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Banks look to recover lost ground in 2014
2014 appears brighter as real economic activity is expected to pick up, coupled with expectations of lower inflation.
Tuesday January 14 2014
Commercial banks were optimistic about their performance in 2013 than they were in 2012 last year when most of them posted marginal growth in profits while others incurred losses.
However, going by the look of things and given that some of them have been struggling for the most part of the year, 2013 profits could even be lower than they were in 2012.
Housing Finance Bank outgoing managing director Mr Nicholas Okwir affirms this.
He told this newspaper recently that 2013 was a difficult year for the banking industry due to a slowdown in economic growth, which he says may affect profit growth.
"Demand is still subdued, household consumption is minimal and a few people are borrowing yet majority are unable to meet their loan repayment obligations," he says.
Mr Stephen Kaboyo, Alpha Capital Partners managing director also notes that 2013 was a tough year for most businesses, characterized by constrained credit flow due to high bank lending rates.
Sluggish borrowing
Subdued loan uptake in the market, coupled with low deposits is expected to trim profits in the industry since interest income and fees are the main sources of income for commercial banks.
While no commercial bank has so far made public its full year financial performance results, Stanbic Bank posted a fall in its half-year profits, declining by 1.7 per cent to Shs57.3 billion for the six months that ended June 30, 2013, from Shs58.3 billion the previous year.
Stanbic managing director Philip Odera attributed the fall in the half-year profits to the lag effects of the 2011 inflationary pressures and the resultant increase in lending rates that constrained individuals and businesses, resulting in low demand for loans and trimmed deposits.
The low appetite for loans is partly attributed to high interest rates, which have made it difficult for borrowers to pay back loans amid the high cost of living.
Stanbic for instance posted a reduction in loans and advances to customers in the first half of 2013, falling by 7.5 per cent to Shs1.36 trillion while deposits declined by 15.6 per cent to Shs1.74 trillion from Shs2 trillion in the same period last year.
Stagnant lending rates
Although Bank of Uganda reduced the Central Bank Rate – the rate at which it lends to commercial banks – to 11.5 per cent in December owing to a fall in inflation, from 23 per cent in January last year, commercial banks' lending rates have been stagnant, averaging at 21 per cent from an extreme of 34 per cent over the same period.
The BoU December Monetary Policy report also reveals constrained growth in private sector credit, which grew by only 0.8 per cent in October compared to 1.1 per cent in September.
In 2012, only a few banks including Stanbic, Centenary, Standard Chartered and Barclays among others posted marginal growth in profits while United Bank for Africa, Fina, Ecobank and Global Trust incurred losses.
It should, however, be noted that while the provision for bad loans in the industry increased to 4.3 per cent – as a percentage of the Shs7.6 trillion loan portfolio held by commercial banks – at the end of 2012 from 2.2 per cent in 2011, banks may post lower bad loan rates in 2013 due to the tightening of borrowing procedures, in addition to restructuring repayment arrangements to enable those who had borrowed money to pay back.
DFCU Bank for instance posted a 12.7 per cent dip in the allowance for impairment of loans to Shs2.5 billion in the first half of 2013, from Shs2.8 billion in the same period last year while Stanbic's impairment charge for credit losses more than halved to Shs23.3 billion from Shs59.9 billion.


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By Amy Cherry 12:58pm, October 2, 2013 - Updated 8:15pm, October 2, 2013A 21-year-old Philadelphia man is shot in Wilmington.
It happened at 30th and Madison Streets just before lunchtime Wednesday.
Wilmington Police say the victim showed up at Wilmington Hospital with gunshot wounds to his torso.
So far, a motive and the victim's condition are unknown.
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Saturday, 11th January 2014
Roopkumar is the son of the late Pandit Chaturbhuj Rathod, the classical luminary, an exponent of the rare and arguably the oldest style of singing i.e. Dhrupad. He belongs to the Aditya Gharana of Jamnagar. An eminent classical singer known for his soulful Bhajans and Ghazals, he is also a leading playback singer and music director in Bollywood.
Ranjani and Gayatri's talent was discovered at an age when they were toddlers showing an uncanny interest in grasping the subtle nuances of Carnatic music. Their first concert for the prestigious Indian Music Group in 1986 came at an age of 13 and 10 respectively. Through their intense training and fine artistry, they have established themselves as top-class carnatic vocalists of international repute.
Ustaad Rashid Khan is one of the most outstanding exponents of Indian Classical Music. He has included the slow elaboration in his vilambit khayals and has also developed an exceptional expertise in the use of sargams and sargam taankari. Adept in producing all the other techniques, Rashid Khan's taankari is as powerful and variegated as any of his predecessors.


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Declaration of Sales IndependenceThursday, November 6th, 2008
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
These words, penned over 200 years ago in the Declaration of Independence are just as true now as they were then. As sales professionals we sometimes tend to trample on these unalienable rights of our prospects and customers without even knowing.
Ari Galper, a highly acclaimed International Sales Trainer and Coach, and an expert in human communication has discovered that sales professionals need a bold shift in their mindset from traditional sales thinking that creates undue pressure and discomfort for our prospects and clients. This led to the creation of Unlock the Game, a highly successful sales training program. This new mindset also led Ari to create his own Declaration of Sales Independence.
I would encourage every sales professional out there to place a printed copy of this Declaration in their cubicle, desk area or office. Let's make a personal promise to the world as sales professionals and demonstrate that Selling is indeed a noble profession.


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Rush's Stack of Stuff
Do Your Show Prep: Everything Rush reads to prepare for the show.
Some of the topics we're loaded with today: Unemployment Down as People Stop Looking || Newt Rise Continues || Islamists Poised to Seize Power in Egypt
Do Your Show Prep: Everything Rush reads to prepare for the show.
Some of the topics we're loaded with today: Unemployment Down as People Stop Looking || Newt Rise Continues || Islamists Poised to Seize Power in Egypt
RUSH: I got up this morning and I did the show prep routine and one of the first places I always go is Drudge and I saw it right there in red, and it's 8.6, and that's all it said, and I knew what it was. It's Friday, and I didn't need to know anything else. I knew that was the unemployment number, 8.6, and that's all anybody else is gonna hear. They're not gonna dig deep and find out how it happened.
