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Long overdue honor
Posted by Mark Snyder in Uncategorized
Angaur, Battle of Angaur, Battle of Iwo Jima, family, Iwo Jima, Mt. Suribachi, Pacific War, pontoon duty, Purple Heart, Seabees, US Navy, World War II
A 68-year-old injustice has been partially rectified today.
In 1943 Cecil Reynolds Means, a young West Virginia kid, enlisted in the US Navy and joined the Seabees, assigned to the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion. He rated as a Machinist's Mate, 3rd Class.
Logo for 133rd NCB, drawn by Walt Disney
In 1944, while his buddies were partying with the pretty girls at Pearl Harbor, he volunteered for one of the most dangerous assignments of the Pacific War- pontoon duty. His job was to shuttle barges back and forth from supply ships to supply the Marines while they fought the Battle of Angaur. The Japanese did everything in their power to sink the pontoons and kill the exposed sailors piloting them. The men were out there on those barges, day and night for three weeks until the island was taken.
Pontoon detachment on Angaur after the battle, 1944. MM3c Cecil R Means is the second man from the left in the back row.
From there, he traveled to the Marianas to rejoin his unit.
On 2/19/45, he was among the first men on the beach at Iwo Jima. Totally exposed on the beach, with mortars raining down on them from Mt. Suribachi, he manned a machine gun emplacement. On D-Day +2 (2/21/45) a mortar hit his position, instantly killing his two assistants and seriously wounding him. The famous flag raising would not take place for another three days, and the Japanese defenders were fighting furiously to hold Suribachi as long as they could.
He was brought to a triage tent, and sent to a hospital ship. From there he was sent to a Navy hospital on Guam, then on to California.
In addition to his wounds, he suffered severe shell shock- what we would now call post-traumatic stress disorder. The Navy shamed him for it and gave him a less-than-honorable discharge.
Broken and ashamed, he could not open the car door when he returned to West Virginia to see his young son, who would not understand for many years why he didn't open the car door. This had a devastating effect on his family for the rest of his- and his son's- life.
Today I had the privilege of telling my children that their great-grandfather is a decorated war hero. Their great-grandfather was awarded the Purple Heart today- 68 years after he was wounded and 23 years after his death. His son- my father-in-law- died last Thanksgiving. It was our initial inquiries seven years ago into his father's war history that got the ball rolling and led to this day. It would have meant a great deal to Don to see his dad get the Purple Heart, and how fitting that it came two days after what would have been his 71st birthday. How also fitting that the Navy simply mailed the medal to his widow, without any ceremony or pomp.
I never met the man, but I always considered him a hero. It's about time the Navy came around.
Cecil Reynolds Means, 1939
Addendum: I just got this last picture of his medals. The certificate says he was wounded on D-Day +7, not D-Day +2, and thus was there for the famous flag raising, as he claimed to have been (but my father-in-law didn't believe).


