How to Save Gas With Hydrogen Fueled CarsHave you seen all the Videos all over the internet about HHO gas and Hydrogen fueled cars? If you haven't, you must be very busy like me so let me save you some time and give you the down and dirty scoop on these new generation cars:There are basically 3 types;1. Fuel Cell carsA fuel cell converts the gas directly into electricity without the need for an in
Earlier this week, my roommate, StuckInaMoment, moved out. He was going to Oklahoma City for 3 months of Air Traffic Control training and upon his return he would be getting his own place. While he’s best friends with both me and my husband, I was getting so sick of seeing him day in and day [...]
Forgiving Our Mothers, Healing Ourselves - Everyone knows that parents aren't perfect, but one of the most powerful things grown children can do for their parents is to let them know that they did an adequate job. Forgiving our parents for their shortcomings can allow us to heal ourselves and begin to focus on all of the things that they did right. More: continued here Other Review: Just Peac
Okay friends, I need some input. Here’s the scoop:
The girls are away at what I like to call Dad camp. They’ll be gone for a few weeks and Jeff and I would like to take full advantage of the fact that our child load has decreased by a full 75%. What should we do?
As I was looking through the most recent Carnival of Education, I came across this post by Anthony Cody entitled Class Struggle: Empowering the Teaching Profession in which he explores the historic influences that have shaped the ‘lack of status’ of the teaching profession. Cody also explores the question of what we can [...]
We are all on the same path. It is what has joined us together as an online group here at Wicked Weighs. We all want to either improve our health or lose weight. Sometimes, both. I have preached the importance of setting goals for ourselves. I have shared mine with all of you. I have put this part of my life out there as an example to all of the readers here with hope that someone might learn some
Charlton has never laughed so hard as he did a year or so ago when his 13-year-old cousin was telling him about the ridiculously absurd names of some of his classmates. There was [AB Seh Duh], spelled "ABCDE," "Alizay" (The name of an alcohol popularized by rappers like Tupac), and our personal, fall-of-our-chairs favorite: "Shithead" (pronounced [shuh HEED] – seriously, see below). After he had
Restaurant: ArcadiaAddress: 100 West San Carlos St., San Jose, CaPhone Number: (408) 278-4555Cuisine: New AmericanDate Last Visited: March 25, 2008Dining Partner: Ate DiMichael Mina. This guy is a mogul. He has restaurants everywhere and building more as I am typing this. Cousin Star and I went to Michael Mina (MM) at the Westin St. Francis in July of 2007 and our experience there blew us
SEC Rules are the sources of protection for investors in the market. In spite of the existence of these sources, investors don’t watch them until it was too late.
Penny stocks generally are quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board or in the Pink Sheets under high lows and regulations. Laws in penny stocks [...]
Will technology become so all-pervasive and powerful that an ordinary, intelligent human being won't be able to keep up?Are we going to have to breed ourselves stronger and smarter just to get by? Just to survive?Or could we allow normal reproduction to continue, and then once a person reaches adult age, give them a few options? Like genetic enhancements, or technological implants?I read somewhere that by 2050, if we're not "jacked in" somehow, like with a brain chip implant, we won't be able to comprehend the changes taking place around us.
Hubby and myself had to slap ourselves for leaving our camera behind on Clayton's first stage performance last sunday. It was a BaoBei Mandarin Class concert and it was also our first school function appearance!We couldn't wait for him to perform and my, were we proud of him! He was dancing and singing with his classmates and it was even cuter cos he was the smallest boy! I know that medals and prizes meant alot to kids especially if for the boys, their soccer trophies will mean alot to them in their growing years. Clayton was awarded a medal for completing 7 sets of Chinese flash cards and all I did was to snap a photo with my 2 Megapix phone. Now I have another reason to get a 5 megapix camera phone - for emergencies like this!!
The United States and Mexico share many of the same problems, including immigration challenges, inadequate border security, and drug smuggling. The two nations do not adequately collaborate to address these issues, despite common goals: defeating the drug cartels, economic development, and finding solutions to America's immigration crisis and broken border....(read more)
This video is about just normal people helping each other in their own way by being unselfish and caring. This really is how our life as a whole is supposed to work- being there for others…adding value to what their needs are, and not your own.
