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September 30, 1999, Section A, Page 1Buy Reprints
For almost 50 years, South Korean villagers have insisted that early in the Korean War, American soldiers machine-gunned hundreds of helpless civilians under a railroad bridge near a hamlet some 100 miles southeast of Seoul.
When survivors and victims' relatives told their story, and sought redress, they met only rejection and denial, from the United States military and from their own Government.
Now, after The Associated Press spent months tracing veterans in some 130 interviews by telephone and in person, a dozen former G.I.'s have spoken out. Although none gave a complete, detailed account of the events under the bridge near No Gun Ri in late July 1950, their memories support the villagers' accounts.
These American veterans say that in the first desperate weeks of the Korean War, American soldiers killed 100, 200 or simply hundreds of refugees, many of them women and children, who were trapped beneath the bridge.
The Korean survivors and relatives, whose claim for compensation was rejected last year by the South Korean Government, say that 300 were shot to death at the bridge and that 100 died in a preceding air attack.
One American veteran, Eugene Hesselman of Fort Mitchell, Ky., recalled his captain as saying: ''The hell with all those people. Let's get rid of all of them.''
Norman Tinkler of Glasco, Kan., a former machine gunner, said, ''We just annihilated them.''
A third veteran, Edward L. Daily of Clarksville, Tenn., who went on to earn a battlefield commission in Korea, said: ''On summer nights when the breeze is blowing, I can still hear their cries, the little kids screaming.
''The command looked at it as getting rid of the problem in the easiest way. That was to shoot them in a group,'' he said. [''How many North Koreans were in there, I can't answer that,'' he said last night in an interview with The New York Times. ''But we ended up shooting into there until all the bodies we saw were lifeless.'']
Six veterans of the First Cavalry Division said they fired on the group of refugees at No Gun Ri, and six others said they witnessed the shootings. More said they knew or heard about it.
Some veterans recalled that American soldiers, in only their third day at the front, feared North Korean infiltrators who their commanders had said were among the fleeing South Korean peasants.
American commanders had ordered units retreating through South Korea to shoot civilians as a defense against disguised enemy soldiers, according to once-classified documents found by the A.P. in months of researching military archives.
Several of the veterans interviewed agreed on such elements as time and place, and on the preponderance of women, children and old men among the victims.
They also disagreed: some said they were fired on from beneath the bridge, but others said they do not remember hostile fire. One said they later found a few disguised North Korean soldiers among the dead, but others disputed this. Some soldiers refused to shoot.
The 30 Korean claimants said it was an unprovoked, three-day carnage. ''The American soldiers played with our lives like boys playing with flies,'' said Chun Choon Ja, a 12-year-old girl at the time.
If so, No Gun Ri would be one of only two known cases of killings of noncombatants by American ground troops this century. At My Lai in Vietnam in 1968, more than 500 Vietnamese may have died.
From the start of the Korean War, there were numerous reports of North Korean atrocities, including the killing of civilians and summary executions of prisoners. But the story of No Gun Ri was not told, beyond sketchy news reports in 1950 implying that American troops might have fired on refugees. The reports were apparently not pursued.
For decades in South Korea, an important American ally, the No Gun Ri claimants were discouraged from speaking out. After they filed for compensation in 1997, their claim was rejected by the South Korean Government on a technicality.
The United States military repeatedly said it found no basis for the allegations. Told generally of the A.P.'s findings, Kenneth Bacon, a spokesman, said recently that the Pentagon stood by a statement made last March, that Army historians checking military archives ''found no information to substantiate the claim that U.S. Army soldiers perpetrated a massacre of South Korean civilians.''
A.P. research also found no official Army account of the events. It is unclear, for instance, which officers gave orders to open fire, whether G.I.'s saw gunfire from the refugees, or ricochets of bullets fired by other American soldiers, how many soldiers refused to fire and how high in the ranks knowledge of the events extended.
The war, which cost nearly 37,000 American lives and left an estimated one million South Koreans dead, wounded, or missing, ended in a stalemate in 1953. It began on June 25, 1950, when the Communist North invaded and sent the South Korean Army and a small American force reeling southward toward the tip of the Korean peninsula.
American units were rushed in from Japan. They included the poorly equipped, ill-trained First Cavalry Division, which went in with little understanding of Korea. Teen-age riflemen and young officers with no combat experience were thrust overnight into war, told to expect guerrilla fighting and to be wary of the tens of thousands of South Korean civilians pouring south.
The untested Seventh Cavalry, part of the First Cavalry Division, reached the front on July 24, 1950. Within a day, many of its Second Battalion infantrymen were scattering in panic at word of an enemy breakthrough nearby.
Records show that on the third day, July 26, the battalion's 660 men were regrouped and dug in at No Gun Ri. Word was circulating among American soldiers that North Korean soldiers disguised in white peasant garb might try to penetrate American lines with refugee groups.
South Korean survivors and relatives of victims say that the refugees who approached the battalion's lines on July 26 were South Koreans rousted from two nearby villages by American soldiers, who warned them the North Koreans were coming. Declassified records show that First Cavalry Division soldiers did move through that village area the previous three days.
As the refugees neared No Gun Ri, American soldiers ordered them off the southbound dirt road and onto a parallel railroad track, the South Koreans said. George Preece, a sergeant at the time, remembered that the way was being cleared for American Army vehicles.
Koreans and several of the veterans said the killing began when American planes suddenly swooped in and strafed an area where the refugees, who like most South Korean peasants at the time were clad in white, were resting.
Bodies fell everywhere, and terrified parents dragged children into a narrow culvert beneath the tracks, the Korean claimants told the A.P.
Declassified United States' Air Force mission reports from July and August 1950 show that pilots sometimes attacked ''people in white,'' apparently because of suspicions that North Korean soldiers were disguised among them. The report for a mission of four F-80 jets on July 20, for example, said the airborne controller ''said to fire on people in white clothes. Were about 50 in group.''
Forward controllers in light planes directed pilots to such unplanned targets in midflight. The Korean claimants say a light plane circled their area just before the strafing.
The strafing may have been a mistake. Veterans said a company commander had called for an air strike, but against enemy artillery miles up the road. One veteran, Delos Flint, remembered being caught with other soldiers in the strafing, and said he piled into a culvert with refugees. Then ''somebody, maybe our guys, was shooting in at us,'' he said. He and his comrades eventually slipped out.
Some veterans poured out chilling memories of the scene under the bridge, but others offered only fragments, or abruptly ended the discussion. Over the three days, no one saw everything: Koreans were cowering under fire, and Americans were dug into positions over hundreds of yards of hilly terrain.
But old soldiers in their late 60's or 70's identified the No Gun Ri bridge from photographs, remembered the approximate dates and corroborated the core of the Koreans' account: that American troops kept the refugees pinned under the bridge and killed almost all of them.
''It was just wholesale slaughter,'' Herman Patterson, a former rifleman, told the A.P. in an interview at his home in Greer, S.C..
Retired Col. Robert M. Carroll, then a 25-year-old first lieutenant, remembers battalion riflemen opening fire on the refugees from their foxholes.
''This is right after we get orders that nobody comes through, civilian, military, nobody,'' said Mr. Carroll, who now lives in Lansdowne, Va.
That morning, the Eighth Army had radioed orders throughout the Korean front that began, ''No -- repeat no -- refugees will be permitted to cross battle lines at any time,'' according to declassified documents located at the National Archives in Washington.
Two days earlier, First Cavalry Division headquarters had issued a more explicit order: ''No refugees to cross the front line. Fire everyone trying to cross lines. Use discretion in case of women and children.''
In the neighboring 25th Infantry Division, the commander, Maj. Gen. William B. Kean, told his troops that since South Koreans were to have been evacuated from the battle zone, ''all civilians seen in this area are to be considered as enemy and action taken accordingly.'' His staff members relayed this as ''considered as unfriendly and shot.''
Mr. Carroll said he ''wasn't convinced this was enemy,'' and he got the rifle companies to cease firing on the refugees. The lieutenant then shepherded a boy to safety under a double-arched concrete railroad bridge nearby, where shaken and wounded Koreans were gathered. He said he saw no threat.
''There weren't any North Koreans in there the first day, I'll tell you that,'' Mr. Carroll recalled. ''It was mainly women and kids and old men.'' He said he then left the area and knows nothing about what followed.
The Americans directed refugees into the bridge underpasses -- each 80 feet long, 23 feet wide, 30 feet high -- and after dark opened fire on them from nearby machine-gun positions, the Korean claimants said.
Veterans said that Capt. Melbourne C. Chandler, after speaking with superior officers by radio, had ordered machine-gunners from his heavy-weapons company to set up near the tunnel mouths and open fire.
''We didn't know if they were North or South Koreans,'' Mr. Hesselman recalled. ''We were there only a couple of days and we didn't know them from a load of coal.''
Veterans said they believe the order to shoot was cleared at battalion headquarters, a half-mile to the rear, or at a higher level. Mr. Chandler and other key officers are now dead, but the A.P. was able to locate the colonel who commanded the battalion, Herbert B. Heyer, 88.
Mr. Heyer, of Sandy Springs, Ga., denied knowing anything about the shootings and said, ''I know I didn't give such an order.''
The bursts of gunfire killed those near the tunnel entrances first, the Korean claimants said.
''People pulled dead bodies around them for protection,'' said Chung Koo Ho, 61, a survivor who said his mother died on the second day of shooting. ''Mothers wrapped their children with blankets and hugged them with their backs toward the entrances.''
During three nights under fire, some trapped refugees managed to slip away, but others were shot as they tried to escape or crawled out to find clean water to drink, the Korean claimants said.
James T. Kerns of Piedmont, S.C., a former sergeant, said the Americans were answering fire from among the refugees. Mr. Hesselman recalled occasional sounds like rifle shots. Others recalled only heavy barrages of American firepower, not hostile fire.
''I don't remember shooting coming out,'' said Louis Allen of Bristol, Tenn., who was a rifleman.
Mr. Preece, a career soldier who later fought in Vietnam, said it was possible the Americans saw their own comrades' fire ricocheting from the ends of the tunnel, as the South Korean survivors have suggested.
