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Find vulnerable software packages
Background reading:
Software Vulnerability Assessment
The exploitation of software vulnerabilities is a leading means of attack against networked servers. Organizations with networked software must ensure that all system and application components are protected from exploits that use known vulnerabilities.
Defense against these attacks usually means installing the latest known security patches and upgrades. Software Vulnerability Assessment is a Halo security module that monitors your Halo-protected servers, both to provide you with a compete inventory of installed software packages, and to detect known vulnerable packages.
Vulnerability scans identify at-risk software packages in your servers by comparing the versions of your servers' software packages against the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) database of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE), in conjunction with other public and proprietary information available to CloudPassage.
To remediate detected vulnerabilities, you can apply the latest patches that address the reported vulnerabilities, you can remove unnecessary vulnerable packages, and you can create exceptions for vulnerabilities that do not pose an actual threat of exploit to your organization.
Use Halo to scan your cloud servers for potential software vulnerabilities, then apply patches as recommended to minimize security concerns.
If you have not disabled automatic scanning, the Halo Software Vulnerability Assessment module should already be searching for known vulnerable packages installed on your servers. All you need to do is view the vulnerability scan results and assess the importance of the vulnerabilities that Halo has reported.
- If you do not see any vulnerability scan results in the portal, verify that automatic scanning is enabled. Open the main menu ( ), choose Site Administration, open the Settings tab and the Agent Settings subtab, and make sure that, under Agent Scanning, the value of "Automatically Scan" for "SVA" is anything but "Never".
- If vulnerability scanning is enabled but no scan has yet run, you can launch a scan manually from the Halo portal Environment screen:
- Select a server group in the group tree and click the Servers view button. Use the checkboxes to select one or more servers to scan.
- From the New menu, select Scans, and then select "Software Vulnerability Scan" from the Launch Scans dialog.
- Click Scan. The scan should complete in less than a minute.
- Select a server group in the group tree and click the Servers view button. Use the checkboxes to select one or more servers to scan.
- After the first scan has completed, select a server group from the group tree and click Servers to display the server list. Click the name of a server in the list, and then click Scans. The view displays a list of all scans that have run on that server.
- Filter the list as shown above, or sort by scan type and scroll to locate the most recent vulnerability scan. Then click the scan status to display the details of that scan.
The scan details screen lists the number of vulnerable (and also non-vulnerable) installed software packages found by the scan, and it gives references to all known Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) found in each package.
- To evaluate the risk posed by a vulnerable package, click any of its CVE Reference link(s) to get more information such as the following for CVE-2014-7185:
- Use this information to help decide the priority for remediating this issue. For more details, see Act on SVA Issues, Findings, and Events in the Software Vulnerability Assessment Setup Guide.
Adding Vulnerability Exceptions
There may be known vulnerabilities in your servers that you cannot or need not remediate. You can clean up your scan results by classifying those vulnerabilities as exceptions, suppressing them from future reports. To do this, click Add Exception in a server's list of vulnerabilities.
For instructions on adding and managing vulnerability exceptions, see Specify Exceptions in the Software Vulnerability Assessment Setup Guide.
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Randy Barnett criticizes Health Insurance Mandate at von Hayek Lecture
Professor Randy Barnett gave the Sixth Annual Friedrich A. von Hayek Lecture in a triumphant mood. His topic, "Commandeering the People: Popular Sovereignty and the Health Insurance Mandate," addressed the questionable constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as a dramatic expansion of Congress's Commerce Clause powers. Just prior to the lecture, Barnett's argument received a strong endorsement from Judge Roger Vinson of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. Hours earlier, Judge Vinson had sided with 20 states by permitting a lawsuit against the so-called Obamacare to proceed to trial, referencing Barnett's forthcoming article to be published in the Journal, which served as the basis for his lecture, in the opinion. For the packed audience inside Greenberg Lounge, Oct. 14 may have been any other rainy fall day, but for Barnett it marked a victory for a sensible legal reading of the Constitution.
Barnett addressed first how the health insurance mandate was not authorized by prior Commerce Clause jurisprudence and second why it would be dangerous for the Supreme Court ultimately to extend the Commerce Clause's reach in this case. The first 20 minutes of his presentation served as a Commerce Clause crash-course. He touched upon cases that dealt with child labor, minimum wages, maximum work hours and the use of the Necessary and Proper Clause to expand the Commerce Clause's reach into purely intrastate activities.
"Until 1995, we believed Congress could do whatever it wanted under the Commerce Clause," he said. Then, in U.S. v. Lopez the Supreme Court invalidated a law prohibiting gun possession near schools because it did not relate to economic activity in general. According to Barnett, after Lopez courts must evaluate the Commerce Clause by looking at a given activity and determining whether or not it is "economic." This simple, stark dividing line "provides a workable doctrine to evaluate the appropriate fit between means and ends without having to look at whether the law is more or less necessary," he said.
Barnett's criticism of the health insurance mandate rests upon the simple fact that "it converts an inactivity--not to buy insurance--into an activity to decide not to buy health insurance." Prior cases, he noted, involve voluntary activity: possessing a gun, operating a hotel, perpetrating gender-motivated violence. "They all involve activity, not inactivity," he said. Prior Commerce Clause jurisprudence did not equate economic decisions to actual economic activity. "Doing something and not doing something are not the same thing," Barnett said. "This is basic common sense." The health insurance mandate, he argued, "obliterates" this distinction. He stated the only way the Supreme Court could rationally uphold the mandate would be to use nothing less than legal alchemy.
"None of us can think of any such personal mandates that have been imposed upon us by the Commerce Clause before because it's never been done," Barnett said. Alongside jury duty, taxes and a military draft now sits health insurance. "[They], however, are fundamental duties of citizenship," according to Barnett, "and not some convenient regulation of commerce." Barnett conceded that some might argue that the mandate is necessary, as requiring everyone to buy health insurance is essential to the broader regulatory purpose of providing expansive health care to all. However, even if that is the case he wondered how a mandate could be considered proper.
Noting that doctrine is lacking because mandates are so categorically "unprecedented," Barnett focused on the Supreme Court's sharp criticism and rejection of congressional commandeering of state sovereignty in the name of regulating interstate commerce. "This principle was ultimately grounded on the 10th Amendment," he said.
Barnett emphasized that the 10th Amendment also reserves rights to the people themselves. "Might mandating the people not improperly infringe upon popular sovereignty?" he asked. "Mandates are different than regulations--and, indeed, even prohibitions," he said. "Making you do something is really a step beyond."
