At Tecumseh Chiropractic and Wellness Centre, we believe that evidence-based assessments/treatment plans along with cutting-edge chiropractic modalities help heal every patient with their specific injuries. Whether it's chronic pain or a work injury, sport or accidental injury, Tecumseh Chiropractic and Wellness Centre care can help you.
Our services include chiropractic manipulation, active release therapy (A.R.T.), spinal decompression therapy, ultrasound/electrostimulation treatments and acupuncture. In addition, we have a Registered Massage Therapist.
Dr. Matt Butler, DC, graduated from the University of Windsor in 1989 and, along with his academic achievements, won the prestigious Olympic Shield in swimming which is presented annually to the outstanding male athlete of the year. He then completed a post-graduate degree from the National College of Chiropractic with honours in 1997.
Dr. Matt started his career in Peterborough, Ontario. His passion for athletics as a former world-class swimmer naturally attracted like-minded patients, and as a young motivated Chiropractor, Dr. Matt took on the role as the Head Chiropractor of the OHL hockey team, the Peterborough Petes and the semi-pro lacrosse team, the Peterborough Lakers. In 2001, alongside a colleague, Dr. Matt had his own weekly television series called, "Wellness for Life," which was a huge local success and ran for four years. The show focused on educating the community on all aspects of healthy living.
In 2006, Dr. Matt relocated back to his home town of Windsor, Ontario and opened his current practice, Tecumseh Chiropractic and Wellness Centre. Dr. Matt's philosophy: "One Body, One Spine" captures his belief that spinal health is the key to overall health and wellness.
Dr. Stephanie Zarins, DC, attended the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in Toronto, where she graduated with a Doctor of Chiropractic. Dr. Stephanie is an Acupuncture Provider, a full-body and Master Active Release Techniques® Provider, certified in Kinesiotaping, cupping and has a certificate in Cranial Sacral Therapy I and II.
Dr. Stephanie also holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Ball State University where she double-majored in Exercise Science and Pre-Medicine, and minored in Aquatics, French and German.
Dr. Stephanie has an extensive experience working with athletes participating in various sports and of all calibers. She swam competitively and qualified for Canadian Nationals at the age of 12. She was a member of several youth and junior national teams from 1993-1998, including an Eight Nations competition in Cadiz, Spain. Dr. Stephanie achieved a full athletic scholarship at Ball State University located in the State of Indiana. In 2002, she was the captain and assistant coach of the Ball State Women's Swimming and Diving Team. She also attended two Olympic Trials, where she earned top 10 finishes in Canada. These experiences have helped her understand the importance of proper training, prevention of injuries and treatment needed to succeed.
Dr. Stephanie continues to integrate her love of sports in her professional practice. In 2017, Dr. Stephanie was selected to be the Chief Paramedical Officer for the Fina World Swimming Championship held in Windsor. This entailed working with others to plan and organize the entire therapy for the athletes from around the world, with treatment including physiotherapy, athletic therapy, chiropractic and massage. She was proud of the opportunity to work with the medical team to provide care to the elite athletes.
In 2018, Dr. Stephanie was chosen as the Chief Paramedical Officer for the Canadian Artistic Swimming Championships and treated highly talented synchronizes swimmers. In 2016, Dr. Stephanie participated as a Paramedical Therapist at the Pan Am Games held in Toronto. She treated elite athletes in competitive swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and the pentathlon.
Dr. Stephanie was the chiropractor for the University of Waterloo Swim Team from 2007 to 2009. For the 2009 Special Olympics in Windsor, Dr. Stephanie was an organizer in the event's athletic department and provided treatment to participants.
Dr. Stephanie has experienced the importance of chiropractic care firsthand. From the age of two, she has received chiropractic treatment on a regular basis. She has benefited from the prevention of injuries and the treatment for various sports and studying injuries. Regular chiropractic care has helped her maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Being active in the community is important to Dr. Stephanie. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Multicultural Council and volunteered at various events including Children's Games, Carousel of the Nationals, Dragon Boats, Spring Sprint, and speaking at local events on numerous topics, for example, "Building the Right Core Foundation for an Exercise Program" and "Battling Knee Injuries in Sports".
Dr. Stephanie also recognizes the importance of adjustments for the whole family. Being a mother of two little ones that she treats. Dr. Stephanie aims to provide the highest quality of comprehensive care centered on enhancing the patient's quality of life through the management of pain, and the improvement of functional capacity.
Graduate of the Ontario College of Massage Therapists, Pilates Certificate Body Harmonics Toronto, Therapeutic & Hydrotherapy including Hot Towel & Hot Stone plus Aveda Oil Aromatherapy.
Nicole graduated from Canadian College of Health Science and Technology in Windsor Ontario in 2010. She worked for a couple of years before taking some time off to be a full time mom to a rambunctious little boy! Now she's back and ready to commit to her other passion, helping people. For Nicole, this is more than just a job. Massaging is a way to help people relieve their pain and teach them how to care for their bodies, so they can live their lives to the fullest! She is excited to be able to offer her knowledge and expertise to her clients. She has a passion for learning, and tries to learn as much as she can about the human body. So she can provide the best possible treatment to her clients! Nicole offers many treatment including Deep Tissue Release, Hot Stones (Sassy Stones) Massage, Pregnancy Massage, Thai Yoga Massage, Paraffin wax Treatments, Indie Head Massage, Chair Massage, Trigger Point Therapy, and many other techniques for pain management. She is well knowledgeable in Remedial exercises, so she will always give you exercises and stretches that you are able to do at home to increase your results! Nicole is really friendly and a great listener, so she will be sure to listen carefully as you tell her what areas are troubling you, and treat those areas of concern. Just individualized care for the things that are bothering you. Be sure to book in with Nicole and see how much she can do for you!
Learn more about our Hydro Massage Therapy.
WSIB, MVA, Green Shield Canada and other insurance plans accepted.


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<?php

defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');

require_once( dirname( __FILE__ ) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'table.php' );
require_once( EBLOG_HELPERS . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'image.php' );
require_once( EBLOG_HELPERS . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'string.php' );

class EasyBlogTableProfile extends EasyBlogTable
{
	var $id				= null;
	var $title			= null;
	var $nickname		= null;
	var $avatar			= null;
	var $description	= null;
	var $biography		= null;
	var $url			= null;
	var $params			= null;
	var $user			= null;
	var $permalink		= null;

	/**
	 * Constructor for this class.
	 *
	 * @return
	 * @param object $db
	 */
	function __construct(& $db )
	{
		parent::__construct( '#__easyblog_users' , 'id' , $db );
	}

	function bind( $data, $ignore = array() )
	{
		parent::bind( $data, $ignore );

		$this->url	= $this->_appendHTTP( $this->url );

		//default to username for blogger permalink if empty
		if(empty($this->permalink))
		{
			$user	= JFactory::getUser($this->id);
			$this->permalink	= ( isset($user->username) ) ? $user->username : $this->id;
			$this->permalink 	= JFilterOutput::stringURLSafe( $this->permalink );
		}
		else
		{
			$this->permalink	= JFilterOutput::stringURLSafe($this->permalink);
		}

		return true;
	}

	public function store($updateNulls = false)
	{
		$isNew  = ( empty( $this->id ) ) ? true : false;

		$state 	= parent::store($updateNulls);
		$my 	= JFactory::getUser();

		if( $my->id == $this->id )
		{
			JFactory::getLanguage()->load( 'com_easyblog' , JPATH_ROOT );

			// @rule: Integrations with EasyDiscuss
			EasyBlogHelper::getHelper( 'EasyDiscuss' )->log( 'easyblog.update.profile' , $this->id , JText::_( 'COM_EASYBLOG_EASYDISCUSS_HISTORY_UPDATE_PROFILE' ) );
			EasyBlogHelper::getHelper( 'EasyDiscuss' )->addPoint( 'easyblog.update.profile' , $this->id );
			EasyBlogHelper::getHelper( 'EasyDiscuss' )->addBadge( 'easyblog.update.profile' , $this->id );
		}

		if( ! $isNew )
		{
			$activity   = new stdClass();
			$activity->actor_id		= $my->id;
			$activity->target_id	= ( $my->id == $this->id ) ? '0' : $this->id;
			$activity->context_type	= 'profile';
			$activity->context_id	= $this->id;
			$activity->verb         = 'update';
			EasyBlogHelper::activityLog( $activity );
		}

		return $state;
	}

	function _createDefault( $id )
	{
		$db	= $this->getDBO();

		$user	= JFactory::getUser($id);

		$obj				= new stdClass();
		$obj->id 			= $user->id;
		$obj->nickname		= $user->name;
		$obj->avatar		= 'default_blogger.png';
		$obj->description 	= '';
		$obj->url			= '';
		$obj->params		= '';

		//default to username for blogger permalink
		$obj->permalink		= JFilterOutput::stringURLSafe( $user->username );

