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Dalits to embrace Buddhism
Lawrence Milton, TNN | Feb 9, 2012, 04.44AM IST
MYSORE/CHAMARAJANAGAR: Dalit families in Kalanahundi Village, 5km from
Chamarajanagar town, have threatened to convert to Buddhism, to
protest against the alleged discrimination by upper-caste Hindus.
The District Federation of Dalit organizations have planned a mass
'Buddha dhamma deeksha' programme in the village in the last week of
February, when hundreds of dalits in the district, including
Kalanahundi dalits, are anticipated to embrace Buddhism.
However, additional SP K H Chandrashekar said that the jathra that was
held recently belonged to a particular community and dalits had no
role in it.
They said increased discrimination and practice of untouchability in
their village has forced all dalits to take a firm decision in this
regard. "When we are not allowed into a village temple, and annual
festival procession are restricted from entering our streets, even our
offerings to the presiding deity Maramma are rejected by the upper
caste Hindus, then why should we follow Hinduism?" asked Mahesh, 45, a
"We are treated badly. But our complaints against continued
discrimination seem to have fallen on deaf ears of the authorities
concerned. Pained by the unpleasant developments that has been
occurring over a decade, about four score dalit families have decided
to embrace Buddhism," a villager said.
"We have held a first round of meeting and dalits in the village have
agreed to the conversion," he claimed, adding that they were kept away
from the annual Maramma jathra celebrations held in the village
Federation district convener C M Krishnamurthy told TOI that around
1,000 dalits are expected to convert to Buddhism in the conversion
programme scheduled at Kalanahundi village this month-end. This is the
first such instance, wherein, entire dalit families in a village are
embracing Buddhism, the convener claimed.
Additional deputy commissioner H T Chandrashekar on Tuesday promised
the protesting Kalanahundi dalits to conduct a fair investigation into
the alleged incident at the village and take action against the
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At least 116 people died in a massive tornado that left a path of destruction nearly a mile wide through the heart of Joplin, Missouri, on Sunday. The cyclone destroyed hundreds of homes and vehicles, as well as a high school and a hospital. Rescue teams have been working hard to find and assist as many people as possible, even as another storm system passes through region today. Tens of thousands are now living without power around this small city, where an estimated 30 percent of the structures were flattened or damaged by the massive storm. Collected here are some images of the aftermath in Joplin as residents and rescue workers survey what remains.
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Emily Badger is a former staff writer at CityLab. Her work has previously appeared in Pacific Standard, GOOD, The Christian Science Monitor, and The New York Times. She lives in the Washington, D.C. area.
In 2011, there were more than 150 million taxi trips taken in New York City that began or ended in Manhattan, traveling inside 13,586 registered cabs. Taxis ferried passengers from Grand Central Station to near Union Square some 73,000 times, and from Union Square to Grand Central Station 94,000 more. New Yorkers on the Upper West Side took thousands of seemingly walkable, short taxi rides just a few blocks up Broadway. Elsewhere, 584 trips — that's more than one a day — ran from the New York Stock Exchange to what looks an awful lot like the doorstep of Per Se.
Taken in the aggregate, all of these numbers raise an important question.
"Are people from the same place going to the same destination at the same time?" asks Michael Szell, a researcher with MIT's Senseable City Lab. "If so, could they share rides?"
Of course, this kind of cab sharing does happen on an intimate scale, as say, strangers walk off a plane together or strike up a conversation at a cab stand. And ride-sharing is now much more common using private cars, through apps like Sidecar or Lyft. But what would happen if we combined those two ideas, if we could optimize the entire taxi network in New York as if it were a single, integrated, all-seeing system? In other words, as if it knew those two bankers were both on their way to Per Se.
The Senseable City Lab submitted a public records request to the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission for all its data on those 150 million trips from 2011. They've mapped it in gorgeous, interactive detail here, as part of the HubCab project unveiled today. Even more usefully, though, they've made a startling calculation with all that data: nearly 80 percent of all of those trips could have been shared if passengers were willing to travel no more than three minutes out of their way.
If we assume that each trip carries one person (the data doesn't specify this), and that two trips can reasonably be combined in the back seat of one cab, that means a totally optimized taxi network in New York would produce 40 percent fewer trips, a similar drop in emissions, and far less traffic. That's 40 percent of all those trips that would just never need to be made.
The HubCab map uses the 2011 data to translate those potential financial and energy savings between any two pickup and dropoff pairs in the city. Zoom in far enough on the map, and each pickup is represented by a yellow dot and a dropoff by a blue one (except where many dots have blended together). Zoom out, and arterial roads where people commonly hunt for taxis appear yellow; blocks where cabs drop off more people than they pick up look blue.
Those 40 percent savings are based on a lot of assumptions, including the idea that 100 percent of taxi riders would be willing to share. Szell acknowledges that that's not likely.
"There are psychological barriers," he says. "There are many people who don't want to sit next to a stranger in a cab. In practice, this percentage would be much lower than 100 percent, maybe more like 10 percent in the beginning."
But in a city like New York, if even 10 percent of cab riders were willing to participate in such a system, they would still constitute a critical mass that could make a difference. In the scenarios that the Senseable City Lab has modeled, the efficiency benefits from cab-sharing kick in quickly even when only a small share of riders are willing to join. This might not be true in less populous, cab-dependent cities. But New York makes for a great illustration.
"Our goal was to provide some kind of mathematical assessment of the potential to sharing," Szell says, "so policymakers can be convinced that this makes sense."
From here, a lot of questions remain as to how a city could actually implement this math. You'd need some kind of central dispatch system coordinating cabs that are now operated by different companies. You'd need a consumer-facing app that acts as a portal into the system. And you'd probably need to change the fare structure to satisfy cab drivers who won't be happy about seeing their business cut way down.
Perhaps in this theoretical system, individual rides would be worth more to cab drivers than they are now – but they'd still be cheaper to individual riders willing to double up. Imagine two people each paying $10 for identical but separate rides, while together they'd pay $15. If a city could strike the right financial balance, in theory, riders would save money, streets would be less congested, and whole cities would save on carbon emissions.
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Cost: $50 members, $55 non-members | Limited to 5 participants. | What to bring: your own bike, helmet and water. A small snack will be provided.
Registration required:
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Martin Leung-Wai is an architectural graduate passionate about community and Pacific design. He is a multi-talented artist with broad creative skills in painting, drawing, interactive media and model making. He was a finalist for the NZIA Student Design Awards in 2010. His final year project and thesis was a community centre in Manukau City based on the ideas of the Taualuga (traditional dance) and Samoan spatial organisation (based on the layout of villages). Martin is a Director of Creative Native Ltd focusing on Indigenous architecture and design. He also tutors at UNITEC School of Architecture and is a member of Nga Aho, a Maori Creative Professionals networks. Martin has had the opportunity to facilitate youth programmes and Pacific leadership fono at Unitec.
Waikare Komene, Nga Puhi & Ngati Kahungungu, is the other Director of Creative Native Ltd. He has had considerable experience in the design field and has completed a Masters in Architecture. Since 2003 he has worked for Studio Pasifika as an Architect, Project Manager, Designer, 3D Modeler. Komene has also worked a range of Maori organisations on diverse projects including: Maori Television in Newmarket, Te Puia – NZ Maori Arts & Crafts Institute in Rotorua, Te Rerenga Wairua up at the cape, and currently Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi, Maori University Institute in Whakatane.


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Laura Bliss is CityLab's West Coast bureau chief. She also writes MapLab, a biweekly newsletter about maps (subscribe here). Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Los Angeles magazine, and beyond.
