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About Satpura National Park.
How to Reach.
Safari & Timing.
Facilities Satpura National Park.
About Satpura National
Satpura National Park is
located in district Hoshangabad of Madhya Pradesh in Central
India. It gets the name from Satpura hill ranges (Mahadeo
hills). It covers an area of 524 km˛. Satpura National Park,
and along with the adjoining Bori and Panchmarhi Sanctuaries,
provides 1427 km˛ of unique Central Indian Highland ecosystem.
It was set up in 1981. The terrain of the national park is
extremely rugged and consists of sandstone peaks, narrow
gorges, ravines and dense forests. The altitude ranges from
300 m to 1352 m. It has Dhoopgarh peak as high as 4500 feet
(1400 m) and the almost level plains of Churna. The
nearest town to the national park is Pachmarhi and the nearest
railhead is Piparia at a distance of 55 km. The state capital
Bhopal is situated at a distance of 210 km.
Landscape of National Park:
The terrain of the national park is extremely rugged and
consists of fascinating deep valleys, sandstone peaks, narrow
gorges, rivulets, waterfalls, thickly dense green forest of
Sal and other medicinal herbs and Tawa's vast reservoir.
Un-even altitude ranges from 290m. to 1352 m. Highest peak of
national park is in Satpura National Park i.e. Dhoopgarh at an
altitude of 4500 feets(1400 m.). As it is the highest peak of
Madhya Pradesh, sunlight reaches this peak earlier than
anyother landscape of Madhya Pradesh.
Flora of Satpura National Park:
Bio-diversity of national park is stunning with over 1300
species of plants. Flora of national park includes teak, sal,
tendu, mahua (Indian butter-tree), bel (stone-apple), bamboos,
grasses, bushes, unchecked grown lantanas and other many
medicinal plants whose details are not available now. It is
said that in majority of jungle we can judge that sal is the
prominent flora of National Park.
The Satpura Tiger Reserve, is believed to be one of Central
India's best kept secrets. Its only wildlife national park,
one of its kind experiences offered only in Satpura National
park. To truly understand the secret ways of jungle ,to
appreciate the working of its innermost recesses, to see and
learn the signs and tracks that wildlife leaves through the
forest and to learn to interpret these to savor the smell
sound and sense of wilderness, you have to take to your feet.
Satpura is unique amongst tiger reserves in permitting this
type of walking
Fauna of Satpura National Park:
Being a part of unique eco-system, Satpura National Park
is very rich in bio-diversity. Its fauna comprises chinkara,
Indian Bison(Gaur), tigers, leopards, wild boar, wild dog,
bear, black buck, porcupinem, Sambhar, four horned antelopes,
smooth otter, pangolin, marsh crocodile, ratel and monkeys
etc. Indian giant squirrel is the special feature of Satpura
National Park as it is rare in India now. Tiger sighting of
this national park is not so impressive as compare to nearby
Bandhavgarh, Kanha or Pench national parks. So it is required
when we go for jugle safari in national park, we should no go
with single mindset of tiger-sighting but enjoy sighting all
members of national park as they are equally share the jungle
with tigers and are extremely beautiful creatures of nature..
By Train:
Nearest railway station for Satpura National Park are Pipariya
(50kms), Sohagpur (19km), Itarsi (75kms), Hoshangabad (50kms).
Among them Pipariya & Itarsi are important one as most of the
important trains stops their.Pipariya railway station is on
main route of Mumbai-Howrah line. Park is accessible by train
from cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Kolkata,
Agra, Varanasi etc.
By Road: Satpura National Park is spread over Jabalpur -
Bhopal road. Nearest cities are
Bhopal (210kms), Jabalpur (250kms) & Chindwara. Their are 03
important entrance gates for Satpura National Park in which
important ones can be reached from Sohagpur & Pachmarhi.
Madhai entrance gate is about 18kms diversion from Sohagpur
towards Sarangpur village. Although small air-strip is
available in Pachmarhi, but proper near-by airports are in
Bhopal (200 kms.), Jabalpur (250 kms.) and Nagpur city (255
kms.). Private car rental services are
available in all these cities.
By Flight: Those who wish to reach Satpura Tiger Reserve
through flight can fly up to Bhopal Airport (200kms), Jabalpur
Airport (250kms) & Nagpur Airport (320kms). From these
further journey toward forest can be done via road using taxi
Jeep Safari
Timing - Satpura National Park
Just like any
other national parks of Madhya Pradesh, Jungle Safari system
of Satpura National Park is similar. Here 4-wheel driven
vehicles (petrol/diesel) are used to park-safari. Here no
vehicle of more that 5-years old is allowed to go for
park-safari. Park entrance charges and guide fee is similar to
any other national park of Madhya Pradesh. Jeeps are generally
hired from market in Pachmarhi or through hotels.
WINTER (Oct to Jan)
MORNING - 06 : 30 to 10 : 30 AM,
EVENING - 01 : 30 to 5 : 30 PM
SUMMER SAFARI TIMING (Feb to June)
MORNING - 06 : 00 to 10 :00 AM
EVENING - 02 : 30 to 06 : 30 PM
Facilities - Satpura
National Park.
Boat Safari- a
fantastic way of bird watching and Wildlife viewing is by
boat, canoe or Kayak paddling silently along the jungle's edge
and enjoying the birdlife and wildlife as it emerges. Magical
experience. All boats are manned by trained boatmen/Guides who
are re-employed fishermen left jobless with the expansion of
the park boundaries over the water.
Elephant Safari: As with other tiger reserves in central
India, Satpura supports a small herd of riding elephants that
are used to track tigers and then put on a 'tiger show' where
visitors can drive up to the closest road point to the tiger,
climb abroad an elephant and be ferried out to where the tiger
is located. It is good way to see and photograph Tigers.
However at Satpura it is possible to hire elephants for an
hour or two and just head out in to the jungle seeing what you
may see.
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Post-transplantation B cell function in different molecular types of SCID.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
PURPOSE: Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is a syndrome of diverse genetic cause characterized by profound deficiencies of T, B and sometimes NK cell function. Non-ablative HLA-identical or rigorously T cell-depleted haploidentical parental bone marrow transplantation (BMT) results in thymus-dependent genetically donor T cell development in the recipients, leading to a high rate of long-term survival. However, the development of B cell function has been more problematic. We report here results of analyses of B cell function in 125 SCID recipients prior to and long-term after non-ablative BMT, according to their molecular type. METHODS: Studies included blood immunoglobulin measurements; antibody titers to standard vaccines, blood group antigens and bacteriophage Φ X 174; flow cytometry to examine for markers of immaturity, memory, switched memory B cells and BAFF receptor expression; B cell chimerism; B cell spectratyping; and B cell proliferation. RESULTS: The results showed that B cell chimerism was not required for normal B cell function in IL7Rα-Def, ADA-Def and CD3-Def SCIDs. In X-linked-SCID, Jak3-Def SCID and those with V-D-J recombination defects, donor B cell chimerism was necessary for B cell function to develop. CONCLUSION: The most important factor determining whether B cell function develops in SCID T cell chimeras is the underlying molecular defect. In some types, host B cells function normally. In those molecular types where host B cell function did not develop, donor B cell chimerism was necessary to achieve B cell function. 236 words.
Full Text
- Published version (via Digital Object Identifier)
- Pubmed Central version
- Open Access Copy from Duke
- Link to Item
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Buckley, RH; Win, CM; Moser, BK; Parrott, RE; Sajaroff, E; Sarzotti-Kelsoe, M
Published Date
- January 2013
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 33 / 1
Start / End Page
- 96 - 110
PubMed ID
- 23001410
Pubmed Central ID
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1573-2592
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1007/s10875-012-9797-6
- eng
Conference Location
- Netherlands

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A Lindbergh High student responds to presence of guns in schools
May 10, 2018
To the editor:
In response to the April 19 letters of both Jim Stinebaker and Jim Kohnen, I invite them to consider attending a school where it is proudly displayed that a teacher carries a firearm.
