Is Garcinia Cambogia Extract Safe to Take?
In terms of losing weight safely and quickly, so many people have turned to pure Garcinia Cambogia extract for the solution. Associated with simple; this weight loss pill works. There are many forms which you can use, and the pure form is very popular. Though the choice is yours if you need to combine it with other herbs that are known to help.
For the little background information, Garcinia Cambogia features a rich history originating in Asia and west to India. It had been used as both a nutrient rich food and also a medicine. This medicinal approach from India is ancient and contains become popular in numerous Western nations today. But it's interesting how the healing properties can also be conferred through eating the fruit in the many preparations.
The extracted Garcinia product works its magic because of the prime factor called Hydroxycitric acid (HCA). And also this has been discussed so much and has also been the subject of research studies. In order that is also why it's mentioned inside the various marketing materials and copy seen on the web. One of the most well-known outcomes of HCA is that it works wonders with curbing your appetite. Controlling the appetite is a thing many obese people have a problem with, so it can be a powerful fat loss aid.
Premium Garcinia extract can also be sold since the pure form of the flower. Still, you will definitely get the same enhanced effects which will be discussed, now. You must understand that Garcinia exerts a biochemical effect on specific enzymes. With many enzymes, the effects is to slow up the normal activity. This is where the weight loss benefit is available in because it acts to close the production of sugar metabolism. Take into account this is not an enduring effect which can be actually to get the best.
Blood sugar levels are obviously very important and the focus of many health conditions including obesity. Normally, the carbohydrates you eat (and sugars) are partially changed to glucose. You never want an excessive amount of in your system. But garcinia cambogia extract pure, along with the pure variety of it, help reduce the amount of blood sugar levels which helps with curbing fat gain.
But the benefit of maximizing the end results is make use of a Garcinia supplement which gives you the appropriate amount of HCA. So when you are shopping, make sure to choose a merchandise that has at least 60% HCA in it. Anything less than that and you will not get the full effect. Plus you've got to watch out for inferior Garcinia extract products. The simplest way to do this would be to look for quality indicators as well as do some research all on your own.
Often times marketing copy puts things in simple terms for people. Yes, Garcinia Cambogia pure extract is actually something that will block fat. But it's the development and creation of fat which is interrupted. High are additional benefits besides those for losing weight fast. The ingredients, primarily HCA, assist with other conditions including management of stress. You know how stressful it may be to try to shed weight and it's hard. Which means this plant extract will help with that as well.
Once you start using buy garcinia cambogia extract, ensure you closely follow the instructions. You will soon feel the effects of appetite suppression. But it is extremely important to eat as healthy as you possibly can. When you do this, your skill to drop the pounds and reduce fat increase.


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require "helper"

class TestWorker < Test::Unit::TestCase

  def setup
    @redis_mock = Object.new
    @redis_mock.extend(Test::Unit::Assertions)
    ReMQ.set_redis(@redis_mock)
    @worker = ReMQ::Worker.new
  end

  def redis_keys_returns_empty
    def @redis_mock.keys(match)
      []
    end
  end

  def test_add_queue
    redis_keys_returns_empty
    @worker.add_queue('example')
    assert_contains('example', @worker.queues)
    @worker.add_queue('test')
    assert_contains('test', @worker.queues)
    # assert that the previous queue is still in place
    assert_contains('test', @worker.queues)
  end

  def test_remove_queue
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    @worker.add_queue('example')
    @worker.add_queue('test')
    @worker.remove_queue('example')
    assert_not_contains('example', @worker.queues)
  end

  def test_process
    def @redis_mock.blpop(*args)
      [ 'example', [ 'TestJob', 'foo', 'bar' ].to_json ]
    end
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  def test_reenqueue_after_exception
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    end
    def @redis_mock.blpop(*args)
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After having great success at the Eurovision Song Contest, Nathan decided to give his song "Running On Air" another personal twist as he releases an Italian version called "Fino A Che Volerò".
After finishing 16th with his self-written song "Running On Air" at the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest in May, Nathan Trent decided to rerecord the song in his mother tongue. He already performed a short multilingual version at the press conference in Kyiv, but now he has translated the entire song as an homage to his second homeland.
Italian is my mother tongue and let's me express my feelings in a different way. For this I'm very happy I can share this version called "Fino A Che Volerò" ("until I'll be flying") with everyone, because it has an even deeper meaning.
"Fino A Che Volerò" will be available for download and stream on every known plattform soon.


