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. . . greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
I John 4:4 (NAS)
Do you know what a Mountain Boomer is? Well, it's a species of lizard. I don't know much about lizards except that if you try to catch one and break its tail off it will grow a new one. (That's what the boys at school always told me. Is that right?) A Mountain Boomer looks like a miniature dinosaur and I would not want to hold one, girly person that I am! But this is a story that delighted my boys at the time and they would still laugh about it IF I called it to their remembrance.
I've always loved to garden. Pres sent this quote to me: "He who makes a garden works hand in hand with God." (Douglas Malloch.) I love that. Pres has the intelligence needed, the knowledge of what to plant, where to plant, how to care for plants, etc. I just have the joy of digging in the dirt, pulling weeds, watching those tiny plants grow, and loving the results, beautiful or not. I wouldn't get an award from Home and Garden, but that's all right. I'm not trying for that. I've had nice gardens in several of our many settling places.
This story takes place behind our garage on Clegern Avenue. I would get up early to be alone in my gardening. You see, little boys also love to garden, but with very little discernment between weeds and the real thing. So it was on this day I made an early pilgrimage to the garden. I'd done some weeding and decided to clean up the pile of bricks "over in the corner."It was fine until I disturbed a Mountain Boomer's home and he reared his head and challenged me severely with a "no trespassing" look. Now this little lizard was no bigger than my hand, but he was fast and aggressive. I tried to frighten the monster and send him back to his habitat with my hoe, "Get away! Go home! Get away!" No success. This infuriated him. He stood up on his hind legs, lifted his arms, showed his teeth and ran at me…with the desired result:I ran from him! He chased me out of the garden, up the walk to the house and stopped only when I closed the screen door securely behind me, scared silly! Then, he crawled up on a rock and stood there laughing at me! I KNOW that vicious, little creature was laughing at me. See why the boys loved that gardening episode? You're laughing too? Oh well….
How in the world does that fit into a thought from the Lord for today, Anabel? Well, I'm me, Satan is the lizard, and I run from him, try to frighten him with my "hoe," and am scared of him. Even though the Lord says that Satan is a defeated foe, that He has conquered him for me, that He has no power over me and that He who is in me is far greater than he who is in the world. I am still frightened.
I'm confident Satan gets a good belly laugh out of our fear of him, that he loves seeing us run for cover when all we need to do is shout, "Hey Buster! We're on God's team, and you'd better get back to hell where you belong as quick as you can!"
That may be just a little overly dramatic, but when Satan is plaguing us with unwanted "what ifs" from the darkness where he dwells, and gets our heart pounding and our eyes staring into the night, we need to refuse the thoughts and stay our minds on the Lord (Isaiah 26:3, Phil. 4.) Is that easy to do? NO! But have some of your favorite scriptures ready to heave at him and fight the good fight. I use Psalm 19:1-6, I Chronicles 29:11-13, and Philippians 4:6-8. Why those especially? Because they are so familiar I don't have to think about what to say! Nice.
So, go your way, little Mountain Boomer. I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course that was set for me. And I have kept the faith (2 Timothy 4:7).
Oh, to be able to say that at the end of every day!
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(CBS) - The man who allegedly shot and killed a Detroit woman whose family says she was seeking help after a car accident told police his shotgun discharged accidentally, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Renisha McBride, 19, was fatally shot while standing on the man's porch in Dearborn Heights, Mich. on Saturday. McBride's family has said she approached the man's door because her cell phone had died and she was looking for help after a car accident.
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McBride's family had reportedly said they believed she was shot in the back of the head. The family and others who plan to rally in her name Thursday night have raised the issue of race in the case. One activist told the Free Press that "Black life is not valued in America" and compared her death to the case of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old black teen who was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman as he walked back from a store in Sanford, Fla. last year. Police have not released the shooter's name, race or age in the McBride case.
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The Animals Underneath
Is taken at a window
From which i can see
The animals
That stand to
Inherit my house.
They are small, quick,
Tremulous things
With rapid pulses
And nervous eyes.
Who live in
Rectangular fortresses,
Disdain these
Quickened creatures.
They dig up the bulbs
And burrow under
The foundation.
They are always busy.
They multiply furiously.
Even as they scurry,
Looking hunted,
They meekly munch
And politely trample
All that human hands
Have daintily set
In the black soil
Of suburbia.
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As i raise my cup:
"i salute you,
Survivors of civilization:
You, who will live on
After we who build
Have finished with our
Own destruction.
May you continue to rise
Toward shy dominion
Over what has been given,
Lovingly --
Especially to you."
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The Schrodinger Shift
I read John Gribbin's book on quantum physics, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat. Towards the end, he seriously entertains as a live option the notion that we brought the universe into existence by observing it. -- Micah Newman
Here at last
Is the secret
Of our unfolding!
We are made
Of what we make,
We are
Both paper
And crease --
An organic origami,
An evanescent Escher,
Emergent from Mind --
But whose?
We are
To procreate
And co-create:
We make others
(With others)
Even as we
Make ourselves
(With no other,
Other than
The Other
That is All)!
We spiral around
This empty center,
Making a double-helix
Of Self and No-Self,
Until, at last,
We are self-less.
Having made
That which we observe,
We observe
What we have made,
And in this Sabbath moment,
Our creation --
Our soul --
Is made to midwife itself
Into miraculous Being,
And become
All, and more than all:
Which is to say,
--Mr. Gobley
A letter to my friends
i have published a few of the posts that have appeared here, through iUniverse.
i hope you might buy one of these small books for yourself, or for a friend who might benefit from seeing and hearing some of what i have seen and heard.
