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Wasteland & inXile News
Hey Exiles!
We are writing today to share some updates on the company, including the release today of our third Kickstarter-funded title.
Last week, we also released a version of... Read more
Our New Game: Wasteland 3!
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It's been some time since we were last in contact with you about Wasteland 2. Since we released the Director's Cut, we've been working on other titles, including... Read more
Director's Cut Patch 1 Released on PC, Coming Soon to Consoles
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Today we are happy to release the first major update for Wasteland 2: Director's Cut on PC. This update is available on Steam right now, and will be... Read more
IT'S HERE!!! Director's Cut Out Now!
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Wasteland 2: Director's Cut is OUT NOW on Windows, Mac and Linux for Steam and GOG.com users!
To play, login to Steam, visit your Library page, and look... Read more
Director's Cut Launches at Midnight PDT; A Look at Wasteland's Inspirations
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Brian here for a final update before the Director's Cut of Wasteland 2 lands. This moment has been a long time in the making, and now the ultimate... Read more
Finishing Touches, Trailers and More
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As we speed towards the release of Wasteland 2: Director's Cut in a little over one week (!), we're hard at work making sure that the finishing touches... Read more
Director's Cut, Locked and Loaded
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We come to you now with what may be one of our last couple of updates before the release of Wasteland 2 Director's Cut on PC and consoles!... Read more
Wasteland 2 Director's Cut Release Date!
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We have some big news to share with you today, so we'll just cut right to the chase. Wasteland 2 Director's Cut will be releasing digitally on PC... Read more
Director's Cut Live Stream & Precision Strikes
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Things have been pretty hectic and crazy the last weeks around inXile HQ, especially as we rocket towards finishing Wasteland 2 Director's Cut. The good news is that... Read more
Wasteland Playing Cards, New Director's Cut Screenshots
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We wanted to get an update out to you all before the 4th of July holiday weekend, and have a few things we thought we'd share with you.... Read more
A Special Offer for InXile Backers, Wasteland 2 Name Change and a Video of the New Version
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It's that time of the year once again! E3 2015 has come and gone, and the gaming world has been flooded with big news from all over the... Read more
The Bard's Tale IV Kickstarter Launched
Hello Exiles,
Today is a very special day. As you may know, it marks the 30th anniversary of The Bard's Tale, the game that started my career in game development... Read more
Two Weeks to Bard's Tale IV; Quirking It Up
First up: hopefully you've heard that we are all set to launch our Kickstarter funding campaign for The Bard's Tale IV on June 2nd, 2015. Check out the site... Read more
Game of the Year Edition Coming Free to All Owners
Greetings, Exiles,
A big announcement for all of you who have supported us from the start, but before we jump into that we wanted to let you know we are... Read more
Work… work never changes
Howdy Rangers,
It's still early in the New Year and we're coming out of the gates hot!
We recently released the sixth major patch for Wasteland 2, which added Steam... Read more
What a great way to end the year!
As we end our Holiday break and wrap up this amazing year I wanted to again take the opportunity to thank you so much for making this all possible. I've... Read more
Life Beyond Release
Hello again Rangers!
Wasteland 2 has been out for just a few months now and we continue to be very humbled with the love it's been getting from our backers... Read more
Deep Breath…OK, Now Work Continues On
Hello Rangers!
Wow! We've been extremely humbled and electrified at the feedback coming in during Wasteland 2's first week as an officially released game! We love seeing you discover all... Read more
The Apocalypse Is Now
I can hardly believe that it has been two and half years since I stood out in the Mojave Desert and started the filming of my Kickstarter campaign. All the... Read more
Combat Trailer & Housekeeping
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Thomas here with some odds and ends of housekeeping as we come every closer to release! But let's kick off with a bang. Here's a new Wasteland 2... Read more
Releasing September 19 & Shipping Info Deadlines
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It took a while to get every moving part settled down whether it was physical boxes or waiting on ratings from different agencies, but now we're finally... Read more
The End is Coming!!
I felt this title was quite reminiscent of the media clickbait we're seeing right now. Also, quite fitting as a status update for our multi-year journey that is Wasteland 2.... Read more
Progress Report
Hello Rangers!
It's been a great few weeks for us as we're working towards our gold master. After handing out keys to all of you along with Wasteland 2 doing... Read more
Beta For All
The Wasteland 2 backer beta launched in early December of last year, which means it's been in eligible backers' hands for over half a year now. In that time many... Read more
The Opening Movie
Brian was on stage at MCM London earlier today showing the Wasteland 2 opening movie and talking about the game and crowdfunding (you can watch the presentation on Resero Network's... Read more
The End is in Sight!
We are very happy to announce the ship date for Wasteland 2: the game will be coming to you at the end of August of this year!
Before saying... Read more
Writing & Localizing
Hey Rangers,
It is May and things are good. Another big beta update went out, patch notes here. We are nearing the end of the three-month plan we outlined earlier,... Read more
Beyond the Current Boundaries
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Chris here to give you a snapshot on our current progress. First off, the next beta update is being wrapped up! It's been in testing for the past... Read more
Quick Status Update
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First and foremost, we wanted to be sure all our backers knew that our $10 add-on which we've been offering on the backer store will be closing down... Read more
And. Here. We. Go!
Calling Ranger Team Echo back into action,
This is just a short update to notify all of you that some of the things we've been talking about of late... Read more
FTW For the When
The comments from the early beta have continued to help us craft Wasteland 2 and the next beta update will reflect the changes we have made based on your feedback... Read more
Re-Sorting Inventory
Hello Rangers,
Chris Keenan here. Before we get into the juicy stuff, a quick status update on the backer beta.
Development at this point is going faster than ever! Now... Read more
Twitch live stream and Q&A
We just wanted to do a quick update to let you know we're on Twitch TV right now, livestreaming from our studio with DJWheat. For the next two hours we'll... Read more
Get Back to Work!
I hope you all enjoyed your holidays and got time to relax and spend time with the people you care about. I know we here appreciated the break and have... Read more
Building a Better Beta - Right Now!
It's hard to believe we're finally at a place where we're ready to put a playable version of Wasteland 2 into your hands, but today's the day. What a road... Read more
On Track for Beta, Last Chance for Add-Ons
Hello Rangers,
We've been hard at work on the backer beta, working through some last blocker bugs to get it ready for you, and kept you updated on @wasteland2beta and... Read more
Almost there, Almost there…
Hello Rangers,
Chris here to announce that our re-release of Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic has gone Gold and has been submitted to GOG.com and Steam for platform approval.... Read more
Revealing the Map
Hello Rangers,
I'm Montgomery Markland, a producer on Wasteland 2. We've got three major items today. World Map, Early Beta and Rewards.
The World Map
Like Fallout or Arcanum, the... Read more
Honing Our Skills
Hello fellow Rangers!
Chris Keenan here to talk about the most recent progress on Wasteland 2 and what to expect in the upcoming months.
We last spoke about skills in... Read more
We're Still Listening
Good day to you, Rangers,
It's Chris again to talk some Wasteland 2. We received a lot of feedback from the demo video of the Prison with many strong and... Read more
Visiting the Prison
Hello backers,
Chris Keenan here for another update. We promised you a new video, and here it is, a twenty minute video walking through the Prison area:
We know there... Read more
You Asked For It
Howdy Rangers,
Chris here. There's a lot to talk about for this update: the level-off, Wasteland art print, tiers $1000 and above closing, and we have some screenshots and portrait... Read more
Making the date
Hello Backers!
I wanted to give you all an update on the progress of Wasteland 2 and to answer some of the questions I have received on production. I can... Read more
Distributing matters
Hello Rangers, and welcome to update #31. We're about to send out a press release announcing our co-operation with Deep Silver for bringing Wasteland 2 out there and the physical... Read more
Update 30: The shirts off our back
Welcome back to another Wasteland 2 update. We have a wide array of topics to cover so bear with us. We've got shirts, concept pieces, spoilers (thanks, Avellone), production updates... Read more
Update 29: How many squeezins can I fit in my bag?
In this update, you'll find a relatively quick video detailing some features of our inventory screen. Our top design goal with inventory is to make sure it is functional and... Read more
In the Wasteland, it's all "Self-Defense"
You've heard plenty about Torment over the last month (pretty amazing, huh?!?!) and now it's time to bring back the good ol' Wasteland 2 update! The main reason you haven't... Read more
Let us just start by saying that development of Wasteland 2 has been going really well. We may go quiet at times but please don't mistake our silence for a... Read more
inXile announces the launch of our Kickstarter campaign for Torment: Tides of Numenera
On Monday we released the news that we would be launching another Kickstarter campaign for Torment: Tides of Numenera today. If your reaction to the news was, "Hell yes, that... Read more
"You kids remind me of us - Snake, Razor, Thrasher and me - back when we were just starting out. Thinkin' we were gonna save the future. Thinkin' none of... Read more
Wasteland 2 first look video goes HD and moves to YouTube!
After about 190,000 views our original video was deleted by Vimeo. After two days of back and forth with them they apologized for the mistake and put it back up,... Read more
Without Further Ado...
We are very proud to provide the first gameplay video of Wasteland 2, which will allow our backers to see how far we've come and how everything is coming together.... Read more
The Update Before The Update
The team at inXile is filled with nervous energy to show off what we've been working on. As we're now in full production, we've been making some great strides with... Read more
Happy Holidays From InXile Entertainment!
The holidays are a time of friends, family, and eating yourself into a food coma. It is also a time where friends and family give thoughtful gifts to those that... Read more
Are your survival skills honed?
As time flies past us, we're continuing to make great progress. We set a goal of having all paper design completed by the end of October and we're pretty darn... Read more
Wasteland Production Stuff
An official update on the project is long overdue, so I'll try to make the most of this one. We have been so focused on production that we have not... Read more
Early Screen Shot and Website News
It has been just over a month since my last update and we have been making progress on many fronts. The designers are all working at full steam and generating... Read more
The Vision Document
The progress on Wasteland 2 continues on at a healthy rate. Not a week goes by that I am not in a conversation with my team here or with other... Read more
Unity Chosen to Drive Wasteland 2
We recently announced the choice of Unity as the game engine for Wasteland 2 development. Many of our supporters are curious about why we chose Unity over multiple other options,... Read more
Welcome to our New Home!
Hello Fellow Wastlanders! We have our latest update on our site at http://wasteland.inxile-entertainment.com/blog/
Head there to check it out!
And it begins...
We did it! Thanks to each and every one of you, we have completed our incredibly successful Kickstarter campaign. It has been an amazing ride and one of the most... Read more
Less than 40 hours left...
We have less than 40 hours before our Kickstarter campaign ends, and what an incredible last month it has been. I am very anxious to start diverting all of my... Read more
FAQ's added for each reward tier
As we try to continue to offer awesome rewards, it becomes more confusing. For that reason, we've added a FAQ for each reward tier to allow you to see exactly... Read more
In the final stretch....
I have received many a question about details of the game and this video will help shed a bit more light. We will communicate all of the remaining points of... Read more
Even politicians agree that Kickstarter is awesome!
I just read an article on President Obama's Jobs Act getting bipartisan support and being signed into law. When the Obama White House AND the House Republicans can agree on... Read more
New Reward Tier Announced
As our Kickstarter continues to build momentum, we will keep focusing on how we can best deliver what our fans want. We've seen quite a few messages from our international... Read more
Increased Funding Details
Things are sure looking good to hit our next milestone of $2.1 million dollars, which makes the game deeper of course, but it also brings the design talents of Chris... Read more
InXile to Collaborate with Obsidian/Avellone on Design
We have announced a major piece of good news today that inXile has reached an agreement with Obsidian for potential design assistance for Wasteland 2. What that means is that... Read more
We hit $1.5 million!
We just made our next major milestone, thanks to you all, which means more content plus a Mac and Linux version. And the number continues to grow, and that... Read more
Kicking it Forward
I announced a concept two days ago that would have developers share their success with other Kickstarter funded projects to help keep the fan funded economy alive and to give... Read more
We didn't start the fire.
I continue to be overwhelmed by the positive feedback and enthusiasm from the support I have gotten from Kickstarter. The groundswell of people cheering us on and the evangelism - people... Read more
What an incredible week!
What an incredible week this has been. The outpouring of support and faith is nothing like I have ever had before (except maybe from my Mom), and for the first... Read more
Wasteland 2 is a GO!
Sorry we are late. We honestly thought we had another week to write this update…
YOU DID IT! We are funded and Wasteland 2 is a reality. A dream that... Read more
Off to a great start!
WOW!!! You guys are amazing! The fans are really stepping up here with donations and spreading the word. I haven't been more excited to make a game in over a... Read more