In the spirit of Hayek's examination of the proper role of government in society and individual liberty itself, Barnett concluded by defining the sides of this debate between a "very capacious notion of the duties owed by a citizen to the state" and America's traditionally limited but fundamental notion of citizenship. He worried that this transformation would not only weaken government accountability in the long term but would "open the door to an infinite variety of mandates in the future, obliterating once and for all the scheme of enumerated powers." In the future, Barnett mused, nothing could stop Congress from ordering Americans to buy government-owned GM-made cars.
"This is not merely another regulation imposed by their friendly federal government," he concluded, "but it crosses an important line between limited and unlimited government power."
The entire lecture and subsequent question and answer session is available to view:


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This, simply put, is the one day when you can let the world know just how little you know about blogging. Like, say, certain bloggers (huh? who? me?) who can take the simple exercise of creating an International Day and turning it into stinkin' rocket science? Like a blogger that cannot seem to follow a link to this site. Or a blogger that finds it suddenly difficult to understand the e-mails that, while simply stated and quite easy for most to read, become a senseless jumble of words. Like a blogger that tries to sign in to a blog that said blogger was very flattered to have been invited to join, only to spend most of the time annoying those very folks that issued the inept blogger the invite.
And, in other cases, like the blogger that has a hard time figuring out things such as code, links, and RSS feeds.
I am a blogging imbecile. A blogocile, if you will. And I am an insult to the blogging community. Hug me.


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The first time I read Jane Bryant Quinn's book "Making the Most of Your Money," it struck me as the personal-finance equivalent of "The Joy of Cooking." Everything you ever wanted to know was somewhere in those pages. But with more than 1,000 pages, the thought of sitting down to read the book cover to cover was daunting.
The first time I read Jane Bryant Quinn's book "Making the Most of Your Money," it struck me as the personal-finance equivalent of "The Joy of Cooking." Everything you ever wanted to know was somewhere in those pages. But with more than 1,000 pages, the thought of sitting down to read the book cover to cover was daunting.
I skipped and skimmed, using the index to find the topics I needed to know when I needed to know them. It was the top reference book on my shelf until last week, when Quinn sent me her updated version, "Making the Most of Your Money Now."
Quinn, the renowned Newsweek columnist who has been writing on personal-finance topics for more than 30 years, focuses this rewrite on many of the top issues of today, such as recovering when you've been savaged by the economy. Last week she talked with me about how Americans can deal with today's tough market.
What is the most important thing for consumers to do now?
You need to get organized and see where you are economically. If you have been knocked back by the economy, you basically need to begin again, and you can't get on top of your finances until you know what you have.
Create piles — credit card debt, other debt, cash savings, college savings, retirement investments. How much are you saving and how much are you spending? Where do you stand with your retirement/emergency savings?
That could be depressing. There are numbers indicating that people have built their 401(k) plans back up to where they were at the end of 2007, but it's now 2010 and we're three years closer to retirement. How should consumers deal with three lost years?
You are going to have to save more money. You can pretend that you don't have to. But the reality is that your house and the stock market aren't going to make you rich, so you'll have to do it the old-fashioned way — by putting money away yourself.
The easiest way to save is by making it automatic. Have, say, 5 percent of your income taken out of your paycheck every month. Even if you are living paycheck to paycheck, you usually don't miss that 5 percent. If that works, then raise it to 10 percent or even higher.
The thing is, if you lose your job when you are 55, that's it. At that point, whatever you have managed to save is going to dictate your standard of living for the rest of your life. The people who have thought about it in advance and have done some preparation can make it work. If you haven't done anything and you get to that point, you've blown it.
If someone has to choose between saving and paying off debt, what is best?
Financially speaking, you'd say to pay down your credit card debt because you're likely to get a better return on that money. But I think that any interruption in the habit of saving is dangerous. You could pay off your consumer debt and then get into more debt because you are not in the habit of saving.
So if you are talking about paying down credit card debt and saving in your 401(k), I think you have to do those simultaneously. I think you should be splitting your money between those two.
What should people do if they have some money in retirement plans and savings? How should they invest it? Can the stock market be trusted with long-term money anymore?
People had this terrible thing happen to their investments at the end of 2008 and they reacted to it by putting their money in certificates of deposit, rather than stocks. But the people who did that missed out on the near-70 percent gain that started in March 2009. And they still aren't in stocks.
You need bond funds as a safety net for when the stock market goes awry, but part of your 401(k) and other savings should be back in the market — permanently. I use the rule of thumb that you should subtract your age from 110. The result is the percentage of your assets that you should have in stocks. So, if you're 50, that's 60 percent.
What about individual stocks?
No. Don't buy individual stocks. You and I are not analysts and we can never know with certainty what's going on inside a company — how are the profit margins; is it using or developing the right technology; what's the competition doing; and what are the problems they face and what is management doing about them. If you don't know those things, you don't have the basis for a decision to buy, hold or sell. And one bad pick can eliminate the benefit of years of patient savings.
Instead of individual stocks, buy stock mutual funds, especially index funds that follow the market as a whole. Tons of research shows that mutual fund managers don't beat the market over time. You won't either. But you'll beat the fancy managers by investing in the entire market through index funds.
What about emerging markets — should people invest money there?
Yes. I am a big believer in the idea that the U.S. is going to grow slowly and Europe is going to grow slowly. But there are developing countries that are fiscally very sound — China, India, Brazil, Russia, Southeast Asia and other developing areas — and are going to grow rapidly. I'd recommend that you put more of the money you allocate to stocks into emerging-market mutual funds that invest in these countries. These funds can be very volatile, but I believe they are going to do better than investments in the U.S. and Europe.
What do you think about investing in gold?
I would not chase the price of gold, ever. As it goes higher and higher, it attracts more and more people. And this isn't the first time that's happened. Many people bought high in 1980, when it was at its peak. It is only now at its 1989 price, once you adjust for inflation. That's a long time to hold an investment just to break even. You should not see gold as an inflation hedge. You shouldn't think of it as something that you are going to trade in and make some money on it. I think of it purely as a disaster hedge.
If you think there is going to be some serious damage to the dollar, then you might want to hold 3 percent to 5 percent of your portfolio in exchange-traded funds that invest in gold. But only if you have a pretty big portfolio and can figure that you're going to hold on to it through thick and thin. And, frankly, I think there are better ways to hedge against a decline in the dollar, like buying foreign bond funds.
Any closing advice?
Don't look back. Don't kick yourself. What happened happened. Now you need to figure what you are going to do about it. Your best strategy is now to spend less, save more and diversify. Forget remorse. The only thing to do is look forward.
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Warmer lives
Improvements in energy efficiency can make a major contribution to tackling many of the problems that confront individuals and communities. It can:
Saving money and reducing debt
When energy efficiency is improved in the home, fuel bills are reduced. For those on a fixed income, cutting down on energy costs means a warmer and more comfortable home for the same amount of money. For the better off, less money spent on energy means more money to spend elsewhere. For all, lower living expenses means less reliance on borrowing and an opportunity to pay off existing debt.
