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Abortion: A Positive Decision
by Patricia Lunneborg
From Publishers Weekly
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“This book couldn't be more welcome, more timely. It takes an overlooked position, that abortion is not the lesser of two evils but a positive turning point in many women's lives. In addition to absorbing countless studies, Lunneborg talked with more than 100 women who have had abortions as well as with health care workers and counselors. She found that most women do not regret their decision. Many found it to be a key reassessment point in their lives: they looked at the directions their lives were heading, their relationships, their attitudes toward their bodies, their methods of birth control, and they made significant changes. Although definetely prochoice, Lunneborg's effort balances antichoice propaganda that paints women who have abortions as irresponsible and selfish, for the women Lunneborg presents are thoughtful and articulate. Futhermore, the author publicizes some too-little-known statistics: more than half the women who had abortions were using birth control when they got pregnant; only four-tenths of 1 percent of women surveyed in 1988 who used no contraception said they were relying on abortion instead; the death rate from abortion is 11 times lower than that for women who go through childbirth. Lunneborg says she wrote the book to help women through the abortion decision-making process and to give health care workers and counselors more information when working with patients. But really, it ought to be required reading for anyone embroiled in an abortion debate.”–Booklist
“The case is daringly made here that abortion is a positive experience--and Lunneborg's argument is both moving and persuasive. The author, a retired women's studies professor from the University of Washington, provides an oral history of abortion elicited from the patients and providers at Planned Parenthood and American feminist health clinics. She finds abortion clinics to be places where women are highly valued and patients' self-esteem is carefully tended; some patients here report being treated better in the clinics than anywhere else. Calling on the results of a questionnaire and interviews, Lunneborg demonstrates that patients seldom experience guilt or trauma, despite the ethical dilemma inherent in the procedure. 'The reality of the abortion is there's no regret, no sadness, no guilt, nor remorse. It's a sense of relief,' asserts one woman. Many others report feeling more in charge of their lives afterward. The book explodes many myths.”–Publishers Weekly
The first book to focus on abortion decision making, this self-help counseling resource takes a decidedly positive stance. Challenging the view that abortion is the lesser of two evils, Patricia Lunneborg maintains that it is moral, life-enhancing, supportive to families, and beneficial to the lives of millions of women. Opposing public opinion that abortion is acceptable only in special cases, she contends that the best reason to have an abortion is simply the desire not to bear an unwanted child. Bashing the concept of the so-called Postabortion Stress Syndrome, she reports positive aftereffects such as feelings of relief, a new sense of control over one's life, and increased maturity. Lunneborg, a retired professor of psychology and women's studies, bases her views on over 100 interviews with women who have had abortions and with abortion providers, as well as research findings and her own experiences. What's more, in these pages she allows women who have had abortions to share what they learned about themselves, how their dreams for education and career were positively affected, how the children they chose to have are benefiting from their decision. Perhaps most important, many of the women tell of tremendous personal growth resulting from making a considered choice to have an abortion--for some, their first major decision. Clearly stating her perspective at the outset, Lunneborg describes those who have abortions--women of all ages, ethnic backgrounds, and walks of life--and who provides the procedure. She offers strategies for making the decision, discusses teenage situations, explains how to use the experience as an opportunity for reassessment and growth, and stresses the value of talking about abortion--both for women who have had the procedure and for other people who are often unaware of the positive effects. A complete presentation, her book also sheds light on counseling before and after an abortion, contraception, family planning, the impact on education and careers, effects on relationships with others, and the work of the dedicated group of people who provide abortions. Throughout, Lunneborg's tone is conversational, warm, easy to read. Indispensable for any woman considering the procedure, Abortion: A Positive Decision also provides invaluable help to women who seek a reaffirming view of past abortion decisions, psychotherapists and counselors, and those who provide abortion services.
About the Author
PATRICIA LUNNEBORG, now retired, was Professor of Psychology and Adjunct Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Washington in Seattle. She's an established researcher and writer in counseling psychology, specializing in topics of concern to women.

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vous disorders (la baynilla da pasmo). A few years ago the same thing was said of the use of coffee, which begins however to spread among the natives.
When we consider the excessive price at which the vanilla has constantly been sold in Europe, we are astonished at the negligence of the inhabitants of Spanish America, who neglect the cultivation of a plant, which nature spontaneously produces between the tropics, almost wherever there is heat, shade, and much humidity. All the vanilla consumed in Europe comes from Mexico, by the way of Vera Cruz alone. It is produced on an extent of ground of a few square leagues. There is not a doubt, however, that the coast of Caracas, and even the Havannah might carry on a very considerable trade. We found in the course of our herborizations very aromatic pods of vanilla, exceedingly aromatic, and of an extraordinary size in the mountains of Caripe, on the coast of Paria; in the fine valley of Bordones near Cumana; in the environs of Portocabello and Guaiguaza; in the forests of Turbaco near Carthagena; in the Province of Jaen on the banks of the river Amazons; and in Guayana at the foot of the granite rocks, which form the great cataracts of the Orinoco. The inhabitants of Xalapa, who carry on the commerce of the fine Mexican vanilla of
Misantla, were struck with the excellence of that brought by M. Boupland from the Orinoco, gathered by us in the woods which surround the Raudal de Maypure. Vanilla plants are to be found in the Island of Cuba, (Epidendrum Vanilla) on the coast of Bahia, Honda, and at Mariel. That of St. Domingo has a very long fruit, but is not very odoriferous; for frequently great humidity, while it is favourable to the vegetation, is unfavourable to the developement of the aromatic. However botanical travellers must not judge of the quality of the vanilla, from the odour which it gives out in the forests of America; for this odour is in a great measure owing to the flower, which in the deep and humid vallies of the Andes, is sometimes four or five centimetres in length*.
The author of the Philosophical History of the East and West Indiest, complains of being unable to procure satisfactory information respecting the cultivation of the vanilla in Mexico. He did not even know the districts where it was produced. Having been on the spots, I was able to obtain more accurate and detailed
* From an inch and a half, to 2 inches. Trans.
of Raynal, T. II. p. 68. § 16. Thiery de Menonville, de la Culture du Nopal, p. 142. A small quantity of vanilla is also cultivated in Jamaica, in the parishes of St. Anne and St. Mary. Brown, p. 326.
information; and I consulted at Xalapa and .. Vera Cruz persons, who for thirty years have carried on the commerce in vanilla of Misantla, Colipa and Papantla. The following is the result of my researches as to the actual state of this interesting branch of national industry.
All the vanilla supplied by Mexico to Europe is produced in the two intendancies of Vera Cruz and Oaxaca. This plant principally abounds on the eastern slope of the Cordillera of Anahuac between 19° and 20° of latitude. The natives early perceived that notwithstanding the abundance, the harvest was very difficult, on account of the vast extent of ground necessary to to be gone over annually, and they collected a great number of the plants into a narrower space. This operation did not demand much care; it was merely necessary to clear a little the soil, and to plant two slips of epidendrum at the foot of a tree, or to fix parts cut from the stalk to the trunk of a Liquidambar, an Ocotea or an arborescent Piper.
The slips are in general from four to five decimetres in length*. They are tied to the trees up which the new stalk must climb. Each slip yields fruit in the third year. They calculate on fifty pods on each for thirty or forty years, especially if the vegetation of the vanilla is
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not checked by the proximity of other claspers which choke it. The baynilla cimarona or wild vanilla, which has not been planted by the hand of man, and which grows in a soil overgrown with shrubs and climbing plants, bears in Mexico fruit of a very dry nature, and in exceeding small quantity.
In the intendancy of Vera Cruz, the districts celebrated for the vanilla commerce, are the subdelegacion de Misantla, with the Indian villages Misantla, Colipa, Yacuatla, (near the Sierra de Chicunquiato) and Nautla, all formerly belonging to the Alcaldia mayor de la Antigua; the jurisdiccion de Papantla, and those of Santiago and San Andres Tuxtla. Misantla is thirty leagues distant from Vera Cruz to the north west, and twelve leagues from the sea coast. It is a charming place, in which the torment of the Mosquitos and the Gegen, so numerous in the port of Nautla, on the banks of the Rio de Quilate and at Colipa, is quite unknown. If the river of Misantla, the mouth of which is near the Barra de Palmas, were rendered navigable, this district would soon reach a high degree of prosperity,
The natives of Misantla, collect the vanilla in the mountains and forests of Quilate. The plant is in flower in the months of February and March. The harvest is bad, if at this period the north winds are frequent and ac
companied with much rain. The flower drops without yielding fruit if the humidity is too great. An extreme drought is equally hurtful to the growth of the plant. However no insect attacks the green fruit, on account of the milk it contains. They begin to cut it in the months of March and April, after the sub-delegate has proclaimed that the harvest is permitted to the Indians: it continues to the end of June. The natives who remain eight successive days in the forests of Quilate, sell the vanilla fresh and yellow to the gente de razon, i. e. the whites, mes izoes and mulattos, who alone know the beneficio de la baynilla, namely, the manner of drying it with care, giving it a silvery lustre, and sorting it for transportation into Europe. The yellow fruits are spread out on cloths, and kept exposed to the sun for several hours. When sufficiently heated, they are wrapped up in woollen cloths for evaporation, when the vanilla blaekens, and they conclude with exposing it to be dried from the morning to the evening in the heat of the sun.
The method of preparing the vanilla at Colipa is much superior to the beneficio employed at Misantla. It is asserted that on unpacking the vanilla at Cadiz, not more than six, per cent. is found to be damaged in that of Colipa, while in that of Misantla the quan,

