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We seem bent upon saving the Vietnamese from Ho Chi Minh, even if we have to kill them and demolish their country to do it....I do not intend to remain silent in the face of what I regard as a policy of madness which, sooner or later, will envelop my son and American youth by the millions for years to come.Walt W. Rostow
The war against Vietnam is only the ghastliest manifestation of what I'd call imperial provincialism, which afflicts America's whole culture - aware only of its own history, insensible to everything which isn't part of the local atmosphere.Richard M. Nixon
This war has already stretched the generation gap so wide that it threatens to pull the country apart.Dalton Trumbo
Today, America can regain the sense of pride that existed before Vietnam. These events, tragic as they are, portend neither the end of the world nor of America's leadership in the world.Marshall McLuhan
Vietnam was what we had instead of happy childhoods.Henry Kissinger
Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.John F. Kennedy
Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America--not on the battlefields of Vietnam.Marshall McLuhan
Any of these Vietnam vets that have been there and know the deal, they don't feel that any Hollywood endeavor about the Vietnam era has ever gotten it right yet.Sam Elliott
By the mid-sixties, the United States had poured more than half a million troops into South Vietnam.Nguyen Cao Ky
I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.John F. Kerry
It seems to me the American people never really forgave the Democrats for being right about Vietnam.Paul Begala
The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from the red people.Gerome Ragni
The war in vietnam threatened to tear our society apart, and the political and philosophical disagreements that separated each side continue, to some extent. It's been said that these memorials reflect a hunger for healing.Ronald Reagan
The vietnam war required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. ... What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it.Henry Kissinger


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Remember my 2014 nature photography calendars (choose between five different themes) are still available for sale. Look in the left sidebar on my website for the most up-to-date discount coupon code. All calendars are made to order in the USA so you support the US economy with your purchase, and a starving artist (me!). I also appreciate any referral through Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and of course your blog or website.
Today I'm participating in Where's My Backpack's Travel Theme photo challenge. This week's theme is "illuminated". Remember you can click on each photo for a larger view. If you like what you see, feel free to subscribe and receive nature photography updates a few times a week.
I love how the morning sun illuminates the sky slowly through the trees behind my house. Sometimes the light can be yellow when the sky is covered with gray clouds.
Other times, the sun illuminates the whole sky at once, making the blue bolder than ever.
I love how the sun shines down on water and can brighten up a whole ocean.
I enjoy photographing the reflections of light on small water ripples, especially when they include colorful reflections of the surrounding bushes and trees. If you've ever seen liquid mercury, this water almost looks like it, doesn't it? I have more photos of the ducks swimming in this pond and I hope to share them soon.
At night, artificial light can illuminate our dark surroundings to make them more friendly. I love Christmas lights and this is probably the brightest Christmas light display I saw this past holiday. Now, that's illuminated!

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The top things you may have missed about policing this week
Prison overcrowding lower in the United States
The U.S. has the world's highest incarceration rate, but ranks significantly lower when it comes to prison overcrowding at 113th out of just more than 200 countries — among the least crowded but still worse than other developed nations such as Canada, Germany and Australia.
There are currently 2.15 million inmates locked up in the U.S., that's 103.9% of capacity. The country that holds the No. 1 slot with the most overcrowded prisons in the world? Haiti. According to World Prison Brief data, that country incarcerates 10,500 inmates, or 454% of official capacity.
'When They Call You a Terrorist'
Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors, with co-author Asha Bandele, reflects on the life that brought her to world prominence in the recently released book When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir. She explains a childhood filled with poverty during which she watched her brothers get manhandled by police, according to a New York Times review. A comparatively small portion is dedicated to the movement itself — which she, along with Opal Tometi and Alicia Garza began to protest the unjust killing of young black men and women, often at the hands of police.
During a signing in Birmingham, Khan-Cullors talked about BLM being labeled a terrorist group: "We're labeled as a terrorist organization by not just regular folks, but elected officials and law enforcement. There's also a long history of black folks who have been fighting for our rights of freedom labeled as terrorists."
On criminal justice reform, follow Georgia's lead
After expanding the use of prison alternatives such as rehab programs for drug offenders, and raising the threshold for what are considered felony offenses, Georgia has managed to lower its prison admissions. Overall admissions dropped 19% in eight years, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. African Americans, though still incarcerated at a disproportionate rate, fared well under the changes. Admissions dropped for black inmates by 30%.
For more about police and policing, visit the Policing the USA site at policing.usatoday.com.


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Isn't it funny how sometimes the places that are on your doorstep are the places you don't visit? We were that way with the Forest of Dean which is just an hours journey for us door to door. I think because we don't drive sometimes we don't get to go into the countryside as much as we'd like, although you can get trains it would have taken us three hours which seemed way to long so instead we hopped in a cab! We've never done that before but it worked so well, I think with the money we save not running a car and um both of us learning to drive (which we will do..one day) a few longer taxi journeys sort of equal themselves out in the long run. It made this trip SO much easier so now I'm looking into other places less than an hour away that are a bit off the beaten track!
Anyway, I'm digressing a bit! We were invited to the Forest of Dean to spend a long weekend at Forest Holidays as guests of F&F clothing. They kindly asked if they could kit out the kids and also sent us all pj's for our stay. I am completely obsessed with my pink satin pj's and have been singing there praises ever since this weekend, I love them!
Apologies in advance for how picture heavy this post is, I must have taken about ten thousand pictures so this is literally me cutting them down ;)
It was so lovely seeing these two play together a bit more, theres something universal about the joy of splashing in puddles, it doesn't matter what age you are! I even got in on the action!
I love that both kids were in their matching F&F parkers! They are fleeced lined and so cosy, will be perfect over winter.
There were SO many dogs, I could have done a series of cute dogs but I was too scared to ask to take a pic of them all.
Is there anything better than a good ol' leaf fight? I mean lets forget about the fact we were probably throwing bugs and dirt at each other too right..
Stood in puddle right up to her middle
I loved the architecture of the cabins at Forest Holidays, we stayed in one in the meadow but you could also get them overlooking the forest and with rope bridges like you were actually in the trees. When we were in the hot tub (in the pouring rain) it was amazing to look out onto all the Autumn trees.
Wilf's lumberjack shirt was very 'hike in the woods' appropriate.
Holding hands, is there anything better than seeing your kids be lovely to each other??
We actually filmed our weekend which will be on my channel on Saturday so do check it out, I think it's one of my favourite trips away I've ever filmed actually. Despite the weather being so bad it was one of the loveliest weekends, spending quality time with my family.
Thanks so much to F&F clothing for kitting the kids out and sending us on a little woodland adventure!


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6 Apple Cider Cocktails That Take Autumn To The Next Level
Hear that? It's the sound of cider jugs hitting shelves with a jolly thump.
Your next move? Pour that tawny spiced elixir into every cocktail that comes your way from now until springtime.
This piece originally appeared on Liquor.com.
Cider Delighter
The name's a dead giveaway. What's not to like about a frosty vodka cocktail fortified with apple cider, allspice dram and baked apple bitters? Come hither, you apple fiends.
Alfie's Apple
Tune in for this delightful romp in which mezcal takes apple cider for a drive and picks up a motley crew of hitchhikers. St-Germain, apple soda and Chinese five-spice powder, specifically. The result? A thrilling autumn roadtrip in your glass.
Tomahawk Punch
Leave the fragile glass punch bowl in its bubble wrap. This piquant punch requires a sturdier vessel, like a hollow pumpkin. Fill that gourd with a burly duo of bourbon and ancho chile liqueur, mellowed with a bit of honey syrup and a sparkling cider topper.
Liberation Libation
Forge the path toward fall with this golden torch in hand. The firestarters? Crisp, cold vodka, maple syrup and sparkling apple cider, with added spark from a cinnamon-sugar rim.
The Flannel
Cozy as a fine winter's onesie, this cocktail radiates warmth with its base of cognac. Its hard-working backup singers? Homemade apple cider syrup, allspice dram and orange juice keep this fall-forward hit humming in perfect pitch.
The Lookout
What's that, Hot Buttered Rum? Couldn't hear you over the sound of your evil twin knocking it out of the park. To be fair, he's working with some high-quality henchmen, as in Sherry-infused butter and hot mulled cider. After all, the only thing better than butter is sherry butter and there's no refusing a cider that's just got its mull on. Better luck next year, HBR.


