy.
That all changed on Wednesday, when he met Swiss President Didier Burkhalter.
Straight after the meeting he told a surprised Kremlin press corps that he was calling on the armed pro-Russian activists in Eastern Ukraine to postpone their controversial referendum.
It was the first sign that he wanted to try to bring Ukraine back from the brink of civil war. Though he made it clear who he thought had taken it there.
"The responsibility for what is happening in Ukraine now," he declaimed, "lies with the people who carried out an anti-constitutional seizure of power, a coup d'etat, and with those who supported these actions and gave them financial, political information and other kinds of support and pushed the situation to the tragic events that took place in Odessa."
"I can understand the people in southeast Ukraine, who say that if others can do what they like in Kiev, take up arms and seize government buildings, police stations and military garrisons, then why shouldn't they be allowed to defend their interests and lawful rights?"
But what is his plan now? Why did he intervene in the referendum at this late stage?
Well firstly he told us that it was not Russia's job to solve the crisis.
"The idea that Russia holds the key to resolving the problem is a trick thought up by our Western partners and does not have any grounds in reality. No sooner do our colleagues in Europe or the US drive the situation into a dead end, they always say that Moscow holds the keys to a solution and put all the responsibility on us."
But he did say that he believed a "full-fledged and equal" dialogue between the government in Kiev and people representing the southeast is the best solution.
A bloody dead-end?
A senior source close to President Putin told me that Russia would even support the Ukrainian presidential election on 25 May if the talks started, and if Kiev stopped using violence in the southeast.
It may be a sign the President Putin thought the fighting in the Donetsk region was heading into a bloody dead-end that might be about spiral out of control.
Or it may be a sign that he feels that the next round of sanctions would hurt Russia too much, and he thinks the annexation of Crimea is sufficient punishment of Kiev and the EU and the US for now.
But it may just be a delaying tactic, a way of seeming to be doing something while knowing that the conflict will continue, further undermining the government in Kiev.
Certainly his closing remarks were not very optimistic.
"I don't know how realistic a Geneva-2 round of talks or even internal political talks in Ukraine itself would be. I simply believe that if we want to find a long-term solution to the crisis in Ukraine, open, honest and equal dialogue is the only possible option."
Perhaps Kiev and the EU and the US should take his remarks at face value, and immediately start a dialogue with the Donbass protesters.
But after the annexation of Crimea - and the failure by Russia to act after the Geneva talks - the number of people prepared to trust Russia again is small.


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Staffan de Mistura
Staffan de Mistura
Staffan de Mistura in 2016
|United Nations Special Envoy for Syria
|In office
July 2014 – 7 January 2019[1]
|Secretary General
|Ban Ki-moon (UN) (2014–2016)
António Guterres (UN) (since 2017)
Nabil Elaraby (AL) (2014–2016)
Ahmed Aboul Gheit (AL) (since 2016)
|Preceded by
|Lakhdar Brahimi
|Succeeded by
|Geir Otto Pedersen
|Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy
|In office
27 March 2013 – 28 April 2013
|Prime Minister
|Mario Monti
|Mario Monti (acting)
|Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy
|In office
29 November 2011 – 27 March 2013
|Prime Minister
|Mario Monti
|Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata
|Personal details
|25 January 1947
Stockholm, Sweden
Staffan de Mistura (born 25 January 1947) is an Italian-Swedish diplomat, United Nations official and former member of the Italian government.
After a 40-year career in various United Nations agencies,[2] he was appointed Undersecretary of State (Junior Minister) for Foreign Affairs in the Italian cabinet headed by Mario Monti. 2014 -2017 he was Director of Operations at Villa San Michele on Capri.[3] From 2014 to 2019 he was the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria.[4]
De Mistura's previous UN posts have included that of Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Iraq (2007–2009) and Afghanistan (2010–2011), Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for Southern Lebanon (2001–2004), and Director of the UN Information Center in Rome (2000–2001). His work has taken him to many of the world's most volatile trouble-spots including Afghanistan, Iraq, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan and the former Yugoslavia.[5]
Early life[edit]
De Mistura was born in 1947 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of a Swedish mother and an Italian father. His father belonged to a noble Italian family of Šibenik (Italian: Sebenico) in Croatia, which fled after World War II, together with most Dalmatian Italians, after Tito's Communists took over the country.
