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Hole 26-D2 (Alpala NW) returned 453.7m @ 0.53 % CuEq (open-ended), incl. 229.7m @ 0.75 % CuEq. Hole 26-D2 ended in mineralization at 1333.65m due to reaching limits of drilling capabilities in that hole.
Hole 26-D3 (Alpala NW) intersected approximately 1136m of sulphide mineralization (936-2072m), and ended in mineralization due to limit of drilling capabilities. Assay results are pending.
Hole 29-D2 (Alpala East) returned 484m @ 0.49 % CuEq, incl. 146m @ 0.74 % CuEq.
Hole 30 (Alpala Central) returned 772m @ 0.62 % CuEq, incl. 500m @ 0.71 % CuEq.
Hole 33 (Alpala Central) intersected approximately 977m of sulphide mineralization (585-1562m). Assay results are pending.
Cascabel drilling fleet currently 11 drill rigs and expanding to 12 drills. Rig 12, large track mounted drilling rig arriving in the last week of December 2017.
Over 63,000m of diamond drilling have been completed at Alpala (Figure 1). Another 120,000m of drilling is planned for 2018. The drilling program has so far drill tested 5 of 15 copper-gold targets delineated in the 50km2 tenement with a focus on Alpala. The remainder of the targets are scheduled for testing in 2018, subject to ongoing technical assessment, following completion of the Alpala maiden Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) which is planned for release shortly, and completion of ground magnetic modelling and Spartan Orion deep IP surveys.
Recent assay results received from ALS laboratories in Lima, Peru for drilling at Alpala returned the following results (Table 1). Detailed summary of the progress of current drill holes at Alpala are shown below (Table 2).
Hole 26-D2 (Alpala NW) returned 453.7m @ 0.53 % CuEq (open-ended), incl. 229.7m @ 0.75 % CuEq. Hole 26-D2 ended in mineralization at 1333.65m, due to reaching limits of drilling capabilities in that hole.
Hole 26-D3 (Alpala NW) intersected approximately 1136m of sulphide mineralization (936-2072m), and ended in mineralization due to limit of drilling capabilities. Assay results are pending. Hole 26-D3 confirms major extension to the northwest, along the Alpala trend, and represents the deepest strongly mineralized, open-ended intercept on the project to date.
Hole 29-D2 (Alpala East) returned 484m @ 0.49 % CuEq, incl. 146m @ 0.74 % CuEq. Hole 29-D3 (Alpala East) intersected approximately 243m of copper sulphide (949-1192m). Assay results are pending.
Holes 29-D2, and 29-D3 support the potential for further extensions of the Alpala deposit, deeper and to the east. Parent Hole 29, currently underway, is planned to test deep a Alpala East target, along the deeper, open eastern edge of the deposit.
Hole 30 (Alpala Central) returned 772m @ 0.62 % CuEq, incl. 500m @ 0.71 % CuEq, representing a 120m extension of the deposit towards the south. Hole 30-D1 returned 542m @ 0.51 % CuEq, including 252m @ 0.64 % CuEq, extending the Alpala Central deposit approximately 120m towards surface. Further drilling with Rig 1 is expected to further extend the deposit towards surface along the open western edge of the deposit.
Hole 31 (Alpala SE) returned 299.8m @ 0.33 % CuEq, incl. 132m @ 0.48 % CuEq. Hole 31-D1 (Alpala SE) returned 226m @ 0.34 % CuEq, incl. 120m @ 0.38 % CuEq. Further drilling with Rig 3 will target extensions to the Alpala SE mineralization southeast of Holes 24 and 24-D1.
Hole 32 (Alpala East) returned 484m @ 0.34 % CuEq, incl. 98.2m @ 0.37 CuEq. Hole 32-D1 intersected approximately 65m of copper sulphide mineralization (1270-1335m). Assay results are pending.
Hole 33 (Alpala Central) intersected approximately 977m of sulphide mineralization (585-1562m). Assay results are pending. Hole 33-D1 (Alpala Central) has intersected approximately 208m of copper sulphide mineralization thus far (617-825m). Drilling continues.
Hole 34 (Alpala West) intersected approximately 65m of sulphide mineralization (395-457m). Assay results are pending. Hole 34 passed over the top of the Alpala trend, and confirmed mineralization approximately 250m northwest of hole 13, extending the known strike length of the Alpala Deposit to approximately 1500m.
Drill holes 35, 36, 37, 38 and 39 are in progress, and Hole 40 is set to commence following completion of rig move to Alpala SE.
Further drill testing will focus on:
There are currently 11 drilling rigs active at Alpala. The Cascabel drilling fleet will expand to 12 drills with the arrival of a large track mounted drill rig (Rig 12) during the last week of December 2017.
About Cascabel:
Exploraciones Novomining S.A. ("ENSA"), an Ecuadorean company owned by SolGold Plc and Cornerstone, holds 100% of the Cascabel concession. Subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including SolGold's fully funding the project through to feasibility, SolGold Plc will own 85% of the equity of ENSA and Cornerstone will own the remaining 15% of ENSA. SolGold Plc is funding 100% of the exploration at Cascabel and is the operator of the project.
Cascabel is in northwestern Ecuador in an under-explored northern section of the Andean Copper Belt, 60 km northeast of the undeveloped inferred resource of 982 million tons at 0.89% Cu Llurimaga (formerly Junin) copper project (0.4% Cu cut-off grade; Micon International Co. Ltd. Technical Report for Ascendant Exploration SA, August 20, 2004, pages 28 & 29). Mineralization identified at the Llurimaga copper project is not necessarily indicative of the mineralization on the Cascabel Property.
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Yvan Crepeau, MBA, P.Geo., Cornerstone's Vice President, Exploration and a qualified person in accordance with National Instrument 43-101, is responsible for supervising the exploration program at the Cascabel project for Cornerstone and has reviewed and approved the information contained in this news release.
Logging, sampling, assaying and reporting
Holes referred to in this release were or are being drilled using HTW, NTW, NQ and BQ core sizes (respectively 7.1, 5.6, 4.8 and 3.7 cm diameter). Geotechnical measurements such as core recovery, fracturing, rock quality designations (RQD's), specific density and photographic logging are performed systematically prior to assaying. The core is logged, magnetic susceptibility measured and key alteration minerals identified using an on-site portable spectrometer. Core is then sawed in half at the ENSA core logging facility, and half of the core is delivered by ENSA employees for preparation at ALS Minerals Laboratories (ALS) sample preparation facility in Quito. Core samples are prepared crushing to 70% passing 2 mm (10 mesh), splitting 250 g and pulverizing to 85% passing 75 microns (200 mesh) (ALS code CRU-31, SPL21 and PUL-32). Prepared samples are then shipped to ALS in Lima, Peru where samples are assayed for a multi-element suite (ALS code ME-MSP61, 1g split, 4-acid digestion, ICP-MS finish). Over limit results for Ag (> 100 g/t) and Cu, (> 1%) are systematically re-assayed (ALS code Ag-AA62, 4-acid digestion, AAS finish). Gold is assayed using a 30 g split, Fire Assay (FA) and AA finish (ALS code Au-AA23).
Drill hole intercepts are calculated using a data aggregation method, defined by copper equivalent cut-off grades and reported with up to 10m internal dilution, excluding bridging to a single sample. Copper equivalent grades are calculated using a gold conversion factor of 0.63, determined using an updated copper price of USD3.00/pound and an updated gold price of USD1300/ounce. Copper equivalent calculation assumes 100% recoveries of copper and gold.
Quality assurance / Quality control (QA/QC)
The ALS Laboratory is a qualified assayer that performs and makes available internal assaying controls. Duplicates, certified blanks and standards are systematically used (1 control sample every 15-20 samples). Rejects, a 100 g pulp for each core sample and the remaining half-core are stored for future use and controls.