Ultimately, what we do and give to others, we are [...]
Once inspired by Vice President Nixon’s celebration of everyday Americans’s affluence during his 1959 “kitchen debate” with Nikita Khrushchev, Chrystia Freeland wonders in the Financial Times if Americans’ indebtedness portends a new era of everyday frugality.
Maybe you’ve read my previous post, this can be considered the sequences from the previous story. Earlier, I don’t feel comfortable with friends around that happened to lie on girls. Now, I understand the main part of why people always keep lying.
It came across my mind that guys just want the others, to proud of [...]
As a therapist one of the most interesting books that I have personally read in the last ten years has to be ‘Emotional Intelligence’ by Daniel Golman, himself a psychologist. This was a book that was long overdue in coming in my humble opinion. It gets right down to the real reasons why people succeed [...]
David Suzuki interview about air pollution. Our lungs are made up of about 300 million capsules, or alveoli, and they are clustered around an alveolar stem like grapes. We have lots of these clusters in our lungs and we need them all to provide the surface area needed to come into contact with the air. If you flatten the alveoli of our lungs out into two dimensions, they would cover a tennis court. That is about how much surface area is wrinkled up in our lungs. Each alveolus is lined by a surfactant that reduces surface tension so that the air sticks to it. Immediately carbon dioxide rushes out of our bodies, oxygen and whatever else is in the air rushes in, and hemoglobin molecules in red blood cells grab on to the oxygen so that each beat of our heart can tran
It dawned on me today that Monday Blues is really something we sell to ourselves. Every time we complain about the end of the weekend or desire that it should really be the end of the week instead of the start, we are convincing ourselves even more that Monday is bad.
We tell ourselves that [...]
So much for the hatred for being sick, it never fails to dwell on me every couple of months.My body is too weak. I cannot stand cold or take “heaty” food. I’m never as healthy as what you see in appearance. For my average built body, you have to be helpful and responsible in daily chores, including helping old people with carrying of items. It requires more than words can describe, and probably, it all comes naturally. However, the outer is never as important as the inner; being healthy is more important than looking healthy.Sickness always begins with sore throat and even if I manage to get rid of it in time, flu and fever would reinforce within the next two days. The worst thing is that I do not even know how to take care of myself; I never rest early enough to recuperate and inspi
The first half of Heb 10:25 along with verses 26 and 27 represent probably the most misquoted and misapplied passage of Scripture that cult-like churches use to keep countless souls trapped in their grip.
“Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is…” Heb 10:25a
The full passage reads:
“Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as you see the day approaching. For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.” Heb 10:25-27.
Psychics provide a medium to explore the magical childhood world we often lose as adults. As we grow into adulthood our innocence, naivete, and imagination become rigid and stodgy. Our perception of reality shifts towards an acceptable way of thinking approved by society.
Imprisoned by societal constructs our ability to form new novel thoughts [...]
Self Respect - What Is It And How Do We Learn To Respect Ourselves? - It is to have pride and knowledge of one's own worth, to value one's self. To have due respect for oneself, one's character, and one's conduct. With self respect, we like ourselves because of who we are and not because of what we can or cannot do. Those with self-respect are less prone to regret, blame, guilt, shame, and secretive behaviour. More: continued here Other Review: Neat Solutions 50-count winnie the Pooh Table Topper Disposable Stick-in-Place Placemats (Baby Product)
GK Chesterton said a lot of profound things, here is one of them:
"Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged.
They always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony.
But perhaps God is strong enough... It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again," to the sun; and every evening, "Do it again," to the moon.
It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike: it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them.
It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we."
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I’m going to an African-American church this Sunday afternoon to preach at a special service. Black prayer week begins on Sunday and this year the African American community is focusing on AIDS and its impact on their people. I’ve been invited as one of the preachers to give a message about how poorly the Church responded to AIDS sufferers in the 1980s & 1990s, and how that negatively impacted the credibility of the Church across the world.Podcast version hereToo many pastors and churches were too quick to pass judgment on HIV sufferers and AIDS victims. Instead of acting with compassion to those who were dying, we showed hostility and hatred which sadly is still evident in some congregations. We were too quick to say that God was punishing the gay community instead of using it as
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Former President Bill Clinton was on Charlie Rose last Friday. He said a lot of interesting things, and though they also did a fair bit of rehashing tired arguments about the presidential campaign, it is a pretty good interview to watch.