You can get the book here, here or even here.
i suppose a store would order it, if you asked them to.
As soon as i can figure out how to put the 'buy my book' button in the right-hand column, i will do so.
Happy reading.
Faithfully yours,
--Mr. Gobley
Heat and Wind
Are whispered
Across millennia;
The eternal emissaries
Of life
Come together
In a violent embrace
That bequeaths to us
A storm of
Sensuous strength:
It is the season,
In this tropical realm,
To feel the languid fire
And the stinging rain,
And to love the God
Who pushes a profusion
Of life
Up through the
And the
Tidal flats
And the flattened
Life takes less time
To restore itself
Than even hope.
Remember this,
And know that
The storm that
Passes over you
Brings great bounty:
The heat stirs life,
The wind brings change,
And the silence after
Opens a lighted space
For seedlings
Of hope.
--Mr. Gobley
Meditation for a Railroad Crossing
But it has been detained.
The ringing of the crossing bells
And the rhythmic clatter
Of the rails
Both mark the measure of its
Prison sentence:
Unceasing, oblivious,
Of cells,
And this:
The flow of a day
By a thundering arrow
Comprised of cars:
Their syllables
As square and regular
As the beat they keep.
i keep this beat, too:
My heart, my breath
Align themselves
With the biorhythms
Of this mighty
Yet somnolent
And here am i,
Moving and still,
Inside and out,
And utterly
Lost to myself.
When the train is gone:
The gates rise,
The bells cease,
And time flows freely
Through cleared arteries.
The geometric clutter
And clatter
Recede into infinity --
And i return to
The box,
Flat cars
Of my day.
i ride time's rails
Toward my own
Point of parallax,
Glad to have known
Of Moments.
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El Nogalito
The Nogalito property is located in a Tertiary age geologic basin with favourable felsic volcanics, sandstones and siltstones in a volcanoclastic and tuff basinal sequence comprised of lithium-bearing clay horizons, volcaniclastic sediments, clayey sandstones and sandy and calcareous sediments. These are in a fault-bounded graben that contains the known lithium in a basin of approximately 16 kilometers long by 5 kilometers wide. The region is geologically similar in nature to deposits in Chile, Argentina and Nevada with lithium in volcanic rocks around the basin presenting the potential for brine-based lithium discoveries.
Past Results
Exploration work previously conducted by US Borax Inc., in 1990, exploring for borate, led to the initial lithium discoveries. The Nogalito property has concentrations of lithium with highly anomalous values up to and exceeding 1,000 ppm lithium in rock chip sampling of 1 metre channels across exposed stratigraphy. Of the US Borax Inc. sediment sampling, 108 samples collected during their exploration program returned values between 200 ppm and 498 ppm lithium, twenty-seven (27) samples returned values between 523 ppm and 968 ppm lithium and one sample returned a value of 1,166 ppm lithium.
Due Diligence Sampling by Rock Tech
Rock Tech collected five (5) samples from unconsolidated surface sediments in the basin and analyzed their lithium content. All five samples were anomalous for lithium with assays ranging from 150 ppm to 600 ppm lithium, averaging 292 ppm lithium.
Acquisition Terms
To acquire a 100% interest in the El Noglito lithium project, Rock Tech must complete the following:
- Payment of US$20,000 within thirty (30) days of signing the LOI (paid);
- Payment of US$20,000 and issuance of 20,000 common shares of Rock Tech upon granting of the Mining Concessions by Mexican authorities;
- Payment of US$20,000 and issuance of 30,000 common shares of Rock Tech on the first anniversary;
- Payment of US$20,000 and issuance of 40,000 common shares of Rock Tech on the second anniversary;
- Payment of US$50,000 and issuance of 160,000 common shares of Rock Tech on the third anniversary;
- Spend a minimum of US$500,000 in exploration expenditures by the third anniversary.


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Welcome to Audrey Truschke's professional website.
You can follow Audrey on Twitter, Facebook, and Mastodon.
See separate pages (links above) for information about Audrey Truschke's books, articles, press coverage, Sanskrit and Persian Literary Cultures Online, and more. Her CV is available here.
Audrey Truschke's most recent book, Aurangzeb, is available in India, Pakistan, and North America/Europe.
Select Media Coverage
Aurangzeb's villainisation is bad history but a good storyline. The Telegraph, August 122, 2018. here
Interview with Audrey Truschke: The Historian Who Engages. Mint, October 14, 2017. here
Audrey Truschke's 'Aurangzeb' engages with (and demolished) WhatsApp history. Review of Aurangzeb by Shoaib Daniyal, Scroll.in, April 26, 2017. here
Aurangzeb, A Stranger No More. Review of Aurangzeb by Akshaya Mukul, The Hindu, March 4, 2017. here
The Misunderstood Mughals, excerpts from Audrey Truschke's Aurangzeb, India Today, February 9, 2017. here
Interview with Audrey Truschke. The Hindu, September 14, 2015. here
Stanford Scholar Casts New Light on Hindu-Muslim Relations. Stanford News, September 9, 2015. here


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Professor Donatella Spano will be the next President of the Italian Society for Climate Sciences (SISC).
The 2013 election for the President of the Italian Society for Climate Sciences took place during the SISC General Assembly on 24 September at the Carlo V Castle in Lecce, at the First Annual Conference of the Italian Society for Climate Sciences.
Prof. Spano was entrusted with the mandate of the President-Elect for the 2013-2014 period, the mandate for the President for the 2015-2016 period, as well as the mandate of the Outgoing President for 2017-2018.