Driving in America is becoming more deadly, with nearly 18,000 people killed in traffic incidents in just the first six months of 2016. That represents an increase of more than 10 percent over the same time last year—a period that saw similar gains over 2014. Fatalities per 100,000 miles driven are at a 7-year high. The troubling death spike may have several causes, including the fact that more Americans are driving more as the economy has recovered. But it's believed that one big culprit is distracted driving. As CityLab reported earlier this year, American drivers are texting, talking, futzing with with vehicle's ever-more-complex entertainment systems, and otherwise ignoring the road more than half the time they're behind the wheel. The epidemic of distracted driving is thought to be responsible for about 9 percent of all road fatalities. Meanwhile, anti-cellphone traffic laws remain frustratingly difficult to enforce in most states, and nonexistent in a handful of others.
Under the mantle of a policy platform known as "Vision Zero," a growing number of cities have launched campaigns to limit and eventually end all road fatalities, and the U.S. Department of Transportation recently jumped on bandwagon, too: The "Road to Zero" coalition will fund initiatives to improve traffic engineering, law enforcement, and educational strategies across the country. It's all aimed at getting state laws aligned with the best road safety practices out there.
The risks of distracted driving in this under-regulated terrain are suggested by a new analysis that Seth Birnbaum, CEO of the auto insurance marketplace EverQuote, put together. Their safe-driving app EverDrive (co-developed by Cambridge Mobile Telematics), which captures a driver's phone use while their car is in motion, has yielded data from 6 million trips over 75 million miles from 38,000 registered users nationwide. Between this phone-use data and their analysis of crash statistics collected between 2010 and 2015 by the Federal Highway Administration, the company put together a ranking of the nation's most lethal highways. The results show how risky driving habits, coupled with an absence of state policy attempting to curb it, may be pushing up fatalities.
Many of the interstates with the most fatalities per mile are, unsurprisingly, some of the most heavily traveled in the nation. Florida's infamous pileup-magnet I-4, which runs from Tampa to Daytona Beach, tops the list. The southernmost cross-country highway, I-10 from California to Florida, is up there, too, as is densely trafficked I-95 from Maine to (again!), Florida. Seeing the list in its entirety in the map above really emphasizes its southern bias. One of these highways is located entirely within the state of Texas (I-45) and three more pass through the Longhorn state (I-10, I-30, I-37). Arizona also has three of the top 10 dangerous interstates running through it.
Why would such relatively dry, temperate and ice-free highways be so dangerous? Sheer volume is part of the answer: All of these are extremely well-trodden roads, with traffic volumes on most of them topping a quarter-million cars every day. But these states also clock in high on various rankings of distracted driving, with Arizona and Texas two of only a few states with no kind of behind-the-wheel ban on technology use (Montana is another). Texas also enjoys a new rural toll road with a posted 85 mile-per-hour speed limit, giving drivers there the highest average speed limits in the nation. Cell phone motion data from EverDrive supports the theory that drivers in at least two of these states are picking up their devices more than in others: Texan users turn to their phones an average 1.35 times per car trip and Floridians 1.4 times per trip, compared to a national average of 1.1 times.
Bear in mind, of course, that these numbers are based on behavior from just a small fraction of the country's drivers. And interstate highway travel is only one context in which to consider dangerous driving. Statistically speaking, the nation's scariest byways are in farther-flung locales. Some 50 percent of traffic fatalities occur on rural roads, according to the FHWA, despite just 15 percent of the population living in rural places, as designated by the Census. Compared to interstates, rural roads are often curvier, narrower, undivided, less consistently paved, and poorly lit and marked. Medical attention can also be farther away.
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Some days it feels like just yesterday that I started this health journey. 280 pounds and feeling as though I would never make it out of the state I had set myself in. Diet after diet and nothing seemed to work. When would the moment happen? The click that "they all talk about" when something would finally work?
And yet, somehow, this last grasp for help worked. I say it a lot, but I am still so very thankful to Jen Ramirez for sharing with others what she learned and helping women attack not only the physical but mental aspect of weight loss. That this was a marathon not a sprint. Yet, as a fairly sedentary person, I never fully understood that statement. Now as a marathoner, I understand it unlike I never thought I would.
So why does this year feel a bit more significant then the last few? This last year I turned my focus from weight loss to other things. I can look at you and say "I am exactly the same weight today as I was 365 days ago. But I am a much healthier person and so much has changed." And know that this is a true statement. I maintained my weight for an entire year. I spent the early part of last year working on strength. And would you believe me if I told you that I gained (at least) five pounds of muscle. I even have the numbers to prove it, not that I need to prove it to anyone.
I turned my focus from losing more physical mass to gaining strength and running stronger. I accomplished a running PR every single month this last year. I took 47 minutes off of my marathon time, which is rare. Except this types of big PR's have been my normal this last year. I ran my fastest mile in 8:32 and a 5k in 28:41. Incredible accomplishments that happened once I shifted my focus from weight loss to fitness gains. You don't gain five pounds of muscle in a few weeks. I took five months of hard work to get these kinds of results. You don't get faster in running just by simply running faster. You have to train in a certain way to gain speed or else you will end up getting hurt.
And when I look at the reality that weight loss took a back burner this year, I could not be happier. I have spent so much of my life focusing on a number on the scale when I should have focused on everything else my body was doing. I worked with a new dietitian this last year who is an amazing person and one that I can relate to on a whole new level. And they have helped me see this new aspect of my health journey. We have set up healthy boundaries that allow me to still live my life and redirect my focus where I see fit depending on the season I happen to be in. I don't think I would have shifted my mindset as much as I have if I didn't start working with her this past year.
The greatest aspect of all of this is knowing that accomplishing four years of success is just the beginning. I am crossing over to an aspect of this journey that statistics tell us not many cross into. That when you maintain your weight loss for 2-5 years you are significantly more likely to keep it off long term versus those who lose and regain within the first two years. And that makes me think back to the days leading up to this change. When I didn't know if this would stick, but I was willing to try any way. It goes to prove that if we let the fear of the unknown stop us from taking chances we would never move forward in our lives.
So here I am, four years into this journey. Continuing to put myself first year day before I help others. Finding new things that I love to do and setting goals to accomplish along the way. Knowing that eventually everything about weight loss does stop and the focus shifts. Knowing what the different seasons look like, and when to gain strength and mass for a purpose and when to shift that focus to reach my final goal of weight loss.
I know that year five will be another great year. It will be one where I go after my final weight loss goal of being under 200 pounds for the first time in my adult life. It will be one where I chase more running PR's and see how much more I can push my body. And it will be one where I learn more about what maintenance looks like on this side of a weight loss journey. Keeping in mind that I am not alone and nothing is linear. This is a journey after all, and every day is a new aspect of it. But one thing I do know is this: The best is still to come. Regardless of what it might be. So here is to year five, to loving myself more, to continuing to be my best self, and to learning more about what this journey means and the impact it continues to have on my life. Happy anniversary friends.
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Caitlin & Corey were the perfect pair at their July 28th wedding at Rancho Soquel! They surrounded themselves with an amazing group of family and friends and by the end of the night no one wanted the leave they were having such a good time!
The guest's started the day with a mini photo shoot for the photo guest book. The bride provided cute photo props for the guests to pose using!
The bride looked stunning as she walked down the aisle hand and hand with her mom. The couple said I Do under the beautifully decorated arch, full of lush greenery and flowers provided by Tarnish & Bloom.
The guest's dine on a yummy buffet from Mickey's Catering while Buttercup Cakes provided the sweet treats with their cute mini cupcakes.
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This page contains collectible treasure locations in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. Collecting half of all treasures will unlock the Hardcore Treasure Hunter trophy, and finding them all will earn you Collector of Antiquities.
The first treasure you receive is in the Prologue as a tutorial: retrieve your Ganesh trinket from the girl in the market.
Chapter 01 Treasures[edit]
There is only one treasure to find in Chapter 01: The Insurgency.
After exiting to the roof of the building with the red door - when the fighter jet bombs the city across from you - head towards the tin shack next to the clothesline, to the left of the ladder you climb up to meet Nadine. Here you will find your first non-tutorial treasure.
Chapter 02 Treasures
There are 5 Treasures to collect in chapter two.