Without question, the line that most caught my attention was this one: Mr. Clinton said, making what felt like a rather precarious jump, that the American people now know as they never have before that “there is almost no problem we can solve all by ourselves.” That America’s citizenry recognizes that the problems we face as a country: terrorism, nuclear proliferation, climate change, health, and immigration, are all outside of the control of any single government, even the most powerful.
Though Clinton wouldn’t have been a good politician if he regularly denigrated the intelligence of the American people — as I sometimes think is appropriate — I do think he&
About a week ago, Melissa wrote about how we were considering doing much of the work on the new house ourselves in order to save money. We’ve chosen to do quite a bit ourselves and save the money we would have spent otherwise. So far it’s working well but taking most of our time. We’re a little bruised and battered from all the physical labor, but after we’re done I think we’ll be happier that we took the time and effort to do it ourselves.
One thing we wanted to do was to add some protection to the walls in the room where we put our litter boxes. We wanted something that looked nice, like Wainscoting, but would add some extra protection to the walls around the litterbox area. We got a quote from a contractor who said it would be $800 in labor alone. We talked to Melissa’s father who had done some of this kind of work before and he offered to drive into town to help us and supply the tools we would need. With his help, we got it done in a sin
The Religion of Peace Needs Our Help! No, not that ‘Religion of Peace.’
This one.
An individual that I refuse to name here again (but many of my regular readers will know of and who’s name may be found quoted below) has targeted the gentle folks at The Religion of Peace in an effort to shut down the site just as he attempted to shut down the Anvil and Jihad Watch and others. The results of this phony reverend’s actions provoked a number of internet companies to incorrectly categorize The Religion of Peace. These incorrect categories have caused the site to be listed as a hate site, and consequently blocked by some servers. I know that the accusations made by Sutter, and the various companies are patently false. The Religion of Peace provides accurate facts about Islam – not lies. The site is not racist. Islam is not a race but a political and cultist ideology. The Religion of Peace speaks out against all violence that is directed towards non-Muslims
Well folks, today is the big day. It is the day that we have been waiting for a very long time. You should know what I'm talking about here. :-)By the time you folks are reading this post (sent automatically by email), I would be on my way to Kuala Lumpur accompanied by a few of my Muslim NGO friends. No, we are not going straight to the Merdeka Square of course. We would head to our HQ first and go with the rest of the gang from there.While I'm on the road, I would be thinking real hard on what Pak Lah had said in a press conference (I have provided the video down below. Thanks MalaysiaKini!) probably held after the closing ceremony of UMNO's Annual General Assembly yesterday. You folks should ponder on what he had said too. The question that nags me most is whether or not Pak Lah was sincere in saying that BERSIH's mass rally would jeopardize the freedom of others in doing their daily businesses (referring to those traders in the vicinity of Merdeka Square) and so forth. I al
Are you taking part in social networks? Do you write blogs? Or just send mails? Are you interested how much does your work cost? To get answers to these questions and know the value of your work, one should calculate it. But how?Egalitarian social networking site Weblo, which is designed on the principle that those who take part should also profit, champions the cause of the individuals in ensuring that income is distributed fairly in the world of internet, has two new features to prove that it’s on the side of the consumer-generators providing two services:Calculate Your InterNET Worth that uses a formula to put a monetary value on digital assets.Weblo’s Ad Network matches potential advertisers, who specific demographic, geographic and content requirements, with suitable individuals, who have advertising space allocated on.As the founder and CEO of Weblo said: “There has been much debate about whether it’s right that the owners of what are typically web 2.0 companies, should p
This excerpt is from the book, One by One: The World is Yours to Change, which President Ikeda wrote shortly after 9/11. It encourages us to step up and use our wisdom and lives to create peace in this world.