RUSH: Gingrich has lit a firestorm out there with his comments on poor kids and work.
RUSH: There's some weird stuff out there today. Well, for example, in Saudi Arabia...
CALLER: I met a wonderful woman a few years back and married her, and she's a conservative Republican, and about a year ago, our debates with each other were getting so bad that we were about to go through a divorce, and I'm driving in the car one day and I start listening to your show, and you really opened my eyes. I've been converted over to a conservative Republican; and I tell you, me and my wife now get along better than ever.
RUSH: This is the back page of the December issue of the Limbaugh Letter, which is on the way to subscribers even now. It's a Christmas card from all of us to you, and you see that we're making fun of Coca-Cola and the white cans and the polar bears.
RUSH: As a fellow broadcaster, I probably shouldn't say this, but that just means I will.
RUSH: Another great example of an Open Line Friday call.
CALLER: I called because I was looking for motivation. I'm a Republican, a conservative Republican. With all that's been going on, candidate after candidate has just been slapping around. Within my own community we are having a lot of issues with trying to decide who we want to represent us on the Republican side.
The content of today's update requires a warning: Some of you may find the lead item disturbing. All right. Here we go.
RUSH: I feel like I'm listening to a Bond villain here: "The United States rapidly becoming one of the most socially unjust in the wooorld in the area of foreign policy at which I excel. I alone permitted to make this judgment and I look at the United States and I see this widening gap of rich and poor. I myself am rich, but I deserve to be rich because I'm smarter than all the rest of you plebes.... What it really means is, I'm not being invited to the right parties anymore, because I worked for that dummkopf Jimmy Carter."
RUSH: There are a lot of people who have that fear of Newt Gingrich...
RUSH: Frank Luntz also told the governors, I'm told, that the best thing a Republican can say to the Occupy crowd is, "I got it." A Republican candidate, the best thing to say to these protesters is, "I get it, I get it." What a day...You talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory?
How Would You Like to be Herman Cain Today?...Trump to Moderate GOP Debate...Labor Department Proposes New Rules for Child Farm Workers...
RUSH: I absolutely love it! Play off of Toys for Tots.


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On November 16, 2012, the New York State Police in Kingston announce the arrest of Rasheem O. Eccleston, 20, from East Orange, NJ for Grand Larceny in the third degree.
Eccleston is accused of stealing approximately $33,300 from an elderly female subject who resides in the city of Kingston. The investigation revealed that Mr. Eccleston was involved in a lottery scam, where he fraudulently received money from the victim under false pretenses.
The incident occurred between 09/20/12 – 09/26/12 in the city of Kingston. Eccleston was arraigned in the Town of Marbletown Court and was remanded to Ulster County Jail in lieu of $50,000 cash bail or $100,000 secured bond. Eccleston was scheduled to appear in the City of Kingston Court on November 20, 2012.


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Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 126
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|Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 126
地獄の詩人 ヘルポエマー
Jigoku no Shijin Herupoemā
|Japanese translation
Poet of Hell, Hellpoemer
The Darkness Returns - Part 2
|Episode number
|Japanese air date
September 17, 2002
|English air date
May 22, 2004
|Japanese opening
|Japanese ending
|Episode listing
|Yu-Gi-Oh! episode listing (season 3)
|The Darkness Returns - Part 1
|The Darkness Returns - Part 3
Featured Duel: Marik Ishtar VS. Joey Wheeler - Part 2
Duel continues from previous episode.
Turn 6: Joey Wheeler
At the End Phase, "Plasma Eel's" effect activates, decreasing the ATK of "Panther Warrior" by 500 ("Panther Warrior": 2000 → 1500/1600).
Turn 7: Yami Marik
Yami Marik draws "Coffin Seller". He then Sets two cards.
Turn 8: Joey Wheeler
Joey draws "Insect Queen". Joey's hand contains "Graceful Dice", "Insect Queen", "Baby Dragon", and "Foolish Burial". Joey then Normal Summons "Baby Dragon" (1200/700) in Defense Position. "Rocket Warrior" attacks "Drillago". Due to the effect of "Rocket Warrior", it is not destroyed and Joey takes no Battle Damage. After damage calculation, "Drillago" loses 500 ATK until the end of the turn ("Drillago": 1600 → 1100/1500). Marik activates his face-down "Card of Last Will" to draw five cards since one of his monsters had lost ATK. Marik's hand contains "Legendary Fiend", "Premature Burial", "Relieve Monster", "Nightmare Mirror" and "The Winged Dragon of Ra".
Joey Tributes a Sheep Token to allow "Panther Warrior" to attack. "Panther Warrior" attacks and destroys "Drillago" (Marik 3300 → 2900). Marik activates his face-down "Coffin Seller". Now Joey will take 300 damage each time a monster is sent to his Graveyard. At the end of the Battle Phase, "Helpoemer's" effect activates from Marik's Graveyard, forcing Joey to discard "Insect Queen" (Joey 4000 → 3700). At the End Phase, "Plasma Eel's" effect activates ("Panther Warrior": 1500 → 1000/1600).
Turn 9: Yami Marik
Yami Marik draws "Nightmare Wheel". He then Sets a card. Yami Marik then activates "Premature Burial" to pay 800 Life Points (Marik 2900 → 2100) and Special Summon "Drillago" from his Graveyard (1600/1100) in Attack Position. Yami Marik then Tributes "Drillago" in order to Tribute Summon "Legendary Fiend" (1500/1800) in Attack Position.
Turn 10: Joey Wheeler
Joey draws "Little-Winguard". Marik activates his face-down "Nightmare Wheel" and targets "Rocket Warrior" for its effect. Now "Rocket Warrior" is forbidden from attacking while "Nightmare Wheel" is face-up and during each of Yami Marik's Standby Phases, Joey will take 500 damage. Joey Normal Summons "Little-Winguard" (1400/1800) in Defense Position and switches "Panther Warrior" to Defense Position. At the End Phase, "Plasma Eel's" effect activates ("Panther Warrior": 1000 → 500/1600).
