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President Trump called it the worst trade deal in American history and has threatened repeatedly to blow it up.
Yet more than a year into his presidency, NAFTA is alive. And it's poised to survive.
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Representatives from the United States, Mexico and Canada are meeting in Mexico City this week for Round 7 of negotiations to rewrite the three-nation trade deal. The talks, which began in August, have not gone well. But a growing number of trade watchers think the deal will live.
"The chances of an outright withdrawal have decreased significantly," says Matthew Rooney, director of economic growth at the Bush Institute in Dallas, a wing of the George W. Bush Presidential Library. Bank of America (BAC) economist Carlos Capistran says the most likely scenario is that talks stretch into 2019.
That optimism did not exist a year ago. Trump made NAFTA a punching bag during the presidential campaign, and he signaled last April that he was going to pull out of the deal because, he argues, it puts American workers at a disadvantage.
Related: NAFTA Round 6: Talks make some progress but huge differences remain
Negotiators first hoped to conclude talks by the end of last year. By Round 4, in October, the top negotiators from Canada and Mexico were lambasting the top U.S. negotiator right in front of him at a press conference. He returned the fiery rhetoric.
The talks have gone on longer than expected, even though negotiators haven't made much progress on divisive issues. Auto manufacturing is the thorniest: Trump's team wants to force car companies to produce more vehicles in the United States than in Mexico or Canada. That proposal has been rejected.
So why hasn't Trump pulled out? He nixed U.S. participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade pact with 11 other nations. He also withdrew the United States from the Paris climate agreement. His rhetoric on NAFTA was much harsher than for either of those.
Trade experts have a few ideas why Trump hasn't pressed the red button.
First, NAFTA has no deadline. In theory, the talks can go on forever. In the meantime, NAFTA itself remains the same. In fact, the U.S. trade deficit with Mexico got bigger last year. (Trump wants to cut it.)
Roughly 14 million American jobs still depend on trade with Canada and Mexico, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. A few car companies have shifted production, not jobs, from Mexico to the United States. Otherwise the trade scene hasn't changed much.
Related: No, Mr. President. Chrysler isn't leaving Mexico
Second, uncertainty might be Trump's best option right now, says Edward Alden, a senior fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations.
If Trump pulls out of NAFTA, he will anger a swath of congressional Republicans and Corporate America, both of whom have pressed him to remain in the agreement. Millions of jobs in red states like Texas and Arizona depend heavily on free trade. Trump could also trigger a panic in financial markets. Investors don't like uncertainty, nor trade wars.
But if Trump's negotiators strike a deal soon, "he will have to pivot from being NAFTA's biggest critic to being a cheerleader," Alden notes.
"A long negotiation in which he can continue to claim he is fighting for a better deal looks by far the best bet," Alden wrote in an analysis published Monday by Politico.
Third, other factors are making American manufacturing more attractive — and arguably alleviating the need to pull out of NAFTA.
Republicans just cut the corporate tax rate to 21% from 35%. And companies can now deduct new equipment from their taxes. The Trump administration is peeling back regulations. And the U.S. dollar is down 11% from a year ago, making American products cheaper and more attractive to foreign buyers.
Related: What is a 'reciprocal tax' and why is Trump talking about it
Trump himself seems to be thawing a bit on NAFTA. He still routinely threatens to withdraw. But he knows negotiators probably won't reach a deal soon.
After this round, the talks will get more difficult. Campaigns for Mexico's presidential election begin March 30. The vote is July 1. President Enrique Peña Nieto is term-limited, and Mexican officials say they can't ratify a new trade pact with an election on the horizon.
"I'm leaving it a little flexible because they have an election coming up. So I understand a lot of things are hard to negotiate prior to an election," Trump told The Wall Street Journal in January. "There's no rush."
CNNMoney (New York) First published February 26, 2018: 12:18 PM ET


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If you have been to any of the three locations in Jasper County where recycling bins sat, you have probably noticed they are gone.
After many months of trying to find a solution to the abuse of the recycling bins, the Jasper County Board voted at their recent meeting to remove the recycling bins.
County employees were responsible for the sorting of the bins and many items not qualified to be placed in them have been found. The bins were divided up into categories of glass, cans, plastics all to make it easier for patrons of the bins. Any other items needed to be discarded elsewhere.
Darrell Hickox, County Board member stated, "We've been trying to tell people for a while now, but the abuse has actually got worse."
Many environmentally conscious members of our communities have enjoyed the opportunity of being able to unload their collection of cans, glass jars, plastics will now have to place these items in the trash causing more items to be dumped at the landfill.
Ben Bland, County Engineer, stated in an interview, that the recycling bins have been pulled until a solution can be found. Sorting of the items are the biggest issue due to the fact that when the county does haul of these items their whole load can be turned away due to any non-qualified items. The County has offered this service to the county free of charge as it actually costs the county to haul off the items.
Bland stated in the original Solid Waste agreement recycling and recycling bins was never mentioned.
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For a while, tech executives and others have been offered a service that allows them to direct others' schedules and actions without knowing them. In some places, that has devolved into neural warfare as it has been deemed easier to use sonic and other frequency weapons to make suggestions and wage Sony-style attacks in the form of 'bow down' consciously or subconsciously to the local "I'll do-what-you-saida" training camps.


