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Tech Talk: Technology Changes Everything
A shorter road to retirement: retire without quitting.
As many of us get closer to retirement, we start to imagine ourselves at that beach enjoying coffee at sunrise, meals overlooking a beautiful vista, or relaxing with a brandy by a roaring fire at a mountainside retreat, enjoying the well-earned fruits of our labor. While a change in lifestyle and scenery is often what we crave, retirement is a big life-altering change. Many would like to transition by being able to enjoy some of what retirement has to offer, like location and flexibility, while still having the structure, intellectual stimulation, and, let's face it, the financial rewards of still working.
Because of the changing nature of work and global connectivity, you may no longer have to choose. We rely on laptop computing, the internet, wireless networks, and smart phones to work. These innovations have allowed us to be more productive. The walls of the modern offices have grown less solid, and more of us are freed to work from anywhere and everywhere.
In 2017, Forbes said that up to 43% of people spent at least some time working remotely. Working remotely helps eliminate the time and expense associated with commuting and allows companies to access a much larger talent pool because they are not geographically limited to those willing to relocate or commute daily to their physical location. Also, working remotely allows many people to be more productive, and having work flexibility increases employee satisfaction and retention. Voice and video conferencing apps available on our smartphones allow us to cooperate with the appropriate people over vast distances and time zones without having to deal the costs and inconvenience of travel. This evolution, which allows us to be productive everywhere, has also expanded the options for work in semi-retirement.
Keep your job
You want it all: the location, the lifestyle, but you still love your work and don't want to give that up completely either. This option involves having an honest conversation with your employer about your plans and goals. Employers love to be efficient, and losing a valuable member of their organization, especially employees who understand their business and have established relationships, is a costly endeavor. In these situations, employers are often willing to make reasonable accommodations in time flexibility and work location to retain a valuable team member.
Work freelance
Traditional employment is not the only option when it comes to working remotely. The technology which has enabled this revolution has also helped to grow and change the very nature of employment. These changes have brought about the "Gig economy." The Gig economy is basically work without all the strings. It allows people to offer freelance services on a per job basis having the flexibility of time and location.
Websites acting as on-line temp agencies for freelance work have grown exponentially. There are now scores of websites that allow people to offer and find work. Sites such as Fiverr, Upwork, and Freelancer offer opportunities for people to work by the hour, project, or job. While many of these sites allow virtual work from anywhere, others like TaskRabbit are more location specific. They look to match local people in a community with diverse tasks with people who can and want to do the work. The tasks can be anything really; install a ceiling fan, organize a closet, assemble IKEA furniture, pet sit, or simply wait in line. This is a fantastic option for people, especially retirees, who have time to try different things and meet new people but don't want traditional hours or work environment.
The Life Exotic
Tired of the ordinary and looking for adventure? If your skillset suits remote work, then perhaps you decide to become a true digital nomad for a while. The same technology that allows people to work remotely isn't hemmed in by borders or time zones. This lifestyle is not for everyone but offers those with a true zest for adventure a new opportunity. Many adventurers use technology to set up shop and live pretty much anywhere on the planet. These digital nomads find connectivity hotspots and commune from Bali to Latvia and other interesting and exotic places around the world. They are drawn to sites that have low costs for living with good co-work spaces. While their living costs are usually low, they are most often working for first world wages. This remote working arrangement offers the flexibility to accommodate the desire for travel and adventure and the need to produce income for all that travel and adventure. While this lifestyle is generally associated with younger people, the advantage of adopting this lifestyle later in life is that you likely have assets to support your travels and can be choosy in finding and taking on new assignments, not to mention better digs.
Technology has changed the way we work and now has the power to positively impact our choices as we decide how we wish to live and work. As technology, such as virtual reality and robotics, become more ubiquitous, our opportunities for and relationship with work will continue to change for the better. So, you can have it all: location, lifestyle, and work. It can all be yours to enjoy as you imagine the vistas that lie ahead.


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Within my previous blogs, I have been writing through my history and current experience with OCD. I use the terms OCD and dermatillomania interchangeably because the OCD is like the pattern, and the Dermatillomania is the actual specific behavior. Many people, I'm sure, have OCD to some degree, and express it differently. When it is described as a repeated irrational behavior that one cannot stop, even if the desire to stop is present, then OCD can describe a lot of different afflictions. Examples are: trichotillomania, bulimia, anorexia, germophobia, over-eating, cutting, and so on.
In my previous blogs I mentioned that I had struggled with OCD for a long time. I really wanted to stop. I saw the effects it had in my life; on my social life, in school, in relationships, and of course, mainly with my self-relationship. After trying many things, I began to try a different approach. I began writing, putting my mind onto paper, forgiving myself, and scripting a change to support me to correct myself and to stop. The 'stopping' and correcting is something I began to apply more wholistically, wherein, the OCD was not the focus. 'I' was the focus. Who I am is the focus. What kind of life am I creating for myself, and why? How am I then reacting to that life? Who or what is it within and as me that is doing the creating, who/what has the power? And if its ME, then why do I feel so dis-empowered, and WHY am I hurting myself?
When I started writing out my mind and my reality, putting it onto paper in front of me, and I began see myself a little more clearly, I started to take a step back and just look at my life- the life I had created. I began to take aspects I was unsatisfied with, one at a time, and working through them.
Step by step I have been slowly learning how to show myself where I need to apply practical solutions in my life, showing myself which steps I would need to take to get there and to 'get it together'. I'm slowly beginning to get my life in order, and beginning to look at things that cause me to feel and actually BE dis-empowered in my life. I'm teaching myself how to pick something, and go for it, turning an aspect of my life from dis-empowering, to empowering. For example, I stopped drinking and smoking pot, I got my driver's license, I got my degree, I began to work some major things out within myself in terms of my relationship, I began sorting out my financial life, I got healthcare, and a decent job, to name a few- all things I previously felt I had no control over… things which ran my life and which now work FOR me instead of against me.
Putting it on paper and seeing it in black and white in front of me made it less overwhelming, smaller, and more do-able. It put things into perspective and helped me to see the steps I needed to take.
However, it's been hard to appreciate and be grateful to myself for what I have been able to accomplish thus far, because there is always this knowing, and this feeling of 'lack of control' because I have this disorder that shows me that I don't even have control over my own physical body. Who I Am – as that part of me which wants what's best for myself, is less-than and less-valued in my mind, than the absolutely destructive addiction I have developed to picking my skin.