“Start by Asking Yourself:
It is vital that we each ask ourselves some important questions. For example: Do I accept without question the images provided me? Do I believe unconfirmed reports without first examining them? Have I unwittingly allowed myself to become prejudiced? Do I really have a grasp of the facts of the matter? Have I confirmed things for myself? Have I gone to the scene? Have I met the people involved? Have I listened to what they have to say? Am I being swayed by malicious rumors? I believe this kind of inner dialogue is crucial. This is because people who are aware that they may harbor unconscious prejudices
CAN converse with people of other cultures more easily than those WHO ARE CONVINCED that they have no prejudices. When we stop looking
Since I've never had to live through a major situation in which the powers that be deemed it necessary to ration water and electricity, one of my main memories of such an event is from an episode of, "The Twilight Zone." In it, the earth is moving closer and closer to the sun. I'm not sure if it was water or energy or both, but the government definitely had to ration its resources, because things were getting hot. In the end, the earth was actually moving away from the sun, and the opposite scenario had only been a dream. Still, it got me thinking: If the worst-case scenario entails rationing, could we start rationing early and prevent the worst-case scenario?It's like when you had a huge project way back when you were still in school. You could have started studying and working like crazy from Day 1. Or you could have started a leisurely study schedule from Day 1. Both of those approaches would have likely set you up nicely, with a project to turn in when the time finally c
McLaren boss Ron Dennis has revealed that it was a gearbox problem that caused Lewis Hamilton’s car to slow on the eighth lap of today’s race, thereby ending the Englishman’s championship hopes and breaking millions of race fans hearts in the process."There was an incorrect command given to the system," Dennis told reporters. "That fault, why did the system get an incorrect command, we don’t know yet. It could be a sensor."Dennis was quick to absolve his driver, who had more…
I had just arrived at staff meeting when Troy told me April had called. I called her back on my mobile phone."I locked myself out of the apartment," April said. "I'm at Victoria's with Alleke and Grandpa and Grandma. Can I meet you somewhere to get your keys?"I hesitated."I don't have keys," I said. "What? Why?" "I don't have keys," I said. "I left them at home so your parents could use them if they wanted to."We spent most of morning calling everyone we could think of for our landlord's phone number (which, of course, was on April's phone locked in our apartment), including the pharmacist on our street, who did have their number. It was afternoon by the time we reached them, and along with everything they had to say about how we should have left a spare set of keys at a friend's house or even at the pharmacist's, they told us they did not have an extra set of keys.Reluctantly, I called the locksmith. Eventually we negotiated a price that did not include the rush fee, bu
Dahn Yoga’s meditation practise itself is the key to developing the mindfulness that lets us recognize the nuances of our lives. By becoming more awar of what we are actually doing during meditatioin - being more mindful of our bodies and minds - we can in turn be more aware in our everyday lives, even when we are not meditating.
By honing our skills in meditation, we become fully aware of the subtle changes that are a natural part of our lives. Embracing these changes allows us to be warm, funny, joyful, radiant, relaxed, and loving. Our improved attitude in turn affects our friends, family, and even strangers, and it leaves us in a aplce where healing begins - for ourselves and the world. ~Dahn Yoga Basics by Ilchi Lee
The Price of SilenceFiction, By Camilla TrinchieriRetail: $22.00Published: 2007Filled with suspense, sinister family secrets, tangled relationships, as well as cultural and human insights, The Price of Silence is a moving, enveloping novel.A young foreign student is murdered. Her loving teacher is implicated. The teacher's husband (also a teacher) and son, though shocked by these circumstances, have their own unknown deeds still to be revealed. Combined with Trinchieri's terrific writing, all of this makes it a book readers will find well worth their time.In the following excerpt, Tom Perotti, the suspected murderer's husband, is starting to wonder if perhaps the long years with his wife have been little more than lies.An excerpt:I have, as a teacher, as a father and husband, always preached that what we, as human beings, must strive for is the truth, that the knowledge of the truth--of cultures, religions, relationships, even mundane events--would shape us, would make up the essenc
OFTEN we say that"are bangale na!! bangali to chorer dol!!"//"are bangali to sagol marka" etc.................how does it feel to comment about your own nation??I think this kind of attitude should be stopped...........In Notredame college mizan sir used to say"if everybody in this country become good then everything will be fine".So lets try to change ourselves!from right now............