Not everyone fired, veterans said.
''Some of us did and some of us didn't,'' said Mr. Flint, of Clio, Mich., the soldier who had been briefly caught in the culvert with the refugees. ''It was civilians just trying to hide.'' Mr. Kerns, a machine gunner, said he fired over the refugees' heads. ''I would not fire into a bunch of women.''
Mr. Kerns said that he and Mr. Preece and another G.I. later found at least seven dead North Korean soldiers in the underpasses, wearing uniforms under peasant white.
But Mr. Preece, of Dunville, Ky., said he does not remember making such a search or even hearing that North Koreans were found. None of the other veterans, when asked, remembered seeing North Koreans.
Mr. Kerns also said weapons were recovered. Mr. Hesselman said someone later displayed a submachine gun. Mr. Preece recalled only ''hearsay'' about weapons.
All 24 South Korean survivors interviewed individually by the A.P. said they remembered no North Koreans or gunfire directed at the Americans.
American military intelligence reports from those days, since declassified, place the North Korean front line four miles from No Gun Ri on July 26, when the refugees entered the underpasses.
Early on July 29, the Seventh Cavalry pulled back. North Korean troops who moved in found ''about 400 bodies of old and young people and children,'' the North Korean newspaper Cho Sun In Min Bo reported three weeks later. The South Koreans said the North Koreans buried some dead in unknown locations. Families scattered across South Korea, meaning the claimants have the names of only 120 dead, primarily their own relatives.
Some veterans today estimate 100 or fewer were killed. But those close to the bridge, from Mr. Chandler's H Company, generally put the total at about 200. They say ''a lot'' also were killed in the strafing.
In August 1997, a claim signed by the 30 petitioners was filed with South Korea's Government Compensation Committee. Having researched histories, they pointed a finger at the First Cavalry.
In response, the United States Armed Forces Claims Service said there was no evidence to show that the First Cavalry Division was in the area. A lower-level South Korean compensation committee said people were killed at No Gun Ri but it had no proof of American involvement. In April 1998, the national panel rejected the case, saying a five-year statute of limitations expired long ago.
The A.P. subsequently reconstructed unit movements from map coordinates in declassified war records. They showed that four First Cavalry Division battalions were in the area at the time.
The bridge at No Gun Ri still stands today. For 49 years, its concrete was deeply scarred by bullets -- until railroad workers this month patched over the holes.


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At 10:05 p.m., East Rockingham Fire Depart was dispatched to downed trees on both ends of Railroad Street off of Mill Road.
The Rockingham Fire Department was dispatched again to Baldwin Road off of County Home Road at 10:10 p.m.
This call was in reference to an outside fire caused by a lighting strike.
Cordova Fire Rescue was dispatched to a tree across 153 Lake Road around 10:20 p.m.
It was also an electrical hazard.
E Com also had many reports of high winds and heavy rain throughout the county.

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|This book has three chapters. Most of the book is made of the evidence. There are charts along the side of the pages for measurement. The text below the images is mostly random, occasionally a bit of another image. Which also imparts some knowledge if you know how to read it. This was a departure from my usual work at the time, and still may be a little "odd." But my mind does wander around, and I think departures are probably refreshing.
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Episode 545: Leader Of The Brand - interview with filmmaker Bob Nalbandian
Once again an old comrade (a friendship as old as RAM itself) joins us. Bob Nalbandian was our very first interview and its been a pleasure speaking with him over the years. Mr. Nalbandian has been the Man About MetalTown. He's worked as a journalist, DJ, podcaster and now, most recently, film documentarian producing his fabulous "Inside Metal" series. His most recent project "Band Vs. Brand" deals with a controversial subject today. When does a band become a brand? Commerce over art and integrity? This film gets the 411 right from the various sources currently embroiled in the craziness. And Bob shares all with us. In our "News, Views, and Tunes", we chime in with our thoughts on the matter particularly with the recent Static X and Doyle issues. Musically, we crank new tunes from Venom Prison, Insanity Alert, Primitive Man, and we introduce Canadian bashers Culled in our "Indie Spotlight". Horns!
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And there is something beguiling in that easy familiarity, but something misleading about it, too. It tends to blind Europeans, and the British in particular, to any sense of just how foreign a place America can be.The theme of the essay is that America is quite different from Europe, and if anything, getting more, rather than less, different. As a society, it is getting more religious (you will be wished to "have a blessed day" by shopkeepers in the Red States, and half of the country wouldn't tolerate an atheist marrying their children, let alone holding any public office), a significant proportion of Americans think that a president who'd be well to the right of David Cameron is a dangerous socialist, and America considers itself at war and/or under siege, which has added a curious militaristic/nationalistic tinge to life:
Because it is a country at war, young men and women in uniform are a common sight on internal flights around the country. It is curiously moving to see them sitting looking a little embarrassed as a pilot or flight attendant calls on their fellow passengers to give their service and sacrifice a standing ovation.And, of course, guns and the death penalty, the two things usually standing in for apple pie in any European discussion of America.
Connolly does mention other aspects of America: a pithily pragmatic way with the English language, a generous culture of hospitality, and the irritating habit of holding lift doors open for stragglers, "as though it was one of the last helicopters leaving the roof of the Saigon embassy in 1975".
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I work in my home studio on the rooftop of our building in Cook Street Village in gorgeous Victoria, British Columbia.
I share my life with two wonderful men: my husband Ross and my son Cole. They are the center of my life, and will often appear on these pages. They also bug me. And inspire me. And drive me crazy. And make me laugh. We have two furry beasts, Slinky and Jiji. They have issues. So, they fit right in!
I have been working with glass since 2004 and I love it! However, I have recently gone back to my first artistic love: painting. Since I have not painted in almost 12 years (at the time of this post in 2015), I've decided that it was time to get back to it. Eventually, I plan on mixing my two artistic love and create mix media pieces with glass and paint.. stay tune for those!
Aside from art, I love to cook, to take pictures, to learn stuff, to forget stuff, to laugh, to discover new things, to bug my son, my husband and our cats. I can go on and on because there's just… so much!!!
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Wal-Marts New Security System: Storm Troopers!?
A few weeks ago, my Aunt Wendy (Bell's Mom, for more on this see the end,) took my little cousin Jeffery and me to Wal-Mart for a fun day of…trying on shoes! Or at least that's what Jeffery thought. (I was in on the whole surprise.) As we were "Going to the garden aisle", what do you think happened? We walked past the toy aisle. But guess what happened when we walked past the toy aisle? A Scout Trooper walked past us!!! (For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, Get A Life! Or go watch Star Wars 6: Return of the Jedi. I'll wait for you to finish the movie…) Wal-Mart, had teamed up with a Star Wars, costume clad, grope called the "501st Legion" to raise money for Child's Miracle Network. What you do is pay $5 to take your picture with your favorite Star Wars character and they give the money to CMN. Then you can hang out and talk to the Imperial scum. The only good guys that they had were Obi-Wan, and Chewie. And Obi's hair made him look like a hippy-freak. Or maybe I should say dude, yeah he looked like a hippy dude. They were all very nice, even Darth Vader! The only real thing that was official looking was the costumes. They were just using a digital camera. One of their members, (who didn't wear a costume,) had gotten herself some Starbuck's drink of some sort. One of the Scout troopers, named TB-9285, walked up to her and said (with that hollow storm trooper voice): "Hey. Where's my Starbucks?"
Girl: "I didn't get you one."
TB-9285: "Why not?!"
Girl: "I didn't know you wanted one."
TB-9285: "Some friend you are! Only thinking about yourself."
Girl: "Sorry! Talk to her about it." She pointed at the girl who was talking the money and who also appeared to in charge.
TB-9285: "Oh sure! Shift the blame, shift the blame!"
Girl: "Well, wait, no I, he—"
TB-9285: "--Look, we all have to be responsible for our actions. And she's not responsible, he's not responsible, I'm not responsible for all this, so who's responsible? YOU!"
This was pretty funny to watch. I kind of forgot what they said so, those aren't their exact words. I put on my Jedi tunic when I got my picture taken. This kind of thing only happens once so I made the most of it. Now even though Jeffry is 6 years-old he still sucks he's fingers. He sucks his middle and his ring-fingers. And when the poor little boy when out with me (We got 2 pictures together) to take a picture with his favorite villain, he clawed my leg and sucked his nails off! He was scared to death. (You know little kids. When you meet these cool looken' dudes it's kinda frightening. ) when it was his turn to get his picture by himself he would not let go of my leg! I had a heck of a time getting him off of me. Then when we went to talk to TB-9285, Jeffry wanted me to fight him and all that other stuff. (I told him to do it. Cue finger sucking. He has calices on his fingers from sucking them. I'm not kidding! Ask Kendra. ) I had a few question for TB-9285. Normally I wouldn't have said all the stuff I did, but this only happens once. I asked him what they did now that the Emperor was dead. "Well, we're just setting up blockades, and hoping that the rebels don't gain any more ground." I asked him if his armor really worked. "What do you mean? Of course it works!" was the reply. "Well the rebels don't seem to have a problem shooting you guys down." "Well if you're basing your info of the movies they're pretty biased, you know. Like episode 4, did you see that?"
"When we stormed the ship, our armor worked pretty good then."
I'm out of time to finish my story, so…
To be continued…
About Bell...
She is one of my cousins who is also an AP user. You probably haven't meet her. She is never online.
Hahaha!!! This was
Hahaha!!! This was great...Jeff and his fingers! Oh I bet that was a nightmare trying to unpleel him from your leg! Makes me laugh :D
"To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be that have tried it." -- Herman Melville
Other side of the story...
"Well if you're basing your info of the movies they're pretty biased, you know."
Ah--now it all makes sense! They do say history is written by the victors: George Lucas must be a Rebel propaganda writer.
Hilarious! I'm grinning fit to break my face. Looking forward to further installments.
It was!. You sound as if you
It was!. You sound as if you really saw it ;)
I know! I told the guy I was
I know! I told the guy I was going to have to talk to Lucas about it. He said: "Well Lucas is cool with Imperials. I was once his body gaurd at a movie screening." Thanks for the comment, it made my day.


