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City of Kinston looking for funds, permission to improve MLK corridor
Three years ago, leaders of the City of Kinston said they would make a conscious effort to work on the Martin Luther King Jr. corridor to help bring economic growth and progress in the area.
Elder Bill Strayhorn of White Rock Presbyterian Church said there hasn�t been too many signs of progress since city officials started working on plans to improve the corridor.
�They�ve talked about it, and talked about it, and talked about it, and that�s it,� Strayhorn said. �They talk about updating things, but I haven�t seen anything other than the traffic island and the brick crosswalks.
�I thought they would develop something on the corner of King Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, where there�s a vacant lot, but it never came into fruition. All I�ve seen on King Street is a general purpose store.�
Kinston resident Kearney Bryant said he hasn�t seen too much growth either.
�Other than the roundabout, that�s really all I�ve seen,� Bryant said.
Adam Ashmili, manager of Lunch Box, has worked at the convenience store since 1994. He said as the years have gone by, the area has declined.
�It�s getting worse every day,� Ashmili said. �You have houses and businesses closing. This place has turned into a ghost town.�
Kinston resident Jessica Starkey hasn�t felt like there has been any progression and wants to see alterations.
�We just see the same things over and over,� Starkey said. �We need to have some change in the area.�
City officials: Progress is being made
Planning director Adam Short understands the concerns of the citizens when it comes to not seeing the economic growth, but assures progress is being made.
�What is happening may not be readily apparent, but we�re going through the level of revitalization,� Short said.
In 2010, the City of Kinston received a Community Assistance Initiative grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation for $425,000, along with $450,000 from the N.C. Department of Transportation as a means to improve the condition of the corridor as a means to create curb appeal for new jobs and investment.
�We were able to use the money for the roundabout, sidewalk and landscaping,� Short said. �Most of it is finished except for a few scattered parcels from property owners who didn�t want to give up their easements.�
Kinston City Manager Tony Sears agreed with Short, saying the city has spent plenty of time trying to improve the area.
�There�s not a lot of physical progression right now, but it doesn�t mean real work hasn�t been put in,� Sears said. �The MLK Corridor is something we�ve focused our resources and staff time on, planning enforcements for the area. We�ve been lucky up to this point to partner with the (Department of Transportation) for the traffic circles, sidewalk improvement, landscaping and street resurfacing, including the new crosswalk.�
Short has also said there has been attempts to receive other grants, but hadn�t been able to acquire some of them.
�We applied for funds, including a choice neighborhood grant,� Short said. �Once we went through the process, which takes about two years, we have to get the implementation set funds. This is the third year we�ve applied for it.�
Short believes the third time will be the charm.
�I�ve heard from people who have seen our proposal and feel strong about our chances, so I feel optimistic,� Short said. �It can take three or four applications for big federal grants. We�ve had to work out the kinks over the years.�
Although J. Lin Dawson isn�t a public official with the City of Kinston, he is trying to make an impact in the area. The former New England Patriot and current Chairman of the J.H. Sampson Community Development Corporation has bought several buildings in the neighborhood, including the J.H. Sampson school in April.
Dawson is working on turning the school into a community development center to create a safe haven for Kinston residents.
�When this community development center is up and running, we�ll have an outreach here,� Building Coordinator Toby Hatch said. �People have stopped by and asked questions about what we�re doing here and have been excited about what we�re working on.�
Dawson was unavailable for comment for this story, but in an April piece in The Free Press, he said, �We see Sampson as a full, operational community life center. It will be run as a nonprofit organization. It was a lifeline for our community.�
Phase 1: Demolition
The City of Kinston has put the biggest focus into demolishing some of the abandoned property. In the fall of 2012, the Planning Department received a state catalyst grant worth $100,000, which would support the demolition of homes posing as significant safety hazards to residents around the corridor.
�We have a list of 16 homes and have prioritized them in primary and alternate categories,� Short said. �It�s strictly voluntary, and while some have given us permission, others have been hard to reach.�
Sears said some of the property owners have neglected houses and buildings, leaving them to rot.
�We�re trying to eliminate those who left Kinston and abandoned property,� Sears said. �It�s not uncommon to see them move to other states. Of course, they don�t see the property every day, so they have no way to see how much their buildings have decayed.�
The hope for the City of Kinston is progression and new structures coming from where the blighted properties once stood.
�We�re not doing this for those who have left; we�re doing it for those who remained,� Sears said. �We don�t want to ease the economic burden for those who have fled, and it would be the city�s hope something positive is rebuilt. We want to see a new home in place of one that was dilapidated, or a business coming from one that was run down.�
Phase 2: Revitalization
Community Development Planner Marcia Perritt said the City of Kinston is concentrating on bringing more to the MLK Corridor besides the removal of blighted property.
�Our focus is on demolishing homes and dilapidated property,� Perritt said. �We want to have something in the area that can provide value to the community. We�re developing something which can provide value to the community, such as goods, services and employment.�
After the grants and permits are passed, the next step will consist of giving property owners good reasoning to build in the area.
�Phase 2 ideally is about how we can encourage people to build new homes in the corridor and get them to understand it�s profitable to own something in the area,� Sears said. �The goal isn�t to knock houses down, but get the habitat and the private sector to build a house.
�I don�t think the city is looking at it as demolition. We view this is the beginning of a process, not the end.�
Junious Smith III can be reached at 252-559-1077 and email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at @JuniousSmithIII.


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Plymouth outlasts Triton in OT
BOURBON — The Plymouth Lady Pilgrims and the Class A No. 6 Triton Lady Trojans played a game of runs Thursday night at the Trojan Trench.
The visitors used one final one to outlast the hosts in overtime, 39-36.
Triton opened the game up with a fast-paced offense and tough zone defense to jump out to an 11-6 lead after one quarter. Shana Anderson started the scoring with a basket off a Mallorie Jennings assist. Jennings picked up two points of her own on the next possession, and a baseline drive and lay-up by Taylor Hatfield got the Lady Trojans rolling.
"We were able to push the ball up the court early in the game," Triton coach Adam Heckaman said. "That is what we want to do. Run the floor a little bit."
Plymouth struggled offensively in the first frame.
Amber Redinger hit back-to-back buckets early in the quarter, but it took the Lady Pilgrims more than four minutes to light up the scoreboard again. Triton forced the Plymouth offense outside the 3-point line for most of the quarter. Redinger was able to get an offensive rebound at the 2:18 mark and laid it back up for the final Plymouth score of the quarter.
Plymouth came out in the second quarter with some fire of its own on both sides of the ball.
Lauren Tanner found Redinger under the basket for two and cut the Triton lead to six points. The Lady Pilgrims used a 10-0 run over the next six minutes of the game to pull out in front of the Lady Trojans. Tanner got an offensive rebound and put-back to give Plymouth its first lead of the game at 15-14 with 3:49 left in the half. Plymouth continued to hold Triton scoreless until Krystal Sellers hit a shot with 1:12 left in the quarter. Hunter Stevens ended the half on a positive note for Plymouth, scoring two baskets in the last 25 seconds to put the visitors up 20-16 at halftime.
"The second quarter we talked to the girls about where the ball needed to go," Plymouth coach Dave Duncan said about his team's adjustments. "We got Hunter in the middle and she was able to make some things happen."
The Lady Pilgrims continued their defensive pressure at the start of the second half. Once again Plymouth wouldn't allow a Lady Trojan score for more than five minutes, this time to open the quarter and allow them to jump out to a 12-point lead.
"Until our offense comes around we have to rely on our defense to carry us a little bit," Duncan said. "There were so many plays that our kids were able to get touches on the ball, and it took them out of their rhythm a little bit tonight."
Plymouth was able to use its height advantage in the second half to get some quick scores.
Tanner scored on an assist by Allie Wright after a long rebound by Haley Harrell and then found herself starting the same combination of plays that ended in a traditional 3-point play by Redinger to put the Lady Pilgrims up 12 halfway through the quarter.
Triton still had some fight left in the fourth quarter and was able to force the Lady Pilgrims to turn the ball over in their last nine possessions of regulation. The Lady Trojans gained a little more confidence when Anderson, the team's leading scorer, found the bottom of the net for only her second made basket of the game with 2:58 to play. That basket cut the Plymouth lead to seven points. Two free throws by Jennings and a 3-point play by Breanna Lemler cut the lead down to two with just over two minutes left in the game. Triton finally tied the game up on a drive and bucket by Sellers to end the quarter and force overtime.
The two teams battled back and forth in the overtime period. Triton scored first on a basket by Lemler off a nice pass from Sellers to give the Lady Trojans its first lead since halfway through the second quarter. Plymouth cut the lead to one when Kaydon Fosler was fouled and hit the first bonus free throw and regained the lead on a Redinger basket.
Triton took one more lead on two foul shots by Hatfield with 1:04 left in the extra period.
Redinger scored once again for the Lady Pilgrims, and a free throw by Hunter Stevens with :08 left sealed the win for Plymouth.
Hatfield led Triton offensively with nine points. Jennings, Mason and Sellers all played well-rounded games, each scoring six points.
"We have a lot of kids that can score. Other kids stepped up and kept us in the game. Mallorie (Jennings) played a good game, Sellers played hard and always does a good job for us," Heckaman said. "We just made some bad decisions that cost us points at times. They were able to get out and score some layups off of them. This is a good opportunity for us to learn and get better."
Redinger paced the Lady Pilgrims with 13 points and 16 rebounds. Stevens chipped in 13 points of her own, and Tanner had four steals for Plymouth.