Working as an intern for the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Cyprus in the mid-1970s, he witnessed the death of a child, shot by a sniper. The child had wandered over the 'green line' dividing Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. This experience was something he found profoundly shocking, but it also stirred up a sense of 'constructive outrage' as he has described it; a desire to study humanitarian emergency relief and dedicate his life to working for the peaceful resolution of conflict.[5]
In 1971 de Mistura started his career with the UN as a WFP Project Officer in Sudan. In 1973 he was an Emergency Relief Officer in Chad, there he led the first ever UN airdrop operation. By 1976, he was working as the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's Deputy Chef de Cabinet, a post he remained in until 1985. In addition, he was given special humanitarian assignments to Dubrovnik, Sarajevo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Vietnam and the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
In 1987 de Mistura returned to Sudan to become WFP Director of Operations. From 1988 to 1991, he acted as Director of Fund-Raising and External Relations of the United Nations Office of the Coordinator for Afghanistan. Moving on again, he was employed as Director of the Division of Public Affairs of the United Nations Children's Fund, known as UNICEF, and was also UNICEF representative for Somalia.
In 1992 de Mistura was in Nagorno-Karabakh with UN mission chief Francesco Vendrell [2].
He was briefly the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq. The job lasted from March through August 1997.
In 1999, de Mistura sat as a member of the Security Council Panel on Humanitarian Issues in Iraq. He was also briefly Special Adviser to the High Commissioner for Refugees in Kosovo; a job that lasted from April to June. He was then given the task of Regional Administrator for the Mitrovica Region in Kosovo.[6]
In June 2000, de Mistura was Special Rapporteur during the Fribourg Forum on Regional Cooperation and Coordination in Crisis Management for Europe and the Newly Independent States. Until 2001, he was Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Rome.
From 2001 to 2004, de Mistura served as Personal Representative of the Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Southern Lebanon. One of his major achievements in that post was to set up and organise a successful de-mining operation.[7] He then went on to serve as Deputy Special Representative for Iraq for 15 months, starting in January 2005. During his tenure, he was keen to portray an optimistic view of Iraq and its chances of recovery, highlighting the hard work the UN were putting in behind the scenes to provide Iraqis with a better standard of living.[8]
After that, he became Director of the UN Staff College in Turin, Italy, a post he retained until 11 September 2007, when Ban Ki-moon appointed him as his Special Representative (SRSG) for Iraq.[9] He was the successor of SRSG Ashraf Qazi and assumed his responsibilities in the Mission Area on 5 November and in Baghdad on 11 November 2007. In the weeks leading up to the appointment, it was reported that politicians in Baghdad strongly favoured a former Romanian envoy to Iraq, Radu Onofrei.[10] However, it was later revealed through Wikileaks that it was the Romanian government that lobbied the US to favor Mr. Onofrei.[11]
In July 2009 de Mistura left Iraq to become the Deputy Executive Director for External Relations of the World Food Programme in Rome.[12]
In January 2010, Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, revealed that de Mistura had been offered the job as the U.N. special representative in Afghanistan, replacing Kai Eide.[13] The New York Times noted in an editorial that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon had also been considering Jean-Marie Guéhenno of France and Ian Martin of Britain for the Kabul mission.[14] By the end of January 2010, Ban announced his intention to appoint de Mistura in March 2010 as Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) in Afghanistan and Chief of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).[15]
While U.S. President Barack Obama laid the blame for the massacre of U.N. officials in Mazar-i-Sharif on the Afghans, Staffan de Mistura said "I don't think we should be blaming any Afghan. We should be blaming the person who produced the news—the one who burned the Koran."[16]
On 28 November 2011, he was nominated Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs in Italy's technocratic cabinet headed by Mario Monti.[17]
In May 2013, the Italian Government appointed Deputy Foreign Minister Staffan de Mistura as the Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Italy to resolve the case of two Italian Navy marines, held in India since February 2012 after they shot and killed two Indian fishermen when deployed on an Italian-flagged merchant vessel Enrica Lexie. The 2012 Italian Navy Marines shooting incident in the Laccadive Sea strained diplomatic relations between Italy and India. Staffan de Mistura has been mandated to find a "fair, positive and acceptable solution" with Indian judicial authorities to ensure a quick trial and return of Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone to Italy.
