Is chiropractic safe for my children?
Why should my child get checked, she feels fine?
You have your children's teeth checked, and most schools do an eye and hearing exam yearly, so why don't you have regular health check ups? Children's bodies are physically weaker than adults, so they have a better chance of experiencing spinal subluxations (a vertebrae out of place that is pinching a nerve and causing problems) while doing every day activities.
Why wait till your child is sick to bring them into the chiropractor? Subluxations can exist for a long time without causing any pain, but deficiencies in other areas, while they may not be noticeable, may be present the entire time.
Let's start from the beginning. The very beginning, before your child is even born. You should be receiving spinal checkups as often as weight check ups during your pregnancy. Subluxations cause uneven blood flow to parts of your body, including the uterus. If your baby isn't getting enough blood, they may not be getting enough oxygen, which is more important during the development process than you think. Lack of oxygen to the uterus can cause several complications early in infancy, which could lead to such tragic events as SIDS. Next we'll look at when the baby is born.
Research is ongoing, and with each study done, more and more credit is being given to chiropractic health care in the importance of the health of children. In a study done on 1,250 infants who were examined five days after birth, 211 of them were experiencing vomiting, hyperactivity, and sleeplessness, and subluxations were found in 95% of them. The researchers in this study were all Medical Doctors (MD's) and they all recognized the power of chiropractic. The babies were given the spinal care they needed, and it worked. The researchers (remember, these are MD's we're talking about) noted that the spinal adjustment resulted in "immediate quieting, cessation of crying, and muscular relaxation and sleepiness." Now, the first few years.
The study also discussed and 18-month-old boy suffering from tonsillitis, recurrent enteritis (pain of the small intestine), pink eye, recurrent colds, and increasing problems sleeping. After a chiropractic adjustment, the child demanded to be put to sleep and slept peacefully until morning. When he awoke, his health had returned to normal. The parents of this child could have opted to go the medical route, giving the child pain medicine for the tonsillitis, cold medicine to get rid of the cold, and sleeping medicine to help him sleep. Instead of drugging their child up to suppress the symptoms, they brought him to get chiropractic care, naturally taking care of the cause of the problems.
Don't wait until it's too late, bring your child in to get checked today!


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Q: What exactly is the status of http2 server push in 2021? I am confused with the current status of http2 server push. When I google "http 2 server push" there are many search results, among them 2 results stand out,

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*Chrome to remove HTTP/2 Push published in 2020-12-01

*HTTP/2 Push is dead published in 2020-11-12

Both of them mentioned Chrome has remove server push, but other than these 2 articles there are still many articles published in 2021 introducing/explaining http2 server push.
So what exactly is the status of http2 server push as 2022 is coming ?
I am not asking an opinion-based question but a fact-based assessment. If Chrome does kills it I think it is pretty much a fact that it is dead.
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I came across this article https://developer.chrome.com/blog/early-hints/ (published June 23, 2022). So it seems that the proposed 103 Early Hints is their answer to unsuccessful http2 server push.