		// we do not insert 0 id into users table.
		if( $user->id )
		{
			$db->insertObject('#__easyblog_users', $obj);
		}

		return $obj;
	}

	/**
	 * override load method.
	 * if user record not found in eblog_profile, create one record.
	 *
	 */
	function load($id = null, $reset = true)
	{
		static $users = null;

		$id = ( $id == '0' ) ? null : $id;
		if( is_null($id) )
		{
			$this->bind( JFactory::getUser(0) );
			return $this;
		}

		if (empty($id))
		{
			// When the id is null or 0
			$this->bind( JFactory::getUser() );
			return $this;
		}

		if( !isset( $users[ $id ] ) )
		{
			if((! parent::load($id)) && ($id != 0))
			{
				$obj	= $this->_createDefault($id);
				$this->bind( $obj );
			}

			$users[ $id ] = clone $this;
		}

		$this->user	= JFactory::getUser( $id );
		$this->bind( $users[ $id ] );

		return $users[ $id ];
	}

	function setUser( $my )
	{
		$this->load( $my->id );
		$this->user = $my;
	}

	function getLink()
	{
		return EasyBlogRouter::_('index.php?option=com_easyblog&view=blogger&layout=listings&id=' . $this->id);
	}

	function getName(){

		if($this->id == 0)
		{
			return JText::_('COM_EASYBLOG_GUEST');
		}

		$config 		= EasyBlogHelper::getConfig();
		$displayname    = $config->get('layout_nameformat');

		if( !$this->user )
		{
			$this->user	= JFactory::getUser( $this->id );
		}

		switch($displayname)
		{
			case "name" :
				$name = $this->user->name;
				break;
			case "username" :
				$name = $this->user->username;
				break;
			case "nickname" :
			default :
				$name = (empty($this->nickname)) ? $this->user->name : $this->nickname;
				break;
		}

		return EasyBlogStringHelper::escape( $name );
	}

	function getId(){
		return $this->id;
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieves the user's avatar
	 *
	 **/
	function getAvatar()
	{
		return EasyBlogHelper::getHelper( 'avatar' )->getAvatarURL( $this );
	}

	function getDescription($raw = false)
	{
		$description = $raw ? $this->description : nl2br($this->description);
		return $description;
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieves the user's twitter link
	 **/
	function getTwitterLink()
	{
		return EasyBlogHelper::getHelper( 'SocialShare' )->getLink( 'twitter' , $this->id );
	}

	/**
	 * Determines whether the blogger is a featured blogger
	 **/
	function isFeatured()
	{
		return EasyBlogHelper::isFeatured( 'blogger', $this->id );
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieves the biography from the specific blogger
	 **/
	function getBiography($raw = false)
	{
		static $loaded	= array();

		if( !isset( $loaded[ $this->id ] ) )
		{
			$status		= '';
			$config		= EasyBlogHelper::getConfig();

			if( $config->get( 'integrations_jomsocial_blogger_status' ) )
			{
				$path		= JPATH_ROOT . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'components' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'com_community' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'libraries' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'core.php';

				if( JFile::exists( $path ) )
				{
					require_once( $path );
					require_once( JPATH_ROOT . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'components' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'com_community' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'helpers' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'string.php' );
					$user	= CFactory::getUser( $this->id );
					$status	= $user->getStatus();
				}
			}

			if( !empty( $this->biography ) && empty( $status ) )
			{
				$status	= $raw ? $this->biography : nl2br( $this->biography );
			}

			if( empty( $status ) )
			{
				$lang	= JFactory::getLanguage();
				$lang->load( 'com_easyblog' , JPATH_ROOT );

				$status	= JText::sprintf( 'COM_EASYBLOG_BIOGRAPHY_NOT_SET' , $this->getName() );
			}

			$loaded[ $this->id ]	= $status;
		}

		return $loaded[ $this->id ];
	}

	function getWebsite()
	{
		$url 	= $this->url == 'http://' ? '' : $this->url;

		return $url;
	}

	/*
	 * Generates profile links for the author.
	 *
	 * @param	null
	 * @return	string	The link to their profile
	 */
	public function getProfileLink( $defaultItemId = '' )
	{
		static $instance	= array();
		static $phpbbDB		= null;
		static $phpbbpath	= null;
		static $isBlogger	= array();

		// since it's for avatar, we'll follow the avatar's integration
		$config	= EasyBlogHelper::getConfig();
		$source	= $config->get( 'layout_avatarIntegration' );

		if(! $config->get('main_nonblogger_profile') )
		{
			// 1st check if this user a blogger or not.
			$showLink   = false;
			if( isset($isBlogger[$this->id]) )
			{
				$showLink   = $isBlogger[$this->id];
			}
			else
			{
				$showLink	= EasyBlogHelper::isBlogger( $this->id );
				$isBlogger[$this->id]   = $showLink;
			}

			if( !$showLink )
			{
				return 'javascript: void(0);';
			}
		}

		// phpbb case
		if($source == 'phpbb' && $phpbbDB === null)
		{
			$phpbbpath	= $config->get( 'layout_phpbb_path' );
			$file		= JPATH_ROOT . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $phpbbpath . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'config.php';

			if (JFile::exists($file))
			{
				require($file);

				$host		= $dbhost;
				$user		= $dbuser;
				$password	= $dbpasswd;
				$database	= $dbname;
				$prefix		= $table_prefix;
				$driver		= $dbms;
				$debug		= 0;

				$options	= array ( 'driver' => $driver, 'host' => $host, 'user' => $user, 'password' => $password, 'database' => $database, 'prefix' => $prefix );
				$phpbbDB	= JDatabase::getInstance( $options );
			} else {
				$phpbbDB	= false;
			}
		}
		if ($phpbbDB === false)
		{
			// can't get phpbb's config file, fallback to default profile link
			$source		= 'default';
		}

		// Always use the core linking if user does not wants this.
		if( !$config->get( 'layout_avatar_link_name') )
		{
			$source		= 'default';
		}

		// to ensure the passed in value is only a number
		$defaultItemId  = str_replace( '&Itemid=', '', $defaultItemId);

		// to ensure the uniqueness of the key
		$key = $source . '-' . $defaultItemId;

		// this is where the magic starts
		if (!isset($instance[$this->id][$key]))
		{
			$defaultItemId  = ( !empty( $defaultItemId ) ) ? '&Itemid=' . $defaultItemId : '';
			$defaultLink	= EasyBlogRouter::_( 'index.php?option=com_easyblog&view=blogger&layout=listings&id=' . $this->id . $defaultItemId );

			switch ($source)
			{
				case 'k2':

					$file1 = JPATH_ROOT . '/components/com_k2/helpers/route.php';
					$file2 = JPATH_ROOT . '/components/com_k2/helpers/utilities.php';

					jimport( 'joomla.filesystem.file' );

					if( JFile::exists( $file1 ) && JFile::exists( $file2 ) )
					{
						require_once($file1);
						require_once($file2);

						$ret	= K2HelperRoute::getUserRoute( $this->id );
					}
					else
					{
						$ret 	= $defaultLink;
					}

					break;
				case 'mightyregistration':
					$ret	= JRoute::_( 'index.php?option=com_community&view=profile&user_id=' . $this->id , false );
					break;
				case 'communitybuilder':
					$ret	= JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=' . $this->id, false);
					break;

				case 'easysocial':

					$easysocial 	= EasyBlogHelper::getHelper( 'EasySocial' );
					$ret 			= '';

					if( $easysocial->exists() )
					{
						$easysocial->init();

						$user 		= Foundry::user( $this->id );
						$ret 		= $user->getPermalink();
					}
					break;

				case 'jomsocial':
					$file	= JPATH_ROOT . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'components' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'com_community' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'libraries' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'core.php';
					$ret	= ( JFile::exists($file) && require_once($file) )? CRoute::_( 'index.php?option=com_community&view=profile&userid=' . $this->id ) : '';
					break;

				case 'kunena':
					$ret	= JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_kunena&func=fbprofile&userid=' . $this->id, false);
					break;

				case 'phpbb':
					$juser	= JFactory::getUser( $this->id );
					$query	= 'SELECT ' . $phpbbDB->nameQuote('user_id') . ' '
							. 'FROM ' . $phpbbDB->nameQuote('#__users') . ' WHERE LOWER('.$phpbbDB->nameQuote('username') . ') = LOWER(' . $phpbbDB->quote($juser->username) . ') ';
					$phpbbDB->setQuery($query, 0, 1);
					$phpbbuserid	= $phpbbDB->loadResult();
					$ret	= $phpbbuserid ? JURI::root() . rtrim( $phpbbpath , '/' ) . '/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=' . $phpbbuserid : '';
					break;
				case 'anahita':
					$person	= KFactory::get( 'lib.anahita.se.person.helper' )->getPerson( $this->id );

