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Jan 8, 2008
He is famous for his theory called "Ockam's razor", which says that "things (entities) should not be multiplied beyond necessity", or in translation "The simplest solution tends to be the best (right one)". There is also an elaborate wikipedia article on that, here.
So, I think it could mean two things that they named the captain Ockham. The first one would be that it will play a role in the future of the story (either of the game or the show), or that the writers are laughing at us fans for looking too much into some details and making it sometimes too complicated. But one thing's for sure - they didn't name him Ockham by accident.
3 comments:
- Red Moose Studios said...
Funnily enough, I heard his last name as Arkham. You know, the Lovecraft one.
- January 8, 2008 at 4:08 PM
- Monk Satyr said...
'ake!' I DO believe that the captain's name is important (weather that plays out in-game or in-series is something to be determined). The idea that the producers/exsecutives are 'laughing at us' is compeling, but I, honestly think that that kind of ridicule would be saved for a podcast ;) .
The Ockham reference is very influential in the plot, I think. I could elaborate, but that's for another post ;)
btw- Red Moose, if you activate subtitles you will see it displayed as 'Okcham' (just go into your settings at the bottom of find815 and turn on sub's)
- January 8, 2008 at 5:49 PM
- Jake Chambers said...
Yeah, subtitles can spare us quarrels like "either" vs "neither"...
Anyway... monk satyr, they spent a whole EPISODE ("Expose") mocking us... why not mock us in the game, too? :D
- January 8, 2008 at 6:13 PM


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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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Sunday, March 29, 2009
Busy weekends again
Club4Paws here I am again. Don't ask me why I love that place, as Mummy is the one bringing me there.
Mummy: who is the one early in the morning whining non-stop telling me she want to swim wan.
Anyway, I met up with my sidekick wannabe ZhuZhu, and she as usual don't like to swim but than Mummy say I should dive in the water more to show her how to be a great swimmer like me. But seems like she prefer to suntan.
For that "cursed place", we manage to go on Sat but thn our pawrents decide its not a good place for us to run around as its seems tick-infested.
So we went to BDR and meet up with JoJo. A lot of paw frens was there and Mummy took shots of us as usual.
And today, we Jackerteers went to to DoMo place for a friendly visit.
And we had fights after fights, non-stop action, speeding race around DoMo house. And we try to take a seat and take group fotos too.
Its not easy job.
Well thats it for my weekends, hope to have more fun next sun and also meet up with the jackerteers again.
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Friday, March 27, 2009
Video Montage
Big Credit to JoJo Ma.
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Monday, March 23, 2009
I'm in STOMP
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Sunday, March 22, 2009
Early trip to Sentosa
Mummy, I'm so so so happy that you bringing me to Tanjong Beach today. As promised, I did not woke you up at 6am, I woke you up at 6:30 am, keke. (not much difference)
Mummy went ahead preparing stuffs and food to be taken to the beach. I was feeling a little unwell, maybe because of the dirty pond I swam in yesterday. But that did not stop me from going gai gai lor.
We reach there at around 10am and the weather was so good compared to yesterday. Everything about today was so perfect and good that we 5 Jacks really enjoy ourselves. We even went to BDR afterwards. Oh gosh, how energetic can we be. But end of the day, we were all so tired and so was our daddies & mummies.
Mummy: sorry about the shortage of text as ginger and I are so tired now. Please see below pics of the day.
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The West Connecticut Rover Club was created in early 1997 to represent the Rover owners of Connecticut, Western Mass., Eastern New York and Northern Jersey. It was originally founded by Michael Ladden & Peter Goundry. It quickly became one of the largest & most active clubs on the East Coast. The original WCRC web site was launched in April of 1999. The club remained active through 2006 or so. Over the years it was best known for hosting two of the largest Land Rover events in North America in 2000 & 2001 at Killington Vermont called RoverFest. It also was involved in a number of other offroad and social activities both in Connecticut & the surrounding states & Canada. At one time it published a bi-monthly print newsletter entitled The Overland. The club eventually became inactive, although many of its former members & leaders are still very active in the Land Rover community & overlanding in general.
This page was created to preserve some of the photos, event info and historic club memories from the late 90's and early 2000's.
Please contact us if you have any photos or memories to share.
Currently there are three sister clubs on the East Coast that still remain active as of 2017.
Ottawa Valley Land Rover Club | ROVERS (PA & NJ area) | Rover Owners Association of Virginia
Photos From WCRC Events
1998: Pownal Vermont Club Campout. [more}
1999: Baby Camel Trophy. Pine Barrens New Jersey. [more}
1999: WCRC Rover Weekend June 1999 at Middletown CT. [more}
2002: West Connecticut Rover Club Harkness Weekend Off-road, including photos of our newly restored Land Rover 101. [more}
2002: Xtreme Campout. Western Massachusetts. Including one of our Africa overland vehicles. [more}
2003: Ottawa Canada. Camping & a weekend of scenic trails. Includes roll over photos of our Land Rover 101. [more}
2003: Hell & Back 2003. Florida Road, North Adams Massachusetts. [more}
2008: Ottawa Valley Land Rover Birthday Party. [more}
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Juan Pablo Montoya wasn't the only one who ran a little fast at The Brickyard last week. WTHR in Indianapolis followed law enforcement officials around as they arrested a slew of drunken revelers for fighting, indecent exposure, underage drinking, marijuana possession and hitting women with their cars. (Yes, that really happened.) Thank goodness it is not illegal for hot chicks to wear devil horns.
One of the weirdest breast flashes ever happens in the video below. A woman in pink pulls up her shirt for a girl and a couple of guys, one of whom looks like he is on his way to Comic-Con (the guy on the right.) No beads? No chant? What did she stand to gain? She must be new.
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Final note: I have watched this several times now and can't help but think that cops must hate drunks. We – I have been known to do a little tailgating – are pretty obnoxious when we're hammered. Frankly, it's a wonder more people aren't tazed, bro. Praise to the police for showing such heroic restraint.
