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On March 23, 1971, the Soviet Union set off three Hiroshima-scale nuclear blasts deep underground in a remote region some 1,000 miles east of Moscow, ripping a massive crater in the earth. The goal was to demonstrate that nuclear explosions could be used to dig a canal connecting two rivers, altering their direction and bringing water to dry areas for agriculture.
When the director of DARPA heard about the blasts and their purpose, he had an immediate reaction: "Holy shit. This is dangerous."
The nuclear bombs, it turned out, weren't that effective for building canals, though they did create an "atomic lake" in the crater formed by the blast. But the tests had another lasting consequence, all but forgotten until now: They set in motion the first U.S. government research on climate change — a far-reaching project that has continued into this decade.
On the surface, the reaction to the Soviet tests was somewhat muted. Western countries, including the United States, detected the explosions and lodged a protest alleging a violation of the Limited Test Ban Treaty. Moscow wouldn't publicly acknowledge the tests for several years.
But in the national security community in Washington, the blasts sparked panic. When intelligence officials briefed Stephen Lukasik, the director of the Pentagon's secretive Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, he had an immediate reaction: "Holy shit. This is dangerous."
The Soviet Union, it turns out, had for more than a decade been studying ways to use nuclear weapons to create massive canals to reroute water for irrigation, and the plan involved hundreds of nuclear detonations. "The Soviets wanted to change the direction of some rivers in Russia," Lukasik, now 87 years old, told me recently in an interview. "They flow north where they didn't do any good for them and they wanted to turn them around so they would flow south."
The Pentagon didn't particularly care which way rivers ran in the Soviet Union, but it cared about how this ambitious act of geoengineering, which would affect waters flowing into the Arctic Ocean, could potentially alter the world's climate. Lukasik decided that DARPA needed to start a climate research program that could come up with ways to model the effects. The name of this climate program, highly classified at the time, was Nile Blue.
At first glance, DARPA might have seemed like an odd place to study climate change. The agency was created in 1958 as a response to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik, to help the United States get into space. But in those years, DARPA was also deeply involved in nuclear issues. It had created an extensive monitoring system precisely to tip off the Pentagon to secret tests like the Soviet effort in 1971.
That same year, John Perry, a young Air Force officer, got an unexpected question from an official at DARPA (at the time called just ARPA; the D for "defense" was added in 1972.) "We need a program manager for this program we have. Would you like to come to Washington?" the DARPA official asked Perry.
"Washington was the not the Midwest or Vietnam, so I said, 'Sure.'" Perry recalled answering. "I'll discover later what the hell this thing is."
For Perry, a meteorologist by training, it wasn't a hard decision, even if he didn't know exactly what the job entailed. He soon found himself at DARPA's headquarters in northern Virginia, where he was put in charge of the mysteriously named Nile Blue. One of the first things he decided to do was get rid of the secrecy. Even if the concerns about Soviet nuclear tests needed to be kept quiet, research on climate modeling could be done in the open. Keeping the program classified, particularly during the Vietnam War, would only hurt DARPA's ability to work with academic scientists, he argued.
The secrecy "did throw sort of a miasma over the program," Perry recalled, noting there were rumors that DARPA was involved in weather-altering research. "In fact, I had a visit from a guy from the arms control office in the State Department who came over, armed with top-secret clearances and what-have-you, to find out what nefarious things we were doing. He was very disappointed to find out that there weren't any."
Once the program was declassified, the next step was finding scientists to do the necessary studies. Perry found himself in charge of $3 million in funding, a sizable sum in the early 1970s, and his mandate was about to expand.
The early climate modeling had its critics. "Modeling is just like masturbation," a GM scientist said. "If you do it too much you start thinking it's the real thing."
Soon after starting the research program, he was summoned to the director's office to meet with Lukasik and Eric Willis, who directed DARPA's nuclear monitoring program. Willis, who had been a student of Willard Libby, the inventor of radiocarbon dating, was interested in taking a historical look at climate.
Willis "took the position that the climate research program really didn't make any sense unless you had good information on past climates to be able to do the verification models," Perry recalled. "He thought there should be an element of past climate research in there."
Perry knew nothing about this topic, so he nodded and smiled before walking out of the director's office with a new charge to spend $400,000 on paleoclimate research. "Essentially, I called up a few people and said, 'Hi, you don't know me, but I want to give you a lot of money,'" he said.
The heart of the Nile Blue program was computational modeling. DARPA may not have had experience with meteorology, but it did have plenty of experience with computers. Just two years earlier, the agency's computer science office had established the first nodes of ARPANET, the network that would later become the internet. DARPA was also in charge of the Illiac IV, one of the world's first supercomputers.
DARPA's climate work helped justify the continuation of Illiac IV, whose costs were attracting scrutiny. "They needed to say that its capability was being developed for some customers who could pay for it," Perry said. "Climate modeling is a very good customer for computer science." (Critically, DARPA's funding for modeling rescued the RAND Corporation's work on climate simulation, which the National Science Foundation was on the verge of canceling.)
The modeling work had its critics. Perry recalled that Ruth Reck, an atmospheric scientist at General Motors, expressed early skepticism of DARPA-funded climate models. "Modeling is just like masturbation," he recalled Reck telling some of the DARPA-funded scientists at a conference. "If you do it too much, you start thinking it's the real thing."
Reck, who confirmed the anecdote in a recent interview with me, said her point was that scientists were confusing their models with reality. "They had a right to feel glad that they were doing it, they were contributing a lot, but it didn't mean it was the real thing. It just wasn't," she said. "That is very much like masturbation: If they do it enough, it becomes the focus of what they want."
Yet DARPA's work was critical to sparking those debates. The research program for the first time was drawing together modelers, paleo-climatologists, radiation experts, and meteorologists. The program created an interdisciplinary field, according to Warren Wiscombe, who credits the agency for transforming him from an applied mathematician into a climate scientist in the 1970s. "All of the sciences then that later contributed to climate science were very separate and they had brick walls between them," he said. "They were what we call stovepiped now."
