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27 Sep How Chiropractic Care Can Help with Sore Feet
- Find yourself grimacing constantly over sore feet?
- Having trouble in mobility?
- Feeling restricted with ankle, foot, and toe joints?
- Diagnosed with plantar fasciitis, metatarsalgia?
- Experiencing symptoms of muscle tightness, joint stiffness or unexplained pain?
These feelings, among many others, could be common conditions of the feet and if you suffer from them, you've come to the right place!
According to the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) that over 70 percent of Americans are affected by foot pain, but only a third of them would seek expert care. This information reveals foot pain is one of the most common, but least spoken conditions in the US.
Feet have a very intricate structure. 26 bones, 33 complex joints give multiple muscles and tendons in the foot a wide range of movement. Thanks to this structure, you can stand, walk, run, as well as punt the football as high as possible.
Feet take quite a heavy beating, considering the forces they are put through. So, when you have sore feet, your whole body reacts by changing your natural movement. Assessing and taking care of any misalignments or dysfunction is the core of chiropractic care. By treating complex joints of the ankle and foot, chiropractic can help relieve conditions and target the root cause associated with sore feet.
How Can Chiropractic Care Help?
When you think of chiropractic treatment in Cincinnati, you may think of treating spinal related pain and trauma. But, chiropractic adjustments can be applied on different joints, helping relieve you of ankle and foot pain. Chiropractors observe your flexibility, body mechanics, mobility in different ways and target the root cause of your sore feet.
Depending on your condition, chiropractors can help you with:
- Foot adjustment
- Ankle mobility
- Toe alignment
- joint stiffness
With proper evaluation and complimentary physiotherapy, chiropractors can treat many foot conditions as well. Some of the common conditions chiropractors can treat:
- Planter fasciitis
- Bunions
- Metarasalgia
Chiropractors will take a thorough physical examination to determine the type of care you need. Chiropractic care for foot may last 10-15 minutes for a single session. There may require multiple sessions to restore you foot to its optimal health.


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An article on the (at the time) unreleased film from the June '87 issue of Cinefantastique-
Of note here is the description of Kevin's role in the film. Instead of just finding the key, he would have supposedly been He-Man's alter-ego somehow...
Beautiful Skeletor shot from Stout-
A couple of excellent behind the scenes images, and some excellent concept art for Man-At-Arms and Teela-
Lastly, a little, slightly uninformed history of the Filmation series-
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Cinefantastique Volume 17 No. 3/4
June 1987 Article
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About UsWondering how it all started ?
The Beginning of Website Traffic
Rankboostup started out as Alexaboostup.com in the 1st January of 2008. It was one of the first websites in the world which offered website traffic to website owners. It was simple; Enter your website, your referrer and number of hits you want to receive and alexaboostup.com will deliver those hits as promised. Increasing your Alexa Rank too, which was a big ranking signal in 2008.
The Traffic Exchange
Alexaboostup.com evolved into a full traffic exchange in July 2008, the first traffic exchange ever created. The idea of a single place where website owners can come together and exchange their website links spread quickly and alexaboostup soon became a website with some decent traffic being exchanged. But the first owner of the exchange decided to shut down the service due to personal reasons.
Alexaboostup ... The Parked Domain ?
After letting the domain expire, the new owner of alexaboostup.com decided it was best to use alexaboostup.com to create a website about .. boosting, Alexa Vega (a celebrity) and ... phones. What a horrible use of an amazing domain which had a large number of backlinks because of the popularity of the first website traffic exchange. So alexaboostup was at this point a parked domain.
Auto-surf Born from the Ashes
Alexaboostup finally got a new owner who purchased the domain and gave it a much needed injection of creativity. The legends say that this was the same owner that had alexaboostup initially, we will never know! What we do kow is that an auto-surf website traffic exchange was re-built on the website. This was still early days in Traffic exchanges but they were still unfriendly and difficult to use. Alexaboostup changed all that and made it simple to understand.
Evolution of The Alexaboostup Traffic Exchange
Alexaboostup then went through a period of change with 2 different versions in just 1 year. This was because a new owner took over the website and had some grand visions for the site. He purchased it on Flippa. You can check out the Auction that started it all. The new owner turned alexaboostup into one of the dominant forces in the traffic exchange industry. It was focusing mostly on Alexa Rankings and worked perfectly to increase Alexa Rankings for website owners with an easy to use dashboard system.
The new Alexaboostup was then sold to Boostup International through an auction. We had plans of our own to turn it into the largest traffic exchange on the planet. Not an easy task.
Renamed to RankBoostup
Alexaboostup was a brilliant website, the best website at increasing alexa rankings. However Alexa was changing their ranking algorithms and also there was speak of a threat that was received because of the use of "alexa" in the domain name. It was time to let go of the domain and the concept of Increasing Alexa Rankings. It was time to re-invent alexaboostup.
The first step was to rename the website and start focussing more on providing a traffic exchange service rather than an alexa boosting service, Increasing Alexa Rank was becoming more and more difficult with recent changes to Alexa Algorithms but rankboostup.com was still able to efficiently increase alexa rank. Finally a new website with a completely new dashboard was created. It was launched in November 2015 and was now called rankboostup.com
February 2017 - Changes to RankBoostup
Rankboostup was missing a dedicated browser (Boostup Browser), it was planned to be released with the initial 2015 launch but proved to be very difficult to find a solution for everyone. Rankboostup also was falling behind on pricing, it was more expensive than its competitors. Less users were interested in trying the service even though it was the best quality of any autosurf traffic exchange out there. Rankboostup also sold itself as more of an Alexa Boosting service but still had to use the chrome add-on which decreased the value of the traffic exchange. Finally it was decided to re-launch rankboostup with a new host of services that users interested in increasing their rank would like.
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The ghost of the 2007 playoffs will last longer than David Stern's tenure as commissioner of the National Basketball Association, which is now counting down to February 1, 2014.
The NBA Board of Governors will select a new commissioner by then, with the early favorite being Stern's right-hand man for the past
1000 6 years - David Adam Silver.
What exactly will Stern's imminent departure mean to the NBA?
Will lockout cease to exist? Will harmony between players and owners prevail? No likely. Stern was not the warmest person in the nation, but he was often put into position of being the bad guy between two warring entities, and ultimately answerable to the ones with the most money.
Will the silly NBA dress code and 90-second limits on player/player introductions disappear? Not likely.
Will Phoenix Suns fans rejoice in the chance that a new commissioner might see apply context to simple rule enforcements that might change the outcome of the best playoff series of the year? Maybe. And that's all we can hope for.
David Stern oversaw incredible expansion of the NBA brand, and the spawning of more teams and new leagues.
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Keeping track of events and participants¶
After creating your event and providing the registration form to web site visitors, you can manage your event participants through the CiviEvent administrative tools. These tasks vary depending on the type of event you are organising. This chapter outlines how to view your events and participants and describes how CiviCRM supports a variety of the associated administrative tasks.
The CiviEvent Dashboard (Events > Dashboard) brings all your events and participant information together in one place (see screenshot). It displays an Event Summary table, providing a summary of up to ten scheduled and recent Events. Click the Event name to view the event as it will be displayed to site visitors. Click the Participants count to see a list of participants.
To run your own customized searches, click Find more event participants at the end of the page. Here you can search by Participant Name, Event, Date Range and Status.
From the Dashboard you can also:
- click on Manage Events to find and manage specific events
- click on New Event to create a new event page
- use the icons for RSS feeds and calendars to use the data in external applications.
Finding and viewing events¶
Another way to access your events is to navigate to Events > Manage Events. This screen gives you a list of all CiviEvents that have been created. Search filters at the top of the page allow you to search for events by name, by specific event type or by date. At the right hand side of the page you have four links for each event:
- Configure - access to amend the settings of the event including Information and Settings, Location, Fees, Online Registration, Schedule Reminders and Tell a Friend
- Participants - quick links to lists of participants who are registered or attending the event, or participants who are not attending
- Event Links - quick links to Register Participant and the live event pages including the event information page and the live online registration page.
Finding and administering participants¶
This section describes some common tasks and searches associated with event participants. Note that these tasks all refer to existing event participants. If you are looking for how to add participants, please see the Manual event registration chapter.
Overview of participants for all upcoming events¶
- Navigate to Events > Dashboard
- Click the Counted: link to see all the contacts for an event.
If any count is zero, the associated text will not be a hyperlink. Some participant roles may not count for the event total, such as someone who is on clean-up duty.
Find participants for any event with a variety of criteria¶
- Navigate to Events > Find Participants.
- In the event name field, start typing to see a list of events. Click on the event you want. Set additional search choices for the fields you want to see.
- Click Search.
When the search returns results, you have the opportunity to select all of the resulting participants or a subset, and perform an action on them. Available Actions include:
Cancel registration for the selected participants.
Delete participants from event: Deleting participants does not delete the contact record; it will delete all transactions and activities associated with the participant for this event. Note that this action cannot be undone.
Email - send now CiviCRM also lets you generate an email on the fly to your search result list. For example, you may want to let recipients know details about the event in advance, such as parking options or changes to the programme.
Export participants: This allows you to export a predefined set of fields (export mapping) or create your export mapping that can be saved for reuse. The software exports to CSV format, which can be easily opened in standard spreadsheet software or directly used for mail merges.
Group - add contacts to an existing group or one you create during this action.
Group - create smart group: Smart groups are saved search results based on defined criteria, similar to a query. The advantage of a smart group is that the system will rerun the query using the criteria you have defined each time you open the smart group. This is particularly helpful for complex search criteria that you need to view on a regular basis.
Name badges - print: Select the type of badge you require and a printable PDF will be generated with the names of the selected participants (see Event Badges subsection in this chapter).
PDF letter - print for participants
Participant status - change (emails sent) When using this feature emails will be sent to participants when the status is changed from one which belongs to the pending class (eg Pending (pay later), Pending from approval) to either Registered or Attended (positive class). Emails will also be sent if the status is changed to Expired or Cancelled.
Print selected rows This prints what is shown on the screen for the rows you have selected.
Update multiple participants: This feature is useful if you wish to edit multiple fields for multiple participants in a table grid layout. Note that you must create the profile set you wish to use before implementing this action. If you are not familiar with how Profiles work, please see the Profiles chapter in the Organising your Data section.
List participant's individual fees¶
- Navigate to Search > Custom Searches.
- Click on Event Aggregate.
- Choose your search criteria, and click Search.
Changing event registration selections for an existing participant¶
Sometimes the details of an existing registration needs to be changed. Some examples are:
- A volunteer for an event has been asked to register online selecting a pay later option for the event fees. Back-office staff want to change the person's role from attendee to volunteer and select a zero fee option from an admin-only price field.
- A conference participant decides they no longer want to attend the conference dinner and requests a refund of the dinner fee.
- A participant decides after registering online that they do want to attend the pre-conference workshop and contacts the registration office with that request and give their credit card details for the extra charge.
- A child registered for a holiday program later decides she wants to do archery rather than pottery one afternoon. Although there is no difference in fees, back-office staff need to change her event registration so that they know where the child should be for that session.
All of these situations can be managed by back-office staff editing the participant's event registration as follows:
- Navigate to the participant's event registration (One way to do this is via Events > Find Participants)
Select View or Edit (towards the right of the event record)
Click on Change Selections.
Make the required adjustments. The event fee will be adjusted appropriately and the event status will be set to partially paid, registered or pending refund based on the difference between the new event fee and the contribution(s) already processed.
Additional payments (credit card or offline methods) or a refund (offline methods only) will need to be entered via the record payment link associated with the event registration record as described in the section on partial payments.
Event badges¶
You can create custom name badges for your event.
Navigate to Administer > CiviEvent > Event Badge Layout > New Badge Layout and you will see the following set-up screen.
Points to consider are:
Label format: Four options are available
- Avery 5395 - 2-1/3" x 3-3/8"
- A6 Badge Portrait 150x106
- Fattorini Name Badge 100x65
- Hanging Badge 3-3/4''x4-3/4''
Image (top left) and/or Image (top right): You can select an existing image or upload a new one. Images can be positioned on the right and the left so that your logo and that of you major sponsor could be included.
Elements - Rows: Most standard or custom contact, event and participant fields can be selected to provide up to 6 rows on the labels or you can select spacer to improve the layout. Typical fields to include would be display name, current employer, country and/or participant role. If you have set up the appropriate custom fields you could also include which sessions the participant has registered for and which meal option they selected.
Barcode?: A linear barcode or QR code can be added at the bottom of the badge.
Enabled?: This needs to be ticked for people to use this badge layout. If you want to keep a special layout for your annual conference you could untick this box for most of the year to prevent accidental usage.
Reserved?: Select this option if you want to ensure that admin users do not accidentally delete the badge layout.
You will not be able to preview the badge layout unless at least one event has been created and at least one participant has been registered.
Printing Name Badges
Once your list of event particpants is finalised you can print the name badges for the event as follows:
To print name badges, do the following:
- Go to Events > Find Participants.
- Select the relevant participants.
- Choose Print Event Name Badges from the drop-down list of actions and Click Go.
Select the name badge layout for this event.
Click Make Name Badges
A PDF file will be created that you can print on the appropriate-sized labels.