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At the end of November, it was time for the annual SPS IPC Drives in Nuremberg. The Fair for automation is one of the most important and biggest fairs of it kinds. For Kählig Antriebstechnik GmbH this fair is also the main fair of the year. Therefore KAG focus on this fair.
This year´s SPS IPC Drives was all about "intelligence" for KAG drives. KAG developed for nearly all own DC drives integrated electronics which gives the brushed and brushless drives "intelligence". They communicate through CAN Bus with various protocols. The electronics are able to perform all common controls and plenty of additional functions. Since the release a lot of solutions in the agriculture, rail technology and building technology could be realized.
These solutions and the possibilities created a lot of interest at the fair. Additional to the samples shown on the fair, the new designed KAG-Folder supported the many conversations. All folders can be found at http://www.kag-hannover.com/en/news-support/downloads/
To sum up, the fair was a big success for KAG. We had a lot of interesting conversations and contacts with promising new projects. In 2018 KAG will also be represented at the SPS IPC Drives in Nuremberg.
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Sleek is a word that could be used to describe a modern kitchen style. This design is great for people who enjoy tidy corners and a minimalist appearance. Getting this look right can be difficult without the right features, so when renovating your kitchen, make sure you include the right features for your modern look.
Kitchen cabinets
Choosing new cabinets is a fun endeavor when refurbishing the kitchen space. Cabinets come in a variety of styles and colors, from raised or recessed to arched or square panels. Selecting the correct style all depends on the kitchen you want. For modern styles in particular, frameless, flat-panel cabinets are a common choice. The fully integrated look makes the cabinets look clean and organized, encouraging tidiness in the kitchen.
A modern look needs up-to-date electronics to match the contemporary feel of the space. This can be accomplished by installing stainless steel appliances throughout the kitchen. Make sure the devices are also economically friendly by checking how much energy use they require. People are leaning more toward sustainable appliances and fixtures, so be sure to incorporate this into your new kitchen design. Adding cool features is also a way to achieve a modern look. For instance, have a retractable outlet installed in the kitchen counter. The outlet center will be useful for cooking, but can be easily pushed out of sight for extra counter space.
Modern kitchen styles are known for their clean lines and neat angles. To match this look and feel, make sure you have handles installed on the cabinet doors instead of knobs. Stay away from any intricate designs or patterns as well. You want the handles to match the simplistic style of the kitchen, so don't overdo it with the small kitchen accessories. The same goes for bar stools at the island. HGTV suggests adding a simple, leather texture to your chairs as a way to break up the uniformity and give your kitchen more depth.
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Lochebei is a widow in South Sudan. With six children ranging in age from two to fifteen years old, she has a lot of mouths to feed.
Before her husband died last year, and a terrible drought came to South Sudan, the family was doing well—they had enough to eat. Her husband herded cattle while she sold charcoal in the market and farmed sorghum. Now she depends on help from her in-laws, and her children work each day to find wild vegetables they can eat. Together, they can usually get enough food for one meal each day.
Fortunately, Lochebei was among over 13,000 people in South Sudan who received help from ADRA and the Canadian Foodgrains Bank—sorghum, beans, oil, and salt. Now her children don't have to work each day to support the family.
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How did the LD Man's visit in Jersey go? Take a look...
The photos don't do the visit justice.
Our time together was perfect, even when it wasn't, if that makes any sense.
The minor mishaps (the bathroom floor falling apart under his feet, for example) turned into vehicles for better understanding of each other, how we handle stress together, and our unique ability to any situation into a laughing match. We have a combined thirst for knowledge that keeps us asking questions, quietly reflecting, and then discussing.
Here's why I am crazy about this guy: he says what he means and means what he says. He talks the talk and walks the walk. Yet he's not arrogant or aggressive in his behavior. He's a regular Joe with an extraordinary capacity to listen, feel, and verbalize his thoughts. He hasn't been emasculated by the feminist movement (thank God), yet he isn't a misogynist either. He is decisive and he knows what to do in just about any situation, yet he appreciates hearing another opinion and isn't afraid to agree to it. He has a wicked sense of humor and some incredibly deft moves in the bedroom. He's a nerdy-geeky guy who likes documentaries, history, and mythbusters but also knows baseball, how to play the guitar, and can cook. Does it get any better than that?!
Yes, I have found the last single 40-year-old man worthy of my affection and attention, or to be more accurate, he found me. I sure hope there are other single men like him out there for single women who are about to give up hope of ever finding someone who understands them and STILL wants to be with them.You'll just know it is right when you know each other's flaws and you still feel "he/she is perfect for me."
He'll be back in 20something days -- to help me move, if you can believe that. I didn't ask, he offered. And yes, we are already looking into ways to turn this LDR into something much closer and fulfilling. I like that idea very much. I suppose he'll need a new nickname then.
It may be too quick for some people and it doesn't follow the rules of dating, but we've both been risk takers all our lives. And I have to add we're not kids anymore who don't know what we want. What we want is to enjoy each other's company!
I can't help but spout a favorite quote of mine from Harry, in the iconic rom-com When Harry Met Sally:
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Unemployment in India is projected to witness marginal increase between 2017 and 2018, signalling stagnation in job creation in the country. International Labour Organisation (ILO) released its 2017 World Employment and Social Outlook report, which finds economic growth trends lagging behind employment needs and predicts both rising unemployment and worsening social inequality throughout 2017.