About Cornerstone:
Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc. is a mineral exploration company with a diversified portfolio of projects in Ecuador and Chile, and a proven ability to identify, acquire and advance properties of merit.
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Maltese telecoms giant GO is set for new owners after its shareholders accepted a bid from Tunisie Telecom of €2.87 per share.
The deal will see Tunisie Telecom take at least the 60% holding of current majority shareholder Emirates International Telecommunications, worth €174.5m under the terms of the deal. This values the Maltese telecoms company at a total of €290.8m.
Speaking after the voluntary bid was accepted, Nizar Bouguila, chairman and chief executive of Tunisie Telecom, said the deal represented a good strategic fit with Tunisie Telecom's existing operations.
"We are delighted to have been selected as the final preferred bidder for the acquisition of the entire share capital of GO," he said. "We are committed to becoming a long-term partner for GO, supporting continued investments in the Maltese ICT sector as well as in Cyprus through Cablenet. GO is the leading provider of telecommunications services in Malta with a solid operational and financial performance track record.
"We firmly believe in the strong strategic fit between our two companies. It will provide each of Tunisie Telecom and GO with the opportunity to accelerate our fibre and 4G network developments as well as to expand our data centre and cloud services offerings. We believe GO will benefit from Tunisie Telecom's scale, expertise and skillset while Tunisie Telecom will be able to leverage GO's proven know-how in particular in quadruple-play offering as well as in content aggregation and delivery.
"We look forward to collaborating with GO, its management and employees as the Company continues to execute on its successful strategy."
Financial power and strong growth
And the 'solid' track record Bouguila talks of is clear for all to see.
In its 2015 annual report, GO revealed it had more than 500,000 customer connections, making it Malta's leading telecoms company.
Over 2015 the company reported revenues of €123.7m, an increase of 1.2% on the previous year while costs fell by 2.8% to €96.3m (2014: €99.1m).
The majority of this revenue, €109.5m, came from the company's telecommunications business while the remaining €14.2m came from GO's data services division.
This meant that the company reported a pre-tax profit of €34.2m and operating profit of €27.8m – up 27.9% on the €21.8m reported for 2014.
The company was also strengthened by its acquisition of Cypriot telecoms company Cablenet in early 2016, giving it access to a market twice the size of its home base in Malta, and was further buoyed by the purchase of a stake in ICT specialists Kinetix.
In the report, GO chairman Deepak Padmanabhan said the investments will help ensure the future success of the Group.
"This will have very significant implications, as GO effectively becomes an operator in two European markets," he said. "Not only is the potential market in Cyprus twice the size of that in Malta, but the future incorporation of Cablenet's results into GO's coupled with the increasing value of the initial investment as both Cablenet and the Cypriot economy strengthen, will have a very noticeable, positive impact on GO's results.
"A further investment with the potential to deliver long term positive growth and contribute further to strengthening the value of GO was the decision to acquire a majority stake in the Maltese ICT company Kinetix. This will definitely strengthen GO's ability to service the communications and ICT requirements of GO's business customers."
The company is also continuing to invest in its infrastructure, with €60m being ploughed into fibre networks and 4G coverage over the coming months and years.
Padmanabhan said: "The large-scale, multi-year, investment programmes in GO's core telecommunications infrastructure in Malta is proceeding, and are well on track both with the ongoing roll out of fibre connected 4G and Fibre-To-The-Home.
"Though these naturally both require significant capital investment, they will further future-proof a communications infrastructure that is second to none."
GO chief executive Yiannos Michaelides added that the investment meant that GO was the only telecoms provider in Malta to be able to offer fibre connected 4G to its customers, testament to its strong growth and continued investment in technology.
"The strength of any company should be judged by the results it delivers over a number of years," he said. "It is therefore very encouraging to note that, not only have we maintained a positive momentum in recent years, but also that, throughout 2015, GO continued to take the necessary decisions to ensure that such a positive performance can be sustained in the foreseeable future.
"The fact that only GO offers fibre connected 4G and fibre Internet directly into customers' premises gives us a significant point of difference over competing operators. Truly, we are developing an unmatched, and future-proof, communications infrastructure that gives GO a significant, and sustainable, competitive advantage."
During the year, GO also completed a spin-off of its property arm, Malta Properties Company, which is now quoted separately on the Malta Stock Exchange.
The deal earnt shareholders a net dividend of €33.6m, the highest in the company's history/
Share price ups and downs
GO was initially put up for sale in October 2015 after its share price peaked at €3.60 in August before dropping back to €3.30 when the intention to sell was announced.
After that the share price dipped below the €3 mark before rising back to €3.60 in May 2016 before the involuntary bid from Tunisie Telecom was first made.


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The station was built in 1951 and decommissioned in 1983 after 30 years operation. It is Toronto's largest and most remarkable heritage building. It is a late-deco behemoth in red brick with translucent windows; its 70-storey smokestack remains one of the 10 tallest structures in Canada. In the 70s, the plant was converted to burn the natural gas for generating electricity till early 80s. This reduced pollution and efficiency but increased operating costs. The power production then stopped in 1983. The plant is now abandoned and sometimes was used in a number of movies for production.
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Part One: 1986
Scene 1: A Letter and a Phone Call
Siblings Charlie and Bea are on the phone to share their famous mother's annual Christmas letter. They laugh about her theatrical writing style and muse on their strained relationship with her. Charlie is in San Francisco and Bea is in Hartford while Madeline (Maddy) is spending Christmas in the Caribbean. She describes a long-ago Christmas in San Francisco with their late father, before they were born. They hardly remember their dad as they were terribly young when he died.
Maddy gleefully announces that she will soon star in her first Broadway musical and concludes her letter by sending love to Bea's family and to Charlie's partner, Curt. However, his name is actually Burt, and he is very sick with AIDS. After five years with Burt, Charlie is deeply hurt that his mother still doesn't know his name. This has been a constant battle for Charlie and his mother. Bea tells Charlie how she envies the love he and Burt share. Charlie convinces her to come to San Francisco to visit.
Scene 2: A Broadway Stage
Maddy sings Daybreak, the final number from her Broadway show.
Scene 3: Backstage
Beatrice joins Maddy in her dressing room after a hugely successful opening night performance. She expresses her concern for Charlie and Burt and accuses Maddy of continuing to be an absent, unsupportive parent. Maddy proclaims her deep love for them and explains that as a single mother, she had to work and miss much of their childhood. She describes the terrible, sudden car accident that caused their father's death, but Bea notices that a detail of the story is a little different this time. When she asks Maddy about it, Maddy leaves the room.
Scene 4: The Golden Gate Bridge
Bea and Charlie are walking on the Golden Gate Bridge. They imagine their parents as young actors with their lives, dreams and careers ahead of them. Charlie tells Bea that Burt is not doing well and may be dying. Together, they think back on their childhood, what they actually remember about the father they never really knew, and what they've invented over the years.
Part Two: 1996
Scene 1: Charlie's Apartment
Charlie sits alone in his apartment, surrounded by numerous shipping boxes, all packed and sealed. He reads through his journal and talks to Burt, who died seven weeks ago at Christmas time. He remembers how his mother finally came to visit right before Burt's death. She touched his hand and sang the lullaby that Charlie's father used to sing to him. As Charlie remembers, Maddy sings the lullaby.
During the song, Bea and Maddy have a quick phone call in which Maddy tells her she's been nominated for a Tony Award. The plan is for all three of them to be together again for the big night. They finish the lullaby as a trio.
Scene 2: Maddy's Apartment
Bea is alone in her mother's apartment. Maddy had promised to be there to help her pick out something special to wear to the Tonys, but she never showed up. Bea stands in front of a mirror, drinks wine, and tries on her mother's clothes as she sings of how deeply she misses her father. Her deep sense of worthlessness isn't helped by her mother's absence or her husband Syd's infidelities. Charlie rushes in and notices how upset she is. He cheers her up with a story about their mother and a rousing number inspired by her passion for shoes.