A: As a web site option it is pretty much dead. As well as Chrome's stated position (which has not changed but also not been actioned… yet) there is a new consideration which will likely kill it off first: HTTP/3.
HTTP/3 is already supported by 12% of websites and 20% of web traffic despite not even officially being signed off yet (though it's as near as can be).
Chrome has not implemented push on HTTP/3 (and seem highlighlyunlikely to given their stated position to drop it for HTTP/2) and because of that neither has Cloudflare (one of the leading CDNs working on HTTP/3 and powering 10% of the internet). I'm not sure of other's position on this but with those two out that's a big chunk of support.
Some sites will always languish on HTTP/1.1 (without push), those that adopted HTTP/2 quickly and completely enough to use push willl likely move to HTTP/3 (especially if behind a CDN like Cloudflare) so there really is very little that'll be left behind on HTTP/2 to be able to use push. So what little usage there is of HTTP/2 push (~1.25% of sites) will dwindle anyway until it's a negligible amount (if it isn't already!).
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Can a Tuning Fork Detect a Stress Fracture?
There are two words that strike fear into any runner. When something hurts and you know in your heart that this is something serious, you hope and pray that it is not this, you know, the one that will put you in a boot for 6 weeks, immobilized.
Stress fracture.
As runners we are very diligent, we do our homework….even if it means asking the one doctor we know we shouldn't listen to; Dr. Google.
Your mind starts to spin out of control as you search for a diagnosis, anything that will tell you what it is.
One of the methods that has been traditionally used to diagnose a stress fracture, without the costly MRI or Bone Scan is the tuning fork. In this article, we are going to look into how reliable it is to use a tuning fork to give you some peace of mind, without paying hundreds (or thousands) of dollars for a medical analysis.
Runners and Stress Fractures
If you played a sport in high school or college, you probably had to see the athletic trainer at some point.
Though trainers are often viewed as an initial point of contact for injury care with only rudimentary training, the best trainers can rival doctors in knowledge and experience.
These grizzled veterans of the turf field and the tartan track can have innumerous tricks up their sleeve, whether it's curing foot pain with an expertly-placed pad of moleskin, easing a blister with a band-aid and a strip of tape, or modifying an ill-fitting shoe with a precise cut from a razor blade.
One of the tools employed by old-school athletic trainers is the tuning fork. It's used as an in-the-moment diagnostic tool to determine whether a runner has a stress fracture.
When the tuning fork is struck, then held in contact with the bone, high-frequency vibrations travel into the bone, causing sharp pain if a stress fracture exists—or so the logic goes.
It seems like a reasonable proposition, and if it really works, the tuning fork would be a fantastic addition to any doctor or trainer's inventory. A tuning fork can be had for less than ten dollars, versus up to two thousand dollars for a single MRI scan.
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Are Tuning Forks As Reliable as an MRI?
Two peer-reviewed scientific studies have been conducted on the efficacy of the "tuning fork test" for diagnosing a stress fracture.
The first was published in 1997 by Emil Patrick Lesho, a military doctor stationed at Fort Richardson in Arkansas.1 His study examined fifty-two patients suspected of having a tibial stress fracture. Lesho employed both a tuning fork test, where a 128 Hz tuning fork was struck and held in direct contact with the painful spot on the shin, and a traditional bone scan, one of the gold standards for diagnosing stress fractures (the other being MRI).
In evaluating a diagnostic test, there are two important parameters to measure: the sensitivity and specificity.
Sensitivity tells us how many true positives are correctly identified by a diagnostic test, and specificity likewise tells us how many true negatives are correctly identified as such.
For example, looking at plain X-rays to diagnose stress fractures has low sensitivity: according to one study, only about half of all stress fractures will show up on a regular X-ray.2
If an abnormality does show up on an X-ray, the probability that you do have a stress fracture is 95%, meaning the test has high specificity.
What's the bottom line?
In Lesho's study, the sensitivity and specificity of the tuning fork test were determined to be 75% and 67%, respectively—not too bad compared to a plain x-ray, but rather poor compared to the MRI's 100% and 86%.
Lesho concluded that the tuning fork test was not sensitive enough to be able to rule out a stress fracture if there was no pain during the test, but he suggested that a positive tuning fork test might be enough to justify treating a patient for a stress fracture immediately instead of waiting for advanced imaging results.
Misdiagnosis of Stress Fractures?
Another study published in 2009 looked at the tuning fork test as well, but this time, in distance runners specifically.3 Robert Wilder and colleagues at the University of Virginia studied forty-five distance runners with a suspected stress fracture.
Wilder et al. conducted an experiment similar to Lesho's, but tested 256 Hz and 512 Hz tuning forks in addition to the 128 Hz fork used by Lesho.
The 256-Hz tuning fork performed best, with a sensitivity of about 90%, but unfortunately, the test had very poor specificity: only around 20%.
This means that many people without stress fractures will nevertheless have pain during a tuning fork test, making it difficult to use it as a diagnostic aid.
A review study published in 2012 examined Lesho and Wilder et al.'s results, recommending that clinicians hold off on relying on a tuning fork test until there's more research validating it.4
The review study criticized the methodology of Wilder et al. and noted that testing procedures were not standardized in either study, so the results can't be pooled for more statistical power.
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So, is this old-school trainer's trick busted?
For now, it appears that a tuning fork test isn't sufficiently accurate to rely on it as mainline diagnostic tool.
Its biggest weakness is its inability to correctly identify negative cases—some people without stress fractures still seem to get pain during a tuning fork test.
If you think you have a stress fracture and you don't have any pain during a tuning fork test, that's a good sign, but it's still not enough to return to training full-steam.
Perhaps in the future, research will validate a specific testing procedure and particular tuning fork frequency that produces better results, but for now, it can't supplant traditional diagnostic methods.
[bctt tweet="Interesting read about tuning forks to diagnose stress fractures. Check it out!"]
What if I have been diagnosed with a Stress Fracture?
In the past, we have conducted lots of research on stress fractures, meaning those late night, frantic google searches can stop as you can find everything you need in one place. Here are our Stress Fracture related posts:
Could Eating Too Much Protein Increase Your Risk of Stress Fractures?
Will Supplementing with Calcium Reduce Your Risk of Stress Fractures?
Five Essential Foods (Other Than Calcium) That Help Prevent Stress Fractures
How to Treat High Risk Stress Fractures Properly
Will Bone Stimulators Speed Healing of a Stress Fracture?
Where Are You Most Likely to Get a Stress Fracture? Research to Help You Catch Potential Stress Fractures Early
The Ultimate Runner's Guide to Stress Fractures: Causes, Risk Factors and How to Return to Training
How to Return To Running After a Stress Fracture
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Lesho, E. P., Can tuning forks replace bone scans for identification of tibial stress fractures? Military Medicine 1997, 162 (12), 802-803.
Kiuru, M.; Pihlajamaki, H.; Heitanen, H.; Ahobuo, J., MR imaging, bone scintigraphy, and radiography in bone stress injuries of the pelvis and the lower extremity. Acta Radiologica 2002, 43 (2), 207-212.
Wilder, R. P.; Vincent, H. K.; Stewart, J.; Pack, C.; Vincent, K. R., Clinical Use of Tuning Forks to Identify Running-Related Stress Fractures: A Pilot Study. Athletic Training and Sports Health Care 2009, 1 (1), 12-18.
Schneiders, A. G.; Sullivan, S. J.; Hendrick, P. A.; Hones, B. D. G. M.; McMaster, A. R.; Sugden, B. A.; Tomlinson, C., The Ability of Clinical Tests to Diagnose Stress Fractures: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy 2012, 42 (9), 760-771.
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Apparently Nashville Predators General Manager David Poile's focus has been on the 2008 draft class recently.
Just yesterday we got official word that seventh round pick Anders Lindbäck was signed to a two-year deal and, just 24 hours later, we see this report from a Swiss Hockey online mag stating that second rounder Roman Josi has signed as well.
While we're still waiting for an official announcement from the Preds, the report states that the 19-year old Bern, Switzerland native will make $787,500 per year at the NHL level or $65,000 when he's skating with Nashville's minor league affiliate the Milwaukee Admirals.
The scouting super-site HockeysFuture.com says "Josi is probably the most complete Swiss junior player for quite some time. He is very mature for someone of his age and he displays a high confidence level on the ice. As a result he's hardly lost in traffic in the Swiss league."
The site ranks Josi as the 10th top prospect in the Nashville system and the fourth top defenseman. Some of the blueliners he's ranked behind? Oh, a few guys named Jon Blum (ranked #1 overall), Ryan Ellis (#7), Charles-Olivier Roussel (#5) and Cody Franson (#3 but, really, shouldn't count considering he played the majority of this season with the big club). And with Shea Weber and Ryan Suter at only 24 and 25 years old respectively, the future of the Preds defensive corps looks even brighter than it did last year when most were calling it the best in the league from top to bottom.
Taking the "defense" one step further, the Nashville goaltending situation looks stacked as well. Starter Pekka Rinne is locked up for another couple years, Mark Dekanich and Chet Pickard are developing nicely in Milwuakee, Jeremy Smith won a Kelly Cup Championship with the Preds' ECHL affiliate the Cincinnati Cyclones last week and they just signed Lindbäck.
Now if only the Preds could draft a pelthora of scoring forwards…
UPDATE (6/28): The Predators have officially annouced the signing of Josi. Terms were not disclosed but the official release does say that the defenseman does plan on playing in North America next season.
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Long After the Flames Go Out, Wildfire Smoke and Its Impact Lingers — Even if We Can't See It
When wildfire smoke dissipates, we tend to forget all about it. But smoke stays in the air for long after, influencing the world around us.
By Jillian MockMar 2, 2020 2:36 PM
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It was the smoke seen around the world. Billowing pillars of burned particles from Australia's recent megafires sailed across the globe on high winds in the stratosphere. Closer to the ground, hazy clouds left the air difficult (and dangerous) to breathe for months.
The mobility and sheer volume of the smoke from these fires beg the question: What happens to all those particles and gases after the fires go out?
While we no longer see it from the ground or racing across satellite images, wildfire smoke can stick around for weeks at a time. Eventually, the components of that smoke will make their way back to Earth. Along the way, the diluted smoke will continue to scramble air quality and influence the climate in unusual ways.
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Where the particles and gases that comprise smoke end up after a fire depends on a few factors, says Bob Yokelson, an atmospheric chemist at the University of Montana. The first is weather. If it rains shortly after a fire, that smoke will have a very short journey. Many particles and gases in smoke are water-soluble and will be absorbed into clouds and rain droplets and carried back to Earth.
The second factor is size, says Yokelson. Bigger particles, like soil dust, ash, and microscopic charcoal, are heavy and often pulled quickly back to the surface by gravity. Smaller particles or organic aerosols, made either by complete combustion or chemical reactions between emitted gases, can make it farther across the globe as they are scattered by the winds.
How high the smoke is injected into the atmosphere also influences how far the particles travel — and how long they stay in the atmosphere. Smoke particles injected into the higher layer of the atmosphere, called the stratosphere, can travel quickly around the entire world on high winds and last for weeks in the absence of rain or clouds to pull them out.
Where a fire occurs, and which direction the winds are blowing, also influences where the particles ultimately end up. Winds can blow smoke toward major cities or up to mountain glaciers, where the particles eventually settle on the ice and snow.
On average, smoke particles linger in the atmosphere for up to two to three weeks, says Yokelson. In fact, while we tend not to think about smoke outside of major wildfire events, these particles are basically a constant in the air all year long, according to research by Karl Froyd and Greg Schill, scientists who study airborne particles at the University of Colorado Boulder.
In the atmosphere, smoke has several seemingly contradictory effects as it spreads and dissipates across the globe. "Smoke can do more than one thing," says Yokelson.
The effects on human health are fairly obvious. "Large wildfires can cause decreased visibility and respiratory symptoms hundreds of miles away from the fire," writes V. Faye McNeill, a chemical engineer who studies atmospheric chemistry at Columbia University, in an email to Discover. And as air quality plummets, the particles can embed deep within your lungs, with many possible negative health effects, says Mark Cochrane, a professor at the University of Maryland who studies wildfire, climate change and Earth systems.
As these particles are scattered by the winds, they have similar but more dilute effects, says Yokelson. If blown toward a major city, for example, the lower concentration of smoke particles can combine with existing pollution in that area to exacerbate poor air quality, he explains.
Large plumes can also reflect sunlight from above, having a cooling effect in the area covered by the smoke, says Yokelson. As they scatter, the impact these particles have on the atmosphere is less straightforward. Smoke particles can help form bright clouds, which reflect sunlight and have a general cooling effect on the climate. These particles also can scatter sunlight, which has a cooling effect as well, adds McNeill.
But some particles, like soot and black carbon, are dark in color and absorb light and heat. These particles can actually warm the atmosphere, reduce relative humidity and have a "cloud-burning effect," says Yokelson.
Fires also produce invisible gases, including carbon dioxide. With some fires, the climate impact of this carbon dioxide could actually be minimal. For example, with many grassland fires in sub-Saharan Africa, the grass starts to grow back very quickly, reabsorbing the burned carbon dioxide almost immediately. But in situations where dense forest stands are disintegrated and replaced with agriculture, all that carbon will stay in the atmosphere, contributing to global climate change.
Eventually, whether it's in one day or a full month, these smoke particles will fall back to Earth. Often, these particles contain nutrients like potassium and nitrogen from the plants that burned in the original fire, and can help fertilize the soil. If these particles settle on ice or snow, however, their darker color will cause them to accelerate melting of the white glacier or ice sheet around it.
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This small Gallurese enclave in the region of Anglona in north-western Sardinia is five kilometres from the sea and 50 kilometres from Sassari. It is famous for its thermal baths and the Doria castle
Santa Maria Coghinas lies on a bank of the Coghinas river, adorned with hills that surround a fertile alluvial valley, where vineyards and artichokes are highly cultivated as its main resource. The town has 1,400 inhabitants is and located just short distance from the Gulf of Asinara, a fraction of Sedini until 1960 and then of Valledoria until 1983, when it became an independent Municipality. The present inhabited area was repopulated in the 19th century by families of Gallura shepherds, after the medieval village was abandoned in the 15th century. This is why the language, customs and traditions of Gallura live on, despite the town being part of the Anglona. The name of the village derives from the river and the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, in Romanesque style with a Gothic façade, coeval with the medieval nucleus of the village. To be admired within is the statue of the Virgin Mary, carried in a procession during the festivities held on 1st May. The quaint Romanesque church of San Giovanni is also well preserved.
A thick blanket of Mediterranean scrub and cork covers the landscape around Coghinas. Herein live herons, osprey, partridges and aquatic turtles. A short distance from the village, where the river loops back at the foot of a granite hill, the Casteldoria thermal baths emerge, famed since Roman times for their therapeutic qualities and today a renowned spa. The temperature of salso-bromo-iodic waters varies between 40 and 70 degrees Celsius. On the same hill, called Monti Di Lu Casteddu, framed by bright red rocks, emerge the ruins of Castedoria, a fortress built in the 12th century by the Doria, who had strong interests in the area, especially in Castelsardo. From the peak, you can spy the Anglona region and the coast, an area of intense traffic since ancient times. The castle was the protagonist of intricate events that involved the republics of Genoa and Pisa, the Giudicato of Arborea and of Torres and Crown of Aragon. The first written testimonies date back to the late-13th and early-14th centuries, then belonging to Brancaleone Doria, husband of Eleonora d'Arborea, and restored by Pietro d'Aragona (1354). It passed through many masters, until the slow decline in the 15th-16th century and the demolition by the Piedmonts at the end of the 18th century. Today, the well-preserved Torre dei Doria can be clearly seen from a distance, with a pentagonal layout and over twenty metres in height, with some parts of the walls, the remains of a chapel and a cistern for water supply. The ruins of the ancient village are still standing, perhaps built together with the fortress, around which myths and legends abound, many linked to the last reigning prince, possibly being Andrea Doria. In a story penned in 1894, Grazia Deledda wrote of a secret underground passage, excavated between the castle and the Cappella di San Giovanni di Viddalba, used to reach the church. The Nobel Prize also refers to the Conca di la Muneta, a basin in which the Doria are said to have pounded coins. The tale tells of an explorer who discovered a room full of gold and another closed by an iron door that was to have contained the treasures of the Genoese family.
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A young man wearing horn-rimmed glasses lies unconscious on the floor of a public restroom, his pants and underwear down around his ankles: "Morton had no idea that reading a novel in Penn Station after midnight would lead to him being molested, but now that it had, next time he would read a newspaper, which, he assumed, would be infinitely safer."
Bandsaw Accidents
Lou Reed, his hair close-cropped and dyed blonde and his eyes shielded from the fluorescent lights above by a pair of over-sized aviator sunglasses, waits for a journalist to put a new cassette in his tape recorder while a small Japanese man wearing a kimono sits in Lou's lap, clipping his toenails: "I tried to engage him in conversation, but nothing worked. Finally I asked him if he would be touring any time soon and he told me he couldn't tour because he couldn't find a good enough guitar player to go on tour with him. When I remarked that it couldn't have been that hard to find a good guitar player he scoffed and told me I had no idea what I was talking about. He said he could count the number of good guitar players in the world on one hand, a hand that had lost a couple of fingers in a bandsaw accident. He held up his hand and hid his pinkie, ring, and middle fingers, holding up only his thumb and forefinger. When I suggested he ask Mick Ronson he scoffed at me again and said Mick Ronson was a shit guitar player. When I playfully suggested Jimmy Page he said Page was even worse. Then I asked him who he thought was a good guitar player and he said Derek Leckenby, the guitarist for Herman's Hermits. Lou said Derek Leckenby was the best guitarist in the world, always had been, and if he couldn't have him – and apparently he couldn't – then he didn't want anyone, except for maybe Dewey Bunnell of America, who, for obvious reasons, he also couldn't get. I asked Lou if he had asked anyone else and he said, No, I haven't asked anyone else, there's no one else to ask, why should I ask anyone else, I only want the best, Derek Leckenby and Dewey Bunnell are the two best guitar players in the world, if I can't have them then I'm not going on tour, so why would I ask anyone else? A small Japanese man wearing a kimono walked into the room and started screaming at Lou about how there was no milk, or, there was milk, but the milk had expired, and Lou patiently explained that he didn't know the milk had expired and how was he supposed to know it was time to get new milk if he didn't know the old milk had expired, and the Japanese man told him that he should be constantly checking on the milk to make sure it hadn't expired, how this was Lou's job, to check on the milk, and Lou waved the Japanese man off, and this really got the Japanese man angry and they started cursing at each other, but it wasn't like how married couples scream at each other, or friends, it was like two stevedores, "Fuck you right in the ass, you cocksucker," and, "I'm going to come over there and beat the shit out of you," and, "Just try it, motherfucker, and I'll hit you so hard I'll kill all your unborn children," and it went on and on like this until the Japanese man pulled out a switchblade from his kimono and Lou stood up and pulled out a switchblade from the back pocket of his black jeans and they circled each other, knives out, for a couple of minutes, still swearing at each other, and then the phone rang and Lou dropped his knife, said, Maybe that's Derek right now, but it wasn't, it was Lou's mom, who Lou proceeded to curse out with even more gusto than he had the Japanese man before ending the conversation with a perfunctory, I love you too, Ma, and hanging up. Lou disappeared for a couple of minutes (although it felt like an hour, as the entire time Lou was gone the Japanese man lectured me about work, and how working hard at something you love was the only way to go through life. When I asked him what he did for a living he said, Nothing) and then reappeared holding a manila envelope, out of which he pulled a thick stack of glossy 8 x 10 black and white photos of people who had lost their fingers in bandsaw accidents, which, he said, he procured from a fan who worked at Saint Vincent's. I tried to look at the pictures for as long as I could, probably because I wanted to prove to Lou that I wasn't squeamish, but after a while I started to feel a little sick and Cried Uncle. Lou put the pictures away and said, I had no idea there were so many people in New York who owned bandsaws, and, Maybe I should get a bandsaw, what do you think? When I got home I opened my satchel and was surprised to find that Lou had tucked in a bunch of the bandsaw accident pictures. I closed my satchel immediately and forgot about the pictures until I was reminded of them when I heard my kids scream bloody murder. I ran upstairs and found my wife hugging my son and daughter, the pictures of the bandsaw accidents lying face up on the carpet. My kids didn't stop crying about it for almost a week. Every time I got within spitting distance of them they screamed for their mommy."
Insult Your Shoes
A lanky, golden-tressed and toasty tan dentist with chiseled features (wearing a white dental lab coat with the sleeves cut off) and his equally Aryan-esque dental hygienist (wearing a tank top and a miniskirt) stand stock-still and stare at the extremely squat and Semitic-looking patient who has just projectile vomited all over them: "Despite over a dozen diode laser hair removal treatments Harold's entire torso – including his back and shoulders – remained covered in a thick, coarse pelt of black hair, making him – in his eyes, at least – the most unattractive and least desirable young man in Redondo Beach, and causing him to engage in petty acts of rebellion against his fellow denizens, none of whom, he was sure, would ever understand what it felt like to have your body be your adversary or to dread the scorching late-summer days when wearing a turtleneck was virtually impossible and probably dangerous from a thermoregulatory standpoint. These physical manifestations of Harold's despair would help abate his self-loathing, but only for the moment."
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, Dir. Joseph Manduke, 1979
Julius Erving sits in the driver seat of his Lincoln Continental Mark V and stares into the distance while the young white woman sitting next to him, who bears a striking resemblance to Little House on the Prairie's Melissa Sue Anderson, holds a compact mirror and applies more lipstick: "Here are the people who wished Dr. J a happy 29th birthday: his orthopedic surgeon, his dentist, the President of the New Jersey Nets, the Owner of the Philadelphia 76ers, his agent, his accountant, Bob McAdoo, David Thompson, Daryl Dawkins, Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Diana Ross, and an assortment of other hangers-on, fans, and associates. Here is who did not wish him a happy birthday: his mother, his sister, and his son."
Death Of A Hippie, Paul Thek, 1967
Fiction, Film
The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant
Rainer Werner Fassbinder pushes Richard Gere up against a wall in the bathroom of Studio 54 and pokes him in the chest: "I spend all day imagining that you and I are married and that you are the wife and I am the husband and we make beautiful babies together and then we live in a home in Nyack and we go on hikes together and I feed you berries and then we go home and we sit on the couch and watch Dallas and you won't stop telling me how beautiful Patrick Duffy is and I get so jealous that I lock myself in the bathroom but you don't care you just keep watching Dallas and ooh-ing and ah-ing over Patrick Duffy and I can hear you all the way upstairs and you're doing it just to torture me because you know I'll never look like Patrick Duffy and I give in to my despair and grab a scissors from the medicine cabinet and slit my own throat and I don't even make a sound when I do it and then I fall to the bathroom floor and I die and then I am reincarnated into the person I am now the person who is not married to you who is poking you in the chest and that is not the person I want to be the person I want to be is the person who eats the eggs and toast you make for me on Sunday morning the person who shares his New York Times with you the person who reminds you to wear shoes when it's cold outside because to be honest with you Richard you look like the type of person who doesn't wear shoes when it's cold outside although right now between the two of us the only one not wearing shoes is me what happened to my shoes where are my shoes and what is all over my feet?"