As DARPA was building up its Nile Blue program, another government effort that would alter the course of climate research was taking place behind the scenes. In December 1972, George J. Kukla, of Columbia University, and R.K. Matthews, of Brown, wrote to President Richard Nixon expressing their concerns about "a global deterioration of climate, by order of magnitude larger than any hitherto experience by civilized mankind."
Their concern was not global warming, but cooling, which they feared could lower food production and increase extreme weather. It was a preliminary result (and one that would later be used by critics of climate change in a simplistic fashion to argue that climate predictions were wrong). The letter caught the attention of Nixon, who ordered an interagency panel to look at the issue. The recommendation, according to William Sprigg, who helped set up the national climate program, was "that the government should have some kind of a program, a plan that would set goals and determine who should be doing what."
The scientific consensus is that climate change is real, and much of the credit for establishing that consensus goes to DARPA.
In the end, the Soviets abandoned their grand plan to alter the course of rivers, but by the time DARPA finished its research in 1976, the foundation of climate research was firmly in place: a community of scientists dedicated to the issue, and a political atmosphere conducive to continuing the research. DARPA, whose mandate is for fixed-term research, ended its climate program, but the National Science Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration picked up the work, eventually leading to the establishment of the national climate program.
Even scientists like Reck, who were critical of some of the early modeling work, said the research has showed clearly that climate change is real. "I stand with what I told John [Perry] years ago: 'I really don't think we know, I think we are far from understanding the climate,'" she told me. "That does not mean we should not curtail everything that we can to slow down the rate of change. I think we have to do that. I think it's absolutely frivolous not to do that."
While the debates go on about the accuracy of climate models, the scientific consensus is that climate change is real, and much of the credit for establishing that consensus goes to DARPA — whose role has been largely forgotten, except by the scientists funded by the program and who went on to take leading positions in climate research.
More than 40 years after the end of Nile Blue, former DARPA officials like Perry and Lukasik still get together for a monthly lunch, where they reminisce about their days at the pioneering agency. Lukasik recalls Perry telling him: "You know, Steve, the work started in DARPA and continued by me in the National Science Foundation became the foundation for all of the understanding of global warming."
Sharon Weinberger is an executive editor at Foreign Policy magazine and a former Knight Science Journalism fellow at MIT.
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When I was growing up in the 1950s, I had a wonderful 6th grade teacher named Arthur H. Griffee. He told our class about the dangers of air pollution and the harmful affects of burning coal. He told us there was no such thing as a clean white shirt in the city of Pittsburg , PA or the surrounding area because of smoke and ash from coal fired industry.
He also told us about man's insignificance in influencing the events of nature in the world. He said mankind took on more importance of their actions in assuming they alone could change the earth's environment. As an example, he explained all of humanity in 1958 totaling about four billion people could be placed in a box one mile high, one mile wide and one mile long. Then, this box could be lowered into the Grand Canyon. If you stood at the edge of the canyon rim, you could see the box of humanity, but if you stepped back 50 feet from the rim, you could not see the box at all.
Now, some 60 years later, the size of the box would have to be doubled to a mile high, a mile wide and two miles long . However, the same would apply as to standing back 50 feet from the canyon rim. You could not see the box containing earth's humanity.
He also told us about the Russians exploding a hydrogen bomb near the North Pole in 1958. The following winter in 1959, the Baltic Sea froze over from coast to coast throughout all of Scandinavia. This was the first time this had happened in 900 years, and I might add, it has never happened since.
So, I assume the Russians came to learn atomic bombs detonated above ground in the atmosphere can affect weather. To my knowledge, they have ceased all such detonations long ago.
Peter, an elecated CO2 level will make an ice age *worse*. Rising CO2 is disrupting the ocean currents pretty severely , and if an ice age comes (And theres no evidence for that at all), by distrupting the hot and cold flows in the ocean the mechanisms that stop us turning into antarctica are thwarted.
And yes, Scientists know exactly how to live post fossil fuel. Solar, Electric, Wind, you name it. And yes there might still be a little still used but we know how to get that figure so low it doesnt matter anymore.
What about ice ages? they usually occur at intervals of 10,000 years approx. We are currently well overdue; if there is another one we will be glad of the co2. These doom spreading scientists are all very well; none of them have any suggestions how our civilisation can continue without fossil fuels. This is a far more important field but there seems to be scant progress
Actually climate science was funded by the United States government much earlier when they gave Roger Revelle and Charles David Keeling money to study the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere… in 1957.
The first American I know of to study the climate was Thomas Chamberlin but I don't know if he was funded by the US government. He published in 1899 about how CO2 could change the climate.
Millions of Americans have convinced themselves that all these global climate change warnings must be part of a massive conspiracy scheme run by 'globalists' and money-hungry scientists. It has become quite fashionable to believe such things among certain segments of this population. It also brings joy to them to join with like-minded believers. These folks choose to source most of their information from sites specifically set up to reenforce their deeply entrenched worldview and political leanings. They have become convinced that all the countering information is subversive and therefore not worth examining. This is a bit like some cult leaders telling their followers that outside influences will ruin their happiness.
These folks are typically short term thinkers with little to no formal academic backgrounds in the physical and biological sciences. They often resent egg-head scientists that make them look ignorant in comparison. Their primary focus is on issues such as taxation, tyranny, terrorism, immigration and federal government over-regulation. That leaves them blind to the trashed environment our offspring will be inheriting.
Such people can be presented with mountains of evidence, provided by a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines studying Anthropogenic Climate Disruption (ACD) effects, and will still reject it all off-hand as corrupted. They often do this with great pride, fully convinced this is the right approach. The more opposition they get the more convinced they become that they are right. This is the approach they typically take with the following information.
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Climate change: How do we know
The Cook et al. (2013) 97% consensus result is robust
The 97% 'Consensus' on Climate Science
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Earth sets heat record in 2016 — for the third year in a row
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From pole to pole, twin sea ice records have scientists stunned
'Extreme' Changes Underway in Some of Antarctica's Biggest Glaciers
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Climate: What did We Know and When Did We Know it?
