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350 HUMBOLDT 350 Humboldt's monthly meeting is set for Thursday, Sept. 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. at El Chipotle restaurant, 850 Crescent Way in Sunny Brae. The group will consider a possible new campaign to decrease use of natural gas in Arcata. All are welcome. 350 Humboldt supports 350.org's core mission of keeping fossil fuels in the ground and reducing the amount of carbon in the atmosphere while transitioning to an equitable, low-carbon economy. world.350.org/humboldt
STRIKE FOR CLIMATE Local youth will hold a climate change rally at the Arcata Plaza Friday, Sept. 20 at noon, and an adult-organized rally is set for the County Courthouse in Eureka from 3 to 7 p.m.
LIFE OF A CLAM On Friday, Sept. 20, John DeMartini will delve into the lives of our local clams. This free public lecture, starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center, is sponsored by Friends of the Arcata Marsh. DeMartini, a science education consultant for the HSU Natural History Museum, will enlighten attendees about these bivalves that inhabit both marine and freshwater habitats. (707) 826-2359.
MARSH BIRD TOUR Redwood Region Audubon Society is sponsoring a free public field trip at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday, Sept. 21. Bring your binoculars and have a great morning birding! Meet leader Michael Morris in the parking lot at the end of South I Street (Klopp Lake) in Arcata at 8:30 a.m., rain or shine. Trip ends around 11 a.m.
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DUNES WORKDAY Help restore the dune ecosystem and pick up trash along the beach on the Friends of the Dunes property on Saturday, Sept. 21 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Volunteers will be removing invasive plants to make room for native plant diversity and cleaning up our local beaches in honor of Coastal Cleanup Day. Tools, gloves and snacks will be provided. Please bring water and wear work clothes. Meet at the Humboldt Coastal Nature Center, 220 Stamps Lane in Manila. [email protected], (707) 444-1397. yournec.org/coastalcleanupday.
NATURE STORY TIME Join a Friends of the Dunes naturalist for Nature Story Time Saturday, Sept. 21 from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Humboldt Coastal Nature Center. Geared for ages 3-6, Nature Story Time focuses on local wildlife and is paired with a simple craft project, props and fun movement activities. The story this week will be focused on the sun! For more information or to reserve a space, email [email protected] or call (707) 444-1397
MARSH TOUR Friends of the Arcata Marsh (FOAM) is sponsoring a free tour of the Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday, Sept. 21 at 2 p.m. Meet leader Elliott Dabill at the Interpretive Center on South G Street for a 2-hour walk focusing on the ecology of the Marsh. Loaner binoculars available with photo ID. For more information, call (707) 826-2359.
MARSH WORKDAY The City of Arcata and Friends of the Arcata Marsh are seeking volunteers for an Arcata Marsh workday on Saturday, Sept. 21. The focus will be on removing Spartina and other invasive plants. The event will start at 9 a.m. and end around 1 p.m., but you don't need to commit to helping during the entire four hours. Volunteers are encouraged to bring a reusable water bottle, gloves and to wear protective footwear and clothing. Extra gloves and tools will be provided, and lunch will be served at the end of the work day. Meet at the Interpretive Center's South G Street parking lot at 9 a.m. (707) 822-8184, [email protected]
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NVIDIA RTX and game-changing workflows invade NAB 2019
Graphics cards and game engines have changed the way content is created and shared around the world. NVIDIA takes to NAB 2019 to show some of the most game-changing workflows available now.
From virtual sets and on-air graphics to 8K video editing, NVIDIA will be at NAB 2019 powering demos for over 85 partners on the show floor. Where is a guide to some of the shows you absolutely must see.
What do The Weather Channel, RED Digital Cinema, Colorfront, Black Magic Design, EVS, Autodesk, Zero Density or Mellanox have in common in their presentations at NAB 2019? One simple answer: they all use NVIDIA RTX technology to make it happen, whether its mixed reality graphics for a TV show or 8K video editing and color grading in real time at full resolution. It's hapenning, and for a few days all this "magic" is demonstrated in one place: the NAB Show in Las Vegas.
https://youtu.be/SvHS8jPL6C4
As the industry moves at a fast speed to new ways to distribute content, RTX professional solutions are helping broadcasters and streaming services adapt to the mounting pressures of creating and delivering high-quality content faster than ever. Streaming is growing, and it's not just aimed at your TV set, it has to reach people anytime, anywhere, in multiple platforms and formats, from tablets to smartphones.
New ways to distribute content
Distributing content is no longer just sending a signal and hoping for audiences to get it. The use of Artificial Intelligence solutions brings unlimited possibilities to enhance consumer experiences and deliver audience analytics to broadcasters. At the same time, broadcasters are discovering the advantages of integrating technologies like mixed reality to immerse audiences in the nightly news. Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality are no longer terms known only by a generation of geeks but something audiences expect to have served at home, with extreme quality.
https://youtu.be/q01vSb_B1o0
Watching the news has changed drastically in recent months, and experiences like those from The Weather Channel have demonstrated how audiences can be put in the heart of the story. To convey the severity of life-threatening weather conditions, the channel used a popular games engine, Unreal Engine 4, and NVIDIA graphics to show audiences what a nine feet storm surge looks like. Used to illustrate the forecast for the Hurricane Florence storm surge, the sequence is a good example of how broadcasters can use mixed reality.
Mixed Reality in the news
With RTX ray tracing, cinematic-quality visuals are possible for ultra-realistic, live on-air graphics and virtual sets, and we're seeing more and more of these presentations, and not just for weather related news. At NAB, see this technology powered by Epic Games Unreal Engine 4.22, Zero Density, Z by HP and NVIDIA Quadro RTX in the StudioXperience booth (SL3824) and in the Brainstorm booth (SL2812).
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For the first time in the history of the industry, a ray traced virtual studio will be live in booth SL3824 in collaboration with Epic Games, Nvidia and Zero Density. Zero Density and NVIDIA have partnered with Fox Sports for daily presentations in the StudioXperience to showcase the very latest advances in photo-realistic real-time virtual sets and on-air graphics.
The world's first raw keyer
Zero Density offers the next level of virtual studio production with real time visual effects. It provides Unreal Engine native platform, "Reality", with advanced real-time compositing tools and its proprietary keying technology. Reality is presented as the most photo-realistic real-time 3D Virtual Studio and Augmented Reality platform in the industry.
The StudioXperience booth is the place to go if you want to see the future happening. Following the release of Reality 2.7 in mid March, Zero Density will showcase at NAB 2019 a preview of 2.8 "Haytham" release with real-time ray tracing, in collaboration with NVIDIA and Epic Games. The company says it's a "historical milestone" to see the world's first raw keyer in action.
https://youtu.be/9K7qa3HK-pI
Brainstorm is another company present at NAB 2019, booth SL2812, showcasing its complete product range featuring solution for motion graphics, virtual sets and augmented reality for a variety of applications such as news, sports, entertainment, elections and presentations. In its 25 anniversary year, the company will highlight new developments focused on delivering the best rendering quality, including real-time ray tracing with NVIDIA RTX GPUs.