As a student of Lindbergh High School, I would be immensely worried, as that person — with or without an outside threat — has just become dangerous, and in most cases, lethal.
To protect students, we need to establish a way to keep guns out of school, period.
A device created for the sole purpose of killing someone has no place in a learning enviroment filled with the future generation.
Alice Clauss
Lindbergh High School sophomore


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Posted on March 22, 2022 by Gold Coast Writers
Admit it. You've allowed another year to pass you by and the promise you made to yourself to write your memoir has not seen the light of day. Let me guess what your excuses might be:
Maybe you had never thought about writing a memoir but are curious to know more. So, whether you've been procrastinating or simply curious, let me see if I can inspire you to move forward and get those words into print. One reason some people can't accomplish their goal is that they try to do it alone. This makes it easier to give up. It's a bit like trying to get fit without a personal trainer. Finding a writing mentor will keep you focused on finishing this worthwhile project.
I've heard so many incredible stories over the years. For some, procrastination resulted in their stories being lost forever. People don't realise that their experiences will be valuable for generations to come. For some of my clients, writing their memoir resulted in a life-changing experience and has opened doors that offered unexpected opportunities.
A eulogy is someone's impression of you, which may or may not be completely accurate. Some people only show a version of themselves. Even people who are close to you may not know everything about you. Were you a star athlete in your youth? Did you escape a country at war? Were you persecuted after committing a heroic act?
One of my clients, Captain Rod Lovell survived an air crash after both engines failed shortly after take-off. He had 46 seconds to take action and made a split second decision to ditch the plane into Botany Bay in Sydney, Australia. His actions saved all lives on board and Rod was hailed a hero in the media. Six weeks later, he had his licence suspended and ultimately his aviation career destroyed. After spending the next 25 years attempting to clear his name, he decided that writing his memoir, titled From Hero to Zero, might be the only way to reveal the truth about what really happened. Little did he know it was to change the course of his life and have him back in the media spotlight.
Have you ever asked yourself that question? We are complicated beings, and for me, the process of writing has been a journey of discovery of who I am underneath all those layers I've piled on myself. I have to admit, I still haven't figured it out completely and I probably never will, but that's okay as long as what's had to be said has been said and someone has benefited along the way. The film Runaway Bride is a classic example of how some people morph themselves to how others want them to be. How well do people know you? How well do you know yourself? What legacy do you want to leave behind?
What's fame got to do with it? A well-told story will resonate with people regardless of your social status. Personally, I think it's more challenging to write a fictional story than a memoir. When you write a memoir, you don't have to make up a bunch of lies, create believable characters and problems, then figure out how to solve them. However, you do need to make sure your story is intriguing and of value to the reader regardless of what kind of book you write.
With the help of an editor, your aim should be to come up with a unique way to present your story. You never know whether you'll end up with a best-seller and become famous, like Scott Pape, author of The Barefoot Investor. Scott used a devastating life experience to teach people how to overcome financial hardship. His book is quirky and has a unique approach to sharing financial advice that is easy to understand and has appealed to, and changed the lives of, millions of readers.
All it takes is for you to present your story in a way that will resonate with your readers or answer the questions they hope to find in your book. The first step is to figure out what makes you unique? If you're not sure, ask those who are close to you.
Besides family and friends, readers who are interested in the theme or topic you are basing your memoir on, and WRITERS would like to read your memoir. I have read countless memoirs and autobiographies to research information for my projects. Some authors have spent years researching a particular topic they are passionate about and have chosen to share it in their book for our advantage.
If there are already many books on the market with a similar theme to your memoir, such as overcoming addiction, dealing with obesity, secrets to setting up a successful business, or your rags to riches story, I recommend reading as many as possible and approaching your story with a different angle that has your unique branding.
Can you recall books that have resonated with you enough to prompt you into action? This is where working with a writing mentor or editor helps guide you in the right direction to help make your book stand out.
You may choose to simply share special memories with family members and the generations to come rather than create a book for commercial gain. It's still of great value and better and more personal than any gift you can purchase, in my opinion.
Seeking Revenge is not a good reason to write a memoir. Most readers are discerning and will not appreciate an author's attempt to manipulate their emotions by blaming others, being vindictive, or playing the victim to get readers on their side. This is an egotistical approach and usually has the reverse effect.
Life Experiences That Make Interesting Memoirs
Take a moment to think about your life experiences. Here are some examples:
If you are an artist or photographer, you can approach your memoir in a creative way, such as a coffee table book. Artist, Lyn Marshall's Harnessing the Power of the Creative Spiral is one example that I love as it encourages and challenges you to live the life designed for you and is filled with her magnificent artwork. If you want to share your travels, you might want to create a photographic book that includes your travel stories. If you love to cook, you could create a special recipe book with stories of how you acquired each recipe. I created a recipe book to pass on to my children that included their favourite recipes growing up and a photograph of the person who passed on the recipe. They love it.
Working With a Writing Mentor or Editor
If you choose to write your memoir for commercial purposes, it's very important to find a writing mentor or editor to guide you along the way. Family members and friends are not professionals. They will tell you want you want to hear so as to not hurt your feelings. Or, they may be brutal and crush your dream of publishing after all your hard work. Writing is not as easy as people think. Even professional writers work with editors. Don't even think about publishing a book without hiring an editor first. Once it's in print, there's no turning back without it costing you in more ways than monetarily.
If your memoir has a competitive edge, you may want to submit it to a traditional publisher, or you may choose to self-publish and have full control of the production, marketing and profits. If the content is of particular interest, the money you invest in writing and publishing could continue to make you money for years to come, as long as you find distribution channels to assist you with selling in bulk. Some of my clients have written their memoir as a business marketing tool, or some sell copies after their speaking engagements.
If you feel that what you have to share doesn't merit the effort of writing an entire book, you may like to consider writing an article of a few thousand words to submit to a magazine. Search out magazines that suit your story topic and submit a pitch to the magazine editor. Some magazines pay for well-written articles and you'll have the thrill of seeing your story in print.
So, have I stirred up a desire to get started on your memoir?
Time is priceless and yet it slips through your fingers like sand. Begin the journey of self-discovery today by booking a free consultation with me at firstname.lastname@example.com. Tell me a little about yourself and the best times to contact you. I look forward to hearing from you.
Jacqx Melilli has a Master of Arts degree in Writing and Literature from Deakin University and has several publications including stage plays, educational books on filmmaking and theatre production, poetry, short stories and film scripts. One of her passions is assisting people to write and edit their stories. For more information on how to write your memoir, check out Jacqx interview on Media Queen TV.
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It was only last week that Simon Readman and his wife Shani moved into their new home in Lambley.
Simon's parents had lived in the village, so the couple knew it was prone to flooding when they were making the decision where to go from their previous home in Stapleford.
They did all the necessary checks, and were told that their new home in Main Street would only be liable to flood once every 50 to 100 years.
But five days after they moved in last Friday (June 7) they found themselves up to their knees battling rising flood waters.
"Last night was a bit of a challenge," said Simon, 50. "It's been an interesting few hours.
"Before we moved we did quite a lot of research with the Environment Agency and the various flood reports available."
The problems started at a round 10pm, when the couple saw surface water in Main Street and wondered if they needed to put towels under the doors.
They then looked out the back garden to see that a patio heater and gas cylinder were floating. And debris was getting stuck under the bridge which leads to their neighbour's property.
"Big bits of logs and branches were getting blocked under the bridge, and water was coming into the garden," added Simon, a national account manager.
Shani's sister Sarah, who is staying with the couple for a few weeks while visiting from Australia, was roped in to help clear the bridge debris so the flooding did not get any worse.