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A Columbia University professor who sent out bogus letters to 240 of the city’s top restaurants, claiming they’d given him food poisoning, now has a real reason to feel sick – he’s getting sued for $100 million.
Business-school professor Francis Flynn sent out the letters last summer as part of a “research project” to find out how the restaurants – including Le Bernardin and Judson Grill – would respond.
The half-baked idea came back to bite him, Columbia, and its business school yesterday, when six of the restaurants filed suit against them.
The action by the owners and employees of Chez Josephine, 222, Caffe Bondi, Jezebel’s, The Box Tree and Herban Kitchen charges the professor libeled them and caused “emotional distress.”
The owners “tore themselves and their employees apart. They wanted to know what they could have done to poison this poor man,” said the restaurants’ lawyer, Thomas Moore.
He said Flynn’s Ivy League employers are also responsible because “they set him up and let him conduct this experiment on how people’s lives are destroyed.”
The junior professor unleashed his “poison” pen around town last August, sending out personalized letters to restaurateurs on Columbia stationery.
The letters claimed he’d gone to their restaurants to celebrate his wedding anniversary, and left suffering from “nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal cramps.”
“Our special romantic evening became reduced to my wife watching me curl up in a fetal position on the tiled floor of our bathroom between rounds of throwing up,” it read.
The cooked-up complaint caused chaos at the restaurants, as the owners grilled their chefs, wait staff and food preparers, contacted their suppliers and reviewed their business records, Moore said.