					$ret	= $person->getURL();
					break;
				case 'easydiscuss':
					$file = JPATH_ROOT . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'components' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'com_easydiscuss' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'helpers' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'router.php';
					$ret	= ( JFile::exists($file) && require_once($file) ) ? DiscussRouter::_( 'index.php?option=com_easydiscuss&view=profile&id='.$this->id, false ) : '';
					break;
				case 'gravatar':
				case 'default':
				default:
					$ret	= '';
					break;
			}
			$instance[$this->id][$key]	= $ret ? $ret : $defaultLink;
		}

		return $instance[$this->id][$key];
	}

	public function getPermalink()
	{
		$url	= EasyBlogRouter::_( 'index.php?option=com_easyblog&view=blogger&layout=listings&id=' . $this->id );

		return $url;
	}

	function getParams(){
		return $this->params;
	}

	function getUserType(){
		return $this->user->usertype;
	}

	function _appendHTTP($url)
	{
		$returnStr	= '';
		$regex = '/^(http|https|ftp):\/\/*?/i';
		if (preg_match($regex, trim($url), $matches)) {
			$returnStr	= $url;
		} else {
			$returnStr	= 'http://' . $url;
		}

		return $returnStr;
	}

	function getRSS()
	{
		$config			= EasyBlogHelper::getConfig();

		if( $config->get( 'main_feedburnerblogger' ) )
		{
			$feedburner	= EasyBlogHelper::getTable( 'Feedburner', 'Table' );
			$feedburner->load($this->id);

			if(! empty($feedburner->url))
			{
				$rssLink    = $feedburner->url;
				return $rssLink;
			}
		}

		return EasyBlogHelper::getHelper( 'Feeds' )->getFeedURL( 'index.php?option=com_easyblog&view=blogger&id=' . $this->id );
	}

	function getAtom()
	{
		return EasyBlogHelper::getHelper( 'Feeds' )->getFeedURL( 'index.php?option=com_easyblog&view=blogger&id=' . $this->id, true );
	}

	function isOnline()
	{
		static	$loaded	= array();

		if( !isset( $loaded[ $this->id ] ) )
		{
			$db		= EasyBlogHelper::db();
			$query	= 'SELECT COUNT(1) FROM ' . EasyBlogHelper::getHelper( 'SQL' )->nameQuote( '#__session' ) . ' '
					. 'WHERE ' . EasyBlogHelper::getHelper( 'SQL' )->nameQuote( 'userid' ) . '=' . $db->Quote( $this->id ) . ' '
					. 'AND ' . EasyBlogHelper::getHelper( 'SQL' )->nameQuote( 'client_id') . '<>' . $db->Quote( 1 );
			$db->setQuery( $query );

			$loaded[ $this->id ]	= $db->loadResult() > 0 ? true : false;
		}
		return $loaded[ $this->id ];
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieve a list of tags created by this user
	 **/
	public function getTags()
	{
		$db		= EasyBlogHelper::db();
		$query	= 'SELECT * FROM ' . EasyBlogHelper::getHelper( 'SQL' )->nameQuote( '#__easyblog_tag' ) . ' '
				. 'WHERE ' . EasyBlogHelper::getHelper( 'SQL' )->nameQuote( 'created_by' ) .'=' . $db->Quote( $this->id ) . ' '
				. 'AND ' . EasyBlogHelper::getHelper( 'SQL' )->nameQuote( 'published' ) . '=' . $db->Quote( 1 );
		$db->setQuery( $query );
		$rows	= $db->loadObjectList();
		$tags	= array();

		foreach( $rows as $row )
		{
			$tag	= EasyBlogHelper::getTable( 'Tag' , 'Table' );
			$tag->bind( $row );
			$tags[]	= $tag;
		}

		return $tags;
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieve a list of tags created by this user
	 **/
	public function getCommentsCount()
	{
		$db		= EasyBlogHelper::db();
		$query	= 'SELECT COUNT(1) FROM ' . EasyBlogHelper::getHelper( 'SQL' )->nameQuote( '#__easyblog_comment' ) . ' '
				. 'WHERE ' . EasyBlogHelper::getHelper( 'SQL' )->nameQuote( 'created_by' ) .'=' . $db->Quote( $this->id ) . ' '
				. 'AND ' . EasyBlogHelper::getHelper( 'SQL' )->nameQuote( 'published' ) . '=' . $db->Quote( 1 );
		$db->setQuery( $query );
		return $db->loadResult();
	}
}