Madeline enters and tells Charlie that if she wins the Tony, she will speak of how moved and inspired she was by Burt's struggle, and that by working together, we will defeat AIDS. Bea and Charlie are mortified that their mother now wishes to capitalize on Charlie's relationship with Burt: a relationship she had disdained and discarded for so many years.
With emotions and tension running high, Maddy accuses Bea of being a "sad, sorry, drunken mess" just like her father. Unable to mislead her children any more, Maddy reveals the grim truth about their father and the dark secret she'd been keeping: he suffered from depression, drank heavily, couldn't get work and wasn't able to help support or raise his young family. One night, without warning, he got up, walked to a subway station and stepped in front of a train. Maddy made up a story about a car accident to protect her small children from the truth: their father had committed suicide.
Bea and Charlie are devastated by the sudden knowledge that they have built their identities and lives on a lie. Is this something one can forgive? They leave their mother alone in her apartment. Maddy slowly pulls herself together and goes to the Tonys.
Part Three: 2006
On an empty Broadway stage, Charlie and Bea speak at a memorial service for their mother. Maddy died suddenly and quietly in her sleep after writing her annual Christmas letter. Bea and Charlie acknowledge that they still struggle to understand their mother and reconcile the lie she told about their father. But Bea says, thanks to her own children, she now understands what the theater meant to Maddy: it was her religion, it was her way of forgetting and of feeling deeply. Maddy's ghost joins in, asking their forgiveness and explaining that she found on the stage what every person desires: not escape, but connection. Bea and Charlie offer a loving tribute to their parents' souls. Maddy gratefully accepts. The service concludes with the final line from Maddy's Christmas letter: "All in all isn't life simply grand? I'm so awfully glad I showed up for it."
"All in all, isn't life simply grand? I'm so awfully glad I showed up for it." (Madeline Mitchell in Three Decembers)
Shortly after the premiere of Dead Man Walking in 2000, the opera's librettist, the great American playwright Terrence McNally, mentioned a short script he'd written for an AIDS benefit in 1999. He gave me a copy of Some Christmas Letters (and a Couple of Phone Calls) and from the first words, the story sang to me. It felt true, honest, emotionally big, and exactly what I was looking for as a chamber opera. I started sketching musical ideas in the margins and knew I wanted to compose it for the great, inspiring American mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade. She and I have a rich history of collaborating, and by then I'd already written many songs for her as well as a major role in Dead Man Walking. She was on board right away.
A brief but powerful fourteen pages long, the script is about the stormy, emotional lives of a famous stage actress named Madeline Mitchell and her two adult children, Bea and Charlie. The script was created for an AIDS benefit at Carnegie Hall in New York and was performed one time only by the astonishing cast of Julie Harris (Madeline), Cherry Jones (Bea) and Victor Garber (Charlie). Told through letters and phone calls, the story follows these characters through three decades of their lives.
It is a play about identity and family, discovering the truth of who we are and who our parents are. Hovering over it all is the difficult, tense history of the AIDS crisis in America. Houston Grand Opera and San Francisco Opera co-commissioned the piece as a chamber opera that could be done in different size venues with three singers and 11 instrumentalists all onstage together.
I first read the script in 2001, but due to several detours, it wasn't until 2007 that librettist Gene Scheer and I were finally able to get going. It was our first opera collaboration. Taking this 14-page script and turning it into a viable opera was a big leap requiring imagination, invention, and vision, all of which Gene has in spades. He enlarged the story and gave it dramatic conflicts and actions not found in the original script; he also invented the big family secret at its core. After considering several titles for the opera, we settled on Three Decembers.
With Gene's clear libretto, I was able to compose the opera in about six months. The flavor of musical theater heard throughout is due to the dominance of Madeline Mitchell, the famous Broadway star who is also the matriarch of this family. Though Bea and Charlie each have their own musical personalities, Madeline's influence and gravitational pull are inevitable.
The premiere of Three Decembers took place at Houston Grand Opera's Cullen Theater on Feb. 29, 2008 with Frederica von Stade (Madeline), soprano Kristin Clayton (Bea) and baritone Keith Phares (Charlie). The cast reunited later that year for a production by San Francisco Opera at UC Berkeley. Following that production, we made a few essential rewrites and, more than ten years later, Three Decembers has received more than two dozen international productions with several more on the horizon.
– Jake Heggie, Composer


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This week: Columbine Smille
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Blindspot Gallery is delighted to present "Museum of the Lost", a solo exhibition of the collaborative works of Hong Kong artists Leung Chi Wo and Sara Wong. The exhibition spotlights the photography series He was lost yesterday and we found him today (2010-14), showcased in its entirety for the first time, alongside selected materials from Museum of the Lost, an on-going collection of archival materials with captions penned by the artists.
An imaginative investigation through staged photography, He was lost yesterday and we found him today is a series of 28 self portraits in which Leung and Wong re-enact anonymous figures picked out from images in the old magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, souvenir books and other documents that they have been collecting over the years for Museum of the Lost. In the process of interpreting images and researching their contexts, the artists invent the attitude and identity of each character they embody, resurrecting these lost figures from the grand narrative of history. Standing against a pure coloured void in the backdrop, the subjects remain unidentifiable in the near life-sized portraits, which heightens the sense of loss from which they are ostensibly restored. In reinventing the past through imagery and highlighting its inherent impossibility, the series addresses the fundamental questions about photography as a means of reproducing, reiterating and appropriating reality.
For their parallel project-in-progress that inspired the photographic re-enactment, Museum of the Lost, Leung and Wong write anecdotes that speculate on the real-life identities and stories of the anonymous figures that feature in their collection of archival materials. As the fictive descriptions are based on research into historical events, the found objects and their anecdotes constitute another dimension of the reinvented past in the staged photography series.
A two-volume art book will be published by Blindspot Gallery, which features the portraits from He was lost yesterday and we found him today in Book A, and the collection of 60 images with captions written by the artists from Museum of the Lost in Book B. The books will be launched at the opening reception.
Leung Chi Wo + Sara Wong's collaboration began in 1992. Their previous work City Cookie has been exhibited in Shanghai Biennale, Venice Biennale, as well as Queens Museum in the USA and Museum of Image and Sound in Brazil. Their works have been collected by the Hong Kong Heritage Museum and Kadist Art Foundation in France.


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MaxxSouth Sponsors the 2016 Cotton District Arts Festival in Starkville
April 15, 2016
By: Evan Ricks, Public Relations Coordinator, MaxxSouth Broadband
MaxxSouth Broadband has teamed with the Starkville Area Arts Council to sponsor the 2016 Cotton District Arts Festival (CDAF) scheduled to take place Saturday, April 16th in Starkville.
Activities this year include the Old Cotton Mill 5k and Family Fun Run; Pet Parade; the Artisans, Chrildren's, International, and Writer's Villages; Juried Art Competition and Exhibit; Taste of Starkville; and three stages with music and entertainment. There will also be plenty of merchandise and food …
MaxxSouth Broadband Announces Six-figure Support Agreement with Mississippi State University
April 14, 2016
Press Release
Starkville, MS (April 13, 2016) – MaxxSouth Broadband — a provider of high-speed Internet, cable
TV and phone services in northern Mississippi – has committed gift-in kind support to the
Mississippi State University Foundation valued at $750,000 as part of the company's continued
commitment to higher education in the region.
As part of the support agreement, MaxxSouth Broadband will provide advertising and other
services to MSU Libraries and to a variety of other programs at the university over a three-year
period. This support will provide …
MaxxSouth Sponsors Kosciusko Dixie Youth Girls Softball
April 13, 2016
By: Evan Ricks, Public Relations Coordinator, MaxxSouth Broadband
MaxxSouth is now a proud sponsor of the Kosciusko ASA 12U Girls Softball League.
