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Earlier this year, Stainless Games Incorporated announced that it was planning a release of the controversial 1997 PC game ?Carmageddon? for Apple?s iOS operating system (version 5.1 and later), as well as smartphone?s running the Android OS. The release date is quickly approaching, and we are very happy to report that not only is the original scheduled date still going strong, but that Stainless Games is also making a special offer for those that are interested in giving it a look, that you simply cannot refuse!

For those interested in getting a copy of the new iOS and Android ports, we have excellent news times two! First things first, the release date. The game will be made available this coming Wednesday, on October 17th. So in less than 2 days, the game will be officially released and ready to play! What makes it even better, is that Stainless Games is going to be making the game available at NO CHARGE for the first 24 hours of its release! You will be able to get the complete game for free for a full day, and after that time period, the game will be available for sale for the price of just $1.99. Either way, it is certainly an excellent value for your gaming dollar indeed! Here is what you can expect, courtesy of Stainless Games:

• 28 dangerously deranged Opponents
• 11 wildly exhilarating Environments
• Career Mode featuring 36 satisfyingly violent Levels
• Race and Wreck opponents to unlock 30 playable cars!
• Universal App
• iCloud Support
• 27 Cunning Stuntworthy Achievements
• Leaderboards
• Game Center integration
• Buckets of gibs
• Tons of laughs
• Multiple control methods: digital, analogue (mix ?n? match), tilt
• Edit your control layout in-game to your preferences
• Comprehensive Action Replay System
• Movie editing; Save your movies straight from the game to YouTube
• Share links using iOS 6
• Retina display and iPhone 5 support
• Environment maps and other special effects
• Enhanced pre-lit environments

Carmageddon was a graphically violent vehicular combat game which was originally released for DOS compatible computers in June of 1997, and was later ported to other consoles, including the PlayStation in 1999 and Nintendo 64 in 2000. It has been said that it was inspired by the 1975 film ?Death Race 2000?, which in itself inspired an arcade cabinet in 1976 by Exidy, and ported to the Nintendo NES in 1990 by?American Game Cartridges. The game was one of the earliest examples of sandbox style 3D driver, and very well could have been the inspiration for later successful series of the same style, such as the Grand Theft Auto series.

The plot of Carmageddon is that the player races a car against a number of other drivers in various settings, such as mine, city, and industrial style areas. You have a certain amount of time to complete each race against the computer driven players, but you can collect additional time by collecting bonuses, damaging or destroying the other cars, or more infamously, by running over pedestrians. Races are completed by either completing the course as one would a normal racing game like Gran Turismo, ?wasting? all of the other racers cars, or by murdering all pedestrians on the level by running them over with your vehicle.

Needless to say, when the game was originally released in 1997, many countries such as Germany and the UK (albeit for a short period only) censored the original release of the game. They contained zombies with green blood, as well as robots with black oil instead of red blood, as opposed to using people, because at the time, running over non-human characters was considered acceptable by the rating boards of those countries, as opposed to the murdering of human beings, which was considered unacceptable. By not making these kind of changes, the games could have been banned all together and not get released. In the UK, publisher SCi wanted to get some ?unintentional publicity? for the new title by submitting it to the British Board of Film Classification, which is the UK equivalent to the Motion Picture Association of America, in hopes to get an ?18? rating (equal to the USA ?R? rating). This scheme didn?t work however, because the BBFC refused to certify the game unless all of the blood and gore was removed before the rating. After 10 months of appeal, the BBFC certified the original version. In other countries such as Brazil, the game was banned all together, yet in Portugal and Australia, the game was released totally uncut with a ?+18? rating in Portugal, and an ?MA15+? rating in Australia. In the USA, the game was rated ?T? when released for PC and PlayStation, but was upgraded to ?M? during the ?Carmageddon 64? release for Nintendo?s platform.