I thought, or I should say, I hoped, that as I worked these things out, my OCD would subside on it's own. I also thought maybe the chaos and lack of control I experienced in my life was causing the OCD, and that if I 'got everything together', the OCD would go away. As this proved to not be the case, I slowly began to see a pattern.
I'll continue with my biggest realization within OCD, and in my next blog, I'm starting some self-forgiveness as well.


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Blinn College Agricultural Sciences Program hosts inaugural Career Development Event
Over 500 FFA high school students competed in five competitions including poultry evaluation, wildlife and recreation management, entomology, farm business management and veterinary science.
March 28, 2018
The Blinn College Agricultural Sciences Program recently hosted its inaugural Career Development Event (CDE) for more than 500 Future Farmers of America (FFA) students at the W.J. "Bill" Rankin Agricultural Complex.
Students from 63 Texas high schools competed in career development contests in poultry evaluation, wildlife and recreation management, entomology, farm business management, and veterinary science. Awards were given to the top five teams and top 10 individuals from each contest.
"We always want to find events that will bring students onto campus because we love student interaction and hands-on application," said Bryn Behnke, Assistant Dean of Agricultural and Natural Sciences. "We love to showcase Blinn College, the tremendous agricultural facilities that we have, and our excellent faculty and staff. This was our first time hosting this particular event, and we look forward to continuing to bring students on campus to see all we have to offer."
Thirty-five Blinn students volunteered to make the CDE possible.
"There were hundreds of hours that went into getting everything ready, and students were the backbone of getting the contests set up," Behnke said. "Without them, it would not have run as smoothly as it did."
Students assisted in overseeing the contests, judging, announcing and passing out awards, and taking down the contests.
"Everyone in the Agricultural Department is like one big family and everyone is so willing to step up and put on these things for high school students when that was us a few years ago," said Emily Doty, Agriculture Club president. "When I was in FFA, I used to compete in similar competitions, so it really is a flashback for me and I love being involved in all of it. The students gain a lot of leadership and career skills from the event that will help them in the future."
Blinn will host its 2018 Agricultural Mechanics Project Show at the Rankin Complex on Wednesday, April 25. Now in its 17th year, the annual project show draws hundreds of middle school and high school students to the Blinn-Brenham Campus each year.
Blinn's Agricultural Sciences Program is one of the largest in the nation with almost 800 students enrolled – roughly four times the size of any other two-year agricultural program in the state. Blinn offers agriculture classes on all its campuses, with the W.J. "Bill" Rankin Agricultural Complex serving as the program's hub. In addition to its excellence in the classroom, Blinn offers extracurricular educational activities in the areas of livestock judging, agriculture club, wildlife, agriculture mechanics, horticulture and agriculture sciences.
For more information on Blinn's Ag Sciences program, visit: www.blinn.edu/agricultural-sciences/index.
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ALS as president signed "Th: Jefferson," one page, 7.25 x 9.5, September 1, 1808. Letter to "The Secretary at War," Henry Dearborn. In part: "I regret extremely that the estimate of the blocks at N. York should place them above our appropriation. The data of calculation should be above all question to justify suspending the operation. But, if they are to cost a million, altho' I should be for it, yet Congress should be consulted. I inclose you a letter from George Mosley wishing to be a Cadet, with Govr. Tompkins's recommendation, which places him on high ground. I propose to be in Washington on the 1st. of October. The newspapers tell us of dispatches from Mr. Pinckney: but Mr. Madison had not received any the day before yesterday. I salute you with affection & respect." Professionally cleaned, backed, and extensively restored to fine condition.
In the waning days of his presidency, Jefferson was confronted with mounting resistance to his sponsored Embargo Act of 1807. In his attempt to isolate the US economy and assume neutrality with France and Britain amid the Napoleonic Wars, Jefferson prohibited both the exporting of goods and the docking of American vessels into foreign ports. Led by Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, the Federalist Party used their opposition to the embargo as momentum leading up to the 1808 presidential election. Although James Madison handily defeated Pinckney, the Federalist push convinced Jefferson to formally repeal the embargo in March of 1809, during the last days of his presidency. Jefferson's mention of "the estimate of the blocks at N. York" likely refers to nascent development stages of the Erie Canal, a landmark waterway project with such exorbitant costs as to prompt Jefferson to deem the proposal as 'a little short of madness.'
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Native Americans have long objected to their treatment by popular culture. They're often not represented at all, and when they are, they're cast as sidekicks or caricatures. So Native people are working to tell their own stories in films and comics.
Recently, many of these makers gathered for the second annual Indigenous Comic Con at Isleta Resort & Casino near Albuquerque.
In this comic con, Star Wars stormtroopers move with the drum, and cosplayers mesh traditional regalia with pop culture icons. Vendors sell T-shirts and skateboards, combining indigenous designs with "Star Wars" themes. One shirt reads, "The Force has always been with our people."
Welcome to the world of indiginerds.
"We get to add the cultural influences in a way that's respectful and responsible and not just, you know, utilizing the trappings of native culture to throw on it and make it look cool," says Lee Francis IV, founder of the Indigenous Comic Con.
Francis says bringing together indigenous creators empowers native people to tell their own stories, rather than having them appropriated by others.
"It's about us," he says. "And we can tell those stories with all the nuances that are necessary for that type of a narrative."
Those nuances include humor interlaced with social commentary and a nod to a common tragic history. For instance, Super Indian, a character created by Kickapoo author Arigon Starr, got his super powers after eating Commodity cheese tainted with rezium. Among the villains he fights is a new-age woman with crystals.
"'Oh, I'm a shaman, and I drum. And look at my headdress,'" says Starr. "You know, those kind of people where it's like not connected to the land, not connected to the people but would love to rock a headdress at Coachella."
A panel called "Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse on the Rez" laid out why Native communities will win any coming battles with the living dead. Jack Malstrom led the panel with Johnnie Jae, who founded the website and podcast A Tribe Called Geek. Malstrom says native communities know how to live with scarcity and how to protect themselves.
"I mean, you know, Johnnie's people have the skullcracker. Us Yaquis, we are very partial to decapitation. Ask any Spanish mission," Malstrom says. "But, you know, and these are already tactics for destroying zombies. We got this."
