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Constance Hall is fed up with procreating.
She is done with the ravage each pregnancy wreaks on her body.
Done with the barrage of blood tests, the anal swabs, the constipation, the cracked nipples, the stitches in places no one wants stitches, the abdominal separation. Done with contraceptive pills. Done with abortions.
And, now, the mother of four is resorting to "drastic measures".
In a Facebook post, the 32-year-old Perth blogger has publicly declared she is going on a "complete sex strike" until her husband had a vasectomy.
Hall – who has become famous for her frank posts about 'parent sex' and post-natal depression – has four children: one-year old twins, Rumi and Snow, four-year-old Arlo Love and Billie-Violet, 6.
She said the couple switched to using the "withdrawal method" after having Arlo, but then she became pregnant with twins.
"I know you're scared to say goodbye to the little soldiers, your little warriors, your faithful army of conquerors, slaying, penetrating every egg in their path. They have served you well, babe. You should be really proud. But, really, it's time," she told her husband in the post, has attracted more than 30,000 likes in five hours and been shared 1500 times.
Watch as Jamila Rizvi explains the five things no one tells you about pregnancy (post continues after video):
"I am ignoring your penis until you get the snip. Not permitting it to brush past my leg in the hallway and when you talk about it I am going to start humming. Your penis is void in this relationship…"
"Because my body is done. It's done reproducing and it's done birth controlling. Your turn. Love, wifey."
It certainly sounds like a surefire way to get some action on the vasectomy front…
*Featured image via Facebook/Constance Hall.


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Regions Bank Expands Texas Commercial Real Estate Team
Regions Bank Expands Texas Commercial Real Estate Team
Hires three senior relationship managers to lead state-wide growth efforts
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regions Bank has hired three experienced bankers to expand its commercial real estate capabilities in Texas.
Wendel Pardue, Richard Gross, and Buddy Billingsley join Regions Bank from Wells Fargo and will focus on providing financing and advisory services to private regional and national developers with an emphasis on office, retail, industrial and multifamily projects.
Pardue has been named commercial real estate market manager for Texas with responsibility for managing a team of commercial real estate relationship managers and service specialists across the state. Pardue and Gross will be based in Dallas with a primary focus on clients and projects in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Billingsley will be based in Austin, responsible for business development in Austin, San Antonio, and surrounding markets.
"Wendel, Richard, and Buddy are tenured bankers who know the Texas real estate market well and have experience working with clients through a variety of economic cycles," said Rusty Campbell, Real Estate Banking Executive. "Texas is a robust economic engine for the country and an important growth market for Regions. This expansion will allow us to help support continued and diversified growth across the state through prudent commercial real estate lending."
Regions has a long history of providing financing and advisory services to national and regional developers, particularly in the Southeast, and continues to add capacity and resources to support economic recovery and job creation throughout the communities the bank serves. During the second quarter of 2013, Regions grew total loan balances by $1.1 billion and total new business loan production increased 36 percent as compared to the prior quarter.
Pardue has been active in commercial real estate banking in Texas since the mid-1980s. Prior to joining Regions, Pardue held a number of commercial and middle market real estate banking leadership roles at Wells Fargo and legacy Wachovia Bank, most recently serving as commercial real estate market manger for Central Texas responsible for the Wells Fargo commercial real estate platform for Austin, San Antonio, El Paso and Oklahoma. Pardue received his MBA from the University of Texas and a bachelor's degree in business from Texas Christian University. He has served as a board member for the Real Estate Council of Dallas Foundation Board and is an active member in the Urban Land Institute and the International Council of Shopping Centers.
Gross has more than 16 years of commercial real estate banking experience as a relationship and credit manager in the Dallas area. Prior to joining Regions, Gross held a number of real estate banking roles with Wells Fargo and legacy Wachovia Bank, most recently he was director and commercial real estate senior relationship manager in Dallas. Gross received a bachelor's degree in financial management from the University of North Florida.
Billingsley has more than 15 years of financial services industry experience and has been involved in commercial real estate in the Austin and Houston markets since 2004, most recently as a commercial real estate relationship manager for Wells Fargo in Austin. He is a Certified Financial Manager and received his MBA from the Texas Christian University and a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of New Mexico. Billingsley is a member of the Urban Land Institute of Austin and the Real Estate Council of Austin.
About Regions Financial Corporation
Regions Financial Corporation (NYS: RF) , with $119 billion in assets, is a member of the S&P 500 Index and is one of the nation's largest full-service providers of consumer and commercial banking, wealth management, mortgage, and insurance products and services. Regions serves customers in 16 states across the South, Midwest and Texas, and through its subsidiary, Regions Bank, operates approximately 1,700 banking offices and 2,000 ATMs. Additional information about Regions and its full line of products and services can be found at www.regions.com.
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text: Dennis Cecil - October 04, 2010 'New' Public-Land Turkey Hunting In Our State From military options to overlooked fish and wildlife areas, here's where you'll find great hunting for gobblers this spring in Hoosierland. By Dennis Cecil In the late 1980s, I spent three years stationed at Crane Naval Weapons Support Center. Those years were my introduction to turkey hunting. The base itself boasted a high number of turkeys. Through trial and error and a lot of help from a friend, I began a journey that has yet to end, though it took 10 years for me to finally make my way back to southern Indiana.Andy Reed (left) and the author show off the results of successful tag-team tactics, which fooled this wise public-land gobbler. Photo courtesy of Dennis Cecil. Having lived here now for the last four years, I have been fortunate enough to gain access to some wonderful private ground. Not everyone is lucky enough to have access to private land. And, believe it or not, some private ground just doesn't support huntable populations of turkeys. Fortunately, in Indiana, there are hundreds of thousands of acres of public land for sportsmen to ply their trade. Historically, many of Indiana's military bases allowed turkey hunters to access their properties. Base closings and re-alignments, increased security procedures, and the present status of terror alerts have put a serious crunch on the opportunities for the average Hoosier turkey hunter on these military properties. There is currently only one military area that allows access and this is through a special drawing only. CAMP ATTERBURY Camp Atterbury is an Army outpost utilized as a staging point for many of our state's National Guard and Reservist units prior to deployment overseas. It covers approximately 27,000 acres, with much of it being accessible to hunters. Camp Atterbury is adjacent to the Atterbury Fish and Wildlife Area (FWA) near Edinburgh, not far from Columbus. For 2005, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering five two-day hunts on the military installation itself. These hunts are set to take place on the following dates: April 27-28, May 2-3, 4-5, 9-10 and 11-12. To be considered for these reserved hunts, a hunter must complete the 2005 Wild Turkey Hunt Application card located on page 21 of the published Rules and Regulations Hunting Guide. These guides are available at most DNR offices as well as license vendors. Officials at the Atterbury FWA office strongly suggest that you read and follow the directions carefully when filling out your application. The registration cards must be completed properly and entirely to be eligible for the drawing. Any blank spaces or mistakes will disqualify you and no exceptions will be made. Applications will only be accepted between Jan. 1, 2005 and March 15, 2005. Applicants will receive their registration cards back via the postal service, regardless of successful or unsuccessful results, only if they are completed correctly. Late applicants or incorrectly filled out cards will be immediately disqualified and no notifications will be given. Trust me, if you miss a section or make a mistake, you will be waiting a long time for your results. Successful applicants will be selected through a random drawing, which will be held at the Atterbury FWA office at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 21, 2005. Hunters are welcome to attend the drawing, but are not required to be present. Hunters can call the Atterbury office with questions at (812) 526-2051. For the 2005 season, only those hunters selected through the drawing will be allowed to hunt. In years past, a successful hunter was allowed to bring a partner. The new 2005 rules allow for only the person selected to hunt. Unlike the reserved deer hunts, this is not a bonus tag. If you harvest a turkey prior to your reserved dates, you automatically forfeit your hunts. Also, if you are successful in taking a turkey while hunting on Camp Atterbury, you are not eligible to take another bird elsewhere. A successful draw for a reserve hunt at Camp Atterbury is not a good reason to sleep in and take your time getting started. Show up early and be patient. The staff at the Atterbury office is very professional and does an excellent job of keeping things moving each morning, but check-in and checkout procedures require a little extra time. Selected hunters must be checked in at the property check station by 4:30 a.m. each morning prior to their hunt. Standby hunters may fill hunting spots not claimed by this time. Be sure to bring your hunter's education certificate. I watched two hunters get turned away a few years ago because they forgot to bring this proof and the throng of standby hunters waiting in the shadows quickly filled their slots. A LONG SHOT All remaining Indiana military bases are closed to general public hunting. The Crane Naval Weapons Support Center contains a great population of turkeys, but access here is limited to active duty military personnel stationed at Crane, plus civilian and retired employees only. Escorted dependents of all the preceding groups are also eligible to hunt. In addition, Crane and tenant