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On a tour: Curitiba, Brazil

On a tour: Curitiba, Brazil

Just the other day, again on twitter, a tweet from ForbesOpinions (Forbes.com) with an article link caught my eye: World’s Smartest Cities: … today’s “smart” cities tend to be smaller, compact and more efficient: places like Amsterdam; Seattle; Singapore; Curitiba, Brazil; and Monterrey, Mexico. This is not an entirely new notion: Between the 14th and [...] [...more]

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There and back again …

There and back again …

Being this post is the first since late in September, I feel I owe an explanation to anyone who may be interested as to why.  So inspired was I by dolphins being jerks, I sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in search of sushi. Of course that’s not true, but it’s as good a reason as [...] [...more]

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Crowley Cultural Cargo?

Crowley Cultural Cargo?

JACKSONVILLE – Let’s face it.  Maritime shipping isn’t a glamourous subject.  Just look at Crowley Maritime Corp. Ship Assist and Escort? A bunch of tugboats dragging cargo around Oakland Harbor. Although just last week its TITAN Salvage team [was] involved in the dramatic, 12-hour cliff-top rescue of the 25 crewmembers onboard the grounded cargo ship [...] [...more]

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Les Machines de L’ile Nantes!

Les Machines de L’ile Nantes!

JACKSONVILLE - The Star is  Malaysia’s most widely-read English language daily newspaper –  the publication ran an online feature on Aug. 29th  about Machines of Isle of Nantes [France]. (Why the article ran in Malaysia at all is probably a story unto itself, so we won’t concern ourselves with that today). “On the Ile de Nantes [Isle [...] [...more]

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San Juan es la ciudad hermana de nuevos

San Juan es la ciudad hermana de nuevos

Not to go overboard singing the praises of JAXPORT, but it has had so many JAXPORTinTheNews tweets on Twitter I feel obliged to share [at least  five]. Besides that, Jeff Price, who is JAXPORT’s Communications Coordinator,  just yesterday became another Linkedin contact of mine. I saw him on Linkedin because he linked-in with Tony Quesada, [...] [...more]

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Brothers in Arms: Mark Rinaman

Brothers in Arms: Mark Rinaman

Part Four: The relationships which develop between those who serve together  in military conflicts foster amazing relationships. Shared experiences bring together cultures and friendships to last a lifetime. Brothers in arms is  short series of  stories about a triangulation of  two Jacksonville, Fla. military officers and an Afghani translator ~ ~ I’d  like to hear  [...] [...more]

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Brothers in arms:  Ajmal Omar

Brothers in arms: Ajmal Omar

Part Three: The relationships which develop between those who serve together  in military conflicts foster amazing relationships. Shared experiences bring together cultures and friendships to last a lifetime. Brothers in arms is  short series of  stories about a triangulation of  two Jacksonville, Fla. military officers and an Afghani translator ~ ~ Ajmal Omar writes [...] [...more]

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Brothers in arms:  notes from the West coast

Brothers in arms: notes from the West coast

From the high deserts of New Mexico: Thanks for including me in this.  I will read the content shortly. I am currently in the field in the high deserts of New Mexico, training a National Guard battalion from Connecticut, before they deploy to Iraq. Thus, internet connection is rare.  I appreciate [...] [...more]

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Brothers in arms:  Jon Singleton

Brothers in arms: Jon Singleton

Part Two: The relationships which develop between those who serve together  in military conflicts foster amazing relationships. Shared experiences bring together cultures and friendships to last a lifetime. Brothers in arms is  short series of  stories about a triangulation of  two Jacksonville, Fla. military officers and an Afghani translator ~ ~ The year is 2006. Ajmal [...] [...more]

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Brothers in arms

Brothers in arms

The relationships which develop between those who serve together  in military conflicts foster amazing relationships. Shared experiences bring together cultures and friendships to last a lifetime. Brothers in arms is  short series of  stories about a triangulation of  two Jacksonville, Fla. military officers and an Afghani translator ~ ~ A suicide truck bomb explodes at Camp Phoenix, [...] [...more]

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