For months, I had in my head how our birth story would happen. We'd wake up in the middle of the night and gather our things, hug the dogs goodbye, and calmly head to the hospital to become a family of three. We planned hard. We took classes. We read books. We hired a doula and practiced breathing, positions, and laboring at home. I figured I'd have your standard 15 hour, first-time mom labor. I thought Landon would have time to leave at least once to come home and check on the dogs (he didn't leave my side at all. The man is a saint!). We even talked about coming home after one night if things were going well! And yet, that's not how it went at all.
Tuesday night at 10 pm, my doctor made the call to have me come into the hospital due to swollen feet and slightly high blood pressure readings at home. I'd called her because my feet were more swollen than I'd ever seen before but I felt fine. We packed our bags just in case and drove the 15 minutes to the hospital. There weren't any triage rooms available when we arrived so we waited in the lobby until 11:30ish when we finally got a room.
They hooked me up to monitors to check out my blood pressure, contractions and baby's heart rate. All looked great upon getting set up. They wanted to monitor us for a couple hours and do some blood work just to make sure I wasn't swollen due to preeclampsia (spoiler alert, I wasn't).
Somewhere around 1:30 AM, they came in to let me know that my blood work was fine but, while they'd been waiting on that to come back, the baby's heart rate had dipped once and my blood pressure had gone up at the exact same time, so they wanted to admit us and go ahead and induce me.
I waited until the doctors left and then I cried. I didn't want to be induced. I didn't want my baby's heart rate to be dipping. I didn't want any of this to be happening. Landon reminded me that we only cared that our baby was healthy and that I was safe, too and we'd do what we had to in order to reach that point. He hugged me while I got myself together and we prepared to begin our hospital stay where we'd meet our son.
I wasn't dilated at all when they checked. In fact, they said my cervix was "closed like a safe." They ordered a Foley catheter which is a balloon filled with water that goes in the cervix to help initiate dilation (up to 3 cm). That was placed at 2:30 am and we were officially admitted at 3:45 AM. We did our best to sleep between nurses coming in and out and the beeping of machines. They gave me Ambien to help with sleeping (I only took half a pill each time – which confused the nurses – but part of my birth plan was no drugs that would reach the baby) and they prepared us early on that it might be a while before we actually had a baby in our arms.
On Wednesday, we napped and walked the halls of the labor and delivery floor. The foley bulb was uncomfortable but I certainly didn't want to lay in bed all day. They checked throughout the day to see how dilated I was but things were moving very slow. They could leave the foley bulb in for 24 hours and that's what they intended to do… so we napped some more, ate lunch and dinner, watched basketball and did our best to relax. We kept our families updated on the progress but the information was limited since everything seemed to be going so slowly. The good news was that my blood pressure readings were all normal, the baby's heart rate was steady and my swelling had gone down.
They removed the foley bulb at 2 AM and placed cytotec by my cervix to help it continue to soften/dilate. We got some sleep after that but my doctor told me to go ahead and order breakfast at 6 AM because they were going to start me on (the dreaded) Pitocin. There would be no more food until after my delivery. I ate the biggest breakfast sandwich ever and we walked a bit more knowing that soon I'd be hooked up to machines and not be mobile any longer. As I was getting back in bed, my water broke.
This seemed like a victory to the nurses. It just made me uncomfortable as I started really feeling my contractions. Since they were already set up to start the Pitocin, they moved forward with it about 15 minutes after my water broke. If you've had Pitocin before, you know that it intensifies the contractions and makes them occur closer together. They started it at level 2 and told me it goes up to 30 and they'd increase it every 30 minutes or so. I hated it from the start. I almost immediately asked for nitrous to be brought into my room to help me get through the contractions. Thankfully the anesthesiologist was quick and had it set up in a matter of minutes.
Half of my plan went out the window the second we were admitted, and more items were marked off as we moved through the hours. I kept joking with my doctor that every time I saw her she was crossing something else off. We'd hired a doula but we weren't sure when to have her come since things were going so differently than we'd planned. We didn't know what she'd do and we felt bad having someone just sit in the room with us.
Landon helped me breathe through the contractions until they dialed it up to a 6. At that point, the nitrous wasn't cutting it. I started asking for an epidural. Landon encouraged me to breathe and I resisted the urge to punch him. The nurse dialed the Pitocin back because she could see my contractions were pretty intense and frequent and then went ahead and called for anesthesiology.
I was terrified of having a contraction while they placed the epidural. The worst part was the position they make you get in to have the epidural – the needle itself wasn't too bad. Within minutes I felt relief. My doctors encouraged me to try to get some sleep if I could and told us again that it still might be a while before we had a baby.
I took a good nap and when they came back in to check me, I was 7 cm dilated. We felt like things were moving along enough then that we could call our doula. I had been so hot up until this point (the AC was on 55) and poor Landon was bundled up in a sweatshirt and blankets when he was trying to nap. Our doula and birth photographer both arrived at 3:30 PM and I threw up as I tried to say hello. I'd heard about people throwing up during labor, but had hoped I wouldn't be one of them.
I asked for anesthesiology to come back into the room because I didn't feel like my left side was numb at all. Again, they were super prompt getting into my room and as she began to test my numbness with a piece of ice, I began throwing up again.
They had me roll to my left side and pump the button for more medicine every 20 minutes for an hour to see if that helped. I started to cool off while laying like that and asked that the heat be turned up and for an extra blanket. The nurses went into overdrive at that point and realized that I had a fever. It seemed like I had been fine just a moment before but all of a sudden I was shaking violently (so bad that nurses were holding me down), couldn't get enough blankets on me and was still cold even with the heat on 80 (side note: the nurses had to hate me for these drastic temperatures!). Landon later told me that the way I was shaking reminded him of when he went into septic shock as a kid due to a ruptured appendix. I had no idea it was that bad but I attribute that to the calmness and quickness of the nurses.
Now that I had a fever, I had to be on antibiotics and even more fluids (welcome back, swelling!). And I was starving but only allowed clear liquids. My doula got me orange popsicles which were the most delicious popsicles EVER (I was 12 hours without food at this point). Everyone left in shifts to go get food and to not eat in front of me… but I made them all tell me what they had to eat so I could live vicariously through their dinners. I also stared at the menu and planned out my next meal for when I could finally eat.
Around 9 PM, we started realizing that it might be another day before our baby actually arrived. My doctor decided to check me again and at that point I was 9 cm dilated, so we were finally getting close! She said she'd be back in two hours to check again and told me to try to grab one more nap before the fun began.
Just before midnight, the doctors came in with our fabulous nurse, Katie and confirmed that I was fully dilated and effaced. They asked me if I wanted to try some "practice pushes." I asked a little later on "when we start pushing for real…" and they all laughed and said we were definitely already pushing for real. I could still feel everything on my left side but didn't want to take any narcotics and since we were pushing now, the chances of the epidural being re-done seemed slim.
Landon put on our playlist and we had our diffuser going (we got lots of compliments on both of these things). He held my hand on one side and my doula was on the other side. Nurse Katie ran the show. We were so impressed with her!
After two hours of pushing, I became very exhausted, reminded everyone how hungry I was and started crying because the stupid epidural wasn't working at all. I could feel everything on both sides now. Previously, they'd sent in anesthesiologist residents to place the epidural and check on it, but this time the attending doctor came. He poked me with a pin on my low back and legs and I confirmed that I felt each and every poke. He was surprised but decided to adjust the epidural and they increased the dose. It still NEVER worked on my left side.
The 20 minute break was all I needed. I was able to compose myself, Liam moved down in that time, and I felt like I had a little more strength to continue on. Every few pushes, I changed positions (and threw up again)… this went on for another two hours. I asked Dr. Feller how many more pushes and she told me three should do it. Nurse Katie called in the NICU doctors (precaution) and another nurse.
And then, I had a wave of calm wash over me. I asked the photographer to move to the other side because I wanted pictures of Landon's face when he saw Liam for the first time. This makes me laugh now, that even in one of the hardest moments of my life, I was concerned about getting the good picture. Landon said I just became very focused and quiet and then we saw him for the first time at 3:55 AM.
We were both crying and waiting on him to cry. The nurses were rubbing him while placing him on my chest and I remember one of them saying "come on buddy, where's that cry?" And just before I could panic, he let out a cry and the whole room had a mood change.
Landon got to cut the cord while I did skin-to-skin and marveled over how perfect he was. I kept asking Landon to count his fingers and toes and we immediately commented on how he has my mouth. The NICU doctors weren't needed (thankfully), we were able to donate the cord blood, and we had a healthy baby boy. Due to my infection in the placenta, we weren't able to do the encapsulation as we had planned but we'd learned long ago (3 days to be exact) that we needed to be extra flexible with our birth plan. The most important item on our birth plan was healthy baby and we got just that.
I could not be more grateful for Dana Ashley Photography for capturing these priceless memories for us. If you ever want to fall in love with your husband again, just have a baby with him. I can promise you your heart will feel like it is going to explode with all the love you have in there! Our doula Heather was great with talking us through those last 12 hours of labor, making sure we had whatever we needed and supporting us both. The nurses and doctors were fantastic and I can't tell you how much I feel like them staying calm at certain moments saved us from tons of worry. And the food at the NC Women's Hospital is delicious. Like I've joked about just going there for a lunch date….
While our experience was nothing like we'd thought it would be or planned, it is ours and we walked away with a beautiful, healthy baby boy. And now we're almost 3 weeks in as a family of three and we're all still breathing, we've gotten sleep and we've even been out on a date already!
This is just so, so beautiful. Reading it was like reading Claire's birth story and brought me to tears. I can still feel the emotions of how all my well laid plans for a natural birth went out the window with her due to my induction that I didn't want. I'm so glad you can see the blessing of a healthy mama and baby. I hope in due time you are able to re-write your giving birth story with another angel. Cheers to 20 days — it only gets better!
It was worth it all, wasn't it.


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The AgriBusiness Forum 2010 was jointly The forum was jointly organised by EMRC and the Government of the Republic of Uganda, in collaboration with Rabobank and the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations.
The forum welcomed a record turnout of over 400 delegates from over 40 countries around the world. The aim of the forum was to promote intracontinental and south-south business partnerships.
The forum was presided by the President of the Republic of Uganda, H.E. Yoweri Museveni, and welcomed the Ugandan Prime Minister and the Minister of Agriculture, alongside the Prime Minister of Chad and other ministerial representatives from various African countries.
Their participation at the conference underlined the importance of agricultural development for Africa, and the fact that African governments are not only aware of the problems, but have decided to throw their full weight behind such development.