Unemployment in India is projected to increase from 17.7 million last year to 17.8 million in 2017 and 18 million next year. In percentage terms, unemployment rate will remain at 3.4 per cent in 2017-18.
The Impact Of Technology On Unemployment
- Technological Change
There is no denying that technological change nowadays has accelerated, potentially leading to more advanced technologies. The pace of modern technological change is so rapid that many workers, unable to adjust, will simply become obsolete, like horses after the rise of the automobile.
Worldwide, technological change could easily lead to the loss of 5-10 million jobs each year. According to aspiring mind reports, out of 150,000 engineering student, barely 7 per cent suitable for core engineering jobs. As many as 97 per cent of graduating engineers want jobs either in software engineering or core engineering. However, only 3 per cent have suitable skills to be employed in software or product market, and only 7 per cent can handle core engineering tasks.
- Syllabus not updated regularly
The course contents do not focus on areas which will actually help in the job industry after employment. There is a big gap between what the market needs and what Indian education equips its future employees with.
The traditional education sector in India has not evolved at the same pace as the industry. The expectations that the companies have from their candidates and the skills that engineering graduates bring in, do not match.
- Lack of skill-based education
One of the major problems facing the fresh graduates is their insufficient understanding of basic concepts. The lack of in-depth understanding of technical information, lack of client-handling skills and insufficient knowledge across domains are the major skill gaps in the area.
- Lack of Communication skills
The lack of ability of the individual to deliver his views effectively at the interview leads to rejection of even the most brilliant candidates. Because institutes do not make an effort to ensure that the candidates develop their skills in a wholesome manner which can contribute towards client-handling and team communication skills.


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I read in marvel chronologyproject that Dave Cockrum appears in:
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Marlins sign 3B Ty Wigginton to minor-league deal with invite to camp
MIAMI (AP) — Third baseman Ty Wigginton has signed a minor-league contract with the Miami Marlins and has been invited to their spring training camp.
Wigginton, 36, was released by the St. Louis Cardinals in July after hitting .158 in 57 at-bats. He's a career .261 hitter with 169 home runs.
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Glass ceiling and its impact on the economy
Invisible and still impossible to overcome – glass ceiling is, according to Business Dictionary: "real barrier through which the next stage or level of advancement can be seen, but cannot be reached (…)". This common phenomenon is strongly connected not only with racial, political or religious identity, but also with appearance, age and sex. Even though we, as a human race, become more and more aware of our diversity, the glass ceiling is quickly spreading across the whole world. The question is, how does it change the economy?
The crucial fact is, that the glass ceiling occur mostly in reference to women and their career paths. It means that it is way harder for them to climb the ladder in their workplace, than for men occupying the same position and often having similar education. Moreover this situation is escalating if the woman is for instance black, yellow-skinned or muslim.
On one hand in the middle level management woman are being promoted more often than they used to be in the past, but on the other hand it is nearly impossible in many companies to achieve CEO position as a female. Women are not getting the credit they deserve and even though they are told that sex is not the reason, the research shows that only 5%, so 25 CEO positions in S&P 500 companies, are occupied by women.
The main cause of the glass ceiling phenomenon is associated with unequal treatment and different character traits represented by women and men. The majority of women prefer to avoid risk, so they are choosing less stressful jobs, that are unfortunately not so well-paid. In addition women are more afraid to lose their jobs, so they do not negotiate higher salaries and promotions even when they know they deserve it.
There are few reasons why the glass ceiling is unfavorable when it comes to the economy and its efficiency. First of all, it is obvious, that women in many fields are as talented as men, but because they are not allowed to hold high offices, companies cannot fully benefit from their experience or ideas. Secondly, woman tend to be less aggressive and more willing to cooperate, therefore they can create good relationships with other employees, which can eventually conduce to higher effectiveness.
Furthermore, when it comes to negotiations many women have natural ability to stand up for themselves and in the same time being able to reach a compromise, which generally leads to better results. Due to some brain functioning differences between genders, comparing to men women have the ability to see a bigger picture and to examine wider aspects of a certain problem. This perspective can be sometimes invaluable in finding the best way out of the situation.
In order to create good working environment and increase the effectiveness, companies should appreciate female employees and encourage them not to be afraid to take risks and develop their skills. Giving equal opportunities to both genders can have incredible impact on the whole economy and its efficiency.


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With the Pixel four, Google has delivered an amazing digicam boosted with software program wizardry. The corporate's first ever telephoto lens is prime of its class (Do not simply take our phrase for it: listed below are 20 images taken with the Pixel four). It makes portrait capturing a breeze and it is not unimaginable to zoom in on distant objects and take a good photograph. I did not get an opportunity to take a look at the digicam's new mode for taking footage of stars — they weren't seen within the space I used to be testing.
However for all of the digicam's brilliance, the Pixel four and Pixel four XL (these telephones are almost equivalent besides in dimension and battery) are costly given the quantity of storage included: The Pixel four begins at $800, (£669, AU$1,049) whereas the Pixel four XL prices $900 (£829, AU$1,279). They solely include 64GB at these costs, with no choice to develop. In order for you 128GB, you will have to tack on $100 extra.
