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Chromid Biomodification
Altering the pigmentation of skin is a routine and easily applied biomodification, often one that can be purchased and the biomod performed at home. This biomod has three different applications, skin, hair and eyes. The mod changes the genetic structures that are responsible for pigmentation resulting in the desired area changing to the desired color.
Taste the Rainbow
Skin pigmentation was the last application of the polychromatic genetic modification, and the most striking. The technology was developed in Nippon, and as such the various colors are associated with Nipponese names. Skin Pigmentation is much trickier than hair or eyes, as it is much more organic in nature, two people can use the same treatment but come out slightly different colors. Maintaining skin pigmentation modifications often involves either a special diet, dietary supplements, or regular visits to a Cosmetician (now a dermatology specialist). Failure to maintain a chromid skin mod will cause the color to leach out or become sallow. Washed out chromids are associated with disaffected youth, criminals, and career protesters.
Skin pigmentation mods are available as in in utero modification, and these in utero chromids don't have the same number of issues as post partum and post adolescent chromids do.
Kuros - black skinned, not African, but black. Popular in the underground community, especially death revelers, and those of a more negative aspect.
Shiros - opaque white, as in printer paper white. Shiros is very popular among fashion models.
Akas - Red, in varying shades. A favorite among strippers and sex workers (conceals rashes and sores well) but it most well known for the Sausage Cart Man.
Kies - Yellow, fairly uncommon, usually only seen when a performance group is doing rainbow work. Sometimes seen as a sign of political militant apathy.
Aos - Blue, a perennial favorite of artists, painters, performers, and musicians. Origin of the term 'smurfs' and 'blue movies' as one of the first real applications of holovid tech involved aos sex play. Their skin color allowed the pornographic display to jump obscenity and porn/sexuality limited laws in place at the time.
Midoris - Green, another popular color, especially among urban primitives, neo-hippies, ecological activists and seacology dwellers.
Momoiros - Pink, Hello Kitty candy pink, popular among groups like Ko Girls and other predominantly female groups that strongly associate themselves with perceived youth, innocence and anime style seduction.
Magic Hair
Changing hair color is an ancient practice, and has reached a new height in the Cosmic Era. The colors of the rainbow are now at the beck and call of the world's hair dyers and they are no longer bound by the colors of their natural hair. Hair mods come in several varieties and are very common. The standard selection of hair colors and textures are available (everyone in the arcos has great hair) and are barely worth a mention. The bright colors are the ones that draw the eye and are available in a great number of colors and styles. There are pastels, vibrant, safety and neon, and available across the spectrum. The duration of hair mods have three steps, short term, annual, and permanent. The Short Term generally lasts 3-6 weeks, and requires regular maintenance. It is the cheapest, but also can be layered, to create a mane of natural rainbow hair. Annual lasts a year and is the most common. The longer duration makes it easier to keep a steady color and pattern without 'rooting' when the natural hair reasserts itself. The permanent treatment is on par with the annual treatment, and is fairly common and rather than the bright colors, more natural colors are dominant. The Arcos of the cosmic era have a very high percentage of blondes, platinum blondes, true black and redheads and a relatively small percentage of brunettes.
Men also use hair mods, it is easy to overlook them when contemplating the glorious manes of the ladies. Male pattern baldness is a ghost of the past, as hair therapy and genetic mods have eliminated it like polio. At least, inside the arcos and among the well off. Baldness and thinning hair (unless deliberate in the case of the polished dome) are considered signs of poverty and poor health.
Magic Eyes
Eye coloration was the first chromid biomod and has the widest array of colors to chose from, easily on par with nail polish colors. The first ocular chromic modifications didn't go well, and had a nasty habit of causing blindness and macular degeneration. This was eventually sorted out, and now it is considered a safe and inexpensive biomod that is popular among young girls and fashion conscious women. The ocular biomod is a temporary mod, and generally lasts 3 to 6 months depending on the user and their metabolism. There is a permanent version of the Magic Eye treatment, but it is more expensive and rarely used outside of medical reasons (albinism) or legal reasons (Witness protection)
Final Words
The Chromid is intended as a background filler, something to mark the iconoclasts and punks of the Cosmic Era the way mohawks and lip piercings and extensive tattoos are used today. Chromids are likely to have personalities that are suited to their skin pigmentation or hair and few of them are the wallflower personality types. People who just want to be part of the group don't dye themselves purple. The number of full body chromids is fairly small, but a very visible slice of the Cosmic Era demographic. They are also largely confined to the arcologies and the major cities where there are concentrations of population along with access to wealth and resources, and there is the ability to basically waste money and medical supplies. There are chromids and mods in the favelas and urban rim, but these were sourced from the arcos, and few if any got their modifications in the favelas.


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Expressionist agony, meet the Big Apple.
Starting in October, Edvard Munch's 1895 painting The Scream will go on display at the Museum of Modern Art for six months, AP reports. This is one of four versions of the painting Munch made between 1893 and 1910, and the only one that is privately owned (the rest are in Norwegian museums). It sold at Sotheby's in May to an anonymous patron for $120 million, making it the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction. This will mark the first time it has ever been publicly displayed in New York.
By now as much a staple of pop culture as an art fixture, The Scream has been imitated, parodied, and referenced by everyone from Andy Warhol to Wes Craven to BBC's Dr. Who. It is also an especially hot-ticket item among art thieves: in 1994 and 2004, other versions of the painting were stolen from Norway's National Gallery and Munch Museum, respectively.
The exhibit will run from Oct. 24 to April 29.
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People no longer think of industry or technology without compressed air. Some examples of compressed air technology are the filling of widespread PET bottles, and the purification of water in sewage treatment facilities.
The economic and energy efficiency factors of compressed air as a working fluid are common topics of criticism. Compressed air technology expert Prof. A.P. Weiss, of the Amberg-Weiden University of Applied Sciences says, "In the past, it was the efficacy which came foremost…not the expenditure/benefit ratio."
Climate protection and energy conversion have called for people to reverse their thinking and focus on efficiency.