Stainless Games is one of that increasingly rare species; an independent game development company. The studio can be found perched on a rock near the south coast of England. Best known for the creation of the multimillion selling Carmageddon franchise, the company is also recognized as one of the world?s leading companies in the burgeoning console download market. For more information visit the Stainless Games website at http://www.stainlessgames.com.

Special thanks to Dave Roman for bringing this story to my attention!

Official Carmageddon Community: http://www.carmageddon.com

Source: http://www.retrogamenetwork.com/2012/10/15/carmageddon-to-get-iosandroid-release-this-week-available-free-for-first-24-hours/

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Cambodia's former King Norodom Sihanouk dies at 89

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) ? He was many things to the Cambodia he helped navigate through half a century of war and genocide ? revered independence hero, ruthless monarch and prime minister, communist collaborator, eccentric playboy, avid filmmaker.

Most of all, perhaps, Cambodia's former King Norodom Sihanouk was a cunning political survivor who reinvented himself repeatedly throughout his often flamboyant life.

On Monday, aged 89, Sihanouk died of a heart attack in Beijing, where he had been receiving medical treatment since January for a variety of ailments.

First crowned king by the French in 1941 at the age of 18, Sihanouk saw his Southeast Asian nation transformed from colony to kingdom, from U.S.-backed regime to U.S. bombing zone, from Khmer Rouge killing field to what it remains today ? a fragile experiment in democracy.

He ruled as a feudal-style absolute monarch, but called himself a democrat. He was a man who sang love songs at elaborate state dinners, brought his French poodle to peace talks, and charmed foreign dignitaries such as Jacqueline Kennedy.

He also painted, fielded a palace soccer team, composed music and led his own jazz band. His appetite extended to fast cars, food and women. He married at least five times ? some say six ? and fathered 14 children.

When the murderous Khmer Rouge seized power in the 1970s, he was reviled as their collaborator. Yet he himself ended up as their prisoner and lost five of his children to the regime. Later, in the 1990s ? after a U.N.-brokered deal to end Cambodia's long civil war ? he recast himself as a peacemaker and constitutional monarch.

In the twilight of his life, Sihanouk suffered colon cancer, diabetes and hypertension. Prince Sisowath Thomico, a royal family member who also was Sihanouk's assistant and nephew, said the former king passed away before dawn Monday.

"His death was a great loss to Cambodia," Thomico said, adding that Sihanouk had dedicated his life "for the sake of his entire nation, country and for the Cambodian people."

In 2004, Sihanouk abdicated the throne, citing his poor health. The move paved the way for his son Norodom Sihamoni to take his place.

On Monday, Sihamoni flew to China with Prime Minister Hun Sen to retrieve Sihanouk's body. State flags flew at half-staff, and Cambodian government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said a week of official mourning would be held once the former king's body is repatriated on Wednesday. A cremation ceremony will be held in three months, according to Buddhist tradition.

While officials said they expect as many as 100,000 to line the route from the airport to the Royal Palace for the return of Sihanouk's body, the immediate reaction in the capital seemed muted, partly because it was a holiday, which took many people out of town.

One of those mourning was 67-year-old Yos Sekchantha, who said she offered prayers that his soul would rest in peace.

"I don't know much about politics, but the king father was really a good leader and cared about his county and people," she said as tears welled in her eyes.

Many Cambodians, though, are too young to have emotional bonds to a man who in the past two decades has been overshadowed by Hun Sen, the country's current political strongman.

In January, Sihanouk requested he be cremated in the Cambodian and Buddhist tradition. He asked that his ashes be put in an urn, preferably made of gold, and placed in a stupa at the Royal Palace.

Born Oct. 31, 1922, Sihanouk enjoyed a pampered childhood in French colonial Indochina. In 1941, the French crowned him king instead of other relatives closer in line to the throne because they thought the pudgy, giggling prince would be easy to control.

They were the first of many to underestimate him, and by 1953 the French were out.

In 1955, Sihanouk stepped down from the throne, organized a mass political party and went on to hold various positions as head of government and state.