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Scientists "too frightened" to tell truth on climate impacts
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CO2 Concentration – Last 800,000 years
CO2 Concentration during the last 316-years
Atmospheric CO2 Rocketed to 405.6 ppm Yesterday — A Level not Seen in 15 Million Years
World on track to lose two-thirds of wild animals by 2020, major report warns
Humanity driving 'unprecedented' marine extinction
I should point out some of the history that preceded this effort. In the U.S.S.R. the nuclear geo-engineering program was referred to as Peaceful Nuclear Explosions (PNE) and was encouraged by the counterpart effort, in the U.S., known as Project Plowshare. U.S. scientists and engineers encouraged the USSR to compete with us in efforts to employ nuclear explosive devices for various civil engineering applications. A major proponent, of the U.S. program was eminent nuclear physicist Dr. Edward Teller, often referred to as the father of the American H-bomb. Over a 17 year period the U.S. program spent approximately $770 million on the Project Plowshare program. There were 27 nuclear explosive tests conducted by the U.S. to test various concepts.
ARPA was engaged in some of those tests for the purposes of detecting underground nuclear explosions. Two of ARPA's dedicated test took place in a salt dome southwest of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. They were known as the Salmon and the Sterling events.
As part of the Project Plowshare program students were encouraged to come up with various proposals for how nuclear explosives could be used. One proposal was to detonate nuclear explosives above the Los Angeles Basin to create a hole in the inversion layer that would allow the smoggy air to be drained upward with the nuclear blast plume.
An architecture student generated a plan to use nuclear explosives to terra-form the hills in the Marin Headlands to divert the natural fogs there so a new metropolis could be constructed across the Golden Gate, just north of San Francisco.
Certain segments of our society believe that such potentially embarrassing aspects of U.S. history are not worthy of being recorded in our history textbooks. That is one reason few people are now aware of such mega-follies.
Man has nothing to do with climate change? That's like saying the zookeeper who let the lions loose was not responsible for the consequences. What was the climate like last time the carbon we drilled for and dug up and burned for the past 150 years was free in the atmosphere?
Climate scientist Reck is quoted above as saying that we don't understand how it works, but that we need to do what we can.
Conservatives applauded the Cheney Doctrine as applied to invasion and interventions in the Middle East, but ignore its application to climate threats. https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2120605&page=1
So we have spent billions of dollars and determined…Yup the climate changes. In some parts of the world it changes 3-4 times a year and in some parts only a couple of times or maybe not at all. Most of us had learned this in first grade. What I find interesting is they spent all this money and haven't figured out that weather is cyclical. There are warm times and there are cool times. It is a natural cycle that man has little if anything to do with.
Climate has always changed.What human influence may exist continues to be open to debate. It is impossible to do scientific tests to prove or disprove human causation.
Fascinating article.


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I love this photo from our wedding.
It really captures the joy of the day as well as the style of the day. Truly happy memories marched through our minds as we drove—on April 24th, a beautiful spring day not unlike the one 38 years earlier when we entered the covenant of marriage—to Reading, Pennsylvania, to celebrate our 38th anniversary. Listening to the Carpenters crooning love songs which will always be connected to our courtship, we reflected that thirty-eight years is starting to sound like a long time . . . and though certainly all of the starry-eyed dreams we carried into marriage in 1976 haven't been realized, we both agreed that the theme song of our honeymoon, "I love you more today than yesterday, but not as much as tomorrow" still rings true. God has been so gracious to us and we are so very grateful.
We had been home only 2.5 days before heading to Pennsylvania after returning from California. We left a day early for our speaking engagement that weekend so that we could celebrate our anniversary, and we had such a great time! When the innkeeper at the Reading Inn heard that we were celebrating our 38th anniversary, he put us in the honeymoon suite. :) Dinner, poking around the outlets briefly (honestly!), and reminiscing about our years together combined to make it a very sweet time.
We took advantage of being in the Lancaster area and had lunch with our dear friends Liz and Steve Lane, and then spent several hours visiting our beloved Barbara Boyd, who has been a Friesen family friend/IVCF colleague for over 60 years. In fact, she was living with the Friesen family in Santa Monica when Paul was only 3 years old. We have very deep hearts for Barbara and consider it a great privilege to spend any and all available time with her. Now 90 years old, she inspires us all the more. She is aging with grace and joy, and with a single-focused heart for the Lord. That's always been true of Barbie. Having suffered the traumatic, unexpected death of her fiancé while in her twenties, she never married but, amazingly, carries no bitterness or regret. "I've had the privilege of helping college students fall in love with God's Word through my Bible and Life series ( a discipleship program she developed for IVCF which was used for decades in InterVarsity's training camps). What could be better than that?" She has lived an "all in" life for Christ. What a saint!
|Barbara Boyd is one of our most treasured friends and mentors.
On to Marsh Creek Community Church for our weekend marriage conference. Joel and Sara Schuster, lead pastor and his wife at MCCC, invited us to speak at their church after hearing us speak at the Brethren in Christ pastors' conference last September. They are a young, energetic couple with a vision for reaching young families in this area between Philadelphia and Lancaster. We loved working with them! The marriage conference was Friday night and all day Saturday, and then we spoke at all three services on Sunday. Great spirit. Great time.
Another highlight of the weekend was spending Saturday evening with some more of our very favorite seasoned mentors, Bill and Jo-Ann Shore. How we love these two! "Salt of the earth" for sure—their hearts, spirits, energy, and vision belie their over eight decades of life. They are tireless in their efforts for the Kingdom and only eternity will reveal the lives changed by their unselfish devotion to investing in others. Every church should have a Bill and Jo-Ann Shore in their ranks.
|Dinner out with mentors Bill and Jo-Ann Shore.
We also loved spending Sunday afternoon with Joel and Sara Schuster and hearing their hearts for making a difference in their community. God is blessing their efforts according to many of the congregants we spoke with.
|Joel and Sara Schuster were delightful hosts to us as we ministered to
their congregation at Marsh Creek Community Church.
Home for two very short days, which were full of counseling and preparation for returning to the west coast. And just like that, we were in California to speak at three workshops at the Thrive Leadership Conference. We've been honored to speak at every Thrive Conference Bayside Church of Granite Bay has held and it's really one of the highlights of our year. The brainchild of our dear friend Ray Johnston, it is a conference designed to "recharge, refresh, and renew" those in ministry. And it really does! Lacking no energy, it is a conference on steroids that reminds you that laughter is good medicine, that great teaching is especially important for those who teach, and that celebrating life with the Body of Christ refreshes the soul. We love Thrive!! Our workshops went well and we had many great conversations.
|Thrive kicks off with Bob Smiley, the comedian, keeping everyone in stitches.