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Depakote Drug Overdose During Pregnancy Can Cause Birth Defects
Depakote is a widely used drug marketed by Abbott Laboratories to treat long-term manic and depressive parts of rapidly-cycling bipolar disorder. Other uses of Depakote include treating patients for migraines, epilepsy and chronic pain associated with nervous system diseases (neuropathy). Depakote side effects however including birth defects has cause the use of this Bi-Polar drug to be questioned. Depakote lawsuits have been filed due to many children born with the severe birth defects See:Depakote Spina Bifida. http://www.depakote-side-effects.com/depakote_class_action_lawsuit
- Spina bifida
- Skeletal defects
- Intrauterine growth retardation
- Neural tube malformations
- Death of fetus
- Cleft palate
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Smash Mouth
Ain't No Mystery
Who is the man making a scene, fashion of green
Living it out and living it up to his name
Who wants some lovers gold, silver tone
Tipping it out it has claimed to fame
I'm a mystery man I'm doing what I can
With a continental international plan
Come on now, it's all now
This play is here to stay
Let me break you down, let me make you understand
Don't you know your history
I feel it, I mean it
This play is here to stay
You're a woman I'm your man, this ain't no mystery
Who is the guy looking back, coming back
Making it up so he goes and he knows
That she'll come around turn up frowned outside down
Breaking it up before it gets to world
The keeny causes the girl some danger
My teeny hangover
He ain't no stranger to London, Paris, New York and Japan
I'm bringing home the bacon in a frying pan
If you're down then I'm your mystery man
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Android: Building a cloud based quiz applicationA long time ago, when Android was still in its infancy (1.5 I think..) I built and open sourced a basic quiz app. The app was just a basic multiple choice question-answer app, driven from some questions in the database, but it did ok - it has had over 10k downloads on the app store, and the blog post tutorial here is still one of the most popular articles.
But here we are, Android 5.0 is released and the state of Android development is very different now. But I didn't really want to just re-skin/tweak the old app and push it out again - and I also wanted to write up some notes on using parse.com as a backend service - so this seemed like a good opportunity.
The source code for the app is all on GitHub.
The goalSo the aim is to create a an android app quiz game, but rather than using local storage, using the cloud to power the questions. This avoids the need for lots of boiler plate DB code and also makes it easier for us to update questions. The tutorial will be broken into two parts - the first part will be basic quiz stuff with cloud questions, the second part will enhance the app to support user login and to track scores to allow users to compete against each other.
ParseBefore you start the tutorial, you need to get an account setup at parse.com - its a cloud DB/backend as a service that was recently bought by Facebook. They allow real easy setup of DBs and provide a load of nice libraries/APIs to really easily interact with their endpoints across lots of platforms (its also incredibly well priced -the free tiew is really good and if you find your mobile app is going beyond that then you can probably think about monetising the app!). All you need to do is head over there, sign-up and then create a new app - all you need to do is give it a name and hey presto! You can either make a note of the keys then, or come back and grab them later. There are no other changes you need to make now, as that will get handled from our source code. The only other thing to do is to download the parse android library to make use of their sdk in android (if you have grabbed the source code from GitHub then you will not have to worry about these)
OK, lets get started!Again, I am not going to spend a lot of time covering the real basics of Android and only really mention the things of note or that are different from standard application development - hopefully the code & general explanation will be clear enough to get an understanding of what is going on.
Android manifest
First, lets get our AndroidManifest.xml file configured. The only things to note here are the permissions we are setting - we will request internet access and network state permissions. Also worth noting that I have set the min sdk for my sample app at version 16.
Our Application class
We will have to create a custom implementation of the Android Application class. This class is instantiated on application startup, and hopefully if you are looking at Android development you should be familiar with this class. We will do a couple of things in this class:
- Register our parse.com application with out secret keys
- Initialise the Parse library and our domain objects
- Try to fetch all the questions for the quiz and store them for offline usage
- Create a GamePlay object, that will keep track of the state of the current game in progress
First lets look at the Parse setup - this is standard parse boilerplate and is covered in parse docs and sample apps - you just need to add your ID/Key here (also note, we have just registered the Parse object class Question - this is our domain object - like a JPA entity etc - if we add more domain objects they need to be added here too)
Next we will make a call to parse.com to fetch the questions from our cloud API - we will save this in the background (make an asynchronous call) and "pin it" to make it available for offline usage. Also note that we do not un-pin existing questions until we have successfully found new ones - that way users should always have questions once they have successfully loaded them the first time.
Hopefully the above is quite clear - the parse libraries are quite straight forward to understand - we create a query (typed Question) and then call findInBackground and implement an on success handler.
Domain objects: Question
Parse library provides a nice interface to create POJOs to model your domain model, if you are familiar with JPA/Hibernate/etc and the approach of POJOs representing a domain model its much like this. Using these classes you can easily query/load/save data from the cloud by just using these objects. You will have spotted that in the query we use in the application class to load all our questions we just run a plain query with the Question class - this, as you should expect, will just retrieve all Question objects from your cloud table (parse). The domain models are just an annotated POJO, and you just define appropriate getter/setters for the fields you want to include.
Welcome activity
Now we are into Android basic stuff really - we have setup parse and fetched the questions for local usage, now we just need a basic menu to start the quiz and some activities to display the questions and the end results.
We will just apply the layout and then implement a method to handle the button clicks. For this tutorial we are skipping the high score stuff and just playing the quiz.
All we need to do is reset the current GamePlay object and grab the questions from the local store (by this point they should be updated from the cloud so no problems, then kick off the quiz!
Question activity
There is nothing really interesting to see here - it's all on github if you want to take a look in detail (or have already downloaded and working along) - This is just a standard Android activity that pulls out the question and possible answers and presents them.
This just progresses along fairly simply, until it gets to the end of the quiz and then it presents a simple screen saying the score - all this stuff can be tweaked/styled etc - but there are the basics for a cloud powered multiple choice quiz app!
Creating the questionsAll the questions will be stored in the cloud in parse.com - once you have a look at the interface, it should be pretty clear - you can easily create the data for questions either manually or by importing a csv/json file.
You will need to login to your parse account and the quiz app and create a Question class. This will just match the domain POJO we have created. Just login, go to "CORE" then "DATA" Then select "+ Add Class", adda a custom class called "Question" (this must be exactly the same as the name provided in the POJO annotation for the Question class).. Then select "Add Col" and add the fields to match the POJO (question[string], option1[string], etc). Once you have the class/table added on parse, you can simply add data by selecting "Add Row" and just manually entering the data, or using the import function.
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When cans of paint arrive on site, you may be inclined to think that their contents will be adorning the walls, but in the case of these High Functioning Coat Hooks, the receptacles themselves are employed as the decoration.