It is now possible to say “I was blogging before blogging was cool!”
Take this as a sign that not only is blogging considered acceptable in the mainstream, but it’s about to get commercialized to death. Ars Technica, ever the harbinger of doom, today asks if bloggers need their own union. Of course, this was brought up at a conference in Chicago.
Just great. We really needed Cement-Truck Vinnie and Jimmy the Ching governing our blogging lives. What happens if I blog during a strike? Do they send somebody out to break my typing fingers, or do they just impound my keyboard? And I bet no matter how dumb this idea is, there’s ten ninnies out there who will pull the strings to make it happen. Because it’s the Internet; there’s ten ninnies out there to enact anything! Especially if they can collect membership fees for it.
The thing is, the whole attraction of blogging is that it is a less formal method of media. Turning it into a profession will
I just perused the titles of the articles listed by The Soma Review. The Onion is probably some of the best spoofing humor in the world. When you read these articles what do you think? Do you laugh? They tend to make us look a little silly and perhaps foolish. Maybe we have had it coming this whole time? Or at the very least it can be expected. Fortunately we are able to poke fun at ourselves. We get the joke.
I live in the Yukon where some guy who rides his bike all year round — like, through the frozen streets of winter — convinced city council that for my own safety I must wear a helmet while I sashay a bike path along the Yukon River. There is a $25 fine (I think) if I don’t.
Talk about boiling blood.
I understand why we’re forced to wear car seat belts: the state doesn’t give a shit if we live or die, they just don’t want us to linger between life and death in some highly expensive vegetative state. Got it. But where do you draw the bleeding line?
I was nattering about this to a visitor from the UK the other day telling her that in some jurisdictions kids are forced to wear helmets … while playing soccer! Seeing her shock I, quite naturally, pushed the point: I’ve even seen swimmers at our pool wearing helmets while practicing their turns. Really? Well, no but it’s getting to that: my wife wouldn’t take our grandchild out in
Last summer… A strip club… TOILET STALL… And the muffled moans! The girls must have been on ecstasy – those *shameless* sounds made my fingers drop the lipstick which, of course, rolled towards the “hot” stall. Needless to say I found myself not wanted there so I burst out of the room chuckling to myself and… well… with my clit "moaning" louder than the girls… ;)I’m against those “disturb the public peace” actions or breaking the law in some way (although, from my experience, disturbing the public turns routine sex into a steamy cum-fast-and-quiet session when ADRENALINE REALLY PUMPS!), but I’m definitely for experiments and variety in sex life.A no-mercy urge of lust struck us: on the beach; in the tall grass; in his office; in his sister’s house; in the pool; in the sea; and, of course, in the car and garage (these are our favorites ;)It's your turn, Adventurers! What are the outdoor places that were “marked” by YOU?Have you ever had sex in the “ne
Readers and visitors are probably wondering why the hell is there a post like this here. Well I'm making a little bit more money than before so I'm going to treat myself to a movie. Well, the point of having money is so you can spend it for your pleasure. So that is what I'm going to do.
Recently I saw a commercial on TV of the movie 1408. It seems like a really good scary movie. I don't
From everything, we get out in pretty equal measure what we put in. We do well at work when we’re willing to give an effort and invest in our jobs. Our marriages thrive when we spend time together and remember that this relationship is the core of our lives. Our children need our time much more than our money, and this is an investment that will reward us both for our lifetimes.
The same holds true for RealEstateShows.com.
You can use your Shows on RealEstateShows.com just to market your listings, and I’m sure you’ll get your money out of it. There really is no better way to showcase your listings! (OK, that’s my opinion, but isn’t it yours, too???) If you only use it for your listings, that’s fine.
But, if you put just a little more effort into it, I’m sure your Shows will work for you in so many other ways:
Make a show for a locally owned business that you enjoy and watch them pass around the advertising for both of you. Reward thei
I was reading a blog post over at Anxious Living and it really struck a chord in me.
Do I trust myself? No, I don’t, really. Logically when I look at my life, I really like the life I have built for myself. Finally I fought my codependency and won. I have a great husband, I actually am building friendships, and I’m doing what I love.