Reducing waste and improving the environment
Climate change is a major problem affecting our planet caused in part by the increased and inefficient use of fossil fuels. The results are becoming clear in the form of problems such as increased flooding of low-lying areas. The UK Government is committed to Climate Change targets to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution has called for a 60% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Energy efficiency can make a major contribution to meeting these targets.
Improving housing conditions
In the UK there are 4-6 million fuel-poor households, depending on definition, who cannot afford to keep warm, may not know how to improve their situation at a reasonable cost. A project to improve energy efficiency can give households like this the knowledge and the resources they need to improve their living conditions.
Creating jobs and training opportunities
Less money spent on fuel bills means more money to spend elsewhere. As energy efficiency improves, more income becomes available to spend within the community, which can only help to boost the local economy.
More directly, the work needed to improve energy efficiency has to be carried out by someone. Skills within the community can be developed, workers with relevant skills can practice their trade and others can be trained in specific areas of work including practical work, providing advice and administrative skills. Energy efficiency goods also boost the local economy.
Contributing to community regeneration
An energy efficient community benefits in a number of ways: socially, economically, environmentally, in improved physical and psychological health and, potentially, through job creation. These benefits combine to improve the stability and development of the community as public perception of the area improves both within and outside the area.
In both rich and poor communities many households are interested in the contribution they can make to improving the environment and to tackling fuel poverty and deprivation within society. Yet, many areas lack a sense of community. Community projects are one way in which local people can contribute. An energy efficiency project which people can support may, by achieving quick results, become a focus to rebuild community spirit.
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G. K. Chesterton is uncomfortable with both pessimism and optimism in the way that they are commonly defined. This is not such a novel view since we all assume that there is a "middle way" between the despair of the pessimist and the naivete of the optimist. Chesterton's real insight is that the real problem with both the optimist and the pessimist is that each comments on the universe as a critic, as one looking over a piece of art in a gallery. A critic is one who, supposedly, critiques something from the outside as a "impartial observer"; but such an idea is ludicrous when critiquing the cosmos. We cannot stand outside of the universe and judge it impartially, for we are a very part of this universe. There is no outside of all that is.
Chesterton says that his attitude towards the cosmos is not something akin to pessimism or optimism, but rather patriotism. In Orthodoxy (GKC Collected Works Vol. 1, Ignatius, 1986) he writes:
Whatever the reason, it seemed and still seems to me that that our attitude towards life can be better expressed in terms of a kind of military loyalty than in terms of criticism and approval. My acceptance of the universe is not optimism, it is more like patriotism. It is a matter of primary loyalty. The world is not a lodging-house at Brighton, which we are to leave because it is miserable. It is the fortress of our family, with a flag flying on the turret, and the more miserable it is the less we should leave it. The point is not that this world is too sad to love or too glad not to love; the point is that when you do love a thing, its gladness is a reason for loving it, and its sadness a reason for loving it more…
Let us suppose we are confronted with a desperate thing – say Pimlico. If we think what is really best for Pimlico we shall find the thread of thought leads to the throne of the mystic and the arbitrary. It is not enough for a man to disapprove of Pimlico; in that case he will merely cut his throat or move to Chelsea. Nor, certainly, is it enough for a man to approve of Pimlico; for then it will remain Pimlico, which would be awful. The only way out of it seems to be for somebody to love Pimlico; to love it with a transcendental tie and without any earthly reason. If there arose a man who loved Pimlico, then Pimlico would rise into ivory towers and golden pinnacles… If men loved Pimlico as mothers love children, arbitrarily, because it is theirs, Pimlico in a year or two might be fairer than Florence. Some readers will say that this is mere fantasy. I answer that this is the actual historyof mankind. This, as a fact, is how cities did grow great. Go back to the darkest roots of civilization and you will find them knotted round some sacred stone or encircling some sacred well. People first paid honour to a spot and afterwards gained glory for it. Men did not love Rome because she was great. She was great because they had loved her.


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The Bible
We believe that the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, are infallible and without error in the original manuscripts, and are the sufficient and final authority for faith and life (2 Timothy 3:16, 17; 2 Peter 1:3-4; 19-21; Psalm 119:9-11; Matthew 5:18; Deuteronomy 4:2; Galatians 1:8-9; Revelation 22:8-9; Hebrews 4:12-13).
The Trinity
We believe in the Holy Trinity; one God eternally existing in three equal and distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Genesis 1:1, 26; Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 48:16; Proverbs 30:4; Mark 12:29; Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14; John 1:1-4, 14, 18; 10:30; 14:26; Acts 5:3-4; 1 Peter 1:2; Hebrews 9:14; 1 John 5:7).
We believe in the one and only God the Father; creator of all, eternal, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, immutable, holy, loving, and true (John 4:24; Luke 3:22).
We believe in the deity, virgin birth, sinless life, substitutionary death, bodily resurrection, and imminent pre-millennial coming of Jesus Christ (Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-35; Philippians 2:6-11; Isaiah 7:14; John 1:14).
We believe that the Holy Spirit sanctifies, seals, fills, guides, instructs, comforts, equips, empowers, permanently indwells at salvation, and bestows spiritual gifts to the believer for Christ-like living and service (John 16:8; 13:15; Titus 3:5; Ephesians 1:22; 4:11-12; Romans 8:9-17; 12:4-8; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 12:4-5, 11-13, 19; Galatians 5:25; Hebrews 2:1-4; 2 Corinthians 12:12).
We believe that God created mankind - male and female - perfect in His own image. Tempted by Satan, man freely chose to disobey God, bringing sin, physical death, and spiritual death, which is separation from God. And that all human beings are born with a sinful nature, and are sinners in thought, word, and deed (Genesis 3:1-6; Romans 1:18, 32; 3:10-19; 5:12, 19).
We believe in the fall, total depravity, and guilt of all mankind, which for man's salvation necessitates the sovereign, divinely-initiated deliverance of the sinner by the grace of God in Christ.
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice and rose again for our justification; and that all who believe in Him are justified on the grounds of His shed blood and are saved by grace through faith wholly apart from human merit and works (Acts 13:37-39; 16:31; Romans 3:21-28; Ephesians 2:8-10; Titus 3:3-8; Isaiah 64:6).
We believe that upon placing one's faith in Jesus Christ as Savior, the believer is made part of the Body of Christ, the one universal Church, of which Jesus Christ is the Head. The Scriptures command believers to gather locally in order to devote themselves to worship, prayer, teaching of the Word, fellowship, the ordinances of baptism and communion, service to the local body through the development and use of talents and spiritual gifts, and outreach to the world to make disciples (Ephesians 1:22-23; Acts 2:42-46; 1 Corinthians 14:26; Matthew 28:18-20).
