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The news sure isn't what it used to be, in fact, I am even amazed at some of the stuff that I hear on the TV Financial news, as commentators give it their best guess on potential solutions to solve the economic crisis. All these notions about too big to fail, nationalizing banks and having the government decide who gets paid how much is just a lot of hot air.

Indeed, I feel embarrassed for some of the news reporters as they misspeak on issues surrounding capitalism. You know, maybe we ought to tell our news reporters that they cannot comment on business matters unless they had once run a business? I mean anyone can get a nice haircut, nice suit and smile for the camera with a little make-up and a complete make-over. Heck, why is it that anyone who can read a teleprompter is assumed to know what he's talking about, come on already.

We live in the most powerful and greatest nation on Earth, it is by far and away the most awesome country ever created in human history. Why you ask? Simple, one word actually, it's called; Capitalism. And it's just amazing that no one gets it. Maybe a re-read of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged is in order for all those news commentators and newspaper reporters who love to take a jab or make a persnickety comment in their otherwise shallow news stories.

And why is it that the editors of these TV News programs, newspapers and radio segments allow this nonsense to be played on the air, why It's pure opinion and it's not based on anything. Socialism doesn't work, communism is a dead end (literally) and we've proven capitalism pushes people, society and civilization up. Next time you hear someone on TV or read an article in the newspaper trashing capitalism, consider the source. There is someone who has never once had to make a payroll.

Source: http://kyrmissionary.blogspot.com/2012/10/why-reporters-dont-have-clue-about.html

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Frankenstorm: Has Climate Change Created A Monster?

It was not a good year for people, weather and climate. The winter was strangely warm in many places and the summer ridiculously hot. As a large fraction of the country suffered through extreme or even extraordinary drought many folks naturally wondered, "Is this climate change?" Then along came a presidential election in which the words "climate change" disappeared from the dialogue. Now, just a week or so before voting day, the convergence of westbound Hurricane Sandy with a eastbound cold front is creating a massive storm, a Frankenstorm even, that is threatening millions of Americans. Weird weather is making yet another appearance in our lives and once again we ask, "Is this climate change?"

The hyper-charged political landscape we are crossing now creates its own sparks when trying to answer that question. In a world looking for "wake-up calls" and "smoking guns," how do scientists address the thorny issue of attribution? Did anthropogenic climate change cause the storm that rained out your picnic yesterday? Is it causing the terrifying storm crawling up the East Coast now? There are deep, powerful and potent issues here that touch on both science and the relationship between science and politics.

Let's start with the science.

For years, most climate scientists would say it's impossible to link an individual weather event with climate change. That, in fact, is the difference between weather and climate. Climate is all about long-term trends ? not the 5-day forecast.

Recently, however, some researchers have taken the issue of attribution seriously. Using a variety of techniques, they are attempting to quantify the role human-driven climate change plays in particular events. This is science at the bleeding edge, where framing their questions correctly so that they might lead to meaningful answers is still a hot issue.

Researchers like Randall Dole of NOAA, for example, might ask what percentage of an extreme event's magnitude came from a changing climate. Peter Stott of the UK Met Office frames the question differently. He looks at the odds for a given extreme weather event to occur given human-driven climate change. Kevin Trenberth of NCAR takes a third view, asking: Given a changed background climate, how should we expect weather to change?

All of these different perspectives (sometimes framed as "Weather on Steroids") have led to new quantitative explorations of climate change's role in what is happening now, not 30 years in the future. In an early example of attribution science Peter Stott and colleagues took on the extraordinary heat waves that struck Europe in 2003 (killing thousands). Their conclusion?

"...we estimate it is very likely (confidence level >90%) that human influence has at least doubled the risk of a heat wave exceeding this threshold magnitude."

This kind of science has allowed researchers to get a much better handle on attributing climate change as a game changer for events like this summer's killer heat and drought.

So how about the Frankenstorm?

Here the waters get muddied. There is a hierarchy of weather events which scientists feel they understand well enough for establishing climate change links. Global temperature rises and extreme heat rank high on that list, but Hurricanes rank low. As the IPCC special report on extreme events put it "There is low confidence in any observed long-term (i.e., 40 years or more) increases in tropical cyclone activity (i.e., intensity, frequency, duration), after accounting for past changes in observing capabilities."