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Garbage In, Garbage Out Process
Leading economists are rejecting the basis on which the Abbott Government is proceeding with cuts. They don't think there is a budget crisis. At all.
We knew this going into the election last year, we've known it since; people ave been saying it across different media for most of the time since; and the only people who think there is a crisis is the Coalition Government. I know we've been through this topic on several occasions, but basically our Federal government debt is miniscule compared to the debt carried by other OECD nations; most of the government debt we do carry is in the local councils; and the big debt problem is in the private sector, where low interest rates have ruled supreme since the Global Financial Crisis has allowed for bubbling asset speculation on borrowed money.
In short, the government could possibly wipe out the debt in a small number of years if it were bloody-minded enough to not to care what happened to he economy. But nobody asked for this, and it would rewrite the social consensus about what government does. While that is an enormous problem all of its own, I want to focus on something for a moment. This government came up with the worst-received budget of all time on the assumption that there is a budget crisis when there manifestly is no crisis at all whatsoever. it stands to reason that none of the solutions they've reached for have gained any traction in the electorate.
Never has a bigger load of garbage been shoved into the process of government in this country, and never has it given rise to so many garbage policies you wouldn't wish upon anybody (okay, except maybe Iran).
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The myth that grew up around Senator Ricky Muir arriving in Canberra was that he was a 'Bogan' – meaning exactly what, it's hard to say because Bogan-ism isn't a political credo, it's a class-conscious insult – but here's an article that reveals he might not fit the prejudices of the media. The way the media have portrayed him, he's been anything from the second coming of Pauline Hanson to some rural Victorian village yokel idiot who got lucky in the exchanging of preferences (as if such things happen regularly).
The so-called "rev-head senator" outlined personal passions that include organic food, which he grows and eats from his garden in rural Victoria, preventive healthcare, which he is interested in championing at a political level, and renewable energy, following his surprise intervention last week to protect the Australian Renewable Energy Agency from the government's budget knife.
Senator Muir revealed a broad belief in the environment, renewable energy and organic food. "Just because someone is a motoring enthusiast doesn't mean they are an environmental vandal," he said. "I don't think many people would argue that renewable energy is the way of the future."
Asked whether he would use his balance of power influence to push for preventive health programs, he said: "I will certainly look at it with a very open mind, that's for sure."
For the Coalition, that's a Trojan Horse. The guy called himself a "motoring enthusiast" sounding like he's pro-roads and pro-construction and he's turned out to have a far more nuanced and sophisticated take on the environment and civilisation than anybody on the side of the Coalition. You could do a lot worse than that, and in looking at the sorry lot in the Coalition ranks, Australia has done a lot worse than Ricky Muir for a very long time, but Australia might have just got lucky right there with this Senator.
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up little boy and ride!
Not A Bubble (Nudge Nudge Wink Wink)
As we've learnt over our lifetime, nobody ever sees the big financial disaster coming. It's always "This time it's different". So in that spirit, I just want to say it's very different this time with housing in Australia because there's a ton of money being laundered out of China looking for landing spots and Australian Housing has turned out to be one of those asset classes.
Thus you have to take it with a grain of salt when economists say "yes it's overpriced but no, it's not a bubble". If you believed that then maybe I can interest you in this nice little coat hanger-shaped bridge in Sydney Harbour that you might want to buy. The conventional wisdom now is that it's never a bubble until it pops.
As with these things I've had a little while to reflect on it and it seems if there's one thing that limits future growth in an economy it is rent-seeking and there are a lot of rent-seekers. This is understandable because housing construction forms such a large part of the economy in Australia, somebody has to be the lobby that twists the economy in some way. In that sense negative gearing appears to be just one of the economically irrational policies we have going. Naturally if you look through old articles in the SMH for negative gearing, it is is littered with articles defending the policy – which in turn reminds us of this blanket denial that there is no bubble going on. Sure. No bubble, and negative gearing is working a treat.
So as with most things to do with what pundits say, you can be assured of two things. They're wrong, and we'll be the ones to pay for it.
The World's Worst Kept Secret Is 'Out'
Ian Thorpe says he's gay. I don't know what to say except we knew about this from way back in the heady days of the 2000 Sydney Olympics and all those gay people saying they gave him a pearl necklace. The denials over the years were comical and the topic of much derision. In this day and age, it shouldn't be such big 'news' but I guess wowserism is always going to make this news.
People, come on, he didn't win because he was or wasn't straight or gay.


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Gov. Scott Walker speaks at Iowa Freedom Summit
Speech considered preview for next year's presidential race
Gov. Scott Walker spoke with conservative voters in Iowa Saturday, telling those in attendance to go big and go bold.
Many consider the high-profile speaking engagement to be a preview for the upcoming presidential race. Iowa is the first stop.
Walker and about a half dozen other potential Republican candidates addressed a crowd of voters -- voters they'll need when the Iowa caucus rolls around next year.
"We need a President and a leader in Washington who understand it's important not to build the economy in Washington, that we as Americans want to build the economy in cities and towns all across this great country," Walker said.
Walker said the country needs a president who stands with fellow world leaders against terrorism and one who measures success by how many people are no longer dependent on government aid.
The governor said he intends to visit Iowa several more times.
The Wisconsin Democratic Party released a statement about Walker's speech, saying the governor can't credibly campaign based on an ability to lead an "American revival." The response said Walker has not been able to balance Wisconsin's budget, and that the state has lags in wages and private sector job growth.


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Hilaria shared the good news on Instagram Wednesday morning. "We are happy to announce the birth of Rafael Thomas Baldwin," she captioned the adorable photo that shows mom and her newborn holding hands.
This is the second child for the couple, who welcomed daughter Carmen Baldwin in August 2013. Alec also has a 19-year-old daughter, Ireland Baldwin, from his first marriage to actress Kim Basinger.


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I've discovered Audio Books!
I've been listening to podcasts like the New York Times Book Review and B&N Meet The Writers which I have enjoyed very much, but I'm now ready for more. I get motion sickness if I read while traveling, so I get really bored and frustrated not to be able to be engaged in a book while I'm getting from one place to another.
So, I decided to sign up for an audio book membership with Audible.com to listen to audio books on my i phone/i pod/ MP3 player. I used to think of audio books as being expensive, but I've realised, they can be cheaper than buying an actual book!
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Saturday, January 3, 2009
Pink Saturday 01-03-09
23 comments:
- Beverly said...
Happy Pink Saturday, Jenny.
These are adorable. Thanks for sharing with us.
- January 3, 2009 at 9:59 AM
- Unknown said...
Cute buttons...a whimsical addition to any wardrobe!
- January 3, 2009 at 10:38 AM
- SmilingSally said...
Cute. I wonder how you'll use them. Thanks for sharing. Happy Pink Day.
- January 3, 2009 at 11:59 AM
- Betty said...
Happy New Year Jenny!! I''m seeing pink elephants on a Saturday morning and I didn't even have a drink last night. Hah!
- January 3, 2009 at 1:03 PM
- Susan @ A Southern Daydreamer said...
My first pink Saturday... Happy Pink Saturday!
cute buttons!
- January 3, 2009 at 2:36 PM
- Unknown said...
Those are so cute...and I love the color! LOL
Happy Pink Saturday!
- January 3, 2009 at 8:15 PM
- Lisa's RetroStyle said...
What cute little buttons! Good luck to you in the new year also Jenny!
- January 3, 2009 at 8:54 PM
- Nerissa Alford said...
OOhh so cute. I just love them!
And it is so fun to go out once in awhile without the kiddos & have some me time :)
Happy Pink Saturday
- January 3, 2009 at 9:13 PM
- Maison Douce said...
Thank you so much for stopping by my blog, I truly appreciate it! Have a wonderful new year!
- January 4, 2009 at 12:32 AM
- The Muse said...
im a kid in a candy store...love them!
- January 4, 2009 at 1:27 AM
- CC said...
Love these cute buttons. happy Pink Saturday..
- January 4, 2009 at 4:52 AM
- Suzie Button said...
Love your pink buttons! Happy Pink Saturday! Suzie
- January 4, 2009 at 6:42 AM
- Jeanne said...
Hello Jenny, I adore your buttons especially the pink elephants. My Aunt Shirley is an avid button collector and seller.
Thanks for your comment on my pink elephant post. I'm sorry it took me so long to visit. We were out of town for two days. I am sooo behind.
Good luck in the New Year to you too Jenny.
- January 4, 2009 at 12:39 PM
- Lynn @The Vintage Nest said...
So cute! Happy Pink Saturday and New Year Jenny. ~ Lynn
- January 4, 2009 at 5:39 PM
- Ellen said...
Wishing you a lucky year as well. I had to ride an elephant just once. And I did..what a neat huge animal. :)ellen
- January 4, 2009 at 7:49 PM
- said...
How adorable! Very Pink Saturday-worthy!
- January 4, 2009 at 11:32 PM
- Stacey said...
Stopped by the let you know I've been wearing your hat all evening. And no, I haven't been outside in the cold- I've been wearing it around the house! I love it:) I couldn't wait to wear it so I decided I'd break it in tonight...
I'm so glad you like these little buttons... They are quite cute, arent they?
Also- did you pick up your little notebook from SuzAnna's? I left one for you:)
Have a great week:)
- January 5, 2009 at 12:20 AM
- Holly- Cutie Pie Cottage said...
Thanks for the tip on cards for sale, Jenny!
- January 5, 2009 at 6:17 AM
- Mo..."Mo's Cottage" said...
Love the cute Elephants buttons....you have to put them somewhere special....
Happy New Year...
Mo :-)
- January 5, 2009 at 3:58 PM
- Unknown said...
Such cute buttons! I hope you and your family had a wonderful New Year!
- January 5, 2009 at 4:12 PM
- Lady and Librarian said...
Oh how weird! Stacey got these from me a while back. It is so good to see them again and making someone happy!
- January 7, 2009 at 8:01 AM
- Deborah aka Miss Bee said...