"We were about three or four inches away from the water coming into the kitchen," said Simon.
Flooding problems in the village are caused by the Lambley Dumbles - also called The Beck - overflowing onto Main Street.
But Simon says he doesn't regret buying a property in the village.
"Nobody can remember it being as bad as it was last night," he said. "Nobody has ever seen the rear of the property flood. I think we were just unlucky.
"The flood report was for one in every 50 to 100 years, so at least we have got it out of the way."


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Providing excellent service is the best way to win over your customers, and a simple transaction experience can help seal the deal. But processing a credit card payment isn't just about accepting a client's money — it's also about protecting the client's payment data.
According to the Federal Trade Commission, the costs of credit card fraud have risen by more than 25% since 2013. Given those consequences, it's no wonder that credit card processors are required to adhere to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
But what exactly is PCI compliance, what does it mean for small businesses, and who is ultimately responsible for a merchant's PCI compliance?
Let's dig in!
What Are PCI Compliance Standards?
PCI compliance standards were developed by Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and American Express in 2006. Their goal was to create standard safety regulations to improve data and payment security for all companies and their credit card processing systems.
The guidelines these companies set forth to develop include technical steps organizations must follow to ensure they handle sensitive customer data in a safe, secure way. They include recommendations to not store such data and to check (and fill) security gaps often.
Since the creation of PCI standards, however, adherence hasn't always been stellar. Verizon's 2018 Payment Security Report reveals that in 2017, only about half of the observed companies were fully compliant. Yikes.
PCI standards are a critical part of a credit card processor's overall security efforts, and every processor should be up-to-date on all those standards. But, ultimately, who is responsible for PCI compliance?
The answer isn't as clear as you might expect.
Your credit card processor is the one that must comply, but if a breach does occur, the responsibility will fall on you as the company that accepted the customer's payment. The fallout will mainly affect your company's reputation, and any resulting fines will be yours to pay.
That means it's on you to research your credit card processor's PCI compliance.
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How to Achieve PCI Compliance
If you haven't taken time to ensure that your processing system takes PCI compliance standards seriously, you could be subject to several penalties, including:
- Monthly fines of up to $10,000
- Bank reversal charges
- A strained relationship with your bank
- Invasive FTC audits
- Lawsuits from consumers and credit card companies
- Loss of client confidence — and clients themselves
- A smeared brand image
Now you don't have to wonder why PCI compliance is important. Fortunately, achieving that compliance isn't complicated or difficult. It just takes a few questions and some caution moving forward.
First, you should ask your credit card processor's system administrator or customer service representatives to explain PCI compliance and what it means for your business and customers. Take note of how transparent they are in their answers and whether they're focused on educating you or on trying to push the sale.
Then, ask them to produce a PCI compliance checklist that includes protection for card readers and other point-of-sale, or POS, systems. Investigate whether the platform stores cardholder data, and if so, why and for how long. For optimal security, it shouldn't store any data without a valid business reason.
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The new side-loading garbage truck is finally here!
Here are some tips for proper cart placement:
- Do not block. In order to keep cost down and our drivers safe, many if not most of our new truck uses an automated arm to collect the trash from the curb. It is very important that the carts are not blocked by vehicles or other obstructions that can prevent the truck's arm from easily reaching the carts.
- Carts should open towards the street. Do not place your carts sideways or backwards at the curb. The lids should always open towards the street to prevent damage to the lid/cart. The arrows on the lid should always point toward the street as pictured below.
Whether you have one or multiple carts, you should always leave a minimum of 2-3 feet between the cart and other objects (additional carts, mailboxes, trees, etc.) Always ensure the carts are visible for the driver to see and service. The best placement for a cart is at the end of the driveway or on the grass within 2-3 feet from the road and any other objects.
Those living on a dead-end will no longer be able to put their cans at the end of the street as pictured below. Cans need to be accessible to the side arm. These cans should be placed on either side of the street.
According to Chapter 50.03, "…cans shall be kept water-tight, that all garbage must be bagged and fit into the can with the lid shut…" The two examples below will NOT be picked up in the future. These homeowners will most likely need to order a second trash can. New receptacles can be ordered by calling the Water Department at 740-384-2040. ADDITIONAL BAGS WILL NO LONGER BE PICKED UP AT ANY TIME; ALL BAGS MUST FIT INSIDE THE CAN WITH A CLOSED LID. The arm can actually spill these overflowing cans.
Large pick-up items, such as mattresses, furniture, etc., will need to be scheduled in advance for your regular trash day. At least 3 days notice should be given for large items. To schedule a large item pick-up, call the Water Department at 740-384-2040, or email email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Change windows 7 dns settings | How to change dns server windows 7, Windows 10? Changing DNS server is easy and can have many advantages. Two main ones are increasing the speed of Internet browsing or making it safer. These steps are used to change it on any PC with Windows 7, XP or Vista. How to change your dns
Change windows 7 dns settings? The first thing is to choose the DNS server that is right for you. Follow the links below if you think you already have it clear. There are two basic options:
- Find the best DNS . The fastest for your specific case.
- Choose from this list of DNS for free and public . In addition to being fast, some offer safer navigation. They filter websites with viruses or other dangers, or pages that contain certain content that you may want to avoid.
Open the Start menu and choose Control Panel right .
Then do this according to your windows …
In Windows 7, windows 10 or Vista
-Click on the right in the Network and Internet category .
-Then also right click on Network and Sharing Center .
– Look for the Change Adapter Settings link on the left (in Windows Vista this option is called Manage Network Connections ).
"Get off at Step 4 a little further down."
In Windows XP –
In the Control Panel choose on the right Network and Internet Connections .
-Then, right- click Network Connections .
Change windows 7 dns settings ? In all cases, the network adapters you have are on the right. There may be several types: local area or ethernet connection, Wi-Fi or wireless connection, etc. Click on the one you want to change to select it.
Choose the local area or ethernet connection if your PC is connected with a cable to a router or modem or if you have a built-in modem.
Select the Wi-Fi connection instead if you connect to the Internet using a wireless (wireless) Wi-Fi connection. Are you not clear if you are using one or another type of connection? Change the two by following the steps I now explain. Repeat them for each type of connection you have available.
STEP 4 | Change windows 7 dns settings
I remind you that you had selected the connection, cable or Wi-Fi. Now click on it with the RIGHT button and choose Properties .
A window opens with a list of options to configure (similar to the image on the top left). Double-click the option called Internet Protocol version 4 (TCP / IPv4 ). It may simply be called Internet Protocol (TCP / IP) on some Windows.
Choose Internet Protocol version 6 (TCP / IPv6) in the same way instead of the other if the DNS you want to put is in the IPv6 format . This option is not always available.
STEP 6 | Change windows 7 dns settings
Then there are two options for DNS. They are in the bottom half of the new window that opens:
- Make the Obtain DNS server address automatically checked
Keep this option if you want the assignment to be automatic. Or active instead Use the following DNS server addresses to define a few. Jump to step 8 below.
- That is enabled Use the following DNS server addresses
In this case the field of the preferred DNS server and maybe the one of the alternative that is below will be "filled in". If so, enter the IP of each server indicating which is preferred and which is the secondary. Keep reading…
Fill in or change the preferred DNS Server field with the primary DNS IP you chose in step 1 (or whatever you would like to put). The IP consists of four numbers separated by dots (for example, 188.8.131.52 or 220.127.116.11). Write the DNS by putting each number in its place of the field, which also has points to separate them. Also fill in the field Alternative DNS Server by putting the secondary DNS there.
Press OK when you finish. And then again in the window you return to. Close the remaining windows.
STEP 9 | How to change dns server windows 7, Windows 10
Restart your PC and try surfing the Internet. If you can not get anywhere you may have changed the DNS badly. Follow the same steps above and verify that you have written your IPs well.
