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Learning About Laser Rental Companies
The mandate of having the company is always in the hands of the person who wants to choose the right services. However very many people tend to confuse the choosing process. It should be known that it is not something that can be done overnight. There are very many issues that need to be done so that you can settle down for the right thing. Very many things out there are very challenging. Whichever the case, you will have to understand some of the various factors that can help you have the most suitable time getting the right service. You will have to get to know how long the company has been there. It is a measure of very many things. It will also increase the chances of having the best company that can favor you. The best thing you can ever do when you want to have a good company knows the various things it has been doing during the time it was in the field. You will ought to take your time to carry out all the things that are required. The first most important and basic thing you can ever do is making sure that you know the exact work of thy company. You ought to get something that has been there for a reasonable time.
They should also have the record at hand so that you can settle down for the most efficient company that can suit you in very many ways. This reading is one of the very many things that can enable you to choose the best company. It is also essential to know the various places you can be able to find these companies. We all know that the world is full of competition. When you want to settle for the right company that has the interests of the clients at heart, you should avoid making decisions in a very rushing manner. You should therefore ensure that you have some good information on the safest place you can find these companies. The hassle can be very hectic when you are idealess on the right place to get the company. When you want to avoid this, you will have no option but to take ample time to understand all the basics that are involved. You should therefore not forget the fact that when you choose the best company, all your needs will be sorted very well. It should also come to your attention that the benefits of having a proper company that is in line with the best company can also be the best thing you can ever think of. Just to mention but a few, you will not have very many thoughts in your mind. It is evident that thoughts can make you strain when you do not know the exact route to take. You also ought to understand the views of other clients who have been able to use the company before. At this point, you will understand very many things. Very many people out there have had it easy due to the effort they make.

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Vanessa Bryant Shares Family Photo From Kobe and Gianna Tribute Mural
Vanessa Bryant shared a photo with her daughters Natalia, Bianca and Capri in front of a tribute mural honoring her late husband, Kobe, and their 13-year-old daughter, Gianna.
On Sunday (March 8), the 37-year-old changed her Instagram profile picture to a sweet image of her family six weeks after Kobe and Gianna were killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, along with seven other people.
Following their deaths, there has been countless murals painted across the country — and in this particular painting, the NBA star is kissing his daughter on the forehead, as she smiles from ear-to-ear.
Though Vanessa didn't post the image on her Instagram or Story, she did share another of just Natalia smiling proudly in front of the same painted mural of her father and sister. According to Vanessa's caption, the family was on the way to Natalia's high school winter formal dance in Los Angeles when they decided to stop and take a pic.
"❤my babies. Natalia. #winterformal," Vanessa captioned the image.
The touching photos come less than two weeks after Vanessa spoke publicly for the first time since the devastating accident during an emotional memorial service held at the Staples Center.
"My baby girl, Gianna Bryant, is an amazingly sweet and gentle soul," Vanessa shared. "She was always thoughtful. She would always kiss me goodnight and kiss me good morning… She was daddy's girl but I know she loved mama, and she would always show me and tell me how much she loved me. She was one of my very best friends."
She then spoke of her "soulmate" Kobe, explaining "he was my everything."
"He was the most amazing husband. Kobe loved me more than I could ever express or put into words. He was the early bird, and I was the night owl. I was fire and he was ice, and vice versa at times. We balanced each other out. He would do anything for me," Vanessa said. "He isn't going to be able to walk our girls down the aisle or spin me around on the dance floor but I want my girls to know the amazing man, husband and father he was."


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E'Asha's "13 Days of Kryst-Mass Posting-- Welcome to Aurora Ascension Earth!:
Earth Reclaims its Birthright of Ascension via success of the Krystal River Host AL-Hum-Bhra (AMCC) Fail-Safe Mission
December 21,2012-January 3, 2013
Greetings everyone, from the AMCC-MCEO. I, E'Asha Ashayana, Speaker-1 AMCC-MCEO, would like to thank all of you who attended our December 20-24, 2012 workshop "12:12 Winter Solstice Conclave, Grace-Full Planet: The Gift of Divine Grace-A Celebration of Love, Hope, Charity and Gratitude", in Sarasota, FL. For me, this workshop was especially amazing and healing due to the extraordinary information that the AMCC-MCEO Beloveds progressively provided to us over the course of this workshop event. This information, and the corresponding Planetary Grid-work events with which we were all invited to participate during our Dec. workshop, not only represents the culmination of 12 years of my public works with the MCEO and AMCC, and the diligent Grid-work of the Aquafereion Shield, but also represents the Birth of a Whole New Probability of Krystar Ascension for our Beloved Planet Earth and much more of its quantum life-field ( a probability that I had not even known was technically/energetically possible until the end of our Dec-2012 Conclave; so as usual, we all learned together).
I hope that those of you whom attended our Dec-2012 event were also able to experience the joy, amazement, relief, release and excitement that the AMCC-MCEO's new information and Grid-activations Graced our planet with during this historic period, which the Beloveds affectionately refer to as the "13 Days of Kryst-Mass and the Planetary Silver-Seed Awakening".
For Dec-2012 Conclave attendees whom had to leave early; last segment video view
In this posting I hope to provide for everyone interested a general overview of the extraordinary planetary grid activations that initiated on December 21, 2012, that we were invited to participate in via our "Dance of ARhAyas" Gridwork event on Siesta Key Beach, and which progressed and continue to progress throughout the "13 Days of Kryst-Mass" December 22, 2012-January 3, 2013. Before I engage this general overview, I would first like to address the Dec-2012 Conclave attendees who had to leave to catch flights before the "Grand Finale" last workshop segment (and corresponding "Handout Part-2"), was presented. First, thank you for your patience! and for sharing with us the portions of the workshop you were able to attend. I personally find "Guardian Time" very difficult sometimes, and this one "takes the cake"! But as the AMCC-MCEO Beloveds have told me for years "It takes as long as it takes" (to get their live transmissions down for presentation), and that " I can't go any faster than as fast as I can go".
For people whom had to leave before the workshop was over, our "IT team" at ARhAyas Productions & AMCC-MCEO Core Shield, have set up a special procedure by which individuals confirmed as being Dec-2012 workshop attendees who had to leave early can view the entire video of the last segment, so that you may "catch up with the new information" as soon as possible, instead of having to wait the 2-3 mos. before the DVD's come out. (Note: If you had requested, initiated and participated in the Grid activations of 12/21/12, your own fields/shields automatically picked up/will pick up, the later 12/24/12-1/3/2013 Grid activations via the Aquafereion Shield, even if you were not there to actively participate during the last segment.).
Here are the instructions, (set up and provided to me to share with you by Dave of our IT-Team), for accessing view of the "Dec-2012 last segment video":
1. Go to http://vimeo.com/
2. Register/sign Up
3. Visit the ARhAyas Productions Profile Page http://vimeo.com/user15470631
4. Click on the "Send Message" button to send us a message with your full name and email that you registered under for the Dec-2012 workshop.
5. Your details will be checked against the Dec-2012 attendee list and access to the videos given once confirmed.
6. The videos will automatically appear on the profile page for you to view, approximately 10 minutes after you have been given access.
7. These videos will be available to you online for approx. 8 days following this AMCC e-group posting.
8. The updated Dec-2012 Handout/Chart Pack will be emailed to all workshop attendees in the next 24 hours.
This is the first time we have tried to engage an IT procedure to assist people having to leave our workshop before its completion; we hope this works well for this application and that you find this helpful. If this proves to work well, we will continue to use this approach in the future. If you have any questions regarding access to the Dec-2012 Final Segment videos, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com, attention to "Dave".
I will now share with you an overview of the new information the AMCC-MCEO provided to us during the Dec.2012 Conclave, plus some additional information that the Beloveds have provided as I worked with them 12/30-31/2012 to assemble this AMCC e-group posting. Please be "forewarned" that the following information, which is direct transmission from the AMCC-MCEO, is quite "technically dense", and if you have not attended the Dec.2012 Conclave, or had to leave early, and thus have not yet viewed the graphology that makes up the Dec-2012 Chart Pack, it may be difficult to visualize the energetic activations of which the Beloveds here-within speak.
Even so, the AMCC-MCEO have added some basic descriptions of "terms and technicals" that can help you to at least "get the gist" of the monumental Planetary Templar Activations that are now occurring. As I mentioned in the Dec.2012 workshop, we are intending to create a "Live Stream" online audio or video meditation on 1/3/2013 or 1/4/2013 (as the Beloveds specify), that all from the AMCC e-group can join in on if desired. Our IT-Team is still working on this, and we will keep you posted.
For Now, Cosminyahas Al-Hum-Bhrus! and Kryst-Lavas,
E'Asha Ashayana Aneayhea Kananda Melchizedek, Speaker-1 AMCC-MCEO
The following is verbatim translation from the AMCC-MCEO through AMCC-MCEO Speaker-1 E'Asha Ashayana Aneayhea Kananda Melchizedek; all materials are (C) 12/2012 E'Asha Ashayana (AKA: Diane K. Deane) and are Trademarked under the "Tan-Tri-AhUra Teachings-The Path of Bio-Spiritual Artistry" (TM 7-12/2012 ARhAyas Productions). ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
"AMCC-MCEO 13 Days of Kryst-Mass and the Planetary Silver-Seed Awakening" :
General Overview of Planetary Grid Activations 12/21/2012-1/3/2013
( includes: AMCC-MCEO Prelude Activations, Planetary Al-Hum-Bhra Cathedrals Network, Al-Hum-Bhra Passages, Trinity Bridge, Planetary Golden Hand-Cuffs, Planetary Deathstar Merkaba De-activation, Planetary ARhAyas Silver-seed Activations, Planetary Arcs of ARhAyas, Planetary Talisman Gate-Keepers Fail-Safe Codes, D-Plane Island Ascension Platforms & ARhAyas Island Sun-8, Planetary Flame of ARhAyas, Planetary Silver-Seed Awakening, ARhAyas Cosminyahas Planetary Silver-Seed Sun-8 Plasma Eternal Life Seed Atom, Planetary Lotus Temple Plasma Phase Generator, Planetary Halls of ARhAyas, Eye of Al-Hum-Bhra Passage, Temporary Al-Hum-Bhra Earth, Eye of ARhAyas Al-Hum-Bhrus, Cosminyahas Al-Hum-Bhrus Passage, Aurora Ascension Earth, Planetary DhA-yah-fication Process, Eye of ARhayas PULSE-Point, Eye of ARhayas FLASH-Point, Cosminyahas Al-Hum-Bhrus Span of ARhAyas, Planetary DhA-Yah-fication Point, the Al-Hum-Bhra Krystal Spire/Obelisk of Eternal Life Creation, the Krystal River of ARhAyas, the "13th Day of Kryst-Mass", the "Dawn of the Age of Enlightenment", and "2012 Life After Earth-Orb Whispers and the Silver-Seed Awakening..