A Founding Member and Member of the Executive Board of the Italian Society for Climate Sciences (SISC), Donatella Spano, specializes in Agrometeorology and Micrometeorology and is Full Professor at the University of Sassari.
According to Prof. Spano, the SISC must serve as a meeting point for scientists from different but related disciplines, and must encourage the spirit of inclusion, ensuring that wide-ranging opportunities will be available to all, including women, young professionals and minorities. Moreover, promoting inclusion, education, innovation, SISC will be capable of responding with scientific authority to the growing demand for timely and accurate scientific information in a field of great importance for the society.
"I will do my utmost to make the SISC become a dynamic and motivating scientific Society in coordinating the Italian contribution to international programs in the field of climate sciences, as well as in harmonizing integrated and forward-looking research activities on adaptation and mitigation strategies in policies, regulations and operations", Prof. Spano said.
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text: London—UBM, continuing its overseas expansion, has acquired AMB Exhibitions Sdn Bhd and AMB Events Sdn Bhd in Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam. AMB produces five events in Malaysia and Vietnam. The company has four additional events planned for this year—three in the Philippines and one in Vietnam. AMB's two largest shows are AsiaWater and ASEAN M&E Expo. The company generated revenue of about $4 million in 2010. Separately, United Business Media Ltd. changed its name to UBM plc. "Moving to UBM underlines the transition the business has made over the last five years away from traditional media like newspapers and television, and towards live events, data and information services, digital and print media products and marketing services for professional and commercial communities," UBM CEO David Levin said in a statement.


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Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Since Don't Ask, Don't Tell was implemented in 1993; the military has discharged more than 10,000 Service Members. Countless others left to avoid persecution.
The Department of Defense (DOD) is the nation's largest employer and the only organization that enforces a policy of discrimination based on sexual orientation.
To date more than $285 million of taxpayers' money has been spent to replace those discharged.
When Air Force physician Monica Hill's partner of 14 years, Terry, was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, Monica requested a leave of absence to care for her. Sadly, two months later, Terry died on September 11, 2001. While still coping with the tragic loss of her partner, Monica was involuntarily discharged from the military because she had violated the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell†policy when she asked to be at her dying partner's side.
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Activision announces upcoming DLC for Guitar Hero 5
Activision has sent over a schedule of DLC for Guitar Hero 5 expected for the month of October. It's quite a list too, and includes a track pack for Halloween. There's Wolfmother, Queens of the Stone Age, Peter Frampton, The J. Geils Band and Billy Squier. Here's the full thing for PS3, Wii, and Xbox […]


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Auckland home sales fall 15% in February as listings reach year-high, Barfoot says
Auckland residential property sales fell last month from a year earlier, while listings reached an 11-month high, according to Barfoot & Thompson, the city's largest realtor.
Sales fell 15 percent to 771 last month, down from 854 in January, which was the highest for that month in six years, the firm said in a statement. The average sale price rose to $678,533 from $647,207 in January.
Actual listings stood at 3,674, the highest since March last year and up from 3,371 in January. The median price rose to $620,000 from $580,000.
"These signs are positive and an indication that the economy is stable, banks are lending, and buyers and sellers remain confident," said managing director Peter Thompson. "But there is more choice out there and that will ultimately affect prices."
The firm sold 122 homes for more than $1 million last month, up 60 percent from the same period last year. Sales of homes of $750,000 or more were up 50 percent.
"We are starting to see a return to listings levels of October and November last year," Thompson said. "For buyers, that's good, they can start to shop around, but greater choice means more competition. Sellers will need to be realistic and not overvalue their assets if they want them sold."


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Google Tackles Search Memory in Beta Service
To achieve that goal, Google on Wednesday launched a personalized Web search service that stores users' search histories, builds individualized search data into Web results and suggests related searches.
Called My Search History, the service, currently being beta tested, is available through Google Labs, the company's site for service prototypes. With the search-history release, Google Inc. joins competitors such as Ask Jeeves Inc., Amazon.com Inc.'s A9.com and Yahoo Inc. in attempting to make search more personal.
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I think Wednesday is the anniversary of our meeting—how about supper at Boston Pizza? We can have a date night. Maybe it will be snowing and I can melt it into a puddle again, just by touching your cheek. Everyone loves that story—and I still feel the same way that I did then. http://vahidsport.com/pltyte/factore/8238
Love is patient, love is kind, and when people marry it should be with the intention of keeping their vows, for better or for worse. Just so happens we've had a little more worse from time to time—but we have always learned the route and followed the road. We can't put this diagnosis out of our mind, but we don't have to keep it at top of mind all the time. So how about it big guy, wanna date?
Next summer on the boat will be grand—your idea of a little Coleman stove and a frying pan is dandy, and we can coat the fish with lemon and pepper seasoning and fry it up just yummy. I've heard there is nothing as fine as a shore lunch, and I've never had one. Am also looking forward to a fishing stay at Pickerel Lake Lodge. We're going to have the King suite with a big double Jacuzzi. Keep doing your research and we'll find the perfect rod to catch those walleye! I'll be happy to use my Dad's cherry wood rod and catch a few myself.
And then in the fall, or maybe sooner, a trip to Niagara for the weekend. Funny, honeymoon capital of the world and I've never been there with a sweetie. I think there's wine-tasting and a vineyard tour in the fall. Could be grand. So much to look forward to and I'll even dig out my red nightgown!
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GBS Yacht Transport, opens new office in Genoa
Genova - Alessandra Terzi joins yacht transport company as Manager Mediterranean.