Changing the game in the news arena
InfinitySet, Brainstorm's virtual set and augmented reality solution, will showcase its latest version 3.1, which includes new powerful features like real-time ray tracing, Unreal Engine 4.22 compatibility, HDR I/O, PBR, new effects and new 360-degree output. Brainstorm was last March selected amongst the winning projects of the 2019 run of Google's Digital News Initiative (DNI).
The DNI Fund is a European programme that's part of the Google News Initiative, an effort to help journalism thrive in the digital age. According to Francisco Ibáñez, Brainstorm's R&D Projects Director, "we are excited to be part of Google's Digital News Initiative, which will allow us to expand our advanced AR technology to new fields such as journalism, which will surely change the game in the news arena by providing additional tools for newsmakers."
8K video editing and color grading
Video editing is rapidly moving to new solutions and ProVideo Coalition has revealed some of those changes in recent months, like RED's 8K video editing using NVIDIA. At NAB 2019 it is possible to watch NVIDIA RTX supercharge 8K video editing and color grading in real time at full resolution in RED Digital Cinema's meeting room (N201MR). As the industry moves to 8K UHD as the standard for creating ultra-high-quality 4K UHD content, more companies are exploring the new options, and during NAB 2019 there is another example to see, at the Colorfront suite at the Renaissance (Ren Deluxe I).
https://youtu.be/MRZiya1DW3c
Colorfront will showcase at NAB 2019 its Transkoder 2019 with 8K HDR playback of camera RAW files, as well as IMF workflows with Dolby Atmos / immersive audio, brand new subtitling engine, support for IMSC1.1, multiple subtitle tracks, audio solo/mute and a new HDR GUI. The suite at the Renaissance Hotel is also the place to go to see on-Set Dailies 2019 demos with support for the latest camera formats including the ALEXA Mini LF, Sony Venice V3, RED 8K Decompression on NVIDIA GPUs, Blackmagic RAW and others.
AJA's solutions at NAB 2019
To discover the HDR Image Analyzer developed by Colorfront in partnership with AJA, you've to visit the AJA Booth #SL2416 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. AJA's HDR Image Analyzer supports a wealth of inputs from camera LOG formats to SDR (REC 709), PQ (ST 2084) and HLG and offers color gamut support for BT.2020 alongside traditional BT.709. AJA hardware prowess ensures high reliability and performance, with 4x 3G-SDI input and output, and DisplayPort connections.
https://youtu.be/bi79vUO0GMk
AJA's booth is also the place to see another product powered by Colorfront Engine proprietary video processing algorithms. The FS-HDR, a 1RU, rackmount, universal converter/frame synchronizer, is designed specifically to meet the High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Wide Color Gamut (WCG) needs of broadcast, OTT, production, post and live event AV environments, where real time, low latency processing and color fidelity is required for 4K/UltraHD and 2K/HD workflows.
DaVinci Resolve Super Scale
The task of reviving archived content is also easier now, thanks to NVIDA RTX. If you want to see the new solutions available for broadcasters to easily up-resing SD or HD content to 4K or 8K using AI, go directly to the South Hall (SL216) to see how Blackmagic Design's DaVinci Resolve uses Super Scale technology.
To support super-resolution workflows and faster content delivery, Quadro RTX's high-performance transcoding uses, says NVIDIA, dedicated NVENC/NVDEC hardware to enable faster-than-real-time encoding and decoding of 8K video.
ProVideo Coalition mentioned recently one example of machine learning used to give artists more creative options, and NAB is the place to go to see what Autodesk's Flame 2020 does. The new GPU-accelerated machine learning feature set along with a host of new capabilities that bring Flame artists significant creative flexibility and performance boosts.
Delivering 4K and 8K content faster
At Mellanox booth (SL6025), a company that NVIDIA announced last March it is acquiring, it is possible to see how their intelligent interconnect solutions increase data center efficiency by providing the highest throughput and lowest latency, delivering 4K and 8K content even faster to applications.
Delivering content to the home is no longer just a brute force task, and it has evolved to become highly intelligent. NVIDIA's acquisition of Mellanox is a sign of the company's understanding of those changes. AI has enabled broadcasters and live streaming services to make individualized recommendations to match content to people based on past likes or dislikes, or using a similarity index.
Broadcasters can further improve consumer experiences with AI by allowing personalized content filtering or using new inputs such as mood or specific multi-dimensional parameters (for example, "show me a quirky movie with a female lead in Paris"), writes Rick Champagne at the NVIDIA blog, adding that "With new AI solutions appearing every day, the possibilities are limitless. Broadcasters can now gain much deeper viewer insights using advanced data analytics with NVIDIA RAPIDS, and then visualize these insights in real time using an NVIDIA Data Science Workstation."
Generating missing frames
To see how some of these new systems work, nothing better than to go to EVS booth (SL3816), The company is using NVIDIA GPUs as a hardware platform to execute the AI solutions they are developing for smarter and more efficient live production. From automatically steer robotic cameras using action prediction, to creating super-slow motion footage by generating missing frames, EVS is demonstrating the power and flexibility of AI at NAB.
At the 2019 NAB Show EVS will demonstrate the centralized production workflow implemented by the University of Miami (UM) for its live sports production. Home to the Hurricanes and 17 varsity sports, the university is the first educational institution to deploy EVS' software-defined Dyvi switcher for high-quality programming of multiple sports from a centralized media production hub.
EVS will also debut at NAB its XNet-VIA, an ethernet-based live media sharing network that facilitates ultra-fast sharing of high-resolution content between XT-VIA and XS-VIA servers. This matches the needs of the world's largest and most demanding event producers, stadiums and arenas, and outside broadcast providers.
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Street Fighter X Tekken On Vita Will Support 3G Online Multiplayer, PS3 Crossplay
By Ishaan Sahdev April 10, 2012
Capcom have announced Street Fighter X Tekken details for the PlayStation Vita this morning. As readers may already be aware, the Vita version will include twelve additional characters, which will officially be made available to the console versions of the game via DLC.
In addition, the game will also allow for multiplayer matches using either Wi-Fi or 3G, and will support crossplay with the PlayStation 3 version of Street Fighter X Tekken.
Capcom also mention that there will be new modes and game content in the PlayStation Vita version, which hasn't been announced yet. Street Fighter X Tekken is slated for release sometime in fall 2012.
Ishaan Sahdev
Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.


Vanguard founder and index investing pioneer John Bogle passed away this week at the age of 89. Bogle was a legend in the investing community for driving down costs for individual investors.
His flagship index mutual fund, now known as the Vanguard 500 Index Fund, amassed just $11 million when it was introduced in 1976. Today, it's one of the largest funds in the industry with more than $400 billion in assets.
Bogle's selfless desire to reform the investment industry and eliminate sales charges has undoubtedly saved investors hundreds of millions of dollars in commissions. He also authored The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns (now in its 10th edition).
John Bogle made investors richer – and the financial industry poorer: Helaine Olen, Washington Post.
