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The association of hypolipidemic agents with macular edema in diabetic maculopathy
Amin F El-Lakwa1, Moataz F El-Sawya1, Heba A Abd El-Fatah2
1 Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebeen El-Kom, Egypt
2 Department of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology Hospital, Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt
Heba A Abd El-Fatah
Ophthalmology Hospital, Kafr El Sheikh
Objective The aim of this study was to assess the effect of lipid-lowering agents on macular edema in patients with diabetic maculopathy guided by optical coherence tomography and fundus fluorescein angiography. Backgrounds The most threatening complication of diabetic retinopathy (DR) is diabetic macular edema.The risk factors for diabetic macular edema are largely similar to those for DR, but dyslipidemia appears to play a more significant role. Serum lipid level has a direct role in the development of macular edema. Lowering of serum lipids has shown a benefit on both proliferative disease and maculopathy besides their lipid-lowering effect. Independent of accompanying macular edema, the severity of retinal hard exudates at baseline was associated with decreased visual acuity. Patients and methods The study included 80 patients with DR and hyperlipidemia; 50% of were undergoing treatment with antihyperlipidemic drugs (group I) and other 50% did not receive treatment (group II) (control group) at the Ophthalmology Clinic at the Menoufia University Hospital. Results In patients with DR and dyslipidemia, lowering of serum lipids has shown a benefit on both proliferative disease and maculopathy. Besides their lipid-lowering effect, there was a significant decrease in macular thickness measured using optical coherence tomography after 9 months of treatment with antihyperlipidemic drugs. Conclusion Dyslipidemia appears to play a direct role in the development of clinically significant macular edema. Lowering of serum lipids has shown a benefit on both proliferative DR and maculopathy, besides their lipid-lowering effect.
El-Lakwa AF
El-Sawya MF
Abd El-Fatah HA
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SERGEANT IN GENERAL GUISE'S REGIMENT OF FOOT.
THE EARL OF ABERDEEN, K.T.
LORD CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF THE JURY COURT.
THE REV. PHILIP BLISS, D.C.L.
HON. JOHN CLERK, LORD ELDIN.
JAMES T. GIBSON CRAIG, ESQ.
RIGHT HON. W. DUNDAS, LORD CLERK REGISTER.
LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR RONALD C. FERGUSON.
HON. JOHN FULLERTON, LORD FULLERTON.
SIR JAMES R. G. GRAHAM, BAR^T.
THE DUKE OF HAMILTON AND BRANDON.
E. W. A. DRUMMOND HAY, ESQ.
FRANCIS JEFFREY, ESQ. LORD ADVOCATE.
THE EARL OF LAUDERDALE, K.T.
HON. J. H. MACKENZIE, LORD MACKENZIE.
HON. SIR J. W. MONCREIFF, LORD MONCREIFF.
RIGHT HON. SIR SAMUEL SHEPHERD.
SIR JOHN ARCHIBALD STEWART, BAR^T.
THE HON. CHARLES FRANCIS STUART.
RIGHT HON. SIR GEORGE WARRENDER BAR^T.
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present, and the panels to be carried back to prison.
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This moment calls for calm and caution for this moment is dangerous. We are facing an unprecedented challenge in our lifetimes. No other illness has caused so much uncertainty. With a shudder I watch the spread of COVID-19 and feel great concern for those with the coronavirus and for all of us trying to negotiate safety. In such a moment, we are wise to pause for clarity as to the path forward. I leave it to the medical experts to guide us on the nature of the illness and how best to protect our selves and each other. As your rabbi, my goal is to provide spiritual and emotional support to you during these days of uncertainty. We are a synagogue community of care and competence who will be there for each other. Let me share three guideposts from a spiritual perspective:
1. Health Comes First: Act Cautiously
In the teachings of our Jewish sages, "V'chai ba'hem"-"And you should live by them" (Leviticus 18:5) is the Biblical mandate regarding the fulfilment of the commandments. Pikuach nefesh, the saving of a life, takes precedence. As a people we have a memory of repeated epidemics in human history that inform our response to this moment. Rabbi Yisroel Salanter, the master teacher of Jewish ethics, demanded in 1848 that his congregants eat on Yom Kippur when cholera was rampant and he did not exempt himself. The Hebrew word pikeach, which means "to save" also means "to keep open" and "skilled." We need to keep our eyes open vigilantly in order to act skillfully, all the more in responding to danger. Following the guidance of the medical experts is essential.
2. Collective Responsibility: We Are Intertwined
Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai, a sage of Israel of the 2nd century, told of a group of people who were travelling by boat. One of them took a drill and began to bore a hole under his seat. His companions shouted, "Why are you doing this?"
The man replied, "What concern is it of yours? Am I not drilling under my own place?"
They said to him, "But you will flood the boat for all of us!" (Leviticus Rabbah 4:6).
Regarding the rapid spread of COVID-19, now is the time to support each other locally and internationally. We are in this together. Our tradition teaches that all peoples are part of an extended family. When the rabbis discussed the most important verse in the Bible, Rabbi Ben Azzai of the 2nd century, Israel pointed to Genesis (5:1): "This is the record of Adam's line- When God created Adam, God did so in the likeness of God" (TJ Ned. 9). Now is the time to avoid pointing fingers at others as the source of the illness. Now is the time, to see the world from the point of view of a caring, shared Creator: concerned about our collective health.
Rather than as an act of passivity thrust upon us,
let us view this time of hunkering down in our homes as communal ferocity toward stopping the virus.
3. Calm and Hope: This Too Shall Pass
The economy is suffering and will continue to decline as long as the coronavirus spreads. These are such stressful times. Be gentle with yourself and kind to those around you. Be aware of our moral responsibility to help those most in economic and emotional need.
The Jewish folktale describes King Solomon directing his jeweler to engrave on a signet ring, "This too shall pass." The wise king said, "When I look at the ring during good times, I will be reminded not to take the goodness for granted and when times are troubled, the saying will give me hope." Knowing that blights in the past are gone offers hope. For now, stay connected, calm, and kind, aware that this too shall pass.
My dear friends, these are the days when belonging to community matters the most. We will be there for each other with calls, zoom classes, conversations, and services, and seeking to learn who we can help and doing so. Blessings for patience and resiliency for all of us during these trying times.
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9/11 to now: Ways we have changed
World Sep 14, 2011 4:55 PM EDT
The decade after the 9/11 attacks reshaped many facets of life in America. Some changes were temporary — an immediate response out of concern for our safety — while some proved to be more lasting transformations in American life.
An updated version of this story was published in 2018. Read that story here.
The American lexicon was one of the things that changed drastically in the months and years after the attack. Among the words or phrases (9/11 being one of them) that entered everyday language: al-Qaida, Taliban, ground zero, radicalism, extremism, anthrax and the Axis of Evil. Their usage dramatically increased and soon became part of Americans' everyday lives.
With the 10th anniversary this week, we take a look at some of the other changes in American life:
Perhaps the most immediate and obvious changes after the attacks took place in U.S. airports. Two months after the attacks, Congress federalized airport security by passing the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, which created the Transportation Security Administration. Prior to 9/11, security had been handled by each airport, which outsourced to private security companies.
The new TSA implemented procedures that included stricter guidelines on passenger and luggage screening. Only ticketed passengers could go through security, and an ever-changing array of machinery and procedures were introduced to scan for weapons and destructive items. As new threats were discovered after 9/11, new procedures were introduced, including removing shoes and banning liquids.
Airplanes themselves also underwent major overhauls: Fortified cockpit doors were introduced, and first-class cabin curtains were dropped by some airlines. Pilots can now apply to become a federal flight deck officer, allowing them to carry a loaded gun and act as a federal officer aboard the plane.
In order to offset the added security costs, a "Sept. 11 fee" was tacked onto passengers' tickets, with the TSA collecting nearly $15 billion collected over nine years. Airlines also had to give some of their luggage screening budget to help offset costs as well. Air carrier fee collections amounted to $2.9 billion between 2002 and 2010.
While the Patriot Act may be the most recognizable piece of legislation relating to Sept. 11, more than 130 pieces of 9/11-related legislation were introduced in the 107th Congress in the year after the attacks, with 48 bills and resolutions approved or signed into law. Along with the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, they included the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act, which required the State Department and Immigration to share visa and immigrant data with each other. Subsequent years brought the release of the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill, which gave educational funding to soldiers, and the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010, providing $4.2 billion for the health of people who worked at Ground Zero during and after the attacks.
Government agencies created after 9/11 include the Department of Homeland Security, which consolidated other agencies, including the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. According to The Washington Post, more than 263 government organizations were either created or reorganized following the attacks. The newspaper found that more than 1,200 government organizations and 1,900 private companies do work related to counter-terrorism, homeland security and intelligence. Budgets for defense-related agencies also rose. The Coast Guard, TSA and Border Patrol budgets have all more than doubled since 2001.
The International Code Council released post-9/11 building code suggestions to make skyscrapers safer and able to withstand similar incidents — at least long enough to evacuate occupants. Changes include more stairways for structures taller than about 42 stories, elevators that can be used during emergencies, higher fire-resistance and impact-resistant walls for elevator shafts and exit stairways.
Illustration by William Neff, John Mangels of The Plain Dealer. Web development by Felesia Jackson, Graphic Courtesy of The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Immigration, Tourism and Deportations
The country with the most notable drop in visa issuance after 9/11 was Pakistan. In 2002, the number of tourist visas given to Pakistani citizens fell almost 70 percent and immigrant visas dropped more than 40 percent compared to 2001. It wasn't until 2008 that Pakistani immigrant and tourist visas to reach pre-9/11 levels. Egypt and Morocco also saw sharp drops in visas issued in 2002, though both have rebounded since.
International tourism to America fell for three years after 2001. Starting in 2004, it began to increase again, surpassing pre-2001 numbers in 2007. In 2010, a record 60 million foreign tourists visited. The number of Americans who traveled internationally also declined after 9/11, the Office of Travel and Tourism Industries reports.
Deportations as a whole rose by 104 percent from 2001 to 2010, according to data from the Department of Homeland Security. The region with the highest deportation percentage was Central America, with a 430 percent increase, going from 14,452 deportees to 76,603. Asia saw a 34 percent rise in deportations, while Europe rose by 46 percent. Deportations for persons from Egypt, Pakistan and Jordan spiked in 2003, with Egypt showing the highest increase — 205 percent.
Anti-Islamic violence in America jumped after the attacks. According to the FBI, 28 hate crimes committed in 2000 were found to be anti-Islamic. In 2001, that number jumped to 481, and it remained above 100 in subsequent years.
Clinical psychologist Hisham Abu-Raiya of Tel Aviv University conducted extensive research on the aftereffects of 9/11 on American Muslims. Of those he surveyed, he found that a majority experienced negative events, such as verbal harassment and increased airport security checks.
We had much more on the ways 9/11 shaped America in the past decade on Sunday's NewsHour special "America Remembers 9/11":
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Fiscal year 2011 and here
Active-duty military
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TradeScan is a real-time trading alert service. The algorithms used to create the alerts use tick data that identifies individual trades inconjunction with price, volume, and Level II information. The displays are produced by a software application that is downloaded and installed. You pay a monthly fee to receive the alerts, most of which are text. There are two different packages, HL+ and Pro; Pro offers more alerts. Kingsbury Financial Management, Inc. (KFMI), claims that the alerts are delivered within one second of their origination. For example, when TradeScan takes data such as time and sales information, translates it into price and size, and uses it to generate an alert, the alert appears on your screen one second later. KFMI delivers the alerts using Insight Software�s Whisper application.
This product is geared to active traders, especially daytraders. In the case of institutional customers with trading floors, KFMI offers a volume discount and a remote server to better support larger numbers of traders.