So why don’t I trust myself? And what, actually, don’t I trust?
I don’t trust my emotional interpretation of a situation. Mainly because I think, most of my life, I have reacted poorly, or inappropriately, to things. I don’t really know how to deal with my anger, accept it, and use it for my benefit without hurting anyone else. I don’t really know, but I’m learning, what behavior is okay to accept from other people… toward me. But I’m learning. I am.
I don’t trust my judgment of how good of work I do. I’m biased… usually towards the negative, or toward the pessimistic end.
Much of the stress we all suffer from is of our own creation. That may seem absurd at first glance. Why would we spend so much energy making ourselves sick?
Stanford University neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky says that people, apes and monkeys are highly intelligent, social creatures with far too much spare time on their hands. He discussed the biological and sociological implications of stress in a lecture titled "Stress, Health and Coping" at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco.
EurekaAlert
"Primates are super smart and organized just enough to devote their free time to being miserable to each other and stressing each other out," he said. "But if you get chronically, psychosocially stressed, you're going to compromise your health. So, essentially, we've evolved to be smart enough to make ourselves sick."
Just the other day I was tempted to post about Iraq and, all things considered, how stable and comfortable our lives are in comparison. Well today I am. Not because of matters in the Gulf this time, but closer to home. London. Manchester. Birmingham. Sure we have problems with violence in Crewe, but I can't remember the last time I saw news about a gun crime in the town. In London there have been three fatal shootings in the last 11 days. All three were teenagers. So this is just a moment for thought. No matter how bad you think things are, there really is always someone worse off than you. * Photo from the BBC website. Your comments welcome if you have any news of incident in Crewe you'd like to discuss...
One of the first principles covered in the Principle Approach is God's Principle of Individuality. This basically states that each of us is a unique creation of God, designed for His purpose. It is probably the easiest and clearest of the principles and foundational to the others. It is also the one most likely to be challenged by the unbeliever. It is challenged daily in the schools through the teaching of evolution. It is assaulted through John Dewey's notions of socialization which hold that there is no differentiation between the individual and the society.According to this pervasive belief:We are not created but a product of random chance.We are not unique individuals, but a "member of a unity."We have no purpose but to reproduce and maximize our evolutionary advantage.We have, without need of subversive tyrannies, de-humanized ourselves. At every turn, we find more reference to the human "animal." We are highly evolved apes, with no inherent value to our existence beyond
"Pabst is Back! We blame ourselves"By Rick Kaempfer & Dave SternYou read that right. Pabst Blue Ribbon is now a very popular brand of beer. It's our fault, too. We failed an entire generation of Americans. We just assumed that no one needed to be told anymore. We didn't even worry about kids discovering Pabst because surely the liquor store owner or barkeep would fill them in at the point of purchase."Um, son," he would say, "You know you're buying Pabst, right?""Yeah, why?""We haven't sold any since 1979""So?""It tastes like carbonated urine""So?""Just say the word Pabst""Pabst""Now make the sound you make when you're vomiting""Pabst"If only that conversation had actually occurred. Think about it, baby boomers. We didn't even mention Pabst Beer for an entire generation because we thought it was so obviously bad that no-one would dare make the mistake of buying it. That was our mistake. If you haven't noticed, the kids tod
TOULOUSE, France -- "We have become a nation consumed by fear, worried about terrorists and rogue nations, Muslims and Mexicans, foreign companies and free trade, immigrants and international organizations. The strongest nation in the history of the world, we see ourselves besieged and overwhelmed.The words are by Fareed Zakaria, the editor of Newsweek International, in an extraordinary essay in the June 11 issue of the magazine. Such direct words and Zakaria's brutal attack on Republican candidates for president are unusually strong fare for the weekly newsmagazines. The title is "Beyond Bush," without the question mark those magazines usually use to soften harsh words.
No question this time. The piece is not what Fox News would call "fair and balanced," but it happens to be true and straightforward. Fundamentally, Zakaria, who emigrated to the United States in 1982 as an 18-year-old student, is repeating the message delivered by an American president, Frank
