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Open Thread: Everything You're Reading, Watching, Listening To and Looking At
This is your place to talk about the TV, movies, music, books and art that are thoroughly entertaining you.
A few of you who frequent the comment section have heard me talk about the computer game Stardew Valley recently. I'm a very on-and-off, casual gamer, and Stardew Valley has captured my heart like few other games have. Created over the course of four years by a single person, it's an homage to the old Harvest Moon games, but delightful enough that you don't need any nostalgia to enjoy it.
Stardew Valley is simple enough for casual gamers to pick up with ease, tame enough that kids can play it, and yet so charming that it's hard to put down. You run a lovely little farm in a quaint village in the countryside. It's full of wonderful surprises but more than that, it offers a comforting routine.
Sometimes real life is maddeningly unpredictable. The washer breaks down on laundry night. A traffic jam makes you late for work. That new recipe that looked great online turns out to be a dud and goes straight into the trash. None of these annoyances are the end of the world, but some days they add up into a mountain of frustration.
It's easy to lose sight of the bigger picture, the fact that things will probably be okay in the end, when there are so many responsibilities and so many things that make them harder than they need to be.
In Stardew Valley, my responsibilities are simple and clearly laid out; there's little guesswork or misfortune. I plant my crops and I know how many days until harvest. I feed and hug my animals every day — and yes, your animals need to be "hugged" (clicked on) every day to reach maximum happiness. If I don't want to go to the festival or clear out all the trees on my farm or catch yet another fish for Willie (the local fisherman), I don't have to. The festival will happen again next year, the trees can be cleared out later with few consequences, and Willie will always have a fishing quest for me if I change my mind later.
Stardew Valley does include combat, for those of us who like to play the brave adventurer, but it's much simpler than combat in most games. Literally all you have to do is swing your sword, and the hardest part is remembering to switch between your pickaxe (to break up rocks and find valuable ore) and your weapon. It also has a fishing mini game, which feels impossible at first but gets easier with a bit of practice.
Fortunately, Stardew Valley's design lets you pick and choose what you want to do with your rural life. If you don't want to enter the mines or if you loathe fishing, sure, you'll miss out on some cool loot, but the game is still playable. If you don't like farming much, you can forage in the woods for wild flowers and vegetables, chop down trees, and run errands. If you love the cute livestock, you can spend your time caring for them and increase your investments by turning milk into cheese and eggs into mayonnaise. I've even heard of players who devoted their farms exclusively to flowers and beehives.
For me, I'm more interested in growing giant pumpkins and hugging my cows than in going into town every day to chat with my neighbors, but I do appreciate the game's interpersonal options. All of your fellow townsfolk have their own routines, and their dialogue gives them each a distinct personality. Marriage is completely optional, but if you want to woo a spouse you have ten romantic options — all of whom are accessible regardless of your own character's gender.
For anyone who played Nintendo games a decade or so ago, Stardew Valley will immediately remind you of Harvest Moon. The basic premise is identical, after all: you have a farm, and it's up to you to plant crops and care for animals to make your small rural business thrive. It also has a few elements similar to Animal Crossing, namely the foraging and getting to know your neighbors, but it's not linked to real time like Animal Crossing is — which means you can put it down for weeks or binge for hours at a time. I've also heard that Stardew Valley has similarities to both Rune Factory and Minecraft, but I haven't played either of those myself.
Stardew Valley is a fun and surprisingly charming game that's reminded me how much I love gaming. You don't have to pick up a gun and shoot aliens or devote all of your free time to it. It's just a calming, enjoyable, and cute pastime that allows you to escape into an idyllic world for a few hours at the end of a long and all-too-real-life day.


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Serving multiple ministry roles with excellent
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Today Tom talks to Dan Eno who serves as both Worship Minister and Student Minister at his Church. This is pretty common in the ministry world as churches often don't have the resources to hire someone for just one full-time position. So, they have a person serve multiple "part-time" positions in order to create a full-time role for someone.
So today, Tom and Dan talk about ways to serve in those multiple roles successfully and effectively.
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Because no Atlanta museum possesses more than modest quantities of South or East Asian art, exhibitions such as Oglethorpe University Museum of Art's "Jiki to Hanga: Japanese Porcelain and Prints" are fated to be more like fragmentary glimpses than comprehensive surveys. But this lovely show, on display through August 25, is a thoroughly thought-provoking glimpse. Rather than answering a question, each of the exquisite objects on view begins a conversation.
Intent on maintaining its distinctive qualities, Japanese civilization nevertheless developed in dialogue with other cultures, beginning with China and eventually including Europe and the United States. The flows of cultural exchange reached something of a flood tide in the decades following the mid-19th-century Meiji Restoration, when Japanese prints influenced European painters, European art influenced Japanese styles, and American art scholar Ernest Fenollosa encouraged the rise of a freshly traditional Japanese art movement and introduced classical Chinese poetry to European modernism by way of a Japanese commentator.
Japanese porcelain reflects the long conversation with China in its design touches and overglaze techniques, but Japan's first porcelain was developed independently in 1616 by Ri Sampei, a Korean potter brought to Japan who located the kaolin clay suitable for its creation.
Visitors will enjoy the sheer variety of visual pleasure of the show's 20 or so plates, bowls and other vessels, which are a gift of Carrie Lee Jacobs Henderson, the granddaughter of onetime Oglethorpe University President Thornwell Jacobs. Though most of the pieces are from the 18th and 19th centuries, the small plate that is the masterwork of the show was probably made around 1690 as part of a set of five, designed for a Japanese aristocrat rather than for the export trade that the Dutch had already established.
The Oglethorpe permanent collection's single 14th-century Buddha sculpture, its 21st-century Zen calligraphy and its half-dozen woodblock prints are obviously no more than hints of vast genres, though extremely well-chosen hints, since all the prints are from the iconic Edo period of the early 19th century and two are by the quintessentially iconic Hiroshige. Like several other aspects of "Jiki to Hanga," they make excellent starting points for thinking about traditions that continue today — as the Zen calligraphy indicates, as also do the brush paintings by children of Seigakuin Atlanta International School that form a bridge in the hallway between the exhibition's two galleries.
The Julianne and Terry Taylor Collection, on loan, in the second gallery allows for an in-depth look at a unique moment in Japanese art history. Hiroshi Yoshida, represented here by 29 prints dating from 1926 to 1946, was a significant figure in the shin hanga (new prints) movement that sought to bring the woodblock tradition into the 20th century.
Trained in European painting techniques, Yoshida saw that there was no point in imitating Hiroshige when the Edo period had passed into history. Although the prints in the Taylor Collection represent evocative Japanese scenes from Mount Fuji to antique bridges and temples, they also deal with such subjects as "Kagurazaka Street After a Night Rain," a 1929 glimpse of Tokyo that allowed Yoshida to show off the handling of effects of light that he accomplished with multiple layers of color. (Five successive states of the 1939 "Study for a Junk," presented here in a single frame, show how the different colors were overlaid — a valuable educational moment in the exhibition.)
Yoshida's travels led to prints depicting the Grand Canyon and Taj Mahal, as well as such distinctly Japanese sites as Toshogu Shrine and boats on the Inland Sea, but this aspect of his career isn't reflected in the Taylor Collection. It is, nevertheless, important to recall that, unlike the woodblock artists of the Edo period, Yoshida and other artists of his generation regarded themselves as part of a global dialogue to which they wished to make a distinctly Japanese contribution. These prints contain echoes of centuries of Japanese culture, but they also reflect the sensibility of the 20th century.
If this show whets the appetite for Japanese prints, a visit to Agnes Scott College would be in order. The Margaret R. Law Collection, which encompasses the broad sweep of hanga prints from Hokusai and Hiroshige to the late 20th century, is on permanent display on the third floor of Agnes Scott's McCain Library. Given the relative scarcity of Asian art holdings in the city, this might suggest room for future collaborations.


