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Ken Burns runs out of hard drive space for Afghan War documentary
NEW YORK — Saying it was impossible to fit the decades of information about the conflict onto his 30-terabyte hard drive, award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns announced that he has run out of disk space for the Afghanistan War documentary he has been working on, sources confirmed today.
It took Burns and his team more than ten years to make their documentary The Vietnam War, but he said it would have taken nearly a century to pore over recently declassified documents, footage, and images of the Afghan war.
"We're talking terabytes of dick pics," said Burns with a slow five second deadpan gaze across the room. "And that's just from the classified networks."
While Burns was still working on the film, he conducted multiple ground-level interviews and battlefield tours with combatants on both sides. Though incomplete, he says what he found offers valuable insights into what the troops were going through.
"The common themes that always come up, and that I think could help both sides reconcile what they went through, are the long hours spent jerking off and playing video games," said Burns. "And if you think American port-a-john art is vulgar, you should see the Taliban's."
Asked if he would ever consider getting a new hard drive and finishing the project, Burns said that there's really not enough interest in Afghanistan. Most people don't even know the United States is at war there, he says, and probably wouldn't watch it.
"I'm currently in talks to have Logan Paul capture the aftermath footage should I pass away in the next 25 years."
Joe D. contributed reporting.
Marine Corps
Meet the woman who got a kidney transplant from an infantryman and woke up craving Monster and Skoal
CARMEL, Ind. – Third grade teacher Kasie Spyker woke up after a long-awaited kidney transplant dying for a cold Monster and fresh can of Skoal after receiving an organ from an infantryman, sources at Methodist Hospital confirmed today.
Spyker, who had been suffering from lupus and on a strict diet of fresh foods her entire life, had never tried any of Monster's products before the life-saving surgery.
"I'd heard from other patients in the transplant ward that they felt different after the transplant." Said Spyker. "For David, he got a lung transplant from a marathoner and suddenly wanted to go running. I got a kidney from an infantryman, and suddenly wanted to pack a fat lip."
Spyker's friends and family had raised over $20,000 to help pay for the transplant surgery and recovery. They were thrilled to learn that she'd be getting a kidney from a young infantryman at the peak of physical fitness after he died suddenly in a freak motorcycle airbrushing accident. They now hope to raise money for the Dodge Charger payments the soldier left behind.
"I feel like a new woman," said Spyker, drawing out a fresh new tattoo to commemorate the transplant. "I'm so thankful for this new lease on life. I can't wait until I'm out of this hospital gown and can go buy some new affliction t-shirts and axe body spray."
Air Force
North Pole warns of pilot shortage as reindeer leave for commercial sleighlines
SANTA'S WORKSHOP — The North Pole is in the midst of a readiness crisis as it struggles to fill its pilot ranks with qualified reindeer, who are leaving the service in record numbers to work at commercial sleighlines, sources confirmed today.
Santa Claus claims he has only 75 percent of the deerpower he needs to deliver presents this year, especially in crucial heavy lift squadrons.
"This is truly alarming. There is no way I'll be able to deliver presents to all the good girls and boys, let alone coal to all the naughty ones," said Claus. "The reindeer we do have are being worked to the antler, flying three or four gumdrop sorties a day."
Santa is offering hefty incentive bonuses to keep reindeer from leaving for more lucrative jobs at commercial sleighlines like Hoofthansa. But even offers of triple helpings of moss and herbs are not enough to keep them in the service. Unless he can fix the retention problem soon, Santa says he might have to cancel Christmas across large swaths of North and South America.
"We're trying to do more with less, but the fact is that's impossible," said Lt. Col. Rudolph, commander of Red Squadron. "With this Op Tempo, my guys already refuse to fly over Detroit and Chicago. It's just too dangerous."
The average reindeer costs about $1 million and takes 3 years to train, according to North Pole figures. The North Pole needs to keep those ruminants in its ranks past their initial commitment to maximize return on its investment.
"Not only are large numbers of reindeer getting out, our best reindeer are getting out," said Rudolph. "Donner and Blitzen dropped papers last week, and Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen all took private jobs at Doeing testing unmanned sleighs."
While Claus increasingly has been filling the ranks with unmanned aerial sleighs (UASs), turnover among the elves who pilot them has also been an issue.
"These UAS pilots are always on the clock, delivering presents to hundreds of houses an hour from thousands of miles away," he said. "Nobody can handle that much Christmas cheer. Nobody."
Air Force
Charles 'Wide Neck' McDowell leads USO Tour request voting
ARLINGTON, Va. — After weeks of neck-and-neck voting, Charles "Wide Neck" McDowell has pulled ahead of adult film actress Riley Reid as the most requested USO star for an upcoming international tour, sources confirmed today.
Service members from throughout the military placed more than 645,000 votes for McDowell and 320,000 for Reid this month following McDowell's fame after his mugshot went viral.
"This is the kind of guy that everyone has necks-level love for," commented Andrew Green, a specialist with the 82nd Airborne Division. "Soldiers across the world are coming together and neckworking to bring this god to bless our troops and potentially end racism."
Though the voting does play a large role for the USO in selecting and funding the star, many more factors come into play before booking can actually begin.
"We sent someone down to Charles' neck of the woods in Florida where he is currently training for his MMA debut. But despite his schedule he seemed interested, and we will discuss more necks week," said Robert Hales, booking agent for the USO.
Hales did show some hesitation about bringing McDowell along for the European and Middle East tour starting next March.
"I want to give the troops what they have requested, but they're in for a shock as soon as they see his neck is normal and his head is just tiny," he said.
Reid volunteered to go on the tour for free if McDowell decided to attend.
"No lie, wide neck, a go pro, and me could trade his 15 min of fame to 15 min of bliss," she tweeted.
Florida authorities have also voiced their full-throated support for McDowell to give back to the troops, offering to count it as community service and allowing him to travel internationally. Currently out on bail, McDowell has been capitalizing on his fame by appearing on MTV's show "Necks," singing in a feature of Ariana Grande's "Thank You, Necks" hit song, and swallowing watermelons whole for five dollars in Orlando. Hopes are Ol' Saint Neck could travel by Christmas.
Air Force
Space Force now soliciting uniform concepts from industry
Two months ago, President Donald Trump announced the creation of a new branch of military service within the Department of Defense, the U.S. Space Force. A recently released Pentagon report revealed that, almost immediately after the President's announcement, a Pentagon official named Mr. James Fortran deployed to various locations within the U.S. in an attempt to find an answer to the question that what was cited as "the Space Force's most significant hurdle in its long road to activation:"
"What will the uniforms look like?"