The reasons for "low confidence" are manifold. Some part of the caution comes from the complexity of the problem, and some part comes from the lack of good data before the satellite era (about 1970). Thus, many climate scientists will not want to go out on a limb for hurricanes. They just don't have the tools to make strong inferences.

This is not to say progress isn't being made. One thing that does seem clear is that warmer oceans (a la global warming) mean more evaporation, and that likely leads to storms with more and more dangerous rainfall of the kind we saw with Hurricane Irene last year. In addition, a paper published just last month, used records of storm surges going back to 1923 as a measure of hurricane activity. A strong correlation between warm years and strong hurricanes was seen. Thus if you warm the planet, you can expect more dangerous storms.

Which brings us to our bottom line. The science of climate attribution is very exciting and full of cool, new ideas. It has already provided us with first steps towards more precision in understanding how climate change is changing climate now, already. For hurricanes, however, sticking to the science means it is still hard to point to an individual storm and say, yes! Climate change! A more reasoned approach is to take the full weight of our understanding about the Earth and its systems and go beyond asking if any particular event is due to global warming or natural variability. As Kevin Ternbeth of NCAR says "Nowadays, there's always an element of both."?

Finally there is the issue of science and politics. Tania Lombrozo wrote a beautiful piece here on Thursday asking if "Scientists Should Promote Results Over Process." Speaking directly to climate change, she concludes

"Overstating confidence in scientific claims may ... miss a long-term benefit for a short-term advantage: rhetorical oomph comes at the cost of an opportunity to educate people about how science works and why the products of science are our most reliable guides to the natural world."

I could not have said it better myself.

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Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/10/28/163812770/hurricane-csi-frankenstorm-sandy-and-climate-change?ft=1&f=1007

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Biden Says Safety, Not Campaign, Tops as Hurricane Sandy Approaches

MANCHESTER, N.H. -Vice President Joe Biden modified his campaign schedule mid-trip Sunday as many battleground states along the East Coast brace for the impact of Hurricane Sandy. With less than two hours in Manchester, Biden stopped by a campaign field office to greet volunteers and expressed concern for New Hampshire as the storm heads towards the Granite State.

"We were supposed to be here today and tomorrow, were heading out to Keene, and had a lot of good stuff planned, but it turns out the storm, the storm is supposed to hit here," Biden said while standing on a chair in the office. "Just an hour ago I got off the phone with the governor and apparently you are all in for some of this starting early tomorrow or at least noon tomorrow, I think that's what the governor told me, noon to two.

"And the last thing the president and I want to do is have the campaign get in the way of anything - the most important thing is people's safety and people's health and property being saved here. So we were going to just continue to detour and fly straight to Ohio, which is my next stop but I wanted to stop."

As he shook hands with voters outside the campaign field office, reporters asked Biden about the storm affecting voters.

"Well I hope it is not going to affect voters on Election Day," Biden said.

The vice president flew into Manchester, N.H., from Wilmington, Del., Sunday afternoon as he was scheduled to hold an event in Keene, N.H., but the campaign cancelled the rally out of an "abundance of caution to ensure that all local law enforcement and emergency management resources can stay focused on ensuring the safety of people who might be impacted by the storm."

The vice president flew out of New Hampshire and headed to Ohio where Biden is scheduled to campaign on Tuesday. The campaign said details about Biden's activities in Ohio Monday are forthcoming.

The two campaigns have cancelled a total of 17 events in New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and North Carolina between this weekend and Tuesday as each of the states lays in the path of the storm.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/biden-says-safety-not-campaign-tops-hurricane-sandy-225658968--abc-news-politics.html

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Congratualtions To Cowbridge Food & Drink Festival ? Welsh Food ...

What a delightful change for Ian and I to visit a 2-day food festival, arrive on the second day and see and talk to happy traders. Yes dear reader, you did read that correctly, happy traders! Plus we had lots of Best of Welsh & Border producers there.

Wow, wow, wow Cowbridge, what is your secret???.?