The MaxxSouth team placed second in the Kosciusko City League Tournament on Sunday, April 10th 2016. These girls played hard, battling through the harsh sun and high winds that caused 4 sandstorms for 3 consecutive games!
Congratulations, ladies, on a job well done!
A Night of Celebration at The MaxxSouth Broadband American Idol Season Finale Viewing Party
April 8, 2016
By: Valerie Diaz, Administration Special Projects & Marketing Supervisor, MaxxSouth Broadband
Last night MaxxSouth Broadband joined Amory, MS, in celebration of Trent Harmon's victory as the new (and last!) American Idol.The main entertainment of the night at the Amory Railroad Festival lineup was The MaxxSouth Broadband American Idol Season Finale Viewing Party. With a Jumbotron 11′ x 17′ High-Definition LED Screen, everyone at the park was able to witness the glorious moment where our very own Trent Harmon was crowned this season's American Idol. The crowd screamed and cheered as the final moments …
MaxxSouth Broadband Hosts Viewing Party as Amory's Trent Harmon Vies for American Idol Title
April 4, 2016
Press Release
Amory, MS (April 4, 2016) – Amory native Trent Harmon has captured the hearts of American Idol viewers all across the country. Now MaxxSouth Broadband gives fans an exclusive opportunity to gather and root for Harmon in his hometown when the new American Idol is crowned.
The MaxxSouth Broadband American Idol Season Finale Viewing Party is set for April 7 at 7 p.m. at the Amory Festival grounds – the night of the final American Idol episode after the show's …
MaxxSouth Sponsors 2016 ECCC WarriorFest
April 4, 2016
By: Evan Ricks, Public Relations Coordinator, MaxxSouth Broadband
MaxxSouth Broadband is proud to sponsor East Central Community College's first annual WarriorFest this year. This fun filled and family friendly event will take place on Friday, April 8th at the ECCC campus in Decatur, MS from 6:00 P.M. until midnight.
Activities and attractions include a Kid Zone, Hot Air Balloon Glow, Golf Ball Drop fundraiser, 5-K Nite-Glow Run/Walk, and plenty of festival food and prize giveaways; with the highlight of the evening being …
MaxxSouth Sponsors Dallas Cheer Academy
March 14, 2016
By: Valerie Diaz, Administration Special Projects & Marketing Supervisor, MaxxSouth BroadbandMaxxSouth is now a proud sponsor of Dallas Cheer Academy, based out of Tupelo, MS!The Dallas Cheer team is a passionate, All-Star cheerleading team, dedicated to the cheer advancement of all their students.Their Junior Squad, pictured below, won 1st place in their level and the Grand Championship for their division, last week in Memphis, TN! Congratulations Dallas Cheer!
MaxxSouth wishes the Dallas …
VOTE for Trent Harmon, Our American Idol!
March 2, 2016
By: Valerie Diaz, Administration Special Projects & Marketing Supervisor, MaxxSouth Broadband
American Idol is back for a smashing last season on Fox! As the finalists were selected, Mississippi collectively held their breath for their very own American Idol, Amory resident, Trent Harmon. It is with much excitement that Mississippi celebrates having a hometown finalist on the last ever season of American Idol.MaxxSouth joins in support and celebration of Trent by raising a banner at our local Amory, MS office. The banner, located at 60387 Cotton Gin Port Rd …
MaxxSouth Sponsors Lafayette Softball
March 2, 2016
By: Valerie Diaz, Administration Special Projects & Marketing Supervisor, MaxxSouth Broadband
MaxxSouth is always thrilled to be part of, and support, the communities we serve. During February, MaxxSouth renewed their proud sponsorship of our local Lafayette Softball team. Presenting the sponsorship check to Coach Jenkins, is Justin Hicks, part of our Engineering team. We wish the Lafayette Softball team a successful, competitive and fun season!
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Freedom Outpost's Constitutional scholar Publius Huldah recently explained why Federal gun laws are unlawful. She noted that the first gun control measures put in place in the United States did not take place until 1927, when Congress banned the mailing of certain weapons. We went from 1776 to 1927, 150 years after our founding, when Congress decided, "We better start disarming the American people."
Huldah goes through the history of the Federal government's unlawful actions to regulate firearms in America and she points out that when it started, the Progressives had already begun a takeover. I'll also note the Federal Reserve had been established in 1913 as well.
In 1938 Congress legislated that gun dealers had to obtain a Federal Firearms Licenses and maintain names and addresses of those they sold their firearms to.
She was sarcastic when she asked if we would ask the current President and Congress for "crumbs," begging them to let us keep "some of our firearms."
She called the letter from the Utah Sheriffs Association "shameful" because it begged Obama not to impose restrictions on firearms by executive order, but rather let Congress determine those things.
However, Huldah said that "We must make a principled resistance. To do that, we must learn the applicable principle." She then pointed her listeners to the Constitution to see whether or not the Federal government can impose such legislation.
Huldah then pointed out that there is a little known fact about the Constitution:
"It is one of enumerated powers only. When "We the people" ordained and established the Constitution, we created the Federal government. It is our creature. We are the creator. It is the creature. It is not our master."
"The Constitution is so short," she continued, because all of the powers enumerated to the Federal government are listed in it. "Depending on how you count, we delegated only 21 powers to the Federal government." Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1-16 are those powers.
Huldah then courageously pointed out that all laws made by Congress, any restrictions imposed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, any restrictions made by executive order, and all Supreme Court decisions that restrict firearms are unconstitutional. They are unconstitutional because there is no authority to do so.
God is the giver of men's rights, according to the Declaration of Independence, and the right to defend one's self and one's family is not only a right, but it is a duty and responsibility before God, according to the Bible which is a demonstration of our love for others. Therefore, she rightly pointed out that the Second Amendment is not the source of our right. It merely recognizes that the right is to be free from any interference whatsoever to defend ourselves, our families and our communities from attack. "This understanding is as old as human history," she says.
The Framers of the Constitution understood that arms are the only defense against a Federal government that would seek to overstep its bounds. James Madison, writing in Federalist Paper No. 46, said that the reason the Citizens – the Militia – are armed is to defend ourselves, our families, our neighborhoods, communities, and States from an overreaching, tyrannical federal government.
Here are a couple of things indicate that the Framers of the Constitution understood this idea:
In other words, the Framers had no problem with the citizens being as heavily armed as the country's military. "That is because they did not see themselves as our rulers," Huldah adds.
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 16 gives Congress the authority to demand that able bodied males be armed. It reads:
"To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress."
In 1792, Congress passed "An Act more effectually to provide for the National Defense by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States." This Act required all able-bodied male citizens (except for federal officers and employees) between the ages of 18 and under 45 to enroll in their State Militia, get a gun and ammunition, and train.
Publius Huldah then reminds us that the leading cause of death in the 20th Century was Democide – Death by Government. She ran the list of Soviet run Russia, Communist China, Nazi Germany, Cuba, Cambodia, and North Korea. She pointed out that Communist, Fascist and Islamic dictatorships murdered their own people by the tens of millions. "And do not think that isn't coming this way," she warned.
Universal registration leads to confiscation. Confiscation leads to extermination. It always has. Why do you think they are so "Hell bent on disarming us?"
James Madison was clear in Federalist 46 that the citizenry being armed is to fight the Federal government's tyranny.
"Let's have no more talk of 'reasonable restrictions' and background checks imposed by the Federal government," Huldah declared.
All Federal government gun and ammunition laws should be nullified, ignored and rendered toothless by the people of the States.