Through those years, he steered Cambodia toward uneasy neutrality at the height of the Cold War and was a founder of the Non-Aligned Movement.

In 1965, he broke off relations with Washington as U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War shifted into high gear. But by 1969, worried about increasing Vietnamese communist use of Cambodian soil, he made new overtures to America and turned away from China.

Sihanouk's top priority was to keep Cambodia out of the war, but he could not. U.S. aircraft bombed Vietnamese communist sanctuaries in Cambodia with increasing regularity, over his public protests. Privately, U.S. officials believed, he had given tacit permission for the attacks on Vietnamese communist sanctuaries near Cambodia's eastern border.

Internally, Cambodia was a one-man show. Sihanouk's sharpest critics accused him of running a medieval state as an ancient Khmer ruler reincarnated in Western dress.

"I am Sihanouk," he once said, "and all Cambodians are my children."

Indeed, many adored Sihanouk as a near-deity.

In 1970, though, Sihanouk was overthrown in a U.S.-backed coup that came while he was abroad on a trip that included a stay at a French weight-loss clinic. He spent years of lonely, if lavish, exile in Beijing.

Seeking to regain the throne, he joined the communist Khmer Rouge-dominated rebels after his overthrow. Only a few years earlier, his government had been suppressing them in the city and countryside.

They had numbered only a few hundred until the coup, but his presence gave them a legitimacy they had never before enjoyed.

The alliance left Sihanouk open to subsequent criticism that he opened the way for the Khmer Rouge holocaust. But his relations with the communist group were always strained.

"The Khmer Rouge do not like me at all, and I know that. Ooh, la, la ... It is clear to me," he said in a 1973 interview. "When they no longer need me, they will spit me out like a cherry pit."

When the Khmer Rouge seized power in 1975, Sihanouk returned home. But he was detained and the former rebels ordered his execution. Only the personal intervention of Chinese leader Zhou Enlai saved him.

With Sihanouk under house arrest in the Royal Palace, the Khmer Rouge ran an ultra-radical Maoist regime from 1975 to 1979, emptying the cities to create a vast network of forced labor camps. An estimated 1.7 million Cambodians were executed or died of disease and hunger under their rule.

Vietnam invaded in 1978 and toppled the Khmer Rouge. Freed as the Vietnamese advanced on Phnom Penh, Sihanouk found exile in Beijing and North Korea.

From there, he nominally headed an unlikely coalition of three guerrilla groups ? including his former Khmer Rouge captors ? fighting the Vietnamese-installed puppet government. The war lasted a decade.

Sihanouk remained a unifying figure, though, going on to lead the U.N.-supported interim structure that ran Cambodia until 1993 elections.

The same year, Sihanouk re-ascended the throne in a traditional Khmer coronation. Restored to his palace and travelling the countryside with personal bodyguards on loan from North Korea, he assumed a new role as beloved father of the country ? even though many adoring, older Cambodians expressed hope for a return of his previous direct rule.

But the bright promise of the elections soon faded.

Four years after the polls, Hun Sen launched a violent coup, and he remains in power to this day.

In the last years of his life, Sihanouk's profile and influence receded. While older people in the countryside still held him in reverence, the young generation regarded him as a figure of the past and one partly responsible for Cambodia's tragedy.

Rarely at a loss for words, he became for a time a prolific blogger, posting his musings on current affairs and past controversies. Most of his writing was literally in his own hand ? his site featured images of letters, usually in French in a cramped cursive script, along with handwritten marginalia to news clippings that caught his interest.

His production tailed off, however, as he retreated further from the public eye, spending more and more time under doctors' care in Beijing.

The hard-living Sihanouk had suffered ill health since the early 1990s. He endured cancer, a brain lesion and arterial, heart, lung, liver and eye ailments.

In late 2011, on his return from another extended stay in China, Sihanouk dramatically declared that he never intended to leave his homeland again. But true to his mercurial reputation, he flew off to Beijing just a few months later for medical care.