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WHACKED: Purple Gang Boss Shot Dead in Car
By Ed Scarpo Monday, November 18, 2013
Gangster Michael Meldish took a bullet to the head on Friday night in a grizzly exercise of Mafia recidivism. The killing has all the signs of a genuine, bona fide mob hit – old school all the way.
Michael Meldish's good night kiss.
Meldish, whose brother is currently serving time in prison, has been a notorious hitman believed to have killed more than 10 people in the two decades he spent running The Purple Gang. His reign ended on Friday night, at around 10:30 p.m. His body was found in the driver's seat of a rusty Lincoln LS in Throgs Neck on Ellsworth Ave.
"Michael was a stone-cold killer," Joseph Coffey, former commanding officer of the NYPD's organized crime homicide task force, told the New York Daily News, which added that Coffey had "tried for years to pin murders on Meldish…" Interesting choice of phrase.
Joseph Meldish, now in prison, is alleged to have
committed up to 70 contract hits.
Coffey added: "We couldn't get any witnesses. They had the people so terrified they just wouldn't cooperate."
Coffey said he suspects Meldish was offed by a rival – and that "It should have happened a long time ago. I call it vermin killing vermin — poetic justice." Tell us how you really feel, Joe…
Meldish's body was seen by witnesses, who said he'd been "nattily [nicely, expensively] dressed, in a camel-colored leather jacket and slacks" when he was whacked. Sounds like he was arriving from or going to a high-level meeting. A setup?
"His head was back, his mouth was open and his sunglasses were on the floor, with one of the lenses popped out," a witness told the News.
Meldish reportedly controlled the drug trade in the Bronx and Harlem as the co-leader of the Purple Gang — a crew originally affiliated with the Luchese, Genovese and Bonanno crime families.
His brother and longtime partner in crime, Joseph Meldish, is believed to be responsible for as many as 70 contract killings.
Joseph Meldish, 56, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison in 2011 for a 1999 slaying.
Michael Meldish racked up nearly 10 arrests between 1970 and 1990 on charges ranging from assault to forgery. "They were the lowest of the low ... just ruthless scumbags," Coffey said.
But Meldish's former landlady in the Bronx described him as a perfect gentleman, the News reported.
"There's not a bad thing I can say about him," said his onetime landlady, Anne Rescigno, 84. "I loved him like he was my son."
Sounds like a dyed-in-the-wool gangster.
The Purple Gang is long considered to be among the most pitiless mob crews in the city.
The gang was known for killing and dismembering rivals as it controlled the heroin trade in Harlem and the Bronx in the 1970s and 1980s. Its members — many of whom were relatives of more established crime figures — often freelanced as "muscle" for the Lucchese, Genovese and Bonanno families.
Taking its name from a group of thugs that terrorized Detroit during Prohibition, the Purple Gang grew so powerful in the late 1970s that authorities feared it might attempt to become the area's sixth organized crime family — potentially igniting an all-out mob war.
A 1976 federal report cited the gang's "enormous capacity for violence" and "lack of respect for other members of organized crime."
The crew's power began waning in the late 1980s as members were snared in drug busts.
Joseph Meldish Michael Meldish Purple Gang
rest in peace Micheal and fuck off Joe Coffey. Mike was a true tough guy who had balls of steel. My heart goes out to his family and to his brother in prison my good friend Joey 13.
Santa Flaws Nov 18, 2013, 11:34:00 PM
I see, if you're a tough guy with balls of steel it's ok no matter how many murders you commit. What a jackass world view. Piscialetto!
Anonymous Nov 19, 2013, 8:22:00 AM
It was OK for Bush and Chaney to send thousands of young Americans to be killed on a lie about wmd's. Your a jackass. I never said it was OK to murder and yes I am friends with his brother and he did have balls and came from nothing in east Harlem like most of my friends and myself
Sonny Girard Nov 19, 2013, 9:02:00 AM
Bugsy Siegel famously said, "We only kill each other." Not to excuse murder, but authorities would love to put half the guys in the street in front of a firing squad, but are willing to settle for a needle or life buried underground in Colorado or some other SuperMax. Worry more about young "gangsta" thugs who randomly shoot into the street and kill women and children.
Bush and Cheney, eh, genius?
"While the distance between the United States and Iraq is great, Saddam Hussein's ability to use his chemical and biological weapons against us is not constrained by geography - it can be accomplished in a number of different ways - which is what makes this threat so real and persuasive." Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), October 10, 2002
"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country." Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction." Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002
58% of Senate Democrats voted for the Iraq war bill. Here's a sampling, see any familiar names?
Biden (D-DE)
Clinton (D-NY)
Daschle (D-SD)
Dodd (D-CT)
Edwards (D-NC)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Reid (D-NV)
Schumer (D-NY)
Ed Scarpo Nov 19, 2013, 12:39:00 PM
Oh Christ...you gotta be kidding! I'm Ed Scarpo not Bill O'Reilly!
Hopefully they kill Joey meldish in prison. 70 contract murders is insane" I'm sure the government has him under there rader ! /. These people are a danger to society ! They should give him the needle. Go give your life to God and repent.
You and santa rat would not be so bold if you talked that way to his friends
Santa Flaws Nov 20, 2013, 10:42:00 AM
That won't happen because I don't talk to vermin. I'll debate 'em online but I won't talk to them.
This is the computer asshole we can be as bold as we like / you are a criminal low life / come find me jackass Lmao / killing people is wrong if you don't like what I'm saying then shut your mouth
Whatever happen to Sally horse? He was a member of the purple gang / he ended up getting pulled with the bonanno crime family / then he disappeared
Ed Scarpo Nov 21, 2013, 7:13:00 AM
Writing an article about them - two acting mob bosses were affiliated with the PG - which became part of today's 116th street crew...
If the computer tough guys want to back up there talk, they should go to Rao's in East Harlem. Monday through Friday evening what's left of the Purple Gang hang out at the bar or the booth they own (first one to the left) if they haven't loaned it out to some one else. This is not a website dealing with choir boys. So if anyone is offended by the content or the stories, why waste time fighting and arguing over the computer. Go to a cooking website or porn website.
Anonymous Old School.
Ed Scarpo Nov 20, 2013, 10:14:00 AM
Thank you Old School... did you notice my secret tribute to you in the lead? I sometimes think I need to write instructions on how to use this site; some folks just don't get it...
I heard you have to have an invitation to get a seat at Rao's these days.
Hey Santa - read my Blakey story?
You need an invitation or have to know someone to get a table at Rao's, but anyone can hang out at the bar. In all honesty, you ain't missing a whole lot. The food is so-so. The broads are hot, though, but watch out who you talk, too.
Anonymous-Old School.
Anonymous Nov 27, 2013, 12:34:00 AM
The Meldish brothers are done - their time is now over, Joey goes to jail and the brother gets wacked, you should of seen this day coming. I am sure its not finished, people don't forget about the past and want their pound of flesh. The guy who shot Meldish in the head now has the brass balls. Joey better grow eyes in the back of his head in jail as its just a matter of time.
Anonymous Dec 20, 2013, 7:04:00 PM
Was meldish married to a girl named Anna from Queens?
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Ythan A.S.C. is an amateur swimming club located in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. We were established in 1980 at Ellon Swimming Pool. We cater for athletes from 7-16+ years of age. Our current membership is around 80 swimmers however we always welcome new members at any time.
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Current level of swimming (please note that as a guide, children must be at Level 5 in the Aberdeenshire Council swimming lessons, and currently swimming lengths).
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After a Member of My Synagogue's Community Was Ripped Away by ICE, I Saw Behind the Dark Curtain
By Aaron Brusso
Nov 28, 20184:46 PM
Aaron Brusso, Armando Rojas Jr., and Armando Rojas at the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana in April.
Aaron Brusso
As a rabbi, my job is to see and appreciate other human beings, their uniqueness, and their stories. I always thought that the United States promoted a vision of humanity that aligns with this work and my belief that all are created equal and endowed with certain unalienable rights, and that no country's citizenship but rather the "Creator" provides this to all. But my personal experience with our immigration system these past eight months has revealed that there is a hidden part of our country where these truths are violated daily.
Armando Rojas, the custodian at the congregation where I am a rabbi in Westchester County, New York, and a 20-year member of our communal family, was taken from us suddenly in February by ICE and deported back to a country he had not lived in for decades. Left behind were his two sons, his wife, and hundreds of families who have grown to love him in our community.
For months we have been trying to tell his story to an immigration-enforcement system and asylum process not interested in hearing it. His family is being broken apart, his fears are going unheard, and he has spent months in detention. All of this has happened with grudging responsiveness and a stunning lack of transparency from our government.
One of the reasons we as humans fear a flood is that it is thoughtless and indiscriminate as it uproots. Washed out to sea, we have worked persistently to coax the current to bring Armando back to shore with little sense that the waters that grip him know the preciousness of what they hold.
In contrast to that indifference, our community of more than 500 families responded with love by bringing Armando's family weekly meals, hiring an attorney, and calling the family daily. We didn't hesitate to send two delegations to the border to walk Armando to a port of entry so he could seek asylum. We didn't think twice about driving his teenage son to visit him in detention, where he has been for the past five months.
The detention facility is one of the most mechanized forms of processing human beings and their stories I have ever encountered.
What none of us were prepared for was the peek behind the curtain we have gotten of a callous immigration system that disregarded Armando's 30 years in this country with no criminal record, that deported him knowing we had filed for a stay of deportation, and that shrugged after the stay was granted one day too late. We were in shock to hear that ICE officers left him on the other side of the border with no ID, no cash, no bank card, and no cellphone, saying to those he was dropped off with, "You'll all probably get kidnapped."
We were not prepared for the up-close view of the way our country now processes asylum cases, from the initial attempt by Border Patrol to deter Armando from seeking asylum by claiming it had "no capacity" to the months he has spent in detention with no sense of when it would hear his story. While he was in detention, the definition of asylum was significantly narrowed by the attorney general of the United States. When Armando finally received an interview, allowing him to explain why he is afraid to return to Mexico, our attorney described a hopeful conversation with the ICE asylum officer only to have those hopes dashed when a supervisor denied that Armando had a fear of return. They denied any fear with no explanation or justification even though two of his relatives had been killed and he received threatening phone calls upon return to the village where he grew up.
But it was our trip to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Buffalo Detention Facility, and our attempt to simply observe Armando's final appeal before an immigration judge, that truly revealed how hidden our broken immigration system is from public view.
Nine members of our community, including Armando's wife and son, drove six hours north so we could be present at his hearing in Batavia, New York. We drove in to an office park with no signage at the entrance identifying the fact that tucked away at the end of the road and out of sight was the ICE Buffalo Detention Facility. When we arrived at the security gate, the officer took our IDs, made a phone call, and came back saying, "Sorry, you can't go in." When he saw our shock, he added, "There is nothing to see. It's all by video." When we insisted we just wanted to be there for support, he said, "Sorry, you can't go in." We hadn't said whom we were there to see or what case we were interested in. But somehow he knew to turn us away.
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I called our attorney, who was inside the facility, and he spoke to the court clerk. After a number of minutes the attorney called and said he had worked it out and we could come in. The guard made another call and raised the gate to let us in.
Once inside, the clerk of the court said, "Oh, you are the letter people." She acknowledged receiving the hundreds of letters our community had sent that now sat in a box in the office. She apologized that there was no way to enter them into the case proceedings. We asked if we could sit and observe the proceedings so at least Armando would see us there, but we were told that we could not.
Eventually Armando's case was called and the detention officer opened a door to a small hallway where there were courtrooms and our attorney disappeared inside. He reappeared 15 minutes later and described the exchange as terse, tightly controlled, and with little opportunity for him to speak in order to make the case. The judge said he had not read the attorney's brief but doubted that it could even be entered into the record. The attorney for the government questioned whether our attorney could even be there. Our attorney argued that he had a right to be there and submit a brief. The judge ultimately allowed for both. Armando was there by video and the judge asked him a couple questions. It was over before it really started.
The next day, the judge issued a decision by checking off boxes on a form ruling that Armando does not have a fear of return to his country and concluding that "the case is returned to the DHS for removal of the alien." Months of waiting and building a case to present a fully formed human being to the government and, in the end, a government form dismisses his story and the very essence of his humanity. From the perspective of the government, all that was left to do was remove the "alien."
The detention facility is one of the most mechanized forms of processing human beings and their stories I have ever encountered. Everything about it is meant to insulate the people who work there, the judges, and even those of us visiting from seeing human beings. Intimidation is rampant, from the officer at the front gate who didn't want to let us in at all to the judge and government attorney questioning and limiting the role our attorney could play, and of course refusing our presence in the room to observe.
We entered a part of our country that is hidden away. When people function knowing they are not being observed, it becomes much easier not to see but to simply process human beings. To devalue their lives, constrain their liberty and ignore their happiness by taking away that which should be unalienable and simply calling them "alien." Out of sight, it also becomes easy to avoid seeing the consequences our immigration policy visits upon broken families.
Earlier, we held a rally at our synagogue where hundreds gathered in support of Armando. Beforehand, a teen in our community said about him, "He knew my name." After the rally, Armando's teenage son said, "I didn't realize how many people loved my dad." That is exactly what we hope to teach our kids—how to see and appreciate people.
Because our immigration system is hidden from view, it makes it easier for those working within it to not feel public shame for not seeing the people whose lives they hold in their hands. To not seem to care at all as we stand on the shore watching Armando carried out to sea.
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Jets' CB options thinning as Ro-Cro heads to Giants
BY DAN BEGNOCHE
If Jets fans weren't worrying about acquiring a cornerback before Monday, it may be a good time to start.
Defensive backs have been a hot commodity in free agency thus far, and Gang Green seems pretty intent on finding a replacement for veteran corner Antonio Cromartie. Problem is, options are becoming few and far between -- aside from Cro himself.
The team's latest attempt at an upgrade, soon-to-be 28-year-old Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, was in New York for days visiting both the Jets and the G-Men. He landed with the latter, however, signing a five-year deal worth nearly $40 million, according to Adam Schefter.
That leaves John Idzik's Jets with limited cards left to play.
The team released Cromartie more than a week ago to free up cap space, though he's the team's best option currently left on the market. He negotiated with the team to restructure his contract last season, earning a base salary of less than $900K on top of his roster bonus, and he's said publicly he'd restructure again to stay a Jet.
He did, however, make some statements this weekend that showed he's at least pondering other options.
The team's only other viable options at the moment are to either strike a trade or wait until the draft to procure some talent. Based on comments from beat writers Monday though, it's hard to see Idzik blinking first, whether it's with Cro or another potential acquisition.
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Each week, the entire school gathers in the gym for an hour-long activity organized by one of the student families and faculty. All-School activities encourage student families to collaborate, share ideas and learn new things about themselves, their community, and the world. Most All-Schools have a social justice focus, either educating the community about a social justice issue or working on a social justice cause. Above all, All-School builds and strengthens relationships between students of all ages. Younger students find role models, mentors, and friends in older girls, while senior students gain confidence in taking on leadership roles.
I stumbled across the Northern Birthday Box Project through a community group I frequent on the internet. Someone was hoping to send out 30 birthday boxes in honour of her 30th year of life and was reaching out for donations. I was intrigued by the project and decided to join the Facebook group to learn more. This led me to share more about the project with my colleagues at Linden, and the idea blossomed into an All-School event for students.
The Northern Birthday Box Project is a woman-run volunteer project that connects northern families celebrating a child's birthday (up to age 14) with a sponsor who will send birthday supplies by mail. For a number of reasons, food items and birthday supplies have a higher cost in remote, Northern communities. At All-School, we explored some of the reasons behind these higher food prices, like transportation/storage, climate change and the high cost of living associated with living in a remote community combined with low income/poverty. Food insecurity is a large issue affecting Inuit people in Canada, and while sending a birthday box won't solve the problem, it might make celebrating someone's birthday a bit less stressful.
We learned about another fantastic group on Facebook, "Feeding My Family," which is described as a group for and by Northern Canadians to share food prices and talk about the food insecurity they face. As a school, we compared the cost of certain items found in Nunavut vs. Toronto. For example, a 10kg bag of flour (an important ingredient for a birthday cake) in Toronto costs $13.97 where the same bag has been posted in the "Feeding My Family" page for $45.79 in a remote community. We reflected on the work done by Grade 1 and 2 students to explore food insecurity in Nunavut and were able to share some thoughts from Inuit people about the issues facing them. Many of our students were surprised at the cost differential and began to understand the complicated nature of having to choose between purchasing a birthday cake or everyday food items.
As a school, we decided to sponsor a child and received the following information from a volunteer: The name of our "Birthday Star" is Lily. She lives in Hall Beach in Nunavut. She is turning 1 year old on March 1st. She loves Minnie Mouse and the colours pink and purple. In our families, we created and decorated many birthday cards for Lily to send along with her birthday supplies. She requested a cherry chip cake with vanilla icing.
Before the All-School gathering, students were asked to bring in $1–$2 to help offset the cost of sending the box and to purchase some supplies. A handful of students asked if they could bring in a small stuffed animal or some Minnie mouse themed decorations for the box. Overall, the Linden community raised just over $120 and we were able to send off a very full birthday box. With the funds raised, we will also be able to send off another birthday box!
I am so grateful to everyone for their engagement and support with this All-School event. All of our students, from JK–Gr.12 gained new knowledge about Northern communities from this event. Everyone could relate in some way, as everyone has a birthday. We ended our All-School event by singing "Happy Birthday" to Lily as loud as we could! As of now, her box has safely arrived in Hall Beach and we hope she has a fantastic birthday celebration on March 1st.