Triton drops to 2-1 on the season but won't have much time to think about the loss as they travel to South Central tonight for an 8 p.m. contest.
Plymouth improves to 2-0 and will have its home opener against Valparaiso on Saturday. Game time is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
At Triton
Score by quarters
Plymouth: 6 20 30 32 39
Triton: 11 16 23 32 36
PLYMOUTH (39): Lauren Tanner 2 1-3 5, Andria Shook 0 1-2 1, Hunter Stevens 5 3-7 13, Kaydon Fosler 0 1-2 1, Haley Harrell 2 0-0 4, Allie Wright 1 0-0 2, Amber Redinger 6 1-3 13; Totals: 16 7-17 39
TRITON (36): Allie Kann 0 0-0 0, Taylor Hatfield 2 4-4 9, Breanna Lemler 2 1-3 5, Krystal Sellers 3 0-0 6, Kylie Mason 2 0-0 6, Mallorie Jennings 2 2-3 6, Shana Anderson 2 0-0 4; Totals: 13 7-10 36
3-point goals: Plymouth 0, Triton 3 (Hatfield, Mason 2); Turnovers: Plymouth 26 (Harrell 8, Wright 8), Triton 22 (Sellers 8); Rebounds: Plymouth 41 (Redinger 16), Triton 27 (Lemler 4, Jennings 4, Anderson 4); Assists: Plymouth 12 (Wright 4), Triton 8 (Jennings 3); Steals: Plymouth 21 (Tanner 4), Triton 21 (Mason 4); Fouls (fouled out): Plymouth 10 (None), Triton 15 (None).
Records: Plymouth 2-0, Triton 2-1

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A tiger has bitten a handler at a Queensland zoo for the second time in eight months, with the latest puncture incident occurring on International Tiger Day.
Juma, the biggest tiger at Australia Zoo, bit Mark Turner, 42, on his left leg as the animal was being moved to a new area.
The 10-year-old, 130kg male Sumatran tiger, named after the Indonesian word for mountain summit, is described on the Sunshine Coast enclosure's website as "a fitting name for an animal equally as powerful and stunning".
However, the tiger born in captivity in NSW is also described as having a "very laid-back personality", making him ideal for filming.
Mr Turner is in a stable condition but is reportedly undergoing surgery following the incident shortly before noon on Tuesday.
It is the second biting incident involving a tiger and a handler at Australia Zoo since November last year.
That's when a 114kg Bengal tiger, Charlie, became "over-excited" and bit his handler Dave Styles on the neck and shoulder during a tiger show, keeping him away from work for several months.
Australia Zoo, owned by the family of the late crocodile hunter Steve Irwin, announced the incident on Twitter.
"Keeper has tooth puncture wound but is fine," it said.
"First-aid protocol was followed, the same as Australia Zoo renders all staff, and the keeper is going to be fine.
"Juma the tiger is fine as well."
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said the tiger handler was taken to Nambour Hospital, on the Sunshine Coast, in a stable condition.
Nine News reported that he was undergoing emergency surgery.


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Luchsen wrote:
firebird380 wrote:
Also, let's not to be sexist to each other please.
Then don't ask sexist questions.
I didnt see any sexy questions
http://youtu.be/txINV-l0qlI GOD FUCKING SPEED
PhyongHwa wrote:
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Whoever the wife decides should name the child. She risks her life in childbirth, and has the crap stretched out of her privates (and if stuff goes wrong, gets sliced up too). Giving birth is just like having surgery without anesthesia, the man is just a spectator. No amount of monetary compensation or act (except lifesaving) can ever equal the "cost" of a life. The woman's gift to her husband is the child, his gift should at the very least be to not argue about whatever name she chooses.......besides, the husband already gave the child his last name.........
........but I think traditionally the husband names the sons and the wife names the daughters.....This is one of the many things that should be discussed before marriage(how each other feels about the issue)
mojojooo wrote:
That's deep. Very deep. You almost convinced me there.
But in my ancestral tradition, the child is named after an ancestor. Or we give them a name that we want them to become, or something out of experience concerning them. We also believe that a name determines the child's... sort of... destiny. Like their personality & attitudes. For example my african name means Child of the Rainstorm. I was named after my aunt who was born under a tent (meant for childbirth) in the forest during a heavy rainstorm. In our ancestral traditions we honored The Earth, so all aspects of nature have different meanings for us.
With my parents, my father named all 3 of us. The names weren't bad, except my mom wasn't happy that she had no input (my dad was chauvinistic /overbearing), not even being able to choose a middle name for us (we have none). My eldest sister has the same name as my mom ("triad"), and the rest of us just have a random name (old fashioned type name). ("To bind", & "foreigner") They ended up divorcing after 25 years of marriage and numerous (my father's) affairs.
With my kids, my husband & I attempted to name our first son, but we couldn't agree. I really wasn't a stickler for the name I wanted, and I kind of liked the name my husband picked, so we went with that....We couldn't agree on a middle name. We even left naming him for the last minute, but we couldn't agree ....so he didn't get a middle name. We figured he could give himself one if he wanted to in the future, although it will cost him ($$$). His name means "victory of the people".
With the 2nd kid, I had a combo of being unhappy that I couldn't give our 1st the name I wanted especially after experiencing all I had to go through for the pregnancy and natural childbirth (no time for drugs). (This kid almost died twice, once before birth and once after birth.) I named the 2nd kid the name I intended for the 1st one, and just like the 1st child we didn't give him a 2nd name (same reason as the 1st time). His name means "small", which is ironic, 'cause he turned out to be super tall and towers over us all.
The 3rd kid (best pregnancy & childbirth ever) I named the male version of my beloved grandmother's name who had died about 2 years earlier. I figured we weren't going to have any daughters (I was right), and that this would be our last kid (wrong) . His name means "strong".
With our last son I went through some unbelievably hellish stuff (life & death, physical & mental pain beyond imagination) to bring him into this world alive. His twin had died really early during the pregnancy too. That is the reason he is the only one to have a middle name (in honor of his lost sibling). His 1st name means "warrior"/"fighter" his second name means "twin".
My husband didn't really care much about naming them unless the names were too unusual (which they weren't). After him witnessing all I had to go through (pregnancy/watching the births), he agreed that I should be the one to name them all after the 1st kid.
Watching K-dramas instead of sleeping....;D
I think it isn't inherently either the man or woman's choice in what to name their child. It should be something mutually agreed upon by both whether it's them both agreeing on the name or agreeing the man/woman should do the naming.
When you get married/have a long term relationship together you can't claim what you you bring in to the relationship is solely yours to do what you want with. For example, the person bringing home the money can't claim they get 100% the power and right on how and what they spend the money on since it directly effects both of them, even if they did all the work for that money on their own.
Should the wife or husband name the child?
Yes. I'd recommend it. Not speaking from experience or anything though.
FA LA LA LA LA LA, LA LA *runs away*
FA LA LA LA LA LA, LA LA *runs away*
The husband should decide. It is up to him whether he wishes to take input from his wife.
I think they should pick a name that both parents agree on. It's important to discuss and come to a mutual agreement instead of a one sided decision.
Let the child name themself
The past is the past, don't let it cloud who you are now.
schnipdip wrote:
You know that there was a study done and getting hit in the nuts is about 1000x greater pain then childbirth.
Just saiyan.
Hey Super Saiyan, I want the references for that, and also the total pain experienced when comparing one foot to the nuts versus 9 months of pregnancy and 26 hours of back labor. We don't have to figure post partum experiences into the calculations, or that men are sensitive pansies who can't even get a tattoo without crying about how much it hurts.
Just kidding. Pain is an emotional response to overwhelming stimuli, and so is completely dependent upon the individual's experience and perception. There is no empirical way to measure pain, so we are forced to rely on this stupid rating system.
When I had been in labor for 25 hours, and about 45 minutes before I was run to the operating room for an emergency C-section, I told the anesthesiologist that on a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being the worst pain I could ever imagine), my pain was about a 4. Apparently this was a first for him, as most expectant mothers have gone out of their minds by the time he shows up. I am not particularly emotional, have a great imagination, and frankly had to be talked into receiving anesthesia on the grounds that it might help me get my baby out sooner.
In my life I've experienced some painful things, including the other "most painful experience" that is often compared to childbirth - passing a kidney stone. For four hours it was all I could do to keep my body from going into shock, so I have a pretty good data set for comparison. The rumor is right - passing a kidney stone is pain similar to transitional labor, only during labor you get a rest every few minutes. Of course labor usually lasts longer, so it probably evens out.
However, comparing the different kinds of pain that I have experienced, I will say that both delivering a baby and passing a kidney stone are far more painful and debilitating than walking on/working with a broken bone. I prefer 2nd-degree burns to breaking bones, and lacerations/contusions from getting into fights/accidents are relatively minor. Since I've never had testicles I don't know what it's like to be kicked in them, but if you'd rather be kicked in the nuts than walk on a freshly broken leg you now have a frame of reference for the pain spectrum of delivering babies.
The same thing we do every night, Pinky...
Not to disprove any of that, cause i didnt bother reading it all, but there is a way to measure and calculate pain. A metric
system. Id rather walk on my broken hands then get kicked in the nuts. U ladies really dont know how painful it is. Ever heard of that childish game called Ball Tapping. Its where u lighty tap an unexpecting person in the nuts, nit very hard, no harder then a light flick. It feels like ur balls went straight to ur throwt. Now imagine getting kicked in the nuts.