activities military personnel may sponsor two guests, and civilian and retired employees may sponsor one guest for turkey hunting. If you know someone who is currently stationed at Crane or employed there, I strongly suggest you discuss options for hunting with them, as this is quite possibly one of the finest opportunities to harvest a turkey in Indiana. These birds aren't a bunch of pen-raised domestic variety turkeys and this is not a guaranteed hunt by any means. The advantage comes in the number of birds available to hunt. Fact is, if you blow your chance at one bird, another one may come by to give you another try. Here's a good example. As my friend Donny and I sat on a big limestone bluff waiting for dawn to come, the night animals handed over the duty to the morning shift and an eerie calm settled over the big timber. The silence was replaced by the first distant gobble of the morning. I jumped to my feet and said, "Let's go get 'em, Donny!" A stiff arm to the chest kept me in my seat and I was soon rewarded with dozens of gobbles in every direction. I was a rookie at calling turkeys, so Donny let me spend the morning blowing setup after setup. It was like going to turkey school; but you've got to keep trying until you get it right. Finally, everything went right and we stumbled across a pair of longbeards that wanted to go home with us. In the years since then, I have enjoyed great success at Crane and can vouch for the numbers of birds and opportunities available. It may take you a little legwork to find someone to escort you, but it will be worth the effort. Crane has several specific rules for hunting on station. Firearms hunting is only allowed on Saturday and Sunday. Weekday hunting is with archery equipment only, with several of the areas being restricted due to explosive operations. All Indiana state turkey-hunting rules apply as well while on Crane. As with all the other state and military areas throughout Indiana, a Crane hunt is not a bonus turkey tag. Harvesting a bird at Crane fills your one and only state tag. If you have access to hunting Crane, I would strongly suggest that you give the Natural Resources office a call at (812) 854-1165 to discuss the particulars for hunting on this Navy property. Although our access for turkey hunting on military properties in Indiana is rather limited, all is not lost. Recently, I spent some time on the DNR's Web site, http://www.in.gov/ dnr, researching some new areas. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that we have public hunting areas covering more than 500,000 acres available to chase turkeys in 34 of our counties. Some areas are better than others, but all of them hold huntable populations of turkeys. Surely you live within driving distance of at least one of these areas. Several of these properties are adjacent to large reservoirs. If you have not figured it out yet, these reservoirs provide excellent access to property that is often land-locked by private ground. Many of these reservoirs have campgrounds and hotels nearby. These isolated pockets hold flocks of birds that are virtually untouched. When hunting these waterfront birds, a favorite technique of many successful waterborne hunters is to utilize their boats as mobile roosting sites. Bring your fishing gear along and catch a mess of crappies for supper as you wait for those good night gobbles to begin. When the gobbling starts, mark the bird and move on to the next finger of cover. Repeat this process until you run out of daylight. On a good night, we marked as many as 10 different roost sites on the country surrounding Patoka Reservoir. If you are unable to roost birds the night prior to your hunt, be in your boat well before gobbling time the next morning. You can owl hoot or just wait patiently for the first gobbler to sound off. Mark the bird's position and beach your boat nearby. These birds receive relatively little hunting pressure. There is no need to go too far away to beach your boat. The little hunting pressure these turkeys do receive rarely comes from the water. I have hunted several state forests throughout our state. Two of my favorites are the Hoosier National Forest and the Martin State Forest. My access to both of these forests is in Martin County and both areas hold a lot of birds. I have hunted Green-Sullivan State Forest and found it to be well populated also. I have had success in all of these areas, but that doesn't mean it was easy. My first involvement in public-land success came as a result of my turkey-hunting mentor's experience and hard work. I had the pleasure of following him through the hills and ravines to a remote oak ridge crawling with turkeys. Shortly after dawn, we were walking back to the truck with vests full of turkeys. I spent three consecutive seasons on my own before I harvested another public-land turkey. Those three years taught me some important lessons. One piece of advice I would give to anyone aspiring to harvest a public-land bird would be to show them something different. Every season, weeks before the opener, the woods echo with owl hoots and turkey calls as impatient hunters take to the woods to scout their birds. Although scouting is important, we really give the turkeys more of an education than they give us. It goes without saying, that any birds residing close to the public access sites are quickly educated and the few that are foolish enough to remain there are the first to feel lead on opening day. The remaining birds head for the hills and that is where you need to go. Arrive much earlier than normal and get away from the crowds. I once hunted a small state wildlife area and it serves as a great example of how doing something different may pay off big. I arrived at a deserted public parking area and felt like I had found an untapped honeyhole as I drifted off to sleep. I awoke at 4:30 a.m. the next morning to find a parking lot full of eager turkey hunters. I was extremely disappointed, but I had traveled two hours to get there, so I figured I'd give it a shot anyway. As the hunters began to depart for their starting points, I began to notice a trend. Every hunter was heading for the northeast corner of the property. As the last hunter followed the rest of the sheep to the northeast, I grabbed my gear and headed to the southwest. About 15 minutes after first light, I had seven gobblers vying for the attention of my lone hen decoy. As the dejected hunters began to return empty-handed from the northeast, I sat on the tailgate reveling in my success. Donning my best poker face, I told them I, too, had hunted the northeast and this was the only bird I had found. Did I mention that stealth is another good way to remain successful on public land? You can greatly improve your chances by avoiding public ground during peak times. Opening weekend is probably the worst time to try your hand at public turkeys. The woods are crawling with hunters and the toms will be tight-lipped. My favorite time to hunt is midweek. Often you will have the woods to yourself. This doesn't mean you can fall back into your routine of starting your hunt from the parking lot. Get back into the timber and survey your situation. If there is an easily navigated trail leading from the parking lot to a likely looking ridge, you can bet you're not the only hunter to stand there and try to fire up a gobbler. Avoid these obvious areas and throw something different at them. Pass up those easy trails to the top and slip around for an ascent from the opposite direction. If you find what looks to be a perfect setup within easy hiking of the access point, you can bet it has been used before. Avoid it and find something different. Remember, these birds pattern us long before we pattern them. YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE PATIENCE Patience is probably your biggest asset when hunting public-land turkeys. We all love to call too much and call too loud to a tom when he is hammering out gobbles from his roost. I find this to be one of the hardest temptations to resist. Repeated calling to a fired-up gobbler will accomplish two things for you. He will stand on his limb and strut and gobble back at you all morning long. During your high-volume exchange, every turkey hunter within earshot is going to begin moving in on your setup. This can create a bad situation and could result in a lot worse than a blown hunt. Remember the stealth subject I alluded to earlier? Now would be a good time to use it. Pressured toms will not tolerate overcalling. They may answer you all morning, but I'd bet my last shotgun shell that they would hit the ground and head away from you. Keep your calling soft and subtle. Use non-vocal sounds like wings scraping the tree bark and fly-downs. Throw in some leaf scratching and a soft cluck and purr to add as much realism to your calling as possible. By their nature, these subtle tactics won't bring a tom running to you on a suicide mission as often as a hot and heavy exchange will, but they are deadly. Be prepared to show some patience and give the gobbler some time to carefully work his way to you. These public birds are normally very careful and come in slow and quiet. Two ounces of lead crashing into his body once or twice tends to make a turkey a bit cautious. Give the birds time to work and make up their minds to come your way. GETTING OUT ALIVE If you are fortunate enough to take a gobbler while hunting public ground, don't let the excitement of such a grand accomplishment cloud your judgment. Get your bird secured and immediately display some orange. Pull out a flag, put on your orange hat or utilize whatever means you have available to let the other hunters know you are not a turkey. Never, ever, carry your bird out of the woods over your shoulder without some orange displayed. Stick him in a game vest or wrap him in some orange. You'll be glad you did. Another tip to get you back to your truck in one piece is to show the proper etiquette. Yelling and screaming and dancing around like a mad man looks great on the hunting shows, but it's about the rudest thing you can do. Show some respect for your fellow hunters and try not to disturb the area any more than you have to. It's all right to celebrate and do victory dances . . . just do them at a reasonable decibel. We all love the idea of having acre upon acre of turkey country all to ourselves, but as private land gets engulfed by big leases and more and more turkey hunters take to the woods each spring, those parcels are quickly becoming a dream. All is not lost. Indiana's Department of Natural Resources has provided us with some truly awesome turkey-hunting opportunities. With a little research and some legwork, you, too, can find huntable populations of birds all over the Hoosier State. GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing. Sign Me Up


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Before we found Ghost Village we came across what looked like a very nice RV park right on Hebgen Lake. Kinsey made a quick left turn to check it out and get the scoop. As usual Kinsey found a very cordial lady who was looking after the place and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. You would think my scintillating company is not enough for her. She did, at least, come away with exact directions on how to find Ghost Village.