Turn 11: Yami Marik
Yami Marik draws "Malevolent Catastrophe". On Yami Marik's Standby Phase, the effect of "Nightmare Wheel" activates (Joey 3700 → 3200). At the same time, "Legendary Fiend's" ATK increases by 700 due to its own effect ("Legendary Fiend": 1500 → 2200/1800). "Legendary Fiend" attacks & destroys "Little-Winguard" (Joey 3200 → 2900). Yami Marik then Sets "Malevolent Catastrophe".
Turn 12: Joey Wheeler
Joey draws "Question" and subsequently activates it. Yami Marik must now guess the first monster that went to Joey's Graveyard. If he is right, the monster is removed from play, but if Yami Marik is wrong, the monster will be Special Summoned from Joey's Graveyard. Since Marik cannot guess correctly (The card at the bottom of Joey's Graveyard was discarded by "Helpoemer"), Joey is able to Special Summon "Jinzo" (2400/1500) from his Graveyard in Attack Position. Due to the effect of "Jinzo", all Trap Cards on the field are destroyed. With "Nightmare Wheel" destroyed, "Rocket Warrior" is released from its effect.
Joey then switches "Baby Dragon" and "Panther Warrior" to Attack Position. "Jinzo" attacks and destroys "Legendary Fiend" (Marik 2100 → 1900). "Baby Dragon" and "Rocket Warrior" attack directly, but Marik activates his face-down "Dark Wall of Wind" to prevent himself from taking any Battle Damage from direct attacks this turn. At the end of the Battle Phase, the effect of "Helpoemer" activates, forcing Joey to discard "Foolish Burial". At the End Phase, "Plasma Eel's" effect activates ("Panther Warrior": 500 → 0/1600).
Turn 13: Yami Marik
Yami Marik draws "Lava Golem". He then Tributes "Jinzo" and "Baby Dragon" in order to Special Summon "Lava Golem" (3000/2500) to Joey's side of the field in Attack Position. Yami Marik then Sets a card.
Changes to the English Dub
- The face on "Premature Burial" is obscured from view.
- Card of Last Will's cross is changed to a rounded gravestone in the dub.
- Little-Winguard is redisgned in the dub.
- In the dub, "Foolish Burial" is seen with its Japanese artwork.
- Also in the dub, a shot of Marik about to Set a card is re-added after he Sets it.
- Up until this episode, Little-Winguard was called Tiny Guardian.
Featured cards
The following cards appeared in this episode. Cards in italics debuted here.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 This was played as a Normal Monster. It is an Effect Monster in the TCG/OCG.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 This card can be seen after Marik draw from his Deck from "Card of Last Will"'s effect.
- ↑ In the dub, this card replaces "Scratch Wheel".
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 This card was discard randomly by "Helpoemer"'s effect.
- ↑ This card can be seen in Joey's hand.


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The name of the software is "IronCleaner" and it can be downloaded from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ironcleaner/
I have tested it and it works fine. It even deletes the folders of stored files, though Iron emediately restores them on browser re-start. You have to choose your clening options before you can find and select the Iron "Profile" folder on your hard drive. I have chosen to have Iron store files like PDF and Windows Media Player files in the Cache folder, then they are deleted when IronCleaner is run.
Downsides: There is no option to save certain cookies or certain temporary internet files (i.e. youtube, to get rid of the annoying language selection). Also, there is no choice for automated cleaning, it has to be done manually. Maybe there will be an update for this eventually!


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Royal college acts to temper workload of consultant psychiatrists
Authors: Helen Jaques
Publication date: 30 May 2012
Consultant psychiatrists are increasingly under pressure of time and resources as a result of the financial cutbacks in the NHS, the Royal College of Psychiatrists has said.
Job plans and job descriptions need to be drawn up in such a way as to ensure that consultants have the time to deliver the high quality care that is needed and also the time and resources to fulfil their non-clinical roles in service development, innovation, teaching, and management, said Laurence Mynors-Wallis, the college's registrar.
"Consultant time is under pressure and will become even more under pressure as the financial difficulties that the country faces worsen," he said. "In addition, trusts and providers are under pressure financially, and the only way the NHS can save money is through cutting staff, not just medical staff but also nursing staff and other professions . . . So there is a concern that consultants are going to be asked to do more and asked to go beyond what enables them to deliver safe high quality care."
Furthermore, said Mynors-Wallis, consultant psychiatrists' jobs are more specialised and complex than in the past, and patients have higher expectations of their consultant, both adding to pressure on their time.
The college emphasises that organisations should have enough consultant psychiatrists to provide the range of activities needed but also to provide cover for out of hours work and for rota cross cover.
Consultant psychiatrists also need enough administrative and clinical support to allow them the time to deliver the activities for which they have been trained. For example, it is unlikely that consultants in general adult psychiatry inpatient posts can manage more than 15 or 20 beds without additional support from another senior doctor, either an approved specialty doctor or a years 4-6 specialty trainee, says the college.
It is consulting on draft guidance on reasonable workload expectations for consultant psychiatrists. This will outline how consultants in the various subspecialties of psychiatry should split their time to balance their clinical, leadership, and education roles.
Consultant psychiatrists should ideally have a 10 programmed activities (PAs) a week contract, of which 7.5 are for direct clinical care and where one or 1.5 of the remaining 2.5 supporting professional activities are for continuing professional development to count towards revalidation, the college has recommended.
The guidance also outlines how consultant psychiatrists in various subspecialties could best split their time. For example, a full time consultant working in a general adult psychiatry inpatient post who has no specific educational or leadership role should each week have five PAs for ward based clinical activity, which includes clinical decision meetings and interviewing patients and carers; two PAs for Mental Health Act work; and half a PA for clinical administrative tasks.
The college is inviting responses to the draft guidance. Please send any feedback to firstname.lastname@example.com by 6 June.
Read Safe Patients, High Quality Services: A Guide to Job Descriptions and Job Plans for Consultant Psychiatrists at [Link] .
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Subsidy funding for medical aids and equipment is available to eligible Queenslanders with permanent/stable conditions or disabilities. Aids and equipment are subsidy funded either on a permanent loan basis, private ownership or through the supply of consumables.