What I learned from Jack Bogle: Ben Carlson, A Wealth of Common Sense.
Bogle's big mistake: Michael Batnick, The Irrelevant Investor.
5 pieces of advice from John Bogle: Amie Tsang, The New York Times.
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On Thursday I urged readers to look at their monthly subscriptions and cancel the ones that aren't used or no longer offer value.
Last weekend I reviewed Melissa Leong's excellent new book, Happy Go Money. To enter the book giveaway I asked readers to share their most recent money accomplishments. The responses were amazing – 103 comments in total.
From that list I used a random number generator to select two winners who will each receive a copy of Happy Go Money.
Congratulations, and thanks to everyone who entered!
Earlier this year I highlighted RBC's NOMI Find & Save program – the first in Canada to proactively analyze your spending and saving, to find those extra dollars that you won't miss, and set them aside for you automatically — to a maximum of $50/day, up to five times per week.
This feature is now available to joint account holders, making it easier for you and your partner to manage your finances and fast track your savings goals as a household unit.
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CRAFT Void CD – REVIEW
This one is for all you black metal fans out there…Although this is not the typical black metal band, or album. If yer into the last three DARKTHRONE albums then you will like this one. This has a similar approach in the sound and concept of albums like F.O.A.D. but lyrically very different.
Now, I am not gonna say that black metal lyrics are all sunshine and roses….they are a black metal band after all, but in my perception there is at least something constructive going on here and there and it's not completely filled with hatred and disdain for the world around us. Craft on the other hand, has nothing positive to say really, but then again the album is called "Void".
Opening track, Serpent Soul…all about black holes, an abyss, more black holes, serpents (of course) and some anti god sentiments. Not that those are bad things at all….I would just say that they have a very similar sound as Darkthrone but are much more bleaker and nihilistic.
Upon giving this several listening trips…I have to say that I do like this album. There are some good heavy riffs, fast and slow….as well as some interesting lyrics that go beyond the the typical bleakness or hatred that is typical of this genre. However, there are a few songs on here, that are not as strong as others. I feel like the theme of hatred is a little too dominant here. I do appreciate some lyrics with some vitriol , but mostly when it has a point. One song here, "I want To Commit Murder" sounds good if you can ignore the lyrics. Not a bad tune at all but the theme/lyrics I feel could have a little bit more focus or imagination. (Cavewizard)
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This is a list of fermented soy products. A diverse variety of soy food products made from fermented soybeans exist.
Cheonggukjang 120px Korea A fermented soybean paste used in Korean cuisine. It contains whole as well as ground soybeans.
Doenjang 120px Korea A traditional Korean fermented soybean paste. Its name literally means "thick paste" in Korean.
Doubanjiang 120px China A spicy, salty paste made from fermented broad beans, soybeans, salt, rice, and various spices. Doubanjiang exists in plain and spicy versions, with the latter containing red chili peppers and called la doubanjiang. It is used particularly in Sichuan cuisine.
Douchi 120px China Used in the cuisine of China, where it is most widely used for making black bean sauce, the preparation process and product are similar to ogiri and iru, both being African fermented bean products.
Gochujang 120px Korea A savory and pungent fermented Korean condiment made from red chili, glutinous rice, fermented soybeans and salt. Traditionally, it has been naturally fermented over years in large earthen pots outdoors, more often on an elevated stone platform, called jangdokdae.
Jajangmyeon 120px China's Shandong region Consists of wheat noodles topped with a thick sauce made of chunjang (a salty black soybean paste), diced pork and vegetables, and sometimes also seafood. The dish originated from zhajiangmian in China's Shandong region.
Miso 120px Japan A traditional Japanese seasoning produced by fermenting rice, barley, and/or soybeans with salt and the fungus kōjikin (麹菌?), the most typical miso being made with soy. The result is a thick paste used for sauces and spreads, pickling vegetables or meats, and mixing with dashi soup stock to serve as miso soup called misoshiru (味噌汁?), a Japanese culinary staple.
Nattō 120px Japan A traditional Japanese food made from soybeans fermented with Bacillus subtilis. It is especially popular as a breakfast food. As a rich source of protein, nattō and the soybean paste miso formed a vital source of nutrition in feudal Japan. Nattō may be an acquired taste because of its powerful smell, strong flavor, and slimy texture.
Pickled tofu 120px China A form of processed, preserved tofu used in East Asian cuisine as a condiment made from soybeans. The ingredients typically are soybeans, salt, rice wine and sesame oil or vinegar, and are sold in jars containing blocks 2- to 4-cm square by 1 to 2 cm thick soaked in brine with select flavorings.
Soy sauce 120px China A condiment produced from a fermented paste of boiled soybeans, roasted grain, brine, and Aspergillus oryzae or Aspergillus sojae molds. After fermentation, the paste is pressed, producing a liquid, which is the soy sauce, and a solid byproduct, which is often used as animal feed. Soy sauce is a traditional ingredient in East and Southeast Asian cuisines, where it is used in cooking and as a condiment. It originated in China in the 2nd century BCE and spread throughout Asia. In recent times, it is used in Western cuisine and prepared foods.
Stinky tofu 120px Taiwan A form of fermented tofu that has a strong odor. Unlike cheese, stinky tofu fermentation does not have a fixed formula for starter bacteria; wide regional and individual variations exist in manufacture and preparation. The traditional method for producing stinky tofu is to prepare a brine made from fermented milk, vegetables, and meat; the brine can also include dried shrimp, amaranth greens, mustard greens, bamboo shoots, and Chinese herbs. The brine fermentation can take as long as several months.
Tauco 120px Indonesia A paste made from preserved fermented yellow soybeans in Chinese Indonesian cuisine. The name comes from the pronunciation in the Hokkien dialect and it is originated from China. The sauce is also commonly used in other Indonesian cuisines traditions, such as Sundanese cuisine and Javanese cuisine. The sauce is often used as condiment and flavoring for stir fried dishes.
Tempeh 120px Indonesia A traditional soy product originally from Indonesia. It is made by a natural culturing and controlled fermentation process that binds soybeans into a cake form, similar to a very firm vegetarian burger patty. Tempeh is unique among major traditional soy foods in that it is the only one that did not originate from the Sinosphere cuisine.
Tianmianjiang (Sweet bean sauce) 120px China A thick, dark brown- or black-colored Chinese sauce made from wheat flour, sugar, salt, mantou, and fermented yellow soybeans (the lees left over from the fermentation of soybeans to make soy sauce). There are many different types of sweet bean sauces depending on the different compositions and the different method of production, and significant regional variations exist.
Chagem pomba Manipur (India) A curry made from fermented Manipuri soybean. With various kind of veggies like mustard, spinach,and manipuri herbs like Dill leaves(Pakhom), Culantro(Awa-Phadigom), Fenugreek leaves(Methi mana), etc. One of the popular recipe among the Meitei community of Manipur. This cuisine is famous for its nutritious and its delicious flavors.