Walk in on any fall Sunday, and you'll instantly absorb the spirited atmosphere. The walls showcase framed uniforms of famous athletes, including locals like Sam Darnold and Klay Thompson, among other cool sports memorabilia such as signed Los Angeles Angels bats, Masters pin flags and old baseball photos.
Libations are flowing in the open-air, packed house. And every NFL game is airing on the 25-plus big-screen televisions that includes a pair of 90-inch screens. You've landed at 19 Sports Bar & Grill, one of Orange County's top sports bars. But you're also at the popular 6,327-yard San Juan Hills Golf Club, just steps from the first tee.
"NFL Sundays are always sold out here," says Troy Ferguson, general manager of the facility. "We are also an official sports-viewing facility for several college alumni clubs, including TCU, Boise State and Notre Dame. And as you would imagine, we get a lot of golf groups coming in to watch the major golf championships.
In addition to both 90-inch TVs, there are two 80-inch screens plus more than 20 others that are at least 60 inches apiece. In other words, there's not a bad seat in this sports mecca. In fact, there are even private viewing areas, and several of the screens can be moved to the patio for those who want to watch the games outside.
Perhaps the most-popular screen is the one on a 20-minute delay: It's a dedicated monitor of the 18th hole, so golfers can settle in and watch themselves finish their round on TV.
But let's face it: A good sports bar has to serve great food to stay this popular. And "19" — as locals call it — doesn't disappoint. The menu includes everything from grilled salmon and chicken to sandwiches to soups and chili, to dogs and sausages, to endless chips and salsa. There are also sports-themed appetizers, such as "The Hat Trick" crispy chicken fingers.
Guests can also build their own pizzas from a choice of 13 toppings, and burgers in several configurations. The most popular item on the menu, according to Ferguson, is the Tri-Tip Dip sandwich that's made of sliced marinated tri-tip and Swiss cheese, au jus, on a French roll. For healthier eaters, the restaurant recently introduced some new salads, as well. You can now order a Classic Cobb, South of the Border salad, Chef's Steak salad, or Grilled Romaine Wedge.
And of course, the bar offers something for everyone. With 10 beers on handle, officials decided to bring some Southern California flavor to the tap. "We recently revamped our beer list, working with several local breweries to make private beer labels just for us," says Ferguson. "Two that have been really popular since we brought them in are 'Fore Light' lager from Golden Road Brewing in L.A. and 'Bogey Blonde' from Legacy Brewing Co. in Oceanside." And as you'd expect in the mornings, Bloody Marys are a hit among golfers.
Next time you drop in to play 18, you'll definitely want to hit 19, as well.


