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GraphicConverter 10 Adds Face Recognition, Live Photos, Collage, More prMac

Lemke Software GmbH today is proud to announce the release and immediate availability of GraphicConverter 10, the major update to their popular image editing utility for Mac OS X. This “Swiss Army knife” of graphics programs offers users the ability to convert over 200 different graphic file formats into any of almost 80 graphic formats.GraphicConverter has over 1.5 million users all over the world. The app makes it easy to work with almost any graphics format, from almost any source. GraphicConverter also fully supports Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, offering compatibility with the latest Macs.

Source: GraphicConverter 10 Adds Face Recognition, Live Photos, Collage, More prMac

I have been using GC since the mid-90s – always a treat when browsing, opening and mass converting files.

OpenFlights: FAQ

What can I do with OpenFlights? Quite a few things: Track exactly how far you’ve flown and how much time you’ve spent sitting on a plane. (Quite a few of our members have been to the Moon and back, but nobody has yet reached Mars.) See at a glance where you’ve been and where you’re going. Rapidly search your flight history: now when did I go to the Bahamas, and on what airline? Share your flights and trips with friends. Check where you can fly to from any airport, or any pair of airports. (Learn more) Check where you can fly to with any airline. (Learn more) Coordinate flights for conferences and other events. (Learn more) View your flights in gorgeous 3D with Google Earth and other visualization apps. (Learn more)

Source: OpenFlights: FAQ

#MemorialDay was started by former slaves on May 1, 1865 | 3CHICSPOLITICO

Following the solemn dedication the crowd dispersed into the infield and did what many of us do on Memorial Day: they enjoyed picnics, listened to speeches, and watched soldiers drill. Among the full brigade of Union infantry participating was the famous 54th Massachusetts and the 34th and 104th U.S. Colored Troops, who performed a special double-columned march around the gravesite. The war was over, and Decoration Day had been founded by African Americans in a ritual of remembrance and consecration. The war, they had boldly announced, had been all about the triumph of their emancipation over a slaveholders’ republic, and not about state rights, defense of home, nor merely soldiers’ valor and sacrifice.

Source: #MemorialDay was started by former slaves on May 1, 1865 | 3CHICSPOLITICO

A Girl from a Nairobi Slum Issues a Resonant Call for Post-Tribal Unity in Kenya – The New York Times

Shanize’s poem of unity: It is very sad what’s happening to our country. Imagine. A nation that is known to be safe – no violence – now turned into a nation living in fear. No security. Why does it have to come down to this? Religions. You have grown up together. The Kikuyu, M’Kamba, Luo, Abalughya and others. Why do you want to fight each other? As Kenyans, youth – Christian and Muslim – we should stand up as one and say no to violence, no to terrorism, no to instability and live as one. Let no one convince you to pick up a panga, a gun, grenades, bombs, and harm one another. No one has the right to take anyone’s life. Stand up. Get up. Show up. And say no to violence, no to terrorism, no to instability, and live as one.

Source: A Girl from a Nairobi Slum Issues a Resonant Call for Post-Tribal Unity in Kenya – The New York Times

Memorial Day–2016

Peace out, indeed Lobo!

In Saner Thought

Today is Memorial Day….a day set aside to remember our fallen service people during a time of war.

We build monuments to them and then they are soon forgotten…at least this day the public is forced to remember…..all the “sunshine patriots” come out of the woodwork…..and most will beat their chests like sex crazed primates….the sound and fury that signifies (what?)…….

But first a musical interlude….

This will be my only post of the day for I intend to honor our vets in my own way…..first I post this video of the group that I was part of during the Vietnam War…the LRRPs…..with the 9th Infantry Division….Mekong Delta….Republic of South Vietnam…..

Please take the time to learn about a group of men that did all asked of them and for the most part have been forgotten….something I hope to rectify…..

9th Infantry Division RECONDO Qualification Badge, LRRP, LRP | Vietnam ...

https://youtu.be/5JFDzbb0-uY

Although the LRRPs of Vietnam became the 75th Rangers…..I…

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تعيين ليبرمان.. صفعة فلسطينية ليست غريبة

نادية حرحش

تعيين ليبرمان.. صفعة فلسطينية ليست غريبة

المشكلة ليست بتعيين ليبرمان وزير حرب. الحقيقة، فكون ليبرمان وزيرا للحرب هو من أكثر الامور طبيعية في الحكومة الحالية والسابقة وسابقاتها. المشكلة فينا نحن الفلسطينيون.

طبعا وكعادتنا، نحن الأكثر تحليلا ومعرفة بإسرائيل، وتركيبتها السياسية وغيرها من تركيبات، فعندما تسمع التحليلات الفلسطينية عن إسرائيل، تظن لوهلة أننا المحتلون لإسرائيل وليس العكس. استغرب حنكتنا فائقة الحدود، وفشلنا الذريع الذي لم يستطع انهاء الاحتلال، بل عششه فينا.

ان تعيين ليبرمان كوزير للحرب يقول أن نتانياهو على المسار الصحيح. فتعيين ليبرمان وزيرا للخارجية كان كارثي على إسرائيل، وهو اليوم في الوضع المناسب لشخصيته وإمكانياته.

هل تعيينه سيزيد الحروب علينا؟ هل سيزيد النظام الإسرائيلي دموية؟ إن كان وزير الحرب هو من يقرر الاعتداءات والعدوان والقتل في إسرائيل، فالأولى أن نلوم سابقه، الذي صار يظهر لنا وكأنه من حمائم السلام.

استطيع أن أفهم أن تحاول إسرائيل ترويج ليبرمان في منصبه هذا. فليبرمان شخصية غير مقبولة بالضرورة بتمثيل الشارع العام الذي…

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Pope says migrants are ′not dangerous, but in danger′ | News | DW.COM | 28.05.2016

Holding a life jacket from a young migrant girl who perished at sea, Pope Francis on Saturday told hundreds of children at the Vatican that migrants “are not dangerous, but in danger.” The pontiff told the Italian children and migrants that a rescue worker in the Mediterranean had given him the life jacket after he failed to save the young girl’s life. “He brought me this life jacket and, crying a little bit, he said: ‘Father, I failed. There was a little girl in the sea and I wasn’t able to save her. All I could reach was her life jacket,'” Pope Francis said. “I don’t want to upset you, but you are brave and you know the truth. They are in danger: many children… they are in danger,” the pontiff told the children. “Think about this girl. What was her name? I don’t know: a child without a name. Each of you must give her the name you want to. She is in heaven, she is watching over us,” he added.

Source: Pope says migrants are ′not dangerous, but in danger′ | News | DW.COM | 28.05.2016