MASS will be closed over the Christmas period from COB Friday 23 December 2016 until Monday 2 January 2017. MASS will reopen on Tuesday 3 January 2017.
Find out more about subsidy schemes coordinated by the Medical Aids Subsidy Scheme (MASS)
Communication aids, continence aids, daily living aids, home oxygen, medical-grade footwear, mobility aids, spinal and lower limb orthoses, artificial limbs, spectacles
The Vehicle Options Subsidy Scheme (VOSS) supports people with a disability to purchase or modify a private vehicle.
The Community Aids, Equipment and Assistive Technologies Initiative (CAEATI) helps eligible people with a disability with the cost of aids, equipment or assistive technologies.
Equipment provided through the Cystic Fibrosis Program (CFP).
Advice for looking after your aids and equipment, and what to do if repairs are needed.
Regular workshops and webinars are provided for Medical Aids Subsidy Scheme (MASS) prescribers.
Contact a MASS service centre or clinical advisor.
MASS Action Newsletter November 2016
MASS and the NDIS
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a new way of providing supports for people with disability to live in the community and take part in everyday activities. For eligible participants, this will mean changes to the way they currently access supports from schemes such as the Medical Aids Subsidy Scheme (MASS). Find out more.
Workshops are being held to provide information on the NDIS. Find further information on the NDIS website.
Updates to forms, guidelines and information
VOSS Guidelines (2.00) (Updated 19/05/2016)
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Percy Jackson graphic novels are flying off the Naperville Public Library's shelves! Why? Because kids love the pictures, colors, special effects and adventurous story lines.
The "Percy Jackson & the Olympians" series by Rick Riodan includes five books. Book number one is "The Lightening Thief".
In this story, Percy is a 12 year old demigod; the son of Poseidon. He is about to be kicked out of boarding school. And that's the least of his troubles. Mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbooks and into his life.
Graphic novels, such as the Percy Jackson series, are cartoon drawings, like comics, that tell a story and are published in book form. The story is enhanced by the inclusion of both narrative and sequential illustrations. Some people call graphic novels expensive comic books. Readers of graphic novels call them awesome!
Readers of graphic novels have lots to say about the dynamic graphic novel genre. Kathleen, age 10, likes the visualization of graphic novels. She says the pictures help tell the story. Eunice, age 8, likes the visualization too, as she likes to see how the characters are feeling through the pictures. She said you can see the characters specific emotions through the pictures. And Gregory, age 8, who reads both graphic novels and traditionally formatted books, says he is drawn to graphic novels as the titles are "cool" and they have exciting covers. The Star Wars series is Gregory's favorite choice in the extensive graphic novel collection which the Library circulates.
Fiction, or imaginary stories such as Percy Jackson, Pokemon, The Boxcar Children, or Star Wars, are not the only topics covered in graphic novels. In recent years, non fiction, or books based on fact, have exploded into the graphic novel genre as well. Biographies, books about someone's life, are plentiful. "Houdini: The Life of the Great Escape Artist" by Agnieszka Biskup is an example of a graphic novel biography. This book tells of Houdini whose name is forever linked with death-defying escapes and magic.
Science topics abound, as in the graphic novel also by Agnieszka Biskup, called "Vampires and Cells". This book has a gruesome cover and content that covers blood, amoebas and organs.
You can learn history by reading graphic novels. Read "The First Moon Landing" by Elizabeth Hudson-Goff to know more about astronaut Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon, which took place 45 years ago this month.
Just like traditional forms of literature, graphic novels can be useful tools for helping students critically examine aspects of history, science, literature, and art.
If you are a reluctant reader, or know one, you may want to consider exploring graphic novels as motivation to read. Graphic novels are short in length which is appealing to those who are put off by fat books with a lot of text and intimidating vocabulary. Since the pictures in graphic novels are so plentiful and illustrative, reading comprehension is enhanced. The pictures provide many clues to the story --- making reading a fun and inviting experience to a reluctant reader.
Graphic novels are now mainstream offerings in publishing, libraries and education. They are available in almost any content area and for any age reader. If you have not yet been introduced to graphic novels, come on down to the Library and ask the library staff to show you where they are!


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Jordan Anderson is the new associate pastor for Cubahatchie Church, Shorter. He is currently attending Troy University in Montgomery. Anderson was ordained and licensed to the ministry May 15 at the church. He is engaged to Whitney Segrest. Perry Neal is pastor.


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The oldest hatred forever youngApril 16,2014Most of the hate crimes in the United States dont take the fatal form that the shootings in Kansas over the weekend did, and most arent perpetrated by villains as bloated with rage and blinded by conspiracy theories as the person accused in this case, Frazier Glenn Cross. Hes an extreme, not an emblem.
This is someone who went on Howard Sterns radio show four years ago (why, Howard, did you even hand him that megaphone?) and called Adolf Hitler the greatest man who ever walked the earth. When Stern asked Miller whether he had more intense antipathy for Jews or for blacks (why that question?), Miller chose the Jews, definitely the Jews, a thousand times more, he said.
Compared to our Jewish problem, all other problems are mere distractions, he declaimed, and he apparently wasnt just spouting off. He was gearing up.
Sunday, according to the police, he drove to a Jewish community center in Overland Park, Kan., and opened fire, then moved on to a nearby Jewish retirement home and did the same. Three people were killed.
They were Christian, as it happens. When hatred is loosed, were all in the crossfire.
Monday, as law enforcement officials formally branded what happened in Kansas a hate crime, I looked at the spectrum of such offenses nationally: assault, intimidation, vandalism.
The FBI keeps statistics, the most recent of which are for 2012. In the United States that year there were 6,573 hate-crime incidents reported to the bureau (a fraction, no doubt, of all that occurred). While most were motivated by race, about 20 percent were motivated by the victims perceived religion roughly the same percentage as those motivated by the victims presumed sexual orientation. I didnt expect a number that high.
Nor did I expect this: Of the religion-prompted hate crimes, 65 percent were aimed at Jews, a share relatively unchanged from five years earlier (69 percent) and another five before that (65 percent). In contrast, 11 percent of religious-bias crimes in 2012 were against Muslims.