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South Dakota's tough drug laws will be in state Supreme Court's spotlight
While legal arguments will win or lose the upcoming South Dakota Supreme Court battle over Amendment A, some legal minds see the case having far-reaching impacts on low-level drug crimes, which fill the state's criminal justice system.
Dusty law books sit on a shelf in the Minnehaha County Courthouse library in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in late March, 2021. (Christopher Vondracek / Forum News Service)
PIERRE, S.D. —The South Dakota Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 28, will get its chance to de-fang one of the toughest drug-law states in the nation.
Roger Baron, professor emeritus at the University South Dakota School of Law, said he doesn't believe the high court has shown a "particular propensity to be overly hostile" toward drug cases. But Baron also dinged the court for "extreme sentencing" in an op-ed published earlier this year, especially in the case of juvenile offenders.
"When you talk about the South Dakota Supreme Court, that court gives wide deference to whatever the trial judge does ," Baron said. "But in this case, they're going to look at it brand-new."
The court will first hear oral arguments in a challenge to Amendment A, a constitutional amendment passed by voters in November that would legalize recreational marijuana. While legally separate from the technical constitutional issues before Wednesday's case, the court's sterner demeanor on punishment, especially in front of drug crimes, was nevertheless most recently on display in a unanimous opinion, penned by Justice Janine Kern, who has been on the bench for six years.
A Yankton County man, Shawn Shelton, who faces at least 12 years in prison for selling a half-gram of meth in a school zone, has appealed his sentence, saying it was cruel and unusual.
Kern had none of it.
Calling Shelton a "habitual offender" and noting "even nonviolent drug offenses pose significant risks to the public," the justice maintained the sentence "is not grossly disproportionate to his crimes, or cruel and unusual."
Without strong exit polling data, it's impossible to fully know what drove the beliefs of the 54% of voters last November who approved Amendment A , the act to legalize possession and tax the sale of pot in the state. Increasing national attention on the disproportionality of drug sentencing is seen among liberalizing attitudes toward marijuana, experts say.
In a Gallup poll last November, 68% of Americans support legalizing marijuana, with even Republicans split on the question.
Yet, South Dakota remains the only state where someone can face a felony for ingestion of a drug.
In briefs filed with the South Dakota Supreme Court prior to Wednesday's oral arguments over Amendment A, attorneys stayed away from political arguments, instead claiming the law enforcement agents who sued to overturn the law at the behest of Gov. Kristi Noem lack standing and that the single-subject rule for constitutional amendments wasn't violated by the measure's text.
But buried in the 500-plus pages of briefs, a friend-of-the-court brief from the libertarian-leaning Cato institute, as well as other think tanks, makes the case to peel back South Dakota's drug laws, which they say was the state's shrewd decision to "break with the federal orthodoxy of marijuana prohibition."
"In short, South Dakota's Amendment A, while perhaps 'experimental' in terms of its drug laws, from a national perspective is in no way 'novel,'" writes Patrick J. Lee-O'Halloran, a Minnesota-based attorney writing on behalf of Cato.
The brief also notes that between 2009 and 2018, authorities in South Dakota arrested more than 31,000 people for marijuana offenses, including 95% for possession.
"It's absolutely true that South Dakota treats drug charges more harshly," Martha Rossiter, a public defender in Pennington County, told Forum News Service on Tuesday, April 27. "I have so many people who have felony records filled with just possession charges."
Rossiter said some counties do work to deter jail time. She observed 7th Circuit Court Judge Robert Mandel shows an "equilibrium about addiction," so that persons suffering addiction get treatment.
But Rossiter said Mandel retires in June, and she doesn't know who will fill his seat.
So Rossiter, like many public defenders across the state, will be watching what happens on Wednesday to see if a statewide constitutional amendment that promised to bring some relaxation in restrictions may, in fact, survive this legal challenge.
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I'm editing a book about conversion to and from Islam in the early-modern Mediterranean: stories about people who slipped between religions, communities, and places; people who layered up identities, translating and (re)inventing themselves; people who saw opportunities or feared repercussions; people on the margins and in the centre; anonymous and extraordinary people, people like us.
I wanted to go to the sea, where the river Deben meets the North Sea, where the shingle shifts and the currents are treacherous.
So we went, Kainaat and I.
The tide was low, the shingle banks had shifted and there was a huge island at the mouth of the river.
The river water was running fast and deep.
Kainaat found a way across. Just at the moment where the river empties out into the sea the shingle had built up.
I thought about history …. how people say we need to learn from the past.
And I thought about people crossing the sea, neither here nor there, translating themselves, fleeing.
History doesn't make us compassionate, it doesn't make the world a more just, or better place. It is used to console, to excuse, to dissemble. It inures us to injustice, legitimises inequality, normalises the unspeakable – it makes us complacent.
Maybe we need different stories – stories that make us tolerant, stories that make us see ourselves in others, stories about now.
I say amen to all you wrote in this post. Please keep on visiting shingle islands, with Kainaat, mulling how we have come to be the way we are, what needs to be different, reporting to us about this. And, of course, keep writing dear Claire. Write the stories you named. Be one who tries to shift how we perceive.
Martin, you should do it, you would love it. The photos are all from Bawdsey – there is a shingle island there as well sometimes – it was just where the river meets the sea – the river splits in two and makes an island. I do also walk from Shingle Street to Bawdsey – this is a brilliant walk. You can do it at low tide and at high tide although you have to scramble a tiny bit (not even really a scramble) at high tide near to Bawdsey.
wow this is a very perceptive gaze through the liminality of life through the ages. The re-imagined pernumbra of todays experiences reflect and contrast past imaginings.
I love days of reflection…..coffee soon?
would love too – this week is a bit busy, but after that I have more time. How was Budapest? And the thesis? Email me …..
I'm writing to you this way because it's the only email I have for you. I hope this gets to you. I doubt you will recognize my name but I'm Chris Iosbaker's husband so we are in some distant relationship by marriage.
I'd like you to have this painting if you'd like it. If you have any friends or family that you know are coming over to visit you from the States in the not-too-distant future, perhaps I could get it to them to carry with them on their flight. I have mailed paintings in the past to my family in Germany and they have all gotten there though requiring a bit of hassle at the German customs. The cost for mailing has been about $50-60. I have also mailed one to South Africa that never got delivered but I think that was a function of a subpar mail service there. (The painting did actually get returned to me in good shape after about four months.) I trust the British mail service works better than that.
So please let me know if you'd like this painting and in case you do how I might get it to you. If not, I rather like it myself and will happily keep Daisy on my wall here in North Carolina.