Economic and scientific fields have for a long time pursued new examples whereby proven technology goes hand in hand with innovation. The common aims are clearly outlined: continuous improvement of the energy efficiency of compressed air, and to make compressed air technology sustainable.
Weiss is convinced, "When one makes use of the full potential, compressed air in operations is indeed a form of rational energy usage for the future"
A study conducted by the European Union shows that 18% of electrical energy in industry is consumed in generating air pressure as a service fluid. According to this study, a third of this electricity can be saved with the application of appropriate technology and more efficient systems.
With a need for competent skilled technicians in the pneumatics industry the curriculum at the HAW Amberg-Weiden institute has included compressed air technology and research courses since 2000. The university has worked closely with the industrial sector for optimal training.
Industrial use
In the mechanical engineering department, Deprag Schulz GMBH & Co. became a congenial partner in developing innovative air machines/tools. For example, the development of fast-running turbines for compressed air, CO2, natural gas, steam and other vapors, and the conception of generators necessary for the same would lead to Deprag's green energy turbine system- a technology with which small residual quantities of process gases can be profitably converted to electricity.
Compared to electrical motors, compressed air motors and compressed air-operated tools distinguish themselves for their high output in terms of short-term-sudden release of power (impact tools), speed (cylinders), overload and usability under duress, high duty cycles, robustness and relative immunity to humidity and dirt.
Additionally, there is the explosion-proof protection of compressed air motors. In an explosion-risk environment, where a single spark can pose a significant threat, electronic tools can be used only under specific circumstances, but there are no such pre-requisites with compressed air equipment. The design of a compressed air motor and its normal operation involve no risk of overheating, and no electrical connections.
Compressed air optimization
Critics fault the economic factor of compressed air technology. They claim that depending on the type, a compressed air motor does not optimize the expansion process of compressed air. As a result, more compressed air is consumed than is absolutely necessary. They argue that this means the consumption of energy for electrical compressors is higher than when the same amount of power is used directly for an electrical tool.
The Deprag compressed air motors project manager, Dagmar Dübbelde counters, "Compressed air motors and electrical motors cannot be compared one on one. The application is determined by the drive solution."
"In a packing machine, a motor should produce 450 rpm with no load. An application with a load torque of 25 N-m is induced at a reduced speed for an extended period of time at the end of the packaging line. Electrical motors cannot be overloaded over extended periods. This would lead to overheating of the motor. Thus, an electric motor for said packaging machine is planned for the load torque, and would require an output of 1170 W (25 mm × 450 rpm ÷ 9550)," says Dübbelde.
The calculation with a compressed air motor is completely different. Dübbeldesays, "Both demands of the packaging machine can be accomplished with the favorable torque of compressed air motors, using a smaller motor. For this application we would select a compressed air motor with a nominal torque of 15 N-m and a nominal speed of 275 rpm. Given that the working torque is less than the nominal torque, the motor runs at close to the no load torque, with 450 rpm, under low demand."
Compressed air motors are most effective when they operate close to their nominal revolution speed. With this, Dübbeldeadvises all users, "The pneumatic motors must be carefully designed for their use in a way that saves energy and running costs." Simple conventional measures alone are enough to increase economic viability, "The internal pipe diameters recommended by the manufacturer must absolutely be observed at all times. Every bottleneck works as a throttle and reduces the output of the pneumatic motor."
Reducing energy consumption
Manufacturers of the compressors also make their contribution to reduce the energy consumption of compressed air generation comprehensively by 30%.
Kaeser Compressors Inc. offers users a PC-supported compressed air audit, which determines accurately the actual air requirement for new systems and also for existing installations.
Erwin Ruppelt from Kaeser Compressors says, "The more transparency a compressed air system offers over cost saving potential, the closer all those involved come to throttling the energy consumption related to the generation of compressed air by a potential one third advantage in terms of company results and the environment."
Through the audit all savings potential is exposed and the compressed air installation can be configured for maximum reliability, energy efficiency, and also optimized for future requirements. Modern compressor controls that communicate with industry PCs, allow for precise data collection and evaluation, and form the basis of a complex system management that can reduce energy consumption significantly. This includes existing installations.
Compressed air technology is capable of even more. Erwin Ruppelt says, "In the domain of heat recovery, more valuable heat energy can be saved. A 100% of the drive energy supplied to a compressor is converted into heat. Up to 96% of this energy can be used a second time, either for heat purposes or as process heat." He says that specific use of compressor waste heat allows for a reduction in consumed electrical energy, but also the heat energy requirements of a company.
Potential savings
Possible efficiency increase with specific heat recovery profiles using screw type compressors is shown by example of a mill operation. Comparing the year 2007—when compressor waste was still not being used — and 2011 says a lot. Due to gas heating, a total of 552,000 kW-hr was saved by this company. The savings is equal to 36% of total heating costs for the company. The following annual average was possible: the use of 52% of the compressor output for heating purposes a second time, the top measurement value was 71%.
Innovative developments in compressed air technology promise a reduction in energy costs. For example, pneumatic turbine motors, applied here instead of the traditional vane motor, makes use of the expansion process of the compressed air. Thus, the energy medium is used far more efficiently, and the machine's air requirements are reduced by one third.
The turbine motor picks up additional points with its unsurpassed output (kilogram/kilowatt) — in terms of power to size ratio it is half the size of a vane motor.
Dubbelde says, "By exchanging a vane motor the size of a fist for turbine motor of equal size, I can double motor output on the spot."
The turbine requires no lubrication, and there are no wear parts, this only increases the economic viability of a turbine.
Prof. Weiss states, "Today, compressed air is more efficient that ever before, but if the factor of heat recovery is not considered, a company will see no economical advantage."
In the future he predicts, "Compressed air systems could be used more and more in the decentralized monitoring of excess renewable energy. With the available Kaeser compressors and the innovative GET turbine generator of Deprag, this CAES (Compressed Air Energy Storage) short-term conservation of wind and solar energy — even if the kW rating is small — could be a prelude to a new field in application of compressed air technology."


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Nicki Minaj's 'Wig Stylist' Quits Over 'Creative Differences.' Or Because She's Cray.