March 21, 2014
Genova - GBS Yacht Transport announces the opening of a new office in Genoa/ Italy. It will be headed by Alessandra Terzi, a well-known and respected figure in the yacht transport industry. The Mediterranean is the hub of all GBS-routes connecting Florida, the Caribbean, Northern Europe and the Far East. "We are delighted to have an expert like Alessandra joining us and overseeing our activities in the Mediterranean," says Christian van Hoorn, Managing Director of GBS. "Together with the existing offices in Fort Lauderdale, Vancouver and Hamburg, we have assembled an outstanding team of dedicated and experienced professionals who understand the market needs and deliver dependable and consistent services." "GBS has been active in Europe for more than 10 years and established a very solid reputation in the yacht transport industry," notes Alessandra. "They have a clear vision for the future and about how to deliver the necessary services to clients." GBS Yacht Transport is part of EMS-Fehn-Group which gives GBS direct access to a fleet of cargo vessels and excellent contacts in the shipping and logistics industry. This allows GBS flexibility in offering Load on / Load off services as well as Float on / Float off services for super yachts. GBS offers clients a full package, which includes cradle systems, insurance and all handling.


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Clothing Trends of the '80s That Must Make it to Your Closet
Wild or wacky, no matter how you look at it, the '80s clothing trends cannot be ignored. Here's a quick recap of the fashion ideas of the 1980s.
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Last Updated: Feb 16, 2018
Fashion is fickle, and this can be witnessed with the ever-changing trends. Since the olden days, the various styles of fashion clothing have undergone many changes, whereas a few trends have even been recycled. Today, fashion designers dictate the various trends of the season. Fashionistas from all over follow these trends meticulously in the pursuit of looking their glamorous best! What's in fashion today may seem really weird a few years down the line. This is but obvious when we take a trip back into time.
The 1980s was one such period that witnessed many fashion trends that may not exactly be termed as 'fashionable' by many! Nevertheless, one cannot really ignore the kind of clothing trends that were followed back then.
Fashions Trends of the '80s
Pop stars ruled the minds of the youth through their music videos. It was the time when MTV presented many young singers in the hippest attire that influenced the minds of the viewers. Madonna and the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, set many trends that caused quite a phenomenon. Youngsters loved to emulate them in every possible way. Madonna's fishnet stockings worn with micro minis were the most sought-after attire worn in the 1980s.
Lace and leather clothing soon dominated the scene. Women loved to rebel, and they demonstrated it by wearing lingerie as outerwear.
Similarly, Michael Jackson created a fan following with his trendy music videos. 'Thriller', 'Beat It', 'Bad', etc., were some of his videos that set trends amongst the youth. Leather jackets, fingerless gloves, aviator jackets, black leather pants, and many such clothing items gained immense popularity.
Amongst women's clothing, shirts and dresses often had shoulder pads to give a larger look to the area. This was, however, considered to be manly in appearance. Around this time, Jane Fonda released her workout video, and dancewear soon gained attention. Leggings, leg warmers, and leotards soon became a must for all dance and exercise sessions. With the release of 'Flashdance' in 1983, ripped sweatshirts that revealed one shoulder became popular with the ladies.
Jeans have always been in fashion, and in the '80s, acid-washed denims were a rage. These jeans were about the faded or bleached look, which was achieved with the process of chemical bleaching. Such fitting jeans were worn with loose sweaters or shirts quite contrary to the '70s fashion of fitting tops and loose bottoms. Women also wore large square-shaped scarves in exotic patterns. Such was the craze for this clothing gear that leaflets showcasing different ways to wear the garment were distributed amongst ladies.
When one talk's about '80s clothing trends, who can forget MC Hammer's parachute pants! These were a trademark feature particularly amongst rappers and hip-hop artists.
In men's clothing, there were few trends that made a comeback of sorts. Pinstripes came back on the fashion scenario for the working professionals, and neckties had a narrow look. Guys in colleges preferred the cool and casual look. This was all about pastel V-necked sweaters thrown over a pair of comfy denims. Such a look was termed as the 'preppy' look. It represented teens that preferred to dress in a conservative fashion. Trendy teens that dared to rebel also sported clothes or accessories in neon colors. Bracelets, tees, earrings, shoes, gloves, coats... neon was everywhere in the '80s.
'Big' was in, and this could be seen in the kind of hairstyles that were sported by some of the major rock groups of the '80s. 'Bon Jovi', 'Guns N' Roses', 'Poison'; for example, Axl Rose, Richie Sambora, and even singers like Madonna were all seen with huge hairdos! Crimped or frizzy hair was a rage amongst women. 'Banana clips' were used as hair accessories along with hoop earrings (huge, circular earrings). Women also adopted a strange concept of wearing just one earring in the '80s!
Hair was dyed in shocking shades to create a style statement. Young guys did not bat an eyelid while they adorned earrings. Men as well as women wore large plastic glasses in the earlier period of the 1980s. This trend, however, changed in the latter period. Small, round-shaped glasses with tortoise shell coloring became very much in vogue.
Branded bags were a must-have for the fashion-conscious ladies of the '80s. Clutch bags in particular were a necessity for social events. Women also attended formal dos with hats that were perfectly coordinated with their outfits. Doc Marten's shoes or footwear with wedge heels were preferred by ladies.
The clothing trends of the '80s were quite different from the current fashion trends, and its importance cannot be ignored. Before we ridicule those fashion ideas, let me add a word of warning―you never know what may come back in fashion!


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Colorado State RB Treyous Jarrells might miss second straight game
After Colorado State's Wednesday practice, Rams coach Jim McElwain said that running back Treyous Jarrells is "questionable" for the Saturday game at Nevada because of the sore knee that prevented him from playing last weekend against Tulsa.