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The Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated, Volume 2
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Christian Adversaries could with no grace object to a way of interpretation which they themselves had just borrowed from Paganism, to SPIRITUALIZE, forsooth, their sacred Scriptures, which the Philosophers had long used with more sense and better judgment, to make theirs, REASONABLE.
But here we are to take notice of this difference between these Allegorizers BEFORE, and the Allegorizers after the time of Christ. The first were principally employed in giving a physical* or moral interpretation of the Fables ; the latter, a THEOLOGICAL. may see in the case of Plutarch ; who was both Priest and Philosopher in one. His famous tract, or Isis and Osiris, is directly written to support the national Religion, which had just taken the alarm ; and not without reason.
His purpose, in it, is to shew, That all its MULTIFORM worship was only an address to the SUPREME BEING, under various names and covers. But then ancient history, which acquaints us with the origin of their Gods, stood in his way. He denies therefore, what these histories invariably attest.
He calls Euhemerus, who inforced their evidence, an Impostor :† And hath many other evasions to elude such circumstances as are most decisive. Thus, when he cannot deny, that, what is recorded of their Gods shews them to be subject to human passions, he will not yet allow the inference for their humanity ; because the Genii and Demons are agitated by the like passions. Thus again, the bewailing and lamenting gestures, in many of their established Rites, which looked so like mourning for the dead, signified, he assures us, no more than an allegorical representation of corn sown and buried. In this manner, the postulate having supported the allegories ; the allegories come, in good time, to the assistance of the postulate.
Thus stood the matter in the ancient World. Let us see now what use the Moderns have made of what they found recorded there. Our Freethinkers, such as Toland and his school, have revived the old rank doctrine of Euhemerus. That PANTHEISTIC Philosopher's understanding had so strong a bias to impiety, that it seemed rather a
• So ARNOBIUS. "Vulnerari, vexari, bella inter se gerere furialium memorantur ardore discriminum: Vobis illa est descriptio voluptati, atque ut scriptorum tantam defendatis audaciam, ALLEGORIAS res illas, et NATURALIS SCIENTIÆ mentimini esse doctrinas."'-- Adversus Gentes, lib. iv. p. 150, ed. quarto.
+ "Ος αυτός (Ειήμερος] αντίγραφα συνθείς απίστου και ανυπάρκτου μυθολογίας, σασαν αθεότητα κατασκεδάννυσι της οικουμένης, τους νομιζομένους θεούς πάντας ομαλώς διαγράφων, είς όνομα Στρατηγών και Ναυάρχων και Βασιλέων, ως δή σάλαι γεγονότων.- Ρ. 641. 1 Βέλτιον ούν, οι τα περί τον Τυφώνα και 'Οσιριν και Ισιν ιστορούμενα, μήτε θεών σαθήματα, μήτε ανθρώπων, αλλά Δαιμόνων μεγάλων είναι νομίζοντες, ώς και Πλάτων και Πυθαγόρας και Ξενοκράτης και Χρύσιππος, επόμενοι τους πάλαι Θεολόγοις, ερωμενεστέρους μέν ανθρώπων γεγονέναι λέγουσι, και πολλή τη δυνάμει τήν φύσιν υπερφέροντας ημών, το δε θείον ουκ αμιγές, ουδέ άκρατον έχοντας, αλλά και ψυχής φύσει και σώματος αισθήσει εν συνειληχος, ηδονήν δεχομένην και πόνον και όσα ταύταις εγγενόμενα ταις μεταβολαις πάθη, τους μεν μάλλον, τους δε ήττον επιταράττει· γίνονται γάρ ώς εν ανθρώπους, και Δαίμοσιν, αρετής διαφοραι και κακίας. - Ρ. 642. $ See note 00, a: the end of this book.
natural sympathy than any thing acquired, which drew him to it at all distances. Hear how aukwardly he represents Euhemerus's system to us : and yet he labours hard to set it off. The First Idolatry (says he) did not proceed, as is commonly supposed, from the beauty, or order, or influence of the STARS. But men observing Books to perish [before there were any] by fire, worms, or rottenness ; and Iron, Brass, and Marble, not less subject to violent hands or the injuries of the weather, they IMPOSED ON THE STARs, as the only everlasting monuments, the proper names of their HEROES, or of something memorable in their History.* All this, his Predecessors, the Freethinkers of Antiquity, (who knew how to express themselves) informed us of when they said, That Star-worship was only symbolical of Hero-worship ; and, consequently, of later date : the thing they aimed at, to induce their conclusion, that therefore Religion was a political intention. Toland treads in their footsteps, though he treads awry. But our Religionists in general, have not been so happy in the choice of their arms, nor in their sagacity of knowing their friends from their enemies. The excellent G. J. Vossius (to mention him amongst a multitude) hath, in his very learned collection of Gentile Theology, gone, bona fide, into the old pagan method of allegorizing their Theology; as if it were doing service to true Religion to shew, that the Pagan Idolatry was, at bottom, tolerably reasonable.
It is true, a late ingenious Person seems to have understood his subject better, and to know to what it all tends; I mean the learned Writer of the Letters concerning Mythology. We have observed, that the ancient defenders of Paganism had by their Symbols and Allegories resolved the Hero-gods into the Elementary; and these again, into the various attributes of the first Cause. In which they were so successful, that they not only changed their Idolatry, but their Idols likewise. For the Signa PANTHEIA expressive of this new Theology have all the marks of the later times of pagan Antiquity. The ancient FATHERS of the Church are very copious in exposing this subterfuge. In which service they employed all that was found in the system of Euhemerus ; that is to say, That the Greater Gods of Greece and Rome, the Dii majorum Gentium, were Dead men deified. And I have endeavoured throughout this work to support their Cause. There are hardly now, I believe, two opinions on this matter, amongst knowing men. But the Author of the Inquiry into the Life and Writings of Homer attempts, in these Letters, to bring us back again to the old MUMPSIMUS. He saw,
suppose,
the necessary connexion between Allegories and Ideal Gods : a principle which could produce nothing more than a shadowy Idolatry at worst. And therefore, in honour of Pagan Antiquity, hath laid it down as an
• "Of the Origin of Idolatry and Reasons of Heathenism," r. 74.
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axiom, That the powers producing, and parts composing the Universe, were their GREATER Gods ; or the Diï majorum Gentium. This He calls, the grand Key of Mythology. And here it is worth while to observe, (but by the way only) that these admirers of the wisdom of prophane Antiquity, are not so favourable to that of sacred: but are generally amongst the first to laugh at what Divines call the DOUBLE SENSE in Scripture prophecies. And yet they make the greatest part of pagan wisdom to consist in the use and invention of DOUBLE
" Witness (says this writer to his friend) "the DOUBLE view you have already had of the rise of things, and government of the world from Orpheus, in the description of Pan: and from Hesiod in his borrowed Theogony: and still plainer in the double moral of Prometheus, as signifying either the divine Providence in the formation of the world, and particularly of man, or human foresight perpetually on the rack, for the necessaries and conveniences of life." + The difference is, the pagan double sense connects together two things that are foreign to one another in the constitution of Nature: The scripture double sense connects together two things that are as nearly related, as the various parts of one moral Dispensation. But to return :
As these LETTERS seem to be written as much in opposition to what is here, and elsewhere throughout this work, advanced, concerning the rise, progress, and various fortunes, of ancient Idolatry, as in favour of the now exploded MYTHOLOGY; which was, as we say, invented, and, from time to time, improved by the early, middle, and later Philosophers, to hide the deformities of vulgar Polytheism ; I think proper to consider what he hath to say in support of such an undertaking
Now against my various reasoning in confutation of this pagan System, I find not so much as one argument opposed ; and in support of the System itself, but one; and this one, borrowed from Cudworth. I It is put thus : " Euhemerus and bis FOLLOWERS, ere we join with them in mortalizing the first Divinities, must satisfy us, Why the Poetical Sages, the Instructors of mankind, termed their grand Work, the basis of their doctrine, not only a THEOGONY, or an account of the birth and pedigree of the Gods, but a CosmogONY, or an account of the birth and creation of the World ? Or, plainer still, a COSMOPOEIA, a making or framing of the Universe ? The PLATONIC Philosophy had no hand in the Cosmogonies, or histories of the Creation written by Taaut or Thoth, by Linus, by Orpheus, &c. It was plain, therefore, the Allegory did not come too late," Ş &c. - These last are my words.
Page 409, of the " Letters concerning Mythology." + Pp. 120, 121. I See "Intellectual System." Contents annexed to first edition, p. 234. § Pr. 211, 212.
If Euhemerus supposed, as it appears he did, that the First pagan Divinities were mortal Men, he would have found it difficult to answer this objection of Cudworth. But the FOLLOWER of Euhemerus (for with this title he honours the Author of the Divine Legation) who supposes no such thing, but hath evinced the contrary, will find no difficulty at all. For be holds,* that the first Gods of Greece were the heavenly Bodies. And if the Makers of these Cosmogonies, such as Thoth, Linus, and Orpheus, held the same, then their THEOGONIES, or accounts of the birth and pedigrees of these Gods, could be no other than CosMOGONIES, or accounts of the birth and creation of the world; these Gods being parts of it.
But things seem here to be confounded by our Letter-Writer. These Cosmogonies have just as much, and no more, to do with Platonic allegories, than the elements of Speech with the ornaments of Rhetoric.
There are two errors likewise, in this matter, which our LetterWriter seems to have laboured under. The one is, that Euhemerus was the Inventor of the mortalizing system : Whereas, I had shewn, it was taught in all the Mysteries long before Euhemerus had any being. He, indeed, maliciously carried it much farther than the Mysteries intended : He made planetary worship symbolical of the Heroic : and, from thence, inferred the political origin of Religion : for which, he passed with Antiquity, and perhaps justly, for an Atheist. Whereas the Mysteries, as we see from the fragment of Sanchoniatho,t kept these two species of Idolatry distinct ; and assigned the proper order of time to each of them.
The other error this lively Writer falls into, is in supposing, that this Follower of Euhemerus, against whom he writes, holds all the first, as well as last, Gods of Greece to have been mortal men : Whereas he distinguishes between the Gods of civilized and uncivilized Greece: The first, he supposes to have been heavenly bodies ; and the latter only, dead men deified.
From censuring the Learning of Euhemerus's Followers, the LetterWriter proceeds to censure their Morals. "It is not easy" (he says) " to ascertain what should make some warm Ecclesiastics, for the wiser are far above such weakness, so angry at the Allegories of ancient Poets, now, when all danger from their Deities is over. Of old, indeed, when Temples and Revenues belonged to them ; when wealth, and Dignities of the Church, were annexed to the allegorical Devotion, and vested in its Teachers, no wonder the good FATHERS should fulminate against the wild and impious Worship. But now, when the struggle is long since over, when the Father of Gods and men has not so much as a lamb offered, nor his Daughter [i. e.
• See above.
† See above, and likewise p. 212 of the first volume.
Minerva or WISDOM) a single grain of incense burnt upon her altar for near a thousand years, it is hard to tell what should awake this preposterous zeal, or make them so eager to mortalize the EMBLEMS of Antiquity. Is there not, as I was hinting, some infection in the case ?
Has not the reading the FLAMING INVECTIVES of the primitive Fathers, who were actually in the struggle, a little infected their Followers with the same fiery spirit and INDECENT GUAGE?" *
As to these flaming Invectires, the Letter-Writer seems to lie under a small mistake. For though such invectives may perhaps be thought characteristic of the Fathers' zeal, the terms are not here in their place. They reserved their invectives for a better occasion, to fulminate the malice of their Enemies, and the follies of their Friends.On this point, viz. the mortalizing the emblems of antiquity, I can assure him, they appeared much at their ease ; and more disposed to quibble than to rail ; as he might have seen by one of the most serious of them, and who least understood raillery when he was pressed, I mean St. Austin ; who, in his confutation of Varro and his emblems, could afford to be thus jocular : "Sed, hæc omnia inquit (Varro] referuntur ad mundum ; videatne potius ad immundum."+
As to the indecent language ; it is to be found in the third I volume of the Divine Legation ; where it is said, that the Ancients adopted into the number of their greater Gods, Ravishers, Adulterers, Pathics, Vagabonds, Thieves, and Murderers. But it is pleasant to hear this Letter-Writer talk of decency to a set of Phantoms, EMBLEMS, and SYMBOLS; for such he esteems these Greater Gods to be; and yet observe it so little to the MINISTERS of the Christian Religion. For he is at a loss, the Reader sees, to account for their warmth, where their private interest is not concerned. And in seeking for the cause of it, when he cannot fix it on their avarice and ambition, rather than allow them a motive becoming their character and office, lie will throw it upon their passions and prejudices. He supposes, they catched the infection from the Fathers, whose worldly interests, he imagines, were much concerned in the quarrel. But if he deserves the opinion I have of his candour, he will be pleased to find his suspicions ill grounded : And that the ECCLESIASTICS, who engage so warmly in this question, do it on important reasons, becoming their character of Ministers of the Truth.
The Bible represents ancient Idolatry, in the most odious colours ; and the whole Gentile World as given up to its delusions. A species of modern Mythologists, hinted at above, had, on the revival of learning in the West, endeavoured to evade this charge, by borrowing
1 In the second volume
• Pp. 226, 227. of the present edition.
+ Civitas Dei, lib. vii. cap. 27.
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The opening plenary session will feature Steve Goodman and John Ioannidis of Stanford University. They will set the stage for two days packed with ideas and discussion. The closing plenary, entitled "The Radical Prescription for Change," will be presented by Andrew Gelman (Columbia University), Xiao-Li Meng (Harvard University), and Marcia McNutt (President, National Academy of Sciences).
The program includes many opportunities to network, with dedicated time to provide input during Q&A segments in each session.
Below is a brief overview of the symposium schedule. Be sure to check back often as more information becomes available.