Publius Huldah then reference this essay, "The Coming Day of Burn Barrels and Blessings" in which James Wesley Rawles says:
If congress ever enacts a law mandating the registration and/or a production ban of detachable magazine semiautomatic rifles then you are hereby invited to the town square of your local community. There, burn barrels will be set up and we will publicly burn Form 4473s, FFL Bound Books, state and local registration records, and the sales receipts for every firearm in the United States. On that same day, FFL holders and public officials holding electronic firearms records will simultaneously erase those records, permanently and irretrievably.
Rawles indicates that the use of masks to hide identities would be proper and to cover dealers, they could claim that masked men with guns forced them to do what they did. Simply brilliant!
Huldah then addressed all State and County officers. She called upon them to support their oath, which is to support and defend the U.S. Constitution, according to Article 6, Clause 3. When as a representative of the people you acquiesce to Federal government gun laws of the you are not supporting or defending the Constitution, but rather you are conniving with tyrants against your own people.
"And if you connive with tyrants against your own people so that you can keep your Federal funding, then shame on you for becoming so corrupt that you allow yourself to be bribed with money that your grandchildren will have to pay back," Huldah resounded.
She also called upon cowardly representatives who have become corrupt to resign their office and let manly men take their place.
While referencing Tennessee issues later in the speech, she did speak to Federal funding and declare that officials shouldn't worry about "arming their posse" because manly men will arm themselves!
My fellow Americans, the line was drawn a long time ago and many in our country have allowed the Federal government to creep across that line slowly over the years. It is time to say "Enough is enough," stop them and then push them back in place where they belong. Seriously, I almost feel like saying, "I'm Tim Brown, and I approved this message." However, we must resist the tyranny coming from Washington and the tyranny forming at our State and local levels that would seek to restrict our ability to own and carry guns. Thank you Publius Huldah for your stand and may the manly men and the womanly women of this country take that same stand.
Read more at http://joshuamark5.com/2014/07/federal-gun-laws-unconstitutional/#S...
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I love your compiling your patrols listing, but when the SHTF happens, all we are going find are the U.N. troops, those American military that haven't gotten the message yet and the militarized alphabet soup agencies. Any body, that espouses to follow, progressives, whether they are Independents, Demorats, and Rhino's will be down in their bunkers out of Washington shaking in their damn boots cause they don't want to be on the surface where the rest of us will working to eliminate those left holding the bags on the surface. What they don't realize, is sooner or later, they will run out of food and water and will have to open their bunkers, those left will finish off what is left coming out of the bunkers. Sooner, or Later......
You're right Clois, but as far as I'm concerned those hiding in Washington bunkers are going to have a hard time opening the doors after they have been permanently sealed with 200 feet of concrete and steel.
Just hope the MSM is in there with them.
Rooster, I had not thought of 200 feet of concrete and steel, but you forgot, you will have to seal all the tunnels that transverse the United States, all miles below the earth. I would start with Denver and Washington and then go from there. Anybody remember the Tunnel Rats? (Lingo, for Vietnam Veterans tasked with going into the Tunnels that the Viet Cong created in the first part of the war?)
Yes Clois, I remember the Tunnel Rats. But these tunnels these Washington bastards have built for themselves are nothing like those back in NAM.
They are extensive and many in numbers. Escape hatches galore, But I have no problems sealing every one of them if we have too.
I'll even throw in a few hundred Feral Hogs to keep things interesting for them.
Yes you are right on target there, but they (the escape hatches) must all be sealed and 100 years from when the current generations are OLD like us, they will open up the hatches and say, "Good Ridance", then put the torch to the whole thing, and when the fires go out, the close the hatches up and re-seal for the rest of this planet's existence.
This country was earned through Guerrilla Warfare and tenacity....through apathy and complacency it can be lost to Islam and/or Communism the same way........as far as the U.N. Troops...I love their pretty BRIGHT blue helmets; a target rich environment. they are "UN"-troops, like the UN cola....they are not US. and they NEVER WILL BE.
Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis
Thanks Pastor, Appreciated.
Hope you are well Sir.
Please say an extra prayer for this Family.
If possible let them know that they are not alone.
All four gun control measures in Senate voted DOWN.


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Zulay Rodríguez, a deputy and pre-candidate for the Presidency of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), says that if she wins the elections in May 2019, the first thing that will change is the judges of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ); "Those gentlemen only bow to the president's orders ", she added that she would also change the National Prosecutor (Kenia Porcell) because she has not wanted to investigate anything on Odebrecht and would look for new deputy profiles.
"Do not choose more of the same, nor the same as always, you want to choose the same thieves who have stolen your whole life" so the deputy responds when asked about her proposal for her political peers to vote for her.
In the primary elections of the PRD, which will take place on September 16, Rodriguez will face other presidential candidates, including a former president, Ernesto Pérez Balladares, whom he says is a firm person; and a former minister, Laurentino "Nito Cortizo", the latter represents the continuity of President Juan Carlos Varela for the deputy.
Zulay Rodríguez criticizes Cortizo in harsh terms, who was Minister of Agricultural Development in 2004 and resigned after not agreeing with the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Panama and the United States. In her eyes, Cortizo abandoned the agricultural sector that 20 years later continues to suffer from the imports imposed by this agreement, and launched a question "what kind of president would we have with this man?"
Regarding PRD alliances with other parties, she ruled them out, saying that the PRD should go alone, "the only alliance should be with the education, medical and popular sectors," and acknowledged that the party has lost validity and leadership in some popular sectors.
Rodriguez, a resolute opponent of Crisol de Razas, has repeated the phrase "Panama for Panamanians" clarifies that "this does not mean I am a communist, chavista, or discriminatory, it requires controls to prevent the entry of criminals into Panama. We welcome the one who comes to invest, to move our economy, we welcome those who come to help Panama".
The deputy also referred to relations with the US, especially its current president Donald Trump. She said that, had she been an American she would have voted for Hillary Clinton, today she considers that we have much to learn from him, "The economy of the United States has grown, unemployment has fallen and he has achieved peace with North Korea."


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I am walking and pondering about intention. How does intention work? I feel quite clear about our intentions. Suddenly I realize that the word is "in tension" – that we are in tension with our creations and what we are intending. This opens up a whole new thought chain in me and I suddenly realize why it is important that we have both a verb and a substantive in the sentence when we set out intentions – it is creating a field – a tension! I suddenly remember the teaching that I received a couple of months ago when I felt that I had a rubber band around my back and that this rubber band was creating tension towards a person I was thinking about. I lost my bearings and I found myself crashing into the person of my thoughts when I touched upon the thought "what does this person need from me?". Not a nice way to create. I tried again and then I was focusing on my own energy and presence. I was very surprised by the outcome. Suddenly I found myself in a dance with another person. That person did not crash into me, but was already in the dance with me. So I understood how important it is to remain in my own space, presence and in the now to have the field work and create opportunity for us to dance together!
I now realize that it is similar to the insight I just received. When I hold an intention I am setting myself in tension to something or someone. And when I can be with my own energy and stay centered and joyous then that which I have created tension to will move towards me. And I do not even have to do anything!


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The Epherium Chronicles: Embrace
Prologue Excerpt
One of the many aspects of a great story is to have solid beginning. Today, some publishers and readers frown on the use of prologues in novels. I decided to put a prologue for my first novel to my science fiction space opera series, The Epherium Chronicles, because I needed the readers to understand two points. The first was the trigger point for a nearly disastrous war with an alien species known as the Cilik'ti. The second was to give them a brief mindset of what Earth was trying to do before the war and how in an instant, humanity lost its innocence. Also, I need readers to understand there is a big gap between the events in the prologue and chapter 1. When the main story begins, the war has been over for years and Earth is still not fully recovered. A perfect environment for my protagonist, Captain James Hood.