The road to Ghost Village is just beneath the dam. Apparently, there isn't a lot of confidence in the structural soundness of that dam or they think another earthquake is in the cards, you may recall Hebgen Lake is The Lake that Tilted in the big 7.5 earthquake in 1959. The first thing you are greeted with is a warning sign which I find kind of laughable. If that dam failed lotsa luck getting to higher ground soon enough.
|Hebgen Dam Warning
|Madison River and Home that's seen better days.
Apparently, a lot of people don't know who William Devane is cuz Kinsey mentioned we had seen him to several people most responded with blank stares. Kinsey was surprised because she has always liked him as an actor. He starred in an old television show called Knotts Landing and we have most recently seen him as the psychiatrist in the Jesse Stone movies with Tom Selleck. Devane turned out to be an affable fellow and, well you know, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Kinsey asked Devane if he knew where Ghost Village was he said "You're in it". Apparently, there is no village per say just the old, crumbling buildings scattered around. He also told her the area was a moose hang out. So I got the leash.
From the parking area there is a trail that takes off along the river. We bade fair well to William Devane and off we went into the setting sun. The fall colors were blazing!
|Ghost Town Trail along the Madison River
We continued on down the trail until it ended at a wide place in the river that almost looked like a lake. Here we saw a Trumpeter Swan paddling along on the calm waters. We didn't see any moose.
|Trumpeter Swan on the Madison River
|William Devane
Ghost Village really isn't a village but it is a very scenic drive and walk along the always beautiful Madison River.
Ciao for now!
Molly Montana
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Dell D5318 Laptop Battery
What exactly is a DELL D5318?
The Dell D5318 is a rechargeable laptop battery designed to be fully compatible with your Dell notebooks. This battery offers higher quality, good runtime, and longer battery life. Power up your laptop with the Dell D5318 notebook battery for excellent performance.
What is special about the Dell D5318 laptop battery?
The Dell D5318 battery is a rechargeable lithium-ion battery with a fuel gauge. The lithium-ion battery has a high energy density and low self discharge rate. The battery does not suffer from memory effect and generally lasts between 300-500 charge/discharge cycles. This new capacity Dell D5318 notebook battery will hold a 50% longer charge than original Dell OEM laptop batteries.
What are the specifications of the Dell D5318 battery?
The Dell D5318 laptop battery is a 9-cell battery pack the has an extra capacity charge holding capacity of 5250 mAh, and an output voltage of 11.1 Volts. Dimensions of this laptop battery are 8.24 x 2.83 x 0.81 (L x W x D) inches.
How can you extend the life of your Dell D5318 intelligent Li-ion battery?
The new battery comes in a discharged condition and must be charged before use. Keep the battery and the contact terminals clean. Store the battery in a cool, dry place when not in use but do not let the battery lie dormant for long periods. A battery should be charged and re-conditioned after an extended idle period.
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Replace the following batteries with the Dell D5318 Precision or Inspiron laptop battery. DELL Y4500, DELL Y4504, DELL YF976, DELL F5635, DELL G5260, DELL G5266, DELL F5133, DELL F5134, DELL F5135, DELL F5127, DELL F5131, DELL F5132, DELL D5552, DELL D5555, DELL F5126, DELL C5448, DELL C5974, DELL D5551, DELL 312-0455, DELL C5446, DELL C5447, DELL 312-0350, DELL 312-0425, DELL 312-0429, DELL 312-0340, DELL 312-0348, DELL 312-0349, DELL 310-6321, DELL 310-6322, and DELL 312-0339
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This weekend I began my annual loading up of leggings to replace my thinning (and maybe holing) summer leggings. When I think of fall and winter looks that involve leggings, 98.9% of the time, combat boots are the shoe pairing of choice. For some reason, the combat boots and leggings look is an everyday no-brainer for a casual fall look. It's probably one outfit that I could and sometimes do wear 7 days a week.
Unfortunately, it hasn't been quite cool enough for me to break out my beloved Jeffrey Campbell combat boots that I've had and worn for over 3 years. Although they are perfectly aged and still look great, it would be nice to had a "newer" looking pair to the fall shoe gang. I'm not sure if I want to get another flat pair of get casual sexy with a heeled one. How about a shiny pair or over the knee pair? So many options, but I'm loving the hunt.
Here are some stylish combat boots for fall that are very worthy contenders.
- Schutz Makayla Leather Booties – I love the sleek design and heel.
- Pieces Ibi Croc Print Leather Lace-Up Boots – A textured combat boot? Never knew I was open to this style, but I am.
- Sergio Rossi Changeling Booties – This would work with leggings or longer skirts, thanks to the heel and clean look.
- KENDALL + KYLIE Jordana combat boot – Ooh, shiny and I love the side zipper detail.
- Joie Gryffin Lace Up Over the Knee boots – Seriously. I think I need these, regardless.


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Outside of Sirchester there is an NPC who states that he swam from the Kalos Region (from Pokémon X & Y) to the Galar Region. If what he says is true then this confirms that the two regions are in close proximity to each other just like their real-world European counterparts of the United Kingdom (Galar) and France (Kalos), which, in real life, are very close but separated by the English Channel.
Part of the newly implemented Athletic Theme that plays during sky levels in the Super Mario Bros. style plays a portion of the results theme from the arcade game VS. Super Mario Bros..
Ridley's orange palette swap is in reference to the villain's appearance on the box art of Super Metroid.
In the publication "The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia" by Dark Horse Comics, it was strongly suggested that the entirety of the first legend of Zelda game actually takes place on Death Mountain. Furthermore there are a lot of similarities between the entire map of The Legend of Zelda and the Death Mountain portion of the overworld from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, giving more credence to the claim.
The Conner android has several possible references to the Terminator film franchise. Conner is an "RK800" model, just as Arnold Schwarzenegger's character from the films is a "T-800" model initially. The name of the robot from the game is "Conner" which is very similar to the surname of two central characters from the films: Sarah Connor and John Connor. The Trophy for letting Conner die every way possible is called "I'll Be Back" which comes from Schwarzenegger's icon line from the first Terminator film.
