They've all pulled up OK, so no change yet.

If these trends do not change, there is little hope that the great biodiversity of this unique ecosystem, discovered just 35 years ago, will survive another decade.

He's a solid player. He's a great kid. I love his court demeanor. He doesn't change expressions. He moves without the ball. When you get nice kids who are all about team basketball, it's nice to see.

But the tone will change, and in diplomacy, the tone is often the reality.

If necessity is the mother of invention, frustration is its father.

Nothing is easy to the unwilling. -Thomas Fuller.