I live in Aurora, Illinois and I am on this bus tour because my husband was accused of helping other people cross the border and was deported. He came into this country in 1994 and never went back. I petitioned for him in 2011 and we have been separated for over a year.
We have three children and without him I have to pay my mortgage, bills and take care of my children. My children haven't seen their father in over a year and I have to work 7 days a week. I am only able to spend 2 hours a day at most with my children and I still don't' have any money.
My husband is not a criminal! He is not who the police say he is! I have a lot of medical conditions that I am dealing with because of his deportation and there has to be someone who can help us. President Obama said he would help us if he was re-elected, well my children are desperate and are suffering so much and I hope he helps soon!


We are officially down to the wire on the Second Annual Stogie Review 12 Days of Christmas. The deadline for the last grouping of prizes has lapsed and all that is left is to show off the winners as we close in on Christmas Day.
We are now coming down to the final stretch of the Second Annual Stogie Review 12 Days of Christmas. In this phase of the contest, we asked everyone to submit Christmas Card style photos involving cigars. The only restriction we set in place was that there was to be minimal photo editing.
With the first two days of the Second Annual Stogie Review 12 Days of Christmas behind us, we are beginning to to hit our stride. The announcement today, as you may have guessed it, is to congratulate our latest contest winner.


Dec 1st, 2016 – Book Author Stella Pope Duarte Invited the community to celebrate the life of Raul H. Yzaguirre, via his biography: "Seated at the Table of Power".
WINNER OF THE 2017 INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARD FOR "BEST BIOGRAPHY IN ENGLISH." PRESENTED AT UC – DOMINGUEZ HILLS.
Raul H. Yzaguirre: Seated at the Table of Power, is Stella Pope Duarte's masterpiece, celebrating the life and legacy of one of America's most prominent civil rights leaders.
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On January 23, 2005, Raul Yzaguirre was appointed as Presidential Professor of Practice in Community Development and Civil Rights at Arizona State University. His task was to direct the new Civil Rights and Development Office established at the New American University at ASU's downtown Phoenix location. He also became active as one of ASU's board members for the North American Center of Transborder Studies (NACTS).
It was at this time that I became personally acquainted with Raul Yzaguirre and was impressed with his accomplishments as former president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR). His three decades of leadership built NCLR into the largest constituency-based, national Hispanic organization in America, and one that is considered a leading Hispanic "think tank" in Washington, D.C. Through the establishment of the NCLR Policy Analysis Center, Yzaguirre often testified before Congress and influenced policies, programs and legislation affecting Latino Americans and other ethnic minorities nationwide. Latinos are a large and young population in the U.S., with numbers exceeding 50 million. NCLR affiliates and community-based programs that serve this population are extensive, involving millions of individuals working as CEO's, management, staff, board members, and community supporters. One of the longest serving CEO's in the nation, Yzaguirre's tenure at NCLR lasted for thirty years, ending in 2004 when he left the organization in the "capable hands," of Janet Murguia.
On August 17, 2010, I began a series of interviews with Yzaguirre at ASU downtown. The interviews were a mutual commitment between us, initiated by Yzaguirre who had become acquainted with my work by reading my novel, Let Their Spirits Dance, (HarperCollins, 2002) which is an historical work depicting a Chicano family's struggle in coming to terms with the death of their son/brother in the Vietnam War. Yzaguirre related to me his plans to document the history of San Juan, Texas, his birthplace, and the struggles of the Mexican American communities he had witnessed there. It was then that I envisioned a biography of his life that would begin with his birth on July 22, 1939 in San Juan, Texas, and proceed to the present time. Yzaguirre authorized me to write his biography, and thus began a series of face-to-face interviews, recorded, and now transcribed, which continued until September 9, 2010, and resumed again in the Dominican Republic in May 2012.
Over forty interviews have been conducted to complete this biography with well-known community and national leaders, NCLR staff, staff from affiliates and community organizations, long-time friends and acquaintances, and Yzaguirre family members. Insights from key leaders both living and deceased are included in the biography, as well as their personal stories and connection with Yzaguirre. A trip was taken to the Dominican Republic to continue interviews with Yzaguirre, his wife and other family members visiting there at the time. Another trip was taken to South Texas to visit his birthplace, San Juan, and to follow the road to Corpus Christi, tracing Yzaguirre's steps as a 13 year-old who decided to try his luck as a sailor.