Well to be fair there isn?t one, but the reason why?the Cowbridge team have a winner of an event, year after year, is that they listen. Cowbridge listen to traders, to the retailers in the town, to the town council, to their helpers and volunteers, to their sponsors and maybe in part, also listen to us too. In my view, listening is their secret. Usually when ?anyone? suggests to organisers that something could be improved, instead of getting the usual scenario from them, which could be strongly defending their corner because there is nothing wrong, it can?t be changed or the ultimate, which?if a trader complains, means they?ll?not get invited back, so what is the point of traders saying anything??Cowbridge Events Manager is Polly Wilson of pollywilson events, she?s?the face of Cowbridge, the contact for both traders and press, but thanks and congratulations must also go to John Davies the Chair of Cowbridge Food Festival and the rest of the great team that he has put together.

Anyway back to Polly, who I must say that the traders have a great deal of respect for, and I still insist it?s?because she does listen to them. Of course she can?t please everyone, who could? But if your requests are listed on your application form, and if your form is accurately filled in, with you not expecting Polly to remember all the products you produce, then maybe possible problems can be nipped in the bud? before they start. Festival forms are a pain in the butt for both sides, but over the following months, I want to pick Polly?s brains and see if we can devise a form that will help Polly do her job and will make life easier for traders too. If we can achieve that, then maybe we can persuade wag to have just one form for ALL funded festivals,?but maybe I?m dreaming on that one, we?ll see.? Yet after praising Polly and the team, even they?couldn?t stop the rain on Sunday afternoon! But the pleasure from visiting Cowbridge festival does come from Polly understanding the traders and the traders appearing to understand the job she works so hard to get right.

I?m sure you can now guess another reason the traders so happy? Yes of course, Saturday was brilliant on the takings front. One trader said: this festival is the best and busiest I have done this year and such a change to see people handing me ?20 notes and not struggling to find a fiver in change. Many commented: Saturday was so busy; Sunday is now a much needed bonus. A trader, who has travelling down to London that night for a show this week, had no choice but to use some of the London stock they had, as they too had been so busy. This was music to my ears.

Parking has always been a problem in Cowbridge, that?s the nature of this beautiful?town, but improvements had been made, although human nature decrees, that traders will want to be as close as possible to the food marquee. However something else that impressed me was the young people from the ATC that were so helpful to traders in helping them move their stock back to their vans. Gosh they were so polite, despite the hideous rain that came in without my permission I might add! The cookery demos were moved much closer to the main action, which was sensible and worked well. There were locals chefs down for duty and again this is something I like and want to see more of at other festivals. Not sure though if they were using food from the producers, I?ll check with Polly about that one. I would have liked to have seen a notice in that area saying who was cooking and when though. The Park & Ride was another big help, as were the AA signs on my way in. Marshalling worked well and everyone was so polite and helpful ? yes even to press too!

Another surprise after Ian and I had had our coffee fix in Cowbridge just after 9.30, the cafe?was very busy and doing a good trade in?breakfasts, was to see a local butcher open on the High Street and other shops planning to open from 11-3.00. Thank goodness?that shop retailers were taking advantage of the massive number of visitors to the town and showing them what Cowbridge has to offer.

There was the?craft area in it?s normal spot, some had done ok some not well at all. I must have a moan at some of these traders who not only didn?t have business cards and singnage on their stands but did look totally fed up. I know it was cold and it is always worse if you aren?t selling, I do know that after having done tradestands for more years than I wish to divulge here, but a grumpy looking trader doesn?t encourage me to have a look at what they?have got on offer.??Ian has quick to spot our First Minster Carwyn Jones in the craft area, and of course couldn?t resist the opportunity to give him a copy of Welsh Country to take home with him. Polly you didn?t say you had friends in such high places!

I didn?t see Miller Research but maybe they visited on Saturday. To me that is a daft day to go as Saturday is always the busiest day so?you cannot talk to traders and get their view ? that is if they want any traders view of an event.

So compliments to all involved in Cowbridge, wag should hold you up as the example to follow. I know that wag funded Cowbridge to the tune of ?9,900 and this is one of the few occasions that wag food and our producers got real value for money.

Poor Polly is though going to have many, many more producers wanting stands next year when word spreads to those?who haven?t attended before or worst still couldn?t get in this year and missed such a wonderful event????????????..