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$800 million to be spent on Costa Concordia salvage in one-shot operation (PHOTOS)
Cutting-edge engineering work is required to rescue the Costa Concordia, which ran aground off the island of Giglio on January 13, 2012, when the vessel struck a reef.
Thirty passengers died in the incident, with another two still listed as missing. A total of 3,126 passengers and 1,023 crew members were on board the ship at the time.
The designers and operators' mission is very risky: there is a chance that the huge cruise ship will fall apart as it is rotated. The odds of success are 70 per cent, the salvage master in charge of the removal, Nick Sloane, told reporters Thursday.
"The size of the ship and her location make this the most challenging salvage I've ever worked on," he said.
The cruise ship is to be rotated 65 degrees to a vertical position.
To shift the center-of-gravity of the vessel, which is 300 meters long and weighs over 110,000 tons, engineers are set to fill tanks attached to the ship with water.
They will stabilize the bow, with each tank 23 meters long and 20 meters high, weighing around 1,700 tons – equivalent in weight to more than seven times the US Statue of Liberty.
More than 30,000 tons of steel have been used in the fabrication of all the components required to lift the ship.
The entire rotation, known as parbuckling, will take as long as
12 hours and will be controlled and monitored by thousands of
computers and gadgets that will ensure all the small parts of the
ambitious operation, from activating the powerful jacks that will
tilt the ship to processing the information delivered by the
undersea robots.
Extra precautions have been taken to ensure the success of the operation: for instance, two so-called "blister tanks" were fitted to the bow.
"We have left nothing to chance," Franco Gabrielli, the Italian government's deputy commissioner for the Costa Concordia emergency, said.
Divers have placed hundreds of bags with cement under the vessel to protect it from breaking into pieces during the operation. The weight of those bags totals 18,000 tons.
Ecologists have expressed concern that should the operation fail, the coast and the sea risk high levels of pollution.
After the tragedy, divers tried to extract the fuel for months, and still, chemical substances and toxins from the decomposition of food and drinks, are on board the vessel.
"Work of this scale has never been conducted. Like in everything we've done before, there are elements of uncertainty.
That's why precise measures will be taken, judging the situation," Gabrielli said.
The ship's captain, Francesco Schettino, is currently on trial for manslaughter and abandoning the vessel.


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A free Guided Geology Walk will be held in Carnlough on Sunday, April 22, from 10am-2pm.
Ian Enlander, a naturalist and geologist, will lead a walk of 2.5 miles from Carnlough Town Hall to the Cranny Falls and return.
During the walk, Ian will point out the rock-types of Carnlough and will also tell the fascinating story of how its landscape was formed over millions of years.


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We always hear about the "average" of this and the "average" of that…the average temperature, the average price of gasoline, the average number of children per household, etc. In fact, I just saw an article on average student math scores by country.
If you're a college grad, take a minute to recall when you were choosing your major. For those of us with aspirations of making big bucks, studying to become a doctor, lawyer, or CEO are some of the more lucrative career paths that may have come to mind.
Well, what if I told you that back in the mid-1980's at the University of North Carolina, the average starting salary of geography students was well over $100,000? Knowing that, would you have considered making a career change?
But what if I also told you that basketball great Michael Jordan—formerly the world's highest paid athlete—graduated from UNC with a degree in geography? Now do you believe me?
Maybe the mean isn't always a slam dunk.
The Mean Can Mislead
In the case of Michael Jordan and fellow UNC geography graduates, the average is not a good representation of the true center of the data. Jordan's earnings from his athletic career raises the "average" salary for geography graduates in a way that doesn't accurately convey what graduates are likely to earn. By almost any measure, Jordan's earnings would be an outlier.
How could we have identified this anomaly, and potentially averted wishing we had chosen a different career path? (Geography, that is—not NBA superstar.)
Rule #1: ALWAYS graph your data.
Graphs that are useful for evaluating the distribution of your data include:
- Histogram
- Boxplot
- Individual Value Plot
Any one of these three graphs would have quickly alerted us to the Michael Jordan outlier. If we were to graph geography graduates' salaries using a histogram, it might look something like this:
Rule #2: Compute some basic statistics, including both the mean and median.
If you order all observations from smallest to largest and pick the middle value, you'll have your median. If you have an even number of observations, then the median is the average of the two middle values.
So how will the median tell you whether or not you can rely on the mean?
- If the mean is greater than the median, your data are skewed to the right, like we see in the case of Mr. Jordan.
- If the mean is less than the median, then the data are skewed left.
Rule #3: Run a normality test.
If process knowledge tells you that your data should follow a normal distribution, then run a normality test to be sure. If your Anderson-Darling Normality Test p-value is larger than, say, an alpha level of 0.05, then you can conclude that your data follow a normal distribution and, therefore, the mean is an adequate measure of central tendency.
Am I trying to imply that your data need to follow a normal distribution for every analysis? Absolutely not. Some analyses are robust to the normality assumption, while others are not as forgiving. In other words, non-normal data is okay for some statistical methods, but you need to make sure the data satisfy the assumptions for your particular analysis. And for certain processes, the data will never be normally distributed. My goal here is not to imply that normality is critical to every analysis, but rather to remind us why we need to be wary of statistics that are reported in the form of the mean alone.
A Quick Graphical Summary of Your Data
Suppose you have some data and ask yourself, "Self, should I use the mean to convey my results?" To quickly graph your data, calculate some descriptive statistics, and run a normality test all at once, you can use Minitab Statistical Software's Graphical Summary (located under Stat > Basic Statistics or Assistant > Graphical Analysis) to get your answer.
And the next time someone tries to use the average to prove a point and convince you of this or that, remember that, unlike Michael Jordan soaring towards the hoop with basketball firmly clutched in hand, using the mean is not always a slam dunk.