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PVCC Outstanding Adjunct Faculty
2017 Adjunct Faculty Survey
Once a year we send out a survey to all PVCC's Adjunct to seek their input and experience over the past year. We really hope that all PVCC's Adjunct Faculty will provide us honest and constructive feedback as we try to improve our commitment, service and support to you. Please click here to access the survey by May 12th, it should take approximately 10-minutes to complete. Thank you.
Canvas Corner
CANVAS USERS - Reminder: When you enter grades in SIS, student data is removed from your Canvas course. IMPORTANT – After the last assignment of the semester is graded in your Canvas course, and BEFORE you enter final grades in SIS, you should;
- Verify the accuracy of the grades in the grade book.
- Archive the grade book by downloading it to your computer.
- Download assignment submissions and quiz or survey statistics.
If you need assistance with downloading data from Canvas or entering Grades in SIS, feel free to contact Linda Lawson for assistance. A "how-to" SIS document is available here. Have a wonderful summer!
How Social Media is Changing Education
Social media permeates today's society with millions of us engrossed, some would argue to the point of unhealthy addiction, in the latest happenings via apps such as Facebook and Twitter. Facebook famously had its origins in Harvard University before extending to other colleges in the US, so it is perhaps appropriate to look at the role of social media in education today, a decade on from its beginnings in the bedrooms of Mark Zuckerberg and his college friends.
According to usage statistics gathered earlier this year by Ofcom, 66% of all adults aged 16+ have a profile on at least one social networking site, and though the report doesn't break down these figures by age group, it's reasonable to assume that among those of university age, that percentage could potentially be much higher. We know that universities and other education providers have responded by increased use of social media marketing to showcase their courses and attract students, but are they harnessing the full power of the medium to engage and interact with those same students once they begin their studies? Does social media have a place as a teaching tool or is it simply a distraction? Read More...
Tech Tips
Did you know Faculty can submit a grade change request within 60 days of the initial grade entry in the original grade roster? This is done using the Request Grade Change link in the Faculty Center:
- Navigate to the Faculty Center; Main Menu > Self Service > Faculty Center > My Schedule.
- Click the Grade Roster Icon.
- Click the Request Grade Change link. If the original grade was entered more than 60 days ago, contact your college A&R office.
- Scroll to the student, and in the New Grade field, enter the new grade; press the Tab key.
- Click Submit for Approval button. The Approval Status for the student whose grade you changed will update to a status of "Pending".
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Most investors purchase bonds or bond funds in order to provide an income stream and portfolio diversification. The fact that most bonds provide a steady income stream may lull investors into thinking that there is little risk to these investments. This is in fact not true.
Bonds are often used to help offset some of the volatility of stocks since bonds and stock generally move in opposite directions or may be less volatile than stocks. Bond markets actually react to many factors, such as interest rates, Federal Reserve policy, economic conditions, inflation and the financial health or credit rating of the bond's issuer. In this newsletter we want to focus on the affect changes in interest rates have on bond prices.
Bond values have an inverse relationship with interest rates. Very simply put, when interest rates rise, bond values fall and when interest rates fall, bond values rise. The teeter-totter image below gives you a visual example of how this works.
It is important to also understand how the fluctuation of bond values due to interest rate movements is directly related to the maturity length of a bond. Maturity is the date at which a bond is due and payable, meaning the date when the bondholder receives their principal and final interest payment. Generally, the longer the bond's maturity, for example a bond maturing in ten years versus another that matures in two years, the more it's affected by changing interest rates. A ten year bond will usually lose more of its value if rates go up than the two year note.
If you have any questions regarding the bond or fixed income portion of your portfolio, please feel free to contact us or discuss it at your next review meeting.


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Director Chris Streams did an excellent job at casting this group of voracious, big busted and beautiful porn stars for this edition of his well-loved series.
The cast includes Olivia Austin, Missy Martinez, Angela White, and Kayla Kayden with Manuel Ferrara, Ramon Nomar, and Criss Strokes. We get lots of time to examine all of White's curves, nooks and crannies and her anal scene with Ferrara in this is passionate and wonderful to watch. He gives her the breath play she wants during some hard vag fucking and she gets off just a metric ton in this. Blonde Kayden looks lovely in hot pink and black lingerie, jiggling her tits in the SoCal sunshine before she gets her pussy fucked well by Ferrara.
Austin is also pretty in pink but indoors for her pussy fucking session with Nomar. Austin really knows how to work her rack to make it look super appealing and Nomar really enjoys his time with her here. Martinez is deliciously filthy in her anal scene here with a thankfully non-ball-cap-wearing Strokes. I wasn't thrilled with how Strokes popped across her eye socket - cum in the eye hurts, gentlemen!
The DVD includes a behind-the-scenes interview with White only and an editing flub appears to have happened that cut off the rest of the featurette. There is also a cumshot recap, a still gallery, trailers for other Jules Jordan Video releases and an ad for Jules Jordan Video's websites. You can also watch the scenes in this in our online store or on the Jules Jordan Video website.
All of the images and video here appear courtesy of Jules Jordan Video. Click right here to go watch "Bra Busters 8" right now!
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... it ever go away, what's the cure. In in pain everyday
Meralgia Paresthetica - I have MP on my inner thigh and numbness all the way down to my toes, does?
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- 13 May 2016
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Baby; this is what it says about your condition. defination from drug.com(((Meralgia paresthetica is a disorder characterized by tingling, numbness, and burning pain in the outer side of the thigh. The disorder is caused by compression of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, a sensory nerve to the skin, as it exits the pelvis... )))) Mostly it is controlled by medication check with your doctor there are a lot more things on the market to help control this condition now days.
I have this too. Have been to Mayo Clinic for relief a couple of times in the past 4 years for this pain, even had a steroid shot into the nerve in the groin. Neither the shot nor drugs helped. Trying to lose a few pounds now as I have noticed the nerve hurts more when I get a bigger belly! :-) More compression on the nerve, I am thinking.
That is a good possibility but if it's been a while you should check back with the doctor. Wish I could help you out more.
I am 26 and suddenly developed meralgia paresthetica. I am a CNA and was working in a assisted living rehabilitation facility. I started off with a small numb spot on one thigh and it has since developed into large patches of numbness on both thighs. Along with numbness it also feels like a burning, pens and needles sensation. Sometimes it will itch and its impossible to scratch, it hurts to itch the skin that's numb. I attributed it to the fact that I have mild scoliosis in my L2-L4 area, and I figured constantly transferring people was the cause of swelling which was causing the nerve to be entrapped. I have had a xray and it showed no abnormalities. Im trying to find the means to get a MRI done. I have since stopped working at that job. And I figured the symptoms would subside but they haven't!! My doctor I saw yesterday said he'd concerned because he usually sees this in older people, or people who are overweight.
Which I'm at healthy weight for my height and haveaintained the same weight for years. So he's concerned and so am I! Was wondering what anyone thinks on my situation... This sucks!!! ):
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Stage 4 of the 2014 Dakar saw Juan Pedrero take his maiden win at the end of a special which dealt Cyril Despres' prospects a severe blow. The Frenchman slipped down the general classification after conceding over 40 minutes to his rivals. Carlos Sainz, who turned the race on its head after spending the entire stage on the attack, grabbed the win and leapfrogged Roma to take the overall lead.
After a few stages in which he had let Joan Barreda steal the limelight during Francisco "Chaleco" López decided enough was enough and pounded his fist on the table during the fourth special, part two of the motorcycles' marathon stage. The Chilean rider pulled out all the stops from the beginning and led the way at each CP. Even though it was not good enough for a twelfth Dakar stage win, his strong ride allowed him to claw back lots of time. Meanwhile, Spain's Joan Barreda lost precious minutes due to a navigation error, although he managed to limit the damage by pushing his motorcycle hard towards the end. He now holds a slim lead in the general classification, 3′10″ ahead of Marc Coma, who produced a virtuoso performance in today's stage. Just behind them on the course was Juan Pedrero, who showed he has outgrown his previous role as Marc Coma's lieutenant at KTM by lighting the fireworks and bringing his Sherco across the finish line 29″ faster than López. The Catalan rider, no longer an overall threat, took his maiden Dakar win in Chilecito.