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Das Réservoir Cabonga ist ein 484 km² großer Stausee in der kanadischen Provinz Québec. Der Seename leitet sich aus der Sprache der Algonkin ab, "kakibonga" hat die Bedeutung von "völlig mit Sand blockiert".

Lage
Der Stausee befindet sich 220 km nordnordwestlich von Ottawa sowie 130 km südöstlich von Val-d'Or. Die Gesamtfläche einschließlich Inseln beträgt 677 km². Er liegt vollständig in der Réserve faunique La Vérendrye. Das Reservat der First Nation von Lac-Rapide befindet sich am Westufer.

Der Stausee hat zwei Abflüsse: nach Südosten über den Rivière Gens de Terre, ein Zufluss des Réservoir Baskatong und des Rivière Gatineau, sowie ein weiterer Abfluss nach Nordwesten zum Lac Barriére und Réservoir Dozois.

Geschichte
Vor dem Aufstau seines Abflusses war der Lac Cabonga der größte See zwischen den beiden Flusssystemen von Rivière Gatineau und dem Ottawa River.
1851 errichtete die Hudson's Bay Company einen Handelsposten an diesem See (und nannten ihn Kakabonga).
1873 brannte der Handelsposten nieder. Er wurde durch einen neuen Stützpunkt am Lac Barrière ersetzt.
In den Jahren 1928 und 1929 wurde am Abfluss des Sees, dem Rivière Gens de Terre ein Staudamm angelegt.
Zweck des Damms war die Flussregulierung für die Flößerei weiter abstrom.
Nicht weniger als 37 natürliche Seen wurden durch den Aufstau zu einem 484 km² großen Reservoir zusammengefasst.

Seefauna
Folgende Fischarten sind im Stausee anzutreffen: Amerikanischer Seesaibling, Glasaugenbarsch, Blauer Glasaugenbarsch, Hecht, See-Stör, Heringsmaräne, Kanadischer Zander, Amerikanischer Flussbarsch, Saugkarpfen (Catostomus commersonii).

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Weblinks
 Réservoir Cabonga bei Natural Resources Canada

SCabonga, Reservoir
SCabonga, Reservoir
Stausee in Nordamerika
Staudamm in Kanada
See in Québec
Bauwerk in Québec
Erbaut in den 1920er Jahren
Stausee in Kanada
Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Outaouais

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The Australian government has accepted nearly all of the recommendations from a landmark inquiry into child sexual abuse, BBC reports.
The five-year inquiry found tens of thousands of children had suffered abuse in Australian institutions.
PM Malcolm Turnbull said that his government would act on 104 of 122 official recommendations. The remaining 18 had not been ruled out, he added.
He said he would deliver a national apology on 22 October.
"The survivors have told their stories and we must honour them," he told reporters on Wednesday.
"Ensure that out of their suffering, out of that abuse, comes lasting reform so what they suffered - the wrongs that were inflicted on them - can never happen again."


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38-й Чемпионат СССР по самбо проходил в Андропове с 15 по 16 февраля 1984 года. В соревнованиях участвовало 203 спортсмена.