Jae developed the panel because it's part of the curriculum that she teaches at schools and conferences. Malstrom says they use this session to explore historical trauma but also resiliency.
"It's like telling our people you have the power and you have the knowledge inside of you to thrive in this environment or to survive in general," Malstrom says. "We've been surviving forever. Don't ever forget that. You're here because of the power of your ancestors and the knowledge that we hold in our communities."
But surviving also means confronting persistent stereotypes. Jonathan Joss, who voiced John Redcorn on "King Of The Hill" and played Chief Ken Hotate on "Parks and Recreation" once worked on a film plagued by delays from rain storms. The director called late one night and asked to meet with Joss.
"In this meeting, I was asked if I could do anything about the rain," Joss says.
The set of "Wonder Woman" was somewhat more enlightened. Eugene Brave Rock's character wore authentic regalia and spoke of massacres of Native Americans by whites, but Brave Rock told director Patty Jenkins he wasn't happy his character was named Chief.
"She mentioned to me that based on DC comic book characters that they couldn't change the name," Braverock says. "But she would make it up to me by letting me speak my own language. (Speaking Blackfoot). I said, hello, my name is Napi."
Many attendees hope by showcasing stories of Native Americans in films and comics, they can shift perceptions that persist in the real world.


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Finally went hiking at Noosa National Park yesterday!
After a long drive, we were greeted with such gorgeous weather that it was definitely going to an awesome day for hiking.
We started with the Noosa Hill track (#3 in yellow), a 2.4 km that climbed steadily up through open eucalypt woodlands and shrublands to the top of Noosa Hill.
Pictures of course! 🙂
Heading in!
Once in a while you can glimpse the blue waters just through the thick vegetation
Pretty remnants of once green leaves
Colourful lichen
Last bit of elevation before reaching the top of Noosa Hill
Do you see a horse too?
I think we added a good foot to the "official" height of Noosa Hill
Then made our way back down…
Lots of interesting textures to see
Xuan found his special place in a tree
Markings made by the larvae of the Scribbly Gum moth! You see these tracks all over the Scribby Gums (Eucalyptus haemastoma) and according to Wiki: Eggs are laid between layers of old and new bark. The larvae burrow into the new bark and, as the old bark falls away, the trails are revealed. The diameters of the tunnels increase as the larvae grow, and the ends of the tracks are where the larvae stopped to pupate.
Gorgeous red crystalized sap on the Scribbly Gums
We eventually reached the end of the Noosa Hill track and continued on another 2.8km via the Tanglewood track (#2 in orange), a meandering trail through cool rainforest.
Found a turkey! We unfortunately didn't see much wildlife except for turkeys and birds!
Found the Eye of Sauron
The trail eventually gave way to woodlands…
… as we reached our much anticipated destination: Alexandria Bay.
One word: Stunning.
Stay tuned to see more of this gorgeous place!


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HEBBD (essential oil botanically and biochemically defined) essential oils)
Its amazingly powerful anaesthetic and antiseptic properties make it essential specifically in the case of dental pain.
Family: Myrtaceae
Origin: Madagascar
Producing organ: flower bud (clove)
Type of odour: strong, spicy, powerful, "dentist smell"
Possible uses:
Apply onto the skin: Yes ++ (diluted)
Swallow: Yes +++
Inhale: No
Main properties :
Anti-bacterial, anti-septic, anti-viral, anti-fungus, anti-parasite
Instant dental anaesthetic (and anti-septic).
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Aphrodisiac, general stimulant
Main indications :
All abscesses, dental and mouth pain: cavity, mouth ulcer, tonsillitis, dental pain and gum disease (even unknown origin), tooth extraction
Intestinal, urinary, respiratory, viral infections: all (diagnostic and prescription done by therapist).
How to use
All dental pains :
Apply 1 pure drop onto the painful area (cavity, ulcer, abscess) with the help of a cotton bud (for individuals with sensitive membranes do a preliminary test without touching the gum too much as this essential oil is very strong) leaving it in contact for several seconds, even more if possible. Repeat this several times per day (in the case of a tooth extraction, do it before and after).
For a mouth wash, dilute 3 drops of clove oil diluted in a little bit of alcohol then in a glass of water. Swish the mixture around the mouth, gargle then spit out.
Other very good uses
Physical and mental tiredness
Intestinal infection (Traveller's diarrhoea, parasite or other)
Intestinal infection:
Apply 2 drops of clove diluted in 10 drops of vegetable oil (preferably hazelnut) and massage onto the stomach.
Apply 2 drops of clove diluted in 10 drops of vegetable oil (preferably hazelnut) and massage along the spine.
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You can add 1 drop of clove into your cold or hot dishes, salty or sweet, making sure to dilute it with a tablespoon of oil (preferable olive) or honey.
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Mazda Foundation gives back to Kiwis across the country
7 June 2017
Mazda Foundation gives back to Kiwis across the country
The first Mazda Foundation funding round for 2017 saw more than $60,000 donated to 29 Kiwis, community groups and charities across New Zealand.
Each year the Foundation hosts three funding rounds to help Kiwis in need, having gifted over $2.6 million back to the community since its inception in 2005.
One of the recipients, The Life Education Trust Rodney received $7,940 to purchase 6,300 workbooks to help children learn about self-esteem, food and nutrition and body knowledge.
Together with their mascot, Harold the Giraffe, the trust aims to educate primary school children to make healthy choices and tackle challenges such as alcohol, drugs and bullying.
Philippa Hankin, Life Education Trust administrator, says the workbooks are an essential tool that allow the children to take what they have learnt in the programme and apply it at home.
"Each child takes home a workbook so that they can continue to implement the programme into their everyday lives. It helps them make informed decisions about food and beverage choices, relationships and social behaviour.
"The Trust will be visiting a number of schools in the Rodney district this year, and thanks to the Mazda Foundation the children will continue to learn to make the right choices," she says.
Down south, the New Zealand Conservation Trust Kiwi Breeding Centre in Christchurch received $3,704 to replace vinyl flooring and purchase an instant hot water unit for its kiwi incubation room.
The vinyl floor in the incubation room helps to maintain bio-security in the area and ensures that there are no contaminants passed onto either the kiwi eggs or chicks, while the hot water unit will be a valuable resource to make sure all equipment is sterilised.