The fourth day of the 2014 Dakar was also a rude awakening for some of the big names, including the defending champion himself. Cyril Despres maintained an ideal pace throughout most of the stage but blew up with about 12 kilometres to go and could only watch as his rivals and other nearby riders disappear into the distance. The five-time winner now has a 41-minute deficit to Barreda in the general classification. With a history of amazing comebacks, it is too early to write Despres off, but his task has just become even more difficult than he had imagined. A real downer for sure, but Despres was still luckier than stage 2 winner Sam Sunderland, who had to give up after the engine of his Honda broke down.
The Matador gains the upper hand!
Nani Roma set off from San Juan at 7:20 am local time, opening the road as the leader of the car category. Two timed sections (217 and 284 km, respectively) and a 157 km timed section later, the man at the wheel of the no. 304 Mini reached Chilecito as Carlos Sainz's second-in-command in the general classification. The car race was turned on its head again as Carlos Sainz and his SMG buggy blasted the hierarchy established in yesterday's puncture-marred stage into smithereens. The Spaniard went flat out from beginning to end to take his 26th Dakar win. No-one was able to match Sainz's pace, with second place going to an astonishing Stéphane Peterhansel, who never gave up despite multiple punctures, and third place going to another daredevil, Nasser Al-Attiyah, 13′19″ back.
The big loser of today's stage was none other than Nani Roma, who lost the overall lead after finishing fourth, 14′08″ behind his rival from Madrid. Although he is still very much in the race (second, 2′06″ behind Sainz), today's special laid bare Roma's limitations. The narrow gaps at the top, with Al-Attiyah at 6′56″ and the fiery Terranova at 13′08″, set the stage for a clash of titans, with Peterhansel (fifth at 18′10″) ready to bounce back into the fray.
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As one of the most noticed parts of your home, the roof can be an important element in making your house look appealing. It is a crucial area of your home design that should be given enough attention to make your home attractive to your visitors and possible buyers.
Aside from increasing the curb appeal of your house, effective roof painting, especially to metal roofs, can provide many benefits. Here are some of them:
Provide additional coat to defence – The materials of the unpainted roof are exposed to the damages such as rusting, cracking and scratching because of the rain, extreme heat, hail, the wind and other natural elements. Coating your metal or even other types of the roof with acrylic or oil-based paints every 2-4 years or elastomeric coating every 5-10 years can extend your roof's lifespan.
More affordable and cost-effective than replacing – Re-coating your roof can be an alternative to replacement, especially if it has no major damage. This can allow you to save more money to buy more durable roofing in the future. Your roof can be coated many times as long as it is not damaged.
Higher resale value – Everyone wants to own a well-maintained home. As such, your effort in making it look brand new can give your buyers the impression that your house receives outstanding treatment from you. One of the most noticed parts is the roof, so re-coating it with hues that harmonises with those of other parts of your home can contribute to the overall appeal of your residence.
In choosing which colours to use for your roof painting job, here are a few things to take note:
Colours of your exterior – Consider the hues of the exterior walls, doors, windows, as well as the house landscaping. Make sure the hues follow a scheme to make them blend beautifully.
Dark versus light hues – Dark-coloured roofs absorb more heat whilst lighter-coloured ones deflect it. If you live in a warmer climate, it is best to use lighter-hues, whilst dark-coloured roofs are best in colder climates.


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This Week in Pac-10 Track and Field
May 4, 2004
2004 PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD LISTThis list contains no less than the top 20 performances in each event, while all qualifiers for the 2004 Pac-10 Championships (May 14-15, Tucson, Ariz. -- combined events May 7-8) are above the underlined mark in each event. Marks in parentheses after each event heading are (in order) Pac-10 and NCAA regional qualifying marks. All Pac-10 champions will automatically be invited to the NCAA West Region Championships (May 28-29, Northridge, Calif.). The top five finishers from each regional event automatically advance to the NCAA Championships (June 9-12, Austin, Texas). Another six to eight athletes nationally per event will be invited by the NCAA Championships selection committee based on a season performance list as long as that athlete competed in the regional. Qualifying marks must be made between March 1 and May 16.List marks in parentheses for the races of 200 meters and under are not accepted as NCAA qualifying efforts, as they were not recorded in automatic (track) or metric (field) form. For the Pac-10 Championships, hand times are allowed, but field events still must be measured in metric units. Indoor marks (from January 1) and wind-aided marks of greater than 4.0 mps will be accepted for the Pac-10 Championships, but not for the NCAA Championships. Wind-aided marks of 2.0 - 4.0 mps will be accepted for NCAA Championships. Pac-10 qualifying marks in italic have been adjusted to meet the minimum field of 12 competitors.Date of performance is listed after each entry. For distances of one lap and below, hand times are converted for placing using IAAF charts (+0.24 seconds for below one lap, +0.14 seconds for one lap and up).Symbols: # - NCAA regional qualifier; ! - School record; i - indoor mark; (A) - altitude over 1000 meters; y - yards; *** - freshman; ** - sophomore; * - junior; no asterisk - senior.
Pac-10 Men's Track and Field Athlete of the Week
Track Athlete of the Week: WES FELIX, USC (Jr., Santa Clarita, Calif.). Won both the 100 meters and 200 meters at the USC-UCLA dual meet. He clocked a personal-best 20.57 in the 200 meters - the best time in the Pac-10 this season. He turned in a personal-best time of 10.31 in 100 meters - tied for second on the Pac-10's best list this season. He also ran the second leg on the winning 4x400 relay squad that posted a time of 39.35.
Field Athlete of the Week: MATT WAGNER, Arizona (Sr., North Bent, Wash.). Wagner won the javelin event at the 'Duel in the Desert' with a toss of 225-2. He currently owns the Pac-10's longest mark of the season with a throw of 240-10.
Previous Track winners: April 13 - Domenik Peterson, ASU (200m). April 19 - Louis Luchini, STAN (5000m). April 26 - Brandon Johnson, UCLA (400mH). May 3 -Wes Felix, USC (100m/200m).
Previous Field winners: April 13 - Dan Ames, UCLA (SP/DT/HT). April 19 - Kurt Seefeld, CAL (DT). April 26 - Dan Ames, UCLA (SP/DT/HT). May 3 - Matt Wagner, ARIZ (JT).
Pac-10 Women's Track and Field Athlete of the Week
Track Athlete of the Week: ALICIA CRAIG, Stanford (So., Gillette, Wyo.). Running in only her third 10,000 meters ever, Craig set the collegiate record, Pac-10 record and school record at the Cardinal Invitational with a time of 32:19.97, besting the previous collegiate record of 32:22.97 (Carol Zajac, Villanova 1992). The Pac-10 record had been 32:31.65 by Arizona's Amy Skieresz in 1997.
Field Athlete of the Week: JILL CAMARENA, Stanford (Sr., Woodland, Calif.). Became the Pac-10's second all-time leading shot put performer with a career-best and school record throw of 59-6 1/4 at the Cardinal Invitational. Her new school record qualified her for the U.S. Olympic Trials.
Previous Track winners: April 13 - Sofie Abildtrup, ORE (200m/400m). April 19 - Arianna Lambie, STAN (1500m). April 26 - Amy Hastings, ASU (3000m steeple). May 3 - Alicia Craig, STAN (10,000m).
Previous Field winners: April 13 - Sheena Gordon, UCLA (HJ). April 19 - Blessing Ufodiama, WSU (TJ). April 26 - Sheni Russell, CAL (DT). May 3 - Jill Camarena, STAN (SP).
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Nothing lasts forever and no meme goes untarnished.
On Thursday morning, the U.S. Air Force jumped on the never-ending "Laurel or Yanny" meme and took it to a really dark place, proving memes and military action just don't mix.