If everything seems correct and you still can not surf the Internet try other DNS. Does not that work, either? Go back to the same steps and choose in step 7 that the DNS is obtained automatically. Or put the DNS that you had originally (the ones I asked you to point to in step 7 in case there were some defined by default).
Change windows 7 dns settings, How to change dns server windows 7, Windows 10


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- a wide range of literary genres
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I don't see how you can listen to this song (or watch its brilliant music video) without a huge smile on your face. SSAK3 brings together K-pop legends Rain and Lee Hyori with equally legendary MC/comedian Yoo Jae-suk for a co-ed trio formed on his show Hangout With Yoo. Their goal is simple, pure and fantastic: no more ballads topping the Korean charts during the summer. Can I get an amen to that?
Beach Again (다시 여기 바닷가) has already accomplished this aim, topping digital charts as soon as it was released. And now that there's a music video to go along with it, the sky's the limit. It helps that both Rain and Hyori have enjoyed renewed interest over the past couple of years, making this a surprisingly timely sub-unit rather than the "past their prime" nostalgia play it could have been. It also helps that Beach Again is a genuinely good pop song. It draws equally from the 90's trends it honors and the more modern, brass-kissed summertime pop of Sistar. This is a sound I've been craving in K-pop, and hopefully Beach Again's success will reignite interest in the style.
Right from the start, the track explodes with its carnival-like instrumental – big, splashy synth brass, galloping percussion and bounding energy. Hyori and Rain deliver the opening verse with a joyful affection, and although not a singer, Jae-suk also embraces the track with a clear love for the source material. It would have been easy to play this up as some over-the-top parody, but nothing about Beach Again feels needlessly silly. It's a full-throated pop song, complete with gorgeous pre-chorus melody and buoyant chorus. I don't see how anyone could choose some mopey trap ballad over this. Long live K-pop summer!
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Museum of Natural History: Scavenger Hunt
This week we explored outer space, ancient cultures and ran from a stampede of African Elephants...all while completing a scavenger hunt at the Museum of Natural History! Our group met at our usual meeting spot in Gramercy and discussed the most effective route to the museum. Using our transit apps, the group decided the best option was to take the 6 train to Grand Central, transfer to the 7 to Time Square, and finally transfer to the local C uptown train.
Thanks to one group member's museum membership the group was able to enjoy the museum for free! Before we began our scavenger hunt, members enjoyed lunch in the museum cafe. While eating lunch, members discussed questions on the scavenger hunt list in order to make a game plan to complete it in the allotted time period. Members used the museum map and their smart phones to assist them in deciding where to begin the scavenger hunt and answer several of the questions.
During the scavenger hunt, group members exhibited excellent teamwork and communication skills. Through each exhibit, members took time to find interesting facts and discuss their favorite parts of the museum. Throughout the hunt, the group ran from a stampede of Elephants and sang "Hakuna Matata" with some lions in the hall African Mammals, looked at giant space rocks in the hall of Meteorites, visited the giant blue whale and saw the worlds longest dinosaur.
We left the museum feeling accomplished and tired from our museum adventure. We can't wait to see what fun things we will experience next week!


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Imaginative and Fun | Review of 'The Missing Guardian' (The Descendants #1)
By Cynthia Ayala
"Seth Reid didn't mean to run away with a shapeshifter. When he lost his Dad one year ago, Seth's world fell apart. On the verge of pushing the rest of his family away, he meets Belvedere, a quirky shapeshifter, who seeks help to eliminate a dark infection that threatens the Four Worlds of Life. But when the guardian of the world of air and wind goes missing, everything falls apart. Seth is pulled into the Void, where he meets a dark figure who's determined to become one with Seth. On an adventure filled with dragons, elemental crystals, and an unknown prophecy lost over time, Seth questions his ability to help. And the more his doubts grow, the stronger the dark infection becomes. Will his bond with his siblings be enough to stop the infection? And if Seth succeeds, will he finally be able to move past his father's death?" —Goodreads
Published October 10, 2017, by Snowy Wings Publishing The Missing Guardian by Melanie McFarlane is a fun young adult tale that takes three kids on a wild adventure.
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Designer + Academic + Entrepreneur
Barış Atiker is a motion designer and instructor living in Istanbul, Turkey. He has a Proficiency in Art (2009) degree on Motion Graphics Animation and he is currently teaching Motion Typography, 2/3D Motion Design and Interaction Design at Bahcesehir University. With nearly 20 years of design experience in leading and developing creative teams, he has worked for many award winning international branding, TV and Film Title projects. He also works as a freelance talent director for a global network, as well as organizing portfolio meetings for creative talents in Istanbul. He also publishes a vlog about motion design, with tutorials and interviews with successful Turkish designers.


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Not my first but one of the earilest game I can actually remember beating would have to be the first Tomb Raider
Space Invaders, Missile Command, and Pac Man didn't have endings! I think I have to go with @I Will Haunt You 's answer and pick Adventure on the Atari 2600.Did you even know games had endings when you were a kid?
My first game I recall finishing was Wasteland, needless to say when Fallout and its line especially Fallout 4 came along I was completely hooked.I ask the PCG staff a regular Weekend Question and post the answers on the site. If you'd like to throw in an answer here, I'll squeeze the best into the finished article!
This week's question is: What's the first game you remember finishing? Did you even know games had endings when you were a kid? Have you always had to finish one game before moving on to the next?
Ya know... Don't think I ever really finished it. Just spent countless hours making maps on graph paper. Those were the days, am I right? If you don't know what aim talking about then you must not be a true PC Gamer... or ... Maybe I'm just dating myself. Live Long and Game Often my Friends.Zork


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Operation Freedom Deal
|Operation Freedom Deal
|Part of the Vietnam War
United States
Khmer Republic
North Vietnam
Khmer Rouge
|Commanders and leaders
Richard M. Nixon
Henry Kissinger
|Pol Pot
|Casualties and losses
Cambodian casualties: 50,000–150,000 (per Ben Kiernan, other estimates vary widely)[4][5][6][7][8] This figure refers to the entirety of the U.S. bombing of Cambodia, including the Operation Menu bombings.Vietnamese casualties: unknown
Operation Freedom Deal was a United States Seventh Air Force interdiction and close air support campaign waged in Cambodia between 19 May 1970 and 15 August 1973, as an expansion of the Vietnam War, as well as the Cambodian Civil War. Launched by Richard Nixon as a follow-up to the earlier ground invasion during the Cambodian Campaign, the initial targets of the operation were the base areas and border sanctuaries of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Viet Cong (VC).[9]
As time went on most of the bombing was carried out to support the Cambodian government of Lon Nol in its struggle against the communist Khmer Rouge. The area in which the bombing took place was expanded to include most of the eastern one-half of Cambodia. The bombing was extremely controversial, and led the U.S. Congress to pass the War Powers Resolution.[10]
Operation Freedom Deal followed and expanded the bombing of Cambodia conducted under Operation Menu in 1969 and 1970. Most of the bombing was carried out by U.S. Air Force (USAF) B-52 bombers. While the effectiveness of the bombing and the number of Cambodians killed by U.S. bombing is in dispute, civilian fatalities were easily in the tens of thousands.[11]
With the end of Cambodian neutrality due to the coup that ousted Prince Norodom Sihanouk and installed pro-U.S. General Lon Nol as president, the Cambodian civil war escalated as the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) reacted to military actions by the Cambodians, Americans, and South Vietnamese.[12][13]
On 15 March 1970, Lon Nol issued an ultimatum to the North Vietnamese, ordering them out of the border areas. The PAVN/VC and their indigenous Khmer Rouge allies had occupied eastern Cambodia for the previous ten years and had established a logistical system and Base Areas along the border during their struggle for a unified Vietnam. They were not about to abandon their zones of control without a fight.