The "Under Siege" musical theme appears to be based on part of Gustav Holst's "Mars, the Bringer of War" suite from Opus no. 32 "The Planets", this is appropriate due to the heavy war theme of the game and the situation the characters are in when the theme plays.
By breathing fire into one of the Tiki statues of the level Tiki Tropics, the sound that Aku Aku from the Crash Bandicoot series makes when breaking open an Aku Aku Crate will play.
Nintendo planned to create the CD Add-on for the SNES. Nintendo partnered with Sony and Philips to create the CD Add-on, but it was ultimately cancelled. This agreement allowed Philips to use Nintendo's IP on their own Gaming Console, the "Phillips CD-i.
Sony's own gaming ventures appear to have been influenced by this as the canceled reader was dubbed "The Play Station", akin to the PlayStation.
Sony's own gaming ventures appear to have been influenced by this as the canceled reader was dubbed "The Play Station", akin to the PlayStation.
In Act 4: Train Rush of Chapter 2: Battle Of The Birds, a T.V references the intro to Kirby's Adventure.
The way Wheel Kirby uses his Rocket Start move in Kirby Triple Deluxe and Kirby: Planet Robobot bares a striking similarity to the Spin Dash move used by the titular character of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.
A girl featured in the concept art of a pitch by Creative Assembly for a new Resident Evil game bears a striking resemblance to Natalia Korda from Resident Evil: Revelations 2. The images, by Brad Wright, depict a girl on a hospital bed and show her having some kind of unnatural powers. These story elements were all later included in Resident Evil: Revelations 2. Wright put the images online in 2015 a few months after the release of the game, though his statements imply that the pitch was made years before then.
In one of the stages, there is a mini-boss named Calina. Before fighting her, a cutscene plays where she takes a minute to transform. This is a parody of the magical girl anime Sailor Moon and its transformation scenes.
The boss battle theme heard in Skies of Arcadia bears a striking resemblance to the theme for first level of the 1989 Namco game Legend of Valkyrie.
The song from the OST, "She's Playing Piano" by Toby Fox seems to be a rendition of the popular webcomic series Homestuck's "Doctor." Toby Fox would eventually make a scrapped remix of the song titled, "Patient," which was originally intended for Homestuck but was remixed into Undertale's "Another Medium."
Genji's character may have been inspired by Hikaru Genji, the main character of an 11th century Japanese novel called The Tale of Genji. In addition to sharing a name, they both are described as playboys who were banished from their families.
The announcer for Burnout Paradise, DJ Atomica, is voiced by the same person who provides commentary in SSX 3. He also references SSX several times in Burnout Paradise, possibly suggesting they are the same character.
The Clovers in the game are references to Clover Studio, the games developer, and when collected play a similar sound to their opening title.
Since Clover Studio is now defunct, this may explained why the Clovers don't appear in Okamiden, but instead were replaced with Dandelions.
Since Clover Studio is now defunct, this may explained why the Clovers don't appear in Okamiden, but instead were replaced with Dandelions.
Many fans have speculated that Lucifel's appearance was based on the game's lead designer, Takeyasu Sawaki. In response to these claims, Sawaki has stated in an interview that Lucifel's appearance was based on American movies he saw, and was designed to make him look as human as possible. However, Sawaki does admit that some of their traits are similar.
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In 2012, Turkish photojournalist Monique Jaques traveled to the Gaza Strip to document Operation Pillar of Defense—one of the countless battles between the Israeli Defense Forces and Hamas. What was intended to be an eight-day assignment turned into a five-year-long personal project, Gaza Girls: Growing Up in the Gaza Strip, which documents the lives of young women growing up and coming of age in the tumultuous region. Jaques was motivated by the girls' tenacity, determination, and passion in spite of the adversity they are forced to endure daily.
"Gaza is a troubled land, and growing up there isn't easy. It is a 45-square-mile district, isolated by towering concrete blast walls, reams of barbed wire, and foreign soldiers who patrol its perimeters," Jaques recalls in her artist statement of her time spent there. "After years of blockades and travel restrictions, the territory is isolated and shut off from the rest of the world. At night, the never-ending buzz of drones lull you into a light sleep under their watchful din. If you stand on the beach, you can see lights coming from Israel—a land that you will never be able to touch. Boundaries and surveillance define your existence."
The result is constant scrutiny and pressure. The Gaza Strip—roughly twice the size of Washington, DC, and home to more than 2 million people—is overcrowded and has been compared to living in an outdoor prison, according to Jaques. With everyone living so close together, and extended families together under one roof, there is little room for privacy. "Add conservative Islam and bored family members looking to gossip to the mix, and it creates tension and pressure for girls figuring out who they want to be," says Jaques.
For Jaques, this project was not just about finding young girls to photograph and moving on to her next subject—it was about forging bonds between the girls she met. "I worked slowly. I spoke with the girls and knew them well before we started photographing. Many of them I have known throughout the years, but I'm always meeting new people." Because she was not working to meet a deadline, she was really able to devote her time to make the project more personal. Her favorite part of the project is returning to Gaza to see how these young women have developed and how their lives have changed. "Last week, when I went back, one of the girls I photographed had a baby!"
Jaques hopes that Gaza Girls can expose an underreported side of a very complicated conflict and give people a better understanding of the region and a deeper sense of empathy. "At the end of the day, they're just girls like you and me," says Jaques. "They live inside a terribly complicated conflict but think and dream just like we do."
Through interacting and meeting the Gaza girls, Jaques saw more similarities between the girls she was photographing herself at a young age—from their interest in clothes and makeup to boys at school. "They have this desire to travel and explore and to be independent like I did at their age," Jaques says. "But while in the rest of the world we might get to discover those dreams and live them out, they can't."
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D.C. Tax Warfare Heats Up as "Fiscal Cliff" Nears
Tax cuts are at the center of attention in Washington again as president Barack Obama and Democrats hope to raise income taxes on the wealthy.
It's a debate that surges every so often as adamant Republicans refuse to let any tax rates increase. But as the political warfare heats up, the nuances of the president's tax plan are sure to get lost in all the political rhetoric.
Obama's tax plan maintains the Bush tax cuts for the first $250,000 of one's income. Income past that amount will get taxed at a higher rate. A joint congressional tax committee estimated that three percent of businesses would be impacted.
Obama will likely portray Republicans as supporters of lower taxes for the wealthiest two percent, while Republicans will likely argue that nobody should have their taxes raised.
But if D.C. politicians don't make a deal on taxes and spending, the US economy may fall into what some are calling the "fiscal cliff," a combination of roughly $560 billion in higher taxes and spending cuts.
That may spur the IRS to pursue tax debt at a more aggressive pace, and step up collection efforts against those who can't pay their taxes.
Democrats argue that the possible spending cuts in the nation's discretionary spending, which falls outside of entitlement spending like Social Security and Medicare, would negatively impact working families. Republicans, who generally favor higher military spending, argue that cuts in that area would harm national security.
Republicans also argue that cuts to military spending should be offset with cuts to discretionary spending, but Democrats aren't having any of that. So, a stalemate may persist past the 2012 presidential election with taxes and spending the center of debate.
However Washington politicians resolve the fiscal cliff issue, tax collection will play a big part of it. The IRS will surely pay attention and refocus its efforts at collecting back tax debt.
But working with a tax professional can help you manage your taxes and get yourself out of the IRS's crosshairs.
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Being passionate about the political and economic development around the world, I have taken an unconventional path in my career. Despite graduated with a first class Bachelor of Accounting degree from Universiti Malaya, I had then joined Malaysiakini.com, a pioneer news portal, as a rookie journalist in 2007. This choice was proven to be an eye-opener for me when Malaysia witnessed an unprecedented 'Political Tsunami' in 2008 general election and as a result thereof, created a new enthusiasm among the people aspiring for political, social and economic reforms.