The social media minds behind the U.S. Air Force Twitter account decided to employ the hotly-debated two names in a tweet bragging about fighter jets providing air support to repress a Taliban offensive.
The link included in the tweet is a story about Air Force air support efforts to prevent Taliban forces from overtaking Farah city which… is a long way off from the light-hearted debate that ensued over "Laurel or Yanny."
Many on Twitter agreed.
Yikes guys…a little much maybe?
— John M. Pipes (@jm_pipes) May 17, 2018
Haha! It's funny because a bunch of people are dead.
— David Kleppinger (@DrKlep) May 17, 2018
well this was fun while it lasted
— Tyler Huckabee (@TylerHuckabee) May 17, 2018
I hope the military didn't spend too much of its missing 21 trillion dollars on its social media campaign, cuz they'd be overpaying at minimum wage.
— Jon P (@jp_in_nj) May 17, 2018
Just to clarify, is this the Air Force glorifying the delivery of deadly force from the air in an intractable war? Can you confirm that no innocent civilians were killed?
— Watsobo (@spacecitybase) May 17, 2018
No, not even the social media masters of the armed forces are immune to the backlash of a jokey misfire.
Then again, maybe our own Chris Taylor was right all along: the memes are just here to divide us.
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Exclusivity ain't everything.
Some company in a hyper-wired world, analysts say, can actually be a good thing.
Google Inc. confirmed plans Tuesday to take its at-home, light-speed Internet service to Austin, Texas. And although that would seem to dull the luster Kansas City enjoys as the only market where the service is rolling out, the broadening of Google Fiber to the Lone Star state might actually make it more useful here.
The move drops the service into one of the most tech-happy places in the country that isn't Silicon Valley or Boston. That, in turn, might entice a Texas-sized community of computer-centric entrepreneurs to develop uses for the gigabit-per-second hookups of Google Fiber.
This could mean that Google sees the venture as more than a backwater try-out. The promise to wire Austin with fiberoptic lines to residential customers could tempt more big-budget companies to think about ways to take full advantage of such home connections.
"If you're building something at gigabit speeds but only Kansas City has it, that's not enough to move the needle for somebody big to invest in applications," said Kansas State University computer scientist Dan Andresen. "While (taking Google Fiber to Austin) may remove a little bit of the, 'Whoo, we're special' thing, it may create greater opportunity for businesses in Kansas City that have begun to work on uses for it.
"Bigger markets open up the market generally."
Analysts note that any network becomes more valuable as it acquires connections. Facebook becomes valuable as it is populated by more "friends." The Internet wasn't nearly as exciting when it only connected a few universities. The telephone became wildly more useful as more people, well, got telephones.
Likewise, as Google Fiber builds out across Kansas City, it allows huge piles of data to move almost instantaneously from home to home. But such transfers can't zip anywhere but across town if Kansas City's the only place with such connections. So adding Austin to the mix could be a monumental step to creating a network that's not only fast, but broad.
"We need companies to develop applications. To do that, they need to see not just a static test market, but one that is growing," said Aaron Deacon, the managing director of KC Digital Drive. His organization was formed to discover and deploy uses for gigabit connections.
"It's one thing if you've got 50,000 homes or whatever in Kansas City," he said. "But if you've got 1 million homes across 10 markets, then things really start to change."
Google remained characteristically coy about whether going to Austin is a start toward becoming a national Internet service provider.
"We're taking Google Fiber one step at a time," the company said on its website. "We're focusing on Kansas City and Austin right now."A year-plus away
Google said it would launch much the same service in Austin as in Kansas City. The company said it expected pricing to be "roughly similar."
Google expects to start hooking up some homes in Austin in mid-2014. That reflects a less optimistic schedule than it announced when it chose Kansas City two years before, but a faster rollout than it ultimately delivered.
A Google spokeswoman said the work in Austin will not slow progress in Kansas City, "not in the slightest." Still, some homes in Austin will be lit up with the service before it's available in some neighborhoods in south Kansas City and north of the Missouri River.
"Kansas City will remain the only city in the country with Google Fiber for the next year and a half," said Jenna Wandres, the Google spokeswoman. "That's supporting a tech scene that's growing and thriving."
The Internet search giant began installations in homes in November and so far has reached only a few neighborhoods in Kansas City, Kan. The company won't say how many customers have its service.
Like Kansas City, Austin has a significant ring of fiberoptic Internet "backbone" already in place. And like Kansas City, Kan., the process of installing a Google Fiber network could be made easier because Austin has a city-owned utility, Austin Energy, that could streamline the access to utility poles and underground conduit needed to run wires to homes.
Austin has the state's largest research university and a sizable high-tech business community. Apple, Dell and Cisco all have offices there amid a vibrant high-tech startup community fed by the engineering and computer science talent streaming out of the University of Texas. That might make it more ready to take advantage of the gigabit-per-second connections — roughly 100 times faster than most home Internet speeds.
International Strategy Investment Group noted in a report Tuesday that "Austin appears to have very strong population growth, with higher median and per-capita income, and a lower unemployment rate, than in Kansas City Austin appears to have a lower TV penetration rate. Coupled with the higher per-capita income, this might mean that Austin could have more" residents who get their video programming over the Internet rather than by subscribing to cable or satellite services.
By taking the service to Austin, said Glen Friedman of the Ideas Solutions broadband consulting agency, Google will draw more attention.
"It's a very tech-savvy place. It's a much more visible market because of the tech activity that's happening in Austin," he said. "It may create even more attention on what's happening in Kansas City because it can be seen as a picture of Google's performance for what other people might get."
Andresen, the K-State computer scientist, said there is some danger that the Google Fiber move to Austin could diminish its power as a draw for Kansas City.
"You'd no longer have something unique that could only be found in Kansas City," he said.Austin giddy
The Tuesday announcement in Austin lacked the surprise and thrill that came when Google picked Kansas City as its launch pad for the service two years ago and beat out 1,100 other communities to be a testing ground.
Yet Austin city officials spoke gleefully about following Kansas City as the second market where Google Fiber will be offered.
"Austin is on a roll," said Austin City Council member Laura Morrison. "Google's investment in super high-speed broadband infrastructure will turbo charge us."
Stacey Higginbotham, a writer for the GigaOM website and a resident of Austin, said the move gives Google a second test bed for its next-generation service, "and having more test beds makes sense."
"I do know more people here might have known what a gigabit is coming into things," Higginbotham said.
As in Kansas City, Google said it will offer free hook-ups to public institutions like schools and libraries. And, following the model it set in Kansas City, it will wire those neighborhoods that sign up in the greatest numbers during pre-registration drives. It's Austin TV package will include the Longhorn Network of University of Texas sports.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry said the arrival of Google Fiber underscores the state's role in innovation and participation in such things as the U.S. space program.
"It vastly increases the odds that the next big thing, the next Google," Perry said, "might happen here in the great state of Texas."


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Air quality management in the city
Air quality annual status reports
Each year the council presents and update on local air quality and the action plan with submission of the Annual Status Report to Department of the Environment. Recent ASR reports can be downloaded as follows:
- 2017 air quality status report (PDF 4.55MB)
- 2016 air quality status report (PDF 2.7MB)
- 2015 air quality status report (PDF 1.4MB)
Air quality action plan
In 2013 Brighton & Hove City Council declared two Air Quality Management Areas (AQMA maps below) for nitrogen dioxide. This required the council to write an Air Quality Action Plan as follows:
The Air Quality Action Plan focus area is considered in the Community Insight Report (PDF 1 MB). The Communities Insight Report compliments the Equalities Impact Assessment (PDF 65 KB) that considers the potential impacts the Air Quality Action Plan might have on protected groups. There is more information on Equalities Impact Assessments on our Equality pages.
Air monitoring results
2015 air monitoring results and trends:
- Five years automatic analysers (PDF 196KB) shows trends in nitrogen dioxide concentrations at monitoring stations adjacent to North Street and Lewes Road, Brighton and compares with results from Preston Park, Brighton which belongs to the UK national monitoring network.