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Modern Globetrotters
Exploring the Great Outdoors in Style
9 9 Jul 2015
Journal > Modern Globetrotters
How the slightly outdated term "glamping" has evolved in recent years, why people all over the world are uprooting and experimenting with new, long-form approaches to life outdoors, and some tricks of the trade from those that have gone the whole way.
Yes, it's the thing that's kept you tied to a city – or a chair – for the majority of your waking life, but ironically the internet has been largely responsible for a surge in people opting for wild, adventurous escapes, natural living and the much-talked-about but never-done: "getting away from it all." Hazy photographs of genetically-blessed couples lounging in tree-houses decked out with fairy lights, or crunchy duvets in sunlit wooden cabins and gypsy caravans have spread online like a Tumblr wildfire in recent years. Something about the idea of getting away from the cities to reside briefly in the wilderness in an Instagram-ready, blissful corner of the world has captivated the general public and turned what is now commonly referred to as "glamping" into something of a cult holiday choice for the discerning adult.
The craze has evolved a lot. Now, thanks to websites offering homely accommodation around the world, reams of publications and endless clothing labels designed to give urban city dwellers a certain rustic, traveler look, outdoor living is much more a lifestyle choice than a kooky getaway. Camping was once a cheap, DIY holiday for those who didn't want to shell out for a package holiday abroad, or a quick solution to those who preferred a road trip-style getaway. The holiday – or maybe life – choice offers something relatively inexpensive, curiously thrilling and in most parts rather glamorous. The best bit? You don't even need to sleep in a tent.
Referring to the repopulation of yurts and teepees at music festival – a superior alternative to pitching a tiny tent in a mud and faeces swamp – the now slightly outdated term "glamping" was born. Nowadays this penchant for the outdoors has spread far beyond music festivals with thousands of sites worldwide offering treehouses, cabins, gypsy caravans, airstreams, converted vehicles and luxurious tents to an ever-growing crowd wanting to experience increasingly extreme – and increasingly cute – sleeping abodes.
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In 2011 Jess Waters set up QuirkyAccom, a service that offers those looking for a different holiday to search through a range of alternatives to stale hotels or dodgy B&Bs. "The idea came from my own extensive travels and my love of all things out of the ordinary, Jess says. "Of course I hoped that it would become successful but initially I was most inspired by wanting to stay in these unique places myself."
Back then this was just a creative solution to Jess's personal experience of struggling to find work while living in Spain. Now QuirkyAccom is on target to receive one million visitors to its site and offers thousands of options of accommodation worldwide. "More people are realizing that an unusual place to stay makes for a memorable and special holiday," she says. "The growth in the popularity of this kind of vacation is clearly because we love to be in the great outdoors and spend a night under canvas and the stars; but when possible without that musty old tent that you can't stand up in. The bickering over who left the tent pegs at home and the slow-leak air bed that leaves you on hard ground at 4am…all that can be forgotten with comfy beds, quilts, candles, rugs, wood-burners, bunting and even solar-powered fairy lights."
Surfing Trip in Portugal
Inspired by nomadic caravans and classic campers long-used by travelers, a number of car manufacturers and organizations have been working on their own interpretations of mobile bedrooms. Mercedes-Benz launched the Marco Polo as a luxury camper van with great interior containing a fully-equipped kitchen, lounge and enough room for four people to sleep on very comfortable matracesses. It's even got a wardrobe and space for paragliding equipment. The launch of the van was celebrated with a trip down the Portuguese coast with local surfer Marlon Lipke, photographed along the way by surf photographer Alex Laurel (both are previous FvF guests).
For Marlon, who ideally just wants to concentrate on surfing rather than trudging around trying to find a hotel to sleep in, what's so fantastic about using the Marco Polo was the ability he had to just park up on the beach, change into his wetsuit in the back and hit the waves. Post-surf he could just jog back to his vehicle, rinse off with the moveable shower while still standing in the sand, get changed and cook some well-earned supper. Provided he could find an appropriate parking spot, Marlon could essentially stay there for a week, right by the surf.
Buying a camper is a commitment: it's for those who crave the great outdoors and need a vehicle with no check-out time that can take them away from it all at incredibly short notice. We all want to be one of those enigmatic, nature-loving adventurous types, but in most cases the real world tends to get in the way. Accommodation websites have been solving our short-term nature guilt by providing short-term opportunities to stay beneath the stars in a variety of vehicles all over the world. As more and more sites offer beds in literally anything that has a roof and a makeshift bed, the appeal of slightly more eccentric camping options widens.
A Taste of Adventure in South America
A modern wave of outdoor adventures and life on the road has infected the minds of the more daring people in the world and, in some cases, changed their lives forever. Over in California, Amanda Denz and Justin Silver have taken outdoor living to a whole new level. In essence, they've turned it from a holiday into a full-time lifestyle. Three years ago they pooled their funds and bought a Sportsmobile camper van which they subsequently gutted and furnished themselves before setting out on a six month tour of South America.
Nowadays the camper rests in Somerset, CA where Amanda and Justin have settled. They both work in IT, running their own consulting companies, but rather than tapping away on their laptops in clinical offices they work together on a picnic bench underneath a makeshift canopy. "As long as we have internet, we can work," says Amanda. "It works pretty well, apart from the occasional visitor." She's referring to rattlesnakes.
Justin and Amanda were both living in San Francisco until they realized that life had become a little formulaic, and maintaining an apartment was just too expensive. This is when they decided to hit the road and carry on working and being location-independent. Having been big fans of outdoor sleeping and the traveler lifestyle that comes with it for years, it took them by surprise when they realized they were truly going to do it full time. As well as changing location, tinkering with the van and getting their actual work done, the duo also invite people to come and stay with them. To make visiting more appealing – even those who balk at the word "rattlesnakes" – they've got big plans in place for pizza ovens, fruit trees, fire pits, lawn games and a fire-heated hot tub.
Any adventure like theirs of course comes with its undesirable moments. A piece of Justin's tooth cracked off in the middle of Patagonia, tires have been burst by cactus needles and their transmission exploded while in Rio Negro. "Luckily, the person who picked me up hitchhiking to town brought me to the shop of a really awesome man named Mauricio," Amanda recalls. "It took a month for him to take the transmission out, send it (by bus) to Buenos Aires, get it back, and reinstall it, but in the meantime we made friends with his whole family and went over to lunch at his house."
Rattlesnakes, dentistry and technological faults aside, Amanda and Justin wouldn't have their lives any other way. According to them, everyone should experiment with their new lifestyle at least once. "Having a real, comfortable bed you can set up or bring with you anywhere is truly amazing," Amanda says. "In April I watched a full lunar eclipse happen over the San Juan mountains from my bed. I was traveling through Colorado and I knew the eclipse was happening at 5am so I parked the van in a way I could view the eclipse without having to get up (it was COLD outside). When my alarm went off I opened the window and watched the entire eclipse while wrapped in a down comforter. We joke around that we have a ski in/ski out condo pretty much anywhere in the US and we also have a beachfront cabin, depending on where we feel like going."
Whether it's a festival, a long weekend, building a makeshift den out of sheets and blankets in a garden, or pitching a tent on the roof of a New York block: outdoors is officially the new indoors. Before you lump for that cheap easyJet for a city break, think of people like Jess with cabins, yurts and huts waiting for you to climb inside and snuggle down in, or think of the holiday possibilities you've yet to explore, and try to work out when was the last time you slept up a tree. Better still, rent a camper and just drive: who knows where you'll end up. If you're lucky, you'll have the confidence to make the leap like Justin and Amanda, and wave goodbye to the mundanity of city life to slip grinning carelessly back to nature.
Travel is a huge part of what we do at FvF – one of the things that makes us tick. To get ideas on where to plan your next adventure, check out all our FvF Explores pieces. You can also find further inspiration from every corner of the Earth on our Travel Blog – bookmark it and check back often to see all the places our photographers end up.
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Humans are the most complex animal and we regularly make our family structures and lives more complex than ordinary simple estate planning can cater for properly. I am referring to blended families. Not only do interpersonal relationships between the people in the family become more nuanced, but financial structures and testamentary intentions become complicated. This complexity in family structures, family relationships and family finances then has to be carefully considered when preparing the estate plan.
The common scenario is – a person marries, has children and after some time separates, divorces and finally re-partners.
In this second relationship the parties want to know how they can make their wills in a way which provides for each other, as well as for their children from previous relationships.
Jane Green is in her 50s, has 3 adult independent children and is divorced. She meets and marries John Brown. John is also in his 50s, has 2 adult independent children and is recently divorced.
• cash and investments of $750,000.
• $650,000 in listed shares within his self-managed super fund (SMSF).
They are living together in Jane's house.
In her estate plan, Jane wants to provide that John can live in her home for as long as he likes but ultimately she wants the home to pass to her children.
They each promise not to change their wills i.e. they make a contract not to change their wills or do any other thing which might frustrate their wills e.g. John would not be able to sell the property.
Mutual wills are powerful legal documents. John's obligations would be binding on him and the Supreme Court would enforce it (presuming Jane dies and upholds her end of the contract).
The risk with mutual wills is that they are a highly inflexible arrangement and only work for the family if their circumstances are predictable and indefinitely remain as the parties thought they would when they made their wills. Life however can throw up curve balls and make them inappropriate. For example, what if Jane dies, John inherits the house, John remarries, John separates and then he offers to provide the house or the sale proceeds from it in satisfaction of his property settlement with his third partner?
What if John goes bankrupt and the house is sold to meet the debt to his creditors?
What if Jane's children have inheritance impatience and they make a family provision claim against Jane's estate?
We don't raise these challenges to demonstrate that mutual wills are never suitable, but to say that they must be approached with care and with an awareness of the risks.
Jane could in her will grant a life interest in the property to John, with her children as the remainder beneficiaries to receive it on John's death.
This would mean that John would be able to live in the property rent-free for his life. He is also entitled to all income from the property and would be able to rent it out. All capital repairs must be paid by the estate.
Again, the problem with a life interest is the lack of flexibility. John would not be able to raise finance against the property. He would have no incentive to improve the property or even properly maintain it. A life tenant has an obligation not to damage the property, but no positive obligation to conduct or pay for any repairs. For this reason many houses which are the subject of a life interest, fall into disrepair and are substantially deteriorated by the time of the death of the life tenant. The property also suffers from not being redecorated e.g. no new paint or carpets or renovations. The life interest relates to that property only, and is not portable to a separate property.
John also has no interest in the property to assist him to pay for aged care (if thought necessary).
However depending upon the property, and if the remainder beneficiaries are not immediate family members, life interests can be worth considering.
on termination of the right to reside, the property passes to Jane's children.
The advantage of a right to reside is that its terms are more flexible than a life interest. They can be tailored as desired with particular terms. The disadvantage is that John does not have any interest in the property, he cannot use it for security and cannot raise any money from it.
It is possible to include a right to income from the property in a right to reside, however one must be careful that the right to reside is not so fulsome that it transcends a mere licence and becomes an interest in land akin to a life interest.
The right to reside can be fixed to that particular property, or can be portable, allowing the property to be sold and replaced with a more suitable property, if allowed by the executors of Jane's estate (who are the owners of the property during the right to reside).
A testamentary trust can be utilised to achieve the same effect as the above options but with substantially more flexibility for the distribution of income.
Jane could establish a hybrid discretionary testamentary trust of which John and one of the children were trustees. John would be entitled to income, but not capital, from the assets of the trust and would have a right of residence in the property owned by the trust. Jane would leave her house to the trust.
If Jane desired, she could also leave some income-producing assets to the trust.
The children could also be income beneficiaries if desired.
income can be distributed to tax advantaged individuals.
The trust could lend moneys to John to assist with his aged care if thought appropriate.
The decision of the controllers of the trust (i.e. the trustees) and the appointors is the most critical decision in the establishment of a trust. Family dynamics and personal dynamics between the parties would need to be considered. It may not be appropriate to have a child and a husband together as trustees and, instead, it may be better that an independent person be trustee with John and in some cases it may be that John is not a trustee at all.
The disadvantage of the testamentary trust option is that it is the most complex and costly to run, as the trust will need to lodge tax returns if it makes income. The complexity is not a burden if it can provide outcomes not available through other options.
Which option is appropriate will be determined by circumstances and client preference. Jane and John and their lawyer(s) will need to work with their accountant and financial advisor to ensure the option chosen fits their financial objectives.
1 I wouldn't pretend to have all of the options – the creativity of clients and fellow practitioners never ceases to amaze me.