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Electric vehicles have increased in popularity in the last few years, leading to the need for more charging stations, particularly close to highways.
Thompson Rivers University installed a basic charging station at its Williams Lake campus in 2013 and recently replaced it with an upgraded level 2 Sun Country Highway charge station.
This upgrade provides the maximum Level 2 charge rate that current electric vehicles can accept (80 amps), thus reducing the time needed for vehicles to recharge before continuing their journey.
The previously-installed charge station will continue to provide a backup option to the new charge station. It also remains perfectly well-suited for charging smaller EV’s that are unable to take advantage of the higher current available from the new station.
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BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) — The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China.
Onboard China’s space station core module, about 400 km above the Earth, taikonauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu extended their Spring Festival greetings in a video released by China Manned Space Agency on New Year’s eve.
They wished the motherland and all Chinese people prosperity.
China will complete the building of its space station in 2022, and in the future, more Chinese people will have New Year celebrations and enjoy the Spring Festival in space.
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China’s Mars probe Tianwen-1 extended festival greetings to the Chinese people with stunning video footage captured by a camera on its orbiter to snap selfies above the red planet on Monday, the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year.
The video published by the China National Space Administration offered a view of the sun’s reflection casting on the orbiter, a Chinese national flag shining on the spacecraft and the ice cap on the red planet’s north pole.
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A Chinese study has shown that having a different vaccine as the booster shot can increase the protective effect against the COVID-19 virus.
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When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in January 2020, regions were locked down. Supply chains were disrupted. Workers were sent home. And Ralph Loura was ready with the tools, capabilities and experience required to adapt to every change that came his way.
Loura is the chief information officer at Lumentum, a global manufacturer of infrastructure components that are critical for operating the internet, including fiber-optic cables, servers, routers and data centers.
Having managed teams in Asia during the bird flu and swine flu pandemics years ago, Loura knew the wisdom of including a pandemic scenario in his risk assessment planning for Lumentum’s acquisition of a Chinese subsidiary.
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Loura and his colleagues began following COVID-19 long before it made headlines stateside. They tracked data from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to track the sources and spread of the virus. They wanted to act quickly and prudently to protect employees.
Under Loura’s guidance, the company began locking down far earlier than most other organizations.
“We started on January 28 by suspending all work travel globally,” Loura says. “We locked down all our sites to outside visitors, and we started doing all meetings via videoconference.”
At first, this decision raised a few eyebrows, especially from some of Lumentum’s customers and vendors. Over time, Loura and his colleagues were proven to have made the right move.
“Frankly, a lot of people were kind of scratching their heads and wondering why we were being so extreme about meeting in person,” Loura says. “Obviously, that’s changed.”
Making the official transition to mass WFH
Even though Loura had a pandemic plan ready when COVID-19 struck, he still faced his own scramble when the official lockdown orders were passed down from countries and states.
“In the first few weeks of the lockdown, even though we planned and ran through models, it was still a chaotic time,” Loura says. “Taking thousands of people and moving them en masse to a WFH environment put a strain on the network teams, on the end-user services team, and on our partners in HR and workplace services.”
During those early days, Loura and his teams worked through challenges that included:
Increased Demand: Lumentum was an essential business that made components for the internet. It faced a surge in orders and activity right when the pandemic struck.
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Struggling Supply Chain: Loura’s suppliers were constrained by the lockdowns while facing spiking demand. Initially, Lumentum had a hard time getting enough PCs, cameras and other devices for newly remote employees.
Lack of Bandwidth: VPN connectivity soon became a critical resource, and it took Loura weeks to upgrade every global site that experienced inadequate connectivity.
In the background of each of these challenges was a looming, overarching concern — how to solve these problems and make the transition to a primarily WFH network without opening the doors to cybercriminals.
Watch this video interview with Loura to hear more about how the company reacted during the pandemic.
Staying secure: core principles for comprehensive endpoint defenses
Loura has applied a wide-ranging approach to cybersecurity throughout the pandemic. He believes IT leaders must think beyond prevention when protecting their environment.
“A lot of people have always had this idea: ‘If I follow the right protocols — if I install antivirus, if I keep my firewall up to date, if I keep my systems patched — then I’m okay’,” Loura says. “But they have to realize that there is no digital hygiene that prevents any and all issues. You have to remain cyber-fit, aware and vigilant — all the time.”
Loura breaks his definition of being “cyber-fit, aware and vigilant” into a few practical steps:
1. Create Comprehensive Visibility
“I need intelligence coming off every device, all the time — what’s occurring on it, what may or may not have been deployed, and what activity that is normal or abnormal that’s occurring on the device — so I have the information I can use to make better decisions about how to proceed,” Loura says.
Having good endpoint or edge intelligence is key to securing and managing endpoints.
2. Establish Real-Time Control
“Real-time control for me means that I can touch every device on a moment’s notice,” Loura says. “Once a malware gets into a network, it can spread very quickly.”
Being able to rapidly respond, isolate, and recover are key capabilities to prevent a minor issue from becoming a major one and jeopardizing the organization’s security and operations.
3. Use the Right Instrumentation
“If you have thousands, or tens of thousands of devices, you can’t afford to have your team manually addressing each of these issues,” Loura says. “You need a well-instrumented platform that you can use to run data collection and run execution and action on a wide range of devices across the globe.”
Having an effective endpoint management platform is essential for managing lots of endpoints.
Fortunately, Loura had already established visibility, control and the right tooling at Lumentum long before the pandemic struck.
When he first arrived at Lumentum two years prior, the company was operating from a conventional hub-and-spoke endpoint management model that used traditional tools. He immediately moved them to a modern, distributed model that leveraged a suite of endpoint management tools capable of maintaining visibility and control over a mostly remote endpoint environment.
To support that distributed model, he chose the Tanium endpoint management solution.
Tanium as a Service provides enterprise-grade visibility and control across complex distributed environments for both IT operations and security.
Loura credits at least part of his ability to smoothly transition Lumentum to WFH — and to keep the organization safe throughout the pandemic — to the fact that he already had the Tanium platform and its supporting processes in place.
For organizations that have not yet reached a similar level of digital maturity, Loura believes that now might be the perfect time to establish visibility, control, and proper tooling and to take that next step in their digital evolution.
With its cloud-native platform, Tanium customers like Lumentum can perform all kinds of device management tasks, risk assessments and security practices with zero infrastructure at enterprise endpoint and data scale in a geographically distributed environment.
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South Korean authorities have asked OKX and KuCoin to freeze 3,300 bitcoins after Kwon created a new wallet and started to transfer funds.
South Korean authorities are seeking Terra founder Do Kwon’s arrest. The Singapore resident may soon have his passport revoked.
A man has sued South Korean crypto exchange Upbit, claiming his LUNA tokens were held for more than a month while Terra death spiralled.
The IMF is warning investors about so-called “algorithmic” stablecoins ⏤ which are often unstable and not meaningfully algorithmic.
More trouble for Terra and its founder Do Kwon. A lawsuit has been filed, claiming TFL knowingly sold inflated tokens.
- The rise of the crypto influencer and the fall of truth
- Nayib Bukele takes Bitcoin to the United Nations General Assembly
- Here’s why Sam Bankman-Fried is not the JP Morgan of crypto
- Here’s how insiders are getting rich off the Ethereum Merge
- This Bitcoin Core update will protect full node operators from hacks
- Here’s what CZ says about Binance definitely not being Chinese
- FedNow is coming next year and the feds hope it’s a crypto killer
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By David Morgan and Nick Carey
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO, April 5 (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee announced his opposition on Tuesday to Canadian Pacific’s proposed railroad merger with Norfolk Southern Corp, dealing a fresh blow to the prospect of a deal.
“I do not believe it is in the best interests of the U.S. freight transportation system, railroad employees, rail shippers and the short line railroads,” Representative Bill Shuster, a Pennsylvania Republican, said in a statement.
“I believe it is time for all parties to move on from hypothetical merger proposals,” he said.
CP, which is Canada’s second-largest railroad, disclosed in mid-November a $28 billion offer for Norfolk Southern. The Calgary-based company has said a merger would result in savings of more than $1.8 billion annually.
Virginia-based Norfolk Southern has rebuffed those advances.
A number of Democratic lawmakers in Congress, including all the party’s representatives from Illinois and Pennsylvania, have spoken out against a merger.
Some customers also oppose it, including package deliver companies FedEx Corp and United Parcel Service Inc , out of fears the associated cost cuts would hurt rail service. UPS is the largest customer of the major U.S. railroads.
Shuster’s opposition could resonate with the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, a federal rail regulator that has said it will not approve a major railroad merger shown not to be in the public interest. CP and Norfolk Southern would have to agree to a merger prior to a review by the STB.
Shuster noted that Canadian Pacific had actively pursued a merger in the United States since 2014. An earlier bid was rejected by CSX Corp.
“A strong, healthy and well-functioning freight rail system is critical to the movement of goods in this country,” he said in his statement.
“However, CP’s pursuit of a merger over the last two years has done nothing but create uncertainty in the rail industry, and there continues to be no clear path forward for such an arrangement.”
A CP spokesman said in an email that a merger with Norfolk Southern would provide “better, faster service for shippers” at a lower cost.
“The end result would be a single-line, transcontinental option that improves market access and ensures the timely and efficient flow of freight,” the spokesman said.
Norfolk Southern shares were down 1.8 percent in midday trading on the New York Stock Exchange, while CP shares were largely unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange. (Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Paul Simao)