Instructables member Brian Jewett suggests these clever DIY clothes hooks as a cheap and cheerful way to increase storage within your front foyer or around the back door of your home. By fixing the base of these tins to brick, concrete or drywall, one ends up with large pegs from which jackets, bags and scarves can be slung. Brilliantly, these High Functioning Coat Hooks have even more to offer. By keeping the lid off of each container, the empty inner cavity is perfect for storing gloves, keys, mail and more.
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Friday, November 12, 2010
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When David Cage's new game came out in October 2013, I skipped it due to bad reviews and waited for a future sale to buy at more reasonable price. PlayStation Network Christmas and January deals provided me with some awesome games (Rayman Legends, Muramasa Rebirth), but Beyond: Two Souls was still evading my collection. Finally, last week I borrowed the game from a friend and after playing it I was actually sad that I had not bought it day one.
|Beyond: Two Souls (2013).
Take this personal history as an introduction to a comparison of two seemingly similar games which differ in two very crucial aspects: the price tag and the position of their developers. While Gone Home is a debut by the indie studio The Fullbright Company and costs 20 $, Beyond: Two Souls is a fourth game by the so-called "auteur of video games" David Cage and had a regular price of 60 $.
Despite these apparent differences, the overall reception was very similar, at least from a qualitative perspective. Both critics and players alike complained about the lack of "gameplay mechanics", by which they mostly meant the focus on casual oriented gameplay that does not require any special skill. Both groups praised the story, atmosphere and emotion. If we were to oversimplify and at the same time use JesperJuul's ideas on the game structure, we could say that players liked the game because of its fiction and disliked its rules. This would of course be too simplistic and it would overlook the interconnectedness of both parts of a videogame.
Let's take a closer look at both games and their structural differences. Gone Home is built within the genre of a traditional adventure game, one could even say that it is a puzzle game. There is only one ending available and the player is forced to go through the game in a very linear fashion. One can spend some time reading through optional documents scattered throughout the fictional house of the Greenbriar family, but it does not in any way change the outcome of the game. Of course it can change a player's interpretation of the game and its ending, but the game itself is a fairly static space which allows for some basic exploration. It is certainly a video game (even though some players think otherwise), I would even argue that it shows its "game-ness" too much (compared to Beyond: Two Souls or Dear Esther). Borrowing the terms of Alexander Galloway, we can say that it shows its interface (non-diegetic relations between its parts and sociohistorical condition) in a sense that it borrows the genre conventions of a traditional adventure game and lets a player know that he is not playing right by not allowing him to progress – it literally tells the player to interact differently. On the other hand, Beyond, Dear Esther or this year's The Banner Saga employ a bit different tactics. They allow for a seemingly organic gameplay and are able to cope with many outcomes of a player's interaction. To put it simply, they accommodate to a player's interactions while Gone Home forces the player to follow a certain path. Metaphorically speaking, Beyond: Two Souls or The Banner Saga strive to simulate a fictional world, Gone Home tries to manipulate the player into solving a puzzle.
It definitely comes to a question of preference – do you like puzzles or reactive simulations (even though they may allow for a very limited amount of possible scenarios). The title of this post hints that I personally prefer branching games and player choices. Beyond: Two Souls was a big surprise for me, it presents the player choice organically and the solutions that the player in the end chooses, always seem logical and right (the same thing the Telltale's Walking Dead Season One was praised for).
Beyond and Gone Home focus a lot on the mundane – but while the opening of shelves and telekinetical rotating objects in Gone Home get boring very soon for me, the environmental interactions in Beyond seem always interesting even though they are in fact very familiar and ordinary. The tone of the stories and their focus on female protagonists (in Gone Home it is not the protagonist itself, but her sister Samantha who leads the story) can be found in both games, but the tempo is very different. Gone Home is building tension up to a finale from the start, Beyond: Two Souls probably due to its length (Gone Home takes 2 hours, Beyond around 9 hours) alternates between personal drama in the vein of the American Independent movie scene and B-movie sci-fi catastrophe. These shifts, which are allowed by non-chronological storytelling, also make the game suitable for brief gameplay sessions.
I personally think that the overwhelmingly positive reaction to Gone Home was caused more by a theme, setting and soundtrack than by the actual flow, gameplay or storytelling of the game. The "revelation" that game can tell a personal story in the style of independent personal movie dramas in my opinion inflated the review scores, even though some games mastered similar themes before Gone Home and in a much more competent way (Dear Esther, Thirty Flights of Loving).
Quantic Dream's games were always interesting experiments in an interactive storytelling genre but until Beyond: Two Souls they were bogged down by serious flaws. Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy in North America) stopped making sense halfway through and it featured an inappropriate love scene with a man cold as a corpse. Heavy Rain had one of the worst English translations in history (for a big AAA game), awful voiceovers and a recurring phrase "deserted wasteland", otherwise minor faults in most genres can definetely ruin an interactive storytelling game. Beyond: Two Souls sometimes suffers from a clumsy dialogue or some slight story inconsistencies, but the variety of locales, different moods, possible endings and playthroughs and the exquisite performances of Ellen Page and Willem Defoe as the two leading characters makes it the best Quantic Dream game for me… and a much better experience than the overrated puzzle game Gone Home.
Disclaimer: Unlike previous articles on this blog which were based on actual research, this one is an opinion piece with just a little bit of game studies theory to hold it together. Thank you.
Disclaimer: Unlike previous articles on this blog which were based on actual research, this one is an opinion piece with just a little bit of game studies theory to hold it together. Thank you.


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Chippa, Arrows share the spoils
Posted: 24 February 2017 Time: 18:42
Chippa United and Golden Arrows played out to a stalemate in an Absa Premiership clash at the Sisa Dukashe Stadium on Friday evening.
Lerato Manzini and Lerato Lamola both bagged braces as Arrows fought back to a 2-2 draw.
Manzini opened the scoring for the hosts after the quarter-hour mark, after sterling work from Menzi Masuku down the right lead to the striker slotting home from the six-yard box.
Chippa went into the half-time break well in control of proceedings as they continued to threaten up front, while the visitors have yet to test Daniel Akpeyi.
Andile Mbenyane had an early chance in the second half to double the lead, but Limbikani Mzava did well to clear the ball off the line after Nkosingiphile Gumede was well beaten.
Minute later, Arrows grabbed the equaliser against the run of play in the 51st minute, when Lerato Lamola surged forward on a counter attack and struck the roof of the net, leaving Daniel Akpeyi with no chance.
However, Manzini restored his side's lead just two minutes later when he headed home unmarked from close range, with the Arrows defence caught ball watching.