After a three-year partnership, Nicki Minaj's hair stylist (read: weave and wig stylist) has moved on to tease and spray fake Christmas tree snow on other celebrities who will allow him to properly express his art. Seems Minaj just didn't understand his deep dark wig-making soul.
In what appears to be a rather unnecessary press release, Minaj's team said, "Terrence Davidson most recently served as the celebrity hairstylist, wig creator and creative director for Nicki Minaj. After creative differences, he has decided to pursue other opportunities."
Davidson himself says he needed to leave Minaj's entourage in order to "re-energize" his creativity. Or he just ran out of hair colors to distract us from Nicki's temper tantrums.
In his own statement, Davidson told the media, "It has been an amazing experience offering me a chance to express my creativity and exhibit my love for the art form of wig design. I have decided to part ways from Nicki Minaj because I would like to explore other opportunities within my own brand."
"I am very proud of the body of work built with Nicki Minaj and I appreciate the support over the years from fans who¹ve expressed love for my craft. Look forward to seeing me larger than life in 2013," he added.
A source, however, claims Davidson left because of "a series of derogatory statements" made by Minaj and her management team.
Nicki seems so demure and non-combative (ahem), but if those assertions are true, it wouldn't be the first time a staff member quit under duress. In 2011, facialist Dawn DaLuise said after waxing Minaj's eyebrows and lip, the singer started screaming, "Who the f--- do you think you are? Look what you did to my damn face! You think this sh-- is worth $170?"
The remainder of Davidson's work on Minaj's coiffure can be viewed throughout the month of February on 'American Idol.' Set your DVRs, kids!


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Those darn water bottles…Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Did you know?
- It takes 15 million barrels of oil per year to make all of the plastic water bottles used in the United States.*
- 15 million barrels of oil would be enough to run 1.5 million cars on U.S. roadways for an entire year.**
- Only 20% of those bottles are recycled, the rest end up in landfills.*
- The bottles that drift from landfills and litter streams are washing out to the Pacific Ocean and have formed a huge "raft" that is twice the size of Texas.*
- It takes 1,000 years for a plastic bottle to break down in a landfill.**
That's not all folks…
- The US consumes 100 billion plastic shopping bags.**
- That translates into 12 million barrels of oil.**
- Worldwide it is estimated that 1 trillion bags are used.**
- Translate that and you end up with 120 million barrels of oil.**
- Oil is used in the manufacturing process in making bottles and bags.
- Consider using a reusable water bottle.
- Hook up a purifier to a water faucet.
- Purchase cloth or reusable bags.
The Haverford College Bookstore sells reusable bags and water bottles!
*Source: E Magazine May/June 2008


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Versatile Capuano can provide Red Sox with options
JUPITER, Fla. -- When Chris Capuano made his Red Sox debut on Wednesday, he did so as a starting pitcher. That might not be the role he holds when the regular season begins, but that's not a big problem for the veteran left-hander, who gave up two runs in two innings during Boston's 8-6 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals at Roger Dean Stadium.
He's been down this road before.
JUPITER, Fla. -- When Chris Capuano made his Red Sox debut on Wednesday, he did so as a starting pitcher. That might not be the role he holds when the regular season begins, but that's not a big problem for the veteran left-hander, who gave up two runs in two innings during Boston's 8-6 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals at Roger Dean Stadium.
He's been down this road before.
Just last year, in fact, Capuano's first two appearances with the Dodgers came out of the bullpen. Then, Zack Greinke suffered a fractured collarbone in a benches-clearing incident with the Padres, and Capuano was in the rotation. Although he made two trips to the disabled list himself, his next 20 trips to the mound were starts.
"Every year over the past three or four years, I've had some really great experiences that I kind of think have helped me be flexible and be prepared for that," Capuano said of preparing as a starter this spring even though his future could lie in relief.
Capuano has made 29 total appearances out of the bullpen, spread over five different seasons. A free agent this winter, he signed a one-year, $2.25 million contract with Boston on Feb. 22 with the understanding that he might not crack the rotation.
If everyone is healthy, Capuano could be one of three southpaws in the Boston bullpen, along with Craig Breslow and Andrew Miller. Capuano has fared much better against left-handers throughout his career, but it sounds as though manager John Farrell isn't planning to put him in a specialist role.
"He's got the ability to go multiple innings, as we know," Farrell said. "At this point, if we're healthy across the board, I think we have options late in the game. Chris is in that middle range. If we have a starter that needs help early in the game, he's got the ability to bridge to our guys later in the game as well."
Of course, pitching staffs rarely enjoy perfect health. The 2013 Red Sox had 11 different pitchers start a game, and eight of them had at least six such assignments. No Major League club used only five starters, and 22 employed at least 10.
In other words, Capuano is likely to get a chance at some point. It could even come right away, if a finger laceration prevents Jake Peavy from being ready to go initially. But for right now, Capuano isn't worrying about that.
"At least in the immediate term, my focus is on building up my arm strength and making sure I have good command of my pitches, and that really takes all of my focus right now," he said. "A few weeks from now, I'll get that good base and hopefully get up to the five- or six-inning mark, and then we'll see where we go from there. Right now, I'm really focused on trying to get myself right, get myself ready."
Wednesday was a step in that direction for the 35-year-old Springfield, Mass., native, who made his debut with the team he cheered for as a kid. Even though he signed late, Capuano estimated that he threw about eight bullpen sessions in Arizona while he waited, keeping him pretty much on schedule.
Capuano threw 21 strikes out of 37 pitches, deploying all four of his offerings and sitting mostly in the high 80s with his fastball, according to the stadium radar gun. He spent some time working out of the stretch with men on base and got the chance to field his position, starting a nice 1-6-3 double play in the first inning.
"Got a little bit of everything today," he said.
Overall, Capuano allowed two runs on three hits, with one walk and one strikeout. He gave up a pair of soft singles in the first and nearly set the Cardinals down in order in the second before losing Jon Jay to a walk and leaving a two-seamer over the plate to Xavier Scruggs for a two-run homer.
"He's a veteran guy that knows what his capabilities are," Farrell said. "His versatility allows him to pitch in a couple of roles for us. So he's going to be a valuable guy for us, to be able to go multiple innings, if in fact he starts in the bullpen."