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- 1875
Henry James' first novel is published
On this day in 1875, American writer Henry James publishes his first novel, Roderick Hudson. Earlier in the year, he had published Transatlantic Sketches, a book of travel essays, and a short-story collection titled A Passionate Pilgrim.
James, born in New York in 1843, was the second son of a wealthy and eccentric philosopher. His older brother William became the country's first distinguished psychologist as well as an influential philosopher. The brothers and their younger siblings were taken abroad by their parents for four years to study European culture during their teens. The family roamed England, Switzerland, and France, visiting galleries, museums, theaters, and libraries.
A back injury exempted James from serving in the Civil War, and he briefly attended Harvard Law School. He began writing fiction in his teens and published his first story when he was 21. He soon became a regularly contributor of essays, reviews, and stories to Atlantic Monthly and other important periodicals. In 1873, James moved to England and continued publishing reviews while writing many more novels, including The American (1877) and the popular Daisy Miller (1878). In 1881, he published his masterpiece The Portrait of a Lady. Like many of his other works, it deals with naÝve, young Americans moving among sophisticated European circles. He wrote prolifically, nonfiction as well as fiction, and the prefaces to new editions of his novels have been collected in The Art of the Novel (1834).

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*** This article is part of a blog series by some of us meeting together in an organic expression of the church. The introduction to the series is here. Other contributors are listed at the bottom of this article. This series is not based in theory or rhetoric and is not an attempt to "teach". Our hope is simply to point to Christ as All in All and to share real life experiences of those who are living together in this way. ***
The life of the church flows from Christ's life in us, not from our activity.
This sounds obvious, right? It's all about Jesus. Yes, of course.
Except that it is not. It's often about many other things, and we don't even realize it much of the time. We've made a commitment to Jesus (got saved, answered an altar call, said the sinner's prayer, confessed Christ as Lord, or whatever you prefer to call it) and now it is time to get on with being a good Christian and doing church stuff. Or so we're told.
I humbly confess that I spent most of my life with this view of what it means to be Christian.
But does "doing church" and "being good" really sound like what Jesus called us to?
If He called us to something else, what is it?
When I ventured down this path of "organic church" (I'll define that a little more later) it was hard to give up the priorities that I had placed on other things. It was actually difficult to make Christ the most important thing in my life because I was so wrapped up in the other things! I was consumed with studying the scriptures and knowing "proper" doctrine (which changes with the group you meet with), learning what rules I should live by (again, these change with the group) and trying to correct my behavior, taking part in church services, serving in a church ministry, learning what my spiritual gifts are, evangelizing the lost, getting my children involved in church activities, and so on.
Thankfully, I've been able to learn together and experience with a group of believers what it really does mean to make Christ the center of our lives and the center of the church.
In our church, we do our best to hold onto Christ as our Life and our Head, willing to go wherever that takes us. We seek to give Him room to work in us and through us. We are far from perfect and still have so much to learn as we mature together. I pray that we continue to keep Christ as Head and at the center of it all.
This willingness to yield to Christ together, to lay down our agendas and aspirations, to listen and rest in Him, and to follow His leading as it is brought forth through the body makes it very difficult to describe what we are doing at any particular time. We don't have a list of ministries, programs, or financial campaigns. We have a Person, and He is our vision and goal.
How do we keep Christ as the center?
I recently adapted the opening lines of the Star Trek franchise as follows:
Christ: the final frontier. These are the voyages of His Ekklessia. Its eternal mission: to explore endless new worlds in Him, to seek out new life and a new civilization, to boldly go where the old man could never go before.
Our church seeks to explore Christ together and express Him to each other. We explore Christ through all of life, as He can be seen in all things and all circumstances (Romans 1:20). We meet together during the week to behold Him and seek Him together. We read the scriptures and find Him there (Luke 24:27-32). We meet together as a church weekly and express to each other what He has revealed to us.
We seek to know our Lord. He is a living and active Being, and while He can't necessarily be seen or felt physically, He can be known. He desires to be known and to be loved by His bride.
"There is scarcely a soul that seeks You, that loves and knows You." – Michael Molinos
How lonely our Lord must be among all of this activity that is done in His name, yet is often a distraction from resting in Him and dwelling in His sweet presence. (Even good activities can distract us from knowing Him.) I like to read biographies. You can learn a great deal about someone this way, but you can never know them as a real person simply by reading about them. To have a relationship, to have fellowship, there must be more.
Does this mean that we just sit around and talk about Jesus?
Heavens, no! I have learned that seeking to know the Lord in an inward and intimate way allows Him to reveal Himself more fully through my spirit (think of it as exercising an internal organ) than my mind could ever comprehend. It is in this deep spiritual place where true revelation from the Lord is given, for revelation by definition does not originate in man, but in God.
I have also learned that this revelation leads to a choice. Every single time. And the choice is this: will I choose my will or His will? His will may seem difficult to me at times, but it is always in line with God's good, unchanging purposes, and usually against my fleshly desires. When we choose to live according to His will as it is revealed to us, we are living by His indwelling life.
As we learn Christ together in this way, we begin to consider ourselves less and love others more. We have more peace. We find joy in times of abundance and despite times of suffering. We do crazy things to help others. We come to know each other and treat each other as family. We share Christ with various people in our lives, often in deed, sometimes with words. We reject legalism and traditions that inprison the Spirit of Christ. I am learning this as a pattern (not a blueprint) that follows Christ's life. Where He is Head and all things are submitted to Him, the fruits of the Spirit naturally blossom and the fragrance of Christ is known.
Out of this relationship with Christ, the activity that He truly desires can be expressed through His body naturally and in season.
But activity without relationship doesn't lead to much of anything except exhaustion. If you don't believe that, think about your marriage, or ask someone who is married. Activity is not what makes the marriage flourish; it is the relationship, the deep knowing and longing for another person. This is what "quality time" is really about. I've often heard couples say that they just feel like "roommates", implying that a deeper connection is not being pursued. The longer a couple goes on keeping up with activities without resting and enjoying each other, the more the relationship suffers. So it is with Christ and His bride.
Activities, programs, gifts, knowledge, buildings are not our center. Nor is meeting in a home, rejecting authority, or criticizing other Christians or institutions. None of these things will produce an organic expression of the church.
Our center is not found in the external trappings of religion, but in the inward spirit where the Holy Spirit resides in us. The center and foundation of our community is knowing Christ together through intimate, spiritual fellowship with Him, expressing Him to each other, and following the revelation of Himself that He imparts to us (living by His indwelling life).
All else flows from this, as He guides us. At least, this is my experience.
May we have eyes to see Him, ears to hear Him, and hearts burning to know Him.
Further Resources:
A good definition of organic church.
Living by the indwelling life of Christ. Also here. And here.
Other Bloggers in this Series (And Post Dates):
R.C. Babione (2/29/12)
Brigette Babione (2/8/12)
Jackie Dukes (2/1/12)
Marc Hardy (1/25/12)
Mark Lake (1/18/12)
Seth Roach (2/15/12)
Carrie Walters (2/22/12)
Michael Young (1/11/12)