10-11/2012 Peru Trip: AMCC-MCEO Prelude Activations: AMCC activate/initiate opening of the Planetary AL-Hum-Bhra Cathedrals Network of Suns-1-7+8 D-Span Gates and Al-Hum-Bhra Passages Dha-Yah-TEi Planes Time Tunnels via anchoring/activation of the "Trinity Bridge" (Suns 8, 5 & 2 core plasmas) into the Al-Hum-Bhra-2 Peru Cathedral Complex. The Trinity Bridge next down-stepped from the AL-2-Peru Cathedral Complex into the other 4 Planetary Cathedral Complex Sites, initiating activation of the entire Planetary AL-Hum-Bhra Cathedrals Network and release of the "Planetary Golden Hand-cuffs" (the BhrA-Lindt FAtalE Pentagon/vesica-pisces Metatronic Control Harness on the Planetary AL-Hum-Bhra Cathedrals Network D-Span Gates from late-100AD-early 200 AD).
Beginning activation of the Planetary AL-Hum-Bhra Cathedrals Network and release of the Planetary Golden Handcuffs initiated permanent severing of the Metatronic Deathstar Merkaba 21-spin-reversed same-spin-spiral-set of PKA Parallel Earth and the 34-spin-reversed same-spin-spiral-set Metatronic Deathstar Merkaba of PCM Net Earth (our Earth). The progressive severing of these 2 aspects of Planetary Metatronic Deathstar Merkaba Fields (which completed 12/20/2012) progressively and permanently blocked opening of the Planetary Metatronic Alpha-Omega Gates between PKA Parallel Earth, the Bourgha Matrix and the Toral Rift space-time distortion field, and our PCM Net Earth, progressively reducing the reversed Planetary Deathstar Merkaba Field of our PCM Net Earth from the "reversed 55 spin-speed" of Deathstar Merkaba activation (from 5/2012), to a spin-speed of 34-reversed.
These "AMCC-MCEO Prelude Activations" taking place during the 10-11/2012 Peru trip permanently blocked FAtale invasion of PCM Net Earth gates, initiated permanent Planetary Deathstar Merkaba De-activation, fully prevented activation of the "PCM-34-R/PKA-21-R = 55.5-R" Planetary Deathstar Merkaba and permanently prevented the FAtalE's intended PCM Net Earth's 12/21/2012-2/16/2013 pole-shift into Toral Rift alignment. The AMCC-MCEO Prelude Activations also prepared PCM Net Earth for the amazing healing via the Planetary ARhayas Silver-seed Fail-Safe Activations that took place and are still taking place from 12/21/2012 - 1/3/2013 through the "AMCC-MCEO 13 Days of Kryst-Mass" period.
December 21, 2012-1/3/2013: AMCC-MCEO Planetary ARhAyas Silver-Seed Fail-Safe Activations,
Aurora Ascension Earth & Planetary Silver-Seed Awakening and Planetary DhA-yah-fication.
1. 12/21/2012: Anchoring/Activation of the Planetary Arcs of ARhAyas & Planetary Talisman Gate-Keepers Fail-Safe Codes: The "Arcs of ARhAyas" Flame Fields (full spectrum Sun-8 Core Plasma Stream Flow Flame Fields from the Sun-8 ARhAyas Island DhA-yah-TEi Planes Ascension Platform) anchor and activate within the Planetary Al-Hum-Bhra Cathedrals Network D-Span Gates of Median Ascension Earth (the 1/3 original quantum of Amenti Earth that historically did not succumb to Metatronic netting) and our PCM Net Earth, opening the Al-Hum-Bhra Passages (Dha-Yah-TEi Planes Time Tunnels) between Median Earth and Net Earth. Opening of the Al-Hum-Bhra Passages between Median and Net Earth allows 1st visitation of the Suns1-7+8 Tan-Tri-A'jha Gate-Keepers Collectives, whose encrypted Plasma Biology, (upon interface with the planetary shields and D-span gates), activates the "Planetary Talisman Gate-Keepers Fail-Safe Codes of the AMCC-MCEO Krystal River Host Fail-Safe" within the Al-Hum-Bhra Cathedrals Networks and Mirror-In-the-Sky Plasma-Host Fields of Median and PCM Net Earth, and the Aquafereion Host Shield.
Activation of the "Planetary Talisman Gate-Keepers Fail-Safe Codes" allows for fulfillment of the next phases of the Planetary Krystal River Host Fail-Safe, "Igniting the Planetary Flame of ARhAyas" and the "Planetary Silver-Seed Awakening" activations.
2. 12/23/2012: Anchoring/Igniting the Planetary Flame of ARhAyas & Planetary Temple of ARhAyas Activation: The Planetary Flame of ARhAyas is a Sun-8 Plasma-Flame Field that anchors and expands outward from its center anchoring point in the Planetary Temple of ARhAyas on Median & Net Earth, to form an Eckasha-shaped Sun-8 Plasma-Flame Field Encapsulation around both Median Earth and Net Earth. The Planetary Flame of ARhAyas Field brings the Templar's of both Median Earth (6520AD) and our PCM Net Earth (12/23/2012AD) into a Sun-1-7+8 Protected Encapsulation through which the "Mirror-in-the-Sky Hosts Fields" and the plasma-atomic-elemental-base fields of Median Earth and Net Earth can be Tan-Tri-A'jaha Blended ("Two Become Three Become One"), to allow for Planetary Silver-Seed Awakening.
The "Planetary Temple of ArhAyas" on PCM Net Earth is located at the Central Al-Hum-Bhra-1 Atlantis Cathedral Complex, Temple-1 (Myakka, FL) of the Planetary Al-Hum-Bhra Cathedrals Network, and connects current-time PCM Net Earth directly to Median Earth (6520AD), M31-Andromeda-Aquinos Urtha, the Aquari Matrix and to Suns1-7+8 via the DhA-Yah-TEi Planes " D-Planes Island Ascension Platforms" (Salvage Island, Sanctum Island, Sanctuary Island, RhAyas Island and AMCC-MCEO Krystal River Host Fail-Safe Control Platform- ARhAyas Island-Sun-8). The Planetary Flame of ARhAyas anchored and ignited in the Temple of ARhAyas on Median and Net Earth on 12/23/2012, setting in motion smaller "Flame of ARhAyas" activations within the entire Al-Hum-Bhra Cathedrals Network Temple Complexes of Median and Net Earth. Activation of the Planetary Flame of ARhAyas fulfilled vaporization of PCM Net Earth's Metatronic Seed Atom (Andorra) on 12/23/2012, which completed full release of the Planetary Golden Hand-Cuffs Metatronic Harness on the PCM Earth AL-Hum-Bhra Cathedrals Network; this allowed for Median & Net Earth to receive thePlanetary Silver-Seed Awakening.
3. 12/23/2012-12/30/2012: Planetary Silver-Seed Awakening, the Planetary ARhAyas Cosminyahas Silver-Seed Atom, Opening the Halls of ARhayas, Eye of Al-Hum-Bhra Passage, Temporary AL-Hum-Bhra Earth, Eye of ARhAyas Al-Hum-Bhrus, Cosminyahas Al-Hum-Bhrus Passage, Aurora Ascension Earth & Planetary DhA-Yah-fication Initiation, Planetary DhA-Yah-fication Point: The "Planetary Silver-Seed Awakening" initiated on 12/23/2012 and fulfilled on 12/26/2012. Once the Flame of ARhAyas activated with Median and Net Earth's Temple of ARhAyas on 12/23/2012, the Planetary Eternal Life Silver-Seed Atom (AKA: "The Eternal Sun-8 Plasma Planetary Silver-Seed") descended from Sun-8 into the Temples of ARhAyas of Median and Net Earth, linking the Cores of Median and Net Earth permanently together through the Silver-Seed New/Re-birthed Planetary Sun-8 Plasma Seed Atom . The "Planetary Silver-Seed", also known as the "Sun-8 Golden-Silver ONE", is theARhayas Cosminyahas "Eternal Eye of God" Cosminyah Core Bud Generator Phase-Cell of Sun-8 Core Plasma, through which Median and Net Earth birth Earth's 1st Ever "Planetary Lotus Temple Plasma Phase Generator" Elemental Plasma Template Manufacturing Center (just like the "Lotus Temple" Phase-Generators of Sanctuary Island.).