It should be a decision made between both parents
your 15, I shouln't be surprised.
schnipdip wrote:
Not to disprove any of that, cause i didnt bother reading it all, but there is a way to measure and calculate pain. A metric
system. Id rather walk on my broken hands then get kicked in the nuts. U ladies really dont know how painful it is. Ever heard of that childish game called Ball Tapping. Its where u lighty tap an unexpecting person in the nuts, nit very hard, no harder then a light flick. It feels like ur balls went straight to ur throwt. Now imagine getting kicked in the nuts.
Is this a contest? How about imagine something the size of a basketball bursting out of your crotch?
I think they both should discuss it, I mean maybe one wants to use family names.
I have names I like and have discussed it with my boyfriend but he has some ideas too.
I think it should really be a decision made with both parents.
Married Fumoffu7 on 11/12/13 I am now a MRS!!
As many have said, I believe that both parents should be involved. Furthermore, I don't believe that any person should make household decisions or decisions about child rearing to the exclusion of their spouses input. If the two disagree, that's another matter entirely, and I have my own opinions about that, but speaking ideally, I'd say that both should work it out.
Personally, I don't see how that line of reasoning stops at naming. Why not take it to its logical extreme and apply it to the whole process of child rearing? When you consider it like that, perhaps you see my issue with it in this specific instance. One spouse trying to pull seniority over the other to the exclusion of their input seems to violate the spirit of marriage to me personally.
But these are just the ramblings of an inexperienced, traditionalist fool, so take them as you will.
(=^w^=) Every cat has nine lives (=^w^=)


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They gave it their all when coming up against New Zealand, England and the USA, but the present gulf in experience - allied to the strength-sapping weather conditions - meant that the young Irish side suffered three defeats on the trot.
There were some very obvious positives to take from the performances, however, and they started with an improved display against New Zealand compared to the sides' meeting in Atlanta last weekend.
There were further encouraging signs in the first half of the England game as Laura Lee Walsh's try levelled matters at 7-7 before the powerful English outfit pulled away in the closing seven minutes.
Jessica Javelet's searing pace - a huge asset in Sevens match-ups like these - was effectively the difference in Ireland's final pool game, as her hat-trick helped the USA record a 22-0 victory.
Jon Skurr's Ireland squad will regroup before facing hosts Brazil in a Bowl semi-final at 4.20pm local time/7.20pm Irish time tomorrow (Saturday).
The girls in green will be out for revenge after losing 20-5 to the Brazilians in Atlanta. The USA and Argentina meet in the other Bowl semi-final tomorrow afternoon.
BRAZIL SEVENS: POOL A: Friday, February 21
IRELAND 0 NEW ZEALAND 36, Arena Barueri, São Paulo
Scorers: Ireland: -
New Zealand: Tries: Michaela Blyde 3, Jordon Webber, Tyla Nathan-Wong, Gayle Broughton; Cons: Selica Winiata 2, Tyla Nathan-Wong
These sides met in the pool stages of last weekend's Atlanta Sevens when Ireland lost 36-7, and New Zealand kept a number of their first choice players on the bench for this opening game of the tournament.
Ireland head coach Jon Skurr kept faith with most of his starters from the second leg of the IRB Women's Sevens World Series, although kicker Nikki Caughey got the nod over Claire Keohane.
The Kiwis were first to attack, moving the ball swiftly to the right with precision passing until teenager Michaela Blyde knocked on.
Nicole Cronin produced a textbook tackle on Sarah Goss in the Irish 22, but the early pressure told as Gayle Broughton passed out of a tackle and Aoife Doyle was unable to prevent Blyde from scoring in the left corner.
The try was unconverted and there were promising signs from Ireland in response. Megan Williams gained momentum with a good charge through the middle and Caughey and Doyle also combined to good effect on the left.
However, Ireland were being contained in their own half and New Zealand were clinical to capitalising on any errors or space afforded to them.
The impressive Goss drew in two defenders before passing for Jordon Webber to run in their second unconverted try.
Ireland began to find some rhythm in attack and they broke downfield after a diagonal run from Cronin launched Christine Arthurs, Caughey and Niamh Ni Dhroma forward on the right wing.
Frustratingly, New Zealand managed to break from deep just before half-time as Blyde evaded a tackle from Doyle out wide to score her second try and make it 17-0.
The very hot conditions were not putting the Atlanta winners off their stride and despite strong tackling from Cronin, Williams and Arthurs, Ireland were moved from side to side before Blyde burst through and broke Caughey's challenge to complete her hat-trick.
Selica Winiata kicked her second successful conversion and Skurr turned to his bench, bringing Laura Lee Walsh and Keohane into the fray.
The try-scoring chances continued to come for the Kiwis as Winiata was called back for a forward pass from Goss.
Ireland though were giving a good account of themselves and there were some fluid passages of ball retention and accurate passing.
Elaine Ryan came on in the scrum and Susan Vaughan also made her presence felt in the tackle and ruck areas as Ireland tried to build from near halfway.
New Zealand's greater experience and class at this level told again though as Broughton and Blyde set up replacement Tyla Nathan-Wong for a try she converted herself.
And Broughton added a sixth after the hooter as her quick feet took her away from debutant Ryan and in behind the posts.
TIME LINE: 2 minutes - New Zealand try: Michaela Blyde - 0-5; conversion: missed by Selica Winiata - 0-5; 5 mins - New Zealand try: Jordon Webber - 0-10; conversion: missed by Selica Winiata - 0-10; 7+1 mins - New Zealand try: Michaela Blyde - 0-15; conversion: Selica Winiata - 0-17; Half-time - Ireland 0 New Zealand 17; 9 mins - New Zealand try: Michaela Blyde - 0-22; conversion: Selica Winiata - 0-24; 14 mins - New Zealand try: Tyla Nathan-Wong - 0-29; conversion: Tyla Nathan-Wong - 0-31; 14+3 mins - New Zealand try: Gayle Broughton - 0-36; conversion: missed by Tyla Nathan-Wong - 0-36; Full-time - Ireland 0 New Zealand 36
IRELAND: Shannon Houston (capt), Christine Arthurs, Niamh Ni Dhroma, Nicole Cronin, Megan Williams, Aoife Doyle, Nikki Caughey.
Subs: Claire Keohane, Aisling Naughton, Elaine Ryan, Laura Lee Walsh, Susan Vaughan.
NEW ZEALAND: Linda Itunu, Hazel Tubic, Jordon Webber, Sarah Goss, Gayle Broughton, Michaela Blyde, Selica Winiata.
Subs: Carla Hohepa, Tyla Nathan-Wong, Huriana Manuel (capt), Portia Woodman, Kayla McAlister.
Referee: Alhambra Nievas (Spain)
IRELAND 7 ENGLAND 29, Arena Barueri, São Paulo
Scorers: Ireland: Try: Laura Lee Walsh; Con: Claire Keohane
England: Tries: Claire Allan 2, Natasha Brennan 2, Hannah Field; Cons: Sarah McKenna, Emily Scott
Claire Keohane kicked off for Ireland who made a positive start, setting Aoife Doyle free to test out Michaela Staniford's defence out wide.
Nicole Cronin typified the tigerish first half that the girls in green produced, constantly harrying and putting her body on the line as Ireland picked up a series of hard-won turnovers.
Fellow youngster Doyle made a promising break on the right, but she was brought down in the English 22 and was lacking in support as she was penalised for not releasing.
England recovered to run in the game's opening try as they passed well to the right to put Claire Allan over for a converted score.
Ireland continued to show huge endeavour approaching half-time and they were rewarded with a late levelling seven-pointer.
Three penalties in succession saw Cronin tap and go again and again and bring Ireland into scoring range, with England losing their discipline at ruck time.
With defenders tied in, Ireland managed to put the ball through the hands and Keohane and Susan Vaughan combined to feed who Laura Lee Walsh broke through Fran Matthews' tackle to power in under the posts for a deserved seven-pointer.
Keohane kicked into space downfield and the Irish chase was good, however Staniford retrieved it and launched replacement Danielle Waterman on a superb run on the right. She was finally brought down just metres from the Irish line, and Allan picked up from the ruck to touch down.
Ireland struggled to gain possession from England's restarts with Heather Fisher using her physicality to force errors and keep possession in English hands.
They tightened their grip on the match when Natasha Brennan went for the line in the same right corner and she managed to hand off both Elaine Ryan and Vaughan before dotting down for 17-7.
Worse followed for Jon Skurr's charges as captain Shannon Houston was yellow carded - referee Marlize Jordaan adjudged her to have pulled an opponent's hair when making a tackle.
Just over a minute later, lively replacement Brennan cut through for her second try and Hannah Field's late seven-pointer widened England's winning margin to a flattering 22 points.
TIME LINE: 7 minutes - England try: Claire Allan - 0-5; conversion: Sarah McKenna - 0-7; 7+2 mins - Ireland try: Laura Lee Walsh - 5-7; conversion: Claire Keohane - 7-7; Half-time - Ireland 7 England 7; 8 mins - England try: Claire Allan - 7-12; conversion: missed by Sarah McKenna - 7-12; 11 mins - England try: Natasha Brennan - 7-17; conversion: missed by Sarah McKenna - 7-17; 13 mins - Ireland yellow card: Shannon Houston; 14 mins - England try: Natasha Brennan - 7-22; conversion: missed by Emily Scott - 7-22; 14+2 mins - England try: Hannah Field - 7-27; conversion: Emily Scott - 7-29; Full-time - Ireland 7 England 29
IRELAND: Shannon Houston (capt), Niamh Ni Dhroma, Nicole Cronin, Claire Keohane, Aoife Doyle, Laura Lee Walsh, Susan Vaughan.