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Indicative Rate * AU$130 to AU$330
Great Keppel Island Hideaway welcomes guests to share their barefoot island paradise, an authentic locally owned Island resort situated on the Southern Great Barrier Reef, merely 30 minutes ferry from Yeppoon.
The Resort boasts simplistic back to basic cabin style accommodation, a fully licensed restaurant and bar overlooking The Great Barrier Reef with 17 pristine white sandy beaches. Explore private coves and pockets of fringing reef around Great Keppel Island for safe swimming, snorkelling, diving or simply lazing in the azure waters with turtles and dolphins. Hire stand-up paddle boards, kayaks or join a guided kayak or Jet Ski tour. Fish straight off the beach or jump aboard a deep water fishing trip for a fresh dinner catch.
Great Keppel has stunning scenic bushwalks which disperse trekkers around the island to secluded beaches and spectacular lookouts where you can enjoy hidden island picnic spots to indulge and unwind. The animal life is prolific, with brush tailed possums, blue-tongue lizards, goannas, echidnas and a huge variety of birdlife. Alternatively simply relax sipping cocktails overlooking the tranquil waters of the Great Barrier Reef.
For those seeking a truly budget island holiday, the tents offer basic accommodation with bed and some storage. No linen or pillows are provided in the tents. Public toilets and shower facilities are nearby.
12 self contained en-suited cabins are nestled amongst sub-tropical gardens and are a short two minute stroll to the beach and the main reception area.
All cabins have a kitchenette with refrigerator, electric frypan, microwave, crockery and cutlery. A separate ensuite/bathroom contains a shower, basin and toilet and towels are included for the duration of your stay. Whilst some cabins include air-conditioning, cool breezes throughout most of the year provide a comfortable setting in their sub-tropical climate.
All cabins offer an outside area with either paving or decking. Relax outside your very own tropical island accommodation for a few days or longer.
Situated in its own precinct within the property, five 'yellow' cabins each contain two spacious ensuited rooms. These rooms can be booked individually or as an interconnecting option for families and friends.
There are ten ensuited rooms in total, each with a fan, screened windows, toilet and shower. Linen is provided (pillows, sheets, blankets and towels), so all you need to bring is your personal belongings.
Whilst this accommodation option does not include a kitchen, it is only a short five minute stroll to the bar and bistro.
This precinct is great for larger families or groups who want to enjoy dining out or takeaway, as opposed to self catering. And who wants to cook on their tropical island holiday anyway!
Perfect for large bookings such as family re-unions, special events, sporting groups, school groups and special interest groups; they offer six bunkhouses in a private garden setting with its own camp kitchen and undercover dining area.
Six separate bunkhouses offer two rooms with a shared bathroom in between, providing a total of 12 rooms and six bathrooms. Each spacious bathroom offers a shower and toilet.
In true Queensland style, the bunkhouse rooms have high ceilings, timber louvres and fans in each room to capture the natural island breezes. Each spacious room offers two bunkbeds which can accommodate four people.
A pillow and bed sheet only are provided in the bunkhouse rooms, please bring your own sleeping bag or your preferred linen. Towels are not included.
Note: Information on listed products and services are provided by the operator and were correct at the time of publishing. Rates are indicative based on the minimum and maximum available prices of products and services. Please visit the operator's website for further information. All prices quoted are in Australian dollars (AUD).


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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, right, and wife Georganne applaud the performance of The Baker Family during the Governor's Ham Breakfast at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, Mo., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
by David A. Lieb
Associated Press Writer
SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri State Fair got a strong show of political support Thursday from many of the state's top elected officials who flocked to a big-top-tent ham breakfast despite criticism of a weekend rodeo clown act that mocked President Barack Obama.
Scores of politicians and hundreds of fairgoers attended the annual ham breakfast at the Sedalia fairgrounds in what amounted to a symbolic reaffirmation of the state's support for the fair.
The breakfast was held five days after the bull riding contest in which one rodeo clown wore an Obama mask while another riled up spectators while asking if they wanted to see Obama run down by a bull.
Missouri's elected officials quickly denounced the stunt as disrespectful, and the State Fair imposed a lifetime ban on the rodeo clown who made the disparaging statements about Obama. Some Democratic Missouri House members had suggested further repercussions, including cancelling the governor's annual ham breakfast and possibly cutting state funding for the fair.
But Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon pressed forward with the breakfast, which has been a traditional gathering spot at which politicians of all parties can shake hands with Missouri residents in an informal atmosphere.
Nixon, who on Thursday wore cowboy boots with his blue blazer and tie, said the rodeo clown act was "inappropriate and offensive" but wasn't a reason to cancel the breakfast or cut fair funding.
"One action like this is not going to in anyway slow down the strong progress and the vital importance that this showcase is for agriculture," Nixon said.
Rather than curtailing funding, Nixon said he supports efforts to improve the century-old fairgrounds.
"We're looking at ways to both refresh these facilities and to make them … a destination not just for ten days in the summer but also to get the maximum impact out of these facilities year-round," Nixon said.
Republican House and Senate leaders also pledged their support for the fair.
The rodeo clown's stunt "was out of line — it was disrespectful — but it shouldn't be seen as an indictment of the entire fair," Senate President Pro Tem Tom Dempsey, R-St. Charles, said. "I hope this doesn't keep us from looking at some of the investments that need to be made to keep the fair vibrant."
House Budget Committee Chairman Rick Stream, who toured the fairground facilities Wednesday with several other lawmakers, said he supports spending more money on capital improvements that could allow the fairgrounds to be rented out for more events. Stream, R-Kirkwood, said that could bring in more revenues, which could further reduce the state subsidy for the fair's operations.
Most of the Missouri State Fair's roughly $4.5 million operating budget comes from fees charged to attendees and vendors, but it receives about $558,000 from the state, according to the state budget office.
Despite wanting to eliminate state funding for the fair, Rep. John Mayfield, D-Independence, attended the ham breakfast. He suggested Thursday that Missouri could sell the naming rights to the fair, which could allow it to be entirely self-financed.
Although a few Democratic lawmakers cited the rodeo clown act as a reason for skipping the fair, nearly all of Missouri's statewide elected officials were present. Spokespeople for U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill and Attorney General Chris Koster said their absences were unrelated to the rodeo clown stunt; McCaskill was at a family wedding-related event and Koster was participating in jury selection for a murder trial.
Ham breakfast attendee Robert Wood, who wore a sticker with the words "RIGHT WING EXTREMIST," said that while the rodeo clown's statements were unnecessary, the hubbub over the Obama mask had been blown out of proportion.
"It's a sad state of affairs when people get uptight over the fact that this guy just had a clown mask," said Wood, 75, of Glasgow.
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22 August 2016
Day 3 of our Holiday spent in Nice
Hi loves! Today I will share with you more details about our short trip from Cannes to Nice & also the details of my Pocahontas outfit ♥
First of all, there is a short trip. We took the train from Cannes and in 30minutes we arrived in Nice, but it is extremely important to take the TGV instead of the Regional train becuase it`s both cleaner and faster since the second one has stops in all the small stations and the irony is that at that moment was also cheaper if you can believe it, since we paid 22 euros for 2 persons both ways, instead of 28 euros.
From Nice you can also go in Monaco too and you`ll have another 30min maximum. It`s worth the time, but in our case we were to exhausted and we skipped it.
About the city, since the attacks that happened just a short time ago, the city was peaceful and I can say a bit empty. The terrible moments are still in the air, but we enjoyed a walk by the sea and also the streets of Nice with no incidents. I guess is safer now that there are police officers around the city walking between the tourists.
Last but not least, I decided to be Pocahontas for a day by wearing a leather outfit found on Kraxy Rabbit. Simple leather, suede leather, braids, white and brown... the ingredients for a perfect outfit that was completed with a pair of pom pom sandals, a brown Michael Kors Bag and my all time favorite pair of sunglasses from Prada.
You can find all the links to each product in the I was wearing section.
I hope you enjoy it and wish you a wonderful week,
Kisses, M ♥
I was wearing:
Kraxy Rabbit Skirt: Here
Leather White Top: Here
Choies Pom Pom Sandals: Here ( at a discount)
Prada Sunglasses: Here
Michael Kors Bag: Here
Wood Bracelets: Similar Here
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Late Night Computing: January 15, 2013
In which Late Night Computing for January 15, 2013 discusses the relevance of Tuesday's existence.
In which Late Night Computing for January 15, 2013 discusses the relevance of Tuesday's existence.
It's Tuesday. Kind of a stupid day, don't you think? It's still the beginning of the week, and the weekend isn't close enough to really look forward to. The only thing to anticipate is Wednesday. And what's Wednesday? The middle of the week? It's just another day is what it is! This time of year drags on and on with relatively few game releases, too, so that makes it even worse! Tuesday should just not exist. We have Monday, then skip right to Wednesday and have a three day weekend two days later. Sound good?
News bits:
- NASA contracts Bigelow Aerospace to build an expanding module for the International Space Station, increasing the labs size by 300%. [via ArsTechnica]
- A hungover journalist covers Panasonic's Toughpad press conference, leading to this rather hilarious preview. [via LookRobot]
- Facebook reveals its much-anticipated search engine. Learn more about its development history and why the company believes it can challenge Google in this lengthy deep dive. [via Wired]
- Find out just how much the Internet knows about you, for better or worse, and what you can do about it. [via MakeUsOf]
- Take a look at the 2012 financial strength of the video game industry as new consoles come to the market this year. [via VentureBeat]
Chatty posts of the moment:
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- "DOTA2. I have yet to play a single game. I fire it up, and then just spectate. I've watched a couple hours of people playing, but I still don't know any of the heros, skills, or items. I can't remember if it was HON or LOL (or both) but I was able to play a game with just bots to learn the different heros, but I don't see this option in DOTA2. Where there is a coop mode I guess but it requires more players." [by Slowtreme]
- "Kingdom Rush. I consider myself a hardcore gamer but this iPad tower defense game has got its teeth in me big time. It's so rare that I want to finish a game these days and even though I've beat the main story line, I'm very motivated to get all the remaining stars. Anyone else? " [by chiquiznaque]
Nightly file:
Pulse Shift demo 1.0 for Windows. "Pulse Shift is a puzzle-platforming FPS which allows players to control and cheat physics. The game allows to play with physics, gravity and manipulating time. Primary goal is find right way and get to the arrow location as fast as possible. It is a game where you finding, trying, jumping, collecting, avoiding, thinking, running and trying again. It is 3d puzzle game where you really playing with three dimensions." Download the demo for here.
DmC: Devil May Cry launch trailer:
Dante is back from Capcom and Ninja Theory with the rebooted DmC: Devil May Cry.
Celebrate the return of professional hockey with a new NHL 13 trailer, and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 gets historic with a brand new trailer.
Tyler J. Smith posted a new article, Late Night Computing: January 15, 2013.
In which Late Night Computing for January 15, 2013 discusses the relevance of Tuesday's existence.