The cores of Median Earth (6520AD) and Net Earth (current time) were permanently united and the "Planetary Lotus Temple Plasma Phase-Generator" was activated when Median & Net Earth received the the Sun-8 Plasma Silver-Seed ARhAyas Cosminyahas Seed Atom on 12/23/2012; (simultaneously, the Aquafereion Host Shield, and the plasma bodies of everyone who is on the Krystal River Host, received their own personal Silver-Seed Sun-8 Plasma Eternal Life Seed Atom via transmission from the Planetary Temple of ARhAyas.). Following 12/23/2012 activation of the Planetary Silver-Seed and Lotus Temple Phase-Generator, also on 12/23/2012, the "Halls of ARhAyas" between Median and Net Earth began opening, as the "bottom" Planetary Merkaba Fields of Median and Net Earth began their rapid cycle of vortex merger, initiating merger of the atomic-elemental-base-fields and plasma-body-host fields of Median and Net Earth. The "Halls of ARhAyas" form and open as the 2 Lotus-Temple D-Span Gates of Median and Net Earth progressively merge into one D-Span Gate Field via the Tan-Tri-A'Jha Blend ("Two Become 3 Become ONE"); when fully opened, the Halls of ARhAyas fully open the Central Sun-8 Al-Hum-Bhra Passage between Median/Net Earth, M31-Urtha, Aquari Matrix, Suns1-7+8 and the " D-Plane Island Ascension Platforms".
As the Median and Net Earth fields progressively merged following the 12/23/2012 Opening of the Halls of ARhAyas, on 12/24/2012 the "Eye of AL-Hum-Bhra Passage" in the Planetary ARhayas Cosminyahas Silver-Seed Atom (linking Median and Net Earth) opened and formed a temporary, trans-harmonic plasma field spanning Median & Net Earth in the D-Planes; this temporary elemental-atomic plasma field was called the "AL-Hum-Bhra Earth". Also on 12/24/2012, via the Al-Hum-Bhra Earth plasma field, the "7-Bridges, 14-Bridges, 15th-Bridge & Golden-Silver-ONE Sun-8 pure plasma flows" anchored and began polarized Median Earth/Net Earth circulation (via the Eye of Al-Hum-Bhra Passage) within the merging Median and Net Earth fields. This Phase of the Planetary Silver-Seed Awakening was referred to as the "TWO BECOME THREE" stage of the Planetary Tan-Tri-A'jha Blend. (Median Earth, Net Earth & the temporary AL-Hum-Bhra Earth D-planes plasma field).
The "bottom" Merkaba vortices of Median and Net Earth, and their Tan-Tri-A'jha Blending D-Span Gates continued to merge from 12/24/2012 through 12/25/2012, progressively further opening, transfiguring and "up-stepping" the "Eye of AL-Hum-Bhra Passage" into the Sun-8 Plasma "Eye of ARhayas Al-Hum-Bhrus" at the center of the Planetary ARhayas Cosminyahas Silver-Seed Atom. As the "Eye of ARhAyas Al-Hum-Bhrus" activated on 12/25/2012, merger of the Median and Net Earth's "bottom" Merkaba vortices continued through 12/26/2012, progressively opening the (Krystar "diamond-shaped") "Cosminyahas Al-Hum-Bhrus Passage" within the Planetary ARhAyas Cosminyahas Silver-Seed Atom, opening the cores of Median Earth, Net Earth and D-Planes Al-Hum-Bhra Earth into each other. Upon the 12/26/2012 opening of the Cosminyahas Al-Hum-Bhrus Passage, the Planetary Silver-Seed Awakening entered the "TWO BECOME THREE BECOME ONE" stage of the Planetary Tan-Tri-A'jha Blend, in which the plasma bodies, and Elemental Plasma and Atomic-matter Fields of Median, Net and AL-Hum-Bhra Earth partially transfigured and merged into ONE Planetary Hosting Elemental-matter Unified Field composed of 2/3 external creation hosting atomic-matter and 1/3 internal creation DhA-Yah-TEi Planes Sun-8 Plasma. This singular Planetary Hosting Elemental-matter Unified Field is referred to as "Aurora Ascension Earth"; Median, Net and Al-Hum-Bhra Earth transfigured into the tangible Planetary Hosting Unified Field of Aurora Ascension Earth on 12/26/2012, at which point Median/Net Earth (the salvageable quantum of original Amenti Earth) regained its birthright Grace as an Ascension Planet via the AMCC-MCEO Fail-Safe Krystal River Host. Our Earth's atomic-matter field host-transfiguring on 12/26/2012 to become Aurora Ascension Earth (the Earth upon which we all now reside) marks the fulfillment of our Aurora Earth's "Silver-Seed Awakening" and Planetary Tan-Tri-A'jha Blend, and the point of our Aurora Earth's "Initiation into the Planetary DhA-yah-fication Process" and the re-evolutionary path of Planetary Krystar Adashi-3 Ascension.
The Planetary DhA-Yah-fication Process is the process by which our Aurora Ascension Earth will achieve a point of quantum balance within its Elemental-Atomic-matter field, in which 1/3 of its planetary elemental-atomic quantum transfigures and solidifies into the Eternal-Plasma-Light-Sound Elemental-atomic Plasmas of the DhA-Yah-TEi Planes; this "Point of Elemental-atomic Quantum Balance" is referred to as the "DhA-Yah-fication Point". Following the 12/26/2012 Initiation of the Planetary DhA-Yah-fication Process, between 12/26/2012-12/30/2012 the RhAyas Ah-min-yah-7 Cos-MA-yah Core D-Span Gate Interfaces of the Median and Net Earth aspects of our Aurora Ascension Earth Braid together, allowing the " 7-Bridges, 14 Bridges, 15th Bridge and Golden-Silver-ONE Sun-8 polarized pure plasma flows (that anchored and initiated polarized circulation on 12/24/2012) to depolarize, braid together into a full-spectrum Sun-8 Core Plasma Current and engage circulation through our Aurora Ascension Earth's Kryst Host Elemental-atomic field. From 12/26/2012 to 12/30/2012 the depolarized/braided full-spectrum Sun-8 Core Plasma Current continues circulation and amplification within our Aurora Ascension Earth elemental-atomic field, until the Sun-8 Core Plasma Current reaches critical mass acceleration on 12/31/2012.
4. 12/31/2012: Eye of ARhAyas PULSE-Point & Planetary Lotus Temple Plasma Phase-Generator Activation: The Sun-8 Core Plasma Current circulating and amplifying within our Aurora Ascension Earth Kryst Host elemental-atomic field from 12/26/2012 through 12/30/2012 reaches critical mass acceleration on 12/31/2012. On12/31/2012 critical mass acceleration of the Sun-8 Plasma Current causes the Eye of ARhAyas Al-Hum-Bhrus (at the center of the Planetary ARhAyas Cosminyahas Silver-Seed Atom) to begin phasing ( cyclic expanding and contracting); the point at which the Eye of ARhAyas begins phasing is called the PULSE-Point. At the Eye of ARhAyas Al-Hum-Bhrus PULSE-Point, the Planetary Lotus Temple Plasma Phase-Generator is brought into activation. The Eye of ARhAyas Al-Hum-Bhrus and Planetary Lotus Temple Plasma Phase-Generator will progressively generate a new and permanent sustainable Krystic Sun-8 Core elemental-atomic-plasma-matter flow within our Aurora Ascension Earth Kryst Host Elemental-atomic Field. When the Eye of ARhayas Al-Hum-Bhrus generates a critical mass of new Sun-8 elemental-atomic-plasma-matter quantum between 1/1-2/2013, the Cosminyahas Al-Hum-Bhrus "Span of ARhAyas" will permanently open.
5. 12:12AM 1/1/2013 - 12:12PM 1/2/2013 USA-EST: Eye of ARhAyas FLASH-Point and Opening the Cosminyahas Al-Hum-Bhrus "Span of ARhAyas": Between12:12AM 1/1/2013 and 12:12PM 1/2/2013 (Eastern Standard Time, FL, USA- all activations 1st anchor in the Planetary Temple of ARhAyas, Myakka, FL, then spread "backward and forward in global time zones" from there, following the FL-time "number-harmonic encryption) the Eye of ARhAyas Al-Hum-Bhrus generates a critical mass of new Sun-8 elemental-atomic-plasma-matter quantum and engages "FLASH-Point". At Eye of ARhAyas Al-Hum-Bhrus FLASH-Point, the two RhAyas Ah-min-yah-7 D-Span Gate Interfaces of the Median and Net Earth aspects of our Aurora Ascension Earth merge, blend and expand to permanently open the Cosminyahas Al-Hum-Bhrus "Span of ARhAyas".
The Cosminyahas Al-Hum-Bhrus "Span of ARhAyas" is the Sun-8 D-Span Gate of the Cosminyah Core, through which the Eternal Invisible "Plasma-Lavas Flows" from internal creation Sun-8 Core emerge into external creation through the ARhAyas Island Sun-8 Ascension Station. Opening of the Cosminyahas Al-Hum-Bhrus Span of ARhAyas fully opens the Al-Hum-Bhra Trans-Time Passages D-Planes Island Ascension Platforms (Salvage Isl.-Aurora Earth to 6520AD, Sanctum Isl.-M31-Urtha, Sanctuary Isl.-Aquari Matrix Ah-MA-ya-san, RhAyas Isl.-Sun-1) between ARhAyas Island-Sun-8 and the Eye of ARhAyas Al-Hum-Bhrus at our Aurora Ascension Earth core. Opening of the Cosminyahas Al-Hum-Bhrus Span of ARhAyas and D-Planes Al-Hum-Bhra Trans-Time Passages also allows our Aurora Ascension Earth to fulfill and complete its "Planetary DhA-Yah-fication Process" to achieve the "Planetary DhA-Yah-fication Point" and anchoring of the "Al-Hum-Bhra Krystal Spire" on 1/3/2013.