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Source: http://www.welshfoodbites.co.uk/2012/10/29/congratualtions-to-cowbridge-food-drink-festival/

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NYC braces for megastorm; evacuations ordered

A technician with the Battery Conservancy removes below-ground fountain operation equipment near the water's edge at Battery Park in New York, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Areas in the Northeast are preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy and a possible flooding storm surge. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

A technician with the Battery Conservancy removes below-ground fountain operation equipment near the water's edge at Battery Park in New York, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Areas in the Northeast are preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy and a possible flooding storm surge. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers cover an entrance to the Canal St. A, C, and E station with plywood to help prevent flooding, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 in New York. As Hurricane Sandy approaches the New York region, residents of some flood-prone areas have been told to evacuate and officials are preparing for a possible transit system shutdown. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

NEW YORK (AP) ? After days of seeming to take a looming superstorm in stride, New Yorkers scrambled to gather supplies and get out of the way as forecasters warned that a wall of water could hit the nation's largest city.

Facing a seawater surge of anywhere from 6 to 11 feet, the city shut down its mass transit system, closed its schools and ordered hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes Sunday. Some New Yorkers packed grocery stores for water and food and scrambled to get out of flood zones, while others insisted they weren't going anywhere.

Clutching a white pillow in her left hand and two computers in another, Alyssa Marks rushed to get to the subway before it stopped running Sunday evening. She'd gotten cash but had no time to get toiletries and water.

"I'm nervous, but I'm also excited," she said as she left her apartment in a lower Manhattan evacuation zone for a friend's place on higher ground.

Ralph Gorham watched the sea get rough, but he planned to weather the storm at the Red Hook Lobster Pound, the seafood business he co-owns in a low-lying part of Brooklyn.

"I'm not leaving. My house is here. My business is here," he said. "When the bell tolls, you live with it."

Warnings about the megastorm ? a predicted combination of Hurricane Sandy, a wintry system moving in from the west and cold air streaming down from the Arctic ? took on a much more ominous tone Sunday. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's environmental protection chief Louis Uccellini called the projected storm surge "the worst-case scenario" for New York City, Long Island and northern New Jersey.

It threatened to swamp parts of lower Manhattan, flood subway tunnels and knock out the underground network of power, phone and high-speed Internet lines that are the lifeblood of America's financial capital.

The New York Stock Exchange and other U.S. financial markets are shutting down Monday as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the nation's largest city.

The NYSE's parent company said late Sunday that the shutdown might be extended through Tuesday "pending confirmation," according to exchange operator NYSE Euronext.

"If you don't evacuate, you're not just putting your own life in danger ? you are also endangering the lives of our first responders who may have to come in and rescue you," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at a news conference Sunday as he announced a mandatory evacuation affecting 375,000 people in low-lying areas from the beaches of Queens to the glassy high-rises of Battery Park City. "This is a serious and dangerous storm."

Gov. Andrew Cuomo deployed National Guard troops to the city and Long Island. Consolidated Edison weighed the possibility of shutting down power in parts of lower Manhattan to protect equipment. Broadway shows were canceled for Sunday and Monday. One small hospital was being evacuated, while several others were moving patients to higher floors.

America's biggest public school system, which serves 1.1 million students, was ordered closed Monday, while many of the schools opened Sunday as emergency shelters.

It marked the second time in 14 months that New York City has faced a scenario forecasters have long feared: a big hurricane hitting the city or a bit south, such that the cyclone's counterclockwise winds drive water into miles of densely populated shoreline.

Hurricane Irene ultimately came ashore as a tropical storm in Coney Island, with a four-foot storm surge that washed over parts of the southern tip of Manhattan but didn't wreak the havoc that officials had feared, although it caused tremendous damage elsewhere. Some experts have said that a surge three feet higher could have caused huge damage in the city.

The deluge from the approaching superstorm may well be worse than Irene's ? and longer lasting, forecasters said. Bloomberg warned of damaging flooding from high tide Sunday night into Tuesday afternoon.

With the worst of the surge expected Monday night, the key factor is whether it coincides with high tide, said Klaus Jacob, a Columbia University researcher who has advised the city on coastal risks. But in any case, he said he expected the subway system to be at least partially flooded.

"I do not think that there's enough emergency measures that will help prevent the subway from flooding," Jacob said.

Randall Ross, a rare bookseller from Shreveport, La., was waiting for an Amtrak train at 1:15 p.m. Sunday to Syracuse, where he'd had no intention of going after several days of vacation in New York City.

"But getting out of New York City on a plane is a no-win situation," he said, adding he and Mary McCombs, vacationing with him, tried booking through eight different cities "and there was nothing."