Baptism & Communion
We believe that baptism is a public declaration of the believer's salvation in Jesus Christ. We believe that Baptism by immersion is an act of obedience to the command of Christ, and identifies us with Him in His death, burial, and resurrection (Acts 2:41; Romans 6:3-6). We believe that communion (Lord's Supper) is a symbolic ordinance picturing Christ's body that was broken for our sins, and His blood that was shed for our redemption. It commemorates His death and inspires us in looking forward to His coming again (Matthew 28:19-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-24).
Eternal security
We believe that once a person is born again they cannot lose their new nature, and are eternally secure in the Lord Jesus Christ (John 1:12-13; 3:3-18; 5:24; 10:28-30; 1 Peter 1:23; 2 Peter 1:4-11; 1 John 5:13).
What's Next
We believe in and expectantly await the glorious, visible, personal, pre-millennial return of the Lord Jesus Christ. The blessed hope of His return has vital bearing on the personal life, service, and mission of the believer (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). We believe in the bodily resurrection of both the saved and the lost. The lost will be raised to judgment and experience eternal wrath in hell. The saved will be raised to eternal joy in the new heaven and new earth in the manifested presence of God (Acts 1:3, 9; Hebrews 7:25-26).
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From Medical Pariah to Feminist Icon: The Story of the IUD – Smithsonian
Posted: June 17, 2017 at 12:47 pm
In the past half-century, this tiny object has gone from feminist icon to dangerous villain to, incredibly, feminist icon once again. And no, we're not sure why the background is pink.
The IUD is a clever little T-shaped object that does a really good job of babyproofing your uterus. Its relatively safe, last up to 10 years, and is 20 times better at preventing pregnancy than birth control pills, the patch or the ring. Today the IUD, which stands for intrauterine device, has become so trendy that you can find it on necklaces and earrings on Etsy, and read upfront memoirs by women about their experiences. But it wasnt always this way.
In the 1960s and '70s, the device started hittingits stride as an icon of liberated feminism. But in the mid-'70s, disaster hit. For decades, the IUD was roundly shunned in the United States by women and doctors alike. Today it is by far the most-used reversible contraception method in the world, with 106 million women relying on it for long-term contraception. And yet its still relatively rare in the U.S., wherenearly half of all pregnancies are still unintended.
That may be changing. Directly after President Trump took office, news outlets reported on the rush for long-acting birth control, speculating that the new urgency was fueled byfears that the administration would slash Obamacare requirements forinsurers to cover intrauterine devices and other forms of contraception, as well as stop Medicaid reimbursements for Planned Parenthood.(Most forms of the IUD, it turns out, can outlast a presidential term.) Suddenly, it seemedthat the IUD was destined to become a symbol of modern feminism once again.
To which longtime IUD-users say: Duh. What took you so long? Lets go back to the beginning.
Two Strands of Coarse Silkworm Gut
In 1909, a German medical journal published a paper on a funny-sounding device meant to prevent pregnancy. The device, according to the article, consisted of two strands of coarse silkworm gut united by a thin bronze filament, which were inserted into the uterus using a female bladder catheter (ouch!). The idea behind this and other early IUDs was that putting foreign objects in the uterus tended to sparkan inflammatory response that made life tougher for sperm, says David Hubacher, an epidemiologist who studies contraception at FHI 360, a human development nonprofit.
Prior to this point, the main form of internal contraception was known as an interuterine device, a device made of metal or silkworm-and-glass that was originally used for "therapeutic purposes."This device had a major drawback: it crossed both the vagina and the uterus, thus connecting the uterus to the outside environment by way of the vagina. In a time when gonorrhea was more common and had no good cure, these devices resulted in a high rate of pelvic inflammatory disease.
The 1909 papers title, Ein Mittel zur Verhtung der Konzeption (a means of preventing conception), was no doubt shocking to readers at the time, for whom birth control was a taboo topic, according to acontemporary medical journal. That might explain why, although it was the first genuine IUD, it seems not to have been widely used. It wasn't until 1928 thata German physician named Ernest Grafenberg developed a variation on the silkworm gut IUD, made of metal filaments shaped into a ring, which became more well-known.
Still,regulation was poor. As IUDs increased in popularity, so didreports of cases of pelvic inflammatory disease associated with them. By the late 1940s, only a miniscule number of American women were using European IUD technology, says Hubacher,who haswrittenon thehistoryof the device.
The IUD's first heydaydovetailed with the liberated 1960s and '70s. They got another bump when, in the 1970s, Senate hearings featuring safety concerns over the birth control pill pushed many women toward the IUD. Soon the little device had become, in the words of one doctors 1982 history of the IUD, the unofficial status symbol for the liberated woman. IUDs were worn as earrings even as bras were being burned.
It seemed the IUD was finally destined to have its day. At one point in the '70s, nearly 10 percent of American women using contraception were choosing an IUD. But then, just as it had become the anti-pregnancy choice du jour amongliberated women, one popular model turned out to be deadly. Enter: Dalkon Shield.
An American Tragedy
Today just the name "Dalkon Shield" evokes collective wincingamong a certain generation.In the 1970s, this crab-shaped IUD model was beginning to be linked with reports major health problems including pelvic inflammatory disease, septic abortions, infertility and even death. In 1974, amid media reports, congressional hearings and falling sales, the devices manufacturer suspended sales. ByJuly 1975, there were 16 deaths linked to the device, according to the Chicago Tribune.
By 1987, the New York Times was reporting that as many as 200,000 American women have testified that they were injured by the device and have filed claims against the A.H. Robins Company, the one-time maker of Chapstick Lip Balm. (The Washington Post cited more than 300,000 victims.) The manufacturer filed for bankruptcy in 1985, and a $2.4 billion trust was established in the late 80s for women whod been affected. The failure of Dalkon Shield would have consequences for decades to come.
Between 1982 and 1988, the use of IUDs and other long-acting reversible contraceptives in the U.S.declined significantly. That year, updated devices came out that met new FDA safety and manufacturing requirements, but the damage had been done. The shadow of the Dalkon Shield hung over the entire market, dissuading American women from even considering IUDs even as their popularity in Europe grew.
Mary Jane Minkin, a clinical professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at Yale School of Medicine, says that in the 80s, when she discussed contraceptive options with her patients, IUDs were not even considered as a remote possibility. There was no person who would have let me put one in, she says.
In 1996, The Washington Post ran a story about a family planner from New Jersey working with IUD-using populations in Senegal, Nigeria and Kenya who herself had trouble finding an American physician willing to give her one. (At that time, only 1.4 percent of American women using birth control were using an IUD.) A year later, a Virginia physician trying to test a new IUD for market reported that he couldnt give the device away for free.