^ Katz, Sandor Ellix (2012). The Art of Fermentation: An In-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes from Around the World. Chelsea Green Publishing. pp. 328–329. ISBN 978-1603582865. Natto is a Japanese soy ferment that produces a slimy, mucilagenous coating on the beans, something like okra. [...] The flavor of natto carries notes of ammonia (like some cheeses or overripe tempeh), which gets stronger as it ferments longer.
^ A., M. (30 March 2010). "Not the natto!". Asian Food (The Economist). Retrieved 25 December 2012. ... natto, a food that has achieved infamy among Japan's foreign residents.
^ Schueller, Randy (1997). "Soy Sauce". In Kristine M., Krapp; Jacqueline L., Longe. How Products are Made 3. Detroit: Gale. ISBN 978-0787615475. OCLC 271325103. doi:10.1223/0787615471. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
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Assisted Living in Nyssa, Oregon
There is 1 assisted living facility in Nyssa, Oregon. The mean cost / day for assisted living in Oregon is approximately $133, with costs running between $73 and $182 daily. On a monthly basis, this equates to an average expense of $4,000, with costs ranging from around $2,196 to $5,463. The mean yearly cost is $48,000, which is higher than the US average of $42,000.
SeniorScore™ for Nyssa, Oregon
The SeniorScore™ is calculated based on over 100 variables, some of which are shown below. The final score is curved based on a linear curving method. For More info visit senioradvice.com/seniorscore.
SeniorScore™ Overview
Nyssa scores significantly lower than the Oregon average of 67.
Nyssa scores significantly lower than the national average of 72.
There is a very low number of Medicare registered physicians within the city limits.
There are no hospitals within close range of the city.
There are 2 senior living facilities in close proximity to the city (Parma Living Center and Owyhee Health and Rehabilitation Center)
There is a very low number of home healthcare providers operating in the city.
There is a very low number of fire stations serving the city.
The average life expectancy is 79.5, compared to the national average of 78.6.
There is 1 pharmacy within close range of the city.
The city has a low percentage of seniors in the population (24% of residents).
There are 4 golf courses in or around the city, including River Bend Golf Course, Fairview Municipal Golf Course, and Purple Sage Municipal Golf Course.
There are 6 parks near the city center, including Parks Department, Cow Hollow Park, and Fort Boise Wildlife Management Area.
There are 3 churches in or near the city, including Church of Jesus Christ of Lds, Asamblea Apostolica, and Church of Jesus Christ of Lds.
There are no malls / shopping centers within close range of the city.
There are 4 grocery stores within the city.
There is 1 movie theatre in or near the city.
There are no gyms or health clubs in or near the city.
The property taxes average 2.37% of total income, which is significantly lower than the national average of 2.79%.
The property taxes average 0.85% of property value, which is significantly lower than the national average of 1.09%.
The city sales taxes averages 0.00%, which is significantly lower than the national average of 6.97%.
Oregon has an average state income tax of 7.15%, compared to the national average of 3.38%.
The city's mean household income is $44,621, which is significantly lower than the national average of $64,580.
The city's median household income is $39,212, which is significantly lower than the national median of $51,560.
The city's per capita income is $15,660, which is significantly lower than the national average of $25,611.
Assisted living costs average $44,190 per year, which are high compared to national figures.
Nursing home costs average $99,868 per year, which are high compared to national costs.
Adult daycare costs average $22,620 per year, which are very high compared to national numbers.
Home healthcare costs average $49,078 annually, which are high compared to national costs.
The unemployment rate is about 13.98%, which is very high compared to national averages.
The overall cost of living is average compared to national averages.
1% of the senior population are financially responsible for at least one grandchild.
General Quality of Life
Nyssa receives ideal levels of rainfall each year.
Nyssa has average mean temperatures, with cold winters and pleasant summers.
This city has very good air quality.
Nyssa has a very sparse population density of 8.0 people per square mile.
Residents of Nyssa have a short daily commute time.
The city has a very low public transportation ridership.
Nyssa has a very low public school quality ranking.
The city has a very low public school safety rating.
This city has a very low graduation rate of 70.37%.
Nyssa is a small city in Malheur County in the State of Oregon. While the surrounding statistical area contains 2,944,458 residents, there are 5,531 residing in the city. The 55-and-over community currently constitutes 24% of the total population.
Nyssa has a low SeniorScore™ of 55. The city has a median per capita income of $16,000 and a median household income is $39,000 (the Oregon state average is $46,000). The mean housing price in Nyssa is $160,500, which is significantly lower than the state average of $322,500. The city also has a high unemployment rate of roughly 13.98%.
Nyssa has moderate average temperatures, with cold winters and pleasant summers. The area receives optimal amounts of rainfall each year. Nyssa has excellent air quality ratings in relation to other cities in the United States.
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Today I want to talk about a lovely eye shadow #504 from Inglot. It falls under the range of Double Sparkle eye shadows.
Price: 300/- for 2.5 g. I got it under 25% discount scheme.
The shade #504 is a beautiful turquoise blue color e/s. It comes out as a greenish blue shade on the lids. It is highly pigmented and soft and smooth in texture. It has visible shimmers in the pan but comes out with a nice shine on the eyes. Shimmer is not at all gritty and does not fly around or create a mess around the eyes.
Staying power is just awesome as with all the other eye shadows from Inglot have. This shade does not need a proper base/primer to make it visible or pop out more. Alone too, it comes out nice and bright and stays in place for long hours.
· Undoubtedly my favourite turquoise color.
· Highly pigmented with fine shimmer.
· Decently priced and available online.
Final Verdict: It is one most flattering and truly gorgeous color from Inglot. I would keep repurchasing it for sure.


Bringing new meaning to the phrase cult of the celebrity, As-Salam Wal Hub – after the Arabic for 'peace and love' – saw Ashery remake volunteers in the image of Ringo Starr.
The raw material for this group transformation was the participants' own hair, cut short with the help of Liverpool stylists Voodou For Him and reapplied to form Ringo's distinct widow's peak, beard and moustache.
Dressed in black, decked out in sunglasses and making the peace sign, the 'Starrs' walked from Voodou to Pier Head where they convened on the roof terrace of Matou restaurant for a one-off performance.


Starting with a blank slate, a brand new floorplan like the one from the Garman Homes for their 2011 Home-A-Rama home is a challenge that we love.
This particular challenge? Create a highly efficient, very functional, elegant kitchen in a defined space. While this might sound like a common dilemma in kitchen design, it's all about how the details are handled. Here, it's especially essential to have options for storage that make the homeowner's life easier.
What looks like an unassuming wall cabinet, like magic, opens to a hidden walk-in pantry! We love to see the reactions to this unexpected feature.
The magic pantry was probably one of the biggest challenges of the project. Each measurement had to be absolutely precise to cover the opening so it looks like a standard cabinet. Garman has built this into previous homes and it's become a popular and unique feature for them. We visited and measured some of these existing pantries after framing and again after the drywall was installed to get the perfect fit.
The best part? The light is automatic when you open the door!
