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The GEOROC Database (Geochemistry of Rocks of the Oceans and Continents)
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georoc.eu/georoc/new-start.asp <-- shared link to GEOROC resource
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“The GEOROC Database (Geochemistry of Rocks of the Oceans and Continents) is a comprehensive collection of published analyses of igneous and metamorphic rocks and minerals. It contains major and trace element concentrations, radiogenic and nonradiogenic isotope ratios as well as analytical ages for whole rocks, glasses, minerals and inclusions. Metadata include geospatial and other sample information, analytical details and references….
Current content of GEOROC:
• 22,750 papers
• 685,660 samples
• 2,680,100 analyses
• 39,334,100 single data values…”
#opendata #geology #geoscience #GEOROC #database #global #igneous #metamorphic #rocks #minerals #geochemistry #results #analyses #published #metadata #spatial #GIS #mapping #papers #samples #datavalues

TIME IS LIFE.
by J.J. Aubertin

TIME that matures brings also to decay;
Buds grow to blossoms, blossoms fade away;
The increase of life but nearer proves our end,
Manhood stands next in withering age to bend,
Blooming or breaking, every change man hath
Is but a movement in the mortal path.
Then keep with patience every present hour,
Seek not to pass so soon from bud to flower,
The blush of morning, though but calmly bright,
Stands not so near as blazing noon to night,
And, save that Death doth blindly deal his blow,
Childhood's young stream the farthest hath to flow.
Or bright, or sad, 'tis life: embrace the day,
E'en in thy trouble ne'er wish Time away;
To guard each hour of life doth something save,
To long for e'en to-morrow is to call the grave.

#poem #JJAubertin #published 1881

"#Rabbi Irving Yitzchak Greenberg’s recently #published #book, “The Triumph of Life,” could easily have been retitled, “The Triumph of Yitz,” the name by which the distinguished #American rabbi is almost universally known by his many admirers. It has been described as his magnum opus, the culminating statement of a long lifetime of intense reflection on what he considers the essence of #Jewish life and thought."

atlantajewishtimes.com/greenbe

Atlanta Jewish Times · Greenberg’s New Book is a Personal Triumph - Atlanta Jewish TimesAt 92, Yitz Greenberg will be honored for a lifetime of achievement at this year’s National Jewish Book Awards.

Question for #writers and #WritingCommunity

My work in progress is a series of stories happening in the same world. There are different main characters with some crossovers, and the final, longer story brings them all together.

I also wrote a few short 'bonus' stories about minor characters. A few people in my writing group really liked on of the bonus stories, and suggested I try to get it #published on its own.

I'm conflicted. On the one hand, I know it's a good story, and I've only had a few stories published. On the other, I'm not sure what that would mean for the complete work, which is novella / short novel length, and it would be a distraction from finishing it up.

Thoughts and advice welcome!

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@originlbookgirl @lovelylovely

I think somewhere in there, lies #exhaustion too. We're all #feeling it.

I saw the writing on the wall when FB, now M, broke out of its container to woo everyone on the planet. Assembled a #band to "spread the word" but it was never quite #catchy enough for those controlling what #stage one could #perform on. "Can you make more songs like the other one, or change the look a bit?" I understood #technology and studied #psychology enough to know SM and MSM would merge in a way that would #boost #evil not #good

It just #SELLS better. #Published this ditty back in 2008 to #wake people up and rattle some heads, but the #production was crap. It was all we could afford. Oh well, can't say I didn't try.

smilingorange.bandcamp.com/tra

The #SmilingOrange #MuzakLessons

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I have a masters in #SocialWork, a provisional clinical license, & a tiny #therapy & #consulting practice. I have a previous 20 year career in software engineering. I #write books and have #published 2 novels. My partner has a PhD in mathematics & is a professor of same. We live off of her salary—I don't make any money yet

Where do we go from here? In what nation can we find #safety, #jobs, & a new start? I'm open to suggestions, because at this point I'm a person without a nation

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“The #AssociatedPress doesn’t generally #identify #victims of #sexual #crimes. But #GiselePelicot’s lawyer, #StéphaneBabonneau, said she accepted that her name be #published in the same way that she #insisted that the #trial be held in #public.

She told the court that she hopes her #testimony might help spare other women from similar ordeals. She said she pushed for the trial in open court in #solidarity with other #women who go #unrecognized as #victims of #sexual #crimes.”