The report details that Fortran was first sent to California to meet with interested uniform suppliers. Bored by extraordinarily simple suggestions like "let's make human exosuits with built-in jetpacks" or cost-effective, nonsensical ideas such as "just keep the same design as the rest of the military, you idiot," Fortran decided to head to the San Francisco Comic Con event for inspiration.
The images featured above represent a portion of Fortran's portfolio, which he submitted to the Pentagon at the conclusion of his trip. Published transcripts from his presentation cite him as commenting that "they're perfect… look at how eccentric, robust, and forward-thinking these designs are! When Americans think of space marines, this is what they will picture in their minds."
Fortran's portfolio also mentions a meeting with Bungie, the creators of the Halo gaming universe. Details from this meeting were unfortunately classified, but Fortran was cited as stating that the meeting went "very, very well" and that the ensuing discussion was "very, very promising" in the presentation's transcripts.
Fortran has returned to the Pentagon, where a series of meetings are currently underway to evaluate his findings. The Pentagon declined to comment on any specifics relating to the consideration of Fortran's uniform findings. However, inside sources revealed that Captain Charles Bunkley of the United States Navy, who led the introduction of the blue type 1 working uniform made to have sailors blend in with the ocean, suggested a black uniform imprinted with various constellations, nebulas, and galaxies. It appears as if this idea is also being seriously considered.
Navy pranks Army with 17 years of sustained land-based combat just before Army-Navy game
PHILADELPHIA — Midshipmen carried on a long tradition of friendly hijinks just before their collegiate rivalry game by pranking Army with 17 years of sustained land-based combat to just "get in their heads" before the big game today.
"We thought, what if these guys who aren't old enough to drink figure out they've dedicated their futures to sprawling forever wars?" said Midshipman Michael Nelson, the senior leading the prank. "Who could mimic the tactics of war for screaming football fans? Once they hold the knowledge that blood and sacrifice will never accomplish the political ends we call victory, they'll never be able to focus on the game. Navy Wins! Dude, we pwned them good."
"Plus, after that thing with the Air Force Falcon, we didn't want to touch animals." added Nelson.
Nelson got the idea for the hilarious prank while making an Army-Navy rivalry video in his room in Bancroft Hall.
"We ran out of gay jokes, and I was thinking about getting stationed in Oahu with my hot first wife while West Point's players were going to be leading pointless presence patrols on a route called futility. That's when I realized that it was the perfect prank!" he said.
Darnell Woolfolk, West Point's starting running back, fell victim to the hijinks late Friday night when his roommate's sort of hot cousin called. Little did he know she was working for Team Navy and would subtly let him know that win or lose, he could look forward to multiple rotations in the same wars his father fought.
"I was really pumped up for the game." Said Woolfolk. "I was listening to Future and thinking about crushing Navy. Then I slowly started thinking about the sacrifices I was making for an American populace that grows further disconnected and disinterested in what we say we're fighting for. I immediately snuck into Washington Hall to eat spaghetti on ice cream from our special athlete refrigerators."
"It doesn't matter," Woolfolk added, staring into an existential void of multiple deployments, football-induced brain injuries, and strawberry ice cream. "None of it matters anymore."
As a battered copy of the 'The Quaker Guide to Gaining Conscientious Objector Status" circulated around the student section of Lincoln Financial Field, West Point's Corps of Cadets fought back in the healthy spirit of inter-service rivalry by reminding the Brigade of Midshipmen that soon, they'd be wearing an Army uniform and calling themselves "sand sailors" no matter how many aircraft carriers Congress to gave them.
The practical joke strategy worked so well that Navy plans to get in conference rival Tulane's head by reminding them about the crippling interest rate on student loan debt and the chances of finding job after graduation.
Pentagon buys F-35 with unpaid GI Bill benefits
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is getting one extra F-35 this year, thanks to the Department of Veterans Affairs screwing thousands of veterans out of GI Bill benefits.
Lord pounced on the lost funds after VA officials told Congressional staffers that underpaid benefits would not be reconciled. Fixing the payment issue would require the VA to audit potentially millions of past claims, which is just too much work. For now, it seems the VA will simply uphold the time-honored tradition of fucking veterans while publicly promising to stop fucking veterans.
"Lethality is the Department's top priority," said Ellen M. Lord, under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment. "We are one step closer to achieving it thanks to all you soon-to-be homeless and degree-less student vets. Thank you for service and your housing allowance."
The withheld money was slated for repurposing to the Booz Allen Hamilton IT contract responsible for implementing the glitch-filled payment system, but Lord managed to re-appropriate it to Lockheed Martin instead.
When asked about the impact to current veterans, Lord demurred.
"It's a terrible situation, for sure, but we're in the business of creating veterans, not sending them to Columbia University," she said. "And just look at all those F-35 capabilities. It even has pockets!"
Unfortunately, just enough student veterans received at least partial payment, so the Pentagon can only afford an F-35 Lightning I½. A spokeswoman for Lockheed Martin confirmed that the purchase still counted toward Lord's loyalty rewards punch card. The Pentagon needs to purchase 94 more Joint Strike Fighters before the defense contracting behemoth throws in free cockpit cup holders.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie shocked his department with a promise that every last dime would be repaid — no easy task as the Pentagon already cashed the check.
"Good luck with that, Bob," said Lord, "but for now, mama's gettin' her F-35."
Zip-tied Somali pirates bet on how many SEAL memoirs they'll be in
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Four zip-tied Somali nationals placed bets on how many Navy SEAL memoirs they would be featured in, according to three SEAL memoirs already published since yesterday's stand-off.
"Three shots in the dark, and the sacred rite of warfare had ended," read one description of the mission in 2nd Class Petty Officer Jim MacDonald's memoir "After Action: Hindsight through NVGs." "It was a scene that has played out countless times in history: a little boat rocking in the moonlight that was like the gaze of Valhalla, a band of pirates arguing heatedly about how many airport bookstores would carry ghostwritten accounts of their capture."
Another account of the event appeared in 2nd Class Petty Officer Joe Silvo's "No Fear: Lessons on Hard Core Leadership for Market Uncertainty."
"Hard core leaders eat accountability for breakfast," read the opening paragraph of Chapter One: Hard Core Competencies. "But it can also make even the hardest core leaders feel vulnerable. For instance, when a band of pirates ridiculed me to tears as shameless self-promoter who would disgrace the Navy by cashing in on the prestige of the SEAL name to sell schlock to corporate executives, I almost didn't ask them for a quote for this book."
The betting took place after SEAL snipers killed three armed pirates who had taken an American oil tanker crew hostage in a small boat in the Gulf of Aden. Four Somalis were left to contemplate their fates as the SEALs moved in.
"As the bow of our boat parted the mist, we heard groans of agony rising from the pirate's dinghy," recalled Chief Petty Officer Ruben Martinez in "Crunch Time: Navy SEAL Secrets to Rock-Hard Abs."
