Hi! We went to the Bay Area and had lunch with Naomi at a dim sum restaurant; there was a line of people waiting to get in, which I take as a good sign. Traffic was moderately heavy, and there was smoke from the Rim fire on the east side of the San Joaquin Valley. I noticed some ash/soot on our raisin drying trays, but not much and they will be washed again anyway, so no big deal. One more day and all the grapes will be raisins. Planning for vacation proceeding. Trip advisories filed with credit cards companies, mail hold arranged--oh, have to take care of the newspaper--and suchlike things.
Yes, easing of the threat of US involvement in Syria is a definite plus.
Haven't been around much because of the combination of heavy e-mail and work. But the e-mail is easing off at last.
A bit of a shock this evening. You may recall that I had been working to bring the 2015 Worldcon to Spokane. We won the vote, narrowly. But word came that one of the two women who were to jointly chair the con died unexpectedly last night. I'd only met her a couple of times, but she seemed very nice. And how this is going to affect planning for the con isn't clear.
Allow me to suggest that you replace her with a cyborg; it would be appropriate, and they now walk among us. But finding one with convention organizing experience is another thing, I suppose.
From politcalwire.com" ============ U.S. and Russia Reach Deal on Syria's Chemical Weapons The United States and Russia "have reached an agreement that calls for Syria's arsenal of chemical weapons to be removed or destroyed by the middle of 2014," the New York Times reports.
"If President Bashar al-Assad of Syria fails to comply with the agreement, the issue will be referred to the United Nations Security Council. Mr. Kerry said that any violations would then be taken up under Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter, which authorizes punitive action. But Mr. Lavrov made clear that Russia, which wields a veto in the Security Council, had not withdrawn its objections to the use of force." ============== Does this lay the groundwork for a similar project with respect to Israel's chemical weapons? It certainly seems that it would, and that could put the US administration into one heck of a public relations bind...
Dean has caused us to believe we effect change.
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http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/09/14/222397967/u-s-and-russia-form-a-plan-on-syrias-chemical-weapons
Hi! We went to the Bay Area and had lunch with Naomi at a dim sum restaurant; there was a line of people waiting to get in, which I take as a good sign. Traffic was moderately heavy, and there was smoke from the Rim fire on the east side of the San Joaquin Valley. I noticed some ash/soot on our raisin drying trays, but not much and they will be washed again anyway, so no big deal. One more day and all the grapes will be raisins. Planning for vacation proceeding. Trip advisories filed with credit cards companies, mail hold arranged--oh, have to take care of the newspaper--and suchlike things.
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Alan
Yes, easing of the threat of US involvement in Syria is a definite plus.
ReplyDeleteHaven't been around much because of the combination of heavy e-mail and work. But the e-mail is easing off at last.
A bit of a shock this evening. You may recall that I had been working to bring the 2015 Worldcon to Spokane. We won the vote, narrowly. But word came that one of the two women who were to jointly chair the con died unexpectedly last night. I'd only met her a couple of times, but she seemed very nice. And how this is going to affect planning for the con isn't clear.
Allow me to suggest that you replace her with a cyborg; it would be appropriate, and they now walk among us. But finding one with convention organizing experience is another thing, I suppose.
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From politcalwire.com"
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U.S. and Russia Reach Deal on Syria's Chemical Weapons
The United States and Russia "have reached an agreement that calls for Syria's arsenal of chemical weapons to be removed or destroyed by the middle of 2014," the New York Times reports.
"If President Bashar al-Assad of Syria fails to comply with the agreement, the issue will be referred to the United Nations Security Council. Mr. Kerry said that any violations would then be taken up under Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter, which authorizes punitive action. But Mr. Lavrov made clear that Russia, which wields a veto in the Security Council, had not withdrawn its objections to the use of force."
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Does this lay the groundwork for a similar project with respect to Israel's chemical weapons? It certainly seems that it would, and that could put the US administration into one heck of a public relations bind...
--Alan