Lamola then completed his brace with aplomb late on to level matters once again, as he rammed home at the back-post with a half-volley after poor Chippa defending.
The Chilli Boys pushed hard in the dying minutes to steal a win, but Abfana Bes'thende held firm to take home a point.
HOME: Chippa United
Coach: Dan Malesela
Formation: 4-5-1
- 1 Daniel Akpeyi
- 7 Paseka Mako
- 19 Justice Chabalala
- 24 Diamond Thopola
- 35 Kristopher Bergman
60 mins - Mpho Mvelase
- 6 Buyani Sali
79 mins - Xolani Mdaki
- 21 Thamsanqa Sangweni
- 41 Menzi Masuku
- 55 Sandile Zuke
- 10 Andile Mbenyane
68 mins - Zaphaniah Mbokoma
- 25 Lerato Manzini
AWAY: Golden Arrows
Coach: Clinton Larsen
Formation: 4-4-2
- 32 Nkosingiphile Gumede
- 5 Limbikani Mzava
- 14 Siyabonga Dube
- 20 Matome Mathiane
- 21 Nkanyiso Mngwengwe
32 mins - Nduduzo Sibiya
- 28 Musa Bilankulu
- 11 Kudakwashe Mahachi
73 mins - Andile Fikizolo
- 13 Nkosinathi Mthiyane
- 17 Wayde Jooste
46 mins - Velemseni Ndwandwe
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Finding What You Want in a Growing Houston Market
Home buying is sometimes about luck, and sometimes about preparation. When looking for a house for sale in Houston or the surrounding Houston area, numerous factors can go into finding the perfect house to become your home. There will be a limited amount of options at any time—not to say there aren't many, just that they aren't infinite—and a limited window of time during which to act, as well. Now some of the time you can find a house for sale in Houston that meets your ideal situation for location size and price, but that's not always the case. Flexibility is important, but there are ways to find your ideal home without compromising on everything you really want.
When searching for a house for sale in Houston, one of the best ideas is to look into growing communities; i.e., places where the intent is to create a new town or community in the Houston area. You can often find a home for sale in Houston, or at least close by, by searching these communities and seeing if they work for you. These growing communities often have something of a hook; they can offer special amenities you wouldn't get in a normal neighborhood. But you do have other options for finding a house for sale in Houston; you can talk to a realtor about your interests and what you're looking for. The more informed you are when you go into the realtor's office, though, the better. The more serious you are, the more seriously your realtor will be about your search for a house for sale in Houston.
Realtors have a limited amount of time and will prioritize serious clients more highly than those who appear to be non-committal. Remember, realtors work on a commission, so someone who hasn't made clear decisions with regard to budget or other main priorities is likely to take a long time to make a decision. If you walk through the door knowing what you want, which communities you're willing to consider, or even what type of communities you're interested in, with a budget range and a range of sizes for the house, etc., then you can effectively communicate to the realtor so they can help you more effectively.
Ideally, you will walk in and say something along the lines of, "I'm looking for a house for sale in Houston, or its surrounding area, ideally with good access to the city, around X sq. feet and between X and X dollars, school system isn't a priority but we want a nice neighborhood." The realtor knows you're serious about buying a home and not just window shopping. So do as much thinking and deciding beforehand, and then look online to get a feel for the market. Once you know what you're looking for and can communicate that to a real estate agent, it's time to get busy looking for your house for sale in Houston.


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I stamped Key To My Heart on Make It Colour Blending Card using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and coloured my image with Copics, then cut out my fairy, put her on 3D foam squares and added Stickles to her wings. The heart chipboard comes from the Make It Crafty Love Heart Swirls set and I added gold stickles to it. Here is a close up:)
That's all from me today but I'll be back tomorrow:)! Have a lovely Sunday! Hugs
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The Defense Crisis
The Wall Street Journal today opines on "Putin Invades, Obama Dismantles," and it is afire follow up to my conversation yesterday with the Journal's Bret Stephens about Putin's aggression and the just leaked plans for the next round of cuts to our nuclear arsenal:
Defense officials privately had said that they expected the cuts to spare U.S. submarine-launched weapons, which are considered the most survivable leg of the nuclear triad—which consists of bombers, subs and land-based missiles—and therefore the strongest deterrent force.
But the Pentagon instead decided to cut the number of submarine missile launch tubes from 336 today to 240 by 2018, a 29% reduction. It will cut the number of nuclear bombers from 96 B-52 and B-2s today to 66 by 2018, a 38% cut.
The Congressional GOP is belatedly taking notice and trying to get their Democratic colleagues to recognize that 2014 is not 1991 and that Russia and the PRC are aggressive, authoritarian powers that require a robust U.S. military and especially a fully functioning nuclear deterrent, not an ideology driven parity-by-leftwing-politics arsenal.
Paul Ryan has a piece out on the defense side of his budget, and the Washington Examiner's David Drucker reports on the turn towards sharply higher defense spending. The bad news is that Dick Durbin is the Senate's leader on defense appropriations and he is solidly in the Obama appeasement camp. Until the Senate is back in GOP hands, Putin, the PRC, Iran and the rest of the world's aggressive authoritarians won't have to worry that the U.S. is serious about rebuilding its nuclear deterrent, much less its Navy and Marine Corps or restoring too-deep Army cuts. Bret Stephens spelled it out Monday: It is "Putin's Moment."


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Things have been a bit unsettled around here. As each of us is moving to a new room, homeschool supplies have yet to arrive in the mail, 5 weeks left until my due date, and travel plans for my love are on the horizon…we are trying to get through these piles of what needs to stay, what needs to go, what baby will need, what needs to washed and packed, what needs to be vacuumed. There are many piles in this here house…but there are moments and glimpses in between of what will be once things have fallen into their new places.
Today I am thankful for:
//the feeling of relief when you dust and rearrange collections that have been on your shelves for a good long time.
//a newly fashioned bed frame that costs zero dollars (repurposed from a couple of these)
//Pieces of lovely furniture and rugs that someone else once loved that I am now loving…
//The forgiveness my garden has bestowed upon me for ignoring it and not watering it for the hottest months of summer.
//The dinners that include my very own harvest mixed in
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Almeria v Real Madrid: Ancelotti wants more of the same
Carlo Ancelotti's side put in yet another clinical display to brush aside Ludogorets with a 4-0 UEFA Champions League triumph on Tuesday.
Since losing to city rivals Atletico in mid-September, Real have secured six straight victories in Europe's elite club competition, 11 in La Liga and two in the Copa del Rey.