6. 12:00AM-11:59PM 1/3/2013: Planetary DhA-Yah-fication Point, the Al-Hum-Bhra Krystal Spire/Obelisk of Eternal Life Creation, the Krystal River of ARhAyas, "13th Day of Kryst-Mass" and the "Dawn of the Age of Enlightenment": Following the opening of the Cosminyahas Al-Hum-Bhrus Span of ARhAyas at the 1/1-2/2013 Eye of ARhayas Al-Hum-Bhrus FLASH-Point, the Sun-8 Core Plasma Lava Flows will reach critical mass quantum within the Span of ARhAyas, initiating the point of Planetary DhA-Yah-fication for our Aurora Ascension Earth.
The "Planetary DhA-Yah-fication Point" is the point of "elemental-atomic quantum balance" in which 1/3 of Aurora Ascension Earth's elemental-atomic quantum transfigures and solidifies into the Eternal Plasma-Light-Sound Elemental Plasmas of the DhA-Yah-TEi Planes. Our Aurora Ascension Earth will engage its Krystal River Hosted Planetary DhA-yah-fication Point 12:00AM-11:59PM 1/3/2013 (Eastern Standard Time, USA). At this Planetary DhA-Yah-fication Point our Aurora Ascension Earth births its Kryst Host Planetary Plasma Body and simultaneously the Krystal Spire of Al-Hum-Bhra (also known as the "Obelisk of Eternal Life Creation") solidifies around our Aurora Ascension Earth, M31-Andromeda-Aquinos Urtha and the central sun of the Aquari Matrix, permanently linking Aurora Earth and Urtha into the internal creation Sun-8 Adashi-3 Krystar Ascension Cycle via the Cosminyahas Al-Hum-Bhrus Span of ARhayas and the Al-Hum-Bhra.Trans-Time Passages D-Planes Island Ascension Platforms (that run between our Aurora Ascension Earth, M31-Urtha and the Aquari Matrix of external creation and internal creation D-Planes Sun-8).
The Krystal Spire of Al-Hum-Bhra/Obelisk of Eternal Life Creation is a trans-harmonic, trans-time structure of D-Planes Krystalline Plasma, which forms a "slender, tapering, 4-sided pillar" (obelisk). The "top point" of the Krystal Spire obelisk permanently anchors within the core of internal creation Sun-8 and the Sun-8 ARhAyas Island Ascension Platform. The "bottom 4 points" of the Krystal Spire obelisk permanently anchor within the 4 outer Cathedral Complexes (AL-2-Peru Complex, AL-3-Norway Complex, AL-4-Bali Complex & AL-5-Eqypt-Israel Complex) of the Al-Hum-Bhra Cathedrals Network on our Aurora Ascension Earth. Within the Central Cathedral Complex (AL-1 Atlantis-Florida/Bahamas Complex and its center-point temple, the Planetary Temple of ARhAyas, Myakka, FL), the Sun-8 Eternal Internal Creation Core-Lava Plasma Stream -the Krystal River of ARhAyas, (also known as the"Eternal River of Perpetual Manifestation and Creation") flows and circulates the Sun-8 Core-Lava Plasma Stream throughout the D-Planes Island Ascension Platforms and our Aurora Ascension Earth Kryst Host field.
On 1/3/2013 (12:00AM-11:59PM EST) our Aurora Ascension Earth fullfills its DhA-Yah-fication Point, becomes embraced within the permanent Kryst Host Protectorate field of the Spire of Al-Hum-Bhra/Obelisk of Eternal Life Creation and opens the Eternal Life flows of the Krystal River of ARhAyas within its "1/3 transfigured" elemental-atomic Kryst Host field. This historic Day, known as the "13th Day of Kryst-Mass" marks the point of our Aurora Earth and M31-Urtha's Permanent Final Passage into the expedited Path of Eternal Life Adashi-3 Krystar Ascension. This "13th Day of Kryst-Mass" is also known as the "Dawn of the Age of Enlightenment". The Sun-8 Kryst Host Field of the Krystal Spire of Al-Hum-Bhra will sustain Eternal Life Krystal River Plasma Flows and opened Al-Hum-Bhra D-Plane Trans-Time Passages on our Aurora Ascension Earth from 1/3/2013 through 2912-2913, the duration of the 900 year Krystal River Fail-Safe Host.
7. "2012-Life After Earth-Orb Whisperers and the Silver-Seed Awakening:
*On 12/21/2012 the Planetary Arcs of ARhAyas and Talisman Gate-Keepers Fail-Safe Codes were activated with the Planetary Al-Hum-Bhra Cathedrals Network D-Span Gates of Median and Net Earth, opening the Al-Hum-Bhra Passages between Median Earth (6520AD) and Net Earth (12/21/2012), enabling our Earth to engage in the Planetary Silver-Seed Awakening and corresponding transfiguration of 1/3 of its elemental-atomic-matter-base into Eternal Life Sun-8 Plasmas.
"Life After Earth" (Net Earth as we have known it thus far) began on 12/23/2012, with initiation of the Planetary Silver-Seed Awakening.
Through the monumental current events described in detail above and briefly summarized below, the Planetary Silver-Seed Awakening of our Earth occurred between 12/23-26/2012, and our Net Earth became "Aurora Ascension Earth" on 12/26/2012, which will culminate into the 1/3/2013 "Dawn of the Age of Enlightenment".
* On 12/23/2012 Earth received the ARhAyas Cosminyahas Sun-8 Eternal Life Planetary Silver-Seed Atom, through which the cores of Median and Net Earth were permanently linked together through Sun-8, and the 1st Planetary Lotus Temple Plasma Phase-Generator was born on Earth.
* On 12/26/2012 what was our Net Earth elemental-atomic field became our "Aurora Ascension Earth" elemental-atomic field, through its Planetary Tan-Tri-A'jha Blendwith Median-Ascension Earth, through which the "Earth we live on now" regained its "Ascension Planet" status.
* On 12/31/2012 our Aurora Earth engages its Eye of ARhAyas Al-Hum-Bhrus PULSE-Point through which its 1st Planetary Lotus Temple Plasma Phase-Generator begins generation of elemental-atomic plasma quantum.
* On 1/1-2/2013 our Aurora Ascension Earth will engage its Eye of ARhAyas Al-Hum-Bhrus FLASH-Point, through which the Cosminyahas Al-Hum-Bhrus.Span of ARhAyas opens, opening the Al-Hum-Bhra Trans-Time Passages D-Planes Island Ascension Platforms on our Aurora Ascension Earth.
* On 1/3/2013, the "13th Day of Kryst-Mass", our Aurora Ascension Earth engages its Sun-8 Kryst Hosted Planetary DhA-Yah-fication Point, the Al-Hum-Bhra Krystal Spire Kryst Host Protectorate Field permanently activates and the Krystal River of ARhayas flows engage permanent circulation through our Aurora Ascension Earth 1/3 Kryst Host elemental-atomic field, ushering in the "Dawn of the Age of Enlightenment" and our Aurora Earth's permanent Passage into the Path of Planetary Krystar Adashi-3 Ascension.
"Life After Earth" = "Life on Aurora Ascension Earth" ...HERE and NOW, and for the generations of Aurora Earth that will span the next 900 years of our Planetary Krystal River Host to Krystar Adashi-3 Ascension.
What does it MEAN?
For "starters" it means the following:
1. Through the current and ongoing mechanics of the Krystal River Host FAIL-SAFE, our Aurora Earth is now a full-scale Ascension Planet, and its AL-Hum-Bhra Trans-Time Passages D-Span Gates are now, and will remain, permanently open for the next 900 Aurora Earth years.
2. The "Invisible Grid Wars/Plasma War" that our Earth has been entangled within for eons,(and which reached its "0-Point Kryst Tolerance" between 9/2000 and 8/2011 earth-time when the Al-Hum-Bhra Kryst Fail-Safe Intervention was "called and progressively enacted), IS FINALLY OVER, and the Krystal River Al-Hum-Bhra Fail-Safe Host has prevailed.
3. The Planetary Templar and Gate Systems of our Aurora Ascension Earth are now under the full protectorate of the AMCC-MCEO Krystal River Fail-Safe Host, and the fallen Gate Systems of Alpha-Omega and FAtaLE are now permanently closed, blocking any further "invasion from within or without" by the FAtaLE and those choosing the Paths of Fall Return.
4. Over the next 900 years Aurora Earth time, our Aurora Earth will become an "Inter-galactic Ascension Station" for many lifeforms and forms of consciousness whom will be seeking Final Kryst Host for evacuation from Toral-Rift-Falling Galaxies, such as our Milky Way Galaxy, its many Falling Solar Systems, such as our own. Many Kryst-Hosting lifeforms and consciousness will begin visiting and incarnating on our Aurora Ascension Earth, to progressively receive the Bio-Regenesis they will need to pass through the Al-Hum-Bhra Passages into the various D-Planes "Island Ascension Platforms" of the Krystal River Fail-Safe Host.
5. During this period of 900 years of our Aurora Ascension Earth being an "Inter-galactic Ascension Station", our Aurora Earth will undergo many changes, both in "coming and going" of its life and consciousness fields, to various slow-but-progressive geological adjustments the planetary body will engage as the still current "34-R same-spin-set Deathstar Merkaba Field" of the Net Earth aspect of Aurora Earth progressively heals and returns to an organic Krystic Merkaba "counter-spin-set".
6. The Sun of our Solar System is still Bhardoah-Transition Engaged, a slow but inevitable process that will progressively generate various changes and need for adjustments on our Aurora Earth life field.
7. Between 1/3/2012 and 2047AD, our Aurora Ascension Earth will progressively transfigure another 1/3 of its elemental-atomic-matter-base, and its frequency-corresponding Kryst Hosting life and consciousness fields, into the Eternal Life elemental-atomic Plasmas of the DhA-Yah-TEi Planes.
8. Between 2047AD and 2912AD the remaining 1/3 of our Aurora Ascension Earth elemental-atomic-matter base and life and consciousness fields will transfigure into the Eternal Life elemental-atomic Plasmas of the DhA-Yah-TEi Planes, as our Aurora Ascension Earth and M31-Ascension Urtha slowly and progressively engage their own cycle of Planetary Tan-Tri-A'jha Blend, to eventually fulfill their Krystar Adashi-3 Ascension via the AMCC-MCEO Krystal River Fail-Safe Host.