As RFID becomes entrenched in the retail industry, you can start see a pattern of how the technology is enabling monumental changes throughout retailing.
The improved inventory accuracy enabled by RFID technology is allowing retailers to sell to consumers like never before. The strategy of Omnichannel retailing – where a shopper buys a product online or from a mobile device and has the option of same day delivery or picking up the order at a nearby store – could not exist without the highly accurate inventory that RFID provides.
Macy's is one retailer that is quickly deploying this strategy. A leader in the Omniretailing movement, Macy's now has 500 stores functioning as de factor distribution centers to ship products to customers, or where customers can pick up the products they order from mobile devices.
Omnichannel is one of the hottest segments in the retail sector, and everyone wants to be first.
In a way, the same theory applies to the healthcare industry, although we haven't come up with any flashy new terminology just yet. But healthcare providers are very excited about the options provided by RFID, both from an operational efficiency standpoint, and from a patient safety standpoint. Of course, gains in either area have a tendency to catch the eye of the CFO.
While retailers usually lose a sale when a customer comes across an out-of-stock item, the consequences of an out-of-stock in healthcare can be far greater.
There is simply no room in healthcare for out-of-stocks in an operating room, where millions could be lost – not to mention human lives – if a product is unavailable or expired when needed. A recent Capgemini study claims that nearly 80 percent of shoppers will go to another store if the product they desire isn't available at the store they are shopping at.
Sick patients simply don't have that option. The onus is on the healthcare industry to make sure that critical hospital care products are always readily available. RFID is making slow but steady progress in making that happen. Some day, out-of-stocks might be obsolete in retail and healthcare!
Let's look at some other ways that RFID is changing healthcare. One thing I love about RFID is that it can eliminate so much wasted time and redundancies, be it hospital staff searching for products or assets, or even for patients and caregivers.
When Providence Health & Services, the largest healthcare provider in Washington State, opened its new clinic in Monroe in October, some patients were slightly confused. One thing closely related to hospitals – the dreaded waiting room – was missing. The new facility deployed RFID along with a Real-Time Locating System (RTLS) that allowed patients to register immediately and then be guided to an available exam room, with no waiting required.
A big plus to this solution is eliminating the need for sick people to wait amongst other sick people, where germs can easily spread. So the patient safety angle is huge. The system locates patients and staff and medical equipment with RTLS badges, using infrared and radio frequency technology.
The solution allows hospital staff to track how long a patient is in the exam room before being seen by caregivers, and alerts staff if a patient is alone for more than 10 minutes at any point during a visit. In addition, hospital staff automatically knows when rooms are ready for turnover after patient leaves the facility.
While waiting rooms might be a thing of the past at hospitals in the future, so too could be healthcare associated infections (HAIs), which are estimated to affect one out of every 20 patients. According to the CDC, nearly 100,000 people die annually from these infections, which costs the healthcare sector about $40 billion annually.
Many HAI's can be prevented by proper hand washing hygiene, which has always been a challenging aspect for hospitals to control. New RFID-enabled hand washing monitoring systems, however, stand to dramatically improve hand hygiene compliance rates, which can be as low as 40 percent.
While not all HAI's are attributed to this problem, just imagine if hand-washing compliance improved to 75 percent, and that HAI's dropped to the point where they infected one out of every 25 patients as a result. The U.S. healthcare industry would stand to save billions annually, not to mention the fact that tens of thousands of lives could be saved.
No one wants to end up in a hospital, admitted for a surgical procedure or even as a visitor. But it is comforting to know that technology gains are improving efficiencies and making life better for everyone involved. Chalk it up to good old technology innovation. And with RFID, we are not even close to seeing what comes next.