The White House is lauding a “breakthrough” on a Chinese virus pandemic therapeutic that President Donald Trump will announce in a news conference Sunday night.
“News conference with President @realDonaldTrump at 6 pm tomorrow concerning a major therapeutic breakthrough on the China Virus. Secretary Azar and Dr. Hahn will be in attendance,” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany posted on Twitter late Saturday evening.
Early Saturday, the president insinuated that the FDA might be delaying the potential CV-19 virus treatments to interfere in the election. For any other president at any other time it would seem a ludicrous statement to make, but don’t forget that the deep state leaked information every day of his presidency for the first two years, they threw a phony Russian collusion story at him, which ate up the first two and a half years of his administration, and then they impeached him for something he didn’t do, but what his rival Joe Biden actually did do. So, for this president to lay out a claim that the FDA is slow walking a breakthrough to harm him in the election is not far fetched. Everything the deep state has done, including Democrat politicians and their allies in the media, everything, has been to hurt his reelection chances since the day he was inaugurated.
“The deep state, or whoever, over at the FDA is making it very difficult for drug companies to get people in order to test the vaccines and therapeutics. Obviously, they are hoping to delay the answer until after November 3rd. Must focus on speed, and saving lives!,” Trump tweeted.
The FDA last week halted an emergency approval for blood plasma as a treatment for the disease.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Trump’s comments “very dangerous.” Did anyone think she would say anything else?
“The FDA has a responsibility to approve drugs, judging on their safety and their efficacy, not by a declaration from the White House about speed and politicizing the FDA,” Pelosi said during a news conference Saturday on Capitol Hill. This is a woman who got Democratic leadership to kneel while wearing African Kente cloth from Ghana during a photo op to politicize the death of George Floyd.
Pelosi has a responsibility to Democrats make Trump look bad no matter what the issue. She’s a disgrace for a Speaker who hasn’t gotten anything done in two years.
“This was a very dangerous statement on the part of the president. Even for him, it went beyond the pale in terms of how he would jeopardize the health and well-being of the American people,” she continued.
In another Tweet on Saturday, Trump said “many doctors and studies disagree” with the FDA “revoking emergency use authorization” of hydroxychloroquine, an unproven anti-malarial drug the president has pitched as a possible CV-19 treatment.
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2020 GMC Canyon AT4 Spy Photos, Colors, News – The middle-dimension vehicles have numerous qualities that place them in front of the far better-offering total-dimensions styles such as the manoeuvrability and productivity while however present sufficient towing and payload capacity for prospective buyers. The middle of the measurement class revived right after the planned arrival on the invigorated Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon in 2015 although the Toyota Tacoma is still the class greatest-owner. However with the come back on the Ford Ranger and appearance with the Wrangel-primarily based truck, there might be some meddling on the market reveal. GM is, on one other fretting hand, doing the latest-development of your large-task versions. Therefore, we found some layouts in the Silverado and Sierra HD. However, the issue stays will there be some renovations about the 2020 GMC Canyon and its particular mechanised dual.
2020 GMC Canyon Redesign
We never take facts that GM is prepping the update with the 2020 GMC Canyon. Some reviews propose, even so, that this subsequent Canyon could have some style improvements to remain clean and also in the fishing line with all the brand’s most recent design expressions just before it attracts the entire redesign for those 2022 variations. As some providers promise, the 2020 Canyon really should follow the invigorated front-end along with the style factors just like the witnessed about the most popular GMC Sports utility vehicles as well as all-new, 50 %-ton Sierra. Which should include new much more vision-appealing grille type by using a much more vibrant define. The front lights also need to function the design using the C-designed trademark light such as the brand’s new Sports utility vehicles and Silverado.
The truck will not be required to bring in significant changes. The unit received the enhanced infotainment program, HD rearview cameras, new driver chair and a lot more for those 2019 product years or so. The following variation could bring in a few new feel facts and develop the option of some upper-level selections. The dash design will likely stay in the identical develop. The truck does not have several readily available energetic safety solutions as well as new type season could bring in the automated emergency situation braking as well as other solutions to increase the safety reviews.
2020 GMC Canyon Engine
The middle of the-dimensions Canyon will be the truck using the processed manner and different powertrain alternatives. The car features 6- and 8-quickness transmission possibilities and also the diesel-driven towing ability of 7, 700 extra pounds together with the 30-miles per gallon road performance. With regards to possible powertrain enhancements, some options propose that model is taking into consideration the turbo-a number of engine choice as well as the new 10-rate programmed transmission. The brand new, lightweight-responsibility Silverado provides the new 2.7-litre turbo-4 engine and also the 10-quickness gearbox, and those are definitely the fantastic update for those the middle of-dimensions truck. Nonetheless, no clues coming from the corporation relating to this chance. Precisely what is confident, the confirmed 2.8-litre turbodiesel will continue to be but tend to have the advanced performance. The latest way of the engine gives 181 hp and torque of 369 lb-feet within the mixture using the 6-velocity intelligent transmission.
2020 GMC Canyon Price And Release Date
This 2020 GMC Canyon is going to strike the marketplace delayed following, and a lot more information is going to come up in 2019. Regardless, GMC is going to keep the actual price assortment nearby the existing plus the subsequent edition need to get once more started all over $22,000. Our prime-deluxe Denali model should really once again maintain the price previously mentioned $40,000.


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What makes a child special?
Every child possesses unique characters, strengths and abilities that allows them express their individuality. It is this individual uniqueness that makes every child special. To truly harness and develop a child’s uniqueness and maximum potential, every child requires and deserves attention, love, support and protection. Children’s Day is a special day set aside to honour children globally and express their value in our society. It is dedicated towards raising awareness on children’s rights and well-being globally. Children’s day is observed on different dates around the world and in Nigeria, May 27 is the day set out as children’s day.
The AIFA Reading Society values children and is dedicated to their development. To mark children’s day, on May 28, 2019, members and volunteers of the Society celebrated series of events with pupils of Edward Blyden Memorial Nursery and Primary School, Lagos Island, Lagos.
The first programme set out for the day was the AIFA Book Club. The theme for this year’s Children’s Day celebration was ‘Protecting the future of the Nigerian child’. To this end, the Society invited Mrs. Olatunde Turner-Edem, a Guidance Counsellor, author and the founder of HopeHouse Counselling and Consulting Services to read and discuss one of her books, ‘Kelvin’s Adventure of Staying Super Safe’ in a bid to sensitize them on child abuse. The book highlights preventive methods which every child requires to stay safe from abuse especially abuse initiated by adults in whom their protection has been entrusted. The author advised teachers and guardians to be more sensitive and respectful of a child’s decision, most especially by understanding that their ‘NO’ simply means ‘NO’.
In the same light, the Society carried out another major initiative of the Society, Calculate2Succeed where over a hundred (100) students were empowered with branded mathematical sets and educated on its accurate uses. Among the educational materials donated to the Society by Mr. Patrick Koshoni of Miliki Lounge and Ms. Nazor Ukwuebu, a box of painting tools and colourful picture books were selected and presented to pupils in nursery one and primary one. Also, primary five and six students were gifted with the Society’s branded bags and writing materials. In addition, some copies of Makwala by E.E. Sule (donated by Parresia publishers) was presented to the head teacher and staff of the school.
Mrs. Irantiola the Head-teacher of the school thanked the Society on behalf of the entire school for the Society’s immense contribution and impact and expressed her hope that the society extends programmes of this nature to other schools around the country.
An important method of eradicating illiteracy and poverty, is supporting the education of children. AIFA Reading Society in its mission to spread literacy in the world, provides adequate educational support for children in a bid to educate, build their confidence, creative abilities, as well as encourage them and develop their enthusiasm for learning.