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Privacy in the Age of Ubiquitous Computer Vision
Posted on Apr 17, 2014 by Joshua Marpet
With Google Glass, cell phone cameras, hidden cameras, and ever cheaper surveillance cameras, can there truly be user privacy? With Google Glass and facial recognition apps, tagging people can happen at full walking speed, without a pause or possibility of the action being recognized.
Is there any parallel in other realms? At one point, a car with an expired registration would only get exposed when it was pulled over for a ticket. When license plate recognition (LPR) cameras came out, however, a car couldn't hide anymore. Police cars equipped with LPR cameras could cruise down the highway at 50 miles an hour, capturing 2,500 license plates a minute. If a plate was flagged in the database, the screen would flash, and cue the flashing lights and a bad day for the driver.
Google Glass, as well as the homemade version being brewed up by hardware hackers, can use similar algorithms for facial recognition. While Google has banned facial recognition apps from the Glass platform, it is inevitable that they will be sideloaded, jailbroken, or loaded in another similar way. Actually, they have already been written. FaceRec is an app written for the Glass platform, and it's been banned by Google.
But what database do programs like FaceRec use? If they use a personal "Rolodex" of faces, that's not horrible, since the only Glass devices that would show someone as "tagged" would be an existing friend or acquaintance of theirs. But FaceRec and its ilk use all the social media accounts they can get their hands on—Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, etc. They run every face walked by through the gamut of all social media systems, and match the face. Once found, the data about the face can flood the Glass screen, invisibly making the wearer an "expert" on the person whose face was matched.
Once the regulatory barrier is overcome, what's to stop someone from walking down the street, seeing someone with nice clothes (money!), tagging him as a "mark," using FaceRec to do real-time OSINT (open-source intelligence), and using that information to do some social engineering? Possible downside for the hacker? Not being recognized by the mark and moving on to someone else. Potential upside? Scamming the mark out of money. A common scam with a stolen or cloned phone is the "I'm stuck in London! Send some money!!!" scam. Now, right there in person, the victim can help you draw it out of the ATM!
Now, prescription lenses have come out for Google Glass. People could legitimately insist on wearing them, as they need them in order to see. Even while driving! And privacy might suffer because of it. Will face-concealing clothing become the fashionable security accessory for user privacy?
Of course, people have tried to do SQL injection on license plate reader cameras. It's interesting to speculate on how they might try to do the same thing to Google Glass.
Google Glass, LPR cameras, ubiquitous video surveillance, and similar technologies are fascinating topics in privacy, as well as security. After all, more cameras make a better deterrent, and a better detective method, for crime. But if it erodes privacy significantly, will there be any spaces to have a reasonable expectation of privacy?
Joshua Marpet
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One of my favorite things is to listen to the essays of This I Believe… just hearing the beginning introduction I will pause, stop whatever I am doing, let out a sigh and settle in. I have yet to listen to one that doesn't make me think, ponder or look at the world in a slightly different way.
I have developed a belief about what happens in these moments and it goes like this: Kindness is like a breath. It can be squeezed out, or drawn in. To solicit a gift from a stranger takes a certain state of openness. If you are lost or ill, this is easy, but most days you are neither, so embracing extreme generosity takes some preparation. I learned to think of this as an exchange. During the moment the stranger offers his or her goodness, the person being aided offers degrees of humility, indebtedness, surprise, trust, delight, relief, and amusement to the stranger.
When the miracle flows, it flows both ways. With each gift the threads of benevolence are knotted, snaring both giver and recipient. I've only slowly come to realize that good givers are those who learn to receive with grace as well. They radiate a sense of being indebted and a state of being thankful. As a matter of fact, we are all at the receiving end of a huge gift simply by being alive. Yet, most of us are no good at being helpless, humble or indebted.
One of the gifts that being broken open has taught me is to learn about the heartbeat of generosity, that there is a moment in-between when we allow ourselves to be open enough to receive, or when we can choose to block the gifts that are in front of us.
It has become my prayer to remain open to the gifts, the love, the abundance that is laid before me on my path.
I think that decisive moment is so true… when we choose to allow ourselves the gift of letting go and really tuning in to listen. Most of the time, we block in order to keep going as usual. I am hoping for more soul whispers lately… I want to stop and really HEAR.
So beautiful 🙂 My soul sighed when I heard your words and the beautiful intention behind it. I can't wait to see what your soul whispers reveal for you!!


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Mthwakazi Republic Party Honours a 91 year old ZIPRA Commander
Published: 01 May 2016 | by Mbonisi Gumbo, MRP Spokersperson
Mthwakazi Republic Party is excited to announce that on Monday 2nd of May 2016, the party will present goodies to Mr. David Moyo, a ZIPRA cadre popularly known as Sharp Shoot for his extra-ordinary shooting skill and prowess during the liberation struggle. Apparently the former White Colonialists recognized him as a brave and a gallant soldier that fought then menacingly during the war. In Khezi Maphisa there is a Camp which was named David Camp after David Moyo by the Smith regime. The ceremony will be held at Emganwini.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Mr. David Moyo was born in 1925. He joined ZAPU at its formation in 1961 and was instrumental in the liberation struggle during his Youthful days. He is a brother to the late Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo who was a respected ZIPRA cadre and Zapu official who died in a parcel bomb in Zambia in the late 70s. Cde Sharp Shoot took part and played a pivotal role in recruitment and training of ZIPRA Forces
Mr. David Moyo was in the same trenches with Cde Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, the current South African President as ZIPRA and UMkhonto weSizwe worked hand in hand during the liberation struggle.
Sharp Shoot, as Moyo is affectionately known, played a key role in the struggle of this country, but he is not being recognized by the ZANU PF Regime probably because he is of Ndebele origination.
We have officially invited ZIPRA Officials to attend the ceremony in honour of our Hero. Cde Moyo does not know Zuma as President but as a Cde in arms. We realize that ZIPRA forces played a key role in the attainment of Zimbabwe's independence as former Ian Douglas Smith commander General Peter Walls acknowledged that if he could get an army like ZIPRA and uMkhonto wesizwe he was going to conquer Africa from Cape to Cairo within a short space of time but they are not recognized in this country.
Cde David Moyo is still alive though he is now disabled after he lost his two legs during the struggle. But he is not living a befitting life like his counter parts in ZANLA. He is struggling to make ends meet. His situation is direr considering his condition and advanced age as he is now 91 years old.
Apart from the role Cde Moyo popularly known as Sharp shooter played as a ZAPU and ZIPRA official, he is now one of the Key Elders within Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP). Cde Sharp Shoot has been with us since the early days of the formation of MRP. We applaud him as our Hero and recognise him as a cadre of repute at his age of 91. He has been very active in the party and has been sharing his wisdom and information as far as our true history is concerned. Cde Sharp Shoot is a strong advocate of Mthwakazi Restoration. For him the struggle continues and believes Matebeleland is yet to achieve true Independence as a Mthwakazi state.