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Q: Wordpress HTML DOM Output Change via Hook I have been trying to find a way to alter the final HTML DOM output (i.e., after JS script adjusts the HTML output) before it gets rendered on the browser.
I found a hook in Wordpress called 'template_redirect' which works well if I want to change the HTML output before JS gets executed but not after. So the before JS script execution, all I see is the JS name only from this hook.
Here's the problem that I'm trying to solve.  In my wordpress blog, I'm including a JS script from third-party and this JS is inserting extra tags (such as Schema.org tags regarding that their organization - Schema organization tags).  It is about 3000 characters long and it is bloating my webpage.  I would like to remove any extra tags that gets attached to my final HTML (it is getting added before </html> tag) before shown in the browser.
Note that I don't see these extra tags when I do view source and they show up only when I do inspect element from Chrome or FF.
Any suggestions on how to remove the HTML DOM after JS execution but before it is shown on the browser via Wordpress hooks or any other way?
Thanks, JK

A: JS is executed in the users browser not on the sever(in almost all cases). You can either remove the tags after they are rendered using more JS(which won't really help any "bloat"), or take a look at the code for the plugin you are using and alter the plugin

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Picture this: You're in the middle of your dinner rush, three of your servers are crowded around your order station, food is getting backed up due to delayed orders, and you just received a customer complaint about their wait time. Sounds like a bit of a nightmare, doesn't it? Increasing efficiency in your restaurant, from the customer experience to addressing cost controls, is a large part of what will ultimately make or break your business. To do this, you need a way to solve multiple operational problems through increased efficiency: A system that provides point-of-sale benefits that are critically essential to your long-term success and growth.
Many of today's POS systems bring several customizations and efficiency options. This includes the meshing of hardware and software options to manage orders, customer transactions, inventory management, and financial reporting. Utilizing a POS system to its fullest potential will present your business with a handful of distinct benefits that will, in the end, help save your two most precious assets: time and money.
While it is the overall quality and taste of your food that keeps your customers in their seats, the effectiveness and accuracy of your ordering process keep them coming in your door. Paper slips and manual order inputs are often highly inaccurate and can lead to elevated shrinkage costs due to incorrect tickets or unauthorized complementary food and beverage offerings as a result of service errors.
A modern POS system gives you a faster, more efficient way to take and process orders. Many POS solutions have the hardware and software available to have orders communicated to the kitchen and the bar instantly for a faster, error-free ordering process. Equipping your wait staff with handheld devices to take orders or transitioning to a less clunky interface improves how your restaurant operates by promoting faster service while reducing lost revenue. Your wait staff is able to spend more time on the floor and can receive notifications when a table's order is ready, limiting their trips back and forth to the bar and kitchen.
When implementing a POS system, you give your customers ordering flexibility and the confidence that they will get the dish they ordered in a timely manner. When handheld devices and mobile ordering are added to the mix, you're not only removing some of the stress from your staff, you're working to enhance the overall diner experience.
In the era of Google, TripAdvisor, and Yelp reviews, creating a positive customer service experience is a top priority. You have to think beyond simply serving good food and drink, as a poor customer experience can cast your restaurant in a bad light. Incorrect orders, inconsistent service, and limited payment options can all damage your reputation. These potential pitfalls can easily be managed by a properly implemented POS system. With a flexible point of sale system in place, you're likely to see more satisfied customers as well as more repeat customers.
Now, when this is paired with the option for your staff to have handheld devices on the floor, you create an environment where orders are input and payments are processed at the table, which gives you several added benefits.
Maintains menu flexibility. Have you ever struggled with even a basic menu alteration as a result of a clunky ordering interface? Gone are the days where it takes upwards of five minutes simply to sub Swiss cheese for American on a burger. Instead, a streamlined ordering system lets the customer truly customize their meals without adding unnecessary stress onto your staff members.
Enhanced loss prevention. With your staff on the floor more, and even remaining at the table to receive payment with handheld systems, the old "dine and dash" routine is much less effective. Plus, a simplified order input screen makes it less likely that your menu items need to be comped as a result of a costly misfire.
Wait time reductions. Even when a customer calls for the check, they often linger, keeping a table occupied that would otherwise be free for another customer. By processing payments at the table, the customer will be prompted to tip and sign on your chosen handheld device, reducing the amount of time they will remain seated and cutting down on table wait times.
The introduction of a POS system gives your restaurant a high level of efficiency which will not go unnoticed by your diners. Ordering and paying is quicker and on top of that, you get the added benefit of more control over your data.
The sales data you gather from a POS system allows you to track what is (and isn't) being sold in your restaurant. This puts you in a position of identifying where you can gain efficiency and reduce waste in all aspects of your business. The key to doing that is through effective reporting and data interpretation. You can easily identify potential bottlenecks, such as empty tables, poorly performing menu items, or sluggish kitchen production so that you can better serve your customers.
It is also here that you gain insight into customer volume, seating preferences, and ordering behavior. For example, does your data indicate that the pasta dish may not be a top seller, it is the most profitable? Are customers less likely to come in during the early afternoon meaning it's time to think about starting a happy hour? This type of information is invaluable to both the customer experience and to the improvement of your business operations. You also get the information you need to ensure that you are properly staffed at peak times and not over-staffed during slow periods.
Also, a modern POS solution generates detailed reports to allow for informed, accurate menu planning decisions. You gain insight into the ingredients you are using most often and whether or not you need to 86 any dishes. This reduces your workload with better bottom-line performance through the reduction of waste-associated costs and intelligent insight into menu performance. This all works to make your profit margins grow while reducing the time you have to invest in tasks which can and should be largely automated. So how do you go about choosing the right POS system for your restaurant?
Nobody knows your restaurant the way that you know it—but that doesn't mean that you shouldn't rely on outside help to look for ways to improve how you operate. Implementing a POS system is one thing, but how can you be sure that you are gaining all of the benefits that the right POS solution can provide to your restaurant? You want to be certain that the solution that is implemented can support your restaurant in its current state, but be flexible enough to grow with you. To keep up with the hectic pace of the restaurant industry, you need to select a system that supports these key point of sale benefits so you don't find yourself falling behind.
When you reach out to talech, you gain more than a POS solution provider. We take the time to learn your business inside and out so that the solution we recommend and implement for you represents exactly where you are and where you want to be down the road. Reach out to us today to sign up for a free demo and find out how we can revolutionize your business.


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Connectedness is a powerful and important part of who I am and how I do what I do. Moreover, it permeates all facets of my life.
As a father and husband, my primary connectedness, I am interwoven with the hopes, achievements, losses, and dreams of my family. It is my greatest pride to watch my children grow, and my greatest challenge to let them grow. While I, like most parents, would love to shield them from pain, disappointment, and failure, I am aware that this is part of the learning and growing process. I feel truly blessed to have them growing at a school with caring teachers who appreciate them for who they are as individuals, and who have high expectations for who they can be. I am connected to the teachers in the noble partnership to support them as they work to get the most out of my kids both in accentuating strengths and improving in opportunities for growth.
As an educator, I am connected to a love of learning and a passion for individual, collective, organizational growth. I delight in the fantastic students, parents and colleagues who broaden and sometimes challenge my thinking. I treasure the books, blogs, podcast, and twitter resources that share both amazing ideas and personal reflections toward this growth. I look forward with great anticipation to each edcamp, conference, retreat, check-in…etc. that allows me the time to process and discuss the growth process and growth mindset with liked minded individuals. Lastly, I love being able to leverage all these connections to assist other connections in accessing resources, advice, or support for their own learning.
A number of years ago, I wrote a blog in which I said "it is not enough to be connected if you are not connecting." I still believe this, as this is my connection to my purpose.
I love the idea of the noble partnership. Truly, nothing could be more noble than this connected team helping raise the next generation.
We all go through different phases of "connection". Depending on our personality types, we may tend to start small and then ultimately grow our connection comfort level. It is so true what you say about the importance of needing to connect to really be connected. It's definitely a process that the more you experience, the better you get at it.


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Quảng Minh may refer to several rural communes in Vietnam, including:

Quảng Minh, Thanh Hóa, a commune of Sầm Sơn
Quảng Minh, Quảng Bình, a commune of Ba Đồn
Quảng Minh, Quảng Ninh, a commune of Hải Hà District
Quảng Minh, Bắc Giang, a commune of Việt Yên District

See also
Quang Minh (disambiguation)