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Greg takes his husbands to Earth, his home planet, but Suva feels left out as Greg seems to be providing treats that suit the third in their marriage, Taran, like a romp in the sea. Because the feathers on his back would get wet, Suva stays on the shore before storming off in a huff. However, he starts to notice the local people are glaring at him before they start to shout abuse. Something has happened and he is the butt of their anger—and then they start chasing him. Can Greg and Taran get to Suva before it's too late?
"Greg! Suva! My husbands." Taran came running, jumping in the air, expecting Greg to catch him as usual.
Suva laughed as Greg staggered backwards. Taran might be the shortest, but he was the most muscular. Suva quickly moved to hold Greg upright, wrapping his long arms around both men.
Taran planted kiss after kiss all around Greg's handsome face. "That was amazing. You are the devil in disguise to know how much I would love the stone massage."
Laughing, Greg let Taran down to the floor and tugged his long red plait, pulling his face up so he could give Taran a lingering kiss. "I knew you would!"
A pang of jealousy came over Suva. He adored both men and knew each of them loved the others equally, but there were times when Greg didn't seem to understand him, despite their love. He felt Greg was more attuned to Taran's emotions and needs.
That's mean of me. Greg is still coming to terms with Taran's kidnap.
Feeling guilty, Suva wrapped an arm around both men.
Lifting his head, Greg smiled at Suva. "I can now show you my other surprise."
"Is Suva having a massage next?" Taran asked. He smiled broadly.
Suva stepped back in dismay.
Greg chuckled. "Not the sort Taran just had."
Intrigued, Suva raised his eyebrows.
Wagging a finger at him, Greg said, "Uh uh. You'll just have to wait."
He then led both of them away from the treatment rooms back toward the hotel to a room that said, 'Relaxation Room'.
Flinging open the door with a flourish, he said, "Ta-dah!"
Suva frowned. ""What is a ta-dah?" All he could see was a large bed covered in black bed linen. It seemed a little lumpy.
Greg laughed. "You nutcase. 'Ta-dah' just means 'look'."
"So, I'm looking and I see a bed."
Even Taran was bemused. "You want us to have sex? How is that a surprise?"
Sighing, Greg left them hovering in the doorway and walked to the bed. "Close the door and come and see." He jumped backward on the bed and it rocked, back and forth like a wave.
"By the Devils," Taran said as he ran to jump onto the bed next to Greg.
The next scene was rather amusing as Taran's huge leap caused the bed to undulate violently, flinging Greg off it. Their Earth husband landed awkwardly and had to hold onto the cabinet by the bedside to avoid falling face first on the floor.
"Taran. Take it easy." Greg chuckled at the Cinattran who was bouncing in delight, his dark eyes gleaming with excitement. Taran's youth was sometimes evident.
Suva closed the door as instructed and crossed his arms, not venturing any further into the room. He might be the switch in this relationship—submissive to Greg but Dominant to Taran—but there were times when he stood his ground to both of them. "What exactly is this, my husband?"
Greg turned to face him. "It's called a water bed."
Taran ignored Greg's command and continued to jump up and down. "And it's warm."
That flummoxed Suva.
"It's filled with warm water. It's very soothing," Greg explained.
"Okay, so I can see this is relaxing. What do you expect us to do now?" Suva was very wary about getting on something he wasn't in control of. He was out of his comfort zone on Greg's planet and he didn't like it one bit, forgetting this was exactly how Greg had felt on his planet, preferring urban spaces.
Greg walked forward shucking off his tee shirt, his muscles rippling as he bared his chest. Suva felt his shaft swell at the sight and he didn't resist when Greg tugged at the long yellow coat Suva wore.
"It's very simple. We all get naked now and lie on the bed."
Taran barked a laugh. "I sincerely hope you are expecting us to do more than lie on the bed."