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Iran Regime Unveils New Missile; Iran Lobby Goes Nuts over Parchin
In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, left, listens to Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan after unveiling the surface-to-surface Fateh-313, or Conqueror, missile in a ceremony marking Defense Industry Day, Iran. Iran unveiled a short-range solid fuel ballistic missile Saturday, an upgraded version that the government says can more accurately pinpoint targets. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
The Iran regime unveiled a new short-range, solid fuel ballistic missile over the weekend that promises quicker launch capability, longer lifespan and accurate striking capability within its 310 mile range.
The United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231, which endorsed the proposed agreement with the regime on its nuclear weapons program, called on the regime not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons.
It also contained an arms embargo against Iran for the next eight years, but since it is not part of the deal, the regime has said it won't abide by with it.
"We will buy weapons from anywhere we deem necessary. We won't wait for anybody's permission or approval and won't look at any resolution. And we will sell weapons to anywhere we deem necessary," Hassan Rouhani, regime president, said in comments broadcast live on state television Saturday.
"Can we be indifferent…when there are special circumstances on our eastern, western, northern and southern borders," Rouhani said, apparently referring to fighting in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere in the region. "How can a weak country unable to stand up to the military power of neighbors, rivals and enemies achieve peace?"
Of course Rouhani neglects to mention that Iran itself is responsible for the fighting going on around it with its support of the Syrian regime, Shiite militias in Iraq and Houthi rebels in Yemen, all of which have drawn in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Gulf states, Jordan and Egypt into a much broader series of wars all started by Iran.
But the fact that Iran unveiled this new ballistic missile and ignored the UN resolution and recently completed the sale of S-300 advance anti-aircraft missile systems from the Russians, as well as violated travel sanctions in sending Quds Force commander Ghasem Soleimani on a secret mission to Moscow to shop for more arms, gives the world a rock-solid view of what the regime's true intentions are; which is to rearm, reload and stock up on weapons as quickly as possible.
These actions, although deeply disturbing, are not what has the Iran lobby up in arms, which is the disclosure by the Associated Press and verified by Fox News of the contents of a secret side deal between the Iran regime and the International Atomic Energy Agency which purports to allow Iran to use its own inspectors at the contested Parchin military site to collect soil samples for testing without international monitors on site.
The agreement is startling and contemptuous of all of the previous "red lines" proposed by the P5+1 group of nations that negotiated with Iran and an example of the dramatic concessions granted to the regime in an attempt to appease the mullahs. The fact that the mullahs aren't content with these windfalls and chose to unveil a new missile during the contentious debate over the deal in Congress gives us a strong idea of just what they think of the deal.
Which is why the Iran lobby is almost apoplectic about the disclosures since it represents a damning confirmation of how bad the deal is and how the mullahs have duped the Obama administration.
Joel B. Pollak writing in Breitbart discusses how these "Parchin truthers" have concocted some pretty ridiculous claims to try and hide the obvious in these Parchin disclosures.
The "Parchin truthers" include Trita Parsi, who heads the National Iranian-American Council (NIAC), a group often described as a pro-regime lobby. Parsi retweeted an accusation that the AP text may have been "personally forged by Benjamin Netanyahu," and added his own comment," Pollak said.
Tyler Cullis, also of the NIAC, went so far as to tweet that use of the phrase "Islamic State of Iran" had to be evidence of Netanyahu forging the statement since he's the only one what uses that phrase. With all due respect to Cullis' ham-handed efforts, there are plenty of us who refer to Iran as the "Islamic state"though they are really not Islamic and
The exposure of the Parchin lies of the Iran lobby have pushed the NIAC, Ploughshares Fund, J-Street and other regime supporters to attack not only the article itself, written by AP Vienna bureau chief George Jahn, but the global news organization itself in a desperate bid to deflect attention from the crippling revelations.
Joseph Cirincione, head of Ploughshares Fund which provides substantial funding for the NIAC and other Iran lobbying groups, took to the Los Angeles Times to trot out the well-worn and discredited idea that rejecting the proposed deal would inevitably lead to war.
He argues that U.S. partners would abandon the U.S. should the deal be rejected and the sanctions in place would fall apart as well. It is clear that what Cirincione is warning about has already happened because of the deal, not because of its defeat.
The mullahs are ignoring the arms embargo, acquiring weapons. They are hosting trade delegations from European nations and buying arms from the Russians, while lining up deals to sell oil to the Chinese in spite of the promise to keep sanctions in place unless and until Iranian regime demonstrates it has abided by the terms of the agreement to dismantle its nuclear program.
All of which proves how feckless the claims being made by Parsi, Cirincione and other regime sympathizers are and why the ballistic missiles Iran unveiled are only the start of a much more dangerous period in the Middle East and the world.
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The Big Lie About Human Rights and the Iran Nuclear Deal
One of the more incredible stretches of imagination surrounding the proposed nuclear deal between the Iran regime and the rest of the world is the notion that the agreement with Tehran's mullahs might somehow spur improvements in the regime's bleak human rights record.
One of the strongest proponents of that lie has been the regime's paid lobbyists, the National Iranian American Council, which put out a policy memo on its website attempting to reinforce the misconception.
The memo essentially consists of quotes taken from various people and groups identified with human rights issues in Iran, but notably does not include any quotes or comments from groups who have traditionally monitored regime human rights abuses, such as Amnesty International, nor does it include any comments from relatives or families of loved ones who languish in regime prisons or been subject to torture and executions.
It is also notable how many of the quotes are taken from purported human rights activists who in reality serve the regime such as Akbar Ganji, a self-described Iranian journalist who was previously a commander in the regime's Revolutionary Guard and still has deep ties to the regime's leadership.
The fact that NIAC also used a quote from Ahmed Shaheed, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for human rights in Iran is laughable considering revelations that the Iran regime launched a sophisticated smear campaign against him through the use of a fabricated WikiLeaks cable purporting to show bribes from Saudi Arabia that never existed.
"The apparently orchestrated campaign against Shaheed seems to fit into a familiar pattern of Iran smearing activists, dissidents, or even journalists by propagating misinformation about them.
Iran has repeatedly condemned Shaheed's reports as unsubstantiated, biased and collated from anti-Iranian outlets. Shaheed has never been allowed to travel to Iran since his initial mandate was approved by the UN in 2011.
One could go through practically the entire list of quotes provided by the NIAC and simply use Google searches to reveal how factually incorrect and in error they are. It is an admirable show of deception on the NIAC's part that rivals many of their past efforts to distort the regime's true record.
The real record on the regime's abysmal human rights record has been well documented not only by Shaheed and Amnesty International, but also by opposition groups such as the National Council of Resistance of Iran, news media and through the statements and actions made by ordinary Iranians demonstrating and protesting against the regime and those imprisoned such as Americans Jason Rezaian, Saeed Abedini and Amir Hekmati who still languish despite the nuclear agreement.
But everything the NIAC says seems to be constantly undercut by their masters in Tehran. Another glaring example was the complaint filed by the regime against White House press secretary Josh Earnest who has taken to insisting the U.S. retained the right to "use military force in the long run and the use of nuclear inspections to gain intelligence about Iran's nuclear facilities"; calling Earnest's statements a "material breach" of the nuclear deal itself.
The outlandish complaint was lodged with the International Atomic Energy Agency which has come under heavy criticism for negotiating two secret side deals with the regime and not making either available to the public or members of Congress currently reviewing the agreement.
The irony of the Iran regime's complaint is that it exposes both provisions as being completely false and unenforceable since the regime has already clearly considered both to be invalid, even though deal supporters such as Trita Parsi and Reza Marashi of the NIAC have gone to great lengths to champion those same provisions of key examples of why the deal works.
One has to wonder who the American public should believe on this issue: the Iranian government or those lobbyists being paid by that same government and its allies?
Filed Under: Blog, News, The Appeasers Tagged With: Ahmad Shaheed, Iran, Iran deal, Iran Lobby, Iran sanctions, Nuclear Deal, Trita Parsi
NIAC Funded Through Regime Sources as Iran Lobby Ramps Up
Trita Parsi paying respect to Iran delegation in Geneva Talks
With the potential announcement of an agreement between the Iran regime and the P5+1 group of nations, the scene will undoubtedly shift to Congress where both houses will have 60 days to review the agreement under legislation authored by Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as part of a bipartisan compromise.
With that upcoming debate, a fierce lobbying campaign will break out between those opposed to the agreement and the lobbying machine deployed by Tehran's mullahs to get it passed. Chief among them will be the National Iranian American Council, the leading advocacy group for the Islamic state, which has formally launched its own full-fledged lobbying arm in anticipation of the fight ahead.
The creation of the lobbying group has come under intense scrutiny given its timing just before congressional review, as well as the need to funnel and direct funds towards supporting the Iran regime. The question of financial support for the NIAC has been a persistent question and a recent story by The Daily Beast shed new light on where the chief cheerleaders for Iran's mullahs are getting their money.
The story, written by Michael Weiss and Alex Shirazi and contributed by Jackie Kucinich, examined contributions made by Vahid Alaghband, an Iranian businessman who's Balli Aviation Ltd., tried to sell 747 airliners to Iran despite a federal ban on such sales. His company pled guilty to two criminal counts in 2010 and under the plea deal with the U.S. Justice Department, paid a $2 million criminal fine, served five years of corporate probation and paid an additional $15 million in civil penalties.
"…Alaghband stands out from the rest, because the beneficiary of his firm's deals with Tehran was an Iranian airline accused by the U.S. government of working with the regime's foreign intelligence operatives and shipping arms and troops to Syria," said the article.
"Plus, if an agreement between Iran and the world's major powers is concluded in the coming days—as is widely expected—operators like Alaghband could stand to benefit."
The deep ties to the regime also included a conspiracy in to export 747 aircraft by first obtaining export licenses from the U.S. government and then using an Armenian subsidiary to buy the planes for Mahan Air, Iran's largest airline, which the State Department believes is controlled by former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
Mahan Air was also sanctioned by the Treasury Department in 2011 for "providing financial, material and technological support to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF)," or the expeditionary arm of the Islamic Republic's praetorian military division, now heavily active in both Syria and Iraq. At the time, the Treasury Department accused the Qods Force of "secretly ferrying operatives, weapons and funds" on Mahan flights.
In 2007, Alaghband offered to give a $900,000 donation over three years to the PARSA Foundation, intended for the Brookings Institution to support pro-Iranian rapprochement. This followed a previous donation of $50,000 he made to PARSA.
PARSA's second-largest recipient of funding was the NIAC which received a total of $591,500 from the group, but funding is not the only link between NIAC and the Iran regime with other news organizations and Iranian dissident groups having pointed out close ties between NIAC leaders such as Trita Parsi with regime officials that came to light as a result of a failed defamation suit brought by Parsi against an investigative journalist.
All of which casts doubt on NIAC Action, the new lobbying muscle being deployed to help the mullahs. As noted in an article in Commentary Magazine, the launching of the lobbying arm was followed by an email sent by NIAC staffer Tyler Cullis (and not from the NIAC Action ironically enough) calling for the immediate lifting of the United Nations arms embargo as part of the nuclear agreement.
As Commentary Magazine writes: "What the vast majority of Iranian-Americans know, and what Congress should ask NIAC, is how lifting the arms embargo meant to repress Iran's sponsorship of terrorism is in anyway an interest of the United States, the Iranian-American community, or regional stability and security."
"That NIAC would advocate the lifting of the arms embargo is both curious and revealing. Rather than promote Iranian-American political activism or public diplomacy, NIAC increasingly appears to align itself squarely with the publicly declared interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran," the article adds.
Indeed, the mere fact that the NIAC is hard at work sending emails to congressional staffers urging the lifting of an arms embargo designed to prevent the Iran regime from exporting arms outside of Iran is hugely significant and provides proof that the mullahs are not intent on fostering peace, but instead are desperate to gets fresh supplies of arms and ammunition to their Hezbollah proxies in Syria, Shiite militias in Iraq and Houthi rebels in Yemen as three wars rage on.
As debate opens in Congress, it would be wise for Democratic and Republican staffers to look at the sender of these email missives and if it comes from the NIAC, they should send it straight to "Junk Mail."