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A Visit To The Little Bighorn National Monument
September 30, 2019 By Bob Bales Leave a Comment
Sixty-two miles East of Billings Montana is The Little Bighorn National Monument, the site of one of the most studied and written about battles in history. On June 25-26 1876, 31 Officers, 566 enlisted men, 35 Indian scouts from the Crow and Arikaras nation and a few dozen civilians from the 7th Cavalry under the command of Colonel George Armstrong Custer engaged in battle with approximately 7,000 warriors from the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho Nations. Custer was a Colonel at the time of the battle but his men affectionately called him General since he had attained the rank of Brevet Major General at the age of 23, during the Civil War.
Known as Last Stand Hill, the area consisting of rolling hills and grassy valleys is still on the Crow reservation and a place where people from all over the world come to visit and learn about what happened during those two days.
A lot of people have heard about the battle, some learned about it in school, some read about it in books but many don't know what really happened or what led up to the famous battle. Many people think that Custer ran off to Indian lands to kill off the Sioux or had some type of fantasy about glory and fame. If you ever visit the battlefield the rangers that provide tours of the site are extremely knowledgeable about the battle and I saw many come away saying they never knew all the things that transpired.
To understand what happened you need to know what happened first. The Sioux Nation had resisted the US government efforts to confine them to reservations however they had a reservation in South Dakota. In 1875 gold was discovered in South Dakota and miners began moving onto Sioux reservation lands in hopes of striking it rich. The Army at the time sided with the miners and ignored the previous treaty and invaded the lands as well. This led to already mounting tensions and prompted the Sioux, led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse along with warriors from the Northern Cheyenne and a small contingent of Arapaho to leave the reservation and return to their former nomadic life on the plains.
General Phillip Sheridan, the commander of the military division of the Missouri ordered several thousand troops to find and drive the Sioux back to their reservation. That force consisted of 450 men under the command of Colonel John Gibbon out of Fort Bozeman Montana, 1,000 Cavalry and infantry under the command of General George Crook from Fort Fetterman in Wyoming and General Alfred Terry from Fort Abraham Lincoln in Bismarck (Dakota Territory) of which the 7th Cavalry made up the bulk of his force.
Taking different routes and with the intention of driving the Sioux back to their reservation they never intended to form one large unit and engage in battle.
Marker showing where Boston Custer fell
Meanwhile the Sioux, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho headed west towards the Crow reservation where there was plentiful hunting, water and resources to sustain their ever growing contingent. The Crow who were on friendly terms with the US Government and had historically been at odds with the Sioux did not like the fact that the Sioux were encroaching onto their lands and pleaded with the US government for assistance.
Just a week prior to the battle of Little Big Horn the Sioux had engaged US forces under the Command of General Crook at the Battle of The Rosebud, east of the area and had fled towards the Little Bighorn area. On June 22 General Terry had ordered Custer to detach the 7th Cavalry and act as a flanking force to keep the Sioux from scattering and slipping away again. On June 24 Custer made camp about 25 miles from the fateful battlefield and he ordered his Crow and Arikara Scouts to move ahead and get information about the Sioux encampment.
marker showing where Colonel Custer fell
On 25 June Custer moved his men to the Wolf Mountains about 12 miles from the encampment to allow time for his scouts to find the encampment and report back. His scouts reported back that the Sioux had discovered his position and having lost the element of surprise and fearing the Sioux would again scatter ordered an immediate engagement of the camp.
What happened next has been written about, studied in military colleges, talked about by elders of the Indian nations and chronicled in print for over 140 years. The result was soldiers of Seventh Cavalry lost 16 officers, 242 troopers, and 10 scouts. Among the dead were Custer, everyone in the five-company battalion under his immediate command, and 18 men who fought in the southern part of the battlefield at the Reno-Benteen Battlefield. Sioux losses were hard to determine and estimates range from 36 to 130. Not all of the 7th Cavalry died at the battle. After the battle was over 262 were dead, 68 were wounded and six later died of their wounds. Custer's Battalion – C, E, F, I and L companies – were wiped out, but the majority of the seven other companies under Major Marcus Reno and Captain Frederick Benteen survived.
Today the site is managed by the National Park Service and holds both cultural and natural history exhibits in the small museum. The battlefield averages over 300,000 visitors per year from all over the world. When I was there, I saw buses and RV's full of people along with a few veterans of the modern day 7th Cavalry. Yes, the 7th Cavalry still exists and has units assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division at Ft Hood Texas and the 3rd Infantry Division fort Stewart Georgia.
The site is officially known as The Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument and markers show where the bodies of 7th Cavalry soldiers were found along with the location where some of the Sioux warriors fell. On a small hill, known as "Last Stand Hill" is a monument to the soldiers of the 7th Cavalry and a fenced in area with markers showing the location where Custer's body was found. A total of five Custer family members died at the battle including Colonel George Armstrong Custer, his younger brother Capitan Tom Custer, his other brother Boston Custer who was assigned as a civilian forage master, his nephew Henry Armstrong Reed a volunteer soldier and his brother in law 1st Lieutenant James Calhoun.
When the bodies were found the ground was not sufficient to bury the bodies very deep and during the following years the bodies would become exposed so in 1881 a monument was built on top of the hill and the soldiers bodies were re buried there.
The body of Colonel Custer was removed from the site in 1877 and is buried at the US Military Academy at West Point New York. The rest of the Custer family members were reburied at various cemeteries by the family however the markers where they fell are still at the site.
The park also holds the Custer National Cemetery was created after the battle in 1877 and in 1879 General William Tecumseh Sherman issued General Order No. 78 designating the site a National Cemetery. The cemetery holds soldiers from every major conflict from 1877 to those that died in Vietnam. In 1978 the cemetery was closed for new burials but a handful of plots exist for family members and other military members.
As in any battlefield or military cemetery you can learn a lot about history and those that served. No matter what your political affiliation is or your thoughts on the rights and wrongs of what occurred in history there should never be anything but admiration and respect for the soldier who served and followed orders, even when he knew it might be his last day.
I have traveled throughout the world and always love visiting historic sites, many military related, and I always learn something new and come away with a better appreciation of what we have gone through in our past.
If you ever have a chance I would highly recommend a visit to the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument and while you are there take a look through the museum, listen to the presentation of the park rangers and have them tell you the history of the old west, 7th Cavalry and Indian Nations that make our past history unique.
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Second Thomas Shoal Likely the Next Flashpoint in the South China Sea
Publication: China Brief Volume: 13 Issue: 13
By: Bonnie S. Glaser, Alison Szalwinski
June 21, 2013 05:23 AM Age: 7 years
BRP Sierra Madre on Second Thomas Shoal