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Criminal Minds is an American police procedural television program that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime. The show differs from many procedural dramas by focusing on profiling the criminal, called the unsub or "unknown subject", rather than the crime itself. The show is produced by The Mark Gordon Company in association with CBS Television Studios and ABC Studios.CBS announced in October 2009 that Legacy Interactive would develop a video game based on the show. The game would require players to examine crime scenes for clues to help solve murder mysteries. The interactive puzzle game was released in 2012, but the show's cast was not involved with the project, and as such it did not feature any of the voices of the cast.On May 9, 2013, CBS renewed Criminal Minds for a ninth season.
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Google maps
In reviewing the article by David Hest titled "Google Maps for the Farm" in the January 2008 issue, pages 64 to 66, I am interested in knowing if it is possible to measure acres in highlighted fields when making personalized maps.
Thank you for your attention to this question. I enjoy your magazine.
Dave Birney
Washington, IA
Unfortunately, Google Maps doesn't have the ability to measure acreage. It would be a creative addition. — David Hest
Rear-mount tractor blade
I have purchased a 10-ft. rear-mount tractor blade, and I need to purchase new cutting edges for this blade. The serial number tag says it was manufactured by Allied Farm Equipment by ARPS, a division of Chromalloy in New Holstein, WI.
Daniel Henebry
Buffalo, IL
ARPS Corporation was sold and became AmerEquip Corporation, locating its manufacturing plant in Kiel, WI. However, AmerEquip sold the portion of the business in which you are interested to SMC Corporation, which was subsequently purchased by Alamo Corporation in 2001.
Contact Alamo (SMC) Group Inc., 300 E. 60th St. N., Sioux Falls, SD 57104, 605/336-3628, www.alamo-smc.com.
Bulldozer blade
I have a Caterpillar D4 tractor that has an add-on Dakota bulldozer blade. I am wondering where I can get parts for this piece of equipment. As near as I can figure out, the blade was added on about 1969 by a local equipment dealer.
Herbert Wright
Vickery, OH
According to Aaron Honeywell at Ohio CAT, Perrysburg, OH, Dakota was an aftermarket manufacturer of blades. The company went out of business in the 1970s. Ohio CAT has a used parts department. "A lot of these bulldozer blades had similar configurations, so a lot of times we can find what a customer needs," Honeywell says.
Contact Ohio CAT at 888/339-4658. Visit the Caterpillar Web site at www.cat.com.


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Sanibel Island was forever changed by the late Sam Bailey. He was a strong advocate for his community and Islands Night at Ham-mond Stadium is one of his many legacies. Twenty years ago Sam Bailey envisioned an event for his beloved community to enjoy.
Without an appropriate venue on the islands, Sam turned to the Fort Myers Miracle baseball organization for Hammond Stadium in nearby Fort Myers. "Somehow Sam started talking with the Miracle organization about an island-wide gathering at the ball field," said Richard Johnson, general manager of Bailey's General Store. In true Sam Bailey fashion, he had far greater plans than discounted tickets as first offered by the organization. "His idea was we will rent the entire stadium," said Johnson.
The Fort Myers Miracle miraculously agreed to rent the stadium to Sam.
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Sam Bailey's Islands Night will be May 15 at Hammond Stadium. This 20-year tradition was started by the late Sam Bailey, who was an activist for his beloved island community. The event features food, games and a parade, still led by Sam's old Ford Model-T prior to the Fort Myers Miracle baseball game.
He quickly began the tasks of finding a way to pay for the stadium and planning what is today's "Sam Bailey's Islands Night." As a business man, Sam reached out to other island business owners for support; and together formed a committee to carry out his vision. "The current Islands Night committee made a commitment to Sam (before he passed away in 2010) that we would continue his tradition, which started 20 years ago this year," said Johnson, who recalled that Sam didn't expect anything less.
Islands Night continues to honor Sam's vision of an island-wide gathering with pre-game food, activities and a parade still led by his old Ford Model-T. Islands Night will begin at 6:15 p.m. May 15 at Hammond Stadium; tickets are free of charge and can be found at most island merchants, including Bailey's General Store, 2477 Periwinkle Way. There will be a special beer concession on the veranda of the stadium, along with a food concession staffed by Annie's team of volunteers.
In addition to an exclusive evening at the ball field, Islands Night raises funds to support island youth and non-profit organizations. Proceeds from the beer concession and partial proceeds from the food concession, as well as sponsorships go towards helping island youth with their future endeavors. "He always talked with the youth at the (Bailey's) store," said Johnson. While the Sam Bailey formula is still in place for Islands Night, the committee has decided to offer youth scholarships this year. They will continue to the tradition of helping island youth, something that was important Sam Bailey.
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Islands Night can not be discussed without mentioning rain -- the uninvited guest that has turned into a tradition. "There would not be a cloud in the sky all day," says Charlene Kocinski, a current committee member.
"As you drove across the bridge to the stadium, there would be a dark cloud hovering just in that area." It may have rained on Sam's parade nearly every year, but it provided inspiration for his Islands Night poems and never blinded his vision.