Apart from reporting and analysing the mainstream daily news, I had the opportunities to visit the Sarawak indigenous community, which were dislocated by the Bakun dam project in 2000s, and made coverage on their plights. I also talked in the Indigenous Voices in Asia Regional Networking Workshop in 2013 at Bangkok.
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This week's first line for the Limerick-Off on MadKane's Humor Blog is:
"A woman whose budget was strained…"
As always, she allows for minor variations to the first line as long the end rhyme word is unchanged.
Here is my pair:
A lady had struggled and strained
to lose all the weight she had gained,
but her plan had its flaws
and included malt balls,
So what little she lost, she regained.
He preferred his potatoes well strained,
but her interest in pleasing had waned.
So he often sat down
to eat with a frown,
his displeasure barely restrained.
Because of the holidays, this week's Limerick-Off will last two weeks, so there is still plenty of time to add your own limerick to the challenge!


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Getting the No. 10 BYU men's track team on the board early, seniors Leif Arrhenius (second in discus) and Chris Little, along with sophomore Victor Weirich (third and fourth in the pole vault) scored 17.5 total points on the first day of competition at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
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People normally use holders for their beach umbrella so that it doesn't suddenly turn into a deadly weapon. All it takes is a particularly strong gust of wind and your umbrella is out there flying high into the air, which can hit an unfortunate person which will also get you in trouble as well.
This is especially dangerous if your umbrella has a pointy end because it can easily injure a person hit with it. When it is carried away by strong wind, then it might even result in fatalities. People often solve that problem by using beach umbrella holders. However, you can solve that problem without one.
Here is the list of the best beach umbrella hacks that will render beach umbrella holders obsolete:
- Select the best beach umbrella spot
An ideal area for setting up a beach umbrella is beside a sand dune or a building that can function as a windbreaker, which will make your umbrella very secure against the wind.
- Readjust the umbrella depending on the wind direction
When the wind blows in the direction that can lift your umbrella up, make sure to readjust its position. Aside from readjusting the umbrella, check and tighten its anchors too regularly. Its anchors can become lost, so checking it frequently is a must if you don't want to spend money on a beach umbrella holder.
- Select the best beach umbrella
Contrary to the logic of some people, big umbrellas such as patio umbrellas are very easy to be carried away by the wind. In fact, they are even easier to get blown away, because they have a lot of surface area which will be gusted when a strong wind blows.
The best beach umbrella today is one with a medium weight, and have a curvy canopy for wind protection.


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Fri, Nov 23, 11:25am by Staff Writer
Despite a Queensland council's reluctance, Gold Coast's second casino could be built at Carey Park in Southport as part of the 'Global Tourism Hub' on the Gold Coast.
The Gold Coast City Council's Planning Committee voted to remove itself from decision making aspects of the project, given it has little determination on where the site will be.
Carey Park was disendorsed by Full Council in October 2017 in favour of privately owned land elsewhere in the city.
A list of potential sites for the controversial project circulated this week and listed Carey Park, with the state government still considering the location despite council's lack of support.
Southport's Carey Park is again shaping up to be the most likely location for a so-called Global Tourism Hub on the Gold Coast. @BrendonWolf9 will bring you the full report at 5.30pm. #9Newshttps://t.co/PxPnpBB0jC
— Nine News Gold Coast (@9NewsGoldCoast) November 21, 2018
At the Planning Committee meeting, Southport Councillor Dawn Crichlow referenced the confidential list for the Hub when she asked if the park's heritage listing would prevent a casino from being built there.
Committee chair Cameron Caldwell replied, "no".
On the decision to distance themselves from the project, Mr Caldwell told 9News, "this is a state government process … it's too early for us to get involved."
"It's up to (the state government) to run the process. We do look forward to seeing what the results are."
The Queensland Government is aiming to attract national and international investors as part of an A$25billion tourism boost to the region that will support more than 200,000 jobs.
The tourism hub would seek to attract high-profile musical acts, contain apartments, a shopping centre and gaming venue.
Analysts from Macquarie have disputed the necessity of a second Gold Coast casino despite the projected boost in tourism.
David Gabris and Andy Chuk said the Gold Coast was "not the most attractive market" for a new integrated resort and casino relative to other regions in Australia.
Their analysis centres around the existing casino on the Gold Coast, The Star Gold Coast that has a 45 per cent market share.
The market generated A$616 million in gaming revenues in the 2018 fiscal year, underpinned by one of Australia's highest domestic per capita gaming spends.
"Given the market structure, a new competitor would be arguably challenged to expand the domestic market with an investment case most likely based on taking significant domestic market share from the incumbents," Macquarie said.
A spokesman for The Star dismissed talk of a rival casino and said, "we are informed by government there is no process under way. Our position is well known. We are excited by the approval of our A$2 billion-plus expanded masterplan for The Star Gold Coast.
The Star Gold Coast was formerly known as Jupiters Casino until 2007 after opening in 1986.
The seven-acre complex includes eight bars, seven restaurants, conference facilities, a ballroom, theatre, health spa and gym.
The hotel has 592 rooms across 21 floors.
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In the Name + of JESUS. Amen.
Dear saints in Christ,
Don't let the trees fool you. We've made the move. Advent to Christmas and now, Epiphany. Epiphany means manifestation, revealing. And this Season of the Church Year is marked with texts that reveal to us who Jesus is: the God-Man who, for us men and for our salvation, has come down from heaven.
Last night we heard of the visit of the magi to the home of the Christ Child and the Holy Family. This is Gentile Christmas. It is where all the mysterious prophesies are fulfilled and the Gentile kings come to worship the Messiah who was born not only once in David's royal city, but also Savior of the nations, come.
Ordinarily the Sunday after the Epiphany is the Baptism of our Lord, as your bulletin cover shows. But in just things that are neither commanded nor forbidden, we are observing the First Sunday after the Epiphany. If you were expecting Jesus' baptism, you may be wondering, "did I come to the right place?" That's also what the Magi asked last night. The came from the east to worship He who was born king of the Jews. You and I have been gathered here this morning to worship the same Jesus.
But have we come to the right place? Where are we to find Jesus? This is the question of Epiphany and the question our Gospel text puts before us this morning. The text also answers this question; listen for it. So we consider together the account of the Boy Jesus in the Temple.
Jesus is twelve years old and the Holy Family has gone from Nazareth south to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover, that great feast of Israel. The Passover commemorates the Lamb's blood on the door posts and the slaughter of the substitute first born in all the bloodless Israelite homes in Egypt. It gives thanks for the escape through the blood stained door and across the Red Sea on the dry path, leading to the base of Mt Sinai and the giving of the Ten Commandments.
If you're Jewish then Passover is really something. It was one of the feasts at which able bodied men were required to be in Jerusalem. Woman were encouraged to attend. Jesus was still a boy, twelve. He had not yet reached the age of legal manhood, thirteen, but still He and His mother were found in the company of those going up for the feast. May God in His grace grant to all fathers the faithful perseverance to instruct their households in the faith as St Joseph, the guardian of our Lord, has done for his.
And the company of those traveling must have been great. I don't know about you, but when I hear the accounts of Scripture, my imagination often fails to supply the people and crowds. I simply see the people named in the texts as if the villages and cities and even country sides were sparsely populated. But more often than not Jesus is in the midst of a crowd, a big crowd, and this is certainly true of the Holy Family's pilgrimage to Jerusalem. The band started out from Nazareth and more and more would join as they got closer to the city. Jesus was off with the other children doing all the things that children do. Perhaps He and His cousin John had a favorite game they would play together on road trips.
They went to Jerusalem, offered up a lamb, ate the Passover meal, and after two day of liturgy were finished, Mary and Joseph and the rest of their companions packed up and headed north back to Nazareth. They were not at all worried about Jesus, being accustomed to His perfect keeping of the Fourth Commandment and how, for twelve years, He has honored his father and mother. They presume Jesus is on His way home with them. But look, Jesus as already home, sitting in the Temple.