True, different premium telephones land in the identical value vary. However the iPhone 11 ($699 at Amazon), which additionally has twin rear cameras and would not have expandable storage, begins at $699 (£729, AU$1,199) for 64GB — $100 lower than the Pixel four — and is $150 cheaper at 128GB. The Galaxy S10 prices $900 (£799, AU$1,349) but it surely has expandable storage, and the $950 Word 10 (£899, AU$1,499), which does not have expandable reminiscence, a minimum of has 256GB onboard.
Relating to reasonably priced Android choices, we stay in a world of lots. There are about, oh, one million Galaxy S10 choices you'll be able to select from which have comparable cameras. The Galaxy S10E, although not as premium because the Pixel four, prices $750, has expandable storage and has two cameras. After which there's the darkish horse OnePlus 7T ($599 at OnePlus).
As a method out of this, Google is banking on Pixel house owners utilizing Google Images for storing images and movies. However in case you're like me and you want onboard storage, syncing all of your stuff to the cloud is not interesting. Google additionally modified its coverage in order that Pixel four customers haven't got limitless photograph storage at authentic high quality. As an alternative, you'll be able to add content material at top quality, which is a decrease decision with much less element.
When you're comfortable to make use of Google Images and have the price range, think about the Pixel four. It does have some nifty captioning software program with its Android 10 replace, and you will have probably the greatest cameras round. However if you wish to get essentially the most on your cash, think about the Galaxy S10, the Word 10, the OnePlus 7T and even the discounted Pixel three from final 12 months. It prices solely $499, nonetheless has a unbelievable digicam, and might replace to Android 10. Take a deeper dive into Pixel four comparisons: Here is how the Pixel four differs from final 12 months's Pixel three, the way it stacks as much as the Galaxy Word 10 and all of the Pixel four specs vs. the iPhone 11, Galaxy S10E and OnePlus 7T.
Pixel four will get two rear cameras, astrophotography
The Pixel three's most compelling function was its wonderful digicam, and we have been impressed by how properly it captured stunning images utilizing only a single rear digicam at a time when its rivals wanted two or extra. On the Pixel four, nonetheless, Google added a second telephoto digicam (although that is nonetheless fewer than different telephones that wield three and even 4 rear cameras). Google says it went with a telephoto digicam as a substitute of a wide-angle as a result of it felt it was extra vital to zoom. The iPhone 11 Professional, Huawei Mate 30 and Word 10 telephones have wide-angle cameras although, which might match extra content material in every body.
The second telephoto lens permits the digicam to take higher portrait photographs. It additionally does a greater job at smoothing out difficult areas like hair and fur than earlier than. (A difficult photograph of me, shot on a very windy day, did have patchy areas although.) You can too take portrait images from farther away now.
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Google added a telephoto digicam to the Pixel four.
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The digicam's HDR Plus function, which compiles a number of photographs to present you a single image with the perfect publicity, may be considered in actual time. That is useful, however I do not like how one can't flip off HDR basically. I am not at all times a fan of the impact, on any cellphone actually, as a result of it may make images look unrealistic or overly processed. Whereas I can tweak photographs with the 2 new sliders for shadows and highlights, it is not intuitive find out how to use these sliders for the impact I need. I usually simply randomly performed round with the sliders with no actual thought what the photograph would appear to be.
Pixel's low-light mode, generally known as Night time Sight continues to be spectacular, brightening up and sharpening darkish scenes. It is so good that you need to use the Pixel four to take images of a starlit sky — a course of that normally requires a DSLR, a tripod and plenty of endurance. I could not check the astrophotography mode as a result of I used to be in New York and could not get to an space darkish sufficient to take star photographs, however I did embody a pic under taken by my colleague, Juan Garzon. The photograph is sort of spectacular given cellphone can seize starlight in any respect. Verify again with Proinertech, as we'll extra completely check this within the coming days. Stars apart, the Pixel four's low-light mode nonetheless impresses me every time I press the shutter.
The Pixel four takes sharp and vibrant images with nice distinction. The digicam's mixture of telephoto and digital zoom works nice and I used to be in a position to take regular photographs of objects that have been tremendous distant. Although zoomed photographs nonetheless confirmed digital artifacts, it was spectacular how clear the objects got here out. The digicam's dealing with of white stability can be spot-on: Images I took below yellow, heat lighting would come out as in the event that they have been taken in white mild. Thus far, the Pixel four has one among my favourite cameras to make use of on any cellphone.
Images taken on the front-facing digicam weren't as crisp and sharp because the rear shooter and in dim lighting, faces have been muddled across the edges. However with ample lighting, footage have been sharp and colours have been true to life.
One small quibble — Google hid primary photograph settings, such because the flash and timer, so that you now must faucet on an additional arrow on the digicam's interface to name these instruments up. Although it declutters the interface, I discover it annoying to faucet round for one thing as primary because the flash.
The Pixel four simply dealt with this sunny day in Inwood Hill Park.
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Although there are some patchy areas round Jessica's hair, portrait mode nonetheless did job dealing with the blur impact.
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Taking a photograph of stars with the Pixel four's new astrophotography function.
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Zooming in on a crane with the cellphone's 8x digital zoom.
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The earlier photograph zoomed out.