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New Catholic Chaplain Fr. Carsten Martensen
Jesuit priest joins the campus faith communities.
by Chelsea Theis '08
There's a new guy on campus, and he won't hesitate to say hello. Father Carsten Martensen arrived at Ithaca College this summer as the new chaplain of the Catholic Community. And the first thing he's been doing is getting to know the place, which often involves walking around and simply greeting students.
Martensen, a Jesuit priest who hopes to be a catalyst to bring people together to worship, entered the seminary when he was 21 and has since spent more than 20 years in campus ministry. He most recently was on sabbatical for a year, studying at the University of Notre Dame. He also traveled across the country to campuses and churches. "I put 35,000 miles on my car by myself to see what I might learn about how to better engage young adults in church," he says. "There are other ways we might share the good news."
He used one such technique to help attract the campus community in place of the sermon one Sunday in September. He called it: "Stump the Priest: Anything you ever wanted to ask a priest but never had the opportunity to do so."
Maggie DeGennaro '10, a current intern for the Catholic Community, attended the service at which Martensen used "Stump the Priest." "He's trying to involve us," she says, "and that's the most important aspect of his job."
Martensen uses the words expansive and accepting when discussing his methods. And while he does try to incorporate ideas he has learned from theologians and his experiences, he usually lets the students take charge. "Students take the initiative to come to the chaplains, and we have open discussions that aren't imposing," he says. "We're open to them, to their experiences, to their hopes and dreams."
It hasn't been hard to get to know the students at Ithaca, says Martensen, because they have been extremely welcoming. They hold many programs on their own to build their community, and he attends as a partici-pant. He also says that taking the chaplaincy at Ithaca was an easy choice because when he came to see the campus last May he simply loved what he experienced. "Ithaca is a gorgeous area, and it is so supportive of religious traditions."
Although Martensen continues to integrate with students, he's working toward something more. "I hope," he says, "that people take the worship, and from that worship experience are able to go forth and make a positive change in the world."


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Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve are purported to be the first humans, created by God in the Biblical book of Genesis, who resided in the Garden of Eden until they were cast out following their original sin.
In the second creation story in the Bible, in Genesis 2:4-25 through Genesis 3 , God plants a garden "east of Eden", and creates the first man, Adam, there. He tells Adam that he may eat from any tree in the garden except for the tree of knowledge of good and evil, or "in the day that you eat of it you will surely die" Genesis 2:17 .
God then creates birds and animals as companions for Adam, but none is suitable. God then puts Adam to sleep, removes one of his ribs, and creates a woman, Eve, from the rib. Eve was intended to be a "helper", a "complimentary partner" or "suitable partner" for Adam, depending on the translation. Genesis 2:18
One day, the serpent tells Eve that contrary to what God has said, she and Adam will not die from eating the forbidden fruit, but rather that they will know good and evil, just like God Genesis 3:5 .
Eve eats the fruit and gives some to Adam as well. After eating, they realize that they are naked and fashion clothes for themselves from fig leaves. Their sudden shame of nudity arouses God's suspicions, and they eventually confess that they have eaten the forbidden fruit.
God curses the serpent, saying that henceforth it will crawl on the ground, and that there will be enmity between its offspring and Eve's. He curses Eve with painful childbirth, and condemns her to be ruled over by her husband. He curses Adam, saying that he will now have to work the land for food.
Finally, God realizes that Adam might also eat the fruit of the tree of life and live forever. To prevent this, he banishes the two humans from the garden and places a guard to prevent them re-entering it.
Adam and Eve proceed to have children and become the ancestors of all humans.
Textual Sources[edit]
In all likelihood, the myth created around Adam and Eve relied on earlier religious traditions of the ancient Middle East.
The Sumerian narrative of the deities Enki and Ninhursag illustrate several plot lines that resemble the account in Genesis. Their story unfolds in a sacred place called Dilmun, where disease and old age are absent. The evil god Enki disguises as a gardener and seduces the female Uttu with fruits, thereby commiting incestuous rape. [1]
In the following events Enki - lusting after knowledge from trees - is cursed by the goddess Ninhursag, resulting in bodily ailments. Later, Ninhursag reluctantly redeems Enki by creating eight minor deities; among others, healing comes in form of Ninti, the "Lady of the Rips".
Lilith is a mythological human or demon that features in Jewish and other legends. She is sometimes said to be the first woman and to have pre-existed Eve. [2]
The story of Adam and Eve is the basis for the doctrines of the Fall of Man, in which humans have become separated from God and original sin which has a wide variety of interpretations. The way these doctrines are used have little Biblical support.
In Genesis 3:22 , God says that Adam has become "as one of us", rather than "like me". This may be a remnant of an earlier version of the story, in which God was one member of a pantheon of gods.
Why did Adam and Eve hid from God when they know God to be omniscient? Why did God "pretend" to not know where Adam and Eve were hiding? Genesis 3:9
Although the fruit of the tree of knowledge is often depicted as an apple, this is never specified in the text.
Based on Genesis, it is unclear if Adam and Eve are immortal before eating from the tree. Later books in the Bible imply that Adam and Eve were originally immortal Romans 5:12 , but this may be a later addition to the interpretation of the original story.
Why didn't God create Adam without need of a companion? Why did God not create Adam and Eve at the same time?
St. Augustine thought that Adam and Eve were originally created with free will but this is not specified in the Bible.
Before the fall, without a sense of morality or the need to expend effort, Adam and Eve were not human at least in the way we understand it.
"Whatever he was—that robot in the Garden of Eden, who existed without mind, without values, without labor, without love—he was not man."
- — Ayn Rand
Why did Adam and Eve rebel?[edit]
The reason why Adam and Eve rebelled against God is not adequately explained. They chose to eat from the tree and rebel against God before they had actually eaten from it. That action was suggested by the talking serpent but there is no reason to that that would carry much weight. Possibly Adam and Eve were extremely suggestible - and therefore not culpable. It would also been possible for God to not have created the talking serpent.
- "First of all, Adam was not a child. He was a grown man. He had, to some degree, knowledge of right and wrong because God had told him not to eat of the Tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil. [...] Adam made a moral choice, a wrong choice. [3]"
Saying that Adam and Eve had knowledge of right and wrong before they ate from the tree does not work because it does not explain why they chose to do wrong (and the basic idea that they couldn't have known right from wrong without the knowledge acquired from said tree) If Adam and Eve had free will and would inevitably be kicked out of Eden, why not just create them in their fallen state?
Non God objects[edit]
Why did God create Adam and Eve since God is supposedly perfect and creating any non-God object is superfluous?
Arguably, the serpent in the story never lies but God apparently does: Adam and Eve do not die on the day from eating the fruit, as God had said Genesis 2:17 : Adam is said to live 930 years (Genesis 5:5 ). Apologists claim the day was on "God's time scale" and not a normal day, [4] which is special pleading. And just as the serpent said, they learn what good and evil are, thus becoming a little bit more like God.
The snake talks Genesis 3:4 , which is clearly absurd. Why do snakes no longer talk? It is a clear instance of mythological writing in the Bible that is not intended to be taken literally.
Although it is common to associate the serpent with Satan, the text says no such thing.
Adam and Eve appear to have been vegetarian Genesis 1:29 [5].
How the tree of knowledge's effects are passed on to Adam and Eve's descendants is not explained.
Fore-knowledge of God: setting humans up to to fail[edit]
It seems unjust for God to punish Adam and Eve for eating the forbidden fruit: before they learned what good and evil were, how were they to know that disobeying God was wrong?
- "Finally, why did God let Satan into the Garden knowing what would happen? Because it was His will to do so. Just as it is our will to see how our children will respond to situations knowing that they will fail, we do so because that is what it means to grow, to learn, to exercise one's free will, and to take responsibility for our actions. [3]"
If God is all-knowing then he knew before he even created the garden that it would fail. He commanded Adam and Even not to eat from the tree while simultaneously knowing they would eventually do so! He also knew before creating the serpent that it would cause Adam and Eve to sin, yet he created both. This combined with the previously stated fact that before eating the apple Adam and Eve had no concept of right and wrong shows that the blame lies not with them for falling for the trap, but with God for setting it. Why did God undo the harm and make Adam and Eve forget the knowledge? These and similar problems are aspects of the famous problem of evil. Also, while parents let their children learn from their failures, a parent sending their child fully oblivious and unprepared towards something they know will not just harm them, but doom them and their descendants, is anything but a good parent.
Since God created everything with the full knowledge of future events, the only consistent conclusion is that God intentionally created evil, either amorally or because the existence of both good and evil is optimal.
"[While evil exists at all], it will very much puzzle you Anthropomorphites, how to account for it. You must assign a cause for it, without having recourse to the first cause [God]. But as every effect must have a cause, and that cause another, you must either carry on the progression in infinitum, or rest on that original principle, who is the ultimate cause of all things... [i.e. God]"
Nietzsche points out that God might simply have been bored and created evil to amuse himself:
- "it was God himself who at the end of his days' work lay down as a serpent under the tree of knowledge: thus he recuperated from being God.—He had made everything too beautiful.—The devil is merely the leisure of God on that seventh day"
Believers have since been trying to absolve the moralising God of this action, [6] which is clearly a later invention that is totally incompatible with the creation story in Genesis. Soon after creating Adam and Eve, God regrets creating humans in the first place (even though God supposedly has foreknowledge of the outcome of his actions). Genesis 6:6 As Nietzsche pointed out:
- "Too much miscarried with him, this potter who had not learned thoroughly! That he took revenge on his pots and creations, however, because they turned out badly—that was a sin against GOOD TASTE."
A God that makes mistakes of this magnitude is not worthy of worship.
Problem of evil[edit]
There is also no reason why God could not have put better protection around the trees. No obvious evil would have arisen from protecting the trees. Not doing so would cause evil to occur. An omnibenevolent God would not allow unnecessary evil to occur. Therefore, God is not omnibenevolent. This is a clear case of the problem of evil.
Banishment and life on Earth[edit]
Genesis 3:22-24 makes it clear that Adam and Eve are not banished for disobeying God, but rather because God fears that Adam might become immortal. This banishment is a preventative measure to protect the tree of life. This is at odds with notions that the banishment was related to sin or separation from God.
What exactly is provided by the tree of life? Since theists generally believe that people have immortal souls, it is unclear why physical immortality is seen as problematic by God, considering Adam and Eve were originally allowed to eat from the tree of life.
Why did God banish Adam and Eve instead of sending them to Hell or simply un-create them? Why did God not take the children of Adam and Eve into protective custody from their unreliable and fallen parents? Why did God command them to have children?
God employs collective punishment. One man sins and all men, including those unborn, are punished. One woman sins, all women are punished. One serpent deceives and all snakes are punished. Collective punishment is typically considered immoral and unjust. The punishment for eating from the tree of knowledge is bizarre:
- the serpent is cursed and forced to crawl on the ground,
- women are cursed with painful childbirth and commanded to obey man, showing God is a misogynist,
- man is cursed to work the land for food, which is strange since many men in modern times do not work in agriculture and women also have this responsibility.
Richard and Catherine Clark Kroeger pointed out that these punishments are still exacted even when Christians believe that, on some occasions such as baptism, all past sins are forgiven. We should expect Christian men to get free food from God and painless childbirth for Christian women.
- "There is a serious theological contradiction in telling a woman that when she comes to faith in Christ, her personal sins are forgiven but she must continue to be punished for the sin of Eve. [7]"
After humans were dismissed from the job of divine gardeners, the purpose of the Earth and human existence after banishment is unclear in the Biblical narrative. If God expected people to be moral from the point forward, he might be expected to provide a complete moral code at this point. He also does not explain the consequences of non-compliance with is moral code, which might be reasonably expected. God doesn't bother providing any stone tablets of laws or any Bible at this stage. There is no mention of later prophets, a chosen people, saviour or a final prophet. He doesn't given any specific instructions and just leaves Adam and Eve to their own devices, except for God's command to "go forth and multiply". In fact, God becomes a very poor communicator from this point forward. The lack of forward planning by God is also striking. This shows the Bible for what it is: a series of legends that were accumulated in an ad-hoc fashion, without a grand plan and with little internal consistency.
God doesn't even command Adam and Eve or their descendent to be moral or even that murder is forbidden. However this doesn't stop God disapproving of murder after the fact Genesis 4:10 and eventually angering God into destroying most humans a great flood. If God planned to provide Ten Commandments, earlier in history would be more appropriate.
Depiction of Adam and Eve[edit]
Although Adam is said to have been created from the dust of the ground, and Eve from his rib, they are for the most part depicted with navels ("belly buttons"), which would imply that they were born with umbilical cords. There is a parallel in the way Western art depicts Jesus wrongly.
Adam and Eve also feature in the Qur'an.
"Be careful of your duty to your Lord Who created you from a single soul and from it created its mate and from them twain hath spread abroad a multitude of men and women."
- ↑ [Dickson, Keith, Enki and Ninhursag: The Trickster in Paradise, in: Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Vol 66, No 1, 2007]
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- ↑ Richard Clark Kroeger, Catherine Clark Kroeger, I Suffer Not a Woman: Rethinking I Timothy 2:11-15 in Light of Ancient Evidence, February 1, 1998