Operation Patio[edit]
The newly renamed Khmer Republic (which will herein still be referred to as Cambodia) enlarged the Khmer National Armed Forces (FANK) and launched it against the PAVN. Hanoi's response to the ultimatum and this offensive was the launching of Campaign X in April. PAVN and VC forces easily seized eastern and northern Cambodia, leaving only a few isolated FANK enclaves.[12]: 94
The U.S. responded by first launching Operation Patio, which consisted of tactical airstrikes into Cambodia as an adjunct to the highly classified Operation Menu, the strategic bombardment of the Base Areas by B-52s.[13]: 19–35 [14] The Menu bombing pushed PAVN/VC forces deeper into Cambodia, which led to a more expansive U.S. bombing campaign.[15] The U.S. and South Vietnam then launched offensive ground operations in May 1970 during the Cambodian Campaign.
President Richard M. Nixon, however, had placed a 30 June deadline on the operation, after which all U.S. ground forces had to return to South Vietnam. This did not bode well for the Lon Nol government. Although the incursion had temporarily thrown the PAVN/VC off balance, they and the Khmer Rouge struck back against FANK forces. As a result of this state of affairs, Freedom Deal, the overt air support afforded to the incursion, was extended on 6 June.[16]
Operation Freedom Deal[edit]
In the post-incursion period, Freedom Deal was originally an interdiction effort, striking enemy supply lines in eastern Cambodia, and was restricted to a 50-kilometer (30 mi) deep area between the South Vietnamese border and the Mekong River. This restriction was, however, quickly voided due to Search and Rescue operations conducted by the U.S. Air Force in order to pick up downed South Vietnamese pilots, who regularly flew outside the Freedom Deal zone.[16]: 201–202 Within two months (and without public announcement), the operation was expanded west of the Mekong.[14]: 146
The withdrawal of U.S. forces in May left only South Vietnamese and Cambodian forces to do battle with PAVN/VC and the Khmer Rouge. U.S. tactical aircraft then began supplying FANK troops with direct air support. Meanwhile, President Nixon had announced that the policy of the U.S. Air Force was only to interdict PAVN/VC supply networks (in the same manner that they were interdicted in Laos), and that they were only to be conducted within the specified zone (known as the AIZ or Aerial Interdiction Zone).[16]: 203
Post-invasion escalation[edit]
During the rest of the year, the Freedom Deal area of operations was expanded three times. Transcripts of telephone conversations reveal that by December 1970 Nixon's dissatisfaction with the success of the bombings prompted him to order that they be stepped up. "They have got to go in there and I mean really go in," he told Henry Kissinger. "I want them to hit everything. I want them to use the big planes, the small planes, everything they can that will help out there, and let's start giving them a little shock." Kissinger then relayed Nixon's order, saying, "A massive bombing campaign in Cambodia. Anything that flies on anything that moves."[17] The president was inspired to reckless escalation by his belief in the "madman theory".[18]
By the beginning of 1971, the area of operations stretched from Route 7 to the Laotian border in the north and 120 kilometers (75 mi) beyond the Mekong to the west.[16]: 207 Between July 1970 and February 1971, approximately 44 percent of the 8,000 sorties flown in Cambodia struck targets outside the authorized zone. This led to Kissinger, Alexander Haig and Colonel Ray Sitton developing a policy of falsifying the reports of missions carried out beyond the boundary.[16]: 203–204 [14]: 146–148 [18]
Most of the strikes were flown in direct support of FANK troops, although American officials continued to deny the fact. Despite this effort, the communists occupied one-half of Cambodia by late 1970 and had cut all the land routes leading to and from the capital of Phnom Penh. In short order the USAF found itself shifting more and more of its diminishing air power from its interdiction campaign in southern Laos to the struggle in Cambodia. In 1971 Cambodian missions made up nearly 15 percent of the total number of combat sorties flown in Southeast Asia, up from eight percent during the previous year.
According to George McTurnan Kahin, Freedom Deal bombers treated the communist-held parts of the country as a virtual "free-fire zone". For most of the campaign, U.S. Ambassador Emory Swank and his team were only allowed to vet targets west of the Mekong. Often they had no idea what villages were being bombed.[19] Swank soon resigned, one of several foreign policy officials who left because of Kissinger's Cambodia policy.[15]
In Cambodia, the ground war dragged on, with the Khmer Rouge doing the bulk of the fighting against the government. On 28 January 1973, the day the Paris Peace Accord was signed, Lon Nol announced a unilateral cease-fire and U.S. airstrikes were halted. When the Khmer Rouge refused to respond, the bombing resumed on 9 February. The U.S. Seventh Air Force argued that the bombing prevented the fall of Phnom Penh in 1973 by killing 16,000 of 25,000 Khmer Rouge fighters besieging the city.[20]
In March the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff proposed a much expanded bombing campaign. From then until the end of the operation on 15 August, sortie and tonnage rates increased. By the last day of Operation Freedom Deal (15 August 1973), 250,000 tons of bombs had been dropped on the Khmer Republic, 82,000 tons of which had been released in the last 45 days of the operation.[21]
During 1973 Freedom Deal aircraft dropped 250,000 tons of bombs (primarily high explosive), more than the 180,000 tons dropped on Japan during the Second World War.[22] As Khmer Rouge forces drew a tighter ring around Phnom Penh in April, the U.S. Air Force flew more than 12,000 bombing sorties and dropped more than 82,000 tons of ordnance in support of Lon Nol's forces during the last 45 days of the operation.[21] Since the inception of the Menu bombings in March 1969, the total amount of ordnance dropped on Cambodia reached 539,129 tons.[13]: 297 On 15 August, the last mission of Freedom Deal was flown.
Additional detail concerning the disputed effectiveness of the bombing of Cambodia is in the article Operation Menu. According to David Chandler: "If you just made a very cold, calculating, military decision, the bombing of 1973 was in fact a sensible thing to do [at the time], because had it not happened, the Khmer Rouge would have taken Phnom Penh [much earlier] and South Vietnam would have had a communist country on its flank."[23]
In contrast, Pulitzer prize-winning correspondent Sidney Schanberg asserted that the campaign actually fostered the Khmer Rouge's growth, recalling that the militia men "would point... at the bombs falling from B-52s as something they had to oppose if they were going to have freedom. And it became a recruiting tool until they grew to a fierce, indefatigable guerrilla army.".[24]
Cambodian deaths caused by U.S. bombing[edit]
U.S. bombing of Cambodia extended over the entire eastern one-half of the country and was especially intense in the heavily populated southeastern one-quarter of the country, including a wide ring surrounding the largest city of Phnom Penh. In large areas, according to maps of U.S. bombing sites, it appears that nearly every square mile of land was hit by bombs with roughly 500,000 tons of bombs dropped.[25]
When extensive bombing by the U.S. of Cambodia began in 1969 it was primarily directed against the PAVN/VC and their supply lines and bases. As the PAVN/VC dispersed their operations deeper into Cambodia to escape U.S. bombing the area bombed by the U.S. expanded. Increasingly, U.S. bombing missions had the objective of supporting the government of Cambodia in its war against the insurgent Khmer Rouge.[26]
The number of deaths caused by U.S. bombing has been disputed and is difficult to disentangle from the broader Cambodian Civil War.[27] Estimates as wide-ranging as 30,000 to 600,000 have been cited.[4][5][6][28][29] Sihanouk used a figure of 600,000 civil war deaths,[30] while Elizabeth Becker reported over one million civil war deaths, military and civilian included,[31] although other researchers could not corroborate such high estimates.[32] Marek Sliwinski notes that many estimates of the dead are open to question and may have been used for propaganda, suggesting that the true number lies between 240,000 and 310,000.[27]
Judith Banister and E. Paige Johnson described 275,000 war deaths as "the highest mortality that we can justify".[33] Patrick Heuveline states that "Subsequent reevaluations of the demographic data situated the death toll for the [civil war] in the order of 300,000 or less".[34] Of these civil war deaths, Sliwinski estimates that approximately 17.1% can be attributed to U.S. bombing, noting that this is far behind the leading causes of death, as the U.S. bombing was concentrated in under-populated border areas.[27] Ben Kiernan attributes 50,000 to 150,000 deaths to the U.S. bombing.[35] According to Larry Clinton Thompson, 150,000 seems to be the best estimate.[29]
Another impact of the U.S. bombing and the Cambodian civil war was the destruction of homes and livelihood of many people. This was a large contributor to the refugee crisis in Cambodia with two million people—more than 25 percent of the population—displaced from rural areas into cities, especially Phnom Penh which grew from about 600,000 in 1970 to an estimated population of nearly 2 million by 1975. The Cambodian government estimated that more than 20 percent of property in the country had been destroyed during the war.[13]: 222
The legacy of unexploded bombs has had a long-term impact on agriculture in the affected areas. More fertile soil is often softer, and thus bombs impacting such soil are less likely to explode. Farmers in formerly bombed regions often work less fertile soil due to the perceived risk of uncovering unexploded bombs.[36]
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- ^ Chandler, David (2000). Brother Number One: A Political Biography of Pol Pot, Revised Edition. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Silkworm Books. pp. 96–98.