Andrew Simon is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AndrewSimonMLB.


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The first months of 2014 have seen IUCN and local authorities identify a new way forward to achieve a historic first for forest protection in Georgia: a total handover of forest to local control in the sublime landscape of Tusheti
The Tusheti Protected Landscape is located in Akhmeta, Kakheti, in the north-east of the country, covering 31 518 hectares. It constitutes part of "Tusheti Protected Areas", together with Tusheti District Nature Reserve and Tusheti National Park.
Being classified as a category V protected area by IUCN means that the Tusheti Landscape is considered a unique "area where the interaction of people and nature over time has produced an area of distinct character with significant ecological, biological, cultural and scenic value; and where safeguarding the integrity of this interaction is vital to protecting and sustaining the area and its associated nature conservation and other values."
As with all of Georgia's Protected Areas system, the Georgian government is working closely with IUCN through the ENPI-FLEG programme* to follow guidelines on protected area management - particularly important when considering the delicate balance between nature and the local population in Tusheti. This is especially relevant in the case of managing the area's forests, which cover 10% of the landscape; and discussions over the years have led to a gradual evolution in thinking about who should be managing Tusheti's forests in order to achieve the best results.
Georgian forests are generally managed by the National Forestry Agency, but the forests within the country's protected areas fall under the responsibility of the Agency of Protected Areas, within the Ministry of Environment and Protection of Natural Resources. "But the case of Tusheti requires special attention", explains Marika Kavtarishvili, ENPI-FLEG Country Program Coordinator for IUCN Georgia. "While it is a protected area, and therefore a place of outstanding natural beauty and value, it is also a residential area where local livelihoods depend on tourism, agriculture, sheep-farming, and cattle breeding. Management of the area is therefore as much about tourism and rural development as it is about nature conservation, if not more."
With this dual need in mind – that of protecting both Tusheti's natural environment and its extensive traditional human activities – over time, several rounds of discussions took place between community and government representatives, with the aim of identifying the most appropriate managerial arrangement for its forests. These discussions coincided with the 2005 adoption of the St. Petersburg Declaration on Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (FLEG) in Europe and North Asia (ENA), and then in 2006 an agreement was reached by all: that Tusheti's forests should be locally-managed, with the Agency of Protected Areas providing support on technical matters when required. This move to locally controlled forest management was the first decision of its kind in Georgia.
In spite of this progress, almost a decade since the first agreement, a lack of clarity on the legality of the arrangement remains, which could threaten long term protection of Tusheti's forests. In order for the area to become officially locally controlled, its status as such has to be registered with the national authorities. This is yet to happen.
But as part of the second phase of the ENPI-FLEG Programme*, IUCN has been working with all parties to go the final mile and complete the transition to local control. To do this – and to thereby complete the negotiations – the forest within the Tusheti Protected Landscape must be registered as a 'Forest of Local Significance'. There is renewed expectation that this procedure can be completed in 2014, with full backing from the Georgian authorities.
Despite this hopefully being achieved very soon, there are other challenges to be overcome in order to guarantee a sustainable future for Tusheti. A major issue to be addressed is the absence of a strategic document on how to manage Tusheti Protected Landscape as a whole. For this, the existing Draft Management Plan must be approved. The draft document emphasizes the importance of developing a forest management plan, but the administration currently lacks the capacity for such work.
Through the ENPI-FLEG programme, IUCN – with its vast experience in work on Protected Areas – was considered the ideal partner to lead an assessment of current forest management practices in Tusheti. This assessment will provide the knowledge required to tailor a methodology for sustainable, multipurpose forest management that caters for both protection of the natural forest landscape and sustaining the local communities who depend up on it for their livelihoods.
If these remaining challenges can all be overcome in the coming months, then as soon as 2015, the newly empowered local managers of Tusheti's forests will be politically and technically supported to successfully implement sustainable forest management practices for years to come.
"Succeeding in our work in Georgia and other ENPI-FLEG 2 countries depends on us establishing a much better understanding of how the people who live in forest landscapes depend on healthy, functioning forests," explains Richard Aishton, IUCN ENPI-FLEG Programme Coordinator. "As IUCN is now prioiritising the development of a detailed global picture on human dependency on nature, our work in Tusheti will be part of pioneering the early stages of that work, and is therefore of international relevance."
*"ENPI-FLEG" stands for theEuropean Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument East Countries Forest Law Enforcement and Governance II Program (ENPI-FLEG 2), supported by the European Union and implemented by IUCN, World Bank and WWF. ENPI-FLEG 2 aims to promote sustainable forest governance, management, and protection of forests in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine, ensuring the contribution of the region's forests to climate change adaptation and mitigation, to ecosystems and biodiversity protection, and to sustainable livelihoods and income sources for local populations and national economies.
The Program builds on and further develops initiatives and activities undertaken during implementation of the first EC funded ENPI FLEG Program (2008-2012) and is part of the European Union's Eastern Partnership and a key part of the Environment Governance Pillar.
In Georgia, ENPI-FLEG 2 will work in 2014 across three main pillars of work: assessing forest management in protected areas, supporting locally controlled forestry, and assessing the extent of human dependency on nature (HDN) in forested landscapes.
For more information please, contact Marika Kavtarishvili from IUCN Caucasus Cooperation Center at: [email protected]


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handmade wardrobe
I'm busy packing for Sewing Summit, but just wanted to share some of the garments I've made this year. This tunic (I call it my rice pudding shirt) is Simplicity 2447 and is made with Ironwood Aneta from Lotta Jansdotter.
I knit this tea leaves cardigan with Manos del Uruguay extra fine merino.
I love my liberty Tova. I simply hemmed the cuffs instead of banding them and added two inches to the length.
This one is the long sleeved shirt with Chinese collar from Simple Modern Sewing.
This skirt is made from Jay McCarroll's new Center City line. I used Simplicity 2215.
Now I'm off to pack and clean and check off all my lists so I'm all ready to head to Salt Lake tomorrow.