Our country has come so far from the anti-Semitism of decades ago that we tend to overlook the anti-Semitism that endures. Weve moved on to fresher discussions, newer fears.
Following 9/11, there was enormous concern that all Muslims would be stereotyped and scapegoated, and this heightened sensitivity lingers. It partly explains what just happened at Brandeis University. The school had invited Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a celebrated advocate for Muslim women, to receive an honorary degree. But when some professors and students complained, citing statements of hers that seemed broadly derisive of Islam, the invitation was withdrawn. Clearly, university officials didnt want their campus seen as a cradle or theater of Islamophobia.
But other college campuses in recent years have been theaters of anti-Israel discussions that occasionally veer toward, or bleed into, condemnations of Jews. And while we dont have the anti-Semitism in our politics that some European countries do, theres still bigotry under the surface. There are still caricatures that wont die.
One of them flared last month on Christian televangelist Pat Robertsons TV show. His guest was a rabbi who, shockingly, was himself trafficking in the notion that Jews excel at making money. The rabbi said that a Jew wouldnt squander a weekend tinkering with his car when he could hire a mechanic and concentrate on something else.
Its polishing diamonds, not fixing cars, Robertson interjected.
Polishing diamonds?
In a 2013 survey of 1,200 American adults for the Anti-Defamation League, 14 percent agreed with the statement that Jews have too much power in our country, while 15 percent said Jews are more willing to use shady practices and 30 percent said that American Jews are more loyal to Israel than to the United States.
Thats disturbing, as is the way in which the Holocaust is minimized by its repeated invocation as an analogy. In separate comments this year, venture capitalist Tom Perkins and Kenneth Langone, one of the founders of Home Depot, said that the superrich in America were being vilified the way Jews in Nazi Germany had been.
Its not just Kansas and the heartland where anti-Semitism, sometimes called the oldest hatred, stays young.
A story in The Times last year focused on an upstate New York community in which three Jewish families filed suit against the school district, citing harassment of Jewish students by their peers. The abuse included Nazi salutes and swastikas drawn on desks, on lockers, on a playground slide.
When a parent complained in 2011, the districts superintendent responded, in an email: Your expectations for changing inbred prejudice may be a bit unrealistic.
Well, the only way to breed that prejudice out of the generations to come is never to shrug our shoulders like that and never to avert our eyes.
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Volume 80, Issue 9, 01 November 1996
Scattering of evanescent light by a finite‐size probe in near‐field scanning optical microscopy80(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.363519View Description Hide Description
Scattering of the evanescent light by a finite‐size SiO2 probe is calculated using a point matching method in order to improve the efficiency collecting the near‐field optical signal. The scattered‐light patterns can be classified into three categories. Category 1 is where the probe tip radius is very small (<λ/13). Category 3 is where the probe radius is very large (≳λ/6). Category 2 is the intermediate case (λ/13<radius<λ/6). When the radius is in category 1, the scattered light is able to be treated as a field radiated by the point dipole induced by the evanescent light at the probe tip. When the tip radius is in category 2 (λ/13<radius<λ/6), in order to obtain the angular distribution of the scattered light, the induced multipoles should be calculated, considering the probe radius and the incident angle. When the tip radius is in category 3 (radius ≳λ/6), the scattered light becomes larger in the parallel direction to a prism surface due to the forward scattering of the evanescent light.
Melt‐drawn scanning near‐field optical microscopy probe profiles80(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.363521View Description Hide Description
Consistently obtaining super‐resolution with scanning near‐field optical microscopy depends almost entirely on the ability to manufacture reproducibly probes with aperture sizes smaller than 100 nm. The probe fabrication process usually involves heating an optical fiber using a CO2 laser and melt‐drawing the glass to produce a taper. A number of variables ultimately define the taper shape but the actual effects these parameters have are still not clear. In this work, the physics behind the taper formation is examined in detail for the first time and equations describing the initial taper profile and the final aperture size are derived in terms of the experimental conditions. It is shown that the taper shape is primarily determined by the laser spot size. The pulling force, although important, has a lower significance. Continuum mechanics and Stefan's law are used to show that the aperture size is closely related to the radius of the fiber at the start of the hard pull and the fiber temperature at that time. Further comparisons of experimental data with the expected taper profile exposes the heating effect of the CO2 laser. Further analysis is given using a form of Mie theory which describes the interaction of electromagnetic fields with cylindrical structures. These results give many significant insights into the fabrication process and the formation of the aperture.
Diagnosis of high‐brightness ion beams produced in point pinch diodes80(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.363522View Description Hide Description
Diagnosis and evaluation have been carried out of the ion beam and anodeplasma produced in a ''point pinch diode.'' From the measurement of a highly resolved Thomson‐parabola mass spectrometer, the ions accelerated in the diode gap contain (a) protons, (b) highly ionized carbon and oxygen ions, and (c) singly ionized medium mass ions such as carbon, oxygen, CO+ 2, OH+, H2O+. Time‐integrated x‐ray and particle pinhole images show the spot size of the electron beam on the plasma to be less than 0.5 mm in diameter, in which fine structures are found with size less than 0.1 mm. A Kα satellite line of Al V is observed with a crystal spectrograph, which indicates the existence of Al4+ in the plasma.
The frequency spectrum of a phase‐modulated interferometer illuminated by a Gaussian source80(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.363523View Description Hide Description
A detailed theoreticalanalysis with numerical calculations was conducted to study the frequency spectrum resulting from the application of a sinusoidal phase modulation to a two‐beam interferometer illuminated by a low‐coherence source with a Gaussian spectral profile. Results of these calculations show behavior of the frequency components which was unexpected from earlier derivations of the frequency spectrum. The results of the calculations have been experimentally confirmed using an all‐fiber interferometer illuminated by a source with a Gaussian spectral profile. The results will be useful for the signal processing of tandem interferometers for ''white light'' interferometry in the field of optical sensing.