We'd didn't quite get our "girlie day, D and I. More like a "girlie" three hours or so until T came back from his football game.
A game which he was quite frustrated about as he'd been fouled (it happens) but unfortunately the referee didn't act on it and his team ended up losing on penalties – which is a bit of a harsh way to lose in a cup game me'thinks.
So he wasn't happy. Decidedly unhappy. Which, emotionally, can be a tad contagious in our house.
Juggling the emotions and variants.
Another day tomorrow, hopefully a calmer one.
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Tell your friends, tell your family, tell your former teammates! Join us for the CLC/Augustana Vikings Hockey Alumni Weekend on February 8 and 9, 2019!
The weekend's festivities begin on Friday night at 7:30 as the Augustana Vikings Men's hockey team take on the Briercrest Clippers. Alumni can pick up their alumni weekend packages and can enjoy refreshments and appetizers in the alumni room while they watch the game.
On Saturday, the alumni room will once again be open for coffee and muffins prior to the alumni game starting at 10 am. After the game, family and friends are encouraged to participate in the annual family skate. A complimentary lunch will be provided for participants and their families at the conclusion of the family skate. The Augustana Vikings will once again be hosting the Briercrest Clippers at 2 pm. The alumni room will remain open for family and friends to enjoy refreshments, share stories and watch the game. Prior to puck drop, the Alumni Association will be holding their annual general meeting for those wishing to catch up on all things relating to the Alumni Association.
To register please contact us at vikingshockeyalumni@gmail.com. Payment can be made by etransfer, cash or cheque. For more details please contact us via email.
BP's band night tickets can also be purchased in person in the Alumni Office.