Janet Hellyer, Resource & Education Coordinator, says the Trust is entering the 2017 kiwi breeding season and the new equipment is important to ensure that best husbandry practices are followed, protecting eggs and chicks while in the facility.
"We are expecting approximately 60 - 80 chicks through the facility this season and thanks to the Mazda Foundation we're able to put the best bio-security practices in place to protect the chicks and prevent any unwanted bacteria entering in the kiwi breeding area," she says.
Another recipient, Sebastian Bray, was born with Down Syndrome which affects his auditory processing, speech and language development. He received $3,000 from the Mazda Foundation to purchase an auditory training system.
The system uses high definition audio recordings to 'train the ear', which will immensely improve Sebastian's delayed speech and communication.
David Hodge, the recently appointed Managing Director of Mazda New Zealand who takes over from Andrew Clearwater as the new Chairman of the Mazda Foundation, says Mazda are thrilled to be able to help a wide range of deserving individuals and groups throughout New Zealand.
"There are many organisations doing great work but need a bit more funding and I'm proud that the Mazda Foundation can help make a difference. It's a fantastic initiative that allows us to reach out and support those that need it the most.
"Whether it's education groups, conservation projects, or individuals we're happy that we can make a difference one way or another," he says.
Former Managing Director and Chairman of the Mazda Foundation, Andrew Clearwater, was the driving force behind the establishment of the Foundation in 2005 and will remain on as a Trustee.
Other Trustees, Murray Berkett, Connie Miller and Liane Donovan will be joined by Mazda Dealer Council Chairman, Andrew McKendry from McKendry Mazda Blenheim, who replaces former Mazda Dealer representative, Rey McCone.
The Mazda Foundation is funded through a contribution from the sale of every new Mazda in New Zealand.
The closing date for the next round of Mazda Foundation applications is 30 June 2017. For more information or to download an application form, visit www.mazdafoundation.org.nz.


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ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
DAYDREAMS TRANSFORMING into nightmares, LSD, Danny from The Shining (1980), and feelings of scary and sublime horror are just a few of the mind-bending forces at play in Julie Becker's art. "I can't make sense of any of this," a Hollywood psychic tells the artist in Conversations with Voxx, 1995, a video shown within the sprawling installation Researchers, Residents, A Place to Rest, 1993–96. London's Institute of Contemporary Arts displayed this massive work alongside nearly forty of Becker's best known pieces in the careful survey "I must create a Master Piece to pay the Rent." The psychic's assessment feels weirdly acute: The exhibition, which was curated by Richard Birkett and Stefan Kalmár, shows Becker mapping otherworldly zones where the ordinary rules of logic melt; her work adds up to a sequence of psychedelic hauntings in which anything can be unsettled, from The Wizard
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XIV. You Do Not Need to Know Everything
Tarot is an imitation of life in as much as life is an imitation of reality.
In a reading we can see the map laid out, but it will always be incomplete.
Tarot allows us to make a map of the map.
So, we might wonder from every reading, what new land has been revealed.
Remember then, from the very beginning, to look as far as you can, knowing that you cannot see everything.
This will never be any different, from the beginning to the end.
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There is always something new to learn in that the universe is a process of radical enquiry. The landscape of the soul is revealed in relationship to reality through the illustrations of the tarot. It neither predicts nor prescribes, it is only a presumption. At the very least, the cards offer us a constraint, a check and a challenge. They may highlight the resources and signpost us to the lessons. But it is up to us to travel, to do, to act, to go. There is a reason there are 21 principles and not 22.
Today we have several simple practices which are recommended to be done quickly and in sequence, without too much preparation.
As we do not need to know everything, and some things will always be tempered by our ability and experience, we can simply practice for fun.
Exercise 1
Shuffle Your Deck, thinking, "Tell me something funny".
Select a card. Look at it, note it, perhaps consider what it is saying.
Return it to the deck and carry out exercise 2.
Example 1
10 of Wands: The funny thing is that the more you carry, the less likely you are to know where you're going.
Exercise 2
Shuffle your Deck, passing it from one hand to the other like a flow of water.
Think, "What is best and what is worst right now?"
Take two cards, top and bottom and look at them.
Note them.
Perhaps consider whether they answer the question immediately.
Compare whether they are Court Cards, Minors or Majors, and if that tells you anything else immediately.
Return the two cards to the deck and carry out exercise 3.
Example 2
3 of Wands & 5 of Swords: The best thing is that your plans are set in motion but the worst thing is that it opens you up to failure.
Exercise 3
Shuffle your Deck, passing it from hand to hand.
Think, "What is Question I have not Asked and What is the Answer?"
Select the top card from the deck and consider it as a question.
Is it one you had not thought to ask?
Turn the deck upside-down and look at the bottom card.
Consider it the answer.
Does it answer the unthought question?
Example 3
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Exercise 4
Shuffle your Deck, considering that we sometimes have two conflicting parts of ourselves.
Turn the cards over one at a time until you have a Court Card.
Lay out the Court Card and continue turning the pile until you have a second Court Card.
Lay the two Court Cards side by side.
Look at them during the day.
At night, consider both of them before you go to sleep.
Perhaps consider them in a relationship. What would that be like?
Record any dreams in the morning or your general feeling when you look at the two cards in the fresh light of the morning.
Notice any changes in your own attitude or behaviour – no matter how apparently insignificant or obvious – during the day.
Also notice any strange occurrences.
Example 4
King of Swords & Queen of Pentacles: A contrast or complement of Cutting & Nurturing.
Perform these exercises as a flow and as play, whilst remaining aware they can be powerful and significant.
Intermediate/Advanced Exercise
Continue to shuffle.
Think, "Tell me a New Exercise that I could do with the Tarot".
Draw 2 Cards and spend time developing a whole new way of working with your cards from the suggestion of the two cards.
You can draw a third card if required for further inspiration.
This method produced the Fourth Exercise.
I drew the Queen of Wands and the Knight of Swords, so I thought to develop an exercise using two Court cards. I drew a third card and it suggested a sleeping figure, so I felt that the exercise should involve sleeping on it. This led to the development of Exercise 4.
In this way, we can map the map and continue to explore a limitless world in which we can never know everything.