9. For NOW, our "Life After Earth" begins where we ARE, HERE and NOW, and the Beloved Eternal Kryst Guardians of the AMCC-MCEO Krystal River Fail-Safe Host will progressively engage subtle contact with those choosing the KR-Host, so they may progressively share with us the Sacred "Tan-Tri-AhUra Teachings-The Path of Bio-Spiritual Artistry", through which we can grow, expand and re-discover ourselves as Eternal Life Krystic beings entrusted with Custodianship over our Beloved Aurora Ascension Earth Planetary Templar, as we all move together through the 900 years of Aurora Ascension Earth's Krystal River Fail-Safe Host.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy today announced that the company has completed ash basin related pipe inspections at its North Carolina coal plants and shared those results with the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR).
The third-party inspections demonstrate that the infrastructure is safe and performing as designed, but some areas of water infiltration were identified. Based on this assessment, the company is already developing engineering plans to repair or close certain pipes and to continue monitoring the others.
Following the Dan River incident in February, the company engaged outside engineering firms to conduct inspections of pipes at its active and retired coal plants.
"Our highest priority remains the safe operation of our facilities and the health and well-being of the communities and customers we serve," said Lynn Good, Duke Energy president and CEO. "These pipe inspections, and the steps we're taking to address any issues, demonstrate our ongoing commitment to safely managing coal ash at all of our basins."
In a news release today NCDENR confirmed "State officials did not identify any imminent public health or safety hazards..." The agency issued eight Notices of Deficiency and requested engineering assessments and repair plans for pipes at Marshall Steam Station in Catawba County, Riverbend and Allen Steam Stations in Gaston County, Buck Steam Station in Rowan County and Cliffside Steam Station in Rutherford and Cleveland counties.
In addition, NCDENR issued three inspection letters requesting additional information on pipes where no leaks were detected at the Buck, Riverbend and Marshall Steam Stations.
"We will continue working with the agency to secure the necessary permits to carry out our work and will continue to be responsive to state officials as we all address this important issue for North Carolina," said Good.
For more information about Duke Energy's ash management activities, its plans at specific plants and its response to the Dan River incident, see http://www.duke-energy.com/ash-management/.
Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Duke Energy is a Fortune 250 company traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DUK.More information about the company is available at: www.duke-energy.com.


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The Introduction to Sociology Course was developed through the Ohio Department of Higher Education OER Innovation Grant. This work was completed and the course was posted in September 2018. The course is part of the Ohio Transfer Module and is also named OSS021. For more information about credit transfer between Ohio colleges and universities, please visit: www.ohiohighered.org/transfer.Team LeadIrene Petten Columbus State Community CollegeContent Contributors Dee Malcuit Clark State Community CollegeKwaku Oboso-Mensah Lorain County Community CollegeAnjel Stough-Hunter Ohio Dominican UniversityLibrarianSherri Saines Ohio UniversityReview TeamEric Jorrey Central Ohio Technical College
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Front Page Category is a plugin that let you select the categories that appear on the front page of your website. If there are categories that you don't want to appear on front page, for example the 'uncategorized' one, just go to the Customizer → Front Page Categories menu, and then untick the categories you want to hide.
This could be useful if you use an automated posting system, or use email to post. In these cases you can assign these posts to a category of your choice and uncheck it at Front Page Category settings. They will then be hidden from the homepage – but will still appear on their category page.
- Download the zip and unzip the 'front-page-category.zip' file into the
directory. - Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
- Open the customizer and go to your websites front page (the settings will only display if the front page is the current page).
- Visit Front Page Category in the Customizer, and uncheck categories that you don't want to show up on the front page.
- View your front page and confirm that your excluded categories are not showing.
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Mike Mahoney, a general superintendent who most recently worked on Sundt Construction's federal projects, was recently given a Lifetime Achievement award, underscoring Sundt's core values of longevity and loyalty.
The award is not given annually; instead, it is only presented when warranted. This is the third time in the company's 123-year history the Lifetime Achievement award has been presented. Mahoney's contributions to Sundt were acknowledged during Sundt's Annual Leadership Conference, where 100 of the top senior management gathered.
Mahoney, who started with M.M. Sundt as a concrete finisher, has worked on a wide range of projects across the United States for 40 years.


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So, yes, by all means feel free to consider Jarhead a one-war-removed commentary about the current imbroglio in Iraq; certainly it is there, especially toward the end of the movie (and the brief war), when Dartmouth-educated Fergus (Brian Geraghty) dances around a bonfire and shouts, "We never have to come back to this shithole ever again!" One could hear the preview audience groan at the line, from both sides of the aisles. Yet Jarhead also insists it isn't there to concern itself with foreign policy and politicians' cynical intentions. When the Marines first touch down in Saudi Arabia, a lance corporal named Troy (Peter Sarsgaard) shouts, "First to fuckin' fight!" to which a cynical comrade, played by Lucas Black, wonders, "For what?" Theirs becomes a brief argument over "fat cats" protecting their oil interests, and for a moment, the script reads as if it were penned on protestors' placards. But then, as if to clear away the stale smoke, Troy responds as any soldier must when handed a rifle and his marching orders: "Fuck politics."
Ultimately, Jarhead is about nothing more than the crippling tedium of anticipated battle, the madness brought on by endless hours and days and months spent waiting for that one second when you kill or get killed. Swofford, a reader of comics and Camus played by Jake Gyllenhaal, is our wry, rational guide through this minefield, and he tells the tale as if to prove one doesn't need a visible enemy in order to lose his shit. (A letter from a cheating girlfriend can do more damage than any bullet.) When first we meet Swofford, he's a fresh-faced recruit getting his ass chewed by a drill instructor (Scott MacDonald) who wants to know if Swofford's Vietnam vet daddy had "the balls to die there." His is the ritual humiliation of the private: name-calling, beatings (at the hands of the D.I. and even his own platoon), and the occasional branding with makeshift tools. And Swofford treats it all with the knowing distance of the guy who thinks himself superior to his superiors, as when he tells the D.I. the only reason he's in the Marines is because "I got lost on the way to college, sir." Clearly, this is a guy who's seen Full Metal Jacket too much and believes he's like Matthew Modine -- Private Joker, able to laugh off the abuse he's just begging for.
But he has good reason to think he's in that movie: Jarhead contains familiar echoes from that film, and it, too, is divided in half -- the training half and the fighting half. There are whole scenes and moments cribbed from Kubrick's movie: one in which a soldier named Fowler (8 Mile's Evan Jones) introduces a burned-up Iraqi soldier as his new best friend; a montage of TV interviews, during which the soldiers offer hollow clichés intended as ironic commentary; the D.I.'s barrage of insults that border on becoming a parodist's monologue. And the score, a pastiche of Thomas Newman's overwrought orchestrations and popped-up Middle Eastern music, echoes the sounds of David O. Russell's Three Kings; there's even a post-war celebration set to the siren-screams of Public Enemy.
But Jarhead, which also stars Jamie Foxx as the sergeant who loathes the boredom of battle but loves the job, can't be dismissed as derivative. It may feel familiar, but it's a bleak and profound piece of work. As in the book, you're in Swofford's head as it begins to split apart, as he evolves (or devolves) from reluctant soldier into a weapon with a busted safety -- which makes him, in the estimation of his commanding officers, the perfect Marine. He becomes addicted to the "pink mist" of the perfect kill, which, alas, he never experiences. This is a war film in which the only American casualties shown are those destroyed from the inside out.


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There are more info of video slot machine games out there, all that have a wide range of characters, themes and bonus games. Each has its own quirks and own characteristics, but recommendations what ought to be rated being the top video slot games around right at the present.
The ideal growth behind a Gambling hobby is aiming increase your bankroll by just 20 percent a week, this perhaps might not sound a lot, but people who try to double up everyday are against huge odds and fluctuation. A 20 percent increase can be done with ease but with control playing a major part. It can be natural for which want to gamble and win lots more.
#8: Great rewards. Go play near a blackjack table for a few hours, and play with only a slot machine for a few hours, then see which one gives you the finest comps. Slots players acquire the best comps by far out each casino musician.
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To start with. the thrill of victory cannot be overlooked if it comes to winning. Having many opportunities (due Pg slot for the multiple betting options that exist in craps gambling) to win, makes to have a tremendous amount of excitement.
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If sense yourself being drawn to to gambling on the or daily basis, take whatever precautions you can to stop casinos or maybe a place that sells lottery tickets. Frequently to have anything, at all, with regards to gambling for those who are being taken in this road.
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With a new year, come new adventures for Living Aveda.
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5 Minutes With: Aveda Artist Bea Watson
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With a new year, come new adventures for Living Aveda.
One of our new series, "5 Minutes With," features Aveda Artists throughout the world who inspire us daily, and who we believe you'd love to know more about.
Bea Watson, Global Educator, Hair Styling is one of them. With an impressive beauty career that spans 20 years, Bea is a published editorial stylist; works fashion weeks throughout the world; and leads cutting-edge education for Aveda stylists as well as for students at the Aveda Advanced Academy in London.
Here's 5 minutes with Bea:
Hometown: Guildford in Surrey South East England, it's 45 minutes outside of London. It's a beautiful place and I go back as often as I can to visit family and friends.
Home now: Scotland, just outside of Glasgow, in a place called Ayr. It's right by the sea. We have really rough winters that make us huddle around the fire on cold winter nights with a wee dram (whisky)! But we also have beautiful summers.
Cherished sweet treat: I am a chocolate snob, I prefer handmade chocolates and if they're from Paris, even better.
If your life were a song, what is the title: "Pocketful Of Sunshine!"