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A Blogger at 35W Bridge Collapse
Noah Kunin
"I live the closest to the 35W Bridge than anyone in Minneapolis and I watched it come down from my roof.
I spent 20mins getting people out and off the bridge.
I'm being evacuated.
PS This was not a bomb." Noah Kunin
My nephew, his wife, their two children and most of her family live, work and commute in Minneapolis. You can imagine our concern when news of the bridge collapse first hit. They're all okay, thank god. But they --and their city-- will take a long time to recover.
Noah Kunin is one of their friends. His apartment is in a converted warehouse adjacent to 35W. He saw the bridge collapse, ran to help survivors. A photographer, he also took his camera.
With the help of friends, Noah's been updating his blog with an ongoing first person account of events, sights, sounds, reactions. And amazing pictures.
We've all been watching the bridge tragedy on TV, but this personal, in-the-moment report is far different:
Thank you, Noah. We're glad you're safe.
35W just came down right in front of my house
I'm at the Humphrey School waiting for a ride. We couldn't take a car our any of our belongings. One cat was taken, one was left behind.
I'm shocked, but no longer shaking. Still sweaty from sprinting to river side to help rescue people. Didn't see any dead or hurt on the West side of non existent bridge. Helped people off girders. My cell phone isn't working like many of yours, so email me at email@example.com if you need to. I have pictures, will upload later. Confirmed all of my friends (except one) who commute are safe.
Description of collapse: Surprisingly quiet, but my entire warehouse apt shook quite a bit. Bridge fell so very slowly - poof. Yelled and yelled but no one answered. Only a handful of ppl in water, all got out ok and then began to help as well. Ran into woman who thought school bus was trapped on east side in fold of highway. Couldn't confirm it or get to the other bank to help.
more later…hope everyone is safe…
UPDATE 1:36AM: This is Noah and I'm back from my apt. We had to walk in, since it is now in what is called the "Danger Zone". Fairly sure I'm the only resident in the Zone. We got the cat we left behind and packed small bags.
Please, call 612-460-3700 for the Red Cross if you can help. The MN Red Cross office is directly across from my apt. - I can still see their sign underneath 35W.I'm nominally homeless - crashing at friends. Will try and return home in the morning.
Deep thanks to Britt, Aaron and everyone else who rushed with me to help get people off 35W bridge.
You can see all of Noah's pictures, many taken before police and rescue arrived, here. And continue to read his updates here.
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Kathleen Nanima Rambler
Skin name:NanimaLanguage:AlyawarreDate of birth:1972-12-27From:AmpilatwatjaCommunity:Ampilatwatja : NT
Sorry, no artworks.
Kathleen is originally from Barrow Creek and before marrying her second husband Ricky Holmes and moving to Ampilatwatja, his homeland, Kathleen lived for many years out at Kings Canyon.
Kathleen began painting her own paintings for the first time with Artists of Ampilatwatja, from 2010.
When she was younger she would often stay with an Auntie in Alice Springs whom was a well-established artist there and as a teenager she would help her to paint her paintings.
Kathleen also has a couple of Aunties in Utopia who were part of the Utopian Batik movement and she would watch them do batik as a child.
Kathleen draws a lot of her inspiration from her homeland and her childhood memories of Barrow Creek and the country surrounds. Her paintings are often a reminiscing of hunting and camping trips, climbing the hills to get brilliant views and walking her land with her family. Kathleen likes to paint her homeland, at Barrow Creek, because it as a way of connecting to and remembering her home.
Her dot work is exquisitely fine and she uses this technique to make patterns within the landscapes of her paintings demonstrating her peaceful, patient disposition and a deep love and connection to her country. The work produced by Kathleen is recognisably distinct, due to the application of her fine patterned dots and the often bright and child-like figurative depiction of the land.
Kathleen tells of how she is inspired by landscapes, the ways the sky changes and how the light changes the colours of the land and the rocks.
A veritable source of life, the land has provided and sustained Alyawarra people for generations, as every plant and animal has a vital role to play within the ecological system; this profound understanding is interpreted in all Kathleen's paintings.


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Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Monday, August 15, 2016
Frank Feschino, Jr. On Live Paranormal !
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"FLATWOODS MONSTER" Show
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On Wednesday August 31 2016, author/Illustrator Frank C. Feschino, Jr. will the guest of host of John Ventre on "Live Paranormal."
Frank will be talking about his research into
the "1952 Summer of the Saucers,"
the "Flatwoods Monster" incident of
September 12, 1952 and
the subsequent events...
the subsequent events...
leading to a massive cover-up
by the United States government!
Hailed as one of the most astounding close encounters in UFO history, Mr. Feschino,
the authority of this incident,
will discuss his investigation
into the mysterious
"Flatwoods Monster"
case of 1952.
the authority of this incident,
will discuss his investigation
into the mysterious
"Flatwoods Monster"
case of 1952.
To listen Live:
Live Paranormal, LiveParanormal.com
the official paranormal community.
Dealing with all things Paranormal:
Ghost Hunting, UFO, Cryptozoology,
Sci Fi, Horror, Psychic ...
Sci Fi, Horror, Psychic ...
August 31, 2016
10:00 pm. - 11:00 pm. EDT
The Braxton County Monster
The Cover-up of the Flatwoods Monster Revealed
Updated & Revised
by Frank C. Feschino, Jr.
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A 3-player weave is more often used by handlers in game situations, but as a drill it can work on a number of disc skills that benefit all players.
Running a 3-player weave is a great way to practice a number of fundamental disc-moving skills: faking passes, pivoting, running cutting patterns with bluff cuts, timing cuts, throw-then-run, catch-pivot-pass, throwing to space.
If you run this with your whole team as a warm-up drill, have the first 3 players start and once they reach mid-field, let the next 3 start.
For an added challenge, add defenders and have them play "80%" D, applying some light coverage to put some pressure on the offensive players. And for even more challenge, let your defenders go 100% on D, turning this into a 3-player isolation drill.


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Greens MLC Tammy Franks says the Surveillance Devices Bill 2015 is an 'ag-gag' bill by another name with the potential to gag animal advocates, employees, whistleblowers and the media on issues of animal cruelty – a view supported by the Law Society in its submission, released in recent days.
"This week The Law Society's submission to the Surveillance Devices Bill has belled the cat," Ms Franks said.
"This is an ag-gag bill, despite the Attorney-General's repeated claims it is not.
"The Law Society has declared this Bill an ag-gag bill and stated that it has been unable to find any laws like it in any of the States or Territories in Australia, or in New Zealand, Canada or the United Kingdom.
"It is essential that animal welfare groups are able to expose cruelty, such as live baiting in the greyhound racing industry, without those undercover investigators who are taking the footage having to first prove 'public interest' in the courts.
"That is why the Greens share the view of groups including Voiceless, the RSPCA and Free TV Australia in calling for the retention of the existing legislation, which works perfectly well.
"The Weatherill Government has repeatedly laid claim to standing against animal cruelty, yet with this Bill they will silence those voices which expose that cruelty," she concluded.
'Ag-gag' is a term used to describe legislation that attempts to gag public awareness of animal welfare and environmental protection in agribusiness by forbidding the act of undercover filming or photography of activity without the consent of the owner.
The Greens have introduced a general public interest amendment that would allow for the recording and publication of material by any party where this material is in the public interest without the need to first obtain a court order.