I originally came up the idea for this series years ago and wrote a small short story called "Into the Black" in which I chronicled Earth's first encounter with an alien species. The story walked through the entire sequence of events where the Apollo, a newly designed spaceship, is sent to investigate the loss of contact with our station on the surface of Pluto. I changed some of the story over the years and had nearly forgotten about it until one summer afternoon about five years ago. That day, I was helping my parents move to a new home. To my surprise, I discovered a printed copy of the story I had stuffed into a box in their garage along with several of my old knick-knacks. It got me thinking about writing again. It was something I always wanted to do. So I added a new walk in my life and this series is only the beginning of the journey.
I'll be posting more excerpts later in preparation for the March 3, 2014 release date, but I hope it gets you ready for what's to come.


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The Keys Of Christmas
"The Keys of Christmas," debuted on YouTube Red on December 19, 2016. In the special, Mariah Carey and the rest of the ensemble cast lead popular YouTube comedian and musician Rudy Mancuso on a "magical adventure of the true meaning of Christmas" to uncover what happens when you accidentally go off the grid on Christmas Eve. "The Keys of Christmas" is produced for YouTube Red by Endemol Shine North America's digital studio Endemol Shine Beyond USA and Just Entertainment Studios. Mariah also serves as an executive producer
"The Keys of Christmas" is directed by Dave Meyers, the Grammy-winning music-video director whose credits include Katy Perry's "Firework," Pink's "Just Like Fire" and Rihanna's "Where Have You Been." The special also features original musical performances by Alex Aiono, Nicky Jam, Bebe Rexha and the Gregory Brothers, while former boxing champ Mike Tyson makes a special appearance.


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What is Nursing (by RNs or Registered Nurses)?
"Registered nurses are self-regulated health-care professionals who work autonomously and in collaboration with others. RNs enable individuals, families, groups, communities and populations to achieve their optimal level of health. RNs coordinate healthcare, deliver direct services and support clients in their self-care decisions and actions in situations of health, illness, injury and disability in all stages of life. RNs contribute to the healthcare system through their work in direct practice, education, administration, research and policy in a wide array of settings." - Canadian Nurses Association
What are the common academic requirements for BScN?
For Second Degree Entry or Compressed BScN programs (typically 19-24 months in duration), students are required to have:
- At least 20 courses/10 credits completed prior to admission.
- Minimum academic requirement to apply is typically a B or 3.0 or 75% in the final 2 years.
- Prerequisites vary by institution but may include courses in biology/life science (human anatomy and physiology), statistics, psychology, humanities and social sciences.
Be sure to visit each university's website for more information on their program and specific admission requirements as some have unique prerequisites such as microbiology, chemistry and/or high school credits.
Looking for Related Experience?
Review the Volunteering & Internships tipsheets, attend a Work Search Strategies workshop, or speak with a Career Counsellor or Career Strategist.
Tips for a successful Nursing application
- Start Early! Nursing programs require a high GPA. Many look for demonstrated interest in healthcare in your application.
- Improve your GPA: Visit the AA&CC and the Centre for Teaching & Learning to improve your academic skills. AA&CC Events & Workshops are available via CLN
- Cultivate References: Get to know a few professors early so that they write a strong reference letter for you.
- Get Involved: Join volunteer and cocurricular activities that demonstrate your skills and ongoing interest in a career in nursing.
Tip for Personal Statement and Interview
Convey enthusiasm and committment to nursing, and demonstrate a strong track record of community involvement and volunteerism.
Where can I study Nursing(BScN) to become an RN?
There are 14 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN) programs in Ontario, which lead to registration as an RN. Several universities offer the second entry/compressed/accelerated option (ranging from 19 months to 28 months) for students who started degrees in other subjects and want to "transfer" to nursing:
- Lakehead University (compressed, 3 years)
- McMaster University (accelerated, 20 months)
- Queen's University (advanced standing, 2 years)
- Trent University (compressed, 28 months)
- University of Ottawa (second entry, 24 months)
- University of Toronto (2 years)
- Western University (compressed, 19 months)
- York University (second entry, 2 years)
There are typically specific course requirements to be earned in advance (see box above).
When and how do I apply?
- Application intake for some programs begins as early as November with deadlines ranging from December to March. Please check individual program websites for specific dates.
- Most applications are submitted through the Ontario Universities' Application Centre using OUAC form 105: www.ouac.on.ca/ouac-105
- Current U of T students would use the Internal Application to apply to Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at U of T: www.adm.utoronto.ca/admissions
What application componets may be required?
Different programs require different components, such as:
- Official transcripts from all post-secondary studies and high school
- Supplementary information form
- Personal statement
- References (academic and work/volunteer)
- Interview
How much does it cost?
This is the least costly variety of health care program. Annual tuition for BScN programs in Ontario ranges $6,000 -$9,500.
Alternatives to Second Entry Nursing
Students are also encouraged to consider:
- 4-year BScN programs (use OUAC form 101)
- Practical Nursing (RPN) programs through colleges, which also "bridge" to BScN (RN) programs
- Applied Health Sciences programs at the Michener Institute
Where can I find more information and resources?
- Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
- Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario
- Professional Programs Guide (accessible through CLN - Resources section)
- Financial Support
- Application & Personal Statement Resources
The AA&CC can help! Attend the Graduate & Professional Schools Fair (Early Fall), go to a Applying to Professional & Graduate School workshop, meet professionals through In the Field workplace visits, Extern Job Shadowing, or speak with a Career Strategist to learn how to get relevant experience!
Please note: While this tip sheet aims to ensure accuracy, requirements do change. Consider it a starting point for your further research. Visit individual nursing school websites for detailed, up-todate information about admission requirements and application procedures.


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Toyota Launches Completely Redesigned Camry Hybrid
Toyota Camry is the name of truly prestigious 4-door sedan car ever been manufactured by the leading Japanese vehicle automaker after Corolla. It possesses a rising demand all around the world with an increased customer popularity base in the United States. Basically, this executive sedan car has been specifically designed to capture the huge US target market and built with an American style sophisticated appearance.
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New Camry has creatively been designed to define its touch of class and elegance with a confident striking tone for customers. The sharply sleek exterior is based on the Toyota New Global Architecture exhibits a muscular and robust piece of turbo aerodynamics design added with glittering accessories like front-illuminated rectangular shaped LED headlights, V-shaped front grille, and the horizontal bar lower emblem grille. It has been further enhanced by the larger front bonnet, front bumper, power side door mirrors, and aluminum wheels.
On the rear side, it provides a fabulous catchy display view for customers combining with a refined rear black bumper, LED taillights, and rear fog lights. It is the best-selling hybrid sedan car which is currently being provided with all distinctive varieties of appealing body colors such as attitude black mica, dark blue mica metallic, emotional red, graphite metallic, platinum white pearl mica, silver metallic, and the steel bronze metallic.
Interior design offers an exotic feel of comfort with a relaxing 5 seating arrangement for customers. The genuine black leather seats add up immense charm by providing a flexible touch with ease of open legroom and headroom space. The rear side trunk provides a vast capacity for cargo storage accommodation. Moreover, the front side dashboard cockpit panel gives an attractive fancy decorated appeal equipped with enhanced features like as instrument panel, 7.0 inches TFT Color multi-information display, tilt and slide electric panoramic moon roof, T-Connect SD Navigation System, Optitron 2-eye meter with meter illumination control, hybrid system indicator, electric power steering switch, center console, flex coordination, electric sunshade, and illuminated entry system. The smart key entry, UV Cut function green glass windshield, Nanoe technology full automatic air-conditioner, S-Flow, driver's seat 8 way power seat, 18 cm full-range 6 speakers, USB Audio/ Video Playback, back guide monitor, blind corner monitor, and the 9-inches large screen high definition T-Connect Navigation Screen are all inside comfort entertainment features.