"Prepared for an ugly scene, we were surprised to find the pirates alert and unharmed, resigned to the fact that they would be reduced to two-dimensional caricatures in the many, many books that would be written about this non-event."
The captives were driven to piracy by social and environmental forces that were out of their control, which should be considered when depicting them in film or literature, according to screenwriter Katherine Heller who designed the memoir-writing phase of SEAL Qualification Training.
"Picture a community devastated by war, disease, starvation, and neglect, and drop it right at the edge of the sea," she told a class Wednesday, underlining "Raise The Stakes" on a chalkboard. "It's the brutal friction between these two realities — the barbarity of man, the endlessness mystery of the raging ocean — that wrought these charact … I mean, survivors, and drove them to confrontation with the most hardened killers in the US military."
"This is 'Lone Survivor'-level sales for anyone who does it right," she added.
As Duffel Blog went to press, the four as-yet unnamed men were en route to a holding facility in Norfolk, Virginia, where they will face a grueling schedule of interviews by the hundreds of SEALs currently writing memoirs.
Coast Guard
Border Wall to be constructed out of unfinished Coast Guard cutters
EL PASO, Texas — Federal authorities have awarded over 30 unfinished Coast Guard cutters to a Texas company to build 12 miles of wall along the U.S.-Mexico border in the Chihuahuita area, sources confirm today.
Texas contractor FLURP Inc. will begin construction of a 418-foot reinforced steel levee wall in January in the agency's El Paso region using remaining parts and materials from unfinished and unneeded boats, Coast Guard representatives told reporters. The company also will use the money saved from building more Coast Guard vessels to dig a sick moat with alligators and build a super cool draw bridge.
President Donald Trump has promised that the Coast Guard cutters on the border will provide an impenetrable defense against all aspects of illegal immigration and shot down questions of migrants using boats to cross.
"Shut your mouth!" the president said, pointing at a reporter. "They can't get here on boats. You think those rapists and murders can afford a yacht?"
The section will be the first of Trump's border barriers in the valley, which is considered one of the busiest corridors for illegal crossings. Other areas have been completed with remnants of discarded F-35 parts.
"The wall will be comprised of several security layers: a broken flight deck camera system, miles and miles of rusted steel peppered with white and red paint, and guard towers built out of discarded non-skid," Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told reporters. "We're also looking at utilizing pursuit boats stacked on top of one another that we otherwise would have used to interdict drug traffickers and a bunch of helicopter blades on top of the wall from Coast Guard search and rescue helicopters."
Coast Guard representatives agreed with the decision and said they've been doing fine fine with what they already have.
"Considering how often these boats leak, it might be the best idea to place these things along the border," said Capt. Barry Hughes.
"These invaders will be so disappointed once they see this massive impenetrable wall of badassness," Texas resident and border militia founder Jamie Kearney told reporters. "I mean, how else can they get across our border? I literally can think of no other way of these assholes can get to America. I think we won!"
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MMVII Lyrics
Why do I need to justify my opinion, after all that I've seen and done? And year after year, we give our everything, to get nothing in return. The time has come for things to change. We don't need your adoration, but we demand your respect. I will not allow anyone the opportunity to deny half a decade of labor. The places we've been, the faces we've seen, the months spent far from home. This is what moves us. This is what we've grown accustom to. What we will leave behind can not be measured in a dollar figure; there's a much deeper meaning than that. I can't wait until the day when we've surpassed everything that gave you a false sense of importance. I want you to question yourself, I want you to watch you slip away; I want you to realize that your existence has meant nothing. I hate you more than you could ever know, and I hate you for making me feel like this. I know deep down that I'm a good person. The best retaliation I can think of, would be to let you know that for once in my life, I'm truly happy. I'm more than content with who and where I am. Your oppression has had no effect. I don't need to justify my opinion after everything we've been through. And year after year, we give our everything and what we receive in return, I can't explain with words. I'm so fucking thankful that I made it to where I am today. (I watched the world upon your shoulders, and from these heights it's so far down.)

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Hotel Red Canal Golf opened in 2006 and is the boutique hotel we selected for our exclusive golf vacation package in Mandalay. This five star hotel located in the heart of Mandalay City just east of the famed Mandalay Palace. Truly an oasis by the Red Canal and just minutes away from other sightseeing attractions. It takes 10 Minutes drive from the Hotel Red Canal to City centre or 10 minutes to Shwe Mann Taung Golf Club. From Hotel to Shwe Sar Yan Golf Club is a 45 minute drive.


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I just went on a 6 hour flight with 2 layovers by myself with a 5 month old. BF pretty much saved my life during that trip. My son HATES to be constrained. His threshold for holding is like 30 minutes max, so needless to say, 30 minutes into our trip we had a major meltdown. Combined that with being overtired and you have a nightmare situation! It was so nice to just pop him on and lull him to sleep or just calm him down whenever I needed to. I nursed him when he was tired, anxious & hungry and helped make the trip a pleasant one.
Here is what worked for me:
1) The window seat worked out much better for us. I could BF discreetly by turning into the window. My LO HATES covers, and while we had to use them a few times when I was seated in places where I could be seen, it was much easier to just lean into the window where nobody knew what was going on.
2) Nurse in the baby carrier. I have an ERGO and it was a massive help during layovers. I would simply latch him on as we were deplaning and nurse him while connecting flights. In fact, on our last connection he nursed in the ergo, fell asleep and I left him in the ergo the whole 2 hour flight (getting my seat belt on w/o waking him was a miracle!).
BF was our secret travel weapon….I had a generally calm baby the whole way thanks to nursing.


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In a word or phrase, what does leadership mean to you? Leadership means responsibility.
Why did you join the program? I joined the program to become the leader I want to be.
What do you hope to gain from the program? I hope to become more responsible and a better role model.
What is or do you think will be your favorite part of the program? My favorite part of the program is mentoring. I love working with the younger students!


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Let me start by saying that I am not from the US, but as I know most of the readers of this (great) site are from there, I am going to write it as if I were from the US of A.
Now, why is it that the prejudice stands at thinking of atheists as democrats? Why is it that conservatives are only thought of as being Bible-belt, Jesus-loving, creationist simpletons?
I consider myself a libertarian atheist. In all things "social" I would indeed be closer to democrats' views... but in all economic/political views, I am much closer to conservative views. Let's see: I am pro-choice (re. abortion) but also pro-gun carrying; I am pro-evolution and anti-religion, but also Obama-bashing (there, I said it... regardless of color, he is simply, plain useless); I am for small government and anti-terrorism, but I am also anti-death penalty. I admire Reagan and Lincoln and think Carter and Obama are the worst presidents in the last 100 years in the US... yet I am an atheist.