This past weekend the bike had two more (and perhaps) final additions. The VO Pass Hunter rack and Crane Brass bell.
The rack was installed by Velo Classique on a time crunch (thanks again Wayne) after bending the canti arms just a bit to fit correctly. There is a slight bend in the arms but I personally favor that instead of them being straight. Just yesterday I was able to secure a light load to the front rack and it handled the load well.
My bell turns out, wakes up the dead. I decided on this bc a couple weeks ago I heard a crane sound its chime and immediately thought it had to be a Crane. I now see what the fuss was all about. Peds beware of the bell. Here's a video of one (not mine). Freakin sweet huh?
Onto planing. At first the Campeur was and still is a bike I am getting used to. Things such as fit, long stays and most of all chainring sizes have been things to come accustom to. At first, the frame honestly felt a little stiff due to the larger downtube, much more so than what I was used to and I traveled slower too. Part of it was being out of shape too. But, that was OK. I didn't buy the bike for speed.
This past weekend and yesterday on the commute was a different story and one I was happily able to read. I found myself planing just as I once did. It felt great and I suppose I chalk it up to getting used to the longer stays. Overall, the bike works just as well loaded as unloaded. Needless to say my times have improved and that in turn keeps the wife and baby happy. On a side note – It was once said by his competitors that Raymond Poulidor used to plane up climbs and ultimately coas in the mountain stages of the TDF. Unbelievable. Bikes he rode would be considered crap these days. Ponder that, weekend time trialers.