Second Thomas Shoal, a low tide coral reef located 105 nautical miles from the Philippines' Palawan Island, is likely to become the next flashpoint in the South China Sea. The shoal—which is 15 kilometers long and five kilometers wide and is known as Ayungin in the Philippines and Ren'ai Reef in China—is a strategic gateway to deposits of coveted oil and natural gas in Reed Bank and is claimed by the Philippines to be within its 200 mile exclusive economic zone (Taipei Times, May 30).
In early May, Manila lodged an official protest over the patrols around Second Thomas Shoal of two Chinese surveillance ships and a naval frigate that it charged were blocking Philippine ships from delivering supplies to troops deployed at the shoal (Manila Times, June 2). In 1999, the Philippines deliberately ran aground the BRP Sierra Madre, a World War II-era landing transport ship, on the shoal to establish a presence on the island; the ship has served as a Philippine base hosting approximately 10 marines since that time. Manila claims that ships sent to the shoal carry provisions for the troops and that it has no intention to build further infrastructure on the shoal (Malaya, June 5; Philippine Star, May 22; May 17).
The former World War II vessel, however, has begun to rust out, prompting President Aquino to instruct it be repaired so that the Philippines can maintain its presence. The Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs has stated it considers Second Thomas Shoal an "integral part" of the Philippines, and that "China should pull out of the area because under international law, they do not have the right to be there" (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 28). Philippine Secretary of Defense Voltaire Gazmin has declared his country "will fight for what is ours up to the last soldier standing" (Philippine Star, May 24).
The Chinese government, however, maintains that is has "indisputable sovereignty" over the shoal and that any Philippine attempts to send supply ships to "intensify its illegal presence and occupation of the Ren'ai Reef" are in violation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DoC). Additionally, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei asserted that the right of Chinese ships to protect China's national sovereignty by carrying out patrols around the shoal is "beyond reproach" (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, May 30; May 22).
These events come in the wake of heightened tensions last year between the Philippines and China over a standoff at Scarborough Shoal. The episode was triggered in early April 2012 when the BRP Gregorio del Pilar, a navy frigate acquired by the Philippines from the United States, discovered eight Chinese fishing vessels illegally poaching in the shoal. After the Philippine Navy inspected the Chinese vessels, two Chinese maritime surveillance ships appeared in the shoal and positioned themselves between the Chinese fishing boats and the BRP Gregorio Del Pilar. In the subsequent days and weeks, a small number of Philippine vessels stood at an impasse with a much larger fleet of Chinese ships. At one point, the Philippine Navy had two ships facing off against 90 Chinese vessels. After quiet negotiations that were brokered by the United States, Manila and Beijing reached an oral agreement to withdraw their vessels from the area. In early June, the Philippines complied. The Chinese, however, reneged on the agreement, and Chinese government vessels have remained in the area, maintaining a continued presence around the shoal and preventing Philippine fishermen from returning. Recent reports suggest that China is building a permanent structure on the shoal (InterAksyon, June 6; Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 3).
After successfully seizing control of Scarborough Shoal, Chinese experts praised the operation as an adroit exercise of Chinese power to defend Chinese sovereignty and territorial integrity. In recent weeks, some voices have called for the application of the successful strategy to Second Thomas Shoal. Chinese Air Force Major General Zhang Zhaozhong, a nationalistic pundit who regularly appears on Chinese television talk shows, proposed a "cabbage" strategy to deal with Second Thomas Shoal in which the Chinese would surround the shoal in layers of Chinese ships, with fishing vessels in the inner layers, surrounded by civilian maritime vessels and navy ships in the outer layers. The goal of such a strategy would be to compel the Philippine marines deployed on the Shoal to abandon the grounded vessel for lack of sustenance (Malaya, June 5). If such an approach fails, other experts have asserted China should consider towing the BRP Sierra Madre away from the shoal—an action that carries potential for conflict considering the presence of armed Philippine marines (CCTV-4, May 31).
Although Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan also assert claims in the South China Sea, this particular feature is only contested by China, the Philippines and Taiwan. Manila filed a case with the United Nations in January to bring its territorial dispute with China to an United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) arbitration tribunal—an action that has drawn support from the United States, the European Parliament, Japan and Vietnam, but anger from China that strongly opposes multilateral discussions on territorial issues (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 28).
Washington does not take an official position on competing territorial claims in the South China Sea, but it is a treaty ally of the Philippines and, according to U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, "stands firmly against any coercive attempts to alter the status quo." While recently attending the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Hagel spoke with his Filipino counterpart Voltaire Gazmin on the U.S.–Philippines relationship, reaffirming the 1954 Mutual Defense Treaty between the nations. According to a Pentagon spokesman, the two "discussed deepening bilateral defense cooperation including work toward increasing rotational presence of U.S. forces in [the] Philippines to address common challenges" (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 1). The United States also is helping the Philippine military to increase its maritime domain awareness in its coastal waters, including the South China Sea.
Although Washington recently has increased military assistance to the Philippines, it is less clear whether the United States is required to come to the aid of the Philippines under the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) in the case of aggression in the Second Thomas Shoal (New York Times, June 6). The MDT states in the case of an attack on either party, the other is obligated to "meet the common dangers in accordance with its constitutional processes," but the U.S. Government has been careful to not state whether this includes an attack on marine features such as Second Thomas Shoal. In the case of Scarborough Shoal tension last year, the U.S. sent an aircraft carrier to the region in a signal of support for Manila and to deter Chinese coercion and aggression, but it did not intervene (New York Times, May 1, 2012) [1].
The failed negotiations to defuse tensions at the Scarborough Shoal last year and return the situation to the status quo ante have had significant consequences. Beijing evidently is applying lessons learned from that incident to the Second Thomas Shoal. From China's perspective, the Philippines' attempt to repair its vessel that was grounded on the shoal over a decade ago constitutes a provocation. As in the case of Scarborough Shoal, Beijing is poised to exploit any perceived provocation with the goal of creating a new status quo that favors China. This strategy also was applied by China in the East China Sea in September 2012, when the Japanese government purchased three of the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands from a private Japanese citizen. Regular Chinese patrols around those islands—including within the 12-mile territorial waters—have contested Japanese administrative control effectively, establishing a new status quo that is to Beijing's advantage. Repeated U.S. declarations that the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands are covered under the scope of the U.S.-Japan Mutual Defense Treaty have not deterred Beijing from conducting almost daily sea patrols to assert Chinese sovereignty.
China is betting that the United States will be unwilling to intervene to preserve Manila's presence on Second Thomas Shoal. That calculus probably is correct. Washington will continue to speak out against the use of coercion to change the status quo unilaterally, but it is unlikely that U.S. Navy ships will engage directly with Chinese government maritime vessels or the Chinese Navy over rocks and shoals in the South China Sea. That does not mean, however, that there are no risks in the current standoff.