Properties of a submicrometer x‐ray beam at the exit of a waveguide80(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.363524View Description Hide Description
This report discusses the properties of a 13‐keV submicrometer x‐ray beam exiting from a waveguide. Waveguides for this spectral regime can be constructed by enclosing a low‐absorbing material between highly absorbant metals. Best performance is found for about 0.1 μm guiding layer thickness. Measurements of the photon beam size close to the exit and of the intensity distribution far from the exit will be presented. From these data one derives a beam size at the exit which is identical to the guiding layer thickness. This number being in the submicrometer range offers interesting perspectives for microscopy experiments in the hard x‐ray range.
Effects of current spreading under oxide current aperture in vertical‐cavity surface‐emitting lasers80(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.363525View Description Hide Description
We discuss a buried oxide layer forming a current aperture in a vertical‐cavity surface‐emitting laser. The current spreading under the oxide current aperture leads to high threshold and dual‐longitudinal‐wavelength characteristics. One is the as‐grown cavity resonance and the other is the resonance wavelength under the oxide layer. This structure exhibits ≳30 dB side‐mode suppression throughout its operating range. Meanwhile, a single‐longitudinal‐wavelength laser with a minimized current spreading has a low threshold current of 85 μA and several nonlasing modes.
Precisely tuned emission from porous silicon vertical optical cavity in the visible region80(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.363526View Description Hide Description
The operating peak energy of a porous silicon(PS)cavity can be completely controlled over a wide range of 1.5–2.2 eV, using a PS‐based Fabry–Perot resonator composed of a light‐emitting active PS layer and two high‐reflectivity mirrors. When the PS devices are excited by a uv laser, quite narrow spectra (10–40 meV in full width at half‐maximum) are observed without any significant signs of side mode. The central photon energy is precisely and continuously tuned simply by changing the anodization parameters. The key issues of the controlled device operation are adjustment of the optical thickness of the active PS layer to an appropriate value and fabrication of the quarter‐wavelength multilayered PSmirror with a high reflectivity. The spectral qualities of the emitted light are also discussed by theoretical analyses on the basis of a simplified model. These results suggest that the PS devices operate as sharp band‐pass optical filter and the PS materials are available for novel silicon‐based microphotonics.
The fluorescence of Nd3+ in lead borate and bismuth borate glasses with large stimulated emission cross section80(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.363520View Description Hide Description
The stimulated emission cross section σ p for the 1060 nm transition of Nd3+ in lead borate and bismuth borate glasses has been determined from fluorescence measurements. The compositional dependence of σ p , which has been evaluated using radiative transition probability, refractive index of the host glass, effective fluorescencelinewidth, and position of the band, with PbO/Bi2O3 content is investigated. The σ p values of the 1060 nm band of Nd3+ for lead borate and bismuth borate glasses are found to be in the range 2.6–5.7×10−20 cm2 at 298 K and 3.0–6.3×10−20 cm2 at 4.2 K. The σ p values are comparatively large suggesting the possible utilization of these materials in laser applications.
Influence of free carrier concentration on absorption and third‐order susceptibilities of n‐type ZnSe crystals80(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.363527View Description Hide Description
This study analyzes the dependence of third‐order susceptibilities at 532 nm of n‐type ZnSe crystals in relation to free carrier concentration and annealing temperatures. The nonlinear optical absorption and the efficiency of degenerate four‐wave mixing of ZnSe are investigated. We find that the magnitude of the nonlinear absorption decreases with the electron concentration and annealing temperature increase, while the nonlinear refractive index increases slightly.
Applications of the second‐order Bragg interaction in a thin‐film optical waveguide for the transverse electric mode80(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.363528View Description Hide Description
The operation of output coupler, input coupler, surface emitting amplifier, and surface emitting distributed feedback laser formed on a thin‐film dielectricwaveguide depends on guided–guided and guided–radiated wave couplings. The characteristics of these devices are treated for the transverse electric mode for wave interactions caused by a suitable relief grating formed on the film–cover interface. Design criteria are deduced and optimization procedures are indicated with illustrative numerical examples. The device characteristics are insensitive to small changes in the physical parameters. Surface emitting amplifier with a uniform near‐field pattern and surface emitting distributed feedback laser operating in a single mode are investigated.
Surface acoustic waves on the (11n) cuts of gallium arsenide80(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.363529View Description Hide Description
Surface acoustic waves(SAW) propagating on the (111), (112), and (113) cuts of gallium arsenide in the [11̄0] direction are studied both theoretically and experimentally. The possibility of propagation of both normal and leaky surface acoustic waves (NSAW and LSAW, respectively) is predicted. The acoustoelectrical activity predicted for LSAW is more than 100 times higher than that for NSAW. Three particle displacement components of comparable magnitudes for LSAW propagating on the three cuts are obtained. The lowest attenuation (4.94×10−5 dB per wavelength) is predicted for the LSAW at the (112), [11̄0] orientation of GaAs. Theoretical characteristics for the LSAW on the (112) cut are corroborated experimentally. Experimental values of the phase velocity (3.05×103 m/s), electromechanical coupling coefficient (8.1×10−4), attenuation (5.7×10−3 dB per wavelength), and temperature delay coefficient (5.2×10−5 deg−1) are presented. Characteristics of experimental delay lines fabricated on the (112) cut and the well‐known (001) cut are compared.
A nonendoreversible model for wind energy as a solar‐driven heat engine80(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.363732View Description Hide Description
We study the Gordon and Zarmi model [Am. J. Phys. 57, 995 (1989)] for dealing with the earth's wind energy as a solar‐driven endoreversible heat engine under a nonendoreversible approach. We take into account the departure from an endoreversible regime through a parameter arising from the Clausius inequality. We use this approach for the Gordon–Zarmi maximum power criterion with two possible cold reservoirs: the 3 K surrounding universe and the 200 K isothermal tropopause shell. Our numerical results for the average extreme temperatures of the earth's atmosphere and for the annual average energy of the earth's winds are reasonable. We also use an ecological optimization criterion for the Gordon–Zarmi model. This criterion consists of an austere compromise between power and entropy production. With this model, we also obtain reasonable numerical results for extreme temperatures and the wind's power.