Can you believe I'm just getting to your Pink Saturday post?! Sorry, I'm somewhat slow this week.
Cute buttons - and I hope we all have a happy 2009
- January 7, 2009 at 12:17 PM
Happy Very Be-lated Pink Saturday!!!
Thank you for your comment on my 100th post!!! YOU are officially entered in the grand giveaway! :) Check back Sat. for the reveal!
LOVE those cute PINK elephant buttons---and a Happy New Year to YOU!! Dana
- January 8, 2009 at 8:24 AM


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I love this game. It has beatiful graphics and an amazing atmosphere. So I bought this game on the release date on PC, I never played it on console or something and I was always hoping that it is coming to PC. So I got an quite powerful PC with an RTX 2070 and an i7-9700k and I am playing on 1440p with my personal settings (ranging from medium to Ultra) on about 55-75 fps. (Average about 65 fps) I really like the combat and gameplay. I got about 180 hrs in this game. Everybody is always talking about having to have a powerful rig. I think you should have a decent rig to play this game and find your own settings that will satisfy in looks and performance. It took me about an month from going setting to setting to find the perfect sweet spot. It took me about 70 hrs of gameplay to play the story and it was very entertaining. My other 110 hrs of gameplay is in the online mode and here are coming my critics. So at this point I am about lvl 90 and got every role and basically everything in the game, except all the things that you have to buy with gold. So online is very glitchy and it very often had me rage quit the game. I don´t know if this applies to anybody else but I have some sort of sound glitch when I join the game and it still hasn´t been fixed and it does not have to do anything with my settings or PC. And another big critical point is just rockstar games. They do nothing right at the moment or in general. They do not listen to their community and don´t fix stuff. Rockstar games is taking the money and puts out very small and useless updates. Atm the playerbase is skyrockiting down beacause they don´t listen to their community and are waiting too long for their updates. And also the players in rdo are not as toxic as the players in GTA V.
In overall it is a great game but Rockstar games is destroying it.
Best story I have ever seen! Very exciting adventure, not only for wild-west fans! Amazing details, and many missions. Needed 60 hours for the main story only. Unfortunately less multiplayer support, but playing online with friends is very funny...
Random crashes really takes from the game but other than this the game has a brilliant story and lots of interesting characters. A great sequel arguably better than the original game. Arthur Morgan is a better character.
Literally tried everything to keep the game consistently working.. Updating GPU software, updating windows, playing in direct x 12 as well as vulcan. Tried deleting rockstar loca profile. Still it randomly freezes and goes straight to desktop.. Completely breaks game immersion and ruins the experience.
I think this game has possibly the best story and map that rockstar has produced in their history of game making. Not to mention this game is just beautiful especially on pc with enhanced graphics. Last but definitely least they introduced the best protagonist in not just rockstar's history but one of the best of all time in Author Morgan. However that's when the good stops as in true rockstar fashion the online is just a complete sh*t-show which is filled with bugs that never get fixed , and especially that the online just has no factor that makes you want to keep playing. It's not like the online isn't fixable it's just rockstar won't fix bugs or make any changes to the current meta of micro transactions {gold}. Until rockstar can make some updates I believe that red dead online will turn into GTA 5 online and just lose its fun in a short amount of time.
It's definetly a Rockstar game with some familiar features and quirks - which may help someone like me, who played GTA V earlier, but may just annoy a newcomer - but all in all: it's one of the greatest role-playing adventures ever made. It has a huge world, a really deeply touching story, lots of action to enjoy, contains also weird humour and of course just tons and tons of places to go, people to meet (and kill, subsequently) and secrets to discover. Who hasn't played RDR2, hasn't really lived! ;)
Red Dead Redemption 2 can be the biggest, dumbest videogame ball pit for impulsive children, a harrowing story about the forced dissolution of community, or simply a serene and contemplative hiking simulator. It's just about whatever you need it to be, and good at it too.
Not sugarcoating anything, this game is F---ING GREAT! It's got everything you could ask for! It's a fully-implemented free roam, secondary tasks and money farming even distracts you from main missions, you have to free roam before you can play missions, you can't rush your way through every mission like most games. What i don't like is the low contact to the player support-wise. You can't transfer progress from console to pc, even if you purchased gold bars, which is pretty meh, but I can deal with it, it's not like replaying the game makes it less nice. Not at all, really, probably totally the opposite since you fall in love with the characters more and more as you progress. Also the damage on NPC's and some "hyper-real" movement makes the game really frustrating. Damage is too spongy.
Not a game I can recommend to anyone that wants an online experience. If u just want the story, so u fully understand the Red Dead Series, I would recommend it. But otherwise no, keep a LOOONG distance from Red Dead Redemption 2 if you are looking for an online experience
The story of this game is like a roller coaster full of mixed emotions in a good way. It's amazingly written and with its soundtrack is a like paradise game for anyone who shows a little sign of love for the Old West genre. Otherwise I personally think it's a game that everyone should experience
The combat is fun and cinematic, weapons are not filtered from bad to good but it's filtered by each one of its own speciality and the player's likeness. You can do anything you want, you can rob people, you can go fishing or hunting, you can do that and do that, there is really a lot of things to do and explore, such is the type of the open world games and this one is at the top of it. Graphics is pretty much awesome and it feels real, I was worried my PS4 would explode because of it.
The game is great!Animations,graphics,npc interactions and of course story.Totally worth buying.But i would recommend buying the ultimate edition instead of the special edition.And online is okay but it could be better.
The story flows so well and playing Arthur is just the best in a protagonist since Laura Croft for me. You can explore anywhere and the off missions are fun. I was hooked before the end of chapter 1. You won't be disappointed in this game.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Rockstar Games brings you an Action-Adventure video game with the western-themed setting. The third installment in the series of Red Dead, serving as a prequel to 2010's Red Dead Redemption. Controlling a cowboy-style character from a third-person perspective gives you a unique gameplay experience with traditional weapons that can be used to take on enemies. The game reveals the story of a criminal cowboy named Arthur Morgan and makes the return of several playable characters that you may have discovered in previous releases. While playing the game, you would try to make a deal with the decline of the Wild West, while struggling to keep yourself safe from government forces, ruthless gangs, and other adversaries. The third installment is also following the protagonist's fellow named John Marston, who is the protagonist of RDR.
Both third-person and first-person perspectives are there, and the game gives you a chance to explore the open-world environment from whatever perspective you want. Throughout the gameplay, you will deal with heists, shootouts, interact with NPCs, horseback riding, and more. As compared to the first release, the game improved the honor rating system that you can easily maintain through moral choices and deeds. The bounty system works following the footprint of the wanted system borrowed from the GTA franchise, governing the response of bounty hunters and law enforcement to crimes you committed by the protagonist.
Single-player Story
You would be happy to know that the Single-player campaign is as exquisite as you could wish. The addition of mind-blowing storyline, breathtaking open-world environment, and lots of new things to explore and mysteries to reveal will make your gaming experience outstand. Lots of fun-filled activities are there to partake in as you could do in GTA. If you're from those players who are searching for games like The Witcher 3 with cowboys and guns, then the single-player campaign of Red Dead Redemption 2 will leave you more satisfied.
The storyline of the game spans six chapters and the two-part of epilogue. Well, it's truly one of the most unforgettable stories you may experience as the player goes through a rollercoaster ride and experience a massive range of emotions as well. The appearance of characters is sleeky, the voice-acting is impressive, and you feel the bong growing with all of the gang members as you progress through the story.
Multiplayer Experience
This time, Red Dead Redemption 2 is released with Multiplayer gameplay that lets you partake in fun-filled activities like horse races, gunfights, and other competitive matches held in PvP modes. The majority of players aren't intending to play Multiplayer matches, while they are happier in completing the Single-player story campaign. Like those players, I'm not interested in Multiplayer game-play anymore as I can unfold the plot to discover what happens to next.
Furthermore, I was happy to find out a set of challenging co-op missions, known as A Land of Opportunities, in which your character partakes in a set of varied missions, each of them has the beautiful voice acting and cut-scenes that you would expect to discover while playing as the protagonist (Arthur Morgan) in a Single-player Story mode.
Customization Options from Weapons to Horse
The game features a character customization system, which is incredible and let you customize everything regarding your playable character from shoes to eyes, and even the sound of horse whistle. Before finishing the customization, you should know that you are going to spend lots of time with your created character, so try your best to make an outstanding character and assure two times you're happy with your creation. Undoubtedly, options are there to change your haircut and trim your beard, but don't expect a facial reconstruction because plastic surgery wasn't advanced in the early 1900s. You're not only limited to character customization, but you can also modify your weapons and horse as well.
The Verdict
Surprising to know that RDR2 is standing shoulder-to-shoulder with GTA V as one of the most anticipated games of the modern era. If I say it was a sleeky depiction of an ugly time, won't be wrong as it comes with polished graphics, a massive amount of fun gameplay, and it's mixed with the best storytelling of Rockstar to date. No one will be there who won't wish to play again after completing the lengthy storyline. This is because the game gives you a rare quality.
Just bought the key from them, and really they are cheaper than most of the other site. will surely buy from them. thanks IG for wonderful service. Impressive really impressive.
Please do not hesitate to buy from them. And don't think that I'am a paid reviewer :D trust me you wont regret. happy gaming :D
Wait! why I am here? To write something about rockstar games? if you are here that means you already knew about RDR-2. Nothing to say dude!!
For me, this game is always going to be 100. I loved the storyline and everything and would always recommend playing to everyone. I always admire how Rockstar takes time to ensure their final product is polished and i don't mind them taking long. I hope to see GTA new title as well as coming in the future soon
Rockstar has definitely outdone themselves with this masterpiece of a game. Of course, the PC release had it fair share of problems that was frustrating. But apart from that, this game is 'Must Play'!
Great game by rockstar, bit slow at the start of the game, but great story and characters. Online is a bit jank but i guess that will improve over time, but i highly recommend buying the game just for the story alone! you wont be dissapointed.