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I think you're giving bad advice to people when you tell them not to put everything in stocks or real estate when making a long-term investment. Over a long period like ten years or more, you simply can't beat the returns there.
Long-term investing relies on several assumptions, two of which hinge very strongly on personal luck and personal behavior.
One, you're not going to touch that balance for a very long time. The chance that you'll touch that balance in any way over the next decade (at least) is very, very small. If there is a crisis in your life, you have other assets you can use to deal with that situation without touching your long-term investment.
Two, you are completely comfortable watching the balance of your investment drop through the floor every once in a while. It's easy to feel good about an investment when you see it earn a 15% return over the course of a year. It's a lot harder to feel good about it when you see a 40% drop over the course of a year.
The first issue can be resolved to a large extent through solid personal finance management. Pay off your debts, maintain an emergency fund, and you'll go a long way toward heading off most of the crises that would interfere with your long-term investing.
The second one, however, is a bit trickier to handle.
During 2008, I witnessed several people I know make panicked moves with regards to their retirement savings and their own personal investments. They yanked their money out of stocks in the latter days of 2008, locking in enormous losses, and put their money into other investments.
With hindsight, this looks like a terribly bad decision. 2009 and 2012 were both stellar years for the stock market and stocks have regained every bit of ground that they lost in those years.
The problem is that, in the moment, it's very hard to see that type of rebound when you're watching your life savings dwindle away. You also don't necessarily know how you're going to react in that moment.
My perspective is that the key to the matter is what I call a "hardening" of one's needs. When you're young and retirement is a very long way off, a big loss isn't that big of a deal. I watched 2008 flow through my retirement accounts and it didn't seem disastrous.
However, if I watched 2008 from the perspective of my parents or my in-laws, it's a very different picture. It's scary because it's much more immediate. While they may have still been outside of that ten year timeframe, a big retirement loss is much more urgent because their lives are beginning to move toward retirement.
So, what I suggest is that if you've reached a point where you know what your target "number" is and you know roughly when you need to reach it, you need to start moving into safer investments, even if the horizon is more than ten years off. The "firmer" the target date and target number are, regardless of the time until you reach that point, the more you need to move into safer investments like bonds and cash.
What if you need those "big gains" to reach your number? If that's the case, then you need to look at saving more or else putting off your target date a little bit.
If you have a target date in mind and you're gearing up your life to retire in that timeframe, a big stock market or real estate swoon becomes incredibly scary. Once that timeframe becomes pretty clear in your life, you're making other life plans according to that timeline, and you see things progressing clearly toward that investment endpoint, you need to start preparing for it, even if it's more than ten years out.
Don't ride the giant roller coaster if you're not in the right position to handle the big drops.
Again, personal finance isn't about pure dollars and sense. It's about managing your emotions, and it's also about putting things in the broader context of your life. Keep that in mind with every single move you make.


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Golden Eagles hope for cooler temperatures at Atlanta-area meet
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — Head coach Tony Cox wants to get a better read on his Tennessee Tech cross country teams in the Golden Eagles' second meet of the season this weekend.
Tech ran its first event under oppressive heat and humidity at the Sewanee Invitational on Sept. 3 and is looking for lower times under what promise to be more ideal conditions at the Georgia State Invitational in Hampton, Ga., on Saturday.
The appearance at the Atlanta-area meet is the first-ever for Tech. Action begins at 9 a.m. with the men's race and continues at 11 a.m. when the women take to the course.
"This meet should give me a little better feel for how everybody can do on a good course under good conditions," Cox said. "I understand the course is hilly, and it should be a pretty big challenge for us. We're excited about going down there and seeing a new course and a new area."
Junior John Greene led the Golden Eagle men at the Sewanee Invitational, running a career-best time and finishing sixth out of 118 runners to help Tech to a fifth-place overall finish.
Cox said he expects to continue to see good things out of Greene, but also expects some of his other runners to step up.
"John trained really hard this summer and came back in great shape," Cox says. "I expect Matt Bishop to bounce back and run up there with him this weekend, as well."
On the women's side, sophomore Peri Winborne was the pacesetter for Tech at Sewanee, followed closely by a pack of runners who finished the 6K course around the 25-minute-mark.
The Georgia State Invitational marks the second consecutive meet in which the women will run a 6K instead of the traditional 5K.
"I want to see improvement from some of the sophomore returnees," Cox said, "and with the cooler weather, I think we'll see those times drop some."
The meet will be held at Nash Farm Battlefield Park in Hampton, approximately 30 miles from downtown Atlanta.
Schools attending the meet include Georgia, Kennesaw State, Troy, Austin Peay, UNC Wilmington, Clayton State, Morehouse, West Georgia and the host squad.


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Version 1.0.0
Xpand 1.0.0 is the first graduated release at Eclipse and was released with Eclipse Helios.
- Bugzilla Report (141 issues resolved)
Incremental Generation
Xpand is now shipped with an optional incremental generation facility. This works very similar to the incremental Java compiler in Eclipse. It detects which parts of a model have changed since the last generation process. It then determines which files need to be generated due to that change and which are unaffected by it. Only the former are the regenerated, while the latter remain untouched.
Big models benefit from this feature. The generation of models with 1000 elements takes 50% of the time without incremental generation.
In large projects, generator speed is an issue, and the backend is designed with performance in mind. This requirement is what actually sparked its development in the first place. For performance and/or obfuscation reasons, the backend will serve as a basis for compilation into Java classes.
The design was driven by the following forces:
- Performance
- Compiler
- Language independence
- Independent of parse tree
- Language interoperability
- Reuse of Tooling
Xpand provides profiler facilities by defining a profiling component. An example workflow using the profiler is shipped with the generator sample project (generatorWithProfiler.mwe).
A lot of enhancements are done for the Xpand editors.
- The navigation of the Xpand editors is improved by more specific navigation proposals
- Extension imports are now hyperlinks to the extension files
- The Xpand project wizard allows a more detailed project configuration
- A lot of other enchantments like markers for missing/not existing metamodels
Further improvements
- ONFILECLOSE: The ONFILECLOSE keyword is added to the EXPAND statement and allows a deferred evaluation of the EXPAND statement. The evaluation of the EXPAND statement is deferred until the FILE statement is closed.