If you could be any animal, what would it be: A giraffe, they always get the best part of the tree, they don't eat meat and they're graceful.
Three other Aveda artists you want to have dinner with: This is really hard! I'm going to have a big dinner party so I can invite Antoinette Beenders, Ian Michael Black, Ricardo Dinis, Janell Geason, Allen Ruiz, Tippi Shorter and Jon Reyman. It would be great to share stories and experiences, techniques and hear what inspires them. I love the work each of them does and we all have the same passion for styling.
What inspires you as an artist: People inspire me. Everyone who has created something or changed the way we look at something is inspiring, because it takes determination to create a piece of art or change an opinion or view, and it's not normally an easy path.
Why do you love Aveda: I've always felt a connection to Aveda. Having been with the brand for more than 10 years, then taking a short break and returning, proved to me that this connection is very real. I believe in the mission and the products, but most of all I love being part of the big Aveda family – and we are a real family.
Share with us a quick hair tip: Always consider product application. Right now I'm loving the Thickening Tonic and suggest you think about where you'd want to see a change. For example, if you have less hair through the top part of your head and the hair is thicker through the sides, concentrate the application through the top part of your head. This will even out the thickness of your hair and give overall balance to the style you are creating.
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I have three doubts regarding USB pendrive formatting.
- Is there is any simple/quick way to format the USB pendrive from MacBook Pro?
Now, I am doing this by Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility -> Selecting the disk -> Tap on "Erase" tab -> Tap on "Erase..." option.
I remember, I can do this by right clicking on the Disk's name and by select "Format" option in Windows.
But, Mac shows the below options when right clicking on the disk in Finder.
- What is the difference between these two options?
- I'm always deleting files in a disk by Right clicking on the file -> Selecting "Move to Trash" option.
Deleted file get hided from the Finder. But the size of the disk remains same. Is the file really deleted?


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484: Flash Games
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Title text: Although...who else can't wait for them to incorporate that Wiimote head-tracking stuff into games? Man, the future's gonna be *awesome*. |
Dedicated hardcore gamers will often indulge in expensive, top-of-the-line equipment to get the most out of their video games.
Adobe Flash was a software platform allowing multimedia applications in the browser. Flash became a popular choice for game developers, since playing Flash games only requires a browser and the free cross-platform Flash runtime environment. Randall was right that Flash games are quite addictive, and gamers would have found them more engaging than anything that runs on expensive (dedicated) gaming systems.
The comic may also be commenting that some modern games are too focused on graphics and not enough on gameplay.
The title text mentions the Wiimote, the standard controller for the Nintendo Wii video game console. Wii games are usually controlled by tracking the movement and orientation of the handheld Wiimote, but Johnny Lee devised a method to use a Wiimote to track the position of the users head and demonstrated this with a desktop VR display. It should be noted that this is not the same as the body tracking that is available from Sony and Microsoft with the EyeToy and Kinect respectively, neither of which has earned any real praise as a practical gaming controller.
- [On the left side of the panel are a massive TV screen, large speakers, and similar devices, all connected to a "Game Station 20,000" console. Cueball, however, is over on the right side of the panel, on a modestly-sized computer.]
- Cueball: Ooh, I think I've got it figured out! Okay, one more hour.
- Beep Plunk
- The most powerful gaming systems in the world still can't match the addictiveness of tiny in-browser Flash games.
http://reddawn.net/quilt/games/QCon/QCon.html 184.108.40.206 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
The explanation needs to explain the title text. 184.108.40.206 23:25, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
- Yes, you are right. No time for me so far, maybe this comic should be on top at the "Today's incomplete explanation of the day" for one day more... --Dgbrt (talk) 00:37, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
- Already got it for you guys 220.127.116.11 07:33, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
Am I missing something or are you looking too hard for an explanation? To me, it seems as simple as what it says. There are amazing gaming systems, but a lot of flash games are way more addictive. So the character (Cueball I guess he's been called here) simply is telling himself that he'll only play for one more hour before playing with his new console. The joke being that in an hour, he will say the same thing again. And again. And so on. That's all there is to this. 188.8.131.52 07:32, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
- Games are what happens to nerds while they are waiting for their lives.
- Comics are what happen to me when I am waiting to be right again.
- My most tiresome trait is my effort to be correct.
- One day I will run out of comics.
I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait (talk) 00:37, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
Note the Wiimote blutacked to the television. --126.96.36.199 02:26, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
This is as true today as it was in 2008. I spend more hours on little flash games than I do actual video games. International Space Station (talk) 05:20, 22 April 2016 (UTC)
IMO, Flash games are more fun than current games, I literally spend a few hours playing Flash games while I only play a good 20 minutes on console games. Boeing-787lover 14:08, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
- Game Examples
Hey, anyone have any good games? Link below. 188.8.131.52 04:14, 25 October 2016 (UTC)


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I wrote this several weeks ago, thinking I would finish it the next day (ha!), but I've decided it stands on its own, though it only covers the first part of what I called it...
The alternate title was Failed Resolutions, Lenten Abandonment, and The Demise of the Prayer Closet, but at least one (facebook page) reader, who also happens to be a good friend, encouraged a more positive sounding outlook, so I took out some of the angst. It also turns out I've already blogged about giving up (for) Lent, so there's no need to repeat myself. It's been an interesting week. Last Sunday evening our community group, hosted by the aforementioned good friend (hereafter referred to as AGF) and her husband, discussed whether there is such a thing as following or not following God's will when it comes to making decisions about our life (not about right and wrong). It came up because we're doing Storyline, Donald Miller's new project, and in it, he posits that when it comes to our vocation, we are free to choose what to do, same for marriage, and other life altering choices, that there is no one right path. Naturally, this brought up a discussion of Calvinism and God's sovereignty. Our church is Reformed (PCA), but not everyone in it is (welcome to Marin County). One person said that only applied to salvation. Others agreed that God doesn't expect us to consult him about what color socks we wear. I struggled with the simplistic way that Miller offhandedly threw this out there, with absolutely no theological basis even mentioned. But as the discussion went on (including a disagreement over whether our church was really Reformed, despite my saying that our pastor told me from our first meeting that he was a "winsome Calvinist"), a light went on. If God really is sovereign, then sure, we can "choose" whatever path we want, because he's actually writing our story anyway - we just think we're choosing. Maybe this was what Miller was implying, since the book does, after all, purport to be a tool that helps us find our individual stories and how they fit in with God's greater story. My AGF pointed out the distinction between being puppets (which is often how Calvinism is misinterpreted, including by me for many years) and being characters in God's story. Still, this doesn't mean we don't seek God in our decision making. I mentioned that way back when I did Henry Blackaby's Experiencing God study (which I didn't finish, because my husband and I were in the midst of our whirlwind courtship - same reason I dropped War and Peace, though I did recently read Anna Karenina, and we never got past the opening chapters of Boundaries in Dating...), I brought up how we are to seek to hear from God through prayer, the Bible, other people, circumstances, and his creation (I can't remember if there were more ways it said he reveals himself). I also asked everyone if, despite their "choices," things ever turn out the way they plan/envision. Everyone agreed that no, they do not. So we think we're controlling our futures, but we're not. The very next day...I'm driving to the grocery store and having a dilemma - do I go to Trader Joe's, like I had planned, or do I go to Costco, because I need a bunch of stuff which is more economical there. As I argued both sides (I frequently identify with the lead character in Fiddler on the Roof, who always says "...on the other hand..."), I prayed that God would lead me. Approaching the exit lanes, I saw that they were quite congested, and it would be a bit challenging to get over. It felt like a wall had gone up. I decided this meant I should go to Trader Joe's. Of course this reminded me of the previous night's discussion and the giggling about how silly it would be to invite God into those kind of petty details. Well, folks, this is how I live my life. Not all the time, but when I do, things actually turn out better. God really does care about every decision, and though he doesn't always make it clear which way to go, he does often enough, if we just ask him. And what can it hurt? Unless we don't leave the house until he audibly tells us which color socks to put on...then, it could be a problem. ...Back to Trader Joe's, and some evidence for what I've just put forth...within a few minutes of being in the store, I looked up and saw a friend from church (who is in our community group, but hadn't been able to attend the previous night because her son was sick). She was interested in what we had discussed, so I ended up debriefing her, and we had a really encouraging conversation and exchanged hugs (always good!). A little while later, I bumped into my mom, who knew I was going to be there, but wasn't sure exactly when, and she and I had a nice chat. Then, when I was in the check-out line, I saw an old friend I hadn't been in touch with for years, but lately had been thinking about more often, and wondering how she was. Here, I should mention that this woman and I had originally met in the religion section of a bookstore, where I had engaged her in conversation, learned she was a Christian who had been hurt by the church, and so had not been in fellowship in several years. I invited her to the young adults group a bunch of friends and I had started to bring the singles from different churches together. She ended becoming part of our group and marrying a guy in it, shortly after I met and married my husband through that same group (it was called "Catalyst"). When I talked with her briefly at TJs, she told me where she and her husband were going to church - it was such a relief to know she was doing well and still following Jesus. ...If I had gone to Costco, like my logical brain was telling me to, instead of praying and being steered (literally) away from it to Trader Joe's, I would have missed those divine appointments. Yes, I may have run into people I know at Costco, but because this topic was so on my mind, I really believe this was God's way of affirming my seeking him, even in seemingly trivial decisions. I'll talk about the re-repurposing of our bedroom closet and the war between the two places that share one location (homeschool) in my next installment, Lord willing... 4/12/2014 12:27:04 am
Marla, I love this. I do think God, like a loving parent, does take an interest in all the little things. Overlooking that, I believe, can cause us to miss so many small miracles. Maybe ending up at Trader Joe's wouldn't look like a miracle to most people, but you never know how God will use those encounters!