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Getting a person living with Alzheimer's or dementia to take a shower or bath is one of the most common problems we face as caregivers.
One of the earliest problems I faced with my mother, Dotty, was getting her to take a shower.
In the beginning, I would typically make a common Alzheimer's caregiver mistake - I would try to convince my mom to take the shower.
This usually resulted in me trying to convince her that she needed a shower, the importance of the shower for good health (hygiene), or trying to convince her she would "stink" if she didn't take a shower.
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No matter what explanation or cajoling I tried it didn't work. Dotty would usually get angry, and use one of her favorite words - bulls***.
I can laugh about it now. But, I can also assure you that it didn't seem funny at the time.
Do you have this problem? Or, if you solved the problem, can you laugh about it now?
The feeling of accomplishment once you overcome this problem, and once you have your loved one all "squeaky" clean, is really quite wonderful. Look at it this way. Would you want to be all smelly?
More important, if you don't get the shower in at least twice a week the odds of the dreaded urinary tract infection goes up exponentially. Do you really want to deal with that?
Readers did laugh when I first wrote this - "it is easier, in my opinion, to get a person living with dementia to take a shower every day, then it is to get them to take a shower twice a week".
The importance of routine in Alzheimer's care can never be underestimated.
1. No More Blah Blah Blah
Forget all the wordy explanations. If a person living with dementia can't remember three simple words after a minute or two, they are not going to understand or remember your long winded explanation of why they should or need to take a shower or bath.
When the time comes, walk up to them slowly, get their attention, smile and wait until you receive a smile back. Then stick out your hand, palm up, and wait for them to take it.
Be a guide, not an orator.
My mother would ask, as she took my hand, where are we going? I would usually say something like to have some fun. I don't care what you say, but limit it to 5 words or less.
The goal in this first tip is to get your loved one in motion and heading in the right direction.
2. Get the Bathroom all Nice and Warm
I noticed that when my mother took her cloths off she would say every single time - I'm cold, I'm freezing. Now I wasn't cold, I was hot. We had to keep our home at 78 degrees or Dotty would say, I'm freezing. I adjusted to that problem.
The tip. Turn the shower on and adjust the temperature of the water to - just right for a shower.
Close the bathroom door so the room warms up. You know that nice feeling you get when it is nice and toasty in the bathroom. Make sure you close the door in the bathroom, and then go back to step one.
Learn More - What to do when dementia patient gets agitated
3. The Hook
As you are leading the person living with dementia to the shower start layering on the positive reinforcement.
I would usually say something like, "you know what mom, lets take our shower now, then we will have a nice snack (potato chips, ice cream), and then we will go out and have some fun.
Dotty would usually focus on the fun. Oh sure she would say. What fun? Notice here she never balked at taking the shower.
I would shift the conversation back to the snack - food.
When applying to the hook don't forget to use the word "WE". Always use the word "WE". We are going to take a shower.
No, I didn't take the shower with Dotty. I got her all showered up, and then I took my own shower, real quick, while she munched on potato chips and talked to Harvey.
Make sure you are not only being positive to your loved one, but that you are developing your own positive attitude and retraining your brain to believe that once the shower is finished you just accomplished your mission.
Accomplished something important that will hopefully cut down on illness and the dreaded UTI.
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4. Alzheimer's Patients Don't Like Water
It is my belief that most Alzheimer's patients don't like water. I think in some sense they are afraid of water.
When it comes to the shower, the water is shooting down from above and I don't think they can see. In other words, it is invisible to them.
How would you feel if something invisible started hitting you in the head?
You would probably freak out. Get it?
Make sure you help the dementia patient into the side of the shower so the water is not hitting them in the head. Then, take their hand and place it under the water until they adjust to the water temperature.
Then you can tell them to get under the water. Hand them the soap and wash cloth and encourage them to start washing themselves. Hopefully, at this juncture in the endeavor long term memory kicks in and they start washing themselves.
Let them shower and wash themselves as long as possible. Don't do it for them until you have no choice.
One thing I learned is that coaching an Alzheimer's patient to do something really works well. It worked well for me in this situation.
Article - Communicating in Alzheimer's World
5. The Gnarly Body Parts
There is no easy way to say or describe this, but here goes.
There are 2 gnarly parts that you will have to deal with. You might have to do the one in the back, or you will sooner or later.
You can usually coach your loved one to do the one in the front. Don't forget, I am a guy and this was my mom.
Dotty cooperated almost all the way. Thank goodness.
One way or the other, you have to make sure the gnarly parts get cleaned.
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Ayutthaya is worth remembering, it really is. I have good memories of this old city of Thailand. I have two friends from Bangkok who show me around and explore its historic ruins, its history, and how it looks at the present time.
Ayutthaya is located approximately 80 kilometres north of Bangkok. History tells us that Ayutthaya was the Thai capital for more than 400 years. During this period, Thai Culture flourished, and Ayutthaya became a centre for international commerce.
The present day city is located at the confluence of the Chao Phraya, Pa Sak and Lopburi rivers. A canal joins them and encircles the town.
To me, Ayutthaya is a relatively low-key site. It is quiet and I feel I can spend all day relaxing while enjoying the history of what this ancient site is all about. A whole day going around the city is just worth it.
Kwan and Denchai, are beautiful people in and out. This young couple are God send. Few minutes of exchanging ideas in the lobby of Umeda Building in Osaka Japan is long enough to understand each other and be a long time friends as what we are now. Right there and then, they invited us to give them a call when we are in Bangkok. It is a coincidence that Thailand is in our itinerary and the last leg of our five-Asian journey. We literally painted the town red, both in Bangkok and Ayutthaya.
Although we did not use public transport in exploring Bangkok and Ayutthaya, I want to make sure you read the information below to help you in going around conveniently in these two beautiful cities. You will see below public and private transport direction between Bangkok and Ayutthaya.
By Bus
- There are direct air-conditioned buses that leaves Bangkok every half an hour from the Northern bus terminal on Phaholyothin Road starting 5:30 am until 7:20 pm. Call this telephone to confirm: (Tel. 537-8055-6)
- There are regular or non air-conditioned buses that leaves for Bang Pa-In, Bang Sai, and Ayutthaya many times daily from 5:30 am-7:20 pm. The number to call to confirm this information (Tel. 272-5761-5 ext. 117)
By Car
- Take Highway No. 1 (Phahonyothin Road.) then take Highway No. 32 to Ayutthaya.
- Take Highway No. 304 (Chaeng – Watthna Road.) or take Highway No. 302 (Ngamwongwan Road.) ; turn right to Highway No. 306 (Tiwanon Road.), then take Highway No. 3111 (Pathum Thani – Samkhok – Sena) and turn right at Amphoe Sena to Highway No. 3263
- Take Highway No. 306 (Bangkok – Nonthaburi – Pathum Thani Road.) then take Highway No. 347
By Train
- Trains leave Bangkok Railway Station (Hua Lamphong Rama IV Road daily every hour starting from 6:40 am until 10:00 pm. Call this number to confirm the information: (Tel. 2230710,2230720)
If you are staying in Ayutthaya for a couple of days and you have the time to explore the neighbouring places, you may plan your trip based on the following information. Notice that District is the English for Amphoe. Distances from Ayutthaya are enumerated below for your convenience.
- Amphoe Bang Ban 10 kms.
- Amphoe Bang Pa Han 13 kms.
- Amphoe U-Thai 15 kms.
- Amphoe Bang Pa-In 17 kms.
- Amphoe Wang Noi 20 kms.
- Amphoe Sena 20 kms.
- Amphoe Nakhon Luang 20 kms.
- Amphoe Maharat 25 kms.
- Amphoe Phak Hai 29 kms.
- Amphoe Bang Sai 34 kms.
- Amphoe Pha Chi 35 kms.
- Amphoe Ban Sai 45 kms.
- Amphoe Ban Phraek 53 kms.
- Amphoe Tha Rua 60 kms.
- Amphoe Lat Bua Luang 65 kms.
If you think you can stay a couple more days, going to the neighbouring provinces is recommended. The following distances can be used to make your plan for this particular journey. Notice the distances in kilometres are from Ayutthaya:
- Ang Thong 31 kms.
- Suphanburi 53 kms.
- Saraburi 63 kms.
- Bangkok: 76 kms.
Ayutthaya Sights
The main historical sights lie in the northwest corner of the island. These sights can easily be explored on foot or, better, bicycle. A number of other very interesting sights can be found on the banks of the rivers opposite to the city, but these are much more spread out. You may need to rent a motorcycle or samlor to explore these.
In addition to the ruins listed here, the inner city is also home to two or three museums worth a visit.
- Wat Phra Si Sanphet
- The three bell-shaped chedis of Wat Phra Si Sanphet have practically become a symbol of Ayutthaya. The temple stands almost in the centre of the main area of the old capital.
- Wat Phra Ram
- Just across the street from Wat Phra Si Sanphet is the towering prang of Wat Phra Ram, an excellent example of a Khmer style temple from the beginning of the Ayutthaya period.
- Wat Ratburana
- Closer to the current city centre, Wat Ratburana was built in 1424 to hold the ashes of the king's two older brothers, who killed each other fighting over the throne. It is on the street across from the Wat Mahathat
- Wat Mahathat
- The temple was built in the early days of Ayutthaya in the late 14th century by King Borommaracha I. The story goes that the king had a revelation, and relics of the Buddha then suddenly appeared. The temple was built to house the relics.
To the north, west and south of the island are several temples dating from the city's golden age, or even before. The remains of the Portuguese and Japanese communities are also just south of the island, on opposite sides of the Chao Phraya River.
- Wat Phanan Choeng
- On the south side of Ayutthaya, right where the Chao Phraya and Pasak rivers join, is one of Ayutthaya's oldest temples, and one of its most lively to this day. The huge Buddha image around which the temple was built was cast in 1324.
- Wat Yai Chai Mongkon
- At the southeast edge of town lies the huge bell-shaped chedi of Wat Ya Chai Mongkon. This temple is easily accessible as it is along the road.
- Wat Na Phra Mane
- This small but interesting temple just north of the royal island has played a very pivotal role in the history of Ayutthaya.
- Wat Phu Khao Thong
- Out in the flat plain of rice fields and fish ponds northwest of town rises the stark white chedi of Wat Phu Khao Thong. The name literally translates to "Golden Mount."
- Wat Chai Wattanaram
- Standing right on the river, Wat Chai Wattanaram is, in our view, one of the most impressive of the remaining monuments of old Ayutthaya.
- Wat Phutthaisawan
- Almost due south of the old town, on the south bank of the Chao Phraya River, is the very old temple of Wat Phutthaisawan. With its freshly whitewashed classically styled prang, the temple is easy to overlook. Most guidebooks do, but don't you make that mistake. The temple, with its skewed architecture, is quite interesting.