The reasons for the Dalkon Shields problems are still a topic of debate. During the fallout of the devices problems, researchers reported that a major problem with the device was the particular design of the Dalkon Shields tail string, which is used bothto help women make sure the device is still in place, and to aid in its eventual removal. Unlike other IUDs at the time, the string on the Dalkon Shield was made not of one filament but of many tightly wound filaments.
According to expert testimony in legal cases and reporting from that time, the multifilament string acted as a wick, pulling bacteria and sexually transmitted viruses into the wombs of Shield wearers, as The New York Times put it in 1987.
But Hubacher and Minkin say it was never clear how much the devices tail string was at fault. Rather, says Minkin, who was an expert witness on behalf of a trust later established to pay out women hurt by the device, the objects pronged, crab-like shape made it difficult to insert. That, possibly combined with poor doctor training, meant that it probably wasnt being placed correctly, she says. As a result, some women got pregnant while wearing the devices, leading to septic abortions and, in some cases, death.
She and Hubacher add that another potential danger for women was the fact that screening for pre-existing STIs like chlamydia and gonorrhea wasnt as good in the 1970s as it is now. Inserting an IUD into a woman with an infection might have spread that infection, potentially leading to pelvic inflammatory disease, which can cause infertility.
What's certain, however, is that the Dalkon Shield's failure rippled out to Americans' perceptions of all IUDs.After the controversy, all but one were pulled from the market by 1986. Even today, says Megan Kavanaugh, a senior research scientist at the Guttmacher Institute, some young women she interviews say their mothers have told them to avoid the devices.
Contraception's Gold Standard
Over the last 15 years, cultural attitudes toward this maligned device have been warming. Ameican IUD use has been on the upward swingsince the early 2000s, and several new brands have hit the market featuring names like Skyla, Kyleena and Liletta(apparently theres a mandate that new IUDs sound like pop stars). In the years 2011 to 2013, around one in 10 American women aged 15 to 44 who relied on contraception usedan IUDa five-fold increase over the previous decade, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control.
A safe IUD is the answer to all birth control prayers, writes a woman on Huffington Post who put her two teenage daughters on the device. I switched over a year ago from the pill to an IUD, and it has made a world of difference, writes another, adding: "I am EXTREMELY forgetful, and it is how we ended up with my now-5-year-old!" A gynecologist who herself wears an IUD recently wrote about the advantages of using a form of birth control that youre supposed to forget.
Kavanaugh attributes the change in great part to a recognition within the scientific community that modern IUDs are extremely safe. It helps, she adds, that a younger generation of women and doctors dont have the strong negative associations as those who grew up during the time of the Dalkon Shield. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists now recommends the IUD as the gold standard of birth control, calling them safe and appropriate... These contraceptives have the highest rates of satisfaction and continuation of all reversible contraceptives.
These days there are two major types of IUDs: hormonal and copper. The copper IUD, physicians believe, is toxic to sperm, slowing and damaging the little wrigglers as they swim toward the egg like heat-seeking missiles. The hormonal IUD releases progestinthe synthetic version of the naturally-produced hormone estrogen, and the same hormone found in the pillwhich makes cervical mucus thicker and more hostile to sperm. While the mechanisms are different, the result is the same: Never the twain shall meet.
Hubacher and Minkin attribute the safety of modern-day IUDs to a number of factors. First of all, screening for STIs is much better nowadays. In addition, because they use copper or hormones rather than merely plastic, modern-day IUDs aremore effective at preventing pregnancy. (That means that IUD users are less likely to get pregnant, which can lead to medical issues like ectopic pregnancy.) Moreover, if the multifilament string was ever at fault, modern-day IUDs use single filament strings, eliminating that potential cause of infection.
Many physicians now back the IUD so much that it's become something of a cause to champion. Kavanaugh points to an organization in Washington, D.C. and a task force in New York City that promote IUD use and offer insertion training to medical professionals. IUD advertising has increased, and magazines like Cosmopolitan and Elle are running stories singing the praises of these tiny objects. Rates of IUD use have been growing across many demographic groups, says Kavanaugh, and the pace is especially rapid among young women. Now, a woman who becomes sexually active at 17 but doesnt want a baby till shes in her late 20s might be a good candidate for an IUD that lasts years.
Anecdotally, gynecologists say theyre seeing a major increase in demand. About six months [ago], I was doing one to two IUD insertions a week and now Im doing one to two a day. It's a huge increase,"says Brandi Ring, an ob-gyn in Denver whos part of a new generation of doctors and patients embracing the IUD. As of 2012, 10.3 percent of women who use contraception were using an IUD slightly more than what it was before the Dalkon Shield fiasco. Of course, because the U.S. population has grown, that means more women in the United States are using an IUD than ever before, Hubacher says.
I break it down for my patients in terms of how often they have to remember or think about their birth control, says Ring. I start with the pill, and I say: In the next year you will have to think about your birth control 365 times. For your IUD, you have to think about it twice: once to tell me you want it, and once when I put it in. Even better, because the IUD gets inserted by the doctor and lasts for years, theres little opportunity for user error. It has a failure rate of about one percentcompared to condoms, which have a 13 percent failure rate over the course of a year, or the pill, at 7 percent.
That said, the IUD isnt perfect. Both formscan cause bleeding and cramping directly after insertion, and ParaGard (the copper version) is known in some cases to initially make periods heavier and cramping more intense. It is possible, while rare,that an IUD could perforate your uterus, particularly if you have never had children or have recently given birth; this serious riskusually happens during insertion. There is also small risk that your body willexpel the device.(Check here for morecommon side effects for each type of IUD.)
The financial downside to IUDs is that women need to pay a chunk of change upfront, depending on insurance coverage. The price ranges: Right now, Obamacare generally covers the bulk of the cost of getting an IUD, sometimes leaving women with a few hundred dollars. Meanwhile, the cost of getting one without any insurance could be upwards of $1000 dollars, according to Kavanaugh.But over the long-term, the IUD ranks among the most cost-effective of contraceptives once you factor in things like the cost of unintended pregnancy.
In the end, it's your body, your choice. But if you do go forth and get an IUD, know that the tiny device in your uterus comes with a long and tangled history.
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While most shows are on hiatus for the summer, everyone's favorite (former) spy is back - as Burn Notice returns this Thursday for the season four premiere. After three months, fans finally get to find out what happened to Michael Weston after being captured by some less than friendly figures.
The season four premiere of Burn Notice picks up shortly after the events in the third season finale. With the mysterious Simon back behind bars and management's head-honcho returned safely to his desk, new adventures face Michael as he focuses on tracking down those responsible for Simon's escape.