He was left all alone.  For centuries these haunting words have filled the space between human extremity and divine encounters.  Jacob met God in the desert, in the dark and all alone. Jacob's entire life had led him to this divine moment, a wrestling match with the creator of the universe. He had, after all, struggled with God every moment since his birth. Beginning in Gen 25:19, we learn of Jacob's conflicted relationship with his twin brother Esau. The nature of the conflict was God's blessing.
God chose Jacob (the second born) not Esau (the first born) to be the bearer of God's promise.
Jacob means heel grabber and trickster, and Jacob lived up to his name. He set out to bring about God's promise on his own. He took matters into his own hands—manipulating, deceiving and stealing what he believed was rightfully his. His trickster ways seemed to pay off. He acquired wives, 11 sons, livestock, and abundant wealth over the course of his life. But now it was time to face the past. He had stolen Esau's birthright and blessing. And now, more than 20 years later, the two would meet. Jacob was left alone with no more tricks. He tried to bribe Esau with gifts and persuade him to forgive, but he heard nothing in return. In Gen 32:22-33 he sits alone. All alone. Is there anything more terrifying to the human soul?
The nation of Israel, God's beloved chosen people, are born not in great success but in strife. And Jacob becomes a prototype for those of us who have met God at the end of our own resources.
The God of Israel still blesses and renames those of us brave enough to hold on to God in the midst of the struggle. God still blesses and renames those of us strong enough to embrace weakness as the means to power.
God touched Jacob's hip, and his limp served as a reminder that it was God who would bring about God's promises and not Jacob's schemes.
The people of God will always struggle with God over whose resources will bring about the promises of God. From a battle plan that involves only trumpets to a king on a cross, God's resources to bring about God's promises don't look like ours most of the time. And relying on these upside-down kingdom resources is a struggle. It is a divine struggle with God.
In the midst of life's struggles and human extremity, let's never forget that God wants to meet us at the end of our own resources. Perhaps it is here that we will see God face-to-face as Jacob did (Gen 32:30). Perhaps this meeting will be a struggle, but it will leave us with a holy limp and changed forever. We can count on this, that the same God who birthed a nation with a second born son is still fulfilling promises today.
 Brueggemann makes this point in his Genesis commentary, Genesis, Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching. Page 223.


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These tessellating ghosts appear to have been designed by Mike Maloney. I redrew and recreated them as a series of interlocking tiles by third party request.
I'm stuck making stock for the Derby Maker Faire next week but I'd much rather be designing and making new and shiny things. We attended a local craft faire at the weekend and I saw this beautiful image on a greeting card drawn by Sam Lauren Smith. Most of her new 'inky' work would be ideal for translation to the laser cutter. This could have done with being a bit darker but I'll have time to correct it in the future, in the meantime I just wanted to share this because there's been a lack of making new things recently.
I've been on holiday :) It was nice to get a week away. Before I left I'd managed to get the new cabinet built but as the laser is so heavy I couldn't move it on my own. I conned some friends into moving it at the weekend. It's not perfect because the chiller doesn't fit in the space but it can remain next to the frame like it did before, the extra storage holds full sheets of material and is great for purpose, a definite improvement on the old frame and the laser doesn't wobbly alarmingly during operation.


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Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. "We're WAY more ****ed up than those punks," many told me, with the straight on, confrontational, slightly injured pride that makes Detroiters so, well, awesome. The show is great, the closed captioning is awful, Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2013. Bourdain steps into the lives of Detroit natives and sees the glory days of the past at the famed Packard Plant, the current state of the city's urban decay, and the promise of the future in the citizens who are rebuilding their communities. Watch Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Season 2 Episode 8 Detroit online now. Because Detroit, for many Americans, is an abstraction -- truly, if incredibly, a part unknown. Places to watch Anthony online.
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CNN © 2015 Cable News Network. And wherever you may live, you wouldn't be there -- and wouldn't be who you are in the same way -- without Detroit. Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2013. Why didn't you show the positive side?
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We spent time in Buffalo, Baltimore and Detroit.
As much as many of our Detroit fans might have wanted this show to be about what's going right in their city, neither is it particularly about what went wrong. Andy's made a name for himself faithfully reproducing the cuisine of Northern Thailand at his restaurants in Portland and NYC. The fall of the automobile industry, the shrinkage of population, flight of the middle class, drugs, and some of the most spectacularly, unapologetically rapacious, incompetent and corrupt leadership imaginable. Anthony Bourdain had no reservations about a move to CNN. He still buys into the same old story about the causes of Detroit's fall.
The Layover is still probably the best recent series.
It's where the American dream was created.
Detroit looks like nowhere else. There are great craft breweries in the hipster district!".
In this episode of Parts Unknown, Anthony Bourdain explores the past, present and future of the Motor City. Few cities have experienced such a dramatic economic rise and fall as Detroit.
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As it should. After all, we are all human and as he says: "we all love are children" and care about our families.
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One only need look at some of our representatives, who, a while back, were actually suggesting it might be OK to let the beleaguered auto industry fend for itself, to leave Detroit to its fate to see how blithely willing much of America would be to point the gun straight at their own heads and pull the trigger.
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Both cities' hardcore, born and bred "ain't never leaving" home teams refuse to even consider living anywhere else -- no matter what happens.
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And Detroiters are funny, tough -- and supreme improvisers. Las Vegas is there to encourage overindulgence. The Tokyo episode was my guide for my trip there. About what it takes to dig in and stay. Stream the full Detroit episode.
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Ross' career began at Partizan Entertainment where he headed production for the digital division. He produced content for clients including Target, Dolby, Wrigley, Absolut Vodka, Nokia, NFL, Pergo, and Fidelity Investments.
In music videos, he's worked with artists including Usher, Daft Punk, Justin Bieber, Macy Gray, The Strokes, Enrique Iglesias, Kanye West, Fun., Band of Horses, Bloc Party, Maren Morris, and Superfruit.
At City Room Creative, an entertainment advertising agency founded by the filmmakers of JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI, Ross served as Executive Producer and built a physical production department from the ground up. Notable projects include the AOL original web series, IN SHORT; development for the Netflix original documentary I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD; and production of the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival Selection, A FASTER HORSE, a feature documentary about the Ford Mustang directed by David Gelb, for which Ross was the Co-Producer.
Additional feature film credits include Co-Producing the 2012 Sundance Film Festival selection CALIFORNIA SOLO, starring Robert Carlyle, and working as UPM for the Lionsgate film ANSWER THIS!, starring Christopher Gorham and Chris Parnell.
Most recently, Ross was Head of Production at Joinery, a commercial production company, where he oversaw more than 65 projects in a 2.5 year period, including a campaign for Alliance Française De Singapour which won 3 Gold and 2 Silver Lions at the 2017 Cannes Festival.
Over the past eight+ years, Rebecca has held a variety of Nonfiction Producing roles in the field, both development and commissioned content, for several networks and digital platforms. Rebecca joined Campfire from a digital-first production company where she created, developed, and produced premium original series for digital platforms, TV networks and branded campaigns. A passion for producing documentary, true crime, horror, and historical content drives Rebecca to maintain a sharp focus on related topics and relevant trends, shaping Campfire's programming slate to align with the ever-changing media landscape and serve an audience hungry for jaw-dropping content.
Colin's first job in the film industry was as an infant, working as an extra on the television series NORTHERN EXPOSURE. Throughout his adolescence, he worked odd jobs on films such as MUPPETS FROM SPACE, MEET THE PATELS, and HELL OR HIGH WATER.
After receiving a Bachelor of Arts in both Political Science and in Economics at UC Davis, Colin began his career at Campfire in the accounting department for Netflix's first independent feature film, REBIRTH. He has since worked in all levels of production, from development thru post. Colin taught himself a myriad of skills in the industry, most recently resulting in his designing the credit sequence in Netflix's 1922.
At Campfire, Colin is an Associate Producer on 1922, 6 BALLOONS, and THE PACKAGE. He is an Executive Producer on HIGHER POWER.
An LA film kid born and bred, Allison has never and will never leave her favorite city. After graduating from USC's celebrated film school, where she wrote, produced, and AD-ed on a number of pilots, web series, and short films, she entered the workforce at WME, one of the top literary/talent agencies in the business. She then made the external jump to Campfire, where she has her eye on helping craft and develop premium, singular projects in both the scripted and non-scripted spheres.
Recently graduated from Emerson College, Cole has joined the Campfire team to help run our wide range of productions.