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Most of us want to look good, but keeping your wardrobe looking good and fresh can be expensive. You should never go into debt to buy something you want 'right now'. Aaron Marino of alpha m. covers how to look good for less. Stick to basics, timeless, and classics. 1. Discount rack - pick through the rack
2. Outlet stores - deeper discount than the mall
3. Marshalls, TJ Maxx, Nordstrom Rack, Ross - great stuff at great price but you have to hunt and pick
4. Daily deal sites on the web - you have to be creative and think outside of the box
5. Mailing list for favorite store - the deals aren't found at the store
6. Second-hand stores- thrift stores like Plato's Closet. Alpha gives a story about his youth where he didn't spend a lot to look great.
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What is the Guild?
The Guild, a paid apprenticeship program, gives formerly incarcerated individuals and young adults on probation the opportunity to reconnect with their community while developing job skills. Through work on creative projects like mural making, carpentry, and mosaics, members of the Guild, guided by artists and other skilled professionals, transform their neighborhoods and themselves.
Designed to incorporate concepts of community, victim, and individual restoration in every aspect of the program, The Guild seeks to prevent re-incarceration and further the employment or educational objectives of each participant.
At the Guild, I didn't make friends. I made family.
Guild participants are trained in:
- Wall and Mural Repair and Installation
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In addition to the skills built through work, the Guild offers classes in job readiness and parenting, as well as referrals to academic support programs that assist with access to the GED and higher education.
The program boasts a remarkable track record in reducing recidivism, or the re-incarceration of former inmates. During the program and for the following 18 months, participants in the Guild are recidivistic at a marginal rate of 16%, versus a 35% average across the state of Pennsylvania.
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For more information on The Guild, please call 215-685-0756.


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Paige's Day at Operation Pit
Paige Post-Spay
Yesterday, our little girl Paige got spayed! To say she's less than thrilled is an understatement.
Here in New York City, the ASPCA has an amazing program called Operation Pit. Basically, the ASPCA provides free (you read that right: FREE!) spay and neuter procedures, vaccinations and microchips for pit bull type dogs. In an effort to promote responsible pet ownership and make an impact in the overpopulation of homeless dogs, they devised this great plan.
To qualify for Operation Pit, you and your dog only need to meet two requirements: you must be a resident of one of the five boroughs and your dog must be a pit bull type dog. That's it! No financial qualifications, no lifestyle qualifications and no questions asked. You drop your dog off at 8am on the day of the appointment, and pick the up at 5pm. I don't handle medical treatments very well, for myself or my dogs, so I was stressed out all day. I even called them once to check in on Paige, and they were absolutely wonderful about it.
I had never been to the ASPCA's Bergh Memorial Animal Hospital, so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. Well, the building is currently undergoing a bit of a renovation, but aside from the construction dust, it's pretty sweet. There's lots of space, very helpful staff, an adoption center of course and the hospital. The hospital is a regular animal hospital as well (it doesn't just handle Operation Pit cases), and they handled every patient I saw come in with care and kindness, and the costs I overheard weren't that bad. If I lived closer to it, we'd probably be regular patients there.
So this is a plea to all pit bull owners in New York City from us: get your dog spayed or neutered. It's free and easy with Operation Pit! I'm so grateful that this program exists and that they took such wonderful care of Paige. The doctor even sent a little note with her discharge papers: "Paige bled a little more than the average dog during surgery. She was closely monitored after surgery and there were no signs of complications. She is a cute dog and was a great patient. Thank you for bring her to Operation Pit."


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I started learning WPF some time ago and the first thing that struck me was the sheer number of properties available on these classes. It turns out that those properties are mainly there to make support for Xaml (declaritive programming) easier/better. But even before WPF, WinForms too had its share of properties on its classes.
So I wondered why would we want to have so many Font-properties on a class in WPF; at least in WinForms its on a Font object and the Form/Control only has a Font property (the answer has probably to do with Xaml -again).
To be more generic: why do we not (in general) design our class properties to be grouped in functional related groups and make these groups class properties themselves?
So instead of (public fields used for clarity):
public class MyClass
public int MinWidth;
public int MinHeight;
public int MaxWidth;
public int MaxHeight;
// …more properties
Why don't we make code like this:
public class MyClass
public Dimension Dimension = new Dimension();
public struct Dimension
public int MinWidth;
public int MinHeight;
public int MaxWidth;
public int MaxHeight;
// …more property groups
For classes with a lot of properties this would make things a little more navigatable for the user of that class (i would think). When there are several pages of intellisense worth of properties (in the first example) you would be able to reduce that to only a handfull of groups. Note that I propose a property group as a struct: its merely a container for properties and has no functionality of its own.
One of the downsides of this approach could be that accessing the main class from a property implementation in a property group requires passing that reference to all property groups. On the otherhand: most property implementations are pretty simple anyway…