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The Links, Incorporated
The Links, Incorporated is an international membership organization of predominantly African American women. The organization is primarily concerned with enriching, sustaining and ensuring the identities, culture and economic survival of African American and persons of African descent. It is committed to creating and implementing educational, cultural and civic programs, with international, national and local impact. The Links, Inc. is a tax-exempt public service, non-partisan, volunteer organization.
Founded in friendship on November 9, 1946 by the late Mrs. Sarah Strickland Scott and the late Mrs. Margaret Roselle Hawkins in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the original membership consisted of nine women: Mrs. Frances Atkinson, Mrs. Katie Green, Mrs. Margaret Hawkins, Mrs. Marion Minton, Mrs. Myrtle Manigault, Mrs. Sarah Scott, Mrs. Lillian Stanford, Mrs. Lillian Wall and Mrs. Dorothy Wright.
Fourteen groups of women established the first and charter chapters of the National Assembly and held their first national meeting in Philadelphia in June 1949. Delegates represented: Atlantic City, Baltimore, Central New Jersey, Dayton (Ohio), North Jersey, Petersburg, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, St. Louis, District of Columbia, Wilmington Delaware and Wilson-Rocky Mount Tarboro chapters.
Since its inception, the organization has continuously redefined its purposes, sharpened its focus and expanded programmatic efforts to make The Links, Inc. not only a chain of friendship, but also a chain of purpose. In 1958 the first specific program facet, Services to Youth, was adopted. In 1964 The Arts and National Trends and Services were formally added as specific program facets, in 1978 International Trends and Services became the fourth facet and in 2010 Health and Human Services became the fifth facet. In addition to hundreds of activities, projects and programs in these facet areas, The Links, Inc:
In 1980 established The Links Foundation, Inc., a 501c(3) tax exempt organization, to further its purpose through philanthropic endeavors
In 1984 purchased a building for its national headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Is recognized as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) affiliated with and represented in the United Nations
The phenomenal growth of the organization led to the creation of four geographic areas of chapters: the Central, Eastern, Southern and Western areas. Each area holds a biennial conference alternating with the biennial National Assembly. As of June 2013, 12,000 plus women have linked together in Service and Friendship, in over 276 chapters located in 41 states. We are an organization of accomplished, dedicated women who are active in your community.
For more information on The Links, Inc., please visit the national website at http://www.linksinc.org