Since we were in the "neighborhood" . . . we flew to Los Angeles to speak to a SS class at Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton Sunday morning. But before we got there, we spent a delightful evening with our precious friend Wendy Turney, who feted us with an ongoing anniversary celebration. Phenomenal steaks served on her beautifully set outdoor table: once again, amazing food exceeded only by more amazing company. We love any time we get with Wendy, which is sadly never enough.
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exceeded only by spending some quality time with her.
Off to Fullerton Sunday morning for an early breakfast with Luke and Lanette Lidyoff. They organized our being there and it was so nice to have an hour with them before the class. We've known Lanette since she was a little girl coming to family camp at CBS; now she's the mother of three and she and Luke are continuing the tradition of family camp. Their small group had studied The Marriage App this past semester and that prompted the invitation. The class was packed and the group seemed to genuinely appreciate our time with them.
|Luke and Lanette Lidyoff hosted us at Evangelical Free Church in Fullerton on Sunday, May 4.
Continuing around the neighborhood . . . we drove 4.5 hours up the coast to speak at Grace Church of San Luis Obispo that evening. We clearly have a west coast mindset as opposed to a New England mindset. We'll never forget when we first lived in New England, we were asking an older couple if their married children lived near them in Lexington. "No, sadly not. They live in Nashua, NH" and their body language indicated that the distance was great. We later found out that Nashua is a mere 30-minute drive from Lexington and realized then that our perspectives were quite different. This is clearly an area in which we've been unaffected by our now 23 years living in this neck of the woods!
We just love to partner with Grace Church any time we can. We have great respect for Tim Theule (the lead pastor) and his wife, Susie, as well as for Ken Peet (the family ministries pastor) and his wife, Judy. They've given us an open invitation to teach any time we're "in the area" and Fullerton is sorta in the area . . . :) We had a wonderful night speaking to a full house. The joy continued as we were invited to spend the night with the Theules in their very unique, intentionally-built family home in Arroyo Grande. Great time with the whole family before heading back to Santa Clarita to be with the Garcias and Lisa for a day and a half. It was truly worth the drive to spend those hours on "the gold coast" and even more worth it to drive back to have those precious moments with our family.
|Tim Theule welcomes everyone to our talk at Grace Church in San Luis Obispo.
Continuing in the "neighborhood" theme, we flew to San Francisco Wednesday morning to speak at Bethel Church's Wednesday night gathering You may be wondering who plans our schedule . . . and I must confess, at times we do, too. :) Just mostly thankful we can keep up with ourselves still! After a delightful afternoon with John and Marilyn Nugent, we spent the evening at the church and all went well. Off early the next morning to fly back to Boston . . . for a few days, anyway!
Happy to be in our own neighborhood for a few days, we spoke at Free Christian Church of Andover on Friday night, May 9, for a "couples' night out" and then all day Saturday at Cambridge Christian Fellowship Church. Both events were enthusiastically received, and we were encouraged to receive this note from CCFC:
"We had such a wonderful time with you and Virginia on Saturday! As I said on Saturday, I think the retreat really did hit the spot in terms of encouragement and exhortation for our marriages, especially during this particular season at CCFC. We have received a lot of positive feedback on the day, and are thankful that God really worked through it."
We're always aware that only God can change a life. Our mandate is to be faithful, and that we strive to be.
|Seth and Melanie Bilazarian and daughter Ani were in charge of the couples' night
at Free Christian Church in Andover.
|Larry and Jenny Kim lead the congregation at Cambridge Christian Fellowship Church.
It's been a full month, with a lot of traveling. speaking, and connecting with people in many different neighborhoods and ages and stages. Quietly, but noticeably, the landscape has changed from the stark barrenness of a harsh winter to a kaleidoscope of color that robes spring. New life is everywhere, from verdant green lawns to tulips and daffodils blooming; from lilacs fragrancing the air to robins filling the airwaves; from azaleas and rhododendrons dressed to the nines, to long, beautiful, dry spring days which enliven body and soul. What a magnificent time of year!
It's good to be in our own neighborhood right now to drink all of this beauty in.


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Steps in making business card using Adobe Photoshop
Here we are going to create a business card with adobe Photoshop. For creating a business card, you have to conceder many facts like:-
1. Size of the card.
You have to create your business card in a standard size. I often use 9.2 cm width and 5.4 cm height for creating visiting cards.
2. Purpose of the card.
The purpose of card is very much decides the design of the card. If the card only created for providing your cell number, you have to concentrate on the number on the card or if you like to express your business matters and items, you have to concentrate on that.
3. Type of business.
It's very important point in the creation of business card. According to the type of your business, the design, layout, pictures,etc. should be arranged.
We are starting now
First we have to create a new document with the size below.
Step 2
Create a new layer by Ctrl+Shift+N. and draw a rectangle shade in the bottom part of the card using the Rectangular marquee tool like below. and then fill it with a nice color you like.
Step 3
Now it's time to do the real thing. Use the name or logo of your business if any in you card.
I am here creating a card of computer shop for example and using an imaginary name or logo for it. You can create your own logo by simply using text tool and some pictures. We will learn it later.
Place logo
Step 4
Now it's time to add some pictures that describes your business. Here we are going to use some computer related pictures. You can get pictures from Google search that suites your business most.
Open the image file and drag it into the project. Then cut it nicely using pen tool or lasso tool. Or you can get images in white background and then just use magic wand tool for cutting it.
Then place the pictures in appropriate places.
Step 5
Now add your phone number in the card above corner. Choose a side corner that suites your card.
Step 6
You can add a short description of business under the logo.
Step 7
Now it's time to include your shop address right below your logo.
That's all for a standard business card. You can add more information relating to your business in reasonable places in the card as you wish.
Final result
Important factors
- Use uniform colors in the card matches your logo and name.
- Don't include excess images and texts in the card.
- Conform everything in the work before printing.
- Use mat lamination for your card if it's of an executive nature and it is not includes lots of pictures.