- Java extensions: Since Xpand 0.8.0 non-static Java method can be called from Xtend.
Version 0.7.0
The 0.7.0 version of the Xpand component from M2T is the first official Eclipse release of it. Xpand is a statically typed template language, featuring polymorphic dispatch, extensions and an open pluggable type system. It comes with Eclipse-based IDE support.
Xpand has previously been a part of openArchitectureWare and is used in many big projects and also shipped with some commercial products.
For the 0.7.0 release, the team has done some major performance improvements. Not only the runtime is up to 60% faster but due to aggressive caching we were able to improve the performance of the static analysis in the IDE about 400%.
IDE features
As this is the first release at Eclipse, some of the UI-features are outlined here.
File decorations
When you open Eclipse and import a project into the workspace you can see several file decorating images.
There are specific images for
- Xpand2 templates (.xpt extension)
- Extension files (.ext extension)
- Check constraints (.chk extension)
When you double-click on one of the above mentioned file types, special editors will open that provide appropriate syntax coloring. Syntax coloring
Here are examples for the Xpand editor:
for the Extensions editor:
and for Check editor:
Code completion
The Editors provide extensive code completion support by pressing Ctrl + Space similar to what is known from the Java editor. Available types, properties, and operation, as well as extensions from .ext files will be found. The Xpand editor provides additionally support for the Xpand language statements. Xpand tag delimiter creation support.
In the Xpand editor there is an additional keystroke available to create the opening and closing tag brackets, the guillemets ("«" and "»").
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Q. What is the Code limitation for sizing circuits that supply cord- and plug-connected equipment?
A. Cord- and plug-connected equipment not fastened in place, such as a drill press or table saw, must not have an ampere rating more than 80% of the branch circuit rating [210.23(A)(1)].
However, UL and other testing laboratories list portable equipment (such as hair dryers) up to 100% of the circuit rating. The NEC is an installation standard, not a product standard, so it can't prohibit this practice. So there's really no way to limit the load to 80% of the branch-circuit rating if testing laboratories permit equipment to be listed for 100% of the circuit rating.
Equipment fastened in place (other than luminaires) must not be rated more than 50% of the branch-circuit ampere rating if this circuit supplies luminaires, receptacles, or both [210.23(A)(2)]. For example, can a whole house (central) vacuum motor rated 13A be installed on an existing 20A circuit that supplies more than one receptacle outlet? The answer is no. An individual 15A or 20A branch circuit will be required in this situation.


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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Gregor Blanco hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning, helping the San Francisco Giants rally for a 6-5 victory over the Phillies on Saturday.
Michael Morse had two doubles and a triple as San Francisco won for the second time in three games following a five-game skid. Blanco went 2 for 2 with two RBIs.
Ryan Howard had three hits and three RBIs for the Phillies, who have lost six of eight. Ben Revere went 4 for 5.
Jeremy Affledt (3-1) pitched 1 1-3 innings for the win. Antonio Bastardo (5-7) took the loss. Sergio Romo got the final two outs for his 23rd save.
Joe Panik led off the eighth with a triple and Blanco, who entered as a pinch hitter in the sixth, singled past a drawn-in infield and into left field.
Giants starter Tim Hudson was charged with five runs and eight hits in four-plus innings.
The Phillies scored three times in the fifth to take a 5-1 lead. Howard had a two-run single against Hudson, improving to .343 (24 for 70) for his career against the right-hander.
Kyle Kendrick pitched five innings for the Phillies, yielding four runs and eight hits.
Five relievers combined for five scoreless innings after Hudson departed, allowing San Francisco to rally in the sixth.
Buster Posey singled to open the inning and Pablo Sandoval followed with a high pop fly that dropped between Howard and second baseman Chase Utley. Posey reached second when Utley's backhanded throw took Jimmy Rollins off the base.
Morse doubled home a run and pinch-hitter Adam Duvall drew a walk. Panik and Blanco each followed with soft fly balls that fell in front of outfielders for RBI singles.
TRAINER'S ROOMPhillies: RHP Mike Adams (right labrum fraying) continues a long toss throwing program. He last pitched in a game on June 6.
WHAT'S NEXTPhillies: RHP David Buchanan (6-3, 4.40 ERA) makes his third start since returning to the majors for his second stint. After allowing seven home runs in his first five starts, Buchanan has allowed two over his last seven. The Phillies have won eight of their last 13 games at AT&T Park.
Giants: RHP Tim Lincecum (9-8, 4.51 ERA) gets the ball in Sunday's series finale. He is 5-3 in 13 career appearances against the Phillies.


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Hamilton South 'cancer cluster' fears
RESIDENTS who fear there may be a cancer cluster centred on a Newcastle electricity substation have called on authorities to investigate.
Julie Galli, pictured, has lived next door to the Hamilton South substation with her family for 34 years and said her mother, sister and pet dog all developed cancers.
She lost her mother Joy to stomach cancers in November at age 71, her 31-year-old sister developed melanomas in 2008 and most recently her dog Molly, 14, developed a rare meningioma and lost her eye.
Ms Galli said four people had died of cancer in the neighbourhood in the past five years.
She has compiled a list of neighbours with cancer and has called for others to come forward.
''Instead of waiting for kids to come down with leukaemia, let's look into it,'' she said.
''People who live around here, get yourselves checked out if you're feeling off.''
Neighbour Jeremy Simon has lived in the street for about 30 years and was diagnosed with stage four non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 2009.
He said he would back any inquiry into possible carcinogenic effects from the substation.
''If it's going to stop cancer spreading that's definitely worth looking into,'' Mr Simon said.
''It's not just for me, it's for everybody – there's little kids around here.''
Hunter New England Health public health physician David Durrheim said the service took such reports seriously and would contact residents to investigate.
However he said because cancer was so common, groupings of cancer could occur by chance.
''Cancer clusters with an environmental cause are very rare,'' Dr Durrheim said.
He said international regulators did not consider the low-frequency electromagnetic fields from electricity utilities a cancer risk.