McElwain said running back Dee Hart did practice, but still is banged up. "I probably could have still raced him today, felt pretty good about it," the coach said.
And while Garrett Grayson is expected to play, his throwing in practice again was limited because of a bruised shoulder. He followed a similar routine last week heading into the Tulsa game after he suffered the injury at Boston College. "He was really good on the nerf and the red rubber balls," McElwain said. Read more…


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"I'm gay."
They were the two most difficult words I've ever said to my parents. I was barely able to say them out loud as I was driving my family to lunch hours before I headed back to NYC. It was June 2011, and I had returned home that weekend to suburban Maryland with the sole purpose of coming out to my parents. However, I couldn't bring myself to do it until just before I had to leave. When I was finally able to say those two words, I felt a huge weight off my chest. Initially, my parents did not receive the news very positively, but over time they have accepted me for me. What a difference five years makes.
Today is National Coming Out Day, which is why I wanted to take a few moments to talk about my own coming out story and why it was important for me to be out during my MBA. While some people choose to hide their sexuality during their MBA experience, I refused to go back into the closet after living as a proud out man in NYC. As an active founding member of the LGBT group at Bloomberg, I was proud to promote the visibility of our community and proud of the partnerships we created with Out in Tech and OPEN Finance.


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Qantas to commence services to Mumbai and Shanghai
Sydney, 17 February 2004
Qantas said today it had applied to the International Air Services Commission for the rights to commence non-stop services from Australia to Mumbai in India and Shanghai in China.
The Executive General Manager of Qantas Airlines, John Borghetti, said the Mumbai services would operate three times per week from 1 September 2004 on two-class Boeing 747-300 aircraft.
"These new services will, for the first time, operate non-stop to Mumbai, leaving Sydney on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays and landing in Mumbai 11.5 hours later," he said.
Mr Borghetti said Qantas was also finalising plans to fly to Shanghai by the end of 2004.
"India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and the burgeoning trade relationship between Australia and India has increased demand for business travel between our two countries," Mr Borghetti said.
"In total, inbound passenger numbers from India to Australia are on the rise.
"We are very excited about renewing our long-standing relationship with India which began in the 1940s, when our services stopped over in Calcutta."
Mr Borghetti said the new services highlighted the fact that Qantas' international operations were recovering from the devastating impact of the Iraq war and SARS.
"While we have been adding capacity to routes we currently serve through more flights and larger aircraft, Qantas is particularly pleased to be able to add new destinations to the Qantas network and provide more opportunities for tourists to come to Australia."
Qantas has recently announced it will:
* commence direct flights between Brisbane and Los Angeles from 14 June, the first time any airline has offered non-stop scheduled services on the route;
* fly non-stop between Perth and Hong Kong, and increase Brisbane-Hong Kong services, from next month; and
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Tiny Honduras has managed to grab the world's attention for the past five days. An internal squabble over a non-binding referendum has quickly escalated into an international dispute that has drawn in all of the governments of the Western Hemisphere, as well as the European Union. What is going on in Honduras?
Let's start with the facts. First, Honduras is poor even by the standards of poor countries in Latin America. Second, after his election, Manuel Zelaya decided to transform himself into a populist political figure who promised to redistribute income to the Honduran poor. Third, in order to carry forward this agenda, as well as promote his own political career, Zelaya sought a non-binding referendum to call an assembly to redraft the constitution, the purpose of which was to allow him a second term in office.
Fourth, the Honduran Constitution does not give presidents this authority. Articles 5, 373 and 374 make it clear that the president serves only one term and that this rule cannot be changed--even by constitutional amendment or referendum. Finally, Article 313 of the constitution provides a mechanism to prosecute a sitting president or other public official who has broken the law, which is to say that the Supreme Court may begin proceedings against him, and the court may use the armed forces to arrest the president.
So why all the controversy? In the first place, the opposition to Zelaya appears to have miscalculated the politics of the situation when the decision was made to arrest Zelaya, even though that decision appears to have been permissible under Honduran law. There was another option: allow Zelaya to go forward with the referendum, but force him to figure out how to carry it out without the logistical and administrative support of the army.
By this point, the Supreme Court had reinstated General Romeo Vásquez, who Zelaya had earlier sacked for refusing to administer the referendum. The likely result would have been an election that would have been so poorly administered that it would have been easy to dismiss as illegitimate. The irregularities that such an election likely would have produced would also have allowed the opposition to paint Zelaya and his supporters as Chávez-style authoritarians, swaying international opinion toward them, instead of toward Zelaya.
In the second place, the opposition--the military in particular--appears to have gone outside the law when it shipped Zelaya off in the middle of the night to exile in Costa Rica. Indeed, it appears that the military incorrectly assumed that Zelaya would be less of a threat abroad than under house arrest awaiting trial. This step allowed Zelaya to cast what had happened as a coup, thereby winning the international war of words.
Why the Honduran military exiled Zelaya, with no apparent legal justification, had, we believe, to do with a misreading of how politics work in an age in which information moves at the speed of light. Back in the days before television, the Internet and jet air travel, Latin American militaries could send presidents into exile with few repercussions. Indeed, not doing so came at a big cost, because deposed presidents could--and indeed some did--organize demonstrations demanding their return to office if they were still in the country, even from jail. But this is the 21st century. Not only can demonstrations be organized from a distance, international public opinion can be mobilized at very low cost.