- Diffusion Tube Table (MS excel 20KB) the table ranks diffusion tube results by 2016 concentrations for a wide geographical area that includes Central Brighton, Hove, Portslade and Rottingdean.
The council declared a new Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) (PDF 239KB) on 30 August 2013. The new AQMA is a quarter the size of the previous one. The council is developing a renewed 2014 air quality action plan targeting this area and welcomes views and constructive suggestions. You can also download the legal AQMA document for further information (PDF 3.7MB).
Continuous analysis of outdoor air shows improvement in nitrogen dioxide. Improvements are recorded at the majority of monitoring locations including those at roadside. In combination with source reductions in particulate, lead, benzene and carbon monoxide, it is likely that where many people live the air inhaled is more healthy than past dacades.
Monitoring at some city centre roadside sites in the AQMA suggests that current nitrogen dioxide concentrations are similar to 2002 with improvements since 2010 and 2013. At a number of roadside locations, nitrogen dioxide concentrations have not changed on those recorded 15 years ago. Concentrations continue to be recorded above the nitrogen dioxide legal limit within nine metres (30 feet) of confined roads in parts of Brighton and Portslade. Recent monitoring suggests compliance is within the limit in Rottingdean but this needs to be confirmed with 2016 and 2017 monitoring results.
Travel and transport
The Air Quality Action Plan relates to the Local Transport Plan and has joint interest to initiate a low emission strategy (LEZ). The 2015 bus LEZ covers North Street, Churchill Square and Western Road. We have won funding from department of transport and is investing over one million pounds in the retrofit of older buses in order to target emissions of oxides of nitrogen.
The air quality action plan will promote alternatives to diesel in the new management area for example methane and electric vehicle use and influence local planning policies regarding the massing and position and use of buildings. The Environmental Protection Team consults on planning applications and air quality is a material consideration for the planning process.
There has been impressive progress in providing travel choice in the city including a doubling in bus patronage in the past 20 years and increase in active travel such as cycling and walking. However a number of other measures require implementation if the EU and English limits for nitrogen dioxide are to be met. The use of electrical vehicles in Brighton & Hove has increased in recent years, but this category remains a small contribution to local transport. The local bus company has secured funds for electrical hybrid buses. Vehicles with exhaust retrofits and regenerative breaking are now in daily operation.
Local air quality management reports
Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) reports for the Department of the Environment (DEFRA) must be produced on regular basis. This is one of the council's statutory duties required under part IV of the Environment Act 1995.
Where specific airborne pollutant standards are exceeded local authorities have to designate these geographical areas as Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs).
Monitoring and assessment of local air quality can found in the Brighton & Hove's Air Quality Progress Report 2014 (PDF 3.1MB).
The 2012 Updating Screening and Assessment provides a comprehensive review of the state of air quality in the city. It can be downloaded as our Air Quality Progress Report 2014 (PDF 3 MB) follows:
- BHCC Updating Screening Assessment 2012 (PDF 1.6MB)
- BHCC Screening Assessment Appendix One 2012 (PDF 1.7MB)
- BHCC Screening Assessment Appendix Two 2012 (PDF 1.6MB)
The 2012 Detailed Assessment provides a technical appraisal for two areas adjacent to the existing Air Quality Management Area; Preston Road and Rottingdean. Download the report and appendices:
- BHCC Detailed Assessments 2012 (PDF 1.6MB)
- BHCC Detailed Assessments 2012 Appendix One (PDF 2MB)
- BHCC Detailed Assessments 2012 Appendix Two (PDF 1.6MB)
Our 2011 air quality action plan includes a comprehensive set of measures and recommendations aimed at improving air quality in the city and presents monitoring results for 2010.
Get information on LAQM reports for previous years
Particulates in the city
PM10s are fine airborne particles (less than ten microns). When inhaled the microscopic particles can penetrate deep into the lungs. Fine particles in the air can travel long distances between regions, that said emissions from local diesel engines have some influence on location concentrations.
In 2013 concentration on North Street close to the Ship Street junction were monitored close to 26 µg/m3. Three days (24-hour average) had concentrations > 50 µg/m3. These monitoring results are based on 90.8% data capture through the calendar year. From 2014/15 particulate matter less than 2.5 microns is monitored at North Street and Lewes Road in Brighton and results will be valuable to assess the health impacts of local air pollution. PM2.5 shows an improving trend in Preston Park. Slightly higher levels are recorded on North Street.
Nitrogen dioxide in the city
During recent years up to 2015 concentrations remain above the legal limit at some certain roadside locations: in Brighton, parts of Portslade and Rottingdean High Street.
The problem of nitrogen dioxide is similar to other small cities with historical centres such as York, Oxford and Cambridge. It is also comparable with Portsmouth, Reading, Nottingham and Sheffield. With a population approaching half a million the Brighton-Worthing conurbation is one of the least industrialised in Europe (in terms of large combustion processes and factories). It has been certain for more than a decade that poorer air quality in Brighton is dominated by near ground level emissions and local transport sources. Due to economy and transport policies some local road counters show a decline in total traffic tallies between 2008 and 2012. Levels of nitrogen dioxide have not improved in some places near roads due to the following contributory factors:
- A higher proportion of diesel vehicles that show a lack of real-world performance improvement in emissions of nitrogen dioxide
- Diesel particulate filters that can become clogged with soot following repetitive urban driving
- Exhaust traps designed to mitigate particles can emit additional nitrogen dioxide from the tail pipe
- Older petrol vehicles with catalytic converters that perform less well with time
- Internal combustion engine and emission abatement technologies that are not suited to; stop-start mileage, congested intersections, intermittent acceleration and sharp hill climbs
- Narrow street ways that are less favourable for dispersion of emissions and entrainment of fresher ventilation from open spaces such as parks and the sea
- Eddie and wake effects sometimes resulting in slower flow of wind one or two city blocks inland from the sea front
- A seasonal pattern in ambient nitrogen dioxide points to a lack of vertical dispersion above the street in the wintertime
- A recorded decline in regional background pollutant levels emphasis the importance of local road traffic emissions
The most concentrated pollution is not always found adjacent to the highest volumes of traffic. Road intersections and enclosed streets have a limited spatial capacity before air quality is likely to become an issue. Relatively few vehicles with modest emissions totals can cause long term ambient nitrogen dioxide concentrations to exceed legal target levels in confined spaces. Most of these urban street environments have very high population density with considerable retail activity and associated frequent pedestrian foot fall.


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What should one prefer? Alcohol or sweets? This article is intended to make you clear about the pros and cons of consuming the desserts and alcohol. Following are some considerable points and points to remember whenever you are confused to what to consume out of alcohol or a dessert:
The Calorie Content
We start with discussing the calorie content. If you are consuming only one drink containing alcohol a day, then, every time the calorie content of alcohol will approximately be lesser than the dessert.
These beverages containing alcohol will comprise of 100-200 calories in each serving. On the other hand, in each serving of a dessert, there are approximately 500-1000. Obviously, it would make a huge difference in your diet plan. If marinating a healthy body weight is your main aim, and you are having an extravagant assorted cocktail like soda prepared with alcohol, a blender, and sweet liquid, then you could be coming closer to consume about 500 calories in one drink which can be disadvantageous for you. One thing to be noticed is that consumption of alcohol (especially when taken excessively) can reduce your willpower and tend you to consume more calories from food than the suggested one. Therefore, it is of utmost concern to first look deeply to how much amount of alcohol you are going to drink instead of having a dessert.
The Nutritional Content
The nutritional content is also of great significance. In fact, alcohol does not contain any nutrients. Anyhow, you may be getting few of the antioxidants from the grapes from which the alcoholic beverage was prepared.
On the flip side, desserts, in spite of mostly being prepared with butter, sugar, and oil, but it still provides you with the nutrients like essential fatty acids, antioxidants, phytochemicals, carbohydrates, etc.