Bullet Whistle
Before sliding down light cord (long grass tutorial), collect this treasure from the ledge of the roof under the shack with the crates to the right of the grassy area.
Military Service Lighter
After sliding down the light chain and eliminating the guard, find this treasure inside the rooftop shed with the movable cart in it.
Utility Spork
This treasure is lying underneath the second moveable cart, and can be retrieved before or after dropping the cart - and Nadine - through ceiling (oops).
Traveling Inkwell
After "how about we avoid crates," and jumping to the base of the hotel via beam, you can find this treasure in back hallway to left of the purple-lit room full of 80's computers on desks.
Tactical Compass
Next to the window wall in Asav's loft (the "antique shop" room), behind the shelves directly across from where you take over after entering the room.
Chapter 03 Treasures
There are four Treasures to find in Chapter 3: Homecoming.
Gupta empire coins
In the "Flamingo Convention" wading pool, find this treasure in the darker water beneath the largest rock formation, between it and the waterfalls.
Silver Water Jar
After the ambush at the first Hoysala Gate (when you're hooking up the winch), use one of the soldier's grenades on weak wall at the top of the ruins to find this treasure.
Golden Fish Statuette
After pulling down the first gate, follow the stream up and around a corner until you see some ruins built into the face of a cliff between two waterfalls. Walk past/through the trickle of water between them and into the small cave to find another treasure
Mango Crystal Scent Flask
Once you've taken out Asav's men and opening the large gate leading to the Western Ghats, climb down from the mechanism control and rejoin Nadine in the jeep. Before driving forward, get out and collect from the alcove on the passenger's side of the truck.
Chapter 04 Treasures
There are 19 Treasures to find around the open world of Chapter 04: The Western Ghats.
Hoysala Kukri, Inscribed Copper Plate, Silver Goblet
These treasures can only be found after unlocking the Queen's Ruby, by collecting all 11 Hoysala Tokens. Once accessible, they can be found in the small ruin across from the entrance to the shrine.
Miniature Bronze Cannon
This treasure can be found in the Lock Box at the base of the small tower across from the entrance to the Hoysala Token shrine housing the Queen's Bracelet.
Jade Archer's Ring
This one can be found at top of tower across from the one with the weapons crate - just south of Hoysala Token shrine entrance.
Butterfly Trinket
Find this trinket in the Lock Box lying in the bed of the truck outside the entrance to Shiva's Fortress (the Axe marking on Chloe's map).
Metal Tiger Claws
Drive through the cave in the pool at the base of the entrance to Shiva's fortress (the Axe), stopping halfway through to collect this treasure.
Jade Pendant
This treasure can be found at the top of the eastern side of the relief in the cliff wall where the Horse Token can be found, to the north-west of Shiva's fortress (Axe).
Nagfani Horn
Just south of the entrance to Shiva's fortress is a small grove of trees, surrounded by red flowers with a small sculpted pillar next to it. Walk into the trees behind the pillar to find this treasure.
Engraved Gourd Jar
This treasure can be found under the vine bridge leading to the entrance to Halebidu.
Serpents & Ladders Game
Before crossing the vine bridge to the area exit, stop and climb the stairs next to the rocky canyon. Climb up the ruins and through the hole to find a treasure in the next room.
Tthis treasure can also be acquired in Chapter 6, but will count towards your total treasures for Chapter 4.
Leather Covered Binoculars
This modern treasure can be found in the Lock Box in the ruins housing the Lion Token, overlooking Parashurama's fortress (the bow) and the lake on the west side of map from the North.
Rosewood Spice Box
You can find this treasure tucked between the ruins and the stairs leading up to the central tower from the south-east.
Medieval Lock & Key
In the muddy flats to the south-east of central tower, between line of the Tower and Ganesh's fort (the trident), find this treasure on west end of the balcony on the half-sunken ruin, to the northern edge of mudflats.
Hoysala Coin
Just east of the ruins where the Elephant Token can be found is a large statue of an elephant. Climb the south side of the statue and shimmy towards its head to find this treasure embedded in the elephant's eye.
Ivory Casket
Follow the muddy hill next to the Serpent Token (w/ the bells) up to the top of the first waterfall, then cross over the top of the falls and follow the path along the cliffside.
The treasure is along this path, at the base of a tree next to a short sculpted pillar.
Stag Horn Box
This treasure can be found next to the pillar on the rock formation by the river under the waterfall beside Ganesh's fortress.
Use the mudslide on the opposite (north) side to slide down and jump onto the platform.
Ancient Stone Jar
On the middle tier of waterfalls beneath Ganesh's fortress (when approaching from the west), find this treasure on the rocky outcropping between the two falls.
Trinket Box
Drive into the cave along the south wall of the waterfalls beneath Ganesh's temple. On a large rock about halfway through the tunnel you'll find this treasure.
Chapter 05 Treasures
There are six treasures to collect in Chapter 5.
Padouk Tea Caddie
This treasure can be found after entering the ruins, when standing across from giant statues in the starting area. Drop down to the broken green-and-white platform, then onto the rocky outcropping below you on your left. The treasure is in the grass and the end of this platform.
Engraved Ewer
Before leaping to the porous wall to climb up and swing across the chasm to the first of the giant statues, drop down onto the landing that serves as the roof of the cave you (may have) walked through.
You'll find a treasure on the ground next to a relief of Shiva.
Bidri Hookah Bowl
After descending in to the cavern beneath the giant statues of Parashurama and Ganesh, collect this treasure from behind the elephant statue next to the top of stairs.
Gold Cased Ivory Dentures
Crawling through the low tunnel just past the giant statue chamber, pick up this treasure from behind a rubble pile next to the wall on the left side of the room you exit into from the cramped passage.
Palm Leaf Manuscript
After dropping down onto the pile of bones in the large chamber with the twin braziers - the "last stand" room - cross the walkway towards the open doorway. You can collect the treasure near the far-left wall of this facade, before climbing the steps to go inside.
Khanjarli Curved Dagger
This collectible can be acquired after the mudslide / APC gunfight & dropping down into the sacrificial chamber. When opening the door, you'll find the treasure directly behind you where you landed
Chapter 06 Treasures
There are five Treasures to find in Chapter 6.
10th Century Oil Bottle
This treasure is found just past the relief depicting the Hoysala people entering the Gatekeeper (the "back door" conversation). It's down the corridor to your right, in the alcove opposite the stairs continuing down into the ruins.
Aged Silver Anklet
When arriving into the cavern with the trapped elephant, before sliding down the short hill at the top of the stairs, head into the brush on the left to find this treasure on the ledge above where you exited the low passage.
Ceremonial Sugar Hammer
To the right of the staircase leading out of the elephant's pool, collect this treasure from the toppled shrine near the waterfall's edge.
Raja Raja Gold Kahavanu
While climbing out of caverns after your elephant encounter (up the stairs past Asav's Lock Boxes), grab a treasure in the low passage you crawl through after the photo op on the rocky outcropping.
Agate Gemstone Box
Immediately after collecting the previous treasure, swing across to opposite platform from the edge of the cave and collect another.
Chapter 07 Treasures
There are 16 treasures to collect in Chapter 7.
Lakshmi Marriage Ornament
After the first combat encounter (w/ Heavy Gunners & RPG troopers), crawl through tunnels beyond the door.
When you reach other side, jump past the waterfall on your right to the climbable ledge and collect treasure from alcove, on the opposite side of collapsed tunnel you passed inside.
Hanuman Brass Bell
After ascending the face of the city entrance, there's a treasure on the backside of the large shrine in the center of the courtyard, up the stairs past the Shiva statue.
Enameled Beetle Box
After sneaking into the city, you'll enter a room where two of Asav's men block your path with another explosion. Collect this treasure from beneath the tree on left-hand side of the edge of the pool.
Jeweled Pipe Mouthpiece
After swimming through tunnel into cenote, with the sunken aler with parrots on it, swim around the rocky outcropping on your left to find this treasure.