I really like the game. It's fun and you have so many options and things to do. I really like the game. It's fun and you have so many options and things to do. I really like the game. It's fun and you have so many options and things to do.
To be honest, one of the best games i've ever played... Ever. If you are looking for strong story full of amazing characters, great humour and tough reality of the world. Yep thats definitely game for you.
This game is BEAUTIFUL, one of my favourites. The story is well told and the characters seem very alive, just as the world. I love it.
The world both in the online and in the story mode is very alive and it provides a lot of things to do no matter what kind of gameplay you like!
Very nice wild west breathtaking game for everyone . The graphics look nice and the story is very good. I played it On XBOX and now its the turn of the PC. I hope its going to run well otherwise im still going to play it on the XBOX ONE
Bought this game 4 days ago but I'm only able to play the last 2 days. The Vulkan implementation messes up everything until you change it to directx 12, and to borderless windowed mode instead of fullscreen.
Other than that the game is awesome, haven't had any problems ingame (yet), runs perfectly on my PC performance-wise so I would recommend it.
Play in your own Western (non spaghetti) and live the life.. or not you could be a total bastard and make life for yourself and others a total hell. This game lets you choose. Choose a lot of stuff actually. Dont like your job? Get another! Dont like the guy walking up to you in the street? Give him a puch to the face and a bullet to the head! Murder all animals and pull the skin from their cold dead body.. and wear it!
Get so drunk you cant even stand straight no more.. and be a total jerk in the process. Damn back to playing!
Gioco molto coinvolgente sopratutto se giocato in gruppo, presenta diversi bug che devono esser fixati per garantire all'acquirente di godersi il gioco a pieno.
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Worked very well for me. The gameplay is awesome, the graphics are awesome, and the story seems great so far, except maybe the pacing, in the beginning, is kind of slow.
Can't really complain about anything else, It delivers on it's premise and that, these days, is always good.
I have to say that this game is a masterpiece.
The story is great.
Graphics are so beautiful.
I play with GTX750ti and fx-8320 and have 27-45fps at 1080p.(low settings but still beautiful graphics)..
It's not true that this game needs a super PC!!!
Just a great Game. It makes very much Fun to play it. The Graphic is insane and also the content of the Story Mode is well thinked of. The only thing I have to criticise is, that the Story goes on a bit slow sometimes.
On my end the experience is pretty decent even though I have a geforce gtx 1050, I can play with either high or medium graphics and it's still very nice. I waited a bit before buying so I did not experience any issue other players seemed to have.
I recently bought this game for pc, and after some hours or so :P time absolutely flies by
The graphics are unreal, the story are fantastic and the total immersion are just fantastic
The sheer amount of things you can do is just mind blowing.
I dont get the negative feedback some users are posting here? The problems they list?
I have absolutely none of those and my machine is not top of the pop. Just a casual i7 8700 and a GTX 1070 - i play with all settings on high, a few ultra and no problem. I think those users have other hardware or software issues that affects the game performance.
That being said - i can fully recommend this game (online part? not so sure) Griefers and all - bring friends i guess :D The game have everything for the casual and even the hardcore player.
Only negative thing really, is the steering of your character, feels clunky. Menu's feels like they work better on a PS4, and can be a bit annoying on a pc
This game is so incredible. You can Hunting, fishing, bounty hunting. You can chose what you want to do. And the graphics.. Sometimes I just rideing my horse and only watching the landscape and I don't believe that graphics what in this game have. BUY IT when you love the wild west!
Je trouve que c'est un jeu magnifique où il y a plein de chose a découvrir, on pourrai y jouer des heures sans s'arrêter ! Avec le systeme de métier on peut se faire de l'argent facilement sauf si les autres joueurs viennent vous embetez lol apres je parle du Online donc voila quoi. Mais malheureusement il faut une très bonne configuration pour y jouer car le jeu est mal optimisé et il y a énormément de bug.. Il y a encore pas mal a corrigé pour les développeurs.. Je vais devoir attendre un peu pour pouvoir y jouer due au lags et freeze...
Vorrei dargli un altro voto ma non riesco nemmeno a giocarci continua a crashiarmi è da due settimane che provo di tutto ma senza risultati ed ora quando cerco di avviarlo il launcher mi dice che è in esecuzione anche quando non lo è.
Au lieu de proposer une expérience saisissante et nouvelle, on fait appel à votre capacité à vous mettre des œillères sous couvert d'une immersion sans précédent et de graphismes tape à l'oeil.
C'est vrai que, RDR2 est beau et bluffant sur son attention du détail. C'est aussi un jeu qui ne se montre jamais aussi brillant que quand il déroule ses quêtes secondaires souvent bien écrites et qu'il récompense la curiosité par la surprise de la découverte. Mais, le problème c'est qu'il replonge aussitôt dans l'abyme quand il touche à la formule usitée de ses quêtes principales frustrantes de classicisme et de lourdeur, ses mécaniques de gestion de camp inutiles et ses affrontements mous du genoux, pour ne pas dire ailleurs.
L'histoire bien que sympathique pour sa galerie de personnages, n'a au final que pour but de vous faire vivre une lente descente aux enfers sans vous donner de véritable emprise décisionnelle sur les événements. L'histoire principale aurait gagnée à être un peu pus courte et plus ouverte.
Les pires prises de décisions s'enchaînent quitte à vous donner la désagréable sensation de subir un personnage plutôt que d'incarner un avatar impactant son univers par ses propres prises de décision.
Version PC:
L'expérience reste sensiblement semblable à la version console, en plus beau et plus intuitif. L'apport du clavier/souris aura nettement réduit cette impression de tir au pigeon dans lequel on enchaîne jusqu'à plus soif, couvert, lock, et tir. C'est plus technique et nettement moins une ballade de santé qu'auparavant.
Par contre, on aurait pas dit non à une refonte des menus, et une amélioration de l'ergonomie générale.
Gros point noir qui mérite d'être souligné : un lancement affligeant techniquement qui aura forcé une frange de joueurs à patienter prêt d'une semaine pour pouvoir lancer le jeu sans crashs inopinés du launcher. Ça et une quantité de bugs complètement choquant pour une boîte disposant de tels moyens.
Yea this game is so much fun, especially when you go in the starter city to do some missions and then get ran over by some Level 70 tryhard with a 100km range pump action shotgun. -100/10 Straight up never going into this sh!t online mode again. Probably not even in this trash game in general
I would never let a developer, like rockstar to f*** me like this!
Luckily I didn't buy the game, I took it and tried it from a friend...
In my opinion, this kind of game optimization is unacceptable!
Rockstar = shame! Absolutely one of the worst developers!
$4000 PC, can't force 1080p at 144fps on ultra, only 60+ frames? Realy?
Me parece increible que por un fallo en el launcher la gente ya le de un 1 a este juegazo. Esos detalles son ajenos al juego en si, y era cuestion de tiempo para que lo arreglaran, dicho esto: Es un juegazo en todos los sentidos, atmosfera envolvente, graficazos, y una historia increible. Llevo unas 20 horas y no m e he aburrido ni una vez, no es repetitivo o monotono. Es verdad que la optimización deja algo que desear, pero nada grave, se solucionará rápido.
don't get me wrong. RDR2 is absolutely phenomenal (played it on PS4 for at least 100 hours)
The Game itself gets atleast a 90!
i preordered in PC and i was NEVER ABLE TO PLAY UNTIL THIS DAY!
non stop launcher and game crashes including black screens while loading and full system lockups.
and no there is no problem with my rig... it's a well know problem where the community which is able to play is less than 20%.
the issue is across all platforms and hardware from Intel,AMD and Nvidia.
Nothing helps. (tested on a 2080 Ti/9900k and a 4790k/5700xt with freshly installed and up to date windows 10 pro.)
there is no legit reason to launch a game in this terrible and unplayble state.
i am starting to lose my respect for Rockstar Games. and i want my money back!
This game is so incredible. You can Hunting, fishing, bounty hunting. You can chose what you want to do. And the graphics.. Sometimes I just rideing my horse and only watching the landscape and I don't believe that graphics what in this game have. BUY IT when you love the wild west!
This is Red Dead Redemption2 FINNALYY YEAAAAH
But if you dont have a i9 9900k and a TITAN RTX dont hope for 4k
if you dont have i7 9700k and a 2080 dont hope for 1440p
if you dont have i7 9700k and a 2060 dont hope for 1080
the game freeeze every 30 seconds with every i5 or lower CPU
A shamefull launch.
This is Red Dead Redemption2 FINNALYY YEAAAAH
But if you dont have a i9 9900k and a TITAN RTX dont hope for 4k
if you dont have i7 9700k and a 2080 dont hope for 1440p
if you dont have i7 9700k and a 2060 dont hope for 1080
the game freeeze every 30 seconds with every i5 or lower CPU
A shamefull launch.
Il va falloir éclaircir certains points,
Ce jeu est simplement le meilleur open world jamais paru, et plus je lis l'avis des autres plus je perds foi en l'humanité, j'ai jamais lu autant de me mauvaises foi pour un jeu et quand bien même autant d'acharnement.
Ceci dit, le jeu est une claque monumentale; un étalon graphique qui met à l'amende tous les Triples À de ces dernières années. Le titre nous plonge dans un open world immense, beau, très très beau, très diversifié ( Grandes plaines, Désert, Montagnes, Massifs escarpés, Marais, Forêt, Grandes villes ), le jeu parvient l'exploit de proposer un open world immense mais aussi très dense, ultra vivant, très organique, très cohérent, très généreux.
Il y'a toujours quelque chose à faire, à explorer, un inconnu à qui parler ou même à sauver ou encore à tuer.
Le jeu est une ode à l'exploration, à la découverte et à l'immersion, il faut savoir être patient, curieux pour apprécier pleinement ce jeu, RDR2 n'est pas un consommable que l'on boit en 30 heures et que l'on pose sur étagère, c'est une aventure, une épopée qui nous marque et qui nous immerge tout comme le premier, à vie.
Je ne vois pas de défauts, les qualités intresèques gommant largement les petits bugs qui surviennent de temps en temps.