The Philippine Navy is substantially inferior to the emerging blue-water Chinese navy and lacks the capability to defend its presence on Second Thomas Shoal in the event that China is determined to dislodge its marines. Nevertheless, Manila may put up a fight. The potential for a military skirmish between the two sides will increase under either of the following scenarios:
(1) if China blocks provisions from being delivered to the Philippine forces on the shoal, Manila could seek to air drop supplies from a helicopter. Chinese interference in the operation could result in an exchange of fire and potential loss of life;
(2) if the Philippines were to attempt to erect structures, as China is reportedly doing on Scarborough Shoal, the Chinese would likely seize the opportunity to publicly accuse the Philippines of provocation and commence their "cabbage" strategy or even attempt to tow away the rusting vessel.
Either scenario could escalate to military conflict. Even if conflict is avoided, heightened tensions could deal a blow to efforts to launch early talks on negotiation of a Code of Conduct between China and the members of ASEAN ("The South China Sea Dispute (Part One): Negative Trends Continue in 2013," China Brief, June 7).
China's employment of civilian maritime surveillance vessels in the South China Sea and East China Sea to alter the status quo in its favor poses a serious challenge to the Obama administration and its strategy of "rebalancing" foreign policy priorities toward the Asia-Pacific. U.S. credibility as a guarantor of peace and stability in the region is as stake, especially with U.S. treaty allies Japan and the Philippines. To date, Washington lacks an effective strategy to deter Chinese coercion against its neighbors and its efforts to change the status quo unilaterally over disputed islands, reefs and shoals.
Thomas Lum, The Republic of Philippines and U.S. Interests, Congressional Research Service, April 5, 2012, p. 27, Available online <http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33233.pdf>.
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Vermont to make abortion a 'fundamental right'
Valerie Richardson The Washington TimesMay 13, 2019 GMT
On its way to Vermont Gov. Phil Scott's desk is an abortion rights bill that makes late-term legislation in New York and Virginia look conservative by comparison.
The Democrat-controlled state legislature gave final approval Friday to H. 57, which would create a "fundamental right" to abortion and prohibit government entities from interfering with or restricting access to abortion, ensuring that any pregnancy may be terminated for any reason at any time.
Democrats have said the legislation merely enshrines into law the no-limits status quo, but pro-life advocates say the result is the same.
"They can say they're codifying current practice if they want to all day long, but we now have the most radical, pro-abortion legislation in the country," said Vermont Right to Life Executive Director Mary Beerworth. "This will codify in statute unlimited, unregulated elective abortions."
Three days earlier, the legislature passed Proposal 5, an amendment that would make Vermont the first state to enshrine the right to "personal reproductive liberty" in its constitution.
Proposal 5 would need to be approved again by the 2021-22 Vermont General Assembly and go before voters in November 2022 before it is added to the state constitution. H. 57 would take effect immediately upon the governor's signature.
Planned Parenthood officials cheered the two-prong approach as a much-needed win for pro-choice advocates in a legislative year marked by a slew of pro-life victories and backlash from late-term abortion bills in New York and Virginia.
"Vermont has established itself as the shining example for all other states by acknowledging that every person is capable of and must be trusted to make their own health care decisions without government interference," Meagan Gallagher, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, said Friday in a statement.
The effort to protect no-limits abortion in Vermont's legal code and its constitution goes beyond what any other state has enacted, including New York, where Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, cleared the path for abortion until birth by signing the Reproductive Health Act in January.
The New York law allows abortion without restrictions up to 24 weeks of gestation and until birth under certain conditions, including "absence of fetal viability" or "to protect the patient's life or health," which includes mental health. Vermont's H. 57 and Proposal 5 have no such qualifiers.
"Vermont [legislators] wanted to go further than New York, and they have," said Ms. Beerworth. "New York has a health exception, and it's probably going to be abused, but Vermont has nothing. Nothing."
Republicans in the Virginia legislature killed a similar late-term measure in January after the bill's Democratic sponsor acknowledged that it would allow abortion until birth.
'Above and beyond'
Meanwhile, the pro-life side has racked up historic victories. Three red states have passed fetal heartbeat bills, and at least two other states are expected to follow. The Alabama House last month passed an outright abortion ban, aimed at forcing the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a constitutional right to abortion.
Planned Parenthood suffered a painful defeat in March when eight Democratic state senators crossed party lines in New Mexico to defeat a bill that would expand abortion access championed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat.
In North Carolina, Democratic legislators helped defeat an infanticide bill last month and override the governor's veto in the state Senate.
A similar legislative drama is playing out in Montana, where Gov. Steve Bullock, a Democrat, vetoed a bill last week that would have required medical care for babies born alive after botched abortions.
Ambitious pro-choice bills are still on the move in Illinois, Nevada and Rhode Island but are no longer viewed as slam-dunks, even though Democrats control all three state legislatures.
In Rhode Island, the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled Tuesday to hold a critical vote to decide the fate of the Reproductive Privacy Act. Two Democratic committee members already have said they plan to vote against it.
"I am very uncomfortable with this current legislation," state Sen. Leonidas Raptakis told the Providence Journal. "If it was identical word for word, dot for dot, period for period with ... what we currently have in Rhode Island, that would be satisfactory. But it is not. It has gone above and beyond."
There was no such rank-breaking in Vermont, where the outcome of H. 57 was never in doubt. The House passed the measure by a vote of 106-37, followed by last week's 24-6 Senate vote.
"When states can act to protect basic health care, they should, and Vermont is an example of the critical role state leaders can play in the work to preserve our patients' rights and freedoms," said Leana Wen, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Planned Parenthood also defended the legacy of the New York bill, which came under fire after Democrats broke out in shouts and applause during the signing ceremony.
"New York's Reproductive Health Act, passed earlier this year, marked the beginning of a sea change in which nearly half of states introduced policies that protect and expand access to safe, legal abortion," Planned Parenthood said Friday.
Vermont House Speaker Mitzi Johnson said the two measures would "go hand in hand to guarantee Vermonters' access to reproductive liberty both in statute and in the constitution."
"If, someday, reproductive freedoms for Vermonters are challenged or restricted, as we are seeing in many other states, our courts will have clear guidance on the fundamental importance of reproductive liberty for our state," she said in Vermont Business Magazine.
Mr. Scott, a pro-choice Republican, has said he supports legislation to "codify Roe" but has not indicated whether he will sign a specific bill.
For pro-life advocates such as Ms. Beerworth, the fear is that Vermont will become even more of an abortion destination. In 2017, Planned Parenthood performed about 1,100 abortions in Vermont as the number of procedures continues to decline nationwide.
"It's gone down, but it's going to go back up because of this attention on abortion," Ms. Beerworth said.