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UK takes doubleheader vs. USC Upstate
Gunnar McNeill belted his third home run of the year Saturday as the Kentucky baseball team nabbed a 3-1 win in the series-concluding second game of a doubleheader against USC Upstate at Cliff Stadium before the Wildcats secured a 3-0 shutout in game one.
Kyle Cody (2-1) didn’t allow an earned run over six innings of work in the second win while Dustin Beggs tossed seven shutout frames in the first to improve to 4-0.
McNeill added three RBI to his line in game two. Tyler Marshall and McNeill each had a pair of hits in the early matchup while Storm Wilson, Evan White, Riley Mahan and Marcus Carson added a hit. Each added another in the latter meeting, too.
Kentucky (12-3) extended its winning streak to nine games with the wins.


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You can expect that whenever a huge casting story breaks, like last night's news that Ben Affleck is playing Batman in Man of Steel 2, there will be a lot of opposition from the fans. Soon after the news broke, more than 30 petitions were started on Change.com, expressing their desire to oust the actor from this coveted role.
In related news, others on the Internet have chosen to express their opinion on this casting in a more creative way, by creating memes depicting Ben Affleck as The Dark Knight, many of which feature the actor's longtime friend Matt Damon as Robin and Casey Affleck as Bat-Girl. Take a look at these humorous GIF images below, then read on for more information regarding the petitions.
One such petition already has over 18,000 signatures, out of the 25,000 that are "needed" to reach their "goal." Here's what the creator of that petition, John Roden from Ludlow, Kentucky, had to say in his statement on the petition's home page.
"His acting skill is not even close to being believable as Bruce Wayne and he won't do the role justice. He's not built, nor is he intimidating enough for the role of Batman. His portrayal of Daredevil was atrocious and he's not remotely close to an action star. Please find someone else.
I would like to add that this petition was not meant in any way to harm Ben Affleck or his career. I respect Affleck's work, I just feel he is inappropriate for the role."
Another such petition took their Ben Affleck beef to another level, asking for President Barack Obama himself to draft a law making it illegal for Warner Bros. to cast Ben Affleck as Batman. However, since the petition violated the terms of participation, it was removed by the White House administration.


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The beginning of Linen & Ivory
I started my shop during the holiday season of 2012. I started by making gifts for a couple friends and all of a sudden the demand started to grow. I went from being a stay at home mom over night to a business owner. I love the creative outlet and creating both memorable and beautiful decor for people's homes! Thanks for your support!
Kendra lives in Seattle with her husband and 3 kids. She has a background in Interior Design and loves to create items that are unique and personal to each of her clients.

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California Republicans succeeded in pushing through an "open" primaries provision as part of the state's titanic budget deal -- and it could have a serious impact on the biggest Congressional delegation in the nation.
If the open system -- a pet project of Arnold's -- makes it through (and the odds are probably stacked against) it might prove a boon to moderates and third-party types.
And that would be bad-ish news for the staunch progressives who dominate the delegation, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Here's how an open system might work: The top two vote-getters, regardless of party, face off in a decisive run off.
Campaigndiaries.com games it out:
Let’s take a very liberal district, for instance, in which half-a-dozen Democrats are running. In the current system, the winner of the Democratic nominee would be certain to win the general election. In an open primary, that is not the case: the odds are high that the top two vote-getters will be Democrats.
The intra-Democratic contest would thus only be resolved in a runoff, and independents and Republicans would help choose which Democrat will be elected. This is an obvious boost to moderates of both parties, who will have a far easier time building majorities in the runoff than in their party’s closed primary.
The San Diego Union-Tribune says a bigger factor will be the influx of centrist independents into what had been closed party primaries, which could moderate previously polarized districts.
[I]n some overwhelmingly Democratic districts in San Francisco and Los Angeles and heavily Republican districts in Orange County and elsewhere, two Democrats or two Republicans likely would qualify for the runoff.
In those cases, independent voters and others from a district's minority party likely would vote for the more moderate of the two candidates in the general election, backers of the proposal say.
This may explain why some Dems were teary-eyed when they voted for it to be on the ballot in '10. Still, the open system would have to pass a statewide constitutional amendment vote -- which will be opposed by both party establishments -- and a similar measure failed in 2004.


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Wilma and I joined a veritable throng of yummy mummies and their little darlings at the Lyric theatre to watch this musical play by David Wood based on the much loved 1968, Judith Kerr book of the same title.
The Olivier nominated play features three performers who tell the story of Sophie and her family on a day when someone very special comes for tea.
Abbey Norman perfectly personifies Sophie, the little girl who along with her mummy has afternoon tea interrupted by the exciting and unexpected visitor. The gloriously greedy tiger, played by Benjamin Wells is magnificent and the show really begins when he takes to the stage. I was a little sad, however that we didn’t hear, as I imagined we would, his booming voice like in the book but instead the animal was mute and performed all of his hungry and thirsty actions using mime and dance. Wells also charmed in his other roles as both the hapless Dad, the cheeky milkman and the silly postman, but the tiger is the real star and when not on stage the performance lacked a little excitement.
Stephanie Summers as Mummy was very engaging and in the style of a nursery teacher, facilitated the narration with big movements, songs and plenty of audience involvement which enlightened and enthralled the gathered families.
I did feel at 55 minutes with no interval, both the young audience and I started to lose our way as the show neared the end, particularly after the tiger had left. I would have happily done without the last couple of songs, and feel a shorter and cheaper show would be much more attractive to those with preschool children.
Reviewed by Nicky Sweetland
Photo: Jane Hobson
The Tiger Who Came To Tea is playing at the Lyric Theatre until 10 January 2016. Click here for tickets


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The Razer smartphone headset has finally landed on the PS4, and now you can buy it for around $100.
That’s quite a bargain, considering that the headset costs $500 to $700 on Amazon.
The Razer smartphone is a brand-new headset with the company claiming that it will deliver a gaming experience that’s “better than ever.”
The Razer brand is known for its innovative design, sleek designs, and high-end specs.
It also has a history of releasing high-quality, high-performance gaming headsets for gamers.
The headset features a sleek black finish, and the Razer logo sits on the back of the headset.
The headphones also come with a rechargeable battery, and are water and dustproof.
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For episode 81 of Entrepreneur Rx, John had the pleasure of sitting down with fellow emergency medicine physician James (Jim) Dahle, founder of The White Coat Investor. The White Coat Investor is the most widely read, physician-specific personal finance and investing website in the world. In addition to the blog, he has authored four books and hosts two weekly podcasts.
Jim shares his journey to financial literacy after negative experiences with unscrupulous financial professionals early in his career. He explains how he embarked on a self-study journey and started The White Coat Investor to provide unbiased financial education to doctors. Jim highlights the reasons why physicians often struggle with money management, including the lack of education on finance and the taboo surrounding money talk in the medical field.
Then, Jim discusses the different pathways to wealth for physicians, including the default pathway of working as a physician and investing in index funds, the reproducible entrepreneurial pathway, and the hardcore entrepreneur pathway. He also addresses the challenges faced by physicians who are living hand to mouth and offers advice on how to start building wealth.
Jim concludes the episode by discussing the impact of The White Coat Investor and the importance of financial literacy in medical schools. He shares his belief that physicians should still pursue medicine if they have a passion for it, but they should also prioritize financial education early in their careers.