How Your Body Handles the Calories?
Lastly, another point to be noted is the way of handling such calories by your body. Right after the ingestion of alcohol, oxidation of fat and carb approaches cessation. In this way, the process of burning of fat stops till the excretion or utilization of alcohol which is actually harmful to your metabolism. On the other hand, you might be consuming excessive fat and carbs by eating desserts, but, it will not alter your body's mechanism related to the oxidation of both the fats and the carbs.
In general, choosing a small dessert over a glass of alcohol is recommended and somewhat healthier for you. In this way, you are avoiding toxicity and staying away from the harmful effects of alcohol to all over your body, as a whole and to your brain and liver functioning in particular. While consuming dessert can lead you to gain some extra weight, which is not that devastating as of alcohol consumption as you can steadily lose those calories and thus maintain your body weight. So, choose sensibly and appropriately and take care of your body as a whole.


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Summer will soon be upon us! Let the book reading begin.
Each summer we have a family summer reading challenge, as well as participating in our local library's summer reading program. This year it's all about characters.
Have you ever read a book where you connected with one of the characters? I have found people that inspire me, teach me, or simply make me laugh--that just happen to live within the covers of a book. These characters are like good friends to me.
As a family collect your top 100 characters. Create a poster of characters from books that your family really connects with! When you complete your Top 100 list throw a party and invite friends to come dressed as their favorite character!
How To:
-print out the theme and glue onto a poster board
-brainstorm as a family some of your favorite characters
-print out the game and see how many characters you can identify
-hang up the poster in a highly visible place
-you can divide characters into different categories if you want (science fiction, children's books, girls, boys, animals, etc,)
-write your favorite characters on the list
-find pictures online to add to your poster
You can leave your thoughts, comments or suggestions here on my feedback page. Thanks!
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We do so love a good love story around here, and today we have a client who has graciously decided to share her love story with us in a spotlight of sorts. Enjoy!
photo courtesy of maddie marie photography
How did you meet?
A few weeks later, Facebook came out with this crazy thing called Facebook Chat and this little box kept popping up on Adam's screen. As they chatted, they found out more about each other and Adam found out that she had broken up with his good friend! After chatting every day for a week, Jax finally said, "Here is my number, just call me!" and they have talked basically every day since then!
Tell us about your first date:
After more chatting, Adam flew out to Dallas to see Jax for their first official date. They went to Fort Worth and had dinner at the Lone Star Cafe with her parents; the best $12.00 filet mignon in town - Jax's parents both swear by it! Then after dinner was over they crossed the street to get ice cream and split up from her parents. While walking around down town, this charming man stopped and offered Jax a free rose, but only if Adam would kiss her. Adam turned and looked at Jax and she grabbed him, lunged in and planted a huge kiss on his lips (a sore sight to see and really uncoordinated). The man gave her "a beautiful rose for a beautiful girl" and then asked for a donation, but Adam had no cash (only his card) so the guy took it back. After that it was awkward for a minute or two. But after that first kiss, we were officially dating and it broke the ice for the many kisses to come.
What are your favorite qualities about each other?
About him: His big, beautiful blue eyes and humorous personality; he's always playing around or making me smile! We bring out the goofiness and weirdness in each other and it totally fits together!
About her: Her eyes and crazy personality, and her ability to never give up and keep going to reach her goals and desires in life!
About them: Our favorite quote that sums us up is: "We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love." -Dr. Seuss
How did he propose?
On our Christmas Break Adam and I were in Texas for a week visiting family and friends and having a blast! On December 22, 2011 - a beautiful, sunny day - he took me on a series of our first dates! It all started out with a cute little picnic of Einstein sandwich bagels and sparkling grape cider. We went to a children's park and ate, then we fed the ducks... even though they ran from us! Right after the park he drove me to the lake where we once sat and read scriptures and talked for hours watching the sun rise. He took me to the same rocks where we cuddled and talked of the future and he told me how much he loved me. Then he romantically kissed me and while he was kissing me he went to hold my hand. However, what I didn't know was he had intertwined the ring onto my finger and I gasped! Then before I knew what was going on, he got on one knee and asked me to marry him for eternity! I said YES! I can't wait for forever with my Addie!


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Researchers: Eye is new window for Alzheimer's detection
A new, non-invasive, laser technology may help detect Alzheimer's disease at its earliest stages, according to researchers.Researchers at Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School developed a technique to detect plaques in the eye of laboratory mice. People with Alzheimer's have beta-amyloid deposits, or plaques, that appear as unusual cataracts in the lens of the eye. The technology involves directing a brief pulse of infrared light into the eye.
"This makes the [eye] lens an ideal window for early detection and disease monitoring in Alzheimer's," said researcher Lee E. Goldstein.


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Be Happy In Your Home - Vanessa Swafford, Interior Design
Greetings San Diego Networkers! We had a great WIN LeTip meeting at the Riverwalk Golf Course clubhouse with lots of guests this morning. We love guests and invite anyone who wants to check out San Diego's Premier Networking Group to check out our website at www.wealthinnetworking.org.
For warm-up, Mikel Bruce of Tiny Frog Technology our internet website designer took us through some yoga stretches for our shoulders and chest. One of these days we will all be able to straighten our arms the way Mikel can. As a side note, Mikel mentioned a free Yoga class Thursday evenings at 6pm at La Jolla Shores all summer long. So come and join Mikel and get yourself stretched out and limber.
Good news for the week, Debbie Bonham of Sew What Tailoring will finally be going on vacation. And Michael Calabrese of Michael's Painting finished his flip house and already has one offer on it. Way to go Michael and while he is enjoying selling his house he will be in Hawaii celebrating his mother's 85th birthday.
Our guests today were:
- Michael Rodgers – SG Carter Consultants, Inc which is our tax accounting firm and they can help set you up and get you the most money possible out of your tax returns.
- Melissa Kifowit – www.2gotools.com, a printer that can do any of your printing needs for much less.
- Michelle Holper – a Hairstylist that works at stil at the meridian. She can do anything you would like to your hair including cut, color and styling.
- JulieAnn Kulla – 858Graphics a graphic design and wide format print firm that specializes in trade shows, banners and graphic design.
- Douglas Fremdling – Propacific Builders window and door division. He can help you with all your window and door needs. Today Doug was voted in as our newest member at the end of the meeting.
On Wednesday May 26th, we are having our meeting in the evening from 6pm to 8pm at the Riverwalk Golfcourse Clubhouse, with a very special business motivational speaker, Topher Morrison. This is an "open house" type of event and you are encouraged to invite friends that might be interested in the business and networking opportunities that WIN LeTip offers and to hear Topher speak. If you send the invitation to your email lists then we can get a really great turnout for Topher and his business building motivational speaking that includes 8 ways to make money depending upon your personality.
Today our speaker was Vanessa Swafford of VanMarie Interior Design. Vanessa is our very capable interior designer with many years experience especially in kitchen and bath redesign. If your budget is not up to a full redesign and remodel, Vanessa can walk through your house and give you inexpensive design ideas to update your interior and to make your house look like a home. Many times she can make suggestions using existing décor and maybe some paint and soon you have an updated look. Vanessa also helps people "stage" their houses when they are on the market and want to receive top dollar when they are selling their homes. She can also do architecture design drawings which you can then take to an architect and get full plans drawn up. Vanessa can do any job big or small and really likes to focus on making great design available to everyone. Thanks Vanessa for a great talk that helped us understand your design business. That is what having speakers is all about, learning about each other's businesses so we can be better salespeople for you and network like crazy.
Don't forget to tell all your business associates and friends about our business mixer on May 26th with Topher Morrison, it will be a very enlightening event as he is a great speaker on how to move your business forward in these tough times.
We finished the meeting with a unanimous vote for Doug Fremdling of Propacific Builders window and door division to join WIN letip. If you get a chance, please give Doug a call and congratulate him.