I wonder if I am alone out there... anyone with similar world views?
Thanks for reading!
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You are confused sir, this happens sometimes. You are actually not for almost any of the actual republican economic views. You are however for how they represent them, which is never as it seems.
Republicans started a war that costs 500 million a day to run.
Republicans are for tax cuts to the top 5%
Republicans are only for smaller government to afford bigger military
Republicans are right on Gun-Control, and it would be a lot further if they would argue why less guns equals more crime instead of trying to argue that you are a person therefore you deserve a gun.
I used to think similarly to you. Honestly. But then I started getting more into the subject, and learning more about the issues that I thought democrats were wrong on. After the proper studies were performed a good portion of dems including obama have switched their position on gun control.
And here you go wanting to put the dumb guy in office, if most of the smartest people are atheists, and you cant be an atheist to get into office, so, to get elected you have to be an idiot or a liar
Obama is not an Idiot. He learned how to play polotics Chicago. This is not a secret. The alternative wasnt better we tried it.
Republicans are the idiots, and Democrats are liars, niether are good, one is worse.
Wars could probably be useful if they were fought by scientists and thought out years in advance.
The way we fight wars right now is a joke. The military should not be used until it is necessary to deliver a blow that will leave a scar on our species, intentionally. War is the broad edge of a sword that should be used to wipe a large problem clean. Politics, Discussions, Embargoes, Trade Agreements, CIA, Special Forces, Spies, these are just some of the scalpels we have to cut out small problems.
But im for alternative tactics to handling problems like Islam. We got 3 million people in Prison, why not take the million that would do it, and let them go to iran, smuggle them in, give them a gun and a bible and let nature take its course, i mean seriously, a million people out for a western lifestyle, armed with a 9mm and a holy book, somethings gonna give.
Your right, in that some countries do right because we want them to. But to say that the methods we have used so far were the right ones is a different story altogether.
You are right, Ryan. Only in the US "liberal" is synonym for "socialist". In the rest of the world, "liberal" means "libertarian".
So in the non-US definition, I consider myself a classic liberal.
'Liberal' in the UK means capitalist, especially now the Liberal Democrats are part of a Conservative led government, and their popularity has plummeted. The American 'Democrats' are capitalist - socialism doesn't figure, no matter the rhetoric of the Republicans. Obama is for 'free enterprise' and is never going to challenge that system because he has made it clear he believes in it.
Personally, I am a socialist of the Marxist variety but the problem with saying that is that it conjures up all sorts of false ideas like extremism and Stalin. I am extremely moderate! What is extreme is hedge fund managers receiving billions in bonuses, whilst at the other end of the spectrum people struggle to survive on next to nothing.
Social ownership of big industry with a plan drawn up through a thoroughly democratic process and preferably on an international basis is my goal - a very moderate and human approach. Imperialistic intervention by the USA (and UK) all over the World is extreme and inhuman and in tune with capitalist values.
I support the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, though the revolutions there have a long way to go if they are to rid themselves of all exploitation, which of course includes capitalist exploitation. But the biggest joke I've seen in a long time is Glenn Beck's interpretation of what's going on - he clearly doesn't live on this planet.


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How will Witcher 3 handle the open world and will they meet their goal of doing it better than Skyrim?
Source: Game Informer Magazine
CD Projekt RED (creators of The Witcher series) has plans to tackle the open world RPG system in their next game: Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. In a recent interview with Game Informer, developer Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, mentioned a key word several times during his discussion about developing their game and comparing it to others that are already out there: immersion. Skyrim, one of the most popular open world RPGs, will undoubtedly be the game it will be compared with most often, and the developers didn't shy away from comparisons in their interview.
"Everyone in the studio played Skyrim," Tomaszkiewicz said about the game, "but the problem is you need to care about immersion with the game." He went on to explain, saying that "Skyrim was generic" and pointed out that many of the quests were essentially rehashed with NPC interaction not tied enough to the character and what he/she is doing. NPC's were a sore point for Tomaszkiewicz, going on to add, "I try to name some of the NPC's in my head after the game and I can't." It wasn't all criticism for Skyrim, however, as he talked about learning from Skyrim to build a large world full of adventures wherever you go.
Anyone that follows my work here on The Outhouse knows I'm a huge Skyrim fan, but I'm not here to attack what they had to say about Skyrim. I love the game and it is probably my favorite to date, but I realize it is far from perfect. Immersion is a problem at points in the game, combat is overly simplistic, and glitches all too common, to name a few issues. What I'm writing about here is what I think many games fail to do when attempting to tackle the "open world" concept and will be the same mistakes I worry that Witcher 3 will suffer from.
This is something I don't think many developers consider when they start comparing a game to one like Skyrim, and I'm fairly certain Witcher 3 will suffer from this. It is something that can keep a game limited and one more step away from greatness. Will you get to play your character, or will you play their character? Yes, I'm sure we will once again play Geralt and that is fine, he's a pretty cool character. But he's not my character. He's CD Projekt RED's character.
One of the things that makes a game like Skyrim so great is that, even though you are playing this individual the plot will center around, that character is created by you. You can create a man or a woman, you can be one of several human races, elven races or beast races, and you customize their appearance from hairstyles down to the shape of their nose, mouth, jawline, body size, scars, and more. Plus, in addition to personalizing the players experience, It also offers better replay value as well.
A game can still be amazing without this, but it will also fall short of what Skyrim offers to players. It also doesn't offer you bragging rights about building a story around one pre-made character when you compare it to a game that is designed around a character that could be of a variety of races and either gender.
The developers were right on the money when they talked about how generic responses and quests really hurt Skyrim. The thing that most often gets overlooked, however, is that options apply to more than just interactions and quests. Having a variety of options in as many parts of the game as possible is what is needed and builds on the 'open character' concept.
Witcher will already take away the option of playing someone other than pre-made characters, so what will it offer in terms of equipment? It's easy to compare the Assassin's Creed 3 outfit to one in Skyrim and point out how the AC outift is better designed. But it doesn't offer the options Skyrim does. Not to say it doesn't offer some options, but you're comparing a dozen or so full outfits built to one specific pre-made body to hundreds of outfits that can be mixed and matched on a variety of body types. I think Witcher will fall somewhere in the middle of that spectrum.
It seems everytime I see shots of Geralt, he is wearing the same few outfits and carrying the same swords. Having several good options for character appearance and look is important. Plus, if you are going to target immersion, just remember, everytime a player sees something in your game they can't do, take, wear, wield, etc., it breaks immersion.