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Despite the recent slump in several high-profile emerging markets, the group remains a promising investment opportunity with a growing number of new counties in which to invest, according to a panel of top money managers at at CNBC-Institutional Investor2012 Delivering Alpha conference in New York.
"There's an incredible opportunity that'sstill going untapped,"Afsaneh Beschloss, president and CEO of The Rock Creek Group and a Delivering Alpha advisory board member, told CNBC moderator Michelle Caruso-Cabrera.
"It's been the most reliable and compelling investment story of the past two decades, " added fellow panel member Nathan B. Sandler, co-founder and managing director of Ice Canyon LLC. "It's still evolving."
What was once an equities-focused asset class, now includes corporate and sovereign debt and currencies.
Both speakers, along with panelist Jim Leech, head of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, agreed that opportunities now go well beyond the BRICs and Mexico, large, old-favorite markets.


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Meaning name Shachar
Names › Hebrew › S › Sh › Sha › Shachar
Shabnam - Hindi name derived from a Persian word meaning "dew drops on flowers."
Meaning name Shachar
Shadi - Native American Navajo name meaning "older sister." Compare with masculine forms of Shadi.
Shadiya - Feminine form of Arabic Shadi, meaning "singer."
Shadya - Variant spelling of Arabic Shadiya, meaning "singer."
Shae - Feminine variant spelling of English unisex Shea, probably meaning "hawk-like."
Shaelyn - Modern English compound name composed of Shae "hawk-like" and Lynn "lake."
Shafaqat - Arabic unisex name meaning "compassion."
Shafiqa - Feminine form of Arabic Shafiq, meaning "compassionate."
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Horowitz's "racist" habit
Research ››› ››› SIMON MALOY
On November 30, David Horowitz, editor in chief and co-founder of the right-wing website FrontPageMag.com, posted a photo of comedian and Air America Radio host Al Franken on FrontPageMag.com with the word "Racist" printed across it in large black letters. This seems to be part of a larger pattern. Horowitz has a conspicuous record of freely applying the "racist" label to a wide variety of people and organizations, including Franken; Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai; the Democratic Party; the Huntington Beach, California, school district; civil rights activist Lawrence Guyot; Rainbow/PUSH Coalition founder Reverend Jesse Jackson; former Democratic presidential candidate Reverend Al Sharpton; the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); and United Nations World Conference Against Racism.
- Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai: In an October 9 FrontPageMag.com blog entry, Horowitz called 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai a "racist." The blog entry, titled "Black Racist Wins Nobel Prize (Thanks to the Leftwing Racists on the Nobel Committee)," provided no argument as to why Horowitz considered Maathai a racist, but reprinted an October 9 Agence France-Presse article on Maathai's controversial comments on the HIV virus. According to Maathai, "It's true that there are some people who create agents to wipe out other people ... [HIV was] created by a scientist for biological warfare."
- The Democratic Party: In an August 5, 2003, FrontPageMag.com editorial titled "Challenging the Racist Democrats," Horowitz referred to the Democratic Party as "the party of special interest bigots and racial dividers" for its alleged support of "racist school policies." Horowitz wrote: "The Democratic Party has shown that it will go to the wall to preserve the racist laws which enforce these preferences, and to defend the racist school systems that destroy the lives of millions of children every year."
- Huntington Beach, California, school district: On the March 15, 2002, edition of FOX News Channel's Hannity & Colmes, Horowitz called the Huntington Beach, California, school district "racist" for enforcing racial-balancing policies that prevented white children from transferring out of schools and black children from transferring in, saying, "What's going on here, it's probably a class issue. But we don't even know why these parents -- first of all, it's racist. The school district is racist."
- Civil rights activist Lawrence Guyot: On the same edition of Hannity & Colmes, Horowitz disparagingly referred to civil rights activist Lawrence Guyot, also appearing on the program, as a "racialist;" asking rhetorically of the Huntington Beach school controversy: "How can we settle the racial problem when we have racialists like Lawrence out there agitating to make every problem a racial problem?"
- Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and the NAACP: Horowitz has also used the term "racialist" in defending Samuel Jared Taylor, the founder and editor of American Renaissance magazine, which the Anti-Defamation League has described as a periodical that "promotes 'genteel' racism: pseudoscientific, questionably researched and argued articles that validate the genetic and moral inferiority of nonwhites and the need for racial 'purity.'" Horowitz defended Taylor as a "racialist," and attacked Reverend Jesse Jackson, Reverend Al Sharpton, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and liberal black pundits as "racists" in a July 15, 2002, FrontPageMag.com blog entry:
There are many who would call Jared Taylor and his American Renaissance movement "racist." If the term is modified to "racialist," there is truth in the charge. But Taylor and his Renaissance movement are no more racist in this sense than Jesse Jackson and the NAACP. In my experience of Taylor's views, which is mainly literary (we have had occasion to exchange opinions in person only once), they do not represent a mean-spirited position. They are an attempt to be realistic about a fate that seems to have befallen us (which Taylor would maintain was inevitable given the natural order of things). But Jared Taylor is no more "racist" in this sense than any university Afro-centrist or virtually any black pundit of the left. He is not even racist in the sense that Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are racist. He is -- as noted -- a racialist, which Frontpagemag.com is not.
- The United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance: On the August 29, 2001 edition of Hannity & Colmes, Horowitz attacked the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance, held in Durban, South Africa, between August 31 and September 7, 2001, as "racist." Horowitz defended the Bush administration's refusal to send a high-ranking diplomat to the conference, saying: "This conference is run by Arab and African states, the va -- all of them, to a, to a state, practically, maybe there's one that's not a dictatorship, it's racist ..."
In an October 25, 1999, column for FrontPageMag.com, Horowitz wrote:
Because the term "racist" has the power wound and to kill, it should be used cautiously, especially by those who have the authority to make it credible -- minorities themselves.
Media Matters for America and others, including Franken (click here to listen to Franken explain why he called Horowitz a racist, from the December 1 edition of Franken's Air America Radio show), have catalogued instances of Horowitz's racial insensitivity.
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FOOD- THE DISH- ABC at Greenberry's: Alcohol on tap at Coffee 'empire'?
The windows of Greenberry's are often filled with newspapers on the bar inside, but a jittery customer noticed another kind of paper in the window last week: an ABC notice announcing the coffee shop's bid for a beer and wine license. For the legions of Greenberry's loyal customers– who can now find the chain's goodies at 15 locations from North Carolina to New Jersey– the news could come as a fright. Is the coffee being left behind in favor of full service food and beverages?
"Not at all," promises Greenberry's owner, Sean Simmons, who with his wife, Roxanne, opened the flagship store at Barracks Road 16 years ago and has quietly built a coffee empire– so quietly that the Washington Post failed to mention the store in its recent round-up of local coffee emporia.
And by Charlottesville's standards, Greenberry's is an empire. In addition to the numerous franchises, the company roasts its own beans– more than 100,000 pounds per year at a facility up 29N near the airport– and supplies coffee to many restaurants and hotels.
But that's still not enough, says Simmons, who explains, "You have to stay innovative to stay ahead."
The wine and beer license is part of Simmons' vision for the future of Greenberry's. But serving alcohol, he says, is secondary to his primary vision: adding healthy food choices to the menus in all the stores. He's hired an executive chef, he says, and in the next week customers can savor the first of his offerings: organic, steel-cut oatmeal. Soon organic soups will be on the menu.
"We will continue to roll out more breakfast and lunch products," Simmons says, "but we'll never, ever bastardize the coffee store atmosphere, which is what we are."
As for the alcohol option, Simmons says he hasn't decided when– or if– to add wines and microbrews to the menu at Barracks Road. He's considering customer demand and looking for ways to build his slower evening business, when one person might want a latte while her date might prefer a glass of Chardonnay.
Sitting outside Greenberry's last week, regular customer Kate Gregg– a first year UVA law student– said she was delighted by the prospect.
"Especially when I'm here studying late at night," she says, "a glass of wine would be great."
There's one potential stumbling block Simmons will need to "step" over before he considers making Greenberry's a combo coffee/winebar. Or maybe 12 blocks to step over. He acknowledges that some of Greenberry's current evening customers are members of Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous, and he says those recovering regulars will play a role in his decision.
"I'm taking that seriously," he says. "We may introduce wine and beer in other stores but not in this one."