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Scrutiny of Iran Regime Increasing Over The Nuclear Talks
Despite the best efforts of lobbying allies of the Iran regime, including the National Iranian American Council, scrutiny of Iran's actions and its policies are intensifying with the perception that this latest third round of talks will be the last chance for the Obama administration to close a deal.
With the stakes high, news organizations are finally turning their attention on the regime, and in light of the latest proxy wars started by Iran in Yemen, journalists are taking heed of what those acts may portend for a possible deal.
One such area of increased attention was the collective warning from Sunni Arab leaders to the U.S. that Iran's role in arming and funding Shiite allies in the Middle East is powering extremist groups like Islamic State and Al Qaeda.
These same Arab leaders are pressing the Obama administration to more aggressively support Saudi Arabia and its allies in pushing back Iranian influence in Yemen, Syria, Lebanon and elsewhere in order to drain support for Islamic State and Al Qaeda.
Journalistic skepticism continued with the apparent contradiction over the issue of the economic sanctions should a nuclear deal be completed. Bloomberg View columnist Josh Rogin detailed speeches by Vice President Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew in which they outlined the administration plan to only lift sanctions after many years of compliance and only through Congressional action.
But "that explanation directly conflicts with what Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif told an audience at New York University earlier that day," Rogin wrote." Zarif said that UN sanctions would be lifted within days of an agreement being signed and that all sanctions would be permanently lifted, including Congressional sanctions, once Iran met its initial obligations."
In Commentary Magazine, Jonathan S. Tobin offered similar skepticism over the idea of "snapback sanctions" actually being of any effect. He correctly points out a critical flaw in the deal being contemplated:
"Just as important, the administration is drawing a broad distinction between branches of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, the regime's terror sponsor as well as an economic powerhouse. Lew promised that the U.S. would rightly hold the IRGC's Quds Force responsible for its terrorist actions and keep sanctions in place on them. But the rest of the IRGC's vast infrastructure will be exempt from sanctions after the deal is implemented. Such a distinction will enable Tehran to go on funding terrorism through the IRGC's vast holdings that amount to a third of the Iranian economy. Money, like terrorism is fungible but if you're determined to turn a blind eye to how the Iranian regime operates, anything is possible."
But besides focus on the Iran regime's foreign policy and nuclear talks, journalists are taking a closer look at the human rights abuses that continue to grow in new and alarming ways.
Agence France-Presse ran a story on the regime's efforts to outlaw certain styles of haircuts for young Iranian men that the mullahs viewed as subversive and oddly "devil worshipping."
Mostafa Govahi, the head of Iran's Barbers Union, was quoted in the state-run ISNA news agency that "any shop that cuts hair in the devil worshipping style will be harshly dealt with and their license revoked,' he said, noting that if a business cut hair in such a style this would 'violate the Islamic system's regulations."
In addition, the mullahs aimed to ban tattoos, tanning beds and the plucking of eyebrows in a departure into the realm of weirdness. We can only assume given the regime's preference for imprisonment and public hangings, haircutting in Iran might now be considered a dangerous profession.
And in a further embarrassment to those supporting a nuclear deal with Iran, the Observer chronicled the plight of homosexuals in Iran where an estimated 4,000-6,000 gays and lesbians have been executed by the regime since 1979 to today.
At a time when the U.S. is having a national debate over same-sex marriage, there is scant attention being paid to the abuses gays are undergoing in Iran; until now.
All of which points to the growing and well deserved scrutiny the regime is now undergoing. We can only hope the effect of a magnifying glass aimed at the regime's policies will be similar to putting a bug under the burning glare of the sun.
Filed Under: Blog, News Tagged With: Iran, Iran deal, Iran Lobby, Iran sanctions, Iran Talks, IRGC, Sanctions
Khamenei Shows True Colors
Benjamin Franklin famously said "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." If Franklin were alive today, he might add mullah's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to the list of certainties.
Yesterday in a public speech in Tehran carried by the official IRNA news agency, Khamenei once again vowed Iran would resist global sanctions in its pursuit of nuclear capability and threatened to cut off natural gas exports in retaliation to any continued sanctions.
"Serious work must take place. We can withstand the sanctions and neutralize and foil the enemy's goals. If we don't, the enemy would proceed and place conditions on our nuclear program and impose sanctions," Khamenei said.
"If sanctions are to be the way, the Iranian nation can also do it. A big collection of the world's oil and gas is in Iran so Iran if necessary can hold back on the gas that Europe and the world is so dependent on," he added.
It is noteworthy Khamenei still refers to the West and especially the U.S. as the "enemy." His worldview is clouded by the long-simmering extremist view he has nurtured for the past several decades and seems unable to move forward into a new era of peace and prosperity. He clings to the notion Iran must resist all attempts at compromise and maintain a virtual war footing.
But Khamenei's threats ring hollow when you consider Iran's total oil production is estimated at 2.7 million barrels per day, mostly for domestic use. It also produces 600 million cubic meters of natural gas, of which 500 million cubic meters is used at home, meaning Iranian regime's ability to "punish" Europe with a natural gas embargo is about as real as finding a unicorn.
But Khamenei didn't stop there. He went on to accuse the U.S. of secretly supporting ISIS and criticized the European Union for placing sanctions on the National Iranian Tanker Company, the regime's largest tanker company for carrying its petroleum overseas.
All of which flies in the face of recent frantic efforts by the Iranian regime's lobbying and PR machine to convince the American public Iran does indeed want a compromise in current nuclear talks, even after two previous rounds of talks failed largely because of Khamenei's hardline position and refusal to accept any deal compromising Iranian regime's ability to generate large quantities of enriched uranium for use in nuclear warheads.
One might even feel slightly sorry for Iranian regime loyalists such as Trita Parsi of the National Iranian American Council who wax poetic about Iran's desire for compromise only to be torpedoed on a regular basis by a new rant by Khamenei that reinforces and reminds Americans how mad the guy really is.
But any sympathy evaporates when we realize the stakes involved in this tense game of chicken Khamenei is playing. For all his bluster, he acts like he has virtually no interest in a deal. He regularly dumps on the U.S. He pushes for harder crackdowns at home in gross human rights violations. He has directed a foreign policy and controls a military and intelligence service involved in conflicts in almost a dozen countries now.
Just as ISIS has designs on a new fanatic Islamic caliphate, Khamenei shares the same vision for an Iranian-controlled sphere of influence. It is a dream born out of his virulent hatred of all things from the West including gender equality, free speech, an uncensored media and an unfettered internet.
As negotiators continue talks, they should not ignore the latest outburst by Khamenei because in most people's minds, three strikes is usually enough to call someone out.
Filed Under: Blog, News Tagged With: Iran deal, Iran sanctions, Irantalks, Khamenei
Postponing the Inevitable on Iran
In calling a Hail Mary pass from his own party, President Obama managed to secure a two-month reprieve from Senate Democrats who were on the verge of joining their Republican colleagues in offering up a new sanctions bill on Iran should the third and latest round of talks fail to produce an agreement.
The new deadline is now March 24th and in a letter to the President, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee left no doubt that he and other Democrats remained "deeply skeptical that Iran is committed to making the concessions required to demonstrate to the world that its nuclear program is exclusively peaceful."
Adding in the letter "we will only vote for this legislation on the Senate floor if Iran fails to reach agreement on a political framework that addresses all parameters of a comprehensive agreement."
Other Senators signing the letter included Charles E. Schumer of New York, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Debbie Stabenow of Michigan.
Iran loyalists such as the National Iranian American Council were quick to hail the agreement as a "breakthrough" for nuclear talks and patted themselves on the back publicly for their perceived win.
What they and other Iran sympathizers failed to realize or admit publicly is that the Democrats letter only cemented the very real possibility of sanctions since the last round of talks having ended last November there has been a virtual stalemate and no movement from the Iranian side towards any meaningful agreement.
The prospects of substantial movement occurring during the next two months are remote and Senate Republicans know this which is why they agreed to the Democratic proposal in the hope of gaining a veto-proof supermajority by March 24th.
Ironically, The New York Times noted that while the Democrats were offering up their extension, the Iranian Parliament was moving forward with proposals to bind their own negotiating team and preventing them from any agreement on production limits on nuclear fuel.
"In fact, their own proposals would require Tehran to deploy centrifuges that can enrich uranium far more efficiently than ever," according to the Times.
Coupling this with the periodic statements given by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei bolstering this position and one can easily see why Senator Menendez's concession to President Obama wasn't much of a concession. The decision gives Democrats the breathing room to say they want to support the Administration, yet retain the flexibility to quickly join Republicans to move ahead with sanctions.
So while the NIAC may be dancing with joy, it's a Pyrrhic victory since the essential facts surrounding negotiations have not changed. Iranian regime is hardening its stance and continues on a human rights and terror rampage that alarms the American people every night while they watch the news and emboldens them to urge their Congressional representatives to take a harder stance with respect to Iran.
On March 24th, Iran and its lobbying allies are in for a rude awakening.
Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Iran, Iran Lobby, Iran sanctions, Iran Talks, nuclear talks, Sanctions, Senate Democrats
Iran Sanctions Are Sanctions Are Sanctions
There is an interesting effort being mounted by the Iranian lobby in the wake of a growing strong consensus within Congress to support stiffer sanctions on the regime in Iran should nuclear talks fail for a third time.
But Iran boosters such as the National Iranian American Council have lately preached a line of reasoning pointing towards the potential of various pieces of legislation being proposed in Congress as evidence of a splintering of support for harsher sanctions. They point to proposals by Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Mark Kirk (R-IL), as well as ideas being floated by Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Rand Paul (R-KY) and even stream of thought comments made by Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Bob Corker (R-TN) as proof of disagreement on the question of sanctions.
What NIAC and other Iran sympathizers fail to mention is the one constant amongst all these proposals; the support for some sort of enhanced sanctions should talks fail. The only disagreement is one of timing and severity.
Virtually no Senator in Congress has taken an anti-sanctions stand, nor has there been any vocal support for granting mullahs in Iran a blank check in nuclear talks. At a time when Democrats and Republican can't seem to agree on what's on the menu in the Senate cafeteria, there is broad, deep and universal agreement that Iran should not get a nuclear weapon and that Iran is a central character in the global rise in Islamic extremism.
Various analysis of the joint proposal from Senators Menendez and Kirk, the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015, clearly shows this trend. It reinstates sanctions that were suspended as part of the interim agreement if a new and comprehensive agreement is not reached. It also specifically targets Iranian senior officials who are part of the religious leadership and its judicial and military systems which have been responsible for the unprecedented crackdown on human rights the past year and the expansion of militant extremism taking place around the world.
It also explicitly grants the President the ability to waive the application of sanctions should he certify to Congress it is necessary for national security, completion of a nuclear deal or Iran is making no further progress on nuclear development and is in compliance with all interim agreements.
One would have to wonder where the idea is coming from that there is large disagreement within Congress over Iranian regime's sanctions giving the fact the basic outline of these terms were originally supported by an overwhelming majority of Democrats and Republicans two years ago when sanctions were originally imposed.
What Iran's mullahs see is a small window of opportunity coming on President Obama's unilateral decision to normalize relations with Cuba to gain the same benefit in the lame duck years of the presidency. Consequently, the NIAC and other Iranian lobbyists are pushing hard the concept that sanctions are not universally supported.
It is a line of reasoning doomed to failure given the massive support the idea of sanctions has right now in light of growing public unease and concern over gains being made by ISIS and Boko Haram, the collapse of Yemen and Iraq and the ongoing social media efforts by terror groups to frighten and bully the West for more beheadings.
Iran mullahs and their brand of Islamic extremism is at the heart of these groups flourishing since the regime in Iran essentially wrote the manual with its own broad range of torture and public punishments such as hangings and amputations on its own people that these extremist groups have since adopted.
But you will not find NIAC others denounce these growing atrocities, nor even condemn the most heinous ones. In fact, if one were to peruse the social media feeds for NIAC and its officers such as Trita Parsi, you would find virtually no condemnations. This only reveals their true nature and cheerleaders for mullahs in Iran and nothing more.
Filed Under: Blog, News Tagged With: Iran Lobby, Iran sanctions, Iran Talks, nuclear talks