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Литература
 Самбо: Справочник / М.: Советский спорт, 2006.
 Панорама спортивного года. 1984./ Составитель В. Н. Штейнбах — М.: Физкультура и спорт, 1985.

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The Economics Times Gap between mid level, fresher's wages i...
Gap between mid-level, fresher's wages in IT industry is set to widen by 8 times
Shreya Roy, ET Bureau Dec 24, 2013, 12.06PM IST
BANGALORE: The gap between freshers' wages and mid-management salaries in the information technology industry is set to widen by at least a good eight times this year as companies look to rein in the cost of training freshers.
While mid-management level wages were five to six times the compensation given to fresh graduates as recently as five years back, the number has jumped up to eight times at the upper limit this year, according to human resource consulting firm Mercer India. Especially post the recession in 2008, entry-level salaries have remained stagnant at Rs 2.75 lakh per annum to Rs 3.5 lakh per annum. "In comparison, mid-management salaries have grown at 8%-14%, and the difference has gone from 5-6 times, to at least 5.5-8 times of entry-level wages now," says Shanthi Naresh, business leader, Information Solutions, Mercer.
Entry-level salaries have fallen over a 10-year period, adjusted for inflation, whereas mid-management salaries have grown at anywhere between 100%-150% in the same time, according to Subeer Bakshi, director, talent and rewards, Towers Watson. According to the consultancy firm, a decade ago, mid management salaries were around Rs 7 lakh per annum to Rs 8 lakh per annum. Currently, they are at Rs 15 lakh per annum to Rs 18 lakh per annum at IT-enabled services firms, and Rs 21 lakh per annum to Rs 22 lakh per annum at MNCs.
The biggest reason for the growing gap, from the companies' perspective, is demand and supply. Mid-managers are hard to come by, while 600,000 engineers graduate each year, far surpassing the industry's appetite for only 250,000. And the engineers who do get hired are rarely close to being industry ready, leading to high training costs at the entry level. This is prompting engineering students to take a harder look at their skills, with companies measuring salaries against expertise.
"Higher pay for freshers is difficult, considering you have to spend at least a year in making them productive, with up to 22 weeks of full-time training, which is a huge cost," says Som Mittal, president, Nasscom.
Besides, managing wages is a big part of keeping costs low. As Prithvi Shergill, chief human resources officer, HCL Technologies says, "We are in a competitive space, and we do need to manage our cost of supply; given that this is 50%-60% of your profit and loss statement."
IT companies agree with the estimates. Mindtree's chief people officer, Ravi Shankar, says he concurs with Mercer's industry average. "Our mid-management salaries have grown at 6%-10% every year. Against a median entry-level salary of Rs 3 lakh, mid-management is at Rs 15 lakh per annum on average. There are no plans to revise fresher salaries at this point," he adds.
Mid- management salaries at Wipro are about 5-7 times entry-level compensation at this point, says Samir Gadgil, global head, Compensation & Benefits, Wipro. He adds that there are no plans to revise the entry-level salary range from Rs 2.75 lakh to Rs 3.5 lakh per annum.
While Infosys declined comment, TCS, which had given average wage hikes of 8%-10% in FY14, says it will not be revising fresher salaries. And HCL, which doled out hikes of 8% on an average across levels, also says the same.
Although the poor pay does not bode well for fresh graduates in IT, the new entrants are being pushed to reconsider how they invest in their education, given that pay gets better as they go up the ladder. They are also expected to proactively increase their value proposition, instead of taking a plain vanilla engineering degree as a ticket to a high-paying job.
"If you can take more complex roles, equip yourself with in-demand skills from the beginning, and if you are flexible in terms of locations and work where required, we will pay you more," says Shergill.
Engineering graduates now need to boost their resumes with expertise in high-growth areas such as digital media, big data, analytics, infrastructure management, in addition to a track record in leadership, says Sunil Goel, managing director of talent search firm GlobalHunt.
While Gadgil of Wipro stresses on developing soft skills, Shankar from Mindtree says, summer internships, projects, relevant research, and smart utilization of social media to attract employer attention, help to a great extent.
While working in IT did not look quite as gloomy to students who had enrolled in engineering three to four years ago, the poor starting salaries have been impacting the image of the industry as an employer in recent times. "Engineers are looking at other options. For instance, if you are a civil engineer, you would look at going out of the country; and a lot of young talent is dropping out of the sector in 2-3 years to do MBAs," says Bakshi of Towers Watson.