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This is my newest painting that I did during my latest workshop. It was a demo but I absolutely love it for many reasons. First, the colors are some of my favorites. PURPLE being number one and then teal is right up there in popularity.
I also love the flow of this piece, it just came together so effortlessly. My workshop student wanted a pond painting which happens to be a favorite subject for me. I have always called myself a "water baby"; I grew up on a lake and was nurtured by the sound of waves.
The cool colors with the warm accents always pull a painting together. Those cattails and the rocks on the shoreline did the trick. Once the warm color came into the piece I knew exactly what was needed, so the final touch was the cattails. Those warm colors automatically direct your eye up to the cattails which is the focal point and title of the painting.
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157 Piccadilly, London W1., designed by J.J. Joass. 1906-1908. [Click on the photograph to enlarge it.]by Alfred Drury, R.A., 1856-1944. Location: Royal Insurance Company,
Related Material
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- Compare Drury's arms and seals of various companies on Electra House designed Belcher and Joass
Photograph and caption by Robert Freidus. Formatting and perspective correction by George P. Landow. [You may use these images without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the photographer and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.]
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text: New Riding Sword -- myArmoury.com About • Links • Search • Contribute Features Reviews Collections Albums Forums Books Info Favorites Register Log in myArmoury.com Discussion Forums Forum index Memberlist Usergroups Spotlight Topics Search myArmoury.com is now completely member-supported. Please contribute to our efforts with a donation. Your donations will go towards updating our site, modernizing it, and keeping it viable long-term. Last 10 Donors: Chad Arnow, Daniel Sullivan, Jonathan Dean, Anonymous, M. Oroszlany, Sam Arwas, Barry C. Hutchins, Dan Kary, Oskar Gessler, Dave Tonge (View All Donors) Forum Index > Makers and Manufacturers Talk > New Riding Sword This is a standard topic Author Message Michael Pearce Industry Professional Location: Seattle, Wa.Joined: 21 Feb 2004 Posts: 365 Feedback score: None Posted: Thu 22 Oct, 2009 1:49 pm Post subject: New Riding Sword Oakeshott Type: XIV Overall Length: 31-3/4 inches Blade Length: 24-3/4 inches Blade width @ Base: 2-1/8 inches Blade Width 3 inches from point: 1 inch Blade Thickness @ Base: .185 inch Blade Thickness 2 inches from Point: .095 inch Hilt Overall Length: 7 inches Length of Handle: 4-1/4 inches Center of Gravity: 2-3/4 inches from guard Location of Blade Node (measured from Guard): 17 inches Primary Hilt Node: approx. 1/2 inch from cross on handle Weight: 1lbs 15oz Short single-hand sword Circa 1250-1350 AD of a type often referred to as a 'Riding Sword.' Blade is 5160 spring steel hardened to HRc52-54, with the tang and shoulder of the blade drawn to HRc45-48. Furniture is Mild Steel. The handle is sandwiched hardwood wrapped in linen cord and covered with a dark purple leather. Swords of this type seem to have been referred to as 'Riding Swords' to distinguish them from 'Arming Swords.' they are essentially smaller versions of Arming Swords but are intended as 'walking around swords' worn when traveling, hunting or other occasions where war-gear was not being worn. This sword is very light and fast; very 'handy.' Of particular interest to recreators; today, as then, this sword will be easier to carry and live with than a full-sized arming sword. More pics and information may be found here: http://www.tinkerswords.com/Page%203.html Michael 'Tinker' Pearce ------------- Then one night, as my car was going backwards through a cornfield at 90mph, I had an epiphany... Jim Mearkle Location: Colonie, NYJoined: 20 Mar 2004 Reading list: 3 books Posts: 113 Feedback score: None Posted: Thu 22 Oct, 2009 2:13 pm Post subject: OooOOOOH!!!!!! Jim Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Forum Index > Makers and Manufacturers Talk > New Riding Sword Page 1 of 1 All times are GMT - 8 HoursView previous topic :: View next topic Jump to: Select a forum Discussion and Research----------------Historical Arms TalkmyArmoury.com Features Talk-- Suggestions, Requests and Support-- Testing ZoneMakers and Manufacturers Talk Miscellaneous Discussion----------------Off-topic Talk Special Interest Area----------------The Marketplace-- Marketplace Feedback You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forumYou cannot attach files in this forumYou can download files in this forum All contents © Copyright 2003-2023 myArmoury.com All rights reserved Discussion forums powered by phpBB © The phpBB Group Switch to the Basic Low-bandwidth Version of the forum


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Reading: Fingersmith, by Sarah Waters and Her Fearful Symmetry, by Audrey Niffenegger. I'm loving both of them, but I'm more into Fingersmith right now.
Dreaming about: Having my own place, complete with country chic decor. And a cat. I miss my cats quite a lot.
Loving: The farmers markets. Every Tuesday I walk the little girl I babysit to the Lincoln Square Farmers Market. It's about a 20 minute walk both ways, so it's good exercise and a fun way to get the baby out of the house. I love all the fresh produce and she loves looking at all the different sights. Also, there's a crepe stand run by two French guys and one of them is super cute! I have to resist the temptation to buy a crepe every single week.
Looking forward to: This weekend, and the next. I work almost every Friday, Saturday and Sunday so the weekends generally don't pack all that much excitement for me. But tonight I'm going to a North Coast Music Festival After Show at House of Blues, so I'm excited for that. And next weekend my darling grandma is coming to visit! I haven't seen her since Christmas, and there was tons of family around so we didn't really get a chance to visit, so it'll be great to see her.
Thankful for: My wonderful parents. I am so blessed to have been born to them. They have always been supportive of me, and I can't thank them enough for that. Without them I wouldn't have been able to move to Chicago and have this life-changing experience. A couple weeks ago I was having one minor disaster after another and I could not have gotten past them without their generosity.