The couple had spent hours online and on the phone Saturday night and Sunday morning trying to get back home but they were unable to do so.

"We brainstormed, and finally decided on Amtrak to Syracuse," he said.

McCombs has friends in Syracuse with whom they'll stay till they get a flight from there.

Bloomberg announced evacuations at about 11:30 a.m., telling people to be out just 7? hours later. By 7 p.m., subways and buses were shut down, leaving more than 5 million mostly carless daily riders on their own to get to higher ground.

For those who refused to leave, they mayor had a message.

"They won't be arrested. But I would argue they are being very selfish," Bloomberg said, noting rescue crews will still try to help them if they are flooded. "We aren't going to leave them to die. We are going to save them."

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Associated Press writers Verena Dobnik and Deepti Hajela in New York and Seth Borenstein in Kensington, Md., contributed to this report.

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If you could go back in time what career advice would you give your ...

Have you ever really regretted something that you did, shaken your head and thought ?If only I could have my time over!?

Isn?t hindsight wonderful.

Just imagine if you had an opportunity to turn back the hands of time and speak to yourself as a?21 year old.

What career advice would you give to yourself?

InterviewIQ?s very own Debbie Scott came up with the idea for this fascinating take on career advice.? Thanks Deb!

We?ve?collected the following quotes from some of the top experts in their respective fields.

Let their considerable career and life experience help you to avoid some of the ?potholes? in the ?road of life?.

Whether you?re 21 or, like me just a little bit older, these tips can help you make sound decisions or find the right path in life.

These golden quotes are great examples of the power of networking on Twitter, so I?ve included each of our expert?s twitter handles.

Where was Twitter when?I was 21?

?Your career is a long game. Be patient and seek a mentor right away.?

Jessica Merrell, HR, Technology & Workplace Analyst ? Oklahoma,?USA.? You can follow Jessica on Twitter @blogging4jobs

?My advice? Don?t be afraid to take chances. No risk, no reward. Plus, you learn most from your mistakes!?

Stacy Donovan Zapar, Social Recruiting Trainer ? California, USA.? You can follow Stacy on Twitter @StacyZapar

?I would say follow your instinct, play with a straight bat always?. and work very, very hard.?

Greg Savage, CEO of Firebrand Talent ? Sydney, Australia. ?You can follow Greg on Twitter @Greg_Savage

?Don?t stay in a job that makes you miserable for one more minute. ?Don?t let fear of the unknown drive you.?

Gayle Howard, Top Margin ? Melbourne, Australia. ?You can follow Gayle on Twitter @GayleHoward

?Taste all the flavours until you find one you love. Sometimes the answer isn?t what it seems. Don?t be afraid to try things outside your comfort zone. ?Treat life like an adventure!?

Hannah Morgan, Career Sherpa -? New York, USA.?? You can follow Hannah on Twitter @careersherpa

?Don?t grab the first opportunity that you think will make you look successful. Instead, choose the one that will bring you fulfillment?.

Claire Stretch, Filmstretch online video production ? Sydney, Australia.? You can follow Claire on Twitter @clairestretch

?I would say start your own business for sure. ?Take a good few years before the penny drops.? The key is to do something you enjoy and you?ll automatically get good at it. ?You solve people?s problems and you can turn that into a business of your own. ?Start doing something you enjoy doing, learn the trade and understand what the business models are.?

Jorgen Sundberg, Social Media consultant & trainer for recruitment & HR at Link Humans ? London, UK.?? You can follow Jorgen on Twitter @JorgenSundberg

?Go with your passion and not the starting salary. The money and success will come naturally if you love what you do.?

Laurie DesAutels, Blogger and career coach ? Texas, USA. ??You can follow Laurie on Twitter @LaurieDesAutels

As always, we?d love to hear your thoughts.

So please let us know what advice you?d give to your younger self.

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Syrian warplanes bombard rebels with 60 airstrikes

BEIRUT (AP) ? Syrian warplanes launched 60 airstrikes against rebel targets around the country on Monday, the most intense air raids across the country since the uprising began 19 months ago, according to anti-regime activists. The suburbs of the capital Damascus were particularly hard hit.

Activists said at least 500 people were killed over the four-day period ending Monday when a U.N.-backed truce was supposed to be in effect. They said the death toll for Monday so far has reached 80 and would likely rise further. In the period leading up to the truce, there was an average of about 150 deaths per day in the civil war, according to activists.