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Appellant alleged within his answer that on March 1, 1922, the borrowed funds on the realty organization by the financial had been arranged and were to be because of and payable on or before three years after time and secured by a primary mortgage regarding the land in the realty team additionally the warranty of the several stockholders with the realty business, and that the bank approved the crafting therefore the financial sued on and this the created recognition associated with the authorship ended up being entered during the reports in the financial together with period of the loan got for three years. The approval associated with writing checks out: “On movement of Mr. Crawford, the application of The Barrington forest Realty providers for a financial loan of $13,000.00 payable on or before 36 months after go out, equal to get guaranteed by first mortgage about property of said business, therefore the guarantee on the several stockholders of said Realty organization was actually duly recommended.”
Appellant furthermore alleged in the solution that on March 21, 1922, the realty team executed and brought to the lender their first mortgage in the land associated with said company pursuant for the agreement creating and acquiring the borrowed funds hence the financial got duly recorded. He furthermore alleged your notes turned due on March 25, 1925, and without any notice to him and without any energy because of the lender to get similar, the lender persisted the last due obligation from March 25, 1925, until and including March 25, 1929, of which times the financial institution grabbed brand new notes and a unique mortgage and surrendered into the truly business every notes of go out March 25, 1922, and revealed the financial that has been given by the realty providers to secure the records and took a home loan to lock in the ten $1,000 newer records executed March 25, 1929. Appellant furthermore pleaded as a defense the financial revived the loan towards the realty team or generated a brand new mortgage March 25, 1929, and acknowledged the realty company’s notes on that big date for the brand-new mortgage and recognized a financial and grabbed no latest or renewed guaranty or authorship and thus released him from obligation on the writing that it acquired March 1, 1922, and where the initial loan for a period of three-years was developed. Appellant additionally pleaded the 15, 7 and 5 seasons statutes of constraint, no consideration for your crafting sued on.
The materials allegations associated with the solution are controverted by reply and problems generated while the instance was referred to the master commissioner to hear proof and report.
The master commissioner got evidence making their report wherein he evaluated along with out the numerous transactions and exactly what taken place from March 22, 1922, until the organization of the motion against appellant in 1940, significantly just like that set out above, except in more detail. In summary the master administrator mentioned:
“evidence suggests that whenever the records comprise renewed the lender did not have creating prosecuted on revived at all and no latest writing is used. The responsibility was revived by brand new notes payable in 3 years and a fresh financial to protected they, thus extending the time for cost, which extension released the guarantors.”
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“Party secondarily liable discharged. —
“individuals secondarily liable regarding the device is discharged: * * *
“(6) By an agreement binding upon the owner to extend committed of fees, or perhaps to postpone the holders straight to impose the device, unless created using the assent associated with the party secondarily liable, or unless suitable of recourse against this type of celebration is actually expressly reserved in the earliest tool.”
Discover furthermore on matter of guaranty of payment or indemnity pertaining to installment promptly or expansion of time, etc., Menefee v. Robert A. Klein Co., 121 Cal.App. 294, 9 P.2d 219; Trevathan’s Ex’r v. Dees’ Ex’r, 221 Ky. 396, 298 S.W. 975; Frick Co. v. Seibel, personal loans Ohio 233 Mo. Application. 200, 118 S.W.2d 497; 12 R. C. L., sec. 36, page 1084; 28 C. J., sec. 160, web page 999; 38 C.J.S., Guaranty, sec. 75.
The financial institution submitted conditions to the grasp administrator’s report additionally the legal suffered the exceptions and conducted that appellant was actually liable regarding the authorship executed March 1, 1922, and registered judgment against appellant for 5/20 or 1/4 of $8,900 deficit, subject matter, however, to certain small credits. This charm observe.


Jide’s Remix Mini is an Android-based PC with a heavy custom skin that brings over features that are typical with desktop operating systems like Windows, OS X, and Chrome OS. This includes:
- Multitasking – having more than one app open in a window
- Resizing windows – maximize, minimize, and resize apps within windows
- Traditional file system built-in – explore the onboard storage, which is 16 GB of eMMC flash storage, and delete/copy/cut/paste files, drag and drop
- Settings menu similar to Windows 10 and OS X – allowing access to system updates, connectivity options, display, and so on
The box itself is tiny, and the top is a capacitive button used to turn on the device, as well as to turn it off or put it to sleep – the latter two can also be done through the OS, too. It has two USB ports, HDMI, ethernet, a micro-SD card slot, and a headphone jack all in the rear of the device.
Powering the device is an Allwinner A53 SoC, which is a 64-bit processor running at 1.2 GHz with a built-in GPU. It has 2 GB of RAM, and 16 GB of eMMC flash storage, expandable via micro-SD.
Remix Mini is a tiny PC. It gives you a PC experience unlike anything on Android and an Android experience unlike anything on a PC. Plug any display in your Remix Mini. Turn it on. What you do next is up to you. Powered by Remix OS (based on Android 5.1), Remix Mini allows you to work and play with the entire Android app ecosystem while taking full advantage of intuitive PC features such as a taskbar, full multiple window multi-tasking, mouse and keyboard support, and so much more. Featuring a multitude of ports, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth, make Remix Mini the centerpiece to your ever-connected world and embrace PC and Android computing together like never before.


I got it finally it was the stupid trigger spring. I know dumb me but this was the first time I have ever really worked on a gun period. Only gun related maint. I had under my belt was field striping to clean them.
Gotta say I think Ruger MK III was very easy to field strip and even detail strip. It was my own failure to pay attention that really bit me. We live we learn I am sure.
So just a recap of what I did
Sling Shot Mod (works perfect) Allows me to pull back the bolt instead of having to hit the bolt release.
Magazine safety removed so now the gun can be fired with out a magazine in it. Also the gun ejects the mags out now which was main reason I wanted it done.
Very proud of my self


Genetic Testing Lab Resolves Allegations
A diagnostic laboratory, Exceltox, will pay $357,584 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting or causing to be submitted claims for genetic tests to Medicare without valid physician oversight. The settlement agreement says that the company used the services of contractor Seth Rehfuss, who persuaded groups of senior citizens in senior housing complexes to submit to genetic testing despite applicable Medicare rules requiring proper orders from a treating physician for such tests. Exceltox, in turn, submitted claims for payment to Medicare for Rehfuss’ genetic tests performed without valid physician oversight. Read a Department of Justice press release and a previous story that we ran on Rehfuss.
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Monthly Archives: October 2017
The next Board meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 18th, 6:30pm on the roof deck. An agenda will be posted on this website in advance of the meeting.
Waikiki Lanais welcomes Joshua Jay as our new Resident Manager! Joshua joins us from 1350 Ala Moana. His first day will be Monday, October 2.
The resurfacing of the fifth floor parking garage has been completed the last week of September! Cars have returned to their assigned stalls and the ramps are clear again.