This tremendous sedan car is also included with advanced driving safety features including as Toyota Safety Sense P, Monocular Camera, Radar Cruise Control, and Millimeter Wave Radar. The pre-crash safety system, lane departure warning, automatic high beam, intelligent clearance sonar, drive start control, blind-spot monitor, rear cross-traffic alert, pedestrian injury reduction, SRS Airbag, Steering Collaborative Vehicle stability control, anti-lock braking system, traction control, hill start assist control, and emergency brake signal.
Toyota Camry provides a powerful and dynamic inline 4-cylinder fuel engine performance delivery with 2.0 liters of V6 gasoline-powered drive. The transmission system consists of 8-speed automatic CVT Transmission added with lithium-ion hybrid battery for the smooth flow of on-road faster- driving experience. The Grade Packages are G "Leather Package", G, and X Package.
Brand New Toyota Camry is a superb sedan car built with a magnificent design, luxury accommodation, and an efficient fuel-efficient long journey drive for customers.
MAZDA 6 Sedan Car
Mazda 6 is a mid-sized family sedan car introduced in February 2002 for a fun loving driving journey experience. It is also popularly known as Mazda Atenza in Japan. This urban class sporty premium sedan car is based on Mazda CG Platform built with a front engine, front-wheel drive with an alternate option of four-wheel drive layout design structure. It also provides wide choices of body styles such as 4-door sedan, 5-door estate, and 5-door hatchback for customers. This trendy and stylish sedan is come up in the market to have stiff competition with Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, Ford Fusion, and the Hyundai Sonata.
Mazda 6 is an iconic masterpiece creation sedan car designed with curvy shape sleek shine robust exterior body to show an aesthetic sense of attraction for everyone. It is composed of the sharp-edged refined exterior with bigger rectangular shaped LED Front headlights, V-Shaped front metallic grille, front fog lights, front bumper, indicator lights, roof rails, longer bonnet, power door mirrors, and alloy wheels.
On the backside, it provides a bold catchy appeal to customers added with rear spoiler high mount stop light, larger LED taillights, rear fog lights, rear bumper, and black transparent rear windscreen with an attached single intermittent wiper.
Interior Design provides a true sense of comfort and luxury with a 4 standard seating capacity for passengers. The seating is perfectly stitched with hardcore leather fabric to have extreme ease of legroom and headroom space. The rear side trunk compartment offers a widely spacious cargo storage loading accommodation. Moreover, the front side dashboard cockpit panel features a contemporary look and equipped with all kinds of essential key features such as air-conditioning, power steering, power windows, anti-lock braking system, central locking, and dual airbags.
It is a 4-door right-hand sedan car fitted with 2.5 liters of gasoline engine powered by both manuals as well as automatic speed transmission.
Car Junction offers New & Used Mazda 6 Sedan for Sale at affordable prices. We mainly deal in all kinds of branded Japanese Used Cars in Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Caribbean Countries from all over the world.
Japanese Auto Auction
Japanese automobile auctions (the world largest auctions) are the main source of supplying used Japanese vehicles to the entire world. Almost all Japanese brands like Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Daihatsu and others have their used vehicles traded in these auctions on a daily basis. Dealers and used car export companies of Japan and other countries are registered with these auctions and these companies daily participate in the auction through the net (online) or physically to place bid on hundreds of cars/vehicles and after winning bid they export them to desired destinations to their clientele and earn a profit.
There is a very simple process of becoming a member of these auctions, you have to register your company as a car exporter or dealer secondly you have to complete the registration procedure with these auctions by filling their forms and paying their fee. This process is lengthy and involves several guarantees and other legal procedures.
According to the policy only Japanese dealers i.e. dealers registered in Japan can officially attend these auctions and can place a bid but these dealers take other public into the auction and buy on their behalf also, it is contrary to policy.
How do these auctions work?
Public place/ a real or virtual market place where things are sold to the highest payers. Things/Objects are presented at auction and different people place bid on it and the person with the highest bid wins it. Auction fee is charged which may be paid by either of parties the one who is selling or the one who is buying it.
Car auction Vs Conventional auction:
These auctions work the very same way as conventional auctions work. But only registered participants can place a bid. There are many potential buyers of one car in these Japanese car auctions. The seller sets the lowest price on which he is ready to sell the vehicle and then bidders start placing their bids and the highest bidder is entitled to get the car.
How online bidding does works:
It is very simple you raise the price by clicking on the button. One push has a fixed amount of raise every time which is settled by auction. It could be any amount may be 500 yen or 1000 or maybe more.
What is the auction sheet:
Every bidder can see auction sheet before bidding for any car. Auction sheet shows the complete condition of the car. All dents and scratches are marked on it. Condition of windscreen, mirrors and all components of interior and exterior of the car is depicted through it. It also tells about mileage etc. Auction sheet helps buyers to decide how much they could rise while bidding. Buyers can access these auction sheets online easily.
There are several auctions working in Japan like USS auction, TAA auction, Aucnet auction, ARAI auction, JAA auction, BCN auction and many others. Individuals can seek the help of auction registered companies for buying their desired car from the auction. Auction brings you a large choice to choose from.
Why So Many TOYOTA Used Cars are Exported From Japan
Japan is famous for earning huge foreign exchange by selling used cars to the entire world. According to Japanese regulations, every vehicle has to undergo quality assurance and roadworthiness test annually, where the vehicle has to be proven corrosion free and as-new to qualify that test. This process is too lethargic and costs taking that people prefer selling their used cars and buying new for them instead of going through these quality tests.
In Japan, it is really expensive to fix even the smallest issues of the car. If there is a little bit of rust on components and rubber fittings are de-shaping due to wear and tear effect, so it may take a lot of money to fix these problems for qualifying quality assurance.
Along with other Japanese cars, Japan is exporting a large number of Toyota used cars to the world. Toyota is the largest and oldest car manufacturing company in Japan. Japanese people prefer buying Toyota cars as these are reliable and comfortable. So after driving these cars for certain time on roads, when they feel like replacing their cars they sell these cars to "Used cars stock holding companies" or to renowned auctions of Japan.
Used Japanese Toyota cars have large clientele all around the globe. Since more than two decades many companies are involved in the business of exporting used Toyota and other Japanese cars to different regions of the world. Entire Africa, South Asia, Caribbean, Europe and many other countries are staunch buyers of Toyota used cars.
Car Junction is one of oldest used car seller of the world; we have our name in the market for providing quality products to the world. So if you are interested in buying good-condition Toyota car for your use so you can check our stock on the website and can contact our online customer service representatives, they will assist you in buying the economical and suitable car for you.
Reasons to Buy Your Dream Car from Japan
Buying a used car directly from Japan is a cost-effective method of changing your current vehicle. Even though it seems that shipping your car around the world might be something quite risky and pricy, it is actually a very good way to get worth for your hard earned money. Some really intriguing reasons have been discussed in the following paragraphs and might just be good enough to persuade you to get your used cars from Japan.
Used Cars from Japan are Cost-effective
Firstly, cars in Japan are cheaper as compared to other world markets. The reason is market competition since every manufacturer wants to retain or get to the top spot, prices of new cars generally tend to remain low. It is simple math; since new cars are already cheap, used cars are definitely going to be cheaper.
Another prominent reason is the culture of the Japanese society, which has programmed people to prefer new products and thus used items lose a lot of their value in terms of money. Thirdly, the shaken law in Japan is strict, it requires people to get their cars checked for roadworthiness every three years or so. To avoid this test, people in Japan usually sell their cars before the arrival of the check-up. These relatively new cars with low mileage are sold for second-hand use.
Large companies sell their cars at the end of the financial year because it is the time when car taxes expire. This is the reason why many cars hit the auctions in spring each year.