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Napoleon Complex
Corsica, a fiercely independent French island in the Mediterranean, makes extraordinary wines
"A leader is a dealer in hope." ― Napoleon
Once you arrive, you never want to leave. Corsica is a majestic island with no rhyme or reason, a land where most of your conventional thoughts hold no value. When you arrive in Corsica you spend much of your day trying to figure out why you've never been before, its beauty is striking and it's individuality invigorating.
Then you realize why, because you thought a place like this didn't exist.
Being in Corsica feels like a time warp equivalent of a Mediterranean Wild West, a place of folklores, a place still pure. As the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte and a catalyst for what some call The Rolling Stones finest album, Exile on Main St, Corsica has always been tied to history. It's not your fault you haven't noticed Corsica before; the Corse had wanted it that way. Much like their amazing wines.
In early 1971 the Rolling Stones fled Britain having spent the money they owed in taxes before the government could seize their assets. Guitarist Keith Richards retreated to the now infamous Villa Nellcôte, in the South of France, whose basement became the recording studio for Exile on Main St. It was said that in hindsight, Villa Nellcôte was too close to Corsica for Keith's good. In due time, Keith developed relations with the famed Corsican Mob, Brise de Mar who were dealers of heroin. This relationship became strong and resulted in Keith employing dozens of their workers who were nicknamed the "corsican cowboys" or "'les cowboys'".
The Corsican Mob had boundless influence during the 70's and their nationalistic views fought to keep Corsica unchanged by international dilution. Decades of protectionism have resulted in Corsica being one of the hidden travel destinations and wine regions of the World.
Even today Corsicans have strong nationalistic views. When you ask someone from Corsica if they are Italian (Sardinia is just 7 miles to the south) or French (Corsica is a province of France) their answer is neither. They respond with "je suis Corse". Have you ever stumbled upon a rainbow that has the most beautiful color, so clear, so pure, that you don't want to turn your back on it, because if you turn back around it might be gone? This is Corsica — magical shorelines and crystal clear seas just a few miles from snow capped mountains. Only recently, within the last 20 years, have the Corse really opened their arms to people from outside the island. The exportation and importation of wines has also been controlled by these same nationalist groups and sentiments, until finally their grip loosened.
Around 15 years ago, Corsican wines were unknown and unseen but are now considered to be a hidden jewel of the wine world. The introduction of modern winemaking techniques and a new younger generation of winemakers have raised the standards and consistency of Corsican wines. Native grape varieties have not been compromised, in true Corsican fashion. By passing on planting popular grapes such as Malbec and Sauvignon Blanc and sticking with Corsican grapes such as Vermentinu, Biancu Gentile for whites, and Sciaccarellu, Niellucciu for reds, Corsican wine is being made the true Corsican way.
In 1962 Roger Courrèges, created Domaine de Vaccelli, located about 30 km from Corsica's capital city of Ajaccio. He was 28 at the time. In 1974, Roger's son Alain replanted the vineyard with native Corsican grape varieties, primarily Sciaccerellu and Vermentinu. Alain's approach to winemaking brought him great acknowledgement from his peers. Without compromising the ethnicity of native Corsican grapes Alan has been able to craft remarkable wines with great class and purity. Ajaccio "Cuvée Roger Courrèges" Domaine de Vaccelli 2009 is rich with deep stewed dark berry fruit, soft tannins and a long, slightly spicy finish.
Corsica enjoys over 220 days of sunshine annually with average high temperatures in the summer grape ripening months of about 80 degrees Fahrenheit. In comparison, Napa Valley enjoys almost 260 days and Avignon in France, the region of Chateauneuf du Pape, about 300. Although not as rich and full-bodied as Chateauneuf du Pape or Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, Corsican reds are similar in their richness and expressive fruit qualities.
In the mid 1970's, Antoine Arena came home. Antoine was fueled by the Corsican independence movement which at the time had exploded with violence between Corsican Nationalists and the French government. In shock and anger, he was derailed from his law career in mainland France and moved back to the family farm in Patrimonio. Holding true to ancient biodynamic farming practices from the beginning, Antoinie and his wife have made honest, terrior driven wine for decades.
Antoine's wines are undeniably Corsican, the whites holding a glossy textural element due to the climate, which is countered by bright acidity creating great balance. Reds hold great structure with dried fig notes and tannin when young, but with proper aging can become well integrated and perfectly paired with grilled meats resembling the great wines of the Rhône Valley. Antoine is regarded as one of the pioneers for the Corsican wine movement and like all great leaders he provided opportunity and hope to those who chose to follow in his footsteps.
Nicolas Bindi, a Northern Corsican native, returned to Corsica in 2007 after studying law in Paris at the Sorbonne. Nicolas began interning with Antoine Arena. Soon after his internship started, Nicolas was seen as an up and coming star by the legendary Arena and was hired as his vineyard manager. He still holds this position today while making wine under his own label, bottled with his name from a miniscule five hectares of vines. No matter how you arrive in Corsica the reality is you will never want to leave, the beauty of the food, culture and wine are all hidden treasures wanting to be discovered.
Exile on Main St was greeted with mixed reviews upon release, but it has become generally regarded as the Stones' finest album. Part of the reason the record was initially greeted with hesitant reviews was that the album possessed a dynamic blend of American sound and London grit. The same can be said for an unaltered wine land, growing native grapes varieties while blending tradition and modernity. Corsican wines are blossoming leaders in the wine world, and they provide hope that change is possible without ruining tradition.


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Anthony Alcock has sent in another of his excellent translations from Coptic. This time it is a hagiographical text, the Martyrdom of Theodore the Anatolian, or Oriental. It is translated from a Bohairic Coptic text preserved in Codex Vaticanus 63 ff. 28-54. The text was edited by I. Balestri and H. Hyvernat in the Acta Martyrum (1907), p.34-62 (in the second half of the volume), with a Latin translation on p.30 f. This is online here.
Here is Dr Alcock's English translation, which is very welcome:
Most hagiographical texts belong to the 5-9th century; no doubt this does also.
There is a plate from a 9th century Morgan collection manuscript, of which details are here and here, and which contains a version of the Life in Sahidic Coptic (facsimile online at Internet Archive here). The webpage labels him as Theodore Tiro.
There seems to be quite a bit of confusion about the various lives of St Theodore, and whether he is one saint or two! There are several lives in Greek, listed in the Bibliotheca Hagiographica Graeca (BHG) entries 1760-1773. Unfortunately none of the material indicates which Greek life the Bohairic corresponds to.
But it is useful to have this text in English! Thank you!


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HRDN takes note of the Global Strategy presented to the Member States which recognises the importance of civil society as a partner in defending fundamental freedoms; that human rights violations as a root cause of violence and instability; and the importance of democracy for resilient societies.
We note the aspiration in the document, and look forward to the EU closing the gap between its rhetoric and reality by concretization of these intentions in practice, especially on commitments to support civil society and human rights defenders and speak out on their behalf where violations occur, in line with universally applicable human rights frameworks.
In following up on the Global Strategy, the EU must be guided by its 2012 EU Strategic Framework on Human Rights and Democracy, when setting out processes and timelines as it remains bedrock of the EU's approach to Human Rights and Democracy. Policy coherence – championed by the Global Strategy – can only be achieved through embedding the EU's human rights and democracy policy at the highest levels. This means democracy and human rights should be placed at the highest priority in all its policies.
We look forward to a greater concretization of actions to realise the ambition of the Strategic Framework through the meaningful implementation of its 2015 Action Plan, in consultation with civil society. We stand ready to work with the EEAS and other relevant directorates in this endeavour.
Full version of the statement: HRDN Statement on EU Global Strategy (July 2016)


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Polished Silver Turbo shells have a round mother of pearl opening which hermit crabs love. Since the outer layer of the shell has been removed, these shells are pretty light weight. Classy attire for hermit crabs.


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Mineola Says Goodbye To Christian Melendez
On what would have been his 19th birthday, Mineola High School senior Christian Melendez was laid to rest by his family last Thursday after tragically passing away due to a car accident that took place in Williston Park over the school's holiday break.
Outside of Mineola High School, students, faculty, village officials and members of the community stood along Armstrong Road to pay their respects to the varsity soccer player. Standing front and center of the school were Melendez's family, teammates and coaches who donned black T-shirts with Melendez's team number, which was 10.
To those who knew him well, Melendez was described as a kind, caring and funny individual who would always put himself out there when it came to others.
"Christian was a very committed person to his school, his family and his soccer team," said his varsity soccer coach Al Cavalluzzo. "He was extremely reliable and would always find a way to come through for you. He accepted and befriended everyone."
"Christian was an exceptional soccer player on the field," said deputy mayor Paul Pereira, who was Melendez's soccer coach for the past three years. "As a sophomore, he was an All-Conference player, which is very impressive. As a junior, he was All-County honorable mention and this year as a senior he was not only All-County, but he was also on the Nassau County Senior All-Star team that played against Suffolk County. He improved every year. He was great at soccer to begin with, so as a soccer player, you couldn't ask for much better. He had more than 20 goals in his career; he was the kind of guy who never shied away from the pressure of a big moment."
According to Pereira, Melendez was proud to be named captain of the high school's soccer team this year as well as the fact that he got to wear number 10.
"In soccer, the number 10 is very emblematic of being a good soccer player," explained Pereira. "It's something that's symbolic and he wanted that pressure and he filled the jersey, the number and expectations really well."
Melendez was also described as someone who couldn't be placed in a box and that he was friends with everyone.
"As coaches, with myself and Al Cavalluzzo, we look as these kids as our family," said Pereira. "They're our kids. Sometimes there is banter back and forth, but he could take it and he could dish it. He was always in a great mood and that's what I remember him as. He was never negative. He has friends at Carle Place and Wheatley, our competitors who play soccer against him, who reached out to me and expressed their sorrow and their loss. They liked Christian."
Melendez was someone who had a deep love for the Village of Mineola and his high school.
"He loved Mineola," said Pereira. "Just everything that he wore had Mineola on it. When we sold shirts or jackets or anything gear related, he would buy two, three or four of them. I think every day he was wearing something that said Mineola on it."
Before leaving for the cemetery, Melendez's father Jose thanked onlookers in front of the high school for their love and support that they have shown the Melendez family before tearfully saying "to all of you, live like a champion."
Since the accident, a GoFundMe page has been created to help the Melendez family. If you would like to donate, visit www.gofundme.com/vhdus-helping-a-family-in-need. A Change.org petition to have a mural painted at the high school in Melendez's honor has also been created with 1,450 signatures as of publication.
To read more about a soccer game that Mineola High School had in Melendez's honor, pick up this Wednesday's edition of the Mineola American.