On tient facilement ici, le jeu de l'année et j'irais jusqu'a dire le meilleur titre de la génération de consoles actuelles.
Pour résumer ;
Les plus :
+ Le meilleur open world jamais créé
+ Un monde cohérent, oragnique, et magnifique
+ L'hyper-interacrivité du monde
+ Un scénario absoluement génial
+ Des protagonistes géniaux, tous très charismatiques
+ Une technique irréprochable
+ Un contenu gigantesque
+ Un score musical de génie
+ La gestion et la personnalisation
Les moins :
- Quelques bugs à déplorer
- Des premières heures difficiles à maîtriser, faute à la multiplication d'actions à maîtriser
Rockstar ici signe un coup de maître et sans aucun doute le meilleur jeu de toute son histoire, l'industrie est prévenue, l'open world lui aussi a changé à tout jamais.
Ottimo gioco ,ottima grafica,finalmente un gioco sparatutto diverso da tutti e ben svolto con una vera trama.
Belle le storie gioco molto intuitivo e pieno di particolari gioco che invoglia a giocare ed non annoiare
Das spielt hat ein umwerfende Grafik und die Story ist atemberaubend. Meiner meinung nach ist dieses Spiel einer der besten Rockstar Games Titel und Spiele-Titel überhaupt. Für jeden der Fan ist, mit einem Revolver auf einem Pferd durch die Städte zuziehen ein blick wert.
10/10 Juegazo, me lo he pasado como un nene jugandolo, la historia es increíble como siempre por parte de Rockstar, la jugabilidad bastante buena, en ningún momento se me ha bugueado, los graficazos impresionantes y lastima que las voces no estén en Castellano porque así no nos tendríamos que dejar los ojos en los subtitulos pero así lo han decidido los de Rockstar..
Lo único que se echa en falta es que haya alguna opción para que se queden grabadas las conversaciones y el resto de información para leerlo más adelante cuando la necesites, tal y como se podía hacer en los GTA anteriores.
Que puedo decir es un juegazo una gran historia, increíbles personajes un mundo vivo se capta de una forma increíble el viejo oeste, los eventos están echos de forma increíble las misiones tanto las de la historia como las secundarias en lo personal un gran juego que vale la pena jugar, el online esta muy bien con actualizaciones gratis y te diviertes un montón.
Hubo un momento de mi vida en el que los videojuegos me aburrian porque todos eran copias unos de otros o seguian la formula battle royale cansina . Pero eso cambio cuando me regalaron este hermoso videojuego, es muy diferente a todos los juegos que he jugado en mi vida. Cierto es que tiene cosas de tipo gta pero a un asi es muy diferente. Si pudiera cambiar algo seria el destino de algunos personajes, pero es una precuela asi no se podria hacer mucho. PD: online es basura
Increible juego me encanto y servicio de instant gaming inmediato como siempre,el juego en si muy divertido entretenido,muy vicioso porque te siguen dando ganas de jugar y lo único que veo un poco malo es que no esta tan bien optimizado como podria estar.
Beste Story die ich jemals in einem Computerspiel erlebt habe. So emotional. Rockstar Games hat auch schon mit GTA V einen großartigen Job gemacht, was die Story angeht, aber RDD2 legt nochmals einen drauf. Das Beste Openworld Game
No veremos algo igual durante años,Obra Maestra absoluta en todos los aspectos y sobre instan gaming: un servicio ultra rápido.Tendré a partir de ahora a instant gaming como página de referencia para comprar videojuegos,gracias.
Que dire de ce jeu ?
Il est parfait, quelle claque visuelle, l'histoire est superbe, les graphismes n'en parlons même pas, pour moi le seul bémol c'est qu'il y a encore des bugs pour moi si simple et chiant pour un jeu de cette envergure, du moins c'est superbe !
Anche se ad oggi sono usciti dei bellissimi nuovi gioghi, questo è un gioco meraviglioso sotto tutti i punti di vista e ancora oggi e tra i miei preferiti del 2019-2020
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West's Silence on Saudi Crimes Speaks Volume of Its Hypocrisy: Pundit
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – A London-based political Analyst and writer said some West states' muted response to the heinous crimes committed by the Saudi regime in the Middle East region proves their grandstanding on such principles as human rights and democracy.
"I would say that the West's silence speaks volume of its hypocrisy and grandstanding on such principles as human rights, democracy and national sovereignty," Catherine Shakdam, the director of Shafaqna Institute for Middle Eastern studies in London, said in an interview with the Press Shia News Agency.
Shakdam is an expert commentator and political consultant. Her writings have appeared in Foreign Policy Association and the Guardian among many other media outlets.
Following is the full text of the interview:
Press Shia: As you know, the Riyadh regime and its staunch allies invaded Yemen in March 2015 with the aim of returning the fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi to power. Since then, the people of the Arabian Peninsula country have been under massive attacks and airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition almost on a daily basis. According to a leaked UN report, it is believed that the coalition has targeted civilians with airstrikes in a "widespread and systematic" manner. In the latest air raids by the coalition forces, 13 Yemeni civilians were killed in rural areas north-east of Hodeida on Saturday. In your opinion, why is the international community so passive in responding to the heinous crimes committed by the Al Saud regime?
Shakdam: Saudi Arabia has bought its political allies' silences. If you consider that Yemen's war is actually a genocidal war carried out by the most brutal, vindictive and reactionary theocracy ever to have graced the pages of History, silence is now a war crime, and I would personally argue a crime against humanity. Saudi Arabia is at war not only against the people of Yemen, against an entire people's sovereign right, and right to political self-determination. Although it has been presented as a war of political restoration, the main goal was always to turn Yemen into a Saudi province – another jewel to add to the crown of al-Saud.
The Kingdom is attempting to raise a grand Wahhabi empire at the heart of Southern Arabia for its natural resources and geography would guarantee its power for decades to come.
Yemen is geo-strategically invaluable – with thousands of miles of coasts Yemen offers an opening onto Africa, Asia and of course Europe through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal. Yemen also sits along the World Oil Route. Should KSA control this strait of water, it would essentially hold a monopoly on natural resources and thus have powers eat in the palm of its hand. I'm not sure the Western powers in their arrogance can fathom that Saudi Arabia is their greatest enemy.
With Yemen, Saudi Arabia has learnt war – a war fought by proxy: mercenaries. The real question Western capitals sought to ask themselves is: what happens when Riyadh will have ambitions of its own against its Western friends?
Saudi Arabia has become a dangerous and belligerent power animated by a violent and dogmatic ideology: Wahhabism.
The West's silence is anchored in the insane belief that it can still control its patsy: Terror that it can still play imperialism to revive its dying economic system.
I would say that the West's silence speaks volume of its hypocrisy and grandstanding on such principles as human rights, democracy and national sovereignty.
In my book: A Tale of Grand Resistance – Yemen, the Wahhabi and the House of Saud I clearly identify the paradigm of Yemen's War, and the role Western powers and Western institutions have played to offer cover to Saudi Arabia's crimes.
Press Shia: The October 8 Saudi airstrike on a funeral in Sana'a, which killed more than 140 people and was condemned by Human Rights Watch as an "apparent war crime", was one of the deadliest since the start of the war. One day after the attack, the White House said it had begun an "immediate review" into its role in assisting the Saudi-led coalition. This is while Spokesman for Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah Movement Mohammed Abdulsalam said late on Friday that the war on the Arab country is a US-Saudi aggression. What is your assessment of such statements by the White House and its role in the protracted war in Yemen?
Shakdam: Washington is only trying to assuage public opinion by pretending to care. Washington knows exactly what is going on in Yemen – US experts are sitting in Riyadh's war rooms alongside their British colleagues. Are we honestly implying that the White House is unaware of Saudi Arabia's targets even though its offices are providing the intelligence? I would like to think that the public is not naïve as to believe officials' statements.
America remains one of the most hypocritical and disingenuous of power. America speaks of human rights and democracy and it is denying Yemen both. America claims to be a nation under God and yet it has allowed for the abomination of Wahhabism to act as its foot-soldiers as it attempts to enslave nations to its rule. When I say America, I speak not of the people but the regime. The White House can say what it will, until actions manifest on ground, talk is indeed cheap.
Washington has no interest in Justice. If it did it would not have systematically trampled on nations and people's rights. It would not have permitted for the likes of Riyadh to wage war on its own people in the name of religious absolutism, and of course it would not have allowed for Yemen to be burnt to the ground as it did.
I do agree that Washington has empowered the Saudis against Yemen's Resistance Movement but that is not to say that Washington will not switch alliances. Washington, we ought to remember always plays both sides of the river to ensure that its interests are best served. And so this war remains still a Saudi war on Yemen.
There has been a shift in dynamics over the past few weeks and months whereby the US is coming to terms with the fact that Riyadh's agenda for Yemen will fail and that Sana'a will not bow regardless.
Press Shia: Ceasefires announced by the United Nations in Yemen have failed to hold as the Saudi regime repeatedly violated them. The UN-led peace negotiations have also been fruitless. In your opinion, why have the UN efforts to end the 20-month conflict or at least broker a real ceasefire gone nowhere?
Shakdam: The United Nations has no real authority anymore. I think this was best demonstrated this year when Saudi Arabia blackmailed the UN into removing its name from the human rights violators blacklist. The UN has become a slave of capitalism and its funders' abilities to leverage money for political influence.
I would say that as it stands now the United Nations has become together a tool and an extension of the Western imperial complex … although power now is shifting into the hands of Saudi Arabia because of the money it wields.
For a ceasefire to work both parties need to commit. Clearly Saudi Arabia is more interested in murdering innocent civilians than abiding by the rule of law. Yemen's Resistance Movement is well aware of that – but it also understands that for peace to be given a chance one needs to try nevertheless.
Saudi Arabia has shown its true nature – it is a murderous regime, a repressive regime, a genocidal regime which makes fascism look like child play.
Press Shia: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon openly admitted in June that he removed the Saudi-led coalition from a blacklist of child killers — 72 hours after it was published — due to a financial threat by Riyadh to defund UN programs. What do you think of such decision by the most prominent international organization, which has always called itself a defender of human rights?