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2012 Vauxhall Red Victor 3
by Simona, on June 12, 2012, 18:00
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June 12, 2012 18:00 by Simona
The history of the Vauxhall Victor began back in 1957 when General Motors first unveiled it to the British market. It was a large family car with 55 HP that was built to take families from point A to point B. You don't need to be a genius to understood that this car had nothing to do with impressive performance level. That being said, we are 100% sure that when Vauxhall brought the Victor onto the market, they never believed that it would become the world's fastest road-legal drag racing car. With some "minor" modifications to its power source, of course.
In fact, here at TopSpeed, we first reported about the Red Victor 3 back in 2010, when this project was in its early development stages. Now, since it turned out not to be just some guy's trifle, we decided it was time to offer up a little more information on it.
The Red Victor 3 is based on a 1967 Victor FD - the fourth generation Victor - and is the result of a collaboration between VXR and the Red Victor team. You can only image the hard work the team put in to take the car from the standard 88 HP (the amount of power developed by the FD) to the impressive 3000 HP it currently pushes out. Yeah, you read that right; a whopping 3,000 HP!
Hit the jump to read all about the Vauxhall Red Victor 3, including its stats achieved at the 2012 FIA Main Event at Santa Pod. At this event, the Red Victor 3 became the world's fastest street legal car, achieving an astounding 6.59 seconds at 220 mph.
Vauxhall Astra TwinTop receives new VXR styling pack
September 4, 2008 11:06 by Panait
Vauxhall unveiled two editions of the Astra TwinTop called Exclusiv and Exclusiv XP. For the U.S. audience, the TwinTop is like a prettier version of the Pontiac G6 convertible. The two Vauxhalls come with new 18-inch alloy wheels used exclusively on this editions, heated mirrors, leather interior, leather steering wheel and heated leather seats. The Exclusiv XP also receives a VXR styling package.
The Exclusiv XP edition comes with a new VXR styling pack consisting in a new front spoiler, new side sills and a re-designed rear bumper. The engines available for the two editions are a 1.8-liter gas engine developing 140 hp, a 2.0-liter turbocharged gas engine capable to develop 200 hp and a 1.9-liter diesel engine developing 150 hp. Pricing starts from £19,295 (at current exchange rates is about $34,396.)
Vauxhall Calibra to come back in 2009
July 11, 2007 10:00 by Simona
Calibra was a real legend in the '90s. One of the world's most aerodynamic production coupe, the Calibra will come back in 2009. Vauxhall wants to bring the same spirit that dominated the original Calibra: a car that will slice through the air.
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Recently, an important day was observed – Transgender Remembrance Day. We are called to reflect on and remember the precious lives lost to violence across our country and in our own community due to transphobia. In addition to honoring lives lost and celebrating the legacies of those gone too soon, we are also challenged to commit to ending the pervasive violence against members of our community. The scope of the problem is deeply troubling when we take a moment to consider the violence experienced by the trans community.
While not all of these acts of violence were committed by intimate partners, we know that the widespread violence against this community contributes to the high rate of intimate partner violence experienced by trans identifying members of society. The most recent national data from the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey indicates that 54 percent of trans identifying individuals have experienced intimate partner violence. There are some unique challenges and barriers that impede reporting and accessing help. The Gender, Violence and Resource Access Survey found that 50 percent of trans respondents reported that they had been assaulted or raped by a partner. There are too many barriers to list in this blog post that impede the trans community from accessing services more quickly or even being served adequately. We are not powerless. We can change this. We can say NO MORE. Our very words in fact have an enormous amount of power.
The normalization of violence, especially violent rhetoric in our culture has a direct impact on the lives of every member of our community, and often a very direct impact on certain people. Imagine being a young person whose peers, family, and community are constantly treating them inappropriately and unhealthily or even being abusive. After awhile that young person might just learn to accept that kind of treatment from others, including intimate partners. For trans folks this isn't something that MIGHT happen, it is something that frequently DOES happen. Transphobic language is omnipresent. It's in the poor jokes told by washed up comedians. It's in misinformation and degrading language used in political debates and school board meetings. It's in the refusal of a teacher to call a child by their name or to use their pronouns. It's in the ugly names children call one another on playgrounds.
Our poor communication is constantly sending a message and we need to be mindful of the ways we contribute to systemic violence as a whole. We are a powerful force not only as individual but as a network as a whole. Our allyship and advocacy are critical to the culture change we are committed to creating, and to fostering an environment where dignity is inherent, respect is for everybody, and violence is unacceptable. Trangender Remembrance Day isn't just about remembering, it's about committing to speaking up and speaking out for each and every member of our community.