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At 11:30am my chances of making the race weren't looking good: I was sat in Keswick A&E with my wife who was sporting a nasty looking bite? on her left thigh....the bite wasn't of my doing but was obviously my fault. Last week we were in Durham and Alison thinks she was bitten by a Horsefly whilst doing the parkrun.....if I hadn't been up in Northumberland fell race bagging (Falstone Falcon) she wouldn't have done Durham parkrun and been on the receiving end of a rancid Horsefly. I told her she could just so easily have been bitten back home doing her usual Haigh Woodland parkrun but apparently there are no Horseflies in Wigan....we begged to differ on that one.
So a week later after said bite we're in the Camper in Keswick and Alison's had an extremely restless night....definitely not my fault, I was flat out after Grasmere sports. She wakes me up and says, "look at the size of that".....I'm lost for words: what looked like a harmless little spot all week has morphed into an angry lumpy thing that's started tracking....."blimey love, we'd better get you some assistance with that beauty".
After a trip to Boots we're advised to go to A&E and that's exactly what we do.
By this stage I've sacked the race off, there's always next year, and we wait patiently for Alison's turn. Unbelievably we're in and out of A&E within the hour and our diagnosis is correct...it's a Horsefly bite. Off back to Boots with a prescription for antibiotics and it's 12:02pm....the race starts at 13:30pm and we're 1hr 15 minutes away...it's doable but I'm not that bothered about going, I've kinda lost the urge. I say to Alison I'll do Barrow at 2pm...she's having none of it saying you've done Barrow before and you've planned the weekend around Black Combe so get your foot down....my beloved has spoken and my urge is back, Black Combe here we come.
Typically we get stuck behind 'driving Miss Daisy' for miles and it's not looking good. Eventually I get the chance to overtake and I tell Alison I'm going to give him a nasty look. She says, " I wouldn't if I was you, he's built like a brick shithouse and one trip to A&E is enough for one day".....I tell her luckily for him I'm not a violent man and he's had a lucky escape....she laughs and tells me I don't half talk some bollocks.
After much flapping I arrive with about 12 minutes to spare...panic? What panic?...it was never in doubt.
The race is part of a typical Lakeland country show which is very well attended....unfortunately the race itself isn't well attended with only 26 of us making the startline. It's such a pity because a race of this quality deserves more runners. Black Combe Country Fair certainly ticks many 'fell race essential' boxes.....it's a bloody belter.
Those that have done the classic Black Combe race in March will know how tricky the terrain and navigation can be on this south-west corner of the Lake District. It's a great hill to run over and the descent on today's race is up there with it's more popular namesake ..until the bracken, or did I take a dodgy line?
From the show field in Bootle all the way to the foot of Black Combe the route is marked....this section lasts for a few miles over some interesting paths and trods. When the hill comes into view the markers are gone and it's anyway you choose all the way to the summit cairn and back....route choice aplenty.
Great race and even the weather held off....right, I wonder if Alison will let me squeeze that bite?
Many thanks to Peter and all today's helpers.


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Remember that time when then-host of NBC's Meet The Press, David Gregory, famously showed a high-capacity magazine on live television in Washington, D.C.? For those you aware of DC's abysmal gun laws and disrespect for the Constitution, you know that possessing magazines that hold more than ten rounds is illegal within city limits.
After the horrific Sandy Hook shooting in 2012, Gregory showed the magazine while speaking with NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre. This prompted an investigation by DC police as to whether the NBC host broke DC gun laws. The statute is quite clear: "No person in the District shall possess, sell, or transfer any large capacity ammunition feeding device regardless of whether the device is attached to a firearm."
Nevertheless, Gregory escaped prosecution.
Prof. William Jacobson of Legal Insurrection filed a FOIA request for all documents relating to the investigation. It took two years, assistance from Judicial Watch, and a lawsuit to obtain the documents in question. In short, DC police wanted to charge Gregory for illegally possessing a high-capacity magazine, a move that was squashed by DC Attorney General Irvin B. Nathan who said that Gregory–as Jacobson put it– was just "too nice a guy," and had no criminal intent or something (Via Legal Insurrection):
The short version is that the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department warned NBC News that it could not possess an actual high-capacity magazine, but NBC News went ahead and did it anyway. The MPD recommended a warrant for Gregory's arrest, but that request was nixed by the D.C. Attorney General Irvin Nathan because — my paraphrase — Gregory was just too nice a guy and had no other criminal intent.
That attitude stood in stark contrast to the D.C. Attorney General's vigorous prosecution of other lesser-known people who also were nice people and had no other criminal intent, but violated D.C.'s gun laws.
D.C. eventually produced more documents, but refused to give us the Arrest Warrant Affidavit. We eventually won a court decision, and today D.C. produced the Affidavit, with some personal information redacted. (Affidavit Below)
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KTM Super Duke GT: Hooligan tourer
Johannesburg - On the face of it, it's a big ask. But for KTM, the off-road motorcycle maker that re-invented itself as a manufacturer of Grand Prix machines, the bigger the better.
The brief was to take the 1290 Super Duke R, arguably the biggest, baddest, most intense short-range hooligan tool on the market, and turn it into a comfortable long-range sports-tourer - without pulling its claws.
So they fitted new cylinder heads with revised porting and re-wrote the ECU mapping for a more linear power delivery. Peak power is down by only 3kW, from 132 to 129kW at 9500 revs, torque is unchanged with 144Nm at 6750rpm - and the quick-shifter is still there for butter-smooth upshifts without closing the thottle.
But, even on the hottest of the three engine modes, the hair-trigger power delivery of the R gives way to a deceptively linear power feed. Deceptive because, despite a modicum of V-twin vibes to warn you that Something Important is happening down there, the 228kg GT gathers momentum way quicker than you're ready for.
Quick enough to get you into trouble, especially within the confines of a technical race circuit such as the new Kyalami, which is where the launch ride was held. Smoother power delivery or no, this is still one very quick motorcycle.
Also read: Ridden in SA: KTM 1290 Super Duke R
It is however, way more comfortable and easier to ride than the R, thanks to a wider, less deeply dished saddle (KTM insists it's also softer, my bum tells me it's just as plank-like), slightly lowered footpegs, and wider, taller handlebars (adjustable, by the way), providing a more relaxed seating position for both you and your navigator.
Then they ditched the R's 18-litre fuel tank in favour of a 23-litre long-range can (this was apparently the most difficult part of the conversion, trying to squeeze in the extra volume without getting too close to hot machinery and cooking the contents).