Shakdam: Money! It is always money which makes the wheels of Western politics turn! What surprised me most was the public's apathy. If we can expect politicians to behave ruthlessly, to see such a broad desensitization before human suffering is troubling. If crimes against children cannot prompt people to rise-up in anger one needs to wonder what will.
The United Nations' very existence is redundant. It serves the high and mighty not the rule of law. It only pays lip-service to human rights; it does not actually fight to defend them.
For example: Saudi Arabia has threatened several times over to murder Ali Mohammed al-Nimr, the nephew of deceased Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr – what has the UN done about it? Nothing at all. Even though this young man was imprisoned and tortured as a child the UN has looked on in complete silence.
The United Nations has become irrelevant!


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2016 Lexus GX 460 Review
Pros & Cons
- Capable off-road performer
- plenty of luxury features.
- Uncomfortable second-row seats
- inconvenient side-swinging cargo door
- V8's lackluster acceleration and poor fuel economy
- relatively ponderous handling.
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Edmunds' Expert Review
A traditional midsize SUV with three rows of seating, the 2016 Lexus GX 460 is capable off-road, yet manages to coddle its occupants on pavement. Still, most luxury crossover SUVs offer better on-road performance and passenger comfort.
Vehicle overview
Only a couple of automakers (Land Rover and Lexus) bother to build luxury SUVs with worthwhile off-roading capability these days. Lexus, in fact, has a couple of capable off-roaders in its lineup, one of which is the 2016 GX 460. Based on a Japanese-market Toyota called the Land Cruiser Prado (Lexus is a division of Toyota), the GX 460 combines traditional body-on-frame construction, a high-clearance suspension and a full-time four-wheel-drive system to enable serious off-roading.
The 2016 Lexus GX 460 is one of the few SUVs that's at home on-road or off.
The GX 460 is still a luxury-biased SUV, though. It rides softly (especially if you specify the optional air springs) and its 301-horsepower V8 engine delivers all the power one needs in the urban cut-and-thrust. Interior quality is also up to Lexus standards of luxury. But there are some notable drawbacks here, including an aging tech interface and a backseat that offers less space and comfort than newer crossovers that cast a similar-size shadow.
If you spend more time on the pavement rather than off of it, there are other crossover SUVs that will serve you better. The 2016 Acura MDX and 2016 BMW X5 lack the GX's off-road chops but they deliver more interior space, better on-road performance and handling and higher fuel economy. If you insist on detouring through the jungles of Cameroon on your way to Neiman Marcus, consider the Land Rover LR4, which is equally capable off-road. And while you're considering your options, don't overlook Lexus' own RX-series, freshly redesigned for 2016. Though technically lower in the Lexus lineup, it's more comfortable and now boasts a pleasingly sporty demeanor. In our opinion, the 2016 Lexus GX 460 should only be on your shopping list if you really need an SUV that is as good off-road as on.
2016 Lexus GX 460 models
The 2016 Lexus GX 460 is a seven-passenger luxury SUV offered in two main trim levels: Base and Luxury.
Standard features on the base model include 18-inch alloy wheels, automatic LED (low-beam) headlights, a sunroof, roof rack side rails, rear privacy glass and a rear spoiler. Inside you'll find dual-zone automatic climate control, leatherette premium vinyl upholstery, a power tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel, eight-way power front seats (with two-way power lumbar), driver memory settings, a sliding and reclining 40/20/40-split second-row seat and a 50/50-split third-row seat. Tech features include a rearview camera, Bluetooth phone and audio connectivity, an 8-inch touchscreen infotainment interface and a nine-speaker sound system with a CD player, Siri Eyes Free, satellite radio, HD radio and two USB ports.
The GX 460 feels fairly old inside, as the basic layout of the center stack and steering wheel hasn't changed much since 2010.
There are many optional features on the GX 460, but keep in mind that they can be packaged together differently depending on where you live. On the base model you can opt for the Premium package that adds different LED foglights, automatic wipers, a windshield de-icer, front and rear parking sensors, upgraded interior trim, perforated leather upholstery, heated and ventilated front seats, heated (outboard) second-row seats, tri-zone automatic climate control, a navigation system and Lexus' Enform smartphone app system.
Stepping up to the Luxury trim gets you all of the above equipment plus an adaptive suspension with rear auto-leveling air springs, headlight washers, auto-dimming side mirrors, blind spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alert (available separately on lesser models), a heated steering wheel, mahogany wood trim on the steering wheel and shift knob, upgraded leather upholstery, a cargo cover and power-folding third-row seats.
Options on the Luxury model include a 17-speaker Mark Levinson surround-sound audio system, a rear seat video entertainment system and the Driver Support package, which includes the off-road-oriented Crawl Control feature, automatic high beam headlight control, adaptive cruise control (includes a pre-collision warning system), a lane departure warning system, additional front and side parking cameras and the Mark Levinson audio system.
2016 Highlights
Performance & mpg
The 2016 Lexus GX 460 has a 4.6-liter V8 engine that produces 301 hp and 329 pound-feet of torque. A six-speed automatic transmission is standard, as is a full-time four-wheel-drive system with a dual-range transfer case. A tow prep package with a trailer wiring harness is standard, and the GX 460 can tow up to 6,500 pounds.
In Edmunds testing, the GX 460 accelerated from zero to 60 mph in 7.2 seconds, a below-average time for a luxury SUV. EPA-estimated fuel economy is underwhelming, however, at just 17 mpg combined (15 city/20 highway).
The 2016 Lexus GX 460 comes standard with antilock brakes, traction and stability control, a rearview camera, front and rear seat side airbags, driver and front passenger knee airbags, and side curtain airbags that cover all three rows. Also standard is Lexus Safety Connect emergency communications (with automatic collision notification, stolen vehicle locator and emergency assist). The available Lexus Enform system can provide additional control of vehicle functions and information via a smartphone app.
There are also a number of safety features that are either optional or come bundled in higher trim levels, including blind spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alerts, a lane departure warning system and a frontal collision warning and preparation system (which determines if a crash is imminent and automatically tightens the seatbelts and primes the braking system for a quicker response).
In Edmunds brake testing, the GX 460 came to a stop from 60 mph in 127 feet, a longer than average distance for this segment.
For an SUV built on traditional body-on-frame underpinnings, the 2016 Lexus GX 460 delivers a ride quality that's a good bit smoother than you might expect. Handling around turns is secure, and the available adaptive suspension (which can be set in one of three modes from soft to firm) helps out in this regard. But compared to the likes of the Acura MDX or BMW X5, the GX 460 is relatively ponderous to drive. In particular, its steering and brakes are a bit slow to respond, a consequence of Lexus' attempt to tune them for both on- and off-road use.
The GX's thirsty V8 engine is underpowered for this class.
The GX 460's 4.6-liter V8 produces sufficient power for everyday driving, but ends up being a bit outmatched when called on to move the vehicle's bulk in situations like highway passing. The transmission is smooth, though occasionally it can be hesitant to downshift.
All seems right with the world when you leave the pavement behind, though. The Lexus GX 460's four-wheel drive and available Crawl Control feature could very well make you feel invincible. Select one of Crawl Control's three speed presets, and the computer takes over both the accelerator and brake pedal, leaving you to concentrate on steering with a minimum of fuss.
The 2016 Lexus GX 460 maintains a decidedly traditional look inside and forgoes the more modern widescreen monitor and Remote Touch interface present in newer Lexus models. Still, the GX's cabin is attractive and nicely put together. It's hard to find fault with the quality of the soft leather and genuine wood trim that are standard in the top-of-the-line Luxury model, but the leatherette upholstery (a nice way of saying vinyl) in the base model seems a bit low-rent for a vehicle in this price range. Front seats are plenty comfortable, but the hard and flat second-row bench is noticeably less so. The dinky third-row seats are suitable for small children only.
While it has seating for seven, the interior of the 2016 Lexus GX 460 is not very comfortable for second- or third-row passengers.
Folding the second- and third-row seats down creates a cargo hold with 64.7 cubic feet of space, which is a bit underwhelming given the GX's bulk. Accessing that space is complicated by the fact that the tailgate is hinged on the passenger side, which makes it difficult to load the GX from the curb. However, the tailgate does have a convenient lift-up rear glass window that makes it easier to carry long items like surfboards or lumber.
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Infinite Density is out in November.
Blush Response is Joey Gonzalez, a Cuban-American producer now based in Berlin whose music is an intense blend of EBM, industrial and techno. He debuted on Sonic Groove back in January with the Human Augmentation EP, and now Adam X has enlisted him for an 11-track, hour-long album described as being designed for "concrete arenas." It includes an appearance (on strings) by former Front Line Assembly member Rhys Fulber, who also put out an EP on Sonic Groove earlier this year.
Infinite Density follows Blush Response releases for imprints including Ant-Zen, Desire Records and aufnahme + wiedergabe. To date, only one other artist besides Adam X has put out an album through Sonic Groove: the duo Orphx, whose Pitch Black Mirror LP landed late last year. News of a new LP on Sonic Groove comes shortly after the label recently reissued a rare 12-inch from Beta Evers and welcomed back Dasha Rush with a new EP, Ain't No God Nor King.
Listen to a clip of Infinite Density cut "Tesselate."
01. Infinite Density
02. Panic Stricken
03. No Solace
04. Aum Shinrikyo
05. Survivor Guilt
06. Painkiller feat. Rhys Fulber
07. Serpentine
08. Infinite Dread
09. Tryptamine
10. Tesselate
11. Dead Still Air
Sonic Groove will release Infinite Density on November 6th, 2017.