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Climate Action in Venice during G8 Summit in Italy
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A view from the top of the coal fired power plant occupied by Greenpeace activists to denounce coal as the worst climate pollutant of all fossil fuels. The activity was part of a nationwide protest started as the leaders of the world's most powerful nations arrived at the G8 Summit in L'Aquila, Italy.
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Greenpeace activists occupy a coal fired power plant to denounce coal as the worst climate pollutant of all fossil fuels. The activity is part of a nationwide protest started as the leaders of the world's most powerful nations arrived at the G8 Summit in L'Aquila, Italy. Over 100 Greenpeace activists from around the world have occupied four coal-fired power stations across Italy, demanding the G8 Heads of State to take leadership on climate change. The G8 leaders must stop putting the interests of big coal and other climate polluting industries ahead of the planet and take strong, decisive leadership on climate change. That means deep cuts in emissions by 2020, investing in adaption and mitigation in the developing world and halting tropical deforestation.
G8 Climate Actions in Italy and USA


Hi there and thanks for checking out my details.
I'm Sean Jeffery, a singer and guitarist with twenty years' experience of performing in bands, including supporting The Moody Blues at the LG Arena in 2013, and live appearances on Kerrang! Radio and BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester.
My set comprises excellent renditions of well-known covers with my melodic, powerful vocals. As well as varying my style between electric and acoustic guitar, my sound is filled out with professionally recorded drums, bass and keyboards, so that you get the full band sound.
I can play any event or venue for you, whether providing a subtle acoustic accompaniment to your wedding reception, or getting everyone onto the dance floor for an evening celebration. I am also available for pub gig bookings.
I am completely self-contained with my own sound equipment, and I can play completely unplugged if preferred.
Excellent. Great communications in advance, learnt our first dance song especially for us, provided an excellent set enjoyed by all.
Sean is a lovely person.
The communication before was great. Always replied to my emails and texts to confirm all was all well with my booking.
He did a great set at our wedding afternnon tea. Would highly recommend him.
Excellent singer thank you for a fantastic evening. Sean was great excellent range of songs and a lovely man.
Seam arrived in plenty of time and was very affable and friendly. He was very accommodating for the shortcomings of the sound equipment on the day, and the quick turn round of acts, which meant we couldn't do a full sound check before he started.
He was very easy to listen to and gave a very good performance. I would recommend him to anyone.
Between sets, 15 minutes is preferred.
I will consider all requests and would be confident of providing it for you.
I take up a small amount of space as I am very self-contained.
I have Public Liability Insurance and my equipment is PAT tested.
I have full PA equipment.
Up to 2 hours of music - split into sets as required, e.g. 2 x 45 mins, 2 x 60 mins.


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Eparchie Bratsk je eparchie ruské pravoslavné církve nacházející se v Rusku.

Území a titul biskupa
Zahrnuje správní hranice území Bodajbinského, Bratského, Kazačinsko-Lenského, Katangského, Kirenského, Mamsko-Čujského, Nižněilimského, Usť-Ilimského a Usť-Kutského rajónu Irkutské oblasti.

Eparchiálnímu biskupovi náleží titul biskup bratský a usť-ilimský.

Historie
Dne 6. dubna 1883 byl zřízen kirenský vikariát pro pomoc irkutským biskupům. Kirenští biskupové nesídlili v Kirensku ale ve Vozněsenském monastýru v Irkutsku.

V září 2011 během návštěvy patriarchy Kirilla v irkutské eparchií se na něj obrátil s prosbou arcibiskup Vadim (Lazebnyj) a guvernér irkutské oblasti Dmitrij Mezencev aby byla zřízena nová eparchie.

Dne 5. října 2011 byla rozhodnutím Svatého synodu zřízena oddělením z irkutské eparchie nová eparchie bratská. O den později byla včleněna do nově vzniklé irkutské metropole.

Seznam biskupů
 od 2011 Maximilian (Kljujev), dočasný administrátor

Reference

Externí odkazy
  Oficiální stránky eparchie
  Moskevský patriarchát

Bratsk

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Q: symfony: csDoctrineActAsSortablePlugin and i18n [originally posted on Symfony forum but no (proper) answer has been given yet].
Has anyone ever managed to put Sortable behavior using csDoctrineActAsSortablePlugin on any model having i18n fields?
Everything is installed fine but when trying to doctrine:data-load a fixtures file for the i18n model, it crashes by a MySQL integrity constraint violation about duplicate key entry.
Is special handling required for i18n models?
My plugin version is 1.5.4.1 installed on symfony 1.4.8.
Apart from this, do you know of any other solutions (plugins) for adding "moveup" "movedown" functionality in the admin generator?

A: I've built a custom version of the sfDoctrineBuildTask class that curates this problem:
http://forum.symfony-project.org/viewtopic.php?t=37340#p136449

A: I've found a better workaround that the one originally posted on symfony forum.

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*In your schema.yml comment the Sortable behavior to all of your models and place an equivalent position column instead of this (this is the actual column that will be created by the plugin in the database for the specified model) with the following properties:
position: { type: integer, notnull: false }

*Run symfony doctrine:build --all --and-load --no-confirmation. This will correctly insert all the data in the database.

*Restore your schema.yml and run symfony doctrine:build --all-classes --model --forms --filters. This will restore the Sortable behavior in your models without affecting your data.

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Amid the release of the fourth Indiana Jones movie, filmmaker Brandon Kleyla chronicles the fanaticism of the whip-carrying admirers and interviews...
Ariana's Quest
Princess Ariana fights for the return of her lost Kingdom and the liberation of her people. With the help of her mentor Taraka she fights the hordes...
After a recruiter sees him winning a bar fight, Tyler Verdiccio is kidnapped and thrown into an abandoned industrial complex which has been converted...
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
This documentary looks to forge the greatest, most definitive, documentary on everything He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, She-Ra, the live...
The Warrior and the Sorceress
The mighty warrior, Kain, crosses the barren wastelands of the planet Ura, where two arch enemies, Zeg and the evil degenerate Balcaz, fight...
Red Dead Redemption: The Man from Blackwater
The year is 1910. The West is dying. The American frontier is undergoing a violent transition from the ways of old to modern times, and Mexico has...
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
Set on the subterranean Mine-World, a band of human worker are treated like slaves under the power of the evil overlord Zygon until one, Orin,...
Federal Service Agent Justin Vanier has been assigned to infiltrate the mysterious Virtual Arts Academy in search of Eric, a fellow agent. In this...
The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
Behind the scenes documentary about the making of Batman Returns.
The Chipmunk Adventure
The Chipmunks and the Chipettes go head to head in a hot air balloon race, and the winner gets $10,000. Unbeknownst to the participants, the "race"...
CyberTracker 2
A Secret Service agent (Wilson) battles an arms dealer who is creating a cyborg army.
Circle of Iron
In a mystical desert kingdom, young martial arts fighter Cord loses a contest to determine who will journey to take the powerful Book of All Knowedge...
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights
A young boy is taught to use his imagination by his grandfather who casts him in a great adventure back in time. Using a magic coin, he enters the...
Nightcomer
After an unforeseen and violent affliction turns her world upside down, Rowena Hambleton struggles to survive night-to-night as she prowls the...
The Sword and the Sorcerer
A mercenary with a three-bladed sword rediscovers his royal heritage when he is recruited to help a princess foil a brutal tyrant and a powerful...
The Code of Cain
World renowned journalist Sara Ogden is traversing the world in pursuit of carriers of a fatally dangerous "Stamp of Cain" in order to prevent...
Funny, action-packed coming of age story portrays *Lesseos *as an ex-marine trying to adjust to civilian life and discover her feminine side, with...
A female team of government agents, under the guise of owners of a popular worldwide franchise of aerobic centers, matches wits with a group of...
Barry and Susan O'Brien are a young married couple who have just inherited a house. They love their beautiful new home, and decide to throw a party....
Rebel without a cause or a clue at an elite but uptight college discovers some of his classmates have formed an even more elite clique more or less...
The Master Ninja 5
Lee Van Cleef stars as John Peter McAllister, who as a reverend master of the Ninja warrior society, deserts the order the order to search for his...
Jaguar Lives!
The world's newest kung fu legend, Joe Lewis, takes on evil gangsters and saves the world.
In Search of Historic Jesus
Re-created Biblical tableaux mixed with interviews.
The world of Eternia in the aftermath of Skeletor's war on Castle Grayskull, which he has won after seizing Grayskull and the surrounding city using...
Huo Yuan Jia became the most famous martial arts fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately...
Dead Men
Jesse Struthers and his brother Jake find themselves on the run after a band of men begin murdering their family.
A pair of debt collectors are thrust into an explosively dangerous situation, chasing down various lowlifes while also evading a vengeful kingpin.
CIA II: Target Alexa
When a top secret nuclear guidance system is stolen by an ex-CIA operative looking to sell the deadly device to the top bidder, it's up to a...
A surreal fantasy on the themes of love and friendship, set to the music and songs of the Sean Lennon album "Friendly Fire".
A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.
Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns,...
While Batman deals with a deformed man calling himself the Penguin, an employee of a corrupt businessman transforms into the Catwoman.
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Another premium knit from Enza Costa, this pullover is cut from a luxurious silk blend and features a figure-hugging fit that's just right.
Love the colour and the fit. Good quality. A bit expensive for what it is, but still happy with the purchase.


I'm trying to do a simulation where mud splashes, and missing a few things (new to Bifrost).
I have the viscosity at 1000, density is the default of 100, and for this, voxel size is 1 so I can iterate.
What properties should I be looking at to make there be more liquid for the splash and thicker? I thought cranking viscosity to 1000 was actually very high, but the liquid is still sparse regardless.
I'll add I upped the time scale to six since the character is running very fast and trying to speed up the impact without increasing the speed (as it keeps flying past the character). Also that I am using a motion field where I animate the strength up when the character steps into the fluid.
Thanks for any tips, I've been trying to read and look at Youtube videos with no luck.