- ^ Kiernan, Ben; Owen, Taylor (26 April 2015). "Making More Enemies than We Kill? Calculating U.S. Bomb Tonnages Dropped on Laos and Cambodia, and Weighing Their Implications". The Asia–Pacific Journal. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
First, the bombing forced the Vietnamese Communists deeper and deeper into Cambodia, bringing them into greater contact with Khmer Rouge insurgents.
- ^ "Cambodia: U.S. bombing and civil war". sites.tufts.edu/atrocityendings. 7 August 2015.
- ^ a b Valentino, Benjamin (2005). Final Solutions: Mass Killing and Genocide in the 20th Century. Cornell University Press. p. 84. ISBN 9780801472732.
- ^ a b Tyner, James (2008). The Killing of Cambodia: Geography, Genocide and the Unmaking of Space. Routledge. ISBN 9780754670964.)
- ^ a b Rummel, Rudolph. "Statistics Of Cambodian Democide: Estimates, Calculations, And Sources". Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "FRONTLINE/WORLD . Cambodia – Pol Pot's Shadow . Chronicle of Survival. 1969–1974: Caught in the crossfire | PBS". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ Kiernan, Ben; Owen, Taylor (26 April 2015). "Making More Enemies than We Kill? Calculating U.S. Bomb Tonnages Dropped on Laos and Cambodia, and Weighing Their Implications". The Asia–Pacific Journal. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
The evidence of survivors from many parts of [Cambodia] suggests that at least tens of thousands, probably in the range of 50,000 to 150,000 deaths, resulted from the US bombing campaigns
- ^ Kennedy, David M.; Cohen, Lizabeth; Piehl, Mel (2016). The Brief American Pageant: A History of the Republic, Volume II: Since 1865. Cengage Learning. p. 669. ISBN 9781305887886.
- ^ Kennedy, David M.; Cohen, Lizabeth; Piehl, Mel (2016). The Brief American Pageant: A History of the Republic, Volume II: Since 1865. Cengage Learning. p. 669. ISBN 9781305887886.
- ^ Power, Samantha (2013). A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide. Basic Books. ISBN 9780465050895.
- ^ a b Isaacs, Arnold; Hardy, Gordon (1987). The Vietnam Experience Pawns of War: Cambodia and Laos. Boston Publishing Company. ISBN 9780939526246.
- ^ a b c d Shawcross, William (1979). Sideshow: Kissinger, Nixon and the Destruction of Cambodia. Washington Square Books. pp. 46–73. ISBN 9780815412243.
- ^ a b c Lipsman, Samuel (1988). The Vietnam Experience War in the Shadows. Boston Publishing Company. p. 130-46. ISBN 9780939526383.
- ^ a b Hanhimaki, Jussi M (2004). The Flawed Architect: Henry Kissinger and American Foreign Policy. Oxford University Press. pp. 70–79. ISBN 9780195346749.
- ^ a b c d e Nalty, Bernard C. Nalty (1997). Air War Over South Vietnam, 1968–1975 (PDF). Air Force History and Museums Program. p. 199. ISBN 9780160509148.
- ^ Elisabeth Becker (27 May 2004). "Kissinger Tapes Describe Crises, War and Stark Photos of Abuse". New York Times.
- ^ a b Grandin, Greg (2015). Kissinger's Shadow: The Long Reach of America's Most Controversial Statesman. Henry Holt and Company. pp. 53–60. ISBN 9781627794503.
- ^ Kahin, George (2003). Southeast Asia: A Testament. Psychology Press. pp. 311–313. ISBN 9780415299763.
- ^ Etcheson, Craig (1984). The Rise and Demise of Democratic Kampuchea. Westview. p. 118. ISBN 0-86531-650-3.
- ^ a b Morocco, John (1988). The Vietnam Experience: Rain of Fire: Air War, 1968–1975. Boston Publishing Company. p. 172. ISBN 9780939526147.
- ^ Lipsman, Samuel; Weiss, Stephen (1985). The Vietnam Experience The False Peace, 1972–4. Boston Publishing Company. p. 53. ISBN 9780939526154.
- ^ Ponniah, Kevin (9 September 2014). "US bombing defended". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ^ "Frontline/World. Cambodia – Pol Pot's Shadow . Chronicle of Survival. 1969–1974: Caught in the crossfire". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ Kiernan, Ben; Owen, Taylor (26 April 2015). "Making More Enemies than We Kill? Calculating U.S. Bomb Tonnages Dropped on Laos and Cambodia, and Weighing Their Implications". The Asia-Pacific Journal. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ^ "Operation Freedom Deal". History Wars Weapons. Retrieved 10 April 2014.[dead link]
- ^ a b c Sliwinski, Marek (1995). Le Génocide Khmer Rouge: Une Analyse Démographique. L'Harmattan. pp. 42–43, 48.
- ^ "FRONTLINE/WORLD . Cambodia – Pol Pot's Shadow . Chronicle of Survival . 1969–1974: Caught in the crossfire | PBS". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ a b Thompson, Larry Clinton (2010). Refugee Workers in the Indochina Exodus, 1975-1982. McFarland. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-7864-5590-4.
- ^ Sharp, Bruce. "Counting Hell: The Death Toll of the Khmer Rouge Regime in Cambodia". Mekong.net. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Mass Atrocity Endings | Documenting declines in civilian fatalities". sites.tufts.edu. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Cambodia: U.S. bombing, civil war, & Khmer Rouge". World Peace Foundation. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
On the higher end of estimates, journalist Elizabeth Becker writes that 'officially, more than half a million Cambodians died on the Lon Nol side of the war; another 600,000 were said to have died in the Khmer Rouge zones.' However, it is not clear how these numbers were calculated or whether they disaggregate civilian and soldier deaths. Others' attempts to verify the numbers suggest a lower number. Demographer Patrick Heuveline has produced evidence suggesting a range of 150,000 to 300,000 violent deaths from 1970 to 1975. In an article reviewing different sources about civilian deaths during the civil war, Bruce Sharp argues that the total number is likely to be around 250,000 violent deaths.
- ^ Banister, Judith; Johnson, E. Paige (1993). "After the Nightmare: The Population of Cambodia". Genocide and Democracy in Cambodia: The Khmer Rouge, the United Nations and the International Community. Yale University Southeast Asia Studies. p. 87. ISBN 9780938692492.