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Poznan/Posen and the Camps at Zabikowo
Poznan or Posen as it was known during the occupation is located in Western Poland and during the German occupation between 1939 and 1945, was incorporated into the Reich and became capital of the Wartheland.
Jewish refugees may have settled in Poznan after such upheavals as the Rhineland massacres of the First Crusade, the peasant riots of 1248 and the Black Death persecutions of 1348-49.
A Jewish was in existence in the second half of the 14th Century, with Jews engaging in money-lending and money-changing, mostly on a small scale under charters guaranteeing religious freedom and internal autonomy.
In 1399 Jews were murdered and their account books destroyed in one of the recurring anti-Jewish incidents that plagued the community over the centuries. Epidemics and fires also disturbed the community during its early existence.
During the 15th and 16th centuries Jews increasingly migrated to trade and crafts, although there were residence and trade restrictions at this time, by the mid-16th century Jews comprised half the cities population.
There was a general atmosphere of prosperity and the community was one of the most important in Greater Poland, with a much coveted rabbinical seat and a renowned yeshiva. Among the yeshiva heads were R.Shemuel Edels(Maharsha), David ha-Levi(the Taz), author of the well-known Turei Zahav on the Shulhan Arukh, and R. Moshe Lipschitz.
A period of crisis commenced in the mid- 17th century, only 300 of the city's Jewish families survived the Swedish invasion of 1656 and in the Northern War of the early 18th century the Jews again suffered grievously.
Many Jews left the city during a plague in 1709 and eight years later the Jewish quarter of the city was destroyed by invaders from the so-called Tarnograd Confederation and a year later a great fire destroyed more Jewish homes along with the synagogue.
In 1736 Jews were arrested in a blood libel and held in prison for four years. Throughout the century the process of economic decline continued unabated. With the establishment of Prussian rule in 179, interrupted between 1807-15 when Poznan was included in the Grand Duchy of Warsaw and Jewish rights were suspended, Jews gradually achieved a measure of equality and with increasing education underwent a process of cultural and political Germanisation.
Active among the maskilim was the Hebrew writer and educator David Caro who opened the first modern Jewish school there in 1816. The Jewish population grew to a peak of 7,255 in 1871, but thereafter emigration substantially depleted the community, particularly among the educated class, whilst Jewish tradesmen continued to face strong competition from the city's Germans and Poles.
In the late 19th century, the community was split in two between the followers of Haskala and religious conservative elements. A Hovevei Zion group was formed in 1895.
The community operated a hospital which was founded in 1887, public health services, an old –peoples home, orphanage and summer camps, most children studied in public schools.. The First World War accelerated the decline in the population as many settled in the interior of Germany, leaving 2,088 Jews in 1921.
Prominent among the Zionist youth movements was Hashomer Hatzair which sent many of its pioneers to Palestine in the 1930's when the Jews were subjected to violent outbursts of anti-Semitism along with economic boycotts.
The Second World War
The Germans invaded Poland on the 31 August / 1 September 1939 and using blitzkrieg tactics quickly defeated the Polish forces, before the arrival of German troops in early September 1939, many Jews fled Poznan, seeking refuge with relatives in other parts of Poland.
The Germans marched into the city on the 10 September 1939 and five days later they confiscated thousands of books that were held in the Jewish library. They forbade Jewish schools to open on the 16 September and they closed Jewish shops on the 20 September 1939.
The Jewish shops were taken over by the NSV (National Socialist Social Welfare) organisation. On the 20 October 1939 the first Jewish victims Benno Rindfleisch and Julius Tychauer were shot at Fort VII. Several more Jews were shot in the same month, in Poznan and in nearby Buk and Kornik.
A resettlement camp for Poles was opened on Baltycka Street in the central district on the 5 November 1939. A week later SS- Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhem Koppe, the Higher SS and Police Leader Posen – Wartheland, issued instructions for the resettlement of all Jews and 35,000 Poles.
From the 29 November 1939 the Jews of Posen were ordered to wear the Star of David on their chests and a yellow armband on their sleeves. On the 11 December 1939 the Gestapo ordered the Jewish community to organise the assembly of all Posen's Jews on Baltycka Street at eight o'clock the following morning.
They were placed in a barrack and had their baggage confiscated, the following day approximately 1,500 Jewish people were resettled in the GeneralGouvernement. The majority were deported to Ostrow Lubelski in the Lublin district, whilst others went to the larger cities of Warsaw and Lodz. Those who went to Ostrow Lubelski probably perished at the Belzec and Sobibor death camps.
Seven days after the deportation, the German Trust Office finished the work of confiscating Jewish shops and businesses and on the following morning on the 20 December 1939 Dr Friemart drove to Dziekanka near Gniezno, where he supervised the killing of the Jewish and Polish patients at the mental hospital.
Work began on the conversion of the Stawna Street synagogue into a swimming pool, on the 15 April 1940 the Germans ceremonially removed the last Star of David from the building. The Jewish district had ceased to exist.
It was in Posen, in the town hall, that Heinrich Himmler the Reichsfuhrer-SS made his infamous speech to the higher echelons of the SS on the 4 October 1943, where he talked publically about the extermination of the Jewish race in Europe and the transfer of their property.
One of the higher SS leaders not present was Odilo Globocnik as the intercepted German police decode message revealed.
After the war a Jewish community numbering 200 existed in 1946, but today there are very few Jews left in Poznan.
Read more here: http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/othercamps/zabikowo.html
The Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team
Copyright Carmelo Lisciotto H.E.A.R.T 2011
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- The Story of Oskar Schindler
- The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
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Hi there! I know you didn't do this on purpose, but please be careful about spoiling others. In our Discord we have a channel to discuss stuff about chapters 2 and 3: https://discord.gg/LongGoneDays
Long Gone Days
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
Short Description
Long Gone Days is a 2D modern-day military RPG set in our current times, with a focus on language and cultural barriers, inspired by classic dystopian literature and visual novels.
After being deployed to his first mission, Rourke leaves The Core's base for the very first time, only to discover the dark truth about the operation he's part of and the consequences of deserting an inescapable war.
With no place to call home now, he must prevent the war from spreading any further, forming strong bonds along the way that will forever change his life.
- Communication is Key: As Long Gone Days is set in the real world, you'll encounter several language barriers. Recruit interpreters in order to communicate with others.
- Keep Morale High: Choose dialogue options wisely as they impact your party members' Morale, affecting how they perform during battles. While doing so, keep in mind every character has different personality traits and motivations.
- Sniper Mode: Long Gone Days has two battle systems. Using Rourke's rifle, spot your enemies and take down your targets.
- No Random Encounters: Long Gone Days features front-view turn-based battles with body-targeting system, and every battle is directly related to the plot.
Frequently Asked Question
Q: Can I do a Let's Play/Review/Stream of the demo?
A: Sure, we'd be honored. For reviews, you can also use the information/pictures from the Press Kit.
Read the entire FAQ here.
Inquiries - firstname.lastname@example.com
FAQ - http://longgonedays.com/faq
Web - longgonedays.com
Discord - discord.gg/longgonedays
Tumblr - lgdays.tumblr.com
Twitter - twitter.com/lgdays
Facebook - facebook.com/longgonedaysgame
|In development
|Windows, macOS
|Release date
|Mar 28, 2018
|Camila Gormaz
|Role Playing, Visual Novel
|Made with
|2D, Anime, JRPG, Meaningful Choices, Pixel Art, Singleplayer, Story Rich, War
|Asset license
|Creative Commons Attribution_NonCommercial_NoDerivatives v4.0 International
|Average session
|A few hours
|Steam, Homepage, Blog, Twitter, Facebook
|itch.io Recommends: Games about dungeons...
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $14.99 USD. Your purchase comes with a Steam key. You will get access to the following files:
Download demo
Development log
- 25% OFF until 24 Sept77 days ago
- Chapters 2 & 3 Released!Jul 25, 2019