Additional material, some of it Yzaguirre's personal mementos are housed at Arizona State University, and this information has been carefully researched and documented. Books, periodicals, journals, web pages, dissertations, and newspaper articles crucial to this biography have also been researched and information documented. Personal family photographs, as well as photos of major life events, and significant community and national figures are also included in the biography.
This is the first comprehensive biography of the life of Raul H. Yzaguirre; therefore, the scope of this biography will encompass his entire life, beginning with his birth in San Juan, Texas, to the present time. The following is a sample of areas which will be addressed, always keeping in mind that Yzaguirre has asked that his biography include stories of family, friends, community leaders, acquaintances, legislators, and many others who have impacted his life. His biography will be a history of Latino politics as well, and how the present platform, serving the needs of Latinos nationwide, is evolving and continuously adjusting to new challenges in addressing the needs of over 50 million Latinos nationwide.
I. History and early life. Yzaguirres are given a land grant by the King of Spain and become one of the founding families of Texas. Birth, July 22, 1939 in San Juan, Texas. History of parents, grandparents, other family members, and their influence on his life. Conflicts with Texas Rangers. Community life in San Juan, and challenges faced by Mexican Americans as witnessed by Yzaguirre. Greatest influence – maternal grandfather: Gavino Morin.
II. Beginning of activism. Age, 13, "ran away from home," to travel to Corpus Christi to become a sailor; met a member of the G.I. Forum who changed the course of his life. At age 15, formed G.I. Forum Juniors, and faced a school board on behalf of the Hispanic community. High school and college years (George Washington University) will show further involvement in community issues. Greatest community mentor: Dr. Hector P. García.
III. Military Service –Air Force. 1958 joined Air Force and served in medical corps. Based in Washington, D.C. In his work as lab assistant met his wife, Audrey Bristow in Washington, D.C. Marriage: January 2, 1965. Children and family life.
IV. National Leadership. National Organization of Mexican American Services (NOMAS); Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO); Interstate Research Associates (IRA); Southwest Council of la Raza (SWCLR); Chicanos por La Causa (CPLC, 1972) one of the most successful nonprofits; National Council of La Raza (NCLR, 1974) became president and CEO). Establishing long-term relationships with national organizations, affiliates, corporate America, key leaders of social reform, federal and state legislatures and the news media. Challenges and conflicts faced in creating a pan-Hispanic organization. Establishing NCLR Policy Analysis Center for lobbying Congress on issues critical to Latinos.
V. Major Policy Initiatives., Spearheaded effort to address educational needs of Hispanics through initiation of Hispanic Education Executive Order during H.W. Bush's administration. Appointed by President Clinton as Chairperson of the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans. Opposed passage of English-Only legislation, and discriminatory aspects of the Welfare Reform Act. Supported Affirmative Action legislation, Voting Acts Reform Act, and fair labor practices for Hispanic Americans. (See extensive list from NCLR Policy Analysis Center).
VI. Highest Awards. First Hispanic American to receive a Rockefeller Public Service Award for Outstanding Public service (1979). First Hispanic Fellow of the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (1989-1990). Honored by President Carlos Salinas de Gortari of Mexico with the Order of the Aztec Eagle (1993). Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award (1993), Charles Evan Hughes Gold Medal Award for courageous leadership in Civic and Humanitarian Affairs (1998), John Gardner Award for Leadership (2004).
VII. Most Current Presidential Appointment: American Ambassador to the Dominican Republic (September 30, 2010). Discussion of his service in the Dominican Republic, and experiences in the Caribbean.
VIII. Vision for Future of Latinos in America. Reflections on personal struggle with Parkinson's disease; forming new leadership in Latinos; creation of new agendas to serve multiple needs of the growing Latino population and insights on increasing international constituency/affiliations for world-wide Latino organizations. Insights shared on life issues: marriage, raising children, health, religion, the after life, the meaning of macho, Latino gender roles, leadership, education, activism, love of family and community and searching out one's purpose.