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Every parent has a moment of frustration at some point, and here are our parenting tips for How To Deal With Your Biggest Parenting Challenges. In a recent giveaway on our site, we asked you for your biggest parenting struggles. The results found several similarities that we want to chat with you about solutions for. Hopefully this will touch on some of your own struggles and help you to focus and make positive changes.
My biggest challenge is dealing with tantrums and discipline.
By far the biggest issue parents had was dealing with tantrums or discipline issues. We have a few parenting tips for alternate discipline issues we hope will help you to overcome these problems.
No tolerance for tantrums. When a tantrum happens make it known discipline will be happening. There will be no second chances.
Restrict privileges. Remove the TV, video games and cell phones until behavior improves.
Get both parents on board. You must have your spouse or other parent on board so all discipline is consistent.
Be flexible in changing discipline styles. As your kids grow and change, discipline measures need to change too.
Getting my kids to eat good foods.
This is something that every parent struggles with at one point or another in their kids lives. Eating good or healthy foods can be a challenge, but it is not impossible. We have some fun parenting tips for how to make your kids food habits better.
Make food fun. Cut into smaller pieces, shapes or create creatures with it.
Give something for them to dip with. Use Greek yogurt and seasoning to create great healthy dips for fruits and vegetables.
Sneak them in. Puree vegetables into smoothies, spaghetti or muffins to help kids eat them without fuss.
Don't force them to eat every new thing, but do require them to at least try it.
Cleaning up their bedrooms and messes is not your job after a certain point. Even before the point they are able to clean up for themselves, you should be teaching them respect for their belongings and yours.
Teach babies and toddlers to put things away when they are done playing.
Assign chores to kids of all ages to teach responsibility.
Restrict privileges when they leave their things out.
Throw it away. If they continually leave messes of their belongings for you to clean up, start throwing things away or donating. They learn quickly.
These parenting tips for dealing with your biggest parenting challenges are often common sense. Sometimes we just need simple reminders of what we should be doing. Communicate with your kids and let them know what you need, and what is expected of them. Don't allow them to walk all over you. You are the parent and in charge. Make sure they understand that and you will find success.
What are your favorite parenting tips for dealing with the biggest parenting challenges?
These are things all parents face, and we did it to ours. They'll grow out of it someday (hopefully)!
If both parents are not on the same page when it comes to parenting, then it definitely is much more difficult. I love all your tips. They are really great!
My 8yo has high functioning atypical autism, combined with a host of other issues, so parenting him is HARD on a minute by minute basis! Whew.
Thanks for the tips. I have a very stubborn three year old, and we are trying to teach her that she gets 1 shot and done (within reason for a 3 year old, of course). It's hard!
I was not always good about tantrums – I was giving in too much. I am getting better about that.
Thanks for highlighting one of my challenges! I think they tips are very helpful.
Oh I can relate to these challenges! Thanks for collecting them in a post and for the tips!
These are all great tips, and fewer parents do these than you'd think. We started out kids out early with picking up after themselves and age appropriate chores. It's really helped keep the house in order, and it's taught them discipline.
Discipline is my toughest one sometimes. My son is at the age where he wants more independence, but he's still such a little guy.
We started making bento box lunches for my daughter and it pretty much cured her fussy eating!
I have two girls and we have a lot of drama in our household!
And my one daughter is very stubborn about a lot of things (cleaning up, etc). I have had good results with rewards for doing good, and consequences for doing bad (such as my daughter can't use the iPad, which she loves). Have to find something that works best for your child.
I agree. Parents need to work together to face problems and agree (at least publicly) on how to deal with them.


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Sometimes you enter a space that sounds amazing and wonder what treatments are being used. Many times the treatments are behind the curtain… both figuratively and in reality.
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Intra-European ro-ro traffic to and from the Port of Gothenburg comprises mainly forest products and input goods for the engineering industry. With 593,000 ro-ro units handled, 2017 saw an all-time high for this segment. The signs are that 2018 could be yet another record-breaking year with 305,000 units reported for the first six months, a rise of four per cent.