Three wins in December have yielded 12 goals for and none against and Ancelotti wants one more focused display before his team travel to Morocco.
"After losing to Atletico, I couldn't have imagined stringing together 19 consecutive wins," the Italian coach told Real's official website.
"I was sure that the things that weren't going well would be fixed, but not to this extent."
Crushing Ludogorets in such ruthless fashion when they effectively had nothing to play for but extending the winning record highlighted how the Real players have embraced this historic hot streak.
"It is a result we have achieved with extraordinary seriousness and an incredible amount of professionalism," added Ancelotti.
"It is not easy preparing for each game with the same levels of motivation and eagerness that these players are showing. I know that I have an extraordinary group of players.
"I have a very good relationship with the players. I care a lot for them and I thank them for the work they're doing as much as I can.
"We are enjoying a great moment; the players, the technical staff and the club, which has always supported us. We have to keep this moment going."
Real have received an additional boost with the return of Jese Rodriguez from a long-term knee injury, with the highly-rated 21-year-old coming off the bench to score in last week's 5-0 Copa del Rey win over Cornella.
Jese also featured for half an hour against Ludogorets and Ancelotti said: "We have to give him playing time.
"He is following an exercise plan and his strength levels are good. He needs to improve aerobically though and therefore needs more minutes to get better, like he's doing now."
It will be a major surprise if Almeria can derail the Real bandwagon, La Liga's 17th-placed side having picked up just two points in their last eight matches.
Real prevailed 4-0 at home and 5-0 away in their league meetings last season, with Gareth Bale and Isco scoring in both fixtures.


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One of my favorite things to do is to mix drinks. Non-alcoholic versions or adult only versions. I think there are so many wonderful things that can come out of a blender or a pitcher if you just let your imagination run wild.
I especially love frozen/slushy type fruity cocktails. They just make me so happy especially when served in interesting glasses. They make me think of vacations, with no cares in the world, not having to drive home....
I will admit that sometimes, cocktails can be over the top sweet for me and I end up diluting with water at restaurants. This mango daiquiri is not that type of cocktail. Its sweet but not cloying and the sweetness is cut by the addition of ginger which also gives the daiquiri a more exotic twist.
To make enough for 2 tall glasses, you will need:
- 3 ripe mangos
- 1/2 cup dark rum
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- A few hours before you want to serve this, peel mangoes, cut into chunks and place in the freezer
- In a blender, add all the ingredients and blend until smooth. Mixture should have a slushy like consistency. You can add ice cubes if you would like it thinnner


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Will not be able to afford prescriptions for asthma, RA, severe allergies, and neuropathy. I am 38 with two kids and a grandchild. Right now the medications I take are what keep me alive and able to work. Paying a for a house, bills, food ect. If I can't afford medications and the blood tests to monitor the medications, I can not work. I will get sicker and finally very ill, then being unable to afford medical care. I will eventually make my entire family bankrupt, and die. Perhaps it would be better to skip the steps of dragging everyone else down with me. If the end result is the same, why wait. When my insurance is canceled or unaffordable due to many preexisting conditions, I will proactively enter hospice.


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|The Campanian right flank and center facing Seleucid pikes and an Indian elephant
|The Campanian left - Oscan cavalry and Warriors - after scaring off the Seleucid light cavalry and Argyraspids.
|Seleucid Indian war elephant in combat with two Oscan Hoplite units. Earlier, the Pyrrhic Guards had forgotten they were Stubborn and broke after failing their first Break test.
|The poor elie fleeing after losing combat to the two Hoplite units.
|The Campanian army arrayed prior to the battle. From left to right, Pyrrhic Guards, Oscan cavalry, two units of Hoplites, Cretan archers, Oscan Warriors and another unit of Oscan cavalry.


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The road has been bumpy but Washington never lost sight of its destination, and the Huskies find themselves in the second week of the NCAA Tournament once again.
Huskies Sweet Again With Sweep Of No. 9 Creighton
It all came together for the young Husky volleyball team tonight, and a stunning 3-0 sweep of No. 9 Creighton put Washington back into the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Championships for the sixth time in seven seasons
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The Huskies began their seventeenth consecutive NCAA tournament with the same result as the previous sixteen: a victory.
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Draw #11: The Battle of the Unbeatens,
End 9. CA is up two with the hammer, a pretty good position. As I look back on the game, the first two ends have made the difference so far, with CA deucing in the 1st end and stealing in the 2nd. After that, it was all exchanges of ones, with one blank. Standard centre opening.
Oh, oh! There's only one game on the ice and the crowd has started doing the wave. I expect the crowd control police to eject them or at least tell them to stop any minute. Surely all that noise must be disturbing to the curlers.
They're on 3rd's stones and there are 4-5 alternating colour stones lined up on the centre line. Then with his second rock, Drummond draws to the top 4', next to their other rock there. Mead taps it back out of the rings and sticks. Can't tell what happened to Brewster's first; it looks as if he tapped Mead's through the rings. Then Stoughton tapped that one back through the rings. Beauty tap by Brewster removed the two CA rocks from the 4' and is now shot rock behind a CA guard. Stoughton makes a terrific double runback to score two. Scotland shakes hands. CA 7, SC 3.
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In the first trading week of the year, the A-share market recorded a 7 percent one-day decline twice.
This article will review the reasons that triggered the market plunge, and its implications.
We think the market plunge was due to nervousness arising from the newly introduced circuit-breaker system rather than any changes in the real economy.
Although China's manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) for December was weaker than expected, the market has long priced in continuing weakness in the manufacturing sector.
Meanwhile, we believe the fall in the service PMI in December is a normal correction.
One major reason for market volatility was the expected termination of restrictions on big share sales.
The Chinese securities regulator banned shareholders with stakes over 5 percent from selling their shares during the market turmoil last summer.
Investors worried that once the restriction is lifted, as it was originally scheduled to be early this month, big share sales will affect the market.
The new circuit-breaker system also led to volatility.
After the market fell by 5 percent, investors rushed to sell their shares before another potential halt of trading at the 7 percent market, hastening its occurrence.
Retail investors, who are very sentimental, account for the majority of players in the A-share market.
So, regulators could regain the market's confidence by canceling the circuit-breaker system and extending the ban on big share sales.
The renminbi's sharp devaluation also shocked global markets.
Although the central government managed to control the onshore renminbi exchange rate, the spread of rates between that and the offshore exchange rate expanded to a record.