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Our guest blogger Derek Ellerman looks back on his time at Brown University in honor of Brown's designation as Changemaker Campus today. Derek is the co-founder of Polaris Project and an Ashoka Fellow. He's currently launching a new start-up, SHIFT, to support the rising generation of social entrepreneurs.
The day after I graduated from Brown University, my friend and I did something kind of crazy. We packed up a U-Haul truck and moved to Washington, DC to launch a new non-profit organization - with no money, no contacts, and, to be frank, not much of an idea of what we were doing. We were passionate about ending human trafficking and were ready to just figure it all out along the way.
Ten years later, our fledgling start-up has grown into one of the leading organizations in our field. We did end up figuring it out along the way, but like many entrepreneurs we had to do it under the unforgiving tutelage of the school of hard knocks.
How could we have been better prepared?
Like most universities a decade ago, Brown offered little formal support for budding social innovators. We could take courses on policy, political science, and social issues. But for real-world skills or mentorship around leadership, management, strategy, and social innovation, we were on our own.
Today, a remarkable shift is underway. Brown and dozens of other universities across the country are part of a growing movement in higher education to make the social impact of their graduates a central institutional priority. One of the main organizations pushing this trend is Ashoka U, which has created the Changemaker Campus Consortium to recognize and support universities at the leading edge of this change.
I had the opportunity this summer to serve on the selection panel for the newest members of the Changemaker Campus Consortium - Portland State University, Rollins College, Brigham Young University, and, yes, Brown – which joined the current 15 members, among them Duke, Arizona State, Middlebury, and The New School.
Hearing about some of the groundbreaking new initiatives these colleges and universities are advancing was incredibly heartening.
Take, for example, the Starr Fellowship, at my own alma mater, which now provides Brown undergraduates with funding, training, and mentoring support to launch their own social ventures.
Or, the Entrepreneurial Leaders Program (ELP) taught by Portland State University's business school faculty. The program has already offered training in business fundamentals, social innovation, and leadership effectiveness to more than 100 emerging social enterprise leaders from Mercy Corps, Digital Divide Data, Save the Children, World Vision, and other organizations.
ELP equips these leaders with the skills they need to improve their organization's financial, social and environmental performance. In Indonesia, one participant adapted an ELP module to train 30 local youth, from which three new social businesses emerged. In Zimbabwe, a participant used ELP tools to develop a program that has now issued 51 grants to help more than 500 children with disabilities get health care and assistive devices.
Clearly, this is not just good news for the social sector but also for the business world. Businesses will increasingly have access to newly minted trained graduates – as well as re-tooled mid-career professionals – who have real-world experience as innovators, leaders, and managers and who focus on the social and environmental impact of their work.
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A group of home cooks prepare their signature dishes in the first of two audition shows.
Gary Mehigan, George Calombaris and Matt Preston present the second audition show.
The contestants take on their first challenge, serving up their desert island dish.
Yesterday's winners battle it out for immunity, cooking alongside chef Curtis Stone.
The cooks face their first mystery box challenge.
Three cooks face a pressure test set by professional pastry chef Darren Purchese.
Four of the amateurs compete for immunity by preparing crispy and juicy fried chicken.
The cooks prepare a feast for the 150 volunteer truckers for the charity Lions for Need
The contestants who failed to impress in the last challenge face an elimination cook-off.
Nigella Lawson visits the kitchen for the start of a week-long visit.
Nigella Lawson challenges the cooks to serve up a perfect roast chicken.
Five contestants compete in a custard-based immunity challenge.
The contestants prepare a three-course meal for 80 teachers.
An elimination challenge based on condiments.
Rick Stein chooses the ingredients for the next mystery box challenge.
Clare Smyth challenges the cooks to re-create her pear and lemon verbena vacherin.
Four contestants compete in an immunity challenge.
The contestants take on a street food challenge.
An elimination task based on the cooks' knowledge of the deli counter.
The judges reveal the start of Secrets Week.
The cooks fight for the places by serving up a paella - without a recipe.
Four contestants compete in an immunity challenge.
The cooks are split into teams and challenged to serve up an Italian feast for 80 diners.
Eight contestants face a blindfold taste test, followed by an elimination cook.
The contest moves to Queensland and a mystery box challenge.
The contestants arrive at Montrachet, one of Brisbane's leading restaurants.
The contestants are excited about what lies in store.
The contestants arrive on the beautiful sunny shores of Noosa beach.
The losing team from yesterday's Team Challenge arrives in the Gold Coast.
The contestants arrive home after a spectacular week cooking across Queensland.
The contest reaches halfway and three hopefuls compete in an elimination challenge.
Four hopefuls compete in an immunity challenge.
The cooks prepare a picnic at Hanging Rock, north of Melbourne.
It's this morning after the Team Challenge at Hanging Rock.
The battle to reach the final 10 intensifies.
Three hopefuls compete in a two-day elimination challenge.
Four hopefuls make ice-cream cones in a bid to win immunity.
The cooks are challenged to serve identical plates of food in pairs.
The contestants serve a sweet dish that uses no sugar.
The judges introduce a new week celebrating the best of the best.
The hopefuls have 75 minutes to serve up a dish using indigenous ingredients.
The contestants serve up a caviar dish in an immunity challenge.
The cooks are split into two teams to prepare a four-course meal for 40 diners.
The contestants face an elimination cook aimed at minimising food waste.
The top nine are each given a mystery box they have faced before.
Three contestants serve an intricate apple pie - before one of them is eliminated.
Four contestants cook in different styles in a bid for immunity.
The contestants cook for train passengers.
Four hopefuls compete in an elimination challenge.
The top seven begin a week of challenges in Western Australia.
Five contestants take on a service challenge at a Perth restaurant.
Four contestants compete for a fast-track place to finals week.
The contestants prepare three-course meals for 50 diners, in two teams.
Three of the contestants face an elimination challenge.
The top six arrive for finals week, bringing them a step closer to the finale.
Three contestants produce a complex dish in a pressure test.
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When dinner service gets into full swing at Jack Sprat, the kitchen and waitstaff hit their groove, making and serving dishes such as roasted beet galette and maple bacon crème brûlée.
But for much of the past year, that wasn't the case inside the small restaurant that sits at the bottom of a ski hill in Girdwood, Alaska.
"When quarantine first happened, there were new rules and new restrictions," says head chef Lindsay Kucera, "but people were expecting the same level of service from us. And we really needed a little grace."
The pandemic shuttered an estimated 110,000 restaurants, either permanently or temporarily, across the United States, according to the National Restaurant Association. Jack Sprat was one of them. Now it has reopened and is having trouble finding enough staff to return to pre-pandemic hours of operation.
The restaurant serves what it describes as "fat and lean world cuisine." You can order Korean bibimbap, a deep sea curry with halibut or a cheeseburger with a zesty poblano aioli. Pandemic lockdowns meant Kucera had to shift from in-restaurant dining to filling takeout orders.
"We were changing what was casual, fine dining in house [and] doing delivery suddenly," Kucera says.
The takeout model meant menu items like the bibimbap were put on hold. Cheeseburgers and signature sweet potato fries were delivered to customers in foam boxes. Still, to-go orders didn't make up for the revenue lost from in-house dining.
Demand for Jack Sprat's fare remained, but the staff did not. According to owners Jennifer and Frans Weits, many servers and cooks disappeared during the pandemic. Pre-COVID-19, they had 38 employees. Today, they have just 22. Other restaurants in the area had similar problems.
"It's really great to see a team coming together and working to make the same amount of stuff happen with less resources," says Kucera, "but ultimately, it's exhausting. We are all so tired."
She says she knows many people in the industry who didn't like the instability laid bare by pandemic-related restrictions. Many opted to pursue other work.
"Working in a restaurant is not the easiest thing to do," says Ginger Patak. "People treat servers, like, not very good, sometimes."
Patak waited tables for years until she was laid off from a restaurant run by Girdwood's local ski resort in March of 2020 as the pandemic was beginning to shutter many businesses.
The layoff allowed her to volunteer at the local fire department. She spent hundreds of hours doing so over the past year.
"So, for me, the fire department came just at the perfect time," she says.
It helped her realize she was tired of relying on minimum wage and the tips from serving.
"When COVID happened, that really put everything into perspective for a lot of people," she says. The pandemic prompted her to look for what she describes as more reliable and fulfilling work. She found it through an emergency medical technician (EMT) certification program.
"Once I was here for a few months," Patak says, "I was like, 'Yeah, no, forget the restaurants.' "
Now she's aiming for paramedic school.
According to the National Restaurant Association, hiring is recovering. Restaurants added 187,000 jobs in April, but the total number of restaurant workers is still 14% below pre-pandemic levels.
"Before the pandemic we were open [for] three lunches and seven nights a week," says Jack Sprat owner Frans Weits, whose restaurant has been open for 20 years.
"Now, we're open five nights a week. So, we were at 10 shifts, now we're at five shifts."
He says there's demand from diners but not enough workers to serve them.
Co-owner Jennifer Weits says it's hard to watch cars pull into their parking lot on nights the restaurant is closed.
To lure potential employees, the Weitses offer at least $15 an hour to experienced staff. That's roughly $3 higher than the U.S. average, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Jack Sprat has also implemented a new policy so that tips are shared between waitstaff and kitchen staff.
"It's on average about $30 an hour," Frans says.
Jen says this change has also improved staff culture. "I've noticed less of an us versus them, front of house [versus] back of the house," she says, "which is sort of cliché in the industry."
The Weitses have also taken on other problems made worse by COVID-19.
Housing is a big issue, especially in a place like Alaska where it's both expensive and limited. So in addition to paying staff more, the Weitses say they feel pressure to provide workers with a place to live.
They've rented a four-bedroom house to help attract servers to the town about an hour south of Anchorage.
They've also considered buying property but decided to put that idea on hold for now.