That's not to say Charlottesville won't have a Greenberry's with wine and beer, however. In fact, in news that's even bigger than the ABC license, Simmons says he's hoping to have a second– and much larger– Greenberry's location somewhere in the downtown area by early 2009.
"We're looking for something close to 3,000 square feet to enhance our presence," he says.
Greenberry's lovers won't wine about that!
–reporting by Courteney Stuart
Uncovering The Bean
If you work for SNL Financial, you probably don't need us to tell you about The Bean, a small coffee shop tucked away in the corner of the company near the east end of the Downtown Mall. It's been a private coffee shop of sorts for SNL employees and folks in nearby office buildings. But this is for the rest of you Downtown coffee lovers.
In January, 20-year old Tamra Fisher quietly took over the shop from a previous owner, and she's been serving up Shenandoah Joe's coffee, sandwiches, bagels, fresh fruit, and mini pizzas ever since.
"My Dad saw in the paper that it was for sale," she says, "and so we just jumped right in."
So far, Fisher says, things have been going well. "Haven't had any complaints yet," she laughs. Of course, most of her business comes from SNL, but she says that folks from the nearby area have begun to drift over, including a few coffee-loving cops from the station across the street.
Fisher, too, loves a good cup of coffee.
"At first, I was afraid of being around all this coffee," she says, "but I'm containing myself."
Does the Post love us or what?
The Washington Post is at it again– praising the Charlottesville food scene. Just a week after Post writer Roger Piantadosi facetiously claimed that we had more restaurants per capita than France and called us "insanely committed foodies," Post writer Jane Black gushes about our inventive chefs, committed local food buyers, and the wide variety of cuisines WHEN?.
However, while praising us, she does manage to put a small dent in her street cred when she writes"...the food here is far better than it should be in a place with about 40,000 year-round residents and 20,000 broke college kids."
Broke UVA students? We imagine that had a few Post-reading locals guffawing. She also leaves out Orzo among restaurants on West Main. But she redeems herself somewhat by calling Mas "without a doubt my favorite Charlottesville restaurant."
Mas, Bang, Kate Collier of Feast!, Albemarle Baking Company, Ten, and Rev Soup are all included in a nifty slide show.
Overall, Black doesn't miss too much in this food tour, and her final words are enough to make us blush:
"Across the board, Charlottesville's food scene is inventive, diverse and brimming with talent. It's enough to give Monticello a run for its money."
All this food news was first reported online. Check it out at readthehook.com/dish/


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Property Tax Cap Video Message Transcript
Hello, I'm Governor Andrew Cuomo, and I'd like to take a few minutes to talk to you about what's going on in our economy, and what it means for you. As we all know, these are tough economic times. From the kitchen table to the halls of Congress, people are making hard choices. Choices about priorities, about direction, about value. With all of the debate about how to best solve our economic problems at least one thing is clear, we must be smart, cut waste and we must do more with less. And while it is certainly difficult, it is not impossible.
We proved that this year in Albany when we adopted the State Budget earlier this year we actually changed the culture of spending in Albany. It was tough, but we did it, and we're the better for it. However your tax dollars don't just go to the state, they also go to your local governments. And local property taxes are simply out of control. The fifteen highest taxed counties in the country are all here in New York State. Orleans County is the number one in the nation for the highest property taxes, followed by Niagara, Monroe, Allegany, Wayne, Cortland, Genesee, Chautauqua and Seneca Counties. In absolute dollars, Nassau County residents pay the highest property taxes in the country. And Westchester and Rockland are in the top five. Property taxes have been growing at more than six percent a year for the last decade. That's more than personal income has grown and it's double the rate of inflation. And while property taxes have been rising, home values have plummeted. These ever increasing property taxes are putting a heavy burden on New Yorkers. Families are having trouble paying the mortgage. They're cutting back at the grocery store, and they are being forced to choose between saving for college and retirement or paying the tax bill.
That's why for over a decade, Albany has tried to pass a cap on local property taxes and finally, finally this year we got it done. The property tax cap limits increases in school and local property taxes to two percent a year, or the rate of inflation, whichever is less. Local governments can go beyond the cap if sixty percent of the relevant local body approves, but by requiring a sixty percent vote we put the odds in favor of the people finally. Because the cap is about putting you and your neighbor back in control of your communities' spending. It creates an important dialogue, it stops the automatic increases year after year, and it lets you decide whether a tax increase is really necessary. And, as you decide, you deserve to know the facts. Start with the cost of bureaucracy. In our schools, over the past fifteen years, the number of supervisory staff has increased thirty-four percent, while the number of teachers has increased nine percent, and student enrollment has actually dropped four percent. Today, New York spending on school administration is fifty-one percent above the national average. The salaries of top administrators are off the charts, more than two thousand administrators or managers make at least one hundred fifty thousand dollars a year. Over forty percent of school superintendents receive salary and benefits of two hundred thousand dollars a year or more.
And beyond the issue of spending, there is another key element to this conversation, and that's the conversation about performance. The property tax cap is not just about how much local government spends, but also what you're getting for your money. New York has a long way to go on this score. Simply put we spend the most and we get close to the least. For example, New York ranks number one in education expenditures in the nation, but number forty in graduation rates. So now is a good time to ask your local government about its performance and accountability measures and how it can do better.
You should know that you have another tool in your hands also; streamlining government. A major reason that property taxes in New York are so high is that we have too many local governments. We have more than ten thousand five hundred governments across this state. Ten thousand five hundred local governments. That's wasteful and very, very expensive. Now, however, we have a law that empowers citizens to consolidate their local governments or to reduce costs by sharing services with other local governments. This kind of consolidation can significantly lower property taxes.
The tax cap is already working in communities all across the state. Since it took effect this summer, the cap has stopped automatic tax increases and brought much needed scrutiny to government spending. Of the nearly four hundred municipalities that have proposed their budgets, the vast majority, close to eighty-five percent, have stayed within the cap. Remember, in past years local property taxes increased by an average of six percent. The cap is two percent, and close to eighty five percent of the governments are now following the cap. We are making a difference. At the end of the day though, it is all up to you. It is your money, it is your community, these are your local services. The state is not dictating a solution. I am not saying what the community should do, I am saying that I want you involved, and I want the people to have the power as opposed to the politicians, and I want you to have the facts. Because as I've traveled all across this state, people have said to me they just can't afford their local property taxes any more. And this is a vehicle to make real reform.
If you want to raise taxes, you can raise taxes. If you want to lower taxes, you can lower the taxes. If you want to live within the cap, or be below the cap, it's all your choice; but you decide, the people decide, not the politicians, that's the way it's supposed to be. For this to happen, it is critical that you and your neighbors get involved. That you have the conversation. I urge you to be there when your local government's budget is being debated. Attend the school board meetings. Ask your elected officials about their spending choices, talk to them about the cost of the bureaucracy and inefficiencies, ask them if their community should consider consolidating with other communities or sharing services to find economies of scale.
We have built a website with information that may prove helpful as you join this vital discussion. You can find it all at Citizens Connect, take a look. An informed citizen is an empowered citizen. I am a firm believer in the power of government to improve peoples' lives. I believe government can make a difference. I also believe in a government that is efficient and respects the tax dollar. I believe you can do both. I believe you can have effective government that makes a difference in peoples' lives and a government that is cost effective and respects the tax payer. That's what we're working towards. I believe in a government that works for you. That's what we're doing here in Albany every day, and that's what you should demand from your local government.
Democracy works best when every citizen participates. I know that if New Yorkers work together and reason together we can emerge stronger and create a brighter future for our families. This crisis may have a silver lining, and we can be the better for it. We can make this state live up to its glorious potential. The future is the sum of all of our choices, and I know that New Yorkers will choose wisely. Thank you for listening.