Quote for the day from a anonymous source:
Readiness to fall is the confidence to walk.
Keep on moving forward,
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aims to be a one-stop-shop for environmental resources, a centre for the
creative exchange of ideas between interested groups and individuals and to
help people with an interest in the environment to connect with appropriate
activities and groups.
Visit the Invercargill Environment Centre's website.
The SCES Society was formed in April 1996 to be an umbrella organisation for the
environmental groups already operating in Riverton. The Society runs an
Environment Centre that 10 local environmental groups use as a base and also
manages several local projects. These projects include the Open Orchard,
Heritage Harvest Festival and Eco Academy projects. The aims of the Society are
For more information visit the South Coast Environment Society website.
Transition Towns is a grass roots/community initiative that involves
creating a resilient, truly sustainable, vibrant community of happy and healthy
people that will live in a way that will protect the environment and ultimately
enhance the quality of human lives everywhere. The movement is gaining momentum
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joining the movement. The Invercargill branch of the movement aims to support
the transition of Invercargill - and Southland - communities into a
lower-energy, lower-emissions future.
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How can I buy a Toyota when I really want to buy American?
Surprise! Surprise! You'll be happy to know that the Toyota Camry has been touted as the most American made of all vehicles on the road by Cars.com from 2009-2012! This year, it is the most American made car on the road! Camry earned this distinction with 75-80% of the parts originating in America. Additionally, Toyota Camrys are assembled at plants in Kentucky and Indiana.
Camry sales in the states have been so strong for decades and most often has been America's most popular car. This high sales volume, combined with the number of parts made in America and being assembled in the U.S. – earned Camry the distinction of most American-made car on the road. This is great for accolades for consumers, our economy and the U.S. job market. It takes more than 6,000 American workers to build the Camrys Americans buy. Toyota has gone to great lengths to design the car to appeal to the American public.
The Toyota Avalon, also assembled in Kentucky, has the highest percentage of American-made parts of any Toyota at 85%, but the distinction was earned by the Camry due to its higher sales volume. Toyota's mini-van, the Sienna, placed number six on the list, with parts manufactured in Indiana and the Toyota Tundra truck secured ninth place on the list, with most parts coming from Texas.
So in addition to knowing you are buying a quality vehicle, be proud that you are buying vehicles with parts manufactured right here in the United States and assembled by Americans. Come visit us at Jaffarian Toyota Scion to find your next vehicle while buying American!
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This Truth, or Goal Principle, is subsumable under five categories:
1. Dharma (Duty)
2. Artha (Wealth)
3. Kama (Joys)
4. Atmanubhava (Soul-Bliss) and
5. Bhagavad-anubhava (God-Bliss)
Dharma or Duty, is good works done for the sake of all sentient creatures – such good works as sustain the moral unity of the universe, or that cohesive force inherent in righteous works which binds together all existence into a harmonious whole or Unity. Dharma is unifying, adharma is separative; the one cohesive, the other divisive.
Artha, or Wealth, is money, grain, and such other possessions acquired in strict conformity with the rules of varna and asrama, and using the same in the spirit of charity in the service of Devas, Pitrus, and all creatures generally, with due regard to place, time, and fitness.
Kama, or Joys, are of two kinds: terrestrial or mundane; and celestial or ultra-mundane. The joys of this world are those derived by means of the senses of sound, touch, sight, taste, and smell, from such objects as father, mother, gems, lucre, grain, raiment, food, drink, son, friend, wife, cattle, house, land, perfumes, flowers, and all such luxuries. The joys of the other material worlds are of a nature much exalted above those of this world, and consist in dwelling in such bright regions as svarga, in being there bereft of such distempers as hunger, thirst, grief, passion, age, and death, and there enjoying draughts of nectar, and the love of celestial nymphs (apsaras) [but all one day to cease].
Atmanubhava, or Soul-bliss, is also moksha (release), inasmuch as it is the release from, or cessation of, sorrow, or in other words; deliverance from the bonds of the revolving wheel of births and deaths and the recovery of the natural state of the soul in its freedom, or the soul-life confined to itself without objective contacts, in the condition called kaivalya, or isolation, a purely psychic state, but not divine.
Bhagavad-anubhava, or God-bliss, is true moksha, or release, inasmuch as it is not only attended by the cessation of all the recurring cycles of physical life, but is release followed by God-bliss, the acme of the soul's aspiration and destiny. A total effacement or remission of all the effects of deeds done, good or bad (which force the soul into material bondage), takes place, and the gross body – which is the medium for experiencing the effects of such deeds (enjoyment or suffering) – which is the seat of the sixfold states or modifications, eventuating therein, viz., conception, delivery, change, growth, decline, and death – which is the abode of the threefold miseries, viz.,adhyatmika, Adhibhautika, and adhidaivika – which screens God from the soul and breeds delusion – which, in short, is the root of samsara – is sloughed off. The soul then enters into the susumna-nadi, rises into the head, and, rupturing the crown of the skull, soars aloft in the subtle body, journeying along the archiradhi path, and, piercing through the orb of the Sun, reaches the bounds of physical nature defined by the Viraja River. Here, by a plunge into its sacred waters, the soul is rid of all the subtle remnants of physical defilement, as well as of the subtle body still adhering to it; and is anon received, on emerging from that holy immersion, by a glorious Personage called Amanava, whose very touch soothes and disperses for ever all the pangs endured in its aonic peregrinations in collusion with physical Nature.
The released soul is then robed in a body of light and glory – panchopanisan maya; – body which obstructs not, but is made of such light stuff as helps the raying forth of the powers of the soul, which are Knowledge, Bliss, and Divine -Service; – a body which is fitted for no other purpose than the service of God; – a body, in short, radiant, celestial, spiritual, divine. The soul is then conducted in due pomp and state in cortege- into the Beatific Presence of God, who is visualized there as seated exaltedly in a celestial pavilion, made of such ineffable stuff as is celestial, supported on either side by Sri. Bhu, and Nila, and other hosts of beings and objects,glorious and past compare or conception. These celestial hosts come and go before the August Presence in incessant procession, bent on serving the Lord, actuated by love indescribable: service before a Presence, instinct and vibrant with visions of beauty Hitting before their vision in ever new forms, like golden eddies in perpetual making and unmaking, rippling along a stream as of molten gold. This Beatific Presence is no other than the High Lord of Vaikuntha (Vaikuntha-natha), or the Changeless All – Absolute Being – the Immutable, beyond the Perishable – Whose joy without cessation is now granted to the saved soul as the high reward at the end of his evolutionary journey, and the boon of Whose service is to him conferred in terms of eternity. Thus is reached the ne plus ultra of blessed ness (parama-purushartha); in other words, the soul-long (yavad-atmabhavi) loving divine service – service which is not a task, but a prerogative – a service joying in the work.


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Minimum wage protests have been spreading around the country as droves of high school educated liberals come to the conclusion that they should be paid ridiculous amounts of money for menial tasks.
These protests have even spread to college campuses, where oversensitive students have demanded both lower tuition and an increased hourly wage for student workers in a clear statement that they don't know how money works.
Fox News reported that Duke University actually caved to protestors on campus and offered them a $12-per-hour minimum wage — a proposal that the protesters almost immediately rejected.
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The protestors want a $15 minimum wage and are completely unwilling to compromise and accept anything less. Apparently they were too busy protesting to take a class on the art of coming to an agreement.
Maybe they should read Trump's "Art of the Deal."
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"Duke President Richard Brodhead sent a letter to the campus community Wednesday, saying the university would take steps to improve school working conditions, including beginning to raise Duke's minimum wage to $12," wrote Fox News. "Within 30 minutes, protesting students said the concessions weren't enough."
Liberal college students are a unique species. They will get outraged over chalk drawings, protest some of the most ridiculous things imaginable and refuse to compromise on anything.
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No wonder most of America hates college students.
These college students should have realized that they were getting a pretty good deal by having the minimum wage raised to $12, but instead they decided to demand more.