An estimated 275,000 excess deaths. We have modeled the highest mortality that we can justify for the early 1970s.
- ^ Heuveline, Patrick (2001). "The Demographic Analysis of Mortality Crises: The Case of Cambodia, 1970–1979". Forced Migration and Mortality. National Academies Press. pp. 102–104. ISBN 9780309073349.
As best as can now be estimated, over two million Cambodians died during the 1970s because of the political events of the decade, the vast majority of them during the mere four years of the 'Khmer Rouge' regime. ... Subsequent reevaluations of the demographic data situated the death toll for the [civil war] in the order of 300,000 or less.
- ^ Kiernan, Ben (2004). How Pol Pot Came to Power: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Communism in Cambodia, 1930–1975. Yale University Press. p. xxiii. ISBN 9780300102628.
- ^ Lin, Erin (17 December 2020). "How War Changes Land: Soil Fertility, Unexploded Bombs, and the Underdevelopment of Cambodia". American Journal of Political Science. 66: 222–237. doi:10.1111/ajps.12577.
Published Government Documents
- Nalty, Bernard C., The War Against Trucks: Aerial Interdiction in Southern Laos, 1968–1973. Washington DC: Air Force Museums and History Program, 2005. ISBN 978-0-16-072493-0
- Battles and operations of the Cambodian Civil War
- Battles and operations of the Vietnam War
- Military history of Cambodia
- Military operations involving Vietnam
- Battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1970
- Battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1971
- Battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1972
- Battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1973
- Campaigns of the Vietnam War


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Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the Sister Parish emergency aid fundraiser. We have raised enough to provide every Sister Parish community with aid money to use as they define based on their greatest need. The majority of funds disbursed so far have been used for food aid and basic hygiene supplies like soap, toothpaste, and toilet paper.
As of September 2020, aid disbursed has included:
- Food aid to hundreds of families, with priority given to elders, single mothers, differently-abled people, people living with a chronic illness, craft cooperative members and others who lost their jobs due to COVID-19, and farmers who lost their crops to drought last year
- Masks and basic hygiene supplies
- Electric repairs at a health clinic
- No-touch thermometers for two health clinics
- Medication to treat COVID-19 for a health clinic serving two urban communities
- Medication to treat chronic illnesses
- Vitamins
Sister Parish communities that have organized local relief efforts with the funds include:
- Tierra Nueva 2
- Tierra Nueva 1
- San Andrés Itzapa
- Chichipate
- Virginia
- Chontalá
Communities in El Salvador will be disbursing food aid and medication with the emergency funds in September and October.
This will be a long-term emergency for many Sister Parish communities. Even when the health crisis passes, recovery from the economic crisis will be a long road. We will keep our fundraiser open and will continue to disburse funds as needed, as we accompany people through this difficult time.
Thank you to everyone who has made this possible. Thank you to those who donated and thank you to the Sister Parish members in Guatemala and El Salvador who are volunteering their time and taking risks to serve those most in need in their communities.


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Tuesday Morning
It may be self tough love time.
I don't know if it is was putting myself out there in my email to Unsolicited Advice, I don't know if it is my job being unable to pay on the correct day, I don't know if it is being tired of making all these changes in my life just to have shit stay the same.
I am done.
I am at a breaking point, and so is my partner.
I am dead ass tired of nothing changing.
If you have followed the blog, you now I started it with a bunch life changes. I have made now, officially, 100 blog posts, I have proven myself to be competent, interesting, and consistent. I put out at very least decent, well thought out, and at least intentionally caring, writing, that strives to leave a positive impact, and I also do this consistently, putting out, on average, at least five blogs a week, each averaging, according to WordPress 1,459 words per post.
I do this because I was tired of the same old crap, so I made changes to see changes.
I started getting up earlier, I started blogging, I added semi regular working out, biking 30-50 miles minimum per week from my apartment on my stationary bike.
I have found balance by blogging while I work out some days, or blogging while on hold at work.
I have rearranged my life, and cut out most of my extra's.
We rarely go out, opting to save our money and work on our crafts, to better our situation.
Even more recently, we have cut out much of our eating out, we have changed our diets to include more veggies and fruits, less junk food.
We drink 100 ounces of water a day, eat healthy snacks…We have basically done what we can to make our situation better.
But nothing is changing at work.
Our finances haven't improved, our happiness at our job hasn't improved…
Because sometimes it isn't about YOU.
Our workplace is refusing to grow into something that treats people well.
I don't want to allow my job to let me get too negative on the blog, but I will say I am overly tired of making tons of changes to better my life just to have nothing change at the place where I spend, on average, 40-50 hours of my life.
I am not going to just up and quit my job, it would hurt me and screw them over badly, but I am going to be working more aggressively at becoming independent from this job, so I don't feel as desperate to keep a job I can't stand.
I have made changes, and now I am going to double down on them.
I am vlogging everything, in hopes of finding more of "my people" that is, people who are into what I create. I know not everyone is on a blog site like WordPress or Medium, some people live on YouTube, so, here I am, trying to find those people. As you may recall from a past blog, I have no interest in tricking people into being a fan of mine.
I want them to genuinely be a fan, to enjoy this stuff.
I am not writing for a target audience of anyone other than people who like the stuff I create, because I create the art I am hoping to see. I am not wanting to trick people into liking my content, I just want to find the people who do.
In addition to vlogging, I am also going to start looking into making my own tee-shirts, some "Don't let the zombies get you down" shirts or maybe some "Make changes to see changes."
Bret and I also discussed the need to "be open" about ourselves and our life.
We make art and have no time. We need to multi task much of our lives to have time for art, and it would probably serve as an informative bit of information for other artists doing the same, or anyone else out there who may be approaching that struggle.
So, it means filming more, it means filming us cleaning, cooking, all while trying to edit a blog, compose a piece of music.
Doubling down to help other artists and also make changes to see changes.
So, I will be probably putting a little more money into the blog, upgrade it a bit, so i can add some videos and audio files to it, some more content for you lovelies, and also be looking into a redesign a little.
I love my current layout- I like the blog feeling like it is "in dark mode" but I want to clean it up a bit and maybe add a photo gallery for some of our trips, events, and for the upcoming wedding planning series.
In the theme of providing content I want to see, or that I need, I plan on documenting as much of the wedding planning as possible on the vlog and blog, and document it, so I can offer the information to other future couples…
You see, I know for a fact that we are not the only ones who want to find a way to have a destination 420 wedding that their families don't hate, that the couple love, their friends love, and that doesn't break the bank.
Blending in the DIY, means even more should be documented, to help more people…namely because when I search for videos about 420 destination weddings and DIYing stuff, I don't get many results.
So I will make the content for future people to get the results.
Like I said, really doubling down.
As far as money management goes, I am stopping all non essential eating out. We can stock the freezer with the regular rounds of frozen's Bret and I regularly will eat even when stressed or busy, and live of those and salads and the other assorted quick easy meals we make, to save money for the gear and savings we need.
Make changes, see changes.
Bret is putting his highly impressive resume out there to see if anyone needs or wants commissions. He is willing to work for cheap, if there is a lot of work, because we are both ready to get out of this situation and into a better one, so we are willing to work.
If you are a cannabis friendly company, (or one that doesn't mind their creatives being cannabis friendly) that wants a content creator, slide into my DM's…You would be amazed at the unique stuff I can come up with, and I promise, I probably already have a list of hilarious and informative blogs, vlogs, and yes, even TikToks, for your company… I hate to admit this, but it is worth mentioning, I think about this stuff all the time.
I love communication and I love the blend of communication and marketing, more so now that the present and future has turned into it that beautiful blend.
I am willing to create content for companies or even creatives and small businesses, also for probably less than you would think, but for fair prices.