A neat, rather angular frame-mounted half-fairing replaces the too-low headlamp nacelle that spoils the R's looks, pushing the instrument pod up into a more natural position, and a typically tall, narrow Matighofen-style screen that can be hand-adjusted on the fly provides more than adequate protection for high-speed cruising.
The rear sub-frame has been extended and beefed up, to handle the extra weight of hard luggage. the mounts for KTM's proprietary panniers are built in; any aftermarket top box will be an easy fit.
The extra 15kg all this adds isn't noticeable; thanks to the extra leverage, the GT can be made to turn in just as sharply as the R; it actually feels more planted, possibly due to a little more weight on the front.
Iron Butt material
A lot of the extra comfort is provided by the WP semi-active suspension, borrowed from the all-terrain Adventure, but with much shorter travel. In Comfort mode it's disconcertingly smooth, if a little remote, while the Street mode has a lot more feedback, without any harsh choppiness.
Sport mode, says KTM, is about the same as the R. It tells you exactly what's going on between tyre and tar in exhausting detail - not recommended for day-long rides unless you're trying for an Iron Butt run (1600km in less than 24 hours, something for which this bike is eminently suited).
A befits the company's new R239 999 sports-touring flagship, the gizmotronic menu reads like alphabet soup, including lean angle-modulated anti-lock braking with Supermoto mode (which lets you lock up the rear wheel but not the front) traction control, overrun compression relief, cruise control, hill hold, LED cornering lights, self-cancelling indicators and tyre pressure monitoring.
Like all KTMs, it feels tall and narrow when you first fling a leg over it; once on the move, however, the ergonomics are superb. Nevertheless, at heart it is still a Super Duke hooligan tool, which makes it a very sporty tourer indeed.
KTM 1290 Super Duke GT
Engine: 1301cc liquid-cooled 75-degree V-twin.
Bore x stroke: 108 x 71mm.
Compression ratio: 13.2:1.
Valvegear: DOHC with four overhead valves per cylinder.
Power: 129kW at 9500rpm.
Torque: 144Nm at 6750rpm.
Induction: Digital electronic fuel-injection with two 56mm Keihin throttle bodies.
Ignition: Electronic ignition system with digital timing adjustment and dual spark plugs per cylinder.
Starting: Electric.
Clutch: Hydraulically actuated multiplate wet slipper clutch.
Transmission: Six-speed constant-mesh gearbox with final drive by chain.
Front Suspension: 48mm WP semi-active inverted cartridge forks adjustable for preload, compression and rebound damping.
Rear Suspension: WP gas-charged semi-active remote reservoir monoshock adjustable for preload, low and high-speed compression, and rebound damping.
Front brakes: Dual 320mm discs with Brembo M50 four-piston radial-mount monobloc callipers and switchable ABS.
Rear brake: 240mm disc with Brembo twin-pot opposed-piston calliper and switchable ABS.
Front tyre: 120/70 - 17 tubeless.
Rear tyre: 190/55 - 17 tubeless.
Wheelbase: 1482mm.
Seat height: 835mm.
Kerb weight: 228kg.
Fuel tank: 23 litres.
Price: R239 999.
Warranty: Two years, unlimited distance.
Service Intervals: 15 000km.
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I'm 30,000 feet above the earth, flying home to Denver right now. Alas, as every trip must, my campervaning adventure has come to an end.
It's been an interesting week. In true traveling-during-Mercury-retrograde fashion I've experienced technological problems (lost my brand new FitBit, had horrible cell service and cracked my phone's screen) and communication problems (disagreements, misunderstandings and all out arguments between my coadventurers), making the journey a bit of a bumpy ride…. Even before getting sick and not sleeping well all week.
Still, none of that seems important in light of the mysterious blessings and synchronicities I also experienced this week. Many small things – playful little kisses from the universe – were sprinkled throughout my days as per usual… But the most significant was something I'll never be able to forget.
It all began with my unknowing participation
I bought a book on Nordic Runes when I was passing through Iceland last fall on my way home from Europe. I had yet to even crack it open, so I decided to bring it with me on this trip – now I wonder if things would have unfolded the way they did if I hadn't…
We were driving from Cape Flattery to the Hoh Rainforest and made a quick stop for water… That turned out to be anything but. We had stumbled into a food co-op operated by an expatriate Australian couple and were enjoying the variety of miscellaneous supplies and wares in the shop when they offered us Master Rune readings. Of course we could not refuse.
Prior to even sitting down, the woman was already reading us – mentioning things to my sister and friends about themselves that she simply shouldn't have known… And telling me some things that were both shocking and resonant as well. Perhaps in the future I will talk about these things more specifically, but for now I feel they are still for me to continue processing.
The readings were all dead-on and we enjoyed visiting with this enigmatic couple for hours, eventually purchasing lunch and carrying on like old friends, hugging them repeatedly when we were finally able to pull ourselves away to leave. I purchased their self-published volume on the Master Runes system they created that combines the Nordic Runes and two other ancient runic systems with a few other symbols the woman had channeled herself. I also bought all of the corresponding Master Runes.
Not a beginning, an acceleration
This is not my first set of Runes. I have a beautiful collection of Amazonite crystal Norse Runes at home. This is also not the only system of Divination I am familiar with. By the time I had started learning Tarot and what Divination really is, I had already amassed a collection of Pendulums, Oracle Decks and had my first set of Runes. I remember joking with my more esoteric friends, "do you think I have a propensity for Divination at all?"
I told this joke to the lady at the shop before my reading too. She and I had an unexplainable and unspoken connection. It was almost like we kept sharing inside jokes throughout our time together, sometimes with only mere glances.
Somehow, spontaneously finding this shop in the middle of nowhere seemed anything but accidental. I recalled saying "ooh, a food co-op," the first time we drove through the little town on our way to the cape but remained quiet as we left and one of the girls said "your welcome! Aren't you all glad I saw that place for us to get water?"
I had remained quiet through a lot of things – it seemed that as much as this experience was for me, it was for all of us in different ways, and I didn't want to diminish that for anyone with petty semantics… It was enough for me to know that the energy of that place was calling to me, I didn't need to group to validate it for me.
Perhaps it was just simple physics. The Icelandic book on Nordic Runes in my bag reaching out energetically to entangle us with the Master Runes and their teachers… Perhaps it was destined and nothing could have kept us from stopping at that little food co-op. Regardless, I am grateful.