During a heavy rain storm, a large Oak tree fell from a neighbor's property onto the detached garage of a PURE member. The massive tree caused extensive damage to the finished garage which included a second floor living area. Thankfully, no one was injured. The result was a Homeowners claim nearing $150,000.
Many claims reported in the aftermath of severe weather events are caused by or involve downed trees. A common misconception regarding this damage is that the weather event caused the tree to fall. However, according to Horticultural Management Inc., a leading provider of tree and shrub care services, over 80% of tree failures occur to trees that have pre-existing health and/or structural problems. Healthy trees are resilient and more able to withstand the elements.
For PURE members, the average cost to remove a downed tree after a storm is close to $2,000, while the average cost to both remove the tree and repair any property damage exceeds $20,000. For some PURE members that cost is significantly higher. However, by keeping the trees around your home healthy, you can reduce the likelihood that they will cause property damage in a future storm.
Determine the tree species on your property. Some species are naturally more resilient than others. Knowing the different types of trees located on your property will help you determine the best way to care for each.
Understand how to care for each species. Like all plants, trees need adequate water and nutrients. Too much of either can be just as detrimental as not enough.
Prune trees to make them stronger. Proper pruning can alleviate and prevent many issues that could potentially weaken a tree. Prune to remove dead, diseased, weakly attached and hazardous branches and to maintain reasonable branch spacing and symmetry. A properly pruned tree will look better and be up to 30% more wind resistant, an important characteristic during the spring and summer storm seasons. Pay particular attention to trees in close proximity to your home and to overhanging limbs.
Apply mulch around tree roots to protect them. Lay a thin layer of composted organic mulch around tree roots in the fall or early winter to help retain water and reduce extreme temperatures. Make certain that the mulch is not piled up around the base of your trees; you should be able to see the flare of the trunk at ground level. Mulch piled too high around trees can weaken them and make them susceptible to insects and disease.
Talk to your neighbors about any of their trees that overhang your property.
Here are some tell-tale signs that a tree may be at risk. If you spot any of these issues on your property, particularly affecting the trees near your home, contact an arborist to confirm the diagnosis and to take action.
Noticeable Lean. Some trees have natural leans, while others, especially those with an excessive lean of 40° or more, should be looked at.
Defects, Wounds and Splits. Decay, cavities or cankers, mechanical damage and longitudinal cracks or splits can be causes of concern.
Co-dominant Stem. Trees with co-dominant stems have a high risk of failure since they are structurally unstable.
Crown and Branches. Be wary of trees with crowns that have large, dead branches. This often indicates health issues.
Evidence of Root Damage. Root damage will often manifest itself through the decline of tree parts above ground.
Dead Trees. While there are many kinds of trees with different characteristics, common signs of a decaying tree include bark that begins to fall off and brittle branches.
If a tree on your property has sustained damage due to a storm, contact a PURE Member Advocate® at memberadvocate@pureinsurance.com for help scheduling a damage assessment with an arborist. An arborist can determine if a tree's injury can be repaired or if the tree needs to be removed. They can also safely clear out broken or loose branches from the canopy that could result in property damage down the road.


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Flying the flag [Gonzo]
Recently an e-mail has been flying around the ether known also as the interweb, it proclaims simply this;
On Monday, September 11th, 2006, an American flag should be displayed outside every home, apartment, office, and store in the United States.
Every individual should make it their duty to display an American flag on this fifth anniversary of our country's worst tragedy.
Patrotic stuff and no mistake there with a concerted effort to unify the nation and bring a sense of national pride born from aftermath of terrorism.
But why fly the flag, it's a symbol sure but of what now?
There was a time not long ago when the American flag (other flags have different meanings of course) was more iconic, standing for freedom, justice and the undeinable truth that America was king of the world.
Now comes the age of terrorism, it's not a new age the tactics used have been around since the 1400's at least but the weapons used against terror have improved some what with information and facts replacing faith.
But do not be disillusioned friend, this is not a subversive attack on the pride shown as your flag flutters in the wind, nay this entire missive is merely a thought provoking break.
As the flag is raised at your home this coming Monday consider all the things it smybolises; not just the good but the negative as well, consider that this flag has brought fear and loss to others, consider that it's been used as a symbol of hate and violence by people just like you, consider that justice is blind, the whole truth hurts and freedom spawns from anarchy.
So sure be proud when that flag flutters high, but be humble at the same time, it's not fluttering for just the memory of those that died, it's not just fluttering to prove the terrorists haven't won, it's not just fluttering to repeat a proud history.
It's a symbol, but of what now?
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namespace Microsoft.Web.Mvc {
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Web.Mvc;
    using System.Web.Routing;
    using Microsoft.Web.Resources;