UN Special Envoy on Syria[edit]
On 10 July 2014, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced that he had appointed de Mistura as the new special envoy tasked with seeking a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Syria.[4]
In October 2016, de Mistura offered to personally accompany the rebels if they were willing to leave Aleppo but reneged on his offer when a humanitarian lane was opened to let them leave.[18][19] He added that otherwise, Aleppo would be completely destroyed within two months and thousands of civilians would be killed.[citation needed]
By 2018, de Mistura was the longest serving of three UN mediators – Kofi Annan and Lakhdar Brahimi – during the more-than-seven-year Syrian conflict. In October 2018, he announced that he would step down at the end of November for family reasons.[20]
Other activities[edit]
- European Institute of Peace (EIP), President of the Board of Governors (2014-2016)[21]
Personal life[edit]
A dual citizen of Italy and Sweden, de Mistura holds the Italian title of marchese (marquess) and speaks Swedish, Italian, English, French, German, Spanish and Arabic (colloquial). He has two daughters.[6]
References and notes[edit]
- ^ "UN Syria envoy assumes post as Arabs restore links with Assad -Asia Times".
- ^ [1] page says 35 years, but it was written in 2006 before the Iraq appointment
- ^ "Anacapri, Staffan de Mistura a Villa San Michele - Napoli - Repubblica.it". Napoli - La Repubblica. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ a b "UN chief appoints Staffan de Mistura as special envoy for Syria crisis". UN News Service Section. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ a b "194554". Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ a b http://iseek.unon.un.org/webpgdept1331_13.html[permanent dead link]
- ^ "United Nations News Centre". UN News Service Section. 13 January 2005. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "United Nations News Centre". UN News Service Section. 19 October 2005. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "Secretary-General appoints Staffan de Mistura of Sweden as Special Representative for Iraq". 11 September 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2007.
- ^ Lynch, Colum; Wright, Robin (10 August 2007). "U.S. Seeks U.N. Help With Talks On Iraq". The Washington Post. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ^ "Full-text search". Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "Senior leadership - WFP - United Nations World Food Programme - Fighting Hunger Worldwide". Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ Josh Rogin (8 January 2010). "Swedish diplomat offered top U.N. post in Afghanistan". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "The U.N. in Afghanistan". The New York Times. 1 January 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "United Nations News Centre". UN News Service Section. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "Afghanistan: Obama condemns killings of UN staff". BBC News. 3 April 2011.
- ^ "Nomine: ministro Patroni Griffi. Grilli vice di Monti all'economia". La Repubblica. 28 November 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
- ^ "The Latest: Syrian Gov't: Rebel Shelling of Aleppo Kills 8". New York Times. Associated Press. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
De Mistura said if the militants lay down their weapons "in dignity" and leave, he would "personally" accompany them out. He said the militants were in essence "holding hostage" roughly 275,000 people in Aleppo. The U.N. considers the Nusra Front a terrorist group.
- ^ http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ungewoehnliches-angebot-un-sonderbeauftragter-wuerde-rebellen-aus-aleppo-begleiten-14470264.html
- ^ Michelle Nichols (October 17, 2018), U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura to step down at end of November Reuters.
- ^ "Italian-Swedish diplomat Staffan de Mistura to be named new UN envoy to Syria, say diplmats". Telegraph.co.uk. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Staffan de Mistura.
|Positions in intergovernmental organisations
|Preceded by
Lakhdar Brahimi
| United Nations and Arab League Envoy to Syria
|Succeeded by
Geir Otto Pedersen
|Non-profit organization positions
|Preceded by
Maria Pia Garavaglia
| Extraordinary Commissionerof the Italian Red Cross
|Succeeded by
Maurizio Scelli


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S: Seasons of Change
FC: of change | MY LIFE BOOK
1: A Year in Review | I was born in Alcorcón( Madrid) on 9 of February in 1996.At the age of three I started primary school, my time at school was great in general
2: A Year in Review | I can't remember many moments from school,but the moments that i can remember were emotional and some of them were amusing sometimes.This time of my life began when I was three and it finished when i was twelve, I was ready for more.