Mbonisi Gumbo Mthwakazi Republic Party Secretary
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Nostalgia and Englishness in Julian Barnes's England, England
Author(s): Aylin Attila
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Albanian Society for the Study of English
Keywords: Julian Barnes; 'England, England'; reflective and restorative nostalgia; personal and collective memory; Contemporary English Novel;
Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on England, England (1998), a late twentieth-century novel about memory and nostalgia. Centering on Englishness, the novel plays with traditional ideas of national identity and stereotypes that construct collective memory. Moreover, Barnes's novel addresses the circulation of these stereotypes, the commodification of the nation and the relationship between personal and national identities. The novel provides an example analysis of the construction of national identity and a satirical portrayal of the artificial invention of nationhood; yet, it gives the idea that despite its inauthenticity, there is a human need to construct a collective memory whose stability is held by history. The theme park in the novel, as a nostalgic project, is an assembly of working cultural motifs. There, the nation is commodified and represented as a marketable, reified object and thereby converted into a series of saleable symbols. Svetlana Boym (2001) defines two kinds of nostalgia: the restorative and the reflective. Restorative nostalgia stresses nostos ("to return home") and "attempts a trans-historical reconstruction of the lost home." As she defines (Boym 2001, 41) it, "restorative nostalgia manifests itself in total reconstruction of monuments of the past, while reflective nostalgia lingers on ruins, the patina of time and history, in the dreams of another place and time." Though nostalgia has many different explanations for different disciplines, the shared feeling is defined as a yearning for the past. With modernity, the pathological paradigm of nostalgia faded away and became connected to the sentimentalization of the past, to feelings of loss and attachment. Modernity accused nostalgia of being repressing and resisting critique and change. In postmodern world and literature, nostalgia appeared as a defence to discuss and critisize the rapid pace of modern life. This article proposes that, similarly, Barnes's novel, England, England, laments the fact that it is not possible to identify an authentic place of origin for the nation or for personal memory. In this nostalgic version of England, the traces of the past are curiously hollow. Ironically, in the attempt to invent a national identity, elusive memories and distorted views of history come together to trace Englishness.
Journal: in esse: English Studies in Albania
Issue Year: 9/2018
Issue No: 1
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Twenty years ago this week, David Fincher's breakthrough film Seven slithered its way into theaters, and into the consciousness of an unsuspecting public. But its ingénue's head in a box wasn't the only surprise the grisly picture had in store (oh, um, spoiler warning? With more to follow?); the third-act appearance of Kevin Spacey as killer John Doe blindsided opening weekend audiences, since Spacey was unbilled on posters and in the opening credits, and unseen in the trailers and TV spots. It's a good trick — and part of a long-running tradition of surprise, unbilled appearances by actors and actresses of note.


The current art series are all going to be small works that are affordable for many to purchase at $20 per painting, plus $5 shipping. The next set of oil paintings are geared towards Father's Day. They should be dry by Sunday evening and available at the same price. So, be sure to stay tuned in in order to get one delivered before June 17!
*Update* June 3, 2018 – The new paintings are still a bit wet, so I will photograph them tomorrow, until then, visit Colorful Easel's eBay store!
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Jim Mattis, Trump's former defense secretary, resigned over the decision and took a swipe at Trump on the way out. For US allies around the world, Mattis had represented a steady hand in an otherwise turbulent presidency.
Somehow, during a post-Christmas trip to visit US troops in Afghanistan, commanders on the ground did what Mattis could not and convinced Trump to slow the withdrawal.
The US has never had a large military footprint within Syria. Former President Barack Obama first deployed "boots on the ground" in Syria to help train and equip rebel forces fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad, and later launched a coalition that grew to 79 nations to tackle ISIS.
But on Tuesday, a suicide bomber reportedly approached a group of US troops and killed more than a dozen people, including 4 US troops, Reuters reported.
To Trump's point, ISIS has lost the vast majority of its fighters and 98% of its territory in Iraq and Syria. ISIS no longer controls rich oilfields or a sizeable population to tax and exploit. Russia, Iran, and Syria likely would have to defeat ISIS to rebuild Syria, as Trump says.
But ISIS is not defeated, as Tuesday's attack showed, and Trump's rationale for pulling out took a massive black eye in the form of the tragic death of four US lives.
ISIS quickly claimed responsibility for the attack. ISIS frequently claims responsibility for attacks around the world in an effort to promote the image of the withered terror group as a capable fighting force.
But while ISIS's ability to launch international attacks has weakened since its peak in 2015, the group still has thousands of fighters likely able to launch unsophisticated attacks like suicide bombings not far from their remaining territory.
The US will continue to hammer ISIS with airstrikes from nearby airbases, as it has done since 2014, and although the US started to move equipment out of Syria already, there's no indication Trump's announced pullout spurred the attack on Tuesday.
But experts say that without a ground presence of US troops to train and assist local forces, ISIS's army could reform and again threaten US lives in the region and around the world.


The challenge is to develop an award winning annual report design for Nabil Bank, who is the nation's first private sector bank, extending international standard modern banking services to various sectors of the society. As a pioneer in introducing many innovative products and marketing concepts in the domestic banking sector, represents a milestone in the banking history of Nepal. The entire Nabil Team embraces a set of Values "C.R.I.S.P", representing the fact that Nabil consistently strives to be Customer Focused, Result Oriented, Innovative, Synergistic and Professional.
After multiple round of discussion with client and our internal/external team, we did our presentation mainly focused on how the fiscal year of the bank can be portrayed best in the report. It was never calculated how we can create award winning annual report design. Of course, it was on the back of our head. But, the main challenge was to think as a team of Nabil itself. Needed to understand their value, dedication and persuasion. They are clear and focused on their duty satisfying customers. So, we came up with the idea of FRESH FRUIT that represent bank's positive vibes, energetic team spirit and the delightful return to it's investors. Likewise, a goodness of fruits can build our better health, Nabil Bank is partnering with its stakeholders on a long journey in order to keep good health of the Organisation. Therefore, we all were convinced to portray each section of annual report by one good fruit and show an unbreakable synergy that determined the bank as nation's most profitable bank.
Honored by "Best Presented Accounts Award 2012/13" by Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal (ICAN).


Nearly 150 communities in California have already adopted such restrictions.
The county proposal comes before California voters consider a referendum on a statewide ban in November. The plastic bag manufacturing industry gathered enough signatures to place the measure on the ballot, which suspended the 2014 ban approved by state leaders.
Supporters said the county proposal would provide an easier introduction to bag restrictions because changes would be phased in over time. The state restriction, if it stands, would go into effect the day after the November vote.
Tim James of the California Grocers Association spoke in favor of a county ban. He said grocers support local bans in part because they have been modeled after the state law and create a uniform approach to the restrictions.
Asked by Peters why government needed to pass bans if grocers already support not using plastic bags, James said competition would lead some grocers to continue using plastic bags.
In Sacramento and other communities with plastic bag bans, grocers sell paper bags and multiuse plastic bags for 10 cents and more durable reusable bags for a higher cost.
County officials said a ban on plastic grocery bags would reduce county waste removal costs by about $150,000 a year and create additional benefits for the environment. Several college students from UC Davis and elsewhere spoke about the detrimental effect the bags have on the ocean.