Subs: Christine Arthurs, Megan Williams, Aisling Naughton, Nikki Caughey, Elaine Ryan.
ENGLAND: Claire Allan, Abigail Chamberlain (capt), Heather Fisher, Fran Matthews, Sarah McKenna, Michaela Staniford, Amy Wilson-Hardy.
Subs: Natasha Brennan, Leanne Riley, Emily Scott, Hannah Field, Danielle Waterman.
Referee : Marlize Jordaan (South Africa)
IRELAND 0 USA 22, Arena Barueri, São Paulo
Scorers: Ireland: -
USA: Tries: Megan Lee Bonny, Jessica Javelet 3; Con: Christy Ringgenberg
Christine Arthurs and Elaine Ryan earned starts for Ireland in their final pool fixture, as they faced the USA for the first time since the Dubai Sevens in November.
Back then, a much more experienced Ireland team managed to draw 12-12 with the Americans, but this time their opponents ran out comfortable winners.
Jessica Javelet gave a glimpse of what was to come with an early sprint along the left wing. Ireland closed off the danger and a subsequent turnover by Claire Keohane at a ruck, with Nicole Cronin following up, won a relieving penalty.
However, the USA took the lead in the third minute when Megan Lee Bonny twisted her way over in the left corner following a good drive from a lineout in the Irish 22.
The conversion was off target and frustratingly for Ireland a forward pass was missed by the match officials as Javelet raided in on the left for try number two.
That meant Ireland trailed 10-0 at half-time and Elaine Ryan had to be helped back onto her feet after a clash of heads with Kelly Griffin as she was tackled by the American player.
There were plenty of bumps and bruises in the Irish camp on an attritional first day, but they remained in the hunt as replacement Megan Williams led the charge on the restart.
However, Javelet's ability to speed away from players in one-on-one situations soon saw her get over the try-line again. She left Williams in her wake and touched down in the right corner ahead of the covering Cronin.
Christy Ringgenberg missed the conversion but she landed her final shot at the posts after Javelet completed her hat-trick with four minutes remaining.
Ireland captain Shannon Houston knocked on in midfield and the Americans countered swiftly, releasing Javelet for another well-taken score.
TIME LINE: 3 minutes - USA try: Megan Lee Bonny - 0-5; conversion: missed by Christy Ringgenberg - 0-5; 5 mins - USA try: Jessica Javelet - 0-10; conversion: missed by Christy Ringgenberg - 0-10; Half-time - Ireland 0 USA 10; 8 mins - USA try: Jessica Javelet - 0-15; conversion: missed by Christy Ringgenberg - 0-15; 10 mins - USA try: Jessica Javelet - 0-20; conversion: Christy Ringgenberg - 0-22; Full-time - Ireland 0 USA 22
IRELAND: Shannon Houston (capt), Christine Arthurs, Niamh Ni Dhroma, Nicole Cronin, Claire Keohane, Elaine Ryan, Susan Vaughan.
Subs: Megan Williams, Aoife Doyle, Aisling Naughton, Nikki Caughey, Laura Lee Walsh.
USA: Deven Owsiany (capt), Kelly Griffin, Jillion Potter, Christy Ringgenberg, Lauren Doyle, Megan Lee Bonny, Jessica Javelet.
Subs: Rebekah Siebach, Victoria Folayan, Amelia Villines, Lorrie Clifford, Dana Meschisi.
Referee: Jessica Beard (New Zealand)
BRAZIL SEVENS: Saturday, February 22
IRELAND v BRAZIL, Arena Barueri, São Paulo, 4.20pm local time/7.20pm Irish time
You can following the live stream of the knockout stages in São Paulo on wsws.irb.com.
For more follow @irbwomens on Twitter for updates from the weekend, using the hashtag #Brazil7s.
IRELAND WOMEN'S SEVENS Squad (Brazil Sevens, Arena Barueri, Barueri, São Paulo, February 21-22):
1. Shannon Houston (Blackrock/Leinster) (capt)
2. Christine Arthurs (Tralee/Connacht)
3. Niamh Ni Dhroma (Buccaneers/Connacht)
4. Nicole Cronin (Shannon/Munster)
5. Claire Keohane (UL Bohemians/Munster)
6. Megan Williams (Saracens/Exiles)
7. Aoife Doyle (Shannon/Munster)
8. Aisling Naughton (Talent ID Programme)
9. Nikki Caughey (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
10. Elaine Ryan (Talent ID Programme)
11. Laura Lee Walsh (Talent ID Programme)
12. Susan Vaughan (Railway Union/Leinster)


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i've done some research i think i will be a 'lesbro' then i can stay asexy anyway
Timely bump for me this, I've never noticed this thread before. I've literally just finished reading 'Beauty and Misogyny' where Sheila Jeffreys makes a very convincing argument that western beauty practices meet the criteria for being harmful cultural practices. whether you think thats going too far or not, it really demonstrated well what a gruesome, fucked up industry it is.


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E-Power EP-2KW 2000 Watt Review
Most of us take power for granted. Flip a switch and the light comes on. Open the fridge, grab a cold one. Push the button on the coffee pot, out comes hot, steaming java a few minutes later. Push the power button on the case, the PC fires up. But, there is more to it when choosing a power supply for your rig. For mom and pop, or the average internet surfer basically any old power supply will do. For the power user, whether be it gamer, designer, media encoder, etc., you want to make sure once the button is pressed that there will be enough power behind it to keep the machine stable with power to spare. Trying to power today's quad core CPU, dual, triple or even (gasp!) quad video card machine with gobs of memory and terabytes of storage with just any power supply just spells disaster, or at best many nights of frustration and your favorite choice four letter words.
The e-Power EP-2KW 2000W (yes, that's two thousand watts) power supply is ready to take on the duty of supplying the most demanding hardware thrown at it. E-Power is the retail side of OEM power supply manufacturer Top Power.
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The EP-2KW is currently shipping and will arrive in a "white box", although if demand significantly increases, there will be retail packaging. This unit is aimed squarely at the enthusiast who will want to future-proof their investment with the best. The power supply comes very securely packaged with enough closed cell foam to ensure safe passage through the likes of the gorilla shippers. The shipping weight of the package comes in at 20 pounds. Freeing the beast from the packing shows the heart of the unit. Measuring 7.5x7x8.5in (HxWxD) it is not a small unit. The business side (rear) of the power supply has a 120mm exhaust fan with the chrome grill (no stamped steel here) for optimum airflow. Two power inputs, a 4 pin input, and the three mail leads that connect to the breakout box that mounts in the case. The side that will get the most attention (front) boasts a matching 120mm intake fan with the chrome grill. Below that in the lower right corner is the power switch, and in the upper left corner you will notice three leds and potentiometers (pots). The production units will have labels for the +3.3V, +5V, & +12V adjustability modes. With these pots, the ability to fine tune the output voltage on these lines is a great feature.
A closer look at the power inputs and four pin on the rear. And a look at the three pots from the front. The top of the power supply just has the lonely power rating information. You can see that there are 7 +12V lines available, three at 20A a piece and four at 22A each. The 4 pin connection next to the main power connector is an additional power connector for those who need to supply a bit more juice for that water cooled rig.
The second part of the equation is the breakout box that mounts in the case that connects to the hardware. Starting with the rear of the box there are three color coded inputs for the matching cables from the main power supply. The side lists the connector types for the component cabling system. The front has the bread and butter of the system. Again, using color coded inputs for the main lines and DIN connectors for the accessory lines. The inclusion of DIN connectors ensure good contact is made and there is little chance the cable will pull out.


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Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis have been married for 20 years and have four children, but their musical careers have largely been solo affairs. Oh, sure, they've contributed to each other's albums, but for the most part Willis has earned acclaim as a singer who can deliver rockabilly attitude or honky-tonk heartbreak in equal measure, while Robison has excelled as a producer and songwriter, with artists such as George Strait ("Desperately"), Tim McGraw ("Angry All the Time") and the Dixie Chicks ("Travelin' Soldier") scoring hits with his tunes.
But in quick succession, Robison and Willis have put out back-to-back duo albums, "Cheater's Game" (2013) and the recent "Our Year" (Premium). Where Robison's songs dominated the first album, the second provides a window into the couple's wide-ranging influences as filtered through classic harmonies in the country tradition of power couples from the past: Johnny Cash and June Carter, Tammy Wynette and George Jones, Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter. They cover songs written by a seemingly mismatched menagerie of influences and peers: the Zombies, T-Bone Burnett, Tom T. Hall, Walter Hyatt.
"Kelly has more experience as a stylist, as someone who can take another writer's song and make it her own, whereas I relate to the songwriters more," Robison says. "It's our sound that connects all those influences. We started playing the Zombies song ('This Will Be Our Year') in this holiday show that Kelly and I do every year (in their home base of Austin, Texas). We try to find songs that aren't traditional that still fit the theme. 'Our Year' and (Hyatt's) 'Motor City Man' are really great songs that aren't love songs. I write ridiculously sad songs, but to mix it up, we like to look to people who can write about topics that we don't normally address in our own songs."
Several of the covers have a deeply personal connection. Hall's "Harper Valley P.T.A." made the cut because Willis once surprised Robison with a version of it at one of their shows. She explained on the couple's Web site that it was in part inspired by the couple's differences as artists.