It means offshore investors believe the central bank will allow the renminbi to depreciate further.
But the authorities also made it clear that the reform of the renminbi pricing policy is to avoid overpricing of the onshore renminbi.
As China continues promoting its renminbi internationalization strategy and opening up its capital account, the government should choose between an independent monetary policy and a fixed exchange rate.
Using foreign reserves to intervene in the renminbi exchange rate will consume liquidity for the real economy.
So, China should allow the market, as soon as possible, to have a bigger say in pricing the renminbi.
We believe the rate plunge is not the result of a short-term intervention but a positive signal of China gradually stabilizing the currency.
Renminbi financing is not broadly adopted worldwide. Thus the tension in the Chinese financial system will have limited impact on global markets.
If the renminbi becomes weaker, it will hit investors' sentiment and cause short-term downward pressure on global markets.
However, we believe that in the medium term, the renminbi will not depreciate further, because only a gradual devaluation of the currency against the US dollar can avoid the overpricing of the renminbi against the currencies of its major trading partners.
In the coming months, the Chinese government is very likely to extend the easing of its monetary policy to support the supply-side reforms and stabilize the economy's growth.
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An Up-and-Coming Neighborhood: 12South
Posted by Gary Ashton RE/MAX Advantage on Friday, May 24th, 2013 at 8:23am.
A new and hot neighborhood found in Nashville is emerging called 12South. This is a lively place with a strong social life. New sidewalks, streetlights and businesses are making this a very popular place for new residents. Whether you enjoy grabbing a quick coffee, shopping for new guitar strings or getting a bite to eat, you can find everything you need close by.
You can start your shopping at the Katy K's Ranch Dressing boutique, which provides plenty of vintage clothing items from all types of labels. This small store is packed with suits, cowboy books, cowboy hats, western shirts, belt buckles and so much more.
Other hot shopping choices include:
- MODA Boutique - Votes the best place to buy jeans by Nashville Scene.
- Imogen + Willie - This is the only custom jean store found in Nashville and it used to be an old gas station. Celebrities hang out here, such as Billy Gibbons and Gwyneth Paltrow.
- Serendipity Emporium - The perfect place to pick up trendy clothing and accessories.
- Corner Music Store - A great place to fill you need for great music.
Some of the other local haunts you can enjoy include Green Pea Salon, Trim Classic Barber, tHE aRT hOUSE Gallery and Studio, Snow Gallery and so many other choices. Whether you enjoy great art, want to get some of the trendiest fashion or you just want to find a great place to eat 12South provides a little bit of everything.
Restaurants found throughout the neighborhood include:
- Mafiaoza's Pizzeria & Neighborhood Pub
- 12South Taproom - With 22 beers on tap and a unique menu including oysters, jerk chicken and shrimp tacos.
- Corrieri's Formaggeria - Featuring all types of meats, cheeses and gourmet foods.
- Las Paletas - This is a Mexican Popsicle shop with great choices for dessert.
- Burger Up - An upscale burger restaurant with some of the best burgers in town.
The neighborhood offers plenty of culture and variety for young families, couples and singles. If you're looking for the hottest new place to live in the city, you need to consider 12South.
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My sister Katie's birthday was this past week and it was a great excuse to do some more baking from Everyday Food. Back when I did a bit of shopping at Antipasto's Di Roma I stumbled upon instant espresso powder. It's not the easiest thing to find in supermarkets so I immediately picked up a jar remembering that the Hazelnut Espresso Cookies recipe specifically called for it and advised not to substitute instant coffee in it's place. Well, since buying it I've been making myself some instant espresso when I need a boost - meaning I'm depleting my supply quickly. The Hazelnut Espresso Cookies needed to be baked... Fast!
So the first step in baking these cookies was to roast the hazelnuts and then remove the skins. Seems simple enough, but what a task it was! Two cups of hazelnuts made for at least 80 nuts in total and my fingers were numb attempting to remove all the skins. Owen wasn't particularly patient with the process either. Hazelnut skins were flying all over the kitchen and all over me. With the number of times Owen dropped his Sophie the Giraffe on the floor I managed to contaminate Owen and his toys with nuts. I realized that this would be the time to find out if Owen had a nut allergy. Luckily he's fine, so for now there isn't any worry about that. Long, arduous, painful and messy. All I could think was that I love my sister and all this hassle was going to be worth it in the end.
The eventual making of the cookies was very simple and straight forward. I loved the aroma of the addition of the espresso powder into the cookie batter. And with all the stress I had on Friday attempting to complete these cookies with a fussy baby and uncooperative pug, I felt I deserved lots of spoonfuls of cookie batter for snacking.
The first batch was a complete over done write-off. I managed to bake the cookies on the wrong rack resulting in burnt bottoms. As well as accidentally leaving them in a minute too long while I tried to find something to entertain Owen in order to remove them from the oven. With so much at stake for the final batch, I corrected my mistakes and nailed the second batch.
Owen had to be a part of the photo of the cookies since every single shot had him grabbing for them (or wire rack, I can't tell which was more interesting to him).
I have a weakness for all cookies. I don't think there is a flavour combination I don't enjoy so I'm biased when it comes to them. However, the whole ordeal of prepping the hazelnuts is not worth it for these cookies. I actually don't understand what is so great about this recipe that it needed to be included in this cook book. Martha has a strictly cookies book so I believe this recipe would have been great in there. These cookies are very adult in nature and being a coffee addict and cookie monster, you'd think I'd be pumping up Hazelnut Espresso Cookies. They are delicious but I won't be baking them again anytime soon unless I'm feeling particularly masochistic.
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November 8th, 2010 | Tags: cycling, security | 4 Comments
Roadside assistance
It looks like Eagle, CO might be as bad a place to ride a bike as it is to be a 19-year-old female hotel employee. Apparently, Vail Valley District Attorney Mark Hurlbert is willing to avoid pursuing felony hit-and-run charges against an investment banker who ran over a cyclist and only stopped to phone Mercedes roadside assistance in order to report the damage to his car. His rationale is that a felony conviction would negatively impact the perpetrator's career.
One might assume that Hurlbert is merely weary of the increasing criminalization of the American public, and that he allowed this (admittedly completely egregious) offense to slide with misdemeanor charges in order to make some ideological statement about the nature of punishment. One would be wrong, though, as Hurlbert has also pursued felony criminal-impersonation charges against two women who exchanged race numbers for a mountain-bike event.