Mark Murray of Californians Against Waste, a group that was instrumental in the passage of the state law, said about 40 percent of California residents are already operating under bag bans.
"This policy is working," he said, adding that consumers are getting into the practice of reusing bags instead of buying new ones.
A new Sacramento ordinance means no more single use plastic bags in grocery stores. Here's what customers think about the change.


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Saturday mornings, my dog, Sam, and I go down to the Farmer's Market at Deering Oaks Park in Portland. Those of you who have your own gardens, or who live near farms, will probably chuckle at the excitement of a city girl perusing the Delicata squash and choosing apples with names she needs a guide to pronounce. Macoon? Macown? Either way, I love them.
Let me assure you that this is not a sermon about politics. It's about passion. For the people who support a casino, the potential for new jobs and tax revenues matters. Those benefits outweigh the concerns voiced just as passionately by opponents, such as the cultural impact of a business devoted to a pastime that for many participants is an addiction. The man in the wheelchair gave me a strange look, as if the statement I thought of as clear and conclusive—"I'm a pastor, and I don't support gambling"—made no sense at all.
We did not connect. Even though we each spoke, and we presumably heard each other, we did not connect.
Jesus, speaking to the Pharisees, told the story we heard this morning. A rich man ignores a poor man in life, sees him only out of the corner of his eye. The poor man sees the rich man clearly enough. He wishes he could eat even the crumbs swept away from the rich man's banquet table. His predicament is terrible. He lies outside, with sores on his body, and dogs come to lick them, dogs being considered ritually unclean and thereby making his situation even worse than being poor and ill. The licking dogs set him outside the beloved community.
We need to remember it was the Pharisees to whom Jesus spoke. These religious leaders criticized everything Jesus said. They upheld the religious law followed by all faithful Jews, and they knew very well that is was much easier for a rich man to observe them than a poor one. It took time and resources to follow the law to the letter. If rituals must be practiced just so, and you have a family and servants to help you make sure it's all correct, you have an advantage. If you are poor and sick, what chance do you have to show up with the right clothes on or the right amount of money to buy the right kind of dove for a sacrifice?
Somehow in the Pharisees' minds, the Old Testament injunctions to show love for neighbor did not include the outcast and the downtrodden, although they should have, and that irritating fellow, Jesus, was much too quick to call attention to the problem.
But Jesus had a passion to tell us what matters to God and how much God loves us, and as he realized the time for describing that passion was growing shorter, he felt the pressure to make people understand. Of course, we might well ask, why use these stories? Why not tell us straight up?
In an act of remarkable political theatre, the pop star, Lady Gaga, made a trip to Portland last Monday, to that same Deering Oaks Park that hosts the Farmer's Market. At the very modest little bandstand, she stood dressed in a suit and tie. Well, hold on. How many of you know who I'm talking about?Honestly, I didn't know anything about this young woman until last spring, when her music played a central role on the TV show, "Glee." It's a favorite at my house. One night we sat down to watch, and all the Glee Club kids were dressed in crazy clothes, and I had no idea what was happening. LP assured me that the singer whose music was being sung was sort of gross, and that she was the new Madonna—and she didn't mean the mother of Jesus.
To be clear, that was the extent of my interest in her, until last Monday morning, when suddenly Facebook and Twitter friends announced this Lady Gaga was coming to Portland, on that very afternoon, to give, of all things, a speech! She came to participate in an already planned rally encouraging our Senators to vote against a filibuster and therefore in favor of repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
I watched the speech on Channel 6, and then on their Internet feed, while LP walked over to hear it in person with some neighbors. It wasn't the most brilliantly thought out speech I've ever heard, but Stephani, which is her real name, delivered it with passion. There was no question that the issue mattered to her enormously. At the end of each page of her text, she threw the sheet of paper into the air with a flourish. She knew how to keep the crowd's attention.
And so did Jesus, or at least he hoped he did. The story he is telling reaches a heightened dramatic level when he moves from the two men in life to the two men in death. Suddenly the tables are turned—oh, woe to you who live an easy life and do not take care of the poor and suffering who are right in your line of vision!!! When you die, you will find they are living peacefully in heaven, surrounded by the saints and the prophets, while you? You will find yourselves IN HELL.
We don't like this story, we Congregational Christian types, because HELL makes us very uncomfortable.
The time grew short. Earlier in Luke, we hear that Jesus set his face toward Jerusalem, and for the rest of the gospel he is clearly on the road, moving from one place to another, spreading the word, the Good News, to all people. This is the Jesus heralded by angels to the shepherds, the Jesus whose mother, that other Madonna, sang of God's desire to see the captives freed and the poor cared for and the world pretty much turned upside down.
This Jesus understands faithfulness as justice. So he tells this story, of Poor Lazarus and his sores, and of the rich man crying out in despair to try and save his brothers from the same fate.
But this is not a sermon about Hell. It really isn't. It's about trying to get the message across to others using whatever means work. Lady Gaga at Deering Oaks on Monday and the man in the wheelchair on Saturdays at the Farmer's Market each have a gospel to preach. She failed to connect with our Senators, who don't necessarily disagree with her but wouldn't vote the way she wanted the next day. He failed to convince me about the casino, and he never had a chance.How do we try to communicate our passions? Lady Gaga used metaphor, and the man at the market used a direct appeal. Jesus almost always used a story.
Even if he rose from the dead.
Which of course meant dying first.
Here's something I'm passionate about: Jesus.
I cannot get over my wonder that God would decide that the best way to mend things with messed up humanity was to actually send part of God's own self to live in a human body and get to know us, right up close. I can just barely begin to comprehend the kind of love God must have for us, to do such a thing, knowing that there was a high likelihood the message of love exhibited passionately in the life of a God-Person would lead to chaos and death.
Sometimes we get the message across with sacrifice.
In the end Jesus laid down his life, wondering if people would ever connect with who he was. That's the other part that boggles my mind. God's own self, in a person's body, had to wonder if God's loving work would take in human hearts and change human lives.Not everyone listened, it's true. Not everyone listens now. But the Good News survived the darkness of human betrayal. The Good News connected through the Passion of Jesus Christ. And here we are, singing it out together, living it out together. What he feared might be lost is risen from the dead. Thanks be to God. Amen.
nicely done on a hard text!
Just beautifully woven. You bring in current things so well.
I understand your stories. And I'm thankful for that understanding. Praise God and bless you for your ability to relate through words.
I love it Songbird! Don't you love how the same gospel can take us such different places? Yet with the same underpinnings…. Thank you.
interesting! it depends on how people accept it.


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Q: Locating the SQLite DB file on Android I am working on Android application. I have implemented SQLite. Whenever I run the app on emulator I can check the DB file under data folder and I can check the values inserted into it.
But when I run the app on real device I can not find the DB file where it is situated. I have also set permissions in manifest
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Please help me to find the DB file when I run the app on real device.
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Happy (belated) 100th Anniversary National Parks!
2016 was an amazing year for me regarding landscape photography. I had the opportunity to visit three of our national parks. Not just one or two, but actually three different parks, and I, of course, did landscape photography in all of them. More about that later.