- Next Update on July 25!Jun 26, 2019
- Weeklong Deal!Apr 15, 2019
- New Discord server!Apr 04, 2019
- New Trailer! Full Release Date AnnouncementDec 09, 2018
- Progress Report + Controller Support on SteamOct 23, 2018
- Now available on MAC!Jun 22, 2018
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Sorry, I just to curios about her condition and story though. I will head to the discord and delete this post immediately.
I love the mix of visual novel mechanics and all the exploration moments.
Hello, I just finished the game so far, and loved it ! However, I don't know if this is a bug, but when I use the keys in appartment 301 in the "Lost Key" quest, it doesn't give me the"quest completed" notification.
Also I couldn't find how to start the "Password Protected" sidequest in Kiel, a little hint is welcome.
In any case , you and your team did a great job on this game !
Keep up the the good work!
Thank you so much! The "Password Protected" sidequest is only available inside the first dungeon of chapter 2.
I'll take a look at that bug you mentioned about the "Lost Key" sidequest, because that definitely sounds like a bug. The quest completed notification usually pops up as soon as you open the door (which means it could be misseable since it shows up during the transition). Inside the pause menu, does that quest show it's 100% completed?
In any case, thank you so much for taking the time to report it! Hope you have a great day!
Hello ! Thank you for your answer !
Nope, in the "lost key" sidequest, I am still at 66%, and I have the AC 99 upgrade document.
Have a nice day !
I'm sure you get tons of emails and questions but I'm not sure if you've answered this elsewhere and I'm at work not being able to do a thorough search for a possible answer for the question elsewhere so here goes, are there any plans to port this over to console? Also, if no, is it difficult in the Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo communication side of things or would it be a programming issue where it would take too long to rewire things for console code?... Please let me know because I hardly play on PC and I'm a huge Sony fan (Nintendo as well) and would love to get this game on those consoles. As for now I might just get it on PC but I know damn well I wouldn't be giving it the love it deserves simply because of the fact that I rarely use my PC... Thank you in advance and OMG this game looks so dope <3 I'm getting Gundam vibes tbh but where are the mobile suits? ahaha! Much love <3
Thanks for your kind words! We would love to release the game on a console, but we can't while it is on early access. We definitely want to look into doing a Switch port, and maybe other consoles, but we won't be able to confirm it until we are 100% sure we can make it (we are based in Chile, so there might be some barriers).
For now, we've been making sure our build is compatible, so the port itself shouldn't be that troublesome. We'll still try our best, we would love to see our game on consoles ♥!
Thanks for your continued hard work and I'm sure you guys will be making that a reality. I can truly see this on console and I'm not just saying that. Much love <3
Game looks great.
If i may ask , are there any plans for a linux version by any chance ?
We do have a linux version planned, but it will probably come after our full release since our game is still in development and unfortunately we don't have too many Linux testers to make sure it is working as intended.
One of the most beautiful games I've ever seen.
You really knew how to use Rpg Maker without seeming to be.
I loved the style of the gameplay.
The graphic style was too beautiful.
Shoot man, looks good. Everything I would expect in a Gundam TV series, but without the Gundams. You really know how to pull of the warstory. I can tell. Wow.
Thanks a lot! I'll admit I have only watched Gundam Wing (and it was one of the first series I ever obsessed with, haha) but most of my favorite series feature mechas, they tend to have an interesting take on war and how it affects the civilians and the soldiers alike.
can you make the game......Free? please
Do you like to give your labor away for free? I sure hope not.
Hi there! If money wasn't an issue I'd make them for free, but the development itself is being funded with the sales. We hope you understand.
It was a nice change to see such a polite response these days on the internet so I wanna thank you for that. By the way the 2D art in this game looks incredible, I specially like the shading, really nice work.
lol... how sad that there are people that ask this garbage. pfft.
This game looks fantastic and I cannot wait to see it fully released!
Hello, Any news ? (even a simple "we're working on it" is enough, really, there is too many projects who are going from silence to canceled )
Ooh, sorry, for some reason I don't get notifications on itchio, but we are still working on it! At the beginning of the month, we posted this progress report, with lots of new screenshots: https://steamcommunity.com/games/510540/announcements/detail/3482863004753561575
We are more active on Twitter (https://twitter.com/lgdays) and Tumblr (http://lgdays.tumblr.com/). We update them a couple of times a month.
what a neat game! I also have a crush on Branna...her design is great.
I would say this game is better than the hetallia series and should get it's own anime. Just based on the preview the graphics, animation, and idea centered around military/distopia/dictator/war concepts is a most very recent and evolving events.
Is this game created with RPGMaker, Unity, or Lua?
Hello! Thank you for creating such an amazing game. I haven't played it yet but I just know I'm gonna love it haha. I just bought it off humble bundle and I have a question... The description says the game is available DRM-free but I assume this is for the full version only? I don't mind playing the early-access stage of the game through steam, but would I have to re-buy the game if I wanted the DRM-free full version of the game?
I just finished playing the demo and what an experience! The inner conflict shown by a deserter was easily seen and empathized with. Simply one of the best dystopian stories I've read and the best I've played as a game to date! I really hope this has at least 10 chapters haha. I wouldn't even mind paying more.
As for issues with the game, there are a few I noticed, but I only started scrutinizing these at Kaliningrad so I may have missed some from the Core etc.:
- Minor issues: Spelling mistakes. The quest page for "The Lost Girl" says that the girl's name is Nina, but according to dialogue, the girl's name is Mila. Next, Ivan's neighbour's mother (lol) says "...He must 'we' waiting..." at her house by the river. When we first meet Leonid, he says "Find 'my' at my place." Lastly, during the final cinematic, the Father General says "Then 'why' are you standing here for?!"
- Medium-Major issues: There are some instances when I choose the correct dialogue and the increased morale symbol shows up above my characters' heads. However, when I checked the values on the menu, the morale percentages remained unchanged. This happened with: Firstly, the talk with Lynn at Ivan's house. Secondly, after the completion of "The Lost Girl" quest, only Adair and Lynn's morale increased (intentional?). Lastly, the quest where I had to get the medicine for the baby in the church.
- Major issue (at least for me): There is no unequip button. There was a jacket I wanted to equip on Rourke, but I accidentally put it on Lynn (don't ask). Lynn had no other alternative armors so all I got was a buzz in response when I pressed on it.
It's nice to see that you guys implemented a sprinting button, but I still think it's a bit slow sorry...
In any case, I just LOVE this game to bits! Congratulations on making it this far, this is my most highly anticipated game this year!
Hi there! Thank you so much for the compliments, that's really nice of you!
We'll be including the fixes to these spelling mistakes/morale bugs in our next update (we are currently working on adding controller support/key remapping, among other things). We definitely want to raise Rourke's base speed and add an actual running animation, so that's on our to-do list.
Once again, thank you so much for taking the time to report these bugs, we hope to have the next update soon!
Hi there! We have a DRM-free version of the current build for our backers, but we highly encourage to get the Steam version since the game is still being developed. We'll add a DRM-free version after the full release.
Since you bought it through Humble Bundle (and the same would apply to everyone who bought it through itchio), we can add the DRM-free version to the package, so you'll be able to get it if you look at your purchases, without any additional cost.
Thank you so much for the OSX Version!!!! Congratulations on the release!!! All the best to you and your game!
Ah, that's the OSX version of the old 2016 prototype demo! We are still working on the OSX version of the actual release, sorry for the inconvenience.
No comment needed, simply the best game ever...impressed.
Will there be Early Access for Mac anytime soon? Fell in love with it the first time I played the demo!
Sorry for taking so long to reply! We are working on it, and also on controller support and key remapping. We'll make an announcement as soon as it is ready!