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Pixel four's radar-assisted face unlock and Android 10
Geared up with a sensor chip Google dubbed Soli, the Pixel four permits you to do a couple of new issues like use your face to authorize digital funds and navigate your cellphone with touchless gestures. This suite of options is known as Movement Sense, and you may toggle it on in Settings.
Movement Sense makes use of radar for movement monitoring, and it may sense your hand whenever you attain on your cellphone to unlock it (the face unlocking itself is carried out by an infrared digicam, identical to Face ID on the iPhone). This combo of readying after which firing up the tech makes face unlock sooner. I haven't got to tap-to-wake the display or press any buttons beforehand, nor do I've to swipe after to make use of my cellphone. It is all only one fluent, cohesive course of.
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Google's face unlock makes use of a mix of radar and infrared sensors.
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Word that whereas face unlock is safe sufficient to authorize digital funds, it is not 100% infallible. Google acknowledges that somebody who seems such as you, equivalent to a twin, can unlock your cellphone. Face unlock additionally works together with your eyes closed or whenever you're sleeping, which is a giant vulnerability. (There are way more critical eventualities doable, however I can already think about my associates with the ability to idiot round with my cellphone if I am caught napping round them.) Face ID for the iPhone solely works in case your eyes are open, and at one level it regarded like Google would supply the identical option to customers, based on the BBC. However it appears the corporate eliminated the choice, and nobody is aware of why. (Google didn't instantly reply to a request for remark however has promised to repair the issue with a patch.)


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May 28, 2017
Stay: At least three Republican Senators
Three Republican senators have publicly supported the Paris climate agreement this month. Susan Collins of Maine wrote a letter urging the Trump administration to stay in the accord. Bob Corker of Tennessee noted that the deal imposes few binding obligations on the United States, so there is little upside in leaving. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said withdrawing would send the wrong message to the world.
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May 27, 2017
Leave: Dozens of conservative groups
The Competitive Enterprise Institute called the climate accord "a key part of President Obama's war on America's most affordable and abundant energy — coal, oil, and natural gas." Grover Norquist, a prominent conservative activist, called the Paris deal a "debacle."
May 26, 2017
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In a personal letter, Darren Woods, the chief executive of ExxonMobil, urged Mr. Trump to "keep a seat at the negotiating table" to be an advocate for natural gas and other industry interests. Exxon is the largest producer of natural gas in the United States.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany called the Paris deal "a central agreement for shaping globalization," and lamented Mr. Trump's unwillingness to commit to future climate talks.
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May 25, 2017
Leave: At least 22 Senate Republicans
James Inhofe of Oklahoma organized a letter to Mr. Trump arguing that participating in the Paris accord could undermine White House efforts to dismantle domestic climate policies like the Clean Power Plan.
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– A letter from 22 Republican Senators to Mr. Trump.
May 24, 2017
Stay: Pope Francis
During a half-hour meeting at the Vatican, the pope gave Mr. Trump a copy of his 2015 encyclical calling for deep cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions.
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Democratic senators warned that leaving the Paris agreement would hurt American companies investing in clean energy and would cede climate leadership to China.
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April 27, 2017
Leave: The National Mining Association
After a vote by its membership in April, this key lobbying group for the coal industry reversed its previously neutral stance and sent a letter to Mr. Trump urging withdrawal, arguing that the Paris agreement was detrimental to coal miners.
April 26, 2017
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More than a dozen Fortune 500 companies, including Apple, Google, Walmart, BP, DuPont, and Shell wrote a letter to the president arguing that the Paris agreement provides businesses with a "stable and practical framework" for dealing with climate change.
April 25, 2017
Stay: Energy Secretary Rick Perry
He wants Mr. Trump to "renegotiate" the Paris deal and push European countries to take on a greater share of the burden for reducing global emissions.
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A letter signed by a group of House Republicans called the Paris deal "anti-coal" and opposed the notion of sending further climate aid to developing countries.
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March 2, 2017
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The president's daughter has warned in private that leaving the pact could lead to diplomatic blowback.
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At his confirmation hearing in January, Mr. Tillerson said the United States should keep a "seat at the table" in global climate talks. Within the administration, he has expressed concern that withdrawing could damage relationships with key allies.
November 16, 2016
Stay: Hundreds of companies
Shortly after the election, hundreds of companies and investors, including Nike, Starbucks, and Mars, signed an open letter asking Mr. Trump not to abandon the agreement.
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Vacancy Announcement No. 11 /2019
Internal/External Circulation
Position Title:
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Post Level:
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Date Issued of the Vacancy Announcement:
12 April 2019
Post No.:
Report To:
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Closing Date of the Vacancy Announcement:
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Programme Unit
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Sunday, January 6, 2013
Looking Back
back at 2012 in print not
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We'll start with:
*Super Bowl Party
*Valentine Card
*Valentine's Day
*Mr. Ken celebrated
his 1 yr. anniversary
at work!
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*Easter festivities
*Our friend's wedding
*Square Fair-small
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*We enjoyed a visit with
our good friend for a
couple of days--so much
*Spinach Festival
*Barn Sale
*Plaza Art Fair
*Chili Fest and fireworks
*I celebrated the big 5 0
at school and home
*We enjoyed the firepit
party that Mr. Ken put
together for the big
*We stepped outside of the
box and enjoyed Thanks-
giving dinner at a
restaurant--No fuss no
*We celebrated our
13 annivsary
*Our good friend's
daughter graduated
from college--Yea!