Although, this time, Michael will have more than Fiona and Sam to back him up. With Coby Bell and Robert Wisdom guest starring for the fourth season, the new characters will prove to be extremely beneficial to Michael in his new endeavors.
If that's not enough, Burt Reynolds will also be making an appearance as a former spy whose story is extremely similar to that of Michael Weston.
"Friends and Enemies"
Michael helps Fiona and Sam protect a lawyer against the city's most dangerous biker gang. Meanwhile, he must team up with an unlikely ally to stop a looming terrorist threat... but quickly finds that no mission is without its price.
While Burn Notice continues to be a success for USA and is one of my favorite shows, one can't deny that it has been showing signs of getting too comfortable with stagnate story arcs – find bad guy, kill bad guy, find out bad guy was working for another bad guy; rinse, repeat.
Thankfully, the powers that be have added some new and interesting story arcs for the fourth season that challenge Michael both personally and professionally. From the start, Michael finds himself in a "private holding facility" and a new character is introduced – Vaughn, part of the team that burned Michael.
No longer is Michael a simple errand boy for a mid-level henchman in an attempt to get closer to some higher entity, he is now working side-by-side with the folks responsible for burning him in the first place. Together, they're on the hunt for the people behind Simon getting out of jail.
Of course, it is Burn Notice and there's still the case of the week at hand. Fortunately, even this aspect of the series has changed - somewhat. Upon returning back to Miami, Michael finds out that Sam and Fiona have moved on and began taking cases of their own. An interesting aspect, no doubt, as he's been taking his relationships with them for granted for quite some time.
Although, friendships aren't the only thing Michael will be reflecting on - as his relationship with his mother grows by leaps and bounds within first episode. Not since last season's winter return have we seen real, honest, scenes between Michael and his mother. Hopefully, as the season progresses, there will be a lot more, as these heartbreaking scenes reveal a side of Michael that we've yet to see over three seasons.
Still, everything isn't always so touchy-feely - as the bookend segments (that progress the series storyline before the case of the week kicks in) are still present and better than ever. While Michael isn't running around trying to prove himself to middle management, he is still asked to complete certain tasks for the better good. Unlike previous seasons, the repercussions of Michael completing even the simplest assignments are revealed - as there's always someone to blame, but this time we get to see it.
With that, Michael's morality is put to the test at the end of the fourth season premiere as he inadvertently does the unthinkable to another spy.
Final Thoughts
The fourth season premiere of Burn Notice is a wonderful start to a highly anticipated season that not only gives fans what they want, but also introduces new elements that help make the series feel fresh and new.
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I'm currently very very jealous of Su-Lin's Croatian picnic in London. Do go over to Tamarind & Thyme and check out her fantastic photos.
While you're there, you may notice a slightly different theme to the post from my recent post on Croatian food. This is because most of the food that Su-Lin had the pleasure to enjoy that day hails from the Croatian North, which is more akin to Central and European cooking, while the Dalmatian food (which is where I'm from) is more Mediterranean in character. In our rather small country, there is rather a lot of diversity when it comes to climate and landscape. The South, with its mild winters and hot summers, enjoys Mediterranean climate, and there is hardly ever any snow. While the North is continental, in the middle of the country, there is a mountainous area where the temperatures can fall below – 30 C. Because of all of this, as well as different cultural influences, the cuisines, while similar, also vary a lot. And I have lots to learn about the food of the other regions!
Croatian recipes on this blog:
Ajvar – red pepper and aubergine relish V
Asparagus with eggs OR Sparoge s jajima V
Dalmatian chard with garlic and olive oil OR Blitva s maslinovim uljem i lukom V
Dalmatian fish soup OR Dalmatinska riblja juha (i riba leso)
Croatian Roast Lamb on the Spit
Cuttlefish risotto (Crni rizot, ili rizot od sipa)
Festive food from Dalmatia: Fritule (Aromatic fried dough balls) V
Istrian Frittata OR Istarska fritaja
Liver in Onion and White Wine Sauce (Jetrica u sugu od bijelog vina)
Mum's Fruitcake (Mamin vocni kolac) V
My mum's tomato sauce OR Mamin sug od pomidora V
Stuffed Peppers OR Punjene paprike
Stuffing for the Croatian Roast Lamb on the Spit
Venison Stew Hunter's Style (Srnetina na lovacki)


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I was Daughter of an honest Country−Gentleman tho' but of a small Estate, who had many Children. Now, there was a good Gentlewoman in our Neighbourhood, whose Husband died, leaving her no Child: She took me from my Mother, I suppose, to provide for me; which was esteemed a very great Kindness.
This Gentlewoman, some time after, mov'd from her Country−Residence, and took me with her to London, where we liv'd happily together, I being then about fourteen Years old: I waited on her in the nature of a Chamber−maid, thereby to initiate me into a religious and dutiful Behaviour: For she being a Widow, valued but little of Dress, except that of her Mind; her Devotions, Retirements and Instructions to me and her Servants, being the greatest part of her Employment; which, I doubt, was not so agreeable to my giddy Youth as it ought to have been; young People, too often having an Opinion of themselves, as if Instructions were needless, and themselves capable of being Teachers, instead of Learners.
How far this was my fault, I know not; but instead of keeping with her in her Chamber, I was perpetually making Errands, and pretences to be in the Shop where we lodged; and here my young Face call'd many young Fellows to cheapen Goods, and many to buy; For our Landlady kept a Millener's Shop. These would often address themselves to me with some Question or other, as is usual among Youth, which had no other consequence, than making me grow pert, and think too well of my self: But my Ruin proceeded from one of my own Sex.
There was a certain comely genteel Woman, who frequented that Shop, and by degrees made an acquaintance with me, asking me if I was a Servant to that Gentlewoman, or related to her? I told her that I was neither; but let her know how it was. Upon which, she told me she could help me to a very good Place, where I should have not only very good Wages, but other considerable Advantages, and be in a Way for Preferment; but advised me to say nothing to any one, especially the Gentlewoman I then liv'd with, till she had spoken with the Lady for whom she intended me.
This pass'd on a while, she still giving me Encouragement and Assurance of her Diligence in this Affair. At last, she bid me dress my self the next Sunday, as if I was going to Church, but come to her, and she would go with me to a Lady, who had spoken to her to get her a pretty Girl to wait in the Nursery; but that it was best not to acquaint any body with it, till she saw how the Lady lik'd me.
In this Prospect I greatly rejoyc'd; and accordingly dress'd my self as if going to Church, and so I went to this Woman's House; which prov'd to me the Den of Deceit, the Devil's Dungeon, which in some Degree I deserved for my Hypocrisie to Heaven, and my Ingratitude to the good Gentlewoman my Patroness, for thus forming an Intrigue of any kind without her Knowledge.
