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Felon Voting Rights

Table One: Restoration of Voting Rights After Felony Convictions
Never Lose Right to Vote Lost Only While Incarcerated | Automatic Restoration After Release Lost Until Completion of Sentence (Parole and/or Probation) | Automatic Restoration After Lost Until Completion of Sentence | In Some States a Post-Sentencing Waiting Period | Additional Action Required for Restoration (1)

Source: Felon Voting Rights

The Joy of Achieving.

Beyond The Lines

“It’s not what you achieve, because everyone tries to achieve something, but it’s how you achieve makes all the difference in your life”!

“It is so strange that you worry, panic, for achieving something until the last moment and as soon as you reach the end point suddenly all worries, fear, fades away in a snap”.

Today I feel like I have nothing to do and that is an uneasy feeling for me. You must have felt that too! Perhaps after an important meeting, a date, cooking, or delivering an important speech!

Tomorrow when I wake up, I will again have many things to do and learn, but today I am a free man!

“My exams are over today. I feel like a prisoner of war who was just deported back to his country”. 

Yes, my head feels lighter! Do you also feel like a weight has been instantly lifted…

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Nepal: Pokhara, Erholungsort und Annapurna-Trekking

Vivaldi translation of introduction: Pokhara, the second largest city in Nepal and also an important tourist destination in Nepal, is only a good 800 m high in a beautiful landscape on Lake Phewa. The city is located almost exactly in the middle of Nepal, 70 km from the Tibetan and 80 km from the Indian border. The climate is warmer than in Kathmandu and the pace is more leisurely. There are not many temples and pagodas, the main attractions are the lake, the breathtaking landscape and especially for trekkers the Annapurna massif. Before the occupation of Tibet, Pokhara was an important trading place for wool and salt between India and Tibet. It was not until 1968 that goods could be transported from India at least to Pokhara on the Siddharta Highway. After the Chinese built the Prithvi Highway in 1972, the goods could finally be brought on to Kathmandu.

Senioren um die Welt

Pokhara, die zweitgrößte Stadt Nepals und ebenfalls ein wichtiges Touristenziel in Nepal, liegt nur gut 800 m hoch in einer wunderschönen Landschaft am Phewa-See. Die Stadt befindet sich fast genau in der Mitte Nepals, 70 km von der tibetischen und 80 km von der indischen Grenze entfernt. Das Klima ist wärmer als in Kathmandu und das Tempo gemächlicher. Tempel und Pagoden gibt es nicht viele, die Hauptattraktionen sind der See, die atemberaubende Landschaft und vor allem für Trekker das Annapurna-Massiv. Vor der Besetzung Tibets war Pokhara ein wichtiger Handelsort für Wolle und Salz zwischen Indien und Tibet. Erst ab 1968 konnten wieder Waren von Indien zumindest bis Pokhara auf dem Siddharta Highway transportiert werden. Nachdem die Chinesen den Prithvi Highway 1972 gebaut hatten, konnten die Waren endlich auch weiter bis Kathmandu gebracht werden.

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From 1985: Warnings from Carl Sagan and Al Gore (Take Two)

Wibble

Climate deniers will have a hard time explaining these to their grandchildren, the kids who are now woke to the disasters they’ve been served by blindness and greed.

Astounding find by climatestate.

Source: Climate Denial Crock of the Week

I don’t usually repost content; I think it’s much better to simply offer links (though I’m aware they’re rarely followed). But exceptional times call for exceptional measures.

The story so far: I recently stumbled upon an earlier post of mine from 2018, a standard reblog from Peter Sinclair’s ‘climate crocks’ site. The post was just a video that was attended solely by Peter’s comment, above. In the comment thread on that post, Climate State (@climatestate) said of the video:

Thanks Peter for sharing, took me two days to compile this gem. Notice also that Manabe mentions briefly sea ice decline.

Comment by ‘Climate State’ on Peter’s post

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Lone Pine 3

Michael Stephen Wills Photography

What is a Lone Pine without the sky? This specimen somewhat less gnarled than numbers 1 and 2. Here we see more of the beetling crag, layered up sediment of eons.

For this shot we approached Zion National Park from the east, via route 9, past Checkerboard Mesa. Our lodging was to the east, probably the Best Western in Mt. Carmel on Rt 89. Meaning there were four opportunities for capturing memorable East Zion images over two days.

Captured with a Kodak DCS Pro SLE/c dslr and a Canon lens EF 200 mm 1:2.8 L II stabilized with the Manfrotto Studio Tripod model 475 and the 468 Hydrostatic ball head. This series explores the possibility of the iconic “Lone Pine.”

Copyright 2021 Michael Stephen Wills All Rights Reserved

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About the fun people I have met!

Good stories…

Love all or perish

34/100

Today I plan to write about three amazing humans I met on my trips around India. They all are still and will always be in my thoughts, even though I cannot reach out to them.

Braveheart!

She works part time as a guide for Kumbhalgarh fort and knows more about it’s rich culture than we do. She was just 12 when she met me, aces at what she does, competes with people twice her age and still manages it all with an infectious smile. She goes to school, helps her mom, loves clicking pictures and snapchat is her favorite app. She is not privileged and yet there were no complaints from her, while we are so privileged but we cannot stop cribbing. There is so much to learn from this little bundle of joy ⭐. If you are able to read this, know that you are privileged and let’s…

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Saqqara

ore de drum

Cairo, 2018

Am ajuns la cea mai veche piramidă a omenirii într-o dimineață limpede și rece.

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Era decembrie, iar soarele începea să încălzească deșertul abia spre amiază. Ajung într-un loc banal la prima vedere, însă edificat cu douăzeci de secole înaintea oracolului din Delfi.

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Ne aflăm la Saqqara, acasă la faraonul Djoser, primul mare faraon din Vechiul Regat al Egiptului.

20181201_093907.jpgPiramida a fost construită nu pentru corpul neînsuflețit al faraonului Djoser, ci pentru energia sa vitală ka, un concept esențial în filosofia antichității egiptene.

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Pentru ca prețioasa energie să nu se disperseze după trecerea în neființă a faraonului, i s-au pregătit o suită de încăperi subterane, cu toate elementele necesare continuității ei. Doar sechestrată la o adâncime de treizeci și trei de metri, Djoser a socotit că energia sa poate fi în siguranță.

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Djoser este primul faraon care a angajat un arhitect ca să-i construiască locuința eternă. Imhotep (filosof…

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