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June kicks off National Men's Health Month, a Congressional health education program that is celebrated throughout the country with health fairs, screenings, media appearances, and many other health education and outreach activities! The goal is to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys.
My grandfather was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer last year, and it was such a scary diagnosis for not only him, but the family as well. He was fortunate that his doctors detected the cancer early (early detection is key!), however deciding on a way of treatment proved to be more difficult than any of us thought. When your life is hanging in the balance, and there's a number of treatment options in front of you, it's difficult to pick just one and hope that it works out in the end. Thankfully, after two hard, and very different treatments, he has been living cancer free for nearly a year now.
Unfortunately, that's not where the battle ends. We see dips in his levels from time to time, signaling that the cancer may have come back. But, with nearly 2 Million Prostate cancer survivors in the US, we are hopefully that he will remain in remission. My grandfather now takes a large amount of vitamins and supplements to promote his well being and prostate health. He is vigilant about his health these days, and its our mission to keep it that way!
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Giant Aspirin – Have One
Image by duncan via FlickrI do not think replacing DOD's gigantic footprint in Iraq with a smaller footprint by the Department of State (smaller compared to DOD but the largest in State's universe) would transform that country into a democracy that our then leaders imagined in la-la land.
That said, what I think obviously, does not make a difference in the scheme of things. Our Iraq project is a runaway train that has ran out of brake fluid; and who will put a stop to it?
The notion out there that we should pour more resources into that country even as we withdraw our troops so that the deaths we suffered in that foreign land would not be in vain is understandable. But it also borders on emotional blackmail and is code blue depressing. If the dead could speak up, would they really tell us — if you love me, go off some more people over there? Would they? If the answer is "yes" — this is going to be a war with no end, because as more deaths are avenged, more deaths will occur …. and we'll be in Iraq for 20 years more, 50 years, who knows — a hundred years? There will be no basing rights, of course, so we'll be doing this on one-year TDYs for the next several decades.
But combat is over; we'll be doing our reconstruction there! Of course, we are; the real question is — why are we doing it there instead of here? And let's not kid ourselves. The body bags will not stop coming home just because combat operation is over.
How many more of our young men and women must pay the price because we are too stupid to recognize when to stop?
But like I said, what I think obviously, does not make a difference in the scheme of things. I expect that the State Department will take over the Iraq headache as planned whether the giant aspirin is handy or not.
Not much I can do about this; but blogging about this, I sure can do. I figure good preparation is half the battle. If the civilians must now take over this mission, I'd like to know that State has won that part of the battle, or has it?
U/S Patrick Kennedy during his appearance at the Commission on Wartime Contracting last June 6 states that "a medical contract was awarded to Medical Support Services – Iraq on May 15, 2011 for $132 million for five years."
But according to FedBiz the medical support services contact (Number:SAQMMA11D0073) in the amount of $61,427,699.00 has been awarded to CHS Middle East LLC, a company based in Reston, Virginia on May 19, 2011.
So I went digging for the contract solicitation for the med services at FedBiz. I wanted to know what work can we expect from this medical support contract in Iraq. I have seen the statement of work posted online and will post that separately because the following distracted me.
During the pre-solicitation period, the Defense and State Departments did answer some questions about the work required from the prospective bidders. I've highlighted some of the questions and answers below extracted from materials publicly posted in FedBiz. This will give you an idea what the bidders were interested in and what the medical services might look like after contractors take over the function:
Third Country Nationals in Their Minds
Q: "Any U.S. citizen prime or subcontractor employee who will deploy to Iraq in conjunction with this contract, regardless of purpose of visit or duration of stay, must have a favorable investigation, no older than 2 years, resulting in issuance of a Final Secret or Top Secret personnel security clearance from Defense Security Service (DSS) or must have a favorable Moderate Risk Public Trust (MRPT) investigation conducted by the Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security. Only employees with current clearances or whose MRPT's are favorably adjudicated will be allowed to travel to Iraq." Will the Government accept non-US citizen Third Country Nationals as employees on this contract?
A: If they can be cleared and will be acceptable to the Government of Iraq.
Q: H.1.1 lists countries from which no person may work on the contract in any capacity. Does the tem "any capacity" preclude the contractor from assigning work to any person from these countries who have the legal right to work in the U.S. performing "back office" (e.g., Accounting & Finance, Human Resources)? Does this clause only prohibit the contractor from assigning work in Iraq to persons from these countries?
A: The Government of Iraq is setting restriction regarding country of origin. This requirement restates that requirement/restriction. To the extent that we can determine the intent of the GOI, working in Iraq means any employee or person performing more than 30 days in Iraq. Experience shows that interpretation is often performed by the individual by the inspector on site on the given day. Therefore, until more specific definition is provided. it would be wise for the contractor to not incur cost to provide an employee that may not be acceptable to the GOI.
At this point, I must note that the private security contractors and static guards at our posts in Iraq are already made up of U.S. citizens and a host of third country nationals. We probably should not be surprised if the health units turn up with a medical crew made up of third country nationals.
The Fitness Question with a Troubling Answer
Then there is that fitness question and the troubling answer. I don't know how often military personnel must now do a drug test; at one point, it was twice a year, they all pee in a cup and get checked. The USG seems to be saying, we don't care, it's up to you. Remember the contractors here will be working for the health units and the diplomatic support hospitals; there will be drugs/controlled substance/pharmaceuticals.
Q: "The Contractor shall provide technically competent Health Care Providers (HCPs) that are "medically and dentally fit" in the time frame stated in the task order award notice." Will candidates be undergoing a Pre-Medical screening? Does the Pre-Medical screening include a drug test? If so, who will pay the cost and are the requirements similar to those deploying to the CRC at Ft. Benning, GA?
A: (We are not familiar with the CRC at Ft. Benning.) Contractor is responsible for providing personnel who are medically fit and able to perform their duties. If they are unable to perform due to drug impairment, either because they are not physically and mentally competent or because they are unable to receive and maintain an MRPT clearance, they will be found unacceptable.
If you're thinking about DOD residual support, there will be NONE
Q: Will the military have no residual support in Iraq to provide for service members? Evacuation of service members? And only until December 2011?
A: USF-I will provide support, in some areas only, until the end of 2011. Where support is not available, active duty military will be deemed to fall under the DoS eligible population and will be supported by the Contractor. Beyond 12-2011, all military will fall under the Chief of Mission authority as applicable to eligibility.
How about medical malpractice insurance?
Q: The cited clause does not contain the minimum malpractice insurance required. Will the government specify the minimum amount of malpractice insurance?
A: The RFP has been amended to include the following: a) Malpractice Insurance—for non-surgeon doctors, nurse practitioners, and physicians assistants, $1 million/ $3 million (per occurrence/total).
There will be blood…will there be blood?
Q: For these blood and blood products, will the Government also provide transportation support through the TOC?
A: The contractor will be responsible for procuring blood and blood products from Qatar; Transportation to Baghdad will be made available from Kuwait and Amman via Embassy supported flights. Within Iraq, Embassy Air Operations will support further movement.
I'm sorry I can't help myself — must point out that the Q&A include an item indicating that 84 binders are NOT/NOT required for the proposal:
Q: Please confirm that the Government's intent is for offerors to submit a total of 12 binders for each of the five Task Order Proposals. The total number of binders each offeror would be submitting is 84. Would the Government change the requirement to have all task order Technical Proposals in a single binder and task order Price Proposals in a single binder? The total number of binders would be reduced to 30.
A: No, it was not the Government's intent to require 84 binders. The language has been clarified, both in L.10 and in the attachments.
I must note that this Q&A is dated months ago. Recent news report seems to indicate that Iraq will request our troops to stay past December 2011.
I have posted previously about Embassy Baghdad General Hospital based on the OIG report which reviewed the embassy's transition preparation. I will have a related post to follow on this subject.