- Use Glossy lamination for the card if it include colorful matters and images.
I hope you enjoy this little tutorial. Good luck!!
Thanks for that Shake Shah.
I like this tutorial. It follows a very simple pattern and takes you through the entire process. I have written one of my own at
I would be very grateful if you could let me know what you think of it. However I must say that I also like your approach because the hub is very simple to understand. Hopefully we can all help people to make better Photoshop business cards.
Nice tutorial. I always create my own business cards in Photoshop. It's a good way to save money for a small business, and it provides more flexibility for the design. Thanks for the tips!


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41 Law Firms Announced as Mansfield Rule Certified
'Mansfield Rule' – the next generation of the Rooney Rule – certifies that law firms consider at least 30% diverse lawyers for all governance and leadership roles.
San Francisco, August 20, 2018 – Diversity Lab announced today (press release link) that the 41 trailblazing law firms listed below have achieved Mansfield Certification after completing the inaugural one-year Mansfield Rule pilot.
The Mansfield Rule Certification measures whether law firms have affirmatively considered at least 30 percent women and attorneys of color for leadership and governance roles, equity partner promotions, and senior lateral positions. The goal of the Mansfield Rule is to boost the representation of diverse lawyers in law firm leadership by broadening the pool of candidates considered for these opportunities.
2018 Mansfield Certified Firms
|Faegre Baker Daniels
|Morris, Manning & Martin
|Arnold & Porter
|Morrison & Foerster
|Blank Rome
|Fenwick & West
|Munger, Tolles & Olson
|Brinks Gilson & Lione
|Fish & Richardson
|Nixon Peabody
|Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
|Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
|Holland & Hart
|O'Melveny & Myers
|Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
|Holland & Knight
|Reed Smith
|Clifford Chance
|Jenner & Block
|Seyfarth Shaw
|Katten Muchin
|Sheppard Mullin
|Latham & Watkins LLP
|Troutman Sanders
|Day Pitney
|Littler Mendelson
|White & Case
|McDermott Will & Emery
|DLA Piper
|Miller Canfield
|Winston & Strawn
|Dorsey & Whitney
|Morgan Lewis
Certification Process & Outcomes
To achieve the Mansfield Rule objectives, participating law firms had to first establish a baseline metric by which they could assess and analyze their talent pipelines. To that end, as part of the Mansfield Rule Certification process, the firms were expected to create and adopt documentation and tracking norms to measure their progress and identify areas for improvement. As Peter Drucker said, "If you can't measure it, you can't improve it." With these baseline measurements, firm leaders can compare their past, current, and future pipelines to know whether they are making headway on increasing the representation of diverse lawyers considered for and ultimately advanced into leadership positions.
One of the favorable outcomes of the inaugural Mansfield Rule is the significant surge in firms that now track and measure their candidate pipelines. Another immediate, positive result is the incremental increase in diverse candidates considered for leadership roles, equity partner promotions, and lateral hiring by firms that tracked their pipelines prior to adopting the Mansfield Rule. The details follow.
- 100 percent of the 41 Certified firms are now tracking their pool of candidates for leadership and governance roles, up from 30 percent of participating firms prior to the Mansfield Rule. Of the smaller group of firms that did track their previous talent pipelines, 73 percent increased diversity in the pool of candidates considered for leadership after implementing the Mansfield Rule.
- For senior associate lateral hiring, 100 percent are tracking their pipelines, up from 28 percent. Of the firms that did track previously, 57 percent increased diversity in the pool of candidates considered after implementing the Mansfield Rule.
- For partner lateral hiring, 100 percent are tracking their pipelines, up from 20 percent. Of the firms that did track previously, 60 percent increased diversity in the pool of candidates considered after implementing the Mansfield Rule.
- For equity partner promotions, 100 percent are tracking their pipelines, up from 60 percent. Of the firms that did track previously, 67 percent increased diversity in the pool of candidates considered after implementing the Mansfield Rule.
Knowing from research that transparency and accountability contribute to increased diversity in leadership, the Mansfield Rule also measures whether participating firms make the responsibilities and requirements for leadership roles accessible to their lawyers. Prior to the inaugural Mansfield Rule, only 28 percent of firms had leadership job descriptions. Now, 55 percent of participating firms have created and published them.
"Diversity in law firms has been stagnant for decades, so we didn't expect to change law firm cultures overnight," said Lisa Kirby, Director of Research & Knowledge Sharing at Diversity Lab. "Although, as a result of the Mansfield Rule, all of the 41 Mansfield Certified firms are now tracking their candidate pipelines for every single path that leads to leadership. And a significant number of firms have increased the diversity of these pipelines, which is a positive step towards diversifying their next generation of leaders."
"We found that the 30 percent metric and the built-in accountability have had a positive effect on encouraging our current leaders to expand the pool of talented lawyers they develop and select as the next generation of leaders. Having baseline data on these categories is incredibly helpful as we move into the Mansfield 2.0 certification year and continue to broaden our diverse pipeline of leadership candidates," said David Koschik, partner and member of White & Case's Executive Committee.
In pursuit of the overall goal, many of the Mansfield Certified firms have already demonstrated meaningful progress in diversifying their current leadership and their pipelines to leadership following the adoption of the Mansfield Rule. Specifically:
- 40 percent of the participating firms have increased the representation of women and diverse lawyers in leadership and governance roles;
- 33 percent increased the number of women and diverse senior associates hired;
- 35 percent increased the number of women and diverse partners hired; and
- 38 percent increased the number of women and diverse lawyers promoted to partner.
As a result of these upward trends, several of the firms have also achieved Mansfield Certification Plus status. "Plus" status indicates that, in addition to meeting or exceeding the pipeline consideration requirements for Certification, these firms have successfully reached at least 30 percent women and minority lawyer representation in a notable number of their current leadership roles and committees. Certified Plus firms include: Arnold & Porter; Brinks Gilson & Lione; Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner; Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney; Cooley; Covington; Day Pitney; DLA Piper; Dorsey & Whitney; Faegre Baker Daniels; Fish & Richardson; Holland & Hart; Holland & Knight; Latham & Watkins LLP; Littler Mendelson; Miller Canfield; Morris, Manning & Martin; Morrison & Foerster; Munger, Tolles & Olson; Nixon Peabody; Orrick; O'Melveny & Myers; Reed Smith; Seyfarth Shaw; Sheppard Mullin; WilmerHale; and Winston & Strawn.