"One area that still chafes is the set list," she wrote. "I like to make a plan and stick with it. So I rarely veer off the set list. Bruce throws caution to the wind." One night Robison fielded a request from the audience to perform Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee" and "just to be a showoff (I'm guessing) he played it and knew every word and killed it. In a really good way. Crowd goes wild. I not only never do that kind of thing, I sometimes can't remember how my own songs go."
But Willis turned the tables at a subsequent show by dropping "Harper Valley P.T.A." into the set unannounced, after learning it in secret. The "Gotcha!" moment stuck, and became a permanent part of the couple's set list and the new album.
"I really can be a jerk sometimes," Robison says with a laugh. "I think I was being one at that moment (when he performed 'Bobby McGee'). I know she doesn't like singing those (impromptu) songs on stage, but I plowed into 'Bobby McGee' anyway. It was fair that she was getting me back. Somebody shot a video of it and you could see me completely getting thrown off my feet. I couldn't put in my mind how it happened — and it was fun."
He says working full-time with his wife required both to make some compromises. "We did collaborate a lot in the past, but whosever project it was, that person was in control," Robison says. "They did it nicely, but it was, 'You sing here,' 'I don't want this there.' Now it's Bruce and Kelly and it's a band. I've always produced my own stuff and never had a band that I had to defer to. This time we scraped together money to find a real producer (Brad Jones) so I could focus on my job: songwriting and playing and arranging."
There was another revelation as well: Robison finally got to be a bandmate of someone he calls "one of the great singers of our time, or any time. I was a fan of Kelly's before we started dating, and now it's like Hendrix's guitar is in our band. You want sounds that will set you apart, and she provides that. You can't hide her voice. It will mix itself up front, and sing melody rather than harmony. You get a new appreciation of how powerful that is."
Despite the successful two-year run in which the couple finds itself, Robison says the plan is for both to return to their solo careers. "When we did 'Cheater's Game,' I looked at couples like Waylon and Jessi, Johnny and June and how much they worked together," he says. "But they still kept that separation of their own identity. You have to respect the family boundaries. I've been through this with my brother (singer-songwriter Charlie Robison) already. I felt overshadowed by him because he's such a powerful personality and I was more quiet. You take pride in your family's accomplishments, and you have to let them do their own thing."
When: 8 p.m. Saturday
Where: City Winery, 1200 W. Randolph St.
Tickets: $22, $25, $30; citywinery.com
Other recommended shows
FitzGerald's American Music Festival: Since 1981, the venerable Berwyn roadhouse has championed all things Americana, from zydeco and blues to rock 'n' roll and country during its four-day, multi-stage holiday celebration. All those genres will be well-represented this year, with performances by Shemekia Copeland, CJ Chenier, the Holmes Brothers, the Bottle Rockets and Billy Joe Shaver, among others. Headliners include Alejandro Escovedo, Marcia Ball, Joe Ely and Reckless Kelly, plus there's an all-star tribute to the late, great Lowell George of Little Feat. 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and 1:30 p.m. July 4-5 at FitzGerald's, 6615 W. Roosevelt Rd., Berwyn. $30 per day or $100 four-day pass; fitzgeraldsnightclub.com
Greg Kot co-hosts "Sound Opinions" at 8 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday on WBEZ (FM-91.5).
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Poll: What Do You Love Most about Mid-Century Modernism?
Mid-Century Modernism is a style that many Apartment Therapy readers cite as their favorite. But what is it about the mid-century aesthetic that makes it so popular? Take the poll and weigh in!
My guess is that most people like how Mid-Century Modernism (aka MCM) is simple and functional but still warm. It's both modern and organic, and doesn't feel either fussy or cookie-cutter. I also see a link between the handcrafted feel of a lot of MCM furniture and today's 'Etsy' aesthetic, which privileges handmade or found unique objects.
As part of the Museum of Art and Design's gorgeous exhibition, Crafting Modernism (the above images are objects from the exhibition), I'll be speaking on a panel on Saturday, November 12, exploring why Mid-Century Modernism has become (remained?) so popular. I'll be there as the conduit for Apartment Therapy readers' opinions — so please let me know what you think!
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Whee, my first level ever. Takes place in some sort of UAC base...contains the typical newbie errors, etc, etc, but it should be fun to play. In all honesty, it turned out much better than I'd originally planned, especially the "demolition" trick type thing.
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this is in sereos need of wepons and helth at the begining thay make you figt two former humons, a cacoldeamon, and four imp's with the pistle! and thats not eavin on uv! this auther realy needs to tone it down with the monsters or atleast give the player a freeking shotgun! 2/5 -simon cowel
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============================================================================ Title: The Baron's Domain Filename: av46sp01.wad Author: Will Hackney AKA Archvile46 E-Mail Address: firstname.lastname@example.com Misc. Author Info: Uh...yeah...PH33R...'n stuff... Description: Whee, my first level ever. Takes place in some sort of UAC base...contains the typical newbie errors, etc, etc, but it should be fun to play. In all honesty, it turned out much better than I'd originally planned, especially the "demolition" trick type thing. Story-like thing: You're just a lowly UAC security guard. You move around a lot, from place to place, as the UAC desires. Right now, you're stationed at a lab on Io. The facility had been set up when someone discovered a temple beneath the surface of the small moon, a temple that was definately not man-made. From what you've heard (security guards are generally kept in the dark about such important matters), after the discovery of the temple, the UAC began performing teleporter experiments to attempt to bring the temple "back to life", or something. Whatever that means. Today, the base has been quiet. You think nothing of it, though, because there's usually not much activity since the majority of the base is below ground. The most exciting thing that happened was the arrival of a supply ship which still hasn't left. Sitting in your little guard shack, teetering on the edge of total boredom, you seriously consider breaking for the Io Colony when the sun goes down, maybe to catch a movie and a bite to eat. Suddenly, your console begins beeping, the sound of an incoming message. Deciding there's nothing better to you, you check it out.
DISTRESS CALL PROTOCOL #3.58 This is Sergeant Dudzik of the UAC Io Facility. The teleporter experiments have gone horribly wrong. General Stine and Captain Lahaut are both dead. The number of remaining soldiers continues to dwindle smaller and smaller. I fear we are running out of time. After the discovery of the alien temple, it was found to have a strong electro-magnetic pulse, similar to the new teleporter technology. All it needed was a catalyst, so we built a lab to make an attempt at supplying the temple with the needed activation energy, hoping to get a response, and a chance to contact the life forms that had built it. When the teleports had been constructed and activated, in addition to restoring power to the temple, they inadvertantly opened up a wormhole to another dimension, apparantly the dimension from which the temple's creators had come from. We sent Lloyd's team through on the twenty-first, fully supplied with weapons, ammunition, radios, and medical needs. They described a vacant alien world, totally different from earth or any other known planet. Three days later, we lost contact with the team. Approximately twenty hours after that, the first member of the team came back through the teleporters, inside out. The body was taken to the medical center, where no cause of death could be labelled. The corpse was then burned, and we were still stuck without a response from the rest of Lloyd's team. In the dead of night on the morning of the twenty-fifth, we were awaked by the activation of the teleporters. The alien species had begun coming through. At first, we captured some of the specimens that came through, and put them in pens in the lab to study them. Soon, though, things got out of control. Workers in the temple started disappearing. Then, a huge storm of creatures came through and took the teleport room. The marines who were sent in were never heard from again, nor were the rest of Lloyd's team. Unfortunately, it was too long until we wisened up and sealed the rest of the teleports. By then, it was too late. The lower level was completely abandoned, but the personnel had already taken a heavy toll. Soon after sealing off the lower level, the monsters snuck over to the power facility and cut the power. Corporal Hope led his team down there, managed to restore the power, but none of his team made it back up to the main level. Something had to be done. The supply ship which arrived yesterday didn't take off again as far as we know, and the crew that brought it is missing, presumed dead. Some of the men tried to get to the supply ship, but found it blocked off by a water main that had broken and flooded the elevator shaft. Only two of those men made it back alive. Flannick went down with a small team and some heavy explosives last night, to rig the temple and destroy it, hopefully cutting off the power to the teleports. He set up an arsenal in a small, locked chamber, and the last I heard from him, the explosives had been rigged but not set off. I doubt he is still alive. Things are rapidly falling apart. Just one of Flannick's troops came back, and said he thinks the monsters have got their hands on the heavy weapons in the labs and are learning how to use them. Stanford has taken the remainder of the heavy weapons from the upper level of the complex and gone up to the shipping bay, which still might contain a truck, he explained. Whether he has found a truck and has gotten away or not, I do not know, which is why I am sending this message. It has been of a great personal risk to proceed down into the lower floor, where the only communications consoles are. So far, I have encountered very little opposition. The rest of the surviving men have barricaded themselves in either of the two courtyards. The water system has been shut off to stop the flow into the flooded elevator shaft. Our only remaining source of water is what remains in the sinks, which we plugged, and the fountain in the main courtyard. Our food supply is scarce, too. For the time being, all seems quiet. However, it is nearing dusk and I fear it will not remain that way for long. I must return to the upper level now. Wish me luck. Oh, and one last note -- these monsters seem to be afraid of the cold. We would have barricaded ourselves in the freezer, but it is far too cold to last for an extended period of time in there. This is Lieutenant Dudzik, over and out.