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Climate Change Triage: The Northeast and Sea Level Rise
Sobering look at sea level rise in the Northeast and the hard choices it puts before us. Do taxpayers pay to defend coastline with expensive sea walls in what looks to be a losing battle? Do emotionally-invested homeowners on the coast retreat now while their property may be at its optimal value? What can we save from the sea's rise, if anything? How will we as a society triage the many victims of this climate change harm?
I detect no real sense that policy makers have a good handle on how to resolve, or even approach, these kinds of terrible choices. Unfortunately, going forward blindly is also a choice, and one that usually doesn't end too well.


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Fatal Fury 2 Walkthrough and Guide
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The Central Connecticut women's soccer team was awarded the NSCAA Ethics Award by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America for its outstanding ethical practices on the field during the 2012 season.
The NSCAA Ethics award recognizes programs that exhibit fair play, sporting behavior and adherence to the laws of the game, as reflected by the number of yellow caution cards or red ejection cards they are shown by referees throughout the season.
There are three levels of the ethics award: gold, silver and bronze. Of the 12 Division I women's teams selected for the award, eight earned the silver distinction while the remaining four took bronze. The Blue Devils were among the eight to receive the silver award, characterized by registering a team total of less than five yellow caution cards and no red ejection cards for the complete 2012 season.
"This award is a great accomplishment for our team," Head Coach Mick D'Arcy said, "it demonstrates that we try to play the game in a competitive but fair spirit, while respecting our opponents and the referees."
CCSU is the only team from the New England area to make the list and is also the only team to represent the Northeast Conference. The Blue Devils wrapped up the 2012 regular season with a 4-13-1 overall record (3-7 NEC) and boasted three All-Conference awardees as well as the NEC Goalkeeper of the Year.


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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Server Fired Because She Was Dark African-American, Federal Agency Charges
ATLANTA – The Tilted Kilt, a Roswell, Ga., restaurant and pub that advertises itself as "a festive atmosphere" with "attractive cast members eager to put a smile on your face," violated federal law by firing an African-American employee because of her race, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
According to the EEOC's suit, Civil Action No., 1:11-cv-3223-JOF-JFK, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Najla Salaam was hired by the general manager as a server and completed training. However, her starting date was delayed and she was never scheduled to work. The general manager ultimately told her to look for another job because the owner had concluded that too many black women had been hired. The general manager told the EEOC that he was instructed to terminate Salaam because she was African-American and too dark. The general manager said that because he objected to the owner's instruction to fire employees based on race, he was also eventually terminated.
Race discrimination in any form violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
"Employers should make employment decisions based only on employees' abilities and not the color of their skin or their race," said Bernice Williams Kimbrough, district director for the EEOC's Atlanta District Office. "The EEOC will act to prevent this type of misconduct."
EEOC Regional Attorney Robert Dawkins added, "It is not common for the inner workings of discriminatory conduct to be revealed, as it has been in this case. Here, without the EEOC enforcing federal civil rights law, it is likely that such conduct would have continued unabated."
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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A judge will decide whether to reduce bail for a Pocono Mountain High School West teacher charged with having sex with a 15-year-old student.
A judge will decide whether to reduce bail for a Pocono Mountain High School West teacher charged with having sex with a 15-year-old student.
If Monroe County Court Judge Jennifer Sibum decides to reduce Christopher Martinelli's bail from $200,000 to a more affordable amount, Martinelli can then post and get out of Monroe County Correctional Facility, provided he avoids any contact with any children.
Suspended without pay since being charged March 5, the 40-year-old social studies teacher from Tobyhanna appeared Friday with defense attorney James Swetz on a bail reduction request before Sibum.
Swetz called the current $200,000 bail amount "patently unreasonable," saying Martinelli has a "sterling" reputation and strong local ties in the community and therefore is not a flight risk.
Assistant District Attorney Michael Rakaczewski opposed any bail reduction, saying the severity of the charges and what Martinelli stands to lose if convicted are reason enough for Martinelli to be deemed a flight risk and therefore justify a high bail. Rakaczewski added that police when arresting Martinelli found a loaded gun in Martinelli's home which Martinelli said was "for me."
Sibum said this concerns her and makes her question if Martinelli will try committing suicide if released from jail on reduced bail.
Swetz said the jail placed Martinelli on suicide watch during the first 48 hours of pretrial incarceration and then had its psychiatrist examine Martinelli. Swetz said the psychiatrist is satisfied Martinelli is not a suicidal risk, adding that Martinelli's family is there for support.
"We've had no testimony from any witnesses so far that there was a loaded gun found or that Mr. Martinelli said what he allegedly said," Swetz added.
Rakaczewski said another reason for keeping the bail at its current amount is the ongoing investigation into the possibility of Martinelli having victimized other children. Swetz said the defense is conducting its own investigation that will prove the allegations false.
The accuser, who said he was 15 when Martinelli twice had sex with him at Martinelli's home in summer 2011, was present with his parents and a friend in court Friday, as were Martinelli's parents. When given a chance to address the court, the accuser's mother asked Sibum to keep the bail at the current amount to keep her son and other children safe.
Sibum has taken the request under advisement and will make a decision at a future date.


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World Bulletin / News Desk
A new U.S. study examining survival rates for women with early stage breast cancer found that surgery such as lumpectomy that preserves the rest of the breast may offer survival odds as good as, or even better than, mastectomies.
Despite clinical trials showing lumpectomy, or removal of the cancer only, to be as effective as mastectomies in treating early breast cancers, the number of women choosing breast removal has been on the rise, wrote lead researcher E. Shelley Hwang in the journal Cancer.
"It was kind of an exciting and hopeful message that women don't have to go off to get a mastectomy to do better," said Hwang, from the Duke Cancer Institute in Durham, North Carolina.
"I think a lot of women were making that decision (for mastectomy) because they thought the lumpectomy was not enough. In that context, we wanted to know if lumpectomy works just as well as mastectomy in the modern era."
For the study, they used data collected by the Cancer Prevention Institute of California on 112,154 women who were diagnosed with stage I or II breast cancer between 1990 and 2004.
The majority - 55 percent - had a lumpectomy with radiation, and the rest had a mastectomy without radiation. The researchers then tracked the women's health for an average of nine years.
Overall, 31,425 women died by the time the study ended in 2009, and 39 percent of those deaths were due to breast cancer.
But the researchers found that the women who had a lumpectomy with radiation were more likely to survive than women who had a mastectomy, regardless of age or cancer subtype.
The difference was most pronounced among women who were over 30 years old and diagnosed with the most common type of breast cancer, one that's fed by hormones like estrogen or progesterone. Those who chose lumpectomy had a 19 percent lower chance of dying from breast cancer than counterparts who got mastectomies.
The survival advantage with lumpectomy held up even when researchers accounted for age, tumor stage and type, race, economic status and other factors. Among women younger than 50 with hormone-sensitive cancers, for instance, those who had lumpectomy had a 7 percent lower chance of death than those who had mastectomy.
Hwang said the survival difference might be partly explained by the fact that women who got a mastectomy tended to be in worse health to begin with.
The study cannot prove that lumpectomy alone is the factor responsible for the improved survival, and researchers did not have access to some specific details about the women's tumors, or whether some had genetic susceptibility to breast cancer.
"I wouldn't overstate these results, because survival can come from other things," said Dawn Hershman, co-leader of the Breast Cancer Program at the Columbia University Medical Center in New York - though she did say the results are reassuring.
"Sometimes patients in practice can be very different than patients in randomized trials," she added. "It's reassuring that patients who get breast-conserving therapy do at least as well as those with mastectomy."Last Mod: 01 Şubat 2013, 09:21