4: At the age of thirteen I started secondary school,with a lot of changes in my body, and physical and mental changes.I have lived good moments,I met new people,new friends and new experiencies with them.Something very especial in my life has been the music and I love metal, rock an rap. Brutal mix .
6: In the future I would like to finish my studies and after that I want to go to the university(I don't know what degree) but I will decide later.I have thought tried do rap music and write because I like writing my own pieces so much and exposing my ideas.One of the things that I want to do is see a nba's match.
7: The more you laugh the longer you live


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The First and Only Site on the Internet Dedicated Entirely to The Postal Jeep
This page was inspired by the recent acquisition of a new "toy". I have fallen completely in love with this little machine called the "Postal Jeep". I know it may sound silly for a grown man to go on and on about a governmental discard, but you just have to drive one once to fully understand my affliction. My wife "likes" it, my oldest son thinks it's "cool", my oldest daughter hasn't seen it yet, my youngest son is warming up to it, and my youngest daughter thinks it's "gross". (Secretly I think they all love it.) I'm not sure what appeals to me the most. Maybe the right hand drive, maybe the solid and sturdy build, maybe just owning a piece of "Americana". Whatever it is inspired me to search the internet where I found other "victims" of my affliction. I have included some links to similar pages and information about this little vehicle. Here are some pictures of my "toy" . I sincerely hope that this page will be as much fun to visit as it is to create. If you have any information, links, stories,etc., please e-mail me. I would love to hear from firstname.lastname@example.com
A little info:
The Postal/Dispatch Jeep was made in two basic models, the DJ-3A (pictured below) and the DJ-5. The DJ-3A was a flat fender Jeep similar to the CJ-3A except it was two wheel drive. It was produced from 1956 until 1965. The DJ-5 was introduced in 1965 which is the postal Jeep most people are familiar with today. They also produced a long version from 1965 until 1968, the DJ-6. The DJ-5 was made by Jeep into the early 70s and production continued under AM General.DJ-3A Dispatch/Delivery JeepPhoto from CJ3B Page.
A CJ3B for delivering the mail -- what an excellent concept! This may have been a step in the process of creating the DJ3A, the first two-wheel drive version of the Jeep, and the first postal Jeep.
"A history of the Universal Jeep" in poster form.(by Four Wheeler Magazine on The CJ3B Page)
The electric Jeep...
In 1976 Postal Jeeps remained relatively reliable and simple to repair and maintain for the DJ-5E "Electruck" version. The weight was nearly twice that of a gasoline powered jeep, thanks to the hefty batteries.
DJ-3A (1955-64): Four cylinder L-head, three speed manual
DJ-5 (1965-67): Four cylinder L-head, three speed manual
DJ-5A (1968-70): Chevy four cylinder, Powerglide automatic
DJ-5B (1970-72): AMC 232 I-6, B-W T-35 three speed automatic
DJ-5C (1973-74): AMC 232 I-6, T-35 or M-11 automatic
DJ-5D (1975-76): AMC 232 I-6, 727 TorqueFlite automatic
DJ-5F (1977-78): AMC 232 I-6, or 258 I-6, TorqueFlite automatic
DJ-5G (1979): Audi 121 four cylinder, 904 TorqueFlite automatic
DJ-5L (1982): Chevy or Buick 151 four cylinder, Chrysler 904 transmission
CJ-8 (1984): Used in Alaska only 258 I-6, Chrysler 999 transmission
The Gallery is where I'll be displaying pictures that are sent in by visitors to The Postal Jeep Page. Do you have one you want to see here?
Sad but true: Jeep Leaving USPS
According to reports, the postal Jeep is going the way of the drive-in...being replaced by a newer version. For almost 30 years Postal workers have delivered our mail through "rain, sleet and snow" with the aid of their trusty Jeep. Now, the Postal Service is scheduled to take delivery of 9,000 Ford Windstars, to replace a roughly equal number of Jeeps.
The new vans, unlike the old Jeeps, will have air bags and regulation seat belts, and they will sport a large cargo area needed to haul today's heavy mail load.
The vans cost $17,000 each.