First, if you ever get the opportunity to visit a national park, do it. Our parks are amazing places of scenic beauty that will help lower your blood pressure and calm your soul. There are nearly 60 national parks, so I am sure you can find one you would like to see. But, besides national parks, there are national monuments, memorials, lakeshores, parkways, preserves, reserves and many more, totaling more than 400 locations. If you are looking for an experience, visit www.findyourpark.com to search through them all. There is a lot to do and see.
The national parks were founded in 1916 as a way to preserve the scenic wilderness and historic places in our nation. I have been to many of the parks over the years, but as I said, 2016 was special in that I visited three of them on the parks 100-year anniversary. Did you know I visited two of the most visited national parks according to 2015 attendance numbers?
Sunset from Navajo Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park.
Fireweed and burned forest with Dusty Star Mountain, Glacier National Park, MT.
The orange orb sets the sky on fire before setting in behind the Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
In January, my wife and I had a wonderful anniversary weekend in a historic cabin right near the rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. The Grand Canyon was the second-most visited national park in 2015 with 5.5 million visitors. In August, our family visited Glacier National Park in Montana. Glacier saw 2.3 million visitors in 2015 making it the 10th most visited national park. And, this fall I camped in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park for a few days. (I visited the area about four weeks before the severe fires broke out.) The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was the most visited national park in 2015 with 10.7 million visitors.
Because I am a landscape photographer, I gravitate toward the national parks that offer spectacular scenic beauty. In the future, I will write more detail about each trip and provide details about some of the images I captured. Let me just say, I am thankful that our nation protects amazing areas that people can visit and see the beauty of creation. When I visit national parks, I certainly love to shoot fine art images that will make beautiful wall prints to decorate anyone's home or office, but I realize there are many others who just love to go and enjoy being in nature. Whatever your preference, our national parks are there for everyone to enjoy. So, I hope you do take the time to experience these beautiful treasures called National Parks.
The Northfield Public LIbrary is one of 65 public libraries in Minnesota built with money from Andrew Carnegie. It was orginally completed in 1910, remodeled in 1985 and remodeled in 2016.
The city of Northfield recently remodeled the Carnegie library, built in 1910. The Northfield library is a beautiful place to relax and read. It has a nice historic feel, which is perfect for a historic small town. A number of years ago, they city began talking about the need for expanding the library. Some said it could not be expanded where it currently resides, and the city would need to build a new one at another location. Many people, myself included, did not want to see that happen. Fortunately they found a way to expand the library at the current location, so we now have a library that merges the historical and the modern.
You can see this connection in the photograph I have taken of the library at night. See the large glass front on the building along with the historic brick structure. Once I saw the remodeled structure, I knew I had to get a night shot of it. There are many good angles on the building, but I settled on this one where you can see the main sidewalk leading down to the entrance. For this night shot, I wanted to get as much western sky in the image as I could to provide the deep blue color to contrast against the warm interior lights.
I like doing fine art photography around Northfield, and I find night pictures captivating. See my previous entry about the movie that was filmed in Northfield, called "Love Always, Santa." I photographed the "Bun Also Rises" (aka. Hideaway) coffee shop that was featured in the movie. Just like this image, I photographed it after dark. I hope to do some more night photography around Northfield in the future.
You can see more of my Northfield images, some taken after dark, under the Fine Art store at the top of the page. Select "Northfield" under the "Galleries" menu on the far right of the page.
A movie made here in Northfield: Love Always, Santa!
It's been the talk of the town for the past year or more. A movie was filmed in Northfield that will be shown on the Hallmark channel on Sunday, November 6. It is called "Love Always, Santa." You can learn more about it here. In fact, as I write this, the city of Northfield is actually previewing the movie, and they have packed out the Northfield Middle School to watch it.
Our little town of Northfield, Minnesota, is a quaint, charming small town. It has a historic, picturesque downtown with architecture that is great for making images. I have been photographing scenes around Northfield for many years. (My wife and I moved here in 1998, but I'm not sure if we are considered "townies" yet.) I have produced some fine art images from around town that make great wall prints for office or home decor, so when I learned that much of the filming was taking place in our wonderful town, I wanted to capture some more images.
One location that is featured in the movie is the Hideaway Coffee Shop owned by the Spauldings. I wanted to make images of the coffee shop that would illustrate the establishment's charm and warmth. (My wife and I love to go to the Hideaway on coffee dates.) I decided an evening photograph would be best, so I went downtown at dusk and started scoping it out. I tried some shots from directly across Division Street. Fortunately, there were no vehicles in front when I got there, so I had a clear view for photography. After taking some photographs from straight on, I decided I wanted something with more depth, so I moved onto the sidewalk right in front of the Hideaway. I used a wide angle lens, so I could get really close and show the entire exterior. In the images with this post, I show a vertical photograph from the south side and a horizontal image from the north side. I prefer the horizontal view. I purposefully made sure you could see down the sidewalk and the dark blue sky. I also wanted to leave the streetlight in the picture because I think it adds to the overall picture. With my wide angle lens, I could get close to the planters, which give the picture depth. I also had to avoid the bright lights of the business next door that would overpower the Hideaway's lights.
The Hideaway Coffee Shop in downtown Northfield. One of the locations used in filming the movie "Love Always, Santa" given a painted look.
Look close at all four images. As you can see, there are really only two different angles. As I looked at these images, I decided to try a painting filter in Photoshop. The images with the bright colors and textures just seemed like they should be painted rather than photographed. Since I'm not a painter, I had to manipulate the images after capture to give them that painted look. So, with each angle of the coffee shop, I have one photograph with no filter and one photograph with a painted filter. Which do you like better?
Overall, I think the final images capture the charm and warmth of this beautiful coffee shop that you will see if you watch the movie "Love Always, Santa" when it airs.
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It is once again the Defeat of Jesse James Days in Northfield, Minnesota. This event is run by volunteers who do an outstanding job of putting on this massive event. Thousands of people come from out of town to enjoy the festivities. I'm not sure if I qualify as a "Townie" since I've lived here for only 18 years, but I do enjoy going downtown to watch the re-enactments, see the arts and crafts and enjoy the food. I usually carry my camera downtown and have taken many pictures over the years.
I try to challenge myself to take some creative shots and sometimes I succeed. 🙂 The gallery included with this post shows some images I took this year. While some serve as editorial images of the events, I will put others on Fine Art America and in my store on this website to be purchased as wall art. This year during the bank raid re-enactment, I stood on the north side of Division Street in downtown Northfield. I was behind the crowd and used my 70-200mm lens to capture the gunfight from over the heads of those watching. I like the look it created from this angle. It gives you more of a sense that you are in the crowd watching, or possibly in the gunfight yourself! I also captured an image of the raid emcee, Tim Freeland, in front of the First National Bank. On some of the bank raid images, I ran a Lightroom preset called Relic from OnOne software. I love the look for these types of images. I have used this preset on abstract and fine art photographs from around Northfield. Three to five shots from this "relic" collection made into canvas prints would look great on the wall of a home or business.