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Risen belongs to the large genre of fantasy action RPGs and offers a single player only experience. The game was published by Deep Silver with a Windows release in 2009 and an Xbox 360 port several months later. Risen has been compared to the likes of the Gothic series with its same emphasis on exploration and faction alignment by the player. This exploration opens up plenty of quest options which forms the majority of your time with the game. Some of these quests are fairly detailed but there a...[Read Review]
Dragon's Dogma is an action RPG developed by Capcom for the Xbox 360 and PS3. The game shares many similarities to Skyrim and the Devil May Cry series. An enhanced version titled Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen was launched a year later and eventually came to Windows in 2016. Dragon's Dogma combines a huge open fantasy world with good old hack and slash action to create an epic adventure that also incorporates some horror elements. Just like other action role playing games players can choose f...[Read Review]
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Demon's Souls is the spiritual predecessor of Dark Souls and features the same focus on providing a high level of game difficulty without relying on cheap tactics. This second game is just as unforgiving and has a great emphasis on character advancement with plenty of skill and gear options. Demon's Souls doesn't try to overload you with story providing a simple dark fantasy backdrop for your adventure. If you love your lore and storylines then there are plenty of options to explore that side of...[Read Review]
Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines
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Mass Effect 2 continues the story from the first Mass Effect and has all the same role playing features that made the first such a success with plenty of refinement. If you loved the original Mass Effect game you definitely don't want to miss the second instalment. Just like the original players will be taking control of Commander Shepard and creating their own team to quest across the galaxy in order to stop a threat of galactic importance. Players will again be exploring the galaxy through the...[Read Review]
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning offers similar gameplay to the Elder Scrolls series but also incorporates a number of combat quick events that players will recognise from the popular God of War series. The game is a single player focused action RPG released in 2012 that is available on multiple platforms (Windows, Xbox 360 and PS3). Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning offers a good amount of game customisation with 4 unique races for the player to choose from. Like other games in the genre these races h...[Read Review]
Fable II is the second game in the action orientated role playing series. Fable II expands on the open world style of the original and is available on the Xbox 360 platform. The game is again set in Albion and set five centuries after the original. The game world has obviously evolved much since that time and continues to grow with the player using its dynamic system. This creates a very vibrant and realistic experience as camps that you help early on in your journey may eventually evolve into t...[Read Review]
Mass Effect is a role playing game that takes place across an entire galaxy and offers plenty of choice for players as to how they want to approach the game. Mass Effect is set in the distant future (year 2183) and has you steeping into the boots of an advanced human soldier by the name of Commander Shephard with his trusty ship the SSV Normandy. In the game the human race has just recently (in the past few decades) become one of the space races which puts them at the bottom of the totem pole an...[Read Review]
Two Worlds II is an action RPG sequel to the 2007 game (which was very mediocre). Two Worlds II is a huge improvement over the original and has plenty of enjoyable aspects for fans of the RPG genre. Players don't choose a class at the start of Two Worlds II and instead develop their character through the four main stat attributes as they level up (endurance, strength, accuracy and will power). You'll also have to place points in a variety of game skills which allows hybrid character styles...[Read Review]
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Neverwinter Nights takes you to a fantasy world in a third person role playing game. The game was released in 2002 for Windows with a Mac release a year later. In the game players can expect a lengthy campaign well in excess of 50 hours. With plenty of community created content also available thanks to the built in game tools players can push this number well into three digits. Players assume the role of an adventurer who gets caught up in a plot involving evil, mystery and cults. The games plot...[Read Review]
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Dragon Age: Inquisition continues the legacy of the Dragon Age franchise with a breathtaking game world full of locations, romance, activities and plenty of combat. Available on the new generation of consoles (Xbox One and PS4) along with the old it's available to a large range of gamers. With the third game offering a vast range of improvements over the second game in the franchise, the Dragon Age series is back to the level of quality it is capable of achieving and places it firmly atop ...[Read Review]
Fallout 3 is an action RPG that has players exploring a massive wasteland in a post-apocalyptic game world. The game was developed by Bethesda Game Studios and released in 2008 for multiple platforms. There are a total of 5 pieces of downloadable content available for Fallout 3 that each adds new locations, features, enemies and an increased level cap. All of these additional content packs are available in the Fallout 3 Game of The Year Edition which is available (and recommended) on all platfor...[Read Review]
Neverwinter Nights 2 continues the adventure from the first game with plenty of enhancements to provide a better gameplay experience. Just like the original game the game uses the Dungeons & Dragons rules and the Forgotten Realms universe. Neverwinter Nights 2 is centred around the city of Neverwinter and fans of the original will recognise some of the game locations for a bit of nostalgia. This time around Neverwinter Nights is split into three different acts that each have their own plot e...[Read Review]
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic is a gory action role playing game for Windows and Xbox 360. With some of the most responsive melee combat of its day you're in for quite the dark adventure. The game is set in a very Lord of the Rings style universe with the game world being ravaged by war between men, elves, dwarves and demons. Now thousands of years after the last great war players join this world as a man named Sareth. After working under the watching eye of a powerful wizard Sareth has gained...[Read Review]
If you like open world games but also like plenty of shooter action you'll love what Far Cry 3 brings to the table. The game is the third in the series and mixes a number of different genres together which proved a successful formula with gamers and critics. Far Cry 3 uses a first person perspective and takes place on a tropical island. The player is free to explore the island as they please while they attempt to save their friends and get off the island. Players can focus on creating large fire...[Read Review]
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor puts you in the middle of The Lord of the Rings universe as you combat orcs with a deadly ranger that also possesses unique wraith abilities. With strong sword combat, stealth mechanics, a large open world and a unique nemesis system Shadow of Mordor offers a high quality Lord of the Rings action adventure with 30-40 hours of gameplay for completionists. Set during in The Lord of the Rings universe a basic understanding of the lore will definitely be a great asset ...[Read Review]
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Divinity II
Divinity II is an action RPG that shifts the franchise away from its action RPG roots in the original game and pushes the experience more towards an open world adventure akin to the Elder Scrolls (e.g. Skyrim) series of games. Unlike Skyrim though players won't be only fighting dragons and instead granted the ability to switch between human and dragon form allowing for a traditional third party RPG adventure amongst chaotic dragon destruction from the air. Set in the same realm as Divine D...[Read Review]