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A native of Youngstown, OH, Charles P. Henderson earned a law degree from the University of Michigan, beginning to practice law in 1935. Henderson was elected Mayor of Youngstown on the Republican ticket. He served three terms as mayor from 1947-1953, earning national recognition due in part to his crackdown on organized crime in the city. The two scrapbooks cover this part of his professional career, the first focusing on 1947-1949; the second, 1950-1953. The efforts to control crime and corruption are dramatically documented by the Henderson scrapbooks.
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Don't say I didn't warn you, mkay?
I feel like I've been spending all of my time lately trying not to scream, or trying not to cry.
I am tired of celebrating when Elias poops in the potty. Seriously, kid. You know what we want. You know how to do it. Do we really need a ticker tape parade every time it happens? This is going to end eventually. Why not now? I know he's three and he can't really help it. I'm still tired of it.
I am tired of medical appointments. I resent the doctors (pulmonary! orthopedic! ophthalmic! oh my!) for making us come in all the time. I am aware that this is not logical, because they are trying to help, but there it is.
I am tired of hearing about how my mom gets food stuck in her teeth every time she eats anything. ANYTHING!! Except maybe soup. This never used to happen, because she used to chew on the right side of her mouth, except those back molars on the right side are gone now, and she has to chew on the left side, and she always gets food stuck in her teeth. ALWAYS! Maybe there's something the dentist can do about it, and she just can't wait until she can get there. I can recite this off the top of my head because I have heard it literally hundreds of times. My sister and I have been counting. It's one of the ways we're trying to amuse ourselves so we don't both lose our minds. The other night at dinner we had country ribs and mashed potatoes, and Mom said it nine times. (I only heard seven because I stepped out into the garage for a couple of minutes and missed two. Sorry, seester.) I know she can't help it either, but that doesn't make me feel any less like screaming.
And now I am sad, too, because we got the news over the weekend that my father-in-law's kidneys are failing. I am a layperson and not an expert on kidneys, but I am pretty sure that this means that sometime in the not-too-distant future, Paul is going to lose his dad. And my boys are going to lose their grandpa. They're still so little. I am sad for that, and … I think maybe I am grieving my own father a little bit again, too. Because they never got to know that grandpa at all, and that is a shame.
And while I am being irritated and weepy and bananas about all of these things, life goes on. I can't get off the endless treadmill of laundry and dishes and work e-mails and family logistics just because I'm cranky.
All of those bits up there where I said various people can't help it? All true. Which means I get to be the grownup. I am tired of being the grownup. I would like to have a temper tantrum and lay on the floor and cover my ears and scream. But that would not be productive. And I am a grownup, so I have to care about that.
Oh my friends. I am a mess.
In my head I think all the messy, unworthy things I am feeling are probably normal. But I still have guilt about feeling them. Good mothers aren't supposed to want their children to go away. Good daughters aren't supposed to want to tell their mothers to shut up about their teeth already. I mean, right? (And just for the record, I haven't told Mom that. Not that she'd remember if I had. Sigh.)
I am trying to practice good self-care. I am making time to get in exercise, and the other day I took a long, hot bath. I started a gratitude journal, and every day I write down three things that I am thankful for. (This week, I've said "warm house" and "enough food" at least three days in a row, because I'm having trouble with the gratitude thing right now. Did I mention I'm a mess?)
And I've been listening to a song over and over and over. Partly because it's doing me a lot of good and partly because Levi begs for it on repeat, and it's a lot easier on the ears than, say, the Veggie Tales in the same dosage. It's Love Restores by Shine Bright Baby, and you should go right out and buy their album, because it's a great song and they're pretty cool themselves. (Disclaimer: I know the lead singer and her husband a little. But – total frankness – I'm not usually a huge CCM fan, and I really like this song, so that's saying something, kids.) Anyway. Part of the song says this:
His love restores, His words are true
What this world breaks, His hands make new
And on days like today when I am having trouble believing that's true – even though I desperately want to – it's comforting to know that someone else does believe it. And has wrapped it all up in a beautiful song that my son and I can agree to listen to on repeat, all the way to Akron.