As the sun is setting on their first day of travel Mary and Joseph go looking for Jesus. "Elizabth, Zacharias, have you seen Jesus?" "Simon, Mary have you seen your nephew Jesus anywhere?" "Joanna, have you seen Jesus at all today?" "Heli, has your Grandson been with you?" All of you parents know that feeling of panic that comes all of a sudden. You think the kid is here, no, they must be there, well if not there, then . . . oh, no, I've lost them!
And then the worry, the dread, running through the crowd, "Jesus! Jesus!" How long did it take them to go through all the crowd? To be sure He wasn't there? And then the running back up the mountain to Jerusalem, to the inn where they stayed, through the market. A night and day and night of looking. You don't think Mary and Joseph slept, do you?
And how, on top of all the other troubles, this must have cause Joseph and Mary, especially Mary, the great grief, the thought, "Will God still let me raise this Boy?"
Finally He is found, perhaps in the last place they thought to look: in the Temple, sitting with the doctors, learning and teaching the Scriptures. This is an astonishing scene. After three days they found Him in the Temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard Him where amazed at His understanding and His answers. And when His parents saw Him, they were astonished. And His mother said to Him, "Son, why have You treated us so? Behold Your father and I have been searching for you in great anxiety.
Mary's hair is frazzled, clothes dirty, both she and Joseph must have been exhausted - two days without sleep exhausted - and upset and anxious and worried and then . . . amazed. Like everyone listening to Him dispute with the doctors, amazed. Amazed that this Boy had such wisdom and understanding and insight into the Holy Scriptures.
I think that many Christians have this view that Jesus, because He's God, knew the whole Bible by heart from the moment He was born. This picture that He was sitting at home teaching Mary and Joseph the Torah. That's not the indication here, though. Joseph would have taken the fatherly role of instructing Jesus and His siblings along with Mary. We've already had glimpses into her devotional piety. St Luke tells us that Jesus grew in wisdom and stature and favor with God and man. This means, in part, that He learned and studied and meditated upon the sacred texts. That He applied Himself to them, not unlike our catechumens reciting their memory work. So that when He sat with the teachers, He could keep up with their questions and answers and ask questions of His own. That's how the rabbis taught. They answered questions with questions. They were amazed and astonished at His answers. There it is in verse forty-seven.
But the Holy Spirit has not recorded for us any of these amazing answers of Jesus. But the most amazing one we are given to hear. Mary asks her Son, Why have You done this to us? And Jesus answers - and mark this carefully dear saints, these are the first recorded words of our Lord Jesus preserved for us by the Holy Spirit in St Luke's Gospel - Jesus said to them, Why do you seek Me? Did you not know I must be about My Father's business?
And they did not understand the saying that He spoke to them. Part of the reason may have been because its ambiguous. The ESV renders it, I must be in My Father's house. And that's fine. Another way is, about My Father's business. Or even more obscure, I must be about the things of My Father. So it is only natural they didn't understand Him.
Father's house makes sense. We know that. It's the Temple. The presence of the Most High God is there, the Glory of the Lord. Its the same reason we call the Church the House of the Lord. Or the Table of the Lord.
But, My Father's business? What does that mean? It's as if Jesus answered them, "Of course I'm here, in the Temple, My Father's house, in the midst of Holy Things, about My Father's business." Jesus is there, the true Ark of the Covenant of the Lord placed in the sanctuary of the house. He is the Most Holy Place, not hidden under the wings of the cherubim, but out in the midst of the people, hidden in flesh and blood. Soon the poles of His Cross will be seen, but for now, He recites the Torah and takes His rightful place among the Altar and incense, the basin and showbread, as the true Passover Lamb.
Jesus is not the Son of Joseph. He is the Son of His Father who art in heaven. He is the Son of the Reign of Heaven, the one and only Sole Begotten. He is God in the flesh. He is sent to do His Father's will, to work in the family business. And what is that business? To save His people from their sins. To be their sacrifice. To shed His blood.
Jesus expects Mary and Joseph to know this. Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father's business? They should have known that He would be in His Temple, that He would be in the midst of the sacrifices and the holy things. But they were exhausted and angry, conformed to this world, not transformed by the renewal of their minds. They were not thinking with sober judgment, but thought more highly of themselves than they ought.
And, dear saints, this is the point of this text for us this morning. Jesus expects us to know where He is. He expects us to know where to find Him. He appeals to us, dear brothers, by the mercies of God to present our bodies (and minds) as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is our spiritual worship.
There is great confusion about this, isn't there? Most people don't really care about Jesus to begin with, like the rest of the crowd with Mary and Joseph, they are just trudging their way back to Nazareth without a thought of Him. But then there are those, outside the church as well as inside, who are looking for Jesus in all the wrong places. "Jesus, Jesus? Have you seen Jesus anywhere?"
Some are searching for Him in the historical revisionism of popular books and magazines. Some are searching for Him in their own fancy, thinking that Jesus is in their emotions and approves of whatever they like or want. Some expect Jesus to be found in their good works, "Surely, He must be happy with me for this . . ."
But look, Jesus is to be found in the Temple, that is, doing His Father's business. And it is a bloody, redeeming, sanctifying business.
Look, Jesus is found in the Jordan River, doing His Father's business, taking the place of sinners.
Look, Jesus on found on the Cross, doing His Father's business of redeeming sinners.
And then, He is found and then not found in the tomb, but in the garden and on the road and in the upper room and the mountain top, doing His Father's business.
He is found enwrapped in the clouds, ascending into heaven, doing His Father's business of preparing a place for sinners.
And now He is in His Word, in the Scriptures, carried there by the Holy Spirit, still doing His Father's business of forgiving sinners. He is found where His Name is, doing His Father's business. He is found with His Word and Body and Blood, in this Bread and Win, doing His Father's business, that is, saving His people from their sins.
Why did you seek Me. Did you not know that I must be about My Father's business? Dear saints, rejoice, for we know where Jesus is to be found, and we know what He is doing: forgiving you all your sin.
In the Name of the Father and + of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.


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New Indie Fighter Cerebrawl Now Available On Kickstarter!!
Cerebrawl, an indie fighting game that has been on our radar for some time, has officially rolled out their Kickstarter campaign in hopes of completing this project which has been 3 years in the making to this date:
The projects initial goal, which seeks $278,000 in funding, is to offer 4 playable characters, online play using GGPO's netcode, and a training room just to name a few. At the moment, you can grab the game with an early bird pledge of $19(902 left as of this writing). A demo is available for those interested in trying the game out and getting a feel for the games combat system and mechanics.
More details can be found on the official Kickstater page which includes character concepts and additional stretch goals for the project!!


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Russia ramps up air campaign with strikes on rebel bases
Russian warplanes struck rebel-held areas north of Aleppo yesterday as the army shelled the besieged old quarter in a major offensive, rebels and a monitoring group said.
An air raid on the rebel-held eastern half of the Syrian city of Aleppo has hit the area's largest hospital for the second time in a matter of days, a medical charity says.
The Syrian American Medical Society, which supports the hospital, said it had been struck by barrel bombs. The same facility was hit in a similar attack on Wednesday.
There are also reports of Russian-backed Syrian government forces hitting Aleppo's historic Old City.
And clashes between government troops and rebels on the ground are said to be occurring in several Aleppo neighbourhoods.
Russia was reported on Friday to be sending more warplanes to Syria to ramp up its air campaign as the United States said it had not yet given up on finding a diplomatic resolution.
The latest strikes come 10 days into a Russian-backed Syrian government offensive to capture rebel-held eastern Aleppo and crush the last urban stronghold of a revolt against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that began in 2011.
Yesterday's air strikes focused on major supply lines into rebel-held areas.