And here is where the third miscalculation occurred. The Honduran opposition did not understand that the governments in the rest of the hemisphere would quickly line up against them. The majority of Latin American countries had disastrous experiences with military coups--not ones in which the armed forces acted at the behest of the Supreme Court, as just occurred in Honduras, but ones in which the armed forces threw out the civilians entirely, ran the country for years or decades, and killed and tortured a lot of people in the process.
No democratically elected president in Latin America can condone the army sending a sitting president into exile in the middle of the night. And no U.S. president can afford to do anything other than line up with the rest of the presidents in the region--unless he wants to give Hugo Chávez an opportunity to cast the entire affair as an imperialist plot hatched in the American embassy. By exiling instead of arresting President Zelaya, the Honduran opposition lost the battle for international opinion before it began.
The opposition was correct about one thing: The United States would be reluctant to take the only step that would have serious bite, trade sanctions. In the words of an Obama administration official, "There is a lot of concern about hurting the people of Honduras any more than they have already been hurt. There's enough trouble and poverty in Honduras already." Indeed, cutting off trade would threaten to completely destabilize the country, setting off a chain of events that would be hard to predict.
Thus, the United States has taken only small steps, such as cutting off military assistance or delaying the disbursement of World Bank funding. Other Central American countries have cut off trade, but Costa Rican and Salvadorean exporters are already beginning to protest. This means that the international diplomats trying to negotiate a compromise are in a difficult position. Their governments have declared that they want to overturn Zelaya's removal, but leveling trade sanctions on a desperately poor country runs the risk of causing events to spin out of control.
Interim President Roberto Micheletti appears to be following a strategy of running out the clock until the November elections. The candidate of the Liberal Party, Elvin Santos, was Zelaya's former vice president until he resigned in opposition to Zelaya's policies. He will face Porfirio Lobo of the conservative National Party. No one has yet emerged to take up the banner of Zelaya's putative radicalism, and the chances that Zelaya's supporters will throw their support to a minor party candidate appear slim. In the wake of a democratic election, whatever sanctions that have been imposed are likely to be quietly dropped.
The one serious risk that Micheletti runs is that the impending expulsion of Honduras from the Organization of American States will delegitimize his government, emboldening Zelaya supporters on the streets. How long Zelaya supporters will protest is difficult to know, but Thursday's step of suspending certain civil liberties indicates that the Micheletti government is not disposed to back down. One option that appears to be on the table is a compromise in which Zelaya is allowed to return to office but the November elections are accelerated so that his term is drastically shortened.
Stephen Haber is senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and professor of political science at Stanford University. Noel Maurer is associate professor of business, government and the international economy at the Harvard Business School.


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1. The thicken heating plate can be used for producing large-sized material ,such as fabric ,glass , metal sheet
2. Hydraulic system makes noise smaller, pressure bigger than pneumatic type
3. The process is controlled by digital and uses signal indication and the thermal energy distribute averagely.
4. Adjust the temperature and the timer according to the thickness of the materials.
5. Two workers manual push-pull, bottom on the right side of each have a push-button
6. Four screws in bottom and four screws in holder will coincide perfectly, ensuring bottom plate balance and the accuracy of transferring.
1. What should I look for in a heat press?
When you are buying heat printing machine, you need to look for its ability to provide consistent heat temperatures. A cold spot on the platen is a leading cause of misapplied transfers. A cold spot usually occurs when there is a lack of proper heating, a disconnection in the heating element or a short.
2. How do I know if my heat press has even pressure?
You can easily test your press machine to ensure it has just the right pressure. The only way you can do so is to use four squares of paper and place them on each corner and close your heat press. In case one of the papers is not coming out easily; it means that your platen has been warped and it does not have even pressure.
3. What is the work of a heat press?
This device gives you a temperatures of up to 235C. The machine has pressure and temperature that is greater than a normal iron. You can use it to print images on heat mouse pads, ceramic plates, t-shirts, mugs, and also cups.
4. Does a heat press need cleaning or maintenance?
Yes, it requires cleaning just like any machine. For cleaning, you need to dust your machine with a household cleaner. You can also clean your heat platens, external parts and even silicone pads. When cleaning the heat platen, you can use abrasive free hand soap and a piece of cloth. As for the maintenance, you do not have to worry about it. Heat presses do not require maintenance.


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Remember the giant snowball from yesterday....
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Meet Mrs. Frostbite
Posted by JoAnn at 5:12 PM
Labels: Family Life
2 Comments:
- 2TooManyHats said...
She is a beauty and sooo tall! What fun you are all having with the snow.
- December 23, 2008 at 5:58 PM
- David said...
I love that hat. I expect the first thing out of her mouth would be "Happy Birthday".
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14 Aug California foreclosure & the 2nd deed of trust
When the lender secured by a first deed of trust forecloses in California, any liens on the property junior (newer) to the foreclosing lien are "cut off", that is , those junior liens are no longer liens on the property in the hands of the buyer at the foreclosure sale. The cut off junior liens have the right to sue the borrower for their money.
Why, you ask, doesn't the junior lien foreclose and protect its lien on the property? It's a matter of economics: a successful bidder at a foreclosure sale takes the property with the liens senior to the foreclosing creditor in place. So, the holder of the second deed of trust who forecloses and takes title to the property at the foreclosure sale must then cure any arrears to the first deed of trust and pay any delinquent property taxes or be dispossessed by a foreclosure sale by the holder of the first. Usually, the second lender doesn't want to put more cash into a deal that's already gone bad in order to preserve its lien.
Thus, in situations where the homeowner has already lost the property to a foreclosure by the senior lender, any cut off junior lien holders may pursue the borrower on the debt. In contrast, any secured lender who uses the "power of sale" contained in the deed of trust to foreclose gives up the right to sue the borrower for any deficiency or shortfall in the value of the property compared to the debt.