Editor's note: Imagine the Postal Jeep that could be built for $17,000.00
Don't believe 'em...
when they say you look like a nerd in your postal Jeep. They're just jealous. Yeah. That's it, just envy. Plain old envy. Yep, everybody wants a postal Jeep. But everybody can't have one. You look cool and you know it. What they say doesn't matter. 'Cause you know what they're really thinking. They want one. Ha! Don't forget that. Yeah, keep that in mind. They want one and just can't stand how cool you look. Yeah, that's it. Uh huh. Just plain envy.
Get one for yourself...
Do you own a Postal Jeep or know someone that does? They are rapidly becoming one of the most popular little recreational vehicles available today. Why? They are certainly among the most affordable, parts are not as hard to find as one would think, and they are "fun" to drive. Admittedly they aren't the "macho 4x4 mudder type". They aren't even four wheel drive. However they do have good road clearance, and given their ancestry, they do the "rain, sleet, and snow thing" quite well. Like their military ancestors they have done a service to this country. While I wouldn't dare attempt to equate their duties with the hundreds of military Jeeps that carried our troops during war time, they have faithfully served our great country and do deserve a little respect. Letting them rust away in a salvage yard or be melted down and pounded into new Toyotas is shameful. Given new leases on life they make excellent "weekend escape machines". Trips to the park or lake are more fun. They are great for shopping and running errands around town. They turn on a dime and are super easy to park. The back door makes package loading convenient. They have a sturdy steel body. Just let someone try to "door ding" it. The Postal Jeep makes a great companion at the deer lease or fishing hole. You don't need much of an imagination to find a use for one. If you are looking for a second or third vehicle or a restoration project why not a Postal Jeep? It'd be a shame to let one go to waste.
Don't think you have a "Chicken's Chance in China" of finding a Postal Jeep?
Don't be taken in by internet shysters. If you want to buy used Federal property, such as Postal Jeeps, go straight to the source. The General Services Administration is online.
Looking for a Postal Jeep to buy or have one to sell? Have a question about parts or availability? Want to tell us about your Postal Jeep? Have any information that might be of interest to Postal Jeep enthusiasts? Post it here on The Postal Jeep Page Message Board. Check back here often for visitors responses.
NEW!AAA Motors Inc. 13795 Hwy. 168 , Boaz , Ala. 35957 Phone : 256-593-2949 Fax : 256-593-4366 (1,000 reconditioned postal jeeps in stock) new and used parts.
Also try (highly recommended for any technical info) "Parts Mike, the Answer Man's Forum".
Over 200 listings of new and used parts suppliers.
Postal Jeep Parts- Leon Rosser Jeep Parts
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1. Your Favorite Coffee Shop - The One That Makes The Best Lattes In The World - Is OFF-Campus and You'll Never Make It To Class On Time If You Leave Now! :(
2. Wait, what? Why am I the one writing this? I'm a man. I'm a grown man.
3. I don't even go to college. I graduated three years ago. And my school was in the city so it wasn't a traditional campus environment. Sorry, but I just don't think I'm qualified to write this.
4. Why are you making me do this?! Please let me go! Please!
5. No! No! Don't hurt me anymore! I'll write it! I write anything you want! Just please don't put me in the box again! Anything but the box! Oh God Have Mercy On My Soul!
6. All your friends from High school havE come a Long way to visit, and you Promised them a fun girl's night out, but having to sign theM in and out Everywhere you go is putting a real damper on things!
7. I'm sorry! You're right! It was stupid! I was desperate! I was wrong! I'm sorry! Your roommate snores! Your roommate made out with that cute guy from your Fiction class! I've got a hundred! Please! You can use me! I'm good! I'm so good! Please! No! Where are you taking me!? Where are you taking me!?
8. Being a young woman living on a college campus is occasionally very difficult. But then again: life is difficult. Every day a new struggle. Time inching ever forward: a harrowing crawl across a tightrope that can snap at any moment. Enjoy your youth. Enjoy your beauty. Enjoy your freedom. For mine...mine is gone. The time to repent has past for surely I am already in hell.
10. Run! I'm a goner! But you still have a chance, Girl That Lives On Campus! Hit snooze! You're within walking distance to class! Who cares if everyone notices you're still wearing pajamas! That's not a struggle! You think it's a struggle that your cafeteria food is gross? You think it's a struggle that your dad friended your dormmates on Facebook and posts embarrassing videos? You don't even know struggle! Struggle is being in a listicle-writing prison of which there is no escape! That's a fucking struggle!
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