A government official said a car bomb killed 10 people on the outskirts of Damascus and TV footage showed firemen fighting the blaze amid wide destruction after parts of balconies fell on cars parked on a residential street. As smoke billowed, a woman was seen running away with children from the area of the blast and electricity cables dangled from poles. Activists said the air raids were launched both before and after the car bomb and were still under way.

Another car bomb exploded in a Damascus neighborhood where rebels are active, and state-run news agency said there were many casualties.

Monday was supposed to be the fourth and final day of a U.N.-backed cease-fire to coincide with the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, one of the holiest periods on the Muslim calendar. But the truce was violated almost as soon as it was supposed to take effect on Friday and violence continued unabated over the holiday weekend.

The army warned late Sunday night that it will strike "remnants of terrorists with an iron fist" after they "repeatedly violated the cease-fire." The regime of President Bashar Assad often refers to those waging the uprising as "terrorists."

Rami Abdul-Rahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said airstrikes on Monday were by far higher than on any other day since the conflict began in March last year.

"Today has seen the most intense air raids across Syria since the start of the uprising," he said, estimating there were more than 60 airstrikes nationwide by early afternoon Monday.

He said the Syrian military was trying to compensate for recent losses on the ground with airstrikes.

Muhieddine Lathkani, a London-based member of the Syrian National Council opposition group, said the air attacks were a result of the regime's "total despair" and reflect the military's inability to recapture areas it lost to the rebels.

Mohammed Saeed, an activist based in the Damascus suburb of Douma, said members of the rebel Free Syrian Army were shooting at the planes but failing to bring them down.

A Syrian official said the car bomb in the Damascus suburb of Jaramana also wounded 41 people and heavily damaged shops and apartments in the area heavily inhabited by Christians and members of the Druse minority sect.

The Observatory also reported clashes and shelling in other parts of the country including the northwestern province of Idlib that borders Turkey, where it said warplanes carried out 11 air raids on several villages. Amateur videos showed warplanes in the skies, then giant mushroom clouds of smoke after the missiles hit.

On Friday, at least 15 people were killed in a Damascus car bomb, state media said.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed deep disappointment at the collapse of the cease-fire and urged more unity from the international community. Speaking in South Korea, he said the U.N. is trying to ease Syria's humanitarian woes and find a political solution to the crisis.

He called for an immediate halt to the fighting and said other countries and the United Nations need to do more to help.

"I am deeply disappointed that the parties failed to respect the call to suspend fighting. This crisis cannot be solved with more weapons and bloodshed," he said. "I remain committed to doing all I can to make this happen. As long as the international community remains at odds, the needs, attacks and suffering will only grow."

U.N. International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi told reporters in Moscow that the failure of the cease-fire will not discourage him and his supporters.

"So we will continue to work as hard as we possibly can, in cooperation with everybody inside of Syria and outside of Syria to bring the level of violence, put an end to it," he said.

In Turkey, state-run Anadolu news agency said the Turkish forces fired artillery in response to a stray shell fired from Syria that landed across the northern border. The shell landed some 300 meters (yards) away from the Turkish border village of Besaslan. No one was injured, but a power line was destroyed.

With the unraveling of the cease-fire, it's unclear what the international community can do next. The holiday truce marked the first attempt in six months to reduce the bloodshed in Syria, where activists say more than 35,000 people have been killed in 19 months.

In Turkey, about 150 members of the Syrian opposition met Monday to plan for a post-Assad future, discussing the immediate challenges of managing parts of the northern Idlib province, sections of the city of Aleppo, the country's largest, and other areas that are held by rebels. Long-term planning will focus on constitutional and legal reform, laws on elections and political parties and how to build a modern national army.

Delegates to the three-day meeting at a hotel on the outskirts of Istanbul included members of Syrian rebel groups as well as the country's Kurdish minority. Abdelbaset Sieda, president of the Syrian National Council, said the Syrian regime, which he described as a "criminal group," was losing its grip on power and that the opposition must be prepared to rebuild the devastated country.

"The transitional phase has started now," Sieda said. "That's what we're witnessing clearly today in many of our cities and villages."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-warplanes-bombard-rebels-60-airstrikes-152001075.html

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