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Paves the way for 100 per cent synthetic jet fuel approval
Airbus welcomes the latest steps towards the approval by ASTM International, one of the largest voluntary standards developing organizations in the world, for the use of a 50 per cent synthetic jet fuel in commercial aviation. Synthetic liquid jet fuels can be made from biomass, natural gas or coal. All of these are known as xTL
"This breakthrough paves the way for a 100 per cent xTL blend made entirely from bio feedstock, such as woodchip waste", said Christian Dumas, Airbus Vice President Sustainable Development and Eco-Efficiency. "This new specification is a major step towards reducing aviation's environmental footprint and represents a significant achievement along the Airbus alternative fuels roadmap," he added.
The Airbus Alternative Fuels roadmap estimates that some 30 per cent jet fuel used in 2030 could be sustainable biojet fuel if maturity of alternative high yield non-food feedstock occurs in the middle of the next decade.
A major step towards the progressive introduction of alternative fuels was achieved on 1st February 2008, for the first time in commercial aviation history, a civil airliner, an Airbus A380 with Rolls Royce engines, flew using a 40 per cent blend of synthetic fuel derived from natural gas (GTL) supplied by Shell.
Airbus believes in extended international and cross-industry cooperation to develop sustainable alternative fuel solutions. Airbus and its partners have already gone a long way to studying fuel alternatives. Airbus is sharing alternative fuel research with European partners (Calin, Alfa-Bird -Alternative Fuels and Bio fuels for aircraft development). In November 2007, Airbus, Qatar Airways, Qatar Petroleum, Qatar Fuels, Qatar Science & Technology Park, Rolls Royce and Shell International Petroleum Company Limited signed an agreement to investigate in detail operational and environmental benefits of the use of GTL fuel for aviation.
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ST. LOUIS, Sept. 30, 2009 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] has connected two additional F-15E Mission Training Centers (MTC) to the U.S. Air Force's Distributed Mission Operations Network (DMON) — one at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., and one at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom.
These two sites join the F-15E MTC at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, which Boeing connected to the DMON in June. F-15E pilots at all three bases now can train virtually with military aircraft pilots located around the world.
Distributed Mission Operations (DMO) provides an advanced training environment in which simulators flown by front-line aircrew are linked via the DMON from their home bases.
"Having all three MTCs on the network is a significant achievement," said Mark McGraw, Boeing vice president, Training Systems and Services. "Now warfighters at these three bases can benefit from the realistic training provided by the MTCs without incurring the financial or environmental costs or safety risks of live-fly training exercises."
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Boeing's first delivery of MTCs in support of a networked and distributed training environment. The first MTCs on the DMON connected F-15C pilots at the Eglin and Langley Air Force bases. Today, Boeing connects 10 MTC sites at Air Force bases around the world for pilots to train on F-15E and F-16 platforms. Boeing expects to add the F-22 Raptor to the DMON by 2010; the system also has the capability to incorporate airlift and tanker missions.
The DMO configuration has enabled Boeing-developed and -operated MTC sites around the world to network to one another throughout the past decade, improving the scale and fidelity of multisquadron training operations.
"DMO allows the Air Force to simulate combat and training between several bases and dissimilar aircraft, allowing aircrews to 'train as they fight,' right from their home base," added McGraw.
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WICHITA, Kan., Sept. 29, 2009 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced it has received a $5.4 million contract for the initial effort required for integrating a new satellite communication system on the U.S. Air Force B-52 fleet. The Extremely High Frequency (EHF) system will enable the exchange of information through Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T), enabling communication with the B-52 from ground, air and space platforms.
The first of three contract increments has been authorized to begin; it includes planning, risk mitigation and development of system requirements. Increment Two will cover the design and installation of the FAB-T communication hardware. Increment Three will integrate the new system into the Global Information Grid. Total contract value is expected to be more than $100 million.
"The EHF upgrade is one of many upgrades we are installing on the B-52 fleet," said Scot Oathout, B-52 program manager for Boeing. "This capability, along with the rest of the suite, will provide B-52 crews with better situational awareness and extend the long arm of the B-52 even further into the battlefield."
A B-52 upgraded with the Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT) network-centric upgrade completed its first flight in May and is now in the flight test program at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Boeing also is integrating the SNIPER advanced targeting pod on the B-52 and continues to install software upgrades on an 18-month schedule.
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Company holds discussions on various topics related to E-Jet and ERJ 145 families
São José dos Campos, September 30, 2009 – Embraer is hosting the 2009 Embraer Operators
Conference – Worldwide for customers and suppliers from North America, Latin America,
Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, in Montreal,
Canada, September 27 to October 2. The gathering focuses on the E-Jet and ERJ 145 aircraft
families, with an expected attendance of 450 aviation professionals and 45 airlines and
operators, worldwide.
"For more than 20 years, this conference has been a great communications forum for
providing up-to-date information to our customers and suppliers, receiving their feedback,
and assuring them they are being heard on issues concerning Embraer's commercial jets,"
said Mauricio Aveiro, Embraer Vice President, Customer Support and Service – Airline
Market. "Our commitment is to customer satisfaction, and this forum enhances that goal in
our partnerships and relationships with our customers and suppliers."
Embraer has been holding global operators meetings since 1988, beginning with the EMB 120
Brasilia aircraft, followed by the ERJ 145 fleet in 1998, and introducing the family of E-Jets
to the conference in 2006.