The bombs have dropped and Fallout 4 is climbing out of the rubble allowing you to explore a devastated Boston landscape in the year 2287 over two centuries after the world was taken to the edge by nuclear war. Released on Windows, Xbox One and PS4 as the fifth major game in the Fallout franchise Fallout 4 has everything you've come to expect from the post nuclear war series. For the first time though players will be able to experience the day that the bombs were dropped around the world w...[Read Review]
Age of Conan tries to separate itself from other MMO experiences by marketing itself as a more mature gaming experience. Like many other MMORPGs before it the game started out as a pay to play game and in recent years has swapped to a free to play game. The game is loosely based in the Conan universe and if you are familiar with the Conan franchise you will get an extra kick out of the story but this is definitely not a requirement to enjoy the experience. The graphics in Age of Conan is the fir...[Read Review]
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Ravensword: Shadowlands
Ravensword: Shadowlands seeks to bring the AAA role playing experience of the Elder Scrolls series to mobile devices by building a large game world, offering various combat options and sprinkling fantasy elements. Subsequent to release on iOS and Android the game was brought to the Steam platform. Ravensword: Shadowlands takes players to a land in chaos where the Kingdom of Tyreas stood as a lone wolf against the tidal waves of dark elf invaders into the once peaceful lands. During this events t...[Read Review]
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Fable III
Fable III is the third game in the Fable series and has players again exploring what Albion has to offer. The game is set 50 years after the second game and is available on the Xbox 360 and Windows. The continent of Albion has advanced quite a bit in the 50 years since players last had the opportunity to explore the continent. Albion is now in an industrial age with guns joining melee weapons and magic as your combat options. In Fable III players will attempt to build support for a resistance mo...[Read Review]
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Presenting itself with a pirate theme Risen 2: Dark Waters implants elements of the standard medieval fantasy role playing game into this setting to create a seamless mix of the two. On the one hand players will have pirate ships, open seas and buried treasure while on the other they'll have fantasy monsters, voodoo powers and powerful godlike beings. Players will experience all of these elements as they embark on a pirate journey to find ancient evil defeating artifacts spread across the ...[Read Review]
The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) brings the popular role playing series to the MMO environment with an adventure that sets out to create the ultimate Elder Scrolls adventure and fills it with other online adventurers like yourself. The greatest appeal to the Elder Scrolls Online is without a doubt to the long time fans of the franchise who will appreciate the expanded world before them although in order to break through into the competitive MMO market a number of decisions have been made that ensu...[Read Review]
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Dragon Age II is the second game in the hit Dragon Age series developed by BioWare and continues the fantasy adventure with a number of new features. The game was released in 2011 and is available across the big platforms including Mac, Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. While Dragon Age II is tied with the original game the stories are distant enough that players won't have to play the original for the full experience but it is definitely recommended. In Dragon Age II you will play as Hawke w...[Read Review]
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Action and adventure hit new heights in Far Cry 4, a game that sticks to the open world shooter mechanics developed from previous additions in the franchise pretty closely. While new mechanics are few and far between in Far Cry 4 it's a solid experience set in one of the more unique settings of the series. Set in Kyrat players assume the role of Ajay Ghale who returns home from America to spread his mother's ashes. Upon returning though you find yourself in the centre of the civil war taking pla...[Read Review]
Arcania: Gothic 4 (often simply Arcania) continues the Gothic series of games. It moves away from previous settings in the Gothic series and instead takes place on an island with an impressive variety of settings. The plot leaves a lot to be desired in Gothic 4 with a very dry and mostly standard storyline that doesn't do much to hold your interest and can get pretty confusing in the process. The attention was definitely placed more on the gameplay and visual side of things in Arcania: Gothic 4 ...[Read Review]
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ELEX brings the popular action role playing genre into a science fiction setting. Opting for a touch of post apocalyptic themes alongside a dark and complex world ELEX is a mixture of game elements into one. It comes from Piranha Bytes who are well known for their Gothic franchise and the ability to create unique and hardcore RPG environments that will suck you in and not let go until hundreds of hours later. As long time fans of Piranha Bytes though would well know it's not without the us...[Read Review]
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Far Cry 2 belongs to the open world genre and released back in 2008. The game has very few ties to the original Far Cry and is an entirely new experience for players to enjoy. In the game players will have the opportunity to explore a number of African inspired landscapes that are locked in a civil war. You'll assume the role of a mercenary in Far Cry 2 as you travel across desert and jungle to find and assassinate the head of a gun running rink, known only as The Jackal. Far Cry 2 introduces pl...[Read Review]
Returning to the roots of the franchise Risen 3: Titan Lords promises fans to step back to the original formula of Risen and undoing some of the choices made in Risen 2 game design. Taking control of a new hero untouched from your past two journeys in the Risen universe (although has some relation to NPCs of the past) the story follows your role as a pirate captain pushing back the darkness that threatens the world while also helping the various inhabitants with their problems. With a fantasy st...[Read Review]
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Del Rio Sector Arrests of Immigrants from Africa on the Rise
Eagle Pass Agents Apprehend Another Group of 34
Del Rio, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass Station have arrested another group of 34 people from Africa. Del Rio Sector has seen a dramatic rise in the number of arrests of illegal immigrants from African countries over the past week.
"The introduction of this new population places additional burdens on processing stations, to include language and cultural differences," said Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Raul L. Ortiz. "Our agents continue to meet each new challenge as the ongoing humanitarian crisis evolves."
On June 5, agents assigned to the Eagle Pass Station arrested a group of 34 people from the continent of Africa. Since May 30, more than 500 people from the continent of Africa have been arrested by the U.S. Border Patrol in Del Rio Sector. Agents have encountered immigrants from Africa crossing the Rio Grande River in multiple separate events, including one group of over 100 individuals. These groups are primarily made up of family units from the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.
Del Rio Sector's total apprehensions to date this year are in excess of 33,000, already more than double the total number of arrests made during the previous fiscal year. More than 27,000 of the individuals arrested this year, over 80 percent, are from approximately 38 countries other than Mexico.
All immigrants arrested are medically evaluated and are referred to medical professionals for more advanced care if needed.
The Del Rio Border Patrol Sector is part of the Joint Task Force-West South Texas Corridor, which leverages federal, state and local resources to combat transnational criminal organizations. To report suspicious activity call the Del Rio Sector's toll free number at 1-866-511-8727.