While some studies suggested an elevated risk in childhood leukaemia, it was unproven.
Following inquiries from the Newcastle Herald, substation operator Ausgrid sent workers to Douglas Way to measure electromagnetic fields in the street.
A spokeswoman said they found the levels typical of any suburban street.
''Typical [electromagnetic fields] readings near substations are a fraction of the recommended guidelines,'' she said.
''Ausgrid has not been contacted by the residents, however we are happy to speak with them.''
Ms Galli said she was concerned by the prevalence of stomach cancer in particular, the rare cancer in her dog and that it was an issue for all the houses that bordered the substation.
The Newcastle Herald spoke to other neighbours, who also expressed concern.
Cancer Council NSW Hunter manager Shayne Connell said while most clusters turned out to be coincidences they were happy to hear concerns.
''The amount of [electromagnetic fields] from a powerline falls as you get further away from it, and once you are 200metres away you are out of its range,'' council advice states.
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Call Of Duty: Ghosts Pre-Order Earns You A Free Map
The signature spectacle of Call of Duty's campaign mode is heading to multiplayer. Those who pre-order Call of Duty: Ghosts before it releases on November 5 will receive access to Free Fall, a multiplayer level that reshapes itself as a match progresses.
The map is set in a destroyed skyscraper that has collided with a neighboring building. Destruction is more than eye candy, though. As the building shifts and breaks apart, walking paths and lines of sight will change.
Activision offered Nuke Town 2025 as a pre-order bonus for Black Ops 2, but it received heat from the community after pulling the map from multiplayer circulation. There's no word yet on whether Free Fall will remain exclusive to customers who pre-ordered Ghosts and if it will be available permanently, or only during scheduled events.
Our Take
This sounds a lot like the "levolution" technology EA showed off in Battlefield 4 at this year's E3. Regardless, I do like the idea of an ever-changing multiplayer map, especially in objective modes where you need to bring an item back to your base.


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Hey all,
For the past 16 months or so, Jen has made it her goal in life to post here every single day. And for the most part, she's succeeded.
On vacation? The post goes up.
Christmas day? The post goes up.
Husband dying in the hospital? The post goes up.
The hardest part about this is that she has to be funny, or at least try to be, with every post. This is, well, starting to take its toll. ("No, really, Sweetie, that tic is barely noticeable.") Cake Wrecks was built on funny, but when daily deadlines take precedence, the funny can suffer - and that's not good for anyone.
So starting today, we're gonna be cutting back on Saturday posts, since it's our slowest day. We'll still do our best to post every other day of the week, but if we do miss one from time to time, just know it's in the best interests of Jen's sanity, the quality of the posts, and Cake Wrecks as a whole.
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From the upcoming edition of The Catholic Key:
The Detour
By Santiago Ramos
The Tourist
Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Written by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Christopher McQuarrie, Julian Fellowes
Starring Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany, Timothy Dalton
I will forgive director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck for making this movie. But this means he committed a fault. The director of The Lives of Others (2006) - a brilliant thriller, a work of art, easily one of the top films of the decade just passed - has played beneath his strength in The Tourist.
This film is supposed to be a break from von Donnersmarck's more serious work. He said as much to Charlie Rose. After a long period of research for a film about suicide, von Donnersmarck decided that he needed a respite from this bleak task, and along came Angelina Jolie with a screenplay: "Reading this screenplay somehow put me in a good mood, and I thought that maybe it would have the same effect on an audience seeing it," he told Rose. "I felt that 99 percent of people have a harder life than I do and I would want them to also have this opportunity to escape into a world where…in the end things will be alright."
This is not to say that The Tourist is mere moneymaking schlock. It is not Transformers. It is an exercise in the type of escape provided by classic Hollywood films where, according to von Donnersmarck, we are given great actors, beautiful settings, and a "sense of lightness and joy." It is also an echo of the classic 1951 Hitchcock film, Strangers on a Train, and it silently teems with nostalgia for Golden Age Hollywood. So we should critique this movie not against what I would have wanted von Donnersmarck to do (something serious, like The Lives of Others) but against what he set out to do. But we can also critique the value of what he set out to do.
The first thing needed for an escape into a world of lightness and joy is a bridge between it and the real world of the viewer. That bridge is the protagonist in the movie with whom we can get along and understand. Johnny Depp plays that character. He stars as Frank Tupelo, a middle class, widowed math teacher from Wisconsin who, in an effort to confront the boredom in his life and defeat it, travels to Italy and takes a train from somewhere to Venice. It is on this train that he meets the mysterious Elise Clifton-Ward (Angelina Jolie), who asks him, "What is your name?"
The similarities with Strangers on a Train end there. In that film, the plot-triggering encounter begins on a train when one man attempts to coax another man into a conspiracy for convenient murder. The suspense that follows arises not only from the criminal acts that ensue but also from the torment of conflicted motivations on the part of the nominally innocent. The only conflicted motivations in The Tourist are those of Elise, who was once a secret agent for the British MI6, and who fell in love with the man she was tracking, the mysterious billionaire Alexander Pearce.
Pearce is wanted by the MI6 for tax evasion, and by this former boss, the much nastier billionaire named Shaw (Steven Berkoff), for stealing two billion dollars from him. Both of these forces are tracking down Elise in order to find Pearce. Elise needs a lookalike decoy and onto the action stumbles a mild-mannered American with a voice like you and me, but with a haircut more like Eddie Vedder's than a Wisconsin high school would permit for its teachers.
Frank will slowly fall in love with Elise, and she with him. But Elise doesn't seem anymore bothered about her conflict(s) of loyalty and affection than a college sophomore is about mounting debt from student loans. Nothing much weighs on her—and that's the point. We see her glide from gown to gown (twelve dresses in all, says IMBD.com), through the watery lanes of Venice, from hotel to ball to action scene to close up of her glowing eyes. She barely ever frowns.
Why do I say that von Donnersmarck has committed a fault? Despite some technical flaws—the pace is uneven, too slow in the beginning - I enjoyed the movie. It was a sweet time I spent in the theater. But I felt empty after such an indulgence. Tron, which I saw the next day, didn't inspire this emptiness - or at least I didn't feel guilty over the emptiness. But I expected less from Tron.