There's not a lot I can say about this story without using naughty words. However, I would like to apologize to the town of Middleton, WI, for anything negative I have ever said regarding its climate for cyclists. I'll take antipathy and incompetence over corruption and abject hostility any day.
Cargo cult security
Bruce Schneier points out that the future of in-flight wi-fi is in doubt as a result of the attempted cargo plane bombings on UPS flights from Yemen; while these package bombs did not have internet-enabled triggers, such a trigger exists in the realm of logical possibility, so it's obviously better to outlaw in-flight internet access altogether.
Schneier notes that this will not prevent any known class of attack (and, indeed, leaves less-sophisticated bomb triggers involving timers and altimeters completely unaffected). Personally, I assume that every passenger and bag will soon have to pass through an electromagnetic pulse, right after the security groping and peepshow.


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Ahhh....I love Spring... I love how just one nice day can give you the motivation and inspiration that was missing during the dreary months of winter. This is the season where everything awakens, blossoms, and the world is decorated with color and new life!
I've posted a few pictures of whats new in our classroom...
|water color egg painting
|tissue paper eggs
Another addition to our shelves is an extension of the sensorial work- the geometric solids. With the end of the year quickly approaching, I find myself constantly trying to keep with the third year children- making sure they are challenged! I put out the geometric solids and a tray with blue playdoh next to them. They are then able to choose a geo solid and sculpt it out of the playdoh. This is a great way to get the children interested in the solids once again! It can also be modified depending on the child's capabilty (as are most of Maria's materials!)
|I apologize for the fuzzy pictures- these were taken with my phone as I had forgotten my camera at home


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The Sports Xchange
Hunter-Reay wins IndyCar race in Alabama
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - IndyCar's champion is back in form.
Ryan Hunter-Reay overcame contact with Helio Castroneves on Lap 49 of the 90-lap race, but he recovered to make the pass on the Brazilian and win the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama on Sunday.
"He turned the car down and I wasn't slowed down yet," Hunter-Reay said.
Hunter-Reay won for the 10th time in his career, and for the first time since winning at Baltimore in September.
Scott Dixon finished second at this track for the fourth straight year. It was the first time a Penske car didn't win here.
Castroneves, who won in 2010, finished third, Charlie Kimball was fourth.
Will Power, the winner of the past two races, started second but went wide entering the first turn of the first lap as he sought to avoid the aggressiveness of Kimball, rookie Tristan Vautier and Marco Andretti. But that run through the grass cost him six positions.
Power had a similar problem after a restart from a caution on Lap 2. He didn't push the Team Penske car as far the second time, but it was enough to cost him a couple more positions.
Already behind, the team went to fuel-saving mode. Power did an admirable job with the handicap and finished fifth.
The early caution was caused by a traffic jam on the opening lap. Where it started was difficult to judge, but it collected James Hinchcliffe, the winner of the season-opening race in St. Petersburg, Fla., along with Oriol Servia and Graham Rahal. Servia took a hit from behind from Rahal, requiring trips to pit road for repairs for both.
Hinchcliffe didn't immediately appear to have damage, but a rear tire was punctured, causing him to stop on the course.
The worst part was, crews were only able to tow Hinchcliffe part of the way back to pit road before race control was ready to resume the action. So, Hinchcliffe and his car got left in a hideway on the backstretch. Finally, on Lap 71, Andretti Autosport called for him to get out of the car. He did, stretching for the cameras before climbing out.
Dario Franchitti, a four-time IndyCar champion, had his second consecutive bad race. He finished last in St. Petersburg after hitting the Turn 3 wall following a pit stop, and Sunday his Honda-powered car suffered a broken header. He is last in the point standings.


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Waiting until the last minute to pack can add a lot of stress to your move that you just don't need. If you are hiring your movers to pack, be sure to give them advanced notice. If you wait until the move day, the movers will likely not have the time or be prepared to move you. If you are planning on having movers pack for you, it's best to schedule packing at least a day in advance of the move. Trying to accomplish both packing and moving in one day is a recipe for an unsuccessful and stressful move. If you plan on packing yourself, don't get overwhelmed. You don't have to get it all done at once if you plan ahead.
The first step is getting the packing materials you need so you have them when you are ready to start. Set a daily goal on how many boxes you will pack. If your move is 3 weeks away and you will have about 40 boxes, then you only need to pack 2 boxes a day. The trick is to stay ahead of the deadline so you don't have the last minute stress common with moving.
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The sound of simulated gunfire was heard this morning at Cary-Grove High School. It was part of a very realistic preparedness drill.
The use of a starter pistol firing a blank sparked some degree of controversy in the far northwest suburban community. But police and school administrators wanted to give students the opportunity to hear what a real gunshot might sound like.
"There are many students and staff who may have never heard a gunshot before," Cary Police Chief Steven Casstevens told WGN. "And so maybe in the future, if a real incident were to happen, rather than somebody saying, 'Hey, I wonder what that sound was?' somebody might say, "That sounds like gunshot.' And they know what they're supposed to do."
The "Code Red" emergency drill was carefully choreographed, starting just after 9 a.m. and only lasting about 15 minutes. Students and teachers were ordered by public address announcement to proceed to their classrooms and secure the door.
Police and administrators checked the halls to make sure that all the students were out of the way and in the classrooms, and a second announcement was made notifying them that a starter pistol with blanks would be fired in the hallway common area. A second blank was fired by administrators at another location in the school.
The emergency drill comes in the wake of the Connecticut school shootings and a host of other gun attacks across the country. Cary police say preparing for such emergencies is an unfortunate reality of modern life.
Students who spoke with WGN say the drill went smoothly, and they understand why it was important to fire a real starter pistol.


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Happy Halloween Pic!
Happy Halloween! Retro Witch Shoot of me Ugly Shyla by dcbphotostudios.com/ here in Louisiana.
Does one gain ANYTHING as a alt model to secure their future?
Hey Models I have a question.Most of
you are in your mid twenties,are pushing 30 or are like me and ARE 30.Now I want to know how how much many of these adorers,stalkers and fans that we all talk to and try and help and just give general attention to have put into OUR BANK ACCOUNT?How much have they given us all that we will have to fall back on when modeling is no longer a option?This is why most of this is fairy glamour or as I call it bullshit we just try our best to exploit.And if ANY of you give me shit for daring to say this I will personally drive to where you are and beat your lunch out you.I have art as my job first and foremost so I don't even have to think about something to "fall back on" as modeling is just something I do for added publicity for my art.And actually thankful in the aspect that I'm not chosen as a model because I'm pretty or youthful looking.I have more of the sort of Diamanda Galas thing going on where people just use me as a model because I'm a weirdo.BUT I'm damn fucking tired of there being no 50/50 as a model or as somebody that is treated like a free freak show to people.Especially if you don't do nudity,which doesn't even pay enough to make anything worthwhile.100.00 for say 200 photos and you have to split the 100.00 with the photographer isn't shit.And if you aren't willing to lay and spread you get even less and I'm sorry but I think it's bullshit.