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São José dos Campos, September 29, 2009 – Regarding the article published in the Valor
Econômico newspaper, dated September 28, 2009, Embraer clarifies that it is not directly
participating in the selection process of the new F-X2 fighter for the Brazilian Air Force and,
contrary to what was stated, it has no preference among the proposals presented.
Embraer reaffirms its unconditional support of this process, always in close alignment with
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MONROVIA-The Central Bank of Liberia has been mandated to review the alarming situation of capital flight and strengthen its regulatory measures.
The idea is aimed at curbing the illicit repatriation of foreign currency from the country.
An Executive Mansion release issued on February 6, 2017 says the Central Bank was given the mandate during separate meetings with the Economic Management Team and the Cabinet, under the leadership of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
During the meeting, the issue of flaunting of the Liberianization Law was discussed.
The Economic Management Team called for a more robust enforcement by relevant Ministries and Agencies, with specific emphasis on dealing with the situation where some Liberians are said to be fronting for foreigners.
The Economic Management Team has also mandated the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to conclude arrangements leading to the elimination of the Import Permit Declaration (IPD) regime on the importation of certain vital commodities, including rice and flour.
The elimination of the Import Permit Declaration will however be done with strict regulatory standards to ensure quality.


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The Winnipeg Foundation
The Winnipeg Foundation's Emerging Leaders' Fellowship (or ELF) is a chance for young Winnipeggers ages 18-35 to apply for a grant of up to $10,000 toward a project they create and implement, together with a local charitable organization. Through the program, participants gain project management skills and handson experience working in the charitable sector.
"It's a really great opportunity for any young person who's looking to take that professional development from where they currently are to the next stage of their lives," says Tolu Ilelaboye, Youth Engagement Coordinator at The Winnipeg Foundation.
During the past four years, 19 projects have been developed through the program, including the following projects initiated this year:
Building understanding
Naomi Gichungu's own experience as a newcomer was part of what motivated her to launch her ELF project with the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba (IRCOM).
"When I initially came to Winnipeg, I was part of an exchange program. We were at a camp and had Indigenous peoples come and do a dance," says Ms. Gichungu. "I remember asking my counterpart at the time what the dance was about. She brushed it off and said, 'You know, [it's not] important, you're probably not going to enjoy it.'"
Ms. Gichungu, who came to Winnipeg three years ago and now works with newcomers, is developing a curriculum that integrates Indigenous educational and cultural activities into English as an Additional Language programming. She is working with an Elder to create workshops that will address residential schools, treaties, negative stereotypes, and reconciliation, culminating in a gathering at Meet Me at the Bell Tower.
"When we go into the community, we'll have a lot of conversations about how partnerships can be formed between newcomers and Indigenous peoples," says Ms. Gichungu.
For more information, visit ircom.ca
Express yourself
Adapting to life in a new country can be difficult, but programs like Sawa Theatre are helping newcomer youth build their confidence and express themselves.
"[Sawa Theatre] is a platform to show a different story, to give our participants a voice, but also to demonstrate that there is more to that [newcomer] label," says Ms. Shaden Abusaleh, who is collaborating with the Gas Station Arts Centre on a second year of the project. "We get to show complicated and intricate individualities. It's incredible and very beautiful."
Sawa Theatre, a spring/summer theatre program that's bilingual in English and Arabic, gives newcomer youth opportunities to take part in every step of the process of creating and performing an original play, which they perform in September. The enthusiasm expressed by participants has translated into new skills and confidence.
"Some of [the participants] were making genuine eye contact when talking to each other," says Ms. Abusaleh. "That's so simple, but you rarely notice it until you experience it for the first time."
For more information, visit sawatheatre.wordpress.com
Breaking down stereotypes
Winnipeg's Indigenous and newcomer populations are growing, but despite many similarities, there is social distance between them. Aliraza Alidina, a graduate student at the University of Winnipeg, decided to work with the Social Planning Council of Winnipeg for his ELF project, which expands on previous research about educational and cultural initiatives that seek to bring the two communities together.
"When [newcomers] come to Canada, they have no idea about the colonial history of Canada and its contemporary legacies," says Mr. Alidina. "Their first priority is integration. So when they see things on the street, for example, or they hear stereotypical things from relatives or friends, that's the information they have."
The first component of the project is an inventory of initiatives taking place in Winnipeg's settlement sector, while the second component involves compiling an orientation toolkit geared toward newcomers.
"One of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action, #93 specifically, points out this [Indigenous] educational aspect for newcomers," says Mr. Alidina. "From the talks I've had with Indigenous leaders, it's a great opportunity because something like this has not been done in other cities in Canada. [Winnipeg] could be the pioneer."
For more information, visit spcw.mb.ca
Building safe spaces
Learning to build and fix bikes helps people gain skills and confidence. That's why Janis Maudlin, a volunteer at The WRENCH since 2012, set out to encourage more women and trans* people to take part.
"[There's a misconception] that women are not suited for mechanical work, and it perpetuates itself because, then, men in these shops don't see women as capable, which results in women feeling disrespected or marginalized," says Ms. Maudlin.
Ms. Maudlin's ELF project, Mellow Vélo, is an open shop for women, trans* and femme-identifying people, which looks to create a more welcoming setting in a place that is male-dominated and can sometimes feel unwelcoming.
The program takes place Sunday afternoons and includes bike repair workshops, panel discussions about being a woman or a trans* person in male-dominated fields, as well as training opportunities to encourage more women and trans* people to take part in other programs at The WRENCH, such as Build Days, where participants can earn money building bikes.
For more information, visit thewrench.ca or facebook.com/mellowvelowpg