Returning home to get to my true soul work
One thing is for sure: I feel activated. A major shift has taken place within me… Healing.
It's as if a great divide between my heart and my mind has suddenly diminished and I am no longer fighting against empty space of possibility and paranoia within myself. I feel whole. I feel accepted, by myself.
I have had many shifts in my life, many blessings and many changes – but somehow, this experience has made sense of all of them without the construction of understanding… I simply know myself now. Intuitively, my spirit feels at home within me, my soul is content with this lifetime's quest and there is a subdued joy and peace consuming my being.
I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is hard work and many challenges to come, and I appreciate these opportunities already. I feel my strength and power in ways I didn't know were possible – like the quiet and gentle assurance of your mother's hand rubbing your back while you sleep, it isn't obtrusive but it is permeating… This is how I am now feeling my readiness to fulfill my calling.
No more doubts. No more excuses. No more shame.
Ready or not world, Mayryanna is full and overflowing –
Tree in the middle of Olympic National Forest


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Ascent Taps JLL to Lease ATL Data Center
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- Jun 27, 2018
Ascent has entered into a partnership with JLL to list its newly completed data center, ATL1, in the Atlanta metro. The enterprise-grade facility is situated in the growing technology hub of Alpharetta, Ga. The company will seek to take advantage of the state's new tax incentives set in place by Georgia House Bill 696.
ATL1, Ascent's first data center in the metro, is situated on a secure 38-acre campus. The purpose-built facility totals 185,000 square feet and features 34,000 square feet of plug-and-play data center space. There are currently 8.1 megawatts of critical power available at ATL1, and the campus is primed for a two-phase expansion if needed, with scalable capacity of up to 30+ megawatts. ATL1 comprises two server-ready suites and up to 1,200 racks.
Tenants at the data center will have a wide palette of fiber carriers to choose from such as AT&T, CenturyLink, Comcast, Crown Castle, Fiberlight, Level 3, Telia, Verizon, Windstream and Zayo. Additional features of Ascent's facility include diverse Points of Entry, two meet-me-rooms, as well as robust, 10-layer security. The building is LEED Gold certified.
Tax incentives
Earlier this year, the state's tax legislature was expanded with the passage of House Bill 696, which is aimed at data center developers and operators. The new law exempts companies from paying taxes for a seven-year period, if certain criteria are met, depending on population. Fulton county's population is more than one million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
To qualify for the exemption, an investment of at least $250 million in aggregate expenditures incurred over a seven-year period is required, together with the creation of at least 20 high-quality jobs—a position which pays at least 110 percent of the county's average wage.
"The Alpharetta area and this location in particular has excellent fiber and power infrastructure already in place. The Ascent Data Center is a great solution for users looking for immediate capacity with runway and flexibility to densify in place and/or grow their data center footprint," said Wendy McArthur, managing director at JLL Data Center Solutions, in a prepared statement.
Image courtesy of Ascent


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We provide mobile and web applications that utilize AI and data aggregation to improve airline and airport operations.
We analyze the flight operational data of more than 200 airlines and airports.
Patent Pending Technology
• Our device aggregates different signals and converts them into text
• With this data, we use AI to group and segment the messages to solve delay problems to help improve operations
• We can segment the data by airports and separate the transcripts by different times
• Flight plans that are created by the dispatcher to indicate a plane's flight path and ETA constantly change due to irregular operations which increase airline's labor and fuel.
• US carriers spend a combine $6-$15 billion on jet fuel and labor a month
• With just a 10% increase in production using improved technology, airlines can save $600M - $1.5B a month
• Airports make about $10B and more than 40% comes from passengers
• Due to flight delays and cancellations, airports lose money due to lack of efficiency and a decrease in travelers
• Our technology analyzes communications between air traffic and ground operators
• With analysis and improved data analytics, airports can improve to increase passenger foot traffic and overall revenue by at least 10%.
• Customers want to understand the causes of delays and irregular operations
• Airline and airport customer satisfaction and NPS scores decrease when flights are delayed and cancelled
• Travel companies are competing to be the first to provide customers with as much as travel information as possible
• Our APIs provide travel companies with the details of airline operations to explain the cause of delays


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View 101 - 110 results for trouble finding dates comic strips. Discover the best "Trouble Finding Dates" comics from Dilbert.com.
Tuesday March 29,
Asok's Legacy
Tags #judge, #judging, #overshare, #sharing, #socks, #guest artist, #donna oatney, #legal
CEO: Do you ever worry about your legacy? Asok: I worry about someone finding out my socks are so worn out that all I have left are the ankle parts. CEO: Well, that's enough about you.
Sunday August 28,
Tags #scam, #death, #reincarnation, #con, #con artist, #ghost, #medical
Dogbert: I'm starting a new business selling clothes to ghosts. My garments are made of the finest ectoplasm. Dilbert: Ghosts don't have money. Dogbert: They don't need money. I'm using a life insurance business model. If you pay me until you die, I will keep your ghost well-dressed for eternity. I also offer reincarnation services. Leave all of your stuff to me when you die and I'll give it back to you when I find the baby that got your soul. Dilbert: You'll be in trouble if your customers realize you're running a scam. Dogbert: If dead people start complaining, we've both got bigger problems than my scams.
Wednesday October 19,
Estimating Finish Times
Tags #website, #internet, #developer, #code, #coding, #deadline, #time, #deception, #lying, #technology
Boss: I'm having trouble managing our web developer because I don't know how long things are supposed to take. Does it really take nine months to change the font on the home page? Developer: How much do I owe you? Dilbert: Tell him my project normally takes two years.
Friday October 28,
Men Who Do The Driving
Tags #dating, #driving, #Men, #conversation, #relationships
Woman: I like a man who always offers to do the driving on dates? Dilbert: Like Uber? Woman: But less expensive, and no waiting. Dilbert; So you're saying I'm better than Uber? Woman: You would be if you didn't talk.
Wednesday November 23,
Turn Down Service
Tags #pun, #wordplay, #hotel, #turn-down
Dilbert: I'd like to decline your turn-down service tonight so I can have some privacy. Voice: We're going to do it anyway. Good luck finding your stuff after we randomly move it. Dilbert: What? You can't do that! I hereby turn down your turn down of your turn-down service! Voice: Say goodbye to your phone charger!