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Associated Press writers Kay Johnson, Grant Peck, Denis Gray and Todd Pitman in Bangkok contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/cambodias-former-king-norodom-sihanouk-dies-89-001213282.html

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CLAUVAL'S TRAVELS: October 10 to 14, 2012; Last family party

October 10 to 14, 2012; Last family party

OCT? 10, Wednesday
Cloudy, windy and rain later in the day!? A quiet day again, not much to report.? We went for our daily walk with Tucker, read, watched the tube and BBQ?ed steaks for dinner.? Peter and I did take a drive into town to meet Gaetan for coffee then came home.? We called everybody to confirm the get together this coming week-end. OCT? 11, Thursday
This was the coldest day yet even with the sun showing up once in a while; the temperature was only 10*C but the wind made it feel like 7*.? I went to get another tank of propane, $24. (the furnace is working a lot lately) and some groceries.? Peter got busy in the afternoon getting a few things more put away for the winter then him and I went to my sister Christiane to pick up a table for Saturday.? Val made a cabbage dish which turned out really good.? Peter served us apple pie and ice cream then we watched the tube for a while. OCT? 12, Friday, furnace problem
The wind was so strong overnight that we had to bring the awning up.? It is 4*C (36*F) at 8 am this morning, Brrrrrrrrrrrr!? The worst of it is that the furnace chose this morning to quit on us so out came the electric heater.? I called LUPIEN RV and when the tech arrived and took the furnace apart, he said he had to change the electronic monitor so took it with him to the shop.? In the mean time, we went into town to get some groceries then stopped at LUPIEN RV to put the repair on our extended warranty.? When we got home, the tech had already been here and put everything back in place so we now have HEAT!? LUPIEN called me saying that the warranty wouldn?t cover the call-out so they reduced it from $85 to $50 + our deductible of $50 on the warranty.? Pretty decent of them; they have been very fair and superb with us.? A lot of shops should learn from these guys about customer service!? Anyway, for dinner, Val made a mixture of pork & beans and pork chops which turned out delicious and as we looked out, it was snowing!? YES, SNOW! We couldn?t believe it however it didn?t last long.? Peter missed out on this dinner but did come over later for a drink. OCT? 13, Saturday, last Family reunion
We got up this morning to 0*C (32F)!? WOW, definitely time to move on!? It is sunny out though but cold most of the day.? Everyone began arriving for the party around 3 pm and it began right away.? Everyone was dressed up in costumes and we had a ball!? Too much to drink and lots of dancing, we ordered pizzas and French fries for dinner and had a feast.? The last person went home around midnight and Michel and Therese stayed at Peter?s house.? Val?s costume was a success thanks to Lise loaning it to her.? The whole family had fun and the evening was a success. OCT? 14, Sunday, hang-over!!!
Yes, a few of us had hang-over this morning but we were still smiling.? Another cold and cloudy day, it went as high as 9*C.? Everyone basically just sat and watched the tube.? We watched this guy (Can?t remember his name) who went up in a balloon up to 35 miles high then jump, broke the sound barrier and parachute to the ground.? Therese and Michel left around 3 pm after saying goodbyes and hugs.? Val made a stew for dinner.? It was to bed early tonight. 9 days to our departure

Source: http://clauvalrvtravel.blogspot.com/2012/10/october-10-to-14-2012-last-family-party.html

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374500 :: 2593 Greentree RD, Lake Oswego OR, 97034

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4 beds, 3 full baths
Home size: 2,211 sq ft
Lot Size: 13,939 sq ft
Property Type: DETACHD
MLS Number: 12453884
Community: Palisades

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10 Steps on the Path to Forgiveness | Parenting Tips

Forgiveness is only one part of a larger process of working through a painful event, trauma, or loss, and it generally comes at the tail end of that process, after a lot of work has been done. As I explained in the previous post, it?s a choice not an obligation. When our hurts have been many and encountered over a lifetime, it sometimes takes years to get to forgiveness. There are no rules. Each of us must come to the decision about whether or not to forgive?for ourselves and in our own time?much to the dismay and worry of our friends and family. ? ? ??