Open Play? What am I talking about here? Being able to go wherever you want to on the map? Sure, that'a requirement of 'open world', but it's not what I'm talking about in this example. It's a fancy way of saying NO CUTSCENES!
Nothing ruins a game like cutscenes. It may be a bigger issue for me personally than most players. Actually, it must be, since we see games with more and more cutscenes and less play time that sell very well. Take again Assassin's Creed 3: if you stayed somewhat focused on the main plot you could very well spend more time watching a strung together mediocre movie than actually playing a game. Witcher has previously made use of cutscenes and I'd like to see them move away from this myself.
Cutscenes take the game out of your hands, disconnect you physically from the character (you don't need to do anything with the controller to move, select options, etc), and often begin playing different graphics as this 'special encounter' plays out. When you play Skyrim and enter into a conversation, whether it's special or generic, you stay in your character (whether you play 1st or 3rd person). The camera doesn't change angles unless you change something, the graphics don't change, and the conversation goes along the path you choose. Granted the choices may be more limited than you wish, but there are still choices. Anytime the 'camera' or character control is taken out of the players hands, it breaks immersion and makes the game less open.
Remember, game developers: You may be able to make your world a little larger scale than Skyrim. You may be able to improve upon some of the shortcomings of Skyrim. In fact, you should, since Skyrim is an older game than whatever you're building now. But, if you are going to make us play your character in a game where we are just activating cutscenes, then it will always fall short of what Skyrim does, no matter how 'open' you make the map. Does that mean it can't still be a good game? Not at all, but if they are going to compare it to Skyrim, I think it's important to look at all the things that made Skyrim successful, and an open map is just one piece.


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Behind the Scenes Tour (November - March 23rd)
The Thoroughbred Center
Friday, February 9, 2018 from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM (EST)
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The Thoroughbred Center is nestled among the most lavish horse farms in Lexington. Our tour offers a 'behind the scenes' look at the care and training of Thoroughbreds like no other. During the tour you will have the opportunity to experience a typical day in the life in a racehorse; watch the Thoroughbreds up close at rail side during their morning workouts, see them at home in the paddocks and barns, visit with professionals who will answer your questions on how Thoroughbred horses are trained for racing, and learn why Central Kentucky came to be the Horse Capital of the World. Note: November - March 23rd there is a 4-person or $60 minimum to take the tour.
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The Thoroughbred Center
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Friday, February 9, 2018 from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM (EST)
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On Saturday, Feb. 18, the Howard Lake Public Library is hosting a special Martha Speaks event for young readers ages 4-10 and their families. The event will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Howard Lake Community Room above the library. Special activities include stories and storytime, three fabulous R.E.A.D. certified dogs for kids to read to, craft activities, Martha Speaks movies, and games on the Martha Speaks website. Free Martha Speaks books and videos will be given away as door prizes!
The event is cosponsored by the local R.E.A.D. (Reading Education and Assistance Dogs) chapter and the Howard Lake Friends of the Library.
Neil and Carol Sideen of R.E.A.D. are the handlers and human companions of Penny, a border collie who spends many hours and days visiting the schools, residential facilities and nursing homes in and around Howard Lake. Penny also visits the Howard Lake Library one Saturday a month so she can enjoy her many school age friends reading aloud to her. Neil and Carol tirelessly volunteer their time to expand the reach of the R.E.A.D. program by training prospective handlers and working to connect existing handler/dog pairs to libraries, schools and other groups that want to host Read To A Dog events. Programming and events for the Martha Speaks event were designed by Carol, and combine her love for R.E.A.D. with the knowledge gained from teaching in elementary schools for 30 years.
The Howard Lake Friends of the Library is a group that has existed in different forms since the library's inception in 1905. The Howard Lake Friends support the library by hosting different events, purchasing items needed that are not provided by either the City of Howard Lake or Great River Regional Library, and working to expand public awareness of and pride in our library.
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Three High Tech Flea Killers
Summer months bring bugs and one of the most annoying of then all (besides bed bugs, termites, and mosquitoes) are fleas! Not only do they give humans the itchies, but they bite and bother our beloved pets. While there are incredibly effective topical treatments like Advantage and Revolution, these toxic chemicals have recently come under review by the FDA for their safety. So where do pet lovers turn to next? Technology!
There's been an increase in the number of high tech flea solutions of late. These gadgets use heat, light or electric frequencies to kill the suckers while keeping your pets safe. Here's a small roundup of some of the more promising gizmos. We haven't had a chance to try these, but if any of you have and care to share your experience, please do so in the comments section.
- The Flea Zapper Electronic Comb emits a low electronic frequency that's kills fleas on contact. Just brush the comb through and the electric charge will penetrate their shells, while keeping your pet safe. Dead fleas collect on the comb, which also helps keep your cat or dog's 'do in check.
- Flea Trap is based on Kansas State University patent. Similar to a fly trap, this gizmo uses a specific light wavelength to draw fleas nestled in pets, furniture, and rugs to it's plastic case. Once there, the buggers fall through the grid and onto a sticky mat within, where they meet with the Grim Reaper.
- Riddex Ionic Flea Comb emits an electric pulse that kills fleas as you comb. It also emits millions of tiny ions that the company claims, "clean, soften and add luster to your pet's coat..."
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Jim Brown on Johnny Manziel: 'I'm an ex-player, we used to party'
Cleveland Browns legend Jim Brown is a fan of Johnny Manziel. On Friday, Brown spoke about his appreciation for Manziel's winning ways. The 78-year-old also admitted that he can relate to the whole partying thing.
"I like Johnny, you know, I like his type," Brown said during an interview with ESPN Cleveland's The Really Big Show on Friday. "Johnny is a champion, Johnny won games in college. He won the Heisman Trophy as a freshman, didn't he? … That's pretty bold. Not bad. You got to have something going on to do that.
"You've got to remember, I'm an ex-player. We used to party. Let's get real, man, we chase girls."
Brown noted that he does not condone drug and alcohol abuse, but it was clear that he can relate to Manziel on some level. I doubt Brown would have been caught rolling up a $20 bill in front of a sink even if there were camera phones in his day, but we get the point.
A lot of people feel the same way Brown does about Manziel's party boy antics. The ironic thing is that Brown hinted last summer that he thought some of the Browns players were partying too much, which was leading to a lack of commitment on the field. Plus, Manziel and some other rookies were fined for being late to a team meeting earlier this week.
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Drug deaths increase steadily in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A new report shows drug-related deaths are steadily increasing in Wisconsin.
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater epidemiologist David Nordstrom took a look at nearly 5,000 deaths that were certified as drug-related between 1999 and 2008. Most were accidental overdoses or suicides and the majority involved male victims with an average age of about 43.