Monday April 03,
Alice Dates Robot
Tags #dating, #human resources, #company policy, #robot, #relationships, #free will, #business
Alice: Am I allowed to date a co-worker? Catbert: That's against company policy. Alice: Is our robot considered a co-worker? Catbert: No. Alice: We're good to go. Robot: Man, I wish I had free will.
Monday April 30,
Finding Alice
Tags #surveillance, #data, #spying, #location, #privacy
Boss: Does anyone know where Alice is? Dilbert: Yes. The CIA, Google, Facebook, Apple, and Russian hackers know where she is. Boss: But we have no way to find her? Dilbert: Depends. Was she dumb enough to download our company app?
Wednesday September 12,
Social Media Ads To Influence
Tags #Dilbert, #brain-reading, #computer, #social media, #profile, #friends, #testing, #influence, #cyborg, #ridiculous, #phone
Dilbert: My brain-reading computer is checking your social media profile and finding your friends. I am now testing social media posts to see which ones influence them to recommend that to you date a cyborg. Woman: That's the most ridiculous thing I have ever. Dilbert: check your phone.
Monday December 31,
New Year Resolution
Tags #holidays, #new year, #sarcasm, #weight, #new year's resolutions
Carol: Do you have any New Year's resolutions? Dilbert: I resolve to not make major decisions about my life based on random calendar dates. Carol: So...nothing about your weight? Dilbert: Worst holiday ever.
Sunday July 14,
Finding A Scapegoat
Tags #business, #office, #project, #ceo, #scapegaot, #climate change
the boss: we'll need a scapegoat to blame for our failure on this project. dilbert: no one will believe it wasn't our fault. the boss: are you kidding? the boss: people will believe anything. the boss: we just have to be the first to frame the situation. dilbert: i suppose we could make our lie sound credible. the boss: that's overkill. dilbert: we don't need to sound credible? the boss: not even a little. the boss is in ceo's office. the boss: our project failed because of climate change. ceo: that sounds right.


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End of this ban will help Iowa State Fair, county fairs
Iowa plans to lift the state ban on bird exhibits imposed in May as bird flu spread through the state's turkey and chicken farms.
The change will have a big impact on county fairs and the Iowa State Fair.
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship says the order will be lifted on Friday.
Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey said in a news release Tuesday that the announcement "is very good news and another sign that we continue to recover from this devastating animal health emergency."
The department says no new cases of bird flu have been confirmed in Iowa since June.
Bird flu first surfaced a year ago on the West Coast and spread to flocks in 15 states over six months, resulting in the death of 48 million birds.
Iowa lost the most - nearly 32 million, and mostly egg-laying chickens.


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Unsealed documents: Former governor of Aguascalientes laundered stolen money in San Antonio
During his time as governor for the Mexican state of Aguascalientes from 2004 to 2010, Luis Armando Reynoso Femat transferred $5.5 million in stolen money to the U.S., most of which was sunk into San Antonio real estate, according to recently unsealed court documents.
Federal prosecutors filed an asset forfeiture lawsuit in 2014 against four far North Side homes, two empty lots west of town and one commercial property near the Vineyard that prosecutors allege Reynoso Femat purchased through nominees.
The allegations in that case remained sealed until last week, when a redacted version was filed in federal court in San Antonio.
Reynoso Femat, whom a judge in Mexico this month sentenced to nearly three years in prison, transferred money stolen from the state to U.S. banks, then purchased San Antonio real estate that was kept in the name of his son, Luis Armando Reynoso López, according to the U.S. government.
"Beginning in 2008, Reynoso Femat and his son, Reynoso López, conspired together, and with others, to divert monies illegally derived from the Mexican state of Aguascalientes through financial institutions in Mexico, to bank accounts they established in the U.S.," the lawsuit alleges.
Reynoso López's attorney, David Dilley, did not respond to a request for comment Monday. Neither father nor son has been charged in the U.S., and according to a motion Dilley filed this month, he was told that prosecutors have closed their investigation into Reynoso López.
The two empty lots, which make up a combined 66 acres, and the commercial building on West Blanco Road are still in Reynoso López's name, property records show. The four houses, former model homes in the Campanas at Cibolo Canyons gated subdivision off TPC Parkway, were transferred to a limited liability company run by Reynoso López in 2012.
The lawsuit repeats charges made by state prosecutors in Aguascalientes that Reynoso Femat stole millions from the state through an unfulfilled contract for medical equipment and the sale of state-owned real estate, although some segments about those allegations are blacked out.
The money used to buy the San Antonio real estate was wired from Reynoso Femat's bank in Cancún, Mexico, and an account at Inter National Bank in McAllen to BBVA Compass accounts in the U.S., according to court documents.
Reynoso Femat's alleged connection to Inter National came up during the January plea hearing of a South Texas businessman accused of helping corrupt Mexican governors launder money in the U.S. Luis Carlos Castillo Cervantes, a minority owner in the bank, admitted using the U.S. banking system to pay bribes to former Mexican officials in exchange for road paving contracts his company received in Mexico. Castillo Cervantes helped Reynoso Femat set up an account at Inter National, prosecutors allege.
For the most part, Castillo Cervantes worked with members of Mexico's ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, according to prosecutors. Reynoso Femat is the only member of the opposition National Action Party whom the U.S. has accused Castillo of bribing.
Reynoso Femat is one of several former Mexican governors under investigation by authorities in South Texas. Tomás Yarrington Ruvalcaba, the former governor of the border state of Tamaulipas who was arrested this month in Italy and faces federal charges in Brownsville, is accused of laundering bribe money through real estate purchases in Kyle, San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley.
Castillo Cervantes also admitted to paying bribes to Eugenio Hernández, another Tamaulipas governor who faces charges in Corpus Christi and is a fugitive; Jorge Juan Torres López, the former interim governor of the border state of Coahuila who's also charged in Corpus Christi and is a fugitive; and Humberto Moreira, Torres' predecessor in Coahuila who has not been charged. But U.S. prosecutors allege in court documents that Moreira stole hundreds of millions of dollars from the state and laundered tens of millions of it in San Antonio and elsewhere in Texas. All four have denied wrongdoing.
Facing pressure from the public to deal with corruption, Mexico's government in recent months revived long-ignored charges against Yarrington filed in that country and charged Javier Duarte, the former governor of the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz who was arrested a week ago in Guatemala, and César Duarte, a former governor of Chihuahua state, which borders West Texas.
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