You stare in horror as the message ends, then begins to play back again. You turn it off, then attempt to hail the colony with no success. In the back of your mind, you fear that the invasion has already spread to the colony. You hope you're wrong, and there is only a down transmitter, but it looks like it's up to you now. You have to go in there and set off the explosives, whether you like it or not. Those teleporters could be set to beam its users directly back to earth. If the monsters were to find out how to do that, there would be no stopping the hostile takeover of the blue planet. Removing your pistol from the locker inside your shack (it's all UAC could "afford" to give you lowly guards), you set off across the complex's grounds towards the main entrance to the facility. The elevator shaft is indeed flooded directly below ground level, so you take a deep breath, and dive. Just as it seems your lungs are about to burst, you come to a loose air duct. You quickly pop out the vent covering it, and swim in, fighting to stay conscious. Finally, you pop to the surface, on the other side of the elevator shaft. The duct you're in leads to the front reception area. Silently, you slither out of the duct, and stand up. In front of you is the most hideous beast you've ever seen. It is bulbous, floating, and red. Its skin looks to be made up of writhing, slimy, intertwined worms. You can't see its face, but you can see the jagged horns extending from the top of the creature. It appears to be eating at something on the ground, without the assistance of arms. You raise your pistol, and take sight and the back of the red monster. You hear growling throughout the base. Looks like you're not alone. Additional Credits: The obligatory mention to ID Software, for making such a great game, yada yada yada Whoever made WadAuthor (bleh, too lazy to look) Dr. Pepper, for fueling my many late night level-editing binges. My brother (Man'O'War) for playtesting. Finally, thanks to Steve Dudzik (Lüt), Liam Mason (Liam the Bard), and Zaldron for basically walking me through the beginnings of level editing, as well as other advice along the way ============================================================================ -- Play Information -- Game: Doom 2 Map #: 01 Engine required: I don't think so, it was tested in vanilla Doom2... Single Player: Yeah, designed primarily for single player Coopertive 2-4 player: Well, the starts are there, and a few "multiplayer only" ammos, etc, but it hasn't been tested. Coop might also ruin some little trick things throught the level. Deathmatch 2-4 player: No, no DM starts. Goodbye. Difficulty settings: Not implemented New Sounds: No New Graphics: Nope New Music: Nada Demos Replaced: None -- Construction Stuff -- Base: New level from scratch Build Time: Approximately 3 weeks Editor Used: WadAuthor Known Bugs: Considering I'm a total editing newbie, I'm sure there are a whole shitload. If you find any, drop me a line at firstname.lastname@example.com -- Copyright Permissions -- Authors MAY use this level as a base to build additional levels, but I must be notified, and I damn well better get credit... You may distribute this wad, but this text file MUST be included in the package, with no modifications to it. This wad may be used in various wad compilations, but I must be notified, this text file MUST be included, no modifications, and credit must be given the author (me)
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This article is a travel topic
Hitchhiking in Japan is the key to true budget travel in the country and the way to escape the country's ruinously expensive domestic transport costs, where an hour on the Shinkansen can set you back ¥10,000. Coupled with camping, you can effectively cut down your daily budget to food and admission fees alone — although it is wise to allow for the occasional (literal) rainy day.
Hitchhiking does present its own unique challenges, but the purpose of this article is to demonstrate that not only is hitching possible, it's downright easy... once you know how.
Where to hitch
It is almost impossible to hitch out of Tokyo or any large Japanese city by waving your thumb on the Ginza. Thus, to get out, you have to find the places where drivers going out congregate, which in practice means service areas (サービスエリア sābisu eria, SA) or parking areas (PA) on the large toll expressways (高速道路 kōsokudōro) connecting Japan's major cities. As you might guess, service areas are larger and better equipped than parking areas, but surprisingly few Japanese are familiar with the difference so it's easier to label them all service areas.
A useful rule of thumb (pun intended) is that if you can get somewhere on a train for less than 2000 yen, hitchhiking the distance is unlikely to be worth the trouble – for instance destinations around Tokyo such as Mount Fuji, Hakone and Nikko – until you actually get there, that is. All three regions have expensive local transport but plenty of unhurried tourists driving about, always a good combination for the hitchhiker.
Getting on the expressway
Due to a complex conspiracy, all SA/PAs are located as inconveniently as possible, and entrance to them from outside on foot is officially prohibited. However, the inconvenience is manageable when you know the route (are you willing to sit on a local train for an hour to save 9000 yen?) and, as so often happens in Japan, official regulations go unenforced or downright ignored.
Aside from SA/PAs, the second way to get on the expressway is to hitch outside an interchange. ICs do tend to be a bit closer to town, but in Tokyo they are usually in the middle of very heavy traffic and with few, if any, places where hitching is even remotely possible, so getting rides also takes considerably longer. It is generally preferable to sit on a local for an extra half an hour and maybe even pay a few yen for the privilege of not having to choke on exhaust for an hour.
The third method would be to take a long-distance bus that uses the expressway and stops at a parking area along the way. However, cataloguing which routes go where on which roads and which service areas they stop at would be a fairly difficult enterprise, you'll also need to buy a rather expensive bus ticket just to get on the thing, and you'll probably freak out the bus attendants who will certainly notice if the only gaijin on the bus doesn't come back from the break.
Hitching on the expressway
At the SA/PA itself, the best place to hitch is near the offramp to the expressway, ideally so that you're visible from the buildings — this way drivers can see you as they go in and think about picking you up before they get in their car and make the choice. From a service area with decent traffic, you are very likely to get a ride within minutes. My suggestion here would be to hitch in front of the shops or at the end, close to the toilets. Reason for this is A: most people go to the toilet and B: you can talk to them so they will see you are a nice person as Japanese can be very suspicious.
Once you've made it onto the expressway, it's easy to keep bouncing from one SA/PA to the next one, but a decent highway map is imperative so you know the best place to get off if your destination and your driver's path diverge. It's entirely possible to cover 500 kilometers or more in a single day by using expressways.
Note that it is illegal to stop a car or walk on foot anywhere on the expressway itself, including tollbooths, and you will be rapidly picked up by the highway police if you try. Do not allow your driver to drop you off outside a service area.
Hitching elsewhere
Outside the expressway system on ordinary toll-free national highways (国道 kokudō), there are also occasional service areas of a sort, known as Michi-no-Eki (道の駅), lit. "Road stations" [1]. With about 900 scattered all around Japan, these are excellent places to get dropped off, fuel up, consult maps and grab rides.
Other traditional favorites include the offramps of roadside gas stations and convenience stores. The keys are visibility and accessibility: drivers have to be able to spot you in advance, and they have to be able to stop and pick you up without endangering themselves or others.
Note that it is illegal to hitchhike near road crossings or from bus stops, although in rural areas where buses drop by just 2-3 times a day the latter is often tolerated. The very end of a merging lane after a crossing is also OK, as long as you are more than 5 meters away from the crossing itself. In general, hitchhiking is legal and Japanese police don't hassle hitchhikers, but they do have fairly wide-ranging powers to act on anything that disturbs or distracts traffic, so use common sense.
How to hitch
Get a very good map of Japan and learn how to see the difference between the service areas, you need the bigger once to go faster as there are passing more people. Teh other reason for the map is that you can find on your map a station close to the service area so you can get there. When you ask people they will tell you that you can't get there but you always can! Except for the occasional impoverished student in the wide expanses of Hokkaido, there is very little tradition of hitchhiking in Japan, and you will more likely than not be the first hitchhiker that your driver has ever even seen, much less picked up. The key to hitchhiking is thus to assuage these fears and look as harmless and friendly as possible.
The top worries of a Japanese driver when they see a hitchhiking gaijin are: Can he communicate? Does he know how to behave? The quick way to answer those questions is with a sign: 日本語できる! (Nihongo dekiru!), literally "Japanese can!", is just six characters and works like a charm. And you don't really need to know Japanese all that well to use such a sign, as long as you can communicate... somehow... Please only write it down if you can speak a little, otherwise it will be an awkward ride for the both of you. Keep in mind that most Japanese understand basic English words when written down; it's the key once you get lost in translation.
Second on the agenda is appearance. This is not the place for a mop of unruly hair, ripped jeans and sunglasses — foreigners are by default scary, and you need to do your best to look like you stepped out of an L.L. Bean catalog. Neat trousers, clean shirt, a hat to protect you from the sun instead of sunglasses. If you have a huge rucksack, hide it off to the side. Personnaly I wouldn't hide it but make sure it's clean and there are no things sticking out, you don't want them surprise them with a large backpack.
With these down pat, it's time to assume the pose and hitch. Hitchhiking being an unusual phenomenon, the best-recognized pose will be the classic Western style: left hand extended straight, thumb up, facing traffic and a winning smile on your face. Try to look drivers in the eye as they approach and perhaps even make a small bow of appreciation, especially if they slow down to take a better look at you or, better yet, loop back for a second look. And persevere: you may get picked up by the first car, or you may have to wait a while, but you will be picked up sooner or later. Once you know how to recognise a number plate you can easily ask the people if they can take you, they will be surprised to see you knowledge of the Kanji and feel comfortable.
Once the car does stop, a window will roll down and you will almost always be asked a simple question: Doko made? ("To where?") Do not make the mistake of giving your final destination, as the driver may assume that you will insist on going all the way. (This is also why it's usually not wise to use a destination sign.) Instead, pick the nearest major waypoint and state X no hō ("In the direction of X"). I personally ask in teh service area if they can drop me off at the next major service area. Once in the car they will ask you where you are going and you will ask them and so you can ride along until you want to get out.
When to hitch
Like other tourism in Japan, the best times of year are spring and fall, when it's not too hot and not too cold. Hitching in the summer risks sunburn and dehydration, while winter is simply too cold. I'm hitching right now (today 17th of December 2009) and the colder it is, the more friendly people are. SO stay in the service area with a nice hot drink and just approach the people.