Capgras syndrome is a psychological condition. It's also known as "imposter syndrome" or "Capgras delusion." People who experience this syndrome will have an irrational belief that someone they know or recognize has been replaced by an imposter. They may, for example, accuse a spouse of being an imposter of their actual spouse. This can be upsetting for both the person experiencing the delusion and the person who is accused of being an imposter.
In some cases, the person experiencing the delusion may believe an animal, object, or even a home is an imposter. Capgras syndrome can affect anyone, but it's more common in women. In rare cases, it can also affect children.
Capgras syndrome is most commonly associated with Alzheimer's disease or dementia. Both of these affect memory and can alter your sense of reality.
Schizophrenia, especially paranoid hallucinatory schizophrenia, can cause episodes of Capgras syndrome. Schizophrenia also affects one's sense of reality and can cause delusions.
In rare cases, a brain injury that causes cerebral lesions can also cause Capgras syndrome. This is most common when the injury happens in the back of the right hemisphere, as that's where our brains process facial recognition. People with epilepsy may also experience Capgras syndrome in rare cases.
There are several theories on what causes the syndrome. Some researchers believe that Capgras syndrome is caused by a problem within the brain, like atrophy, lesions, or cerebral dysfunction. Some believe that it's a combination of physical and cognitive changes, in which feelings of disconnectedness contribute to the problem. Others believe that it's a problem with processing information or an error in perception, which coincide with damaged or missing memories.
Right now, there is no prescribed treatment plan for people with Capgras syndrome because more research needs to be done. But there are treatment options that may help relieve the symptoms.
Treatment aims to address the underlying cause. For instance, if someone with poor symptom control in schizophrenia experiences Capgras syndrome, treating the schizophrenia can improve the Capgras syndrome. However, if Capgras syndrome occurs during the course of Alzheimer's disease, the treatment options are limited.
The most effective treatment is to create a positive, welcoming environment where the person affected by the syndrome feels safe.
Some care facilities will use validation therapy. In validation therapy, delusions are supported instead of rejected. This can reduce anxiety and panic in the person experiencing the delusion.
Reality orientation techniques may be helpful in some circumstances. This means that the caregiver gives frequent reminders of present time and location, including reminders of major life events, moves, or any substantial changes.
Enter their realm of reality when possible. It can help if you try to understand how terrifying it must be for them.
Don't argue with them or try to correct them.
Do what you can to make them feel safe. If you're unsure what to do, you can ask them what they need.
If possible, have the "imposter" leave the room. If this is you and you're the caregiver, let someone else take over until the episode is over if you can.
Rely on sound. If you know someone is prone to Capgras syndrome, you can make sure the first way they register your appearance is with sound. Greet them out loud before you see them when possible.
What's the difference between Fregoli syndrome and Capgras syndrome?
Both cause considerable distress for the caregiver as well as the person who has either of these syndromes, but the syndromes are different. In Capgras syndrome, the individual believes that an imposter has taken the place of an important person in their life. In Fregoli syndrome, the person believes that different people are in fact the same person. They believe the person in question is simply changing disguises in order to trick the person with the syndrome.


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