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Civil society organizations urge to halt violent movies
Children are considered as the first victims who watch violent foreign movies which are aired in the satellite and terrestrial TV channels
channels to respect their audiences and to not air bloody films or pictures.
He further explained that Kurdish media outlets have to take strong and serious steps toward being professional, adding that children should not watch the ferocious movies which are full of blood and slaughtering because children are have yet to build their characteristics and personalities. “When children watch the aggressive episodes in the so common Turkish, Korean and Hollywood movies it will leave a very nega- tive impact on their flimsy characteristics.”
Fierce Turkish and Korean movies have in the past several years become very common in Kurdistan as well as the regional countries. He also added that the group will launch an intensive awareness campaign, in the future, to teach people that children should be kept away from watching violent movies.
In an innovative and intelligent step, the group has made a short animation film which shows the negative aspects of the widespread bloody foreign movies and dramas. “The TV channels can write a pre-warning subtitle and inform their audiences to keep their children away from watching fierce pictures. This way we can save them.”
The group had previously sent a proposal to the Kurdistan Regional Government’s Ministry of Culture in which the group asked the ministry to notify the channels to take the notes into account.
Hopefully some of the channels, he said, are very seriously trying to act ac-
cording to our suggestions.
The head of the group also revealed that they have recently made a database which includes name and contact number of 40 social workers and researchers in and out of the Kurdistan Region. He said that they will be available to be interviewed by Kurdish media outlets, without taking political partiality into consideration. “All of the names which are included in the database are skilled and qualified social researchers and workers,” he explained.
He also added that the most important objective of the group is to provide the media channels with experienced people to talk about special social problems in detail and precisely. Ashti Group for Social and Psychological Issues was established in August 2011. The staff consists of several social workers and researchers that manage the group.


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It’s true: Compile Heart RPGs aren’t for everyone, even longtime JRPG fans. Their signature tone and flair for fanservice ranges from Hyperdimension Neptunia’s all-female cast of questionable quality to Record of Agarest War’s tactical T&A-filled epic narratives.
Fairy Fencer F falls somewhere in between those two extremes. Despite a few failings, this game puts together a solid experience driven by characters and a rewarding gameplay system.
Fairy Fencer F comes to the West via NIS America. It tells the story of Fang, a young man who accidentally becomes a wielder of fairies who transform into weapons. That is, a Fencer, and gets sucked into a quest to revive a goddess and get his partner’s memories back.
By count that brings the game to about four or five used and abused tropes, but it isn’t done yet. As Fang sets out on his journey, a whole gang of ragtag misfits signs on. Including a talking animal, a noble, and a gorgeous scientist who is actually a slob. Fairy Fencer F deals out quite the hand of well-designed characters whose archetypes have been seen before.
The characters themselves are, however, very well executed. Complete with both a Japanese and English voice track, of which the English track is mostly preferable, each character’s acting leaves almost nothing to be desired. Their personalities are surprisingly interesting, and seeing their unique quirks gradually get revealed as they depart from their archetypes is rewarding.
As they act out the main plot of the game, Fairy Fencer F’s surprising plot strength takes the stage, though it takes a couple hours or so to really get going. The prologue and initial stages stumble and fumble their way through character introductions and exposition, but once the various entities and characters are revealed the story takes off with a bang.
The story, of course, is focused on fairy fencing. Fang and his crew are tasked with finding Furies, weapons with fairies residing in them, and using them to unseal the Divine Goddess. Competing elements like rival fencers and the suspicious Dorfa Corporation are the primary enemies, so fighting them along with the monsters infesting the world takes up most of the game.
Combat is Fairy Fencer F’s core element. The player’s characters run about a circular arena in a turn-based fashion on a 3D map. Each character has a limited attack range and a movement range each turn, making the positioning of characters and attacks a crucial tactical element. The active party is limited to three participants despite a roster double the size. Inactives can switch out with those on the frontlines, however, so a total party kill is hard to achieve.
Characters wield their partner fairies as weapons, and each weapon takes one default form but switches to others as the user wishes. Attacking takes the form of skills, magic, and combos. Characters can have anywhere from one to four attacks in a row, and each corresponds to a different weapon and motion. Their combinations are pretty numerous, and along with each characters’ super mode (called “Fairize”) and unique special command, combat is interactive and overall enjoyable, if at times a little repetitive.
Each character pursues their own path of progression separate from their experience level using “Weapon Points.” WP is used to raise magic or physical attacks, increase range, add combos, and so on. It’s earned from battles the same way EXP is, and its use is essential to victory.
The last thing Fairy Fencer F does to set itself apart are the Furies. Apart from a character’s primary partner, each one can equip a Fury that grants them stat bonuses and abilities unique to the Fury. They gain experience just like players, and levelling them up grants new abilities and item bonuses as well. As an added bonus, each Fury can be used to “world shape” a dungeon, modifying anything from the monsters that roam there to the amount of experience gained.
Fairy Fencer F features one last gameplay element called “Godly Revival.” Here, the Furies binding the Vile God and the Divine Goddess can be removed and their power transferred to a Fury with a matching class (from C to S). Each Fury can be used only once and equipped Furies can’t be used in world shaping, making the decision of which one gets which special Fury power another strategic element.
When not in combat, Fang and company hang around the one town that serves as their base of operations or wander around the fields hunting monsters. Like Tales before it, “Symbol Attacks” can be made to gain a preemptive strike advantage in battle; enemies similarly gain ambush advantages if that attack misses or if they get the party’s back.
Since combat takes up the most time of Fairy Fencer F it would be logical to assume that it received the most attention graphically. This could not be further from the truth, as wandering the fields and combat consist of the worst visuals in the game. Town and menu screens along with character sprites during conversations are gorgeous and colorful; the fields are deplorable by comparison, and actual combat doesn’t fare much better.
From an audio perspective the game sounds great without taking too many risks. Claims by the publisher that Nobuo Uematsu is a composer must be taken with a grain of salt (he composed 2 tracks out of 41), but despite this misleading advertising the soundtrack is quite good save for a single song that plays every time Fairize is used. It is easily the most annoying audio track in the game, and listening to it is unavoidable.
All these elements would normally combine to make a much-less-than-average game, but Fairy Fencer F combines them in a way that keeps the player invested. Its questing system, Fury element similar to Persona, and character progression consistently and repeatedly give the player new ways to develop the party, and experimenting with new strategies is very rewarding. Combat is at times same-y but the versatility of combinations and strategies make playing through it enjoyable if not always challenging.
Ultimately, Fairy Fencer F’s few awful qualities keep it from being a fantastic game. Apart from a few annoying aural attributes and its subpar combat visuals this is a great JRPG. Characters are interesting and humorous, poking fun at each other’s and at the narrative’s tropes without ruining the more serious moments. While definitely not for the average gamer, JRPG fans definitely want to check this one out.