This game looks beautiful!
Is it still possible to download and try the demo? As i can't find it anywhere.
Hi there! We are not actively distributing the prototype demo anymore as it isn't a good representation of what the game looks like today, but if you want to try it anyway, you can download it from here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8S-Kr08eI3uTnhaaHR1eHVDTWc
I didn't play long (around 45mn right before going to work :s) but I'm already charmed !
However there are some little change that could really improve the flow :
-Could you set up a key to activate a "running" mode instead of holding shift ? or maybe speed up the base walking speed ?
-Is it possible to use the cancel key to continue a dialog(because pressing accidentally the key at the end of a long dial and having to cycle it again is kind of a pain >.>)
-Like the other two it's a user friendly suggestion but, in the menu can you make it possible to go from the upper option to the down while pushing "up" instead of having to use the "down" key multiple time ?
And one thing who is a little more on the serious side :
-LGD use around 65% of CPU... that's quite a lot (even skyrim doesn't use that much.. >.>) is it a particularity of the engine or the problem lie within my computer maybe ?
Anyway, Congratulation on the EA release ! (i'm seriously hyped, as much as i am with "Crosscode", if you don't know, take a look at it)
Hi there! Thank you so much for taking the time to give us feedback.
- We agree with the base walking speed being a bit slow, and we are working on that (which will speed up the "running" speed as well).
- Regarding the use of the cancel key to continue and allowing the up and down button go all the way around: That's a very good point, as this happened to us as we were testing the game as well.
Thanks for reporting the performance issue, we will look into it! (And yes, I'm a fan of CrossCode, I can't wait for the full release)
It is so inspiring to see these type of games to evolve like this and being finally able to get early access. Inde game development is such a wonderful thing and your game is cleary inspiring me, in your communication, development and game itself, as an apprentice creator.
Thx !
Wow, thank you so much, we are glad you feel that way! Don't hesitate to ask if you need help as a fellow creator!
Your artistic talents are so good that I'm positively horrified by the perspective of being a guy forced to fight in an unjust war. I don't want to kill those other people which are as clueless as me. Probably won't play that.
I can't wait for this game to come out!!
just got it seems legit
love love LOVE this! Can't wait for the full game!
I need the full game now!!!
I know it's kinda late but I just make an account and I must tell you how much I love this game. I played the demo a few months ago and from that time I stalk your fb page like a creep. I just can't wait for this game to come out! I love everything but you're sense of humour just stole my heart. The story made me thinking so many times cuz as a polish girl I can kinda relate. Anyway, why Poland and Russia? I mean, I can really see why cuz all this false flag operation isn't really something that is impossible to happen but I just want to know.
Oh, and I made a let's plays some time ago. I hope they're not bad :3
I know I'm really late in playing this and so much must have changed since the demo came out. But I love it! I can't wait for it to come out! This is so up my alley. The visuals are incredible and the plot is already upsetting and getting my brain to thinking. There's glitchiness that happens when you go straight into a second playthrough after finishing the demo, but I figure that's probably not very relevant anymore. But I did want to say that some sentences in the very beginning before you take control of Rourke are very long. Most of the rest of the demo reads fine, but since the beginning of the game will be what draws people in and provides important exposition, cutting up some of Rourke's monologue into shorter, more to-the-point sentences will make it easier for new players to absorb the information and it will read less awkwardly.
Hi goodra! Thanks for your feedback. I'm glad to hear that, because it means we are on a good track. We have modified the intro of the game to have more action at first, since it starts a bit slow until you get to the mission. This way, there is no longer a need to make tutorials (I wasn't too happy with that shooting range training scene to be honest, haha). The game has changed quite a bit now thanks to all the feedback, I really, really like how the progression looks now!
Thank you very much for your kind words!
This is my first and still favorite game on itch.io. Everything was so good, so well-written, it honestly blew me away. I don't even know what to complement? The art, the story, the characters or the way you made me cry, like, three times.
I'm still recommending to anyone I see the moment the subject of "games" pop up.
The moment the full game comes out, I'll be throwing a mini-party in its honor.
I'm also expecting it to come out in different languages as well, so I can share more.
Sorry for taking so long to reply! The fact that you still think about the game even though the demo came out a year ago makes me so happy!! Thank you so much for taking the time to write about this, it really means a lot ♥
We hope to localize the game into different languages, since that's one of the main themes in the game, but I can't confirm any languages yet. Thank you once again for your support, have an amazing day!
Featured the demo on The Saturday Select where we feature and play select promising games that are still in development!
P.S. should have been called "Long Gone Gays" amirite
I played the demo for my YouTube channel and I loved it! The story is intriguing, the soundtrack is amazing, the art has a charming manga-esque style to it and the pixel art is very impressive too. I look forward to the release of the full game soon. If you want you can see the videos I made on it here, I had a ton of fun making them:
Anyways, I think I found a bug. After you exit the cave with the medic, two soldiers from the Core try to stop you. After you defeat the one on the left, it gives the message that "soldier __ is defeated" or something like that, but it pops up twice instead of once.
Hi Developer!
I am running MacOS 10.12.3, and when I try to load the game, it says "File is damaged and should be moved to trash" I don't know if this is a common problem or not, but regardless I can't wait to play this game if and when this is fixed.
This is really cool! Love the art. Do have minor criticisms, though. Left a review over at my channel.
Beautiful writing and characters. Can't wait to see the rest of it. I don't know how and I don't know why but this little demo has charmed me more than anything I've played in a long time. Keep up the good work!
whenever i try to open it it says file is damaged you should move it to trash (mac)
I can't even say enough positive things about this game. I was actually heartbroken when the demo ended. I am waiting eagerly for this game to come to full realisation. You can watch the videos I made here for a good look at the game.
Thank you so much! We are so glad to hear you enjoyed the demo, thanks for recording a Let's Play of it! And don't worry about calling it "Long Days Gone", that happens all the time, haha.
Have a great day!
This is an amazing game! I don't really play games but I really love this one! I'm looking forward for the full version even though I might can't afford it :P Good job guys! (One more thing, I'm editing this twice, my game keeps close unexpectedly! It's so annoying and eventhough I saved the game, all of the data or files are gone... T.T Please do something about it...)
Also this game reminds me so much of Fullmetal Alchemist like the anime, somehow... Maybe because of military styled survival thing lol
Hi there! This is the first time I have heard about the data files being gone after an unexpected shutdown. Do you mean the saves are gone? If the game closes unexpectedly, it is usually related to not having enough free memory left. Since we are working on Unity instead of RPG Maker now, the requirements are lower as it's better optimized.
I used to love Fullmetal Alchemist back in the '00s, so I could have subconsciously got some inspiration from it, haha. Thank you, and sorry for the inconvenience.
Thanks for replying!~ I think that having low memory might be the reason, but I'm glad you took the time to read my comments. I'll try playing again and deleting some of my unused files.
*insert something that doesn't make the rest of this comment stupid* - steam
unfortunately i cant play the demo :( when i try to open it it says: "Game" is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the Trash. so is there something i'm doing wrong or is the demo broken please help i really want to play the game! i'm using a mac with OS serria don't know if that matters though please help!
Everytime I click new game nothing happends
Hi there! The game is meant to be played with a keyboard or a controller, but not with a mouse.


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