Pink Ugly Shyla Photoshoot Worn Heels For Sale.
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Happy 4th Photo!
Happy 4th everybody!
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Modeling patches for http:www.Machinekunt.com experiment haywire myspace
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Modeling jewelry for http://www.Sphinxart.com also visit her myspace to see some of her cool work.She is a ceramic and glass artist like myself and her work is very affordable.http://www.myspace.com/sphinxart
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New Photos sets on my site.
I have some new photos up on my site Uglyshyla.com by Alas Vera
Happy 4th to everybody especially you military folks.
Happy 4th to everybody especially you military folks.
I didn't have time to take another pic since of the stress of my pug passing away.
But y'all enjoyed the last one and my friend Sphinx http://www.myspace.com/sphinxart fancied it up for me so here ya go.I have also been sending the pic to the active military folks over seas,thanks to Sphinx making it more post card worthy. So if you have any body in the military you'd like me to send one too just send me the name and addy or even e-mail addy and I'll put it on my list when I get some more printed.
Anyhoo happy 4th!
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I'm selling my wedding dress from my Alas Vera shoot
It's a beautiful dress and I'd keep it but I already used it for one shoot and it's to small in the bust.Plus I'm not one of those that can keep something pretty like that in pristine condition if I keep wearing it,so I figured I'd pass it along to another gal that can appreciate this lovely dress.
You can find the pic's and info on my ebay bidding starts at 1.00 http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZuglyartdollsQQhtZ-1
There are allot of pic's please give them time to load. 🙂
Dress is a size 34 bust,30 empire waist,52 hips and the front is 56 inches and the back with the train is 71 inches long.
Please make note the dress doesn't have pink tones ect that is from the lighting gels in the photos from the photoshoot.You can see in the pic where I'm not wearing the dress it IS white.
This is a absolutely gorgeous hand made vintage wedding dress.
I'm a alt model and I only wore it once for a photo shoot.I had to let out the arm seams because I was a little too "busty" for the dress.But I have since not only fixed that but refurbished the whole dress as sewing is a hobby of mine too.
It's the bodice and skirt of the dress are fully lined.The dress is made from a fine gauzy cotton.With flowered thick cotton lace trim at various parts of the dress.It even has the lace trim on the sort of blouson sleeve cuffs which snap closed.
One of the best features of this dress is not just the huge ruffle at the bottom of the hem or all the lace trip,the sleeves are also very cool.They are sort of split down the middle so when you bend say your elbow a peek of flesh comes out.The sleeves are also unlined giving it a very feminine look.
The other cool part about this dress is the way it closes in the back with Chiffon ties.It really gives the dress something special.
I couldn't find any holes or stains on the dress or anything like that.
Disclaimer the item IS vintage from the 60's so there could be a pulled thread or something like that I missed.But Like I said I redid any of the loose seams on the dress,washed and ironed it by hand.And this is also a HAND MADE vintage dress.So the seams won't be say surged ect.
Pic of me in the dress.
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No Entry and other shots by Alas Vera.
Model : Me/Ugly Shyla Photos by Alas Vera http://www.myspace.com/veraellen1
No Entry.No how,no way,Not even with the jaws of life.Not like anybody would WANT to get in there.LOL
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A new study published in BMJ Open has found that vitamin D status may predict the risk of relapse in people with tuberculosis.
Recent studies have suggested that higher vitamin D levels may be associated with a better immune response to tuberculosis (TB) infection, a faster rate of cure and better long-term outcomes. However, two randomized controlled trials of late have failed to find a treatment effect in vitamin D supplementation. Two limitations of the recent trials may be low doses and too short of a trial duration.
In the current study, researchers took a look at 677 patients in Tanzania, all with TB. The researchers measured vitamin D levels in the patients at the beginning of the study and then followed them for several months, with a mean follow-up of 52 months for those who didn't have HIV and a mean 30 months for those who did.
At baseline, the researchers found that mean vitamin D levels were 27.9 ng/ml.
After follow-up, the researchers noticed that those with vitamin D levels of less than 30 ng/ml had a 66% higher risk of relapse compared to those who had higher levels.
On the other hand, there was no correlation between vitamin D status and risk of death.
The researchers concluded, "Our study results indicate that adequate vitamin D status is associated with better clinical and nutritional parameters during follow-up in a cohort of patients with TB in Tanzania."
They further recommend that more trials be carried out to see if vitamin D can help treat TB. They said, "Randomized trials of vitamin D supplementation among patients with TB are urgently warranted."
Mehta S et al. Vitamin D status and TB treatment outcomes in adult patients in Tanzania: a cohort study. BMJ Open, 2013.


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A new Being Reformed: Faith Seeking Understanding study for adults, published by Congregational Ministries Publishing, explores the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) initiative of 1001 new worshiping communities.
The PMA initiative to establish 1001 new worshiping communities is an expression of the church's response to challenges and opportunities of our present day—social and cultural shifts that demand our best thinking about how to proclaim the gospel of Christ in changing contexts. This study provides practical thought and suggestions for action toward understanding and establishing new worshiping communities today.
Written by Roger Dermody, deputy executive director for mission, PMA, 1001 Worshiping Communities is part of a Being Reformed series focused on the mission directional goals of the PMA. These directional goals will further the agency's mission, approved by the 221th General Assembly, to inspire, equip, and connect the PC(USA) and its many expressions to serve Christ in the world through new and existing worshiping communities of faith, hope, love, and witness.
1001 Worshiping Communities is available in paperback at pcusastore.com, and in user friendly e-reader format for iBooks. Receive free shipping on all curriculum purchases over $25 now through October 31, 2014.
Being Reformed: Faith Seeking Understanding is a series of biblically based studies that provides adults with a foundational understanding of the Reformed faith. Each six-session study—written by well-known and respected scholars—features Scripture, prayer, in-depth commentary, and questions for reflection. Each study addresses its subject from a Reformed theological perspective.