Distasteful as it may be to get up at 6 AM on vacation, as a hitchhiker you must get an early start. Many of the longest rides are available early in the morning, and your hitchhiking day will come to an end when the sun goes down.
If the weather is bad, it's best to give up hitchhiking for the day and figure out something else to do. A sodden figure standing forlornly in the rain with his thumb out is not a pitiful figure in Japan, he's a dangerous lunatic. Again, just go inside and they will offer you drinks and food:)
Who to hitch with
In Japan, as everywhere else, your gender matters when hitchhiking. On an ascending scale of difficulty, the best combinations are:
While a single girl (or woman) is likely to get picked up very fast, this has its risks: Japan has its fair share of perverts and predators and a lone hitchhiker in a foreign country is a vulnerable target.
As for who will pick you up, the range of humanity you will encounter is surprising and, once you've crossed the threshold into their car, the generosity and trust will amaze you. You will be picked up by young couples, grizzled old farmers, families with small children, traveling salesmen, single women, yakuza mobsters, Buddhist monks... and, almost without exception, you will be offered drinks and snacks, bought lunch and quite possibly offered a tatami for the night. But try to distinguish between offers of genuine goodwill and interest and offers out of duty or perceived obligation, as your driver is likely to feel that he is a host and he must treat you as an honored guest, despite any inconvenience or even financial expense that this might cause.
As a guest, you will not be allowed to pay any of the expenses, but an effort to contribute something for gas and toll fares will most likely be delightfully refused. Be thankful for this, as Japan's expressway tolls are extremely high: for example, the trip from Tokyo to Osaka costs around ¥8000 in tolls alone. Japanese are proud people but they really appreciate it when you by something for them, finally they found someone who is doing this and therefore they wuld love to do anything in return, you have to give them a fight.
Japan is the country of gifts, and counter gifts called (okaeshi). It might be a good idea to carry some small souvenirs of your country or hometown, like a country pin, or cookie (wrapped of course), or airline bottle of liquor even. With this you will have really sealed a wonderful human interchange, and you may even make a friend for life (Why not give your email address too?).
How to get out of Tokyo
Lots of expressways radiate off Tokyo's local highway system (首都 shuto). So what you want to do is pick a destination, match it to an expressway, and get to the closest PA/SA. Here's the list in clockwise order from west to east, you will probably find it useful to consult a 1:10000 Japanese map to get your bearings. Most English highway signs will not distinguish short and long vowels, but your driver will, so pronounce it right!
A preliminary note about buses: in general, Tokyo's commuter bus system sucks. They run very infrequently (typically 1/hr in the boonies), have a lunch break of several hours, and stop running early. Try to get to the bus station before 11 in the morning, or you'll probably have to wait until 2 in the afternoon for the next one!
Tōmei Expressway (東名)
Going South-west: Go to the Ebina service area. Go to the Shake station (study your map, this is why you can't go without) and ask a person at the station how to wlak. They will tell you it's too far (it is!) and so you ask them to give you a ride or know someone, that's how I did it. Otherwise take a taxi.
For: Fuji/Gotemba, Hakone, Nagoya, western Japan
Directions: Go to Tōkaichiba (十日市場) station on the JR Yokohama line through any one of a number of connections (Shibuya to Nagatsuta via Tokyu Den-en-toshi, Shibuya to Shin-Yokohama via Tokyu Toyoko, Shinjuku to Machida via Odakyu, etc.) The train trip is only 30 minutes, but it's a few hilly kilometers to the PA, so consult an area map before you set off - you'll find a good one outside the North exit of the station (the map was destroyed in April 2009). You will need to head East down the expressway about 2-3 kilometers. This is easiest along the Northern edge of the raised expressway. There is a small overpass very close to the PA, cross over it and walk down the slight hill. There is an area here where you can jump the 1.5m fence, or alternatively walk to the far Eastern end of the PA and go in the open entrance for highway bus passengers.
Alternative: Yōga IC (用賀), near Tokyu Den-en-toshi line (東急田園都市線) Yōga station (用賀駅)
Chūō Expressway (中央)
For: Fujiyoshida, Lake Kawaguchi, Nagano, Gifu, and (the slow route to) Nagoya & western Japan
Directions: Get to Kichijoji (吉祥寺) via Keio Inokashira from Shibuya or JR Chuo from Shinjuku, switch to JR Chuo (preferably a kaisoku commuter express to Takao, otherwise you'll have to change trains a few times) and go to either Toyoda (豊田) or Hino (日野). From Toyoda station (north exit), take Keio bus 日04 from platform 2 to Ishikawacho-higashi (石川町東). They run from 7:35 to 18:15, usually at 35 past the hour, but there is no 12:35 bus. The same bus runs to Hino station so you can catch it from there too. The distance is about 3 km and the bus route is reasonably straightforward, so it is also walkable if you're in the mood.
Once at Ishikawachō-higashi, backtrack to the lights (I'm assuming you're coming from Toyoda), you'll see the highway on your left. Go to the highway, but not under it -- turn left, up the hill, then open the gate that you are not supposed to open, walk up to the SA fence and jump over the one-meter gate if it is locked. You're in!
Note: Chuo branches a few times, be sure you know what branch you want to go to and what branch your driver will go to. The first is Ootsuki Junction (大月), where the road splits between the Nagano and Fujiyoshida branches; the last SA before the junction is Dangōzaka (談合坂).
Kan'etsu Expressway (関越)
For: Niigata, Sado Island, Japan Sea coast
Directions: Take the Tōbu Tōjō (東武東上) line from Ikebukuro to Tsuruse station. From the station, take Raifu Basu #4 to the Sentoraru Byōin (センとラル病院) stop, as usual it runs once per hour except during lunchtime. The bus will deposit you on the wrong side of the parking area, cross the bridge to get to the side going away from Tokyo. Alternatively, you can walk the 3 km or so from Fujimino station; there should also be a bus from Fujimino, but it didn't seem to exist...
Tōhoku Expressway (東北)
For: Utsunomiya, Sendai, Miyagi-Iwate coast, northern Japan, Hokkaido
Directions: Go to Hasuda station on the JR Utsunomiya (宇都宮) line, starting from Shinjuku or Tokyo. Take the east exit and locate platform #3, take Tōbu (東武) bus #4 to Shiyakusho-mae (市役所前). Right before the stop the bus actually goes under the expressway, return to the bridge (don't go under it!) and head a few hundred meters up the hill/to the north along the expressway until you reach the PA. The gate may be locked, but the fence is low and jumping over it is no problem.
Jōban Expressway (常磐)
For: Mito, Iwaki, Sendai (slow route)
This highway was the bane of the hitchhiker, as there appeared to be no decent way of getting onto it but the relatively new Tsukuba Express railway line (opened 2005) has two stations near PA/SA. The nearest real service area, Moriya SA (守谷), is easily reached by Tsukuba express plus a 3 km walk. The IC and PA listed above are unexplored possibilities. One sure way: take a ¥2000 train to Mito and start there...
Warning: If you get on at Mukōjima IC, the road soon joins Shuto C2, after which C2 branches off again towards the Tōhoku Expressway. Make sure you know where your driver is going!
Higashi-Kantō Expressway (東関東)
For: Narita, Boso Peninsula
What, you're going to hitchhike to catch your flight!? Do yourself a favor and take the train, Keisei'll get you there for 1000 yen. If you insist, you could try to catch the Expressway Bayshore Line (高速湾岸線) from Odaiba or Shin-Kiba, which transforms into the Higashi-Kantō.
Getting into Tokyo
95% of the time, once on the expressway, getting back to Tokyo is a piece of cake: your driver is also going to Tokyo, so he'll drop you off at the nearest train or subway station, and you can find your way home. Problems arise the other 5% of the time, when your driver is going either through Tokyo or to a part of Tokyo extremely far from your part of Tokyo. What to do?
Your driver may exit the expressway just so you can get off, but this is a waste of time and money for him, as he has to fight his way back and pay an extra toll, so don't count on it. The driver may also try to drop you off at a tollbooth or at an interchange, which will either get you in hot water from the authorities or dead from being hit by a car. The least of three evils is thus getting dropped off at a service area.
Moral of the story: when near a big city, feel free to reject rides that aren't going close enough. There will be more.
++ How to get out of Nagoya++ Going South West for Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima: Take a train to Ogaki Station and change for Mino Takada station and walk for about 30 minutes, one of my best spots so far! You need about 2,5 houres to get there. Going North-east for Yokohama, Tokyo: Taka a train to one station after Mikawa-Toyota and walk for about 30-45 minutes. Again you need about 2,5 houres.
Shuto Service Areas
If the service area is one of those listed above, you know how to get back. If not, you have been left at a service area not listed for a good reason. Almost all the 15+ parking areas on the Shuto are tiny (space for around 20 cars max), suspended multiple stories above the earth with entrance/exit possible only through staff quarters, and inconveniently located to boot. However, as getting out is a lesser crime, you may be able to sweet-talk somebody into unlocking those staff-only doors and letting you out, as long as you promise not to come back in.
The Shuto network is an indecipherable tangle that looks vaguely similar to the Tokyo subway system, except that most stations are accessible only when going in one direction and you have 5 seconds to decide whether to exit. The parking areas are omitted from most maps, only specialty maps will usually show them. One convention worth learning quickly: all routes and lanes going towards the center are nobori (上り, going up), whereas routes and lanes exiting Tokyo are kudari (下り, going down). The majority of Shuto parking areas are nobori-only, a small saving grace for the hitchhiker coming in, but yet another reason why they're useless for exiting Tokyo.