Handcarved Sheesham Breadbox
In the "library" room, you'll find this treasure in an alcove on the left-hand wall, in the far corner from the entrance.
Silver Comb Perfume Flask
Also in the "library", this treasure is resting on the floor at base of shelf in the back hall, near the far right corner.
Bronze Deccan Incense Burner
After leaving the horn sculpture in the "library" room, move through the passage into the half-flooded chamber.
This treasure is underwater, across from the face of the building opposite where you entered.
Satavahana Hourglass
After surfacing from underwater tunnel (where you and Nadine must move the roots), walk up path under sunlight, treasure near tree.
Chalukya Griffin Candlestick
After swinging back across the half-flooded chamber, you'll find this next treasure in the back-left corner of the pillared pool room, sitting being a pillar.
Bronze Medallion Flask
Once you reach the massive Shiva statue chamber, swim, walk and swim again to the large rocky outcropping on the opposite site of the room you entered from. Dive into the water behind it to find the treasure.
Bichwa Dagger
This treasure sits in the basin under the Bull relief in the Shiva statue chamber.
Jadeite Bottle
Run around the right side of the bottom level of the giant Shiva statue to find this treasure lying atop a pile of rubble.
Harappan Ivory Dice
After climbing the wall to the left of giant statue's base, climb up the wall above alcove (at top of first climb point) to find treasure resting on fallen column.
Bridal Maang Tikka
From the wheel that moves Shiva's lower-left arm, climb down to the stairs on the platform below you (overlooking the entrance). You'll find this treasure resting on a column at the bottom of the stairs.
Ivory Chess Pieces
From the platform you land on from Shiva's lower-right arm (below the device that controls the Trident arm) drop over the edge and climb down.
There's a treasure on the balcony underneath you.
Gold Chola Earrings
On the platform where you jump to Shiva's trident, go to the opposite end of the platform.
Chapter 08 Treasures
There are eight treasures to find in this chapter.
Jeweled Snuff Bottle
On the cliffside overlooking train bridge at start of chapter, drop over the edge and shimmy past the boulder to your right to collect this first treasure.
Brass Ewer
After climbing through the narrow structure and watching the helicopter fly overhead, drop into the pool at the bottom of the fall to find the treasure underwater.
Mamluk Brass Bowl
On the first mudslide, leading down to the waterfall, slide and grab the ledge on the left-hand side of the slide.
Climb up to find this treasure resting on a rocky outcropping.
Crescent Flask
After sliding down the water and using your hook to catch under the broken bridge, swing back and climb along the wall and head down to behind the large metal grate; treasure is in far right corner of the room.
Soapstone Jewelry Box
After swing to the rock slides, where Sam is left w/o a rope and must borrow yours, before climing up to rejoin him and Nadine, drop onto the ledge overlooking the canyon and the train bridge.
Shimmy to your left and climb along to rock face using the moss-covered stones to find this treasure on the cliffside above you.
Peacock Nut Cutter
After the first Shoreline fight, when climbing back up after the rock slide - but before going up to grab Nadine/Sam's rope - climb down to the platform below you (to your left after finishing the slide) to find a treasure.
British Powder Flask
After the railway cart/track switch section, when Sam drops the crate down to you, follow the cave he found it in to the platform you boosted him up to in the tunnel to find this treasure.
Strange Skull
When approaching the train yard - before swinging across to the open window - use the rope anchor to descend a bit and swing backwards to the ledge underneath the platform you started on to find this treasure.
You can dangle over the edge of the platform and drop down to it as well, but the rope swing is a safer method.
Chapter 09 Treasures
There are three treasures to collect in the final chapter.
United India Company Pistol
This treasure sits on the rear roof of the train's caboose.
Viceroy's Penbox
After climbing around and through the 4th train car, loop around to the front of the car before using the rope to swing to the next carriage.
United India Company Coins
Once you re-board the train (after the bit with the truck-mounted turret), make your way through the two blue/white passenger cars until your reach a red cargo carriage. Hug the wall on the left side of the boxcar to find this final treasure.
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The misconception is that motorcyclists are much more likely to suffer head and brain injuries, but although brain injuries are some of the most serious injuries you could suffer, they are not the most common. A motorcyclist is much more likely to suffer a lower extremity injury in an accident than any other type of injury.
Some of the more common lower extremity injuries in motorcycle accidents include the following.
• Hip fractures
• Pelvic injuries
• Leg injuries or leg fractures
• Knee fractures
• Ankle fractures
• Toe injuries
Some of these injuries may be very serious. For instance, hip fractures may require surgery, and may never completely heal. A person will continue to suffer the consequences of a hip fracture for years later. Similar consequences can be seen in the case of a pelvic injury or pelvic fracture which very often results in the need for surgeries and other types of drastic treatment.
One study that was reported back in 2010, found that lower extremity injuries are not just some of the most frequent injuries in motorcycle accidents, but also very often result in expensive treatment, and even permanent disability. Another study investigated a total of 429 motorcycle accidents, and found that patients suffered lower extremity injuries in more than 55% of the cases.
There are a few steps that you can take to minimize the risk of suffering a lower extremity injury in an accident. For instance, you can wear sturdy ankle boots, and full length pants in tough material like leather. That reduces the risk of road rash, wounds, and other injuries. Look into new-generation padded motorcycling gear that significantly reduces your risk of injury during a fall from your motorcycle.
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In the last few months I've had an opportunity for a project to spend a big chunk of time talking to DevOps leaders, cloud security firms and individuals at Amazon Web Services. What I've learned is not only do you need to take a fundamentally different approach to security in the cloud, but that there are lessons learned from that approach which should be considered for more traditional environments.
One key difference in the cloud is the integration of application and infrastructure development and security and operations. In the cloud, increasingly, infrastructure is code. This means not only do you need to consider your SDLC carefully, but it also provides opportunities in terms of secure templates.
Lesson to be learned: the integration between development, security and operations here is a best practice - it is a literal destruction of the fiefdoms and silos that have caused animosity between these groups in countless organizations, for the betterment of all - speed to market, improved security and availability.
Automation and non-persistence
On average, an instance in AWS lasts less than an hour, and my guess is this will only decline further. Microservice architecture, automated deployment and transparent scaling, lambda functions, are re-imagining the traditional rack and stack infrastructure. This brings interesting management and security challenges - if your IPs and hosts are constantly changing, how do you monitor? Many DevOps take a 'nuke and reinitiate' approach when it comes to compromised hosts, but learnings from years of incident response have shown us that this often leaves you short of critical information to prevent the next breach and know what has been lost.
Lesson to be learned: traditional rack and stack security is slow and one of the constant frustrations of project teams is learning that they need to add security on the end and experiencing delays to their projects. The 'minimum' footprint approach of microservices aligns beautifully with least privilege security principals, and a ton can be gained through security automation and integration.
Try and buy
Frictionless is the name of the game in the cloud. Easy, cheap, rapid to deploy technologies win out. Pull out your credit card, spin up an instance, try the features out, see if it meets your needs, if it does, scale. This massively changes the sales and proof-of-concept dynamic, and causes rapid evaporation of marchitecture, slide ware and sales pitches with the cold, hard light of 'does it work'.
Lessons to be learned: the security industry is filled with vapourware - products promising to solve big security problems but really only dealing with a small slice of the problem. Making your technology easy to evaluate without the hand holding of a implementation team or sales engineer, waking up to the reality of technically minded, self-driven evaluators trying to solve specific, measurable business problems, will help the security industry mature and develop true business returns.
Shared Responsibility Models
Most of the cloud providers (Amazon, Microsoft, Google) have a shared responsibility model where they take ownership of 'security of the cloud' - hypervisors, data centres, servers, and you are responsible for 'security in the cloud' - applications, data, virtual networks.