    public static class ImageExtensions {
        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Design", "CA1054:UriParametersShouldNotBeStrings", MessageId = "1#", Justification = "The return value is not a regular URL since it may contain ~/ ASP.NET-specific characters")]
        public static string Image(this HtmlHelper helper, string imageRelativeUrl) {
            return Image(helper, imageRelativeUrl, null, (IDictionary<string, object>)null);
        }

        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Design", "CA1054:UriParametersShouldNotBeStrings", MessageId = "1#", Justification = "Required for Extension Method")]
        public static string Image(this HtmlHelper helper, string imageRelativeUrl, string alt) {
            return Image(helper, imageRelativeUrl, alt, (IDictionary<string, object>)null);
        }

        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Design", "CA1054:UriParametersShouldNotBeStrings", MessageId = "1#", Justification = "The return value is not a regular URL since it may contain ~/ ASP.NET-specific characters")]
        public static string Image(this HtmlHelper helper, string imageRelativeUrl, string alt, object htmlAttributes) {
            return Image(helper, imageRelativeUrl, alt, new RouteValueDictionary(htmlAttributes));
        }

        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Design", "CA1054:UriParametersShouldNotBeStrings", MessageId = "1#", Justification = "The return value is not a regular URL since it may contain ~/ ASP.NET-specific characters")]
        public static string Image(this HtmlHelper helper, string imageRelativeUrl, object htmlAttributes) {
            return Image(helper, imageRelativeUrl, null, new RouteValueDictionary(htmlAttributes));
        }

        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Design", "CA1054:UriParametersShouldNotBeStrings", MessageId = "1#", Justification = "The return value is not a regular URL since it may contain ~/ ASP.NET-specific characters")]
        public static string Image(this HtmlHelper helper, string imageRelativeUrl, IDictionary<string, object> htmlAttributes) {
            return Image(helper, imageRelativeUrl, null, htmlAttributes);
        }

        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Design", "CA1054:UriParametersShouldNotBeStrings", MessageId = "1#", Justification = "The return value is not a regular URL since it may contain ~/ ASP.NET-specific characters")]
        public static string Image(this HtmlHelper helper, string imageRelativeUrl, string alt, IDictionary<string, object> htmlAttributes) {
            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(imageRelativeUrl)) {
                throw new ArgumentException(MvcResources.Common_NullOrEmpty, "imageRelativeUrl");
            }

            UrlHelper url = new UrlHelper(helper.ViewContext.RequestContext);
            string imageUrl = url.Content(imageRelativeUrl);
            return Image(imageUrl, alt, htmlAttributes).ToString(TagRenderMode.SelfClosing);
        }

        public static TagBuilder Image(string imageUrl, string alt, IDictionary<string, object> htmlAttributes) {
            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(imageUrl)) {
                throw new ArgumentException(MvcResources.Common_NullOrEmpty, "imageUrl");
            }

            TagBuilder imageTag = new TagBuilder("img");

            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(imageUrl)) {
                imageTag.MergeAttribute("src", imageUrl);
            }

            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(alt)) {
                imageTag.MergeAttribute("alt", alt);
            }

            imageTag.MergeAttributes(htmlAttributes, true);

            if (imageTag.Attributes.ContainsKey("alt") && !imageTag.Attributes.ContainsKey("title")) {
                imageTag.MergeAttribute("title", (imageTag.Attributes["alt"] ?? "").ToString());
            }
            return imageTag;
        }
    }
}

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