Destruction of carbon tetrachloride in a dielectric barrier/packed‐bed corona reactor80(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.363530View Description Hide Description
The destruction of low concentrations (<1000 ppm) of gas‐phase carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) using a low‐temperature, dielectric barrier/packed‐bed corona reactor was studied. We compare, in particular, the destruction efficiencies using either borosilicate or zirconia oxide (ZrO2) packing materials in dry and moist air, and nitrogen buffer gases. Measurements of contaminant removal in the effluent gas were made at atmospheric pressure as a function of energy dissipated in the reactor. In dry N2, destruction of CCl4 was most efficient using ZrO2 beads, whereas, in dry air, contaminant removal was approximately equal for borosilicate glass and ZrO2. The presence of water in the gas stream reduced the CCl4 destruction efficiency under all conditions. This reduction was likely a synergistic effect that involves changes in the plasma density, scavenging of low energy secondary electrons, and possible surface passivation. Assuming the primary step in CCl4 destruction is dissociative electron attachment, an estimate of the average density of low energy electrons as a function of input energy was made. We relate the enhancement in CCl4 destruction using the ZrO2 beads in N2 to a slight increase in the number density of low energy secondary electrons. A discussion of the importance of energy density measurements and a useful phenomenological kinetic model consistent with the observed results are presented.
A high‐voltage triggered pseudospark discharge experiment80(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.363531View Description Hide Description
The design and execution of a pulsed high‐voltage (350–400 keV) triggered pseudospark discharge experiment is reported. Experimental studies were carried out to obtain an optimal design for stable and reliable pseudospark operation in a high‐voltage regime (≳350 kV). Experiments were performed to determine the most suitable fill gas for electron‐beam formation. The pseudospark discharge is initiated by a trigger mechanism involving a flashover between the trigger electrode and hollow cathode housing. Experimental results characterizing the electron‐beam energy using the range‐energy method are reported. Source size imaging was carried out using an x‐ray pinhole camera and a novel technique using Mylar as a witness plate. It was experimentally determined that strong pinching occurred later in time and was associated with the lower‐energy electrons.
A phenomenological theory of ion‐beam synthesis of ternary compound in silicon80(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.363532View Description Hide Description
A model for the annealing stage of ion‐beam synthesis of a buried layer of a ternary phase in silicon coimplanted with a relatively low dose of chemically active ions is presented. Physically, the system under investigation is a mixture of precipitates of two binary phases which are formed in the subsurface region of silicon as a result of chemical reaction between each implanted impurity and matrix atoms. During annealing, the precipitates of each binary phase function as alternative sinks for the solutes. Therefore, the ensemble of new phase inclusions is regarded as a superposition of precipitate pairs. Each pair involves the nuclei of both binary phases. The incorporation of an impurity atom into a binary phase inclusion is assumed to be controlled by the corresponding kinetic parameter. During annealing, binary phase inclusions play the role of seeds for ternary phase formation. Mathematically, the redistribution and chemical segregation of implanted species are described by a set of diffusion equations. The sink terms of the equations have been derived in the two‐particle approximation which reflects the competitive growth of two phases. Generally, this set of equations is solved numerically; however, two assumptions allow the analytic solution: there are (i) chemical segregation of the reagent is a predominant mechanism of phase formation; (ii) the phases formed have a constant chemical composition. The model is successfully applied to the description of silicon oxynitride synthesis by siliconimplantation with a substoichiometric dose of oxygen and nitrogen ions. The computer simulation showed that nitrogen atoms, collected on the oxide surface, change the interface mechanism of oxide growth into that of bulk diffusion, which eventually facilitates the ternary phase formation.
Amphoteric behavior and precipitation of Ge dopants in InP80(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.363533View Description Hide Description
We have directly correlated the electrical behavior, the impurity lattice site location, ion damage, and the local bonding environments of Ge‐dopant ions implanted into InP. We have found that after rapid thermal annealing the free electron concentration in the samples implanted at room temperature (RT) are always higher than those implanted at liquid nitrogen temperature (LNT). Although the macroscopic structure seems to be insensitive to the implantation temperature, significantly more local disorder is created in the LNT implanted amorphous layers. Moreover, the amphoteric bonding structure of the Ge atoms is found to be well established already in the as‐implanted amorphous InP. After high temperature annealing (≳800 °C), the Ge atoms rearrange locally with more of the Ge substituting the In site than the P site resulting in n‐type conductivity. The solid solubility of Ge in the InP is measured to be ∼1.4–1.6×1020/cm3 while the free electron concentration is estimated to saturate at ∼3.4×1019/cm3. The relatively low electron concentration can be explained by Ge precipitation and the compensation of Ge In donors by Ge P acceptors in the RT implanted case. The further reduction in electron concentration in the LNT implanted samples is believed to be related to the high residual damage found in these samples. The high solubility of Ge in InP can be attributed to the availability of two possible sublattice sites for the dopant and the compensation of the local strains due to the amphoteric substitution of the Ge. The concentration ratio of the Ge In to Ge P determined in the heavily implanted material has been used to estimate the difference in the formation energy of Ge substituting those two different sites.
High‐energy and high‐fluence proton irradiation effects in silicon solar cells80(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.363534View Description Hide Description
We have examined proton irradiation damage in high‐energy (1–10 MeV) and high‐fluence (≳1013 cm−2) Si n +‐p‐p + structure space solar cells.Radiationtesting has revealed an anomalous increase in short‐circuit current I sc followed by an abrupt decrease and cell failure, induced by high‐fluence proton irradiation. We propose a model to explain these phenomena by expressing the change in carrier concentrationp of the base region as a function of the proton fluence in addition to the well‐known model where the short‐circuit current is decreased by minority‐carrier lifetime reduction after irradiation. The reduction in carrier concentration due to majority‐carrier trapping by radiation‐induced defects has two effects. First, broadening of the depletion layer increases both the generation–recombination current and also the contribution of the photocurrent generated in this region to the total photocurrent. Second, the resistivity of the base layer is increased, resulting in the abrupt decrease in the short circuit current and failure of the solar cells.