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke by telephone for a third day on Friday, with Russia's top diplomat saying Moscow was ready to consider more ways to normalise the situation in Aleppo.
But Lavrov criticised Washington's failure to separate moderate rebel groups from those the Russians call terrorists, which had allowed forces led by the group formerly known as the Nusra front to violate the US-Russian truce agreed on September 9.
The US made clear it would not, at least for now, carry through a threat made on Wednesday to halt the diplomacy if Russia did not take immediate steps to end the violence.
Moscow and Assad spurned the ceasefire to launch the new offensive, potentially the biggest and most decisive battle of the civil war, which is now in its sixth year.
An army source quoted in state media said its forces had made advances, which was denied by rebels who say they had repelled a new assault.
Rebels said Syrian troops backed by fresh reinforcements from Iranian-backed militias were struggling to make any gains in a ground offensive in a key frontline in the old city.
"They are shelling the old city heavily after another failed attempt to gain ground. They have lost several fighters and we are steadfast," said the Failaq al-Sham group.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based group that monitors the war, reported heavy bombardment by government forces and "back and forth" fighting. The monitor said warplanes struck a field hospital in the heavily bombed rebel-held al-Sakhour district in the second such strike on one of four such medical facilities targeted in the last few days.
Hundreds of people have been killed in the bombing and many hundreds more wounded, with little access to treatment in hospitals that lack basic supplies. Residents say the air strikes are unprecedented in their ferocity, deploying heavier bombs that flatten buildings on top of the people huddled inside.
Russia joined the war a year ago, tipping the balance of power in favour of Assad , who is also supported by Iranian ground forces and Shi'ite militias.
The army said it would press its advantage after retaking the strategic Handarat camp north of Aleppo that had already changed hands once since the start of the attack.
The Observatory said at least 20 were killed by sustained Russian and Syrian army strikes and artillery shelling on Friday and into the early hours of yesterday, while state media said rebel mortar attacks on government-held areas in the city had killed at least 20 people.


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Supplement 138 - Model #264 - Autumn 1975
Chef's Apron
Hello again folks. I'm posting this late because I just started a new job! I've started working in a new chocolate shop and they told me I should wear whatever apron I like until the company printed ones are delivered. I knew I had seen a standard BBQ type apron in my older patterns and this is the one I found.
Pattern Drafting Hints:
You may notice from the fashion drawing that this pattern has a designation letter of W for apron. This is actually a letter that is no longer used in the current symbols key. I guess we modern folks just don't wear aprons as a standard accessory anymore.
It was nice to see that this pattern actually uses the regular Lutterloh dot to dot type format rather than just a drawing with approximate dimensions listed.This makes for a nice smooth curve instead of having to guess at it. You still need to estimate where the placement of the pockets should be but at least you can get a custom size in case you're sewing for a particularly large or thin person. So many of the one size fits all aprons you see for sale just don't fit everyone.
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For my apron I chose a medium weight cotton/polyester twill that I dyed pink just for fun. This should hold up to plenty of washings and the polyester should help it repel stains. Any fabric that is considered a bottom weight should work great for this pattern. I actually already have another one cut out in a pinstripe denim for a gift.
Design Changes:
The pattern for this apron suggests a pre-measured strap for the neck. I wanted mine to be adjustable so I added a small loop where I could attach two D rings for adjustment. I liked the large pocket on the bottom that is divided by topstitching but I only needed a small pocket at the chest for my candy thermometer.
Closing Hints:
Overall I'd say this pattern is a keeper. I'll keep it around to use for gifts since it should fit most people of average build. If I need one for someone who is much larger or smaller than myself I can always draw up a new one.
Once I get settled in this new job I hope to get to some more exciting sewing projects but we'll just have to see how that goes. Sometimes our sewing has to take on a much more utilitarian nature doesn't it?
Happy sewing for now everyone,
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Women who live in Europe, South and Central America continue to get confusing messages from their respective governments about their breast implants. The implants made by Poly Implant Prosthesis (PIP) were manufactured by a French medical company, which is now non-operational.
The company made poor quality, cheap grade implants of silicone, but luckily these implants never made it to the United States.
In France alone, data indicate that at least 30,000 French patients (mostly women) will need to have the implants taken out, leaving the government to pay for the cost of removal.
However, response from other governments is not consistent. In other European and South American countries, some women have been advised to have the implants removed at their own expense.
In other cases, the government has offered to pay for the cost of removal only if the implant shows signs of leakage or is obviously defective. In most Central American countries, patients have simply been told to have their implant checked at their own expense.
In Brazil and Mexico the governments have advised women to have their implants evaluated, but have not recommended removal. In Colombia, the government has promised to pay for the removal if there is an indication.
In Britain, the National Health Service has advised against routine removal, and only those which are found to be defective will be eligible for free removal. In Holland, the government has advised women to have their PIP implant removed.
The cost of removal is enormous but for women, it is the disfigurement and emotional torment that weighs a heavy burden.
Latest estimates indicate that PIP sold close to 400,000 implants worldwide before going out of business several years ago. American patients who had PIP breast implants done abroad because the price was cheap should be aware that they are at great risk and should see a plastic surgeon.
In the last few years, complaints about these implants have been rising. They have included breast pain, inflammation, irritation and asymmetry of the breast.
Many other implants leaked or burst because of the inferior grade silicone.
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The New Testament notices things that do not seem worthy of notice by our standards. "Blessed are the poor in spirit . . ." This literally means, "Blessed are the paupers." Paupers are remarkably commonplace! . . . The statement we so often hear, "Make a decision for Jesus Christ," places the emphasis on something our Lord never trusted. He never asks us to decide for Him, but to yield to Him — something very different. At the foundation of Jesus Christ's kingdom is the genuine loveliness of those who are commonplace. I am truly blessed in my poverty. If I have no strength of will and a nature without worth or excellence, then Jesus says to me, "Blessed are you, because it is through your poverty that you can enter My kingdom." I cannot enter His kingdom by virtue of my goodness — I can only enter it as an absolute pauper. (read more) (purchase)
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'Pearl Buck In China': A Child Across The Good Earth
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In a new biography of the bestselling writer and Nobel Laureate Pearl S. Buck, the author, Hilary Spurling, quotes a recent New York Times article on Buck that says quote, "in China, Buck is admired but not read, and in America, she's read but not admired," unquote. Spurling is out to change that estimation of Buck.
Heres book critic Maureen Corrigan's review of "Pearl Buck in China."
MAUREEN CORRIGAN: Ever since her 1931 blockbuster "The Good Earth" earned her a Pulitzer Prize and, eventually, the first Nobel Prize for Literature ever awarded to an American woman, Pearl S. Buck's reputation has made a strange, slow migration. These days, it's her life story rather than her novels, which are now barely read, either in the West, or in China, that's come to fascinate readers.
The big shift was set in motion almost 15 years ago, when literary scholar Peter Conn lifted Buck out of mid-cult obscurity in his monumental biography called simply "Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography." Now, award-winning biographer Hilary Spurling has made a case for a reappraisal of Buck's fiction as well as her life. Spurling claims that Buck had a magic power possessed by all truly phenomenal best-selling authors to tap directly into currents of memory and dream secreted deep within the popular imagination.
Spurling's book is called "Pearl Buck in China," and after reading it, I've been motivated to dust off my junior high copy of "The Good Earth" and move it to the top of my must-read-again-someday pile. Following Conn's lead, Spurling further succeeds in making Buck herself a compelling figure, transforming her from dreary lady author into woman warrior.
Spurling's biography focuses almost exclusively on Buck's Chinese childhood, as the daughter of zealous Christian missionaries, and young adulthood, as the unhappy wife of an agricultural reformer based in an outlying area around Shanghai. Buck was born Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker in 1892 and, from her earliest days, was much more than a cultural tourist. She roamed freely around the Chinese countryside, where she would often come upon the remains of abandoned baby girls left for the village dogs, and she would bury them. Buck's first language was everyday Chinese, and she grew up listening to village gossip and reading Chinese popular novels, like "The Dream of the Red Chamber," which were considered sensational by intellectuals, as her own later novels would be.