Shuto 3 (高速3号)
Connecting to: Tōmei
Yōga PA (用賀)
Access: Nobori only
Located at the very beginning of the Shuto, in Setagaya.
Shuto 4 (高速4号)
Connecting to: Chūō
Eifuku PA (永福)
Access: Nobori only
Small. Somewhat oddly located right next to a row of tollbooths and an exit (which thus cannot be used even illegally, since they'll spot you if you try to walk it!). If you do find your way out, Meidaimae station at the crossing of both Keio lines is nearby (ask for directions).
Yoyogi PA (代々木)
Access: Nobori only
A pathetic one-lane excuse for a parking area quite literally suspended three stories above the earth. Climbing over the fence would be easy if the drop weren't likely to kill you; there's also an expressway entrance nearby, but as noted earlier, walking on it is highly illegal and dangerous to boot. The third option was shown to me by a janitor to whom I pleaded my distress: at the furthestmost tip (from your arrival point) of the building is a door, which leads to a staircase, which leads outside. The doors along the route may, or may not, be locked. Once you do get out, one block straight and a few to the right will get you to Yoyogi station on the Yamanote/O-Edo lines. (Odakyu line Minami-Shinjuku station is also nearby.)
Note that it might theoretically even be possible to get into the PA this way, literally through the back door, but I wouldn't recommend it -- if the doors are locked you're out of luck, westbound is towards Tokyo, not out of it, the Shuto splits into about 17 different directions soon after the PA, and the PA deservedly gets little enough traffic as it is. And you'll annoy the friendly janitor.
Shuto 6 (高速6号)
Connecting to: Jōban
Kahei PA (加平)
Access: Kudari only
Located beside a highway entrance spiral, this one may actually be accessible from the ground. Kita-Ayase (北綾瀬) station on the 'Tokyo Metro' Chiyoda subway line is about half a kilometer to the east along the large road that crosses under the highway between the entrances.
Shuto S1/C2
Connecting to: Tōhoku, Jōban
Shuto S1 becomes C2 and merges briefly with 6 before splitting off again and heading off to Tokyo Bay. Confused? You will be.
Kawaguchi PA (川口)
Last verified: Never
Well, I can offer you the reassuring advice that it exists. And you even have a 50% chance of going in the right direction.
Tokyo Gaikan Expressway (東京外環自動車道)
Connecting to: Kan'etsu, Tōhoku, Jōban
Niikura PA (新倉)
Access: Both directions
Small. Close to Wakō-shi. Often omitted even from highway maps since it doesn't belong to either the kousokudouro or the shuto systems!
See also
Will Ferguson has written two informative and entertaining books about hitchhiking in Japan.
The former is a better book for someone who intends to take the journey, while the second is a good read, in the style of the Bill Bryson travel books.


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Over $9 million (€7m) was generated in Tralee at this year's Rose of Tralee International Festival which has been widely acknowledged as being the best festival for many years.
A survey carried out from Friday 17th to Tuesday 21st August revealed that more than half of the people who attended the event were from outside Kerry and 44 percent of these visitors paid for accommodation.
Next year even more people are expected to join the Roses in Tralee when the Rose of Tralee Gathering takes place from 14-16 August 2013.
The General Manager of the Rose of Tralee International Festival, Oliver Hurley, said "We are overwhelmed by the positive feedback that has been pouring into the office since the end of August. Families traveled in their droves to enjoy the wonderful variety of entertainment that was on show in Tralee for the five-days. Credit must be paid to the organizers of the Street Carnival and the local businesses who contributed towards making this aspect of the Festival such a success. From the three parades to the two fireworks displays to the air display and the events in the Dome, the 2012 Rose of Tralee International Festival will help us go forward with immense positivity."
Seventy-eight percent of the 343 people surveyed throughout the five-day Festival were from Ireland, while 22 percent were from Germany, France, Great Britain, USA, Australia, and New Zealand.
Forty-four percent of those who were visiting the town paid for accommodation – the majority of whom stayed in hotels followed by guest-houses/B&Bs, holiday home/self-catering and caravan/camping facilities.
Nearly 75 percent of the respondents said they intended to be in Tralee for more than three days of the festival, while more than half of the people interviewed were in Tralee with their family and another 27 percent traveled with a group of friends.
"The survey's findings are a further boost after we recently secured funding to stage a three-day Rose of Tralee Gathering from Wednesday 14th to Friday 16th August next year as part of The Gathering 2013. As part of the global Irish initiative of The Gathering 2013, the Rose of Tralee International Festival is organizing some special events in the lead up to the 2013 Festival," said Oliver Hurley.
These events will be free of charge primarily to our visitors from overseas and anyone with any connection to, or a love of, the Festival is invited to come to Tralee for the festivities and perhaps stay on for the International Festival week.
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Two vehicles flip in I-95 crash
A two-vehicle collision on Interstate 95 in Westport early Sunday caused both to roll over, but the drivers appeared to have escaped serious injuries.
Firefighters were dispatched to the scene of the crash on northbound I-95, between exits 17 and 18, about 5:30 a.m. Sunday.
At the crash scene, a Ford sedan landed off the highway on its roof, while a Chevrolet pickup truck carrying store awnings flipped on its side.
All occupants of the vehicles were about to get out of the without extrication, firefighters said, but two were brought to a hospital by Westport EMS for what appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries.
Both damaged vehicles had to be hauled from the scene by flatbed wreckers.
The Fire department dispatched a command car, one engine and a rescue company to the scene.
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McCune-Albright syndrome is a genetic disease that affects the bones and color (pigmentation) of the skin.
Alternative Names
Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
McCune-Albright syndrome is caused by mutations in the GNAS1 gene. A small number, but not all, of the patients cells contain this faulty gene(mosaicism).
This disease is not inherited.
The hallmark symptom of McCune-Albright syndrome isearly puberty in girls. Menstrual periods may begin in early childhood, long before the breasts or pubic hair develop (which normally occur first). Puberty and menstrual bleeding may begin as early as 4 - 6 months in girls.
Early sexual development may also occur in boys, but not as often as in girls.
Other symptoms include:
- Bone fractures
- Deformities of the bones in the face
- Irregular, large patchy
caf-au-lait spots, especially on the back
Signs and tests
A physical examination may show signs of:
- Abnormal bone growth in the skull
- Abnormal heart rhythms (
arrhythmias) Acromegaly Adrenalabnormalities
- Gigantism
Hyperparathyroidism Hyperthyroidism Hypophosphatemia
- Large caf-au-lait spots on the skin
- Liver disease, jaundice, fatty liver
Ovarian cysts Pituitaryor thyroid tumors
- Scar-like tissue in the bone (
fibrous dysplasia)
Tests may show too much:
- Adrenal hormones
Blood prolactin Growth hormone
Other tests that may be done include:
MRI of the head
- X-rays of the bones
Genetic testing is available for the GNAS1 gene.
There is no specific treatment for McCune-Albright syndrome. Drugs that block estrogen production, such as testolactone, have been tried with some success.
Adrenal abnormalities (such as
Expectations (prognosis)
Lifespan is relatively normal.
- Cosmetic problems from bone abnormalities
Deafness Osteitis fibrosa cystica
- Premature puberty
- Repeated broken bones
- Tumors of the bone (rare)
Calling your health care provider
Call your health care provider if your child starts puberty early, or has other symptoms of McCune-Albright syndrome. Genetic counseling, and possibly genetic testing, may be recommended if the disease is diagnosed.
Garibaldi L, Chemaitilly W. Disorders of pubertal development. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St. Geme J, Behrman RE, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 556.
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Chad Haldeman-Englert MD, FACMG, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Section on Medical Genetics, Winston-Salem, NC. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.


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Yummy & Healthy: Chickpeas as the Main Ingredient
Chickpeas are one of my absolute favorite things to eat. You can eat them dried, cooked, plain, with salt — you get the idea! The fact that they can be used in so many dishes is exactly the reason why it was so fun and easy to find dishes that put chickpeas on a pedestal.
Chickpea salads, like the Chickpea Quinoa Salad from The Healthy Foodie is a quintessential crisp and healthy salad that showcases chickpeas in all their glory.
A more interesting approach to putting chickpeas front and center is Chickpea Parmesan from Kath Eats. What a unique and interesting dish that most of us probably haven't thought of before! There are so many different ways to use this crisp and refreshing ingredient!
• Chickpea Quinoa Salad, The Healthy Foodie
• Chickpea Fries, Vegetable Matter
• Chickpea Parmesan, Kath Eats
• Chickpeas and Balsamic Vinegar Bruschetta, Real Simple
• Chickpea Curry, Herbivoracious
Related: Lunch Recipe: Warm Chickpea Salad with Cumin & Garlic
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Does anyone know about the secret character like what it eats, if it is worth getting, its personality, and stuff like that?
The Secret Character
Started by Sonicfan2002 , Oct 17 2004 05:42 PM
Started17 Oct 2004
Last Post19 Oct 2004
Posted 17 October 2004 - 06:00 PM ( #2 )
i dont even know if people have gotten the secret character, are you talking aboutthe coffee guy?
if you have him please post
if you have him please post
Posted 17 October 2004 - 09:55 PM ( #3 )
wow! we REALLY get this a lot! uhh well i dunno about either Nazotchi or Oyajitchi. I just wanna know if they're secret adults or like a stage after the adults.
Posted 19 October 2004 - 07:12 PM ( #4 )
Oyajitchi is definetly post-adult. Not sure about nazotchi.