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Immigration reform and the benefits and dangers of immigration, especially from south of the border, has leaped into the spotlight. Bills in Congress designed to criminalize illegal immigrants vie with bills to create a guest worker program and allow illegal immigrants a way to gain a toe hold in the American system. With all that is being written about immigration, the key issues tend to be ignored or dismissed. Ultimately, immigration is About the Children.
After some quibbles about whether we should call undocumented aliens "illegal", Marc Cooper [HT: OSM] suggests that the weekend rallies were in favor of legal immigration rather than in support of illegal immigrant. He then argues, in Immigration Issue Explodes [Updated] that the arguments over immigration have everything to do with bringing our economic necessity into some rational relationship to the current immigration mess:
The only argument we -- as a nation of immigrants-- can make against the current migratory wave is that our grandparents and parents came here legally so why don't Jose and Maria do the same? Well, America of 2006 is not the America that my family came to in 1915 (and when they came they also pushed aside better-paid longer-term residents and citizens). Our work force is vastly older and immensely better educated and skilled than even fifty years ago. The industrial revolution which was roaring ahead a century ago has given way, unfortunately, to a service economy. Barring Mexicans from coming across the border is not going to magically re-open shuttered car and tractor factories. On the contrary, if you could even plausibly tamp down the inflow, you would only increase the out-migration of American business.
Our national economy easily absorbs and desperately needs about a million-and-a-half immigrant workers per year to grow and compete. We let a million of them come in legally. The other half million we make run and dart across the border at cost of great peril.
He has part of the problem described.
Bear with me as I shift attention to another issue that has been drawing great interest. As you probably know by now, the capital apostasy case brought against Abdul Rahman in Afghanistan has been dropped. Neo-neocon discussed some of the rarely acknowledged conflicts that were brought to the surface by this case, and have been finessed by the resolution:
In recent years, however, we've shied away from imposing our will out of respect for and tolerance of the belief system of other cultures. The Rahman trial not only starkly highlighted the inevitable conflict between moderate Islamic countries (or those striving for moderation) and the parallel track of sharia law in those states, but the conflict between our new efforts at nation-building and our desire to conform to PC delicacy while doing so. Both conflicts seem inevitable, and certainly are not going to disappear with the disappearance of the charges against Abdul Rahman.
She correctly points out that the key conflict was between our Western, our American, notion of freedom and the understanding of freedom enshrined in Sharia law. The two belief sets are incompatible. She also points to a key to our immigration problem:
Nations are not built--or rebuilt--in a day, and profound cultural change is ordinarily not a fast process. Fast-tracking such change has been a dilemma faced over and over in the last several hundred years, with differing consequences: from Russia and Peter the Great, to Western imperialist ventures around the globe, to our own "melting pot," to Turkey and Ataturk, to the aforementioned Allies and Japan, to the Shah and Iran, to France and the wearing of the veil among her Moslem immigrant population--and to the coalition and the Karzai government in Afghanistan. No doubt similar dilemmas will face us in Iraq.
Here we begin to see how the pernicious ideology of multi-culturism and political correctness has been slowly disarming our population of their intellectual weapons. Neo mentions the "melting pot"; yet our elites, even more so in Europe than here, have actively striven to destroy the concept of the "melting pot" in favor of such ideas as "a mosaic" or a "quilt." If America remains a "melting pot", the immigration question devolves to how best to ensure that the children of the current generation of immigrants can make the transition from being Mexicans to being Americans. If we are living in a mosaic, then the question is an entirely different and more dangerous one.
The extreme of mosaicism (which in biology is often incompatible with life) is occurring in Europe. Baron Bodissey describes what can only be referred to as a low level civil insurrection in Swedish cities. (Perhaps our MSM would be well advised to look there for civil war rather than focusing all their energies and attention in Iraq.) His post is long and detailed and chilling. The point is that third generation immigrants in parts of Europe are not only not assimilated, they have created separate cultures, separate political establishments, and essentially separate mini states which are hostile to the Europeans they believe should behave like dhimmis.
I believe that much of the discomfort about immigration relates to this sense that we are allowing non-Americans who do not share our values to gain a toe hold in our country and have no confidence that our leaders will do what they should or could to encourage these people to become Americans. My children went through an integrated school system which included a sizable population of native born Mexicans. Beyond the obligatory disclaimer that many of these kids were hard workers and good students, a typical story stood out and raised concern. It was not at all unusual for a youngster to arrive in the classroom in the middle of a school year, speaking no English and academically far behind. After a month or two, they would start to make friends, catch on to some of the language, start to become part of the class, and then one day, they would disappear. Apparently, they were needed or wanted back home in Mexico. They would often return to school weeks to months later, further behind academically and socially, and even more likely to seek refuge among their own, ie those who spoke only Spanish. The school system had no ability to intervene and this pattern was repeated throughout all grades. It is hard to escape the sense that the parents of these children have no interest in assimilation or becoming Americans, but are primarily interested in extracting American dollars.
Contrast that story with the story of Jesus Apodaca, an illegal immigrant who lived in Colorado in 2002. After graduating as an Aurora honor student and getting accepted to the University of Colorado at Boulder, he was denied in-state college tuition and financial aid because of his illegal status and threatened with deportation. (I believe he was ultimately allowed to stay in the country and go to college but could not find an update in my brief search.)
The Chronicle of Higher Education described how Texas led the way for states to take a more enlightened approach:
Fortunately for Mr. Salazar [an illegal immigrant], in June 2001, just as he was graduating from high school, the Texas Legislature passed a law extending in-state tuition benefits to illegal immigrants who had attended a high school in the state for at least three years, provided they signed an affidavit pledging to seek permanent residency. The reduced tuition and a pair of scholarships made it possible for Mr. Salazar to attend the University of Houston, where he is now a junior majoring in business.
Unfortunately, the rest of the article makes clear that only a very limited number of illegal immigrant children have been taking advantage of the program.
This is the best and the worst of our immigration problem. We want immigrants who are coming to American so that they and their children can become American citizens. We do not want immigrants who see America as merely a wealthy nation which they can inhabit parasitically, all the while extolling the virtues of the corrupt and unfree countries they left behind.
Dr. Sanity describes how her own personal history informs her thinking on immigration and captures the core of what this debate is about:
In short, while I was lucky enough to be born an American, I am proudly descended from some incredible people who chose to be American. And I salute them and thank them from the bottom of my heart. In fact, I believe the real strength of this country comes from people who consciously and deliberately choose the liberty that America offers--whether they are born between the shining seas of this wonderful land or they make their way here by other means.
In the 35 years since the children of the 60's began to insinuate their way into positions of influence and power, they have corrupted much of our public discourse beyond recognition. Those who believe there is something special and worth fighting for in this nation are regularly derided as cowboys, fascists, and racists.
Michelle Malkin has pictures and commentary about the weekend protests. The New York Times headline? Groundswell of Protests Back Illegal Immigrants. The pictures (from the Times and from Michelle Malkin) do not look like they are of a march by people who want to be Americans.
Any politicians and/or political party that can find a way to re-frame this debate as about assimilation and Americanization, rather than illegal immigration, without a knee jerk reaction from the MSM condemning them as racist, will have a powerful message indeed. Once again, our elites will attempt to polarize the discussion but there is hope; their power to determine the parameters of discourse are failing (too slowly for my taste, but failing surely). We need this debate to be about creating more Americans and not about empowering illegal immigrants.


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Canadian P&C insurance Brokers and their insurance company partners continue to improve on the value presented by "choice" while focusing on best practices for customer service and efficiency. Handling business transactions and accessing information among parties in real time is a widely recognized imperative. This is the primary focus of ORBiT.
ORBiT's 2014 key educational days dedicated to moving real time ahead have been announced.
- May 28 in Toronto
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A recent survey of members with input by those with an interest in the progress identified the priorities for this coming year. The results of the survey will be presented and discussed. The agenda includes presentations on many of those key areas:
- Creating the Experience Keynote
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This is a great opportunity to network plus there'll be a vendor exhibition in Toronto and London.
Attendance is open to carriers, brokers, vendors, and other industry players; both ORBiT members and non-members.
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Images come in all sorts and sizes, but your users must be able to view them on any platform or device. You may also want to manipulate these images even further, to make everything look picture perfect for you and your users. Transloadit can convert images into various formats, or resize, crop and (auto-)rotate them. We can also apply watermarks and other effects, or optimize images to reduce their size without loss of quality, and much more.
At Transloadit, we call our features Robots because you can link them together to create encoding pipelines unique to your use case.
/image/mergemerges several images into a single spritesheet.
/image/optimizereduces the size of images while maintaining the same visual quality
/image/resizeresizes, crops, changes colorization, rotation, and applies text and watermarks to images
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- Remove a uniform background from an image
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- Convert an image from JPG to PNG
- Resize an image to 75×75 pixels
- Crop a picture to fit the background dimensions of the Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max while keeping the file size low
- Merge images into a grid layout
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- Reduce image file sizes by up to 80% without quality loss
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- Is Your Image Scaling Software Up To Scratch? October 15, 2010
- Adding Support for Cropping by Coordinates January 31, 2011
- Now Offering Support for Image Rotation April 1, 2011
- Adding More Options to Our Image Resize Robot May 9, 2011
- New `frame` Parameter for the /image/resize Robot May 26, 2011
- Adding Support for Audio Encoding November 21, 2011
- New Resize Strategy `fillcrop` Available February 14, 2012
- Adding Support for Image Blurring October 21, 2012
- Adding Support for Waveform Images November 22, 2012
- Adding Support for Image Interlacing December 11, 2012
- We Have Added Support for SVG Images March 23, 2013
- Adding Support for Lossless Image Optimization June 6, 2013
- Merging Image and Audio Files to Create Videos August 7, 2013
- Better PNG Optimization July 29, 2014
- Performance Upgrades March 4, 2015
- Image optimization improvements November 24, 2015
- A word on ImageTragick (CVE-2016–3714) May 4, 2016
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- Powering major brands: How Transloadit supports Shuttlerock's mission July 8, 2016
- How we secured a spot in thoughtbot's toolkit May 19, 2017
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- Accidental breaking change for the crop resize strategy June 6, 2018
- Ghostscript security incident (VU#332928) August 30, 2018
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MEPs voted last week (28 March) to double the budget of the 2021-2027 Creative Europe programme. The increased funding is intended to enhance international circulation of works, support better mobility for artists and focus on better use of digital technologies in the creative sector.
Media literacy ranks high on the European parliament's priorities for the programme, with members urged to develop critical thinking in this area.
Particular emphasis will be placed on the importance of engaging a young audience and the promotion of audiovisual works on legal channels.
Rapporteur Silvia Costa, said: "I wanted to strengthen three areas: the intrinsic value of culture; the mobility of artists and culture operators; and the development of a narrative on European common roots and diversity.
"European talent – especially the younger generations – should be able to move freely and to circulate their works, have the chance to work on coproductions, and be further supported in the face of the current lack of funds that is the cause of a major loss of opportunities."
A larger budget will increase mobility for artists, encourage cross-border exchanges of creative players and artists, such as through residency programmes, while the books, film, music, festival, cultural heritage and architecture sectors will all benefit from different actions funded under this programme.
The final text of the programme will be negotiated and agreed with the council during the next parliamentary term.