I got to my Deceiver in due time, who readily went with me to present me to the Lady. We came to a large magnificent House, and went up a Noble Stair−Case, into a stately Dining−Room, where, instead of a Lady, was a Gentleman, who immediately stood up; and speaking very friendly, told my Conducter, he suppos'd, that this Young Gentlewoman was the Person she brought to offer to his Wife; and then addressing himself to me, Come, pretty Maid, said he, I will direct you to her: So he took me by the hand, led me into a Back−Room, and lock'd the Door; in the mean time my Betrayer departed.
I will not trouble you with the Repetition of the fine Speeches he made to recover me from my Surprize, and suppress my Tears; for he was a Man of Wit, and an engaging Mien; he promis'd me a thousand Fineries, gave me an handful of Gold, told me I should have a fine House of my own, a Coach and Servants, with all manner of Imbellishments to grace and adorn my Beauty; which Beauty (continu'd he) has chain'd my Heart, ever since the moment I beheld it in the Milliner's Shop, where I was ( incog) buying some things, on purpose to see you; for you were recommended to me by Mrs. Wheedle, the Woman that brought you hither.
In short, my Eyes were not blind to his Noble Person, nor my Ears deaf to his alluring Speeches, nor was my Heart made of a Stick or a Stone; but young and tender, susceptible of the Impressions of Love: For I will do his Lordship that Justice, he used no manner of Violence against my Youth and Innocence: Butwith that she wept, which stopt her proceeding for a while, but she soon recover'd her self.
I was placed (continu'd she) in a sumptuous Lodging, with Servants, and Fineries of all sorts about me; my Lord frequently came, and entertain'd me with his Wit and Gallantry; he carry'd me abroad from time to time in his Coach to take the Air, and treated me at all Places of Diversion and Entertainment; in the Evenings we went to Plays, Balls and Opera's; I perk'd up in the Face of Quality, and was a Companion for my Betters: Thus I liv'd in Lewdness and Profaness.
By this barefac'd Wickedness, my good Patroness found me out: For she was in great Affliction in consideration of what became of me. As soon as she knew, she sent one to me to enquire into the matter; which shew'd it self so foul, that she proceeded no farther in her Enquiry; only sent me word she cast me off for ever; This Menace I very little valued, thinking my self much above her Favour.
At last, the News of my lewd Life came to the Ears of my Father and Mother in the Country; who, good People, were sorely griev'd; and sent to me, desiring I would abandon the way I was in, and resolve to live vertuously and modestly for the future, and their House should be open for my Reception, and their Arms for my Pardon: But, alas, these Offers were, I thought, much below my acceptance; I scorn'd an old−fashion'd Country Seat, with Bow−windows, low Roofs, long dark Passages, a slight Thread−Sattin Gown, Worsted−Stockins, plain Shoes, and such like Cloathing; or to have Swine and Poultry for my Companions; perhaps, on Sunday in the Afternoon some of the Farmers Wives: So I refus'd this offer'd Favour and Forgiveness.
Hereupon my good pious Parents sent me word, they cast me off for ever, bidding me think of them no more.
This, indeed, was some Grief at first; but the next Visit from my Lord with his courtly Behaviour soon asswaged it.
Thus I walk'd on in the open Path of Pleasure, and ascended the highest Pinacle of Pride; my Vanity being daily soothed with Praises of my Beauty; and the World solliciting me for Places and Preferments by my Lord's Interest. All which gratified my Vanity, and made me believe my self a great Lady; because I was Courted and Visited by my Superiours, and respected by my Equals.
Thus had the Devil raised me upon a high Pinacle, to make my Fall the greater; For all on a sudden, my Lord sent one of his Gentlemen, to bid me not dare to see his Face any more. I was earnest with the Gentleman to tell me the reason of this great Change; but, he could not, or would not; only he inform'd me, that my Lord was not very well. At the same time he told the People of the House, that they must look to me for payment of the Lodgings.
Thus was I cast off by my Keeper; and for an Addition to my Grief, they turn'd me out that very Day, and seiz'd all my Furniture, I not having Money at that time to discharge the Rent; my Profuseness, having always anticipated my Lord's Liberality.
In this Condition I went to Mrs. Wheedle, thinking to borrow a little of her, to release my things; and to have taken a Lodging with her, at least, that Night: But, alas, far from that, she not only refus'd me all Favour, but loaded me with Reproaches; and chiefly, for having so far abus'd my Lord's Bounty, and like an impudent Strumpet, I had depriv'd him of his Health.
Thus was she a perfect Devil, leading People into Damnation, and then becoming their Tormentors. I was amazed to find my self charg'd with being the Cause of my Lord's Illness; of which I knew myself truly innocent; but Words of Justification were to no more purpose, than to fight with the North−Wind. Thus was I Cast off, not only by my Lord, but by this vile Wretch my first Seducer.
In the midst of this great Distress I got into a private poor Lodging, not knowing what to do, nor to whom to address. I was reduced to great Misery, being helpless, friendless, destitute, and abandon'd; and, what was worst of all, I began to find a great Alteration in my Health. I had only one Ring on my Finger when I was driven out of my Lodging. This enhanced my present Necessity.
Sitting in this deplorable Condition, a Gentlewoman came up Stairs; and entring my Room, I soon discover'd she was Waiting Woman to my Lord's Lady; and was come from her to assist me in my Sufferings. She went with me to my former Lodging; from whence we recovered my things, sold 'em as well as we could, therewith paid all my Debts, and had Money left, for my Assistance. I thank'd, and on my Knees pray'd for this kind Lady, who is a Mirrour of Goodness; not only to forgive, but to seek me out, and relieve me.
Thus I pass'd on a while; But finding my Distemper increase, I was forced to put my self under Cure; which so far devour'd the little Substance I had, that by such time as I was thoroughly well, I was in a manner pennyless: However, I having recover'd my Health, and not quite exhausted my youth, (for I was still young) I knew, I was able to go to Service; but the difficulty was, I had led so evil a Life, it was impossible to hope for a Recommendation from any body: This came to the Ears of my Lord's good Lady, who again sent her Woman, to consult with me; who advised me from my Lady to put my self under a Manteau−maker; which I approv'd, and resolv'd to be vertuous and modest, and she promis'd to be at the Charge. This greatly rejoyced me; and accordingly I was placed with a Person of that Employment.
Here I went on very well, learnt my Business in perfection, and in due time set up for my self, and began to have good Encouragement. But my unhappy Beauty was again my Ruin.
There came a glorious young Gentleman of Quality to lodge in the same House where I liv'd; his unhappy Person and Mien were extreamly engaging, and his broken English, (for he was a Foreigner) was with such a pretty Accent, that his Conversation was Charming; at least, it was so to me; he would often condsecend to come and sit with me and my Workwomen, under pretence of improving himself in the English Language. Thus, Deceit on his side, and Weakness on mine, composed an Amour, to destroy my whole Life's Happiness.