Nordstrom found a shift of legal prescription drug-related deaths surpassing those involving illegal narcotics. He says deaths from the synthetic drug methadone, which is used to treat heroin addiction skyrocketed from 10 in 1999 to 118 in 2008.
Nordstrom tells Wisconsin Public Radio News that a prescription drug monitoring program, which keeps people from getting pain pills from multiple pharmacies could help stem the rise in opioid abuse.
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NuoDB 1.1 includes a ADO.NET driver, LINQ and EF providers, support for Windows 64-bit and Azure, performance improvements.
NuoDB is a NewSQL database with full support for SQL queries and ACID transactions, built on a key-value storage manager that persists data to the file system, Amazon S3 or HDFS. NuoDB 1.0 GA was announced in January 2013, and after two point versions including fixes, version 1.1 was released this month with enhancements and improvements in three areas:
- Support for Windows Server, Windows 7 & 8 64-bit
- Full support for VS 2012, LINQ and Entity Framework, including SQL browsing capabilities
- ADO.NET open source driver
- Support for running NuoDB on Azure
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- 33% better scaling performance
- Up to 50% increased performance for heavy workloads
- Demand simulation tools for testing purposes
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- SQL Explorer integrated into the management console for browsing, creating, deleting or editing database tables. Browsing can also be done with standard database browsing tools such as Visual Studio or SQuirreL SQL Client.
NuoDB has made their database available on Amazon Marketplace running on a Linux machine, providing multi-tenancy for hundreds of clients on a single application instance, and having disaster recovery built-in.
NuoDB comes with drivers for Node.js, PHP, Ruby, JRuby, Drupal, Go, Perl, and .NET. NuoDB runs on Windows, Mac OS, various Linux flavors and Solaris. There are three editions of the database, the community one being "free forever."
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Node.js, PHP, Ruby, JRuby, Drupal, Go, Perl, and .NET
However when following the provided link, nuodb.github.io/, Go and Drupal are not mentioned, while C++ is was left out of the article, is described in the documentation.
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I did not see C++ mentioned anywhere. But, I did not say Node.js, PHP, ..., .NET are the only drivers either.


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Venaria Reale – Turin
Celebrating 150 years of Italy
The Giro d'Italia starts its celebration of 150 years since Italian unification with a team time trial around its first capital city, Turin. The 19.3km test isn't hard in terms of gradient, but there are tight turns where well-drilled squads can make their preparation and team work count. Starting at the Palace of Venaria, the course takes in many renowned landmarks and is similar in length to the TTT that opened 2009's race in Venice. Back then, Columbia-Highroad's victory put Mark Cavendish in the maglia rosa and his team will be contenders again, along with Sky, Liquigas, Garmin-Cervélo and Saxo Bank-SunGard.
Distance: 19.3km
Highest point: 258m
Category: Team time trial
Italo Zilioli says...
"It's my home town and it'll be spectacular, obviously, but it's very technical. The danger lies in the tram lines that run through the town centre's streets, and riders will need to be mindful of them. Liquigas will want to put a marker down here."
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Sky has released an Android version of its Sky Go app allowing some Android smartphone owners to turn their phone in to TV. We've grabbed a Samsung Galaxy S II downloaded the app, and plugged in our details to check it out.
Sky Go Android is free, the download weighs in at about 2.8MB, and should take you just seconds to download and install. On start up all you've got to do is add your Sky Go details and you're in and ready to watch.
Sky allow Sky users to sign up two devices to the Sky Go service so if you've already got your Xbox 360 and your iPad signed in you'll have to decide which one gets the boot so you can watch it on your phone. You can only change them monthly.
Like Sky Go for iOS, the first page you are presented with is a the channel categories (All, Entertainment, Sports, Movies, News, and Lifestlye) and these break down the relevant Sky channels into different pots.
New to the Sky Go eco system is Sky 1, Sky Living, and Sky Arts 1, and these sit alongside the Sky Sports channels, Sky movie channels, Sky News, and ESPN. You also have access to Sky Atlantic.
The app does of course allow you to see the channel listings, and more information about the show you want to watch. Once you've decided, simply press the play button to begin. As with the iOS version of the app for iPad and iPhone, the stream starts instantly with the quality improving or decreasing depending on your bandwidth. In our play on our standard Wi-Fi connection the picture quality is perfect within a matter of seconds. You can stream over 3G as well but be careful not to do this unless you have the data package to match.
However disappointingly here you can't pause or skip back in the stream like your Apple touting Sky Go using friends can. For the time being, it is live streaming on, and that's unlikely to change according to Sky who have told Pocket-lint that:
"We've been able to develop a pause and scrollback feature on Sky Go thanks to iOS platform functionality, which unfortunately does not exist on the Android platform. We are looking into adding it for future releases but cannot currently confirm a date for this."
There is also no Anytime+ support at the moment although Sky has confirmed to Pocket-lint that it does plan to add that for Android users later in the year.
In use and the app is really simple to use and really enjoyable to use as well if you are planning on watching that Sky movie away from your TV.
We are surprised that there is no pause functionality and by the lack of Anytime+ support even though the iPad and iPhone version already has them. Still beggars can't be choosers and an Android app is better than no Android app right?
The good news is, is that Sky are aware of the limitations and have told us they are already working to fix them.
In the meantime you get an app that will be great for those moments where you really just fancy curling up in bed to finish watching the movie you've got stuck into. Just don't expect the app to do much more beyond that for the time being.


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CHICAGO (AP) -- Anti-gun advocates have
honored Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Congressman Bob Dold with awards for their
The Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence announced the awards last
They cited Quinn's leadership in the fight against gun violence,
including attempts to keep Illinois
as the only state that doesn't allowed concealed carry. They also pointed to
the Chicago Democrat's recent proposal to ban assault weapons in Illinois.
The group also recognized Dold, a suburban Chicago Republican. The group
says Dold crossed party lines to oppose "dangerous" gun legislation.
The council was founded in 1975 by several suburban Chicago women concerned about handgun
violence. The group's goal is to raise public awareness and enact change in
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Microservices written in Go was a key component of a new system that would enable The Economist to deliver scalable, high performing services and quickly iterate new products. Go's baked in concurrency and API support along with its design as a static, compiled language enabled a distributed eventing system. Overall, The Economist team's experience with Go has been positive experience.
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Training the next generation of physician-scientists for healthcare and biomedical research careers is an integral component of the Department of Medicine's mission. Providing residents with direct access to cutting-edge medical research is part of the Internal Medicine Residency Program's proven track record of placing graduates in prestigious fellowships and onto future roles as the nation's academic medical leaders.