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Q: Correct Preposition in the Phrase "Someone's back was turned ___ someone else" I'm curious about which preposition to use in the bolded sentence:

Crawford's back was turned to the supervisor. He didn't even bother to turn around to face the red-haired male to have a face-to-face conversation.

Should I use "Crawford's back was turned on the supervisor" or "Crawford's back was turned to the supervisor"? The first example doesn't sound right and I need a little help.

A: Yes, the bolded part of the sentence is grammatically correct.
"Was turned to" means "was facing." This phrase is also used with the head; for example, "Her head was turned to the speaker as he approached the podium."
The sentence is describing the state Crawford is in. "Turning one's back on," however, usually describes an action rather than a state. It's often used metaphorically, whereas the "turned to" version never is.
I would take issue with the use of a mere comma to separate the two parts of that sentence, however...

A: Disclaimer
I conducted some basic Google searches in order to decide whether this question should be considered general-reference. According to my results, I believe that this question requires more advanced search techniques (such as the Google Ngram Viewer) that would not be considered general-reference by an average user.
Prepositions are a notoriously difficult feature of languages; I have asked a couple of questions about them myself. I believe that this question will benefit future users by helping them to understand the intricacies of such issues. Additionally, my answer utilizes search techniques that users can apply to other situations.
Background
In my Ngram searches, I have used the following specialized notation:

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*_INF represents inflection of a word. Thus "be_INF" includes the searches "am," "is," "are," "was," "were," "be," "being," and "been."

** represents a wildcard. I used this in place of "one's" in the second phrase, since the _PRON_ (pronoun) tag was not returning results.

Note that the inflection and wildcard cannot be used in the same search element. This is why I included four Ngrams that individually inflected "turn" for the second phrase; including all variants in the same search distorted the graph.
Also note that inflection and wildcard both result in multiple results per search element. In my posted Ngrams, I have collapsed these by right-clicking on the colored terms to the right of the chart. If you visit the links to each Ngram, you can expand them again by right-clicking also in order to see frequencies of each individual result.
Many other search functions, ranging from simple to advanced, are available, only a few of which I have even delved into myself; for those interested in learning more, visit the Ngram info page.
Discusion
Since the perception of correctness is influenced by popular usage, examining Google Ngrams to compare usages can prove insightful.
"Back to be turned PREP"
First, let's examine the phrase used in your sentence. The phrase

Crawford's back was turned to...

can be generalized as back to be turned PREP, where PREP is a preposition, in this case on, to, towards, or toward.
In this phrase, "back" is the subject, "to be" is the verb, and "turned" is a past participle. "To be" may be conjugated in any tense and aspect (e.g. "back was turned," "back had been turned," etc.).
Ngram
Here is the Google Ngram for this phrase using each of these four prepositions:

Observations
Around 1800, ending this phrase with "to" and "towards" were roughly equal in popularity; usage of "toward" and "on" was negligible.
The disparity between "towards" and "toward" corresponds to general usage of the two prepositions, represented in this Ngram.
Around the mid-1800s, usage "to" started to increase, peaking around 1900; meanwhile, usage of "towards" remained steady until 1900, then started to decline.
Usage of "toward" rose somewhat from the late 1800s to early 1900s, reaching "towards" levels.
However, by the mid-1900s, "towards," "towards," and "on," were all equally low in usage and have remained so since. "Towards" and "toward" have recently upturned ever so slightly.
Today, "to" outweighs "towards"/"towards" 5:1, and "on" 25:1.
Conclusions
For the phrase "back to be turned PREP," "to" is currently the most popular preposition, although "towards" used to be comparable.
"To Turn One's Back PREP"
Next, let's examine a related phrase: to turn one's back PREP
In this phrase, "to turn" is the verb and "one's back" is the object; the subject is unspecified, so the phrase may be applied to any subject. Again, "to turn" may be conjugated in any tense/aspect. "One's" may represent any possessive pronoun.
In contrast to the phrase you used, this phrase is more idiomatic, thus warranting a dedicated dictionary definition.
Oxford Dictionaries defines the phrase as

1 Ignore (someone) by turning away from them
1.1 Reject or abandon (a person or thing that one was previously involved with)

The Free Dictionary defines it as

Deny, reject; also abandon, forsake

Thesaurus.com lists a number of synonyms here.
Etymonline mentions it in its entry for back.
Notice that all these entries use the preposition "on."
Ngram
Here are the Google Ngrams for "to turn one's back PREP", again using each of the four prepositions in question:
Turn

Turns

Turned

Turning

Observations
These Ngrams display the same trends regardless of the verb's inflection.
Around 1800, ending the phrase with "on" was marginally more popular than with "to," with 2 uses of "on" for every one of "to."
Usage of "towards" and "toward" in this phrase is virtually nonexistent. There were sporadic peaks during the 1800s. However, these never approached the frequency of "on" or "to." Since 1900, they are quite rare.
Since the mid-1850s, the frequency of both words has increased. Today, both are around 500% of their frequencies in 1850.
Usage of "on" has accelerated more quickly than that of "to," making today's usage difference between "on" and "to" average around 3:1.
Conclusions
For the phrase "to turn one's back PREP," "on" has always been and remains the most popular preposition.
Exceptions
One concern I have is that these Ngrams have no way to distinguish between literal and idiomatic usage of "to turn one's back PREP," which may have an influence on which preposition is used.
Although "on" usage has increasingly outweighed "to" usage, I have to wonder if this increase could have been influenced by a corresponding increase in usage of "to turn one's back PREP" figuratively.
Per the Oxford Dictionaries' definition 1, the more figurative sense "ignore" appears to be extended from literally "turning away from" someone. Unfortunately, Etymonline makes no mention of how exactly the idiomatic meaning developed, merely stating that the meaning

"ignore" is from early 14c

So, we have no clear indicator of whether the meaning of "to turn one's back PREP" has evolved over time and how this might have affect preposition choice.
Personally, I think that "to" sounds better with literal usage and "on" with idiomatic usage. However, this is my personal opinion and has no formally researched grammatical basis. I did find some anecdotal evidence that supports this view at Quora.
Summary
According to the trends discussed above as well as my personal "ear" for grammar, I would recommend the following usage:

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*Use the preposition "to" following a phrase structured back to be turned.

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*E.g. "Crawford's back was turned to his supervisor.

*Use the preposition "to" following a phrase structured to turn one's back when it is used literally to mean that one has pivoted so that their back is facing someone.

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*E.g. "Crawford turned his back to his supervisor in order to check that the office door was locked."

*Use the preposition "on" following a phrase structured to turn one's backwhen it is used figuratively to mean that one has ignored, rejected, or abandoned someone.

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*E.g. "Crawford turned his back on his supervisor when he started gossiping about their private conversations with all of his coworkers."

A: This sentence is grammatically correct. The author is using the word to as an alternative preposition to toward.
See the second definition on dictionary.com (http://www.dictionary.com/browse/to?s=t):

(used for expressing direction or motion or direction toward
  something) in the direction of; toward:
  from north to south.


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