"It has been an extraordinary honor to test this idea and achieve Mansfield Certification Plus along with a number of other trailblazing firms. We look forward to continuing to move the needle on diversity and inclusion in our firm and on an even broader scale with the 65 firms participating as part of Mansfield 2.0," said Larren M. Nashelsky, Chair of Morrison & Foerster.
Certification Benefits
As a reward for achieving Mansfield Certification and Certification Plus, the firms will send their newly promoted diverse and women partners to one of three upcoming Client Forum events in New York, San Francisco, and Minneapolis/St. Paul. At the Client Forums, the women and minority lawyers will learn from and have an opportunity to connect one-on-one or in small groups with legal department lawyers from more than 60 legal departments from companies including, 3M, AIG, BASF, Baxter Healthcare, Bloomberg, CBS, Cargill, Dell, GAP, HP Inc., Salesforce, SurveyMonkey, and Walmart.
"At SurveyMonkey, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we strongly believe data is a valuable way to get us there. Equally important is paying it forward which is the reason we've recently partnered with Paradigm to create a template for measuring Belonging & Inclusion and work on other programs that help companies and industries use data to create a more inclusive culture. We applaud initiatives like the Mansfield Certification that bring data into play and help create transparency, accountability and increased diversity of leadership," said Lora Blum, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary at SurveyMonkey.
Mansfield Rule Version 2.0 — Launched July 2018
Diversity Lab also announced that it has launched the 2.0 iteration of the Mansfield Rule, which runs from July 2018 to July 2019, with 65 law firms. New for this version, Mansfield 2.0 will include LGBTQ+ lawyers as well as women and attorneys of color as part of the diverse candidate pool. Also new, in addition to leadership role appointments and lateral hiring, Mansfield 2.0 will also measure consideration for roles in client pitch meetings and will ask participating law firms to make appointment and election processes transparent to all lawyers in their firms. For the Mansfield 2.0 pilot, Diversity Lab will continue to measure and report data on participating firms' progress.
Diversity Lab is also partnering with ALM, parent company of The American Lawyer, to develop a new searchable feature in ALM Intelligence's Legal Compass database. The database will allow in-house counsel to search for law firms that are "Mansfield Certified" or are in the process of becoming certified.
Mansfield Rule 2.0 Participating Firms
|Faegre Baker Daniels
|Munger Tolles & Olson
|Arent Fox
|Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg
|Arnold & Porter
|Fenwick & West LLP
|Nixon Peabody
|Baker Botts
|Norton Rose Fulbright
|Baker McKenzie
|Fish & Richardson
|O'Melveny & Myers
|Beveridge & Diamond, PC
|Foley & Mansfield
|Blank Rome
|Pepper Hamilton
|Brinks Gilson & Lione
|Goulston & Storrs
|Reed Smith
|Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
|Hogan Lovells
|Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr
|Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
|Holland & Hart
|Schiff Hardin
|Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
|Holland & Knight
|Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis
|Clifford Chance
|Husch Blackwell
|Seyfarth Shaw
|Jenner & Block
|Sheppard Mullin
|Katten Muchin
|Crowell & Moring
|Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck
|Stoel Rives
|Day Pitney
|Littler Mendelson
|White & Case
|McDermott Will & Emery
|Merchant & Gould
|Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
|DLA Piper
|Miller Canfield
|Winston & Strawn
|Dorsey & Whitney
|Morgan Lewis
|Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
|Drinker Biddle & Reath
|Morris, Manning & Martin
|Eversheds Sutherland
|Morrison & Foerster


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Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa or none of the above, this time of the year is likely to bring with it some ritual of gift giving and receiving.
As much as I love the idea of a gift-giving ritual and can imagine just how rich in symbolism, generosity and creativity it could be, I also know that for many people the act of giving gifts has become at best a habit, and at worst a source of anxiety and guilt.
I come from a family that had little extra, in material terms, when we were children. These days my parents and my older sister and her husband have a bit of money to spare and they love spending it on their family. It's a beautiful, generous impulse. But when it happens all at once at Christmas time, quite frankly, it can overwhelm me.
For one thing, I've spent so many years living and working in countries where people don't even have the absolute essentials of life, anything that feels like excess is uncomfortable for me.
Secondly, I am not a great fan of getting more stuff (if you haven't already, you could watch this little story of stuff to get a sense of why I might feel that way). I believe we can (and need to) learn to have a very different relationship with our belongings – one in which we need less because we love what we have, and take care of it so it lasts much longer.
Thirdly, I don't always have as much spare cash as others in my family. I'm sure most of you know what that feels like, we've all been there at some point. Wealth, of course, is relative.
So a few years ago I asked my sisters and my parents how they would feel about us doing a gift-free Christmas. I was thinking of something along the lines of what my friend Leo Babauta does with his family – where he only give gifts that you've made yourself or that have been recycled or up-cycled.
Except in my version I'd also include charitable gifts made on behalf of loved ones, and gifts that contribute directly to Fair Trade projects like the Trade Aid stores.
My family, not surprisingly, didn't go for it. But they did say 'Marianne, you do whatever feels right to you. Don't feel any pressure to buy gifts that don't feel good to you. We like buying new things and we'll keep doing it, but we love that you do what you believe is right.'
It took a while for me to actually believe they meant it, that it wasn't some passive aggressive way of saying 'Fine, you miserly scrooge, feel free to go ahead and ruin Christmas for the rest of us, just so long as you feel good.'
But I decided to take them at their word, and the first year I found Fair Trade gifts for all the children and bought Oxfam Unwrapped gifts for the adults.
I was a bit worried that people wouldn't really enjoy them and that I would end up feeling like the 'carrot guy' in Jen's fantastic post on this same subject (read that post, it's wonderful)
But I didn't. The adults loved their gifts. The kids, well, they barely seemed to notice, there were so many gifts around.