I will not repeat to you, his Sighs, Tears, Vows, Presents, Treats, and divers sorts of Gallantries, and lastly, his Promise of Marriage, if I should be with Child; and this on his Knees he swore; in these very Words, If you prove with Child, I swear to marry you: But for my sake, may no young Woman take Mens Words, nor believe the Oaths till the Parson puts the Hoop on their Finger, that Circle which conjures the most notorious Rover into some decent Limits; if not of Constancy, at least, of Formality. I proving with Child, charged him with his Promise, which he answer'd in his broken English; Yes, Madam, Me will marry you to my Foot−man; if He be willing. But the Gentlemen in my Country do not marry vid de Whores; for dat is no good fashion; but go you gone Mistress; dere is Money for you; and so left me, and forthwith his Lodging likewise.
Thus was I cast off by this wicked Foreigner. But this was but one part of my Misfortune; for that most excelling of her Sex, my Lord's Lady, hearing of this my Misbehaviour, sent and took away those Cloaths I had of her's in making, and withal acquainted me, she cast me off for ever, and, by her Example, all other Ladies and Gentlewomen did the like. Thus I lost my Livelyhood; and with the Grief hereof, I had like to have miscarried; and having nothing, to do at my Manteau−making nor Strength, nor Credit to put my self into any other Business, I spent all I had, both Money and Cloaths; that when I was out of my Child−bed, I was like to starve; but the good Woman of the House, pittying me, and not knowing the whole of my Story (for I made her believe my Husband was an Officer, and gone into Flanders;) I say, this good Woman, got me to be a Wet−Nurse in a Lady's House. Here I was very happy for a while; but by some means or other my Lady heard of my Character, and so cast me off, getting another Nurse in my place.
Now was I reduced to greater Necessity than ever, having sold, pawn'd, and spent All, my Credit lost every where; and having my self and a Child to keep, Time and Poverty began to prey upon my Beauty; so that was not much to be depended upon; I had not Cloaths to grace me, nor Linen to keep me clean; that now I was forced to betake my self to the most scandalous and meanest sort of Lewdness, and became a Night−walker in Fleet−street. Should I tell you all the Affronts, and Indignities I suffer'd here, 'twould make your Ears glow, being often beat, and made to expose my self stark−naked, for the brutal Diversion of those who pick'd up such distressed Creatures. By this time my Daughter began to grow up, and was very beautiful; and likely enough to fall into the same wicked Way; but that a good Gentlewoman, a Lawyer's Wife, taking pity of her Youth, took her into her House, giving her a vertuous honest Education; but upon condition that I should never come near her, nor she me.
Thus was I a Cast off from my own dear and only Child, which was very grievous to me; but was forced to bear it for her good; and the better to secure, and accomplish this Prohibition, I resolv'd to remove my self to the Hundreds of Drury; for I began to be too well known, to be acceptable any where else.
Thither I came, and there I lived in great Misery and Contempt; such as I would not wish to the greatest Enemy that ever was. However, it has so far opened the Eyes of my Understanding, as to know that nothing but a sincere Repentance will attone for my Transgressions. Hereupon she lookt into the Factor's Box, and took a large Parcel of these Vertues, wherewith she adorn'd her self, and according to the proverb,
Cast off Vice, when Vice cast off her.
The rest of the Company ask'd our Factor, if she had no good Books to put them also into a State of Repentance; so she produced a Book call'd the Imitation of Christ, bidding them strictly peruse the Contents of that invaluable Treatise, and therein they would find Rest for their Souls.
The Factor, seeing she was like to dispose of no more of her Vertues at that time, put up her Goods, and went home.
Galecia perceiving, she made no better return of her Merchandize in London, resolved to try the Country, in hopes the Women of all Ranks and Stations would be better Customers. As she was busie in putting up her things for this Journey, she heard a Chariot stop at the Door, and a Gentlewoman come up her Stairs; at whose Appearance she was ravished with Joy, it proving to be the good Lady's Waiting−Woman; who by her Lady's Order, came to see if Galecia had done her business in Town; and if she was dispos'd to go into the Country: For, said she, my Lady very very earnestly desires your Company, now the Spring comes on. Therefore, dear Galecia,dispose your self to go with me.
This Invitation was an inexpressible Joy to our Galecia; so she hastned to put up every thing; the Gentlewoman lending her helping hand; soon finished and took her away in the Chariot to her Inn that night, in order to prosecute their Journey early the next Morning.
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Torment: Tides of Numenera Kickstarter is the fastest ever to reach $1 million, doing so in under 8 hours - Ouya reached the milestone in 8 hours and 22 minutes. Just 24 hours after its launch, the campaign for the Planescape: Torment-inspired RPG has been backed by over 30,000 people and has raised over $1.7 million, nearly doubling its $900,000 goal with 29 days left to go. So yeah, it's not doing too badly.
Developer inXile laid out some early stretch goals yesterday, with two already eclipsed at $1.2 million and $1.5 million. That means players will be able to choose their characters' gender, with "appropriate reactivity" from non-player characters built in, and that writers Murs Lafferty and Tony Evans will join the team. Lafferty was nominated for last year's John W. Campbell award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction or Fantasy, while Evans can boast the likes of BioWare and Obsidian on his CV.


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Discussing the sanctity of human life
At the April 10 interreligious event. From left: Sr Maria Lau, IJ, (chairperson of ACCIRD); Ms Tengku Suhailah binte Tengku Kamarudin (staff, Zakat and Wakaf Strategic Unit, Asset Development Cluster, Muis); Fr Avelino Marin, Opus Dei (ACCIRD member and moderator of panel discussion) and Rabbi Jean-Pierre Fettmann (Rabbi of Chesed El Synagogue).
Although there are differences in the understanding of when life begins, human life is a gift from God.
This was the agreement among three religious representatives during an April 10 interreligious panel and discussion.
Rabbi Jean-Pierre Fettmann, Ms Tengku Suhailah binte Tengku Kamarudin and Sr Maria Lau, IJ, were the three speakers from the Abrahamic faiths who spoke on the topic of birth and religious initiation in their respective religions of Judaism, Islam and Christianity.
The discussion time allowed participants to dwell deeper into such topics as adoption and abortion and to appreciate the similarities and differences among the three religions.
More than 50 people attended the event held at the annex building of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd.
It was organised by the Archdiocesan Catholic Council for Interreligious Dialogue (ACCIRD) as the first in a series this year on life's important milestones, the upcoming ones being on marriage and death.
Each event will only feature three speakers so as to provide more time for presentation and discussion.
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