*Snow day #1
*Christmas excitment
*Large crowd at our house
to help my Father-in-law
celebrate his birthday
Well, that's some of the
highlights of the past year.
It was a good year and
we hope 2013 will be just as
good and in some ways better.
We'll take each day as it comes
and enjoy the "JOY" each
day brings!
It would have been nice to
be able to get the pics to
work but you know what
I said about Blogger.
~Keep on Dreaming~
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sure glad that I got to enjoy a lot of this with you!! Isn't it amazing how fast a year passes by.ReplyDelete
Blessings for the year ahead.
What a great year! So glad we got to celebrate with you and Mr. Ken. Here's to many more celebrations.ReplyDelete
Even without the pictures, you certainly had some adventures last year.ReplyDelete
Hoping that this year will see you and your sweetheart through new adventures, and much happiness.
You certainly shared a lot last year! I agree with your feelings concerning Blogger. I wish you and Mr. Ken many more adventures in 2013 and can't wait to hear about them!ReplyDelete
I enjoyed reading your list! Sounds like you had a great 2012! Here's to lots of joy for 2013!!!ReplyDelete
Wow Melinda... seems like yesterday. It was a great year. Blogger is stupid. Lol. I keep checking back to see if they have fixed the issue yet. If I see it I will let you know. : )ReplyDelete
I remember most of these posts! Thank you for the summation. It was fun.ReplyDelete
Melinda, you certainly had a busy, eventful year! At least you got some Summer, we had rain, rain and more rain! Fingers crossed for this year! Hope your New Year is just as exciting as the last one! Love from AnneMarie xxReplyDelete
Aren't you so thankful for all your treasured memories? You have a way of taking ordinary days and making them so special in the way you share them. Thanks for the joy I find here.ReplyDelete
I remember most of these posts!ReplyDelete
Isn't the picture thing on blogger irritating? I wonder if they're ever going to fix it! I sure hope so!


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by Kenneth R. Jenkins
(Savannah, GA)
Ephesians 6:10-18
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
Put On All the Armor That God Supplies
10 Finally, receive your power from the Lord and from his mighty strength. 11 Put on all the armor that God supplies. In this way you can take a stand against the devil's strategies. 12 This is not a wrestling match against a human opponent. We are wrestling with rulers, authorities, the powers who govern this world of darkness, and spiritual forces that control evil in the heavenly world. 13 For this reason, take up all the armor that God supplies. Then you will be able to take a stand during these evil days.a Once you have overcome all obstacles, you will be able to stand your ground.
14 So then, take your stand! Fasten truth around your waist like a belt. Put on God's approval as your breastplate. 15 Put on your shoes so that you are ready to spread the Good News that gives peace. 16 In addition to all these, take the Christian faith as your shield. With it you can put out all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Also take salvation as your helmet and the word of God as the sword that the Spirit supplies.
18 Pray in the Spiritb in every situation. Use every kind of prayer and request there is. For the same reason be alert. Use every kind of effort and make every kind of request for all of God's people.
By the help of the Holy Spirit, I would like to leave with you this subject from our text as a challenge to you in your walk as either as a new Born Again believer or as a seasoned saint or as a someone who just didn't make up in their minds yet but still searching to be "ARMED AND DANGEROUS".
Paul in his letter to the Ephesian church gives them instructions on how to defend themselves from the vices of which the devil may place in their pathway.
We see here that first of all Paul is showing the Ephesians that the church is not a building but people who love and obey Jesus. You and you and me are the actual church that simply loves and obey Jesus. This building is a dwelling place to come to so that we can come together to worship the Lord in Spirit and in truth, can I get a witness?
Think of it like as a boxer getting ready for a boxing match. They have to train to get in the ring everyday. And during that training they have the right equipment to use before they get into the ring.
Like in the natural, we are in the ring with the Devil everyday battling him and if you don't watch it, the devil can sneak up and sucker punch you.
And so, this is where Paul instructs us first of all:
a) To be strong in the Lord and his mighty power.(verse 10).Paul's scope in Ephesians has been cosmic. From the beginning he has drawn attention to the unseen and now he describes the spiritual battle that takes place against evil "in the heavenly realms". Strong...power, implies that our human effort is inadequate but God's is invincible.
b) Suit up with armor that cannot be destroyed. Paul was telling us that because we are at "war" with the Spiritual things of life, that we are to put on not just armor but the WHOLE armor of God for we ought to stand against the tricks,trickery, cunning, craftiness, deception fraud and ploys that the devil
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My speaking session was held on 14th October
Part 1: Do you study or work ? Where do you study ? Do you like your university ? why ? Do wish to change anything about your university ? How often do you listen to music ? What is the type of music you dislike ?Have you ever been to a live concert ? How often do you visit parks? when was the last time you went to park ? Would you like to change anything regarding open spaces ( something like that)?
2. Remember an important decision somebody helped you to make, who was it,when did it happen, why was it important for you and how you felt about it
3.Is it important to ask help when making decisions and why ? Which one is more important: asking help about private life or work ? What are decisions young children have to make ?Why is that some people find it more difficult than others to make decisions regarding private life such as getting married or having children ? Do you agree that every important decision should be made quickly ?