So the next year I went a step further. I bought fair trade gifts for the adults and – all the aunties out there will know what a big deal this is – I bought nothing for the children. I wrote each of them a card telling them what I loved most about them and inviting them to come and stay with me all by themselves for a few days so that we could hang out together.
They loved it.
So now I've found my own gift giving groove. I enjoy finding fairly traded, sustainable gifts that my siblings and parents will love and I look forward to writing those loving cards for each of the children (I have lots of nephews and nieces). I look even more forward to their visits through the year.
This formula won't work for everyone. But the real lessons for me were:
- If you are brave enough to tell your family – with gentleness, love and no sense of judgement – what you prefer to do when it comes to gifts, they may just surprise you.
- Even if they don't, you get to decide what constitutes enough for you.
- By getting clear on what feels good to you in terms of gift-giving, you get to take back the joy of giving.
- And if it sometimes feels a bit wobbly, a bit awkward, even a bit hard, that's okay too. That's why we put daily practices like meditation and yoga in place, to give us a touchstone of inner stability when the holiday wobbles come along.
If talking to your family about this seems too hard to imagine, don't make things harder for yourself by forcing the issue right now. And know that there is no right answer. It took me a few years to find the right balance with my family, and I'm sure I'll adjust it again in the future.
What matters to me is that you find a path that eases your sense of stress, even a little bit. So perhaps the most important thing I can say in this message is this:
'You are doing the best you can and that, my friend, is always enough'
Remember to be kind to yourself, and to practice gratitude, it's like a hangover cure for guilt.
PS: This post is one of the 30 lessons in my Zen Peacekeeper's Guide to the Holidays course which is currently in session.


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In Salon 2 we were proud to be part of this years National Shave or Dye Event. We had a really fun morning Shaving heads and dying hair and raised just over €1,500.00. We would like to say a big Thank you to everyone who supported and or shaved/dyed their hair for the Irish Cancer Society, especially Rosie the only lady to shave all her hair and to Paul Cooke Sligo Rovers Manager who also shaved his head for this great cause.


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To multiply roses is something only for the professionals or for very experienced hobby gardeners? Are you kidding me? Are you serious when you say that! Today we show you how to easily grow your beautiful roses through cuttings from June to August. With this method, you can not only multiply your already existing flowers, but also use branches of roses from other gardens, such as those of your friends, and thereby create your very own rose paradise with little effort.
Roses multiply by cuttings in summer
Simply multiply roses: The instructions
Although the method of propagating through cuttings is quite simple, you will need a few things as well as sufficient preparation and of course some practical tips.
You need:
unfertilized potting soil or normal garden soil
some sand or coconut fibers
a little clay granules
a branch of roses
Plastic bucket or container
Plastic bag or bottle
And this is how it's done:
First, prepare the potting mix.
In a larger bucket, mix the potting soil with the sand or the coconut fibers and the clay granules. The latter binds the excess moisture and makes the soil more permeable. This prevents waterlogging and mold growth.
Now take the already worried Rosenzweig in the hand. For example, biennial, woody branches, fast-growing roses such as climbing, groundcover or rambler roses are best suited for this purpose. Edelrosen, on the other hand, are not recommended for the Steckling method.
Growing roses through cuttings is easier than you think
Just tear off the one branch of the rose branch to create an uneven tail. This can be shortened a bit with pruning shears. The Rosenzweig itself shorten then on about 20 cm in length. It is best to remove the foliage so that the branch does not lose extra liquid.
Place a drainage grid or cloth in a suitable flower pot and pour in your potting mixture until it reaches about one third of the pot. Then put your rose cuttings in the ground and fill them with the rest of the earth. Pour plenty of water afterwards.
You can also put several cuttings in a flower pot
Little trick: In order to keep the moisture evenly and rarely have to re-pour it, it is advisable to attach a small plastic bag with rubber band to the flowerpot. So, so to speak, a mini-greenhouse and the Steckling receives perfect wax conditions. To make this optimal, you can still excrete small holes on the plastic bag with the scissors.
In 3 to 6 weeks then drive the first green leaves on Rosenzweig.
Important tip: Do not fertilize your cutting at first, so that no extra liquid is withdrawn.
Soon the first results will show…
Plastic bottles are also suitable as mini-greenhouse
In this way, you can prepare quite a lot of rose branches as cuttings
Another interesting method for roses multiply in the water
Even more unusual seems to be the propagation method with potatoes
Either way you will be presented with beautiful rose petals and heavenly scent
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A$AP Ferg, a founding member of the A$AP Mob, has partnered with FANCY.com, the ultimate destination for consumers to discover and buy amazing things, to launch his inaugural Traplord Home Collection debuting by way of pop-up shop in Harlem, NYC. This unconventional retail space will be staged as Ferg's own apartment.
The shop located at 282 St. Nicholas Ave. between 124th and 125th Streets –will be open to the public this Friday, June 2 and Saturday, June 3 from 12:00 to 8:00 pm each day.
The Traplord Home Collection will feature limited-edition merchandise for the home – each designed by the artist himself. Luxury bedding and home goods brand Night:Shift worked hand in hand with Ferg to deck out the space in all-Traplord-everything including: duvet covers, bean bag chairs, throw pillows, blankets, bath towels, robes, mugs and more.
"We love how Ferg has a vision for everything from bedding to dinner plates," Joe Einhorn, CEO of Fancy, said. "He has a way of conveying his sensibilities so they are both stylish and accessible. Whether it's through his music, paintings, or home furnishings, Ferg always brings something new and fun to the table."
Amongst the custom home furnishings, Firefly Vapors' new Zebra Wood vaporizer will be showcased – these aerospace-grade pieces are the new gold standard of its vertical. Other special touches and stand-out moments to be noted in the space are vinyl wall clocks by Disc 'O' Clock, upcycled World Word II Icon Bar Cabinets by Danish Fuel, candles by DW Home Candles, doormats by Coco Mats and tableware by Dishes Only. All will champion the Traplord logo or crest and will be available for purchase.