Wenru Song, MD, PhD, a graduate of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, is currently a medical director and clinical lead at Pfizer Oncology, as well as an adjunct faculty at Baylor Institute for Immunology Research (BIIR). Since joining Pfizer Oncology to lead a number of biologic compounds in the cancer immunotherapeutics and antibody-drug conjugate programs, he has gained broad experience and deep expertise in translational and clinical research in oncology drug development in a variety of hematological and solid tumor types.
"Montefiore has a special place in my heart and in my career development path," said Dr. Song. "I will be forever grateful for the opportunity to be trained and affiliated there, and for its wonderful educators like James Scheuer and other trainee colleagues and friends."
Dr. Song's clinical interest is in medical oncology, especially lymphoma, and his own laboratory research had been focused on the development of effective cancer immunotherapy. He was among the first to show that genetically modified dendritic cells (DCs) expressing tumor antigens could serve as effective therapeutic cancer vaccines. He further demonstrated for the first time that intratumoral DC vaccination following conventional cancer therapy could serve as more effective and practical cancer immunotherapy, which has since been confirmed by other investigators. With the approval of three investigational new drug applications from the FDA, he started to translate his laboratory research findings by initiating phase I/II human clinical trials in patients with colon or pancreatic cancer at Stanford University and in patients with lymphoma at Baylor Sammons Cancer Center in Dallas.
Prior to joining Pfizer, Dr. Song was an associate investigator at BIIR and an attending oncologist physician at Texas Oncology/Baylor Sammons Cancer Center in Dallas. He studied medicine in China before coming to the United States for his PhD study in immunology. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in cancer gene/immune therapy with Dr. Ronald Crystal at Cornell University Medical Center, a medical residency at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and a clinical oncology fellowship and research in cancer immunotherapy at Stanford University with Drs. Ronald Levy and Edgar Engleman.
Dr. Song has actively participated in community service and professional and scientific organizations, including the Chinese American Hematologist and Oncologist Network, the American Society of Hematology, the Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology, the International Society for Biological Therapy of Cancer (iSBTC), the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and most recently the NCI's Immune Response Modifier Pathway Prioritization Working Group and the iSBTCFDA-NCI Taskforce on Immunotherapy Biomarkers. He is board certified in medical oncology and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
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Norway contributes $159 million to UNICEF under new cooperation programme
The donation comes as an addition to Norway's contribution to UNICEF regular resources in 2008, amounting to $74 million.
Hilde F. Johnson, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director and Erik Solheim, Norway's Minister of the Environment and International Development, sealed the agreement during a meeting on "Girls' education as a driver for gender equality and development." The meeting was held on the occasion of the Education for All High-Level Meeting which brings together education and development ministers, leading officials from international organizations and agencies, and representatives from civil society to urge strategies for accelerating progress towards achieving quality Education for All by 2015.
"Education, and especially girls' education, is a critical investment in the future," Johnson said. "When girls go to school, every development goal set by the international community becomes achievable."
Most of the funding - 85 per cent - will go toward supporting UNICEF programmes in basic education and gender equality. The remaining funds will be allocated for programmes in water and sanitation, child protection, policy advocacy and partnerships for children's rights.
"Let us not forget that every child has a right to education. More than 70 million children are still not in school. Together with UNICEF, we now focus on reaching the girls and the many children living in countries experiencing situations of fragility who still do not have access to basic education", said Solheim.
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• Sept. 2 - Promotion day in Sunday School. No evening services Sept. 2. The church office will be closed on Sept. 3 for Labor Day.
• Sept. 4 - LYDIA will meet at 7 p.m.
• Sept. 5 - New class starting at 6:30 p.m. This will be a six-week study on what the Bible says about addiction, attitudes, depression, emotions and guilt. Gabriel Rivera will be the teacher.
Last week we had communion at my church and I didn't get to be a server. I'm not sure why not, although I'm pretty sure it was nothing personal. It's highly unlikely that the person who makes the list up looked at my name and thought "We don't like her anymore. Ha ha ha."
Whatever the reason, I didn't make the servers' list for that week.
When I got the email news that I had been cut, I was shocked. After all, I'm the Saturday- night-grape-juice/bread-over-on-the-left-side-of-the-sanctuary- girl.
The Heller family will be host a celebration to honor Bruce Heller, of Maysville, on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 for his 50 years of faithful ministry for the Lord at the Fairview Christian Church in Williamstown.
God Almighty in Heaven, We pray for the churches of our county. We thank you for our churches and want to acknowledge that we are completely dependent upon our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Because of this we pray that the churches of Grant County would;
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• Aug. 25 – Annual Golf Scramble at 2 p.m. Cost is $45 per person and includes green fee, cart rental and lunch. Singles will be paired. Trophies and door prizes will be awarded. Proceeds go to building fund. For more information, contact Pastor Larry Hammonds at 859-743-4695.
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When you stop to think about it, there's a lot of repetition in our lives. We tend to do the same things over and over again, and often at the same times of the day or on the same days of the week.
Sometimes it's the big things in our lives, like going to the sa me vacation destination every summer. Sometimes its things like never missing CSI or American Idol on TV every week. And sometimes it's just the little things, like the three packs of Equal you put in our cup of coffee. Always three packs.
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• Every Wednesday evening at 7 p.m., Rev. Earl Holt will be teaching from 2 Peter, chapter 1.
• Aug. 19 - Missionaries Michael and Debbie Hampton in Cayman Islands, will be ministering at 11 a.m. For more information, call 859-394-2586.
• Sept. 1 - A new youth program starts at 6 p.m.
• Sept. 15 - Outreach at Grant County Park.
I've been thinking a lot about joy lately. Or, I guess I should say that God has been teaching me about joy a lot lately. He wants to continually remind me that joy is not dependent on my circumstances.
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Address: 3525 Dixie Highway in Dry Ridge.
Phone number: 859-428-2695
Website: shermanbaptist.org
Minister: Josh Hildebrand, music minister is Larry Wagner and youth minister is Gary Rose.
Number of members: 620
Year established: 1922
Service times: Sunday School 10 a.m., morning worship 11 a.m., evening worship at 6 p.m. and Wednesday Bible study 6:30 p.m.
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Experience and practice the art of healthy, blissful and stress -free living in a natural way. On this journey into the inner Himalayas you will indulge in the space and inspiration of nature at its bountiful best while exploring yogic practices that restore balance & support overall well being. Slow your pace, calm your mind, stretch your body, and inhale exquisitely fresh mountain air as the yoga focuses your mind and opens your senses so that you fully savour the sights, sounds, smells and moods of nature in the spectacular mountain landscapes. Learn health solutions for body, mind and soul through practical tips to draw energy from five elements of nature; get new vigor and vitality by rejuvenation of your mind, revitalization of your Body and reawakening your Soul. The yoga & meditation sessions would be interspersed with some wonderful daytime hikes & vibrant evenings enjoying the company of like- minded persons besides a roaring bonfire at Banjara Retreat situated in Sojha in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh.