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Tigers hit back at Pattiaddy but move artillery out from Sampoor
September 4th, 2006
by D.B.S. Jeyaraj
In the on going battle of see -saw fortunes for control of strategic Sampoor , the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) hit back at the security forces effectively in Pattiaddy. But moved out their long – range artillery from the conflict zone Southwards, to the Verugal – Vaaharai region.
The Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) commenced ground operations on Monday August 28th to take control of the Sampoor region comprising an area of 19 square miles and its adjacent areas. The region in Muthur East division had been constantly subjected to aerial bombardment, artillery fire and naval gunboat shelling in a bid to drive Tamil civilians away and destroy infra-structure.
Seven days of fighting saw a comparative lull on Aug 31st and Sep 3rd respectively. The days of “lull” saw the GOSL troops trying to consolidate gains achieved while engaging in low intensity artillery fire.
The security forces moving out in different directions from different fronts had advanced to a considerable extent by Friday Sep 1st.
Troops moving out from Pachanoor had advanced about 2 km to reach Santhanavattai near the Malligaitheevu junction. Security personnel moving out from the Thoppoor and Selvanagar camps had moved forward about one KM to reach Pattiaddy.
The main thrust from Kattaiparichan littoral was the most successful having advanced more than three kilometres and entering border areas of the Sampoor Grama Sevakha division. Security forces brought under control the whole of Kattaiparichan in addition to Senaiyoor, Ganeshapuram and Ambalnagar.
Even as the GOSL troops were consolidating gains on the Kattaiparichan – Sampoor front the tigers hit back ferociously at Pattoaddy. This was the first time in the on going battle that the LTTE launched a limited counter- strike. The tigers had been fighting what was mainly a defensive war.
The LTTE on Saturday Sep 2nd counter – attacked GOSL troops at Pattiaddy and compelled them to retreat to earlier positions in Selvanagar and Thoppoor.
LTTE Political Commissar for Trincomalee S. Elilan claimed that 12 soldiers were killed and more than 25 injured in the Pattiaddy fighting. He also said that an Armoured Personnel Carrier and another armoured vehicle were destroyed in the fight.
The LTTE had lost four men at Pattiaddy. They were Capt. Lathangan, (Ganeshamoorthy Balachandran of Sittandy)2nd Lt Olivanan (Meganathan Sibirajan), Kaavalan ( Shanmugam Naveenan of Munaikkaadu) and a woman cadre Thillaimathy (Thangarajah Geetheswary of Kokkatticholai). All four were from Baticaloa district.
While successfully repulsing the army at Paddiaddy the LTTE has commenced moving out its long – range artillery from Sampoor to the Verugal – Vaaharai region further South. This move is seen as a precursor to a complete withdrawal of the LTTE from Sampoor in the days to come.
With the GOSL pumping in more men and materials in addition to constant – bombing and shelling the tigers are not expected to hold out for long unless further reinforcements from the North arrive. While continuing to resist in Sampoor the LTTE is expected to make a strategic withdrawal at an appropriate juncture to avoid full encirclement.
It was the presence of long – range artillery in Sampoor that exacerbated a threat perception to the GOSL. The LTTE was capable of attacking Trincomalee and China Bay from Sampoor. This could have disrupted Trincomalee – China Bay in addition to cutting off supply lines to Jaffna. Also Sampoor was a launching pad to attack Trincomalee.
The LTTE counter – offensive during the Maavilaaru crisis saw the tigers using Sampoor to launch an attack on Muthur and also send out a flotilla to Trincomalee. The LTTE also fired artillery at Trinco harbour on two occasions during the campaign. On one occasion 36 shells fell inside the Naval HQ in Trinco within 30 minutes.
The tigers were reported to stationed one 130 mm, two 122mm and four 120 mm in the Sampoor regions. A number of well – camouflaged platforms were constructed along the coast. The tigers used to shift the heavy artillery from place to place amid great difficulty. Despite intensive bombardment and shelling the armed forces were unable to silence or destroy these batteries.
Now the LTTE had commenced moving out the artillery to Verugal – Vaaharai region on the border of Trincomalee – Vaaharai districts. It is reported that the LTTE already has two long range 120 mm and 122 mm artillery there. The firing range of 120 mm’s are 15 km and 122 mm 20 km respectively.
According to reports from the conflict zone the LTTE is now firing only 60 mm mortars and Rocket propelled Grenades. The GOSL is using a lot of field artillery in addition to deploying many battle tanks and armoured cars. LTTE landmines, Johnny mines and other booby traps have reportedly exacted a heavy toll.
The LTTE had three naval bases at Soodaikkudaa, Ilakkanthai and Kadatkaraichenai in the Sampoor region. In addition there were 14 camps in the interior. The LTTE had Sampoor as its Trincomalee headquarters with its head camp, political office, courts, Police station, bank etc being situated there.
There were about 15,000 people in 12 villages in the Sampoor region prior to the escalation of bombardment and shelling. Sampoor was first targetted on April 25th this year when the army commander Sarath Fonseka was targetted by a suicide bomber.
Gen Sarath Fonseka made an unpublicised trip to Trincomalee district last week. Army deputy chief Gen Nanda Mallawaratchy is already stationed in Kallaru to oversee the Sampoor operation. Fonseka’s visit to the frontline cheered the troops and increased morale it is learnt.
Security personnel numbering 2000 – 2500 are deployed currently on the Sampoor front.They are from the 8th Sinha regiment under Lt. Col. Romesh Fernando, 6th Gajaba regiment commanded by Lt. Col Thalgahawatte and the special forces 2nd brigade led by Major.Ihalage.
The army lost 22 men including two officers in the first three days of fighting. 130 men were injured. It is estimated now that army casualties are about 70 killed and more than 200 wounded. Injured soldiers are receiving treatment at the Polonnaruwa, Kanthalai, Trincomalee , Anuradhapura hospitals . roops are also being treated at Sri Jayawardhenapura, Colombo national and Military hospitals.
The LTTE has lost about 40 to 50 men including Major Parani. The exact number of injured tigers are not known. The LTTE medical unit is attending to them. Trinco Special Commander “Col” Sornam is in charge of Sampoor defences while Batticaloa Special Commander “Col” Bhanu is coordinating logistics from Verugal.
The intense conflict has made the Sampoor region virtually devoid of civilians. At least twelve villages have faced utter destruction while other villages in the Muthur East and Eechilampattru divisions are also affected. The bulk of Tamil civilians in these areas have crossed over to Batticaloa and are in the Koralaipattru North division as refugees.62, 643 peole from 15, 540 families have sought refuge there.
The displacement of Tamils from these regions in Trincomalee district was a deliberate move . It was clearly intended to de – populate the region of Tamils for politico – military reasons. While chasing Tamils away from their traditional homeland the GOSL is announcing that it will re- settle Muslims in their areas.
The GOSL also intends setting up a high security zone from Muthur Jetty to Ilakanthai. Tamil civilians will be deprived of their habitat as in Jaffna. Muslims will be settled in Muthur and Thoppoor as “buffers”.
The GOSL is projecting an impression through its media that the physical conquest of Sampoor will ensure the security of Muthur and Trincomalee. The LTTE’s Elilan has warned that such an assumption may be wrong. He has pointed out that the LTTE managed to conduct many successful operations in the past when Sampoor was controlled by the armed forces.
The Mahinda Rajapakse regime is relying solely on military force as the solution for the ethnic problem. Such assumptions can be dangerously wrong. Sadly much blood will have to flow before enlightenment dawns. Whatever the ultimate fate there is no doubt that the beleaguered and oppressed Tamil people will continue to suffer.
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