Buck's father, Absalom, was often away, traveling over his mission field, an area as big as Texas, preaching blood-and-thunder sermons to often hostile Chinese passersby. After the first 10 years he had spent in China, Spurling tells us, Absalom had made, by his own reckoning, 10 converts. The young Buck and her family lived at subsistence level in houses that were little more than shacks and apartments on streets thronged with bars and bordellos. They managed to survive the Boxer Rebellion and the subsequent violence that heralded the advance of the Chinese Nationalists.
By the time she arrived as a charity student at Randolph-Macon Women's College in Virginia, Buck was indelibly alienated from her American counterparts. Girls came in groups to stare at me, wrote Buck, remembering her first harsh college days some 50 years later. She was set apart not only by her out-of-date clothes made by a Chinese tailor, but by her extraordinary life experiences, which encompassed firsthand knowledge of war, infanticide and sexual slavery.
As Spurling deftly illustrates, that alienation gave Buck her stance as a writer, gracing her with the outsider vision needed to interpret one world to another. Buck's unconventional childhood also seems to have made her resistant to groupthink. In midlife, as a famous novelist, she made enemies criticizing the racism of the mission movement. She also shocked contemporaries by writing in her memoir, "The Child Who Never Grew," about her brain-damaged daughter Carol, at a time when such children were quietly institutionalized and publicly forgotten.
Spurling quotes liberally from some of Buck's forgotten domestic novels, which defied the mores of her time by depicting sexual despair and revulsion within marriage. And, finally, she earned herself no points with China's new leaders when she likened the zealotry of communism to that of her father and his missionary colleagues. Writing in 1954 about an encounter with a breathless Chinese communist woman, Buck said: And in her words, too, I caught the old stink of condescension.
"Pearl Buck in China," similarly rescues Buck and some of her best books from the stink of literary condescension and replaces that knee-jerk critical response with curiosity.
GROSS: Maureen Corrigan teaches literature at Georgetown University. She reviewed "Pearl Buck in China: Journey to the Good Earth" by Hilary Spurling.
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God is good. All the time. And all the time. God is good. If you've been a Christian for any length of time, you've heard this , or said it yourself. Usually as a Christian feel-good-holy-sounding phrase. But what if He is really ? Good, I mean. ALL.THE.TIME? Even when you have a surprise pregnancy after a complicated one? Even if your husband's start date on a new job gets delayed and delayed and delayed and you have no income for months? Even if your child is diagnosed with something that changes your life? Even if your (young) friend's mother dies too early ( is there ever a good time to die?) ? Even if your family member goes through umpteen health scares? Even if you feel rejected by your close friends? Even if you move (a move to a different city or state or country) for the fourth time in your 7 year marriage? Is He? Good. He is. Though sometimes it takes me forever to realise that.
With our first child, our daughter, we went through a complicated pregnancy, with my doctor asking me to come in three times a week so she could monitor her ( from my fifth month of pregnancy itself). I was given steroids early at 32 weeks to develop her lungs . I went in for a routine ( by that time, it had become routine!) checkup at 38 weeks and they found her heart rate decelerating , not enough for alarm, but enough for admission. We had one car at that point, (which I'd taken to the hospital after my husband came back from an overnight shift at the same hospital where he worked, and went to sleep). My husband got a ride with another resident and came over. While they hooked me up and were going to wait for labour, the baby's heart rate plummeted , causing us to be rushed for a C-Section. Christina was born 20 minutes later , at 4 lb 7 oz. Miraculously she returned home with us after three days. No NICU. No need for any interventions.
We decided to wait before going through that again. We took measures. We used 3 contraceptive methods. At Christina's 4 month visit with her pediatrician, I found out I was pregnant. Absolutely. Totally. Undeniably. Not our plan, but God had planned this child. Even so, my husband and I were shocked, very surprised, lost and not sure what we wanted to do. My husband was devastated. Only then did I realise how much of a toll Christina's pregnancy took on him. It took us several weeks to decide we were going to keep the baby. It took us several months to be all right with that decision and wait eagerly for his arrival. ( From the time I found out I was pregnant again, my doctor asked me to come and see her twice a week). I was given steroids again, early in case they needed to take him out. My amniotic fluid started dropping to dangerous levels, when they took Adam out at 37 weeks. He was 4 lb 5 oz. He needed a bilirubin blanket and UV light. They day we were leaving home, his body temperature dropped, and he needed to be in the incubator. He spent 4 days in NICU and then came home. He is now 4 1/2 years old, healthy, vibrant and active. Christina now 5 1/2 loves pink, colouring and painting ,dancing and pretending things. Where was God , good, in all this, you may ask?
He was good . All. That. Time. While we were getting used to keeping Adam, He brought me in contact with random people who had similar stories. An ophthalmologist who had children 15 months apart, who told me about her life, with no prompting. A friend who had a surprise baby while on contraception. Several articles about Irish twins, ( I hadn't started to research anything at that point). Friends at church , who without knowing my situation, would come up to me, and tell me of God's faithfulness . On the other hand, I came to know several friends at church had gone through massive struggles with infertility. Again no prompting, They felt led to share with me, their pain. Through those few months, I felt God telling me, He's got it. He's in control. He's faithful. Raj and I were encouraged and started to hope.
God was good, and He was faithful, and He showed that to me practically. While I was going to the doctor so frequently, my 4, then 5, then 6 month old daughter would come along as well. After a particularly rough appointment, when Christina screamed her head off, and the technician was so distraught, I mentioned to a group of bible study friends that I was lost. They rallied together and offered to watch Christina during those appointments. We still had only one car. I would drop my husband at the hospital, go to Dortie or Joy Or Ann or Lisa or April or Marie or LeKeshia 's home and drop off Christina. Then go back to the same hospital. Then pick C up. Then pick up my husband in the evening ( or afternoon if he had an overnight shift). None of them were blood. All of them became my family. Dortie kept her dog away from the baby. Joy dint let Christina eat crackers off the floor ( and dint do any household chores). Ann watched two children 5 months apart ( her own son is a couple of months older than C). Lisa had her hands full with a toddler (hers), a baby ( mine) and a dog who wanted attention. April recruited her college age daughter without her knowledge! and she dint get to do homework while Christina was there. Marie dealt with a diaper rash, which made Christina fussy the whole time she was there . Keshia walked , walked, for 45 minutes and rocked Christina, because C dint want her to sit down! These people loved a family from another country and so became God's hands around a new mother, who was feeling overwhelmed.
God was still good, when I went in for my second C-Section in two years, Christina stayed with Kristie and Dorothy and Ann, three different homes, three consecutive nights , and they spoilt her rotten. Dorothy brought her to the hospital , just because Raj and I were dying to see her!
Remember the part where Adam needed to stay back at the hospital for 4 days?????
It was still part of God's plan. Raj was flying out to another city for an interview, the day after coming home from the hospital. I was coming home from a surgery. I would have had 2 babies then. So God allowed Adam to stay at the NICU, where the nurses are exceptional, and the care , fantastic and round the clock. 11 month Christina who had been in three other homes, the previous nights, could cuddle with her mama. She needed that time , alone, without a new baby.
God allowed me to heal well from both surgeries. He gave us friends of different colours who were our family through it all. He showed us His faithfulness and His goodness, through small and big, seen and felt, practical, physical and spiritual ways. These two miracle babies are now strong, have barely been ill since, and have reached most of their milestones on time.
It is only in hindsight, have I seen His faithfulness and goodness. And so I can say God is Good. All the time. And mean it. And be thankful. So thankful. His plans are not mine. But they work out better every time.
Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.
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