Lessons to be learned: the shared responsibility model developed by these cloud providers are clear and explicit, which many of the SaaS providers and 3rd party services that businesses use could really benefit from. Learning how to apply shared responsibility models with your partners and service providers more broadly is a critical success factor for the modern business that most likely has more data in their Shadow and Cloud IT than their traditional IT environments.
Closing thoughts
Many people I talk to seem to 'pooh-pooh' the cloud - statements like 'the cloud is just running on other people's servers', or comparisons to traditional client/server architectures - are common refrains. Infrastructure as code. Spot instances. Lambda functions. Serverless architectures. The pace of innovation here is incredible, the scale immense and the impact to IT transformational - if you're in IT you should take some time to learn more about what is happening in this market, or get left behind.


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5 Must-Do's For Landing a New Job in 2019
The new year presents such a timely opportunity to ask ourselves, "What's missing?" and, "What's possible?" in our careers.
And if a new job is something you've set your sights on for 2019, here are the top 5 strategies I recommend putting into action if you want to make this the year you land a job you love.
1. Set a deadline for when you'll start looking, not finish.
So many people call me and say, "I want to be in a new job by [X date / season]."
To which my immediate response is, "No, no, no… Please don't do that to yourself!"
Yes, saying your dreams out loud is a key first step to making them happen. And deadlines can be incredibly motivating for completing finite tasks.
But the very human response to big goals with far-off deadlines is to spend months twiddling our thumbs, only to wake up one morning and freak out because our far-off goal is around the corner and we are no closer to achieving it than when we started.
Setting an end-date for achieving a big, complex goal (which landing a new job is!) fails to incentivize the small steps and incremental progress you need to make in order to achieve it.
So set a deadline for when you'll start taking weekly action to move your job search forward, (for example, the last week of January, when hiring is at one of its highest rates of the year).
2. When you start looking, really start.
Have you ever fallen into the trap of "one-and-done" or "short-spurt" job searching?
"One-and-done" job searching is where you focus your sights on one or just a few job opportunities. You give them your all -- putting other job search activities on pause while you wait (weeks or even months) to see if those opportunities pan out.
"Short-spurt" job searching is where you do little bits of job searching sporadically, like firing off a few online applications or taking a few coffee dates every time your load at work gets a little lighter.
Now tell me this: If you were advising a friend on how to achieve a big goal, would you tell her to take a low-effort, random, sporadic approach?
I don't think so...
Effective job searching is simply about following a set of steps in rapid succession. If you follow them, 1-4 months later, you're highly likely to have a job in hand.
So when you hit 'play' on your job search, hit it. Set a 1-hour calendar invite each week where you'll tackle that week's next steps. Just show up. Results will follow.
3. Focus your energy on what works.
I've said it a million times, and I'm going to say it once more: The top 3 activities most job seekers prioritize are the 3 activities least likely to yield results.
If you're focusing on perfecting your resume and cover letter and applying online, or contacting recruiters, or attending networking events, you are squandering your precious job search energy.
The odds are not in your favor:
85% of jobs today are landed through networking, and you are 10x more likely to land a job via a referral than you are by applying online.
So focus on building relationships at the companies you most want to join. Networking may seem scary, opportunistic, or inauthentic -- but it doesn't have to be. And if you do it right, interviews and offers will be close behind.
4. Be kind to yourself.
As a career coach, I've seen too many people beat up on themselves while going through this process -- thinking they should be able to navigate it effortlessly, and that if job offers don't flow in unsolicited or following every interview, they are imposters, unworthy of their dreams.
But you've got to be kinder to yourself, and put this process in perspective:
Job searching makes even the most qualified and senior candidates insecure and anxious.
It's a solo endeavor, where you're literally putting yourself out there to be judged. That's scary!
It's a big goal, and achieving big goals inherently takes time, effort, and failure along the way to success.
Acknowledge all this, but don't let it stop you from achieving your dreams. Because...
Rest assured, you can do this (I'm privileged to work with Next Steppers who are doing it every day!). If you put your best effort out there, you can land just about any job.
You've just got to do it right, and take care of yourself along the way.
Take small steps. Celebrate small wins. Reward yourself after you take each step with a glass of wine, or fun time with friends, or whatever it is that makes you feel like you've done enough for now, and that you're on your way to achieving what you want.
5. Don't be afraid to invest in yourself.
You don't have to go down this road alone! There are programs and coaches that will make this process easier, faster, more empowering, and more likely to result in success.
But if you're like most people, you will resist this option, likely because of fear:
Fear of committing yourself 100% to this process, because once you commit fully, you risk failing. If you only job search halfway, you have a painless place to set the blame if your dreams don't materialize;
Fear of asking for - and needing - help. If you can't land a job on your own just by being you, you're clearly not [good / strong / savvy / smart / resourceful] enough.
Fear of investing when you already feel some scarcity in your life and finances, especially if you're job searching while unemployed.
All these fears, while common and affecting, are unfounded.
First, once you commit yourself 100% to a goal, you exponentially increase your chances of achieving it. In fact, research shows we are more likely to achieve our goals when we make an investment -- growing our accountability, support, and commitment to following through.
Second, job searching isn't something that anyone does effortlessly. Rather, it's a skill set -- that anyone can learn. Would you walk into an operating room and expect your natural gifts to present themselves? No. You would learn from the best, practice, and then perform.
Lastly, you should have no fear of financially investing in support, because the best of the best always offer a money-back guarantee - and often help you land a raise 5-10x your investment. I do this for my LYDJ and private coaching programs, as do other programs I heartily recommend (including Adrian Klaphak's A Path That Fits and, if you're an independent learner, Nicholas Lore's The Pathfinder).
Because as a job seeker, your time and dollars are precious, and you deserve to find the best, fastest, no-risk route to employing your greatness in the right place.
Don't get me wrong…
Oftentimes I wish we were all just placed into the best positions that match our skill sets and passions.
But it doesn't work that way (yet!). And in the meantime, you deserve to have some of the fear and struggle taken out of this very human and very flawed process.
And whichever path or timeline you choose, don't forget: landing a new job is a big goal. But it's one you can achieve. If you follow the above and keep your sights set on what you truly want, your new job is just around the corner, as are many other great things to come in 2019.
With love,


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So I'm sitting here forcing myself to just write this damn blog because I've been procrastinating it for much too long. I have had so much to say, yet the words that came into my head wouldn't go through my fingers into the computer screen. I felt like whatever I had to say wasn't good enough, or that no one really cares about the mundane shit that's happening. But, you know what? Today I'm just saying fuck that and I'm going to type whatever the hell I want to.
I've been back in Louisiana now for about 6 months. Wow. I can't believe it's been that long and yet it seems to have FLOWN by. When I first arrived, as you may know, I fell into a deep dark depression. I was slivers away from just giving up. But, I didn't and I'm still here. STILL DEPRESSED THO. But I'm on anti-depressants now that help me through the day to day. Before I was on a Crazy up and down LEVEL 100 roller coaster. Now I'm on a little kid safe roller coaster.
Living back in Louisiana has its up's and down's. For one, it was the easiest and safest space for me to come back to and recover from all of the trauma that happened to me last year. And not to mention I was in a bad place financially because HELLO it's expensive to move out of the country. (Especially with a doggo). For the better part of this six months I've been slightly embarrassed of my current situation, because I'm living in my Mother's garage. I mean, it's cute and everything and it's converted into a little studio apartment thing but, it's still my Mother's house. I mean, I'm almost 31 years old. So there's that. But I'm safe and sound.
Another thing to realize is I live in a town called Cut Off. Yes, it's real. And Yes, it's exactly what it sounds like. It's about an hour to New Orleans-- which thank glob. But it's still very secluded from most everyone and everything. I'm basically in a town with one road in and out and the best form of shopping is at the local Walmart. No Starbucks. No Mall. No Target. Just basic fast food chains and lots of cajun food.