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Nike Marries Performance, Sustainability for U.S.A. Track and Field Uniforms
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Nike has unveiled its latest Pro TurboSpeed collection, a line of track apparel the sportswear manufacturer hails not only as its swiftest to date but also the most sustainable. The aerodynamic designs, which will clad U.S. Track & Field athletes at the London Olympics this summer, incorporates 1,000 hours of wind-tunnel testing and feedback from some of the world's fastest sprinters.
SPEEDING BULLETS
Based on Nike's "Project Swift" technology, which the company developed to improve the performance of Team U.S.A.'s long-track speedskaters at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, the uniforms feature surface architectures and patterns in key areas. Much like the way dimples on a golfball propel it faster and further, the strategic structures are said to markedly reduce aerodynamic drag.
The uniforms comprise 82 percent recycled polyester fabric—the equivalent of 13 recycled plastic bottles per suit.
Each uniform uses elastics and edge finishes on its surface to create a flat, smooth waistband that virtually eliminates chafing and bulk. Plus, Nike claims that its Pro TurboSpeed line is up to 0.023 seconds faster over 100 meters than its previous track kits.
"Our overriding design principle is superior lightweight performance, and we've created innovations that can help make the athlete faster," says Martin Lotti, Nike's global Olympic creative director, in a statement. "For the [U.S. Track & Field] team, we've incorporated modern graphics and bold colors that reflect U.S. national identity."
Their patriotic red hue and streamlined silhouettes aren't the only things going for the tracksuits. The uniforms comprise 82 percent recycled polyester fabric, or the equivalent of 13 recycled plastic bottles per suit.
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Nike 2012 Olympics Track and Field Uniform
Based on Nike's "Project Swift" technology, which the company developed to improve the performance of Team U.S.A.'s long-track speedskaters at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, the uniforms feature surface architectures and patterns in key areas.
Much like the way dimples on a golfball propel it faster and further, the strategic structures are said to markedly reduce aerodynamic drag.
Each uniform uses elastics and edge finishes on its surface to create a flat, smooth waistband that virtually eliminates chafing and bulk.
Plus, Nike claims that its Pro TurboSpeed line is up to 0.023 seconds faster over 100 meters than its previous track kits.
"Our overriding design principle is superior lightweight performance, and we've created innovations that can help make the athlete faster," says Martin Lotti, Nike's global Olympic creative director, in a statement. "For the [U.S. Track & Field] team, we've incorporated modern graphics and bold colors that reflect U.S. national identity."
Their patriotic red hue and streamlined silhouettes aren't the only things going for the tracksuits. The uniforms comprise 82 percent recycled polyester fabric, or the equivalent of 13 recycled plastic bottles per suit.


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A Poly student transitions to studying in Spain
Lucas Basham, Staff Writer
I stand there, blank faced, as he cries into my shoulder on a street corner that has seen hundreds of our goodbyes before. The jingles of the corner store door's bell feel endless as people walk in and out, dodging their way around us with their bagels, Milky-Ways, and pretzels. It hurts, but not because we have to say goodbye, but because I'm still emotionless, unable to feel any of the sadness I had anticipated.
That moment — saying goodbye to my best friend of ten years the day before I hopped on a plane to live in Zaragoza, Spain for a year — is representative of my experience abroad as a whole. I had countless expectations of how I was supposed to feel as I bid farewell to the only life I'd ever known. Those goodbyes should be filled with tears; a wave of sadness should be hitting me; I shouldn't feel so confident striding and smiling through JFK's Terminal 8. "Arrival can only be complicated by expectation, or compromised by it even…" writes Pico Iyer in My Shock of Arrival. My last few days in Brooklyn were compromised by expectations of how I should've felt.
But as I strode and smiled, I finally stopped expecting to feel a certain way. I didn't need to force myself to feel sad or nervous. Instead, I let the excitement rush in. The stress of expected emotion was gone; my instinctual search for stress manifested in the broken wheel of my suitcase, and nothing else.
Stress has found its way back, unfortunately, as classes ramp up to full speed. I'm taking six classes total: two Spanish classes, Art History, Spanish Civilization and Culture, Calculus, and English. Aside from Calculus and English, all of my classes are in Spanish. While the school — part of the program School Year Abroad (SYA) — is with other American kids, I live with a host family, do extracurriculars with local kids, and overall live in Spanish. As a result, I've begun to feel more comfortable having full conversations in Spanish; ordering at a café and elevator small talk has become second nature.
As I had expected, the soccer culture here is amazing (and so much better than that of the U.S.). On Saturday mornings I go to the park and play pickup with random kids. In the afternoons, the streets are a constant flow of blue and white Real Zaragoza jerseys moving towards the "La Romareda" stadium. On Sundays, I go to a plaza to trade World Cup stickers with other locals. On Wednesday and Friday nights I have soccer practice with a local team. Now, all I can think about is the World Cup, which will likely have begun by the time this is published.
I've also found myself playing the other sport I've played my whole life: lacrosse. There is a small team in Zaragoza, and probably no more than 300 players in all of Spain. And while I came here to try new things and get out of my comfort zone, playing lacrosse is going to give me the opportunity to travel for games in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, and other major cities where there are teams. In fact, I've already been to Barcelona once to practice with the Princeton lacrosse team, who happened to be on a fall break trip to Spain. Lacrosse was the last thing I was expecting to do here, but I'm extremely grateful for the opportunities it's going to give me.
Now more than two months in, it feels like it's been two years. To be honest, I've felt right at home since early on; when I visit the U.S. over winter break, it's going to feel like a vacation, not going "home". I didn't experience the "culture shock" that I originally expected, nor was there one moment where I suddenly felt at home. But there was a specific moment where I realized how happy I am.
About two weeks after arrival, SYA took all 62 of us on a two day trip north to Alquézar, a small pueblo a couple hours north of Zaragoza. From afar, medieval houses draw your eyes up the hill to a small castle. That day, the backdrop was a gray-stained light blue, gradually darkening into a deep gray. As the clouds rolled in, I stumbled upon a cracked asphalt flat-top lined for tennis with a handball goal at either end. Good thing I brought a soccer ball.
Surprisingly, as the rain picked up and I yelled towards the hostel for people to come play, the numbers grew. By the time it hit a torrential downpour, there were at least twenty people I barely knew — soccer and non-soccer players alike — playing soccer soaked, barefoot, and smiling. I was living my dream: playing the sport I've always loved in the Spanish countryside while getting drenched and laughing, having left the worries of my old life behind.


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-Do NOT leave young children unattended near your collection. Maybe invest in a lock for the door to your collection area.
-If you live in an area prone to earthquakes, invest in a pack of "Quake Hold" brand Museum putty. This will help keep things from falling and getting damaged in the case of an earthquake.
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Iranians have been chanting "death to America" for nearly four decades, but now they really mean to put pressure on the United States, according to President Hassan Rouhani.
"The United States will definitely fail in the way that it has chosen against the Iranian nation," Rouhani said after the most severe American sanctions under the Trump administration went into effect on Sunday.
"We can put pressure on the United States so that they do not dare to continue following its plots," Rouhani is reported to have said in a meeting with his deputies and managers of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance on Monday.
Pro-government Iranians protested in Tehran to mark the 39th anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. embassy by militant students in on November 4, 1979, just nine months after the fall of Iran's monarchy and the start of the Islamic Revolution.
In May, U.S. President Donald Trump had announced that he would be pulling the U.S. out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which his predecessor's administration had worked tirelessly at passing, along with the other permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany.
On August 7, the U.S. imposed the first package of sanctions against Iran, targeting the country's automobile sector, trade in gold and precious metals, purchase of U.S. dollars, as well as transactions involving its national currency, the Iranian rial. American sanctions related to the energy sector, including oil exports, and transactions by foreign financial institutions with the Central Bank of Iran, did not go into effect until Sunday however. The Trump administration had announced its intent to drive Iran's oil exports down to zero, but backed off from the idea, granting waivers to at least eight countries that import Iranian oil.
"The fact that today, the United States exempts eight countries for buying Iran's oil, while it explicitly said that it will reduce Iran's oil sale to zero, is a victory for us. Of course, if they didn't exempt these eight countries, we would sell our oil," Rouhani said.
By employing tariffs and sanctions, Washington is seeking to "strangle the competition" with other nations and to place the global free market economy under "very firm control," Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday in Shanghai during a three-day working trip to China.
Commenting on Trump's decision to impose sanctions on Russia and Iran, as well as impose tariffs on EU and Chinese goods, Medvedev said that such protectionist policies will, in the end, "hurt the US economy as well," Russia Today reported.
But not everyone agrees with Rouhani's and Medvedev's assessments.
"Considering developments in the energy market and U.S. sanctions, attracting foreign investment and technology to the Iranian energy industry will be tougher than ever. Achieving the goals of the country's Sixth Development Plan and Twenty-Year Development Plan is possible only with foreign investment, which requires a reduction of political risk in the country. In the event of a reversal of fortunes in terms of foreign policy and the provision of other requirements for foreign companies, capital can be expected to pour in – particularly from Russian and Chinese companies" an Iranian expert, Omid Shokri Kalehsar said, according to a report in Middle East Monitor.