Japanese Used Cars have comparatively Low Mileage and Excellent Condition
Majority of the Japanese people live in big cities like Tokyo and Osaka etc. This is the reason they do not go very far, it can be said that an average Japanese car spends more time in front of red lights. Used cars in Japan have lower mileage as compared to others and in better condition because cars are considered as a representative of status. So to uphold their status, they keep their cars in new and excellent condition for as long as possible, only to pass it onto another owner.
Used cars from Japan have better fuel economy
Japan is a country with very little natural resources of its own and most of its resources are imported from different countries. Japan and its major manufacturers realize that one day oil will be no more and they would have to come up with an alternative. So they started to produce Hybrid cars and explore hybrid technologies. The generally manufactured cars are also more fuel-efficient than others.
The Japanese started to make cars called 'Kei' cars which are lighter than most cars and have an engine capacity of 660cc. These small cars deliver excellent driving experience along with magnificent fuel efficiency. When it comes to fuel-efficiency Japan is far ahead in the games.
After taking into consideration the reasons mentioned above, a person is sorely tempted to rethink his/her decisions regarding buying a car. The advantages mentioned above might just be good enough to force you into getting your used car from Japan directly. Best of luck in purchasing your car.


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They said she was wild, like lightning in a bottle..
Then I got 6 minutes…
Wild, a bird on fire.
They said she was wild, like lightning in a bottle, I can see why.
I'm watching her from the bar, this girl I was told about. I get a text from Barry, telling me her name is Gemma. I walk over to her, she isn't dancing, but her body sways to the music. She hasn't seen me, not that I am one to notice. My shoes squeak as I walk, unheard by anyone else, but deafening to me. The only sound louder is my heartbeat. Two more steps and my palms begin to sweat. I've come in here a couple of times this week now, if she sees me she'll think I've been doing this to watch her. I have, but I don't want her to know that. Two more steps and my mouth is dry. I'm beginning to panic. this is a panic attack. I'm having a panic attack! I stop, I take my phone out as if I received a message. My head slows, I#m under control, I probably over-reacted. I take a few more steps, she's even more beautiful up close, she's dancing now, furious and passionate. Sweat clings to her and her joy is obvious. I'm almost there.
I can't do this, I run to the toilets, cold water on my face, almost throwing up. I step out. She's still there, so beautiful and happy. On her shoulder I can see a tattoo of a bird on fire, that's her in a nutshell. Me? I'm a guy trying to leave a bar without being seen.
I'll try again tomorrow, 5th time's the charm right?


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To get back to the topic of fun games with female heroines, I thought I might share a hilarious game I randomly found by chance that features all three Star Wars leading ladies,it's called Darth Vader Hair salon and it's just as weird and funny as it sounds, probably the funniest fanmade star wars project I've seen since the Death Star Cantina sketch filmed with Lego figures.
Best day of my life.
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Social Workers, Oranga Tamariki, Invercargill
Our belief is, with the right environment and the right people surrounding and nurturing our tamariki and rangatahi, we will be able to support our children and young people to reach their best potential.
We are currently seeking for Social Workers to join our Southland region based at our Invercargill site – where you will be part of a team who is creative and innovative and is equally experienced with an immense passion in supporting and guiding children and young people to reach their best potential.
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You will also be part of developing and delivering effective planning to support our tamariki and rangatahi to ensure their voices are heard. This is an opportunity for you to utilise your soft skills by participating in care plans for young people.
Are you a passionate Social Worker who would like to be part of a tight knit group who work closely together in supporting Oranga Tamariki in delivering positive outcomes for tamariki and rangatahi?
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As the northbound train was arriving, people began to crowd around behind me. I could feel a warmth on the nape of my neck triggered by breeze pushing me away from the cusp of the yellow thermoplastic road paint that read "Stay Behind the Yellow Line." It's not so much that I like to live life on the edge, but more of a nagging compulsion of always wanting to be prepared. For what? I don't know, but that's the whole point.
As the train's speed waned, preparing to dock and open its doors, the people behind me began to swarm the door. They were ants gorging on my sun-melted Popsicle body; gouging my bubble gum eyeballs as they slowly floated away in a viscous stream of sugar, puddling on the sidewalk dividers like blood. Although I felt a legion of hands fondling me, one in particular began pushing me or run straight through me as if I was a permeable incorporeal entity. With my peripheral vision, I noticed that the perpetrator was a woman in her 50s or 60s trying to get in the train as if her underwear was full of rats. The automatic doors swooshed open and she shoved me out of the way. I was glad that the stampede of tired angry people didn't trample me; it would've been awkward to stand in tight quarters— the smell of armpit sweat as strong as the air conditioning was weak— with the people who almost murdered me.
I looked through the multitude of body— my eyes bouncing from person to person— as one would records in a jukebox to see what I could tune into. There was a melody in the shape of a young man standing in the narrow hallway that separated the conjoined train cars. He was wearing a burgundy slubby texture t-shirt with his right arm in the right sleeve, and his left arm concealed inside of it. The bebop crescendoing within looked as though he was trying to rip his heart out of his chest, digging his nails deep into his flesh. When he placed his left arm through the hoop of the left shirt sleeve, he proceeded to grabbing his head, rubbing his face and violently thrashing his shoulders. The jazz of whatever he was on had fully entranced his body at this point, placing him in a looping scat, pleasure seizure. The woman who had pushed me out of her way, lowered her tabloid magazine to take a quick peek, and raised up to cover her eyes immediately.
The arrhythmic jerkings of the young man's trip lulled me into a torpor that would have led to standing sleep had a man carrying a backpack and a guitar in his hand not entered the bus exuding short-winded immediacy. His sun-burnt face was wrinkled, evidence of his advancing age rather than sun damage. He seemed too old to be busking for a living; too cynical, lacking the naïveté required to feed the lie that he's a good singer and that he'll make it someday. His steel resolve and friendliness made it clear that he had consigned his dream of "making it" to this loathsome existence he had resigned himself to— a never ending cycle of gigs that could end at any minute. The best he could hope for was getting anything he could— monetarily or sympathetically. He was wearing a black fedora with a checkered ribbon that was not becoming of him, thus coming off more as a costume rather than an article of clothing meant at best to protect his head from the elements, and at worst, as a simple fashion statement. Before the ensuing performance, he made a proclamation regarding what was about to unfold before us.
"I'm going to play some songs for you," he said and threw the guitar strap— also lined with black and white checkers— over his head.
As he began to serenade the passengers, he walked up and down the aisles, swinging up his mangy guitar, strutting as if on the stage of Woodstock in '69, trying to spread his jovial tunes like the John the Baptist of rock. Old ladies leaned away from him as you would when the circus tigers got too close to the bleachers. The guitar sounded as if it was jangling a broken organ inside— pipes clanging around in it— and his breath smelled like a stale beer.
"Alright," he said after he finished singing part of one song, "pass the hat around and put money in it. Just 50 cents or a dollar." A small price to pay to touch his sweat.
The southbound train approached ours on the opposite track. For a brief moment both trains were in perfect love-making harmony; close enough to blow a kiss at the people in the other train. This instant—lasting the lifespan of an inhaled breath— shuffled the square window panes moving in opposition like a deck of cards whose faces were stills of people going home. It created the illusion of a short film reel. The window I was staring out of was my screen, while the ones on the other train whizzing by, frame by frame, were a silent motion picture too sudden not to take notice, but too common to commit any memory to it. Too fleeting to even forget that it ever happened.
Jose Oseguera is an LA-based writer of poetry, short fiction and literary nonfiction. Having grown up in a primarily immigrant, urban environment, Jose has always been interested in the people and places around him, and the stories that each of these has to share. He seeks to write about the accounts in marginalized people's lives that often go untold and the beauty in the urban landscapes that goes overseen.
His writing has been featured in Meat for Tea, Sky Island Journal, The Esthetic Apostle, The McNeese Review, and The Main Street Rag. His work has also been nominated for the 'Best of the Net' award and the 'Pushcart Prize.'