Where most bloggers can barely crank out 500 words on a single topic, I will gladly break that topic down and discuss it in full. You want 1,500? With original pictures? You got it.
Want Videos? Lets collaborate!
Want a podcast? Lets do it.
A ghostwriter? Sure, your brain, my words, let's get it done!
My art is quality, and so are you, so if you want to collaboration, please, don't be shy. Even if you can't pay, if you are a smaller company, or are also working your way up as an independent, maybe we can collaborate on something that is mutually beneficial…Let's all help each other get to the place we are going.
It's like a carpool, but with life.
We all have places we are going.
I want to make changes to see changes, to get where i am going, not where i have been or where i am.
And if this describes you, let's talk.
Even if you don't need any of my "services", let's talk anyways. I am all about building a community of people, and if any of this resonates with you, we would probably get along, so lets become friends.
We can surround ourselves with other people, all trying to make a better life, which, if successful experts giving Ted talks and writing Medium articles are correct, is a key part of achieving success: Surrounding yourself with people on that same path.
You don't get ahead by hanging around people who don't want more, they say, so if you are also making changes to see changes, we should definitely connect.
So, let's make a little professional carpool. A carpool for life.
Anyways, it is now Tuesday Afternoon, and I am trying to get out of the office at a reasonable time, as i have even more to do today than yesterday.
I am sure I will be updating later, because that is just who I am as a person, in between all I have to do.
Dinner, cleaning, working out (maybe), edit the blog, load the new vlog footage to my computer, (which takes a while, apparently), continue editing the vlog, wash my makeup brushes since I didn't get to them. (Don't worry, literally not using them until I wash them, hence my natural look you may see on me in my IG stories if you follow me on Instagram)
So, I have a bit to do, plus some creative writing, which is why I will draw this to a close and finish up at work, so I can get to my to do list for this evening and knock it out!
Woo! I love getting shit done, even if it is exhausting to stay positive, upbeat, and productive.
Till later
Early Wednesday Morning
Spent much of yesterday and last night working on the vlog and getting Bret sorted for him to go out of town. We are still working on that last part, but while he is grabbing cash from the ATM, I opted to grab the laptop and finish out this blog.
Last night I was able to edit the vlog, clean, do a bunch of good stuff, and now I am trying to wrap up this blog to post it as well. Today is Wednesday, an even though that means Bret is going out of town and I am sad about that, it is the middle of the week and we are that much closer to the weekend.
Of course, my weekend will likely be busy with the wedding we are supposed to attend on Saturday that neither of us have clothes for yet.
I already need an external hard drive, with all the video I am taking.
The problem is, I keep my camera running most of the day because some of the people who happen to work in or near my office, are low key evil, so keeping a camera on records anything bad they may try to do. Or acts as a watchful eye so they don't.
Sounds bad, but…Iuno, like I said, I don't want to go into too many details, and it isn't all bad, but, I do leave my camera on, which leads to no small amount of editing, and then I am stuck with tons and tons of footage and it is all taking up space on my poor laptop.
Other needs include more time, a proper camera, and a large grocery trip. I am planning out the later at the moment.
Anyways, today my goal is to stay positive and spend some time working on Flake City, yesterday I didn't get much Flake City time.
Don't let the Zombies get you down.


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Kyle and I were at a large grocery story, that looked sort of like our local Walmart, only a bit fancier, and we were looking for a cake for our son's third birthday, which wasn't for several more months. We were standing at the bakery counter, looking through a large book of cake designs, when an employee walked over to the counter. He was a large, older man, and he glared at us impatiently, sighing in annoyance. He asked us if we had decided on a cake, and Kyle told him that we were just looking, because the party wasn't for several months.
The old man rolled his eyes and told us that we weren't allowed to look through the books if we weren't going to buy a cake. I told him we were, just not today, and told him that wasn't a real rule, and that he was being really rude for no reason. I asked to speak to a manager, and he changed his tone immediately, and handed us another book to look through. He began asking us questions, like what types of things Liam liked, and his favorite color, but we didn't really know what to tell him, because he was only 3, and he liked everything.
He got frustrated again, and started asking if he liked Moana, Frozen, Mickey Mouse, Cars, etc. I told him that he liked all of those things, and asked if he could leave us alone so we could decide. He turned his back to us, and said something about how we probably couldn't afford any of the cakes anyway. I angrily demanded to speak to a manager again, and he just walked away.
We continued to look at the books, and that's when I noticed that all of the cakes, even the ones for children, were well over $1,000, and the sizes were ridiculously huge, like the size of a large banquet table. I hit the bell on the counter, and the man came back. I asked him if they sold any smaller, normal sheet cakes, and he just laughed, and called me an idiot.
Kyle and I stared at him in disbelief, and started to shout and argue with him incoherently…
And then I woke up.


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A combination of about 1-1/2 circus sets. List of the circus figures.1 strong man with weight. 2 performing elephants (trunk repair on 1).
2 performing women each riding bareback. 1 clown standing atop elephant. 1 clown holding hoop for dog. Weight : 3.75 Box size : 15" x 7" x 6.
Please send us a message, and we will promptly reply. The item "Britains Toy Soldiers MAMMOTH CIRCUS Early Edition 1936. 35 Figures" is in sale since Wednesday, June 10, 2020. This item is in the category "Toys & Hobbies\Toy Soldiers\Pre-1970".
The seller is "supermall" and is located in Cincinnati, Ohio. This item can be shipped worldwide.


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The Los Angeles Lakers (51-15) face the Oklahoma City Thunder (41-25) Wednesday at HP Field House in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., for a 6:30 p.m. ET tip-off (on ESPN). We analyze the Lakers-Thunder NBA betting odds and lines, with picks and best bets.
Lakers vs. Thunder: Key injuries
- SG Alex Caruso (back) questionable
- PG Rajon Rondo (thumb) out
- SG Avery Bradley (personal) out
- SF Terrance Ferguson (leg) out
- PF Mike Muscala (concussion) out
- SG Dennis Schroder (paternity leave) out
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Lakers vs. Thunder: Odds, lines, picks and betting tips
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Thunder 110, Lakers 104
Moneyline (ML)
Back the THUNDER (+200) with a small-unit play. They have more to play for. They sit sixth in the Western Conference, two games ahead of the Dallas Mavericks, with a realistic shot to earn the fourth seed as they're only a half-game out. Meanwhile, the Lakers (-250) clinched the No. 1 seed in the West with Monday's 116-108 win vs. the Utah Jazz. Head coach Frank Vogel says he doesn't plan on resting LA's starters vs. OKC, but really, how much motivation and hunger will the Lakers have come the fourth quarter?
New to sports betting? A winning $10 Thunder bet returns a profit of $20. A winning $10 bet on the Lakers returns just $4.
Also see:
- Lakers don't plan to rest starters (LeBron Wire)
- Gilgeous-Alexander confident at PG (Thunder Wire)
- HoopsHype – The latest NBA coverage
Line/Against the Spread (ATS)
Using the same logic mentioned above, the THUNDER +6 (-110) are my STRONGEST PLAY. Not only are they looking to improve their seeding, but they're also coming off a tough 121-113 overtime loss to the Denver Nuggets Monday. You can bet they've been hankering to get back on the court.
New to sports betting? Every $1.10 bet on the Thunder spread will profit $1 if they win outright or lose by 5 or fewer points. A 6-point loss is a push where you get your money back. In other words, bet $11 to win $10, $55 to 50, $110 to win $100, etc. …
Over/Under (O/U)
The UNDER 219.5 (-110) is the play. Since the restart, the Lakers are 1-2 O/U and the Thunder are 1-1 with the Over being the OT game vs. the Nuggets. The Lakers are 3-0 vs. the Thunder this season, including all three games going Over the total, but the NBA restart is a whole new ballgame.
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