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package com.netflix.hollow.api.codegen;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

import java.util.Arrays;
import org.junit.Test;

public class ArgumentParserTest {
    enum Commands {
        orderCoffee,
        drinkCoffee,
        tossCoffee,
        writeArgumentParserClass;
    };

    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
    public void test_missingDash() {
        new ArgumentParser<Commands>(Commands.class, new String[]{"-orderCoffee=f"});
    }

    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
    public void test_missingValue() {
        new ArgumentParser<Commands>(Commands.class, new String[]{"--orderCoffee"});
    }

    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
    public void test_missingArgument() {
        new ArgumentParser<Commands>(Commands.class, new String[]{"--compileOnFirstTry=f"});
    }

    @Test
    public void test_noCommands() {
        assertEquals(Arrays.asList(), new ArgumentParser<Commands>(Commands.class, new String[] {}).getParsedArguments());
    }

    @Test
    public void test_validCommands() {
        assertEquals(3, new ArgumentParser<Commands>(Commands.class, new String[] {
            "--orderCoffee=first", "--drinkCoffee=next", "--writeArgumentParserClass=yay"}).getParsedArguments().size());
        assertParsedArgument("--orderCoffee=fi.rst", Commands.orderCoffee, "fi.rst");
        assertParsedArgument("--drinkCoffee=ne/x--t", Commands.drinkCoffee, "ne/x--t");
        assertParsedArgument("--tossCoffee=with space", Commands.tossCoffee, "with space");
        assertParsedArgument("--writeArgumentParserClass=compl_ete", Commands.writeArgumentParserClass, "compl_ete");

    }

    private void assertParsedArgument(String commandLineArg, Commands key, String value) {
        ArgumentParser<Commands>.ParsedArgument parsed = new ArgumentParser<>(Commands.class, new String[] {
            commandLineArg}).getParsedArguments().get(0);
        assertEquals(key, parsed.getKey());
        assertEquals(value, parsed.getValue());
    }
}


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Q: Firebase function - how to create multiple documents from different collections I am fairly new to writing functions and cannot figure out how to solve my issue or even search for it properly.
I have three collections:
current_projects
vendors
vendor_projects
when a new project is created I want the function to take all documents in vendors, add certain fields from them to vendor_projects, and include the project_id field that is created in current_projects.
Do I need a for loop to accomplish this or is there other syntax that could be utilized?
My current function is below.  This creates on document using the new project_id field but doesnt take any of the fields from vendors.  Any input is greatly appreciated.
exports.createProjVen = functions.firestore.document("/Current_projects/{id}")
.onCreate((snap, context)=>{
  console.log(snap.data());
  const id = snap.data().id;
  // const collection = context.params.Current_projects;
  // const id = context.params.id;

  const projectVendors = admin.firestore().collection("project_vendors");
  // const vendors = admin.firestore().collection("vendors");

  return projectVendors.doc(id).set({
    actual: "",
    budget: "",
    id: "23121",
    project_id: id,
    toggle: "true",
    type: "Fixtures",
    vendor_company: "tes",
    vendor_contact: "tes",
    vendor_email: "jj@j.com",
    vendor_id: "test",
    vendor_phone_number: "test"});
});

Adding more details:
When a new project is added it creates a record in current_projects.

I want the function to be able to query all documents in the vendor collection when a new record is created in current_projects.

From there, I want to grab the highlighted fields from the vendor documents, add the id from that was created from current_projects (highlighted in the first screen shot), and create a new document in project_vendors (third screen shot below) for every document in the vendors table.

A: If you are trying to created a document in project_vendors collection for every vendor in vendors after a project is created then you can map an array of promises and then use Promise.all() as shown below:
exports.createProjVen = functions.firestore.document("/Current_projects/{id}")
  .onCreate((snap, context) => {
    const docSnap = snap.data();
    const id = context.params.id;

    const vendorsSnap = await admin.firestore().collection("vendors").get();
    const vendorsData = vendorsSnap.docs.map((d) => ({ id: d.id, ...d.data() }))

    const promises = [];

    const vendorPrsCol = admin.firestore().collection("project_vendors");

    vendorsData.forEach((vendor) => {
      const data = {
        projectId: id,
        email: vendor.email,
        // other vendor fields
      }

      promises.push(vendorPrsCol.add(data));
    })

    await Promise.all(promises);

    console.log("Vendor Projects added");
    return null;
  });