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I Had a Bad Day…
…But it's better than a bad year or worse still a bad decade. Last week I invaded my wood storage. That's wood I've gathered at different points in pockets of madness and good deals or good choices. Most of it I have had around for a decade or more and less but I lose track in the whole scheme of finding bits.
Mesquite I have had since the mid1990s to the mid 2000s. Pieces left over from the cabinets I designed for the White House. Some pieces were full-width, waney-edged boards in ten different woods; rough-sawn and then planed too all add to the complication of remembering where this or that came from. It gets moved a dozen times in searching for the exact project piece and soon the web gets bigger. I recently decided to bring my planer out of mothballs to surface plane the wide surfaces at least because the mass would take me many weeks.
Using my under and over would break the tedium and muscle work for me, freeing my time for developing the idea for the future furniture I will be designing for filling a home. My age is starting to tell on me. Whereas a few smaller pieces for a single piece is not so much a problem at all, truing up the wood for me to select the grain and wood type I want or need for a particular piece is more difficult to do in its rough-sawn state, especially when it ages and gets covered in dust. Imagine the thought of having to true up foursquare 75 or a 100 pieces ranging from 3 to 8 feet long, 4 -24″ wide. That definitely becomes a very different animal.
The issue for me as it is for many woodworkers is the time it takes to true up rough sawn wood. Removing twist, cup, crook and so on and then to thickness it down to the necessary parallel thickness can be a serious undertaking as many of you are finding. On top of that of course there would be squaring one faced to the other. It is a time consuming process and the machine was created to do such donkey work for us. This may sound as though I'm changing my mind and telling everyone to buy a shop full of machines. I'm not. I have always owned a surface/thickness planer and with good reason. 20 students needing 40 pieces of trued and squared wood for six days of projects translates into 800 pieces all dimensioned to within fractions of a millimeter. In my month long classes the issue was multiplied many times. The machine does indeed become the essentiality; it's the only way, otherwise either I or the students would spend all their time doing that and not project building.
Moving into my new sphere has made me think more about the future. Whereas I am not and would not generally advocate an amateur woodworker intent on making a single piece or even a few pieces go out and buy several machines, my situation is a little different. I just had too much rough sawn and untrued wood to think I have enough time left to surface plane so much and still be making furniture. But once this wood is indeed milled down, I will be scrapping four machines and not replacing them. I haven't used them for years. My love for working by hand has increased through the years and not decreased. If I need ready planed wood I can buy it or hand plane it from here on. I can also have it milled for me. It's good for my physical workout and my general wellbeing to hand plane and saw as much as I can and have time for. It's what I will continue to do in the years to come. If I do get to an age when strength becomes an issue I may change. For now it's hand work that spurs me on. I plan to keep a mortise machine even though I have not used one in almost a decade. Keeping one in the background to see if I need it seems like common sense to me. I have never used a mortise machine on any of the pieces I have made for woodworking masterclasses and what you see me make is doubled by the prototypes I make behind the scenes. I am thinking that as time goes on I may indulge myself and use a mortiser for my prototypes. I will never use one in the videos even when off camera work is going on on the actual filmed work. I just have to face the limitations on the hours in my day.
The title of this blog? It took me 16 hours over two days surfacing and thicknessing the wood I have. Ten sacks of shavings later were the result. I am just under half way through the pile. I was reminded of the weeks and months spent milling wood in the past for mass-making some of my designs. Add it all up and it comes to several years. I never want to go back to those dark days.
For the past twenty years or so I have made a piece and sold a piece. In the last 10 years much of my work came from rough-sawn wood I planed and trued by hand. This period gave me the greatest pleasure of all. When time or age or strength or illness become an issue then there is nothing wrong with using the machine as your donkey. For me, now, the bandsaw is my donkey. With the right instruction, the gaining of experience, the bandsaw is a joy to use and hand sawing for dimensioning is most likely some of the most demanding work.
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That does sound like a lot of tedious work, though I have to say I read this title and expected to hear that you had found a bad mold infestation or had a fire in your shop. All's well that ends well perhaps?
What is to become of the shavings in the sacks? Will they be consumed? Recycled? Knowing you, I imagine so……
Many years ago a busy cabinet maker would have an apprentice or two to do the grunt work for the craftsman. As a hobbyist woodworker I clearly can't afford an apprentice! So I regard my planer thicknesser and bandsaw as my apprentices, so I can spend more time creating with hand tool joinery.
At my hardwood dealer, they will plane and join the wood for me at no charge. I will say i have been a customers of Rick's for over 20 years, but i have never heard of him charging anybody.
from one old donkey to another: I hear you!
I whole heatedly agree with you, Paul. If I had to do as much as you, I too would resort to the mechanized helper. I am 67 with heart trouble and when I have to run through several pieces, I can feel it.
do you also use a power jointer? scrub one face? or do you go straight to the planer?
Hey, do not forget me!
I think I'm going to be here for another eleven or fifteen years, maybe twenty but who's counting?
Today was a bad day, tomorrow will be worse! Age does not forgive. Cheer up!
"Be healthy and bake the oven seven days a week," as my father used to say.
Thank you for being here and letting me share your teachings.