When I first saw it in 2006, The Lives of Others opened my eyes to the power of film as an art form. The subtlety of feeling in its writing and musical score, the gravity of the filmmaker's conceit, the struggle that his characters go through in figuring out what to say and what to do, and the film's final line - "This is for me" - shook me. There were no tourists in Lives, only people grappling with real circumstances. Reading up on von Donnersmarck, I discovered that he was a former apprentice-novelist who wanted to bring novelistic density to his films - he pointed out in several interviews that the German word for poet, dichter, also means "dense." He could appreciate both the tradition of European art film and the genius of Hollywood at its best.
I want another film by that guy. Escapism, whether crude or refined, is readily available for all. The entertainment industry makes sure that supply always exceeds demand. But an artist is something that few demand and all need. Escape makes us tourists; art makes us men. I hope von Donnersmarck quickly returns to the project he was preparing before Angelina Jolie gave him a call.
(Ed. Note: Visit www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2007/07/why-dictators-fear-artists to read Ramos' article on The Lives of Others.)
Santiago Ramos is currently pursuing graduate studies in philosophy at Boston College. He has written for The Pitch, Commonweal, Image Journal, and First Things.


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This past Saturday Appetite for China was featured on BlogHer in a nice little write-up in the Food & Drink section. Check out their site for other blogs, on food and just about every other topic, written by women. In other news, I have been bombarded with work, taxes, and catching up on the news out west. Living inside China I'm getting the full brunt of the state media and citizens' reactions, but as an expat and a current events addict I have the luxury of more resources for information. Maybe when I have more time I'll try to get my thoughts together coherently about this messy situation in a way that won't get me blocked or simply reiterate other Western perspectives.
In the mean time, I'm remembering the delicious momos and gyathuk ngopa from Tsampa, a lovely little restaurant in NYC's East Village that was an oasis of serenity from the more frenetic world outside.


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New York Hasn't Left Lin
He smiled. He got it.
It was late in the first half, and the Houston Rockets were cruising over the New York Knicks. Jeremy Lin, driving to the basket, was slammed at the baseline by his former teammate, Tyson Chandler. Big whistle. Flagrant foul. Shots plus possession. The Madison Square Garden crowd howled.
When Lin arrived at the line, boos hailed down. The boos had only been scattered when Lin was introduced before the game—most of the 19,033 in attendance had been civil enough to realize that what Lin had done last season had been briefly extraordinary. Though cold business had intervened, and Lin had pushed on to Houston, he deserved New York's respect. They cheered him.
But not now. Lin bricked the first free throw. The boos thickened with a New York edge.
That's when Lin smiled. It was a smile familiar to anyone who had been in this arena last February, when Lin, an undrafted, twice-dumped point guard sleeping on his brother's couch, temporarily transformed a moribund team into an unselfish, frantic thrill. Lin's smile had revealed itself during those crazy victories over the Lakers and the Mavericks, when Lin outplayed experienced pros and showed he belonged. They called this rise "Linsanity" and it was certifiably Linsane, as fun as this franchise had been in a decade. And though Lin became a global story, there was something indisputably New York about it: the underdog who discovered how improbable this city could be, how quick it was to embrace a determined stranger.
But it cut both ways. Now Lin was a stranger in a red jersey and red shorts. The Knicks hadn't lost a step without him—they'd gotten better, in possession of the conference's best record. Linsanity wasn't New York's thing anymore. It was Houston's.
After the game, Lin said he knew this was coming. February was February. New York was New York. The opponent was always going to get booed here. "It was actually a lot better than I thought," he said.
Lin wound up with 22 points, eight rebounds and four steals—a complete game—and Houston blew out the Knicks for the second time this season. Lin was quick to point out that New York was playing short-handed—no Carmelo Anthony, no Amar'e Stoudemire, no Iman Shumpert. "They're not their full team," he said.
But it was still satisfying. How could it not be satisfying? This was a mid-December basketball game but it was still going to be treated as a referendum. Had Lin come into the Garden and slumped, the schadenfreude and told ya so's would have been intense. Even after Monday's performance you could hear the second guesses. Let's see him do it over 82 games. Let's see him do it in the playoffs. Houston's just a .500 team. Raymond Felton's still better.
This was just defensive. Lin rolled in on Monday night and did the thing you're supposed to do in New York: take in the size of it all, and play big. This isn't easy. Nine hundred miles away in Nashville, Tenn., the Jets were putting the final humiliations on a failed season. Mark Sanchez, a rookie sensation not long ago, looks forlorn, overcome. The New York grind appears to have eaten him alive.
In his abridged New York moment, Lin showed he could handle the grind. The energy of the city seemed to lift him. He admitted a while back that he never imagined himself leaving this town. He loved it here. On Monday, he wasn't fazed by boos. He took the hard fouls. He noted that he and Chandler were friends. He said that basketball was a competition.
"He hit me hard," he said. "I still kept coming."
He smiled again. Jeremy Lin may have moved on from New York, but there's still plenty of New York in Jeremy Lin.
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Dominions: Priests Prophets & Pretenders is a turn based fantasy game in which you take the role of a pretending god. Each pretender is Lord and Master of one of fourteen cultures, each with its own individual strengths and weaknesses. With the aid of soldiers and mages you will conquer the lands of your neighbors in a struggle for total domination. This is an old game and it is now available again for those who wants some Dominions nostalgia or maybe just want to show their support for Illwinter Game Design. If you haven't played any Dominions game previously you should start with Dominions 3 as it's a lot better. (Go to Dominions 3 to find a forum where you can discuss this game and get technical support)
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Dress for Success Louisville hosted the 12th annual Suit and Salad Luncheon on Nov. 1 at the Galt House Hotel and Suites.
John Schnatter, CEO of Papa John's Inc., made a special guest appearance at the luncheon themed "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes.†The event also featured a silent auction, food, community awards, music by Carol Kirby Green and a multimedia fashion show.
Photos by BILL WINE | Contributing Photographer