Instead of being super super bummed about living here again, I've decided to treat it like I'm living in the woods. I mean- that's where i would want to be anyways right?? So I'm just pretending that my house is surrounded by big beautiful pine trees and I'm in a super moderate climate with no one around for miles. (hahaha) And then when I need to be surrounded by queers/liberals/like minded people I just take the little trek to New Orleans. It's also been nice to reconnect with old friends and family.
Something big that's happened since I've been back is my sister and I have decided to mend our broken ties. We didn't talk to each other off and on for like 1-2 years. We realize that our communication skills with one another are not so good-- so we both have had to take huge steps in fixing that. Sometimes it's still hard as fuck, but it's worth it. I'm glad to have her back in my life. And it helps mend the feelings like all people will abandon me and that there's no such thing as unconditional love. My family has proved to me that love CAN be unconditional, and that I'm worthy of love.
Now as I'm typing this I'm doing the same shit as I was with my last attempt at writing about my time being back.. LIKE OMG THIS IS TOO MUNDANE WHY WILL PEOPLE EVEN WANT TO READ THIS. Of course, I know that it doesn't really matter and DAMMIT THIS POST WILL BE POSTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER I FINISH Y'ALL.
What else have I been doing besides being full of existential dread and self doubt??? lol. Trying to make money and focus on my art, that's what. I've been trying to be as social as possible. Trying to see if there's old friendships that can be restarted and rebuilt. I've started taking photographs again, and I've started painting again in all different kinds of ways. I actually am starting to get into Live Wedding and Event painting! I think my days of wedding photography are over to be honest.
I also got a VW bus?!?!?!?!? So this is crazy because I had honestly given up on the idea of owning one because um wtf they are super expensive. One day I was leaving my sisters house and driving back to my house, and I looked across the bayou and saw a flash of bright teal. AND OMG, there is was sitting for sale in front of a business. I freaked out and called my sister immediately because she knows the business owner, he told me the price and details and it was super reasonable. Like for real I found this perfect bus in Cut Off, LA. How ridiculous?! A part of me feels like it was placed here by my Dad. Like he wants my sister and I to rekindle our relationship and have a bond with each other and that somehow, in the expansive universe, he made it happen. Like somehow it's a sign he's happy and proud of me. (Fear of abandonment is eased a little by this sentiment). I've named it Richie after him, and I'll be making a blog post later on showing all the details and such of me redoing the inside and fixing it up ! EEEEK!
Something else big that's happened?? I've decided to adopt this sweet angel bb, Eve, from my Niece. Sprocket has a hard time when he's by himself, and Eve was in need of a better place to live soooo here we are!
I don't really know what else to say except that I'm trying to be a better person, a more whole person. I'm trying to be genuine and real. I'm trying to do the best I can in my life and relationships with other people. But, fuck, somedays it's hard. Somedays my brain just wants to take over and let loose and freak the fuck out. And somedays that happens. But I'm trying my best and that's all I can really do. That's all that we all can really do. Sometimes it's shit and sometimes it's great-- and that's something we all have to come to terms with.
I suppose this is me signing off for now. I want to be more present with this blog because I feel like it's great to vent my feelings about whatever, is there anything you'd be interested in hearing about?


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A Faith Like Abraham Series
Contributed by Jerry Watts on May 29, 2008 (message contributor)
Summary: When we examine Abraham's faith, we discover a model which leads us to a relationship with God.
A Faith Like Abraham
* The word Faith carries many different meanings. First, it means "belief in, devotion to, or trust in somebody or something and many times without logical proof." In fact, true faith will defy logic. Faith also denotes a 'system of religious belief or the group of people who adhere to it."
* For the last 5 weeks, our messages from the Romans epistle has centered on this word, "faith".
* The crowning principle which we continually learning and know is that the Bible teaches; for by "FAITH" are we saved through grace, and not of works or of ourselves, let any man should boast." When this truth is deeply embedded in our life then our messages become crystal clear when we read, "Abraham believed (that is, put his complete faith and trust in) God, and because of His faith a right standing before God was granted."
* I believe a couple of things about us this morning; 1) I believe we all want to go to Heaven when this life is over. Truthfully, no one understanding the seriousness of their words has ever uttered, "I don't to go to heaven, let me go to Hell." 2) We want to have a full and meaningful life while here on earth. The problem comes when we chart our course for this life, by this world's standard. Roy McNeil is the Worship Leader for Bro. Kevin Hamm at FBC, Gardendale. Their home page plays a little video where Bro. Roy is beginning the service with these words; "The Bible says 'sin' is fun, but it only for a season. It'll catch up to you, want us. You know all the fun this world has to give me, I'd gladly give it up for one day in the house of the Lord." Faith is the answer. Faith is the key. It is by faith we receive our sight. It is by faith that our souls are set free. It is all "By Faith." This morning, let's continue our study in God's word.
* Turn with me to Romans 4 and let's glean from the Life and Faith of Abraham. Follow along with me.
* Who do you want to be like when you grow up? For us older people, we can leave off the "when you grow up" part and the question still stands. What is your answer?
* If we want heaven and life, we have to chart a course.
* Our text gives to us a faith and a life well lived, pleased God, saw God do some huge miracles, and is in heaven today. Let's learn logically from His faith. Paul sets a pattern which is easily seen. He begins with;
1. Exposing the Faith of Abraham – Since 4:1 we have read little except about Abraham, his faith, his circumcism, his works, and how God "credited to him" righteousness. Literally, Paul now recaps this stalwart faith of Paul;
a. The Beginning Point – Where exactly did Abraham's faith begin? It began when he heard God voice. The promise came from God himself. God called, he believed and responded. But he heard God's voice.
* The starting point for everyone of us is to hear God's call. If you have never heard God call, maybe you're too busy, too active, and not listening. God is still speaking today. He speaks to us when we hurt, when we need help, when we don't think we can go on. He speaks to us when we need HIM. He speaks to us to call us from sin, selfishness, and shame to a Faith in Him. (Listen, we don't use the word shame anymore because we live in a day of the "seared conscious." But listen, a day is coming when you will be ashamed once again)
b. The Blessing Point - Abraham heard God's voice, took Him at His word, trusted him, and was made righteous by faith. Don't miss this, Abraham engaged his faith. When He did this, God engaged His promise. Most of us consider the "heritage promise" to be the big deal, BY FAITH God granted Abraham a right standing which confirmed the promise. God KNEW what was in Abraham's heart, just like He knows what is in OUR heart. While man looks on the outside, God sees the inner person. Abraham must have impressed God.
* Please consider this; when I hear God's voice and respond to Him by faith, my obedience opens the door of blessing which is unimaginable.
c. The Breaking Point – Verses 14-15 tell us this; if there is another way to gain a right standing before God, then this dynamic faith of Abraham is empty, vain, without meaning, and
* This would mean that no one would have to have faith in God because we could work & earn our righteousness.
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ROCHESTER — On Friday, April 8, San Diego dancer Peter G. Kalivas will teach a contemporary dance master class at Sole City Dance in Rochester.
Mr. Kalivas is the artistic director of the PGK Project, a contemporary dance company based in San Diego, Calif. He was an original member of Sean Curran Company and has danced for Judith Jamison, Donald Byrd, and the San Diego Ballet among others. He is a graduate of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and trained extensively at the Pennsylvania and Joffrey Ballet Schools as well as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater School in New York where he was later invited to join the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater second company.
His choreography has been presented on some of the most prestigious stages including the famed Jacob's Pillow, and his work has been commissioned by both ballet and contemporary/modern companies worldwide. Mr. Kalivas co-choreographed the off-Broadway show "Kilt," TV Specials for Dick Clark, European Television, the Diversionary Theater, and was assistant choreographer at the San Diego Opera. He remains a highly sought after master teacher, choreographer and consultant on audience development and community collaboration.
The class will run from 6-8 p.m. at Sole City Dance at the Rochester Community Center and will be geared for intermediate and advanced level dancers ages 13 and up. The cost is $25 and early registration is recommended as space is limited. Call Sole City Dance at 330-0111 to register.