"It'd take a lot of our personal retirement and funds to do that," Jen says.
With the summer hiking and camping season now in full swing in Alaska and people feeling safer to travel given vaccinations and low COVID-19 infection rates, the Weits expect wave upon wave of tourists.
But they're still worried that despite what they're offering potential employees, it won't be enough to help feed all those hungry guests who pull into Jack Sprat's parking lot.
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Sanjaya said, Beholding the fallen boxes of cars, as also the cars of high-souled warriors, and the elephants and foot-soldiers, O sire, slain in battle, seeing the field of battle assume an aspect as awful as that of the sporting ground of Rudra, observing the inglorious end obtained by hundreds and thousands of kings, witnessing also the prowess of Partha after the retreat of thy son with grief-stricken heart and when thy troops, filled with anxiety and fallen into great distress, O Bharata, were deliberating as to what they should next do, hearing also the loud wails of the Kaurava warriors that were being crushed, and marking the displayed and disordered tokens of great kings, the Kuru leader Kripa of great energy, possessed of years and good conduct and filled with compassion, and endued with eloquence, approached king Duryodhana, and angrily said these words unto him, O Duryodhana, listen, O Bharata, to these words that I will say unto thee. Having heard them, O monarch, do thou act according to them, O sinless one, if it pleases thee. There is no path, O monarch, that is better than the duty of battle. Having recourse to that path, Kshatriyas, O bull of the Kshatriya order, engage in battle. He who lives in the observance of Kshatriya practices fights with son, sire, brother, sister's son, and maternal uncle, and relatives, and kinsmen. If he is slaughtered in battle, there is great merit in it. Similarly, there is great sin in it if he flies from the field. It is for this that the life of a person desirous of living by the adoption of Kshatriya duties is exceedingly terrible.
Unto thee, as regards this, I will say a few beneficial words. After the fall of Bhishma and Drona and the mighty car-warrior Karna, after the slaughter of Jayadratha and thy brothers, O sinless one, and thy son Lakshmana, what is there now for us to do? They upon whom we had rested all burdens of sovereignty we had been enjoying, have all gone to regions of blessedness attainable by persons conversant with Brahma, casting off their bodies. As regards ourselves, deprived of those great car-warriors possessed of numerous accomplishments, we shall have to pass our time in grief, having caused numerous kings to perish. When all those heroes were alive, even then Vibhatsu could not be vanquished. Having Krishna, for his eyes, that mighty-armed hero is incapable of being defeated by the very gods. The vast Kaurava host, approaching his Ape-bearing standard that is lofty as an Indra's pole set up in the season of spring and that is effulgent as Indra's bow, hath always trembled in fear. At the leonine roars of Bhimasena and the blare of Panchajanya and the twang of Gandiva, our heart will die away within us. Moving like flashes of lightning, and blinding our eyes, Arjuna's Gandiva is seen to resemble a circle of fire. Decked with pure gold, that formidable bow as it is shaken, looks lightning's flash moving about on every side.
Steeds white in hue and possessed of great speed and endued with the splendour of the Moon or the Kasa grass, and that run devouring the skies, are yoked unto his car. Urged on by Krishna, like the masses of clouds driven by the wind, and their limbs decked with gold, they bear Arjuna to battle. That foremost of all persons conversant with arms, Arjuna, burned that great force of thine like a swelling conflagration consuming dry grass in the forest in the season of winter. Possessed of the splendour of Indra himself, while penetrating into our ranks, we have seen Dhananjaya to look like an elephant with four tusks. While agitating thy army and inspiring the kings with fear, we have seen Dhananjaya to resemble an elephant agitating a lake overgrown with lotuses. While terrifying all the warriors with the twang of his bow, we have again seen the son of Pandu to resemble a lion inspiring smaller animals with dread. Those two foremost of bowmen in all the worlds, those two bulls among all persons armed with the bow, the two Krishnas, clad in mail, are looking exceedingly beautiful. Today is the seventeenth day of this awful battle, O Bharata, of those that are being slaughtered in the midst of this fight. The diverse divisions of thy army are broken and dispersed like autumnal clouds dispersed by the wind. Savyasaci, O monarch, caused thy army to tremble and reel like a tempest-tossed boat exposed on the bosom of the ocean.
Where was the Suta's son, where was Drona with all his followers, where was I, where wert thou, where was Hridika's son, where thy brother Duhshasana accompanied by his brothers when Jayadratha was slain? Upon beholding Jayadratha and finding him within the range of his arrows, Arjuna, putting forth his process upon all thy kinsmen and brothers and allies and maternal uncles, and placing his feet upon their heads, slew king Jayadratha in the very sight of all. What then is there for us to do now? Who is there among thy troops now that would vanquish the son of Pandu? That high-souled warrior possesses diverse kinds of celestial weapons. The twang, again, of Gandiva robbeth us of our energies. This army of thine that is now without a leader is like a night without the Moon, or like a river that is dried up with all the trees on its banks broken by elephants. The mighty-armed Arjuna of white steeds will, at his pleasure, career amid this thy masterless host, like a blazing conflagration amid a heap of grass. The impetuosity of those two, Satyaki and Bhimasena, would split all the mountains or dry up all the oceans. The words that Bhima spoke in the midst of the assembly have all been nearly accomplished by him, O monarch.
That which remains unaccomplished will again be accomplished by him. While Karna was battling before it, the army of the Pandavas, difficult to be defeated, was vigorously protected by the wielder of Gandiva. You have done many foul wrongs, without any cause, unto the righteous Pandavas. The fruits of those acts have now come. For the sake of thy own objects thou hadst, with great care, mustered together a large force. That vast force, as also thyself, O bull of Bharata's race, have fallen into great danger. Preserve thy own self now, for self is the refuge of everything. If the refuge is broken, O sire, everything inhering thereto is scattered on every side. He that is being weakened should seek peace by conciliation. He that is growing should make war.
This is the policy taught by Brihaspati. We are now inferior to the sons of Pandu as regards the strength of our army. Therefore, O lord, I think, peace with the Pandavas is for our good. He that does not know what is for his good, or knowing disregards what is for his good, is soon divested of his kingdom and never obtains any good. If, by bowing unto king Yudhishthira sovereignty may still remain to us, even that would be for our good, and not, O king, to sustain through folly defeat at the hands of the Pandavas. Yudhishthira is compassionate. At the request of Vichitravirya's son and of Govinda, he will allow you to continue as king. Whatever Hrishikesa will say unto the victorious king Yudhishthira and Arjuna and Bhimasena, all of them will, without doubt, obey. Krishna will not, I think, be able to transgress the words of Dhritarashtra of Kuru's race, nor will the son of Pandu be able to transgress those of Krishna. A cessation of hostilities with the sons of Pritha is what I consider to be for thy good.
I do not say this unto thee from any mean motives nor for protecting my life. I say, O king, that which I regard to be beneficial. Thou wilt recollect these words when thou wilt be on the point of death if thou neglectest them now Advanced in years, Kripa the son of Saradwat said these words weepingly. Breathing long and hot breaths, he then gave way to sorrow and almost lost his senses
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Every week, the Bureau of Development Services publishes lists of Early Assistance applications, Land Use Reviews and Building Permits processed in the previous week. We publish the highlights. This post covers November 13th to November 19th, 2017.
Design Advice has been requested by Carleton Hart Architecture for a project at 1727 NW Hoyt St:
Two new buildings and restoration of a Historic building (Contributing Structure) in Alphabet district.
Early Assistance has been requested by Design Department for a project at 4212 N Interstate Ave:
Current Code – New 4 story mixed use building. 1st floor retail 15 apartments proposed, no parking proposed.
A Pre-Application Conference has been scheduled by GBD Architects to discuss a project at 1120 SE Main St:
The proposal is a 1.5 acre site comprised of an existing two story commercial building to be renovated to be creative office/retail, a new wood framed five story multi-family building with ground floor retail, and a new manufacturing and production building with above with above grade parking. Total development to contain 72 apartments, 66,000 gsf manufacturing and production, and 94 vehicular parking stalls.
A Pre-Application Conference has been scheduled by Case Design Group to discuss a project at 2231 NW Pettygrove St:
Current Code – New 5 story 29 unit apartment building. Purposed development valuation will trigger a Type 3 review.
A project at 4941 NE 14th Pl has been submitted for building permit review by CIDA Architects:
New 3 story, 15 unit apartment building, includes associated sitework
A building permit was issued for a project at 6041 NE Flanders St (previously 6035 NE Flanders St):
Construct 3 story, 4 plex building with 2 tuck under garages, 2 units on lowest level, 2 main floor units with upper levels above, no detached trash area, includes associated site work
A building permit was issued for a project at 7070 N Montana Ave (previously 7032 N Montana Ave):
Construct new 3 story six plex, no parking, detached trash enclosure less than 120sf in area, includes associated site work
A building permit was issued to Studio 3 Architecture for a project at 7210 N Burlington Ave (previously 7220 N Burlington Ave):
New 3-story, 19-unit multifamily apartment structure***deferred submittals: pre-engineered wood floor joists, pre-engineered wood roof joists, built in landscape irrigation (design build)***
A building permit was issued for a project at 123 SE 13th Ave (previously SE 13th and Ankeny):
New 87 unit, 4 story apartment building with roof deck. 5 parking spaces, landscaping and utilities
A building permit was issued for a project at 3618 SE 92nd Ave:
New construction of employee lift dispatch building with dispatch, training, offices, kitchen and two bathrooms; Site Improvements including new vehicle storage area and employee parking area; re-paving private road leading to parking area. Adjacent lift storage building under permit 17-187922-CO.
A building permit was issued to Ankrom Moisan Architects for The Blackburn Building (also known as the Eastside Health Center) at 12121 E Burnside St:
New 6 story mixed use building to consist of medical clinic, mix of transitional housing and mult family residential housing