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Brightness temperature is the temperature an object would be if it were a black body radiating light at a specific frequency. It is often used to determine whether a source of radiation is nonthermal, usually in the radio region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
If an object is a true black body, the spectrum of light it emits is only a function of its temperature. This function is The Planck Law
Bν(T) = 2hν3c-2 × (exp(hν/kT) - 1)-1 (eq. 1)
When we observe in the radio region of the spectrum, the quantity hν is very small relative to kT, and we can assume the Rayleigh-Jeans Law,
Bν(T) = 2ν2c-2kT (eq. 2)
which you can then solve for the brightness temperature
Tν = c2Bν/(2νk) (eq. 3)
By equation 3, if we specify the frequency, ν, we want to measure, and measure the brightness of the source at this frequency, we then obtain the brightness temperature.
If we are observing a perfect black body, the brightness temperature is exactly the temperature of the body. However, true black bodies do not exist: some manmade objects like incandescent lights are almost black bodies, as are some natural sources like stars and the microwave background radiation. So, if we measure the brightness temperature of these objects, they will be close to the true temperature of the source.
However, many astrophysical objects are not thermal sources of radiation. For example, emission line radiation is confined to a very narrow range of frequencies, and the brightness temperature measured at the line frequency will be much higher than the true temperature. Even worse are synchrotron radiation sources like supernova remnants, active galaxies, and quasars. They can have brightness temperatures of billions of degrees when their spectra are measured. No stable object can have a surface temperature of a billion degrees because radiation pressure would blow it apart. Thus a high brightness temperature will immediately tell an observer that the source of light is nonthermal and/or strongly beamed, as in the case of extragalactic radio jets.
brightness temperature -- color temperature -- effective temperature
Radiative Processes In Astrophysics, G. Rybicki and A. Lightman, Wiley Interscience
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Seabury Place
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Coming Home: A Soldier Returns From Korea
In Coming Home: A Soldier Returns From Korea, Daniel Wolfe, traces the frequently humorous and sometimes poignant travails of a young Korean War vet returning to the Bronx to begin "the rest of the story." Readers share young Danny's discovery that he is qualified for college; his adventures as a biology teacher in the Bronx; his courtship of his wife, life in suburbia, and their short-lived migration to Florida. Then an army reunion recalling his Korean War experiences, suppressed for forty-five years, led to sleepless nights and nightmares. They moved on to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and finally, their return to New York.
Wolfe's gift for tragicomedy gets plenty of play as he recalls the many characters he encountered after his discharge. Among them, he gives us Sam, the mentally-challenged bowling alley clerk who paints extraordinary pictures on cardboard sheets that supported corn muffins; Bucky, his hilarious army buddy, Adrian, the lighting salesmen, who suddenly bursts out speaking in tongues one night over dinner; and Louis St. Louis, the artist who paints with his blood as a metaphor. This is Wolfe the caricaturist at his best. With a few deft strokes, he captures the essence of the character in all its beautiful and bewildering humanity.
Anyone dealing with veterans' issues should read this book. The profound respect and understanding with which the author, the recipient of the Bronze Star with a "V" for Valor, depicts his former buddies on the frontline, offers a model for this generation and generations to come. His depiction of the psychological toll of warfare will provide a perspective for younger vets and their families, as well as hope that there is indeed light at the end of the tunnel. Readers who seek a good story, a good laugh and a good man need look no further. Coming Home: A Soldier Returns From Korea by Daniel Wolfe, off-the-curb champ, once again hits the ball right out of the park.
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E.J. Dionne: Trump goes on strike
WASHINGTON – It's often said that when our founders wrote the Constitution, they had a leader like Donald Trump in mind when they included various safeguards for our liberties and against abuses of presidential power.
I think that gets it wrong. The founders could not have imagined a president like Trump.
They certainly never expected that a president would go on strike.
But that is what Trump did on Wednesday, throwing a tantrum at what was supposed to be a serious meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer about a big infrastructure plan. Trump then barged out and told waiting reporters that unless the House stopped investigating him – i.e., gave up on its responsibilities to hold him accountable – Americans would just have to keep driving on crumbling roads, crossing shaky bridges and riding on inadequate public transit systems.
He took umbrage at Pelosi accusing him of a "cover-up" after a morning meeting with her Democratic caucus – even though the speaker's comment was a logical response to Trump's sweeping efforts to block the House from hearing witnesses and receiving documents that it has a right to request. That Pelosi is encouraging her caucus to hold back on impeachment inquiries was apparently lost on him.