"When you love a brand so much you want to sleep in it and live the lifestyle. I created that with this new collection, giving people more of the brand to use in their everyday lives. Traplord is more than a clothing brand, it's a lifestyle, for that reason I wanted to get into home goods and expand the brand- the line includes bean bags, towels, comforter sets, clocks, candles, and a few other items. There is a piece in there for
everyone. If you are a college student, the bean bag is a good addition to your dorm room, you can add the clock to your office space, add to your bathroom decor with the candle. There is a lot to work with for people who want to represent the brand."
A$AP Ferg's own artwork will be on display on Depict Frames, a stunning digital canvas blending cutting edge 4k Ultra HD technology and a sleek maple frame. Fans canlisten to A$AP Ferg music on both VINCI Headphones, the first smart headphones with AI, and on a custom Bumpboxx, the "biggest, baddest and loudest Bluetooth BoomBox, GhettoBlaster on the planet." Attendees will be able to interact with product and make themselves 'at home' by kicking their feet up and enjoying the full-fledged video game lounge.


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TeliaSonera supports MegaFon's acquisition of Scartel and Yota
MegaFon today announced its intention to acquire Scartel and Yota from its majority owner Garsdale at an equity value of USD 1.18 billion. TeliaSonera believes that this acquisition is value enhancing for MegaFon's shareholders as it will strengthen MegaFon's mobile data leadership in Russia and bring significant cost synergies. TeliaSonera intends to vote in favor of the proposed acquisition at the forthcoming extraordinary general meeting of MegaFon's shareholders on September 12, 2013.
Scartel and Yota own a nationwide 4G/LTE spectrum consisting of 2x30 MHz in the 2.5-2.6 GHz frequency band. It also owns a 4G/LTE network covering approximately 27 percent of the Russian population and provides 4G services to more than 600,000 subscribers. Scartel and Yota are today controlled by Garsdale which also owns the majority of MegaFon (50 percent plus 100 shares). Garsdale is ultimately controlled by Mr. Alisher Usmanov. Under Russian law, the proposed transaction constitutes an interested party transaction and must be approved by a simple majority of the disinterested shareholders at a general meeting of MegaFon. TeliaSonera owns 25.2 percent of the shares in MegaFon.
"TeliaSonera has done a thorough review, analyzing the merits and potential risks of this transaction during the past few months. The fact that the seller is also MegaFon's largest shareholder has made it even more important to look at it from the perspective of all shareholders. TeliaSonera has concluded that an acquisition of Scartel and Yota would be strategically attractive and value enhancing for MegaFon. We therefore intend to vote in favor of the transaction at the extraordinary general meeting in September," says Per-Arne Blomquist, President and CEO of TeliaSonera.
In connection with the proposed acquisition, Deutsche Bank has acted as financial advisor to TeliaSonera and provided a fairness opinion to the board of directors of TeliaSonera. White & Case has acted as legal counsel to TeliaSonera.
TeliaSonera AB discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Swedish Securities Markets Act and/or the Swedish Financial Instrument Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication at 8.05 a.m CET on August 8, 2013.
For more information, please contact the TeliaSonera press office +46 771 77 58 30, email@example.com, visit our Newsroom or follow us on Twitter @TLSN_Media.
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Statements made in the press release relating to future status or circumstances, including future performance and other trend projections are forward-looking statements. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future. There can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements due to many factors, many of which are outside the control of TeliaSonera.
TeliaSonera provides network access and telecommunication services in the Nordic and Baltic countries, the emerging markets of Eurasia, including Russia and Turkey, and in Spain. TeliaSonera helps people and companies communicate in an easy, efficient and environmentally friendly way. Our ambition is to be number one or two in all our markets, providing the best customer experience, high quality networks and cost efficient operations. TeliaSonera is also the leading European wholesale provider with a wholly-owned international carrier network. In 2012, net sales amounted to SEK 105 billion, EBITDA to SEK 36.1 billion and earnings per share to SEK 4.59. The TeliaSonera share is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm and NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. Read more at www.teliasonera.com.


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Atlantis on last mission to repair Hubble telescopeMay 11th, 2009 - 5:40 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 11 (DPA) For nearly 20 years the Hubble Space Telescope has kept its orbiting eye trained on the universe, and with the launch of space shuttle Atlantis to repair the ageing instrument, scientists hope it will continue to provide important discoveries.
The fifth and last mission to repair Hubble is to launch at 1801 GMT Monday from the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Atlantis crew will undertake five spacewalks, adding two new instruments, repairing two others and replacing other hardware in frequently delicate operations.
Scientists say the upgrades, which US space agency NASA hopes will extend Hubble's life span until at least 2014, will continue to provide clues about the origin and nature of the universe.
Since its launch in 1990, Hubble has helped scientists to place the age of the universe at 13.7 billion years, learn that black holes are at the centre of most galaxies, monitor planetary formation and discover that the universe is expanding at an ever-faster pace.
With the addition of new instruments and repairs of others, scientists still hope to learn about the gases between galaxies and take detailed pictures of distant stars.
The risky mission to repair Hubble has been plagued by delays, with NASA indefinitely postponing it because of problems with the orbiting telescope's mechanisms. A launch slated for Oct 14, 2008, was cancelled.
NASA reluctantly scheduled the service mission under pressure from space enthusiasts who were alarmed at the prospect that Hubble would shut down for years until the planned 2011 launch of a successor, the James Webb Space Telescope.
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- Astronauts install device on Hubble to study cosmic origins - May 17, 2009
- Astronauts release Hubble telescope back into orbit - May 19, 2009
- NASA unveils first images from revamped Hubble - Sep 10, 2009
- US astronauts conclude spacewalk after battle with tricky bolt - May 18, 2009
- Astronauts installing new camera on Hubble - May 15, 2009
- Canada unveils device for big space telescope - Jul 26, 2012
- Astronauts install new camera on Hubble - May 15, 2009
- Revamped Hubble ready to tackle universe's big questions - May 21, 2009
- Astronauts finish Hubble repairs - May 19, 2009
- Space shuttle Atlantis lands after Hubble repairs - May 25, 2009
- NASA for early Hubble mission - Apr 24, 2009
- NASA's Shuttle Atlantis Launches on a Final Mission to Hubble - May 12, 2009
- Minor tile damage to space shuttle Atlantis - May 13, 2009
- NASA delays shuttle Endeavour's launch - Apr 30, 2011
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