Yes, what a title of that blog, but it's all right to worry a little bit, though. And then again: Willie Nelson sings in a song "Bad breath is better than no breath at all…"
So: Having a bad day just means, that you're alive. And staying alive means it's possible to get more good days…
Most of the wood I use comes from 1) pallet lumber, or 2) saw mill that is rough planed with 1 straight edge. I use a hand plane to get rid of twist/warp, but once something is flat enough, it goes to the bench top thickness planer. All my edges are hand planed to get final width and make square for glue up. I see the thickness planer as an essential when not getting 4s wood.
I don't own any such machine and have never seen one in use and I have a question about the lumber we can get here at the big box stores (Canada), e.g. Home Depot, Lowes etc. The regular SPF I've been using all comes "more or less straight" but it has rounded edges and the quality is such that things are rarely actually straight on any given by-8.
Is that how things come out of those thickness planers and is that considered "S4S"?
In building Paul's workbench I used only such wood and it took me months to plane it all down and build the workbench. Seeing Paul plane in his videos was almost relaxing. It took me a good hour probably to do some of the things Paul did in a few minutes. I didn't mind it, because I love planing (I could just plane it down to zero if you let me :)).
the boards at lowes are not high grade, not milled with care, dried too quickly, shipped, stored improperly, and already picked through. its hard to find one that is actually true. i usually expect to have to true them up. when I get s4s from the local lumber yard they face joint and everything is dead square and often (usually, hopefully) pretty stable, although sometimes you never know what any board will do after ripping.
I would do the same without hesitation. I don't think we're trying to replicate the 1600's where everything was done by hand because nothing else existed . I can't run to a planer but have no qualms about asking my wood yard to dimension a piece of hardwood to basic size. I know I could just about do it but I don't need to and have many other demands on my time.
Nice memory. By look of things, theses collections might be priceless. Wood preservation down here in the tropics is such a nightmare. From weather to wood pests, everything is against such an undertaking. The polythene storage seems very cool
Hi Paul,
What you did makes complete sense to me.
So far no machine tools in the shop. The three things I want to get are:
excellent dust collector
planer jointer combo
I have dimensioned wood by hand and I can do it. It just takes a lot of my time and right now I have very limited free time and I'd rather spend it working on joinery. For now, I just buy S4S or have a local place mill up wood to slightly oversized dimensions for what I required.
No argument here. When I arrived at the Heritage classroom for Paul's hand-tools 101 dovetail techniques and candle box, it was immediately clear that somebody had dimensioned a bunch of 3/4" pine to 1/2" and I harbored no notions that it had all been done by hand otherwise the cost of the course would have doubled.
The walnut table class later in the curriculum taught us enough about hand planing, draw-knifing, beveling and shave-horsing to prove to ourselves that we could do it, along with some serious mortising, but nobody made us sign a pledge that we wouldn't use a planer to shorten the prep time in order to maximize the real fun afterwards.
But it's still fun to grab a plane and prepare a board by hand and watch the facial expressions and hear the comments from those who have never seen it done before, especially truing up the end grain. Never mind watching their wonderments watching a dull blade restored to sharp and shine in only a few minutes.
You were long-gone before I was there, Paul, but nobody has forgotten who made it possible. Thanks again from all who benefitted.
Maybe you could do an annual "planing course" where you get 10 or 20 students to learn how to use / sharpen a scrub plane / smoothing plane / winding sticks, etc, and they then have a few rough sawn slabs each to plane down for you in return for your expert tuition! I'm sure you could find plenty of willing "donkeys" who would be honoured to work for you.
An old cabinet maker in Sweetwater, Texas told me that mesquite had a lot of silicon in it and was hard on tools. Have you found that to be true?


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Among the several global challenges, internationalization is one of the biggest, which is one of the high-priority strategic aims of the University of Pécs; therefore, the institution coordinates the development of the internationalization concept in the consortium. The European Commission launched the European Digital UniverCity (EDUC) project with a financial support of 5 million Euros. The head of the consortium is the University of Potsdam (Germany). Members are: University of Cagliari(Italy), Masaryk University (Czech Republic), University of Rennes 1 (France), University Paris Nanterre(France), University of Pécs (Hungary). The member institutions are going to form a new, modular and flexible controlling system, and they plan to harmonize the structure of education with the aim of enhancing mobility. Furthermore, they plan to form a new, online campus and to implement the mobility of the majority of the 160 000 students and the 20 000 academic staff long-term, through a unique combination of virtual and physical mobility. Part of the project is to incorporate the language and culture of the five member countries into their curriculum, this way strengthening the formation of their shared identity.
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The first operative meeting of the consortium, discussing management and budget, took place in Pécs, on 16-17 September.
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Professor József Betlehem, the vice-rector for connections and strategic affairs highlighted: "We can be proud to be an active member in this European alliance, which is an innovative network of the utmost importance for the future of Hungarian higher education. Through EDUC, internationalization can bring forward a broader cooperation allowing the University of Pécs to share our wide-ranging experiences in this matter with all our partners in the consortium. With regard to this area, we are playing an important role by establishing values for the whole region, which is a mission of high-priority for the University of Pécs" – shared the vice-rector.
The cooperation is based on the innovative capacity of the universities, for example, the Klaxoon start-up of Rennes might play an important role in connection with the digital learning opportunity, and similarly, Hungarian innovations might be included in and benefit the project.
Source: www.international.pte.hu
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