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ROCHESTER — On Friday, April 8, San Diego dancer Peter G. Kalivas will teach a contemporary dance master class at Sole City Dance in Rochester.


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On Wednesday 21 Nov 2018, the NILG organized the Second Annual Conference 'Lifestyle as Medicine'. We welcomed 200 participants on this day, full of inspiring talks, lots of networking and interesting discussions.
On this page you can find links to the program and the abstracts of the talks and the presentations. Also, you can get an impression of the day through the videos and photos.
We would like to thank all participants for making the 2nd annual conference a success, and we hope to welcome you again next year at the 3rd annual conference on 'Lifestyle as Medicine'.


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I started buying buttons about five years ago for my arts and crafts and what I realized was that they were too pretty to use, I just wanted to put them on display. I love all buttons! From celluloid to glass, from bakelite to fabric covered I love them all. The older the better. What I have found is that there are other button lovers as obsessed as me! So I have decided to sell them on Etsy.
I will have a number of categories such as vintage yellow, vintage metal, celluloid and my favorite category will be my hand painted buttons. Here is a picture of some of my hand painted lovelies:
These things are virtually indestructible because of the special topcoat I use. I have run them through the washer and dryer to see if they could withstand a good beating and they all survived!
I will be closing up shop for a few weeks because I'll be on vacation (buying more buttons up North) but please bookmark it and stop back by!
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text: There are few films that achieve critical and commercial success while asserting ostensibly left wing political content within the rubric of Hollywood blockbuster films. In general, these films are structured to avoid politics altogether while, at best, pushing the boundaries of an established genre's limits for the sake of appealing to a wider audience. Within these constraints, the achievements of Mad Max: Fury Road are astounding, even if they do fall short of establishing a quintessentially "feminist movie," as many of the film's acolytes claim.Read More


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Sound of Guns are an alternative rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 2008 Discovered by BBC Introducing the band went on to sign with independent record label Distiller Records through which they released their debut album What Came From Fire on 28 June 2010 and second album Angels and Enemies on 5 March 2012
In early 2012 the band announced a full UK and European tour to coincide with the release of their second album
- 1 History
- 11 Early years
- 12 Distiller Records
- 2 Controversy
- 3 What Came From Fire
- 31 Track list
- 4 Angels and Enemies
- 41 Track list
- 5 Members
- 6 References
- 7 External links
Early years
After Andrew Metcalfe and Simon Finley's band split up in the summer of 2007, the pair set up a small studio in a disused social club in Liverpool and spent the next few months writing and recording some new material At the end of 2007 they were introduced to Nathan Crowley, whose previous band had recently ended too By the start of 2008, the three had begun writing and recording songs together, some of which would eventually end up on Sound of Gun's debut album What Came From Fire In need of other musicians to complete the line-up, Crowley played the new recordings for Lee Glynn, a guitarist with whom he had played previously Glynn had made plans to return home to his family in Australia, but on hearing the recordings, decided to stay and join Sound of Guns on guitar
After a few months of writing and rehearsing as a four piece, the band booked their first shows After several unsuccessful auditions for a bass player, they decided to go ahead with the shows, and have the bass parts recorded to a backing track until they found the right bass player It was at their first hometown show at the Barfly in Liverpool that the Sound of Guns line-up was completed John Coley, a friend of Nathan Crowley, was in the crowd that night, and was so impressed with the raw energy and powerful performance from Sound of Guns that he joined the band there and then
Over the next few months, the band gigged endlessly around the country and carried on recording new material as a five piece By the end of 2008 they self-released their debut single "Alcatraz", which was recorded and produced by the band, and gained a fair amount of major radio airplay, including on XFM and Radio 1
Distiller Records
After more writing and touring, the band soon found themselves at the centre of some serious interest from major and independent record companies During this time, Distiller Records offered to release their next single The band took up this offer, and "Architects" was released in June 2009 as a limited edition 7" vinyl, again gaining radio airplay The band then headed out on tour in support of this release, and played numerous shows which included four gigs at Glastonbury Festival, opening the main stage at Latitude Festival and Radio 1's Big Weekend The band were invited by Radio 1 to perform four songs at the legendary Maida Vale studios
After signing a record contract with Distiller Records the band set about writing towards their debut release On 26 October 2009 Sound of Guns released their first EP, Elementary of Youth, through Distiller Records It was available on a 7" gatefold single, which included a CD, the band's own fanzine Retail Rodeo and digital download It consisted of four tracks, "Elementary of Youth", "Lightspeed" both mixed by Dave Eringa Manic Street Preachers/Idlewild, "Dead Sea Scrolls" and "Gallantry" The lead track "Elementary of Youth" was quickly picked up by BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe and given the title of 'Hottest Record in the World' as well as XFM's 'Single of the Week' by Steve Harris
During a UK tour in March 2009 Sound of Guns found themselves surrounded by armed police in Wakefield after a mix up involving the band's name led to the group being mistaken for gangsters, as reported by NME
What Came From Fire
After touring in support of the Elementary of Youth EP, the band headed into the studio to record their debut album However, instead of using a commercial studio, the band opted to build their own studio using the advance from their record contract, and spent the end of 2009 recording their debut album, producing it themselves The album was mixed by Chris Potter The Verve, U2 in January 2010 and was released in June 2010, titled What Came From Fire
It was preceded by two more single releases, "Alcatraz" in April 2010 and "Architects" in June 2010 Both were new versions of the songs and were not limited editions this time round "Architects" reached Number 1 on the HMV 7" Singles Chart, and was playlisted by BBC Radio 1 daytime and XFM daytime BBC Radio 1 also gave the track 'Single of the Week' Greg James and XFM 'Single of the Week' Steve Harris
The album was short listed for the 'XFM new music award' in 2011 and highlighted as one of the albums of the year
Track list
All tracks written by Sound of Guns
|"Elementary of Youth"
|"106 Still The Words"
|"My White Noise"
|"Bullets in the Bloodstream"
|"Backs of Butterflies"
|"Starts With an End"
|"Magnesium Seas Digital Only Track"
In late 2010 the band announced they would release the single "Breakwater" taken from the yet untitled second album as a free download via the band's website In support of this they also announced a UK tour with The View
Angels and EnemiesSound of Guns performing in Dundee, March 2012
In early 2011 the band started writing new material for their follow-up to What Came From Fire, and headed into the studio with Dave Eringa Manic Street Preachers, Ocean Colour Scene, Idlewild to record material for the album
The band recorded the album at The Distillery in Bath
The first single to be released from the album was "Silicon", released as part of an EP which included tracks that never made it onto the album, rare demos and acoustic tracks from What Came From Fire Also as part of the EP the band teamed up with Pledge to offer exclusive one-off and VIP experiences, limited edition tshirts, hand written lyric sheets and jam in rehearsals with band All exclusive pledgers were given a free download of all of the tracks on the EP
The second single "Sometimes" was released on the same day as the album and has been championed by BBC Radio 1 Zane Lowe and XFM Mary Anne Hobbs
Angels and Enemies was released to critical acclaim FMV Magazine's Dan Jenko described the record as "an excellent return for Sound of Guns:one that not only gives their die-hard fans the crowd-pleasing anthems they wanted, but also provides another stepping stone as they attempt to break into the mainstream fold"
Track list
All tracks written by Sound of Guns
|"The Oceans, The Rivers, The Seas"
|"Flash of Light"
|"Whites of Your Eyes"
|"End of the World"
|"The Leaning"
|"Of Our Own Invention"
- Andrew Metcalfe - lead vocals
- Lee Glynn - guitar
- Nathan Crowley - guitar
- John Coley - bass
- Simon Finley - drums
- ^ "Elementary of Youth 'Hottest Record In The World'" Clink Music Magazine :http://clinkmusicmagazinecom/2009/09/29/sounds-of-guns-release-ep-entitled-elementary-of-youth/ 9 October 2010 External link in |work= help
- ^ "Band Mistaken for Gangsters" NME 31 March 2009 Retrieved 19 December 2013
- ^ "Single of the Week" BBC :http://wwwbbccouk 2 August 2010 External link in |work= help
- ^ "The Xfm New Music Award 2011 - The Shortlist" XFM :http://wwwxfmcouk 15 Feb 2012 Retrieved 31 July 2012 External link in |work= help
External links
- Website
- Myspace
- YouTube
- Official Twitter
- Last Fm
- BBC Music - artist page
- wwwSogfanscouk - Sound of Guns fansite/forum
- what-musiccom - Angels and Enemies album review
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Study Reveals Bacteria From Dog Feces in Outdoor, Urbanized Air
"We found unexpectedly high bacterial diversity in all of our samples, but to our surprise the airborne bacterial communities of Detroit and Cleveland most closely resembled those communities found in dog poop," said lead author Robert Bowers, a graduate student in CU-Boulder's ecology and evolutionary biology department and the CU-headquartered Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, or CIRES. "This suggests that dog poop may be a potential source of bacteria to the atmosphere at these locations."