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METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Genome-wide microarray-based transcription analysis was carried out to detect the genes associated with metabolic resistance in these populations. Comparisons of the susceptible New Orleans strain to three non-exposed multiple insecticide resistant field strains; Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Kota Bharu detected 2605, 1480 and 425 differentially expressed transcripts respectively (fold-change>2 and p-value ≤ 0.05). 204 genes were commonly over-expressed with monooxygenase P450 genes (CYP9J27, CYP6CB1, CYP9J26 and CYP9M4) consistently the most up-regulated detoxification genes in all populations, indicating that they possibly play an important role in the resistance. In addition, glutathione S-transferases, carboxylesterases and other gene families commonly associated with insecticide resistance were also over-expressed. Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis indicated an over-representation of GO terms linked to resistance such as monooxygenases, carboxylesterases, glutathione S-transferases and heme-binding. Polymorphism analysis of CYP9J27 sequences revealed a high level of polymorphism (except in Joho Bharu), suggesting a limited directional selection on this gene. In silico analysis of CYP9J27 activity through modelling and docking simulations suggested that this gene is involved in the multiple resistance in Malaysian populations as it is predicted to metabolise pyrethroids, DDT and bendiocarb.
CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE: The predominant over-expression of cytochrome P450s suggests that synergist-based (PBO) control tools could be utilised to improve control of this major dengue vector across Malaysia.
Methodology: WESIHAT 2.0 was devised in a senior-friendly style, which includes touch screen, greater font size, larger icons, and employed multimedia components of text, images, and videos. The components employed in WESIHAT 2.0 were a screening tool called TUA-WELLNESS, 10 guides for memory improvement, health diary, and guide for a healthy menu. This application assessed a group of 73 candidates consisting of elderly people, health professionals, caregivers, and information technology (IT) professionals for 1 month.
Results: All the elderly people, caregivers, and 75% of IT and health professionals were satisfied with the subject matter of WESIHAT 2.0. About more than half of the elderly people, caregivers, and IT and health professionals had given a consensus on the comprehensive ease of the terminologies, sentences, images, table, and advice related to diet included in the web application. Proposals for improvements of the web portal included suggestions such as using smaller sentences, using greater font size, adding more images, and avoiding the use of unfamiliar terminologies.
Conclusion: WESIHAT 2.0 is a suitable tool for educating older people about the lifestyle modification strategies to slower progression to cognitive impairment, with regard to the significance of expert advice.
METHODS: The fresh Azolla pinnata plant from Kuala Krai, Kelantan, Malaysia was used for crude extraction using Soxhlet and maceration methods. Then, the chemical composition of extracts and its structure were identified using GCMS-QP2010 Ultra (Shimadzu). Next, following the WHO procedures for larval bioassays, the extracts were used to evaluate the early 4th instar larvae of Aedes mosquito vectors.
RESULTS: The larvicidal activity of Azolla pinnata plant extracts evidently affected the early 4th instar larvae of Aedes aegypti mosquito vectors. The Soxhlet extraction method had the highest larvicidal effect against Ae. aegypti early 4th instar larvae, with LC50 and LC95 values of 1093 and 1343 mg/L, respectively. Meanwhile, the maceration extraction compounds were recorded with the LC50 and LC95 values of 1280 and 1520 mg/L, respectively. The larvae bioassay test for Ae. albopictus showed closely similar values in its Soxhlet extraction, with LC50 and LC95 values of 1035 and 1524 mg/L, compared with the maceration extraction LC50 and LC95 values of 1037 and 1579 mg/L, respectively. The non-target organism test on guppy fish, Poecilia reticulata, showed no mortalities and posed no toxic effects. The chemical composition of the Azolla pinnata plant extract has been found and characterized as having 18 active compounds for the Soxhlet method and 15 active compounds for the maceration method.
CONCLUSIONS: Our findings showed that the crude extract of A. pinnata bioactive molecules are effective and have the potential to be developed as biolarvicides for Aedes mosquito vector control. This study recommends future research on the use of active ingredients isolated from A. pinnata extracts and their evaluation against larvicidal activity of Aedes in small-scale field trials for environmentally safe botanical insecticide invention.
METHODS: The scoping review was conducted based on the framework by Arksey and O'Malley. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta Analysis (PRISMA) diagram was used as a guide to record the review process. Articles from year 2008 until 2017 on overweight and obesity among adults aged 18 years and above were retrieved based on the keywords using electronic databases (Embase/Ovid, Pubmed, Cochrane library and Google Scholar). Local journals, Nutrition Research in Malaysia Biblography (2011 and 2016), online local theses databases, virtual library databases were also included in the searches. Consultations with relevant key informants from the National Institutes of Health and local universities were also conducted. Search activities were managed using Endnote software and MS Excelsheet.
RESULTS: The characteristics of the results were described based on the objectives of the review. A total of 2004 articles and reports were retrieved, and 188 articles related to obesity in Malaysia were included in the final review. Scopes and topics of obesity research based on the Nutrition Research Priorities in Malaysia (NRPM) for 11th Malaysia Plan were obesity prevalence, weight loss intervention, association of physical activities and dietary factors with obesity. The majority of obesity research among adults in Malaysia was cross sectional studies and only a small number of intervention studies, qualitative studies and systematic review were indentified. Research gaps were identified in order to make useful recommendations to the stakeholders.
CONCLUSIONS: In the past decade, there has been an emerging evidence on obesity research among adults in Malaysia. More obesity research needs to be conducted particularly on obesity intervention among specific gender, qualitative studies, economic cost and genetic factors of obesity.
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text: After the intervention of Overseas Pakistanis Commission (OPC) Punjab, an expatriate Pakistani has got ownership right and documents of house worth Rs. 9.2 million. Commissioner OPC, Afzaal Bhatti informed that Muhammad zaheer, settled in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, filed a complaint with OPC, that he has bought a house in mahaal pakki kotli, District Sialkot in Rs 9.2 million. Despite of payment to previous owner, documents and ownership rights of house have not been transferred to him. This complaint was referred to District Overseas Pakistanis Committee (DOPC) , Sialkot for further proceedings. After the effort of DOPC members, the overseas Pakistani got the ownership rights and documents of the house. Afzaal Bhatti further said that on the special instructions of Chief Minster Punjab, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, OPC is vigorously pursuing the complaints of Overseas Pakistanis.


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Monday, January 3, 2011
my new years weekend was amazing! kind of last minuet plans brought us to western massachusetts to visit our great friends courtney and chris. it was surprisingly spring like all weekend, but man did it look like a winter wonderland. one of my favorite places they take us is the quabin reservoir which is right don the road from their places, and also suplies the water to boston! its HUGE! and so beautiful and now iv gotten to see it an all different seasons, winter is quite amazing.
running around this natural wonder with ali, kris and courtney was so much fun. three photographers and one little ol' me who wore the wrong kinda shoes for climbing all over rocks and sand! i have more to post about this trip, this is just an outfit post mostly. courtney was kind enough to take my photos for me. be sure to check out her flickr for more photos of that day, and keep going back because there is more fo the weekend to come.
scarf- h&m
black blazer- thrifted
large sweater- salvation army
beautiful black blouse- gift from ali for my birthday, favorite thing ever!
pink knit skirt- thrifted
black tights- h&m
sparkle socks- marshals, kate spade.
new favorite black boots- got these at uo.com the other day. got them in the mail just before the weekend and i wore them literally all weekend! they were on sale for $20 and they are so cute and very comfy. i could wear them for hours!
Posted by Emily Rose at 8:57 AM
5 comments:
- EATING THE ABSTRACTION said...
Yay! So happy to have been a part of these phenomenal moments. I'm still daydreaming of it all. Can't wait to see you again!
- January 3, 2011 at 9:39 AM
i admire your bravery, going out there to pose in short sleeves :) i live about 2 hours away from Quabbin, and last time i went there it was absolutely FREEZING. the wind from off the reservoir didn't help any...
- January 3, 2011 at 11:06 AM
- A Little Brighter said...
These photos are beyond amazing and those boots are too, can't believe they are comfy, beautiful shoes are usually the most painful!
Ayesha x
- January 3, 2011 at 7:58 PM
- Lola said...
Love your skirt and you blog! Now a keen follower!
Please check out mine
- January 4, 2011 at 6:52 PM
you're very beautiful, with your figure you can wear anything.
- January 8, 2011 at 11:20 PM
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For me, one good indication of a great show is how quickly the 3 songs. The Urge show on November 18th, 2011 at The Pageant seemed like it was over in the blink of an eye.Continue reading
For those that don't know, Puscifer is a side project of Tool frontman, Maynard James Keenean. Carina Round (pics) provided vocals along side of Maynard and performed as the opening act. To say this show was interesting is an understatement. Can't say that I expected to be trying to shoot around lawn furniture, so it is a good thing I had a long lens with me.
Maynard's voice and the acoustics of the newly remodeled Peabody Opera House were an amazing combination. The vocals and instruments were crisp, clear and some of the best I have ever heard.
I photographed the show for PLAYBACK:stl and Bruce Matlock wrote an excellent review.Continue reading
Carina Round
Carina Round was not only the opening act for Puscifer, but is also a member. On November 12th, 2011, I had the opportunity to photograph her performing at the Peabody Opera House in St. Louis, MO. Being an old opera house, the conditions for photographing were less than ideal. All I can say is I am glad I brought a long lens.
The Peabody Opera House recently reopened after closing for about 20 years and it is absolutely beautiful. The acoustics are some of the best I have ever heard.Continue reading
Blue October
Blue October are currently on tour supporting their latest album, Any Man In America. The photos were taken at my favorite concert venue, The Pageant, on October 1st, 2011. This was my first time getting a chance to photograph them and I must say that the lighting was pretty good. Also, the front of the stage was clear, which made things pretty easy to shoot. Another plus was there were no security guards or other photographers behind the barricade with me, so I had the place to myself. All in all this was a fun show to shoot.Continue reading
Greek Fire – Joplin, MO Benefit Show
There is nothing like a Greek Fire show, the energy is second to none. Every show is never the same as the last. I just love how the amount of fun these guys are having just radiates outward. This was a show with Evans Blue to raise money for the city of Joplin, MO, which is still recovering for the tornadoes that hit the town back in May. To donate, visit Rebuild Joplin.Continue reading
Evans Blue – Joplin Benefit Concert
Evans Blue was one of four bands who played a show to help raise money for the victims of the tornadoes that hit Joplin, MO back on May 22nd, 2011. Help is still needed if you can, please donate.Continue reading