Consider the reasons why you might choose to forgive someone who did you wrong. Forgiveness is usually accompanied by a lifting of depression and anxiety and an increase in physical health and well-being. Forgiveness also brings a lessening of suffering and offers a newfound peace that helps you go on with life.

What is forgiveness, exactly? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

In the effort to define and describe forgiveness, researchers have differentiated between ?decisional forgiveness? and ?emotional forgiveness.? Decisional forgiveness is having the thought or intention to stop an unforgiving stance and to respond differently towards the person who hurt you. Emotional forgiveness is actually replacing negative unforgiving emotions with positive more empathic emotions.

Most of us start with the desire to forgive someone (the decision) and then go through the emotional work to finally let go. It?s a two part process. The first step is the?decision to let go of resentment and thoughts of revenge. ?The second step, once completed, brings newfound feelings of understanding, empathy and compassion for the one who hurt you. (Reminder: You can forgive the person while still condemning the act.)

What are the Steps to Forgiveness?

1. It helps to begin by recognizing the value of forgiveness and its importance in your life. Imagine how you will feel without the bitter feelings you?ve been carrying around. Make a list of all the advantages of letting go versus holding on.

2. Reflect on the facts of the situation and how you reacted, and how this combination has affected your life, health and well-being. Write a letter to the person or people who have hurt you. Write it for yourself so you can be excruciatingly open and honest about how you feel. Write about it as much as you need to, for as long as you need to. Stop in the middle if you need to cry about what you are writing. Notice how the letter changes each time you write it. Eventually, you may choose to share your letter with the person who hurt you.

3. Allow yourself to feel without judging yourself. You will most likely (depending on the size of the trauma) have to cry buckets of tears, shake with fear, and scream in rage to let go of all the feelings inside. (If expression of feelings is difficult?if you can?t express them or if you are exploding all over the place,?please check out books and blogs on this topic first.)

4. If the pain is too much to handle alone, you may want to talk with someone who is wise and compassionate, such as a spiritual leader, a mental health provider, or an unbiased family member or friend. Just knowing that others have faced ?similar challenges can make you feel less isolated. You don?t need to go it alone.

5. The process often involves forgiving yourself as well. Write a letter expressing compassion and love for yourself, describing what you have learned. Reflecting on times you?ve hurt others and on those who?ve forgiven you may help you if you get stuck.

6. Think about the expectations you have of others. Are you expecting too much or too little? Since we cannot change anyone but ourselves, as much as we?d like to, try to put your energy into setting positive goals for the future. Instead of mentally replaying tapes of your past traumas, seek out and practice new ways to get what you want.

7. Remember that living a good life is proof to others that no one can rob you of your humanity. Your courageous act of forgiveness will give you back your power.When you focus on your wounded feelings, you continue to give the person who caused you pain power over you.

8. When you?re ready, actively choose to forgive the person who?s offended you. This is often strengthened through creating a ritual. Go to a sacred space in nature and burn the letter that described the pain you suffered. Say out loud ?I forgive you.?

9. Usually there?s a gift that has come through your wound?things like learning to have more empathy for others, discovering a renewed commitment to help those in pain, or feeling more gratitude for the good things in life and the friends who have supported you. Find a symbol of your gift and carry it with you or paint it or keep it on your bedside table.

10. Find some way to celebrate yourself when you complete your journey to set yourself free from your past. Throw a party, light a candle, jump in the ocean, plant a seedling?even howl at the moon. You?ve arrived to yourself and to the present moment. Yes.

APA Reference
Manchester MacMannis, D. (2012). 10 Steps on the Path to Forgiveness. Psych Central. Retrieved on September 23, 2012, from http://blogs.psychcentral.com/parenting-tips/2012/09/forgiving-what-we-cannot-forget-how-to-get-there/

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