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Bhutan did not figure in the heats either.
Indian teenager Neeraj Chopra's new Asian Championship javelin throw record, the distance double gold medal winning efforts by Govindan Lakshmanan (India) and India's two 1600m relay titles brought a touch of class and emotion to the closing night of the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship.
Host India emerged on top in the medal tally with 12 gold 5 silver and 12 bronze medals pushing powerhouse China to second place. 22nd edition of Asian Athletics Championship was the most attended championship in the history with over 80,000 spectators in attendance during the championship.
Men's 200m final: Amiya Kumar Mallick found some consolation in clocking a personal best of 21.03 in finishing seventh.
Men's 800m final: Asian Grand Prix winner Ebrahim R Alzofairi (Kuwait) hung in not far from the front running Mohammed Nasser Abbas (Qatar) for a lap and more but powered ahead over the final 100m to win gold in 1:49.47. India's Jinson Johnson, boxed between the two on the home stretch, was unable to prevent the other Qatari Jamal Hairane from sprinting on the outside to claim silver. He managed to keep Nasser Abbas at bay to take a deserving bronze in 1:50.07, the season's best time for him.
Men's 10000m final: India's Govindan Lakshmanan claimed a fantastic distance double, adding the 10000m gold to the one he won in 5000m two nights ago. Yet again, he showed the finishing kick that saw him surge ahead of Kyrghistan's Adilet and team-mate Gopi Thonakal with more than 300m left. Gopi staved off a challenge by the younger Kyrghistan athlete to take silver in a race in which the Chinese Danmuzhen Cii Wang and Qi Zhenfei lost touch with the top three well into the 25-lapper.
Men's long jump final: Ankit Sharma finished fourth with 7.83m that he secured on his second jump.
Men's javelin throw final: What a high-voltage competition it turned out to be, with Indian teenager winning gold with his last throw over 85.23m in a show which made it seem that he was innocent of the adverse effects of pressure. With his mind focused sharply on the task on hand, he ran up and sent the javelin soaring into the night sky. The entire Kalinga Stadium willed the spear to fly farther than it had all night to convert his bronze medal place to a fantastic gold. Qatar's 20-year-old Ahmed Bader Magour led the competition with a throw of 83.70m on his fourth attempt and seemed set to take gold home from under Neeraj Chopra and Davinder Singh Kang's noses. Neeraj Chopra delivered when it mattered the most on a night when 11 throws went past 80m mark.
Women's 200m final: Viktoriya Zyabkina (Kazakhstan) completed a stunning hat-trick of 200m gold medals at the Asian Championships by winning the 200m final on Sunday evening in 23.10 seconds, showing 21-year-old Sri Lankan Rumeshika Kumari Rathnayake a clean pair of heels; The young Sri Lankan, fastest in qualifying, fought hard and managed to stay ahead of the other Kazakh Olga Safronova to take silver in 23.43 seconds. India's Dutee Chand came up with her season's best of 23.59 to take fourth place ahead of team-mate Srabani Nanda, a bronze medallist in 2015.
Women's 800m final: The disqualification of 21-year-old Archana Adhav saw Sri Lankans Nimali Wirawasha and Gayanthika Thushari claim gold and silver in a dramatic final. After favourite and defending champion Tintu Luka, leading at the bell, pulled out with exhaustion after 500m, it was left to Archana Adhav's steely determination to challenge the Sri Lankans. Asian Grand Prix winner in Taipei earlier this year, Gayanthika pushed into the lead just after the first lap but spent much energy in doing that. Nimali took the lead on the back straight and Archana, bronze medallist in the Asian junior championship three years ago, made her move on the home stretch, passing Japan's Fumika Omoro and catching up with the Sri Lankans. There was some drama in the final 40m or so, leading officials to spend time looking at replays before announcing the result of the race, first with the Indian as winner and later disqualifying her.
Women's 10000m final: The women's 5000m champion Dariya Maslova (Kyrghistan) completed a double by winning the grueling 25-lapper as well in 32:21.21, pulling away from the two Japanese Yuka Hori (32:23.26) and Mizuki Matsuda (32:46.61). Indians Loganathan Suriya and Sanjivani Jadhav, who won 5000m bronze two nights ago, tried gamely but the endurance of Daria Maslova and the Japanese pair proved too much for them on a humid evening.
Women's 4x400m relay final: India, served by Debashee Mazumdar (standing in admirably for Tintu Luka who was running fever) , M R Poovamma, Jisna Mathew and Asian champion Nirmala Sheoran, ran out a comfortable winner in 3:31.34. Vietnam (3:33.22) and Japan (3:37.74) took silver and bronze.
Women's discus throw final: India's 21-year-old Kamalpreet Kaur Bal (54.32) finished fifth behind Chinese-Taipei's Li Tsai-Yi (54.48) and ahead of 33-year-old Seema Antil (54.11).
Heptathlon (final): Swapna Barman justified the seletcors' decision not to field her in high jump – where she could have pushed for and perhaps got gold – but struck gold in the arduous heptathlon. With a narrow lead to protect going into the final race, the challenging 800m, the 20-year-old stuck to the simple strategy of being in 21-year-old Meg Hemphill's slipstream. She was barely 0.18 seconds behind the Japanese at the finish to secure gold with a personal best tally of 5942 points. Purnima Hembram, whose javelin throw result let her down, tried gamely but had to settle for third place with 5798 points. The three of them secured season best times in the 800m and were left exhausted after two tiring but rewarding days' work.
Presence of top athletes is certainly a big attraction, nonetheless Asian Athletics Championships is also one of the important meets for Indian athletes.
As some of the top global athletes skip the four-day Asian Athletics Championships that kick start at the Kalinga Stadium here, it seems the continental meet is for the rest.
Take for example Qatar's high jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim, who has set his sights on surpassing 2.45m, a world record that hasn't been touched since it was set by Cuban Javier Sotomayor in 1993. Mutaz's personal best is 2:43m. Therefore, his primary focus this season is the August 4-13 World Championships in London where he wants to accomplish his goal, and not the Asian meet.
He has been participating in the highly competitive Diamond League to polish his skills, hinting that it is not an ideal time for him to compete in the continental meet.
In the build up to London, the Qatari Olympic silver medallist broke the over decade-long Bislett Games record of 2.38m in Oslo on July 15. Going by his current performance, he has already established himself as the leading jumper with at least five best performances of the 2017 season.
Like Barshim, top athletes from Japan too aren't competing on Indian soil. Japanese teen sprint sensation Abdul Hakim Sani Brown, whose mother is Japanese while father is from Ghana, too has his focus on the worlds.
In the just-concluded Japanese national championships, Sani Brown raced to victory in the 100m at 10.05 secs, a personal best and under the entry standard of 10.06 secs for the worlds.
Shuhei Tada, another rising star from Japan, who is in the 10.10 secs bracket, is also skipping continental meet.
In fact, Japan is not fielding its top three sprinters in the 100m dash at Bhubaneswar. It has a single entry in Takumi Kuki. The 25-year-old has a personal best of 10.19 secs clocked three years ago.
Every effort has been made to record the performance of all South Asian athletes who made the grade in the heats and finals. If we have inadvertently left out any South Asian athlete who had made the grade, the information may please be sent as a message to the Facebook community, Indpaedia.com. All information used will be gratefully acknowledged in your name.
NOTE: The first number at the beginning of every line is the athlete's rank in that heat or final.
Athletics Asia does not mention Events 1-20.
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Boston's Housing in 1984: Issues and Opportunities
Sharp cutbacks in federal aid for housing and community development now challenge Boston to become more resourceful in its housing strategies. In the neighborhoods where new solutions are needed, much has already been happening that can be adapted and expanded. Fortunately, the City's resurgence can also help achieve more results with less public resources, but a fresh approach involving community interests is essential. At the same time, local laws, procedures and programs devised to address past problems must also be critically re-evaluated to determine their appropriateness to the new realities.
Confidence in Boston's future is being uplifted, and many neighborhoods have come to experience new housing demand, even where deterioration and abandonment still persist. The new challenge is to harness this demand, tap latent community resources, and confront housing problems on a neighborhood basis, working at the margins with private and community interests, rather than simply creating a costly but limited number of rental units for disadvantaged residents, consuming all the available assistance in a few showcase developments, low-income "Cadillac" housing.
Affordability has emerged as today's dominant housing issue, as the multi-faceted, persistent housing "crisis" has evolved over the last twenty years. However, thousands of abandoned dwellings and empty public housing units remain; there are more homeless than were ever recognized before; and many more thousands of small scale properties, containing 2 to 6 units, are in tax arrears.
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Goetze, Rolf, "Boston's Housing in 1984: Issues and Opportunities" (1983). John M. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies Publications. 5.
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