About your yoga facilitator:
Divya Sunil Yogacharya is a disciple of nature. Yogacharya is a spiritual leader, thinker, social reformer, educationist and exponent of nature, peace and harmony. He received his Yoga education from Vivekanand Ashram at Aligarh, J.V.B.I. (Ladnun, Rajasthan), Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana, Banglore and Bihar School of Yoga at Munger. He received Spiritual Healing from Pranam Foundation, Reiki from Reiki Healing Foundation and Naturopathy from Gandhi National Academy of Naturopathy, Delhi. He has received training in many other therapies like Neurotherapy, Reflexology, Scientific Hawan & Music therapy etc.
Yogacharya has suggested comprehensive solutions to Individual, family and social issues. He has organized yoga camps, naturopathy & alternative therapy camps, health camps for senior citizens and participated in National Vegetarian Thinker's Meet, program for communal harmony, scientific hawan program for environment purification. He has imparted Inner Peace Education in schools. He is an expert on stress management, organizes spiritual & holistic tours as well as Children's workshop like Gurukul Carnival and Bal Vikas Ka Yog.
Born at Kazimabad village, Aligarh, he has been fully engaged in creative social work & spiritual programs since his childhood. His grandfather was a famous local Vaid.
Screening & Health Assessment to every individual participant and decide yoga asana, pranayam and naturopathy treatment (balancing five elements Air, Fire, Sky, Earth and Water) through different type of treatment like physiotherapy, occupational therapy, Jal Neti, Kunjal, Reflexology etc.
The program will include the following:
· Cleansing kriyas- Jal neti & Kunjal · Yogasanas, Pranayam and Meditation. · Hawan Therapy for inner healing
· Tratak Kriya · Reflexology foot & spine · Therapy Mantra Chanting
· Motivational and Action Songs · Yogic Trekking · Physical Yogic Game
· Pranayama Meditation · Dynamic Meditation · Awareness Meditation
· Questions- Answers sessions with counseling · Satvik vegetarian wholesome meals & refreshments
Lectures and Counseling on –
· Stress Management and Personality Development.
· Tips & Guidance on every day health problems by enhancing your energy level and immunity.
· Importance of Proper posture during everyday task & its corrective measure
· Maintaining proper Body weight to keep good health &
· Avoid acute/chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension & cardiovascular diseases etc.
· Tips to Improve memory, work efficiency and vital force.
· Awareness about the five elements in your body & How to energize them (Earth, Air, Sun, Water and Fire)
· How to control & overcome your emotions and feelings.
· Easy ways to develop positive attitude in life with inner peace and happiness.
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The Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS) is a loan available to the parents of a dependent student. A parent may borrow to cover the cost of a college education on behalf of a child regardless of the family's income.
- Parents may borrow up to the full cost of their dependent's cost of education, less the amount of any financial aid received.
- PLUS loans borrowed during the 2017-2018 academic year have a 7% fixed interest rate for the life of the loan. (The interest rate is reset each year for the life of the loan and is determined at a specific time each year based on the rate of the 10-year Treasury Bill plus 4.60%.)
- Parents have two repayment options:
- Begin repayments 60 days after the loan is fully disbursed. The minimum payment is $50 per month.
- Payments may also be deferred until the student has completed college or is enrolled in less than half time hours.
- The typical repayment term is 10 years.
- There is a 3% origination and 1.264% default fee automatically deducted from the disbursements.
- The parent is responsible for paying the interest that accrues on the loan from the time the loan is disbursed until it is paid in full.
- You must be a creditworthy borrower.
Helpful Hint: The first monthly payment on your PLUS loan (for a fall/spring student) is not due until February. This gives you five to six months in which you could save the amount of the PLUS loan to apply toward future years, thereby reducing the amount you would need to borrow in future years.
After the PLUS loan application has been completed, OC will be notified of the status of your PLUS loan. If (and only if) your PLUS loan is denied, OC will be authorized by federal law to offer your student an additional $4,000 (for freshmen or sophomores) or $5,000 (for juniors and seniors) unsubsidized Stafford loan.
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Alternative Names
Celioscopy; Band-aid surgery; Pelviscopy; Gynecologic laparoscopy; Exploratory laparoscopy - gynecologic
While you are deep asleep and pain-free under general anesthesia, the doctor makes a half-inch surgical cut in the skin below the belly button. Carbon dioxide gas is pumped into the abdomen to help the doctor see the organs more easily.
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- Breathing problems
- Damage to nearby organs and tissues
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- Infection
Before the Procedure
Always tell your doctor or nurse:
- If you are or could be pregnant
- What drugs you are taking, even drugs, herbs, or supplements you bought without a prescription
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- You may be asked to stop taking aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), warfarin (Coumadin), and any other drugs that make it hard for your blood to clot.
- Ask your doctor or nurse which medicines you can still take on the day of your surgery.
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- Arrange for someone to drive you home after surgery.
On the day of your surgery:
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- Take the drugs your doctor or nursetold you to take with a small sip of water.
- Your doctor or nurse will tell you when to arrive at the hospital or clinic.
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You will spend some time in a recovery area as you wake up from the anesthesia.
Many people are able to go home the same day as the procedure. Sometimes, you may need to stay overnight, depending on what surgery was done using the laparoscope.
Outlook (Prognosis)
The gas pumped into the abdomen may cause abdominal discomfort for 1 - 2 days after the procedure. Some people feel neck and shoulder pain for several days after a laparoscopy because the carbon dioxide gas irritates the diaphragm. As the gas is absorbed, this pain will go away. Lying down can help decrease the pain.
Your doctor will give you a prescription for pain medicine or tell you what over-the-counter pain medicines you can take.
You may go back to your normalactivities within 1 to 2 days. However, do not lift anything over 10 pounds for 3 weeks after surgery to decrease your risk of getting a
Depending on what procedure is done, you can usually begin sexual activities again as soon as any bleeding has stopped. If you havehad a hysterectomy, you need to wait 3 months before having sexual intercourse again. Ask your doctor what is recommended for the procedure you are having.
Call your doctor if you have:
- Bleeding from the vagina
- Fever that does notgo away
- Nausea and vomiting
- Severe abdominal pain
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Jacobson TZ, Duffy JMN,Barlow D, Koninckx PR, Garry R. Laparoscopic surgery for pelvic pain associated with endometriosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2009, Issue 4. Art.No.: CD001300.
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Susan Storck, MD, FACOG, Chief, Eastside Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Bellevue, Washington; Clinical Teaching Faculty, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Isla Ogilvie, PhD, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.


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