What they don't realize is that raising the college minimum wage to $15 would require colleges to increase their tuition in order to compensate for the loss in revenue.
All across America we are seeing that as minimum wages increase, the cost of goods goes up and employers are forced to cut staff in order to absorb the costs of such a high wage.
What these students will see is that if they continue to demand a $15 hourly wage, their positions will be filled by other, non-student employees willing to work for less.
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The Internet, along with cell phones, has drastically changed the way nearly everyone communicates with each other. Blogs serve as a way for people to offer their thoughts on various topics and develop a group of people who are interested in what they have to say. If you think blogging may be for you, read on for great ideas and tips on what it can do for you and how to do it right.
Your blog should use search engine optimization. Your ultimate goal includes people reading your blog, so have it visible in search engine results. Choose specific, popular keywords to use in both your blog title and throughout the entry itself so that you will attract more readers.
Do not rely to heavily on keywords, Adsense ads, plug-ins, or images. If you do this, search engines will flag you, negating all the work you are doing. Keep your writing flowing smoothly and naturally.
Do not copy another person's work. You will absolutely ruin your reputation if you steal anything from anyone else, including your design elements, copy or graphics. Everyday people can become very successful bloggers, just by writing with passion and integrity.
Remember that you have a life outside of blog posting. If you don't take time to step away from your computer once in a while, you are likely to burn out. It is important that you take occasional breaks. Walk around the block. Meet some friends for coffee. Do whatever pleases you but do something other that set at the computer 24 hours a day! This allows you time to return to the blog to write some quality content.
When writing a blog post, strive to provide information that will really intrigue your readers. Everyone has certain activities and chores that they do each day. No one will care about any content related to this unless you find a way to present it in an interesting manner. Focus your blog on something that you know people will want to read. Your goal is to have a unique idea that will cause people to come to your blog and stay.
Try to be authentic. Don't pretend to know everything. Honesty, transparency, and openness are critical qualities to convey. Don't just do this sometimes; do it all the time. Blogs are as unique as the individuals who create them. Strive for improvement not perfection. If you aren't right, then you aren't right. You have a specific point of view that is all your own.
Make sure your posts are brief yet to the point. While you want lots of great content, blogs that are too long can bore readers. The average blog reader isn't looking for Shakespearean type descriptions or laureate material. They are interested in the meat of your topic, not the seasoning!
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Create a mailing list when you start your blog. The quicker you start, the more time you will have to make your list bigger. This list can make you lots of money down the road. Not starting a mailing list right away can be costly.
Don't try to just write a lot of content on your blog that has nothing to do with anything. You want to make certain you are doing research and finding the right topics for your blog. Just writing for the sake of writing will lead to failure. Content is what makes a blog succeed or fail.
Distribute the articles that you write for your blog all over the web. This makes them easier to find, which means they get read more often. It is not wise to limit the outlets you have for a successful blog. It is wise to get the largest number of readers out of every move you make. Utilize all of the outlets that you can in order to pull in viewers for your site.
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The wedding was fantastic. Everyone helped out and did their part. The venue was decorated beautifully and we had the short service in the garden at home. We all had a fabulous time and both families enjoyed it immensely. Thanks to both our families and friends for all their support and contributions that made the day perfect.


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OTTAWA—His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, will meet with Ottawa's new mayor, His Worship Jim Watson, at City Hall on Monday December 20, 2010, at 10:30 a.m.
Upon entering the Heritage Building, His Excellency and His Worship willview an exhibit of artifacts from the City of Ottawa's Archives depicting visits by former governors general and by members of the Royal Family.His Excellency and His Worship will then meet in the Mayor's office, followed by a meet and greet with members of City Council.
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The brethren in Christ Embassy Warri Zone set aside yesterday, the 8th of October, to embark on an intensive PCDL awareness campaign, educating brethren on various benefits of PCDL subscription and availing them special promos, especially the new offer on all '7 Factor' messages by the man of God, Reverend (Dr.) Chris Oyakhilome.
The highly esteemed Regional Pastor, Evang. (Dr.) Eddy Owase, who led the PCDL campaign, encouraged the brethren to download and use the app, most importantly for spiritual growth and edification. Brethren in churches across the zone responded to this call as many downloaded the PCDL app, subscribed as gold members and purchased the new releases from the library.
Hundreds of downloads were recorded during services. The brethren were full of excitement as they visited the beautifully adorned PCDL stand, equipped with internet facility, to download and purchase more messages from the man of God on the Pastor Chris Digital Library.
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Though it was largely destroyed by the infamous earthquake of 2007 and subsequently rebuilt, Pisco's Plaza de Armas is still anchored by an original statue of José de San Martín, the general for whom the port is named and a national hero for the role he played in the struggle for independence from Spain. While the Moorish town hall is the only other remaining hallmark of the pre-earthquake era, people flock to the plaza for a stroll and a snack (specifically, tejas, a local specialty sweet).
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Foreign Trade Zones (FTZs) are commerce sites (industrial sites, buildings) set up in or near U.S. Customs ports of entry where merchandise is considered legally outside U.S. Customs territory. FTZs are a fiscal tool which can reduce duty payments, streamline supply chain costs and improve a company's competitive position in domestic and foreign markets.
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Dark Horse has just announced a new five issue supernatural mini series, Spell on Wheels, by Kate Leth (Adventure Time: Seeing Red, Patsy Walker, a.k.a. Hellcat!) and Megan Levens (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 10, Madame Frankenstein) with a cover by Ming Doyle (Girl Over Paris, Constantine: The Hellblazer). IT debuts in October but you […]
Marvel unveils Women of Marvel Variant Covers
When Marvel announced Girl Comics four years ago it unleashed a firestorm of outrage (just check out the comments if you care in the link). Now they are announcing a whole month of variant covers by female artists and everyone thinks it's A-OK! Because suddenly women read comics.
PREVIEW: Vertigo announces The Kitchen by Ollie Masters and Ming Doyle
Vertigo is NOT DEAD. Although a lot of people thought DC's edgy imprint would go the way of the dodo in a more cost conscious environment, this is one of several interesting project I've been hearing about coming up. I'm told there will be even more before San Diego. This mini series hit in November […]
Ming Doyle Joins Quantum & Woody in December
Following Tom Fowler's four-issue opening arc, Valiant have announced that Ming Doyle will be joining Quantum and Woody for the second arc of the series. Sadly not as a character herself – although hey, James Asmus, there's a cracking idea for you – but as penciller. Steve Morrishttp://stardarkcity.wordpress.com/
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Announced at the Cup O' Joe Panel is Young Avengers: Afterparty, a two-issue jam comic which'll see Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie welcome in a number of other creators for some stories and dancing. Also, some of these stories will feature PIXIE! Steve Morrishttp://stardarkcity.wordpress.com/
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ZTE Nubia Z11 mini S is a new budget Android smartphone in the tech world. The phone is powered by a 2GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor and it comes with 4GB of RAM. It sports a 5.2 Inch display and is running on an Android 6.0 Operating system. It packs with 64 GB of Internal Storage capacity with an expansion option up to 200 GB. A 23 MP of rear camera along with a 13 MP of front facing camera on the device and a 3000mAh non removable battery. If you'e bought the same phone, know how you can take a Screenshot on ZTE Nubia Z11 mini S smartphone from here.
How to Take a Screenshot on ZTE Nubia Z11 mini S
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Make sure to open a desired Screen on your ZTE Nubia Z11 mini S smartphone to take a quick Screenshot.
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Now, just press and hold the Power button and Volume Down button simultaneously for up to 3 seconds.
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You'd hear a Camera Shutting sound on the phone along with a Flicker on the display which indicates that the Screenshot is now taken.
To view the Screenshot, just drag down the notification panel and select the Screenshot from it. You can even go to the Gallery app and can select the Screenshots folder to view an entire Screenshots library from the ZTE Nubia Z11 mini S smartphone.
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