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Monitoring of Water Resources to Continue
Monitoring of Water Resources to Continue
BOSTON – With the Commonwealth experiencing above normal rainfall over the course of the previous month, all indices across Massachusetts have fully recovered. As a result, Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Kathleen Theoharides today announced that conditions have returned to normal, and updated the drought levels throughout the state:
- Connecticut River Valley: Level 0 – Normal Condition levels (down from a Level 1 – Mild Drought in September); and,
- Western, Central, Northeast, Southeast, Cape Cod, and Islands Regions: Level 0 – Normal Conditions levels (remains unchanged since October).
The declarations were the result of a recommendation issued from a recent meeting of the Drought Management Task Force, which is comprised of state and federal officials, and other entities. Additionally, the declaration of a Normal Condition means that the Drought Management Task Force no longer meets on a regular basis; however, state agencies will continue to closely monitor and assess conditions across the state, coordinate any needed dissemination of information to the public, and help state, federal and local agencies prepare additional responses that may be needed in the future. Moreover, even though conditions have improved since the previous month, dry conditions continue to be observed within the Deerfield River Watershed.
"Throughout the last several weeks, Massachusetts has greatly benefited from above average precipitation, enabling water systems to reach normal conditions following several months of running a deficit," said Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Kathleen Theoharides. "And although the state is not currently experiencing dry conditions, we should all continue to practice water conservation methods in an effort to not strain water supplies."
Normal Condition levels, as outlined in the Massachusetts Drought Management Plan, indicates precipitation and groundwater levels that have returned to normal, and warrants routine data collection and distribution amongst government agencies.
State officials ask the public to be mindful of the amount of water being used, reduce indoor water use, and address leaks as soon as possible. Additionally, managers of larger buildings and businesses are asked to conduct water audits to identify areas of leaks and potential water conservation opportunities. All these steps will greatly help reduce water use to ensure essential needs are being met, such as drinking water and fire protection, and habitat and environmental use.
For further information on water conservation and what residents can do, visit the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs' drought page, the Department of Conservation and Recreation's drought management page, and the MassDEP Water Conservation page.


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CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kronos Incorporated today announced that it has acquired Digital Instinct Pty. Limited, a leading provider of human capital and workforce management solutions for casinos and casino resorts. Acquiring Digital Instinct and its industry leading product line, Virtual Roster, deepens Kronos' expertise and presence within the global casino resort industry.
News Facts
- Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, Digital Instinct also operates in Las Vegas, Nevada; Macau, China; and Singapore.
- Digital Instinct's flagship product line, Virtual Roster, is an integrated suite of solutions including staff scheduling, time and attendance, and workforce analytics. Virtual Roster is known worldwide for addressing unique casino workforce issues with advanced solutions that make scheduling, communication, and operations more efficient while improving employee engagement.
- This acquisition strengthens Kronos' leadership in the casino resort industry by further enhancing the company's global footprint in the market with a more robust end-to-end human capital and workforce management solution. Digital Instinct's scheduling solution offers unique functionality to schedule employees in a casino environment more accurately, while keeping staff engaged and satisfied.
- The Virtual Roster product is used by more than 140 casino and casino resort locations worldwide. Currently, 10 out of the top 12 global casino resorts are Digital Instinct customers.
- Kronos will continue to support the acquired customers through a dedicated team of Digital Instinct employees, and Digital Instinct customers will have access to a comprehensive and complementary array of Kronos solutions.
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Bob Hughes, chief strategy officer, Kronos
"Kronos believes in investing in innovation for the benefit of our customers. The casino resort industry is an important market for us, and we are continually looking for ways to offer the next level of technology and services for our customers in this complex industry. Our acquisition of Digital Instinct enables us to do just that. The Virtual Roster suite of applications will provide our casino resort customers with innovative solutions that increase productivity and drive employee engagement."
Chris Peters, chief executive officer, Digital Instinct
"Digital Instinct's acquisition by Kronos launches an exciting, new chapter for our employees and customers. Together with Kronos, we will be well-positioned to meet the strategic and operational imperatives confronting our customers as they seek to solve the complex workforce-related issues of the casino resort industry. We look forward to continuing to serve our customers as part of the Kronos family."
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- Connect with Kronos via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.
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- Follow The Workforce Institute at Kronos for insight, research, blogs, and podcasts on how organizations can manage today's modern workforce to drive engagement and performance.
- Learn about the Kronos WorkInspired culture and check out Kronos job openings.
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Kronos is a leading provider of workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions. Kronos industry-centric workforce applications are purpose-built for businesses, healthcare providers, educational institutions, and government agencies of all sizes. Tens of thousands of organizations – including half of the Fortune 1000® – and more than 40 million people in over 100 countries use Kronos every day. Visit www.kronos.com. Kronos: Workforce Innovation That Works.
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LOS ANGELES -- Two days after getting hit by a pitch on his left hand, Hanley Ramirez is back in the lineup at shortstop for the Dodgers in the opener of a three-game series against the Diamondbacks on Friday night at Dodger Stadium.
Ramirez left Wednesday night's game in the seventh inning, and didn't play on Thursday afternoon.
"I don't think there is any fear that there's anything wrong other than soreness, and then he's able to judge. It's one of those as a player where you know you can play or you can't. If he gets out there and by swinging the bat he gets worse, then it could change," said manager Don Mattingly. "This is Hanley's call, because you know as a player if you can play or not."
The shortstop has reached base in his last 11 games, hitting .357/.449/.667 during that span, and is 5-for-17 (.294) with a double and a home run against Wade Miley, starting the series opener for Arizona.
Against the left-handed Miley, the Dodgers are using what has now become their usual lineup against southpaws, with an all-righty outfield of Scott Van Slyke, Matt Kemp and Yasiel Puig. In the four games against left-handed pitchers since Kemp was activated from the disabled list, those three have started in the outfield against southpaws.
Justin Turner starts at second base, keeping up the second base platoon with Dee Gordon that was only broken on Thursday because Turner started at shortstop in place of Ramirez.
The Diamondbacks activated Cody Ross from the disabled list, and have him batting fifth and playing left field. Arizona designated left-handed reliever Ryan Rowland-Smith for assignment. The D-Backs now have 12 pitchers on its active roster, and are down to a pair of left-handers in the bullpen: Oliver Perez and Joe Thatcher.


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Week Nine- Hasbro Nerf Gamescon
By OMD Germany
Video Games are a global phenomenon with the industry now worth over $23.5 billion. It is, therefore, no surprise that in Germany alone there are over 29 Million gamers. However, the rising love of gaming has resulted in the average child spending up to 136 minutes video gaming a day! Our aim was to re-energise gamers and beat the digital industry with their own weapons.
Bringing gamers into the action
Using the Hasbro Nerf, we sought to get gamers away from the screen and take part of the action whilst unlocking additional growth potential for Hasbro's fun blaster range.
So how can Hasbro make a lost generation enthusiastic about a range of non-digital toy guns? It was time to fight back for physical fun, but in order to relate to our gamers, we needed to make sure we had a fun digital element. We, therefore, headed straight to the dragon's den, the biggest international Digital Game Fair in Cologne, and conquered the epicentre of the digital gamer's world with the most famous influencers of this generation.
An analogue playground
15 YouTube stars invaded the Gamescom equipped with Nerf Blasters turning the whole fair into an analogue playground; proving the strength of real life fun with Nerf. The Gamescom action was recorded and instantly uploaded by the YouTube stars amplifying the Hasbro brand and messages to millions of followers. Moreover, we kicked off a sustainable wave of content creation via the YouTube stars who carried on the Nerf story at home and encouraged their fans to use the hashtag #NerfNicht and create even more real life Nerf-Action Videos online.
The results
A campaign for Nerf's real live action was born. The results exceeded all expectations with the hashtag #NerfNicht hitting the Top 5 German Twitter trending charts. The videos received over 3.8 Million views (+500% versus benchmark) and 8.2 Million contacts within a 1.9 Million target group, over 190,000 comments and over 653,000 like. Most importantly, Hasbro sold +40% more Nerf Blasters versus the previous year, making Nerf the best performing Hasbro brand (not limited to boys!) in Germany.


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