The study was published July 29 in Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Co-authors on the study included Noah Fierer, an assistant professor in CU-Boulder's ecology and evolutionary biology department and a CIRES fellow; Rob Knight, an associate professor in CU-Boulder's chemistry and biochemistry department; Amy Sullivan and Jeff Collett Jr. of Colorado State University; and Elizabeth Costello of the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Scientists already knew that bacteria exist in the atmosphere and that these bacteria can have detrimental effects on human health, triggering allergic asthma and seasonal allergies, Fierer said. But it is only in recent years that researchers have realized that there is an incredible diversity of bacteriaresiding in the air, he said.
"There is a real knowledge gap," said Fierer. "We are just starting to realize this uncharted microbial diversity in the air — a place where you wouldn't exactly expect microbes to be living."
To gain further understanding of just what microbes are circulating in urban environments, the team analyzed the local atmosphere in the summer and winter at four locations in the Great Lakes region of the U.S. Three of the locations — Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit — are major cities with populations of greater than 2 million, and one location, Mayville, Wis., is a small town with a population of less than 6,000.
The team used nearly 100 air samples collected as part of a previous study conducted by Colorado State University. The CSU experiment investigated the impact of biomass burning and involved studying the impacts of residential wood burning and prescribed fires on airborne fine particle concentrations in the midwestern United States.
"What we've been looking at are the numbers and the types of bacteria in the atmosphere," Fierer said. "We breathe in bacteria every minute we are outside, and some of these bugs may have potential health implications."
The researchers analyzed the bacteria's DNA in the collected air samples and compared the bacteria they found against a database of bacteria from known sources such as leaf surfaces, soil, and human, cow and dog feces. They discovered that the bacterial communities in the air were surprisingly diverse and also that, in two of the four locations, dog feces were a greater than expected source of bacteria in the atmosphere in the winter.
In the summer, airborne bacteria come from many sources including soil, dust, leafsurfaces, lakes and oceans, Bowers said. But in the winter, as leaves drop and snow covers the ground, the influence that these environments have as sources also goes down. It is during this season that the airborne communities appeared to be more influenced by dog feces than the other sources tested in the experiment, he said.
"As best as we can tell, dog feces are the only explanation for these results," Fierer said. "But we do need to do more research."
The team plans to investigate the bacterial communities in other cities and to build a continental-scale atlas of airborne bacterial communities, Fierer said. "We don't know if the patterns we observed in those sites are unique to those cities," he said. "Does San Francisco have the same bacteria as New York? Nobody knows as yet."
Fierer believes it is important to pin down the types of bacteria in the air, how these bacteria vary by location and season, and where they are coming from.With this information, scientists can then investigate the possible impacts on human health, he said.
"We need much better information on what sources of bacteria we are breathing in every time we go outside," Fierer said.
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Volunteer state is the nickname of Tennessee. The capital city is Nashville, also known like Music city. Tennessee is famous with Great Smoky Mountains and Graceland (home of Elvis Presley). Aretha Franklin, Dolly Parton and Justin Timberlake are born in Tennessee.
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Cambridge tech train becomes Orient express
Slowly but surely the orientation of the Cambridge science & technology cluster has – well – shifted towards the Orient.
Whereas the US once had a stranglehold on Cambridge acquisitions, Japan and China have increasingly become the new parents of our rising sons.
East Meets East increasingly these days with the yen and the yuan proving the yin and the yang of the acquisitional environment.
Cambridge Consultants spin-out Inca Digital was acquired as long ago as 2005 by Dainippon Screen in Kyoto for what now looks a bargain £30 million.
Cambridge coding and marking world leader Domino Printing was sold for £1bn to Brother Industries in summer 2015.
Compare those prices to the $31 billion paid by Japan's SoftBank for superchip architect ARM Holdings this summer.
While Takeda has decided to pull out of Cambridge, Sosei snapped up Heptares and now Japanese engineering plastics pioneer Enplas Corporation has opened a Cambridge lab, no doubt with an eye to synergistic acquisitional opportunities.
But China is the real coming force. News reaches me of a major new fund from China for UK and Cambridge biotechnology. The Chinese have a major role to play in the development of Big Data businesses in the cluster.
Online gaming firm Jagex has been sold to Chinese investors and enterprises based in China have made other significant acquisitions in the industrial and technology fields. Hytera in China was in talks to potentially acquire Cambridge commstech business Sepura at the time of writing.
The most interesting development in Cambridge-Sino relationships, however, is the increasing propensity for genuine collaboration.
It is abundantly clear that a bridge of trust has long needed to be built between two culturally diverse nations and we are starting to see the fruits of the labours of entrepreneurs on both sides of what once was not so much a divide as a chasm.
Business Big Data, the Chinese firm that has opened in Cambridge, is building an ecosystem of key players in Cambridge and London that will add to the power of the Big Data proposition to the benefit of large and small businesses across vast realms of industries.
Venture capitalists in China are looking to invest in Cambridge and UK biotech, hi-tech and industrial firms but – beyond pure funding – to also help them expand into China through long-term mentoring partnerships.
With Brexit and a rift with Europe still a very real and damaging threat and with the special relationship with a Trump-centric United States looking doomed, Japan and China present a wonderful opportunity for Cambridge and UK companies to fill those trade voids. What was once Asia Minor in business terms becomes Asia Major for our best and most globally ambitious young businesses.


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Since 2001, NewSound Hearing Centers of Harlingen has been offering a wide variety of hearing-related services including ear canal exams, thorough hearing tests and ear wax removal. If you suffer from persistent or intermittent ringing or buzzing in the ear, we also provide tinnitus relief services.
NewSound also makes it a goal to be an active part of the Harlingen community. Our staff is involved in local events, activities, and community outreach programs.
NewSound's office is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and we also gladly make Saturday appointments and home visits if requested. We provide services to patients in need of treatment for hearing loss, tinnitus, or those who need a hearing test according to a flexible schedule that works for our patients. We accept most forms of payment including cash, check, MasterCard, Visa, Discover, and American Express credit cards, as well as financing options. We accept most forms of insurance, so please remember to bring your insurance card to an appointment.


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I've been able to do a few master bedrooms lately, and it's been so much fun! This is a room where I don't have to consider family friendly fabrics and furniture. No; this is an adult space that can be beautiful, serene, and even have items that are breakable!
This master had beautiful bones; it just needed to get all styled and pretty. The homeowners did a DIY shiplap wall and painted their espresso bedroom furniture with my favorite recommendation: General Finishes milk paint. Paint and new hardware took their matching set to a whole new level!


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Keto and Low Carb Soups
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The 550 Velocity Tuff Deck carries all the same features of our Velocity and Velocity Sports but with the Tuff Deck feature. What does Tuff Deck mean you ask! A no nonsense deck with easy wash down, with no carpet to attract sand and mud this model is an ideal for crabbing and net casting.