Trump's theatrics only hardened Pelosi's view. After Trump's stagey sulk, she told a gathering organized by the Center for American Progress: "The fact is, in plain sight in the public domain, this president is obstructing justice and he's engaged in a cover-up – and that could be an impeachable offense." She also told the group that she was praying for him and for our country.
She might usefully add our constitutional system to her prayerful petitioning, because there is one other thing our founders certainly didn't have in mind: that extreme partisanship would so obliterate institutional patriotism that congressional Republicans would put the interests of a power-abusing president over the legitimate rights and prerogatives of the legislative branch of government. Democrats should not have to be fighting Trump's imperiousness on their own.
But that is how it is, which means that a growing number of angry and frustrated House members are arguing that their colleagues should move quickly to impeachment hearings because doing so might strengthen their legal hand in prying out information to which they are entitled.
Again, I doubt that when the founders wrote the impeachment power into the Constitution, they expected it might be the only recourse left against a chief executive who is guided solely by an obsession with self-protection.
For all the talk of Democrats being divided on impeachment, my reporting suggests something different and more complicated. Virtually all members of their caucus are infuriated with Trump's stonewalling and in search of stronger ways to push back against it. Large numbers see many of his actions – and not just those described in the Mueller report – as potentially impeachable, but they worry about what signal would be sent if the House impeached and the Senate acquitted.
At the same time, a very sizable group, particularly members from swing districts, wants everyone to know that if impeachment comes, it will be undertaken deliberately and not in haste.
"My responsibility is to deliver the evidence," Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., who won a Republican-held seat in 2018, said in an interview. "I really want to make sure this is done correctly."
Rep. David Price, D-N.C., who has spent three decades in the House, put the ambivalence of many of his colleagues plainly. "Most of us think these are impeachable offenses," he told me. "But it will be a failed impeachment in the Senate unless something changes on the Republican side. How much better is a failed impeachment than a relentless, serious set of investigations?" Which, of course, is why Trump is doing all he can to make such inquiries impossible.
For now, a majority of House Democrats seem inclined to support court efforts to uphold the various subpoenas and document requests before moving to impeachment. Giving Trump more time for Rose Garden and Twitter antics could also allow him to make the case for impeachment far better than Democrats ever could on their own.
And in blowing up the talks on infrastructure, Trump has already assuaged one of the worries of swing-district Democrats – that they'd be blamed if Washington doesn't act on big issues. Now, everyone will know that it's Trump who has little interest in governing or compromising. He's the one with the picket sign, grinding government to a halt to keep his secrets.
E.J. Dionne writes for The Washington Post Writers Group.


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About IGO-POST
History of IGO
IGO is an international company that is evolving rapidly. But how did IGO become what it is today?
On 4 December, 1924, Martien Jonkers was born in Helmond. On his 21st birthday Martien started his own business. With Jonkers' Handelsonderneming (commercial enterprise) he laid the foundation of IGO. He was one of the first people to introduce pens imprinted with advertisements to the Dutch (and European) market. His ambitions went beyond the Dutch borders and in 1961 IGO was founded, which is short for International Gift Organisation. IGO focused on selling promotional gifts to companies, foundations, institutions and the government.
In the 60s, Martien was introduced to the concept of 'direct marketing'. He believed in this concept and changed IGO's approach to the market. Sales was no longer done personally, but via catalogues. IGO, International Gift Organisation by (parcel) Post, was born! This turned out to be a golden move…
In the 80s, IGO expanded to Belgium and, in the 90s, France was added. In recent years sales offices were opened in England, Germany, Denmark and Austria. From these countries also the Luxembourgian, Italian, Swiss, Liechtensteiner, Irish, Norwegian, Finnish and Swedish markets are approached.
After having moved several times, headquarters has been situated at the Haverdijk in Helmond since 1992. To this day, the production facility in Helmond continues to grow. We have our own printing facility, packing and unpacking department and a large warehouse. In 2015 the logistics centre was extended by 10,000 m2, which enables further expansion of our production, making it ready for the future. Printing techniques are developing rapidly and our warehouse has more storage capacity, so that we can realise growth.
If you would like to know more about the history of IGO, please continue reading here for detailed information or view the company film about our history to this very day.
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