Influence of phosphorus diffusion on the recombination strength of dislocations in float zone silicon wafers80(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.363535View Description Hide Description
Dislocation arrays are investigated in float zone (FZ) grown silicon wafers by the light beam induced current (LBIC) mapping technique at various wavelengths and by deep level transient spectroscopy(DLTS). The LBIC technique allows us to recognize and detect these arrays and to evaluate their recombination strength. Dislocations are found to be less recombining in (100)‐oriented FZ samples than in (111) oriented ones. In FZ dislocated wafers, a phosphorus diffusion strongly attenuates the LBIC contrast of dislocations, depending on the duration and temperature of the treatment. Electrical activity of the defects, which are still physically present, as verified by x‐ray topography, seems to disappear. Simultaneously, the peak intensities of DLTS spectra related to dislocations are reduced and this reduction depends on the phosphorus diffusion temperature and duration.
Charging phenomena in low‐voltage electron microscopy of laser‐fractured fluoride surfaces80(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.363463View Description Hide Description
Surfaces of fluoride crystals, fractured by a single excimer laser pulse and then covered by a thin conductive layer, are imaged by scanning electron microscopy in the low‐voltage secondary electron mode. As a result of charging, at lower primary electron energies a contrast enhancement can be obtained for surface fragments that are no longer tightly attached to the crystal. This differs from high‐energy (≳10 keV) imaging which only yields topographic contrasts and allows the analysis of the fractured structure by edge and shadowing effects. Even contrast inversion from positive to negative charging of an entire fragment can be achieved, depending on the primary electron energy. It is shown that this effect can be utilized to discriminate between fragments with a good mechanical contact to the bulk and partially detached ones by systematically studying the contrast as a function of electron energy and specimen inclination.
The theory of thermodynamic‐acoustoelastic stress gauge80(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.363536View Description Hide Description
Combining the thermodynamics at finite deformation with the acoustoelasticity of a specimen, which is initially stressed in three principal directions and subsequently subjected to finite uniaxial loading, we present the methods of constructing an absolute stress (or force) gauge that may be used to determine residual stresses and serve as an alternative to dead weight for calibration of load cells. Formulas for the effective Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio, both evaluated at a current stress level, are derived in terms of thermodynamic elastic coefficients and stresses, which are generally equal to the initial stresses plus applied stresses. It is shown that the effective adiabatic Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio can be obtained from relevant wave speeds measured in various directions. The true principal stress under uniaxial loading can be calculated, if one measures directly the dimensional changes in three principal directions and relevant wave speeds in various directions and makes use of the adiabatic‐isothermal conversion of the Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio. If the applied stress is measured the initial or residual stress can be calculated. One the other hand, if the initial stresses are zero and the applied stress is unknown, one can calculate the applied stress, which may be used to calibrate a load cell in a wide range of forces exceeding 1000 tons.


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Mexican at Heart
From the age of 12 Jessica developed a passion for Mexico. She studied at Central Michigan University and got an internship with The Mexico Tourism Board in Chicago. At 22 she moved to Puerto Vallarta then Mexico City
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- A Road Trip Through the Yucatan Peninsula 4 months ago Hey amigos! So, my husband (Eddy), furbaby (Benito) and I will be taking a road trip through the Yucatan Peninsula this month and I'm looking for YOUR advice! We've already done all the main archaeological sites, Magic Towns, and obvious stops… We are looking to visit off-the-beaten path...
- The Top 5 Mistakes Expats Make When Shipping Their Vehicle to Mexico 9 months ago As a native of the United States planning a move to Mexico, you may find that it is nearly impossible to address all facets on your own. With all of the wonderful moving companies and transporters throughout the world, finding local businesses with the right services and qualities to assist your...
- Resources for Expats: Filing Your Taxes 9 months ago After some time of living and working in Mexico, I finally met the threshold to have to file taxes in the USA. Year after year I had been in touch with my go-to tax gurus, Taxes for Expats, as they had guided me and advised me patiently until the time came that it was actually necessary... ...
- Things you should take with you when hiking the land of the Aztecs 1 year ago Hiking is a highly beneficial activity, particularly in scenic locations such as Mexico. Hikers can enjoy not only enjoy the beautiful sights of the land of the Aztecs but also the health benefits that hiking provides. Hiking helps to keep your body fit and active and is also thought to boost your...
- My Bachelorette Party in Cancun #BridesBoat 1 year ago On February 14th, 2015 I married the Mexican man of my dreams in Puebla, Mexico. During the wedding planning stages, I had no doubt in my mind what I wanted my day to look like and where it would be — in an hacienda in Puebla. I also had no doubt what I wanted for... [Continue Reading]
ExpatsBlog.com Expat Blog Awards 2012: Mexico Bronze Award!
This blog won the Bronze Award for best expat blog in Mexico!Copy and paste code to display the Bronze Award Badge:
Website Reviews » There are 8 reviews on Mexican at Heart
Edgar Quiroz
21:03 PM October 01, 2012
21:03 PM October 01, 2012
Congrats babe on the nomination! I love traveling with you to all these places and being able to read back on our memories. Good luck
22:49 PM October 01, 2012
22:49 PM October 01, 2012
Congratulations. How successful you are becoming. Keep up the good work.
23:08 PM October 01, 2012
23:08 PM October 01, 2012
Congrats Jessica! Well deserved!!
Aldo Vivanco
23:15 PM October 01, 2012
23:15 PM October 01, 2012
I totally love to read u Jess !! congrats...
04:55 AM October 02, 2012
04:55 AM October 02, 2012
Beautiful places Jess, no doubt whatever destination that people choose, it will be an exciting and unforgettable experience. Congrats!
17:44 PM October 23, 2012
17:44 PM October 23, 2012
great blog!
Dan Ignash
18:23 PM October 23, 2012
18:23 PM October 23, 2012
Keep blogging your doing a great job. Your a special young lady to everyone that knows you.
18:49 PM October 23, 2012
18:49 PM October 23, 2012
Jessica. What I love about your posts, articles and pictures is that they show the REAL Mexico. Not only the places where only tourist goes, but where you can find the real beauty if this marvelous country. Keep doing what you love to do and remember the sky is the limit for you. Great to have you in the Mexico lovers team! the best vibes for you.